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moned as a witness, but prose-cutors said he was now a sus-pect. He turned up voluntarilyat a police station in the city ofLille and prosecutors said hewould be detained on suspi-cion of "abetting aggravatedpimping by an organised gang"and "misuse of companyfunds."

LILLE (AFP) - French policedetained former IMF chief Do-minique Strauss-Kahn forquestioning yesterday over al-legations he took part in orgiesin Paris and Washington withprostitutes paid for by busi-nessmen.

The 62-year-old former So-cialist minister had been sum-

wonders so they can be che -rished by locals and visitorsalike for years to come” headded.

This initiative continuesMarriott International’s long-standing commitment to sup-porting education on Aruba.Last year, the Aruba MarriottCARE Foundation donated al-most 3,000 new books and sup-plies to 15 local elementaryschools, supported the teenageeducation program “Art RulesAruba”, and donated funds forthe renovation of RipoldoCroes Ballpark to benefit sportseducation. Marriott was also in-strumental in the establishmentof the Hospitality and TourismManagement studies programat the University of Aruba hav-ing previously made a 2 millionAruban florin donation.

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our role as responsible envi-ronmental stewards we arepartnering with the govern-ment on this important initia-tive to support the GreenAruba vision” said J.W. “Bill”Marriott, Jr., chairman andchief executive officer of Mar-riott International. “Educationis a very valuable tool in pro-tecting the island’s natural

In support of Prime MinisterMike Eman’s compelling‘Green Aruba’ vision, MarriottInternational is sponsoring thedevelopment of an environ-mental education series for pri-mary school students on theisland. Designed in collabora-tion with the Department ofEducation and renowned JeanMichel Cousteau’s Ocean Fu-tures Society, the initiativeaims to spread awareness of

Aruba’s rich ecosystems forgenerations to come.

Developed by biologist Dr.Richard Murphy of the OceanFutures Society, the series ofinspiring educational modulesare tailored for 5th and 6thgrade students and focus onAruba’s most important eco-logical resources, includingwater and energy, endangeredspecies, wetlands, and coralreefs.

“The interactive modulesare being designed to engageand inspire the young studentsand help them learn about thebeautiful yet fragile natural re-sources in their country” saidDr. Murphy. “Today’s youthplay an integral role in preser ving Aruba’s natural heritageand knowledge is fundamentalto creating a sustainable fu-ture.”

“Marriott is proud to ope -rate resorts on the beautiful is-land of Aruba, and as part of

Marriott International and PM Mike

Eman unveil join partnership for a

‘Green Aruba’Marriott continues commitment to the Island by sponsoring environmental

education for primary school students

Dang, nepal -- aFP photo shows Chandra BahadurDangi, a 72-year-old nepali who claims to be the world'sshortest man at 56 centimeters (22 inches) in height,walking near his home in Reemkholi village in Dang dis-trict, some 540 kilometers southwest of Kathmandu onFebruary 21, 2012. Dangi will embark to the capital cityas guinness World Records experts are due to arrive innepal to measure a 72-year-old claiming to be theworld's shortest man.

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World's Shortest Man

French police detain Strauss-Kahn in sex ring probe

terested parties should contactthe Comision Arubadag 2012the soonest possible.

The commission is intent ongiving all musical bands anequal opportunity. They try togive one band every year theopportunity to do their presen-tation at Arubadag in Holland.

Food stands with localAruban food and other ‘dushi’items will be on display for saleduring the celebrations. Personsor organizations interested ingetting a stand to sell products,should contact the commissionright away. The Aruban com-munity residing in Holland andall their friends will meet in adelightful family atmosphereon March 25th at Rijswijk, theNetherlands.

For more information, con-tact the Arubadag Commissionvia email at: [email protected], or follow them on Face-book at Facebook.com/arubadag viering, or call: 0031-070-356-6217.

ORANJESTAD -- Preparationsare in full swing for the 2012Aruba Dag celebration in theNetherlands. Traditionally thereis this annual celebration in theNetherlands of Aruba’s Na-tional Day. For the past twoyears this celebration was heldat the Veemarkthallen inUtrecht. This year, however,they decided to move the eventto the “Broodfabriek” (beurshalHaaglanden) in Rijswijk.

The 2011 Arubadag celebra-tion which also marked our25th anniversary of StatusAparte was very successful.The dynamic young team thatorganized that event broughtdifferent changes and moder -nized the festive occasion.Every effort is being made tomake this year’s celebrationequally exciting and successful

The commission is aware ofthe fact that Aruban musicalbands are very interested in pre-senting their music during thecelebration in Holland. All in-

were females between ages 25to 55 years. One was under theinfluence of alcohol, and onehad to be admitted to the Hos-pital for more treatmernt. Theother 6 battery victims weremen between ages 15 to 50years. Two men and 2 womenin this group who were underthe influence of alcohol, werebetween ages 15 to 20 years.Four of them had to be admit-ted to the Hospital.

It was a rather hectic week-end for the Emergency Depart-ment. Every staff memberworked dilligently to helpevery patient as quickly as pos-sible and to offer the best qua -lity service each deserved.

ORANJESTAD -- During thepast Carnival 58 weekend, theDr. Horacio Oduber Hospital at-tended to many patients whocame or was brought to theEmergency Department fortreatment for physical battery,car accidents, as well as manyhad to be treated for alcohol in-toxication. The service began onthe 18th of February and contin-ued through to the 20th of Feb-ruary. There were 7 car accidentvictims, of which 5 were fe-males between ages 20 to 56years. One of these women wereunder the influenbce of alcohol,and one had to be hospitalized.

There were 11 victims ofphysical battery. Five of these

Accordion pleated magazinepages, plastic cups, cotton balls,seashells collected along theshore and bottle caps producedbeautiful costumes, which theywore proudly as they marchedthrough the streets and dancedbefore the crowd. These youngladies send a wonderful mes-sage and it is very encouragingto see Aruba’s youth appreciatethe importance of preservingtheir environment and try to setan example for others. Youngladies of Maria CollegeMAVO, we salute you for youringenuity and communityspirit!

by Rosalie Klein

gorgeous costumes on parade,without close examination.

All of us admired the stunningcarnival costumes displayedduring the grand parades inSan Nicolas and Oranjestadthis past weekend. The artistryand creatively are undeniable,but one particular group ofgirls from Maria CollegeMAVO particularly deserve aplace in the spotlight for theirexceptional attention to theconcept of recycling and beingenvironmentally aware.

Their beautiful garmentswere not made of thousands offeathers but everyday materi-als, which most of the specta-tors would not have even beenable to discern from the other

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A new generation raises environmentalawareness during Carnival

Physical battery, intoxicationand car accidents wereprevelantDuring past festive weekend at Hospital’s Emergency Room

Annual ARUBA DAY to beheld March 25th in Rijswijk,the Netherlands

tect any nest found there, withsteps taken by experts to movethe birds before they areharmed. Regulations that finebuilders and landowners whoignore this should follow; wecan only hope.

We applaud those whoworked so hard to see thisproclamation come to pass,and the staff of the SVGA fortaking such steps as to protectthe avian residents of theirpremises.

by Rosalie Klein

the most vul-nerable.

Nesting inundergroundburrows makes it very easy fora voracious boa to devour theireggs or newborn owls, alongwith the protecting parents, de-pending on the size of thesnake. Bulldozing certainlymeans death for these beautifulbirds, and flying away to nestin another tree is not an option.

The greater significance ofthis landmark decision shouldmean that legislation will nowbe put in place to inspect po-tential construction sites andplace strictures that will pro-

quite tiny owl. The center andthe SVGA take great care inwatching out for them and theyactually have two nests with atotal of 8 newborn shocosunder their protection alongwith 3 sets of very protectiveparents.

There is a very practicalside to making the shoco a na-tional bird, as this should putsit under government protec-tion; among the many birdsthreatened by encroachmenton their habitats by Aruba’sbuilding boom and thefoothold gained by non-nativepredators like the boa constric-tor, the shoco is perhaps one of

fection forthe less color-ful owl?

THE MORNING NEWSwas fortunate to be invited tomeet a family of shocos thathave set up housekeepingunder the stairs of the Man NaObra Center in Piedra Plat, apart of the Stichting Voor Ver-standelijk Gehandicapten, orSVGA, the Foundation for theMentally Challenged. ElviraTromp, Director, says theygreet her every day upon ar-rival, and perusing these pic-tures may help visitorsunderstand why islanders havesuch affection for this shy,

Well, as many would say: Whynot? However, on Friday, Feb-ruary 17, after much lobbyingby the Aruba Bird Conserva-tion Foundation, Aruba’s in-digenous owl, a variation ofAthene cunicularia, the bor-rowing owl, was namedAruba’s national bird by Mi -nister of Social & EconomicAffairs and Culture, MichelleHooyboer Winklaar.

Aruba has some very inter-esting native birds: theChuchubi, Trupial and Pri-kichi, but why such great af-

Why the Shoco?

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Baby owls have fluffy white breasts

2 baby owls

Papa owl with 3 babies

Beatrix, has brought tangibleresults from the campaignwith new routes being intro-duced in the last year by Air-Tran Airways, Copa Airlines,jetBlue Airways and KLMRoyal Dutch Airlines.

The other airports short-listed for the Routes AirportMarketing Award this yearwere Curacao-Hato Interna-tional Airport, Fort MyersSouthwest Florida Interna-tional Airport, Myrtle BeachAirport and WashingtonDulles International Airport.

“The hard work in pro-moting the airport is clearlydisplayed in the numerousconsecutive nominations andawards of this prestigiousaward. We’re very proud tobe Highly Commended againthis year! It shows that AAAis a leader in the Airline Mar-keting business,” said PeterSteinmetz, CEO of AAA.

The picture illustrates theHead Airline Marketing Ms.Jo-Anne Arends of AAA withthe award.

ORANJESTAD – Aruba Air-port Authority N.V. (AAA) isvery proud to announce thatthis year’s Routes AirportMarketing Awards were an-nounced at the NetworkingDinner in Nassau, The Ba-hamas, where AAA receivedthe “Highly Commen -ded”and Runner-up status.

Dallas/Fort Worth Interna-tional, overall winner, wasone of seven airports makingit to the awards shortlist andtwo others were singled outand presented with HighlyCommended status for theirapproach – Aruba AirportAuthority and Boston LoganInternational Airport.

Aruba Airport Authoritywas highlighted for its “cre-ative approach to air servicedevelopment” and in particu-lar its production of what wasdescribed as a “quirky pro-motional video” (visit ourfacebook page “Aruba Air-port” to see the promotionalvideo). The company, whichmanages and operates Aerop-uerto Internacional Reina

nonexistent, so they reallynever got far beyond the is-land’s “Sunrise City.” He doesrecall the sight of a much sim-pler Aruba, with islanders pad-dling out in small boats togather round the tanker whilestill out at sea, diving under thewater to quickly retrieve coinsthe sailors tossed in. “I wasamazed at those crystal clearblue waters; you could see thecoins shining in them just likethey were right in front ofyou!”

Divi Residences’ F & BManager Marcel Nahr, andother visitors around the pool

were fascinated by Bill’s story,and joined him on Friday incelebrating his 85th birthdayon Aruba, more than sixdecades since his last visit. Itwas a pleasant surprise to dis-cover fellow guest Kathy Wil-son of New York was alsocelebrating her birthday, andthey received an unexpectedserenade of “Happy Birthday”by Marcel and Virginia of theDivi while being presentedwith a beautiful cake, compli-ments of the resort. It was amost memorable afternoon forBill and his family, as well astheir poolside neighbors for theweek, with plenty of cake foreveryone!

awarded their diplo-mas, allowing theirinduction to count to-wards finishing theirhigh school require-ment.

By the time Billcompleted boot camp,V-E Day and V-J Dayhad come and gone, sohe never saw wartimeservice. However, hestill managed to be in-jured in the line ofduty, landing him at aNavy hospital for sev-eral months. Uponcom pleting his time inthe service he returnedtohis hometown of Green ville, Pennsyl-vania to settle down,marry, and have 5

children. Prior to that, he and his

Navy buddies enjoyed Aruba’ssunny weather and the charmsof San Nicolas for some R & Rduring their layovers on the is-land. Aruba’s public transporta-tion system at the time was

“Well, I have to admit,” saysBill Peterson, who vacationedat the Divi Links Residenceslast week with his daughterJane Turcic and her husbandBruce after not having seen theisland since 1945, “things cer-tainly have changed aroundhere!”

Bill was a Seaman FirstClass with the job of Signal-man on the U.S.S. Alagash inthe latter part of 1945. Thiswas a good-sized oil tankerthat made several stops at theLago Refinery in San Nicolasand went on from there to re-fuel Navy ships at sea.

Bill had joined the Navy atthe commencement of his se -

nior year in high school, deter-mined to go off and fight forhis country in WWII. How-ever, the program for underageyoung men such as he requiredthey complete half of theschool year, and then would be


A very special birthday for Bill Peterson,returning to Aruba after 66 years away!

Bill Peterson with daughter Jane and her husband Bruce

Virginina and Marcel present Bill with a cake from Divi

Birthday Boy and Girl cut the cake

finest tourist destination in theCaribbean,” said Bill Marriott.“Aligned with the govern-ment’s outstanding urban re-newal efforts to enhance theexperience for visitors to the is-land, The Ritz-Carlton, Arubawill not only elevate levels ofservice delivery on the islandthrough the legendary Ritz-Carlton service excellencetraining, but will spread aware-ness on environmental preser-vation.”

ciate the critical importance ofconservation efforts and theirrole in protecting and preservingour ecosystems.”

With the opening in 2014, ofThe Ritz-Carlton, Aruba, Mar-riott is also heralding a newlevel of luxury and service tothe island of Aruba. “The Ritz-Carlton, Aruba will bring iconiclevels of luxury hospitality tothe island nation while support-ing Prime Minister Eman’s vi-sion of positioning Aruba as the

“Aruba is home to an abundantnatural habitat which attractsvisitors from around the world.”said Professor. Dr. Ryan Peter-son, PHD, President and Chair-man of the National Council forInnovation and Competitive-ness and former Dean of theHospitality and Tourism Man-agement program. “By offeringenvironmental education specif-ically tailored to Aruba’s eco-logical resources we can helpchildren understand and appre-

Marriott International and PM Eman

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AAA receives “HighlyCommended” and Runner-upstatus at The Routes AirportMarketing Awards

lated the region prior to the Eu-ropean colonization. Theevening provided the crowd atPaseo Herencia a diverse rep-resentation of the regional cul-ture in music and dance, bothfrom vastly different eras,demonstrating the influenceson local arts over the centuries.

by Rosalie Klein

DTour X first took to the stage,but the group’s riveting per-formance and infectious en-ergy, soon filled the bleachersof the amphitheater to capacity,and garnered them enthusiasticapplause and a standing ova-tion when they regretfullyended their show.

The evening ended with anenchanting performance by theyoung Venezuelan folkloricdance group Tricolor from theVenezuelan Institute for Cul-ture and Cooperation based onthe native movements ofAmerindian people who popu-

Anticipating the carnivalweek end coming, PaseoHerencia dining, shopping andentertainment center, cele-brated the spirit of regionalmusic and dance with a specialprogram presented, as usual,for no cost, in their Plaza Padu.

The audience was verypleasantly surprised by D TourX Percussion EntertainmentShow from Curacao, the em-bodiment of the African-Caribbean rhythms influencedby the slave history of the re-gion. A sparse audience had noidea what to expect when


Island visitors discover authentic Caribbean music and

dance with Paseo Herencia

Moving to the music

departed later to Buenos Aires.A Uruguayan navy spokes -

man said five crew memberswere taken off the ship fortreatment at a private clinic.

The ship was inspected byhealth authorities, which gaveit permission to allow its 1,000staff and 2,500 passengers todisembark, said the captain.

MONTEVIDEO (AFP) - Crewmembers from an Italian-re -gistered cruiseliner weretreated for flu-like symptomshere yesterday after a Brazilianwaitress aboard the ship diedover the weekend of type Bflu, authorities said.

The MSC Armonia arrivedin Montevideo from Brazil and

who have opted for physicalcastration in their defence ofthe practice.

Of 104 people who wereoperated on between 1970 and80, only 3 percent have reof-fended, compared to 46 per-cent of the 53 others whorefused castration or who didnot secure expert approval forthe operation.

Nevertheless, Berlin agreedto "examine if the issue shouldbe discussed."

Besides Germany, theCzech Republic is the onlyother of the 47 Council of Eu-rope member states whichgives sex offenders the optionof physical castration.

"Notwithstanding this, theCPT must express its funda-mental objections to the use ofsurgical castration as a meansof treatment of sexual offen -ders," it said.

"Surgical castration is amutilating, irreversible inter-vention and cannot be consi -dered as a medical necessity inthe context of the treatment ofsexual offenders.

"In the CPT's view, surgicalcastration of detained sexualoffenders could easily be con-sidered as amounting to de-grading treatment," it said.

According to the report, au-thorities in Germany cited thelow reoffending rate for those

STRASBOURG (AFP) - TheCouncil of Europe's anti-tor-ture committee today urgedGermany to abolish the surgi-cal castration of sex offenders,warning that the operationcould amount to "degradingtreatment."

Germany offers sex offen -ders aged over 25 the option ofsurgical castration or orchiec-tomy, if the operation is clearedby an expert, the EuropeanCommittee for the Prevention ofTorture (CPT) said in a report.

The practice is rare, notedthe committee after a visit toGermany in 2010, with lessthan five cases a year in thelast decade.

Council of Europe urges Germany to

abolish castrationof Afghanistan, the govern-ment of the Islamic Republicof Afghanistan, and most im-portantly, to the noble peopleof Afghanistan," he said.

US Defense Secretary LeonPanetta also apologised for the"inappropriate treatment" ofcopies of the Koran and pro -mised a swift investigation.

Allen did not mention howthe religious materials hadbeen disposed of, but an AFPphotographer was shownpartly-burnt copies of theKoran said to have been savedfrom destruction by Afghanworkers within the base.

Allen's remarkably candidstatement, apparently aimed atdamage limitation after similarincidents led to violence and at-tacks on foreigners, was playedrepeatedly on Afghan televi-sion.

Afghan President HamidKarzai in a statement said he"strongly condemns the burn-ing of copies of the Koran byAmerican soldiers" and had as-signed a delegation to investi-gate the incident.

BAGRAM (AFP) - Protestershurling petrol bombs and firingslingshots besieged the largestUS-run military base inAfghanistan yesterday, furiousover reports that NATO troopsburned copies of the Koran.

The enraged crowd shouted"Death to Americans" and"Death to infidels" as guards atBagram Airbase, north ofKabul, responded by firing rub-ber bullets from a watchtower,said an AFP photographer.

Hundreds of other peopleprotested in the Afghan capitalas security forces dispatched re-inforcements in a bid to stop thedemonstrations from spirallingout of control in the fiercelyconservative Islamic country.

The US commander inAfghanistan, General JohnAllen, apologised and orderedan investigation into a reportthat troops "improperly dis-posed of a large number of Is-lamic religious materialswhich included Korans".

"I offer my sincere apolo-gies for any offence this mayhave caused, to the president


INTERNATIONAL NEWS Afghan protests eruptover Koran burning

Chile closes Peru border due tomine hazard

Tacna : Picture handed by Peruvian Radio Uno de Tacna shows hundreds of peoplewho remained stranded at the bus terminal of Tacna, 1.200 Km south of Lima, Peru, onFebruary 21, 2012, after chile closed its main border crossing with Peru after torrentialrains on Monday washed anti-personnel and anti-tank mines onto a key highway. "Themines came down toward the northern Route 5, and with the carabineros (police) andthe army, a decision was taken to close the highway," said Ximena Valcarce, mayor ofarica. Border tensions periodically flare as a legacy of a mid-19th century war thatended with the transfer to chile of a portion of southern Peru and Bolivia's entire Pa-cific coastline and in 1975 the chilean military planted thousands of anti-personneland anti-tank mines in the area. chile has been working to de-mine the area since 2004under an international treaty banning anti-personnel mines. (aFP PHOTO)

Brazilian crew member diesof flu on cruise ship

details of his condition havebeen kept secret.

The latest disclosure raisesnew questions about hishealth as he faces a crediblechallenge for the presidencyfrom Henrique Capriles, whowas chosen in a heavily at-tended primary this month asthe sole opposition candidate.

hat to stroll around the pro-posed site of the Veneminskfactory, Chavez had jokedwith workers and looked tobe in reasonable health. Hedid not say when the next op-eration was due to take place.

The Venezuelan leader hassaid he was declared cancer-free after the surgery and fourrounds of chemotherapy, but

Barinas. "Because of the growing

rumors, I'm obliged to putforward the information now... it's a small lesion, about 2cm across, very clearly visi-ble. This will need to betaken out, it needs more sur-gery, supposedly less compli-cated than before."

Donning a bright red hard

day. Rumors of the unan-nounced trip had prompted aflood of speculation amongthe opposition and supportersthat he was at death's door.

"There is no metastasis.Just this small lesion in thesame place where they re-moved the tumor," Chavezsaid during a televised tour ofa factory in his home state of

CARACAS - Venezuela'sPresident Hugo Chavez saidyesterday he would have toundergo another operationafter doctors in Cuba found alesion in his pelvis where sur-geons removed a large can-cerous tumor last year.

The 57-year-old socialistleader said he had travelled toHavana for the tests on Satur-

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrianforces killed 58 civilians yes-terday as they blitzed the cityof Homs and a village in Idlibprovince, monitors said, as theRed Cross sought a truce to de-liver aid and the UN demandedaccess for humanitarian wor -kers.

The latest killings came asRussia, a key ally of PresidentBashar al-Assad, said it willboycott a conference in Tunisthis week aimed at seeking po-litical change in Syria.

It also comes ahead of aweekend referendum on a newconstitution that could endnearly five decades of rule byAssad's Baath party.

At least 33 civilians werekilled by Syrian forces in thevillage of Abdita in the north-western province of Idlib, theSyrian Observatory for HumanRights said.

And despite a plea by ac-tivists to allow women andchildren to flee Homs' besiegedBaba Amr neighbourhood,more troops were sent to theoutskirts of the restive city,with activists expressing fearthey were preparing to storm it.

Residents say Homs hasbeen under assault for 18straight days. AFP was not ableto verify the death toll nor thereports of shelling, as foreignreporters are given only lim-ited access within the country.

In Damascus, the Observa-tory reported that securityforces opened fire on Sundaynight to disperse a demonstra-tion in the Al-Hajar Al-Aswadneighbourhood, as daringprotests spread in the strong-hold of Assad's regime.

The International Commit-tee of the Red Cross called fora daily truce of two hours inSyria so it can deliver vital aidto afflicted areas, after sayinga day earlier it was in talkswith both sides to halt the vio-lence.


Syria forces'kill over 58civilians,'Red Crosscalls truce

Chavez says will undergo surgery to remove new 'lesion'

from 257 to more than 300, ac-cording to the article.

"Most people are sufferingfrom cancer," Exit vice-presi-dent Bernhard Sutter told thepaper.

Sutter said the average ageof people choosing assistedsuicide was 76.

Exit only assists those whoare permanently resident inSwitzerland, unlike Dignitaswhich has over the past decadeoffered more than 1,000 for-eigners the opportunity to takeadvantage of Swiss law.

Voters in Zurich last Mayvoted against plans to restrictassisted suicide to local resi-dents.

(AFP) - The number ofassisted deaths carriedout by the Swiss associ-ation Dignitas rose by35 percent last year, itwas reported on Sunday.

A total of 144 peopleended their lives in 2011with the help of theclinic based in the can-ton of Zurich, accordingto police figures quoted by theSonntags Zeitung newspaper.

All but five were of foreignnationality. The paper did notgive the 2010 case total.

Dignitas helps people endtheir lives by supplying a lethaldose of a drug.

"Passive" assisted suicide ispermitted under Swiss lawprovided it is not motivated byself-interest.

Active assistance, includinghelping the person to take thedrug or administering it, is for-bidden however.

Exit, another Zurich groupproviding assisted suicide, alsosaw its case number rise byabout 17 percent last year,


Health & Living

Dignitas assisteddeaths rose by 35%in 2011

said the annual datafrom the American So-ciety of Plastic Sur-geons.

Facelifts made it tothe top five for the firsttime since 2004, oust-ing tummy tucks forfifth place after nosereshaping, liposuction,and eyelid surgery.

Among men, a sur-gery to remove the

double chin effect of extraneck skin nearly doubled in2011 over a year earlier, with21,000 such procedures.

Lip augmentation also rose49 percent to more that 25,000procedures performed.

Roth said the rise in surgicalprocedures, up two percentover a year earlier to 1.6 oper-ations, "reflect the demands ofan aging boomer population."

However, the overallgrowth in the industry is beingdriven by minimally-invasiveprocedures, which rose sixpercent to nearly 12.2 millionprocedures in 2011.

Botox injections, soft tissuefillers to remove laugh linesand wrinkles, chemical peels,laser hair removal and micro-dermabrasion were the mostpopular image boosters forAmericans.

(AFP) - The number of Amer-icans getting nips and tucksrose in 2011 for the secondstraight year despite difficulteconomic times, a major USplastic surgeons' groups re-ported.

A total of 13.8 million pro-cedures, including everythingfrom facelifts to boob jobs toanti-wrinkle injections, wereperformed in 2011 in theUnited States, up five percentover 2010.

"Consumer confidence wasup, so it is not surprising thatwe would also see increaseddemand for plastic surgeryprocedures."said AmericanSociety of Plastic Surgeonspresident Malcolm Roth.

Breast augmentation re-mained the most popular oper-ation, up four percent to307,000 procedures last year,

US plastic surgeries risefor second straight year


(AFP) - Internet giant Yahoo!on Tuesday applied to be re-moved from a lawsuit lodgedin an Indian court against so-cial networking sites hostingallegedly offensive content.

More than 20 Internetfirms, including Google andFacebook, have been named inthe case, which follows meet-ings between governmentministers and the companiesover material seen as offend-ing Muslims or defaming

politicians. Yahoo! was made part of

the lawsuit "on the patentlymistaken assumption that it isa social networking website",lawyers for the company saidin a district court hearing inDelhi.

The lawyers added therewas "no cause of action"against Yahoo!, and describedthe case, which has beenbrought by a member of thepublic, as "a complete abuse of

the process of law". Telecoms Minister Kapil

Sibal has pressurised global In-ternet firms to crack down onoffensive material but he hasdenied accusations of censor-ship, saying they only had toobey the same rules governingthe press.

Google and Facebook saidearlier this month that they hadremoved allegedly offensivecontent used as evidence incourt.

The groups have appealedto the Delhi High Court askingfor cases against them to bequashed on the basis they can-not be held responsible fortheir clients' actions.

Yahoo! seeks to avoid Indianlawsuit over content

(AFP) - Former astronaut JohnGlenn Monday has the 50thanniversary of the flight thatmade him the first Americanspaceman, with vivid memo-ries but also regret over thecurrent state of the US spaceprogram.

On February 20, 1962,Glenn blasted off from CapeCanaveral aboard an Atlasrocket to make three orbitsaround the Earth in just underfive hours, a voyage that madehim a national hero and re-stored confidence in America'sability to compete in spacewith Russia.

"It seems to me like it wasabout a week or so ago, be-cause I guess I've recalled itquite often over the past 50years and that's kept it fresh,"Glenn told CNN Monday.

"It was such an impressivething at the time that it's in-delibly imprinted on my mem-

ory and I can recall those daysvery vividly."

He was to attend a gala laterMonday at Ohio State Univer-sity in Columbus, Ohio in cel-ebration of the historic flightaboard the craft Friendship 7.

He was also to join NASAAdministrator Charles Boldenin a live chat with the crew ofthe International Space Sta-tion, kicking off a two-day"Future Forum" at the univer-sity in which he was also to at-tend a panel session.

Despite the outpouring ofattention, it's bittersweet forthe US hero because the firstnation to land people on theMoon now depends on Russiafor its manned space flights.

Glenn, who served as aDemocratic senator from 1974through 1999, said last weekthat the administration of for-mer president George W. Bushsacrificed US space ambitionsby cutting NASA's funding.

"I think it's too bad," hesaid. "I just hope some of theefforts now to recreate ourown (space) transportationsystem come through."

NASA is relying on privateenterprises to develop systemsto replace the shuttle program,which is expected to happen inabout five years.

One of the companies,SpaceX, is scheduled to launchthe first commercially builtspacecraft to the InternationalSpace Station on March 20.

John Glenn marks50th anniversary ofUS space flight

Sci-Tech

backed companies in emergingcompetitors such as China.

Washington has com-plained over what it charges isChinese state support for keyindustries such as solar andother clean energy. PresidentBarack Obama last weekcalled for China to followglobal "rules" during a meet-ing with Vice President Xi Jin-ping, the rising Asian power'slikely next leader.

Clinton also voiced hopethat the Group of 20 memberswould work on hotspot issuessuch as the escalating violencein Syria and the growing ten-sions over Iran's nuclear pro-gram.

The Group of 20, formed in2008 amid the global financialcrisis, includes major devel-oped and developing nations.Mexico invited a number ofnations outside the usual groupincluding Cambodia andBenin as representatives ofSoutheast Asian and Africannations.

However, only nine foreignministers are taking part in thetalks. Russia, China, India andBrazil, which lead the impor-tant bloc of emergingeconomies, are not represented

LOS CABOS (AFP) - USSecretary of State Hillary Clin-ton has urged major economiesto ensure transparency bystate-backed companies, say-ing that all countries wouldbenefit from a "rules-basedsystem."

Senior officials from theGroup of 20 major economiesare holding two days of talks inthe Mexican resort of LosCabos, a deliberately informalsetting aimed at sparking dia-logue ahead of a full G20 sum-mit in June.

Some of the world's topdiplomats started their daywith a group trip to watch theplentiful whales off the coastin the Pacific Ocean.

Clinton, speaking later to asit-down session Sunday,called on the Group of 20 --which represents some 85 per-cent of the global economy --to address the rise of "statecapitalism" in the global econ-omy.

While acknowledging thatthe US record was not perfect,Clinton said all countries that"benefit from open, free, trans-parent and fair competitionhave a vital interest in protect-ing it and a responsibility tofollow the rules."

Clinton said the G20 couldfind a model in the so-calledSantiago Principles, the guide-lines offered in 2008 under theInternational Monetary Fundcalling for transparency bystate-owned investment bodiesknown as sovereign wealthfunds.

The United States, wheredirect government involve-ment in business is politicallytaboo, has long complainedabout what it sees as unfair ad-vantages enjoyed by state-

on the ministerial level.Mexican Foreign Secretary

Patricia Espinosa, who wonwide praise for pushing aheadclimate change negotiations ina 2010 conference in Cancun,said the G20 meeting aimed atadvancing key issues withoutthe pressure of making imme-diate decisions.

"There are many importantissues that affect the lives ofbillions of people across theworld on which the interna-tional community is failing tomake any discernibleprogress," Espinosa said.

She mentioned issues suchas green growth, sustainabledevelopment and the rule oflaw.

"It is only natural that gov-ernments promote their owninterests, but they must do soin a way that takes into accountglobal needs transcending nar-row national interests," shesaid.

Meanwhile, G20 financeministers and central bankheads were expected to meet inMexico next weekend to dis-cuss way to increase fundingfor the International MonetaryFund in the face of a financialcrisis in Europe.

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gela Merkel yesterday to wel-come "positive steps" taken bythe European Union to ease itssmoldering debt crisis, theWhite House said.

Hours after the EU and theprivate sector inked a 237-bil-lion-euro ($310 billion) bailoutdesigned to keep Greece in thesingle currency, the WhiteHouse lauded the deal as im-portant, but stressed there wasmore work to do.

"The president thanked thechancellor for her leadership,and welcomed last night'sagreement in Europe on a newrescue program for Greece tohelp reduce its debt to sustain-able levels," said spokesmanJay Carney.

But he added: "Additionalsteps should be taken," includ-ing strengthening a financialfirewall that would prevent thedebt crisis from spreading tolarger economies such as Italyand Spain.

Asset Management"The market is reacting

properly to it, it is a small po -sitive" on top of the Greecedebt deal, he said

Shares mainly took theircue from the long-awaited dealreached in Brussels early yes-terday on the new bailout ofGreece, which includes a 107billion euro ($141 billion)writedown of the country'sdebt by private debt holdersand 130 billion euros in new fi-nancing from the EuropeanUnion and the InternationalMonetary Fund.

"Chalk one up for Europeanleaders as they were finallyable to agree to the secondbailout package for Greece.Now the hard work begins --reinventing Greece's econ-omy," said Scott Atkinson ofBriefing Research.

Meanwhile, in Washington,US President Barack Obamacalled German counterpart An-

NEW YORK CITY (AFP) -The Dow Jones Industrial Av-erage topped 13,000 yesterdayfor the first time since May2008, helped by news that EUministers had finally agreed ona long-awaited new bailout forGreece.

After bouncing up anddown in early trade, the Dowpushed across the key level totouch 13,000.84, a level lastseen when the markets beganto sink in early 2008 as the fi-nancial crisis broke and a deeprecession took hold.

It was still well below theall-time high of 14,164 hit onOctober 9, 2007, before thecrash took it down to 6,440 17months later.

Crossing the 13,000 line"adds a little level of excite-ment" to trading, said MaceBlicksilver of Marblehead

tion backing Papademos's ca -binet praised the deal as "sa - t - is factory," others gave theaccord a hostile reception.

Unions called for newprotests for today as the headof the opposition Communistparty vowed to fight the newausterity reforms.

"We insist on daily struggleto thwart the measures," saidCommunist party chief AlekaPapariga, "and this strugglecannot be a defensive one."

The deal provides Greece130 billion euros in loans to2014 alongside a 53.5 percentwritedown of privately-heldGreek sovereign debt whichshould slash 107 billion eurosfrom the country's debt moun-tain of 350 billion euros.

\Charles Dallara, who headsthe Institute of InternationalFinance (IIF) which groupsprivate creditor banks said thedeal may not be a definitiveturning-point for the eurozonebut it was a move "toward arestoration of confidence in theeurozone."

billion) bailout designed tokeep Greece in the single cur-rency area.

In the immediate term, itshould be enough to avert a de-fault on March 20 by enablingGreece to repay maturing debtworth 14.43 billion euros.

"We have only a few daysahead of us until the EuropeanUnion summit (March 1-2) ...and we must do a lot of thingsin these few days. We mustcomplete all the prior actions,"Finance Minister EvangelosVenizelos told reporters.

Upon his return to Athens,Venizelos said legislation willbe tabled to implement thedeal, including a private credi-tor debt writedown, and it mustbe voted through by February29.

A finance ministry sourcesaid the private creditor debtswap operation will be held onMarch 12.

"Greece is and will remaina eurozone member no matterwhat happens," Venizelos said.

As the leaders of the coali-

ATHENS(AFP) - Greece yes-terday hurried to finalize legis-lation tied to a huge eurozonebailout, with officials warningtough reforms mean a heavyworkload and controversialconstitutional changes.

The program has to gothrough as the country pre-pares for elections in Aprilwhich pollsters say could failto produce a clear majority,clouding prospects for laterimplementation of the accord.

"A lot remains to be done,in the immediate future, tocomplete prior actions for theconclusion of the loan agree-ment expected in earlyMarch," Greek Prime MinisterLucas Papademos said afterall-night talks in Brussels.

The government must worktoo to press ahead with "all re-forms included in Greece'snew economic program," Pa-pademos said.

Eurozone finance ministerssealed an unprecedented dealearly yesterday to provide anew 237-billion-euro ($310


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and then it's the BritAwards here at homeand then I'm straight intothe studio. BOYYAHH!5 years? More like 5days!"

At the O2 Arena cere-mony, Adele goes headto head in the bestBritish single and albumcategories with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran,who has shot to fame inthe past year with single"The A Team" and thealbum "+".

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LONDON (AFP) - Just over aweek after her spectacularsweep at the Grammys, Britishsoul diva Adele looks set to tri-umph on home soil Tuesday atthe annual Brit Awards in Lon-don.

The 23-year-old returnedfrom Los Angeles with sixGrammys, marking her as oneof Britain's most successfulpop exports in years -- a re-markable feat given the throatproblems that last year threat-ened to end her career.

Adele is now up for threeawards in her home city: bestBritish single for "SomeoneLike You", British female soloartist and British album of theyear for "21", which toppedthe charts in Britain and theUnited States.

After what she dubbed "themost incredible night of mylife", fans were shocked toread an interview in whichAdele said she was taking fiveyears off to "be in love and behappy". But the singer laterlaughed this off.

Writing in her personal blogshortly after the Grammys, shesaid: "I've a few days off now,

was satirical, and he was will-ing to do that," Jean added.

"Thanks for 500 shows,"the show said in a note at-tached to the end of Sunday'sepisode. "All we ask is thatyou go out and get some freshair before logging on the Inter-net and saying how much thissucked."

The Simpsons has a historyof including high profile guestappearances, from Hollywoodstars and musicians to politi-cians -- including formerBritish prime minister TonyBlair -- and famously elusivefigures such as US novelistThomas Pynchon and Britishgraffiti artist Banksy.

Over the past 20 years, ithas entered into the nationaland global consciousness as anicon of television entertain-ment.

It's success has surprisedeven creator Matt Groening,the creative spark behind thefamily that lives in the shadowof a nuclear reactor, in a fic-tional town called Springfield.

"Audiences were readyagain for a prime-time ani-mated TV show," he told theLos Angeles Times on Satur-day on the eve of the 500thepisode.

"We were the first out of thegate and, using a very conser-vative template of a family sit-com, found a way to tell jokesin many different styles," hesaid. "It's really crazy thatsomething so quirky is so pop-ular, but whatever that mix is,it works."

they've caused over the years.After being sent into exile,

the Simpsons arrange to meetwith Assange in a bid to cleartheir names.

The show's executive pro-ducer Al Jean acknowledgedlast month that Assange, wholeaked massive amounts ofsensitive diplomatic and mili-tary documents, was a contro-versial figure.

"There was discussion in-ternally whether or not to havehim on the show, but ulti-mately we went ahead and didit," said Jean in EntertainmentWeekly.

He added "there's nothing wedid that has anything to do withthe legal situation that he's in."

Assange is wanted in Swe-den for questioning about alle-gations of rape and sexualassault, and he fears extradi-tion to the United States forpossible prosecution for theleak.

"We wanted to make sure it

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - TheSimpsons, the long-runningUS television animated com-edy show, reached its land-mark 500th episode Sunday,with an appearance from con-troversial WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange.

America's most famousdysfunctional cartoon familyhave played out their lives be-fore a worldwide audience forover two decades since the dis-tinctive yellow charactersHomer, Maggie and childrenBart, Lisa and baby Maggiefirst burst onto American TVin 1989.

The series has become thelongest-running comedy in UStelevision history and in its23rd season is currently thelongest-running primetimescripted show.

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Adele set for furthergongs at Brit Awards

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Barca have failed to winseven away fixtures, a weak-ness not shown in previousseasons.

Uncertainty also sur-rounds the future of coachPep Guardiola, whose con-tract expires at the end of theseason, with Xavi insistingthat he wants him to remainat the Catalan side.

"I'd love Pep to renew hiscontract, he's the key elementto this machine and hopefullyhe will sign an extension."

Xavi dismissed specula-tion linking himself to acoaching role with Barca.

"Leave me alone, let meplay. I'm not thinking aboutanything else but playingfootball. And besides, I don'teven have a coachingdiploma," he added.

But suddenly the Knicks area puzzle with a handful of newpieces to fit around Lin, andvice versa.

Amare Stoudemire is backafter the death of his brother.Anthony is back after missingseven games while hurt. BaronDavis is back at point guardafter being hurt all season.Shooting guard J.R. Smith hasjust signed after playing inChina.

"It's a little tough right nowwith no practice time," Linsaid. "We're not happy withhow it went but sometimeswhen you go through thesetype of times you become abetter team. We need to find agood balance.

Anthony said he tried totone down his game too muchto play alongside Lin, hittingonly 4-of-11 from the field andscoring only 11 points in theirfirst game together since Lin'srise to fame.

"My mind-set was not try tocome in and do too much. Tryto fit in. Try to play my gamewithin the system that they'vebeen playing the last coupleweeks -- pass the ball, findingthe open man, making the rightplay," Anthony said.

In the meantime, the phe-nomenon surrounding Lingrows. US television ratingsfor the Knicks' Sunday na-tional telecast were 60 percenthigher than last year.

People are paying thou-sands of dollars for game-worn Lin jerseys and shoesand court-side tickets to watchhim play, while thousands ofpeople have gathered in Tai-wan to watch games involvingLin, who has a maternal grand-mother living in China.

"He's acting as the catalystto grow the sport in China,"NBA China chief executiveDavid Shoemaker told the LosAngeles Times. "We're doingeverything possible to react tothe frenzy of the fans and to re-spond in every way possible totheir demand to see more ofJeremy."

"We get to the All-Starbreak, we get four or five prac-tices to figure out the kind ofteam, the identity we have...and re-tool a little bit and seewhat we can do," Knickscoach Mike D'Antoni said.

Lin's meteoric rise to star-dom began as a benchwarmergiven a chance to play withtwo starters absent. He an-swered the call with the mostpoints of any NBA player inhis first five starts since 1976.

Lin, whose parents are fromTaiwan, was cut by two otherteams before joining theKnicks and showing his versa-tility as a point guard withhigh-point games whenneeded and assist-heavy per-formances when situationscalled for it.

NEW YORK (AFP) - JeremyLin and Carmelo Anthony willhave a couple more games towork on adapting their stylesto each other before the NBAAll-Star Game break, whichoffers the New York Knickssome vital practice time.

The Knicks had won eightof nine games since "Lin-san-ity" began but Anthony re-turned from a groin strain onMonday and the New JerseyNets beat New York 100-92,with new Asian-American starLin and Anthony struggling to-gether.

New York will play host toAtlanta on Wednesday andvisit NBA overall leaderMiami on Thursday beforereaching the annual mid-sea-son pause.


NBA: Lin tries to rekindlemagic with Anthony in mix

(AFP) - Barcelona midfielderXavi Hernandez on Tuesdaylamented his side's lack ofluck at key times this seasonas the Catalan giants sit tenpoints adrift of leaders RealMadrid.

"This ten-point differencecomes down to details. Atkey moments when it wasdouble or quits luck wasn't onour side," said the Spanish in-ternational.

"But we're going to battleuntil the end, La Liga is stillnot lost."

The midfielder acknowl-edged that "unconsciously"Barca had "perhaps takentheir foot off the pedal"slightly. "We're always com-petitive but unconsciouslythe team may not have re-alised it and slackened off,"he said.

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New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin (L) is blocked byNew Jersey Nets center Johan Petro (R)

Lady luck isn't smilingon Barca, lamentsXavi

Barcelona midfielder Xavi Hernandez scores during theSpanish Cup semi-final second leg against Valencia at theCamp Nou stadium in Barcelona on February 8.

plans. "A rematch is absolutely in-

conceivable and won't hap-pen," Klitschko's managerBernd Boente told SID, anAFP subsidiary.

"Of course, Vitali has beenaffected emotionally, but afight is not up for discussionand we will not offer Chisoraa further platform."

Boente pointed to Chisora'shearing before the British Box-ing Board of Control hearingin London on March 14 --when he could face a life ban -- as well as Klitschko's shoul-der injury.

Chisora also faces being un-able to fight here as ThomasPuetz, the president of Ger-many's Professional Boxers(BdB) Federation, has said hewants to see the Brit bannedand on Sunday he brandedChisora a 'public menace'.

Both Chisora and Haye is-sued apologies on Monday, butthe fall-out from their well-documented brawl is likely tolast some time.

bout, Vitali Klitschko has saidhe is appalled by Chisora's be-haviour.

"In spirit, I have no need forrevenge, but my ego tells methat this man deserves realpunishment. I want to knockhim out in the ring," theUkrainian champion told Ger-man daily Die Welt.

Klitschko, 40, damaged hisleft shoulder in the fight andwill take up to eight weeks off,but his management movedquickly on Tuesday to pourcold water on any rematch

Pending the police investi-gation, Chisora has had part ofhis fight purse withheld.

Having seen Chisora leavethe press conference stage toconfront Haye, who was work-ing at the fight as a pundit, Kl-itschko was shocked to hearthe pair trade insults and blowswith Chisora shouting that hewanted to "shoot" Haye.

After Chisora slapped himin the face at the pre-fightweigh-in, then spat water inthe face of his brotherWladimir just before the title

(AFP) - World heavyweightchampion Vitali Klitschkowants to grant Dereck Chisoraa rematch to 'punish' theBritish fighter for his brawl inMunich with David Haye, buthis manager has blocked theidea.

Klitschko defended hisWBC heavyweight title onSaturday night with a unani-mous win over Chisora, but inthe post-fight press confer-ence, the Brit traded blows andinsults with compatriot andformer champion David Haye.

Both Chisora, 28, and Haye,31, are under investigation byGerman police, who have saidthe pair could both face prisonsentences or fines.

Chisora was detained andquestioned by Munich policeon Sunday before being re-leased while Haye flew backto Britain before police couldspeak to him.

Klitschko says Chisora hastarnish boxing and he was abemused by-stander as eventsunfolded.

"I saw it all from the stage,I thought I was in some kind offilm," said Klitschko. "Sooneror later in life a man gets hisjust punishment. "You can'tbehave like that as an athleteor as a normal person.

Before Saturday's melee,Vitali Klitschko had beentipped to defend his WBC titleagainst Haye in Germany thisJune, but the Ukrainian said heis just as unimpressed with the"Haye-maker", who lost toWladimir last July in Ham-burg.

"They are both cut from thesame cloth. The same thing ap-plies to him (Haye) as to whatI said about Chisora," said Kl-itschko.


Klitschko eager to 'punish' Chisora in the ring

club what he is capable of. "It's always tough when you

change, when you go to an-other team and have to be in-volved 100 per cent and Iwasn't," he said. "Now I startto be settled and you will see abetter Samir every week.

"You have to work whenyou don't feel well and not pro-ducing what everyone expects.I was always confident aboutmy quality and you will seethat.

"It's not the same way (asplaying at Arsenal). You needto settle. Now I want to showeveryone it wasn't a mistake."

Nasri's former club Arsenalare struggling to press for atop-four place, out of the FACup and 4-0 down in theirChampions League tie withAC Milan.

He is adamant he has neverdoubted his decision to leavethe Emirates Stadium but issure that Arsene Wenger willturn it around.

(AFP) - Samir Nasri is confi-dent he is starting to prove thatManchester City did not makea mistake when they signedhim for £24 million from Ar-senal last summer.

The Frenchman, 24, hastaken time to settle at East-lands and has made just 15Premier League starts since hismove.

City manager RobertoMancini has claimed thatNasri needed to improve thedefensive side of his game inorder to thrive for the Blues.

But Nasri has started to es-tablish himself in recent weeksas City close in on the climaxto the Premier League and theEuropa League.

The winger maintains hewas never concerned about hisprice tag but accepts it hastaken time for him to get usedto life at City.

He claims he has takenMancini's advice on board andfeels he is starting to show the


DUBAI (AFP) - Ana Ivanovicupset the seedings in a battleof former French Open cham-pions with Francesca Schi-avione at the Dubai Open onTuesday, insisting afterwardsthat there is still another GrandSlam title left in her.

The 2008 Roland Garroschampion from Serbia beat the2010 champion from Italy 6-1,7-5 with a first-round perform-ance that belied her relativedecline over the past threeyears.

Ivanovic hurtled so quicklyinto a 5-0 lead, with suchforceful blows from her firstserve and forehand, that itseemed unlikely that shewould be troubled.

But Schiavone summoneda typically tenacious second-set performance, twice recov-ering from dropped service

games and threatening to dothat a third time beforeIvanovic closed the match outin a tight finish.

"I believe I can get back tothe top and win a Grand Slamagain -- that's why I am here,"said Ivanovic. "If that wasn'tgoing to happen or I didn't feelthat it could, I wouldn't behere.

"It's strange that at the ageof 24 I am considered old. It'sa great challenge for us playerswho have been around for awhile," she said, referring tothe rise during 2011 of Victo-ria Azarenka, Petra Kvitova,and Caroline Wozniacki.

Ivanovic was also pleasedwith the way in which she han-dled a finish in which her Eng-lish coach Nigel Searsunexpectedly appeared oncourt before she could servefor the match for a secondtime.

Asked why she had calledfor him, Ivanovic said: "I did-n't -- he just stood up andcame! He said: 'You are doinga good job, just keep at it.'

Ivanovic neverthelessneeded the help of the Hawk-eye video system before reach-ing match point.

Schiavone's net approachwas called in, but the com-puter simulation showed theball landing an inch wide.

Ivanovic celebrated byclosing out the match immedi-ately with a fine first serve.

Earlier, another seed, Ag-nieszka Radwanska -- the fifthseed from Poland -- narrowly

survived.She was 3-5 down in the

final set against AleksandraWozniak, a Canadian qualifierwho had had the advantage ofplaying three times already onthese courts, before escaping6-1, 6-7 (6/8), 7-5.

Daniela Hantuchova wasalso behind in the final set insimilar circumstances.

The former world numberfive from Slovakia was down1-3 against lucky loser PolonaHercog and then again by 1-3in the final set tie-break.

Hantuchova eventuallysqueezed home 1-6, 7-5, 7-6(7/4) against the rising top 40Slovenian -- partly with thehelp of a Hercog double faultthat relinquished a mini-breakin the tie-break, but also bybeing bold enough to takemore risks in attack.

Marion Bartoli was anotherheavyweight to fall, the num-ber six seed from France beingbeaten 6-4, 6-3 by China'sPeng Shuai.

Bartoli retired with a calfproblem after one set in Satur-day's semi-finals in Doha andafter this time taking 3-0 leadsin both sets, she slowedmarkedly, and ended thematch limping.

Peng next plays Hantu-chova. Ivanovic, meanwhile,faces Russia's Maria Kir-ilenko, who is suffering from aneck injury, and has a chanceof earning a quarter-finalmeeting with defending cham-pion Wozniacki.

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