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airplane parts.Iran has rejected the offer as

far too insufficient, and the twosides only agreed in Moscowto hold an expert-level meetingin Istanbul on July 3, to be fol-lowed by more senior contactsat later unspecified dates.

The US official said that inthis third round of negotia-tions, "Iran probably for thefirst time in many years re-sponded quite directly to everyelement of the proposal we putdown in Baghdad," the US of-ficial said.

But response did not neces-sarily mean agreement, the USofficial cautioned.

Iran in particular defendedits right to enrich at Fordo,calling the demand to shutdown the mountainside facilitynear the holy city of Qom un-reasonable, the senior officialsaid.

"I don't think the diffe -rences have narrowed," saidthe official.

"I think what is correct tointerpret is that Iran has achoice to make. They haveprovided a lot of information -- as have we -- and they needto reflect on the choice theymake."

MOSCOW (AFP) - Worldpowers stuck firmly to theirdemands on Iran during twotough days of talks in Moscow,refusing to budge on Tehran'sattempt to have various sanc-tions lifted, a senior US officialsaid yesterday.

"There is no softening ofour position, no softening ofsanctions," the senior US ad-ministration official said afterthe second and last day of talksbetween six world powers andIran concluded without abreakthrough.

The official described talksin which the West held firmlyto its demands while dis-cussing "confidence-buildingmeasures that would move theclock to the right to createtime" for a broader deal at alater date.

"We kept faith entirely withthe proposals we had put onthe table," said the official inreference to an offer laid out inBaghdad last month.

That deal would requireIran to halt 20-percent enrich-ment, ship out its stock of suchmaterial and shut down its for-tified bunker facility at Fordoin exchange for some forms ofeconomic assistance and spare

Adam Steinfeld.The local cinema

screenings proved ex-tremely popular lastyear, with a number ofthe films being soldout; so it is recom-mended, as for allfilms a the festival, topurchase tickets earlyat The Cinemas boxoffice located underthe escalator. Holdersof passes for festivalevents and those withpress passes must re-trieve their ticket forany screening theywish to attend at thebox office prior to thescheduled times; seatscannot be guaranteedif they simply walk inat show time.

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The official schedule of moviesfor the 3rd edition of the ArubaInternational Film Festival hasjust been published, and PaseoHerencia shopping mall isagain the hub for a diversity ofactivities aside from the screen-ing of dozens of provocativefilms beginning this Fridayevening, June 22, with “TheMagic of Belle Isle,” co-star-ring Morgan Freeman, and Vir-ginia Madsen, who will walkthe red carpet to The Cinemasin Palm Beach.

Ms. Madsen joins pastcelebrities Richard Gere andKim Cattral in gracing PaseoHerencia’s halls as a star fea-ture of the AIFF. Showtime forthe premiere event will be 8:00PM, but other films screeningthis Friday include “Bringingup Bobby,” starring MilaJovovich, at 5:30 PM and “TheHunter,” starring WilliamDeFoe and Sam Neill at 10:30PM.

Paseo Herencia will be takeon a whole new glamour andglitter for the week, as otherexciting events will punctuatethe parade of great films, anumber of them world and re-gional premieres. The Cinemaswill also host the “In Conver-sation With” Dialogs with Vir-ginia Madsen, Pietro Scalia,the Oscar-winning editor oftwo 2012 summer block-busters, “Prometheus” and“Amazing Spiderman,” as wellas Ray Liotta, the famed leadof “Goodfellas,” and one of thebusiest actors in Hollywood.He will be walking the red car-pet on Sunday evening, June24, at 7:30 PM.

Other great world pre-mieres include “Stolen” star-ring Nicolas Cage and MalinAckerman, and the entireweekend film lovers can enjoya fantastic collection of origi-nal Caribbean and local cin-ema during matineeperformances of the CaribbeanSpotlight Series and ArubaFlavor Competition. Screen-ings for the CSS and Aruba fla-vor will begin Saturday atnoon with “Anna Speaks,” by

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Paseo Herencia gearing up for a weekof glamorous red carpet premieres

US: World powers refuse

to budge on Iran sanctionsLights, camera action at Paseo

Herencia

With AIFF producers Jonathan and Giuseppe and CDClaudo Masenza

attractive and where each ci -tizen is well cared for.

In the cleanup process,Robert Klip, is assigned thejob of coordinating the col-lection and disposal of oldabandoned vehicles. They arecurrently working in theNoord area but are simultane-ously surveying other barrios,such as Kadushi Largo.

Robert Klip informed thatthey have been working onthis clean up project sinceback in 2011 and that theyhave already covered 11 bar-rios. They not only collectold cars and other debris, butthey also assist residents withsituations such as honey beesdisturbances. They removevehicles that are at least 10years old or older. They worktogether with the police in theevent of finding a vehiclewithout an owner to ascertainwhether or not it is stolen.

If the barrio team has notreached your barrio as yet,you should feel free to callthem at 584-3030 and pro-vide them with the necessaryinformation with respect tothe need in your area. Thistype of action in the barrioswill continue indefinitely ac-cording to the government.

ORANJESTAD -- The go -vernment is continuing theirsocially productive visits inthe barrios, with the intentionof helping to cleanup wherenecessary, removing debrisand abandoned vehicles, andto address concerns of citi-zens in the barrios.

The Kadushi Largo Barriowas next in line to be visitedthis past Friday. The PrimeMinister and the heads of dif-ferent government depart-ments, such as DOW,SERLIMAR, the Social sec-tion of the Barrio Police,were part of the visitationteam. The presence of the dif-ferent department heads en-sured that whatever situationthat was presented wouldhave the immediate attentionof those responsible to takeimmediate action.

According to the govern-ment, the goal of these visitsis to improve the quality oflife of the citizens in the bar-rios on the island. In order toimprove the quality of life,they claim, it is essential thateach barrio have the ingredi-ents that would contribute toa better quality of life. Thismeans, first of all, that thebarrio must be a clean place,

Socially productive visits

in the Barrios contiue in

earnestgoal as yet. The campaigncontinues in earnest to en-courage more persons, singleor families to consider offer-ing a child care, time, loveand protection, that for onereason or the other cannot getthis from their natural par-ents.

There are children of vary-ing ages, from age o to 18years who need a foster par-ent. There are small childrenand youth who lack attention,love and protection that canbe had only from a familyand not necessarily in an in-stitution.

The responsibility of afoster parent can be tempo-rary or in some cases thechild may wish to remainwith the foster parents indef-initely. Foster parents arehelping a child today whowill become a vital memberof our community tomorrow.

Those interested in consi -dering becoming foster par-ents, please call tel. 582-0088or send an email to [email protected]. You may also visittheir website at www.fami-acriansa.org.

The child you help todaymay be the solution to tomor-row’s community dilemma!

Tony A.D. Green

Handi - capped and theOrthopedago gical Center.

The CFCA coordinates themanagement of foster parentsand guides the process forobtaining foster parents.What’s more, they also mon-itor the quality of the carethat children receive fromfoster parents. They recruitand prepare families and en-sure that there is compatibil-ity between the child and thefoster parents.

As a result of the cam-paign they have received anumber of persons or fami-lies who are interested in be-coming foster parents, butthey have not reached their

ORANJESTAD -- The ArubaCenter for Foster Parents(Centro di Famia di CriansaAru bano), is continuing theircampaign dubbed, “I NeedYou.” The goal of this cam-paign is to try and reach morepersons who could offer achild in a vulnerable situationthe love and care he/sheneeds and deserves.

The Aruba Center for Fos-ter Parents (CFCA) is an in-tegral part of the FundacionGuia Mi and works in coop-eration with different organi-zations, such as Imelda Hof,Casa Cuna, Voogdijraad, De-partment of Social Affairs,Foundation for the Aruba

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Aruba’s search continues for more

foster parents!

leum spill that could occur. Inaddition to re gulations, the newlaw Aruba is ratifying variousinternational maritime treatiseand is replacing the old law, theHarbor Decree of 1993.

Donny Rasmijn expressedsatisfaction for the positive andefficient manner in which thisParliamentary meeting was con-ducted and for reaching a unan-imous approval of the new law.This law, he clams will defi-nitely serve the interest ofAruba. He thanked everyone fortheir diligent participation andcontribution in the process.

Aruba is enormous, and thatwithout earning anything fromtheir activities in our waters.With the new law just passed,which will go into effect as ofJuly 1st of this year, every tankermust obtain a permit to anchorand will be required to pay an-choring fees.

They will also be required topay for every barrel of pro ductthey sell through lighte ring. Forthe protection of our environ-ment they will also be requiredto pay a “Milieu Heffing” (En-vironment Levy) which will beused to combat a potential petro-


deep while the tanker remainsquiet stable for their lightering orbunkering of products. The an-chors however cause a lot ofdamage to the fauna of ourocean.

Their anchors destroy coralor plants in the ocean’s bed.During lightering, products aresold and passed on from oneship to the other. So, there arebusiness transactions takingplace on the open seas, in ourterritorial waters with all the po-tential risk of oil spills whichwould end up on our beaches.

The risk of these tankers for

For decades tankers havebeen anchoring in our territorialwaters for different reasons.Some were involved in mainte-nance, others for the purpose ofselling petroleum products, andothers for the purpose of waitingfor orders from their owners tohead off to collect petroleum atsome port or the other.

They all anchor on the Southside of Aruba where the tide ismore favorable. That’s wherethe water is not too deep and thecurrent is mild ad they don’t payAruba a penny. They don’t haveto throw their anchor out too

Last week, the law which re -gulates the anchoring of tan kersin our territorial waters wasunanimously approved in Parlia-ment. Back in 2010, during apublic Parliamentary meeting,Parliamentarian Donny Rasmijnmade the observation that it wasnot right to allow tankers to an-chor in our territorial waters gra-tuito and without any regulationwhatsoever. Said meeting tookplace during the period of thatdevastating oil spill off the Golfof Mexico where more than 6million barrels of crude spilledinto the Gulf.

Parliament approves new Aruba Territorial Waters Law

snacks. Shoco Market will also offer

a mix of items from largerproduct brands such as Star-bucks and Kashi, in addition toproviding products fromsmaller, local purveyors.

In addition, the Resort hasbeen working closely with USCustoms on the island to beable to prepare and sell ap-proved meal packages forguests that are travelling backto the United States.

For more information aboutthe Hyatt Regency Aruba call1-800-55-HYATT or visitwww.aruba.hyatt.com.

PALM BEACH – Recently,Hyatt Regency Aruba & Re-sort has announced the re-launch of Shoco Market Café,transforming the space from acoffee and ice cream shop intoa full-service market with acozy ambiance.

Situated on the property’smain level, Shoco Market Caféwill provide guests with a va-riety of high-quality food andbeverage offerings including“made to order” sandwiches,pizzas, and additional lunchofferings; treats such as arti-sanal ice creams, frozen yo-gurts and gourmet chocolate;and an assortment of healthy

Shoco Market Café at theHyatt Regency Aruba workingclosely with US Customs atReina Beatrix Airport

and a champion in the Break-through Leadership programrolled out by Marriott Interna-tional. Her willingness to learn,leading others and contributionto the Surf Club excellent guestsatisfaction scores are a few ofthe Claudia talents.

“I am proud to be a part ofsuch a great team and to seethese two local talented ladiesgrow within the company toGeneral Managers,” says VicePresident and General Ma nagerKevin Schwab.

The Aruba Marriott wishesboth Louella and Claudia andtheir families all the best in Cu-racao and Costa Rica.

background to match.Claudia started with Mar-

riott at the Resort in 2002 as theRecreation Manager for the Re-sort and Ocean Club. She hasexpanded her managementskills and hospitality experiencein various management posi-tions such as Front Desk Man-ager, Guest Relations Managerand Assistant Front OfficeManager at the Aruba MarriottResort. She joined the SurfClub team in 2009 as the Assis-tant Rooms Director. Most re-cently she served in the positionof Director of Rooms Opera-tions. She was the reci pient ofthe Manager of the Year twice

PALM BEACH – The ArubaMarriott is proud to announcethe promotions of two local tal-ents. Louella Brezovar acceptedthe position of General Man-ager for the Curacao MarriottBeach Resort & Emerald Casi -no in Curacao. Claudia Sanchezhas been appointed to GeneralManager of the Residence InnSan Jose Escazu in Costa Rica.

Louella began her hospita -lity career in 1988 as Directionof Operations at the RadissonResort in Aruba before joiningthe Marriott family in 2006.She started at Marriott as Re -sident Manager and was pro-

moted to Hotel Manager in2008. During her tenure withthe Aruba Marriott Resort, shehas been a key contributor incharge of the resort’s $50 mil-lion dollar transformationwhich included the main lobby,all guest rooms, two restau-rants, casino refurbishments,the opening of Trade windsClub and the adults only poolH2Oasis. Louella brings withher a great deal of experienceand talent. She is taking withher an impressive set of leader-ship skills and an operational

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Aruba Marriott ladies leading theway to successTwo general managers positions fulfilled internationally

Louella Brezovar and her family

Claudia Sanchez and herfamily

Receiving gifts and plaques

will grace the AIFF red carpetduring nightly events begin-ning this Friday and endingThursday, June 28. Check outthe entire schedule online at:www.arubainternationalfilm-festival.com.

by Rosalie Klein

Paseo Herencia will continueto offer all the exciting diningand shopping for which it isknown during the Aruba Inter-national Film Festival, allow-ing patrons to enjoy anexciting extra to their visit.Don’t miss the glamorous starsand glittering personalities that


new programming and DigitalVideo Recording (DVR).

The information nights willtake place at different locationson different days:

* Tuesday June 26,2012, at Teleshop San Nicolaasfrom 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm

* Tuesday July 24,2012, at Teleshop St. Cruzfrom 6:30 pm pa 9:00 pm

SETAR invites those inter-ested in participating in thesesessions to register online viaSETAR’s website www.setar.aw or to call 114 to register.Because seating is limited toonly 50 persons, it is impera-tive that you register as soon aspossible.

You may recall that SETARhad organized similar sessionslast year to inform the publicabout the history of Telecom-munication on Aruba.

offer. They will inform abouttheir different product lines:Fixed Telephone lines –TeleGratis packages, MobilePrepaid: new purchase optionsfor prepaid services, MobilePostpaid: Android and its be -nefits, Internet: 4G WirelessBroadband and Cable: Cable’s

SAN NICOLAS -- During themonths of May, June and July,SETAR, Aruba’s telecommu-nications company, is organiz-ing informative and educa -tional sessions to teach clientsmore about their products andservices. This project, dubbed,“SETAR – closer to you,”brought SETAR’s people to thedistrict of Oranjestad for infosessions covering 4 specifictopics. Now they will be visit-ing the San Nicolas and SantaCruz districts.

Clients are encouraged toregister to participate to re-ceive information regarding allthe technology, products andservices that SETAR has to

“SETAR - closer to you!” now in

San Nicolas

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Paseo Herencia filled to capacity with enthusiastic fans

QUITO (AFP) - WikiLeaksfounder Julian Assange hasrequested asylum in Ecuador,Ecuador's Foreign MinisterRicardo Patino said here yes-terday, adding that the re-quest would be considered.

On its Twitter account,WikiLeaks said Assange hadrequested political asylumand was "under the protectionof the Ecuadorian embassy inLondon."

newed concerns over whetherthe violence could lead to awider sectarian conflict in acountry roughly divided be-tween a mainly Muslim northand mostly Christian south.

The violence over the lastthree days has included threesuicide bombings at churchesin Kaduna state on Sundaywhich killed at least 16 people.

The country's main Chris-tian body issued a statement onyesterday saying attacks attrib-uted to Boko Haram suggesteda "systematic religious cleans-ing," adding that the Islamistshad "declared war on Chris-tians."

KADUNA (AFP) -- A freshoutbreak of unrest rocked partsof northern Nigeria yesterday,with 95 people killed in threedays of violence and the coun-try's main Christian bodyevoking a "religious cleans-ing."

The new unrest broke out inthe cities of Kaduna andDamaturu, adding to fears ofspiralling violence in the coun-try's north, where Islamistgroup Boko Haram's insur-gency has been concentrated.

With anger boiling overamong Christians after the la -test attacks on churches onSunday, there have been re-

Britain to the consignment andBritish security services toldStandard Club that providinginsurance for the shipmentwould breach EU sanctions,reports said.

The insurer, Standard Club,confirmed that it had cancelledinsurance for the ship and forall others in the fleet owned byRussian cargo line Femco.

"We were made aware of theallegations that the Alaed wascarrying munitions destined forSyria, which would be a clearbreach of our Club rules," itsaid in a statement.

A spokesman for StandardClub said the withdrawal of in-surance was "not because ofany external pressure."But thespokesman declined to saywhere the information aboutthe shipment came from.

Femco said it had annulleda contract with the ship's cur-rent commercial operator,Den mark's United Nordic

LONDON (AFP) - A Russianship allegedly carrying attackhelicopters destined for Syriahas turned back from Britishwaters and is believed to be re-turning home, Foreign Secre-tary William Hague saidyesterday.

The vessel, the MV Alaed,had stopped off the Scottishcoast after its British insurersaid it had withdrawn coverbecause of the claims that itwas carrying arms for Presi-dent Bashar al-Assad's regime.

"I am pleased that the shipthat was reported to be carry-ing arms to Syria has nowturned back apparently to-wards Russia," Hague told par-liament.

Britain's Foreign Officesaid it was "aware of a shipcarrying a consignment of re-furbished Russian-made attackhelicopters heading to Syria",although it did not specifywhether it was the Alaed. Itsaid Hague had told his Russ-ian counterpart Sergei Lavrovwhen they met on June 14 inAfghanistan that "all defenceshipments to Syria must stop".

The Sunday Telegraphnewspaper reported that theship, owned by Russian cargoline Femco, had picked up itscargo of Mi-25 helicoptersfrom the Russian port of Kalin-ingrad, where they had beensent for servicing and repairs.

The United States alerted


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

UK: Russian ship turns back afterSyria arms claims

Shipping "per mutual consent"as of Monday, but did not givefurther details.

There was no immediate re-action from Russian authori-ties. But a Russian shippingwebsite added to the air ofmystery around the shipmentby saying that the Alaed wasprobably returning from Syriaafter having dropped off thehelicopters.

The Maritime Bulletin, aspecialist website run by Russ-ian shipping analyst MikhailVoitenko, said the ship hadstopped reporting its Auto-matic Identification System(AIS) tracking data on June 18.

Unrest in tense Nigeria

leaves at least 95 dead

WikiLeaksfounder seeks Ecuador asylum

Adidas withdraws 'shackle'

sneakers in slavery row

Top sportswear designer Adidas decided yesterday tocancel sales of sneakers topped with rubber anklechains after criticism that they evoked memories of sla -very. The so-called "shackle sneakers" equipped withorange rubber chains to be fixed above the shoes wereto have gone on sale in August in the United States. Butleading African American advocate Jesse Jackson hasled criticism of the sneakers, saying: "The attempt tocommercialize and make popular more than 200 yearsof human degradation, where blacks were consideredthree-fifths human by our constitution is offensive, ap-palling and insensitive.In a statement to AFP, Adidassaid the JS Roundhouse Mid Handcuff model designedby quirky designer Jeremy Scott "has nothing to do withslavery." "We apologize if people are offended by the de-sign and we are withdrawing our plans to make themavailable in the marketplace."

Mubarak's wife Suzanneand his two daughters-in-lawwere given special permissionto visit him following ru-mours that he had died inprison.

His family has formally re-quested a transfer to a Cairohospital but such a movethreatened to unleash the angerof activists and protesters.

Cairo's Tora prison.Doctors treated him with a

defibrillator twice on June 11,according to a prison hospitalsource.

He has suffered from acutedepression since his transfer,as well as periodic increasesin blood pressure and short-ness of breath, interior min-istry officials said.

strongman was sentenced tolife behind bars on June 2 forsuppressing a revolt againsthis rule in early 2011 duringwhich nearly 850 protesterswere killed.

His medical condition de-teriorated after the verdict andhe suffered an emotionalbreakdown after being movedto an intensive care wing in

MENA his heart had stoppedbeating and did not respond todefibrillation."

Mubarak was transferredfrom prison to a military hos-pital in the Cairo district ofMaadi earlier Tuesdayevening after suffering astroke and undergoing defib-rillation in prison.

The 84-year-old former

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak wasdeclared clinically dead afterhe was transferred to hospitalfrom prison yesterday, statemedia reported, saying hisheart had stopped beating.

"Hosni Mubarak is clini-cally dead," the officialMENA news agency re-ported. "Medical sources told

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Soft-ware giant Microsoft unveiledits first tablet computer, theSurface, on Monday, in amajor hardware launch clearlydesigned to take on long-termrival Apple's market-rulingiPad.

Chief executive SteveBallmer described the iPadchallenger -- complete with abuilt-in stand and ultra thincovers-cum-keyboards in arange of colors -- as a tabletthat "works and plays."

"The Surface is a PC, theSurface is a tablet, and the Sur-face is something new that wethink people will absolutelylove," he said at an hour-longpresentation in a Hollywooddesign studio.

No prices or release dateswere given, but the Surface isexpected to go on sale in thefall, with retail prices "compe -titive with a comparable ARMtablet or Intel Ultrabook-class"computers, Microsoft said.

There were spontaneousbursts of applause and whoopsfrom tech journalists and blog-gers as key features of the newtablet, which has a slightly big-ger screen than the iPad, but inwide-screen movie-style 16:9format.

A version of the Surfacetablet running on Windows RTsoftware tailored for ARM mo-bile device chips will measure9.3 millimeters thick andweigh 676 grams.

It boasts a 10.6-inch (26.9centimeter) high-definitionscreen and will be availablewith 32 or 64 gigabytes ofmemory. A model powered byWindows 8 Pro weighs 903grams and will be availablewith 64 or 128 gigabytes ofmemory.

"It's a whole new commu-nity of computing devicesfrom Microsoft," Ballmer said."It embodies the notion ofhardware and software reallypushing each other."


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Once obscure, the Trans-Pacific Partnership hasemerged as a key trade priorityfor President Barack Obamawho has cast the potential pactas a way to boost US exportsand jobs while preservinglabor and environmental stan-dards dear to his political base.

US Trade RepresentativeRon Kirk said that the Obamaadministration would consultinside the United States onCanada's inclusion into the"broad-based, high-standardtrade agreement."

Under rules of the pact, anymember can block another na-tion from entering the talks.The nations have not offered aplace in the talks to Japan, theworld's third largest economy,where the TPP is deeply con-

troversial.Japan's Prime Minister

Yoshihiko Noda last yearvoiced interest in the TPP butfaced fierce opposition fromfarmers, who have long en-joyed protection from foreigncompetitors and fear beingswamped if the pact goesahead.

LOS CABOS (AFP) - Canadayesterday became the latestcountry to enter talks on for -ging a Pacific-wide trade deal,becoming the second largesteconomy to take part in theambitious but difficult negoti-ations.

Attending a summit ofGroup of 20 major economies,Prime Minister StephenHarper said that Canada wasaccepted as the 11th nation toenter talks on the Trans-PacificPartnership, after Mexico's in-clusion a day earlier.

"Opening new markets andcreating new business opportu-nities leads to jobs, growth andlong-term prosperity for allCanadians," Harper said in astatement issued at the talks inLos Cabos. LONDON - Russia has set

aside up to $40 billion forthis year and next to protectthe economy from contagionin the event the euro zone cri-sis deepens, the FinancialTimes reported yesterday, cit-ing an interview with RussianFinance Minister Anton Silu-anov.

Russia is also renewing aplan that would allow thegovernment to recapitalizethe country's banking system,Siluanov said according tothe newspaper.

The government is plan-ning to create a reservemechanism worth 500 billionroubles ($15.41 billion) fornext year to provide "for thedirect financing of anti-crisismeasures," the newspaper re-ported Siluanov as saying.

us like myself that in Europeare true believers in the Euro-pean project," he said.

"It has become a real sys-temic global necessity. This isone of the important messagesof this G20."

A draft statement obtainedby AFP sugested there wasmovement towards a more in-tegrated EU banking systemthat would see joint supervi-sion and guarantees for depos-itors that might need to berepaid by any future failing in-stitutions.

"We support the intention toconsider concrete steps to-wards a more integrated finan-cial architecture, encom -passing banking supervision,resolution and recapitalization,and deposit insurance," thecommunique said.

Beyond the summit confer-ence center in the Mexicanbeach resort of Los Cabos,bond markets jacked up rateson Spanish and Italian debtamid self-fulfilling fears thatthe debt crisis that sank Greecewas spreading once again.

Barroso repeated his mantrathat the solution to the euro-zone crisis lies in urgently pro-gressing towards ever greaterintegration.

World powers from theUnited States to Asia, he said,were now pushing for Europe"to build a banking union, atrue economic and monetaryunion, and even making ap-peals to a political union.

"Today the appeals for astronger, more integrated Eu-ropean Union and euro areaare not just coming from all of

LOS CABOS (AFP) - G20leaders meeting in Mexicothrew support yesterday be-hind Europe's plans to over-come its debt crisis that isdragging down the globaleconomy, EU Commissionchief Jose Manuel Barrososaid.

"G20 leaders, after verygood, frank and open discus-sion, recognized the extremelyimportant efforts that Europehas been making to deal withthe financial crisis," Barrososaid in a written statement.

European members wereunder extraordinary pressurefrom their international coun-terparts to loosen the strait-jacket of austerity programsand to allow the EuropeanCentral Bank to open the lend-ing floodgates.

Germany and Spain will holda summit on the eurozone cri-sis on June 22 in Rome, aheadof a full European Union sum-mit from June 28-29.

Kathleen Brooks, researchchief at brokerage Forex.com,said Spain could avoid a rescueonly if its debts were under-written by stronger eurozonepartners and if the EuropeanCentral Bank bought its debt.

"But at the rate its yields arerising, Spain doesn't haveenough time to wait for Eu-rope's politicians to decidewhether or not to underwritethe debts of the weakest states,it needs action now."

Spain, the eurozone'sfourth-biggest economy, facesits next debt market test onThursday, when it will try toraise up to two billion euros ina mix of two-, three- and five-year bonds.

Adding to a sense of uncer-tainty in Spain, a financialsource said that a second auditof Spain's banks had been de-layed from end-July to Sep-tember. It is to follow a firstexam whose results are due byThursday.

The first audit will decidehow much of the eurozone's100 billion euros is required tosecure the banks, many loadedup with bad loans extended ina property bubble that col-lapsed in 2008.

If Madrid withdrew the fullloan, its public debt would ap-proach 90 percent of economicoutput by the end of the year.

MADRID (AFP) - Fears of afull-scale bailout for Spainmounted yesterday as its bor-rowing costs spiked to dangerlevels on concern over the na-tion's stricken banks and fast-rising debt.

After Greek elections aver -ted the immediate threat ofAthens exiting the eurozone,concern turned to Spain wherethe banks have been thrown aeurozone lifeline of up to 100billion euros ($127 billion).

As Greece's pro-bailoutpar ties negotiated the terms ofa coalition government,Spain's troubles mounted.

Tapping the markets for thefirst time since the Greek voteon Sunday, Spain raised 3.04billion euros, beating its 2.0-3.0-billion-euro target in anauction of 12- and 18-monthnotes. But it had to pay exorbi-tant rates to lure investors --5.074 percent for 12-monthdebt and 5.107 percent for 18-month debt.

The yield on Spanishbenchmark 10-year govern-ment bonds shattered the 7.0-percent barrier yesterday forthe first time since the creationof the euro in 1999, pushingabove 7.2 percent. Yesterday,the yield on 10-year bonds wasat 7.003 percent.

"It now appears inevitablethat Spain will require a sove -reign bailout, possibly verysoon," said Capital Economicschief European economistJonathan Loynes.

Rising bond yields reflecteda belief that the bankingbailout, agreed with eurozonepartners on June 9, would notaddress broader fiscal prob-lems, he said.

Spain's plan to cut the pub-lic deficit from 8.9 percent ofeconomic output last year to5.3 percent this year and 3.0percent in 2013 relied on a"very unlikely" recovery fromrecession next year, Loynessaid.

Markets held out little hopefor quick help from Europe.

The leaders of Italy, France,


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"Thanks to the databasemanaged by the Carabinieri,an international operation ledto the arrest of a Frenchwoman," the general added.

Several antique vases, pre-

PARIS (AFP) - Byzantiumfrescoes, paintings by earlyBaroque artists and a letter byChristopher Colombus areamong 31 stolen artefacts re-covered by Italian police to goon show today at UNESCO'sParis headquarters.

"This exhibition ... is aimedat raising awareness world-wide about the safeguarding ofour cultural heritage," saidPasquale Muggeo, general ofItaly's Carabinieri paramilitarypolice which recovered thestolen works with help fromauthorities worldwide.

Among objects to go onshow is a 12th-century ivorycrucifix that was stolen fromthe San Sabino cathedral in thesoutheastern Italian town ofCanosa di Puglia in 1983 andrecovered some 25 years later.

Muggeo recounted how thecrucifix was put up for sale inFrance in April 2008, piquingthe curiosity of the Italian in-terior ministry's office chargedwith fighting the trafficking ofcultural goods.

he San Sabino cathedral in the southeastern Italian town ofCanosa di Puglia

Actor Johnny Depp and his longtime partner, actress-model Vanessa Paradis, have ended their 14-year rela-tionship. Depp, 49, and Paradis, 39, have been togethersince 1998, an eternity by Hollywood standards. Depptook up with Paradis shortly after parting ways with su-permodel Kate Moss. They have two kids, a daughter,Lily-Rose (13) and a son, John (10)

Columbian statues, paintingsby early Baroque artists Lu-dovico Carracci and LeGuerchin, as well as two pan-els of medieval chests paintedin the 15th century byBernardino Fungai, make upthe collection on show untilJuly 6.

Italy became the first coun-try to create a specialised unitto combat illegal trafficking ofcultural goods in May 1969.

According to UNESCO, theUN cultural agency, the Cara-binieri have recovered961,082 antiquities and half amillion other objects and havelaunched legal proceedingsagainst 28,600 people.

"We are not only workingfor our country but for about15 others, including Serbia,Bulgaria and the Czech Re-public," Muggeo said, adding:"We work for humanityworldwide."


UNESCO to display artefacts recoveredfrom thieves

Rosli added that Nik Rainahad no authority over decidingwhich books to sell and wasbeing singled out because thosein charge of merchandisingwere ethnic Chinese non-Mus-lims. Non-Muslims cannot becharged in Islamic courts.

Malaysia has a system of Is-lamic courts that run parallel tothe country's civil courts andadminister civil matters forMuslims who make up some60 percent of the country's 28million people.

Manji launched the book,together with a Malay-lan-guage translation, at a hastilyarranged event in KualaLumpur on May 19 amid criti-cism by Muslims.

Her previous internationallyacclaimed book, "The Troublewith Islam Today", is alreadybanned in Malaysia. Malaysiafrequently bans books, espe-cially those deemed obscene oragainst Islamic teachings.

But it is rare for Islamiccourts to target bookstores.

New York-based HumanRights Watch has called on thegovernment to reverse the bookban, saying it was "old-fash-ioned state repression" and"cowardly".

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - AMalaysian Islamic court onTuesday charged a bookstoremanager with selling a book bya Canadian Muslim lesbian ac-tivist that was recently bannedin the Southeast Asian country.

Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz,who manages the bookstorechain outlet in the capital KualaLumpur, is accused of distrib-uting Irshad Manji's "Allah,Liberty and Love."

The Home Ministry bannedthe book last month after it wasdeemed offensive to Islam,contained "elements that couldmislead the public," and was"detrimental to public order".

According to Manji's web-site, the book "shows all of ushow to reconcile faith and free-dom in a world seething withrepressive dogmas".

Nik Raina faces up to twoyears in jail and a fine if the Is-lamic court finds her guilty, herlawyer Rosli Dahlan said. Noplea was recorded Tuesdaywith the next court date set forSeptember 19.

Rosli said Islamic officialsraided the store before the bookban was officially announced,and the shop had filed a courtcase to declare the raid illegal.

Malaysia bookstoremanager charged overbanned book


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tov spilled a Steven Gerrardcross.

Rooney's goal in the 48thminute in Donetsk, Ukraine,had been the highlight of alacklustre match which Eng-land only needed to draw toqualify.

But it livened up whenMarko Devic forced a savefrom Joe Hart in the 62ndminute that was cleared off theline by John Terry. Televisionreplays suggested the ball hadcrossed for a goal but Hungar-ian referee Viktor Kassaiwaved play on.

Football's world governingbody FIFA is currently tri-alling two prototypes of goal-line technology after a numberof high-profile incidents whengoals have been disallowed.

The president of Europeanfootball's governing bodyUEFA, Michel Platini, saidthis week that having five of-ficials, as in the current tour-nament, would prevent suchan issue - but Tuesday's inci-dent appeared to underminethat theory.

France needed just a drawagainst already-eliminatedSweden in Donetsk to advancefrom the group stages of amajor competition for the firsttime since 2006 and exorcisethe ghosts of a disastrous 2010World Cup, when players wenton strike.

But Sweden were in nomood to help Les Bleus, asthey sought to salvage somepride after a 2-0 defeat toUkraine and 3-2 loss to Eng-land.

Swedish striker ZlatanIbrahimovic opened the scor-ing in the 54th minute, volley-ing in a spectacular right-footvolley from 12 yards out whileSebastian Larsson made it twominutes before time.

The results leave Englandon seven points and France onfour, with both Ukraine andSweden on three.

England will play Italy on

Sweden.The Manchester United

player, ineligible for England'sfirst two Euro 2012 matchesafter a red card picked up inthe qualifiers, had the easiestof headers at the back postafter goalkeeper Andrei Pya-

las Bendtner, who on Mondaywas slapped with a one-matchsuspension and 100,000 eurofine for displaying sponsoredunderpants during a goal cele-bration.

Manchester City and Bel-gium captain Vincent Kom-pany wrote: "Racist chants80k fine. Commercial stunt100k fine + 1 match ban...UEFA might need to reviewtheir order of priorities, don'tyou think?"

Sunday in Kiev, while Francewill take on European andworld champions Spain inDonetsk on Saturday.

The other quarter-finals seethe Czech Republic play Por-tugal in Warsaw on Thursdayand Germany against Greecein Gdansk, Poland, on Friday.

Germany coach JoachimLoew and Greece's players alltried to play down the signifi-cance of their match, with theGerman chancellor a hate fig-ure in Greece for her insis-tence to Athens of harsh cutsto offset a crippling debt crisis.

"Angela Merkel and the na-tional team are on very goodterms. We have reached anagreement where she doesn'tinterfere with my tactical in-structions and, in return, Idon't deal with her politicalagenda," said Loew.

Meanwhile, UEFA facedcriticism for fining the Croat-ian Football Federation 80,000euros ($100,000, 64,500pounds) after a section of fansracially abused Italy's MarioBalotelli during their Group Cgame in Poznan, Poland, onJune 14.

A stiff penalty had been ex-pected after Russia werethreatened with a six-point de-duction from their Euro 2016qualifying campaign for fur-ther serious crowd trouble andbecause of UEFA's repeatedinsistence of "zero tolerance"on racism.

But many people high-lighted the harsher punishmentmeted out to Denmark's Nick-


DONETSK, Ukraine (AFP) -Wayne Rooney on Tuesdaymarked his come-back fromsuspension with a goal as Eng-land beat Ukraine 1-0 to winGroup D and France endedtheir six-year wait for a knock-out spot despite losing 2-0 to

England, France through to Euro 2012 quarters

kieV, ukrAine - Florent malouda of France challengesSebastian Larsson of Sweden

english forward Wayne rooney vies with ukrainian mid-fielder Denys Garmash (L)

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2012

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Sweden 2, France 0

england 1, ukraine 0

France 2, Ukraine 0

England 3, Sweden 2

England 1, France 1

Ukraine 2, Sweden 1

W L PTS GF GA D

*CzeCh reP. 2 1 6 4 5 0

*GreeCe 1 1 4 3 3 1

ruSSiA 1 1 4 5 3 1

PoLAnD 0 1 2 2 3 2

*GermAny 3 0 9 5 2 0

*PorTuGAL 2 1 6 5 4 0

DenmArk 1 2 3 4 5 0

neTherLAnDS 0 3 0 2 5 0

*SPAin 2 0 7 6 1 1

*iTALy 1 0 5 4 2 2

CroATiA 1 1 4 4 3 1

ireLAnD 0 3 0 1 9 0

*enGLAnD 2 0 7 5 3 1

*FrAnCe 1 1 4 3 3 1

ukrAine 1 2 3 2 4 0

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D: Draw; * qualified for quarter-finals

EURO-2012 Standings

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way."

Durant picked up his fourth

foul in the third quarter, forc-

ing Brooks to sit his star player

during a crucial time of the

game. Durant got called for a

fifth foul in the final quarter

but managed to finish out the

game.

"I've just got to play my

game, not worry about the of-

ficiating or what they do be-

cause they're going to make

mistakes.

The Thunder were one of

the best free-throw shooting

teams during the regular sea-

son but they shot just 62 per-

cent from the line in game

three.

"All I can do is worry aboutmyself. I've got 100 percentconfidence in myself that I cando it and when the fourth quar-ter comes around next time,I'm going to be as aggressiveas I can."

Talk centred on executingbetter down the stretch andkeeping out of foul trouble asOklahoma City enters Thurs-day's game four down twogames to one in the best-of-seven series.

"I thought they (Heat) madea few extra plays last night thatwe did not make, but I thoughtwe played a very competitivegame," said Thunder coachScott Brooks. "That gamecould have easily gone either

The three-time league scor-

ing champion Durant had just

four points in the fourth quar-

ter of game three, the second-

straight game he has gotten

into foul trouble in the second

half.

"I missed a few shots going

to the rim," said Durant during

Monday's practice at the

American Airlines Arena. "But

I don't care if I miss it or if I

make it. I believe in myself.

MIAMI (AFP) - Kevin Durantsays he's not about to start sec-ond-guessing himself just be-cause he's not scoring in thefourth quarter of the NBA fi-nals like he has in some of hisearlier postseason games.

"I'm going to shoot until myarm falls off in the fourth,"said Durant, who scored ateam high 25 points as Okla-homa City lost game three ofthe NBA finals 91-85 to theMiami Heat.


NBA: Durant firing blanks in fourthquarter

permission to stay on the is-land, although their where-abouts was not immediatelyknown.

FIBA Americas identifiedthe five players as Juan CarloPineiro, Ismael Romero Fer-nandez, Leonel BatistaAguero, Yudniel Perez Arangoand Enrique Ramos Abad.

The Cuban team was sched-uled to play at 3:30 pm (1930GMT) Tuesday againstNicaragua.

SAN JUAN (AFP) - Fivemembers of Cuba's nationalbasketball team defected Tues-day in Puerto Rico where theirteam was playing in a regionaltournament, an official withthe International BasketballFederation said.

The five had played Mon-day against the Bahamas,which beat the Cuban team81-68 on the opening night ofthe CentroBasket 2012 tourna-ment.

"After the game they wentto their hotel. Today it was dis-covered that the five playersweren't there," Anibal Garcia,the sports director of FIBAAmericas, told AFP.

He said the players appar-ently checked out of their hotelat about 1:00 am Tuesday.

The Puerto Rican daily ElNuevo Dia, in its online edi-tion, said that the five hadbegun the process of obtaining

Five Cuban basketballplayers defect in PuertoRico: FIBA

Forward Kevin Durant during practice


Last Saturday the inaugura-tion of this year’s CopaAndre Ooijer tournamenttook place on the Yara SportsComplex in Savaneta. TheMinister of Sports, RichardVisser was present to presentthe material for the partici-pating teams and to initiatethe games with the first kick.Also present for the inaugu-ration of the tournament wasPresident of Lifida, BuchiPanama and Aruba FootballBond President, Rufo Kelly

The weekend results ofthe games were the follow-ing: National/Washington vs.RCA scored 1-1. The secondgame between Britania vs.Dakota had ties on both sidesof 2 goals each.

On the 16th of June(Girls), Savaneta Stars placedRCS with Savaneta Stars

winning with a score of 6-0.Later that afternoon Santa Fewon Arsenal with a score of3-1.

This week the games areexpected to continue onWednesday, Friday, Saturdayand Sunday on the Yara Fieldand at the Frans FigaoraSports Complex in Noord.For a full schedule of thegames, visit the websitewww.scoredpasalud.com.Parents of the players and theisland in general are cordiallyinvited to attend the tourna-ment and to come and sup-port their preferred team.

Registration for the AndreOoijer Clinic is scheduled totake place on July 6, 7 and 8.The age for participation isfrom 7 to 17 years. Registernow www.scorepasalud.comand reserve your place in thisunique clinic.

2012 Copa Andre Ooijer Tournament inaugurated

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