"The Duke of Edinburghwas taken to King EdwardVII Hospital in London thisafternoon, from WindsorCastle, as a precautionarymeasure after developing abladder infection, which isbeing accessed and treated,"the palace said in a statement.

"Prince Philip will remainin hospital under observationfor a few days. He is, under-standably, disappointed aboutmissing this evening's Dia-mond Jubilee Concert and to-morrow's engagements."

LONDON (AFP) - PrincePhilip, the 90-year-old hus-band of Queen Elizabeth II,was hospitalised yesterdaywith a bladder infection andwill miss the rest of her dia-mond jubilee celebrations,Buckingham Palace said.

The new health scarecomes less than six monthsafter the outspoken Britishroyal patriarch suffered chestpains during the Christmasbreak and had to undergo amedical procedure to treat ablocked coronary artery.

landstraat and Monserrat areexpected to be completed inabout one month.

A First Response team willbe giving a round of commu-nity meetings at various neigh-borhood centers and speakingat schools to inform the publicof how to prepare for an ap-proaching storm of significantmagnitude. Though they arerare at this latitude and longi-tude, it is always best to be pre-pared, asserted the PM.

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heavy rainfall. Work has beencompleted at Sabana Liber andMontaña, where water accu-mulation has been a problem,and drainage projects at Enge-

Aruba’s Prime Minister MikeEman welcomed the directorsof several government agen-cies who comprise the coope -rative disaster response teamwho are now keeping a watchon the weather with the adventof hurricane season.

During this period fromJune 1st to November 30th,police, fire department, healthdepartment, department ofpublic works, (DOW) socialaffairs and the meteorologicaloffice will work together underthe direction of the BureauRampenbestrijding, commonlycall the Ram Bureau, headedby Jaime Donata.

Prime Minister Eman ex-plained the DOW has alreadytaken steps to remedy certainproblem areas when there is

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June 1 marks diligence on the

part of Aruba Disaster Bureau

L.-r. Marck Oduber, Jaime Donata of Disaster Bureau, and Prime Minister Eman

Britain's Prince Philip

hospitalised, misses rest

of jubilee

attention and to take care ofany eventual concern they mayhave.

The farmers had severalpertinent observations. Onesuch was the matter of propertransportation of water, and pe-titions regarding land. Thesemen were also very concernedabout their animals that walkaround loose in the NationalPark. They were afraid thatthese animals may be hurt byPark Rangers. The Minister as-sured them that their livestockwill never be hurt. While thecommission is being formed todeal with that situation, there isan agreement that no harmmay come to their animals.

Reportedly, the farmers andagriculturists were happy tohave met with the Minister andwere satisfied with the infor-mation and assurances re-ceived.

Minister. According to Oduber,this registration of all farmersand agriculturists is importantso that the government cangive them the attention theydeserve. This, he claims, willgive him and Santa Rosa amuch better way to give them

Just recently, Minister Oduberwith agriculture under hiswatch, met with livestockfarmers and agriculturists atBaranca di Yerba. After enjoy-ing different local dishes, thepurpose of the meeting was ex-plained.

The Minister requested thegroup to select three membersof their group of livestockfarmers to form a commissionto brainstorm and make re -commendation as to how totackle and solve the problem ofGoats wandering around loosein the Parke Arikok, our na-tional park.

The government is also in-tent on getting every farmer of-ficially registered. This wascommunicated to the farmersduring this meeting with the

- half of the amount of pro-tein that a young personneeds from age 14 to 20.

- almost all the calcium achild needs from the age of10 to 18.

- all the calcium that an adultneeds

Lactation:This is the period during

which animals produce milk.Good nutrition is vitally im-portant during the productionof milk. A healthy milk-pro-ducing breed of Goats that arewell fed, and drink clean waterdaily, will produce excellentmilk for a rather long period.

Depending on the particularbreed of Goat, the lactation pe-riod varies between 6 to 9months, providing of course theGoat is milked properly. Goatsmust be milked every 12 hoursbased on a regular routine andpreferably at the same timeeach time and preferably by thesame person, the same locationand same sequence. This willguarantee a higher production.

Pasteurization and bottling:Before the milk is boiled, it

must be filtered. A coffee filtermay be used or some other finecloth to remove whatever de-bris or hair from the milk.After filtering, the milk mustbe boiled to 100 degrees Cel-sius. The boiling/pasteuriza-tion process is to reduce thepossibility for bacteria to beginto multiply and subsequentlycontaminate the milk. Unpas-teurized milk can be refrige -rated for more or less 72 hours,while pasteurized milk, pro -perly sealed in a bottle can lastup to three and a half weeks.

Santa Rosa encourageseveryone to stop by personallyand pick up a bottle of clean,fresh, healthy Goat milk for aslittle as Afls. 5. Aruba’s freshGoat milk is produced and bot-tled right here at Santa Rosa!

PIEDRA PLAT -- Santa Rosa,Aruba’s dynamic agriculturaldepartment and live-stock andfisheries farm has announcedthat they now have fresh Goatmilk for sale to the public.

This is an excellent momentto share some relevant infor-mation about the health pro -perties of Goat milk. SantaRosa has compiled and pub-lished some of this informationfor our esteemed readership.

Goat milk (in Papiamento:Lechi di Cabrito) has a muchhigher percentage of proteinand calcium than that found inCow’s milk. This is excellentfor hair growth and good mus-cles, and boosts energy, whilethe calcium is good for bonehealth and for strong andhealthy teeth. A well nourishedGoat produces milk containingall the essential vitamins andminerals. The particles of fat inthe Goat’s milk are muchsmaller than that found inCow’s milk which makes Goatmilk digestible much faster.

Goat milk is good foreveryone, but especially goodfor babies, small children, andseniors, as well as for thosesuffering from an acidic sto -mach. One or two Goats cansupply an entire family of fivewith sufficient milk.

One liter of Goat milkcontains the following:- all the protein a child needs

up to age 6.- 60% of all the protein that a

child needs from age 6 to 14.

Great….good’ole fresh

Goat Milk now available

at Santa Rosa!

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Livestock farmers and agriculturists

have productive meeting with Minister

Aruba, and was highlypraised by vi sitors and critics.

Aside from the estab-lished artists participating inthe competition Curators onthe Go have received 30pieces from juvenile artists,which will also be displayed.This evening, awards will bepresented for:

• Best in Show• Best reflection of the

theme, Film, Catch theMoment

• Public Choice Award• Future Artist Award (Juve-

niles only)Visitors to the exhibit are

requested to cast their votefor the public choice award.

by Rosalie Klein

eral Hospital del Este Dr.Domin go Lusiani and themosaic mural “El Pedregal”.by Palmeros de Chacao,among others; his most re-cent accomplishment is win-ning first prize at the “VSalón de Arte Sacro 2012.”

Renwick is well known asan artist and the innovativecurator of the prestigious Ac-cess Art Gallery of Aruba. Hewas one of those selected toorga nize the recent series ofexpos from foreign embassiesin Washington, D.C. Theresul ting cooperative effort,"Microcosm" was the firstphase of an initiative to createa platform for using contem-porary art as a medium to cre-ate awareness and dialogueamong the U.S., Holland and

thousands of other entries.His work has appeared onmagazine covers both in theU.S. and internationally; anumber of his images are as-sociated with a wealth of fa-mous brands. His fine artpieces won several awardsand are coveted for privatecollections.

Ruben Falcon of Caracas,Venezuela is also a multi-award winning artist, whosework has been sought afterby curators since he firstbegan exhibiting in 1985. Hewas also commissioned to dothe decorative murals in Gen-

ing place nightly during the2012 AIFF. All works are forsale.

Bruce Yodanis, originallyfrom Pennsylvania, now re-sides in Florida and has beena commissioned artist sincethe age of 12, demonstratinga remarkable talent for air-brush art since receiving hisfirst kit for his 10th birthday.He attended the Art Instituteof Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,and during his student dayssubmitted and won a cashprize in the student competi-tion of the Society of Illustra-tors of NYC; selected over

In line with festival produc-ers’ vision to see the ArubaInternational Film Festivalcontinually grow in scopeand provide exciting eventswhich engage and involve theAruban community, organiz-ers added a fine arts exposi-tion and competition titled"Film-Catch the Moment"which will have a gala open-ing this evening at the Cas diCultura in Oranjestad.

Michiko Takatsu and Ed-uardo Valbuena, renownedartists and curators of Cura-tors on the Go, organized theexposition with 45 islandartists participating.

The talent and creativityof Aruba’s prodigious artcommunity will be on displaywith the option to purchaseany of the paintings or sculp-tures.

An international jury con-sisting of Bruce Yodanis fromthe U.S., Ruben Falcon ofVenezuela and RenwickHeronimo of Aruba have se-lected those pieces that bestrepresent the spectrum ofwork available to art connois-seurs visiting and living onAruba. These will be dis-played at va rious events tak-

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Gala opening of “Catch the Moment” AIFF JuriedExposition is tonight

bean experience and arethrilled to part of such an es-teemed organization”.

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“We could not be more ex-cited and graciously accept theinvitation to join one of themost influential and respectedtravel networks in the world,”said Fred Hoffmann, GeneralManager. “Hyatt RegencyAruba continues to offer guestssuperior service and amenities.We are committed to providingour guests with a top Ca rib -

found at their offices and se -veral government buildings, aswell distributed at presenta-tions at community centers andschools.

by Rosalie Klein

The Ram Bureau annuallypublished informative pam-phlets of what to do in case ofan approaching storm and howto prepare; these are publishedin 4 languages and can be

Head Meteorologist MarckOduber gave some figures onwhat NOAA experts are pre-dicting for the 2012 season:anywhere from 9 to 15 namedstorms of which 4 to 8 are ex-pected to be hurricanes and 1to 3 major hurricanes. Since1981 the over annual averageis 12.1 named storms and 6.4hurricanes, of which 2.7 weremajor storms. Recent yearshave shown water surface tem-peratures to be higher, con-tributing to more frequentstorms of great ferocity.

Boaters and fisherman withmarine radios are reminded tomonitor the NOAA weatherbulletins; Hadicurari FishingCenter does so regularly andissues warnings; they can alsoinform which bands broadcastNOAA Weather Radio.

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Meteorologist Marck Odu-

ber

Hyatt Regency Aruba ResortCasino & Spa invited to joinprestigious Virtuoso travelnetwork

own personal vehicleas a taxi. The changesalso eliminate the legalobligation that taxishad to use a taxi meter.According to the Min-ister, the changes willsimply help to improvethe quality of our taxiservice and the qualityof our tourism, whileat the same time bene-fit the chauffeur aswell as all taxi users.

three years. This is the amountof years for the dispensation onpaying import duties. This re-duction takes into account theperiod that the owner of thetaxi license may use an assis-tant chauffeur who may beusing the license holder’s caras taxi. That period will not becounted as a valid period forthe dispensation.

The change in the law as ofJune 1, 2012, also permits anassistant chauffeur to use his

signed back in April 2011, itwas agreed then that severalpoints would have to be stipu-lated by law and that somechanges may be necessary.These changes have beenmade and have taken effect asof June 1st 2012.

A new law concept with re-spect to import duties havebeen incorporated into theagreement. Import duties (im-portation of taxi vehicles) havebeen reduced from 4 years to

ORANJESTAD -- Significantchanges have been made in“The 2011 Cooperative TaxiProtocol,” which was signedon April 7th 2011 by represen-tatives of the taxi cooperativesand the Minister of Tourismand Public Transport. The pri-mary objective of thesechanges, according to the go -vernment, is to improve thequality of service of our publictransport system.

When this agreement was

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The weekly Bon Bini Festivaltakes place tonight at the FortZoutman in Wilhelminastraat.Bon Bini Festival is the onlyweekly folkloric event on theisland. Come mingle with thelocals and enjoy a taste ofAruban culture.

This week the festival willfeature the traditional Arubacaha di orgel by Crystal, folk-loric music by Tipico ArcoIris, dance performance byThe Bon Bini Dancers, soloistQuincy Hasham and brassband The New Generations.

During the festival therewill be local food, sweets andtraditional local arts and craftson sale.

Arubus has regular bussesfrom all hotels areas to Oran-jestrad Central Terminal,which is only a short walkfrom Fort Zoutman. Roundtrip bus fare is $2.30. The fes-tival is from 6:30 pm to 8:30pm. Entrance fee is $3.

Come and experience ataste of our ‘dushi’ Aruba

Bon BiniFestival istonight

Legal changes to take effect in “The 2011 Cooperative

Taxi Protocol”

CALDAS, Colombia : Handout photo released by Inge-ominas Colombian geological and mining institute show-ing a plume of smoke billowing on June 4, 2012 from theNevado del Ruiz volcano, located on the border of thedepartments of Caldas and Tolima, in Colombia, some130 km west of Bogota. AFP PHOTO

killed in drug-related violencein Mexico since 2006.

That year the governmentlaunched a military crackdownon the country's powerful drugcartels, which are themselveslocked in brutal turf warsmarked by macabre displays ofviolence such as beheadingsand mass graves.

The Torreon region is ascene of a violent confronta-tion between the Sinaloa carteland the Zetas, an increasinglypowerful drug traffickinggroup founded by desertersfrom US-trained Mexican spe-cial forces.

The two gangs are fightingfor control of lucrative cocainedelivery routes to the UnitedStates.

Across the border, five bod-ies burnt beyond recognitionwere found over the weekendin the smoldering wreckage ofa vehicle on a popular drugtrafficking route in the Arizonadesert.

voters, but that is offset by hislower favorable rating amongRepublicans than Obama hasamong Democrats CNNpolling director Keating Hol-land said.

Obama still maintains a 49-46 percent lead over Romneyin the overall White Houserace, within the poll's marginof error. Other recent pollsshow similar margins.

After last week's lousy jobsreport that showed the US un-employment rate ticking up to8.2 percent, and as Obama'scriticism of Romney's recordat private equity firm BainCapital raised some Democ-rats' hackles, Romney spokes-woman Andrea Saul clearlylaid out the campaign's plan ofattack in the days ahead.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Re-publican Mitt Romney is gain-ing on rival Barack Obama onthe favorability front but stilltrails the president, a new pollshowed Monday.

Romney's favorable ratinghas jumped 14 points sinceFebruary -- the height of theRepublican Party's nominationbattle -- to 48 percent, whileObama's has remained stablein recent months at 56 percent,according to a CNN/ORC In-ternational poll.

Both Obama and Romney,the presumptive Republicannominee to challenge for theWhite House in November,are seen in a negative light by42 percent of respondents.

Romney dominates amongseniors and has a "small ad-vantage among independent

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Romney's campaign ac-cuses Obama of having madea series of missteps on theeconomy while portraying thechallenger as a successful jobcreator as governor of Massa-chusetts who has business acu-men from his time at Bain.

The Romney campaign alsotook Obama to task for rush-ing off to New York to rub el-bows Monday with Broadwaytheater stars and other celebri-ties at campaign fundraisers.

The White House insistsObama is on the right pathafter shepherding the UnitedStates out of the worst eco-nomic crisis since the GreatDepression and is urging Con-gress to pass job creatingmeasures languishing on Capi-tol Hill.

Romney favorability rating rises,still behind Obama

TORREON (AFP) - Gunmenshot dead 11 people andwounded at least nine others ata rehab center in northernMexico on Sunday in the latestbloody episode in a brutal turfwar between drug gangs.

Bodies were strewn acrossblood-soaked beds, armchairsand the floor at the church-op-erated rehabilitation center inthe city of Torreon, the Mileniotelevision network reported.

The attack came almost ayear to the day after a similarassault on a rehab centerdowntown left 11 people deadand wounded two others.

These centers have becomefrequent targets of drug cartels,which seek members of rivaltrafficking groups among thepatients and eliminate them toprevent them from talking tothe police.

The gunmen used AR-15assault rifles and nine-millime-ter caliber pistols, police said.According to eyewitnesses,

some victims walked away be-fore the authorities arrived.

The building, located in aresidential area in front of apark, was cordoned off by po-lice and forensic experts wereworking at the crime scene.

Homero Ramos Gloria,chief prosecutor for the state ofCoahuila, told reporters thatfour of the dead had been iden-tified and work was ongoing toestablish the names of the re-maining victims.

The army and police estab-lished security checkpointsaround the hospital where thewounded were being treated inorder to prevent contractkillers from finishing off thosewho survived the attack.

Police also stepped up pa-trols around the city of onemillion inhabitants, locatedsome 550 kilometers (350miles) from the US border cityof Laredo, Texas.

More than 50,000 peopleare believed to have been

11 killed in attack on Mexican drugrehab center

International News

AFGHANISTAN, SANGIN : Female Engagement team(FET) US Navy HM2 Vanessa Siemasz (R) and US MarineGySgt Michelle Hill (C) of the 1st battalion 7th Marineswalk with Afghan children at FOB (Forward OperatingBase) Jackson, also known as Sabit Khadam, in Sanginin Helmand Province on June 4, 2012. The US-led war inAfghanistan has cost the lives of around 3,000 U.S. andallied troops, seen thousands of Afghans killed and costhundreds of billions of dollars. AFP PHOTO

Luka Rocco Magnottadubbed the "Canadian Psy-cho," who is suspected ofkilling and filming the dis-membermenthis boyfriend,a Chinese student was ar-rested earlier by Germanpolice. The arrest in Berlinbrought to an end days ofcat-and-mouse with Frenchauthorities who had beentracking Magnotta in Parissince "at least Friday," ac-cording to police in France.

AFP PHOTO

CARACAS (AFP) - One ofthe top leaders of Los Ras-trojos, a powerful drug car-tel operating near the borderbetween Venezuela andColombia, has been cap-tured by Venezuelan author-ities, the government said.

Diego Perez Enao, alsoknows as Diego Rastrojo,was seized Sunday in thetown of Rojas de Barinasfollowing a weeks-long in-telligence operation,Venezuelan Interior andJustice Minister Tareck ElAissami said.

"It was one of the mostimportant blows that wehave delivered to criminalorganizations and interna-tional narco-traffickers," hesaid.

According to El Aissami,the Colombian was thethird-ranking leader of thecartel and was in charge ofmajor drug trafficking oper-ations.

He has been wanted inColombia since 2001 inconnection with variouscrimes committed by thegroup, officials said.

were raised over what causedthe accident.

Families meanwhile gath-ered outside a morgue at aLagos hospital, hoping to iden-tify relatives.

A spokesman for the Na-tional Emergency Manage-ment Agency, Yushau Shuaib,said yesterday evening that137 bodies had so far been re-moved from the site, most ofthem thought to be plane pas-sengers, though more precisedetails were not yet available.

After nightfall, the searchwas suspended until Tuesdaymorning.

At one point yesterdaymorning, police fired tear gasat a surging crowd seeking toget a look at the crash site. Atother spots around the site peo-ple desperately sought accessto the wreckage to locate miss-ing relatives.

They were denied access,with rescue workers combingthe scene of the crash -- theworld's worst air disaster so farthis year -- saying the bodieswere unrecognisable.

LAGOS (AFP) - The flightthat crashed in Nigeria's largestcity of Lagos, killing all 153people on board, reported bothof its engines having failed be-fore it went down, the civilaviation chief said yesterday.

It was not yet clear whatcaused the Dana Air MD83'sengines to fail ahead of Sun-day's devastating crash in adensely populated area ofLagos, with more peoplefeared dead on the ground inaddition to the passengers.

"They declared Mayday,"Nigerian civil aviation chiefHarold Demuren told AFP."The reason was that the twoengines failed."

The clues emerged as res-cuers recovered burnt humanremains after the planeslammed into the neighbour-hood on the northern outskirtsof one of Africa's largest cities,making it one of the country'sworst air disasters.

President GoodluckJonathan visited the devasta-tion yesterday and pledged toimprove the country's spottyair safety record as questions

LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA, Tripoli : Libyan governmentforces arrive at Tripoli international airport to join in ne-gotiations with the Al-Awfya brigade that overran the air-port few hours earlier on June 4, 2012. The militia ofLibyan ex-rebels seized control of the airport, surround-ing planes with tanks and grounding all flights after theirleader's apparent arrest, officials said. Libyan forces re-gained control of the airport later in the day, a senior of-ficial said (AFP PHOTO)

AFP photo shows rescuers and firefighters workingamong the wreckage from the plane that crashed inLagos.

the "latest attempts to damagethe economic livelihoods" ofthe islands and said it wouldwork with any company poten-tially affected to help themdeal with the practical implica-tions.

Political agitation has inten-sified in Argentina during the30th anniversary of the Falk-lands War.

"Hydrocarbon explorationin the Falklands is a legitimatecommercial venture," a Fo reignOffice spokeswoman said.

"The British governmentsupports the right of the Falk-land Islanders to develop theirown natural resources for theirown economic benefit. Thisright is an integral part of theirright of self-determination.

"We remain clear that do-mestic Argentine legislationdoes not apply to the FalklandIslands or South Georgia andthe South Sandwich Islands.

"The Falkland Islands gov-ernment is, as always, entitledto develop both fisheries andhydrocarbons industries withinits own waters, without inter-ference from Argentina.

"These latest attempts todamage the economic liveli-hoods of the Falkland Islandspeople regrettably reflect a pat-tern of behaviour by the Ar-gentine government.

"From harassing Falklandsshipping to threatening the is-landers' air links with Chile,Argentina's efforts to intimi-date the Falklands are illegal,unbecoming and wholly coun -ter-productive.

"We are studying Ar-gentina's remarks carefully andwill work closely with anycompany potentially affectedto ensure that the practical im-plications for them are as fewas possible."

Diplomatic friction be-tween Argentina and Britainhas intensified since 2010,when London authorised oilprospecting in the watersaround the windswept islands,which are home to fewer than3,000 people.

Britain has held the Falk-lands since 1833, but BuenosAires claims that the barren is-lands are occupied Argentineterritory.

LONDON (AFP) - Britainsaid it would support its oilcompanies involved in the "le-gitimate" business of oil explo-ration off the Falkland Islandsafter Argentina said yesterdayit had begun the process ofsuing them.

Buenos Aires declaredBritish oil exploration off theFalklands "illegal" and immedi-ately set about suing five com-panies for pursuing activitiesaround the contested islands.

Britain said the moves were

Britain offers support to oil companies

in Falklands

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Engines failed beforeNigerian crash thatkilled over 150

Colombiandrug lordcaptured inVenezuela

Recently RBC Royal Bank (Aruba) N.V. showed their sup-port to Mary Joan Foundation by making a donation tothe foundation in connection with the celebration of theirfirst lustrum. RBC Royal Bank is happy to give supportto this foundation that is doing a tremendous job in thecommunity by giving lectures to raise awareness con-cerning breast cancer, while also giving emotional, spir-itual and physical support to cancer patients or thosewho are recuperating.Photo depicts Mr. Pierre Rafini,Area Vice President Business Banking, with Mrs. RozinaNava, Vice President of Mary Joan Foundation.

HYDERABAD : Indian volunteer S.Lalitha from the Inte-grated Rural Development Services (IRDS) explains howto use a male condom near the Red RibbonExpress(RRE)-III train car during an HIV/AIDS awarenesscampaign at a railway station in Secunderabad, the twincity of Hyderabad. The RRE train goes through 23 Statesand Union Territories and 162 districts in the country. Itwill be in Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh fromMay 31 to June 17, to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS andto promote safe behavioural practises. AFP PHOTO

tient’s knee and provide aprothesis, up to the momentthe patient leaves the hospital.

The clinical route describesin detail exactly what must bedone, by whom, when thismust be done, and exactlyhow, etc. These actions be-come part of the patient’sdossier. In this fashion everyprofessional knows exactlywhat actions to take and as ateam each are cognizant of theneeds of the patient and ofwhat has been done thus far.This translates into betterquality care, shorter hospitalstays and better patient secu-rity.Each patient will also re-ceive a brochure describinghis clinical route from the mo-ment of his hospital admis-sion. Reportedly, the Hospitalhas decided to design similarclinical routes for other de-partments to improve thequality of service of the Hos-pital.

our body" during the rally inthe city's Kadikoy district,which was also attended bymen.

Turkey's Islamic-rootedJustice and DevelopmentParty (AKP) is preparing abill to curb abortion, whichhas been legal in Turkeysince 1983, allowing womento terminate a pregnancy inthe first 10 weeks.

But under the proposedlegislation the AKP wants todrastically reduce the timelimit to as little as four weeks.

Health Minister RecepAkdag said last week the billwould be submitted to the

parliament this month.Prime Minister Recep

Tayyip Erdogan triggered out-rage among women's groupsand the opposition when helikened abortion to murder andfurther fanned the flames whenhe said: "Every abortion is anUludere."

He was referring to thebotched attack on Kurdish sep-aratists by Turkish warplanesin December that claimed thelives of 34 civilians.

Erdogan has repeatedlycalled on women to have atleast three children.

In 2004, his governmentbacked a law criminalisingadultery but later abandoned itafter intense pressure from theEuropean Union.

ISTANBUL (AFP) - Hundredsof demonstrators took to thestreets of Istanbul Sunday toprotest the government's planto reduce the time limit forabortions.

Women chanted slogansand unfurled banners reading"Abortion is a right" and "It is

therapist; Onaya Tromp, Hos-pital Care Manager; CherlineDonata, nurse; and FrancisEscalona, intake nurse. Thisgroup is directed by membersof the Care and Security De-partment, namely, TrudySchuurman and Edith van derMeer. The clinical route be-gins the moment the patient isadmitted and the decision ismade to operate on the pa-

The Aruba Dr. Horacio Odu-ber Hospital has recently in-troduced a so-called ‘clinicalroute’ designed by orthopedicsof the Ortho Clinic for patientsneeding an operation to re-ceive a knee prothesis.

This clinical route is a sys-tem used internationally to im-prove the coordination of thecare of the patient. Throughthis system different profes-sionals of the different disci-plines work in synergy to planthe specific route that the pa-tient needs to follow for theneeded care. The exactprocess is documented in thepatient’s dossier so everyonemay know what is the routeeach must follow and exactlywhen.

Back in December 2011 theHospital began working witha form that describes the clin-ical care route. The hospitalstaff gladly welcomed thissystem and indicated that itmeant a significant improve-ment of patient care. The gen-eral reaction was...”we needmore clinical routes for otherpatient groups in the hospital.”In essence, this means thatthere is a significantly im-proved coordination betweenhospital and medical profes-sionals. What’s more, the pa-tient has a better view of thecare he is receiving from thehospital.

The group of professionalsinvolved in the ‘clinical route’are: Dr. Patrick Haime, Ortho-pedist; David Janse, Physio-

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Health & Living

Aruba Hospital introducing‘clincal route’ for kneeprothesis

RBC Bank donates toMary Joan Foundation

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missing since mid-April. TheBNP has accused state securityforces over the disappearance-- a charge denied by the gov-ernment and the forces.

"He wrote that Ali wouldhave been freed had he beencaught by a jungle tiger. Butthis jungle tiger is SheikhHasina," Talukdar said, addingthat if found guilty under sedi-tion charges Molla could facea maximum life sentence.

Talukdar said police hadsought the home ministry'spermission to charge the 21-year-old English literature stu-dent. "We've completed ourinvestigation and found thathis Facebook remarks are sedi-tious," he said.

"We have decided to presssedition charges against him.In future, whoever is foundmaking such indecent and badremarks against the prime min-ister will face seditioncharges," he said.

Molla is the second studentto be arrested over allegedpostings on Facebook thisyear. In January police de-tained Al Nayeem Jubaer, 19,from his village west ofDhaka, for posting obscene re-marks about Hasina's father onthe social networking site.

TAIPEI, Taiwan: A woman of Acer Group, displays a latestAcer's Iconia W700 tablet computer during a press con-ference in Taipei on June 4, 2012. Taiwan's during a pressconference in Taipei on June 4, 2012. Taiwan's Taiwan'sleading personal computer maker Acer took another shotat gaining a foothold in the tablet market, unveiling twonew products running on Microsoft's much-anticipatedWindows 8 operating system. AFP PHOTO

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WASHINGTON (AFP) -Facebook is working on tech-nology that would permit chil-dren under the age of 13 to usethe social network site withparental supervision, peoplefamiliar with the effort saidMonday.

Facebook currently re-quires members to be at least13, but the new effort is beingmade because many childrenlie about their age to get ac-cess Facebook and its 900 mil-lion members, a source toldAFP.

A Facebook spokesmantold AFP no decision has beenmade on any policy change.

But a statement from thespokesman said the Californiacompany was exploring waysto handle children using Face-book.

"Many recent reports havehighlighted just how difficultit is to enforce age restrictionson the Internet, especiallywhen parents want their chil-dren to access online contentand services," the statementsaid.

"We are in continuous dia-logue with stakeholders, regu-lators and other policymakersabout how best to help parentskeep their kids safe in anevolving online environment."

The effort by Facebook toallow younger children, firstreported by the Wall StreetJournal, would use technologyto allow parents to determinewho their children can friendand what applications theycould use.

The report noted that thatmany youngsters lie abouttheir age, putting the companyin an awkward position re-garding a federal requirementto obtain parental consent be-fore collecting personal data.

The Journal said the movemay exacerbate privacy con-cerns about the massive socialnetwork, but that the companyhas little choice but to lookinto ways to establish controlsthat would take into accountthe site's use by younger chil-dren.

A source familiar with theeffort said Facebook wouldcomply with laws in theUnited States and other coun-tries on child protections.These laws vary for country tocountry, with some being sim-ilar to US law and others hav-ing no law on online use byminors.

Facebook explores access forkids under 13

RIO DE JNANEIRO (AFP) -Latin America's largest landfillwas closed Sunday after 34years, just days before Rio deJaneiro hosts a major UN con-ference on sustainable devel-opment.Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes and

Environment Minister IzabellaTeixeira closed the entrance toJardim Gramacho, a seasidemountain of malodorous trashwhere some 8,000 tons ofwaste were processed a day.

The sprawling trash dumpof approximately 140 hectares(345 acres) was considered amajor environmental threat toRio's Guanabara Bay, due toleaks caused by poor wastemanagement.

Its closure was agreed in2004, but the decision waspostponed several times until adeal was reached to do it ahead

of the Rio+20 United NationsConference on SustainableDevelopment set for June 20-22.

At least 100 global leadersand 50,000 participants fromaround the world are expectedfor the summit, which aims tooutline a path toward a "green"and social economy that canbalance economic growth,poverty eradication and envi-ronmental protection.

About 1,600 people whomade a living from sortingthrough the debris by hand,known as "catadores," will re-ceive compensation from thecity.

The waste at Gramacho isdue to be transferred to anotherlandfill run by a private com-pany. At the Gramacho site, abiogas plant will be launchedto reduce methane emissionsin the atmosphere.

Rio closes Latin America'sbiggest landfill

Sci-Tech

(AFP) - A Bangladeshi studentfaces sedition charges after heallegedly posted comments onFacebook linking the nation'spremier with the disappear-ance of an opposition leader,police said Sunday.

Sohel Molla, alias SohelRana, was arrested last monthafter being beaten up by sup-porters of Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina at the JatiyaKabi Kazi Nazrul Islam Uni-

versity at Trishal, 80 kilome-tres (50 miles) north of Dhaka.

"Some students becameangry after they saw his re-marks on Facebook where hesaid opposition leader Ilias Alihad no chance for freedom be-cause he was caught by SheikhHasina," Trishal police chiefFiroz Talukdar told AFP.

Ali, a regional head of op-position Bangladesh National-ist Party (BNP), has been

Bangladesh student faces seditioncharges over Facebook post

NEW YORK - Accompanied by a New York City Fire De-partment boat (rear) the space shuttle Enterprise istowed by barge in this view froim Staten Island June 3,2012 in New York on its way to dock in Port Elizabeth,New Jersey. Enterprise is scheduled to be moved bybarge June 5 to the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museumin New York where it will be permanently displayed.

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a one-in-three chance ofGreece exiting the eurozone inthe coming months, followingnational elections on June 17,"S&P said in a report, warningthat such an outcome could se-riously damage the country.

PARIS (AFP) - Internationalratings agency Standard &Poor's said yesterday there wasa one-in-three chance ofGreece leaving the eurozone inthe coming months.

"We believe there is at least

'One-in-three' chance Greecequits eurozone: S&P

panding their business in theUnited States," Spain's budgetsecretary, Miguel Ferre, said ina statement.

The United States was thefourth-largest source of foreigndirect investment in Spain lastyear, behind Britain, Franceand The Netherlands, accord-ing to Spanish government fi -gures.

US investment totalled 1.44billion euros ($1.79 billion) in2011, accounting for 6.4 per-cent of the total gross foreigndirect investment in Spain lastyear.

MADRID (AFP) - Spain andthe United States have signeda new double-taxation agree-ment which aims to boost in-vestment flows between thetwo countries, Spain's budgetministry said yesterday.

The new agreement adaptsa 1990 tax treaty "to the needsof existing economic and com-mercial ties," it said in a state-ment.

"I am sure that signing thisagreement will give a defini-tive boost to US investments inSpain and that it will cause ourfirms to bet strongly on ex-

"The finance ministers arecurrently working on specificcommitments that each coun-try will make to support globalrecovery and this will be re-flected in the action plan thatwill be adopted in Los Cabos,"Aranda said.

The diplomat said it waslikely that emerging econo -mies would make a biggercommitment to the IMF thanin the past.

"We do believe each timethe emerging economies haveto play a bigger role, not onlyon rights but also responsibili-ties," said Aranda, who was atthe UN headquarters for meet-ings with the main regionalgroups on the Los Cabos sum-mit.

this month, a G20 diplomatsaid yesterday.

The summit of the heads ofthe world's major developednations and emerging powerswill be held in the Mexican re-sort of Los Cabos from June17 amid a surge of fear overthe global economy as Europebattles a debt crisis and US andChinese growth slows.

"The G20 has reaffirmed itsfull commitment to supportingstructural reforms, restoringmedium term fiscal sustain-ability and promoting globalrebalancing," said LourdesAranda, Mexico's Sherpa onthe G20.

"That is what we are work-ing on very actively and inten-sively this month.

CHINA, Huaibei : AFP photoshows Chinese stock in-vestors monitoring theirshare prices at a stock bro-kerage firm in Huaibei, eastChina's Anhui province yes-terday. Chinese investorstook notice after the keyShanghai stock index endeddown 64.89 points -- exactlymatching the numerals inJune 4, 1989 -- the date of theTiananmen Square crack-down.

EU, energy prices also fell 0.1percent March to April androse 6.6 percent compared to12 months earlier.

With 26 of 27 countries re-porting -- Luxembourg beingthe exception -- prices droppedmost in Spain in April com-pared to March, falling 0.8 per-cent. Prices paid by producersrose most in Bulgaria and Es-tonia, up 1.1 percent.

Compared to a year earlierin April, prices for industrialproducers rose 2.8 percent inthe EU and 2.6 percent in theeurozone, both figures sharplylower than the 12-month riseposted in March, which cameto 3.5 percent in the eurozoneand 3.9 percent in the EU.

Energy prices fell 0.1 per-cent in the eurozone month-to-month and 6.8 percentcompared to April 2011. In the

BRUSSELS -- Producer pricesin the European Union and eu-rozone were flat in April, theregion's data office said yester-day.

After producer prices rose0.5 percent in both regions inMarch, prices were unchangedmonth-to-month in both the27-member EU and the 17-member eurozone, the areathat shares the euro as cur-rency, Eurostat said.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -Group of 20 finance ministersare preparing cash commit-ments to bolster the Interna-tional Monetary Fund whichthey will unveil at a summit

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KENYA, Nairobi : Kenyan motorists are seen driving inheavy traffic in the country's capital Nairobi. Accordingto an IBM Commuter Pain Survey, Nairobi residents havethe fourth most painful commute in the world. City offi-cials estimate that traffic jams cost the economy over600,000 US dollars (482,600 euros) per day in lost pro-ductivity, fuel consumption and pollution. It has been es-timated that the population of Nairobi will increase fromthe current 3 million to 4.3 million in 2025, hence the ur-gent need to upgrade the city's roads. (AFP PHOTO)

Spain, US sign new double-

taxation agreement

Horrific Somali piracy attacks are occurring with less frequency, but as a nefariousand risky enterprise — business is booming. According to reports 31 ransoms in 2011brought in a record $160 million for Somali pirates — with ransoms running about $5million each -- and the trend is only increasing. Geopolicity estimates this numbercould reach $400 million in the next three years.

UNITED STATES, New York : A billboard, 75 by 25 feet,of an image of a woman’s ten perfectly manicured andjeweled fingers, detached from their hands hangs inChelsea neighborhood of New York on June 3 2012. Theimage created by artist Maurizio Cattelan and photogra-pher Pierpaolo Ferrari as part of Toilet Paper, a two-year-old art magazine founded by the two men. his newbillboard — the fourth that is part of a High Line Series— will be on view through June 30.

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after us," she told the men,adding "you are only sup-posed to provide advice, andnothing more."

At one point during thevideo, she cautions the reli-gious police that she has al-ready posted the exchangeonline.

It is not clear if the womanwas eventually forced toleave the mall.

Sheikh said that any mem-ber of the religious police"who abuses citizens or at-tacks them has no place inthe commission."

In January, King Abdullahappointed Sheikh, a moder-ate, to head the religious po-lice, raising hopes that amore lenient force will easedraconian social constraintsin the Islamic country.

Two weeks into his post,Sheikh banned volunteersfrom serving in the commis-sion which enforces the king-dom's strict Islamic rules.

And in April he went fur-ther, prohibiting the religiouspolice from "harassing peo-ple" and threatening "deci-sive measures againstviolators."

The religious police pre-vent women from driving, re-quire them to be coveredfrom head to foot in black,ban public entertainment,and force all businesses,from supermarkets to petrolstations, to close at prayertimes, five times a day.

not right, even if the girl hadgone too far. He should haveoffered her advice and left in-stead of arguing with her andescalating" the situation, hesaid.

The three and a halfminute video posted on May23 shows members of the no-torious commission tellingthe woman to "get out of here(the mall)."

But she refuses to comply,saying: "I'm staying and Iwant to know what you'regoing to do about" it.

"It's none of your businessif I wear nail polish," theunidentified woman, who isnot seen on tape, is heardshouting at bearded menfrom the feared religiousforce.

"You are not in charge ofme," she defiantly shoutsback, referring to new con-straints imposed earlier thisyear on the religious police,banning them from harassingSaudi women over their be-haviour and attire.

"The government hasbanned you from coming

RIYADH (AFP) - The headof the Saudi religious policehas come out strongly againstone of his men who ordered awoman to leave a mall be-cause she was wearing nailpolish, a local daily reportedon Monday.

"The world is manufactur-ing airplanes and we are stilltelling a woman 'leave themall because you've got nailpolish on your fingers'," localdaily Al-Watan quotedSheikh Abdullatiff AbdelAziz al-Sheikh as saying.

The woman had defied theorders as she filmed her argu-ment with the policeman andposted it on YouTube, in avideo that attracted more thana million hits in the first fewdays after it went online.

"I was very disappointedby what I have seen. Thematter has been exaggeratedand negatively exploited,"Sheikh, head of the Commis-sion for the Promotion ofVirtue and Prevention ofVice, said.

"The way the member ofthe commission behaved was

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Green from 2001 to 2002.The couple's whirlwind ro-

mance began last year and theygot engaged five months ago.People noted that Barrymore isexpecting her first child.

The actress, a member ofone of America's most illustri-ous families of film and stage,made her debut as a child starin the 1982 Hollywood block-buster "E.T."

She has since appeared in astring of films, most of themromantic comedies, including"The Wedding Singer" and"Ever After: A CinderellaStory."

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Ac-tress Drew Barrymore marriedher art dealer beau on Saturdayat her Montecito, Californiahome, the third trip down theaisle for the Hollywood star,reports said.

The star-studded guest listfor the nuptials of Barrymore,37, and Will Kopelman, 34, in-cluded actress Cameron Diazand comedian Jimmy Fallon,according to the celebrity mag-azine People.

Barrymore was previouslymarried to bar owner JeremyThomas for two months in1994 and comedian Tom

Third time lucky for newbride Drew Barrymore?

Hitler.The tour -- Madonna's first

since the wildly successful"Sticky and Sweet" in 2008and 2009 -- will move on toEurope and the Americas, withconcerts planned in a total of80 countries.

It is expected to end in early2013 in Australia.

that they do such extremethings."

The video, which served asa backdrop when Madonnasang "Nobody Knows Me",briefly showed Le Pen's fore-head appear with a swastika onit before her whole face ap-peared, followed by an imageresembling Nazi leader Adolf

PARIS (AFP) - France's far-right National Front said Mon-day it might sue Madonna ifthe US pop icon uses a videoin her upcoming Paris concertshowing party leader MarineLe Pen with a swastika on herforehead.

Madonna used the video aspart of her stage show as shelaunched her keenly awaited"MDNA" world tour in Israellast Thursday. The tour is dueto take her to France for a Parisgig on July 14 and anotherconcert a week later in Nice.

Louis Aliot, the NationalFront's vice-president and LePen's partner, said when askedby BFM-TV news channel ifthe party planned to sue thesinger: "We'll see when sheplays in France."

Le Pen, who was a candi-date in last month's presiden-tial elections, herself saidSunday that when "old singerswant to get people to talkabout them, it's understandable

French far-right may sue Madonnaover swastika video: party

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With the quartet of Borus-sia Dortmund midfielderMario Goetze, Arsenal de-fender Per Mertesacker, Laziostriker Miroslav Klose andSchweinsteiger all returningfrom recent injuries, Loew stillhas a few decisions to make.

Should Schweinsteiger failto be fit in time, Bayern team-mate Toni Kroos is most likelyto partner Real Madrid's SamiKhedira in the defensive mid-field role.

Loew has promised hisplayers an intense week oftraining with Holland andDenmark still to come inGroup B after Portugal andseveral thousand German fansexpected to watch Mondayevening's training sessionhere.

Having flown the Germansfrom Frankfurt to Gdansk inone of Lufthansa's flagshipBoeing 747-8s, pilot PeterHaenzel said he hoped hecould also fly them home asEuropean champions.

"When this happens, weoffer the remaining tickets tothe opponent, so they can takemore. And then if there arestill some available -- obvi-ously not in the same sector --which is the case, we put themon sale to the general public,"said Giordano.

Among the other matcheswhich had yet to sell out onMonday were France's June 15game against Ukraine inDonetsk and les Bleus' June 19Sweden fixture in Kiev.

There were still ticketsavailable for Holland's June 9match with Denmark and June17 game with Portugal, both inthe eastern city of Kharkiv.

In Ukraine's fourth venue,the western city of Lviv, therewere tickets for Portugal'smatches with Germany andDenmark, on June 9 and 13 re-spectively, and for Denmarkversus Germany on June 17.

"At every single tourna-ment, you always have severalnational associations who donot take their full allocation,"said Giordano.

"Maybe it's being seen as abig, big story because it's hap-pening with England and itwasn't the case before. But itchanges from one year or an-other."

"But it is a competition,may the best team win."

sides have something extra."Platini, who said the Dutch

were just behind those two butneeded to step up from beingperennial contenders, said hefelt that England would suffermore from the absence fromstriker Wayne Rooney in theirfirst two games - he is sus-pended - than the sudden de-parture of coach FabioCapello in February.

Capello, who had guidedEngland to the finals after adisappointing performance atthe World Cup finals, hassince been replaced by thewell-travelled Roy Hodgson.

"I think that the absence ofRooney for the first twogames is much more of ahandicap than the departure ofCapello. Rooney is one of thebest players in the world."

Platini, who has been in hispresent post since 2007, saidthat obviously it would be bet-ter for the host countries tostay in the competition as longas possible in order to keeplocal interest burning.

"We have to be neutral, usthe organisers. When the localteam is in the competition fora long time, there is a better at-mosphere, more passion, thatis true, it is a fact.

PARIS (AFP) - Holders Spainand Germany are likely to bat-tle out the Euro final for a sec-ond successive time UEFApresident Michel Platini toldAFP in an exclusive interview.

The 56-year-old - who hashad to put up with criticalheadlines ahead of the kick-off on June 8 over fears ofracism and claims of poorticket sales in both host coun-tries Poland and Ukraine - ex-plained the Spanish and theGermans had that bit extrathan their 14 other rivals.

"In terms of favourites, I al-ways make the difference be-tween those who can win andthose who are difficult tobeat," said the former Frenchfootball great, who still holdsthe record for goals scored ina Euro - nine in the 1984 edi-tion which the French won.

"I would put Germany andSpain in the first category andin the second one practicallyall the other teams, becauseplaying against Denmark, Por-tugal, Italy and France will betough, one shouldn't forgetthat Greece won in 2004."

Platini, who coachedFrance at the 1992 Euroswhere they failed to impress,highlighted where he felt theGermans and the Spanish hadthe aces over their rivals.

"Spain has huge experi-ence, Germany is a littleyounger, and is hungry forsuccess," said Platini.

"Spain would like to retaintheir title with an outstandinggeneration of players.

"We will see extraordinarymatches with teams who camethrough qualifying withoutdropping a point, and withplayers that are extremelystrong.

"But is not for nothing thatthey (Spain) have already wonit."

"At the last World Cup Ger-many made a good impres-sion, but came across a goodSpanish side in the World Cupsemi-finals to whom they lost.

"It is evident that these two

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Spain, Germany have thatbit extra, says Platini

WARSAW (AFP) - Some10,000 tickets for Euro 2012remain unsold for matches inUkraine, UEFA says, with fig-ures showing there are stillseats for traditional crunch fix-tures such as England's openeragainst France on June 11.

High accommodationprices and transport headacheshave been blamed for a fall inthe number of usually ardentEngland fans.

"It is hard to get flights toKiev, with prices at a pre-mium, while the distances be-tween venues is huge andthere is the cost involved intravelling those distances. Thehotel prices have also beenhugely inflated," England'sFootball Supporters Federa-tion spokesman Kevin Milestold the BBC.

England's Football Associ-ation was allocated some7,500 tickets for the Francematch in the eastern Ukrainiancity of Donetsk and the samenumber for their June 19 gamethere against Ukraine.

For their June 15 matchagainst Sweden in the Ukrain-ian capital Kiev, meanwhile,the allocation was 9,000.

But only 3,000 tickets weresold for each game throughEngland's official fan club sys-tem.

10,000 Euro 2012 tickets

unsold in Ukraine

Platini all-time international top scorer

ments.Schweinsteiger strained his

left calf a fortnight ago whenBayern Munich lost the Cham-pions League final 4-3 onpenalties to Chelsea as hismissed spot-kick in the shoot-out helped the Blues seal vic-tory.

Germany are amongst thepre-tournament favourites andopen their campaign in Lviv,Ukraine, on Saturday againstPortugal with Schweinsteigerhaving been given the greenlight to play.

After giving his players theweekend to relax before thethree-week long tournament,Loew was upbeat.

"There is no reason not tolook forward to these champi-onships," said the 52-year-old,who will be looking to land hisfirst trophy as German coachafter taking them to the Euro2008 final and third at the2010 World Cup.

"On Friday, we will decidewho will play against Portugalwith plenty of enthusiasm."

GDANSK (AFP) - Germanyarrived in Gdansk for Euro2012 on Monday with keymidfielder Bastian Schwein-steiger having received a cleanbill of health and coachJoachim Loew in a confidentmood.

Germany are based in theBaltic port of Gdansk, Poland,for the duration of Euro 2012,which starts on Friday with thefinal in Kiev on July 1, with alltheir Group B games takingplace in Ukraine.

The Germans have hadminor set backs in their finalpreparations after a largelysecond string team suffered ashock 5-3 defeat to Switzer-land at the end of May, whilemidfield star Schweinsteigerhas been trying to recoverfrom a calf strain.

The 27-year-old is in a coregroup of players central toLoew's hopes of bringinghome a fourth Europeancrown, having last lifted thetitle in 1996 after also winningthe 1972 and 1980 tourna-

Germans arrive at Euro 2012 inconfident mood

Spaniards plus Andy Murraymade it through to the lasteight in the bottom half of thedraw.

Nadal demolished JuanMonaco of Argentina 6-2, 6-0,6-0 in an awesome display ofclaycourt tennis that must havesent shivers through his rivalsfor the title here.

Countrymen David Ferrerand Nicolas Almagro had ear-lier gone through comfortably.

Murray joined them with adisjointed 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2win over Frenchman RichardGasquet.

The Scot will play Ferrer,while Nadal will go for his50th win at Roland Garrosagainst Almagro.

Joining them in the lasteight, in matches held overfrom Sunday in the opposingtop half of the draw, wereFrenchman Jo-WilfriedTsonga and Juan Martin delPotro of Argentina.

Tsonga, seeking to providea first French win in the men'ssingles since Yannick Noah in1983, returned to actionagainst Stanislas Wawrinka ofSwitzerland 4-2 ahead in thefifth set.

And despite dropping hisserve in the opening game, heheld steady to pull off a 6-4, 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 3-6, 6-4 win thatsaw him into the quarter-finalsat Roland Garros for the firsttime.

Next up will be a meetingwith top seed Novak Djokovicof Serbia, who has history-making on his mind too as hebids to become the first man in43 years to hold all four GrandSlam titles at the same time.

ered, notching 41 errors andending up being broken seventimes by her 24-year-old oppo-nent.

Shvedova, who was a quar-ter-finalist in 2010, had tocome through qualifying aftera knee injury in 2011 saw herranking plummet to 206.

She will now face fourth-seeded Wimbledon championPetra Kvitova who brushedaside unseeded American Var-vara Lepchenko 6-2, 6-1.

Sharapova struggled intothe quarter-finals, defeatingCzech veteran Klara Za-kopalova 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2 inan error-scarred clash whichfeatured 21 breaks of serve.

The Russian second seed,seeking a Roland Garros titleto complete a career GrandSlam, goes on to face Estonian23rd seed Kaia Kanepi whoput out Arantxa Rus of theNetherlands 6-1, 4-6, 6-0.

While in Men’s categorieDefending champion RafaelNadal stormed into the FrenchOpen quarter-finals as three

PARIS (AFP) - Defendingchampion Li Na crashed out ofthe French Open on Mondaywhile Maria Sharapova sur-vived a deluge of errors on abitterly cold day in Paris tostruggle into the quarter-finals.

Li, who was Asia's firstGrand Slam singles championwhen she took the 2011 title,lost her crown at the fourthround stage, going down 3-6,6-2, 6-0 to Kazakh qualifierYaroslava Shvedova, theworld 142.

World number seven Li wasattempting to be the firstFrench Open women's cham-pion to successfully defend thetitle since Justine Henin in2007.

But after a confident starton Suzanne Lenglen court, the30-year-old Chinese endured aspectacular meltdown in thesecond set and never recov-

a 15-1 run that was capped bya layup from rookie NorrisCole.

"We came out in the secondhalf and tried to throw knock-out punches," Rivers said."Our execution in the first halfwas flawless, as well as we'veever had. In the second half,we got away from that andMiami took us out of our airspace."

Garnett sank an inside shotfor an 89-86 Boston lead butJames answered with a 3-pointer 15 seconds later to pullMiami level again. The Heathad the final shot of regulationtime but Haslem missed ajump shot at the buzzer.

"No one said this wasgoing to be easy," Heat coachErik Spoelstra said. "In thesecond half we got into thegrind and into the fight," headded.

"It was a heck of a half butit wasn't a heck of a game."

James, the NBA Most Valu-able Player still searching forhis first NBA title, was fumingin the locker room about thefoul calls that forced him tothe bench with the outcomestill undecided.

"I don't foul out," Jamessaid. "That sixth foul, I wish Ihad earned it. It would havebeen a foul (by) me. I knowhow to play basketball. I don'tneed the advantage of pushingsomebody down or holdingsomebody, but whatever.

"We have to build off ourmistakes, off good and badthings from the last twogames. We've just got to comeout with a sense of urgency.The last two games they havehit us hard. The post-season isall about adversity."

The Celtics led by as manyas 18 points in the first halfand 16 in the third quarter.

The Heat took a 76-74 leadearly in the fourth quarter with

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2001 as a little event. Over theyears it became an event thatbrings over 40 nationalitiestogether. The Open WK Am-sterdam is more than just soc-cer. The teams and visitorsparticipate in a multiculturalfestival. Respect and love forcultures are central at theevent.

Aruba was also representedduring this event. The ladiesteam “Aruba All Star Damas”made up of Aruban soccerplayers residing in TheNetherlands were very ex-cited to represent their island,and visited the Aruba Huis (The official representative ofthe Aruban Government inThe Netherlands) to sharesome of their enthusiasm. TheDirector of Aruba Huis Mrs.Shandra John received theteam accompanied by theircoach Shanna Rodriquez.They also took advantage ofthis opportunity to thankAruba Huis for their supportand to baptize the uniformthey would be using to partic-ipate at the games. Present atthis lively occasion was thefounder of the organization“We Love Students” Mr. Jose-andro Chiquito who alsoshowed support for the teamin the name of “We Love Stu-dent organization.

“Aruba All Star Damas”wishes to thank all their spon-sors: Arubaanse Voetbal Bond,for their uniforms, Bright Bak-ery Aruba, for their footballbags, Cas di Aruba, We LoveStudents, Streetsport DenHaag (Laakveld), Carib Inter-trans V.O.F., Mrs. Natalie andGloria Carlo, Mr. Chommyvan der Linde, Mr. Nicho Ras-mijn, Mr. Randy Arends andeveryone else who assisted inone way or the other.

Netherlands. The contestantsrepresent their own ancestrycountry.

The Open WK Amsterdampractises the mission: Bringall colourful nationalities inThe Netherlands together byletting them enjoy commonpassions. Such as soccer,

Last weekend the “WK Ams-terdam 2012” took place. TheWK Amsterdam, is an OpenWorld Soccer tournament inAmsterdam, the capital of theNetherlands.

A tournament in whichteams represent the variousnationalities living in the

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BOSTON, Massachusetts,(AFP) - Rajon Rondo sparkedBoston after top scorer PaulPierce had fouled out in over-time as the Celtics beat Miami93-91 on Sunday to level theirNBA playoff series.

Pierce scored 23 pointswhile Rondo added 15 pointsand 15 assists as the Celticsevened the best-of-seven East-ern Conference final at 2-2with game five on Tuesday atMiami and game six back inBoston on Thursday.

Either the Heat or theCeltics will face the WesternConference champions, the SanAntonio Spurs or OklahomaCity Thunder, in the NBA Fi-nals starting on June 12.

After regulation time endeddeadlocked at 89-89, stars be-came spectators as Piercefouled out, collecting his sixthviolation 38 seconds intoover-time to foul out for thethird time in five playoffgames.

"When your leading scorergoes out, you have got to stepup and make plays," Rondosaid. "That's what we did."

Miami's LeBron James,who scored a game-high 29points, fouled out with 1:51remaining, the first time he

had fouled out since leavingthe Cleveland Cavaliers andjoining the Heat two yearsago.

"It was like chess. Theytook our queen and we tooktheir queen," Celtics guardRay Allen said. "All that hasto happen is the game has tobe won. It doesn't matter whatit looks like."

Kevin Garnett added 17points and 14 rebounds for theCeltics while Allen con-tributed 16 points. DwyaneWade scored 20 points forMiami while Udonis Haslemhad 12 points and 17 reboundsfor the Heat.

Haslem's slam dunk gaveMiami a 91-89 lead early intoover-time.

But Boston's MarquisDaniels hit 1-of-2 free throwsand Rondo sank a jumper toput the Celtics on top 92-91.

Rondo also made 1-of-2from the free throw line with21.4 seconds to play to giveBoston a 93-91 edge withMiami taking the ball.

Wade elected to try a 3-point shot for the victory andevaded Daniels to create anopen opportunity beyond thearc.

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BOSTON Rajon Rondo #9 of the Boston Celtics passes the

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Shane Battier #31 of the Miami Heat

Aruba represented at “WK Amsterdam 2012” byAruba All Star Damas