a late pro-opposition surge assympathy wears off afterChavez's death, is vowing toinstall a Brazilian-style admi -nistration of free-market eco-nomics with strong socialwelfare policies.

The race took a somewhatsurreal turn on Saturday whenMaduro said a centuries-oldcurse would fall on the heads ofthose who do not vote for him.

Despite the opposition lea -der's optimism, opinion pollsgive the 50-year-old Maduro alead of more than 10 percen -tage points.

channels in cooperation withNOS so that everyone in theDutch Kingdom, including theroyal couple can enjoy the newsong. To participate, send thephrase of your dream towww.deeljouwdroom.nl. Yourphrase must be submitted be-fore April 10th.

Dream for my countryEveryone can also partici-

pate in the "Soño pa nos pais"(Dream for our country). Thiscan be done through a poem, aletter, a work of art, or via avideo of maximum one minute.Your written material may bemaximum 2 thousand words.On the same website,www.deeljouwdroom.nl, youwill find all the different waysthat you can submit your dreamfor the new King. Should yourdream be chosen by the judges,it will be included in a bookthat would be submitted to allfamilies in the Dutch Kingdom.Your dream will be included inthis book for all eternity. The50 chosen dreams will be ex-hibited from April 30 up to theend of November at theRijksmuseum in Amsterdam

Your dream can be com-posed together with other per-sons, with a school, orga ni-zation, with friends or family.You may submit your dream inEnglish, Dutch or in Papia-mento. The language will beno problem for the judges. Thephrase for the new song mustbe used and get its form in the“Soño di mi Pais” project.

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six islands. Her Majestywhishes for the entire King-dom to participate in an eventtogether on April 30. The com-mission decided to organizethree events.

Song for the new KingThe Dutch Kingdom will be

receiving a young and dynamicKing with his Queen at hisside. The idea was born tocompose a new song especiallyfor the new King, a song thatwould be always sung. Everycitizen in the Kingdom mayhelp compose this song. Every-one can participate by submit-ting a phrase about what theirdream is for our Kingdom.

If you can explain yourdream in one inspirationalphrase, you can submit it to thejudges who will select fromwhat has been submitted. Theywill select the best phrase, themost innovative, and the mostappealing phrase. After thejudges have selected thephrases, a professional group,under the direction of singerand author, John Ewbank, willcompose a song of the differ-ent phrases, according toMavis Albertina. When thesong is completely composed,different artists from the entireDutch Kingdom will sing it to-gether and produce a videoclip.

On April 30th, the entireDutch Kingdom will sing thissong at around 1:30 mid-dayfor our new King. They willtry to arrange for this throughthe cooperation of television

ORANJESTAD -- Well-knownCuracao journa list Mavis Al-bertina is one of the 8 membersof a commission called intolife to observe all that is beingdone and organized around the30th of April when the DutchKingdom after 123 years isruled by a King. By special re-quest of Her Majesty QueenBeatrix, Mavis Albertina andthe commission were ap-proached to organize an eventduring the change of the King-dom which would include all

Three events to celebrate

the coronation of our

New King

yellow and red of Capriles'campaign.

Acting leader NicolasMaduro has vowed to continuethe hard-line socialism of hislate boss, Hugo Chavez, if hewins the election on April 14.Maduro was holding a giantrally yesterday in rural Apurestate, on the border withColombia.

Both candidates are touringthe South American countryduring a lightning, 10-day cam-paign ahead of next Sunday'svote.

Capriles, who is predicting

CARACAS-- Venezuela's op-position candidate HenriqueCapriles called tens of thou-sands of supporters onto thestreets of the government'sstronghold in downtown Cara-cas yesterday, in a show ofstrength a week before he facesNicolas Maduro in a presiden-tial vote.

More often seen filled withthe red flags and T-shirts ofChavez's loyal supporters, thehistoric Bolivar Avenue in thecenter of the capital waspacked with opposition sup-porters decked out in the blue,

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Tens of thousands march in Caracas;

show support for Capriles

Vene zuela and Aruba in afundraising project for theOlympic pool.

Today, he says that he isvery happy that Ramon Leehad the courage to name thepool after him.

He says, “it is such a de-light to teach swimmingclasses in the pool that bearsmy name."

The Prime Minister wasdelighted to visit Roly Bislikthis past week and to expresswords of praise and endear-ment for his tremendous con-tribution to Savaneta andAruba. Roly is indeed one ofthe true stalwarts of Savanetaand deserves the recognitionhe received.

his former school. Instead, he went to Holland

to study where he met hiswife, Winnie. They haveraised two sons and now twograndchildren. It was back in1976 when Roly first made apublic statement about Arubaneeding an Olympic pool. In1985, when the Lago Refineryshut down, together with hiswife, they decided not to go toHolland and be employedthere in a secure job, but to re-main on Aruba and work tohelp our island during hermost difficult time.

On the 7th of August,1988, Roly was finally able torealize his dream: for Aruba tohave an Olympic pool. Rolyswam 30 kilometers between

He was born, AgripinoRolando Bislik, but is bestknown by his nickname, Roly.Roly Bislik is a popular figureon the island and is also well-known internationally for hismany personal achievements.Today he is recognized as astalwart of the Savaneta Bar-rio where he was born, grewup and still lives to this day.

Rely was born in a humblehome led by his father whowas a welder as well as a fish-erman. They lived with theirmother and 15 other personsin the same house. They wereactually 18 of them in thesame house with their grand-father, and uncle and others.They ate iguana, pigeon,chicken, but there was alwaysfood on their table, says Roly.

As a youngster he attendedJohn Wesley College, afterwhich he began working forthe Lago Refinery where hewas hired as an apprenticemechanical engineer. After aone year study program hewas offered the position ofhead of his department. Thesame day he received thatoffer, however, he was askedto teach physical education at

Rolly Bislik recognized as a stalwart

of the Savaneta Barrio!

will be sponsored by the Dutchbrand Jumbo. Following thebreakfast the children will con-tinue with the Kingdom gamesat their respective schools or ata club or nearby open field.These will not be competitivegames.

All primary schools onAruba should contact IBiSay,which is the organization thatwill be coordinating all thegames. On Facebook there is apage under the name "weganandi rey," where you can obtain in-formation. According to NicoleHoevertsz, the first school toregister is Colegio Cristo Rey.The enthusiasm for this event isvery high, says Hoevertsz.

Kingdom GamesNicole Hoevertsz explained

what the Kingdom games willbe. On the 26th of April theKingdom games will take placeon Aruba. These games will in-clude all primary schools on theisland. There are about 35 pri-mary schools on the island withabout 10.000 children getting aneducation. The Dutch Prince isvery athletic and his wish is thatthe change of the crown be cel-ebrated with a tinge of athleti-cism, where as many children aspossible can be involved.

April 26 will begin with abreakfast for all children of pri-mary schools throughout theDutch Kingdom. The breakfast

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on the giant plasma screen.Kids were kept busy with

bowling, games, storytelling,face painting, arts and crafts

received goody bags, freewine tasting, attendance tothe film of their choice at Ca -ribbean Cinemas, and a fa -shion show in the centralcourtyard from four of themany sleek stores that linethe mall's hallways. ArubanParliamentarian DesireeCroes welcomed the audi-ence to the first of what shedescribed as an "exciting andoriginal concept" for makingthe most of one of Aruba'smost interesting entertain-ment centers.

"This is a ripping goodidea," commented local fa -shion photographer AngeloTrimon, while sipping a bit ofTribu Sauvignon Blanc fromRomar Trading on the secondlevel VIP section. The entryfee also allowed access to thisspecial area, for the mostideal view of the fashions onparade.

Keeping in mind that thisshould be a fun family nightfor all, the shopping centeralso made good use of theirspacious third floor facilitiesto provide a testosterone-laden retreat for the man inthe fa mily, and their kids gymand Dream Bowl alley, toallow both parents to relaxand enjoy a fun night.

The men's center includedbilliards, arcade favorites andunlimited beer for 45 min-utes, while whichever "biggame" was being broadcastthat night could be watched

and attractions. Being thefirst Saturday of the month,April 6 welcomed islandfashionistas for Wine,Women and Fashion, wherefor a modest fee, attendees

Palm Beach Plaza eventplanners have taken advan-tage of the enormous diver-sity of the elegant mall byhosting a monthly event de-ploying their many amenities

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A stylish inaugural Wine, Women and Fashion

at Palm Beach Plaza

Parliamentarian Desiree Croes welcomes everyone

Young fashionistas are ready to enjoy the night

VIP section offered a great view, with snacks and wine

pitched overboard (the armypresumes the rest of the drugsfloated away). The smugglersapparently escaped on a secondboat that was there to make thehandoff, according to the mili-tary’s report to local media.

Nicaragua’s Caribbean re-gion provides a natural smug-gling corridor for drug traf -fickers moving narcotics fromColombia into the UnitedStates.

Nicaragua and Russiasigned an agreement to fightdrug trafficking. Russian offi-cials placed the cornerstone foran anti-drug training center inManagua in March.

MANAGUA -- Nicara guannaval forces and Russian drugenforcement agents seized 100packages of cocaine on thehigh seas, state media reported,citing military spokesmen.

The narco intercept, whichoccurred the night of April 4 aspart of “Operation Sove -reignty,” is perhaps Nicara -gua’s farthest-reaching drugbust to date. It occurred in wa-ters that were awarded toNicaragua in last November’sruling by the InternationalCourt of Justice (ICJ).

The navy recovered anabandoned go-fast boast and116 kilos of the drugs that were

cils sketches of iconicAruban landscapes and ob-jects. Ironically, the twisted,gnarled formation of a Divitree and other Aruban objectsappear to lend themselvesperfectly to the surrealist vis-tas that seem to inhabit theartist's inner landscape.

The new collection is ondisplay Mondays, Wednes-days and Fridays from 8:00AM until 8:00 PM and onTuesdays and Thursdaysfrom 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM.The artists will be on hand todiscuss his work.

Rosalie Klein

combined medi-ums. Filled withintriguing sym-bolism and refer-ences, theyrequire quite somestudy to fully ap-preciate.

Other depar-tures from thepaintings thathave been hismain focus overthe last few years,are interpretationsof his theme inpastels, coloredpencil, and somesemi-realistic pen-

Noted island artist DaniloGeerman unveiled an exten-sive new collection of art-work on Friday evening,March 5, which will remainon display in the exhibition ofthe National Library until Fri-day, April 19. The exposition,titled "Objects on Land," issomething of a departure forthe artist, deploying a widevariety of media, while ex-ploring the surrealistic,"Daliesque" style that has in-trigued him so for the lastfive years.

Danilo returned to Arubafrom Holland to show hisfirst collection of works ex-ploring this subject in 2007.He has been including inmany group art shows andhas had several solo shows atvarious island galleries sincehis first at the library in 1994.

This present exhibit marksover 25 years of Geermanbeing very active on theAruban art scene. He has ex-plored reworking themes andsubjects in a long series ofink block print and installa-tions. "This is not a FairyTale" is a particularly involv-ing series of three works of

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New collection by island artist Danilo

Geerman "Objects on Land" opens at

the National Library

Danilo Geerman

colored pencil and ink

Pencil sketch of divi tree

Russia, Nicaraguan Navy

seize large quantity of

cocaine in Caribbean

Other new promotions initiated with the beginningof April are a monthly raffle; tickets are awardedat all stores for each 25 Aruban florins spent. ThePalm Beach Plaza has also installed a bingo cardsystem. Cards will be punched when shopping ateach store, and full cards or patterns can win pa-trons great prizes.

Palm Beach Plaza offers three floors of dining,shopping and entertainment from 10:00 AM until10:00 PM nightly, Their interesting mix of storeswill insure and inte resting and fun time.

Rosalie Klein

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Both Jorge and Harold livein the Netherlands, but as theyalways say: “We both stay inthe triangle of Colombia, Cura-cao and the Netherlands and al-ways meet in some of thesecountries”

Eventhough both brothershave chosen a professional ca-reer in commerce, their passionis music and they have alreadyperformed in the Netherlands,Colombia, Curacao, France,Italy and Poland

During their upcoming tourin the West they will also per-form in Aruba. The concert isorganized by the Aruba Art Cir-cle in cooperation with its loyalsponsors, among others the‘Prins Bernhard FondsCaraibische Gebied.’

Jorge and Harold offer acomplete program with a selec-tion of their recent CD “En-canto” with composers such asJospeh Corsen, Jacobo Palmand dr. Rudy Chang.

Entrance is fls. 35, membersAfls 30. Youth tickets are Afls15 and are only available at theconcert hall

Tickets for this concert areavailable at DeWit and VanDorp Libraries and Plaza Book-shop and if any left, at the dooron the night of the concert.

ORANJESTAD -- On Wednes-day, April 10, Jorge and HaroldMartina will present a concertat the Cas di Cultura. The con-cert is at 8 p.m.

Generations after genera-tions of music was a bindingfactor in the Martina family. It’sa way of life to connect, makefriends and bring worlds to-gether. As brothers from a mu-sical Antillean/Colombian des -cendence and nephews ofworld famous concert pianistHarold Martina, they enjoyedtheir youth with classicalmusic. While Harold chose thepiano, Jorge was more inspiredto use his voice as an instru-ment. Jorge (tenor) and Harold(piano) have deployed a vastrepertory that is influenced byEuropean as well as by LatinAmerican and Antillean com-posers.

Their recent launched CD,named “EnCanto,” has 18songs that clearly reflects theroots of the two borthers. TheCD has classical pieces fromLatin American, Antillean andEuropean composers. Thebrothers make their ownarrangements of the Antillean(Papiamento) and Latin Ameri-can folk songs giving them aclassical tint.

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Inspiring concert by Jorgeand Harold Martina

Every lady gets and eco friendly goody bag

Miss Teen Aruba candidates add atouch of glamor

ISLA NEGRA : AFP photo gives a view ofthe tomb of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda inIsla Negra, some 120 km (75 miles) westof Santiago. The remains of Chilean Nobellaureate Pablo Neruda will be exhumedtoday to determine if he actually died ofcancer or was poisoned, a judicial sourcetold AFP. The leftist poet, who died justdays after the 1973 military coup thatousted socialist president Salvador Al-lende, and brought General AugustoPinochet to power, was long believed tohave died of prostate cancer. Neruda'sfamily and the official foundation that ad-ministers his work have both acceptedthe official cause of death, saying in a2011 statement that there was "no evi-dence or proof" to suggest foul play. Butofficials in 2011 started looking into thepossibility he was poisoned by agents ofthe Pinochet regime, as claimed byNeruda's driver. The exhumation was or-dered last month by Judge Mario Carrozabut no specific date had been made pub-lic. Neruda is buried next to his wifeMatilde Urrutia in Isla Negra, 120 kilome-ters (75 miles) west of the capital Santi-ago. He won the 1971 Nobel Prize inLiterature and is best known for his lovepoems, as well as his "Canto General" --an epic poem about South America's his-tory and its people.

mer Olympic handball playerInaki Urdangarin, and his for-mer business partner DiegoTorres. The pair are suspectedof overbilling regional govern-ments to stage sports andtourism events, and then sy-phoning off money to the non-profit Noos Institute, whichUrdangarin chaired from 2004to 2006.

The king won wide respectin Spain for helping guide itthrough a political transitionafter the death of dictator Fran-cisco Franco in 1975.

But his image suffered lastyear due to the corruption scan-dal and an expensive elephant-hunting holiday which he tookin Botswana while Spain wasstruggling through a steep re-cession and a record joblessrate of 26 percent.

The king broke his hip dur-ing the trip and had to be flownhome for medical care.

He issued an unprecedentedpublic apology after his returnbut the affair fuelled calls fromsome quarters that he shouldabdicate in favour of his 45-year-old-son, Prince Felipe, theyoungest of his three childrenwith Queen Sofia.

Felipe's approval ratingshave also taken a hit but remainbroadly favourable.

A majority of Spaniards, 61percent, approve of Felipeagainst 33 percent who disap-prove, giving him an overallapproval-versus-disapprovalrating of +28, compared to +37in December.

MADrID (AFP) - A slim ma-jority of Spaniards disapproveof King Juan Carlos, an opin-ion poll published yesterdayshowed, after scandals over anelephant-hunting trip and a cor-ruption probe centred on hisson-in-law.

The poll published in cen-tre-left newspaper El Paisshowed 53 percent disapprovedof the way the 75-year-old headof state is carrying out his func-tions, against 42 percent whoapproved.

That gave him an overallapproval-versus-disapprovalrating of -11, compared to +21in December, a lower ratingthan the one received by tax in-spectors or lawyers and the firsttime that he has received a neg-ative rating.

Disapproval of the mo -narch, who is recovering fromsurgery in March for slippeddiscs, his seventh operation inthree years, was highest amongleft-wing voters and peopleaged 18 to 34. Among those inthis age group, the king's ap-proval-versus-disapproval rat-ing stood at -41.

The poll was carried out bythe Metroscopia polling firmfor the newspaper in March,before a judge on Wednesdaynamed the king's youngestdaughter, Princess Cristina, asa suspect in a corruption case.

The case, which was openedat the end of 2011, is centeredon allegations of embezzle-ment and influence peddlingagainst Cristina's hus band, for-

CHITrAl (AFP) - Pakistanipoll officials yesterday ap-proved former military dicta-tor Pervez Musharraf to runfor parliament in the upcom-ing general election, despitea litany of legal challengesagainst him.

Musharraf ruled Pakistanfor nine years after seizingpower in a bloodless coup in1999 and returned to Pakistanfrom self-imposed exile lastmonth vowing to run for theMay 11 poll in four con-stituencies.

He remains a hugely con-troversial figure nearly fiveyears after he resigned in theface of impeachment pro-ceedings and his All-PakistanMuslim league party is notthought to be a serious con-tender for power at the polls.

Ex-dictatorMusharraf

approved torun in

Pakistan poll

The education ministry or-dered schools nationwide to"guarantee" the health of stu-dents against infectious di sease,including H7N9, by ensuringthe safety of food and monitor-ing for symptoms of illness.

In Shanghai workerssprayed disinfectant in class-rooms, local television showed,while markets were closed tohalt the spread of the disease.

Shanghai had alreadybanned live poultry tradingwhile nearby Nanjing city hasfollowed suit and Hangzhouculled poultry after discove-ring infected quail.

In an editorial on Sundaythe state-backed Global Timesnewspaper said farming meth-ods were helping to spread thedisease.

"In China's southern andeastern coastal areas, agricul-ture, especially animal hus-bandry, has become moreintense and populations moredense," said the English-lan-guage edition of the paper."There is greater chance of con-tact between humans and ani-mals and subsequent diseases."

It called for higher stan-dards in the agricultural indus-try and more balanceddevelopment, instead of a nar-row focus on rapid economicgrowth.

Chinese authorities, whohave confirmed H7N9 in birds,maintain there is no evidenceof human-to-human transmis-sion of the virus.

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Chinaconfirmed three more cases ofbird flu yesterday, as authori-ties sought to curb a deadlyoutbreak by banning live poul-try sales and disinfectingschools.

The new cases of the H7N9strain of avian influenzabrought the number recordedin China's developed easternregion to 21 since it was an-nounced a week ago that thevirus had been found in hu-mans for the first time.

Six people have died, in-cluding four in the commercialcity of Shanghai, which hasrecorded 10 cases of the dis-ease.

Of the three newly con-firmed cases, two were elderlymen in Shanghai who are re-ceiving treatment, Shanghai'slocal government said.

The third was a 55-year-oldman working in the live poul-try trade and was reported ineast China's Anhui province,according to state news agencyXinhua.

Taiwan's Centers for Dis-ease Control said yesterday itwas investigating two possiblecases involving people whotravelled to the affected area inmainland China.

China stepped up effortsyesterday to halt the deadlyoutbreak, with state media sa -ying "intense" farming me -thods had heightened the riskof deadly diseases crossingfrom animals to humans.

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Majority of Spaniardsdisapprove of king

Chilean poet Neruda to be exhumed today

Hollande and his deputies ofeither trying to cover up thescandal or of mismanagementfor having believed Cahuzac'sdenials.

Hollande then came undereven more criticism when itwas revealed that his campaigntreasurer, businessman Jean-Jacques Augier, had joint own-ership of two firms registeredin the Cayman Islands, a well-known tax haven.

Augier has said he had donenothing illegal and that hisbusiness activities were en-tirely separate from his politi-cal actions.

Last week, both Ayrault andthe president rejected the ideaof a government reshuffle, de-spite growing pressure fromcritics on either side of the po-litical divide.

fair".A majority of the more than

1,000 respondents also said thescandal had had a negative im-pact on Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, his governmentand on Hollande himself.

"For the French, theCahuzac affair is not an iso-lated act. There is mistrust to-wards their elected represen -tatives," Frederic Dabi, deputyhead of Ifop, the polling com-pany that conducted the sur-vey, was quoted as saying.

The scandal erupted Tues-day after Cahuzac -- once incharge of tackling tax evasion-- admitted to investigators thathe had the account, after re-peatedly denying it to the pre -sident, in parliament and inmedia interviews.

Critics promptly accused

PARIS (AFP) - Nearly two-thirds of French people are infavour of a government reshuf-fle following a tax fraud scan-dal that has rocked theadministration of PresidentFrancois Hollande, a surveyshowed yesterday.

Critics have rounded onHollande -- already in the dol-drums in opinion polls -- overthe scandal in which ex-budgetminister Jerome Cahuzac facescharges of tax fraud after headmitted owning an unde-clared foreign bank accountcontaining some 600,000 euros($770,000).

Three in five respondents toa poll conducted for the Jour-nal du Dimanche newspapersaid they said they were infavour of a government reshuf-fle soon over the "Cahuzac af-

with the tragedy, were re-manded in judicial custody tillApril 20, police said.

"Apart from the builders,we have also arrested somepublic servants who were in-volved in this. The buildershad bribed them," Thane po-lice commissioner K.P. Raghu-vanshi told a press conference.

The building collapse wasthe deadliest since 2010 when69 people were killed in NewDelhi in a similar incident.

condemned the ISAF air strikein Kunar that killed 11 chil-dren," in a statement issued byhis office.

Local officials includingShigal district governor AbdulZahir had earlier given a deathtoll of 10 children killed andsix women wounded, whileSayed Rahman, security com-mander of Shigal, said onewoman was also among thedead.

A spokesman for NATO'sInternational Security Assis-tance Force (ISAF) confirmedthe strike and said the coalitionwas gathering information todetermine what happened.

US-led coalition forces arewinding down their operationsbefore a scheduled withdrawalof the bulk of their 100,000troops by the end of 2014, andracing to prepare Afghanforces to take over responsibil-ity for security.

But a brazen attack lastWednesday -- when Talibangunmen killed 46 people at acourt in the western city ofFarah to try to free insurgentsstanding trial -- raised furtherquestions about the Afghans'ability to secure the country.

ASAD ABAD (AFP) - ANATO air attack in easternAfghanistan has killed 11 chil-dren, officials said yesterday,the latest case of civilian casu-alties which provoke greatanger in the war-torn country.

The children were killedduring a joint Afghan-NATOoperation in the Shigal districtof restive Kunar province bor-dering Pakistan late on Satur-day.

An Afghan official in-volved in the operation whodid not want to be named saidair support was called in afterlocal and coalition forces cameunder attack, resulting in thedeath of an American and in-juries to several Afghan sol-diers. The official said theforce did not know there werewomen and children in thehouses that were hit.

Civilian casualties causedby NATO forces have beenone of the most contentious is-sues in the 11-year campaignagainst Taliban insurgents,provoking harsh criticism fromAfghan President HamidKarzai and angry publicprotests.

The president "strongly

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Officials: NATO strike kills11 children in Afghanistan

the deadly collapse of a seven-storey apartment block thatkilled 74 people appeared yes-terday in court in westernIndia.

Jamil Qureshi and SalimSheikh had fled after the illegalstructure in Thane district onthe outskirts of Mumbai col-lapsed on Thursday eve ningbut were arrested by police aday later.

The pair, along with sevenothers arrested in connection

MUMBAI (AFP) - Authoritieson the weekend abandoned asearch for more survivors fromthe collapse of a seven-storeybuilding on Mumbai's outskirtsthat killed 72 people, sayingthere was no hope of findinganybody else alive.

The cave-in of the partlyfinished building highlightedwidespread shoddy buildingstandards in the country wherethere is huge demand for hous-ing and pervasive corruptionoften means cost-cutting andno inspections.

"The rescue work is nowover since there is no hope offinding any more survivors,"Sandeep Malvi, Thane muni -cipal corporation spokesman,told AFP. "The death toll is now72. About 36 are injured andundergoing treatment. At least126 people have been rescued."

Most of the victims werepoor daily wage earners wor -king at the site and their fami-lies, who were living withthem.

Two builders arrested over

72 dead in Mumbai building collapse

as search ends

SRI LANKA, Colombo : A vintage Volkswagen Beetle cardrives down a road during Volkswagen owner's club "pride of ownership" diamond jubilee rally 2013 inColombo on April 7, 2013. Volkswagen owners hold anannual pageant in Sri Lanka to show off their vintagecars. (AFP PHOTO)

Police and rescue officials carry the mortal remains of adeceased from under the rubble and debris at the site ofthe collapsed building.

Majority of French favour reshuffle

after tax scandal

spreads into foreign markets.-- Spreading Ayurveda --Ayurvedic medicine --

which means the "science oflife" in Sanskrit -- treats thephysical and mental sourcesof illness through, for exam-ple, prescribing herbs in con-junction with yoga or

massage.Much of the knowl-

edge, passed on by wordof mouth, predates writ-ten records, but two vol-umes of remedies andprescriptions have sur-vived called the CarakaSamhita and theSushruta Samhita.

"This is where it allbegins, these herbaltexts that were handeddown 3,000 years ago,"

said Haydon."We look at the kind of

combinations (of herbs) thatare suggested and from thatpoint onwards we have agroup of scientists who bringcontemporary medicine andscience to those texts."

The group now has 75remedies, including treat-ments for hypertension, kid-ney stones and cholesterol.

An estimated 80 percentof India's 1.2-billion popula-tion uses Ayurvedic medi-cine, partly for cost reasons,with a pack of 100 Liv 52tablets selling for just 65 ru-pees ($1.20).

To raise its profile and rev-enues, Himalaya branchedout in 1996 into consumerproducts such as shampoosand sun cream.

Like the pharmaceuticals,these use herbs such as neem,a tree known as a "villagepharmacy" in rural India dueto the range of its medicinalproperties.

Dotted around India butcentred in the temperatefoothills of the Himalayas,4,000 producers of leaves,roots and plants are busyfarming for the group onlong-term contracts.

-- Competition --The rejection of the "alter-

native" tag is partly borne ofbitter experience in the West,where regulations on phar-maceuticals mean Himalaya'sproducts are classed as foodsupplements and thus stockedalongside other treatmentsthat Haydon dismisses as"feel-good products".

If Himalaya must be con-sidered "alternative", he saysit should be seen only as analternative to multi-nationalpharmaceutical firms.

"We are competing withGlaxoSmithKline, Beechamsand AstraZeneca. They haveproducts for diabetes, so dowe. They have products forhepatitis, so do we," he says.

Overall, the resources aretiny compared with a giantlike GlaxoSmithKline whichrecorded a $7.0-billion profitlast year.

And Himalaya holds amere eight patents having"got out of the patent race"because they offered littleprotection fromcompetitors whocould simplycopy a combina-tion, add a newherb and thenclaim it as a dif-ferent product.

Jon Tilburt, an expert onmodern Western and tradi-tional medicine at the MayoClinic healthcare group in theUnited States, says he under-stands why Himalaya rejectsthe "alternative" label.

"There are plenty of herbalcompanies and all of them insome ways would like tohave the esteem of a pharma-ceutical company but thennone of them wants the regu-latory burden," he told AFP.

"They really want theirown category of a sort of ex-ecutive club for herbal play-ers."

Generally the scientificevidence on alternative med-icine is mixed, he said, echo-ing the World HealthOrganisation which hascalled for more funding totest traditional treatmentsfrom India, Africa or China.

And there are potentialdangers that give the herbalindustry a bad name.

A study published thismonth by Graham Lord, aprofessor of medicine atKing's College London,warned about remedies oncesold but now banned in theWest that contain aristolochicacids linked to kidney failure.

"Herbal remedies aroundthe world are not legislated asmedicines," he told AFP. "Be-cause it's herbal, it's not nec-essarily safe."

But for Himalaya, the fu-ture appears bright -- not leastbecause the domestic drugsmarket is growing at an an-nual rate of 15 percent, ac-cording to the Confederationof Indian Industries.

with cutting-edge technology.Its air-tight production fa-

cility converts truck-loads offragrant organic matter intoeight million tablets a dayand 10,000 bottles of medi-cine.

In the quality control area,men and women in lab coats

sit next to conveyor belts astablets fly past on their wayinto plastic pots carrying Hi-malaya's green and orange la-bels.

In the research and devel-opment wing, 250 scientistsare working to find new com-binations of herbs whose ac-tive ingredients are extractedand concentrated to formproducts that are then testedby humans.

Sales have quadrupled inthe last five years to reach 12billion rupees ($220 million)in 2012. Its target is a billiondollars in annual revenue inthe next four years as it

BANGALORE, India (AFP)- Its raw materials are plantsand it bases its products ontexts dating back millennia,but don't dare call India'sbiggest herbal healthcaregroup a maker of "alternativemedicine".

"It's high time people tookus very seriously and did notview us as an alternative formof medicine," says PhilipeHaydon, the India chief exec-utive of the Himalaya groupfrom his office in tech andhealthcare hub Bangalore.

"This is not a feel-goodproduct. This will save aman's life," he says, taking abox from a stack next to hisdesk.

It is marked Liv 52, ablend of six herbs used totreat liver disorders, and isone of the firms best-sellingproducts.

In two recent clinical tests,results published in the WorldJournal of Gastroenterologyin 2007 and in the AntiviralResearch journal in 2009showed significant results.

"It so happens that theinput material is a herb butthe rest of it is very verymodern," said the 50-year-old, who joined Himalaya in1979.

The group is an Indianhealthcare success story,combining ancient traditionalmedicine known as Ayurveda

Himalaya, India's boomingherbal healthcare company

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WASHINGTON (AFP) -NASA wants to grab a smallasteroid and tow it into orbitaround the moon, as part of along-range plan towards es-tablishing permanent mannedoutposts in space, accordingto a US senator.

To get the project off theground, US President BarackObama will propose around$100 million for the USspace agency in his 2014budget, which he submits toCongress on Wednesday,Senator Bill Nelson said in astatement.

"This is part of what willbe a much broader program,"the Florida Democrat ex-plained.

"The plan combines thescience of mining an asteroid,along with developing waysto deflect one, along withproviding a place to developways we can go to Mars."

The plan calls for a ro-botic-spacecraft to capturethe asteroid and tow it backtowards Earth, ultimatelyleaving it in a stable orbitaround the moon, closeenough that, within eightyears, astronauts could headon over.

A similar plan was initiallyproposed in 2012 by experts atthe California Institute ofTechnology, and the group,along with other top re-searchers in the field, havesince prepared a detailed studyinto the project's feasibility.

"It would be mankind'sfirst attempt at modifying theheavens to enable the perma-nent settlement of humans inspace," scientists said in theirreport.

Obama's goal of sending amanned mission to a near-Earth asteroid by 2025 is im-possible given NASA'scurrent and projected fundinglevels, expert analysis hassuggested.

But using an unmannedvehicle to instead bring a500-ton asteroid close tohome could change the gameand get humans to an asteroidas early as 2021, four yearsahead of the deadline.

Once there, "there could bemining activities, researchinto ways of deflecting an as-teroid from striking Earth,and testing to develop tech-nology for a trip to deepspace and Mars," Nelson'sstatement said.

NASA wants to tow anasteroid to the moon:senator

Sci-Tech

TOKYO (AFP) - Scientists inJapan said recently they hadfound a way to "read" people'sdreams, using MRI scanners tounlock some of the secrets ofthe unconscious mind.

Researchers have managedwhat they said was "theworld's first decoding" ofnight-time visions, the subjectof centuries of speculation thathave captivated humanitysince ancient times.

In the study, published inthe journal Science, re-searchers at the ATR Compu-tational NeuroscienceLaboratories, in Kyoto, west-ern Japan, used magnetic res-onance imaging (MRI) scansto locate exactly which part ofthe brain was active during thefirst moments of sleep.

The scientists then woke upthe dreamers and asked themwhat images they had seen, aprocess that was repeated 200times.

These answers were com-pared with the brain maps thathad been produced by the MRIscanner, the researchers said,adding that they later built adatabase, based on the results.

On subsequent attemptsthey were able to predict whatimages the volunteers hadseen with a 60 percent accu-racy rate, rising to more than70 percent with around 15 spe-cific items including men,

TV startup shakesup US broadcasters

with court win WASHINGTON (AFP) - Astartup whose business modelis based on tiny antennas re-ceiving over-the-air televi-sion for online viewing bysubscribers has put the USbroadcast industry on the de-fensive.

Aereo made headlines onApril 1 with a preliminarycourt victory over the majorbroadcasters, which hadsought to shut down the serv-ice for copyright infringe-ment.

The case, which is stillpending, is seen by some as apotentially groundbreakingtest: for consumers, whetherthey can "shift" TV viewingto the Web through a thirdparty; and for broadcasters,whether they can maintaincontrol of their content.

Aereo, which is backed bymedia mogul Barry Diller,launched in early 2012 in theNew York area and was im-mediately sued by the majorbroadcast networks -- ABC,NBC, CBS and Fox -- forcopyright infringement.

The company claims itsactions are legal, because it isnot rebroadcasting, but giv-ing subscribers a personal an-tenna in its New Yorkwarehouse that enables themto watch live TV or record itfor later viewing.

A US appeals court panelagreed with Aereo, in a pre-liminary decision on a re-quest for an injunction to shutdown the service. A full hear-ing in the case is still pend-ing.

The court ruled 2-1 thatAereo was not retransmitting"public performances,"which would be bannedunder copyright law, butmerely allowing customers torent antennas to receive andrecord free broadcasts.

Some called the ruling avictory for consumers, sayingit will allow them to get outfrom constraints from cablecompanies, which call theshots for most US TV view-ers.

words and books, they said."We have concluded that

we successfully decodedsome kinds of dreams witha distinctively high successrate," said Yukiyasu Kami-tani, a senior researcher atthe laboratories and head ofthe study team.

"Dreams have fascinatedpeople since ancient times,but their function andmeaning has remainedclosed," Kamitani toldAFP. "I believe this result

was a key step towards read-ing dreams more precisely."

His team is now trying topredict other dream experi-ences such as smells, coloursand emotion, as well as entirestories in people's dreams.

"We would like to intro-duce a more accurate methodso that we can work on a wayof visualising dreams," hesaid.

Kamitani, however, admitsthat there is still a long way togo before they are anywherenear understanding a wholedream.

He said the decoding pat-terns differ for individuals andthe database they have devel-oped cannot be applied gener-ally, rather it has to begenerated for each person.

The experiment also onlyused the images the subjectswere seeing right before theywere woken up. Deep sleep,where subjects have morevivid dreams, remains a mys-tery.

"There are still a lot ofthings that are unknown," headded.

Kamitani's experiment isthe latest in a government-ledbrain study programme aimedat applying the science tomedical and welfare services,government officials said.

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crystal ball. My dearest hope isthat there is not yet anothercountry down the line thatneeds to be repaired and thatcould require support fromboth the European partners andthe IMF."

She added, however,thatCyprus represented a uniquecase and reminded her audi-ence that the country's econ-omy amounted to a mere 0.2percent of Europe's economy.

"I don't mean to be deroga-tory about this country," shesaid, noting its status as a mem-ber of Europe and of the IMF."But it was a very specific casein many respects," she added,citing factors such as the size ofthe banking sector relative tothe Cyprus economy.

Lagarde also said she hopedEuropean authorities wouldlearn from experiences over thepast couple of years and "de-cide to accelerate the consoli-dation of their currency zone".

bruecker Zeitung, which pro-vided an advance copy.

"We are in close consulta-tions with Luxembourg anddiscussed the issue a fewweeks ago during a meeting ofthe German-speaking financeministers in Berlin."

one of six founding mem-bers of the EU, Luxembourghas increasingly come underthe microscope in post-globalfinancial crisis legislativeclean-up action, primarily forits culture of banking secrecy.

Frieden said recently hewants finance clients to cometo Luxembourg "not to escapetaxation... but because ourproducts and services are bet-ter geared to internationalneeds."

The Luxembourg govern-ment said the sector includes141 banks from 26 countriesand 3,840 investment fundssold in 70 other countries.

The issue gained freshprominence this month when avast trove of emails and leakedrecords from offshore taxhavens exposed the identitiesof thousands of account hold-ers.

The release prompted freshcalls to crack down on bankingsystems that facilitate taxdodging.

BERLIN (aFP) - Luxembourgis prepared to lift the lidslightly on its controversialbank secrecy in an effort tohelp curb tax evasion by fo -reign depositors, its financeminister told a Sunday news-paper.

Following intense criticismby eurozone partners of Lux-embourg's insular bankingpractices, Luc Frieden toldGermany's Frankfurter allge-meine Sonntagszeitung itwould now consider moves to-ward greater transparency.

"We want to strengthen co-operation with foreign tax au-thorities," he said. "The inter -national trend is going towardan automatic exchange of bankdeposit information. We nolonger strictly oppose that."

He cited interest paymentsto foreign clients as an exam-ple of data that could be givento home countries as a matterof course.

"Luxembourg does not relyon clients who want to save ontheir taxes."

German Finance MinisterWolfgang Schaeuble called theremarks good news.

"I welcome every step to-ward an automatic exchange ofinformation," he told Mon-day's issue of the daily Saar-

ranean country struck a 10-bil-lion-euro ($13 billion) bailoutdeal with the EU, the EuropeanCentral Bank (ECB) and theInternational Monetary Fund -- the so-called troika.

Europe has struggled withfinancial crises and the trou-bles besetting Cyprus are thelatest in a series of sovereigndebt crises and bailouts -- mostnotably in Greece -- that haveshaken global confidence.

Such concerns were high-lighted Friday when a USTreasury official said uncer-tainty surrounding Europe's fi-nancial woes "remains a risk toour recovery and the globaleconomic outlook".

The official spoke on con-dition of anonymity ahead ofTreasury Secretary JacobLew's upcoming visit to theEU.

asked specifically aboutthe prospect for further crises,Lagarde said: "I don't have a

Boao, China (aFP) - Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF)chief Christine Lagarde yester-day told an audience in Chinathat the euro has a solid futureand that she hopes no morecountries in Europe will needbailouts.

"I think the collective polit-ical will.... to maintain, defend,protect and enhance the mone-tary zone and currency zonehas been largely underesti-mated," Lagarde said.

"The euro has a future andhas a long-standing one."

The former French financeminister spoke during a ques-tion-and-answer session thatfollowed an address she gaveat the Boao Forum for asia, anannual conference of politicaland economic leaders held onthe Chinese island of Hainan.

Her appearance promptedquestions from audience par-ticipants about the situation inCyprus, where the Mediter-

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FINANCE

IMF's Lagarde says Euro has 'long-

standing future'

Minister: Luxembourg readyto revise bank secrecy

SOUTH SUDAN, THAR JATH : Oil mining employeeswalk near the first well to restart production in the TharJath field in Unity state on April 6, 2013. South Sudanrestarted oil production on April 6, ending a bitter 15-month row with former civil war foe Sudan and markinga major breakthrough in relations after bloody borderclashes last year. (AFP PHOTO)

Argentina floods caused $5 billion in damage

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Damage from last week's recordrains and flooding in Argentina exceeded five billion dollars,according to officials, who said yesterday that more than350,000 people suffered losses in property.Flooding sub-merged cars and sent people scrambling to rooftops forsafety, inundating Buenos Aires and the city of La Plata,some 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of the capital. Authori-ties said the storm damaged some 60,000 homes in La Plata-- about a quarter of all the dwellings in the city of nearlyone million people.

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LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Thereboot of the horror classic"Evil Dead" slayed its rivalsin its opening weekend, top-ping the North American boxoffice with $26 million inticket sales, industry esti-mates showed Sunday.

"Evil Dead," a reinventionof Sam Raimi's cult 1981film about a group of friendshunted by demons in thewoods, bested stone-age car-toon "The Croods," Dream-Works Animation's latestfamily crowd pleaser, whichtook in $21 million.

Long-delayed sequel "G.I.Joe: Retaliation" -- an actionfilm about a fantasy elite mil-itary unit starring ChanningTatum and Bruce Willis --dropped from first to thirdplace at $20.5 million, ac-cording to Exhibitor Rela-tions.

Paramount had postponedthe sequel to 2009's "G.I. Joe:The Rise of Cobra" from itsoriginal June release in orderto add 3D effects.

The 3D re-release ofSteven Spielberg's 1993 di-nosaur classic "Jurassic Park"stomped back onto the bigscreen, raking in $18.2 mil-lion in its opening weekendto earn fourth place.

"Tyler Perry's Tempta-tion," a sultry thriller starringVanessa Williams and KimKardashian, dropped fromthird to fifth place with $12million.

Action thriller "OlympusHas Fallen," a tale of terror-ism in the US capital and akidnapped president starringGerard Butler and MorganFreeman, fell to sixth placewith $9.5 million in box of-fice receipts.

In seventh was Walt Dis-ney's 3D fantasy adventureflick "Oz the Great and Pow-erful," which earned $8.2million in its fifth week intheaters, for a grand total ofnearly $213 million so far.

"The Host," an action-ad-venture film adapted from anovel by "Twilight" authorStephenie Meyer, was ineighth place with $5.5 mil-lion.

Ninth place went to "TheCall," a thriller starring HalleBerry as a 911 operator tryingto rescue a young girl whohas been abducted. It earned$3.5 million.

The romantic comedy"Admission" starring TinaFey and Paul Rudd roundedout the top 10, earning $2.1million.

Criminal penalties for vi-olating the regulations couldresult in up to 10 years inprison and $250,000 in indi-vidual fines.

Thousands of Americansnevertheless visit Cuba everyyear without US permission,often via third countries.They are rarely prosecutedback home unless they flaunttheir defiance of the rules.

Beyonce is a strong andvocal supporter of Obamaand helped raise money forhis 2012 re-election cam-paign.

In their letter, the Repub-lican lawmakers noted that

numerous press reports de-scribed the couple's trip astourism and that the Cubangovernment had touted it assuch in its propaganda.

"The restrictions ontourism travel are common-sense measures meant to pre-vent US dollars fromsupporting a murderousregime that opposes US se-curity interests at every turnand which ruthlessly sup-presses the most basic liber-ties of speech, assembly, andbelief," argued Ros-Lehtinenand Diaz-Balart, both Cuban-Americans. "We support theCuban people by refusing tosustain their jailers."

'Evil Dead' slaysN. America boxoffice in debut

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Two US Republican lawmak-ers want to know if popularAmerican pop star Beyonceand her husband, rap singerJay-Z, had the US govern-ment's permission to travel toCuba despite an economicembargo.

Representatives IleanaRos-Lehtinen and MarioDiaz-Balart of Florida on Fri-day sent a letter to AdamSzubin, director of the Officeof Foreign Assets Control atthe US Treasury Department,requesting information on thetype of license Beyonce andJay-Z received before travel-ing to Cuba.

"As you know, US law ex-pressly prohibits the licensingof financial transactions for'tourist activities' in Cuba,"the pair wrote.

The lawmakers went on tosay that these restrictionswere in place because theCuban government was listedby the US State Departmentas one of four state sponsorsof terrorism and has "one ofthe world's most egregious"human rights records.

"Cuba's tourism industryis wholly state-controlled;therefore, US dollars spent on

Cuban tourism di-rectly fund the ma-chinery ofoppression that bru-tally represses theCuban people," Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart wrote.

Beyonce and Jay-Z created a stirThursday as theytoured the streets ofOld Havana, withhundreds of Cubansturning out to catch aglimpse of the US

pop power couple.Celebrating their fifth

wedding anniversary, theyvisited historical landmarksin the heart of Old Havana,which is a UNESCO WorldHeritage site. They snappedpictures and spoke with localresidents.

Beyonce sang the US na-tional anthem at PresidentBarack Obama's inaugurationin January and performed inthe Super Bowl half-timeshow in February .

After visiting the cathe-dral, the couple had lunch ina nearby restaurant.

On Wednesday night, theyalso had dinner at La Guar-ida, one of Havana's most ex-clusive restaurants.

Americans are not allowedto visit Cuba and spendmoney there unless they havespecial US government per-mission.

According to regulationsposted on the Treasury De-partment's website, "unlessauthorized by a general orspecific license, any personsubject to US jurisdictionwho engages in any Cubatravel-related transaction vi-olates the regulations andmay be subject to penalties."

US lawmakers seek reason for Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip

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purchasing property; not theleast is the future value of theinvestment. To further en-hance this, Gold Coast man-agement have inaugurated anumber of in-house servicesand have recently become af-filiated Interval International,the world’s largest network ofvacation ownership propertieswhich provides an unlimitedinternational pool of investorsto tap for ownership and rentalprospects. Property exchangefor a vacation in another desti-nation is also availablethrough the Interval Interna-tional affiliation. Gold Coast’sown rental services have alsoproven highly successful in as-sisting owners in renting theirvillas; 24-hour security andmaintenance services also tipthe scales when it is time tomake a decision. Aside fromall this, housekeeping, childcare, catering services , carrental through its partnershipwith AVIS car rental are alsoavailable as well as pre-shop-ping services so cupboardsand refrigerators are stockedupon arrival, which can alsobe arranged through theirproperty management depart-ment. Personnel are also avail-able to assist in arrangingrestaurant reservations and is-land activities.

Visit their website: www.goldcoastaruba.com formore details and availabilityor call 586-2200 to arrange apersonal tour.

gram. There is always a greatdemand for Aruba and facili-ties such as those at GoldCoast, make it easy for someowners to see a valuable returnon their investment.

The design of the resi-dences and public areas isopen, airy and spacious, takingfull advantage of the island en-vironment, with quality con-struction and finishingavailable. Partnering with twoof Aruba’s top providers ofkitchens and bathrooms en-ables developers to offer cus-tom options allowing buyersto individualize their homes.An elegant and chic furniturepackage is available or islanddesigners will assist owners infinishing the décor to theirspecific tastes.

There are many aspects to

Gold Coast Aruba which whencomplete will be a communityof 260 town homes, villas andcondominiums with a stunningclubhouse complemented bytwo additional communitypool areas , The Clubhouse isabout to start construction andwill offer to the communityhomeowners and visitors 2tennis courts, full service spaand fitness center as well as astunning pool area and is ex-pected to be complete by early2013. It will also house arestaurant and mini-market.

Owners who purchasedupon the groundbreaking onlya few short years ago, are al-ready enjoying a nearly 50%appreciation on their invest-ment, particularly those takingadvantage of the on site man-agement’s rental services pro-

away; we are very pleased bythe response to our concept.”

Fito, with his sister Mayrinand brother Rudy operate CasBon, which has been con-structing homes and buildingdevelopments for all budgetsfor nearly twenty years. “GoldCoast Aruba is the jewel in ourcrown,” observes Fito. “Wewere very excited about thisproject and the scope of actualand planned facilities andamenities. We have spoken tocountless island visitors to findout what they would reallywant in a permanent residenceon Aruba, and took fromthere.”

Input from frequent vaca-tioners who have dreamed oftheir own home in Aruba con-tributed to the realization of

--Management of Gold CoastAruba, the island’s newest andmost innovative gated com-munity, reports that sales havebeen very good and encourag-ing as the global economy re-covers and people looking topurchase vacation homes havefound that Gold Coast is anoutstanding investment value.Director of Sales, Fito Croeshas noticed a surprising per-centage of owners in reality donot spend a great amount oftime personally to use the vil-las or town homes they pur-chase, but are takingadvantage of Gold Coast’srental services to turn their in-vestment into ready income.

“The greater portion ofhome owners are using their“home away from home” inAruba to escape the wintermonths, or spend holidayswith the family on the island,”he remarked, “but I am grati-fied by how many are buyingbecause they felt secure withreal estate investment onAruba. They really study thehistory and economy of the is-land and are impressed withthe political stability and con-tinually increasing value ofprime locations. Gold Coast isin the heart of Malmok, con-sidered Aruba’s most exclu-sive community where thevalue of properties has only in-creased over time. It is onlyminutes to the best beachesand all the action, and yet of-fers a quiet and secluded get-

Gold Coast Aruba: This is the time to invest

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - US re-tailer Target apologized this pastweek after a labeling gaffe thatsaw the color of a plus-size dressnamed after manatees, the blub-bery denizens of the deep foundoff the Florida coast.While the scale of the outragecaused by the blunder was notclear, Target was clearly not tak-ing any chances by swiftly updat-

ing the color label for its "Manatee gray" kimono maxi dress.Target moved to address the issue after a sharp-eyed onlinecustomer pointed out that the standard size dress in the samestyle and color was described as "dark heather gray.""It is never Target's intention to offend our guests and weapologize for this unintentional oversight. We updated thecolor label to "gray" and the dress is only available on Tar-get.com," a Target spokeswoman said.The Target statement noted that "Manatee gray" was a colorused across a range of products offered by the store.The minor furor provoked bemusement among US commen-tators."Well, the manatee is also known as the sea cow, so someonewho was obviously free-associating off the animal's nametook this to be a slap at heavier women. Oversensitive much,"remarked Karin Klein on the Los Angeles Times website.

Target apologizes over

plus-size 'manatee' dressaround the world, fromVancouver to Vienna,where young Spaniardshave emigrated indemonstrations organ-ised by a grass-rootsgroup called Youth with-out a Future.

The group postedphotos of the demonstra-tions on its website, in-cluding one of eightyouths who gathered inHo Chi Minh in Vietnam

holding hand-made signs andof a protest of around 50 peo-ple staged in Berlin.

"We want to denounce theforced exile which youngSpaniards are experiencing dueto a lack of job opportunities,"a spokesman for the group,Mikel Revuelta, told AFP at theend of the march in Madrid.

Spain is strugglingthrough a double-dip reces-sion sparked by the collapseof a decade-long buildingboom in 2008 that has drivenits unemployment rate to 55percent among those aged 16to 24 and to a record 26 per-cent overall.

MADRID (AFP) - Spanishyouths demonstrated Sundayin cities across Spain andnear the country's embassiesabroad against sky-high un-employment and poor work-ing conditions which they sayare forcing them to moveabroad to find work.

Hundreds of youthsmarched to the din of drumsand whistles in centralMadrid behind a large blackand white banner that read:"We are not leaving, they arethrowing us out" while chant-ing "We don't want to go!".

Smaller protests were heldin Barcelona and Zaragoza inSpain and over 30 other cities

Spanish youth protest around theworld against unemployment

problem," Williamsshouted across the net atJankovic.

Jankovic thenprotested during thechange over to the chairumpire telling him thatWilliams shouldn't get"special" treatment.

After the match,Williams insisted she,and Venus, are the mostcourteous players on theWTA Tour.

"I wasn't ready," saidWilliams. "I am themost respectful player,other than Venus. I amso respectful to my col-leagues."

Unfortunately that respectdoesn't always extend to linejudges. At the 2009 US OpenWilliams once told a linejudge she was going to shovea tennis ball down her throat.

Serbian Jankovic, whowon this event five years ago,was aiming for her 14th ca-reer title. The ninth-seededJankovic had won 14 of herprevious 16 matches.

Jankovic dropped to 4-6all-time in matchups againstWilliams.

Williams clinched the titleon her third championshippoint with a backhand winnerto the open court thatJankovic couldn't get to.

Williams double faultedon the first championshippoint and then hammered abackhand into the net on thesecond one for a rare un-forced error in the match.

Williams successfully de-fended her title by claimingher third overall Charlestoncrown one day after routingher sister Venus in the semi-finals.

She has won 22 consecu-tive clay court matches atWTA Tour events and FedCup and 15 straight matchesin Charleston. That includestitles last year and 2008.

Bad blood between the twosurfaced early in the secondset with Jankovic serving afterhaving just won the first set.

Jankovic was in mid-swing on a serve whenWilliams stopped and held upher racquet indicating shewasn't ready to play the point.The two then verballysparred with Williams tellingJankovic to "wait until I amready."

"Honestly, you have a

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BOISE, Idaho (AFP) - WorldNo. 1 and Australian Openchampion Novak Djokovic'svictory over Sam Querrey ofthe United States on Sundayadvanced Serbia into thesemi-finals of the Davis Cup.

Djokovic, who had to bat-tle through an ankle injury hesuffered in the opening set,earned a 7-5, 6-7 (4/7), 6-1,6-0 win to give the Serbiansan insurmountable 3-1 lead inthe best-of-five tie against theAmericans.

It is the second win forSerbia in four years over the32-time titlist USA. In theironly other previous DavisCup encounter Serbia de-feated the Americans in Bel-grade in 2010.

"I am happy I managed to

play the whole match,"Djokovic said. "I played re-ally well in the third andfourth set.

"I am sorry for team USAbut it was a thrilling weekendfor all of us."

Djokovic had to playthrough the pain of a badankle which he sprained in thethird game of the opening set.

"I took some anti-inflam-matories and they kicked inat the end of the second set.The anti-inflammatories werevery strong," he said.

Djokovic said he probablywouldn't have finished thematch if it wasn't a DavisCup competition.

Serbia will now meet ei-ther Canada or Italy in thesemi-finals in September.

Djokovic's win puts Serbiain semis

Spanish leagueOsasuna 0 Espanyol 2

(Moreno 51, Wakaso 90+2)Celta Vigo 0 Rayo Vallecano

2 (Piti 14, Delibasic 83)French leagueSaint-Etienne 1 (Hamouna

78) Evian 0Reims 1 (Krychowiak 53-

pen) Lyon 0Lille 5 (Kalou 2, 33, Payet 8,

Digne 31-pen, Rodelin 53) Lo-rient 0

Italian Serie A Fiorentina 2 (Ljajic 66-pen,

Pizarro 73) AC Milan 2 (Monto-livo 14, Flamini 62)

Catania 0 Cagliari 0Sampdoria 1 (Munari 43)

Palermo 3 (Von Bergen 35, Ilicic50, Garcia 56)

Siena 0 Parma 0Udinese 3 (Di Natale 20, 25,

Benatia 85) Chievo 1 (Papp 35)Inter 3 (Rocchi 43, Alvarez

57, 61) Atalanta 4 (Bonaventura56, Denis 65-pen, 71 77)

Napoli 2 (Pandev 18, Dze-maili 29) Genoa 0

MondayRoma v Lazio (1845 GMT)Ukrainian league

Metalurg Donetsk 4 KarpatyLviv 0

Tavria Simferopol 0 Uzh-gorod 2

Dynamo Kiev 1 ShakhtarDonetsk 2

German BundesligaNuremberg 2 (Nilsson 54,

69) Mainz 05 1 (Mueller 60)Hanover 0 VfB Stuttgart 0English Premier LeagueChelsea 2 (Kilgallon 47-og,

Ivanovic 55) Sunderland 1(Azpilicueta 45-og)

Liverpool 0 West Ham 0Newcastle 1 (Cisse 90+3)

Fulham 0QPR 1 (Remy 85) Wigan 1

(Maloney 90+4)Tottenham 2 (Adebayor 1,

Sigurdsson 87) Everton 2(Jagielka 15, Mirallas 53)

Playing Monday:Manchester Utd v Manches-

ter City (1900GMT)Dutch league resultsFC Utrecht 1 ADO Den

Haag 0FC Groningen 3 SC Heeren-

veen 1NEC Nijmegen 1 AZ Alk-

maar 1Ajax 4 Heracles 0

European football Sunday matchesBERLIN (AFP) - Kenya'sJacob Kendagor won theBerlin half marathon on Sun-day, and dipped under thehour mark for the first time inhis career, as Kenyan runnersdominated both the mens andwomens races.

Kendagor, 29, came homein 59min 36secs to win themen's race ahead of compa-triot's Silas Kipruto (1hr12secs) and VictorKipchirchir (1hr 27sec),while Helah Kiprop cele-brated her 28th birthday bywinning in 1hour 07.54min.

Compatriot Philes Ongori,who won the 2012 race, fin-ished second in 1hour08.01min with Japan's MaiIto third in 1hour 10.00min toprevent Kenyan athletesclaiming the top three placesin both competitions.

This year the competitionbroke the record of partici-pants, with more than 50,000enrolled, which keeps theParisian race among the mostimportant in the world, alongwith London, Tokyo, Berlinand Boston.

Kenyans dominate

Berlin halfmarathon

Claire Lomas participates in a training run at Whitwell Leisure Park on April 7, 2013 inLeicester, England. Claire Lomas will complete the equivalent of a marathon a day ona hand bike, as part of her challenge to cycle 400 miles around the UK starting on April22nd, aiming to raise money through JustTextGiving by Vodafone with the use of herunique text code, LEGS60.

Ivy League all-starteam. Despite hissuccess on and offthe court at Har-vard, Lin went un-drafted by theNBA.

Asked by CB-SNews.com ifNBA teams passedon Lin because hewas Asian-Ameri-can, NBA commis-sioner David Sternsaid, "I think in the

true sense the answer to thatis yes."

Lin eventually made hisway to New York where theKnicks signed him as a re-serve player whose job wasto come into the game off thebench.

Lin was then thrust into amore prominent role whenthe club had two startersfelled by injury.

He led the Knicks on a re-markable winning run and hisbrilliant individual playsparked the catchword "Lin-sanity".

The Knicks reached theplayoffs and Lin was ex-pected to play a big role forNew York in the upcomingseason.

But when the HoustonRockets made an offer of $25million for three years andthe Knicks refused to matchit, Lin departed for Texaswhere retired Chinese starcentre Yao Ming played hisentire NBA career.

Lin felt racism slaps lastseason such as an ESPN web-site headline "Chink in thearmor" after he had a poorshowing on the court.

Lin became a star in Tai-wan, his parents' homeland,and China, where one of hisgrandparents is from.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) -Jeremy Lin says he felt asense of bigotry towards himwhen he wasn't offered a UScollege scholarship despitebeing named one of Califor-nia's top players in his finalhigh school year.

"Well, I think the obviousthing in my mind is that Iwas Asian-American, which,you know, is a whole differ-ent issue but I think that wasa barrier," Lin said. "I meanit's a stereotype."

Speaking to the Americannews programme "60 Min-utes", Lin says he likelywould have been given abasketball scholarship to amajor university if he wasn'tAsian-American.

The "60 Minutes" showon Saturday released clips ofthe interview which airedlast night.

The starting point guardfor the NBA's HoustonRockets, led Palo Alto HighSchool to a 32-1 record anda state championship in2005-06. Lin finished withan average of 15.1 points,7.1 assists and 5.0 steals pergame and was named north-ern California's divison twoplayer of the year.

Lin eventually signed onwith the basketball pro-gramme at Harvard Univer-sity where he twice made the

Lin says stereotypesheld him back Macau if Pacquiao would be

appearing there this year,Arum said: "I hope so, I cer-tainly hope so. That will notbe this summer, but willmaybe be in the fall.

"I know he's expressed adesire to fight here, so we areworking on that."

Pacquiao wants his nextfight to be outside the UnitedStates, where he has tradi-tionally fought in front ofhuge crowds and for enor-mous pay-per-view televisionrevenues, to avoid high taxes.

Tamayo had said thatDubai and Singapore werealso options.

Pacquiao, 34, has won anunprecedented eight world ti-tles in different weight divi-sions, and was until recentlyregarded by many as the bestpound-for-pound boxer.

But he lost his World Box-ing Organization welter-weight crown in June lastyear in a controversial pointsdecision to US fighter Timo-thy Bradley, then suffered aknockout defeat to Marquez.

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MACAU, China (AFP) -Philippines boxing heroManny Pacquiao wants his

next fight to be in Macau, ac-cording to his promoter BobArum, who says they areworking on an autumn show-down in the casino enclave.

Negotiations are ongoingfor a September rematchwith Juan Manuel Marquez,who knocked Pacquiao out inDecember, Pacquiao'sspokeswoman Rose Tamayotold AFP earlier this week.

Asked late on Saturday atThe Venetian resort-hotel in

Pacquiao 'wants Macau fight'

NEW YORK (AFP) - TheNational Hockey League'sannual outdoor game in 2014will take place on New Year'sDay in Michigan Stadium,the league announced onSunday.

The Winter Classic gamewill feature the Detroit RedWings hosting the TorontoMaple Leafs at the home ofthe Michigan Wolverines'American gridiron team.

The game was supposed totake place during the currentNHL regular season, but alabour dispute and lockout ofthe players forced a cancella-tion of the NHL's outdoorgame back in November.

Detroit and Toronto willbe division opponents nextseason thanks to the NHL'snew realignment plan thatwill begin at the start of the2013-14 season.

Leafs and Red Wings toface off in outdoor game

FILES - (L-R) Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez

stand face-to-face onstage in front of the media cameras

during the Manny Pacquiao v Juan Manuel Marquez -

Press Conference September 17, 2012.

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ATLANTA, Georgia (AFP) -Mitch McGary finished with10 points, 12 rebounds andsix assists as the MichiganWolverines advanced to thechampionship game of the

Final Four tournament with a61-56 win over Syracuse Sat-urday.

Michigan (31-7) will beseeking its first US collegebasketball championship

since 1989 when it takes onLouisville tonight.

Michigan started slow Sat-urday but once it solvedSyracuse's puzzling 2-3 zonedefence in the first half theywere able to open up a lead inthe second half.

Tim Hardaway had ateam-high 13 points andCaris LeVert and Spike Al-brecht came off the bench toscore eight and six points re-spectively for Michigan.

C.J. Fair scored 22 pointsto lead Syracuse (30-10) inthe loss.

Top seed and tournamentfavourites Louisville ralliedfrom a 12-point second-halfdeficit to knock off WichitaState 72-68 in a Final Fourthriller at the Georgia Dome.

The Louisville Cardinalswon their 15th game in a rowto advance to today's nationalcollege basketball champi-onship game.

Russ Smith led Louisvillewith 21 points and Luke Han-cock added 20 points, includ-ing a corner three-pointer thatgave the Cardinals their firstlead of the second half at 56-55 with 6m 30s to play.

Louisville were appearingin the Final Four for the 10thtime. They have won the na-tional championship twice.

Michigan advances tochampionship to face

Louisville

CHARLESTON, South Car-olina (AFP) - SerenaWilliams earned her 49th ca-reer singles title and third ofthe year by rallying to beatformer world number one Je-lena Jankovic in the final ofthe Family Circle Cup onSunday.

The world No.1 Williamsand former Charleston win-ner Jankovic got into a testyverbal exchange early in thesecond set after Williams ac-cused Jankovic of trying to

rush her on the service return.After the exchange,

Williams won 12 of the final14 games.

"I am definitely happy tohave another win under mybelt. Excited to hold mytitle," said Williams, of her 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory on thegreen clay surface.

Williams successfully de-fended her title by claiming herthird overall Charleston crownone day after routing her sisterVenus in the semi-finals.

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Williams rallies toclaim 49th WTA title

Photo left: Michigan Wolverines guard Caris LeVert and at right

Louisville Cardinals guard/forward Luke Hancock (11) with

guard Tim Henderson (15) celebrating their victories