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fourth round of cancer surgerysince June 2011.

after 14 years under thecharismatic former paratroo -per, Venezuelans now face theprospect of snap elections,with Maduro hand-picked tosucceed him.

The once ubiquitous sym-bol of Latin america's "anti-imperialist" left had dis -appeared from public viewafter flown to cuba on Decem-ber 10, an unusual absence thatfueled rumors about his health.

He was only been seen in afew photos released lastmonth, which showed him inhis Havana hospital bed, smil-ing with his two daughters athis side.

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ming conference will be ad-dressing how to make energymore affordable for regionalnations, which affects the ma-jority of the island nations."The price of electricity is crip-plingly high across the regions,we all know that we need to actnow," he continued.

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is where caribbean renewableresources meet internationalinvestors and technology.Every constituency we need totransact change and move for-ward will be in aruba later thisyear."

Both the Prime Ministerand Mr. Perks agreed that animportant issue for the upco -

aruba as a "world-class con-ference destination. It has ex-cellent communications and isfortunate to have a governmentthat is interesting in showca -sing the country to the interna-tional community...It is just asimportant to us to bring crEFto a country where we believethe government is working ag-gressively to move away fromfossil fuels and into to types ofenergy that will be sustainableand affordable in the longterm."

citing the fact that 20% ofaruba's energy is already ob-tained from renewable sources,with a plan to be 100% renew-able by 2020, Mr. Perks de-clared "The government'splans are ambitious, and lookforward to finding a platformthrough crEF for aruba to layits plans before internationalinvestors and promote arubaas a free-investment destina-tion."

"We like to say that crEF

report attendance of last year'sconference was over 400 dele-gates from 14 countries. Thisyear, they would expect more,as the imperative for harness-ing renewable energy sourcesby caribbean nations becomesincreasingly evident.

Present for the announce-ment was Energy Events cEOMatthew Perks, who described

aruba's Prime Minster MikeEman was very proud to an-nounce yesterday morning thatthis year, the annual Greenaruba Energy conferenceconducted in the fall, will part-ner with New Energy EventsLLc, to host the 5th annualcaribbean renewable EnergyForum, (crEF), the largestsuch event in the region. They

Aruba to host the Caribbean Renewable

Energy Forum 2013

on February 18 to continuechemotherapy after twomonths in cuba, where in De-cember he had undergone his

caracas (aFP) -- Vene zue -lan President Hugo chavezlost his battle with cancer yes-terday, silencing the leadingvoice of the Latin americanleft and plunging his dividedoil-rich nation into an uncer-tain future.

"We have received thetoughest and tragic informa-tion that... comandante Presi-dent Hugo chavez died todayat 4:25 pm," a tearful VicePresident Nicolas Maduro an-nounced on television, directlyfrom a caracas military hospi-tal.

"Long live chavez," the of-ficials surrounding himshouted.

chavez, who was 58, hadbeen checked into the hospital

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Venezuela's Chavez dead

Utilities Chairman Frank Hoevertsz, Matthew Perks, Prime

Minister Eman and Minister de Meza

results with his team for thecasino. Henk was nominatedManager of the Quarter in2012.

Elvis began his Marriott ca-reer in Accounting as an Ac-counts Payable Clerk onFebruary 24, 2009.

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The Aruba Marriott Resort &Stellaris Casino proudly an-nounces the promotions ofHenk Reeberg to Casino SlotsOperations Manager and ElvisGomez to Casino Cage Man-ager at the Stellaris Casino.

In his new position Henkwill be in charge of the overalloperations of the Casino Slotsdepartment, ensuring the cor-porate compliance and localgaming regulations, monito -ring performance of the Slotsdepartment and the daily ope -rations of his team. Elvis willoversee all the daily operationsof the Casino Cage depart-ment, maintaining and control-ling all cage handlings andinventories of the casino.

Henk started his career withthe Stellaris Casino in Augustof 2006 as a Casino IncomeAuditor, a position he held forover three years. In Februaryof 2010, he was promoted tothe Casino Accounting Super-visor. After one year Henkswitched over to the CasinoSlots department, where hewas appointed to the positionof Assistant Manager of theCasino Slot Operations, over-seeing the Casino Slots depart-ment and achieved impressive

Stellaris Casino appoints

two management positions Henk Reeberg Casino Slots Operations Manager and Elvis

Gomez Casino Cage Manager

chose to affix the three buststo a moveable boulder. Thisis because there is a futureplan to create a cultural Plazato honor these 3 giants and

UNOCA wants to offer theirsupport to realizing such avaluable pro ject.

Nilda Koolman made spe-cial reference to the word"cordiality" mentioned in ournational anthem and in one ofLio Booi's books. The em-phasis was on the fact that wemust not only be cordial toour visitors but most impor-tant to each other. This is es-pecially necessary in thesetimes when technology dom-inates and takes away fromus the personal contact wewere so accustomed to.

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of this and to make that con-tribution."

The artwork of the busts isthe creation of Maritza Eras-mus and the pedestal was cre-

ated by another artist andrealized by Dadu Croes andMartin Bermudez. UNOCA

The government has decreedthat the month of March willbe dedicated to celebrationsand cultural events related toour island. The first event tokick off the celebrations washeld last Friday. On the occa-sion, UNOCA unveiled threemonuments of three ofAruba's giants....very out-standing citizens! The monu-ments are three bronze bustsof Padu Lampe, Hubert 'Lio'Booi and the deceased RufoWever.

Nilda Koolman ofUNOCA, in her message tothose present, said: "We kickoff this cultural month, popu-larly known as the month ofour Flag and Anthem, withthe unveiling of these monu-ments to three of our greatcitizens who cover variouscultural areas either as musi-cian, painter, author, poet,etc.

"We gather here to honor2 of the 3 composers of ourlocal anthem, who are stillactive culturally. This is amoment to, in addition to giv-ing special homage to these 3great citizens, to also docu-ment an important part of ourcultural heritage especiallyfor the young generation andothers in the future. Theyoung generation will be re-sponsible for passing on thishistory to the next generation.UNOCA is proud to be part

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Maritza Erasmus spoke brieflyabout her role in crea ting thethree busts and how she en-countered several challengesalong the way, especially withthe bust of Rufo Wever. Shedoes not know Wever person-ally and had to depend on sev-eral photos in order to createthis bust.

The concept of the pedestal,the boulder that the busts areaffixed to, is to bring all the el-ements of our people, whichare in our national anthem, intoa visible format. Differenttypes of stones reflected thedifferent areas on Aruba andtogether create our people.

We dedicate attention to ourisland, our national symbolswhich identify our island. Inthe past Aruba could have ce -lebrated our National Day in

just one day, but today we canno longer do so, because wehave so much and so manyreasons to celebrate; hence, thereason for proclaiming themonth of March as our Na-tional month, according toMinister of Culture, MichelleWinklaar-Hooyboer. She alsomentioned that next week animportant law will be adjustedto incorporate the Owl asAruba's national symbol. Themonth of March is definitelyfull of cultural activities for bigand small. Everyone is encou -raged to participate in these ac-tivities as much as is possible.

UNOCA was greatlypraised for their important ini-tiative and the honor bestowedon three well deserving andoutstanding Aruban citizens.

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commitment to Aruba.Boedoem is employed at the

Logoshop at Alhambra, but is awell-known person in our Car-nival. Boedoem loves theAruban culture and our Carni-val. He says: ...”I live and eatCarnival. Everything I see Iwant to transform into an outfitfor Carnival.”

How did he get the nameBoedoem? He says his nick-name he got when he was 7years old. In those days theysold the double shot fireworksat Christmas time, and he litone of these upside down. But,by the time my friends couldtell me that it was lit upsidedown...it was too late. I turnedmy back, began to run, but thefirework was already lit and ex-ploded, and hit me in the back.From that day on the name“Boedoem” was stuck on me.

A few of Boedoem’s specialworks of art are his dollsdressed in Carnival’s outfits.He has been making these dollsfor the past eight years. His in-spiration came from his daugh-ter who asked him one day whyhe couldn’t make dresses forher dolls. One day he tried hishands at it and today his dollsare on the market. They spendfamily time every night makingthese dolls which they call“Caboem” dolls. The name is acombination of Carlos andBoe doem, because Carlos(Tromp) is his right hand manin Carnival.

To date, Boedoem has madeover 130 dolls of different vari-ations and outfits. His dolls arevery attractive and very popu-lar items during the CarubbianFestival.

Our tourists are delightedwith their beauty and art work.

Locals also enjoy his artwork, which makes Boedoemvery happy. He says...”I amcommitted to Aruba and aslong as God gives me thestrength and health I will con-tinue contributing my art bywhich I am known to Carnival.I will continue to help wher-ever I can to help Aruba con-tinue to thrive.”

Boedoem is yet another oneof Aruba’s faithful and dedi-cated ambassadors who make areal difference in promotingour culture and tourism.

mitted to our tourism either di-rectly or indirectly. The focustoday is on Roberto LeonardoBrown, best known as “Boe-doem.” Boedoem excels in his

Aruba Tourism Authority iscontinuing their campaign offocusing on key individuals inour community who are ac-tively involved in and are com-


Roberto “Boedoem” Browncommitted to Aruba

In March of 2012 he joined theFood and Beverage team andwas promoted to Food andBeverage Storeroom Supervi-sor, where he succeeded toachieve an admirable level ofzero variance in the receivingprocess and daily operations.Since September 2012, Elvishas played a key role at thefood storeroom overseeing thepurchasing process as well asplaying an active leadershiprole during the food storeroomrenovation. Elvis was recog-nized as Marriott’s Associateof the Year 2011 and won theShoco Award for Supervisor ofthe Year 2012.

The Aruba Marriott Resort& Stellaris Casino congratu-lates Henk and Elvis andwishes them the best of luck asthey take on their new respon-sibilities.

improvement of the hotel’s en-vironmental and social per-formance. Travelife Inter -na tional Certification helps ho-tels to improve how they man-age their environmental andsocial impacts, such as the waytheir energy or water consump-tion, or how they treat the peo-ple they employ or the localcommunity where they oper-ate.

Manchebo Beach Resort &Spa is located along Aruba’swidest stretch of beach andrenowned Eagle Beach onAruba. The ultimate Caribbeanvacation experience begins atthis intimate, 2-story boutiqueresort an ideal place for roman-tic and rejuvenating getaways.The 72 Deluxe Ocean and Gar-den View Rooms are newlyrenovated in an inviting, con-temporary Island décor andfeature top-notch amenities tomake your stay relaxing andenjoyable. Rooms are cool andcomfortable with soft linensand a bathroom featuring asoothing waterfall shower. Asa health-oriented resortManchebo Beach Resort &Spa also offers an exoticbeach-side spa facility and ahost of yoga & Pilates classes.

The Travelife Gold award washonored to Manchebo BeachResort and Spa just during themonth of January 2013.Trave life is a travel industry-led organization, where touroperators in Europe and ac-commodation providers arecommitted to providing holi-daymakers with more sustain-able hotels. They work inpartnership to protect the envi-ronment and the well-being ofpeople, including their staff,customers and suppliers, andso making a big contribution tosustainable tourism.

“We are very excited tohave achieved this award” saysEdgar Roelofs – the resort’sgeneral manager. “MancheboBeach Resort & Spa alreadyhas been part of the GreenGlobe Certification Programsince 2003 with a Green GlobeGold Certificate and it is anhonor that we achieved theTravelife Gold status duringour first audit” he adds.

Lidia Halley, environmentalcoordinator at the resort, men-tions that the resort has met allTravelife requirements, dis-plays a strong commitment tosustainability and constantlylooks for new opportunities for

Manchebo Beach Resort& Spa on Aruba achievesTravelife Gold award

She was in the arms of her protector.

The little 6 year old Angel clung around her neck.

Her little heart beating a thousand times a minute.

Shots rang out. Bullets that could topple a huge ele-

phant penetrated the little frail body of the Angel.

Her body went lame and her grip loosened.

Two Angels down.

Now the journey to heaven has started.

The time of denial and not accepting has begun.

Days have turned into weeks and weeks

into more than two months.

Today they are coping with acceptance.

Today they plan to live the life so that

they will meet the little Angel again.

Here we are hurting because we cannot give you

a big “Abrazo” and whisper softly “we love you too.”

By: Roland W. Peterson

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The CREF/Aruba GreenEnergy Conference will takeplace Wednesday, Thursdayand Friday, October 9-11th atthe Westin Aruba Resort inPalm Beach. The CREF web-site also went live on March5. More information regard-ing past speakers and CREFevents can be viewed here:http://www.caribbeanenergy-forum.com. This year'sagenda and roster of speakersis yet to be confirmed, butregistration forms can befilled in on the site.

Joining the Prime Ministerand Mr. Perks for the an-nouncement was the Ministerof Finance, Telecommunica-tions, Energy and Utilities,Mike de Meza and Directorof Utilities Aruba, FrankHoe vertsz.

Rosalie Klein

Caribbean

Renewable

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Dutch Marines, who put a pla-toon to work setting up all thecourts, tents and tables, "I couldnot have done it without them;they performed miracles!"

Rosalie Klein

respectively. Tee shirts spon-sored by the Tropicana Resortand GM Bryan Stedeford weredistributed to all vo lunteers.She also had a special thankyou for Marc from the Royal

lice Trudy Hassell. The fundswill go towards the "Let'sTalk" program founded by Of-ficer Hassell, working withwayward island youth.

A shopping trip is plannedfor Casa Cuna Progresso, alive-in center for children agesinfant to seven years, fromtroubled homes. Last year,they received toys, formula,dia pers, clothing and thou-sands in incidentals.

Ambiente Feliz, a full timehome for mentally challengedadults, will get the industrialdishwasher of their dreams.Last year, it was tools andplants to produce the beautifulgarden that now surrounds theproperty.

Other groups have been sin-gled out to benefit from theevent, including local girl'ssoftball teams, who will re-ceive uniforms and equip-ments.

Michelle took the opportu-nity to express her heartfeltthanks to all the local volun-teers who assisted in makingthe day a success, particularlyTropical Bottling/Balashi Bre -wery and Aruba Trading Com-pany, represented by Re gineNicolaas and Gleen De Kaey,

ball tournament, which was agreat success; edition numbertwo on March 3 was literallytwice as nice! The Begins ac-knowledged this time aroundthey doubled the funds raisedover last year, which will beapplied to purchase necessitiesfor some worthy causes.

Buster's Garage Sports Bar,attached to the Trop Casino,hosted an informal get to-gether, during which Michellehanded over a donation toDeputy Commissioner of Po-

Michelle Begin of Ottawa,Canada and her husband Jeanhave been vacationing onAruba for over twenty years,making friends and connectingwith the community. "I spendabout five weeks on the islandduring the winter, and I am notthe sort of person to just sitaround. I see people who needhelp and I just have to dosomething," she told THEMORNING NEWS.

In 2012 she organized herfirst fundraising beach volley-


Ms. Canada Volleyball Tournament raises $9,000for island foundations

Michelle and Jean with sponsors

Michelle with Deputy Commissioner of Police Trudy Hassell.

measures in the event of an-other launch or nuclear test."

The United States andChina have been negotiatingthe measures since the Northstaged its third nuclear test onFebruary 12.

to develop further its illicit nu-clear and ballistic missile pro-grams."

North Korea has alreadythreatened to heighten tensionsover the proposed UN meas-ures. Rice said the resolutionvows "further significant

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -The United States yesterdaycalled on the UN SecurityCouncil to hit North Koreandiplomats and "illicit" cashtransfers with sanctions to stepup pressure over the isolatedstate's nuclear program.

US ambassador to theUnited Nations Susan Ricesaid China had agreed on "nextlevel" sanctions against theNorth and that she hopes for avote by the 15-member councilthis week.

The text of a draft resolu-tion was handed to other coun-cil members at a closedmeeting yesterday.

The proposed measureswould "take the UN sanctionsimposed on North Korea to thenext level, breaking newground and imposing signifi-cant new legal obligations,"Rice told reporters after theshort meeting.

"For the first time ever, thisresolution targets the illicit ac-tivities of North Korean diplo-matic personnel, North Koreanbanking relationships, illicittransfers of bulk cash and newtravel restrictions."

She said that if passed, themeasures "will significantlyimpede North Korea's ability

to 10 inches (25 centimeters)of snow expected, there was noway they could keep up.

More than 800 flights weregrounded at Chicago's O'Hareairport -- a major hub -- whileanother 240 were cancelled atChicago Midway. Over 100flights were cancelled in Min-neapolis, Minnesota, accord-ing to FlightAware.

The storm was expected tomerge with a second systemover the Appalachians lateTuesday night or early today.

vered the body of a truckdriver whose rig slipped off aWisconsin highway and endedup in a river and were search-ing for his passenger, WQOWnews reported.

Minnesota's highway patrolresponded to 122 crashes and112 vehicles that had spun offthe road between 5 am and10:40 am, but luckily therewere no fatalities and just 16injuries, KARE news reported.

Hundreds of plows wereworking the Windy City'sroads and freeways but with up

CHICAGO (AFP) - A massivewinter storm pounding thenorthern United States yester-day grounded over 1,200flights, closed hundreds ofschools and made roadwaysand highways impassible.

More than a dozen statesfrom Minnesota to Virginiawere in the path of the hugestorm which had alreadydumped as much as two feet(60 centimeters) of snow inMontana and 15 inches (38centimeters) in North Dakota.

Emergency crews reco -

Massive winter storm grounds 1,200

US flights

position leader who lost toChavez in October.

Until picking Maduro, 50,as his political heir, Chavezhad never allowed other lea -ders to emerge within his Uni -ted Socialist Party of Vene -zuela (PSUV).

He used the ballot box toconsolidate his power andpush through policies thatdrove a wedge into Venezuelansociety, alienating the wealthywith expropriations whilewooing the poor with socialhandouts.

Chavez won re-election inOctober vowing to make hisself-styled 21st century revolu-tion "irreversible."

The opposition had accusedChavez of misusing publicfunds for his campaign anddominating the airwaves whileforcing government workers toattend rallies through intimida-tion.

His death will particularlyaffect Cuba's communistregime, whose moribund state-run economy has relied heav-ily on Chavez's oil generosity.

Under Fidel Castro's men-toring, Chavez became theface of the radical left in LatinAmerica, with regular diatribesagainst US "imperialism" andthe forging of ties with regimesat odds with Washington inSyria, Libya and Iran.

But despite tense relationswith the United States, Chavezcontinued to export one mil-lion barrels of oil per day upnorth.

The government had sentmixed signals about the presi-dent's health for weeks, warn-ing one day that he wasbattling for his life, yet insist-ing as recently as last weekendthat Chavez was still in chargeand giving orders.

But the opposition repea -tedly accused the governmentof lying about the president'scondition.

Chavez will be mourned bymany of the country's poor,who revered the self-styledrevolutionary for using thecountry's oil riches to fundpopular housing, health, foodand education programs.

And like-minded LatinAmerican leaders like Cuba'sRaul Castro, Ecuador's RafaelCorrea and Bolivia's EvoMorales have lost a closefriend who used his diplomaticmuscle and cheap oil to shoreup their rule.

Chavez died five monthsafter winning an October elec-tion, overcoming a resurgentopposition and public frustra-tion over a rising murder rate,regular blackouts and soaringinflation.

He missed his swearing-infor a new six-year term on Jan-uary 10, but the SupremeCourt approved an indefinitedelay. Under Venezuela's con-stitution an election must beheld within 30 days of thepresident's death.

A new election could offeranother shot at the presidencyto Henrique Capriles, the op-


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Venezuela's Chavez deadContinued from page 1

US calls for 'next level' sanctions onN. Korea

Ciudad Juárez, Mexico -- a group of agents of theSpecialized Bureau of attention to Women Victims ofGender Crime and academy cadets of the Municipal Po-lice carried out sweeps in search of human remains ofdisappeared women yesterday, in Valle de Juarez, Me -xico. about 500 people walked about five miles to findhuman remains. This is the third thorough search in thevalley --the first was in February 2012 and another inJanuary 2013-- during which 25 women bones werefound and nine of them already identified on dNa stu -dies. according to ONG reports about 400 women weremurdered in Ciudad Juarez since 2006. (aFP PHOTO)

mond Yans.Experts estimate thousands

of such drugs currently existon the market, the report said.

"As abuse of these sub-stances has increased, so toohas the number of users whohave experienced grave healthconsequences or even suffereddeath due to exposure tothem," it went on, pointing to"marked increases in emer-gency room visits for adversehealth reactions" and "signifi-cant increases in calls to poi-son treatment centres."

Aggravating the problemfurther was the fact that thesedrugs were not subject to inter-national control regimes andwere readily available on theInternet, requiring states andinternational institutions tofind new ways to identify thedrugs and stop their distribu-tion, the UN-affiliated INCBsaid.

Another increasing problemwas the rise in prescriptiondrug abuse, includingpainkillers, sedatives and oth-ers used to treat epilepsy, at-tention-deficit hyperactivitydisorder and mental illnesses.

The Board makes annualrecommendations on narcoticspolicy to states but also inter-national institutions, includingthe United Nations.

"legal highs" or "designerdrugs," the Vienna-based Inter-national Narcotics ControlBoard (INCB) said in its an-nual report.

"In Europe alone almost onenew substance is appearingevery week. Previously, be-tween 2000 and 2005 therewere an average of five notifi-cations of new substances peryear," added INCB head Ray-

VIENNA (AFP) - Designerdrugs are multiplying at a wor-rying rate and increasinglysending users to hospital, aUN-affiliated report said Tues-day, calling for internationalefforts to stem the spread ofthese substances.

"In recent years, there hasbeen an unprecedented surgein the abuse of new psychoac-tive substances," often called

Designer drugs on the rise,serious health risk: UN report

butter cream and butterscotch-- were destroyed in Decemberafter being intercepted by Chi-nese customs.

A microbiologist at theSwedish National FoodAgency, Mats Lindblad, saidcoliform bacteria "could be anindication of faecal contamina-tion though not always".

He said the bacteria werenormally not dangerous forconsumers.

Ikea last week pulled itstrademark meatballs off theshelves in 25 countries afterCzech authorities found tracesof horse DNA in a batch ofone-kilogramme (2.2-pound)bags of frozen meatballs.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) -Swedish furniture giant Ikeapulled a batch of almond cakesfrom its restaurants in 23 coun-tries on Tuesday after Chineseauthorities said they containedcoliform bacteria, normallypresent in faecal matter.

The Swedish-made cakeshad failed tests "for containingan excessive level of coliformbacteria, according to the Gen-eral Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspection andQuarantine," the ShanghaiDaily website wrote.

Ikea said 1,800 TaartaChokladkrokant cakes -- de-scribed on its website as an al-mond cake with chocolate,


Health & Living

Indian healthcare system had"little or nothing to do withpatents on pharmaceuticalproducts as all products onIndia's essential drug list arenot patented," Bayer said.

One of the main barriers toaccess to medicines in devel-oping countries such as Indiawas the lack of adequatehealthcare services and infra-structure ensuring that drugswould effectively bring treat-ment to those who need it.

"The order of the Intellec-tual Property Appellate Boardweakens the internationalpatent system and endangerspharmaceutical research,"Bayer argued.

The limited period of mar-keting exclusivity made possi-ble by patents ensures that thecosts associated with the re-search and development of in-novative medicines can berecovered, it said.

Bayer said it has a patientaccess programme in place inIndia for Nexavar, which "sig-nificantly reduces the cost ofthe monthly treatment."

FRANKFURT (AFP) - Ger-man pharmaceuticals giantBayer, maker of Aspirin,vowed Monday to fight a rul-ing by the patent authorities inIndia allowing a local com-pany to produce and sell ageneric copy of its anti-cancerdrug Nexavar.

India's Intellectual PropertyAppellate Board has rejectedan appeal by Bayer against thedecision by a local patent au-thority to grant a license togenerics manufacturer NatcoPharma, allowing it to copyNexavar.

The patent authority al-lowed Natco to make copies ofNexavar on the grounds thatBayer's drug is too expensivefor most people in India.

The license allows Natco tosell generic versions of thedrug at a fraction of Bayer'sprice.

But Bayer said in a state-ment that it "strongly dis-agrees with the conclusions ofthe Intellectual Property Ap-pellate Board."

The challenges faced by the

Bayer vows to fight forpatent on anti-cancer drugin India

Ikea pulls almond cakesafter bacteria found

type memory game in whichthe user shifts his or her weightin the chair in response to arandom pattern.

"We're trying to make peo-ple more active, especiallygiven our ageing population,"explained project leaderMatthias Struck.

Struck's team is working onbringing the prototype modelunveiled at the CeBIT onto themarket in "one, maybe twoyears," he said. The chairscould be particularly useful inold peoples' homes, he sug-gested.

One thing that might makeyou sit up straight: the price.

"Already without the tech-nology, these chairs aren't par-ticularly cheap," said Struck. "Iwould estimate 2,000-3,000euros ($2,600-3,900) and thenyou're probably looking at thesame again for all the sensors."


Sci-Tech

HANOVER, Germany (AFP)- Of all the futuristic gadgetson show at CeBIT, the world'stop high-tech fair, few drewbigger crowds Tuesday than a3D printer creating solid ob-jects in plastic from a com-puter display.

The machine, developed byGerman company "fabbster",melts plastic and then buildsup incredibly fine "layers" just88 microns (0.088 millimetres)thick, eventually producing asolid physical object with im-pressive detail.

The system is currentlybeing used mainly by smallbusinesses, architects, design-ers and engineers, explainedFabian Grupp, project man-ager.

"You can really make any-thing you can think of," he en-thused. Coming soon is the

ability to create multi-colouredobjects and use different materi-als within the same "print-out".

The time varies from objectto object, but the machinetakes around one hour to "printout" a small plastic bottle.

This machine retails for1,500 euros ($2,000), makingit attractive only for "ambi-tious" hobbyists, he acknowl-edged, although he said theprice would inevitably comedown as the technology im-proves.

The CeBIT, the world'sbiggest fair for the high-techsector is taking place untilMarch 9 in the northern Ger-man city of Hanover.

Some 4,100 exhibitors fromaround 70 countries are ex-pected to set up shop in thecavernous halls of theHanover showgrounds.

3D printer wows world'stop high-tech fair

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUS Supreme Court is consid-ering whether taking DNAswabs during an arrest violatesprivacy, in what one justicesaid was the court's "most im-portant criminal procedurecase" in decades.

The nine judges seemedsplit on the issue during thehearing to decide whether civilliberties trumped the interestof solving crimes.

Alonzo Jay King was ar-rested in April 2009 in Mary-land for acts of aggression. Asaliva sample was taken andsent to a lab, as allowed underMaryland law, without a war-rant and even before the sus-pect had been indicted.

A month after the arrest, theDNA analysis came back, link-ing King to a sample taken fromthe victim of an unsolved rape.

With that DNA evidence,King was convicted and re-ceived a life sentence -- but heappealed, invoking the Consti-

tution's Fourth Amendment,which protects against "unrea-sonable searches andseizures."

The Maryland appeals courtagreed with him, saying theFourth Amendment forbadetaking the DNA sample with-out his permission or a war-rant. Maryland, backed by thefederal government, then tookthe case to the nation's topcourt.

Michael Dreeben, a lawyerfor the government, arguedthat "the state has a compellinginterest in taking informationfrom individuals arrested."

But Chief Justice JohnRoberts, also a conservative,expressed concern that allow-ing samples to be taken duringarrests could lead to a dominoeffect in which they would betaken from "anybody pulledover for a traffic violation."

The high court is expectedto give its decision before theend of June.

US Court mullingwhether DNA swabsviolate privacy

HANOVER, Germany(AFP) -It looks like an ordinary black,comfy chair, perfect for a re-laxing hour or two in front ofthe television.

But things are rarely as theyseem at the CeBIT, the world'stop high-tech fair, and thishumble-looking chair is part-nurse, part-fitness coach de-signed for the increasinghoards of elderly in Germanyand across the developedworld.

Highly intelligent sensors inthe chair register the owner'sweight, blood pressure, heartrate and posture and builds a

database of vital signs over aperiod of time.

And if the chair notices afew extra pounds, it flips intofitness coach mode and sug-gests a series of exercises.

The comfy arm-rests con-vert into a fully functioningrowing machine and the user"rows" down a river displayedon a big screen.

"Even in this mode, the sen-sors record all the vital signsand the health assistant notes ifthe person is not performingthe exercises properly," saidSven Feilner from the Fraun-hofer Institute as he put him-self through his paces.

Users can link up with otherusers and "race" against eachother or simply follow a tailor-made fitness programme,monitored closely by the chair.

The chair exercises the mindas well, with a "Simon Says"-

'Couch potato' - rowing chair energises tech fair


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on the continent in 2012.The US carmaker has been

accumulating losses in the re-gion for years, just like itscompatriot General Motorsand European competitorssuch as Renault, Peugeot-PSAand Fiat.

Ford has already warnedthat it will suffer a loss of $2.0billion this year, after bathing$1.75-billion in the red in2012.

But Odell stressed Tuesdaythat the expected loss this yearis "different in nature than2012," since it is partially dueto the pending closure of twoplants in Britain and one inBelgium, which will leave6,200 people out of work.

He reiterated that the car-maker expects to see its Euro-pean activities return toprofitability by 2015.

GENEVA (AFP) - The Euro-pean car market still has along, bumpy road ahead beforeit can hope to again see salesnumbers approaching the pre-crisis glory days, Ford's Euro-

pean chief said Tuesday.For this year, Ford expects

the European market as awhole to see between 13 and14 million new car sales, after14 million vehicles were sold

LAGOS (AFP) - Oil giantShell on Monday raised alarmover "unprecedented" oil theftin Nigeria, particularly relatedto the sabotage of one of itskey pipelines, and called forurgent action to address theproblem.

Meanwhile they warned itmay not meet production tar-gets on Bonny Light crude inNigeria after it shut down akey pipeline that has been re-peatedly hit by sabotage andtheft.

The cause of the latest leakon the Nembe Creek Trunk-line, discovered on Sunday,was not yet clear. The line hasin the past been hit repeatedlyby oil thieves seeking crudefor sale on the black market.

Shell's Nigeria unit "de-clared force majeure on BonnyLight offtake programme ef-fective 1600 hours Nigeriantime today, 5th March, follow-ing the shutdown of NembeCreek Trunkline (NCTL) aftera leak was observed on Sun-day," it said.

"The cause will be deter-mined by a Joint InvestigationVisit, which will be scheduledonce the leak point has beenexcavated."

Force majeure is a legalterm releasing a company fromcontractual obligations due tocircumstances beyond its con-trol. Bonny Light is one of themain grades of crude oil pro-duced in Nigeria.

On Monday, Shell raisedalarm over oil theft of theNembe Creek line, adding itwould not rule out closingdown the pipeline if such at-tacks continued.

The comments were the lat-est from the industry over theproblem of oil theft, which hasbeen estimated to cost Nigeria,Africa's biggest oil producer,some $6 billion (4.6 billioneuros) per year.

Output in Nigeria, Africa'slargest oil producer, has beenat around 2.0 million barrelsper day.

A 2009 amnesty deal led toa sharp decline in unrest in theoil-producing Niger Delta re-gion, but criminal activity hassince flourished.

While Shell blames most ofthe spills on sabotage, activistsargue that the company doesnot do enough to prevent suchincidents and effectively cleanup the damage when they dooccur.

Shell decries'unprecedented'oil theft

European car slump to last 4-5more years: Ford


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NEW YORK, NY -(AFP) : Traders work on the floor of TheNew York Stock Exchange on March 5, 2013 in New YorkCity. Within the first few minutes of trading Tuesday, theDow gained nearly 100 points, rising as high as14,226.20, a new record high.

shy of its October 2007record, but gained a solid14.59 points (0.96 percent) to1,539.79.

The tech-heavy NasdaqComposite outpaced both,helped by a 2.6 percent rise inApple shares, adding 42.10(1.32 percent) to end at3,224.13.

NEW YORK (AFP) - TheDow Jones Industrial Aver-age soared to an all-timerecord high Tuesday, passingthe five-year-old mark toleave behind the deep lossesof the economic crisis.

At the closing bell the Dowwas up 125.95 points for theday, a 0.89 percent gain, to

14,253.77, easily beating theformer closing record of14,164.53 set on October 9,2007.

The Dow also set a new in-traday high mark, hitting14,286.37 before easing offlate in the session.

The broader S&P 500 re-mained nearly two percent

Dow smashes record as USstocks surge

billionaires with a worth esti-mated at $13.3 billion.

Zuckerberg's fortune hadbeen pegged at $17.5 billion ayear ago, and it could havemoved higher after the socialnetwork's public offering, butslid to $9.4 billion with theslump in Facebook shares,which have since seen a re-bound.

The wealthiest non-Ameri-can among the tech billionaireswas Indian software tycoonAzim Premji, who inherited acooking oil company andtransformed it into India'sthird-biggest outsourcing serv-ices firm, Wipro.

Forbes gave an estimate of$11.2 billion for the net worthof Premji, who last month do-nated $2.3 billion to an educa-tion charity, reportedly thebiggest charitable donation inthe country's recent history.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Amer-ica's technology sector re-mained a driving force for theworld's billionaires, led by Mi-crosoft's Bill Gates and otherfamiliar names.

Gates, the world's secondrichest individual on the Forbeslist, saw his fortune rise bysome $6 billion to $67 billion.

That allowed Gates to widenhis lead among tech billion-aires over Oracle founderLarry Ellison, with a net worthof $43 billion -- making himnumber five overall on theForbes list.

Amazon's Jeff Bezos, num-ber 19 overall on the list, wasthird in the tech sector withholdings valued at $25.2 bil-

lion. Google's chief executiveLarry Page and co-founderSergei Brin were close behindwith $23 billion and $22.8 bil-lion, respectively.

Despite his company's woes,Dell founder Michael Dellheld a fortune worth $15.3 bil-lion, making him the sixthwealthiest tech billionaire.

Microsoft CEO SteveBallmer was not far behind at$15.2 billion, as was a co-founder of the software firm,Paul Allen, with $15 billion,much of that in other holdingsincluding sports teams.

Facebook's Mark Zucker-berg has seen some of thewildest swings in recent yearsbut ranked ninth among tech

Tech sector rides on rich list


produced a rate of 22 percent.In countries without a quota,

women took just 12 percent ofseats.

"Although quotas remaincontentious in some parts ofthe world, they remain key toprogress on a fundamentalcomponent of democracy --gender parity in political repre-sentation," Johnsson said.

Johnsson said researchshowed that a "critical mass" of30 percent was needed forwomen to influence the legisla-tive process.

"When you have those kindsof numbers, the agenda tendsto change. I'm not talking abouta women's agenda, but a gen-der perspective," he explained.

Nordic countries, have longboasted the world's highestproportion of women in theirparliaments, had an average of42 percent in 2012.

Europe's overall rate was23.2 percent, behind the Amer-icas' 24.1 percent.

Women accounted for 20.4percent of Sub-SaharanAfrica's lawmakers, and for17.9 percent in Asia.

In the Pacific, the figure was15.3 percent -- and just threepercent excluding Australiaand New Zealand.

Arab states trailed with 13.2percent, the IPU noted, sayingthe region had failed to deliveron the promises of democraticchange heralded by the ArabSpring.

The notable exception wasAlgeria, with 31.6 percent,thanks to its quota.

MONTREAL (AFP) - A German museum for the first timeon Tuesday returned a painting despoiled by the Nazisto the estate of a late German Jewish art dealer. Concor-dia University in Montreal, acting on behalf of the execu-tors of the estate of Max Stern (1904-1987), announcedStaatsgalerie Stuttgart’s restitution of an early NorthernRenaissance painting belonging to Stern. The paintingof the Virgin and Child, attributed to the Master of Fle-malle (1375-1444), identified by historians as RobertCampin, was donated to the Stuttgart museum after theSecond World War. Since 2003, Concordia has sought torecover more than 400 paintings lost to Stern at thehands of the Nazis through a forced sale in 1937. Sternhimself shuttered his Dusseldorf gallery in December ofthat year, and fled to London before settling in Canada.While in London he was forced to liquidate even morepaintings, including the Virgin and Child, in order to buya German exit visa for his mother. He would go on to be-come one of Canada’s most important art dealers andcollectors.

VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Car-dinals charged with electing asuccessor to Benedict XVIsent the former pontiff atelegramme on Tuesday whichthanked him for his ministryand expressed the gratitude ofthe whole Roman CatholicChurch.

"The cardinal fathers, gath-ered at the Vatican for the gen-eral congregations in view ofthe next conclave, send youtheir devoted greetings," saidthe telegramme, which waswritten by electors attendingpre-conclave meetings in theVatican.

They also expressed theirgratitude "for your example ofgenerous pastoral care for thegood of the Church and theworld," in the message sent toBenedict, who retired as pope

on Thursday."With their gratitude they

hope to represent the recogni-tion of the entire Church foryour tireless work in the vine-yard of the lord," it said.

"The members of the col-lege of cardinals trust in yourprayers for them, as well as forthe whole Church".

Cardinal electors sendBenedict XVI telegramme ofthanks

GENEVA (AFP) - The shareof women in the world's parlia-ments has risen to a new hightopping 20 percent, with quo-tas the driving the surge, theInternational ParliamentaryUnion said yesterday.

"Since parliaments exist,this is the first time in historythat there's been one womanfor every four men," said An-ders Johnsson, head of theGeneva-based IPU, whichgroups 162 national legisla-tures.

The global average share of

women in parliaments stood at20.3 percent in 2012, up from19.5 percent in 2011, the IPUsaid, ahead of the UN-spon-sored International Women'sDay on March 8.

Of the 48 countries whichheld elections last year, 22used quotas of some form, in-cluding Senegal, Algeria, theNetherlands, France and SouthKorea.

Where quotas were setdown in law, women took anaverage 24 percent of theseats, while voluntary quotas

Record 1 in 5 of world lawmakerswomen

NEW DELHI (AFP) -Best-selling Indian author won a $1million advance for the South Asian rights to a new tril-ogy, the biggest such deal ever struck, his publisherssaid. India's Westland Press has paid 50 million rupeesto Amish Tripathi, a banker-turned-writer, as an advancefor the South Asian rights to his next series of threebooks. Tripathi saw half a million copies of his recentmythological fantasy "The Oath of the Vayuputras" -- thefinal book of his last trilogy --- fly off the shelves withina day of its release last week, local media reported. Tri-pathi's trilogy is based on the premise that the Hindugods were not mythical beings but creatures of flesh andblood.

without a doubt, this is the wayto truly eat like a local. They

are open from 11:00 AM to

11:00 PM, daily, offering in-door and outdoor dining. Asidefrom an extensive menu theyalso have daily specials madefrom whatever is in season andMama Luisa is in the mood toprepare, so don’t forget to askabout what isn’t on the menu!

dishes such as BBQ Chickenand Ribs or Grilled Tenderloin,each including a choice of 2side dishes; all quite yummyand bargain-priced to boot!

The Queen’s is located onthe second level of PalmBeach Plaza, tucked into acozy corner at the front of themall. If you have a mind to trythe real deal in Aruban food,

This is a tasty, filling stew ofchicken, with other ingredientsthat are handy that day, all in-cased in a thick skin of meltedGouda. It was very satisfyingand particularly memorablepaired with The Queen’s garlicbread and very special Pica, amix of chopped onions and thefamous local hot pepper,Madame Janette. Not overlyspicy, it lends that perfect bit oftang to this deliciously pictur-esque meal.

One of the distinctions ofAruban cuisine is incorporat-ing unique indigenous ingredi-ents such as in Wild CucumberStew and a particular light fishchowder accompanied by thelocal specialties pan bati (cornmeal pancake) and funchi (thelocal version of polenta.)

.Seafood main courses forCatch of the Day Aruban Styleto shrimp and a mixed seafoodplatter with shrimp, fish, squid,scallops and mussels. Meat


least 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.

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 topurchasing property; not the

of 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-gram. There is always a greatdemand for Aruba and facili-

the response to our concept.” Fito, with his sister Mayrin

and 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 ofGold Coast Aruba which whencomplete will be a community

-- 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-away; we are very pleased by

Gold Coast Aruba: This is the time to invest

this charming eatery their loyalclientele. Varella’s mom,Luisa, is still in the kitchen,conjuring up the deliciousdishes that have been in herfamily for generations, ac-knowledged on the menu withitems such as “Carni Stoba diMamachi”-“Grandma’s BeefStew,” and their Arawak Steak,along with local delicacies likeKeshi Yena -“Full Cheese.”

An elegant décor with a breezyterrace overlooking PalmBeach welcomes guests toVarella Innocencia’s very pop-ular restaurant showcasing au-thentic local cuisine:

The Queen’s.They may have moved

from Oranjestad to hipper newdigs in Palm Beach Plaza, butthe food and prices are strictlynative, which is what first won

Eat like a local at The Queen’s restaurant at Palm Beach Plaza

Varella, Luisa and the next generation of chefGrandma’s clasic Stew beef with Rice and Potato salad

Mourinho's Madrid can dreamof a 10th European title afterreinvigorating their season inrecent weeks.

United manager Alex Fergu-son sprang a major surprise bynaming Wayne Rooney on thesubstitutes' bench, but Giggswas included in the starting XIas he became only the thirdBritish outield player to play in1,000 games.

MANCHESTER (AFP) - Cris-tiano Ronaldo scored the deci-sive goal as Real Madridcontroversially came from be-hind to win 2-1 at ManchesterUnited on Tuesday and reachthe Champions League quar-ter-finals.

United's defeat meant thatRyan Giggs' 1,000th appear-ance in senior football endedin disappointment, while Jose

Real Madrid's Argentine forward Gonzalo Higuain cele-brates setting up his team's second goal

Mourinho had reacted toNani's dismissal by introduc-ing Modric in place of Arbeloaand the Croatian had an imme-diate impact, darting intospace and arrowing a superb25-yard shot past de Gea viathe right-hand upright

A wave of applause forRonaldo rippled around theground at kick-off and theMadrid number seven unex-pectedly found himself in di-rect opposition to Giggs, whostarted the match in an unfa-miliar role on the right flank.

ners of the JOC (JapaneseOlympic Committee)."

The Toyota boss was amongbusiness leaders who briefedthe 14-member inspectionteam on finance and marketing,two of the 14 themes the threecandidate cities outlined in re-ports to the IOC last month.

After four days in Tokyo, theteam will visit Madrid and Is-tanbul later this month beforedrawing up a technical reporton the bids for the 101 IOCmembers who will vote tochoose the 2020 host on Sep-tember 7.

The Japanese governmentassured the IOC that it wouldcover any cost over-runs in or-ganising the Olympics.

Tokyo Governor NaokiInose reminded them that thecity had a $4.3 billion reservefund for construction ofOlympic infrastructure, ac-cording to an official of theTokyo bid committee.

The committee has estimatedthe 2020 Games' effect on thedomestic economy as worth$38 billion with the creation ofmore than 150,000 jobs.

Financial health is also astrong point in Istanbul's bid asTurkey has enjoyed years ofhigh economic growth. ButMadrid is struggling as Spainbattles a recession and high un-employment while slashingspending.

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's cor-porate giants are ready to chipin for another SummerOlympics in Tokyo in hopesthe Games will provide thesame economic boost as the1964 edition, Toyota's chair-man said Tuesday.

Despite years of deflationthat has forced big Japanesecompanies to reduce sportssponsorships including theending of Panasonic's deal withgolf star Ryo Ishikawa, FujioCho said Japan Inc. wouldbring plenty to the table.

"If Tokyo gets the 2020Olympics, I believe businesseswill become sponsors and sup-port them," the Toyota chair-man said after meeting a teamfrom the International OlympicCommittee who are evaluatingTokyo's bid.

"The Japanese economysoared very quickly after1964," Cho, 76, told reporters.

"I don't think it will do quitethe same again but I have nodoubt it will provide a boost,"said Cho, citing the spin-off de-mand for new products and thefillip to tourism.

He added that many compa-nies in Japan have a record ofinvolvement in sport, includingToyota which has connectionswith motorsport, rugby, basket-ball, softball, long-distancerunning and football.

"Many companies are topsponsors of the IOC and part-

Olympics: Japan Inc.ready to back TokyoGames


Sport

Football: Real Madrid beat Man Unitedin Champions League

Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo is challenged by Man-chester United’s Rafael.


J.J. Barea had four pointsand was tossed from the gamein the final quarter after tan-gling with Allen.

Barea bodychecked Allen ashe was driving to the basket,knocking the former BostonCeltic to the floor. Allen got upquickly and charged towardsBarea before players from bothteams got between the two.

After the ejection, Miamiwent on a 17-5 run to put thegame out of reach for the Tim-berwolves.

Minnesota coach RickAdelman tried to argue the fla-grant one call on Barea butwas slapped with a technicalfoul of his own.

Miami dominated Min-nesota 58-32 in the paint, fin-ishing with 24 dunks or layupsout of a total of 38 field goals.

The Heat now head backhome for four straight gamesagainst Orlando, Philadelphia,Indiana and Atlanta.

In Cleveland AmareStoudemire scored 22 points asthe New York Knicks over-came the loss of top-scorerCarmelo Anthony and a dou-ble-digit deficit to beat Cleve-land 102-97 also Monday.

The Knicks lost Anthony toa right knee injury in the sec-ond quarter. He did not returnafter tripping over his own feetwhile trying to catch a longpass at mid-court

NEW YORK (AFP) - RupertMurdoch's News Corp. onTuesday announced plans fora new multi-sport networkfor the US market called FoxSports 1 to challenge ESPN'dominance.

The launch had beenwidely anticipated as the con-glomerate pursues a plan tosplit its publishing operationsfrom its film and entertain-ment units.

"Our secret, admittedly avery poorly kept one, is nowrevealed," said Fox SportsMedia Group co-presidentEric Shanks.

"Fans are ready for an al-ternative to the establishmentand our goal for FS1 is toprovide the best in-game ex-perience possible comple-mented by informative news,entertaining studio shows andprovocative original pro-gramming."

To launch August 17, thenew network will includeMajor League Baseball, col-lege basketball, Americanfootball, Ultimate FightingChampionship, Nascar racingand international footballmatches.

The network will alsocarry sports news and talkand a nightly roundup.

A morning newscast is ex-pected to launch in January2014 in conjunction with thenetwork's coverage of SuperBowl XLVIII.

"Building credibility andtrust with our audience isparamount, so naturally we'llprovide the staples, likenews, scores and highlights,but we'll do it in a Fox Sportsway," said Shanks.

The firm said a regular fea-ture on the network will bethe "double box" commercialformat, in which ads and liveaction are on the same screen.

MINNEAPOLIS (AFP) -Dwyane Wade and LeBronJames starred as the MiamiHeat won a franchise record15th consecutive game onMonday with a 97-81 win overa depleted Minnesota Timber-wolves.

Wade shot 15-of-20 fromthe field and also added 10 as-sists for a 32-point haul whilea hobbling James finished with20 points and 10 rebounds asthe Heat recorded a comfort-able win.

James was playing with asore left knee after wrenchingit in Sunday's tense 99-93 winover the New York Knicks.

Allen had 13 points to helpdefending National Basketball

Association champion Miamieclipse their previous clubmark of 14 straight wins, setbetween December 6, 2004and January 1, 2005.

Allen said the Heat can't af-fort to get complacent becauseother teams have no troublegetting motivated to face thereigning champions.

"It is a process," Allen saidof trying to repeat. "When youmake it all the way you forgetabout the tough days.

"You can't get bored withthe process. No win is greaterthan the next. We have got tostart every game the same way.

Allen said Miami recog-nized they were now the teamevery rival wanted to beat.

Derrick Williams finishedwith a season-high 25 points,while Ricky Rubio had 14points, eight assists and sixsteals for the Timberwolveswho lost their sixth consecu-tive contest. Minnesotadropped to 4-22 in their last 26games.

Minnesota was without starforward Kevin Love, who hadsurgery to repair a brokenright hand. Centre NikolaPekovic also skipped Mon-day's contest with a abdominalstrain. Starting forward AndreiKirilenko is also out with astrained calf muscle.

NBA: Heat set club record with15th consecutive win

Murdoch's Fox unveils sportsnetwork to rival ESPN

LeBron James #6 of the Miami Heat dunks the ball

play baseball and spread theword," he added.

In Taichung, the points cal-culation equalled heartbreakfor South Korea, who foundthemselves 0-2 down in thebottom of the eighth andneeding eight runs to reachthe second round for the thirdstraight time.

Lee Dae-Ho hit a single for1-2 and then Kang Jung-Hoadded a two-run homer, butany hopes of an amazing re-vival faded out when KangMin-Ho swung out.

Earlier, Ling Chih-shenghit a single to get Yang Dai-

kang back home to open thescoring in the third inning,while Kuo Yen-wen hit adouble, followed by YangDai-kang's timely single tomake it 2-0 in the fourth.

Pool B could barely havebeen tighter, with Taiwan, theNetherlands and South Koreaall ending with identical 2-1records. The Netherlands,packed with players fromDutch Antilles, beat Australia4-1 to seal their progression.

Starting pitcher RobbieCordemans kept the Aus-tralian batters quiet, whileJonathan Schoop belted atwo-run home run.

Cuba. Two teams from theAsian second round will con-test the final series in SanFrancisco later this month.

Apart from the qualifyingteams, there was also jubila-tion for China, who shockedBrazil 5-2 to finish third inPool A and guarantee theirspot at the 2017 World Base-ball Classic, a major boost forthe sport in the huge country.

"It's just a great feeling,"China manager John McLarensaid, according to the tourna-ment website.

"I congratulated the team,and I told them to go homeand tell everybody in Chinawhat a great feeling it is to

FUKUOKA, Japan (AFP) -Taiwan joined the Netherlandsin the World Baseball Classicsecond round Tuesday despitedefeat to 2009 finalists SouthKorea, who suffered their ear-liest exit in the competition.

At a packed Taichung Inter-continental Baseball Stadium,the co-hosts went down 2-3 toSouth Korea, one of the tour-nament favourites, but stillprogressed top of Pool B cour-tesy of their superior scoringrecord.

Two-time defending cham-pions Japan, who hosted PoolA and will hold the secondround in Tokyo from Friday,are already through along with

Robbie Cordemans turned in five shutout innings for theNetherlands.


"Robbie pitched a greatgame. Five innings and noruns," said Dutch head coachHensley Meulens. "That wasthe key to our win today."

Outfielder Roger Bernadinaearned the first run by hitting asingle to the centre field in thefirst inning, and the Nether-lands stretched the lead to 4-0in the bottom of the second.

Curt Smith led off with asingle to the centre, followedby a single from Dashenko Ri-cardo before they advanced tothe second and third bases onan error. Smith came back

after Andrelton Simmonsgrounded out.

Then Schoop launched histwo-run homer to the left. Aus-tralia pulled one back when in-fielder Brad Harman hit asingle to the left to welcomeStefan Welch from the secondbase in the seventh inning.

In Fukuoka, China weretrailing 0-2 in the bottom of theeighth inning, before theypulled one back on a walk withthe three bases occupied.Fourth batter Ray Chang thenstepped up and fired a two-runsingle to the left for a 3-2 lead.

Baseball: Taiwan, Netherlands into WBC secondround

South Korea were knocked out in the group stages despite a3-2 victory over hosts Taiwan

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