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gratulate him. He can form agovernment," said Tsipras,whose party came second with27.1 percent of the vote.

"We will be here as the op-position, we represent a majo -rity of people opposed to thebailout deal," he said.

The results appeared to heedan unprecedented war ning onthe eve of the vote from Ger-man Chancellor Angela Merkelwho said it was "extremely im-portant" that Greeks chooselawmakers who would abideby the terms of the bailout.

Eurogroup chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned that avictory for the radical leftwould have "unpredictableconsequences" for the euro-zone as a whole.

Coalition talks are now ex-pected to start today, with themost likely ally being the so-cialist Pasok party which wonan estimated 33 seats.

Pasok leader EvangelosVenizelos said he was ready tojoin a coalition with NewDemocracy but only on condi-tion that other leftist partieswere included.

Venizelos said the new go -vernment should be one of"national responsibility."

ATHENS (AFP) - Greece'stwo main pro-bailout partiesclinched enough votes to forma government in a cliffhangerelection yesterday, early resultsshowed, easing fears the coun-try will crash out of the euro.

"Today the Greek peopleexpressed their will to stay an-chored with the euro," said An-tonis Samaras, the leader of theconservative New Democracyparty which preliminary offi-cial results showed in the leadwith 29.5 percent.

"We ask all political forceswhich share the aim of keepingthe country in the euro... to joina government of nationalunity," he said at a press con-ference, adding: "The countrydoes not have a minute to lose."

Samaras also pledged to ho-nour Greece's commitmentsunder an unpopular bailoutdeal which has imposed harshausterity on many Greeks inreturn for a multi-billion pack-age that has kept the Greekeconomy on life support.

His main rival AlexisTsipras, leader of the radicalleftist anti-austerity partySyriza, conceded defeat butvowed to fight on in opposition.

"I spoke to Samaras to con-

in the installation of the rails.MNO Vervat, the company

that got the contract, is wor -king simultaneously at diffe -rent points. For example, in theHavenstraat they were able tocomplete that job relativelyquickly with no major prob-lems with utility lines. There isa group working in the areawhere the former DOW build-ing was. Here they are about topour 40 meters of cement forthe foundation for the StreetCar. After this, there remainsthe area below La Linda, in theSchelpstraat, where the StreetCar will also be travelling.

Continued on page 3

This week DOW (PublicWorks Department) begins thesupervision of the next phaseof the downtown renovationprogram…the laying of therails for the street car. Accord-ing to DOW Director, Jossy Fi-garoa, about 80% of the workrelated to the renovation of theCity Center has been com-pleted. With respect to thefoundation for the route of theStreet Car, they are now wor -king on the section behindwhat was Nicky Habibe. Thiswork must be completedwithin three weeks, says Fi-garoa so as to avoid any delay

Monday, June 18, 2012

Street Car rails ready to beinstalled this week!

Greek pro-bailout partieswin knife-edge elections

cial and participatory healthcare for the patient.

Mr. Breukhoven is veryenthusiastic about the pro-gram, which will allow pa-tients access and control overtheir medical records, only tobe shared with the individu-als and health care profes-sionals they specify.

Health care professionalsusing the site would be fullyvetted; members would shareinformation only with thosethey wished to, with full pro-tection of their records anddetails from non-approvedentities. A process Mr.Breukhoven dubbed being“Drimpyfied.”

“Drimpy supports betterhealth and a change inlifestyle, with an eye to pre-vention, but also is essentialduring illness and treatment,”explained Mr. Breukhoven.

It provides: •Self-management for pa-

tients with quantifying selfprinciple;

•Progress insight for pa-tient and caregiver, any-time,any-where;

•Communication patient –patient, patient – doctor, doc-tor - doctor;

Continued on page 3

During the unveiling of thenew IBISA building andHealth Bus on Fridayevening, June 15, Minister ofHealth and Sport, Dr. RichardVisser, introduced ArnoldBreukhoven, CEO/founder ofDrimpy. Drimpy has devisedand effected the first truly in-tegrated social platform forpatients and healthcare pro-fessionals. It was conceptua -lized and developed with theexplicit intention to build asocial media platform thatwould enable integrated, so-

present who would provideassistance. For example, ex-perts on Finances, Legal mat-ters, Communication, Volun -tarism, Me dical and OlympicSolidarity.

COA is particularly grate-ful to those experts who havevo lunteered to provide assis-tance during this workshop onJune 23rd. The COA expectsall members of the boards ofthe affiliated Federations to bepart of this important work-shop.

For more information,please contact the office of theAruba Olympic Committee attelephone 582-0031 duringoffice hours.

ORANJESTAD -- The ArubaOlympic Committee (COA)has scheduled the presentationof a workshops on June 23rd.The workshop titled: “Perfor-mance Plan: Tips and Tricks,”is expected to make an indeli-ble impact and positive contri-bution to the general deve -lopment of our athletic feder-ations.

During the Workshop, faci -litated by experts in their re-spective fields, they willaddress, in very practicalways, two basic elements forthe creation of a plan. 1. Establishing a plan of

action/management. Thistopic will be facilitated byRoy Mezas, Project Man-ager2. The importance of a

manpower plan (Potholes andSuccesses), to be facilitatedby Greg Peterson, Advisor.

This workshop is designedespecially for leaders of theathletic federations affiliatedto the Aruba Olympic Com-mittee. They may also bringalong two members of theirtechnical staff.

Following the presenta-tions by Roy Mezas and GregPeterson, the leaders will begiven a relevant and practicaltask to work on in teams.There will be different experts

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Aruba Olympic Committeepresents interestingworkshop

Keeping up with the times-healthy

social networking for Aruba-get

“Drimpified!”

Minister Visser with Arnold Breukhoven

free and information is confi-dential by using data protec-tion protocols.

Visit the website for a fullexplanation of benefits and in-formation protection. .

by Rosalie Klein

Aruba in particular, helping toempower patients and allow-ing them to fully understandtheir health issues. The web-site’s homepage https://www.drimpy.com is completely fo-cused on Aruba. Registration is

•Contact and involvement bycaregivers and healthcare pro-fessionals;

•Cost reduction for health-care and transparency in themarket;

•Market forces change inhealthcare, care-consumers be-come important.

This will allow instant sha -ring of information amonghealth care professionals, gi -ving them a more completepicture of patients’ problems,treatments, and possibly exis -ting medications and conflicts,for more effective care.

The program was initiatedat the urging of Minister Dr.Visser and funded by the AZV.it will eventually be availableglobally, but is aimed at revo-lutionizing health care in

completed.Following the laying of the

rails, the next phase will be thebeautification with plants andthe installation of a fountain,etc.

The three Street Cars willbe running between 8 o’clockin the morning through to 8 o’-clock in the evening. After8pm the road will be reopenedto traffic. DOW anticipatesthat all of the work of the en-tire project will be completedbefore the end of the year.There is, among others, one ofthe Street Cars and a section ofthe road to be completed byFebruary 2013. The renovationof the center of Oranjestad ispart of an integral plan of thegovernment.

Jossy Kock, DOW engineer,and his experts will be assem-bling the rails following whichthey will be installed unto thefoundation with screws andanchors into the concrete.Then they will pour a layer ofconcrete allowing some spacefor later laying pavers or natu-ral stones for a pedestrian path.

The Project will use rails of12 meters in length and theywill attempt to install some 80meters per day, which meansthey should be finished withinabout three weeks in the mainstreet. The next step will be topour concrete to protect therails. According to Jossy Kock,by the end of September or be-ginning of October the infra-structure in the city center andthe Street Car route should be

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Street Car rails ready. . . Continued from page 1

Healthy social networking for Aruba . . .Continued from page 2

legations to its independentethics commission, whichcould lead to a review of howOlympic tickets are distrib-uted among member coun-tries in the future.

Sunday Times reportersposing as envoys of a MiddleEastern ticket tout claim tohave found 27 officials andagents representing 54 coun-tries who were willing tobreach the rules on sellingtickets. One, from Serbia, of-fered 1,500 tickets for£80,000, while China's offi-cial ticket agency agreed tosell the best seats in the stadi-ums for up to £6,000 each,according to the newspaper.It also alleges that SpyrosCapralos, the president ofGreece's Olympic committee,breached regulations.

The IOC said it has moved"quickly" to deal with the al-legations. "After claims thatseveral NOCs [NationalOlympic Committees] andATRs [authorised ticket re-sellers] were reportedly will-ing to break the rules byoffering to buy or sell ticketsoutside their territory, selltickets at inflated prices, orsell tickets to unauthorisedresellers, the IOC has orderedan immediate inquiry and re-ferred the allegations to its in-dependent ethics commis -sion," it said.

-- The International OlympicCommittee has launched aninquiry into allegations thatOlympic officials and agentshave been caught selling tick-ets for the London 2012Games on the black market.

The IOC has held anemergency meeting of its rul-ing exe cutive following anundercover newspaper inves-tigation. It has referred the al-

price range is demonstratedby nearly 50% of the condo-miniums being already re-served at this early stage.

Layouts of the variousunits for sale and renderingsof the grounds decorated theconstruction site across fromthe PalmAruba offices next to

the Palm Beach gas station.Call 586-7300 for an appoint-ment for more information,or visit their website:www.palma ruba.com.

by Rosalie Klein

very popular projects thatsaw successful completion.He has been involved inseveral successful projects

both big and small, and it haslong been his desire to be partof a small to mid-size projecthe noticed many potentialclients were seeking. He is

also convinced that such a de-velopment will run far moreefficiently as well.

Not only the developersare excited about this mid-size project; the enthusiasmfor the location, design and

Manager and board memberof the PalmAruba condo-minium project in PalmBeach, Victor Acosta, wel-comed Aruba’s Minister ofIntegration, Infrastructureand Environment, Oslin(Benny) Sevinger along withisland dignitaries and stake-holders for a celebration ofthe progress the 76-unit lu -xury project has made, and asneak peak behind the wallssurrounding it on Thursdayevening, June 14.

PalmAruba Directors An-tonio and Augustino Onoratoalong with Guido Riccio andJuan Fernandez were on is-land to accept complimentson the clever concept, an at-tractive, cozy communityproviding many resort ameni-ties located within minutes ofAruba’s prime beaches andevery convenience conceiv-able.

The project is the dreamof veteran real estate devel-oper Acosta, well known toowners at Palma Real, Ocea-nia, and Montana Plaza, all

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PalmAruba project is underway

Manager and Board MemberVictor Acosta

Members of the PalmAruba Board

With Eveline Wever Croes

IOC to investigate 'black

market' Olympic tickets

Recently, ATA representative Marouska Heyliger hadthe great pleasure in honoring some loyal Arubafriends as “Distinguished Visitors of Aruba.” Thehonor is bestowed on visitors as a ‘thank you’ gesturefor continuously choosing Aruba as a favorite vaca-tion destination. The titles are as following: 10+ years“Distinguished Visitor” and 20+ years “Goodwill Am-bassador”. The honorees are Alma Koziol, Alfonsoand Marianna Di Ienno, Doreen Moran and JaniceCantwell. Photo shows the honorees proudly showingoff their Distinguished Visitor of Aruba certificates inpresence of Marouska Heyliger and a Divi Phoenix as-sociate.

motivate them to become morephysically active. The programinterviews and reports onphysically active children,which they claim works as astimulus to get other childreninvolved in physical activity.

Velasquez is convinced thatwe must employ all the mo -dern methods of communica-tion, television, social media,electronic media and every-thing else to motivate ouryouth to participate in sports.

The Mexicanmember of PACOconsiders Sports inschool a strategy forcomba ting the prob-lem of childhoodobesity directly. Heis convinced thatsports in school mustbe a political matterglobally. He con-tends that all schoolsmust have a programto help children de-velop healthy and inways that would ben-efit children and thecommunity in gen-eral.

Physical activityis beneficial to menas well as women. Accordingto Velasquez, Me xico has amajor problem of obesityamong women and they mustfind creative ways and providespecial incentives for womenand children to become morephysically active. Sports, hesaid, must be fun, emotionaland attractive for people to be-come involved.

The Mexican Foundationcreated, among others, a tele-vision program for children to

In last week’s PACO II Con-ference held here, Arubalearned that Mexico’s obesityand overweight problem andtheir consequences are enor-mous. Jose Carlos Velazquezof the Foundation for the de-velopment of school sports in-formed the Pan AmericanConference on Obesity thatMexico has the highest rate ofchild obesity in the world.This, he claims is weighingvery heavy on their publichealth budget.

The economic and socialcost of obesity in Mexico is ex-tremely high, with one third oftheir federal health budgetgoing to cover expenses fordiseases resulting from obesityand overweight, according toVelazquez. His foundation isworking diligently to introducesports in schools as a means towork on the prevention of obe-sity and to develop a healthiercountry.

Velazquez considers thePACO a significantly impor-tant organization for whatthey’re doing in Mexico and itis the first time that his orga -nization has presented the in-formation he shared here.


Mexico using sports in schoolto combat child obesity

Jose Carlos Velazquez

Loyal Aruba friendshonored at DiviPhoenix

their release, once the decisionis taken," he said.

Violence cost at least an-other 37 lives yesterday, takingthe overall weekend death tollacross the country to 108, ac-cording to the Britain-basedSyrian Observatory for HumanRights.

Regime forces poundedrebel areas of the Old City ofHoms and outlying towns, in-cluding Rastan and Talbisseh,in a bid to crush armed insur-gents, the watchdog said, withdeadly violence also reportedin other parts of Syria.

A civilian was killed in theHoms city rebel bastion ofKhalidiyeh, which was "beingshelled and shot at by regimeforces" while six others werekilled in assaults on Rastan andTalbisseh, the Observatorysaid.

The situation in Rastan wasalso dire and most residentshad fled to neighbouring vil-lages, anti-regime activistNidal al-Hakim told AFP .

DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syria'sopposition issued a cry for helpyesterday as regime forcespounded rebel bastions inHoms province and activistswarned that hundreds of civil-ians were trapped with littlefood or water.

The opposition Syrian Na-tional Council (SNC), meetingin Istanbul, also demanded thedeployment of armed peace-keepers a day after a UN ob-server mission said it wassuspending operations becauseof the relentless bloodshed.

The mission chief, GeneralRobert Mood, meanwhile,urged the warring parties to"allow women, children, theelderly and the injured to leaveconflict zones, without anypreconditions and ensure theirsafety."

"I call on the parties to takeimmediate action to ease thepain of Syrians trapped in theviolence and the UN Supervi-sion Mission in Syria (UN-SMIS) stands ready to monitor

Opposition cries for help asSyria forces pound Homs

equation."Obama "should have

worked on this years ago ifhe felt seriously about this,"the candidate added. "Hesaves these sort of thingsuntil four and a half monthsbefore the general election."

White House senior ad-viser David Plouffe shotback, saying "this is not a po-litical move."

"This builds on a lot ofsteps that we've alreadytaken," he told CNN's "Stateof the Union," adding the de-cision meant immigration en-forcement would now be ableto focus on "criminals and thedeportation of criminals."

But Romney punted whenpressed on whether heplanned to repeal Obama'splan, should he win the na-tion's highest office in lessthan five months' time.

The president's orderwould be "overtaken byevents, if you will, by virtueof my putting in place a long-term solution," he said.

The affected youths -- achunk of the 11.5 million il-legal immigrants living in theUnited States -- will be ableto apply for work permitsunder the order, but not begranted permanent residenceor put on a path toward citi-zenship.

The move announced Fri-day offers a two-year defer-ment of deportation procee -dings that could be extendedby a further two years on ex-piry.

Homeland Security Secre-tary Janet Napolitano saidthat only young people, under30, who were brought to theUS when they were under 16and had been living here forfive years and were no threatto national security would beeligible.

policy benefiting hundreds ofthousands of illegal immi-grants in an election year, heaccused Obama of politicalbrinkmanship in relying on"stopgap measures" ratherthan a long-term fix.

"If he really wanted tomake a solution that dealtwith these kids or with illegalimmigration in America, thenthis is something he wouldhave taken up in his firstthree and a half years, not inhis last few months," Rom-ney told CBS television's"Face the Nation" program.

Asked whether politicswere behind Obama's deci-sion, Romney said: "That'scertainly a big part of the

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Pre -sident Barack Obama waslargely driven by politics inhis decision to stop deportingyoung illegal immigrants,Republican White Housecandidate Mitt Romney saidin an interview aired yester-day.

But the former Massachu-setts governor remained mumwhen pressed on whether hewould overturn Obama'sorder, which could benefit upto 1.4 million children andyoung adults whose parentsare illegal immigrants, if he iselected president in Novem-ber's election.

Questioning the presi-dent's timing in unveiling a


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nigERia, Kaduna : Bystanders look at the sharonChurch after it was struck by a suicide bomber's attackin Kaduna on June 17, 2012. Multiple church bombingsin nigeria and subsequent rioting by Christian youthstargeting Muslims killed at least 21 people yesterday, of-ficials and residents said. Bomb blasts struck threechurches in the northern Kaduna state, the latest in astring of sunday attacks that has threatened to ignitewider sectarian strife across the religiously-dividedcountry. there was no immediate claim of responsibilityfor the bloodshed but the attacks were likely to beblamed on Boko haram, an extremist group bent on cre-ating an islamic state and responsible for scores of re-cent attacks. (aFP Photo)

Washington : Dog owners talk after a blessing outsidethe national City Christian Church on June 17, 2012 inWashington. the national City Christian Church, a Dis-ciples of Christ church, held the annual event for dogsand their owners during which the animals were blessedin a service on the steps of the church. (aFP Photo)

Blessings for Man’sBest Friend

Romney: Obama's immigration move

politically-driven

with a pledge by the NTC, waspostponed for technical andlogistical reasons.

Ian Martin, the United Na-tions envoy for Libya, toldAFP that the new timetablewas doable and called thedelay a "wise" move as itwould give voters more timeto familiarise themselves withthe candidates.

Martin said UN adviserswere counselling the interiorministry on its security plan-ning for the first national elec-

TRIPOLI (AFP) - Politicalcampaigning for a national as-sembly begins today, a mile-stone in Libya's troubled pathto democratic elections afterfour decades of dictatorshipunder late dictator MoamerKadhafi.

The electoral commissionannounced late on Saturdaythat candidates have 18 daysto campaign, June 18 to July 5inclusive. It said 2,501 inde-pendents and 1,206 politicalassociation candidates wereeligible to stand after vetting.

A total of 142 political as-sociations are fielding candi-dates, it added.

The July 7 vote is for theNorth African nation's firstGeneral National Congress.Once the newly elected assem-bly holds its first session, theinterim ruling National Tran-sitional Council is due to stepdown.

The vote, which was ini-tially slated for June 19 in line


tion since the 2011 popular up-rising toppled Kadhafi'sregime.

More than 2.7 millionLibyans, or around 80 percentof the eligible electorate, haveregistered for the election.

He said that the new au-thorities have shown consider-able capacity in mediatingclashes, even though the nas-cent army remains weak anddependent on brigades of for-mer rebels to help settle con-flicts.

Libya gives green light forpolitical campaign

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their litters have been aban-doned in the streets.

The city of two million nowcounts about 9,500 stray dogs,city council data show.

While alarming, the figureis well down from the 20,000dogs counted in 1997.

The number of recorded at-tacks on humans has also de-creased from a record 6,606 in1994 to 445 in 2011, hospitaldata show.

The latest incidentsprompted the mayor's office topromise stiffer regulationsconcerning pet ownership, aswell as new castration pro-grammes and shelters forstrays.

Under current regulations,authorities can put down sickor aggressive animals but mustreturn others to the neighbour-hoods where they were col-lected after neutering them.

SOFIA (AFP) - An 89-year-oldman died Sunday in hospitalafter being violently mauled bystray dogs in a Sofia publicgarden earlier this week, thesecond such incident in thepast three months.

The elderly man, who suf-fered from dementia, wasfound in the park Tuesday withhis legs bitten to the bone. Thesevere injuries worsened hisother medical conditions andhe died Sunday, the emergencyhospital Pirogov announced.

Another elderly man -- an87-year-old former universityprofessor -- died on April 8after a pack of 25 stray dogs at-tacked him in his Sofia neigh-bourhood, knocked him to theground and tore pieces fromhis arms and legs.

The number of stray dogsroaming the Bulgarian capitalhas risen with the economiccrisis as many more animals or

Stray dogs kill againin Sofia

anniversary of the riots, Kingsaid racism still has to be chal-lenged. He published a mem-oir, "The Riot Within: MyJourney From Rebellion to Re-demption," to mark the an-niversary.

"There's always gonna besome type of racism. But it'sup to us as individuals in thiscountry to look back and seeall the accomplishments thatwe have gotten to this far," hetold CNN.

Asked about his feelings to-ward the police officers whobeat him, he said: "I have for-given (them), because Americahas forgiven me for so manythings and given me so manychances.

In an earlier CNN inter-view, King recalled that he hadbeen drinking despite being onparole after a 1991 robberyconviction and was headedhome from a friend's housewhen he saw a police car wasfollowing him and panicked,worried he would be sent backto jail.

After fleeing by car, hetried to park in a public placewhen he realized police offi-cers were catching up withhim.

King said as the officersbeat him, they yelled, "We aregoing to kill you, nigger," al-though police later deniedusing racial slurs.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Rod-ney King, whose beating bypolice in 1992 sparked one ofthe worst urban riots in US his-tory, was found dead in hisswimming pool early Sunday.He was 47.

Police officers dived intothe pool, still wearing theiruniforms, to recover the bodyof the man who became a sym-bol of racial tensions and po-lice brutality in America afterhis beating by baton-wieldingLA police was caught on cam-era.

"Preliminarily, there do notappear to be any signs of foulplay," Deanda added, notingthat police were conducting adrowning investigation andthat the coroner's office wouldperform an autopsy within thenext 24-48 hours said PoliceCaptain Randy Deanda.

In 1991, King was severelybeaten by four white police of-ficers who struck him morethan 50 times with theirwooden batons and used a stungun following a high-speed carchase.

The officers went on trialfor use of excessive force butwere acquitted on April 29,1992, triggering days ofdeadly rioting in Los Angelesthat left more than 50 peopledead and caused around onebillion dollars in damage.

Speaking ahead of the 20th

LA riots beatingvictim Rodney Kingdead at 47

represent the varying foodgroups, their size indicatingtheir percentage of the dailydiet. This will be posted indoctors’ offices and essentiallocations around Aruba.

IBISA is still in the transi-tional, organizational stage,with an interim directorshipconsisting of Roy Mezas,Monique Kuiperi and Jacque-line van Putten. Jesse Beuken-boom will step down as headof IDEFRE and a new directorwill be appointed.

by Rosalie Klein

Multi-factorial Non-commu-nicable Diseases), which aimsto improve health in theAmericas by reducing riskfactors for chronic diseases.The main focus has been pri-mary prevention of risk fac-tors such as tobacco use, poordiet and physical inactivity.

The evening included thepresentation of a study on theIBISA program by Irina Thi-jsen, and the unveiling of aposter bearing the IBISA logo,a sporty version of the healthyfood pyramid, whose sails

tober. The IBISA staff willalso include nutritionists andspecialist on obesity, workingto educate the Aruban popula-tion on the many aspects ofpoor nutrition, resulting inbeing overweight from anearly age.

A highlight of the eveningwas the arrival of Dr. Visserand the Health Bus, whatguest speaker Dr. RafaelPerez-Escamilla, of the PanAmerican Health & EducationFoundation and Professor ofEpidemiology (Chronic Dis-eases) at Yale described as“absolutely groundbreaking.Communities have proposedsuch an asset, but to myknowledge, Aruba is the firstthat has received the whole-hearted political support tomake it a reality.”

Accompanying Dr. Visseron the bus was Dr. JamesHospedales, a Fellow of UKFaculty and Public HealthSenior Advisor, Preventionand Control of ChronicDis-eases, PAHO/WHO, who alsocongratulated the minister onthe example Aruba is settingfor the world in addressingthis urgent issue.

The Health Bus is fullyequipped with a variety ofstate of the art diagnosticequipment and will be regu-larly visiting Aruba’s variousbarrios to test the populationand get a head start on chronichealth problems due to obe-sity, as well as detecting otherpotential issues not yet mani-fest.

The license plate of theHealth Bus is CARMEN, theacronym for Conjunto de Ac-ciones para la Reducción Mul-tifactorial de lasEnfermedades No Transmisi-bles, (Initiative of Joint Ac-tions to Reduce

eral chronic diseases, was themission and vision of Aruba’sMinister of Health and Sport,Dr. Richard Visser.

To punctuate the sort of ac-tion needed, Dr. Vissser andthe Aruban government wel-comed the visiting delegatesto official opening of the newcenter which will house theInstituto Bibo Saludabel y Ac-tivo, (Institute of a Healthyand Active Life) or IBISA.

IBISA is an integration of anumber of Aruban institutionsdealing with health and sports.IDEFRE, the organization thatadministrates sporting eventson the island will move tothese new headquarters in Oc-

Over the past week beginningon June 11 with workshopsand lectures, the 2nd PanAmerican Conference onObesity, PACO II, took placeat the Westin Resort in PalmBeach. Some of the most im-portant personages in thewestern hemisphere and inno-vative thinkers dedicated toeradicating childhood obesitywere on island for the officialconference on the final twodays, Friday and Saturday,June 14 and 15.

The realization of coopera-tion between nations to estab-lish wide-ranging andeffective programs to combatobesity, a prime cause for sev-


Everybody get on the bus!PACO II delegates enjoy Aruban hospitality at theopening of IBISA

Dr Visser Arrives with Dr. C. James Hospedales PACO delegates enjoy healthy snacks

Dr Visser with the new poster

"It's in L.A., so they aregoing to talk about media,"said independent Silicon Val-ley analyst Rob Enderle.

"It could be about hard-ware, but after the Kin failureand the Zune failure I can't pic-ture the person at Microsoftwho has the balls to pitch aMicrosoft tablet."

Kin was a youth-orientedmobile phone from Microsoftthat was pulled from the mar-ket after just weeks, whileZune was the longtime Applerival's now-abandoned MP3device that unsuccessfullychallenged the iPod.

Enderle did expect somekind of hardware to be un-veiled at the event, but thoughtit would most likely be relatedto Xbox or be made by part-ners -- with Samsung andVizio high on the list of con-tenders.

News of the day could bean early release of WindowsRT, the Microsoft operatingsystem to power tablets orother mobile devices runningon ARM chips, complete withgadget makers showing sam-ples, according to the analyst.

"The lid on this event is ex-tremely tight," Enderle said."It clearly has a major hard-ware component to it."

Microsoft last week steppedup its quest to be at the heart ofhome entertainment by synch-ing Xbox 360 videogame con-soles to smartphones andtablets while adding moreblockbuster content.

Microsoft introduced XboxSmartGlass software for link-ing the consoles to iPhones,iPads, Android-powered gadg-ets and, of course, devicespowered by the technologytitan's new Windows 8 operat-ing system.

The U.S. Air Force's robotic X-37B space plane cameback to Earth Saturday after 15 months in orbit on a mys-tery mission, and its much-anticipated landing wascaught on tape shortly after it landed at Vandenberg AirForce base on June 16, 2012.


NEW YORK (AFP) - Mi-crosoft promised to make a"major" announcement todaythat started the Internetbuzzing with talk that it wouldinvolve taking on Apple iPadwith tablets running on Win-dows software.

Speculation by technologynews outlets ranged from Mi-crosoft unveiling its own tabletcomputer to it beefing up on-line film, television or musicofferings and using a partner'sWindows-based tablet todemonstrate.

"This will be a major Mi-

crosoft announcement," theenigmatic invitation read."You will not want to miss it."

The fact that the pressevent will be held at a yet-to-be disclosed venue in Los An-geles hinted heavily thatentertainment industry contentwould be in the spotlight.

Microsoft might announcea deal to buy online videoservice Hulu and weave it intothe Xbox Live online enter-tainment service linked to theRedmond, Washington-basedcompany's leading Xbox 360videogame consoles.

Microsoft might talk tablets andTV Today

Sci-Tech

TAIPEI (AFP) - Seven shal-low earthquakes hit easternTaiwan in rapid succession onSunday afternoon, sparkingpanic, causing damage tobuildings and shaking the cap-ital Taipei.

The quakes were recordedbetween 3:33pm and 5:09pm(0733 GMT-0909 GMT) andhad their epicentres at nodeeper than eight kilometres(five miles), seismologists said.

Among them was one whichstruck at 5:01pm, only fivekilometres under Fengpin, acoastal township in the easternHualien county.

The United States Geologi-cal Survey (USGS) said it hada magnitude of 5.0, comparedwith 4.7 recorded by Taiwan's

Seismology Centre.Kuo Kai-wen, director of the

Seismology Centre, called on thepublic not to panic over the se-ries of earthquakes, which hesaid were aftershocks from a 5.4-magnitude quake that rockedHualien county on Friday.

A fireman at Fengpin toldAFP that their office buildinghad developed minor cracks,but the National Fire Agencysaid there were no reports ofmajor damage or casualties.

Taiwan lies near the junctionof two tectonic plates and isregularly hit by earthquakes.

In September 1999, a 7.6-magnitude tremor killedaround 2,400 people in thedeadliest natural disaster inTaiwan's recent history.

Rapid series of shallowquakes rock Taiwan

NEW YORK (AFP) - A raresurviving first model of theApple computer -- a strippeddown, clunky device that bearsno resemblance to today'ssleek gadgets -- sold for$374,000 at auction in NewYork on Friday.

The price was more thandouble the pre-sale estimate,reflecting a two-way biddingwar eventually won by an

anonymous telephone bidder,Sotheby's said.

The Apple I computer wascreated by Apple co-foundersSteve Wozniak and Steve Jobsand sold in 1976 at the birth ofJobs's career as the world'scomputer design guru.

The model auctioned inNew York is believed to beone of six of the less than 50surviving that still works.

First Apple computerfetches $374,000


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MEXICO CITY(AFP) -China's President Hu Jintaoexpressed concern yesterdayover Europe's debt crisis andsaid the G20 world economicpowers should work togetherto reassure jittery markets.

Hu said that Europe's debtcrisis was "an issue of generalconcern" and that the otherG20 members should "encou -

rage and support efforts madeby Europe to resolve it andsend a signal of confidence tothe market."

"Total global demand re-mains weak. Growth in majoreconomies is sluggish," hewarned, in an interview withthe Mexican daily Reformapublished on the eve of theG20 summit of the world's

leading economies.Hu joines other G20 lead-

ers in the Mexican resort ofLos Cabos ahead of the two-day meeting, which is ex-pected to be dominated by thecrisis in the eurozone, wherestates are struggling to paytheir debts.

"In the current world eco-nomic environment, the G20members should stick to-gether in difficult times andpursue win-win cooperation,"Hu said, according to a trans-lation of the interview by theofficial Chinese news agencyXinhua.

"In Los Cabos, I look for-ward to exploring with leadersof other G20 members waysto promote world economicstability, recovery andgrowth," he added.

Hu was expected to holdseveral bilateral meetings withsenior world leaders, includ-ing with US President BarackObama, on the sidelines of thesummit, which begins todayand lasts two days.

A first official estimate saidthe conservative New Democ-racy party won the election andwill be able to form a pro-bailout majority with the so-cialist PASOK party.

But even New Democracychief Antonis Samaras hascalled for the terms of thebailout deal to be revised.

Westerwelle, who spoke be-fore pro-bailout parties tookthe lead, said increased flexi-bility was justified by the delaycaused by the political paraly-sis the country had experi-enced.

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany isready to discuss giving Greecemore time to attain the objec-tives under its EU-IMF bailoutagreement, German ForeignMinister Guido Westerwellesaid yesterday.

The job, spending and wagecuts required under the 130 bil-lion euro ($165 billion) bailoutin a country suffering its fifthyear of recession were a keyissue in the yesterday's Greekparliamentary election, with allparties calling for a relaxationof the terms if not outright can-cellation of the deal.

president would have taken ac-tion to rebuild the basis of oureconomy... get it on such astrong footing that the chal-lenges in Europe if they occurwouldn't have as significantimpact as they might other-wise," he said.

"But right now, we're dea -ling with 23 million people outof work or stopped looking forwork or underemployed,homes are still bumping alongthe bottom, foreclosures are atvery high levels, median in-comes are way down; the pre -sident's frankly made it harderfor our economy to reboot."

A collapse of the euro cur-rency, or financial spillover thatcould spook US markets, couldmove closer after Greece's yes-terday election and has the po-tential to further weaken thetepid US recovery beforeObama seeks reelection.

Romney and other leadingRepublicans support US go -vernment austerity measures tohelp rein in runaway debt andbalance the budget, policiessimilar to those pushed byChancellor Angela Merkel ofEurope's biggest economyGermany, and that have trig-gered massive debate andprotest in Europe.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUnited States will not bail outEuropean countries if the euro-zone economy falls apartunder a spiraling debt crisis,Republican White Househope ful Mitt Romney said yes-terday.

"We're not going to sendchecks to Europe. We're notgoing to bail out the Europeanbanks. We're going to bepoised here to support oureconomy," Romney told CBStelevision's "Face the Nation"program.

He expressed hope that "re-gardless of what happens inEurope, that our banking sec-tor is able to weather thestorm," noting that US banksare on a "much stronger basis"than during the last crisis.

Romney, who is seeking tooust Obama from the WhiteHouse in a November elec-tions, has accused the presi-dent of trying to create a"European-style entitlementsociety" in the United States.

"I wish that over the lastthree and a half years that the

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INDIA, Amritsar: AFP photo shows Indian homeless man,Jagdish Singh, sitting with his five children on the sideof the road in Amritsar on June 17, 2012. More than 90million people in India make less than 1 USD per day.

Obrador, who lost by less thanone percentage point.

"He did steal the election. Ihave no doubt that Obradorwon," he said.

The Mexican leader is dueto stand down after his coun-try's presidential election onJuly 1.

The latest polls show therace tightening, with frontrun-ner Enrique Pena Nieto cen-t r i s t I n s t i t u t i o n a lRevolutionary Party (PRI) justfour points ahead of LopezObrador, who is running againfor the top leadership post.

Trailing in third place isJosefina Vazquez Mota ofCalderon's center-right Na-tional Action Party (PAN).

"I hope the new party guyis much more pragmatic andgets down to decriminalizingdrugs with the US," saidStone, whose latest filmcomes out in North Americaon July 6.

guys. Four cartels becameseven cartels and there is moreviolence. It's like a civil war."

Calderon was elected in2006. His war against drugtraffickers, spearheaded by thearmy, has since left over50,000 people dead, includingmany civilians.

Stone alleged that Calderoncheated his way into power sixyears ago over leftist candidateAndres Manuel Lopez

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - USfilmmaker Oliver Stoneblasted outgoing MexicanPresident Felipe Calderon as a"disaster" Friday, saying hehad plunged his country into a"nightmare" by declaring waron drug cartels.

Speaking in Beverly Hillsas he presented his latest film"Savages" -- which tells thestory of the deadly struggle be-tween Californian cannabisproducers and a Mexican car-tel -- the controversial directordidn't mince his words.

"Calderon is a disaster. Hewas equivalent to GeorgeBush," the 65-year-old direc-tor said, referring to formerUS president George W. Bush.

"It's a shame because hebrought what George Bushbrought to this country, hebrought a nightmare to Mex-ico by declaring war on these


Mexican president a 'disaster,' saysOliver Stone

ceased until his family was in-formed.

The victims were all part ofa team installing projectors andspeakers on the stage and onthe metal scaffolding above thestage.

Police said that the accidenttook place one hour beforeticketholders were allowed toenter the grounds -- but couldhave been much worse had acrowd been there and pan-icked.

Radiohead posted a mes-sage on Twitter saying that:"Due to unforeseen circum-stances tonight's (show) atDownsview Park has beencancelled. Fans are advised notto make their way to thevenue."

According to Radiohead'sofficial website, the Torontoconcert was sold out.Downsview Park can accom-modate up to 40,000 specta-tors.

MONTREAL (AFP) - A manin his 30s was killed when anoutdoor stage raised in aToronto park for a concert ofthe British group Radioheadcollapsed, police said Satur-day.

"Shortly after 4 pm, a partialpiece of stage at DownsviewPark collapsed," a Toronto po-lice spokesman said. "There isone person deceased."

Three other people were in-jured, including a man in his40s who was hospitalized.

The accident struck atDownsview Park about threeand a half hours before theshow was to start.

The concert was canceledand officials opened a probeinto the cause of the accident.Contrary to early speculation,there were no strong gusts ofwind at the time the stage col-lapsed.

Police said they would notrelease the identity of the de-

Stage collapse inToronto kills one aheadof Radiohead show

hanna after she broke up withBrown, started the brawl byhurling a bottle of alcohol atBrown.

"Drake threw the bottle atBrown, but it missed him andhit his bodyguard," aspiring di-rector and musician KennethMcCray told The News. "Itlooked like it was Drake thatstarted throwing bottles."

"After Drake's crew threw afew bottles the other sidestarted returning bottles," headded, noting that Drake alsothrew some punches and mayhave hit Brown or his body-guard. "It was crazy. Some ofthe bottles were already full.They were like bombs. Peoplewere running and screaming."

The singer, required "numer-ous" stitches to close a woundto his chin, while his currentgirlfriend Karrueche Tran had aconcussion and his bodyguardBig Pat needed 18 stitches toclose a head wound

NBA star Tony Parker, whoplays for the San AntonioSpurs, was also said to havebeen hit in the eye by shards ofglass, leaving him unable toplay for at least a week.

NEW YORK (AFP) - NewYork police have shut down anightclub after R&B singerChris Brown and rapper Drakegot into a brawl over fellowartist Rihanna which left eightinjured, authorities and localmedia said.

A New York Police Depart-ment spokeswoman told AFPthe W.i.P. (Work in Progress)basement club in Manhattan'sSoHo neighborhood was closedlate Saturday due to unspecified"code violations."

"They were closed indefi-nitely until they clear up the vi-olations," she added.

Among those injured in thefight in the early hours of Thurs-day were three black men aged23 to 30, a black woman, twowhite women and two Hispanicwomen, according to police.

The spokeswoman, whowould not reveal the victims'identities, said the injuries in-cluded lacerations to the face,forehead, neck, head and arm, apossible concussion and a con-tusion to the front of the head.

The New York Daily Newscited a witness as saying thatDrake, who briefly dated Ri-

NY club shut down afterChris Brown, Drake brawl

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Sev-eral thousand pro-pot support-ers gathered in Amsterdam onSunday to celebrate "cannabisculture" in the Netherlands,now under threat by govern-ment steps to ban sales to for-eigners, an organiser said.

Up to 4,000 people attendedthe fourth annual "CannabisLiberation Day", said JoepOomen, adding it was held thisyear to protest the introductionof the so-called "wietpas", orcannabis card.

"Today's festival, the largestin the Netherlands to celebratecannabis culture, is specifi-cally held in protest of theDutch government's introduc-tion of the cannabis card,"Oomen told AFP, adding "thisyear it's make-or-break forcoffee shops in the Nether-lands".

Dutch national televisionshowed images of visitors,some dressed in reggaecolours and others smoking ajoint, while perusing stallsselling cannabis paraphernaliaincluding pipes, at Westerparknorthwest of the city centre.

The new cannabis card lawcame into effect on May 1 inthree southern Dutchprovinces.


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It effectively transformscoffee shops into private clubsas it requires around 80cannabis cafes in the south tosell only to signed-up mem-bers who live in the country.

Its coverage widens nation-wide to 590 other coffee shopsin 2013, and is aimed at curb-ing drug tourism linked to dis-turbances such as late-nightrabble rousing, traffic jamsand illegal drug pushing.

Each shop is allowed tohave just 2,000 members, whomust be over 18 years old andpermanent residents of thecountry.

Coffee shop owners insouthern Netherlands have ar-gued the ruling was alreadystrangling business and in-creased illegal street sales ofcannabis.

Officials however, includingin the southern city of Maas-tricht -- which has 14 coffeeshops -- claimed success bysaying there had already beena significant drop in the num-ber of drug-related distur-bances.

Although cannabis is tech-nically illegal, the Netherlandsdecriminalised the possessionof less than five grammes(0.18 ounces) of the substancein 1976 under a so-called "tol-erance" policy.

Pro-pot supporterscelebrate Dutchdope culture

file photo AFP-Protesters smoke marijuana as they takepart in a demonstration in The Netherlands

team - we are trying to dothings as well as possible."said Del Bosque.

Del Bosque said there wereother issues he wishes to con-centrate on.

"Quite apart from the con-tract extension we have to talkabout our objectives, whichare the Euro, then there are theWorld Cup qualifiers forBrazil 2014, the Confedera-tions Cup (next summer) andthe World Cup itself assumingwe qualify."

He insisted that if for somereason things went badly overthe coming months he wouldnot hesitate to offer to standaside but believed he was safein his seat for now with Spainsweeping all before them re-cently.

"I don't have any enemies -or I don't know of any," hequipped.

in return for emergency res-cue loans.

"You will never get Greeceout of the Euro, Europe onceagain delirious about bank-rupted Greece," Goal Newssaid.

prospect, with Goal Newsheadlining its article on theprevious evening's 1-0 tri-umph against Russia: "Bringus Merkel."

German Chancellor AngelaMerkel is unpopular inGreece for pushing the gov-ernment in Athens to intro-duce harsh austerity measures

Brazil, insisted that the wholeidea of a pact with the Croat-ians was repugnant to him.

"I am not thinking for oneinstant about such a possibil-ity. I believe in a clean game,"insisted Del Bosque, who ledthe Furia Roja to the lastWorld Cup having taken overfrom Euro 2008 winningcoach Luis Aragones.

"I am sure that Croatiathink the same way as we do.We are participating at a fiestaof European football," DelBosque reminded his audienceat a press conference.

Regarding his contract ex-tension he told reporters:"There was no hurry" as therehad been a verbal agreementbetween him and the SpanishFootball Federation on theissue for several months.

"This shows the confidenceof the Spanish Federation's ad-visory directive in its technical

"There is no reason to talkof this result occurring - it's alack of respect," said Torresin response to fears in theItalian media that Italy mightfall victim to a stitch up.

"Just to mention it is tocall into question all those ofus here. We need to win,"Torres insisted. "Neither sideis thinking of a pact - to talklike that is not football".

Italy have been haunted bysuch fears, however, sinceDenmark and Sweden playedto a 2-2 draw at Euro 2004, aresult which eliminated the

Italians.The same result between

Spain and Croatia would sendthem into the last eight hereeven if Italy beat the Republicof Ireland in their final game.

Del Bosque, who also con-firmed Sunday he had ex-tended his contract through tothe 2014 World Cup finals in

shot past goalkeeper RuiPatricio from outside the area.

The Portuguese levelled inthe 28th minute as JoaoPereira delivered a perfectlyweighted pass to an onsideRonaldo, who put it awayafter a series of misses by himprior to that.

"This is for you my son,"the 27-year-old mouthed to atelevision camera as he spunaway in celebration.

Ronaldo made it two in thesecond half, checking his runand slotting in a Nani cross.And he could have had a hat-trick but saw his right-footshot come back off the post inthe 90th minute with goal-keeper Maarten Stekelenburgwrong-footed.

As winners of Group B,Germany will play Greece,who qualified second fromGroup A, in the northern Pol-ish city of Gdansk next Fri-day, while Group Brunners-up Portugal will playGroup A winners the CzechRepublic in Warsaw onThursday.

A Germany-Greece quar-ter-final is an enticingprospect given the politicaland economic backdrop of theeurozone crisis, which hasseen Berlin lead the calls onAthens to impose unpopularcuts to offset crippling na-tional debt.

Greek sports dailies onSunday appeared to relish the

Thomas Mueller crossed fromthe right and Mario Gomezhad miscued his first effort.

But Michael Krohn-Dehli -- scorer of the Danes' goal intheir 1-0 opening win over theNetherlands -- equalised fiveminutes later with a powerfulheader after Nicklas Bendtnernodded on a corner.

Bayer Leverkusen's LarsBender, in at right-back forthe suspended JeromeBoateng, made sure of thepoints on 80 minutes.

In the other tie, RealMadrid star Ronaldo regainedhis scoring touch for the Sele-cao, scoring both goals toconsign the Dutch to a miser-able 2-1 defeat and a humili-ating exit from thetournament.

But Portugal had to comefrom a goal down after Tot-tenham Hotspur midfielderand acting skipper Rafael vander Vaart curled a left-foot

LVIV (AFP) - Germany onSunday set up a symbolicquarter-final meeting withGreece while CristianoRonaldo fired Portugalthrough to face the Czech Re-public, as Euro 2012 Group Bconcluded in Ukraine.

Joachim Loew's side --group leaders with six pointsgoing into their last match --beat Denmark 2-1 in Lviv,while Portugal overcame theNetherlands by the samescoreline in Kharkiv.

Germany finish the groupunbeaten on nine points, withPortugal on six and Denmarkon three while the misfiringDutch -- beaten World Cup fi-nalists two years ago -- gohome after three straight de-feats and no points.

Lukas Podolski, winninghis 100th senior cap, gave theMannschaft the lead in the19th minute with a ferociousdrive from 15 yards out after


Germany set up Euro meeting with Greece

GDANSK (AFP) - Spanishstriker Fernando Torres andcoach Vicente del Bosque onSunday slammed as a slur theidea the defending championsmight play for a draw Mondayagainst Croatia knowing apoint would send both sidesthrough at the expense of Italy.

Torres, Del Bosque slam 'play for draw'slur

coach Vicente del Bosque

Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scor-ing

Despite an inevitable air ofresignation, van Marwijk re-fused to discuss his future atthe Dutch helm, having lastyear signed a new contractwith the Royal Dutch FootballFederation that runs until2016.

"I've just lost a third gamehere at the tournament. Youcan ask me all types of ques-tions, but not about my fu-ture."

Spain at the last World Cup in2010.

"It's the same team as twoyears ago, except for two po-sitions," he said.

"We tried to make the teamfaster and a little bit younger,and make it better in terms ofstrength in depth. I knew itwouldn't be easy to do whatwe did two years ago. It didn'twork from the first game on-wards."

forward."Sometimes it works and

sometimes it doesn't. At thestart it went well, then after-wards it didn't.

"We're just disappointed. Itwasn't a good game at alltoday. I'm responsible for thatand I'm disappointed."

Van Marwijk also defendedhis decision to move play-maker Wesley Sneijder to theleft flank in order to accom-modate Huntelaar up front,with Robin van Persie drop-ping deeper into Sneijder'susual, central role.

Asked to explain the think-ing behind the decision, vanMarwijk replied: "BecauseRobin van Persie is also one ofthe best number 10s in theworld.

"We have very good attack-ing players and we have tomake choices based on that.Sneijder has played on the leftin Italy as well this season."

Van Marwijk pinpointed amisplaced back-pass by right-back Gregory van der Wiel inthe first half, which presentedHelder Postinga with a clearsight of goal, as the moment"uncertainty" set in among hisback four.

"After the back-pass fromGregory (when Holland led 1-0), there was a lot of uncer-tainty in the team," he said athis post-game press confer-ence.

"I don't really know whathappened. It didn't happen inthe first game (a 1-0 loss toDenmark). We had lots ofchances to turn the game inour favour but due to that lossagainst Denmark, that's wherethe uncertainty started."

Van Marwijk also defendedhis attempts to rejuvenate aside that finished runners-up to

sponsibility for the Nether-lands' Euro 2012 exit on Sun-day but stood by the tacticaldecisions he took in a bid tostave off elimination.

The Netherlands lost 2-1 toPortugal at Kharkiv's MetalistStadium in their final Group Bgame, after a CristianoRonaldo brace cancelled outRafael van der Vaart's earlyopener for the Dutch.

It left Holland without a sin-gle point after earlier losses toDenmark and Germany, andthe Germans' 2-1 win overDenmark in the other finalpool game meant van Mar-wijk's side would not havequalified even if they had won.

Van Marwijk had bolsteredhis team's attacking resourcesby introducing both van derVaart and Klaas-Jan Huntelaarto his starting XI, and he saidit was a risk that he had no op-tion but to take.

"I did say before that thiswas a special situation becauseif you play a final or a firstgame, a draw is OK," he ex-plained.

"It can go to extra time andpenalties (in the knockoutrounds). But we knew we hadto win by a two-goal margin sowe had to take that risk and go

KHARKIV (AFP) - CoachBert van Marwijk accepted re-


Van Marwijk defends choices after Dutch exit

(From L, background) Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Steke-lenburg, Dutch forward Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch de-fender Joris Mathijsen, Dutch defender Ron Vlaar, Dutchmidfielder Arjen Robben, Dutch forward Robin van Persie,(fromL, foreground) Dutch defender Jetro Willems, Dutchmidfielder Nigel de Jong, Dutch midfielder Rafael van derVaart, Dutch defender Gregory van der Wiel and Dutchmidfielder Wesley Sneijder pose prior to the Euro 2012football championships match Portugal vs. Netherlands,at the Metalist stadium in Kharkov. AFP PHOTO

Midfielder Arjen Robben lays on the pitch

o f c o m p a t r i o t P h i l i p pKohlschreiber.

After claiming the title Haassaid: "This has been one of thebest weeks of my career, but Ireckon I won't really appreciatewhat's happened until thisevening.

This was Haas's third careerwin over Federer after beatinghis better-fancied rival at Hallein the semi-finals in 2005 and2006, against 10 defeats, thelast in the semi-finals at Wim-bledon in 2009.

Federer broke to lead 3-1 inthe opening set but proceededto lose three successive gamesto find himself trailing 4-3.

Haas went on to clinch theset on a winning serve in 50minutes.

In the second set Haasbroke to lead 5-4 and serve forthe match, winning out whenFederer put a return long.

All the girls were present forthe happy occasion and laterplayed a friendly game againstthe team of Aruba MarriottAssociates. The“S.V.Unistars” team won thegame.

“The Aruba Marriott Asso-ciates Care Foundation is veryproud of the “S.V.Unistars,” aspokesperson said

The Aruba Marriott CareFoundation was founded in1999 by the associates of theAruba Marriott and has beenactively contributing to theAruba community for the pastthirteen years. It embodies aliving and breathing sentimentand “Spirit to Serve” withinthe associates who fund theFoundation through direct fi-nancial contributions.

uniforms required to play,training uniforms, soccerballs, protectors, keeper uni-form, soccer shoes, and ice jugto the coach of theS.V.Unistars, Mr. DeloMaduro”.

Recently, the Aruba MarriottAssociates Care Foundationdonated soccer uniforms to the“S.V.Unistars” female soccerteam. Ben Figaroa, presidentof Aruba Marriott AssociatesCare Foundation, handed the


HALLE (AFP) - Germany'sTommy Haas defeated secondseed Roger Federer 7-6 (7/5),6-4 to win the ATP grasscourttournament here on Sunday.

Playing in front of his homefans, the 34-year-old added tohis triumph here three yearsago to take his 13th ATP title.

Swiss great Federer, the

second seed, was seeking asixth win at this Wimbledonwarm-up event having bookedhis seventh final ticket with astraight sets semi-final winover unseeded Russian MikhailYouzhny.

Wildcard Haas, a formerworld number two, secured hisplace in the climax with defeat

Tennis: Wildcard Haas beats

Federer in Halle

Showing the new materials donated by the CARE foundation

“Aruba Marriott Associates Care Foundation”makes the girls of “S.V.Unistars” Soccer Teamhappy!!

Unistars recieves the uniform

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