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of former Greenpeace activistDiederik Samsom 40 seats andthe more hard-left SocialistParty 15.

If the two main partiesagreed an alliance, the VDDand Labour would have 78seats, a majority sufficient toform a government in the 150-seat parlia - ment. Wilders'PVV was set to win just 13seats, almost half its previoustally of 24, exit polls said.

"That result shows a verylarge support in the Nether-lands for Rutte's policy," VDDForeign Minister Uri Rosen-thal told AFP at a victory partyin The Hague. "It shows thatmaking savings is the rightcourse... The results shows thatthe Dutch are good allies of theGermans."

Rosenthal said the failureby former ally Wilders showedthe Dutch were not extremist.

"It’s very explicit that theDutch don't like a very ex-treme European stand. We're amember of the EU and weshould stick to it for manyyears to come," he said.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Dutchvoters overwhelmingly re-jected anti-EU extremism infavour of pro-European prag-matism yesterday, electingcentrist parties that will remaincommitted to debt-busting aus-terity.

The ruling Dutch Liberalparty took the lead with 41seats in yesterday's election,against the Labour party with37 seats, according to lateststate media prediction, whilethe anti-Islam PVV party offirebrand politician GeertWilders suffered a humiliatingdefeat after changing tack toattack Brussels.

If confirmed the resultwould mean that current pre-mier Mark Rutte would becalled upon to form a newcoalition that would keep theeurozone's fifth largest econ-omy closely allied with Euro-pean economic powerhouseGermany.

The exit polls by Ipsos Syn-ovate said Rutte's VDD wouldwin 41 seats in the new parlia-ment, the PvdA Labour party

lives."Libyan security personnel

fought back alongside Ameri-cans. Libyans helped some ofthe diplomats find safety andcarried Ambassador Stevens'sbody to the hospital where wetragically learned that he haddied," the US president said.

"The attack will not breakthe bonds between the UnitedStates and Libya."

US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton said the killingsshould "shock the consciences"of people of all faiths butvowed that the actions of "asavage and small group" wouldnot make Washington turn itsback on Libya.

US officials said the precisecircumstances of the attackwere still under investigationand that it was too soon to con-clude exactly what transpired.

rocket-propelled grenades be-fore looting and torching thebuilding.

A security source in Beng-hazi -- cradle of the 2011 upris-ing that toppled the regime oflate dictator Moamer Kadhafi -- said it was suspected that theenvoy may have suffocated dueto carbon monoxide poisoning.

A picture taken by an AFPphotographer shows what wit-nesses say is an injured Ste vensbeing aided by Libyans insidethe premises of the consulate.

A US official said five or sixAmericans were wounded inthe attack.

Libya's deputy ambassadorto the United Nations, IbrahimDabbashi, said up to 10 Libyansecurity personnel were alsokilled or wounded.

Obama paid tribute to theLibyans who had given their

BENGHAZI (AFP) - Washing-ton's envoy to Libya and threeother Americans were killedwhen a mob angered over amovie mocking Islam stormedthe US consulate in Benghazi,sparking world outrage anddrawing an apology fromLibyan authorities yesterday.

President Barack Obamaquickly ordered increased se-curity at US diplomatic mis-sions around the world, whileslamming Tuesday's deadly as-sault in Benghazi, an Islamiststronghold in eastern Libya,that coincided with the anniver-sary of the September 11 at-tacks in the United States.

"I strongly condemn theoutrageous attack on our diplo-matic facility in Benghazi,which took the lives of fourAmericans, including Ambas-sador Chris Stevens," Obamasaid. "I have directed my ad-ministration to provide all nec-essary resources to support thesecurity of our personnel inLibya, and to increase securityat our diplomatic posts aroundthe globe."

A 50-strong unit US Marinecounter-terrorism unit was enroute to Libya to bolster secu-rity, a defence official said.

Stevens, a career officerwith the US foreign service,had been in the country for lessthan four months after takingup his post in the capital Tripoliin May.

Witnesses said he was killedwhen angry Islamists late Tues-day attacked the consulate with

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4 Americans including ambassador

killed in Libya attack

Exit polls: Europe wins

in Netherlands vote,

extremism loses

The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi is seen in flames duringthe protest.

Chris Stevens

defined areas in which the con-suls could lend assistance.

ARINA would send theminformation concerning eco-nomic areas for investment aswell as information on projectslike the BOAruba governmentprogram. ARINA also took theopportunity to invite these con-sul men to the upcomingGreen Aruba Conference to beheld here on Aruba.

Department of EconomicAffairs

Their next stop was a visitto the Department of Eco-nomic Affairs, where they dis-cussed the import and exportof products and services andother economic affairs. Theyalso talked about the economicclimate on Aruba for doingbusiness here.

Department of External Re-lations

Their program also inclu -ded a visit to the Departmentof External Relations and ameeting with Director Drs.Andy Lee. Here they discussedthe role of this Department tofacilitate the contacts to realizethe economic objectives ofAruba.

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ORANJESTAD -- One of thetasks of the Department of Ex-ternal Relations is to developeconomic diplomacy in Aruba.Within that context, ZulemaDabian-Erasmus, the personcharged with said task, devel-oped a program for the visit ofDutch Kingdom Consuls basedin Medellin and Cali, Colom-bia. Mr. Juan Esteban Re-strepo, consul at Medellin andMr. Gerrit Dirk van de Leur,consul in Cali, met with differ-ent stakeholders in Aruba justrecently.

Both consuls indicated theexisting possibilities for deve -loping economic and commer-cial relations between Arubaand Colombia. It is interestingto note that during the courseof the year, the relationshipwith the Dutch Kingdom andColombia has evolved frombeing one of aid to one of com-merce (trade) and that’s whereeconomic diplomacy plays animportant role.

Local program and plan ofaction:

Aruba Investment AgencyDuring Restrepo and van de

Leur’s visit to Aruba they paida visit to ARINA. There theydiscussed different topics and

Exploring commercial

ties with Medellin and

Calition to make this a reality.The government’s plan

will include areas beyond thetransition to renewable en-ergy. They are intent on creat-ing a world class destinationwhere tourists and locals canwalk; offer incentives for res-idents to save and use energymore efficiently, implement apolicy for sustainability andwise growth in the tourismsector, create an exemplaryvacation destination and cre-ate an agricultural sector onAruba which makes use ofthe best mix of water re-sources.

The Smart Island Econo -mies of the Carbon WarRoom, which was alsolaunched during the Rio+20Conference, is interested indeveloping a successfulmodel of the plan for low car-bon emission, and to dupli-cate this in other island of theCaribbean and the pacificwho would like to follow thisroute. The plan is to attractthe top technological compa-nies to work in Aruba. Theyalso hope to be able to attractphilanthropic funds at theearly phase to capitalize onprivate investment.

The Carbon War Roomwill accelerate solutions ofthe private sector to use cleantechnology advantageously.The focus will be on breakingdown barriers for obtainingcapital for business solutionsand to choose a policy basedon the global sector. The NewAmerican Foundation is aninstitution of non-lucrativepublic policy and is not polit-ical, which invests in pio-neering and new ideas toconfront the next generationof challenges awaiting Amer-ica and the rest of the world.Founded in 1999, the founda-tion is directed by PresidentSteve Coll and an extraordi-nary Board of Directors, ledby Eric Schmidt of Googl.

sustainable prosperity. Arubahas already made some sig-nificant advances in the direc-tion of sustainability with20% of her energy comingfrom wind mills. Varioussolar projects in developmentas well as innovative projectsfor urban renovation designedto promote a greater social fu-sion with the surroundingsare in the works.

The government of Arubaenvisions, with the help of ex-pertise from Holland, such asTNO, a production of 50% re-newable energy within a shortperiod. To achieve the remai -ning 50% remains a muchgreater challenge, but Arubais looking ahead in workingwith world class partners likethe Carbon War Room andthe New American Founda-

Sir Richard Branson, brainchild behind the Carbon WarRoom, along with other entre-preneurs created a society toconvert the island of Aruba to100% renewable energy dur-ing the June 2012 UN confer-ence in Rio - Rio+20. Theirintent is to make Aruba thefirst economy of sustainableenergy. Carbon War Roomand New American Founda-tion are working together tocreate and execute an integralstrategy for the transition ofthe entire economy, the firstin the world, if they succeed.

The Society of Aruba withCarbon War Room and theNew American Foundationwill bring together the bestexpertise and political will tocreate and implement a strat-egy completely integrated for

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Carbon War Room & New America

Foundation joins Aruba

Announcement of the

Honorary Consul of IsraelWhen the sun sets on Sunday, September 16, the Jewish

people around the world will welcome a New Year.

Rosh Hashanah 5773 services will start on Sunday,

Sept. 16, at 6:30 P.M. at Beth Israel Synagogue, located

at A. Lacle Blvd. # 2, Oranjestad. They will be led by Mar-

tin Aizenberg.

Visitors to the island are welcome. Please call 562

2071 for additional information.

work permit. These will be re-vised to determine which posi-tions may still be able to fillwith local persons leavingValero at this time. Also, re-garding the first permit, thesewill be limited exclusively tothose positions we definitelycannot fill locally.

Hence, all permits for either1 or 3 years, even if these arefor extensions, will be put onhold for three weeks to deter-mine if those employed inValero can take on any of thosejobs so there would be no needto extend any permit.

ORANJESTAD -- Within thecontext of the current situationat Valero, the government hasreported that their policy withrespect to work permits whichare requested for specific posi-tions will be revised. A letterhas been sent to DPL andDIMAS from the Ministers in-forming them to revise the ca -tegories containing exceptions(specialized job functions nor-mally impossible to find peo-ple for locally).

These categories will auto-matically receive exception ofthe process for obtaining a

Revised work permitsprocedure for Valero

employees

Bankers Association. Laterthey will meet with two othergroups separately, namely,the government NV’s and thego vernment sui generis or-ganizations.

The government is explo -ring all possibilities for futurealternatives that they canbring to the table on Thurs-day when they meet withsome big companies on theisland. Next Thursday theywill meet with the big con-tractors on Aruba, accountingbureaus, and financial institu-tions. Following these, theyintend to sit down with com-panies having to do withelectricity, modernization andinnovation, and finally withthe hotel industry.

A job fair is in the makingand should take place nextmonth. This job fair will bedone together with Valero.The international contactshave already been estab-lished. In addition, they aresetting up an office in SanNicolas to provide assistanceto those needing information,help with preparing letters,etc.

Valero has a total of 176 jobdescriptions for which 30will be for the transshipmentprocess that will be intro-duced in Aruba. Of the 30 jobdescriptions a total of 66 per-sons are being considered toremain to fill those positions.Then, there are a number ofemplo yees who work in thecompany providing gasoline,truck dri vers who provide jetfuel to the airport, etc. Theseservices will remain intactand numbers 35 employees.This means that, a total of101 employees will remain toform part of Valero’s new op-erations on Aruba.

The data we have alsoshows that there are about140 types of jobs that will bediscontinued at Valero. Forthis reason the governmenthas begun meeting withlawyers and union leadersrepresenting employees, toascertain from them whatquestions they have and to in-form them of available jobsthat the government and thecommission will pinpoint inthe upcoming week. OnTuesday they also plan tomeet with FCCA, and the

ORANJESTAD -- Last Mon-day’s government press con-ference was to inform thepublic on what the govern-ment is doing regarding theValero employees who standto loose their jobs on accountof the closure of the refineryas an oil refinery.

The government reportedthat they have begun a newround of discussions with theNational Dialogue team.Also, the Department ofLabor (DAO) and the Depart-ment for Labor Progress(DPL) met last week withrepresentatives of the HR di-vision of Valero Houston andAruba, along with their legaladvisers.

What’s more, informativesessions were held with theIOWUA union and DAO todiscuss questions that wereraised and to offer sugges-tions. At the end of the weekthere were also consultationswith the government media-tor, DAO, DPL and others,who helped to prepare a planof action as to how to actuallytackle this situation.

The information availableat this time indicates that

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Private and public sectors meet toexplore Jobs for Valero employees

holding classes in mosaic forpersons of all ages. This ex-panded into organizing cre-ative activities for all agegroups. Wilma now organizesbirthday parties where shewould prepare all sorts of spe-cial attractions.

For the Interpaso plaques,Wilma will be working to-gether with Janneke on pro-ducing the creative plaques.Janneke is a member ofWilma’s mosaic group and anavid horse lover with her own

horse at Villa Flo-ralina.

Interpaso takesplace this weekendat Villa Floralina.The event starts at7:00 in the eveningon Friday withtheir speciallytrained horses. OnSaturday the pro-gram will begin at5:00 pm with theGrand Classic ofPaso Fino.

On Sunday thechildren’s competi-tion begins at 3:00in the afternoon,with 6 gold medal-ists in action.

Every year organizers of In-terpaso tries to come up withdifferent prize ideas to awardwinners. They try to come upwith creative ideas forawards. This year they dis-covered artist Wilma whouses her talent with mosaic todesign plaques which theycan present as awards to theirwinners in the different cate-gories.

The plaques are differentin their artistic design, givingeach one a distinctive touch.Obviously, Wilma used theclassic logo of Interpasowhich blended well with hermosaic for the situation.

Ever since childhood,Wilma had creative abilities.She would constantly makethings with her hands. Then itwas something she sowed, apiece of carpentry, solder, etc.Upon arriving in Aruba she feltthe need to join with differentpeople in her creative exploits.She got her son interested injoining her. Later she got agroup of children involved increating beautiful art pieces.

Wilma currently has hercreative classes in an old“Greyhound” bus she calls“Kreabus.” In 2009 she began

the schools, to introduce themto quality interpretive music.

Tickets for each night of thefestival are $40 pre-sale and$50 at the door. For full infor-mation on travel packages, theartists, schedule and ticketsales, visit the CSJF website:http://www.caribbeanseajazz.com/ or call: 297/588-0211.

by Rosalie Klein

to win tickets to the festival. The weekend is a feast for

the senses. There will be ori -ginal fine art on exhibit andsale, a collection of gourmetrestaurants offering bargainpriced treats in the food court,and this year, Arion Wine willprovide some fine vintages tocomplete the overall packagefor those that appreciate thefiner things in life. Programcoordinators have also made1000 special priced ticketsavailable for students through

MooMba Beach Bar beginningat 9:00 PM, and the final freeconcert will be at Café thePlaza in Oranjestad featuringSven Hammond Soul and asurprise performance. Theshow will begin at 7:30PM.The great mood of the fes-tival will continue untilnearly dawn during afterparties at Barefoot by NikkyBeach and Fusion Piano andWine Bar in the AlhambraShopping Mall.

Tickets arenow on sale forCSJF 2012 atCliffix, Moomba,Fun Miles, Super-food, CD’s &More, De PalmTours, PelicanTours, PlazaBook Store andPurple Entertain-ment group. Su-perfood has aspecial promotion

CSJF Founder Erik Eman wasjoined by festival organizersPatrick Melchior, Mark Ben-son Denz, and Vicki Arendsalong with representativesfrom sponsors at FusionLounge to announce the con-firmed line up for this year’sevent.

The Cas di Cultura in Oran-jestad and the surroundingstreets will once again beturned into the CSJF Plaza forthe Columbus Day weekend,Friday and Saturday evenings,October 5 & 6. They wereproud to announce a stellarline up featuring ChakaKhan, Oscar de Leon,Randy Brecker, SvenHammond Soul, Four-play, Kuenta y Tambu,Pete Philly, Frankie YangaTrio, Diverse Sauzen, RenoSteba & Mike del Ferro, Up-grade Music, Rooster Farm Ft.Roger Peterson, Live X-pres-sions.

Musical performances underthe stars begin at 6:30 PMnightly on any of three stages,continuing until 1:30 AM. Priorto the weekend there will befree warm up concerts all weeklong, beginning on Monday,October 1 at Hadicurari Pier,with Live X-pressions. Tuesdayit will be the SMRW Jazz Bandled by Johnny Croes at ArawakGardens; both events begin at7:30 PM.

Wednesday evening willfeature Kuenta I Tambu at

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6th Annual Caribbean Sea Jazz Festivalwill feature Chaka Khan, Oscar de Leon,Fourplay and top regional musicians

Festival organizers and sponsors

Kuenta i tambu

Chaka Khan

Oscar D'Leon

Local artist makesinteresting plaques

the Singles of Divas Champi-onship

The event will be transmit-ted on Digital cable, channel113. The package costs Afls.49.

Interested persons can passat any SETAR Teleshop,SETAR Store or call at tel.525-1700.

take place that night are:- Sheamus vs. AlbertoDel Rio for the World Heavy-weight Championship SinglesMatch of World HeavyweightChampionship- CM Punk vs. JohnCena for the WWE Champi-onship Singles Match- Laylay vs. Kaitlyn for

SETAR is offering the WWE“Nights of Champions” eventon Pay-Per-View. The eventwill be on September 16 at theTD Garden in Boston, Massa-chusetts. This us the fifth timethat this event takes place andnow Aruba can view it for thefirst time on PPV.The most important bouts to

WWE Nights of Champions on Pay-Per-Viewon September 16! Maduro.

ATIA’s main focus was oncreating a future commercialrelationship with bothMedellin and Cali. They dis-cussed topics relating to thedevelopment of small andmedium size businesses. ATIAinvited the consul men to at-tend ATIA’s Gala dinner in No-vember which will have itsfocus on Colombia.

ATIA and Santa RosaTheir final stop was a meet-

ing with ATIA and Santa Rosa.The consul men were chargedwith the responsibility to pro-vide us with concrete informa-tion concerning strategiesregarding agriculture and live-stock which could be relevantto Aruba. This informationwould be directed to the Direc-tor of Santa Rosa, Mrs.

SAN NICOLAS -- EveryThursday evening, islandersflock to San Nicolas to enjoythe fabulous bargains and en-tertainment of the CarubbianFestival, a mix of Aruban andCaribbean traditions kept aliveby the multi-cultural make upof Aruba’s “Sunrise City.”

Originally populated by thethousands that came from allover the Caribbean to work atthe refinery, the town has sa-vored and preserved the food,music and dance that manybrought with them from theirvarious regions. The festival,from 6:00 to 9:15 p.m., revels inthe diverse background of SanNicolas, offering unique dishesand be v erages, along with a fulleve ning of island entertainment.

A full roster of some ofAruba’s finest criollo entertain-ers follows including folkloricmusical groups, dance groupssolo singers, limbo dance by“Miguel Philips” and Carnivalshow by “Carna-Aruba,” andthis is only on the main stage!

Scattered throughout themain street of San Nicolas areperformance areas surround byseating where you can settle inwith an island snack or dinner,including music by steel panand Brass band.”

Island visitors can enjoy theCarubbian festival as part of acomplete package available atall De Palm and conciergedesks, which include trans-portation. You can customizeyou evening by purchasingwith or without food and re-freshments. A variety of localhandicrafts are offered for saleand the event guarantees agood time for all, with an au-thentic introduction to the is-land experience.


CarubbianFestival istonight!

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The group is also suspectedof having executed at least fivepeople in 2007 and 2008 in theregion of Sarajevo, as well asstealing some 2.5 million euros($3.2 million) after robbing abank and a post office, policesaid.

Twenty-five alleged mem-bers of the country's top orga -nised crime gang have beenarrested as a result, said a po-lice statement.

Some 400 police officerstook part in the operation,which saw some 40 people in-vestigated and searches carriedout in 30 locations throughoutthe country.

The former Yugoslav re-public lies on the so-calledBalkans route used by crimi-nals to smuggle drugs, wea -pons and people towardsWestern Europe.

SARAJEVO(AFP) - Bosniahas arrested 25 people as a re-sult of the biggest police oper-ation in nearly two decades,which is aimed at smashing or-ganised crime in the Balkancountry, an official said yester-day.

The police operation is the"the biggest and the most com-plex police operation inBosnia" since the end of the1992-1995 war, the head of thenational investigation agencyGoran Zubac told reporters.

It marked "the start of theend of organised crime" in thecountry, he added.

The criminal group is sus-pected of "drug trafficking,money laundering, murders...notably of police officers whowere taking part in investiga-tions against those crimes, butalso of acts of banditism andabuse of power," Zubac said.

DUBAI (AFP) - A US hostageheld by Al-Qaeda made a "oneJew to another" appeal for Is-raeli Prime Minister BenjaminNetanyahu to help secure hisrelease, SITE IntelligenceGroup reported yesterday.

Warren Weinstein, a reliefworker with USAID who wascaptured in Lahore, Pakistan,in August 2011, appeared in avideo on Islamist websites, theUS-based monitoring groupsaid.

In another video appeal inMay, he asked US PresidentBarack Obama to accept thedemands of his kidnappers foran end to air strikes and the re-lease of Islamists held in theUnited States.

Weinstein, who was shownwearing a white vest, saidObama had shown "no inte -rest" in his case.

"Therefore, as a Jew, I amappealing to you, Prime Mi -nister Netanyahu, the head ofthe Jewish State of Israel, asone Jew to another, to pleaseintervene on my behalf, towork with the mujahedeen andto accept their demands," hesaid.

Human Rights Commissionand Inter-American Court ofHuman Rights over criticismof his government's "inhumanetreatment" of a political oppo-nent.

Chavez frequently hasvoiced his utter disregard forthe commission, after it swiftlyrecognized an interim govern-ment that tried to take over ina failed coup against him in2002, and not his elected one.

Dropping out of the humanrights bodies could lead to hiscountry's exclusion from theOAS, further isolating Vene -zuela internationally.

Chavez, who is recoveringfrom cancer, has a large fol-lowing at home for populist,anti-American policies thathave made him the best knownface of the activist left in LatinAmerica.

will have fewer resourcesavailable to defend them-selves."

Leftist-populist VenezuelanPresident Hugo Chavez's go -vernment made its departureprocess official last week re-nounced the relevant treaty andushering in a one-year time-frame after which the decisionbecomes finalized.

For a year at this point,Venezuela still can be sued atthe court.

The commission said it wasvery worrisome that humanrights violations that couldtake place in Venezuela wouldnot be able to be addressed bythe inter-American court.

Chavez, 58, is seeking re-election on October 7 to a thirdterm.

He warned that Caracascould leave the Inter-American

WASHINGTON(AFP) - LatinAmerica's official rights mo -nitor voiced regret yesterdayover a decision by Venezuelato withdraw from the Inter-American Court of HumanRights, the regional legal ar-biter of alleged rights disputes.

The Inter-American Com-mission on Human Rights(IACHR), a body of the Wash-ington-based Organization ofAmerican States, in a state-ment urged the Venezuelanstate "to reconsider its rejec-tion" of the Costa Rica-basedcourt.

"It is of deepest concern tothe Inter-American Commis-sion that... the Inter-AmericanCourt will not be able to ana-lyze violations of human rightsthat may occur in Venezuela,"the IACHR said in a statement.

"This means that if Caracascompletes the procedure it hasbegun, the inhabitants ofVenezuela will be stripped of amechanism to protect theirhuman rights, will be left morevulnerable to abuses, and they

and that he expected the toll torise.

The toll rose rapidly duringthe day as firefighters extin-guished smouldering embersand found dozens of dead hud-dled together in the basementand ground floor of the factory,where they suspect that the firebegan.

"We didn't find bodies inones or twos, but in the dozens,which is why the death toll isincreasing so alarmingly," saidSalim.

Many of those on the upperfloors of the building were res-cued or jumped to escape theinferno, although dozens brokelimbs on impact with thestreet.

Pakistani Interior MinisterRehman Malik said he had or-dered an inquiry into bothfires. Officials said the factoryin Karachi in particular was inpoor condition and lackedemergency exits.

"The building has deve -loped cracks and there is a dan-ger it can collapse any time,"Shaikh told Pakistan's privateGeo TV channel. "Owners ofthe factory have been abscon -ding and raids are being con-ducted for their arrest," he said.

Officials said two brotherswho owned the company hadbeen barred from leaving thecountry. "Their names havebeen put on exit control list," asenior government official toldAFP.

KARACHI (AFP) - More than310 Pakistanis perished in hor-rific fires that destroyed twofactories in Pakistan, an un-precedented industrial tragedythat prompted calls yesterdayfor an overhaul of poor safetystandards.

At least 289 people died ata garment factory in Karachi,Pakistan's biggest city and thecapital of Sindh province, justhours after 21 died at a shoefactory in Lahore, close to theIndian border.

In scenes of horror, rela-tives watched as loved onesjumped from windows of thefour-storey building in Karachiwhere hundreds were workingin a bid to escape the blaze,which began late Tuesday.

Karachi fire chief EhteshamSalim said rescue workerswere facing problems retriev-ing more bodies from the base-ment as it was filled with hotwater after efforts to extin-guish fire.

"There are places in thebasement which are stillsmouldering. Water we used toextinguish the fire has made apool of hot water in the largearea of basement and we aretrying to cool it down."

"There is no electricity inthe factory. Our operation hasslowed down but we have notsuspended our effort."

Karachi's top administra-tion official, Karachi RoshanShaikh, told AFP that morevictims were being recovered


INTERNATIONAL NEWS

BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro : A municipal social assistantleads a crack addict to a transport vehicle in the Jacareshantytown during an operation to clean the streets ofcrack addicts, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on September 12,2012. (AFP PHOTO)

Officials: Pakistan factoryfires kill 310

Americas rights group regretsVenezuela's exit

SITE: UShostageappeals forhelp of Israel PM

25 arrested as Bosnia

moves on organised crime

WASHINGTON (AFP) -The Stars and Stripes atop theWhite House was loweredyesterday after PresidentBarack Obama ordered allflags on government build-ings to half mast to honorAmericans slain in Libya.

"I hereby order that theflag of the United States shallbe flown at half-staff at theWhite House and upon allpublic buildings andgrounds," Obama said in aproclamation.

The order applies to allUS military posts, diplomaticsites abroad and ships at sea,and will remain in force untilsunset on September 16.

dophilia. (Many Muslims con-sider physical or visual repre-sentations of Muhammad to beblasphemous.)

The film’s producer and di-rector, Sam Bacile — who isan Israeli-American and Cali-fornia real estate developer —is now in hiding.

According to Bacile, heproduced the film to call atten-tion to what he called the"hypocrisies" of Islam, andBacile claims it was screenedin full just once, to a mostlyempty movie theater in Holly-wood. Klein reportedly toldBacile: "You're going to be thenext Theo van Gogh.

Bacile said he is concernedabout family members inEgypt. "They're undergroundtoo, in hiding, he said.

firmed that such acts are unjus-tifiable regardless of their mo-tivations, whenever and bywhomsoever committed."

Ban was also "deeply sad-dened" by the Benghazi attackin which US ambassador ChrisStevens and three other USstaff and a number of Libyanguards were killed, said a sep-arate statement released by aUN spokeswoman VanninaMaestracci.

"The secretary general con-demns this attack in thestrongest terms," added thestatement. "The United Na-tions rejects defamation of re-ligion in all forms. At the sametime, nothing justifies the bru-tal violence which occurred inBenghazi yesterday."

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) -The UN Security Council andUN leader Ban Ki-moon yes-terday hit out at the killing ofthe US ambassador in Libya as"unjustifiable."

The 15-nation council putaside divisions over the NATOmilitary action in Libya andthe Syria conflict to agree on astatement condemning thedeadly attack on the US con-sulate in Benghazi "in thestrongest terms."

The council also stronglycondemned an earlier mob at-tack on the US embassy inCairo. Both have been blamedon anger over a film whichmocks Islam and its prophetMohammed.

The Security Council "reaf-

UN Council, Ban say

killing of US ambassador

'unjustifiable'

Britain were with the UnitedStates after the "senseless at-tack".

"We look to the new Libyanauthorities to do all in theirpower, as they have pledged todo, to bring the killers to jus-tice. Britain stands ready to as-sist Libya and the UnitedStates in that task," Cameronsaid.

LONDON (AFP) - Britain isready to help Libya and theUnited States bring to justicethose who killed the Americanambassador in an attack inBenghazi, Prime MinisterDavid Cameron said yesterday.

Cameron said he had sent amessage to US PresidentBarack Obama saying that thethoughts of people from across

PM: Britain ready to help

US pursue Libya killers

Innocence of Muslims or Mo-hammed, Prophet of the Mus-lims, was first uploaded toYouTube in July, but did notreceive much attention.

But last week, a versionwas dubbed into Arabic and re-posted on the same YouTubechannel.

It has since featured onEgyptian media reports forseveral days with ultraconser-vative clerics going on air todenounce it.

The amateur-seeming "In-nocence of Muslims" filmshows the Prophet Muhammadas a homosexual who endorsesextramarital sex and pe-

One of the men behind theanti-Muslim film beingblamed for the death of the USambassador to Libya hasclaimed: 'It is not our fault, wetold the truth'.

Steve Klein said that he didnot feel guilty for the murderof John Christopher Stevensand that the mob who carried itout were to blame as they werefollowing Mohammed’s vio-lent teachings.

Klein said that the film wasdesigned to stop the Muslimpopulation in America reach-ing 10 per cent as they wouldthen 'work together and attacktheir host country'.

The film, which accusesMohammed of being a fraud,paedophile and womaniser,sparked violent attacks againstU.S. diplomatic compounds inLibya and Egypt on Tuesday,killing four American citizens.

The two-hour movie cost$5 million to make and was fi-nanced with the help of morethan 100 Jewish donors, whobelieve the film will help hisnative land by exposingIslam's flaws to the world.

A 13-minute trailer for thefilm, which is called either The


Innocence of Muslims creator Steve Kleinsaid he felt no guilt over the death ofChris Stevens

A burnt car is seen after an attack on the U.S. Consulate

An interior view of the damage at the U.S. consulate,which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yester-day.

Steve Klein

US flagslowered tohalf mast overambassadorkilling

expenses, missed days ofschool and work and prema-ture deaths, the illness costsabout $3,300 per individual onan annual basis, according tothe statement.

The findings are publishedin the September 12 issue ofthe Journal of the AmericanMedical Association.

sess different strategies forlong-term asthma care.

Making note of bronchialreactivity, lung function, daysmissed from school or workand the exacerbation of symp-toms and attacks over a periodof nine months, they found"no measurable difference"among treatment methods, ac-cording to the statement.

"We hope our findingsprompt patients to talk withtheir doctors and become moreactive participants in effec-tively managing their condi-tion," Calhoun said.

Currently, asthma patientsare generally prescribed atwice-daily dose of an inhaledcorticosteroid, such as be-clomethasone or fluticasone,as well as albuterol to open theairways in the event of serioussymptoms.

Some 25 million people inthe United States have asthma.Taking into account medical

"The discovery that thesetwo courses of treatment donot differ significantly couldeventually change the waydoctors and patients manageasthma, providing an optionthat is easier to follow andpossibly less expensive," saidlead author William Calhounin a statement.

Calhoun and his team drewtheir conclusions after moni-toring more than 340 adultswith mild to moderate persist-ent asthma in an attempt to as-

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Asthma patients may not needdaily doses of inhaled steroidsaccording to a study out, afinding that could alter treat-ment for millions sufferingfrom the respiratory ailment.

Researchers at the Univer-sity of Texas Medical Branchat Galveston found that peoplewho use corticosteroids everyday to control mild asthma dono better than those who usethem only when they havesymptoms.

Asthma patients may not need daily steroids:study


Health & Living

Nearly 26 million Ameri-cans have diabetes, while anestimated 79 million Ameri-cans are prediabetic, accordingto the Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention.

Diabetes is the seventh lead-ing cause of death in theUnited States and a majorcause of heart disease andstroke, according to figurescited by Cedars-Sinai.

"Prevention of diabetes isour goal," said RichardBergman, a lead author on thenew study. "Not all peoplewho are overweight or obeseand who have insulin resist-ance go on to develop dia-betes.

"If we can determine who ismost likely to develop diabetesand why, then we can makestrides toward preventing it inthose individuals," he added.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Lati-nos are more vulnerable to themost common form of dia-betes because of how theystore fat and produce insulin,according to a US study.

Latinos are more likely tostore fat in the pancreas andless able to compensate by ex-creting additional insulin, saidthe study by experts at theCedars-Sinai hospital in LosAngeles.

The Type 2 diabetes studycompared white, black andLatino patients, similarly over-weight and with similar predi-abetic symptoms.

Lidia Szczepaniak of theCedars-Sinai Heart Instituteand Biomedical Imaging Re-search Institute said some peo-ple are at increased riskbecause their fatty pancreas isunable to secrete enough in-sulin.

Latinos more vulnerableto Type 2 diabetes

ple have so far been diagnosedwith the disease, which posesa risk for people with weakimmune systems but can betreated with antibiotics.

Officials suspect impropermaintenance of air condition-ing systems as the cause of theoutbreak.

Legionella bacteria grow instagnant water, then spread asdroplets are expelled by theappliances.

The illness, which has an in-cubation period of betweentwo and 10 days, is an infec-tion that causes high fever, drycough and pneumonia.

The disease was discoveredin the United States in 1976during a convention of theAmerican Legion, an militaryveterans group, where 29 peo-ple died.

MONTREAL (AFP) - Thedeath toll from an outbreak ofLegionnaire's disease in Que-bec City has risen to 12 sincelate July, health authorities inthe Canadian city said yester-day.

Officials said that 176 peo-

Toll at 12 dead in CanadaLegionnaire's diseaseoutbreak

king's resting place, which thearchaeologists have uncoveredbeneath the car park.

Richard is thought to havebeen buried at the Franciscanfriary of Grey Friars in Leices-ter after his death in the Battleof Bosworth in 1485, but thechurch was demolished in the1530s and its location had beenlost until now.

"The skeleton was buried ina grave without a coffin," saidRichard Buckley, who led thedig."It was probably ashrouded burial -- with nograve goods."

When asked whether he be-lieved the skeleton wasRichard III's, Buckley said:"He's a very strong candidateindeed but it's going to take afew weeks for the DNA analy-sis to come through."

The team used ground-pen-etrating radar equipment topinpoint the best areas of thecar park to begin the search.

They will use DNA from55-year-old furniture-makerMichael Ibsen, a direct descen-dant of Richard's eldest sister,Anne of York, to try to get amatch.

Ibsen, who lives in London,was born in Canada to JoyIbsen, the 16th generationniece of Richard III.

His DNA will now be com-pared to samples taken fromthe skeleton, a process ex-pected to take up to 12 weeks.


Apple Chief Executive TimCook announced at Wednes-day's keynote that his com-pany's notebooks have rankedNo. 1 in U.S. market share inthe last 3 months. In all, theMac has captured 27 percentof the overall PC market.

The Mac has also seen 15percent year over year growthsince the latest Macs launchedin June, including the com-pany's flagship 15-inch Mac-Book Pro with Retina display.

In comparison, the overall PCmarket has grown just 2 percent.

Cook also touted iPadsales, stating that Apple's shareof the tablet market has grownfrom 62 percent a year ago to68 percent this year. The iPadalso represents 91 percent ofall tablet Web traffic.

In all, 17 million iPads weresold in the June quarter, whichwas more than any PC manu-facturer sold of their entire PCline.

Apple sells 7 millionMountain Lion upgradesin less than 2 months

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LONDON (AFP) - British ar-chaeologists announced that askeleton found under a citycentre car park in central Eng-land could be that of the me-dieval king Richard III.

Researchers from the Uni-versity of Leicester said theyhad found a male skeleton withsimilarities to historical de-scriptions of Richard, whoruled England between 1483and his death in battle in 1485.

The remains, which are wellpreserved, are undergoingDNA analysis.

"What we have uncoveredis truly remarkable," saidRichard Taylor, the university'sdirector of corporate affairs.

The team, which has been

excavating a car park in thecity of Leicester for threeweeks, said the skeleton had anarrow-head embedded in itsback and had received blows tothe skull consistent with in-juries received in battle.

Today, Richard III is bestknown as the hunchbacked vil-lain of a play by WilliamShakespeare -- and while theskeleton is not that of a hunch-back, it does have a curvedspine.

"This would have made hisright shoulder appear visiblyhigher than the left shoulder,"said Taylor.

The bones were found inwhat was once the choir areaof a church believed to be the

Skeleton found in English car parkmay be Richard III

Men dressed as medieval knights pose for pictures inLeicester in central England, at a site where a skeletonthat researchers believe could be British medieval kingRichard III was found.


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tional data for August showeda poor level of jobs createdduring the month -- only96,000 -- and also that some368,000 people gave upsearching for jobs and left thelabor force.

At the same venueBernanke also defended theprevious QE programs, includ-ing the $600 billion QE2 bond-buying program of 2010-2011.

Such actions "may haveraised the level of output by al-most three percent and in-creased private payroll em -ployment by more than twomillion jobs, relative to whatotherwise would have oc-curred," he argued.

But some analysts said theFOMC is not likely to go for athird QE operation, at least forthe moment.

growth sank to 1.7 percent inthe second quarter and lookspossible to fall below the 2.0percent level in the third.

Macroeconomic Advisorssaid, based on the availabledata so far, and especially withthe impact of the droughtacross the US Midwest, thateconomic growth appears to beon a 1.5 percent pace for thethird quarter.

But the 12 members of thecommittee have remained di-vided on whether the economyis weak enough to merit moreaction.

Fed Chairman Ben Ber -nanke made clear on August31 that he backs new monetaryeasing efforts, in a speech tocentral bankers in JacksonHole, Wyoming.

He called growth tepid andhoned in on the unemploymentrate, which has stayed stuckabove 8 percent all year, withlittle significant reduction inthe number of jobless.

"The stagnation of the labormarket in particular is a graveconcern not only because ofthe enormous suffering andwaste of human talent it en-tails, but also because persist-ently high levels of unem -ployment will wreak structuraldamage on our economy thatcould last for many years."

Bernanke's view earnedsupport on Friday when na-

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheFederal Reserve's policy boardbegan a two-day meeting yes-terday to weigh a fresh re-sponse to the weak US eco -nomy and stagnant jobs mar-ket.

The dollar fell against theeuro and stock markets roseamid anticipation that the Fed-eral Open Market Committeewould decide on some form ofmonetary easing action.

Options, analysts said, in-clude a strong verbal statementby the FOMC committingthemselves to holding theirbenchmark interest rate at thecurrent near-zero level through2015.

But also possible is thelaunch of "QE3," a huge"quantitative easing" bond-buying program aimed at fur-ther depressing long-terminte rest rates.

"The Fed has made it clearthat some form of easing willtake place at its meeting thisweek. There seems little doubtthat the easing will entail astrengthening of its verbal guid-ance on the low-for-long pol-icy," said Peter Hooper andTorsten Slok of Deutsche Bank.

"Whether we get anotherdose of QE announced now isclose to a toss-up," they added.

Pressure has been buildingfor new action by the FOMCfor months as economic

Fed meets under gun to act on weak

US economy

vernments "to give a strongsignal that this must change,"he said, adding that more cut-backs when the overall econ-omy is in recession will onlyincrease government deficits inthe long-term.

"If you cut wages further itwill further destabilise themarket and it would go intofurther recession," he said.

Indexing wages to produc-tivity and inflation targetscould serve as criteria to boostincomes, he said.

One of the main problemswas the lack of investment bygovernments afraid of gettinginto debt, Flassbeck said,likening the current economicsituation to that of 1990s low-growth Japan. European coun-tries had built up a "mantra ofausterity" led by Germany andother countries in the eurozonewere following suit, with fiscaldeadlock the result, he said.

GENEVA (AFP) - The worldeconomy is set to grow only2.3 percent in 2012 and willstagnate unless salaries in-crease in industrialised coun-tries and governments rejectcutbacks, the United Nationssaid yesterday.

"A number of developedcountries are shifting too soonfrom economic stimulus meas-ures to government budgetcuts," the United Nations Con-ference on Trade and Develop-ment (UNCTAD) said in asummary of its Trade and De-velopment Report 2012.

Speaking to reporters,Heiner Flassbeck, a formerGerman finance minister anddirector of UNCTAD's Divi-sion on Globalization and De-velopment Strategies, blamedmarkets for giving the "wrongsignal" to governments thatwages should fall further.

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KOLKATA : An Indian vendor sells vegetables sittingunder a truck outside a market in Kolkata on September12, 2012. The Indian Meteorological Department hasbacktracked on their projections of monsoon revival, de-claring that the country will have “deficient monsoon”in 2012. Monsoon rains are a key factor for global com-modities markets, strengthening the output of variouscrops in India, which could help bring relief to Asia'sthird-largest economy in its battle with high food prices.

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to write and compose music.‘Sagas’means stories, but

rather stories of life in whicheach song is a chapter and allsongs connect with their introsand outros.

It's something different andnew, which will lead to aunique musical journey.

It’s a project that lasted verylong and with hard work to tryto bring the best quality whichwas not easy.

The cover design was onceagain in hands of Zen Designs(Darin Henriquez) and was il-lustrated according to the title:‘Sagas’.

Compositions and lyrics, 13in total, are Angelo’s and Hild-ward’s and lyrics can be seen in

the cover's interior.The mixing was done in

Santo Domingo and the master-ing in Miami, Florida.

Disc Makers in the UnitedStates did the printing of thealbum.

The three genres, Rock,Reggae and Latin in Englishand Spanish are the brand ofSONIC LAB 297.

‘Sagas’is a product of Arubawhich includes Aruban musi-cians and recorded in differentstudios in Aruba and it reallydeserves your support.

‘Sagas’was made with muchhard work and dedication andwill for sure entertain everyone.

SONIC LAB 297 would cor-dially like to invite you to thelaunching of the album‘Sagas’, this Friday September14th, 2012 at Cafe Chaos withlive performance of SONICLAB 297.

Zoom, Tribulation, WhenYou're Young, Mañana andStill there manageto get high spotson the local radiobillboards.

SONIC LAB297 was honoredwith the majorawards Song of theyear 2002 andBand of 2002.

In 2003 Angeloenters the studio ofMartin Buitenweg,Earthwalk Studios'for the pre-pro-duction of thealbum 'Papia-mento'.

An opportunitypresented itself atthe end of the yearto make recordings in SterlingAudio Studios in the Domini-can Republic, once againthrough the contacts of Hild-ward Croes.

It is worth mentioning thatone of the songs that appears onthe album and theme song "Pa-piamento" is a reggae originallyrecorded by the late OscarFigueroa in Papiamento several

decades ago and was mergedand adapted into the style ofSONIC LAB 297, singing aduet with Angelo using moderntime technology to revive thetapes that were discovered inthe trunks of Aruba RecordingStudio.

Now, in 2012 , SONIC LAB297 is ready to launch its pro-duction number 3 entitled:‘Sagas’

‘Sagas’is a project of a cou-ple of years which started whenAngelo and Hildward gathered

SONIC LAB 297 is a band thatstarted among friends at the be-ginning of this millennium. Thename means: Lab of ArubanSound.

297 being the internationaldialing code for Aruba.

Founder and lead singer ofSONIC LAB 297, AngeloFigueroa comes from a familywith deep musical roots.

His father Oscar Figueroa(RIP) was well known in showbusiness in the decade of the'60s and '70s as the lead singerof his band TM5.

His mother Marta Figueroawas also in the band as a key-board player and backing vo-calist.

In the late 70's Martafounded the singing and danc-ing group Pierewietje for thechildren and the youth. In thisgroup, Angelo and his sistersIndrah and Sashah received anextensive musical trainingdoing live performances on TVand in concerts.

Who doesn’t remember thegreat success of the year 78 'Su-perman Halto Halto' sung byAngelo when he was only 4years old.

After having lived severalyears in Europe, Angelo re-turned to Aruba with a concernabout forming a band with adifferent style and so SONICLAB 297 was born.

In 2001 SONIC LAB 297produced its first album 'Un-finished Sympathy'.

In 2002, this productionwhich was dedicated to thememory of Oscar Figueroa, be-came one of the biggest localhits of the year.

Mainly songs like Zoom


SONIC LAB 297

longest-running Bond toldMorgan's "Life Stories" chatshow. "My mother was al-ways petrified when I wenthome to see that I had morescars."

Moore, who is on hisfourth marriage, said that onone occasion Van Steyn hadeven attacked a doctor whowas treating a cut on his hand.

"She said to him, 'Aren't yougoing to do anything?' andpunched him," he recalled."Which made a change, be-cause normally she punchedme."

Moore divorced Van Steynin 1953 and soon after marriedWelsh singer Dorothy Squires,whom he described as having"a great temper."

But this marriage was alsostormy, and she once hit himover the head with a guitar, heclaimed.

The actor went on to di-vorce Squires in 1968 andmarried Italian actress LuisaMattioli the next year. Thecouple had three children butended their marriage in 1996.

Moore has been married toChristina Tholstrup, a 71-year-old Scandinavian socialite,since 2002.

Squires died in 1998 andVan Steyn in 2010.

LONDON (AFP) - FormerJames Bond actor RogerMoore has claimed he was avictim of domestic violenceduring his first two marriages,it emerged on Wednesday.

The 84-year-old British star,who first played agent 007 in1973's "Live and Let Die", saidhis former wives Doorn VanSteyn and Dorothy Squiressubjected him to a string of at-tacks in both of their doomedmarriages.

Van Steyn, an ice skaterwho married Moore when hewas 19, once threw a teapot athim, he told television presen-ter Piers Morgan in an inter-view due to be broadcast onFriday.

"She would scratch me," the

Ex-007 Roger Moore'beaten up by first twowives'

Angelo Figueroa

Hildward Croes


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:Catch of the Day Aruban Style- shrimp - mixed seafood plat-ter with shrimp, fish, squid,scallops and mussels. Meatdishes such as BBQ Chickenand Ribs or Grilled Tender-loin, each including a choiceof 2 side dishes; all quiteyummy and bargain-priced toboot!

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,without a doubt, this is theway to truly eat like a local.They are open from 11:00 AMto 11:00 PM, daily, offering in-door and outdoor dining.Aside from an extensive menuthey also have daily specialsmade from whatever is in sea-son and Mama Luisa is in themood to prepare, so don’t for-get to ask about what isn’t onthe menu!

An elegant décor with abreezy terrace overlookingPalm Beach welcomes gueststo Varella Innocencia’s verypopular restaurant showcasingauthentic 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 wonthis charming eatery theirloyal clientele. 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 ArawakSteak, along with local delica-cies like Keshi Yena -“FullCheese.” This is a tasty, fillingstew of chicken, with other in-gredients that are handy thatday, all incased in a thick skinof melted Gouda. It was verysatisfying and particularlymemorable paired with TheQueen’s garlic bread and veryspecial Pica, a mix of choppedonions and the famous localhot pepper, Madame Janette.Not overly spicy, it lends thatperfect bit of tang to this deli-ciously picturesque meal.

Eat like a local at The Queen’s

restaurant at Palm Beach Plaza

Varella, Luisa and the next generation of chef

Keshi Yena with plaintains,vegetables and pica

JaIme, as they continue torenovate and enlarge whathad been only the men’s storeand warehouse in the past.Normally closed for a 2 hourlunch/siesta in the old islandway, shoppers will soon findit open daily for the entireday, from 9:30 AM to 6:30PM, as they are on Satur-day’s, with a bright, charmingeatery installed on the topfloor.

La Linda is continuallyexpanding their inventory,with their acquisitions depart-ment continually seeking outinteresting, unique, and mo -derately priced goods from

all over the world, alwayswith an eye towards quality.They pay particular attentionto their Women’s Departmentspecializing in over-sizedgarments, stocking largersizes exhibiting distinctivedash and style.

For travelers who haveperhaps lost their luggage,they can offer a quick fix forall the family which won’tbreak your budget, includingsome very stylish new suit-cases.

A visit to La Linda and pe-rusal of their interesting col-lection will make anyoneunderstand why it has re-mained successful all thesedecades, and is still Aruba’sfavorite place to shop!

To this day, La Linda isparticularly known for itshuge fabrics and notions de-partment, the first destinationfor many on an island wheremaking your own clothes isstill an everyday practice.Without question, the storeoffers the greatest diversity ofselection in nearly every de-partment, and they have nowconsolidated them all intoone store; four floors contain-ing a wealth of choices inclothing for men, women andchildren, house wares, bed-ding, sporting goods, lug-gage, shoes, jewelry, deco -rative items and more.

“The present store is awork in progress,” asserts

Though Aruba has its share ofdesigner brand stores andshopping malls, ask almostany islander where they shop,and they will likely tell you“La Linda.” Spread out overseveral specialty stores on theCaya Betico Croes, La Lindawas Aruba’s first and fore-most department stores,where, for decades, one couldfind anything and everything,and after more than 70 years,still can make that claim.

It is also a distinctly fa -mily operation, with the per-sonal touch and supervisionof the Hochmans, who taketheir reputation for stocking“the best quality for the bestprice” very seriously. It allstarted with Calman Hoch -man, a Jewish Polish immi-

grant who opened his firstsmall shop with his Arubanwife Anna, carrying “a littlebit of everything that anyonecould need.” This was beforeWWII, when the present headof the company, Jaime,hadn’t even been born yet.Many of their sales help havealso been with the store forover two decades, and “it isvery much like family here,”he admits. Their loyal patronsalso look forward to beinghelped by shop girls whohave become friends, know-ing they will get great andhonest service.

La Linda Department Store-where

Aruba shops!

Calman and Anna Hochman

Cheerful and Charming coffee shop to come

Unique, quality goods in all departments

Comfortable lounges for companions while shopping

a vast selection

O'Grady absolved Valder-rrama of blame, telling SkySports: "This isn't Valder-rama's problem. Valderramahas been tremendously helpfuland supportive in the politicalarena.

"This is really (due to) achange of leadership in thearea and how they do things.

"We always felt this onewould be rescued, and wewere prepared to go the extramile with our own money,whether we cut the prize fundor things like that -- but youcan't do it if people won't talkback the other way.

rama Golf Club -- won lastyear by Spain's Sergio Garcia-- would not go ahead, andhave now formally confirmedthat decision to the EuropeanTour.

The cancellation announce-ment came amidst concernsover the cost of staging majorsports events in Spain becauseof the country's ongoing finan-cial crisis.

In Valderrama's case, achange of government in An-dalucia appears to be behindthe cancellation, with the newauthority keen to reduce publicspending.

LONDON (AFP) - Nextmonth's Andalucia Masterstournament in southern Spainhas been cancelled, the Euro-pean PGA Tour confirmed onWednesday.

PGA chief executiveGeorge O'Grady said the eventwas a victim of the economiccrisis engulfing Spain, with achange of local government inthe region leading to with-drawal of financial support fora tournament due to be playedfrom October 18-21.

The local authorities in An-dalucia announced on Mondaythe competition at the Valder-


Golf: PGA blame Spanish politicsfor Andalucia Masters axe

Mumbai locals

force Lewis

Hamilton F1

show to move MUMBAI (AFP) - A noisydisplay of speed and burningrubber by Formula One starLewis Hamilton due to takeplace along Mumbai's iconicMarine Drive has been shiftedafter complaints from resi-dents in the upmarket area.

The British driver, cur-rently second in the F1 cham-pionship, was to roar down thestreet along the Mumbai coaston Sunday evening at a spon-sorship event ahead of the Sin-gapore Grand Prix later thismonth.

But local residents, who in-clude some of the city's multi-millionaires, have forced theaction to be moved to the Ban-dra Kurla Complex in thenorthern suburbs of the city.

The Marine Drive Council,an umbrella group of residents'associations, expressed fearsthat the "advertising stunt"could lead to "rampant com-mercial use" of the road.

"Marine Drive is not a racetrack and no race should everbe held on it," said a lettersigned by Ashok Rao, councilpresident.

"There's been a lot of acci-dents on the road because ofrash driving and Lewis Hamil-ton will only encourage that,"Rao told AFP.

He also said the noise pol-lution and disruption were un-suitable in an area for whichthey are trying to obtain UN-ESCO heritage status.

"We have nothing againstLewis Hamilton. We wouldlike to protect the area, that'sit," he said.

Organisers of the "Voda-fone Speed Fest" said they haddecided to shift the venue outof respect for locals' concerns.

SPORTS

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian bodyboarder Luiz Cesarcompetes in the Rio Bodyboarding International 2012,professionals men championship, 2012 IBA World Cham-pionship Tour, at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil, on September 12, 2012.

AFP PHOTO

PHILADELPHIA : Starting pitcher Josh Johnson #55 ofthe Miami Marlins delivers a pitch during the gameagainst the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Parkyesterday, Philadelphia won from Miami 9 - 7 .

AFP PHOTO

eration (DFB).Germany lost 3-1 at home

to Argentina in a friendly inmid-August, and then openedup their 2014 World Cup qual-ifying campaign with twowins against the Faroe Islands(3-0) and Austria (2-1) in thelast week.

The Bundesliga was one ofthe last major leagues in Eu-rope to restart this season, withthe opening game played onAugust 24.

BERLIN (AFP) - Bayern Mu-nich president Uli Hoeness onWednesday criticised foot-ball's world governing bodyFIFA for allowing so many in-ternational matches to beplayed this early in the season.

"It is a joke that we are onlyin mid-September and haveonly played two leaguematches but have already hadto play three internationals. It'sridiculous," the outspokenHoeness told German SkySport News.

The Bavarian club's chair-man Karl-Heinz Rummeniggehas previously gone publicwith his displeasure at thenumber of international dateson the FIFA calendar, an issuewhich has created rifts in thepast between the Bundesligaand the German Football Fed-

Football: Bayern's Hoeness

criticises FIFA scheduling

son, demonstrated the biggerman was still the better. Grac-ing the Caribbean Bash werealso Hall of Famers “Rowdy”Roddy Piper, in full Scottishregalia, and Jerry “The King”Lawler, who only fought withwords and wit, providing en-tertainment for all. Local pro-moters Jonathan Tromp andHoward Ian Lejuez reportthey were proud to bring live,world class wrestling back toAruba after 20 years.

Ten-time World Tag Teamchampion Billy Gunn de-feated Scott Steiner to takethe Aruba title; and Sean “X-Pac” Waltman claimed theCaribbean Champion Belt.

The excitement, drama andcomedy of live wrestlinglivened up Aruba last week-end; promoters promised itwill be the first of many suchtournaments, as the “The

Legends” Caribbean Tourplans to make Aruba theirbase of operations for the re-gion.

by Rosalie Klein

Champion. Commentary was

provided by veteranpromoter and WWEcommissioner, RevSteel. Visitingwrestling stars in-cluded Kevin Nash,who also contributedto organizing theevent, along withlocal promoters.Joining him on themat were ScottSteiner, Divas An-gelina Love and Vel-vet Sky, Curacaowrestler Bas Kunder,who took quite abeating from Rhinoduring the final Sun-day playoffs, and ris-ing young star ScottHall, who defeatedfeisty Chasyn Ranceduring the first

match of the last night. An unscheduled and im-

promptu rematch betweenKevin Hall, who had suffereddefeat on Saturday to Krim-

Aruba enjoyed a weekend oflive wrestling action this pastweekend for the debut duringthe debut of the CaribbeanWrestling Bash “The Leg-ends Tour.” Aptly named,legendary pros battled it on inthe arena at the Joe LaveistBallpark in San Nicolas forthe big belt declaring themthe Aruba Wrestling Bash


Billy Gunn takes the Aruba belt in the first installment

of Caribbean Wrestling Bash “The Legends”

Aruban champ Billy 'Gun courtesyof Kenny Theysen

Nash sends crimson flying

Rhino and Bas Kunder

X Pac caribbean champ and Billy Gunn courtesy ofKenny Theysen

Crimson on top

RoddyPiper inregalia


LONDON (AFP) - BritishPrime Minister DavidCameron apologised Wednes-day to families of the 96 Hills-borough football stadiumdisaster victims after a probefound police tried to blame fansfor the 1989 tragedy.

Cameron told parliament thevictims had suffered a "doubleinjustice" from official failingsthat led to fans being crushed inBritain's worst sporting tragedyand then from police attemptsto impugn the dead.

He was speaking after theseven-member HillsboroughIndependent Panel led by theBishop of Liverpool publisheda report following an exhaus-tive review of thousands of for-merly secret documents.

The disaster was caused bymassive overcrowding in theLeppings Lane End of Hills-borough stadium in the north-ern English city of Sheffield atthe 1989 FA Cup semi-final be-tween Liverpool and Notting-ham Forest.

To ease overcrowding out-side, police opened an exitgate, allowing supporters toflood into the central pens.Fenced in, fans were crushed todeath.

Lawmakers gasped asCameron said the panel foundthat police repeatedly tried tocover up evidence of their ownfailings following the disasterin a bid to make it look as iffans were at fault.

Police "significantlyamended" 164 statements, in-

cluding the removal of 116 neg-ative comments about the lead-ership of the police, he said.

By analysing post-mortemreports, the panel found 41people could potentially havebeen revived had the emer-gency services taken moreprompt action.

Cameron said the attorneygeneral would now review the"deeply distressing" report todecide whether to apply to thehigh court to quash an original,flawed inquest into the tragedy.

British PM sorry for Hillsborough disaster'injustice'

Congolese

Olympic,

Paralympic

delegates seek

UK asylum KINSHASA(AFP) - Six

members of the Democratic

Republic of Congo's

Olympic and Paralympic

teams are seeking asylum in

Britain, citing political and

rights abuses in their coun-

try, an official said Wednes-

day.

Lawyer Patrick Pindi,

who heads a Congolese asso-

ciation for disabled people,

said three members of the

Olympic delegation, a Para-

lympic committee official

and two disabled athletes

"don't want to go home."

The three Olympic dele-

gates -- judo trainer Blaise

Bekwa, athletics coach Guy

Nkita and boxing coach Ade-

lard Ibula -- have been miss-

ing since the Olympic

Games finished August 12.

Pindu said the disabled

athletes -- Dedeline

Mibamba and Levy Kitam-

bala -- and the delegation of-

ficial, Robert Dikazolele,

had called him on September

7 to tell him they would not

return to DR Congo.

"They told me that the

country is in a state of inse-

curity, that there is bad gov-

ernance and gruesome rights

violations," he said, adding

that the delegates said dis-

abled people are treated

without respect and political

opponents are mistreated.

Pindu said his organisa-

tion deplored Mibamba and

Kitambala's decision.

"I had said to them that it

was the first time that people

living with handicaps had

taken part in such an impor-

tant international event and

that it would be better if they

came home," Pindu said.

He added that he warned

the athletes their decision

could impact future competi-

tors trying to secure visas.

"But apparently our ad-

vice was in vain," he said.

"They have chosen their

path."

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