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Facebook shares have lostaround half their value sincethe IPO at $38 a share.

Zuckerberg said that despitethe disappointment, "we'regoing to execute this missionabout making the world moreconnected."

Zuckerberg also sought toaddress critics who suggest thecompany is ill-prepared for ashift to mobile devices, whereFacebook has only begun toget ad revenues.

"Now we are a mobile com-pany," he said.

He said the company willseek to pursue its "mission"while seeking to make moneyfor shareholders.

"We are a mission drivencompany," he said.

"Building a mission andbuilding a business go hand inhand. From the beginningwe've had this understandingwe've had to do both."

But Zuckerberg said Face-book is not building its ownmobile phone, despite some re-ports to the contrary.

"The phone just doesn'tmake any sense," Zuckerbergsaid in an interview at a SanFrancisco technology confer-ence, brushing aside some re-ports from earlier this year.

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) -Facebook founder MarkZuckerberg said yesterday theplunge in the company's stockprice since its public offeringwas "disappointing" but wouldnot change the company's mis-sion.

"The performance of thestock has obviously been dis-appointing and we care aboutour shareholders," Zuckerbergtold a San Francisco confer-ence, but said that over time,"we're going to be makingmore money on mobile thanwe make on desktop."

Zuckerberg appeared at theTechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012conference, in his first publicinterview since the massivepublic offering May 18 thatwas hotly anticipated butended up being a flop.

Valero, and the economic chal-lenges it will place on the is-land. He complimented va -rious sectors of the commu-nity, such as the banks, whichhold loans and mortgages, foruniting together to ease the im-pact on the employees andtheir families facing the conse-quences of the situation.

He commended the presentadministration’s pro-active po -licies of community building,with such initiatives as the So-cial Dialog, Bo Bario program,and encouragement of smallbusiness while providing trai -ning programs for fledglingentrepreneurs.

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Aruba faces with the transitionof the San Nicolas refinery intoa trans-shipment terminal by

Governor Fredis Refunjol, theappointed representative onAruba of HRM Queen Beatrix,officially opened the 2012-2013 year of parliamentarysessions yesterday morning.The annual tradition is accom-panied by inspection of anhonor guard of Royal DutchMarines outside the Parliamentbuilding, before Governor Re-funjol addresses the gatheredministers, legislators and rep-resentatives of importantNGO’s and organizations inthe auditorium.

The governor was officiallywelcomed by President of Par-liament, Paul Croes, and in-vited to discourse on the stateof the nation. Governor Refun-jol addressed the current trials

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Zuckerberg: Facebook stockplunge 'disappointing'

http://itec.mea.gov.in. Youmay download a pdf brochurewith a complete list of all thecourses and dates they are tobe offered.

There are 3 reserved placesfor Aruba in the 2012 -2013program.

In this program the govern-ment of India is offering 3 fullscholarships for participantsfrom Aruba interested in par-ticipating and qualifying forthe course.

The website will providethe seeker with all relevant in-formation and what the re-quirements are for beingeligible for the program. Thereis also information on the costof the program which the go -vernment of India will cover.

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The Indian Technical andEconomic Cooperation(ITEC) is the most importantprogram of cooperation thatthe government of India of-fers, not only to a broad geo-graphical coverage (158 coun -tries), but also as an innova-tive partnership offering mu-tual benefits.

The program is based on ademand and focuses on theneeds of countries in develop-ment.

Detailed information can beviewed on their website at

ORANJESTAD -- The directorof the Aruba Department ofExternal Relations, Drs. AndyLee, received an official visitfrom Mrs. Smita Purushottam,the Ambassador of India inVenezuela. During her visithere, Ambassador Purushottampresented the ITEC program toAruba as one of the 158 coun-tries who are partners of Indiaand can participate in the pro-gram. This means that Aruba ispart of the bilateral program ofcooperation that the govern-ment of India is offering.

Aruba External Relations department

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However, the fact is thatwhen any employee, even ifthis employee is a union repre-sentative, acts in such a man-ner that the legitimate interestsof his employer are jeopard-ized, AAA can not overlookthe matter without giving theemployee a disciplinary meas-ure for his behavior and ac-tions, even if the employee is aunion-representative.

Like any other AAA em-ployee, all employees thathold union positions are ex-pected to act as a good em-ployee and in the interests ofAAA.

plinary action taken againstthis particular AAA employee,is not based on his activities astrade-union representative.

AAA has always had thehighest regard for union – re-lations and union representa-tives and has in fact recentlyclosed a new collective wor -king agreement that is benefi-cial for both parties and allowsfor time off with pay for unionrepresentatives. AAA respectsunion-rights, the applicablelaws and treaties and has con-firmed this position again inthe current collective workingagreement.

ORANJESTAD – Aruba Air-port Authority N.V. (AAA)has taken notice of severalpublications and radio broad-casts about disciplinary mea -sure taken against of one of itsemployees.

As a general rule, AAAdoes not react in the press re-garding individual emplo -yees, nor their disciplinarystatus. However, since in thiscase, the matter has becomepublic and certain unfoundedaccusations are being made,AAA has decided to respond.By means of this release AAAwants to relay that the disci-

AAA reacts to media expressions

related to suspension of employee

locally, like vegetables, meat,milk and cheese, etc.

They also discussed the pre-vention of diseases among theanimals, which is controlled inVenezuela through an aware-ness program and funds forprevention. This information isvery crucial for Santa Rosa.Here the Minister has instituteda commission to explore thepossibility for chang ing the lawon the import of livestock fromColombia, Ve ne zuela andBrazil with the objective of re-ducing the high cost of import-ing from the USA. This wouldenable us to increase the num-ber of animals for the localconsumption of fresh meat.

Mr. Fuenmayor was im-pressed to see how Aruba’s pri-mary sector has developed insuch a short period of time.

Fuenmayor had words ofpraise for the work of the newdirector and her staff and forthe excellent performance ofthe Santa Rosa department.

Just recently Santa Rosa re-ceived a special visit fromRaimundo Fuenmayor, VicePresident of the Equipo Zu-liano Para Cria, in Venezuela.Coincidentally, Fuenmayor is arepeat guest and Timeshareholder on Aruba.

After following the pro -gress of Santa Rosa on Facebook and through the media,Fuenmayor decided to paySanta Rosa a personal visit tosee for himself how SantaRosa operates. He spent timeconversing with newly ap-pointed Director of SantaRosa, Nathalie Maduro.Maduro introduced Fuen-mayor to the recent develop-ments at Santa Rosa and heshared what is happening inVenezuela regarding their live-stock and agriculture program.They also explored the possi-bility for the interchange ofideas and experiences.

One important matterwhich was discussed is the re-cycling system and low ex-pense sustainable projects forconsumers that are practiced inVenezuela which could be ap-plied and adapted in Aruba.Example of this is the use ofrecycled wooden pallets to fab-ricate steel or fences for live-stock. They also discussed theimportance of producing or-ganic products for local con-sumption and the quality ofproducts that can be produced

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The senior class studentswere enthusiastic about thefirst phase of this lecture se-ries and actively participatedin the discussion which fol-lowed.

Photos showing Milliardduring his lecture at the Uni-versity of Aruba.

that it is impossible for socialwor kers to practice their pro-fession without having thisknowledge.

What’s more, says Mil-liard, it’s crucial that studentsknow the critical role that thepolitical and judicial structurehas. This knowledge can beused to influence the welfareand human development of

Parliament as well as of thesocial assistance and benefitsof Aruba.

Aruba has her own lawsand system but as a countryAruba also forms part of theHuman Rights Program, andmust adhere to internationalnorms which also apply to us.

It is important, accordingto Milliard, for students tounderstand how the processof making political decisionsinfluences the developmentof certain laws. He claims

cular lecture was to explainthe relationship between the-ory and practice and to makethe information as relevant aspossible to students.

A focus on the political andjudicial structure in

Aruba:According to Milliard, in

order for social workers to dotheir job in a professionalmanner, they must be knowl-edgeable about the function-ing of government and of

ORANJESTAD -- Politicaland Institutional Frameworkof Aruba was the topic of alecture to senior class stu-dents in the Bachelor of Artsin Social Work & Develop-ment program of the Univer-sity of Aruba by LucianoMilliard. Milliard’s lecturewas one of several as part ofthe course in Social Legisla-tion and Policy.

Milliard has ample experi-ence teaching constitutionalrights. His goal in this parti -

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Luciano Milliard lectures at University

cent per liter.- The new price for

kerosin will be 209.3 cent perliter, an increase of 12.7 centper liter

In the new prices the BBOis already included.

ORANJESTAD– The Ministryof Economic,Cultural and So-cial Affairs an-nounces to thegeneral publicthat as of today,We d n e s d a y ,April 11, 2012,there will bechanges in dif-ferent oil pro -duct prices.

- The new price for un-leaded-premium gas will be244.7 cent per liter, an increaseof 16.0 cent per liter

- The new price fordiesel LS will be 214.4 centper liter, an increase of 11.2

Oil product pricesrises today

* Book early, as thereilimited placed available(Max. 40) FundacionAlzheimer Aruba (F.A.A.) re-serves the right to retain 50%of the fee, in case of cancel-lations after September 30th,2012.

* Cancellation prior toSeptember 30th will incur A$30 (52 Florins) administra-tive handling charge.

* Participants shouldwear comfortable, appropri-ate clothing.

* Venue of the work-shops: Holiday Inn ResortAruba, J.E. Irausquin Blvd230

* Versions of materialsin English, Spanish and Papi-amento will be available at allworkshops.

For more information andregistration for workshops orthe Memory Walk, contactF.A.A. President, MelvaCroes-Yanez, at their officeson the Avenida Milo Croes29 SUITE-C, telephone 582-1684, Email: [email protected], or visittheir website: www.alz hei -mer-aruba.org

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world peace among nations. The Aruba Department of

External Relations is encou -raging those interested to go tothe website www.embindia.organd http://itec.mea.gov.in toget the necessary informationabout the program and theITEC scholarship and to takeadvantage of this excellent op-portunity.

They will cover the cost of thereturn air ticket, the coursefees, boarding and more.

The website will also pro-vide the details regarding theselection process. Sufficientto mention here that the threecandidates selected for Arubawill be based on an interview,their field of study and rele-vant work experience. Thedecision for issuing the schol-arship is in the hands of theMinistry of External Relationsof the go vernment of India.

At the end of the course, it isexpected that the student mustprovide feedback to the Ambas-sador to help with improvingthe program. The governmentof India considers the ITECprogram an important vehiclefor creating friendship and

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closer relationships, increasein freedom and spontaneity,calming of agitation, relief ofisolation, and improved com-munication.” Those attendingthe workshop will learn howto use the creative process ofmaking art to improve a per-son’s physical, mental, andemotional well-being.

“When Words Have LostTheir Meaning: The Personwith Alzheimer’s Communi-cate through Art“. Is one ofthe workshops, “becausethough a person graduallyloses the abi lity to expressher/his self with words, otherparts of their brain that dealwith colors and body lan-guage can still be used to ex-press their emotions andthoughts in a non-verbalway.”

* Four (4) days Work-shops Fee: US $200,- (AWG.350,-), including Sunday’sexperiential workshop withcaretakers. Sunday session isFREE for Caretakers of theparticipants. (Please registeryour caretaker: limited placesavailable)

* Fee Includes: Tuition,Materials and Certificate.Tea/Coffee, Pastries.

Foundation Alzheimer Aruba(F.A.A.) announced they willbe observing their tenth yearof awareness raising eventsbeginning with a commemo-rative Mass at the FatimaChurch in Dakota on Sunday,September 16 at 6:00 PM.The week will be filled witha number of informativeevents for those living withAlzheimer’s, their lovedones, and professional care-givers. This year’s theme is“Stand up Against Stigma.”

Teal Ribbon Week eventswill end on Saturday, Sep-tember 22, with the tradi-tional 5K Memory Walk, thisyear with Zumba, commenc-ing at 5:00 PM from the park-ing lot of the GuillermoTrinidad Stadium in Dakota.Registration for the walk be-gins at 4:00. Registration feeis 5 Aruban florins per per-son, which entitles entrants toa tee shirt, fruit, refreshmentsand tickets for the greatprizes from the annual raffle.Walkers are invited to be cre-ative and form teams andgroups.

F.A.A. will also beconduc ting programs on“Coping with a Loved Onewith Alzheimer’s RelatedDisorders”. A four day work-shop on: Art Therapies for In-dividuals with Alzhei mer’s,:with visiting lecturers Profes-sor Dr. Robert Winter fromNorth Carolina, and Profes-sor Dr. Victor Fuenmayorfrom Venezuela, is scheduledfrom October 4-7, at the Hol-iday Inn.

Art therapies “haveproven to be a very effectivetool in understanding andcommunicating with thoseafflicted with Alzheimer’s.They provide new ways tocommunicate, improved con-centration, better behavior,

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Paul Croes thanked GovernorRefunjol for his remarks andinvited him and governmentofficials to retire to the hallsfor some refreshment. Eachyear, a class from an islandschool is selected to attendthe official ceremony to un-derstand and appreciate theworkings of government.This year, it was Class 4 ofthe Filipe B. Tromp School,named for Aruba’s first na-tive born governor.

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ity of the Aruban people andthe current government toweather the storm of the re-finery stoppage, while beingresourceful in ba lancing itwith positive action to main-tain economic stability. Hefurther cited government pol-icy of investment for im-proved infrastructure andschools, the latter being thefoundation of a better life forthe next generation, and thecontinuance of prosperity forthe entire island.

Parliamentary President

sources. This has attractedglobal attention, includingcommitment by the CarbonWar Room cooperative to as-sist in seeing this become areality.

Governor Refunjol’s“State of the Union” addresswas generally positive, withoptimism regarding the abil-

Latin American economies toboost visitors from these na-tions.

He also cited the worthyambition of the current admi -nistration, and the stepstaken, to see Aruba be a com-pletely oil independent nationby 2020, with all energycoming from “green”

He tied this into the continu-ing efforts of the governmentto diversify an economy noweven more dependent ontourism, with the downsizingof the refinery. He also exam-ined the steps taken to diver-sify Aruba’s tourismdemographic, attractingwhole salers from strong


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by separatists opposed toFrench rule.

The victims, who the sourcesaid had probably been am-bushed, were found by a driverwho had spotted the car in theditch.

The three victims, who areCorsican but whose identitieshave not been confirmed, wereknown to the police, the source

AJACCIO (AFP) - Three peo-ple were found shot dead yes-terday in a car dumped in aditch on the French Mediter-ranean island of Corsica, asource close to the inquiry intotheir killings said.

The bodies were found in amountain village near the townof Corte in the north of the is-land, which has suffered threedecades of low-level violence

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Agroup of protesters scaled thewall at the US embassy in Cairoyesterday and tore down theStars and Stripes, a US StateDepartment official confirmed.

"We had some peoplebreach the wall, take the flagdown and replace it," State De-partment spokeswoman Victo-ria Nuland said, adding that sofar there had not been any re-ports of injuries.

A dozen men scaled the em-bassy walls and one of themtore down the US flag, replac-ing it with a black one in-scribed with the Muslimprofession of faith: "There isno God but God and Mo-hammed is the prophet ofGod."

The film was apparentlyproduced by expatriate mem-bers of Egypt's Christian mi-nority resident in the UnitedStates.

"What I heard was that itwas replaced with a... plainblack flag. But I may not becorrect in that," she added,asked if it was an Al-Qaedaflag.

An AFP photographer saidsome 3,000 demonstrators,most of them hardline Islamistsupporters of the Salafistmovement or football fans,gathered at the Cairo mission toprotest a film deemed offensiveto the Prophet Mohammed.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUnited States yesterday con-gratulated the new president ofSomalia, voicing hope theelection of Hassan Sheikh Mo-hamud will mark a new era forthe African nation torn by twodecades of war.

"We look forward to wor -king with him," State Depart-ment spokeswoman VictoriaNuland told journalists, addingthat Monday's presidentialvote was "the final step in theroadmap to end the transition."

"It's also a hopeful sign forthe new era of Somali gover-nance," she said, highlightingsecurity gains made in theHorn of Africa nation by anAfrican Union mission and So-mali national forces.

The White House late Mon-day also sent congratulationsto the "Somali people for com-pleting this momentous politi-cal transition" which it saidmarked "an important mile-stone" for the country.

Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, a56-year-old university lecturer,who is little known outside hiscountry, defied predictions andwas chosen by lawmakers asSomalia's new president fromamong a dozen hopefuls.

US voiceshope fornew era inSomalia

crecy."It denounced the obstacles

it said some member states hadput in the way of probes by na-tional parliaments and the ju-diciary into the CIA program.

"Lack of transparency, clas-sification of documents, preva-lence of national and politicalinterests (...) lack of rigorousinvestigative techniques and ofcooperation" are among theseobstacles," the resolutionadded.

It called on Romania to re-open inquiries into allegedCIA detention centers on itsterritory in the light of newevi dence of flights betweenRomania and Lithuania.

It also called on Lithuaniato cooperate.

And it urged Poland to per-severe in an ongoing criminalprobe into the secret detentioncenters said to have operatedthere, while deploring the gov-ernment's silence on the inves-tigation.

The resolution also calledon several other member statesto fully disclose any relevantinformation they might haveon the issue of secret CIAflights on their territory.

It named Britain, Cyprus,Denmark, Finland, Germany,Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland,Portugal, Romania and Spain.

STRASBOURG (AFP) - Eu-ropean Union member statesaccused of having hosted se-cret CIA jails in the wake ofthe 9/11 attacks should comeclean on the issue, said a reso-lution approved yesterday bythe European Parliament.

The non-binding resolutiontargeted Lithuania, Poland andRomania in particular.

They were urged to shedmore light on allegations thatthey had hosted secret prisonsused by the US Central Intelli-gence Agency for its contro-versial rendition program inthe wake of the September 11,2001 attacks.

The resolution was basedon a new report submitted tothe parliament by FrenchGreens MEP Helene Flautre.

Welcoming the vote, shesaid: "The report supports theexistence of a vast, secret andillegal system that led to actsof torture and forced disap-pearances.

"It is based on new facts re-vealed, in particular, in aerialdatabases held by Eurocon-trol," she added. Eurocontrol isresponsible for air traffic con-trol and safety in EU territory.

The resolution, which wasadopted by 568 votes to 34,with 77 abstentions, declared:"Only genuine national secu-rity grounds can justify se-


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Euro-MPs press E.Europeancountries over secret CIAprisons

US confirms protesters breached Cairoembassy wall

WARSAW : Photo shows the cover of the Egzorcystamonthly in Warsaw. With exorcism booming in Poland,Roman Catholic priests here have joined forces with apublisher to launch what they claim is the world's firstmonthly magazine focused exclusively on chasing outthe devil. "The rise in the number or exorcists from fourto more than 120 over the course of 15 years in Polandis telling," Father Aleksander Posacki, a professor ofphilosophy, theology and leading demonologist and ex-orcist told reporters in Warsaw at the September 10launch of the Egzorcysta monthly. (AFP PHOTO)

Three people found shot dead incar in France

tion, don't give up!" he said."You must render the minesungovernable."

expelled earlier this yearfrom the ruling African Na-tional Congress (ANC) for ill-discipline, Malema hasca pi talised on the mining un-rest to push his radical viewsand to take political shots at hisenemy President Jacob Zuma.

strike for five days everymonth until mining giants bowto an across-the-board basicsalary demand for the sameamount.

"If they don't meet your de-mand, we are going to strikeevery month for five days untilwe reach 12,500 rand," Ma -lema told a cheering crowd ofaround 3,000.

"This is a serious revolu-

in the head.Tensions have been rising

at the mine where workershave refused to return to worksince downing tools on August10 unless the world's numberthree platinum producer bowsto demands for a wage hike to12,500 rand ($1,526).

Their call was taken up byMalema yesterday who urgedworkers at Gold Fields to

strikers in a wildcat stayaway,as the mine unrest over wagedemands spread to Gold Fieldswhere 15,000 people havedowned tools.

"A body of a man wasfound dead," said policespokesman Thulani Ngubane."He seems to have been hitwith a sharp object," he toldAFP, after local media reportedthat the corpse had two gashes

CArLeTONvILLe, SouthAfrica (AFP) - The death tollin South Africa's month-longLonmin platinum strike rose to45 yesterday, as maverick for-mer youth leader JuliusMalema urged more stoppagesin the vital mining sector.

A man's hacked body wasfound at the platinum giant'sMarikana mine, where policelast month gunned down 34

WASHINGTON (AFP) - TheUnited States would haveabout a year to take action ifIran decided to build nuclearweapons and the Americanmilitary is well-prepared if themoment comes, Defense Sec-retary Leon Panetta said in atelevision interview yesterday.

The Pentagon chief told"CBS This Morning" that itwould take Iran some time toconstruct a nuclear device oncethe Tehran leadership chose togo ahead.

Asked how much time itwould take, Panetta replied:"It's roughly about a year rightnow. A little more than a year.

"And so, we think we willhave the opportunity once weknow that they've made thatdecision, to take the action nec-essary to stop the program."

Panetta's comments comeamid tension with Iran over itsnuclear program as well asgrowing friction between theUnited States and Israel overthe urgency of the threat posedby Tehran's uranium enrich-ment work.

Israeli leaders have por-trayed Iran as on the verge ofsecuring nuclear weapons andwarned US officials that a"zone of immunity" could soonemerge in which it would betoo late to stage bombing raidsto derail Tehran's program.

President Barack Obama'sadministration has taken amore cautious approach, sug-gesting there is still time toallow sanctions to take effectand for more potential sabo-tage of Iran's nuclear sites, ac-cording to analysts and formerofficials.

Panetta said US spy agen-cies are able to track Iran's nu-clear project and assess howclose the Islamic republic maybe towards achieving the capa-bility to build an atomic bomb.

"We have pretty good intel-ligence on them. We knowgenerally what they're up to.And so we keep a close trackon them," he said.


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Mine death toll rises as S.Africa's Malema urges stayaways

are excluded, but 14 broad cat-egories, containing dozens ofdifferent types, are includedand sufferers would qualify forfree treatment and compensa-tion.

Despite huge sympathy andpolitical backing for victims of9/11, the compensation deci-sion has been held up by thescarcity of evidence of a directlink between the World TradeCenter tragedy and cancer.

The pool of money for theoverall health program will notbe expanded.

New York Mayor MichaelBloomberg welcomed thenews, "We have urged fromthe very beginning that the de-cision whether or not to in-clude cancer be based onscience," he said.

"Dr Howard's decision,made after thorough consider-ation of the latest available re-search and data, will continueto ensure that those who havebecome ill due to the heinousattacks on 9/11 get the medicalcare they need and deserve.”

A $4.3 billion fund is avail-able for 9/11 health victimsbut until now cancer sufferers-- believed to be in the manyhundreds -- have not been ableto place claims of their own.

Until now, most of the aidrecipients, including local res-idents and emergency servicespersonnel, have received com-pensation for respiratory dis-eases linked to the toxic dustand fumes from the fallen tow-ers.

In the ruling, some cancers

NEW YORK (AFP) - About50 types of cancer will beadded to the list of diseases el-igible for coverage in a com-pensation program for peoplewho became sick after theWorld Trade Center collapseon September 11, 2001, offi-cials announced.

The National Institute forOccupational Safety andHealth said it had confirmed arecommendation made in Juneto include the cancers, whichbreak down into 14 categories.

Ground Zero cancer victims toget compensation

mula has to be built up incre-mentally, on what has previ-ously been tested.

The candidate vaccine,CYD-TPV, was given to 2,669children in three doses, while1,333 were given a harmlesslookalike called a placebo toact as a comparison.

The trial was a so-calledPhase IIb, meaning a stepped-up test in the long three-phaseprocess by which new drugsare tested for safety and effec-tiveness.

In the vaccine group, 76children, or 2.8 percent, fell di-agnosed with dengue, com-pared with 58 cases, or 4.4percent, among the controlgroup.

But among the inoculatedchildren, protection againstDENV 1, 3, 4 was 55.6 per-cent, 75.3 percent and 100 per-cent -- but against DENV 2, itwas just 9.2 percent. Overall,the protection was just 30.2percent.

French pharmaceuticalgiant Sanofi Pasteur said thatdespite this disappointment,the story was not yet over.

Phase III trials of CYD-TPV are underway in severalother countries, where differ-ent conditions may give a dif-ferent outcome or, possibly,tips for a solution to widen thevaccine's shield.

occur each year in more than100 countries. In 1970, the dis-ease was endemic in just ninecountries.

Half a million people eachyear develop severe dengue, afeverish condition requiringhospitalisation.

But the search for the vac-cine has been complicated bythe fact that there are four dif-ferent strains -- known asDENV 1, 2, 3 and 4 -- all ofwhich may circulate in an out-break zone.

Adding to the problem isthat dengue seems to be exclu-sive to humans, which meansit is impossible to test vaccineson lab animals first.

As a result, trials have toproceed with even greater cau-tion than usual, and the for-

PARIS (AFP) - A prototypevaccine for dengue notched upthe best success yet against thedisease but failed to protectagainst all its viral strains, re-searchers reported on Tuesday.

Tested among just over4,000 children in rural Thai-land who were badly exposedto the mosquito-borne fever,the vaccine had no side effectsbut only worked against threeout of the four dengue strains.

The outcome shows that thequest is far from over, but thegood news is "a safe vaccineagainst dengue is possible",the researchers said in TheLancet.

According to the UN'sWorld Health Organisation(WHO), between 50 and 100million dengue infections


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website and in the Annals ofInternal Medicine.

The tests include ovarianscans and blood tests that lookat a marker that can be linkedto the disease.

The group said they are notrecommended routinely forwomen who do not show signsof the disease, or who have ge-netic mutations (BRCA1 andBRCA2) that put them at agreater risk of developing it.

Other medical groups al-ready have made similar rec-ommendations including the"American Cancer Society"and "American Congress ofObstetricians and Gynecolo-gists."

Ovarian cancer is fairly rare.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Rou-tine screening for ovarian can-cer is ineffective and at timescan do more harm than good,a panel of cancer specialistshas concluded.

"There is no existingmethod of screening for ovar-ian cancer that is effective inreducing deaths," said US Pre-ventive Services Task Forcemember and chair Dr VirginiaMoyer.

"In fact, a high percentageof women who undergoscreening experience false-positive test results and conse-quently may be subjected tounnecessary harms, such asmajor surgery," added Moyerin a statement on the group's

Routine screening forovarian cancer a failure: study

Dengue fever: Vaccine trial raises a muted

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SAN FRANSISCO : Facebook founder and CEO MarkZuckerberg speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012conference on September 11, 2012 in San Francisco, inhis first public interview since the massive public offer-ing on May 18 that was hotly anticipated but ended upbeing a flop. Facebook is not building its own mobilephone, despite some reports to the contrary, Zuckerbergsaid, adding the phone would be "clearly the wrong strat-egy" to adopt.

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opened route we hope thatour expedition will play asmall part in bringing furtherattention to climate changeand contributing to a largershift in attitudes," they wroteon their site.

"The Arctic is melting atan alarming rate and is clearproof of our disharmony withthe planet," they wrote.

"Our approach to sailacross a historical stretch ofwater that has traditionallybeen frozen is meant to be aclear visual example of theextent of declining polar ice."

The vessel is due to sailinto Nome, Alaska, today.


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MONTREAL (AFP) - Athree-man sailing expeditionfor the first time has navi-gated the once-frozen North-west Passage, a perilousArctic route made accessibleonly because of meltingcaused by global warming.

The Swedish sailboat, the9.4 meter (31 foot) BelzebubII, navigated through Mc-Clure Strait, northernmostwaterway on the edge of theCanadian Northwest Territo-ries.

The crew -- AmericanMorgan Peissel, CanadianNicolas Peissel and the

Swedish owner of the vessel,Edvin Buregren, 35 -- said itwas the first time that a ves-sel other than an icebreakerhad breached the passage.

They chronicled theirthree month long expeditionon their websitebelzebub2.com.

The voyage took themfrom Newfoundland, Canadato Greenland and through theCanadian Arctic, on theirquest to document the rap-idly dwindling polar ice andto bring awareness to the ef-fects of global warming.

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Sailboat navigates once-frozenArctic waterway

SPACE, - : The penny in this image is part of a cameracalibration target on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity takenby the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) camera on MarsThe penny is a nod to geologists' tradition of placing acoin or other object of known scale as a size referencein close-up photographs of rocks, and it gives the publica familiar object for perceiving size easily when it will beviewed by MAHLI on Mars. The specific coin, providedby MAHLI's principal investigator, Ken Edgett, is a 1909"VDB" penny. That was the first year Lincoln pennieswere minted and the centennial of Abraham Lincoln'sbirth. The VDB refers to the initials of the coin's designer,Victor D. Brenner, which are on the reverse side. Brennerbased the coin's low-relief portrait of Lincoln on a pho-tograph taken Feb. 9, 1864, by Anthony Berger in theWashington, D.C. studio of Mathew Brady.

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Premier Jean-Claude Juncker -- who is also head of the Eu-rogroup of finance ministers --to give an explanation to par-liament.

The issue has been buildingsince eurozone finance minis-ters nominated Luxembourgcentral bank chief Mersch inJuly to replace Spain's ManuelGonzalez Paramo in what wasseen as a political deal.

STRASBOURG (AFP) - Eu-ropean lawmakers yesterdayblocked the nomination ofLuxembourg's Yves Mersch toa top job on the all-male Euro-pean Central Bank's executiveboard, demanding govern-ments come up with femalecandidates instead.

The parliament's economicscommittee said it would nottake up Mersch's candidacyand called on Luxembourg

reporter's question. "Listen, theHouse has done its job" on thefiscal cliff "that will cost oureconomy some 700,000 jobs."

"The Senate at some pointhas to act. And on both ofthese, where is the president?Where's the leadership? Ab-sent without leave."

Moody's said if the fiscalcliff happened, it would needevidence "that the economycould rebound from the shockbefore it would consider re-turning to a stable outlook."

Mufteeva Inna, an analystat Natixis, noted that Moody'sfinal outcome depended hea -vily on the November 6 elec-tion results.

the method adopted to achievedebt stabilization involved alarge, immediate fiscal shock -- such as would occur if the so-called 'fiscal cliff' actuallymaterialized -- which couldlead to instability," it said.

The fiscal cliff -- a man-dated mixture of spending cutsand tax hikes -- is set to occurat the beginning of 2013, un-less bitterly divided lawmakerscan find a way to avoid it.

John Boehner, the Republi-can House speaker, said yester-day it was unlikely a deal toavoid the fiscal cliff could bereached.

"I'm not confident at all,"Boehner said in response to a

Photo shows shoppers outside a Harvey norman store.australian retail sales declined in July by the most in al-most two years and company profits dropped for a thirdstraight quarter according to the latest figure releasedby the australian Bureau of Statistics on September 3.

WASHINGTON (AFP) -Moody's warned yesterday itcould strip the United States ofits coveted triple-A credit rat-ing if Congress fails to producea budget that will bring downthe federal debt burden.

"Budget negotiations dur-ing the 2013 Congressionallegislative session will likelydetermine the direction of theUS government's Aaa ratingand negative outlook," the ra -tings firm said in a statement

If the negotiations lead tospecific policies that produce astabilization and then down-ward trend in the ratio of fe -deral debt to GDP over themedium term, the rating willlikely be affirmed and the out-look returned to stable, it said.

"If those negotiations fail toproduce such policies, how-ever, Moody's would expect tolower the rating, probably toAa1," the ratings agency saidas it issued a new report, "Up-date of the Outlook for the USGovernment Debt Rating."

The Moody's warning cameless than two months beforethe November 6 election, withPresident Barack Obama fight-ing a close race for re-electionagainst Republican foe MittRomney, and a congressionalvote that could sway the bal-ance of power between theparties.

Currently, Democrats dom-inate the Senate and Republi-cans control the House ofRepresentatives.

Moody's said it was un-likely it would keep the Aaarating with a negative outlookinto 2014.

"The only scenario thatwould likely lead to its tempo-rary maintenance would be if

Moody's warns could lower UStriple-A rating

million fine to the US."Mr. Birkenfeld's disclo-

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The UBS case was part of abroad push by US tax authori-ties to gain information on ac-counts held overseas byAmericans allowing them toavoid US taxation.

According to NationalWhistleblowers, more than35,000 taxpayers have comeforward to participate in so-called amnesty programs tovoluntarily repatriate their ille-gal offshore accounts and theUS has collected over $5 bil-lion in back taxes, fines andpenalties.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - USauthorities have awarded for-mer UBS banker BradleyBirkenfeld a $104 million forblowing the whistle on theSwiss bank's tax fraud, awhistleblowers group said yes-terday.

"This is believed to be thelargest reward ever given to anindividual whistleblower in theUnited States and the firstmajor reward issued under theIRS tax whistleblower law,"the National WhistleblowersCenter said in a statement.

Birkenfeld earned the re-ward from the Internal Re -venue Service for providingthe US government with "in-sider information on UBS's il-legal offshore bankingscheme," said the Washington-based nonprofit organization.

National Whistleblowerssaid his disclosures directly re-sulted in UBS paying a $780

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Manila : a crane stacks shipping containers of Philip-pine products for export at the international containerport in Manila on September 11, 2012. The Philippineseconomy grew a better-than-expected 5.9 percent in thesecond quarter, boosted by increased investment and adrive against corruption, the government said on august30.

European lawmakers demandwomen candidates for ECB job

pears set to be opened afterMayor Michael Bloombergand New York Governor An-drew Cuomo reached an ac-cord late Monday overfunding.

completion of the main sky-scraper at the World TradeCenter, now officially thetallest building in New York.

The memorial's long de-layed museum now also ap-

causing them to collapse.However, emotions are dis-

tinctly cooler as America fi-nally tries to draw a line underan event that sparked thedecade of Washington's con-troversial and expensive waron terror.

No politicians joined in thereading at Ground Zero andsecurity was less intense, incontrast to the 10th anniver-sary last year when Obamaheaded a long list of VIPs atthe ceremony.

June Pollicino, who lost herhusband on 9/11, told AFP: "Ifeel much more relaxed. Afterthe ninth anniversary, thosenext days it started building upto the 10th anniversary. Thisyear it's different in that re-gard. It's another anniversarywe can celebrate in a discreetway."

In total, 2,983 names wereread out at Ground Zero, in-cluding the 9/11 victims andthose killed in the precursor tothose attacks, the 1993 carbombing of the World TradeCenter.

The reading paused for si-lence at the exact time each ofthe four planes turned into fire-balls -- two smashing into theTwin Towers, one into the Pen-tagon and one into a Pennsyl-vania field.

Another two moments of si-lence were observed at thetimes the two main towers ofthe World Trade Center col-lapsed, accounting for the vastmajority of 9/11's dead.

Obama, who earlier stoodfor a moment's silence on theWhite House South Lawn, hadno planned political eventsplanned Tuesday and his re-election campaign planned tohalt television advertising forthe day.

Helping to heal the woundsare the new memorial atGround Zero and the near

NEW YORK (AFP) - Presi-dent Barack Obama laudedAmerican unity Tuesday as thecountry marked a somber butlow-key anniversary of theSeptember 11, 2001 attacksunder crisp blue skiespoignantly reminiscent of 11years ago.

"The true legacy of 9/11will not be one of fear or hateor division," Obama said at thePentagon near Washington. "Itwill be a safer world, astronger nation, and a peoplemore united than ever before."

Highlighting what he saidwere the "crippling" blows

U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama observe a moment of si-lence on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, on the South Lawn of theWhite House in Washington.

US President Barack Obama listens to the National An-them during a memorial near where American Airlinesflight 77 was crashed into the Pentagon.

dealt against Al-Qaeda and thekilling last year of Osama binLaden, Obama said the UnitedStates is "even stronger."

As every year, relatives ofthe nearly 3,000 people killedwhen Al-Qaeda hijackersslammed airliners into NewYork's World Trade Centergathered at Ground Zero toread out the names of the dead.

The flawless blue sky wasidentical to the one 11 yearsago when millions of peoplewatched from the streets andlive on television as the planesflew straight into the upperfloors of the Twin Towers,


Obama praises 9/11 unity on low-key anniversary

Members of the American Brothers New York MotorcycleClub pause at the South Tower during ceremonies.

A firefighter's hat sits on names of firefighters who diedat the South Pool of the World Trade Center


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half, with Harnik and veteraninternational Andreas Ivan-schitz shooting just wide of thenet on several occasions.

Borussia Dortmund's Reusfinally broke the deadlock aminute before half time, slot-ting a Miroslav Klose assistpast Austrian goalkeeperRobert Almer.

The Germans were thenawarded a penalty seven min-utes into the second half whenAustria's Veli Kavlak broughtdown Thomas Mueller.

Dutch referee BjoernKuipers pointed to the spot, andReal Madrid's Ozil expertlyconverted to make it 2-0.

The Austrians' early fight-ing spirit reappeared howeveras Junuzovic hit the back of thenet five minutes later.

A mistake by German skip-per Philipp Lahm almost al-lowed Guido Burgstaller toequalise with 20 minutes left,but further pressing by theAustrians failed to alter thescoreline, despite a couple ofgood chances for Marko Ar-nautovic.

Austria's Swiss coach Mar-cel Koller regretted that histeam's performance did not se-cure at least one point.

early lead when Ki Sung-Yeung headed into his own

net, but 2002 World Cup semi-finalists South Korea got backon terms just before half-timethrough a header by skipperKwak Tae-Hwi.

Veteran striker Lee Dong-Gook fired the visitors aheadin the 57th minute but SanjarTursunov headed Uzbekistan'sequaliser two minutes later toensure that the points wereshared.

Although South Koreadropped points for the firsttime in the final qualifyinground, they remained top ofGroup A with seven pointsfrom three games.

Uzbekistan, however, stillhave plenty of work to do ifthey hope to qualify for theirfirst World Cup as they remainwinless with only two pointsfrom the same number ofmatches.

Australia's 2014 World Cupqualifying campaign suffereda shattering blow when theycrashed to the humiliating de-feat by Jordan in Amman.

Already under pressure fol-lowing two consecutive drawsagainst Oman and Japan inGroup B, the Socceroos ap-peared overwhelmed at thepacked King Abdullah Sta-dium.

Hassan Abdel-Fattah scoreda penalty in the 51st minuteand Amer Deeb struck in the73rd for Jordan before ArchieThompson pulled one back forAustralia in the 85th.

Moscow playmaker KeisukeHonda a particular threat.

"We want to win the ticketto the World Cup as quickly aspossible," said coach AlbertoZaccheroni. "I'm going to startthinking about our next game,"he added.

Japan, seeking their fifthconsecutive World Cup ap-pearance, have 10 points fromtheir first four games, includ-ing earlier wins against Jordanand Oman and a 1-1 awaydraw with Australia.

Japan are not in action againuntil November 14, when theyare away against Oman. Ka-gawa meanwhile gave assur-ances that his back strain,sustained during training, was"not that serious" and shouldnot keep him out for long.

Meanwhile in Tashkent,hosts Uzbekistan took a valu-able point from their gamewith Group A pace-settersSouth Korea, which ended 2-2after a frenetic 90 minutes.

Uzbekistan snatched the

SINGAPORE (AFP) - Japanstrengthened their iron gripon World Cup qualifyingGroup B Tuesday but mightyIran were sent spinning totheir first ever defeat to out-siders Lebanon.

As Japan beat Iraq 1-0 inSaitama, Group A leadersSouth Korea were held to apulsating 2-2 draw by Uzbek-istan.

Tuesday's other twomatches produced shocks asLebanon had ShandongLuneng midfielder RodaAntar to thank for a famous 1-0 win over Iran that raisedhopes of an unlikely WorldCup berth.

Later Jordan franked thatresult with a stunning 2-1 winover Australia that sent thewinners into second behindJapan and left the losersstruggling to qualify for theirthird successive World Cupfinals appearance.

In the 28th minute inBeirut, China-based Antarrose to head home a free-kick,a goal that proved enough tolift Lebanon off the foot ofGroup A and put them threepoints behind pace-settersSouth Korea.

The top two teams from twogroups of five gain automaticentry to the 2014 World Cup inBrazil, while the two third-placed countries will go into aplay-off series.

Japan were hit by the latewithdrawal of ManchesterUnited's Shinji Kagawa with alower back twinge, and theyweathered an early storm froma makeshift Iraq side mar-shalled by former Blue Samu-rai coach Zico.

But the hosts earned thecrucial breakthrough whenStuttgart's Shinji Okazaki fedJubilo Iwata striker RyoichiMaeda in the six-yard box tonod home the game's only goalon 25 minutes.

The dangerous AhmedYaseen extended Japan 'keeperEiji Kawashima with a goal-bound shot but the hostslooked more comfortable afterthe break, with CSKA


Football: Japan tighten WorldCup grip, Iran shocked

VIENNA (AFP) - Germanyedged a combative Austria 2-1to confirm their top spot inGroup C after Tuesday's 2014World Cup qualifier in Vienna.

After a 3-0 victory againstthe Faroe Islands in Friday'sfirst qualifier, Germany se-cured another three pointsthanks to goals in either halffrom Marco Reus and MesutOzil to stay top of Group Cwith six points, ahead of Ire-land and Sweden, who de-feated Kazakhstan 2-0 onTuesday.

Werder Bremen midfielderZlatko Junuzovic saved Aus-trian honour with a 57th-minute goal in their first matchof the campaign in front of47,000 spectators at the sold-out Ernst Happel Stadium.

An Austria side containingnine players who ply theirtrade in the German Bun-desliga had started strongly,with a first chance after justthree minutes, but Bayern Mu-nich defender Holger Badstu-ber got between VfBStuttgart's Martin Harnik andgoal.

Although the Germans triedto fight back, their opponentshad the best chances of the

Germany edge

combative Austria

Iraq's forward Alaa Abdul Zahrah (L) fights for the ball withJapan's midfielder and captain Makoto Hasebe, Japan de-feated Iraq 1-0.

SPORTS

Austria's Zlatko Junuzovic (R) falls as he vies with Ger-many's Manuel Neuer (C)

new arena built in Seattlefailed to materialize in 2008.

The team was re-namedthe Thunder in a deal with theNBA and Seattle officialswith the hope that one day anexpansion team or another re-located NBA franchise couldmove to Seattle and pick upthe Supersonics' name andhistory.

"This agreement marks anexciting day in Seattle as wetake a big step towards bring-ing back the Sonics," saidcouncilman Mike O'Brien,who said the deal includedprovisions for improvedtransportation infrastructureand other benefits for the cityat large.

The agreement also in-cludes financial protectionsfor the city and King County.Hansen's investor group, Are-naCo, must double the secu-rity reserve if its revenue failsto meet expectations. At theend of the 30-year arena useagreement, the city andcounty can require ArenaCoto purchase the land and fa-cility for $200 million.

SEATTLE (AFP) - The Seat-tle City Council has agreed toa deal with investor Christo-pher Hansen to build a $490million arena that could hostNBA and NHL teams as wellas concerts and other events.

City officials confirmedthe deal on Tuesday saying itcould be the start of bringingan NBA team back to the city.

The former Seattle Super-sonics moved to OklahomaCity after a deal to have a


NBA: Seattle officialsOK new arena

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (front) addresses thenational paralympic team as they meet in Moscow'sKremlin on September 11, 2012. Russia's paralympicteam returned from London after taking part in the Para-lympic Games 2012. AFP PHOTO

Tuesday.Dunn was first alerted of a

positive test result in Julyshortly, after the US OlympicTrials in Eugene, Oregon.

The 34-year-old athlete,who didn't qualify to race anindividual event in London buthad earned a place in the poolof 4x400m relay candidates,withdrew from the US team forLondon saying she didn't wanther case to be a distraction asshe awaited the final outcome.

USADA said in a statementon Tuesday that Dunn's posi-tive test for an anabolic agenthad been confirmed.

"Dunn, 34, accepted a two-year period of ineligibility,which began on August 1,2012, the date she accepted aprovisional suspension,"USADA's statement said. "Asa result of the sanction, Dunnhas been disqualified from allcompetitive results achievedon and subsequent to June 22,2012, the date the US OlympicTeam Trials began, includingforfeiture of any medals,points, and prizes."

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col-orado (AFP) - US athlete Deb-bie Dunn has been banned fortwo years after testing positivefor a banned steroid at the USOlympic trials in June, the USAnti-Doping Agency said

Athletics: AmericanDunn banned twoyears for doping

Russia welcomestheir Paralymic team

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NEW YORK (AFP) - History-making Andy Murray endedBritain's 76-year wait for amen's Grand Slam championwhen he beat 2011 winnerNovak Djokovic 7-6 (12/10),7-5, 2-6, 3-6, 6-2 in an epic USOpen final on Monday.

Murray became Britain'sfirst major champion sinceFred Perry claimed his thirdAmerican title in 1936, theyear the Spanish Civil Warstarted and Franklin D. Roo-sevelt was re-elected US pres-ident.

In a roller-coaster final,which witnessed a 54-shotrally, numerous 30-stroke ex-changes, as well as a record-setting tie-breaker, the25-year-old Murray held hisnerve in a knife-edge final set.

The Olympic champion led3-0 in the decider, droppedserve but broke again for 5-2when Djokovic called a med-ical time-out.

But Murray wasn't to bedenied, taking the historiccrown when Djokovic wentlong with a forehand on a sec-ond match point in what was,at four hours and 54 minutes,the second-longest US Openfinal of all time.

Murray insisted it was ahuge relief to finally have cap-tured a major and put an endto the questions over whetheror not he would do it.

Murray paid tribute tocoach Ivan Lendl, who lostthree finals in New York from1982-1984 before clinchingthree titles in a row from1985-1987.

Djokovic admitted Murraywas a worthy winner.

"Any loss is a bad loss. I'mdisappointed to lose thematch, but in the back of mymind I knew that I gave it all.I really, really tried to fight myway back through," saidDjokovic.

"I had a great opponenttoday. He deserved to win thisGrand Slam more than any-body because over the yearshe's been a top player. He'sbeen so close; lost four finals.Now he has won it, so I wouldlike to congratulate him."

Murray had lost all of hisfour previous Grand Slam fi-nals -- to Roger Federer at theUS Open in 2008, the 2010Australian Open and thisyear's Wimbledon, as well asto Djokovic in Australia in2011.

Meanwhile yesterdayBritish leaders, tennis chiefsand former players hailedAndy Murray's grit after theScot became the first Britishman to win a Grand Slamsince 1936.

Murray was offered thefreedom of his local city, asBritish Prime Minister DavidCameron said his five-set de-feat of Serbia's NovakDjokovic in the US Open finalwas continuing Britain's"golden summer of sport" fol-lowing the Olympics and Par-alympics.

"I'm absolutely delightedfor him. It is a huge achieve-ment," Cameron said outsidehis 10 Downing Street office.

Scottish First Minister AlexSalmond said the 25-year-oldwas now a "legend" in hishomeland.

"Congratulations to AndyMurray on what was a fantas-tic performance," he said in astatement.

Stirling Council, whichpresides over Murray's centralScotland hometown Dun-blane, said it was looking togive the tennis star a home-coming fit for a hero

Murray wins US Open epic,ends 76-year British agony

MINSK (AFP) - Disgraced

Belarus shot putter

Nadezhda Ostapchuk was on

Tuesday handed a one-year

ban after testing positive for

a banned anabolic steroid

that cost her Olympic gold.

The sentence was lenient

because Ostapchuk was

completetly in the dark that

she had doped, according to

Alexander Vanhadlo, the

head of Belarus' anti-doping

agency.

Vanhadlo said that

Ostapchuk's coach, Alexan-

der Yefimov, was the only

person responsible for the

violation of the doping code

and was banned for four

years.

"Yefimov confessed that

he added the banned drug

metenolone into Ostapchuk's

food because he was worried

by her unimpressive results

ahead of the Olympics,"

Vanhadlo told the press.

"Yefimov said that he did

it at the training base in Be-

larus just days before the

start of the Games without

Ostapchuk's knowledge."

Ostapchuk became the

first medallist disqualified

from the London Games for

doping and was stripped of

her women's Olympic shot

put title.

The International

Olympic Committee (IOC)

awarded gold to New

Zealand's Valerie Adams

after Ostapchuk provided

two urine samples which

were both found to contain

metenolone.

Russia's Yevgeniya

Kolodko was upgraded to

silver medal position, with

Lijiao Gong of China taking

bronze.

Ostapchuk had been com-

peting in her third Olympics

in London. She finished

fourth in Athens in 2004 and

won bronze in Beijing four

years ago.

Olympics:Ostapchuk in thedark as coachgets four-year ban

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