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It has been officially confirmed that Casey Stoner will miss the next three rounds of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, ending his title chances. Ducati’s 2007 world champion, who took four podiums (including two wins) from the first five rounds of this season, has been suffering from a mysterious energy-sapping illness in the five rounds since.
Stoner was sick and visibly exhausted after finishing third at Barcelona on June 14 - then struggled with ‘severe fatigue’atAssen (third) and Laguna Seca (fourth), prompting extensive medical checks after the US GP. But those found only ‘slight gastritis and mild anaemia’, a diagnosis the young Australian was openly doubtful about and he noticed no significant improvement in his physical condition at the following German (fourth) and British events (14th). Epstein Barr Virus, which can lead to chronic fatigue syndrome, was suggested as one possibility but never proven. After Donington, Stoner returned to Australia during the summer break to seek consultation from trusted sports doctors. They are yet to pinpoint the prob-
lem, but think a virus during the Catalunya round triggered the fatigue problems. With medical tests continuing, Stoner will withdraw from action until Estoril on October 4 to try and regain full fitness. “After five extremely difficult races due to my health, I returned to Australia to visit the sports doctors who have looked after me for many years. We have taken the difficult decision not to contest the next three rounds of the championship, to allow my body time to recover from the recent stress,” said Stoner. “The doctors believe that during the Barcelona race I was suffering from a virus, and, that I subsequently pushed my body too hard, leading to problems that have caused my fatigue since then. The doctors are continu-
ing with many tests to try to understand these problems and make sure it does not happen again. “I have spoken with Ducati and thank them for their understanding at this time. I feel very sorry for the factory, my team, my sponsors and the fans and I am also disappointed because the bike in the last races has been very competitive. I will be doing everything possible to come back at full strength for Portugal.” Stoner was leading the world championship at the start of the Catalunya round, but has now dropped to third in the MotoGP World Championship, 37 points behind leader Valentino Rossi. In the five races since his illness, Stoner has frequently lost pace during the second half of the (dry) races.
Alain Prost says he understands Michael Schumacher’s desire to return to Formula 1, but believes the seven-time world champion made the right decision in calling off his comeback due to worries over the strength of his neck. Schumacher injured his neck in a motorcycle testing accident in February and after testing a 2007 Ferrari decided that he was not fit enough to race again in F1. Prost, who won four world titles between 1985 and 1993, told French newspaper Le Parisien that he believes Schumacher needed more time to prepare himself for a return. “The desire and motivation to return takes time to disappear, it takes several years to abandon F1,” said Prost. “Michael and I hung up our helmets for different reasons, but when
you were competitive the temptation to return when asked is great. “If there was any physical risk, Schumacher was right. The neck is crucial in motorsport and if there is pain you can quickly feel nausea and have impaired vision.” Prost also questioned whether the German’s decision was made at least partly because of question marks over his performance. “It remains to be seen if Schumacher stopped solely because of the health problem, or because when he resumed driving he realised that the task was enormous. “He has not started in F1 for three years and only had three weeks to prepare. The body changes very quickly when you stop racing, a driver does not react the same way and the vision is not as sharp.
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Indonesian National Police chief spokesman Maj. Gen. Nanan Sukarna shows a portrait of Ibrohim, a terrorist suspect who was killed in a police raid on a militant hide out in Central Java, during a press conference at the main police hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. The suspected militant slain during a 16-hour siege with counterterrorism forces last week was not Indonesia’s most-wanted militant Noordin Muhammad Top, police said Wednesday. Sukarna identified Ibrohim, who was a florist at the J.W. Marriott Hotel and Ritz-Carlton, as “a planner and arranger of the hotel bombings.”
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JAKARTA - Malaysian terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top is still at large and was not killed in a raid on the weekend, Indonesian police said Wednesday after the latest near-miss in a six-year manhunt. DNA tests showed that a militant killed in the raid was not the alleged terror financier and recruiter, one of
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Asia’s most-wanted men, but an accomplice who had helped plan the July 17 hotel bombings in Jakarta. The dead
Yudhoyono later this month, police said. “I announce officially that the war against terrorism has not ended yet,” police spokesman Nanan Soekarna told a packed press conference, in a blow to the authorities’ efforts to crush Indonesia’s most dangerous terror network.
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Nusa Dua – The financial crisis which happened throughout Asia
in 1997 also affected the migrant workers. Currently, many countries are limiting migration for example by limiting the work permit for migrant workers or even deported them. Without the access to proper migration service, many of the workers are looking for illegal ways which often very unsafe and it also made them prone to HIV/ AIDS. The decreasing in government financial support in handling
HIV/AIDS could also made the disease spread even more. Countries like Taiwan and Malaysia had stop publishing the work permit for foreign workers. The condition made many illegal workers entering the countries and didn’t properly record by the government. It also made the condition of the workers in those countries very poor especially the health care for the people suffering form HIV/AIDS. The report by the United Nation
showed that the female worker who lose their job in foreign countries tend to become sexual workers to survive. In Cambodia, 70,000 female workers lose their jobs since the crisis began in 1997. A research by UN Inter-Agency Project about human trafficking showed that 58% of the workers entering the sexual line of work since the crisis happened and 19% of them were garment workers. Continued on page 6