Tuesday, october 8, 2013

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Default fears fuel angst in shutdown Washington WASHINGTON (AFP) - The "terrible" and "unthinkable" threat of a US government default transfixed Washington Monday, as a standoff over raising the debt ceiling surmounted angst over a week-long government shutdown.

Republican House Speaker John Boehner sparked alarm after warning on Sunday that he would not allow Congress to raise the government's borrowing limit by an October 17 deadline unless President Barack Obama climbs down and offers concessions.

The sense of building crisis over Washington's financial paralysis was picked up in China, with Beijing warning that the United States must act quickly to establish the credibility of the dollar, the world's major reserve currency.

Concern also spread to previously calm investors, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 89.72 points (0.60 percent) at 14,982.86, mirroring a downward trend on global markets sparked by anxiety over US government paralysis.

The White House reacted sharply to Boehner's remarks, warning Congress could trigger a disastrous default and shred Washington's prized credit rating, as doomsday scenarios of default, once deemed unthinkable, appeared to grow in credibility.

"We can't threaten an economic catastrophe," Obama said Monday, decrying Republicans for using the debt ceiling as leverage.

"What we're not willing to do is to create a permanent pattern in which unless you get your way, the government is shut down or America defaults," Obama said during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

"That's not how we do business in this country. And we're not going to start now.

The US government will be barred from borrowing by October 17 unless the current $16.7 trillion debt ceiling is lifted.

In the resultant chaos, Washington would begin defaulting on its debts, global stock markets could plummet and the fragile world economy could take a hit it can ill afford.

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Free Zone Aruba’s first Green Energy Project

Ecological Technologies and Trading Freezone NV has received final approval for their green new energy project.

The company will turn waste into biofuel which will be used by Aruba’s water and energy plant WEB NV to produce energy. One of the advantages for Aruba as a tourism destination is that the increasing garbage volumes will start to be curtailed to the benefit of the quality of ‘product Aruba’.

Another significant contribution will be to the benefit of local consumers of water and electricity.

The company’s new gasification technology, the first of its kind throughout the region, will also serve as a green technology showcase for Latin America and the Caribbean while serving as an green technology educa-

tion instrument for Aruba’s schoolchildren.

During the Europe Meets The America’s conference held in May this year a memorandum of understanding was signed to enable further development of this project.

At the press conference announcing the Green Conference, which will kick-off this Wednesday, just months after the signing of the MOU, Ecological Technologies and Trading Freezone NV received the final go ahead.

Earlier this year Minister Mike de Meza approved the new fiscal reform package named ‘Begunstigend Beleid’ which has made Aruba’s Free Zone a more attractive instrument for investors while at the same time stimulating investments into the green energy sector to help meet the govern-

ment’s policy of zero carbon emissions by 2020.

Free Zone Aruba NV is excited about this achievement. A milestone demonstrating the key role Aruba’s free zone can play in developing Aruba as a green energy and technology hub for the entire region, says Greg Peterson, director of Aruba’s Free Zone.

Photo from left to right: Rob Henriquez, director of ELMAR NV, Oslin Boekhoudt, director of WEB NV, Minister Mike de Meza, Minister of Finance, Communication, Utilities and Energy, Frank Hoevertsz, director of Utilities NV, Freddy Kelkboom, director of Ecological Technologies and Trading Freezone NV, and Greg Peterson, director of Free Zone Aruba NV.

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Blue Residences announces its general manager

Industry veteran Jan van Nes will oversee new luxury condo hotel

ORANJESTAD - Alberto Perret Gentil, on behalf of Grupo Pering, developers of the successful Oceania Condominium Project on Eagle Beach, announced the appointment of Jan van Nes as general manager of Blue Residences. Van Nes, an industry veteran, who has played a leading role within tourism during his tenure with the Aruba Tourism Authority and

the Aruba Timeshare Association, as well as while heading individual resort properties, will formally assume his new post as Blue Residences general manager as of November 1, 2013.

"We feel very lucky we were able to contract Jan as Blue Residences’ general manager. His track record in hospitality and experience in tourism, coupled with the reputation he gained in transforming the Playa Linda Beach Resort into one of the finest timeshare resorts on the island, made him the ideal candidate,” comments PGM Vice President Alberto Perret-Gentil. “Jan’s hands-on approach and ability to deliver a quality product to owners will ensure the successful launch of Blue Residences as the first condo hotel in Aruba.”

For the past thirteen years, Jan van Nes was known as the innovative general manager of the Playa Linda Beach Resort, through Jan & Co Management Co. N.V., together with partner Jan Leysner. Previously, Jan van Nes held positions as the director of the Aruba Tourism

Authority (5 years), board member at Aruba Beach Club and Casa del Mar (4 years) and general manager at the Aruba Beach Club and Casa del Mar (5 years). With Holiday Inn International, he worked as the executive assistant manager in Costa Rica (1½ years), F&B director in Acapulco, Mexico (3 years) and F&B manager in Lagos, Nigeria (1½ years), before coming back to Aruba and working with the Holiday Inn of Aruba in 1976. Van Nes holds degrees in hospitality from the Hotels School in Maastricht, and in law from the University of Aruba.

Jan van Nes was also instrumental in cofounding the Aruba Hospitality & Security Foundation, reviving the Aruba Timeshare Association and, together with the Minister of Tourism, formalizing the Tourism Product Enhancement Fund (TPEF) in 2010.

"After dedicating 13-plus years to the Playa Linda, I was ready for a new challenge. Blue Residences represents a unique opportunity to implement ideas I have had in mind for many years,” says Jan van Nes. "I have found ideal partners in Alberto and Irwin Perret-Gentil. I appreciate their commitment in offering an outstanding product to the existing room’s inventory on the island."

Blue Residences is currently under development, with the debut of its first tower -- consisting of 2 fivebedroom penthouses, 4 threebedroom penthouses and 12 three-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units, totaling 42 units -- scheduled to open in February, 2014.

IBiSA with information session on CIOS Program For those who love sports and are interested in motivating others to get moving, the CIOS program may be just what they need. The CIOS – Centraal Instituut voor de Opleiding tot Sportleiders,” (a special program to train people to become sport leaders/teachers). This is a program on the MBO level which eventually leads to a profession in an important sport. The study will be conducted in Holland.

In Aruba, IBiSA is the institution organizing, coordinating and directing the preparation of interested candidates who want to follow the program. They are required to do certain tests here. The tests will take place here next year in the months of February and March.

In connection with the preparation for the tests, IBiSA is holding an information session on CIOS on Wednesday, October 16 at 6:30p.m. During the information session, a parent who has a child following the course, students of CIOS on intern-

ship on Aruba, graduates of CIOS and Jaqueline Ponson van Putten of IBiSA will be present.

An invitation has been extended to all young people interested in the CIOS study program to attend the information session together with their parents. All interested persons should send an email to: Jacqueline.vanputten@aru ba.gov.aw.

Include your name and let known that you will be attending the information session. The session will be held in the conference room of IBiSA situated in the Frankrijkstraat 1.

Your email must be sent not later than on October 11th.

For more information, contact telephone 582-4987 during office hours.

IBiSA is looking forward to a full house of enthusiastic young people who want information and want to prepare for the CIOS tests scheduled to begin next year.

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More options and accepted Worldwide:

Banco di Caribe launches the “Multi Card”

Banco di Caribe launched its “Banco di Caribe Multi Card” last Thursday during a well visited press conference. With the introduction of this Prepaid Credit Card, Banco di Caribe extends its portfolio of credit and debit cards. Everybody who has an account at the bank can apply for a Banco di Caribe Multi Card.

Personal use of “Multi Card”: With this prepaid debit card all Banco di Caribe cus-

tomers can easily buy products over the internet. It’s fast and safe.

The card can be used locally, as well when traveling for business or pleasure. The card is personalized with the with the customer’s name.

The benefits of the prepaid card are multiple: the card can be reloaded via online banking at www.bancodicaribeonline.com and cash withdrawal can be done at any ATM, globally. The

“Multi Card” has an available balance which is deposited by the customer and is valid for 12 months after activation. As for bank statements the “Multi Card” offers its customers electronic bank statements via the BdC online system.

“We are happy to add yet another product to our portfolio: we want to keep offering products that benefit our clients in every way, whether personal or for business matters. With the launch of the “Banco di Caribe Multi Card” in Aruba- we do just that.

The “Banco di Caribe Multi Card” has international possibilities and is accessible to any customer.

Buying online is now safer than ever. Load your “Banco di Caribe Multi Card” with funds and use it

for all the things you use cash for—shopping, bill payments, internet purchases and much more. You can use the “Banco di Caribe Multi

Card” wherever Visa credit cards are accepted”, this according Mr. Fons Simon, CEO and General Managing Director of Banco di Caribe.

This card is an ideal payment method for professionals; it’s an easy way to separate the private expenses from business expenses. The “Banco di Caribe Multi Card” can also be used during business trips, foreign or local meetings. It’s a great alternative for cash.

The card offers multiple options for the new entrepreneur or professional. Visit the Banco di Caribe branch today and apply for your “Banco di Caribe Multi Card”.

All you need is a valid ID, passport or drivers license of the card holder.

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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Paul Martinelli: “Purpose, Vision & Goals”

Leadership event on Oct. 11 Willemstad - Paul Martinelli, President of the John Maxwell Team and an internationally acclaimed speaker, trainer and mentor speaks live on October 11, 2013 at the Santa Barbara Resort in Curaçao on two topics: “Purpose, Vision and Goals” and “Change your Thoughts, Change your Results.”

The event will be held at Sta. Barbara Resort on October 11th from 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon. The investment for a General Ticket is US$97. =. For companies, there is a “Corporate Group Rate” for 10 persons at US $900. =.

The Living Leadership Foundation, which was founded earlier this year and of which most of its members are John Maxwell certified, organizes the event. Its members are: Geomaly Martes (President), Judith Timber, Simone de Brabander, Ralston Bennett, Barbara Leigh, Tirza Garmes, Igorr Hieroms and Ivan Kuster.

Purpose, Vision & Goals One of the topics will be ‘Purpose, Vision & Goals’.

During this part of the event, Paul Martinelli will give you insight on how to plot your course with short-term goals that adhere to your long-term vision, and come to recognize the warning signs when you've veered from your purpose.

Purpose – Why are you here? What excites and inspires you? Are you living into your why?

Vision – What will your corporate or individual life look like when you are living your purpose?

Goals – How is your company or you going to get from where you are, to where you will be living your vision fully empowered by your purpose?

“Change your Thoughts, Change your Results” How can you create a new learning model for achievement, a way to "Grow Forward"? Simply, by changing your thoughts. Daily, many of us remain captured in our own small thinking.

Thoughts that at one time served us well, yet no longer serve us today. How is your current thinking serving you today? If you find yourself

stuck and we all know “stuck stinks,” our speaker Paul Martinelli has a phenomenal way of moving you forward by assassinating any of your limiting beliefs. Those that keep you anchored instead of sailing in the direction of your dreams!

For more information on the leadership event, you can e-mail livingleadershipfoundation@gmail.com or call: 599-9-7381030 or 599-97474461, or the cellnumbers 599-9-5211055 or 599-95628862.

Paul Martinelli Paul Martinelli is the President of the John Maxwell Team, an elite group of certified coaches and communicators mentored by renowned leadership expert and New York Times best-selling author John Maxwell.

For Paul Martinelli, it’s all about belief -- and hard work.

A high school dropout from a Pittsburgh working-class family, Paul overcame a stuttering disability and potentially dim future to rise from janitor to multi-millionaire entrepreneur. “There’s real power in challenging the conviction of what you believe about yourself,” Paul says, “I’d thought that life was lived by default, not by design. It never occurred to me that anything was possible with persistence and action.”

In the last seven years, Paul has developed himself as a top coach and training specialist, establishing his own company and becoming an internationally sought after coach, trainer and speaker. He has shared the stage with such personal development masters as John C. Maxwell, Bob Burg, Mary Morrissey, Bob Proctor, Wayne Dyer, Brian Tracy, Denis Waitley, Zig Ziglar, Les Brown, and Mark Victor Hansen. Paul’s creation of the John Maxwell certification program earned him Marcus Buckingham’s Leaders Leading Leaders award, which recognizes innovators who inspire excellence in others.

Paul’s company, Martinelli and Associates, specializes in providing consultant training certification and individualized coaching and mentorship. For more information: www.paulmartinelli.net

EPB Hospitality Students Host 3-Course Lunch Two times per week starting Oct. 15, 2013

During their graduation year, the students of the EPB, basic professional training high school, need to practice what they learned, while interacting with each other and clients in real-life restaurant situations. The Aloe Restaurant and its professional comArgentine’s Kirchner to undergo surgery for brain bleed: doctors BUENOS AIRES (AFP) Argentine President Cristina Kirchner will undergo surgery Tuesday for recently detected complications from a head injury, a statement by the hospital treating her said Monday.

Kirchner, 60, experienced a "transitory and slight" loss of muscular strength in her left arm on Sunday, and surgical intervention was indicated to drain a subdural hematoma, it said.

Kirchner suffered a blow to the head on August 12, but it wasn't until Saturday that doctors at the Fundacion Favaloro hospital detected the "chronic subdural hematoma" and ordered that she take a month's rest.

Kirchner went back to the clinic on Monday for further tests and was hospitalized until Tuesday when she will undergo the surgery.

The Argentine president faces a key political test October 27 when Argentines vote in legislative elections in which half the seats in the lower house are at stake and a third of the senate.

mercial kitchen is where these students train and invite the general public to enjoy a three-course lunch for only Afl. 25,00 per person, every Tuesday and Wednesday to work towards their diploma.

Lunch is served every Tuesday and Wednesday from noon to 2 p.m. starting October 15, 2013 until November 13, 2013 when they go on break for the holidays. The restaurant opens again on January 14, 2014 and closes March 13, 2014 which is at the end of the academic year.

In the kitchen, Chef Kenneth Blom and Chef Reynaldo Maldonado are swinging the spatula’s, while Mr. François Maduro coaches the front of the house staff.

The Chef‘s, with extensive experience in the food and beverage world, truly enjoys what they do know,

working with the enthusiastic students.

Together, the service and kitchen teams will deliver a great lunch. It will be a great pleasure for you to enjoy this opportunity and to get a glimpse into these ambitious young people’s future and to actively contribute to their training as the island’s future hospitality professionals.

The menu offers a nice trip around the world including Aruban, Italian, French, German and Dutch specialties, with one meal at the time. The selection for each day is set – except dessert, which depends on what the pastry class is making. If you are interested in attending lunch at EPB you can call François Maduro at tel. 5289791 ext. 152 for reservations and ask him for the menu of the day.. It is requested to make reservations four weekdays in advance, however, Mr. Maduro can be reached by phone to check seating availability if reservations are made in less that 4 days in advance. The EPB school and Aloe Restaurantare located across from the Aruba Aloe factory, with easy parking.

Please note that the teachers ask you to be on time, since this is a pre-scheduled class. In case of cancelation, please be so kind to cancel one day in advance.

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Cas Animal charity golf tournament at Tierra Del Sol puts a spotlight on saving island dogs

First place team with 58 Gian Pietersz and Karel Slikker

ity, all of which were stray or abandoned. Many have been

Cas Animal Founder Kirsten Arndt with Adam Williamson and Pachanga team

Second place team Michael Hofstede and Larry Murphy

Closest to the pin Michael Hofstede

Closest to the Pin

This past weekends was the fourth consecutive year that the Tierra Del Sol Golf Course and Country Club hosted a charity tournament on behalf of Cas Animal Foundation, this past Saturday, October 5. Kirsten Arndt,

founder of Cas Animal, which is dedicated to rescuing island stray dogs and cats, and building a state of the art, no-kill sanctuary on Aruba, expressed her extreme gratitude to all sponsors. She particularly gives thanks to TDS Head Golf Pro Adam Williamson for his hard work and steadfast support of the

foundation's cause.

This year, Tierra Del Sol catered the affair while prizes were distributed to the first and second place winning teams from the two-man scramble event. Winners were announced in descending order, allowing them to choose from a nice collection of donated prizes including tickets on Tiara Air Aruba, weekend stays at various resorts, and some very fine jewelry.

The tournament resulted in over 10,000

rehabilitated from conditions some deemed "not worth treating," as well as being neutered.

The happy winners who

Closest to the pin Rey Rasmijn

florins donated to charity, which is sufficient to build one of the kennels in the huge facility that is designed to house 300 dogs and 90 cats. It has been structured to run on renewable energies so the animals will be comfortable in an air-condition environment with an onsite clinic.

Presently, Kirsten maintains 57 dogs in a temporary facil-

enjoyed playing golf for a worthwhile cause were Gian Pietersz and Karel Slikkers in First Place with a score of 58; Michael Hofstede and Larry Murphy also scored 58, but due to a technicality, placed second. Michael also won a weekend at the Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa for placing "closest to the pin" at the 15th green. Others to

win "closest to the pin" were Ricky Nana, Rey Rasmijn, Otto van Dieren and Giovanni van Wijk.

Cas Animal offers a hearty "Masha Danki!" to all sponsors who made the tournament a success, whether sponsoring a hole or donating a prize. Thanks go to: Kia Motors, Tiara Air, Nissan, Westin Aruba Resort, Buster's Garage, Radisson Resort, Casino & Spa, Animal Care Clinic, La Cabana Beach Resort Contreras Veterinary Clinic, Playa Linda Beach Resort, Guardian Group Insurance, Diamonds International, Kooltemp, Colombian Emeralds, Paperworks, Bucuti Beach Resort

Ricky Nana

& Tara Suites, Divi Resort, Kooyman, Manchebo Beach Resort, ASD Restaurant Supply, Gemstones International, Super Food Plaza, CMB Bank, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Aruba Bank, SETAR N.V., Banco di Caribe, IMC Trust and The Lichtenstein Family.

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Cas Animal charity golf tournament...

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Everyone is invited to support the work of Cas Animal; the daily expense of feeding and maintain the dogs is costly as well as the medical expenses to treat the ills that prompted many of them to be abandoned. Donations can be made in the form of payment to the Cas Animal Foundation account at the Contreras Veterinary Clinics, call; 587-0917, or to Animal Care Clinic in Paradera, phone number 582-8382. Donations can be made directly to the foundation’s account: Cas Animal Foundation, CMB Bank account # 25762110.

The ultimate goal of Cas Animal is to place each rescued dog or cat in loving homes. If you are not an island resident and wish to adopt a dog, or see one in distress, call Kiki at 742-8732 and she will help you through the process of acquiring the papers and a carrier needed to take home one of our sweet, affectionate cunucu dogs, which make excellent watch dogs, as well. This is done on a regular basis, and many happy owners find great pleasure in being reminded every day of Aruba by the loving new members of their households.

By Rosalie Klein

Default fears fuel angst in shutdown Washington Continued from pg 1

Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council, said Boehner's comments were disappointing and warned Obama could not allow the House of Representatives to hold him hostage over raising the debt limit because it would set a dire precedent for future presidents.

"The president has made clear the era of threatening default has to be over," Sperling said at a breakfast hosted by the Politico news organization.

"If we sanction that as a regular process, that will do great harm to our democracy, great harm to our economy, great harm to the full faith and credit of the United States," he said, adding that a debt default would be "unthinkable."

Obama is refusing to negotiate with Boehner on raising the debt ceiling, saying Congress has a duty to pay bills already run up by lawmakers.

Boehner told ABC News on Sunday that his Republican-controlled House would not raise US borrowing authority without concessions from the White House.

"The president is risking default by not having a conversation with us," Boehner said.

Uncertainty remains over Boehner's true intentions. He had been quoted as saying by anonymous lawmakers in reports last week that he would not allow the United States to go into default.

But Boehner is in a perilous political spot, between the wider interests of eco-

nomic stability and the radical demands of Tea Party conservatives in his Republican coalition to whom he may well owe his job as speaker.

Obama said he was prepared to negotiate with Republicans on health care, taxes and budget issues -- but only after the government was reopened and the debt ceiling was raised.

Jason Furman, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisors, said the consequences of default were "too terrible a thing to even talk about."

"We've never actually tested it, we don't know what happens," he also told Politico.

On Sunday, US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned in an appearance on CNN: "Congress is playing with fire."

China voiced the alarm many foreign governments are feeling.

"As the world's largest economy and the issuer of the major reserve currency in the world, it is important for the US to maintain the creditworthiness of its Treasury bonds," vice finance minister Zhu Guangyao told reporters.

"It is important for the US economy as well as the global economy," Zhu said.

"The clock is ticking."

Concerns over possible default, the second of two political crises that could pummel the US economy, overshadowed concern over the government shutdown, which went into a seventh day on Monday.

Driver blamed in Mexico monster truck tragedy CIUDAD JUAREZ (AFP) The driver of a monster truck that ran over spectators in northern Mexico had performed an unsanctioned stunt in the tragedy that killed eight and injured 87, a governor said Monday.

At least 29 people remained in hospital, including 13 in intensive care, following Saturday's accident at the demolition show in Chihuahua, capital of the eponymous state, said Governor Cesar Duarte.

Four of the eight fatalities were children.

The 51-year-old driver, Alfredo Velazquez Samaniego, who is being treated for a head injury at a

hospital, was detained and prosecutors said he could face manslaughter charges.

Video footage show the monster truck leaping over two crushed cars, landing on its giant front wheels and bouncing before plowing into a nearby crowd of spectators who were not behind security barriers.

Velazquez Samaniego also admitted that he had consumed two beers before getting behind the wheel of his truck, though a blood alcohol test showed that he was not drunk, Duarte said.

"The fact that he drank and the statements he made show a lack of expertise and a direct responsibility in the

handling of the vehicle," the governor told Milenio television.

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International News Cellular breakthrough earns trio Nobel for medicine STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A trio of US and German scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for pioneering work on the body's cell transport system, unlocking insights into diabetes, immune disorders and other diseases.

James Rothman and Randy Schekman of the United States and Thomas Suedhof of Germany shared the prize for discovering how molecules vital to cellular functioning are shunted around in an internal freight system, tucked inside sacs called vesicles.

They also helped resolve how the vesicles arrive on time and in the right place -- a major riddle, given that this takes place in a microscopic environment humming with movement.

If the package fails to show up at the right time, or goes to the wrong location, this can cause cellular malfunction.

"Through their discoveries, Rothman, Schekman and Suedhof have revealed the exquisitely precise control system for the transport and delivery of cellular cargo," the Nobel panel said.

Rothman is a professor and chairman of the department of cell biology at Yale University; Schekman is a professor of molecular and cell biology at the University of California at Berkeley; and Suedhof is a professor of molecular and cellular physiology at Stanford University, also in California.

Schekman, 64, told AFP he

was shocked to get the call from Stockholm: "My reaction when I heard about it was one of disbelief and joy."

Rothman, 62, told Swedish Radio he was "profoundly honoured".

"Almost anyone who receives the Nobel prize has some indirect knowledge of one sort or another that they might be a candidate, so at some level it's not a complete surprise. But that it actually happens is an out-of-body experience," he said.

Suedhof, 58, was driving a car "in the middle of Spain" when reached by the Nobel Committee several hours after the announcement.

"Are you serious? Oh, my God," he said when given the news, according to a recording carried on the official Nobel website.

When asked about his capacity for work, he answered: "My wife thinks I am crazy. I

don't know. I am incredibly driven."

The trio worked independently on various aspects of the vesicle system, in research spanning three-and-a-half decades.

Schekman began his investigations in the late 1970s, when he became interested in cellular genetics, using yeast as a model for study.

Yeast cells with defective transport machinery gave rise to a system that resembled a poorly planned public transport system, he discovered.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Rothman began studying in greater detail how vesicles are transported in mammalian cells.

Suedhof's curiosity was initially piqued by how nerve cells are able to communicate with one another in the brain.

The Nobel adds to the trio's long list of achievements.

BOGOTA (AFP) - Colombian authorities said Monday they seized more than a ton of cocaine in a raid in the northern La Guajira region bordering Venezuela. The haul was aboard a truck with Venezuelan license plates that was intercepted in a rural area in an operation coordinated with the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Colombia's National Police said. Guards protecting the shipment opened fire during the raid and fled, abandoning the cocaine, police said. Investigators believe the Colombian drug cartel Los Rastrojos was transporting the drug for shipment on fast boats from La Guajira to Central America. Colombia vies with Peru as the world's top producer of cocaine, turning out 309 tons of the drug in 2012. Meanwhile an aircraft used by the US government to monitor drug trafficking routes crashed Sunday in northern Colombia, killing three Americans and a Panamanian, the US military said Sunday. The Panamanian National Naval Air Service said the aircraft was conducting an "anti-drug operation" in the border area between Colombia and Panama when it went down.

US Supreme Court declines to review Argentine debt case WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a landmark appeal by Argentina of a lower court's order to pay around $1.5 billion to two hedge funds.

But the decision did not end Argentina's avenues to challenge the 2012 ruling, supported in August on appeal, that it had to pay back all holders of its defaulted bonds, whether or not they took part in a restructuring of those bonds.

In a case closely watched for its potential impact on other sovereign debt restructurings, Argentina had asked the Supreme Court to review the original "equal treatment" decision that if it makes payment on the restructured debt, it must also pay the hedge fund investors.

The Supreme Court's decision relates only to that narrower issue.

But Argentina could still appeal to the highest US court the August order by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to repay the debt restructuring holdouts.

Argentina has argued that the two hedge funds, NML Capital and Aurelius Capital, lost their right to collect when they declined to take part in the 2005 and 2010 restructurings

of nearly $100 billion of debt it defaulted on 13 years ago.

Buenos Aires argues that paying the two full face value for their bonds would be unfair to the restructured bondholders.

It also said being forced to pay the two in full could expand its payment obligations to others and force it back into default on all its debt.

Argentina is still fighting on procedural grounds the August appeals court decision, and only after that challenge is cleared can it ask again for the Supreme Court to review the case.

The case has implications for the massive global market for sovereign debt.

Critics say the New York judgment could set a precedent for all sovereign debt restructurings in which a majority of bondholders, but not all of them, accept a "haircut" or writeoff of the debt's value in order to help the borrower restore financial stability and make good on at least a part of the bonds' worth.

Analysts have pointed to the risks implicit for the massive restructuring of Greece's debt, a cornerstone of the international bailout by the European Union, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

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Health Breast Cancer Awareness Month Stresses on The Importance Of Mammograms & Living -- October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which offers a timely reminder of the importance of mammograms for women – particularly those

who don’t show signs or symptoms of the disease.

Diagnostic mammograms are an X-ray of the breast, and are used to check for the dis-

ease after a lump – or some other symptom – is found, according to the National Cancer Institute (at the National Institute of Health). Screening

mammography can help in reducing the rates of breast cancer deaths among women ages 40 to 70, according to the NCI. Besides a lump, signs of breast cancer can include breast pain, thickening of the skin of the breast, nipple discharge, or a change in breast size or shape; however, these signs may also be signs of benign conditions. A diagnostic mammogram can also be used to evaluate changes found during a screening mammogram or to view breast tissue when it is difficult to obtain a screening mammogram because of special circumstances, such as the presence of breast implants.

Early detection of breast cancer with screening mammography means that treatment can be started earlier in the course of the disease, possibly before it has spread.

Women age 40 and older should have mammograms every one to two years. Mammograms are also recommended for women with a family history of the disease, as well. Checking your breast, also known as a breast selfexam, can be helpful in detecting lumps – or other unusual changes – but cannot replace a clinical exam, or a regular screening mammogram, according to the NCI.

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Sci-Tech Typhoon Fitow slams into China, kills five BEIJING (AFP) - Typhoon Fitow, which barrelled into China's east coast early Monday packing winds of more than 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour, killed at least five people and impacted 4.5 million, state media reported.

Two men died in Wenzhou city in Zhejiang province, the official news agency Xinhua said, while three people from the city of Ruian died of electric shocks.

Four other people are still missing, state media reported.

Fitow had affected about 4.35 million people in Zhejiang, with houses torn down and grain flooded, Xinhua reported citing the provincial flood control office.

Earlier it said the storm caused economic damage in the province of 2.28 billion yuan ($160 million).

In Fujian province another 210,000 people were affected, Xinhua said.

Parts of Zhejiang, which neighbours the commercial hub Shanghai, saw nearly 29 centimetres (11 inches) of

rain over 17 hours from Sunday to Monday, the official China News Service said.

Areas in Fujian to the south saw up to 16 centimetres, according to the service.

In the hard-hit Cangnan County in Wenzhou, more than 1,200 homes collapsed, with damages amounting to hundreds of millions of yuan, China National Radio said.

In Fujian, the typhoon snapped electricity poles in half, leaving power lines on the ground, and bent iron roadsigns, CNR reported.

KATHERINE (AFP) - A handout photo taken on Sunday and received on Monday shows Nuna7 from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands heading through the Australian Outback in the World Solar Challenge in Katherine . Last held in 2011, the epic 3,000kilometre (1,860-mile) solar car race across outback Australia was led out by Team Eindhoven from the Netherlands in their four-seater car Stella, one of eight competitors in the new Cruiser class which aims to showcase solar technology for mainstream vehicles. Teams are allowed to store a small amount of energy but the majority of their power has to come from the sun and their vehicle's kinetic forces, with the punishing desert race from Darwin to southern Adelaide which first ran in 1987 scheduled to finish on Thursday.

Crews are allowed to drive between 8am and 5pm each day and simply set up camp wherever their car pulls off the road at the end of the day. The first car to cross the line in Adelaide is the winner.

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Dutch economy set to leave recession: Central Bank chief US stocks fall as budget fight continues NEW YORK CITY (AFP) US stocks Monday finished lower as a partial US government shutdown entered its second week with no sign of resolution.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 136.34 (0.90 percent) to 14,936.24.

The broad-based S&P 500 tumbled 14.38 (0.85 percent) to 1,676.12, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gave up 37.37 (0.98 percent) at 3,770.38.

The paralysis in Washington continued to weigh on markets.

Analysts have expressed particular concern that the fight over the budget will stymie efforts to raise the budget ceiling, resulting in a US default with damaging economic consequences.

However, the market still considers a US default unlikely, said Peter Cardillo, chief market economist at Rockwell Global Capital.

Banking equities were among the hardest-hit. Dow component JPMorgan Chase fell 1.6 percent, Citigroup dropped 2.0 percent and Wells Fargo dipped 1.7 percent.

Dow component Boeing dropped 0.4 percent after Japan Airlines announced a massive $9.5 billion aircraft order with competitor Airbus. The decision challenged Boeing's dom-

inance in the Japanese market.

Dow component IBM took a 1.1 percent hit after Barclays downgraded the stock to "equal weight" due to the lack of nearterm catalysts for the stock.

Other technology companies also suffered, including Microsoft (down 1.7 percent), Amazon (down 2.8 percent), Priceline (down 1.9 percent) and eBay (down 1.8 percent).

An exception was Apple, which advanced 1.0 percent after Jefferies upgraded the stock to "buy" following meetings with Asian suppliers who were enthusiastic about upcoming Apple products.

Defense contractor Lockheed Martin rose 0.9 percent after the company reduced the number of workers sent home without pay to 2,400 from 3,000 following the Pentagon's decision to recall most of its furloughed employees.

Bond prices rose. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury slipped to 2.63 percent from 2.65 percent Friday, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury dropped to 3.70 percent from 3.73 percent. Prices and yields move inversely.

The new one hundred dollar bill will make its debut today, and it has got some pretty cool features to thwart counterfeiters.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - The Dutch economy is likely to shrug off a year-long recession as international markets show signs of improvement, Central Bank governor Klaas Knot said on Monday.

Presenting a half-yearly report on the state of Dutch banks, Knot said in Amsterdam that "although the hard figures aren't out yet, it's my feeling that we're out of the recession."

The central statistics office is to release third-quarter figures on November 14.

"There are many signals to indicate this," Dutch public broadcaster NOS quoted Knot as saying.

One of the positive factors

is that "the world (economy) is picking up, which is always an important indicator for the Netherlands," he said of the trade-dependent Dutch economy.

So far, the recession-hit Dutch economy has shown little signs of improvement with its central statistics office in September saying it had contracted by 0.1 percent in the second quarter.

It was the fourth contraction in a row since the second quarter of 2012, when a growth of 0.4 percent was logged.

Know warned that "politics remained the greatest risk" to the Dutch economy's recovery.

Prime Minister Mark

Rutte's Liberal-Labour coalition is locked in talks with the opposition to get 6.0 billioneuro ($8.0 bn) in budget cuts approved by the Dutch Senate, in line with European Union recommendations.

Although given the thumbs up by Rutte's majority coalition in the Lower House, the unpopular plan still needs approval from the Upper House to go through.

There, government has to negotiate an agreement with small opposition parties to get a 38-seat majority in the 75-seat body.

"Politically there needs to be rapid agreement about government finances, also for 2014," Knot said.

Brazil's Petrobras in office closures RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) Brazilian state-owned energy giant Petrobras says it will close 38 offices abroad in order to concentrate focus on pre-salt activities forecast to double production by 2020.

The company on Monday confirmed to AFP comments made to that effect by Petrobras CEO Graca Foster to energy digest Brazil Oil and Gas. A press spokeswoman told AFP: "We do not yet have details of the countries where the branches will be closed.

"But 38 bureaux and enterprises does not mean 38 countries are affected -- there are countries with several," the spokeswoman said.

The move came with Moody's having last week downgraded its Petrobras rating from A3 to Baa1 and on negative watch amid fears the

behemoth is carrying onerous levels of debt.

Noting an ambitious capital program and high leverage, Moody's also downgraded Brazilian government from positive to stable on growth fears.

In the second quarter of this year, Petrobras had net income of $2.7 billion -- but it also had a net debt of $36 billion.

Petrobras' 2013-2017 plans include asset divestment of $9.9 billion alongside an investment program of $236.7 billion -- 60 percent of that earmarked for oil and gas exploration and production.

Next week sees Brazil's first pre-salt auction in six years for deepwater deposits at the huge Libra field in the southeastern Santos basin where recoverable reserves of some 12 billion barrels could see

production of an estimated 1m barrels per day (bpd) in five years.

Brazil announced the country's biggest oil find in 20 years in 2007 amid hopes it could see the country double production to some 5 million bpd by 2020.

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Hong Kong tattoo convention

Zeng’s ‘Last Supper’ Sells for Record $23.3 Million at Sotheby’s Auction Saturday night in Hong Kong, setting a new record price for a work by an Asian contemporary artist.

Titled “The Last Supper” and inspired by the Leonardo da Vinci’s 15th-century mural of the same name, the large painting–almost 13 feet wide–was sold after a bidding war that lasted over 10 minutes between two buyers on the phone. A crowd of 600 people in a packed room at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre applauded several times as the prices slowly escalated up to the final result. The winning bidder, who paid more than the presale estimate of 80 Hong Kong dollars (US$10.3 million) was not identified by the firm.

Over half a million mourn influential Israeli rabbi JERUSALEM (AFP) - More than half a million people took to Jerusalem's streets to mourn the spiritual leader of Israel's Sephardic Jewish community, who died in hospital Monday, police said.

Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, 93, who wielded enormous influence among Israeli Jews of Middle Eastern and North African ancestry but courted controversy with his outspoken views, had been in and out of hospital for months and undergone heart surgery.

The mourners, mostly ultraOrthodox Jews wearing traditional black clothing and with men separated from women, gathered outside the seminary Yosef had studied at, before going to his funeral in Jerusalem's conservative Sanhedria district.

Police blocked off some of the Holy City's roads and

stepped up security, with thousands of additional officers deployed.

News of his deteriorating health prompted President Shimon Peres to cut short a working meeting with his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman and rush to the rabbi's bedside, his office said.

Yosef, a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel whose son took over the same role in June, had frequently played the

role of kingmaker in the country's fickle coalition politics.

He was spiritual leader also of ultra-Orthodox party Shas, which was a member of most ruling coalitions before going into opposition after January elections.

Following the failure of the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords to bring about an end to the conflict with the Palestinians, Yosef shifted politically to the right.

HONG KONG (AFP) - Visitors flocked last Friday to a Hong Kong tattoo convention, the first to be held in the southern Chinese city where tattoos were once seen as a sign of triad gang membership.

The show features more than 30 artists from countries ranging from South Africa to mainland China.

It aims to challenge "that old-fashioned notion that it's just gangsters and sailors" who get tattoed, co-organiser Jay

Foss Cole told AFP. Hong Kong's lawyers, doctors and university professors all sport the skin designs, said Foss Cole, also known as Jay FC, and they also appeal to people in creative industries.

Spectators were awestruck by the sight of four near-nude male models showcasing their colourful full-body tattoos in Japanese style.

"I got mine because I love it," said one of the models. The work took 12 hours.

HONG KONG (AFP) - A 118.28-carat white diamond broke a world record Monday when it fetched more than $30 million at a Hong Kong auction. The sparkling translucent stone was sold to an unnamed phone bidder at the Sotheby's auction for HK$238.68 million ($30.6 million) following bidding that lasted for more than six minutes, leaving auctioneers thrilled. Hong Kong has become a centre for jewellery auctions thanks to growing wealth in China and other parts of the region. The eggshaped stone sold Monday has been described as the finest of its kind ever to appear at auction. Earlier estimates valued it at $28-$35 million. The stone, dubbed the "Magnificent Oval Diamond", was discovered in a deep mine in an undisclosed southern African country in 2011. As a rough stone before being cut, it weighed 299 carats.

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--A favorite stop for a great burger for lunch or dinner has just expanded their hours and menu to offer some of the best breakfast bargains to be found in Palm Beach. Owners Aaron and Rosie Walisever are living their dream: a home on paradise while welcoming all and

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“You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” believes Aaron. Upon entering 5 Burgers Aruba in The Village Mall in Palm Beach, one is struck by utterly spotless surroundings and a smiling, friendly, attentive service crew. Of course, the main item on the menu is burgers-the way they were meant to be, thick and juicy, made fresh daily and 100% pure beef, the kind that made the hamburger a traditional American treat.

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SPORTS Fund Raising event for Brazil Taekwondo Foundation in the works hands of Marc Benson of 24ora.com. Mauro Jones of Jones Publicity who designed the calendar also received the first issue. Tele Aruba’s Deporte in Action team went live with the new 2014 calendar, which they say became the talk of the town throughout the evening.

The purpose of the calendar is to help raise funds for the foundation. The “Train Hard Fight Smart” team is set to go to 9 countries and participate -- Sharline Klaber came up in many championships. This with the idea to organize a is the third such calendar by party to raise funds for the the Brazil Taekwondo Founteam of “Train Hard Fight dation.

Smart.” Sharline was present The calendar features at various activities of the beautiful landscapes and Brazil Taekwondo Foundamonuments of Aruba. Everytion. She decided to approach one is encouraged to get their music giants Anthony Gario own calendar. All funds coland Claudius Phillips to play lected will go to the Brazil for the Brazil Taekwondo Taekwondo Foundation to Foundation. help support the “Train Hard Both musicians agreed to Fight Smart” team of athletes. play for the group to help out They are especially grateful the Brazil Taekwondo Founto 24ora.com and Time-Out dation. This foundation does and Tele Aruba’s sports dea lot for our local athletes and Jobert Reyes receiving the calen- partment for their time and always comes home with der from Jeritza Arends. support. for the party. Mauro Jones of prizes for Aruba.

On Thursday evening durSharline Klaber also indi- Jones Publicity has designed a ing a board meeting and Jeritza cated that Aruba has a good fu- poster for the party. The team Arends, Jobert Reyes came to ture with the athletes we now is working hard handing out purchase their brand new 2014 flyers and posters. Sharline is calendar. Joberts became the have.

The direction that Taek- grateful to Gario and Claudius very first to purchase this new wondo Foundation is going for their contribution. The calendar. Popular racer Jobert with the “Train Hard Fight community is encouraged to indicated that he intends to use Smart” team who is represent- come out and support this ac- the calendar to note all his racing Aruba, is taking them to tivity in aid of the Aruba Brazil ing activities. the highest level of perform- Taekwondo Foundation.

Brazil Taekwondo FoundaAlso since last Wednesday tion is grateful to Jobert Reyes ance.

Sharline is working dili- morning the new 2014 Brazil for his cooperation. The new gently to arrange everything Taekwondo Calendar is in the 2014 calendar is now on sale .

LONDON (AFP) - Polytechnic FC (In Blue) play Civil Service FC in a Southern Amateur League football match in the grounds of Buckingham Palace, in central London, on Monday. Britain's Prince William warned footballers to watch the Buckingham Palace windows as Queen Elizabeth II's official residence staged the first football match in its 308-year history. The match between two of England's oldest amateur teams took place in the 39-acre gardens of the famous central London landmark as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the Football Association. It was Polytechnic who prevailed in the Southern Amateur League game, winning 2-1.

Dario Franchitti will have second surgery Dario Franchitti is recovering in a Houston hospital Monday after surgery to temporarily stabilize a broken right ankle sustained during a violent crash Sunday during an IndyCar street race.

The IndyCar driver also has two cracked ribs, and will be moved to Indianapolis on Wednesday.

Franchitti also sustained two spinal fractures and a concussion in the crash on the final lap of the Grand Prix of Houston. His car went airborne and struck a catchfence, sending portions of the fence and other debris into a grandstand, injuring an IndyCar official and 13 fans.

Two of the fans were taken to a hospital for treatment; others were treated at the scene and released. Franchitti was taken by ambulance to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, where he underwent surgery Sunday night.

DETROIT (AFP) - Seth Smith #15 of the Oakland Athletics rounds third base after hitting a home run against the Detroit Tigers in the fifth inning of Game Three of the American League Division Series at Comerica Park yesterday. Athletics won 6-3. In a rematch of last season's ALDS, the Detroit Tigers meet the Oakland Athletics.

This time, the A's are trying to get past the Tigers and move deeper into the postseason, while the Tigers are trying to advance to their second straight World Series.

Native Americans press for Redskins name change WASHINGTON (AFP) - Battle lines were drawn Monday over the name of Washington's beloved American football team after President Barack Obama indicated he'd favor something less racially charged than Redskins.

The casino-rich Oneida tribe in New York state is spearheading a campaign to get the National Football League franchise to rebrand itself, just as NFL owners hold their fall meeting in the US capital.

Whether the Redskins should retain a name deemed "usually offensive" by the MerriamWebster dictionary and "dated offensive" by the Oxford dictionary has been a festering issue in Washington for years.

But it reached a new level when Obama, otherwise preoccupied with the US government shutdown, said in an interview published Saturday that "I'd think about changing" the name if he was the Redskins' owner.

Dan Snyder, the marketing mogul who bought the Redskins in 1999, has insisted that he will never change the name -- and on Monday he got his lawyer to say it again.

Since the start of this year's NFL season, the Oneida Indian Nation has aired radio commercials nationwide to protest the Redskins' name. It also launched a website, changethemascot.org.

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NFL: Manning's Broncos win shootout over

Cowboys

DALLAS (AFP) - Matt Prater kicked a 28-yard field goal to lift the Denver Broncos to a 5148 win over the Dallas Cowboys in a shootout at Cowboys Stadium on Sunday.

Peyton Manning's Broncos improved to 5-0 on the season, becoming one of three undefeated teams left in the National Football League regular season.

Manning posted his second 400-yard game of the season, leading the Broncos to their 16th straight regular season win and eighth consecutive on the road.

"We talked about at halftime that we needed to keep scoring," Manning said. "We kept scoring and we had the huge defensive play at the end."

Denver tied the game on a

one-yard touchdown run from Knowshon Moreno with 2:39 remaining, and Dallas got the ball back at their own 20 with all three timeouts. The Cowboys fell to 2-3.

But then Dallas quarterback Tony Romo threw an interception to Danny Trevathan and Denver got the ball back at Dallas' 24 yard line.

After a 13-yard catch

by Demaryius Thomas that took the ball to the Dallas 11, Denver faced a third-and-one at the two and Moreno's one- Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte, top, is tackled by Minyard run gave the Bron-nesota Vickings safety Harrison Smith during the second half of cos a fresh set of downs. Sunday game Quarterback Manning The Broncos face the winless almost five years. then ran the clock down to two Moreno finished with a total seconds before calling a time- Jacksonville Jaguars at home of 150 yards and a touchdown out, setting the stage for Prater's next week.

The 37-year-old Manning for Denver, which scored 230 heroic 28-yard field goal in finished the game 33-for-42 for points through its first five front of a crowd of 92,758.

414 yards and four touchdowns, games this season. Julius With the win Denver joins the Kansas City Chiefs and the but also threw his first intercep- Thomas caught nine passes for New Orleans Saints as the lone tion of the season. He added a 122 yards and two touchdowns undefeated teams in the league. rushing touchdown, his first in and Eric Decker had five

PARIS (AFP) - Jockey Thierry Jarnet (C) riding Treve celebrates after winning the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, on October 6, 2013 at Longchamp hippodrome in Paris. Treve, owned by Sheikh Joann alThani son of the Emir of Qatar, beat Japanese favourite Orfevre by five lengths with Intello in third while the other Japanese runner Kizuna was fourth.

Thierry Jarnet, not content with just winning Europe's most prestigious race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, also partnered the prolific Moonlight Cloud to victory in the Group One Prix de la Foret at Longchamp on Sunday. The 46-year-old jockey, who recorded his third Arc win on Treve but first since 1994, brought the remarkable five-yearold mare with a stunning burst of speed to go from last to first to win her third Group One race in two months.

catches for 87 yards and a touchdown.

Romo went toe-to-toe with Manning through much of the game, throwing for 506 yards and five touchdowns on 25-of36 attempts. But his interception late in the game turned out to be costly for the Cowboys.

Three different Dallas receivers finished over 100 yards as Terrance Williams (151), Dez Bryant (141) and Jason Witten (121) all surpassed the mark.

In Cincinnati, BenJarvus Green-Ellis scored the lone touchdown to help the Cincinnati Bengals beat the New England Patriots 13-6, handing the Patriots their first loss of the season on Sunday.

Running back Green-Ellis, who played four seasons with the Patriots, powered straight ahead from a yard out on fourth down with just over nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.

The touchdown capped a 14play, 93-yard drive and put the Bengals up 13-3 in front of a crowd of 64,259 at Paul Brown Stadium.

The Tom Brady-led Patriots offense struggled to get in the end zone.

Brady also had his brilliant consecutive games streak with a touchdown pass snapped at 52.

He failed on three passing attempts from the one-yard line which led to New England settling for a field goal with 6:28 to play.

In other games it was Green Bay 22 Detroit 9, New Orleans 26 Chicago 18, Kansas City 26 Tennessee 17, St. Louis 34 Jacksonville 20, Indianapolis 34 Seattle 28, Baltimore 26 Miami 23, Philadelphia 36 New York Giants 21, Arizona 22 Carolina 6, San Francisco 34 Houston 3 and Oakland 27 San Diego 17.

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International team in Qatar to inspect labour conditions Nepalese workers were treated as slaves.

The head of Qatar's National Human Rights ComAli Al-Marri, mittee, admitted last week some problems but denied claims that the Nepalese workers were treated like "slaves".

The Work Ministry's Ali Ahmad Al-Khalifi meanwhile pledged to double the number of work inspectors to 150, a pledge considered by the ITUC as "weak".

DOHA (AFP) - A delegation from an international labour federation arrived Monday in Qatar to inspect the situation of migrant workers in the 2022 football World Cup host, amid claims of severe exploitation.

The 18-member team from the Building and Wood Worker's International federation will visit construction sites in the Gulf emirate and report on the situation.

"This mission is to inspect the conditions of work in the construction sites," said Gilles Letort, from the CGT French union upon arrival.

He pointed out that the visit was decided before the revelations made by the British daily, The Guardian, last month, which said 44 Nepalese workers have died on construction sites in Qatar.

"This has been prepared a year ago, and it is not linked to the recent campaign," he said.

"We will inspect, note, and afterwards, try to creat awareness and act to improve the situation of workers based on our findings," he added.

The Gulf state has come under mounting pressure to end exploitation of migrant workers, as it embarks on a multi-billion-dollar construction programme to prepare to host the 2022 football World Cup. The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) last week slammed as "weak and disappointing" Qatar's response to media claims that

"There are already labour inspectors and they have no impact," said ITUC Secretary-General Sharan Burrow.

ITUC lodged a complaint in March with the labour ministry against six Qatari companies after being contacted by workers.

The union body says Qatar's labour ministry received 6,000 worker complaints in 2012 while the Indian embassy there received 1,500 complaints in

the first five months of this year.

Among the complaints are that false promises are made to workers, that employer obligations on wages and working conditions are not met, that contracts are not respected, passports are withheld, workers are indebted to recruiters or moneylenders, and that workers are forced to live in crowded squalid camps.