hours of talks that both he andPutin agreed on the need for a"political process" to preventcivil war in Syria and pledgedto work with UN envoy KofiAnnan to try to end the crisis.

In their statement, the lea -ders said that Syria's futuremust be worked out by "Syri-ans themselves" in the "frame-work of Syria's sovereignty,independence, unity, and terri-torial integrity."

Russia has been concernedto avoid a repeat of the interna-tional mission in Libya when itwas assured the West was notbent on regime change, butthen saw allied warplanes helpthe opposition topple dictatorMoamer Kadhafi.

US officials have said theywant Russia's help to create apolitical transition similar tothat which ushered Yemen'spresident Ali Abdullah Salehfrom power in February after ayear-long uprising.

"From my point of view wehave found many commonpoints on this (Syria) issue,"Putin said after the talks,adding that Russia and theUnited States will continue dis-cussions on how to deal withthe ongoing violence.

LOS Cabos (AFP) - US Presi-dent Barack Obama and Rus -sian President Vladimir Putincalled yesterday for an end toviolence in Syria and said itspeople should be allowed todemocratically decide their fu-ture.

"In order to stop the blood-shed in Syria, we call for animmediate cessation of all vio-lence," the leaders said in ajoint statement, after meetingin Mexico following days ofantagonism between Moscowand Washington on the issue.

"We are united in the beliefthat the Syrian people shouldhave the opportunity to inde-pendently and democraticallychoose their own future."

Putin told reporters aftermeeting Obama for the firsttime since he returned to thepresidency that the two leadershad found "many commonpoints" on Syria, where vio-lence is spiraling into an all-out civil war.

Washington has become in-creasingly frustrated overMoscow's refusal to allow theUN Security Council to takefirmer action against PresidentBashar al-Assad over his brutalcrackdown on civilians.

Obama said after the two

tion is interested in participat-ing actively in our upcomingSmall Business Week. Wewould invite neighboring coun-tries to attend their expo here.Aruba is currently working onattracting commercial missionsfrom Colombia and Brazil andsuch an event here on Arubawould make a major impact.

Several individual franchisecompanies expressed interestin coming to Aruba for thatexpo. In the words of the ArubaMinister of Economic Af-fairs…”we must be one stepahead; the world of businesshas changed in these last times,hence the reason for our effortsto attract these types of oppor-tunities for our island. It is im-portant for the government forour people to develop and growin business.”

from the United States.The Minister also men-

tioned that there are numerousfranchise companies alreadyestablished on the island. Manyfranchises are in the clothingline, food, drinks and severalothers. According to the Minis-ter, it appears that the Associa-

During the past weekend the“International Franchise Expo”took place in New York withmore than 330 exhibitors andover ten thousand people par-ticipating. The most well-known American franchisecompanies were on display in-teresting participants to con-sider joining them in business.It is believed that this type ofexpo fits perfectly with Aruba’sSmall Business Week. MinisterMichelle Hooyboer-Winklaar,who attended the New York ex-position, indicated that…”wewant to bring more opportuni-ties to local business ownersand even interest them in start-

ing new businesses.”Many of the franchise com-

panies on display do not re-quire large investments, but areknown for making big profits.During the New York exposi-tion a meeting was held withBeth Solomon, Vice Presidentof the International FranchiseAssociation. Solomon is also incharge of innovative strategiesand industry relations. In hercapacity her association is al-ways on the lookout for newbusiness opportunities.

They have conducted mis-sions in Panama, Colombia andChile. In their meeting, Aruba’sMichelle Hooyboer-Winklaarhighlighted the many benefitsthat Aruba has to offer, not onlyfor hosting an exposition, butfor opening franchise busi-nesses. Aruba has a populationof 100 thousand inhabitantsand over 1.5 million touristsannually coming primarily

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exploring holding expo on Aruba

Obama, Putin unite in

warning to Syria

take about 5 to 6 weeks to becompleted. The Aruba TourismAuthority (ATA) and the PostOffice will enter into a leaseagreement for the section to beallocated to the Tourism Infor-mation Bureau. This bureauwill be charged with supplyinginformation on Aruba, and par-ticularly information on theSan Nicolaas section of the is-land and on the popular Carru-bian Festival.

The entire area near thePost Office will be renovated.An attractive plaza will be cre-ated in the area in front of theAuxiliary Government OfficeBuilding.

SAN NICOLAAS -- SanNicolaas is slated to get itsown Tourism information of-fice, as was announced by thegovernment some time back.Last week they began prepara-tions for the start of the proj-ect.

The Tourism InformationBureau will be housed in a sec-tion below the Post Officecomplex and the demolitionwork to separate this sectionfrom the Post Office wasbegun last week.

The Architect is working onthe interior and exterior rendi-tions, and the expectation isthat the entire project should

Tourism InformationBureau in the worksfor San Nicolaas

The Caribbean Crossroadsof the World includes morethan just the exhibition. It isaccompanied by specialevents, educational programs

and workshops for students.Because of the bright spotlighton this exhibition there in NewYork, The New York Times,has become interested andhave written an extensive andlovely article on the event.

Aruba is definitely veryproud of the several Arubanartists participating along with379 other artists in this exhibi-tion. The Aruba Minister ex-pressed her congratulations andpride for our Arubans makingtheir name in art. She considersthis exhibition a real milestone.She reported having visited “ElMuseo del Barrio” 2 years ago,and she was pleased that our ef-forts to become part of thisevent have finally materialized.

For the very first time, threevery popular museums in NewYork are dedicating an exhibi-tion to the Caribbean, in whichAruba is participating. ArubaMinister Michelle Hooyboer-Winklaar visited the exhibitionduring her recent stop in NewYork. There she met with se -veral artists and personallycongratulated them for theirwork. “Caribbean Crossroadsof the World” as the exhibitionis dubbed, opened on June12th and will remain open tothe public up to the 6th of Jan-uary 2013. And, in all three

museums of New York,namely, “El Museo del Bar-rio,” “Queens Museum ofArt,” and “The Studio Mu-seum of Harlem” in New York.

The exhibition at “The Stu-dio Museum in Harlem willclose on the 21st of Octobner2012. This particular exhibi-tion has displayed more than500 works of art over the past400 years with an emphasis onthe relationship between theCaribbean and the USA. Theyhave placed a great deal of em-phasis on regional contribu-tions relative to identity andthe sense of belonging.

This exhibition will alsohighlight ideologies, com-merce, culture, politics and thepopular cultures of the entireCaribbean to include thecoastal region of the Caribbeansuch as Miami, Venezuela,Colombia, etc.

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be one of the most memorablemusical events Aruba has everhosted.

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roundabout across from theOranjestad Wendy’s. Contai -ners have been placed aroundthe stage to provide optimalacoustics for what will surely

Salsa singers, who will appearon Saturday evening, June 23.

The brand new concertvenue is in Aruba’s containerharbor, the entrance off the

Latin Grammy Awards and oneGrammy Award. On May 29he released his album "JuanesMTV Unplugged", which is al-ready #1 on Billboard TopLatin Albums and Latin PopAlbums. Doors open at 8:00PM and the concert will beginpromptly at 11. Internationallyrenowned Aruban singerRoger Peterson, lead vocalistof the internationally knownband “Intwine” will open theprogram. Juanes will be arri -ving on Wednesday, June 20,and has graciously offered tovisit island schools and talk tostudents about their futures andhis career.

Jonathan welcomed islandmedia to proudly show-off theAIFF Harbor Arena createdjust for this series, with thelargest stage the island hasever seen to accommodate thefull orchestra of internationalmegastar Marc Anthony, oneof the most influential and suc-cessful American/Latin per-formers of the last 15 years andconsidered one of the great

Opening night of the third edi-tion of the Aruba InternationalFilm Festival is almost here!This coming Friday, June 22,festival Co-founder and Exe -cutive Producer JonathanVieira will welcome Oscar andGolden Globe nominated ac-tress Virginia Madsen on theRed Carpet at Paseo Herenciain Palm Beach for the WorldPremiere of “The Magic ofBelle Isle,” co-starring MorganFreeman.

This glittering night, co -vered by international press onisland for the festival, will befollowed by the first of threespectacular shows over thiscoming weekend that comprisea new aspect of the festival, theAIFF Concert Series.

The famous AIFF after-par-ties have been replaced withlate night concerts featuringtop performers, starting withColombian superstar Juanes,who launched his stellar careerby winning 3 Latin Grammiesfor this debut album “FijateBien”; he has won a total of 17

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AIFF begins this Friday with Virginia Madsen on the Red

Carpet event

Juanes at the AIFF Harbor Arena for inaugural concert

One of the largest stages Aruba has ever seen

x 21 cm, using blackand white paper cut-tings to produce thesilhouette profile.

Simson had re-ceived some excel-lent impressionswhen he briefly metRaymann during aprevious visit by thecelebrity in 2009.Raymann was thenthere to host a coupleof shows.

Simson, will hostan solo exhibition inSuriname, Ray-mann’s homeland, inthe co ming year andparticipate at theCaribbean Festivalfor the Arts, Car-

ifesta 2013. Raymann will be perform-

ing at Aruba’s Cas di CuturaJune 25, 26 and 27 as part ofthe Aruba International FilmFestival Concert Series.Waldy hopes to present himwith his portrait while he isvisiting the island.

Known for his silhouette por-traits, local artist Waldy Sim-son has been inspired by theupcoming appearance onAruba of extremely popularcomedian, cabaret performerand late-night TV host inHolland, Jörgen Raymann.He has made a portrait of thecelebrity, which measures 29

- Winter Garden - Gayo Rojo- CDs & More- Veneta Cucine - Paseo Herencia - Happy

MonkeysThis year, the AIFF will

host industry luminaries RayLiotta, Pietro Scalia, editor of“Prometheus” and the soon tobe released “Amazing Spider-man,” actor Richard Kind, andsome very special secretcelebrities, yet to be an-nounced.

For more information andupdates, visit the AIFF web-site: http://www.arubainterna-tionalfilmfestival.com or theirFacebook page for the latestnews updates.

by Rosalie Klein

Saturday evening’s concertwith Marc Anthony has al-ready sold out all the PlatinumVIP tables, which seat ten andare sold as a unit for $3,500.This includes a bottle ofJohnny Walker Blue Label andsnacks, but there are 2 left forthe Juanes concert and theSunday night DJ “DirtyDutch” event. Some VIPstanding room only tickets areleft for Juanes at $170, whichwill place the ticket holdersright up next to the stage.

The few general admissiontickets left for Marc Anthonyand Juanes are $80; DJChuckie and his branded“Dirty Dutch” event on Sun-day, June 24, is only $20 p/p.Tickets are available at

- Cas di cultura

Many dads chose to spendquality time with their spousesand offspring of all ages fortheir special day, Sunday, June17, at Paseo Herencia shop-ping mall. A common practicefor the shopping/dining/enter-tainment center is to provide aspecial show on holidays, andtalented woodwind musicianJuan Paul Carresquilla wassuch a hit on Mother’s Day,they decided to do it again.

After a day of taking advan-tage of special sales at highfashion stores, many familieschose to enjoy a meal at TGIFriday’s, Iguana Cantina, LeBistro by Taste of Belgium orMaute Grill, before settling inat the amphitheatre in the PlazaPadu to enjoy Juan’s mellowmusical renderings of somegreat classic songs.

Among them was theplaza’s namesake, JuanChabaya (Padu) Lampe, the ul-timate dad for the island, as hehas been officially dubbedAruba’s “Father of Culture,”known for his talent as a musi-cian, composer, author andpainter. He could think of nobetter way to spend theevening with his daughterVivien and her husband Victor,than relaxing to great music atthe mall in Palm Beach.

The special day at the mallattracted islanders and vaca-tioners alike. The Calistro fa -mily of Connecticut alsoselected this special evening tohonor dad Gene, who was laston Aruba around 30 years ago.He had only kudos for all thenew and wonderful attractionsthat are keeping the wholefamily entertained, includingshows such as those put on byPaseo Herencia, not only onthis special occasion, but thefour-time nightly WaltzingWalters, which thoroughly de-lighted young daughter Kelly,and sons Christian and Gianni.

by Rosalie Klein

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Fashion, fun and great music for

Father’s Day at Paseo Herencia

Aruba's Father of Culture, Padu Lampe

The Calistro family of Conn

Jonathan Vieira and stage

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Aruban artist Waldy Simsoncreates portrait notedentertainer Jörgen Raymann

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The weekly Bon Bini Festivaltakes place tonight at the FortZoutman in Wilhelminastraat.Bon Bini Festival is the onlyweekly folkloric event on theisland. Come mingle with thelocals and enjoy a taste ofAruban culture.

This week the festival willfeature the traditional Arubacaha di orgel by Nos “Ambi-ente,” folkloric music by “OlaTropical,” dance performanceby “The Bon Bini Dancers,”soloist Gabriela Krozendijkand brass band “The NewGenerations.”

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Vatican'snumbertwo slams 'attempt tosplitChurch'VATICAN CITY (AFP) - TheVatican's number two, the re-ported target of a power strug-gle in the Church, allegeddivisive forces at work onMonday.

In a rare outburst, the Sec-retary of State appeared to lashout at those who, according toreligious observers, have beenorchestrating the scandal in anattempt to oust him, andslammed media for "DanBrown-style" reporting.

Tarcisio Bertone told theFamiglia Cristiana magazinethat there was "a fierce and re-lentless attempt to create divi-sions between the Holy Fatherand his collaborators, and be-tween the collaborators them-selves."

However, the cardinal in-sisted he enjoyed support frommany quarters within theChurch: "I am at the heart ofthe fray. And I see painfulthings but I also see the Churchby my side, people from everybackground who show affec-tion."

Religious watchers havesaid it is unlikely that PopeBenedict XVI's butler PaoloGabriele -- arrested on May 23on accusations of leaking se-cret papal papers -- would haveorchestrated such a large whis-tle-blowing operation alone.

Bertone said the pope hadfelt betrayed and "has askedhimself several times, whyGabriele, who he loved like ason, should have behaved thatway."

Vatican spokesman Fed-erico Lombardi told a pressconference Monday that thethree retired cardinals ap-pointed by the pope to head aninvestigative commission onthe leaks scandal had alreadyinterviewed 23 people.

International News Putin andObamawarn Iran CABOS (AFP) - US Presi-dent Barack Obama andRussian President VladimirPutin jointly warned Iran onMonday it must comply withits nuclear obligations, astalks with Tehran in Moscowran into trouble.

"We agree that Iran mustundertake serious effortsaimed at restoring interna-tional confidence in the exclu-sively peaceful nature of itsnuclear program," the twoleaders said in a joint state-ment after meeting in Mexico.

The statement called for"minimisation of the civilianuse of highly enriched ura-nium" and came hours afterthe first day of meetings inMoscow between Iran andfive world powers attemptingto find a diplomatic solutionto the standoff over the Iran-ian nuclear programme.

Although there were fewsigns at the Moscow meetingof Iran's willingness to give into western demands to scaledown its program, Obamaand Putin said they "look for-ward to constructive engage-ment with Iran through theP5+1 process."

Obama, who has warnedhe will not rule out militaryaction against Iran's nuclearsights said that there was "stilltime and space" for diplo-macy to work.

Russia has previouslyslammed the idea of militarystrikes against Iran but says itexpects Tehran to take thefirst step in the diplomaticprocess in Moscow in orderto avoid drastic scenarios.

Failure of the talks couldhave heavy repercussions,with the United States and itsally Israel refusing to rule outthe option of airstrikes againstthe Iranian nuclear pro-gramme and Tehran facingsanctions that could cripplethe economy.

carry out," Suu Kyi said inreply. "I have discovered howmuch more people care. I hadnot expected this. I had notknown how much they cared.This has come as a surprise tome and a very moving one."

Suu Kyi received AmnestyInternational's Ambassador ofConscience Award, the rightsgroup's most prestigious prize,after performances fromworld artists.

She won the award in 2009but was under house arrest inMyanmar at the time so couldnot collect it.

After the concert at theBord Gais Energy Theatre,thousands of people were ex-pected at an open-air eventwhere Suu Kyi will be giventhe Freedom of the City ofDublin, some 12 years aftershe was named for the honour.

She is expected to addressthe crowds, who will sing"happy birthday" to her a daybefore she turns 67.

An emotional Suu Kyi de-livered her Nobel lecture atOslo City Hall on Saturday,more than two decades afterreceiving the peace prizeawarded to her in 1991 for her"non-violent struggle fordemocracy and human rights".

Suu Kyi's tour, which alsotakes in Britain,Switzerlandand France, is her first trip toEurope for 24 years.

It has been clouded by con-

DUBLIN (AFP) - Aung SanSuu Kyi received a rock starwelcome in Ireland Monday,with U2 singer Bono amongthose performing at a concertto honour the Myanmardemocracy icon after flying inwith her on his private jet.

Nobel Peace laureate SuuKyi took to the stage withBono to receive a prize fromAmesty International at therights group's "ElectricBurma" concert in a packedDublin theatre. She was metwith cheers and a standingovation.

Bono thanked her for beingthere, saying: "We know thereare many many other placesyou could be and we under-stand the signal your presencehere sends out and we arehumbled, we are grateful."

"It is one of the great ironiesthat by your confinement, theworld has become your home.Dublin is your world thisevening."

Suu Kyi sat alongside Bono-- who has long supported SuuKyi's freedom struggle anddedicated the song "Walk On"to her -- after the pair travelledfrom Oslo, Norway, wherethey had co-hosted a peaceforum.

"To receive this award is toremind me that 24 years ago Itook on duties from which Ishall never be relieved but youhave given me the strength to

tinued violence in westernMyanmar where dozens ofpeople have been killed andmore than 30,000 people dis-placed by clashes betweenBuddhist Rakhines and state-less Muslim Rohingya.

Myanmar's Suu Kyi takes tostage in Dublin with Bono

Florida shooterused donatedfunds to payoff billsMIAMI (AFP) - Neighbor-hood watch volunteer GeorgeZimmerman and his wifeused money from an onlinefundraising website set up fortheir defense to pay off creditcards and other bills, accord-ing to jailhouse recordings re-leased Monday.

Zimmerman is accused offatally shooting unarmedblack teenager Trayvon Mar-tin on February 26 in Sanford,Florida. The racially-chargedcase caused an uproar acrossthe United States and set off awave of protests.

Zimmerman was arrestedon April 11 and released onbail April 23. He has beencharged with second-degreemurder.

A judge had initially setZimmerman's bond at$150,000, but prosecutors saythat figure relied on "falserepresentations and state-ments" by the defendant andhis wife about the amount ofmoney he had access to.

Zimmerman was orderedback to jail after prosecutorsargued he misled the courtabout having no money, de-spite tens of thousands of dol-lars in donated funds raisedonline.

The recordings were re-leased by the SeminoleCounty court, along withtranscripts, an affidavit andother court documents.

The affected vehiclesinclude Toyota's top-sell-ing Camry, the CamryHybrid, the RAV4, Yarisand Highlander Hybrid,built between 2006 and2008.

The investigationbegan in February andwas upgraded to an "engi-neering analysis" onThursday. It could, butmay not necessarily, result

in a recall.Toyota also reported 49

warranty claims linked to firesin the power window switch.

Toyota vehicles experienced a"higher rate of fire and thermalevent incidents," regulatorssaid.

CHICAGO (AFP) - US regu-lators have expanded a probeinto a potential safety hazardin 1.4 million Toyota vehiclesafter nine people were injuredin 161 crashes or fires.

No deaths were reportedfrom the fires which began inthe power window switch.Regulators did not providedetails on the severity of theinjuries in a notice posted onthe National Highway TrafficSafety Administration website.

The investigation comes asToyota is still working to re-gain US market share after itsreputation was damaged by aseries of mass recalls beginningin 2009 and then its supplieswere hit by Japan's March 2011quake and tsunami disaster.

Toyota nonetheless re-gained its position as theworld's number-one automakerby sales in the first quarter of2012, stealing back the leadfrom US giant General Motors.

This latest potential defectwas discovered after certain

US probes safety of 1.4 mn Toyotasafter fires

crimes against huma nity andgenocide committed duringBosnia's 1992-1995 war.

They include in particularthe masterminding of the July1995 Srebrenica massacre ofalmost 8,000 Muslim men andboys, the worst atrocity on Eu-ropean soil since World War II.

Prosecutors also holdMladic responsible for the 44-month siege of Sarajevo thatleft an estimated 10,000 peopledead, the vast majority of themcivilians.

Mladic, who was arrested ayear ago in Serbia after morethan 16 years on the run, plea -ded not guilty to the charges atan earlier court hearing. Hefaces life imprisonment if con-victed.

documents to the defence."The decision was made

following submissions by thedefence and the prosecutionwith regards to the disclosureof evidentiary material," wasall that yesterday's statementsaid, adding that the reasoningwould be given "in duecourse."

On May 31 lawyers defen -ding Mladic asked for a six-month extension to the trial'sdelay.

Judges had set June 25 asthe date for the former ge -neral's trial to resume with thetestimony of the prosecution'sfirst witness.

Mladic, 70, the so-called"Butcher of Bosnia," is chargedwith 11 counts of war crimes,

THE HAGUE (AFP) - TheYugoslavia war crimes courtyesterday delayed the start ofthe prosecution's case in thetrial of Bosnian Serb ex-armychief Ratko Mladic, the secondtime the proceedings were sus-pended.

The court "suspended thestart of presentation of theProsecution's evidence in thecase of Ratko Mladic until fur-ther notice," the InternationalCriminal Tribunal for the for-mer Yugoslavia said in a state-ment.

It did not give a reason forits ruling, but the proceedingshave been on hold since a dayafter the trial started on May16 because of "irregularities"in the transfer of prosecution

Court delays start of prosecution's

case in Mladic trial

claiming "the peoples areagainst the mercantilization ofnature," they marched severalmiles to the Flamengo park,the venue for the "People'sSummit" organized by civil so-ciety groups on the sidelines ofthe Rio+20 event.

Several hundred menclosed off the march to showtheir solidarity.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) -Thousands of women repre-senting social and farm move-ments marched in central Rioyesterday to rail against the"green economy" advocatedby the Rio+20 conference onsustainable development.

Behind a large banner fromthe international peasantmovement Via Campesina pro-

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Women march in Rio to

protest 'green economy'

SOMALIA: A man chews the mild stimulant known lo-cally as khat as he packs it into bundles in the Somalicapital, Mogadishu on June 18, 2012. The thriving tradein khat in Somalia has survived two decades of warfarein the horn of Africa nation that is now struggling withthe help of the international community to establish acentral government. Imported mainly from Kenya andEthiopia, khat chewing has become a permanent fixturein the streets of Mogadishu. (AFP PHOTO)

tests on different batches ofPIP implants had been carriedout in Britain, France and Aus-tralia and shown that the im-plants were not toxic.

"We have, however, foundthat these implants are sub-standard when compared toother implants, and that theyare more likely to rupture."

The report said PIP im-plants have a 15 percent to 30percent chance of rupturingafter ten years, compared to 10percent to 14 percent for otherbrands.

Rupturing of the PIP im-plants has caused symptomssuch as tenderness or swollenlymph glands in a small pro-portion of women but there isno link to cancer despite ear-lier fears, the study said.

LONDON (AFP) - Faultybreast implants made by PIP,the French company thatsparked a global health scare,do not pose any long-termmedical threats, British healthauthorities said in a final re-port Monday.

But the experts warned thatthe implants, which used in-dustrial-grade silicone gel in-tended for use in mattresses,are twice as likely to rupture asother brands.

More than 400,000 womenworldwide are believed tohave received implants madeby PIP -- which was shut downin 2010 -- and many countrieshave urged women to havethem removed.

NHS group's leader Profes-sor Bruce Keogh said repeated

of November's vote.But Americans don't buy it.

Three quarters believeSupreme Court decisions areguided by judges' personal orpolitical views. According tothe recent survey for the NewYork Times and CBS, barelyone in eight Americans believethe rulings are based solely onlegal arguments.

The court's last most obvi-ous foray into politics was in2000, when it declared GeorgeW. Bush the winner of thepresidential elections over AlGore.

"If the Supreme Court jus-tices follow the constitutiontext and history and many oftheir own opinions on federalpower, they would easily up-hold the Affordable Care Act,"said lawyer Elizabeth Wydra,who is more in favor of the ad-ministration.

"There are a number of pre-vious decisions particularlyabout the Commerce Clausethat the court would be ignor-ing if they strike down theact," she said.

But she said despite thatsome justices like the conser-vative Antonin Scalia could go"against some of their ownwords on the legal issue athand."

But a former Bush adminis-tration lawyer David Rivkindenied the ruling would bebased on the judges' own po-litical preferences.

"It's political only because itbenefits political parties,(that's) the only way we cansay it's political," he argued.

"The criticism that it will bepolitical is (itself) a politicalcriticism," suggested RandyBarnett, in favor of the plain-tiffs. "What is at stake iswhether our federal govern-ment has limited powers."

Marcus also did not believethe Supreme Court will baseits decision on partisan poli-tics, but rather more on ideol-ogy. Five conservative judgeson the court "fear big govern-ment swallowing up and sup-planting the traditional role ofthe states," he said.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Withthe US Supreme Court set torule within days on the consti-tutionality of President BarackObama's health care reformsmany Americans are fearful ofthe political fallout of the de-cision.

While the nation's nine topjustices are meant to base theirdecisions on the frameworkprovided by the centuries-oldUS Constitution, many believethe divided bench could beswayed by their own politicalleanings.

"What they're afraid of isthat the subjective impulse ofthe judge, rather than some-thing more objective, will con-trol the decision," JusticeStephen Breyer told AFP.

The high court is expectedto render its decision on thecenterpiece of Obama's politi-cal legacy by the end of Juneas the nation gears up the No-vember elections.

The Democratic president isfighting to win a second WhiteHouse term as his Republicanchallenger Mitt Romney, whohas vowed to repeal the healthcare reforms, erodes the gap inthe polls amid the sour econ-omy.

The court will decide if thecore of the law, which obligesall Americans to purchasehealth care insurance or facepenalties, is constitutional, andif not, whether the rest ofObama's reforms hold up.

Since oral arguments wereheard in March, experts havebeen trying to read the tea-leaves to offer up predictionson which way the court willlean.

Many were surprised by thereactions of the conservativejudges, the largest bloc on thebench, who seemed inclined tooverturn the law, which aimsto provide health insurance to32 million Americans.

Overturning the law woulddeal a blow to Obama -- atrained constitutional lawyer -- and offer a golden opportu-nity for Republicans tohammer him on his credibilityand leadership qualities ahead

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Top court ruling onUS health reformshotly anticipated

Faulty PIP breast implantsnot toxic

'Diet or quit' Pakistan tells pot-bellied police ISLAMABAD (AFP) - APakistan police commanderhas ordered tens of thousandsof pot-bellied officers to dietor quit frontline duties, offi-cials said Monday in whatone newspaper dubbed the"battle of the bulge".

Habibur Rehman, policechief in Pakistan's most pop-ulous province Punjab, hasordered 175,000 personnelnot to allow their waistlinesto exceed 38 inches (96 cm),spokeswoman Nabila Ghaz-anfar told AFP.

At least 50 percent of Pun-jab police are overweight,Ghazanfar said.

Local daily The News saidthe number overweight offi-cers in the city of Rawalpindi,the headquarters of the armythat has been hit by numerousTaliban attacks, stood at morethan 77 percent, adding that"policemen appear to be los-ing the battle of the bulge".

Police said officers hadbeen given until June 30 toshape up and those deemedtoo fat from July 1 would notbe given jobs in the field.

Overweight officers are in-effective and "cannot chasebandits, robbers and othercriminals properly", sheadded, blaming the problemon under-staffing.

"We have a shortage ofpersonnel, what can you ex-pect when one official isdoing the job of six people?They don't get time for phys-ical fitness," she told AFP.

Another official who didnot wish to be named said100 stations were initiallysingled out for the exerciseorder, but Rehman later de-cided to send warning lettersto the entire Punjab policeforce.

sico, Coca Cola, Nestle, Saint-Gobain, Royal Dutch Shell,Akzo Nobel, Bayer, Heinekenand Pernod Ricard.

All have endorsed the UNGlobal Compact's CEO WaterMandate initiative launched byUN chief Ban Ki-moon in2007.

In a statement addressed tothe Rio+20 leaders due to de-bate sustainable developmenthere from Wednesday to Fri-day, the 45 executives urgedthem "to take decisive actionsduring and after this summit onone of our world's great chal-lenges -- water."

"Problems related to wateravailability, quality and sanita-tion are undermining develop-ment in many regions of theworld - exacting an enormoushuman cost while also under-mining critical life-givingecosystems," they said.

Roughly 800 million peoplearound the world lack access tosafe drinking water, and 2.5billion lack basic sanitation,"according to the United Na-tions.

The UN also estimates thattwo thirds of the world's seven-billion-strong population willface water scarcity by 2025.

Adrian Sym, executive di-rector as the Alliance for WaterStewardship, hailed the CEOsstatement "as an act of leader-ship by the private sector".

"The problems are so vastthat governments alone cannotsolve them," he added, stress-ing that cross-sectorial leader-ship was a critical piece insolving the problem.

Robert ter Kuile, a seniorexecutive at Pepsico, saidwater was critical to "our entirevalue chain" and reaffirmed hiscompany's goal of "a 20 per-cent reduction (in water usage)per unit of production in (its)operations by 2015."

JIUQUAN : China's first female astronaut Liu Yang wavesto the crowd prior to boarding the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft-- China's fourth manned space mission -- which blastedoff at 1037 GMT from the Jiuquan space base, northwestChina's Gansu province in the remote Gobi desert onJune 16, 2012. China launched its most ambitious spacemission to date, sending its first female astronaut to thefinal frontier and bidding to achieve the country's firstmanual space docking.

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SAO PAOLO (AFP) - Some45 corporate chiefs attendingthe Rio+20 conference on sus-tainable development yester-day pledged to make watersecurity a strategic priority andcalled for decisive action bygovernments.

Speaking on behalf of the45 CEOs, Igal Aisenberg, chief

executive of Israel's Netafimmicro-irrigation company,urged concerted action by gov-ernments, the private sector,civil society and others "totackle the global crisis in wateraccess, quality and sanitation."

Committing to water sus-tainability were chiefs ofglobal companies such as Pep-

CEOs urge Rio+20 leaders tomake water security top priority

Sci-Tech

Sudanese refugees take water in buckets in the Sudaneserefugee camp of Djabal, eastern Chad near Goz Beida.

(AFP) - Facebook will pay $10million to settle a lawsuit fromusers who claimed their names,images and other informationwere improperly used in adver-tising described as "sponsoredstories," court documentsshowed.According to documents datedearlier this month and availableonline, Facebook and a seriesof plaintiffs submitted anagreement to a federal judge inSan Jose, California.

The lawsuit was filed in2011 by a group led by a Wash-ington state Internet usernamed Angel Fraley. The suitalleged that Facebook users,including minors, had theirnames and likenesses used inads without their permission.

The suit contended Face-book improperly used advertis-ing when a member indicatedhe or she "liked" a particularcompany.

The "like" was passed on to

the friends of those membersas an implied endorsement of acompany or product. In somecases, the profile or picture wasused in the "sponsored stories"that the suit said was a form ofadvertising.

A mediator assigned to thecase said the agreement in-cluded the "substantial sum" of$10 million "to be distributedto groups whose charters setout actions and programs rele-vant to advocacy related to thepurposes for which the casewas brought."

A settlement in the case wasunveiled earlier this month butterms were not disclosed.

The company, whichlaunched a massive public of-fering last month, is undergrowing scrutiny for its privacypolicies. It is also under pres-sure from investors to findways to monetize its social net-work with more than 900 mil-lion members.

Facebook pays $10million to settle ad suit

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CABORANA, Spain: Spanish miners burn tires to cut aroad during a miner's demonstration in Caborana, nearOviedo, in northern Spain on June 18, 2012. Spanishcoal miners are staging a nationwide strike action orga -nized by unions against the cash-strapped government'sdecision to slash subsidies to the sector this year to 111million euros ($142 million) from 301 million euros lastyear. Unions argue the subsidy cuts will lead to the clo-sure of Spain's coal mines and the loss of up to 30,000direct and indirect jobs, since Spanish coal relies onstate aid to compete with cheaper imports. Protests inthe northern coal mining regions over the past fewweeks have turned radical, as striking miners haveclashed with riot police daily. (AFP PHOTO)

ron in Los Cabos, Mexico. Kirk's office said the deci-

sion to invite Mexico into thetalks was made with the eightother countries currently nego-tiating the TPP pact.

It said the Obama adminis-tration would shortly notifyCongress of its intent to enterinto negotiations with Mexico.

The nine countries cur-rently negotiating the TPP areUnited States, Australia, NewZealand, Peru, Chile, Singa-pore, Malaysia, Vietnam andBrunei.

Canada, Japan and Mexicoasked to join the negotiationsin November.

WASHINGTON - The UnitedStates said yesterday it wel-comed Mexico's entry into on-going talks on a regional freetrade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, but was silent aboutthe status of Canada and Ja -pan's bids to join the negotia-tions.

"We are delighted to inviteMexico, our neighbor and se -cond largest export market, tojoin the TPP (Trans-PacificPartnership) negotiations,"U.S. Trade Representative RonKirk said in a statement after ameeting between U.S. Presi-dent Barack Obama and Me -xican President Felipe Calde -

contributions.The eurozone is by far the

largest contributor, promisingsome $200 billion, raising con-cerns by some potential con-tributors that the firewallwould eventually turn into anew European bailout fund.

Japan has contributed $60billion, while Britain, SouthKorea and Saudi Arabia haveeach pledged $15 billion. Sin-gapore and other Europeangovernments have also con-tributed smaller amounts.

new fund.President Barack Obama is

eager to stem the eurozone'swoes, which are clouding overthe US economy and his ownre-election hopes, but faces in-tense political resistance athome to new financial com-mitments.

After Group of 20 financeministers and central bankersmet in Washington in April, theIMF announced a firewall sizeof $430 billion but has comeup with only $340 billion in

LOS Cabos (AFP) - Leaders ofemerging economies said yes-terday that they wanted theIMF to put in place reforms toincrease their influence beforethey step up contributions to afund to prevent future crises.

Leaders of the so-calledBRICS -- Brazil, China, Rus-sia, India and South Africa --said in a statement at a summitin Mexico that they were will-ing to step up their contribu-tions to the IMF but only onceexisting funds dry up.

The International MonetaryFund, hoping to prevent aworsening of the global eco-nomic crisis, called last yearfor $500 billion in an emer-gency firewall to support na-tions at risk of contagion, butthe money has fallen short.

The five BRICS leaders"agreed to increase resourcesavailable with the InternationalMonetary Fund. In this con-text, they agreed to enhancetheir own contributions to theIMF," said a statement releasedby India.

But the statement did notinclude numbers and theBRICS said that they expectedtheir money to be used aftercurrent resources "are substan-tially utilized."

"This would promote ade-quate burden sharing amongstIMF creditors. These new con-tributions are being made inanticipation that all the reformsagreed upon in 2010 will befully implemented in a timelymanner, including a compre-hensive reform of votingpower and reform of quotashares," it said.

The BRICS leaders met inthe Mexican resort of LosCabos ahead of a summit ofthe Group of 20 majoreconomies, which will spendtwo days looking for a way toslam the brakes on a spiralingdebt crisis in the eurozone.

The emerging economies'call could be seen as a chal-lenge to the United States, theworld's largest economy, whichhas resisted contributing to the

Emerging economies pose conditions

on IMF boost

tions, for example."While Russia has remained

financially stable through thecurrent crisis, Putin said, it re-mains vulnerable to slowergrowth and sharp swings incommodity prices, on whichRussia depends heavily for ex-port income.

Putin meanwhile urged theGroup of 20 leaders to takeconcrete steps to reform themanagement of the US and Eu-rope-dominated IMF and WorldBank to reflect the new powerof the emerging economies.

The G20 must move "fromtalk of increasing the develop-ing countries and 'new' eco-nomic powers' role in theseinstitutions' management totaking practical steps and giv-ing them a greater say in draft-ing and adopting the majorbasic decisions."

The Russian leader alsocalled for tighter regulation ofderivatives, the complex finan-cial instruments at the center ofmany banking blowups andwild swings on currency andequity markets.

He said global financial re-forms in the wake of the 2008-2009 crisis were incompleteand that the world's financialstructure still contains "manyinternal risks and contradic-tions" that fuel instability.

LOS Cabos (AFP) - RussianPresident Vladimir Putincalled yesterday for new traderules to allow countries likeRussia to erect protective tradebarriers to save jobs when hitby financial crisis.

As the G20 summit of topglobal leaders opened in LosCabos, Mexico, Putin alsourged the group to take actionto give emerging economic gi-ants more say in the running ofthe International MonetaryFund and the World Bank.

In an opinion piece pub-lished in the Mexican dailynewspaper El Universal, Putinassailed the hypocrisy of coun-tries advocating free trade butinstituting protectionist barri-ers to support their economiesin the past few years.

Putin said global trade fell12 percent in 2009, "largelybecause, despite the publicstatements to the contrary,some countries made extensivede facto use of tough protec-tionist measures to protecttheir own markets."

He accused unnamed go -vernments of declaring protec-tionism unacceptable while"devising ever more sophisti-cated ways to protect their owneconomies, disguising protec-tionist measures as environ-mental or technical res tric-

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Jack Osbourne, 26, son of rocklegend Ozzy Osbourne, has been diagnosed with multi-ple sclerosis, the former reality television star revealedto People magazine. "I've got a family and that's what'ssupposed to be the most important thing," said Os-bourne who recently had a daughter, Pearl Clementine,with his fiancee Lisa Stelly. MS, an autoimmune diseasefor which there is no known cure, attacks the centralnervous system. Symptoms can include loss of musclecontrol, difficulties with vision and balance, and in se-vere cases, paralysis. The article did not say what symp-toms if any Osbourne has shown. He gained fame on the2002-2005 hit MTV reality series "The Osbournes," whichfollowed the lives of his father heavy-metal singer Ozzy,his mother Sharon Osbourne, as well as his sister Kelly,with whom Jack Osbourne frequently was shown on theprogram quarreling.

MONTREAL (AFP) - The drummer for the British rockgroup Radiohead paid homage Sunday to Scott John-son, the sound technician killed when an outdoor stageset up in a Toronto park for a group concert collapsed.Johnson died Saturday when part of the metal-framestage at Downsview Park collapsed, a Toronto policespokesman said. Johnson "was a lovely man, alwayspositive, supportive and funny; a highly skilled and val-ued member of our great road crew. We will miss himvery much. "Our thoughts and love are with Scott's fam-ily and all those close to him," read the message, signedsimply "Phil." The late Johnson, 33, was a native of Don-caster, England, according to a group spokesman citedby Canadian media. The Saturday accident occurredabout three and a half hours before the show was tostart. According to Radiohead's official website, theToronto concert was sold out. Downsview Park can ac-commodate up to 40,000 spectators.

1971, and used his ingeniousear for melody -- which hadearlier given life to classicssuch as "Hey Jude" and"Blackbird" -- to rack up adecade of hits with the newgroup.

Linda, a renowned photog-rapher and animal rights ac-tivist, died of breast cancer in1998. After 29 years of mar-riage, McCartney describedthe loss as "total heartbreak".

But he was back late thenext year with a new album, ofmainly cover versions, and hascontinued the Beatles' experi-mental tradition -- a technorecord and two classical worksare among more than a dozensolo studio albums.

He has also famously duet-ted with the likes of MichaelJackson and Stevie Wonder.

Away from music, thesinger has dabbled in painting,directed the film "Give MyRegards To Broad Street", andcampaigned on causes rangingfrom animal rights to peacebetween the Israelis and Pales-tinians.

Of the four Beatles, twohave since died: Lennon whenhe was shot dead in New Yorkin 1980 and Harrison fromcancer in 2001.

McCartney is often mistak-enly described as "the last re-maining Beatle" -- somethingthat the oft-overlooked drum-mer Ringo Starr, who is alsostill recording, bears withgood-natured amusement.

"We are good friends,"Starr has said. "We're the onlytwo who've experienced allthis who are still here."

ents in the port city in north-west England, McCartney metJohn Lennon at the age of 15and the pair formed the Quar-rymen, the skiffle band thateventually metamorphosedinto the Beatles.

McCartney,Lennon, GeorgeHarrison and Ringo Starrwould become synonymouswith mobs of screaming fans,

mop-top haircuts, and animage of four men strollingover London'sAbbey Road at azebra crossing.

Simply put,they were one ofthe most powerfulcultural influencesof their era. Theyare also the best-selling band in his-tory, with theirrecord label EMIestimating all-timesales of more thana billion discs andtapes.

Relentlessly imaginative,the band would develop thecatchy tunes that sparked"Beatlemania" in 1964 into anevolving sound incorporatingevery influence from psyche-delia to country and western.

Lennon and McCartneyformed one of the most cele-brated songwriting partner-ships of the 20th century, buttheir creative differences ulti-mately helped bring about theBeatles' break-up in 1970.

McCartney formed Wingswith his first wife Linda in

LONDON (AFP) - His ballad"Yesterday" is one of the mostcovered songs in history -- butas he turned 70, ex-Beatle PaulMcCartney shows no signs ofsettling back to reflect on hisextraordinary past.

Fresh from wowing hugecrowds at Queen Elizabeth II'sdiamond jubilee concert andwith another headline gig --the London Olympics openingceremony -- booked for nextmonth, retirement looks a wayoff for the British legend.

"If I'm really enjoying this,why retire?" the most prolific,most commercially-successfulformer member of the Beatlestold the British music maga-zine Mojo last year.

"People say to me, 'Youwork so hard'," added McCart-ney. "We don't work hard, weplay music."

Between his years with theFab Four, his work with Wings

and his solo career, McCartneyhas written or co-written morethan 50 top 10 singles.

Macca, as he is affection-ately known, released his latestalbum "Kisses on the Bottom"in February, and is just finish-ing a world tour.

And as he bounced onto thestage and belted out a string ofhits in the shadow of Bucking-ham Palace this month, he didnot look like a man with eightgrandchildren.

It may be the singer's thirdmarriage, to US heiress NancyShevell in October, that hasput the spring back in his stepafter his bitter divorce frommodel-turned-campaignerHeather Mills in 2008.

The Sunday Times RichList estimates that Shevell, 51,brings £150 million to the cou-ple's coffers, giving them acombined fortune of some£665 million.

This makes him Britain'srichest performer -- but he in-sists he has never forgotten hisroots. "Deep inside I'm still theboy from Liverpool," he hassaid.

Born to working-class par-

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could bring an abrupt end tohis dream and his tenure.

"Today's match is impor-tant for Sweden and for othersides," said Hamren, an emo-tional character who accusedsome of his players of beingcowards after the Ukraine loss.

"I want to see the same pro-fessionalism that the playershave already shown here. Wewant to win the match.

"I believe that we can keepon working along the samelines and get closer to beingthe team that I want it to be.

"We have done many goodthings but the great teamsknow how to attract luck. Weare not there yet."

However, Hamren said thathe hadn't got a special speechprepared for motivating theplayers for the game but nev-ertheless he would say some-thing.

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The last quarter-final qual-ifiers will be decided onTuesday, when Ukraine takeon England in Donetsk andFrance play Sweden in GroupD. Every team except Swe-den can still qualify.

UEFA meanwhile bannedDenmark's Nicklas Bendtnerfor one match and fined him100,000 euros (80,000pounds $126,000) for flash-ing the sponsored waistbandof his underpants while cele-brating a goal during hisside's 3-2 defeat to Portugal.

The suspension means theSunderland forward will missDenmark's next World Cupqualifier for the tournamentin Brazil in 2016.

Bendtner can appeal butthe online betting firm whosename appeared on his under-pants said the decision was"hysterical and deeply cyni-cal" while the fine was moresevere than those handed outto football federations formore serious incidents.

UEFA president MichelPlatini elsewhere condemnedCroatia fans who raciallyabused Italy's Mario Balotelliin their group match lastweek, revealing that he hadpreviously warned football'sauthorities in the Balkan na-tion about the problem.

A ruling on the case -- thefirst for racism at Euro 2012-- is expected on Tuesday,with Croatia's football feder-ation facing a possible stiffpenalty after up to 500 fanswere reported to have tauntedBalotelli throughout thematch.

Platini told reporters inWarsaw that he was "nothappy" about the situationand said that he had warnedthe federation about the prob-lem of racist fans when hevisited last year.

"They (Croatia) have agood team which plays wellbut it's unacceptable whenyou've got a hundred or so ar-seholes among the crowd,"he said. "They (the Croatianfederation) knew (that itcould happen)."

"Any form of racism is aproblem. One case is toomany."

Croatia, however, lookedset for fresh sanctions asMonday's match refereeWolfgang Stark had to brieflyhalt the match when flareswere thrown and smoke bil-lowed over the pitch.

nio Cassano and MarioBalotelli.

The Italians -- who trailedboth Spain and Croatia bytwo points going into thegame with the Irish havingalready being eliminated aftertwo defeats -- took the lead inthe 35th minute with a Cas-sano header from a corner.

But Ireland goalkeeperShay Given will be disap-pointed after he spoonedaway what seemed like a

straightforward shot to giveaway the set-piece kick in thefirst place.

Given, however, could dolittle about Italy's secondgoal, with Manchester Citystriker Mario Balotelli hold-ing off Ireland defend JohnO'Shea on another corner tovolley home from the sixyard line on the stroke of full-time.

As group winners, Spain,with seven points, now playthe runners-up of Group D inDonetsk, Ukraine, on Satur-day, while runners-up Italy,who finished on five points,take on the winners of GroupD in the capital Kiev on Sun-day.

GDANSK (AFP) - Defend-ing champions Spain onMonday beat Croatia 1-0,ending Balkan dreams of aEuro 2012 knock-out berth,as Italy ran out 2-0 winnersagainst the Republic of Ire-land to qualify in second spotin Group C.

Vicente Del Bosque andSlaven Bilic's sides weregoalless in Gdansk at half-time in a lacklustre affairfrom which Spain only

needed a draw to top thegroup and go through.

But with Italy leading inthe other game, top spot forLa Roja looked uncertainuntil substitute Jesus Navaslinked up with Barcelona'sAndres Iniesta and theSevilla man crashed the ballinto an empty net as theCroatian defence looked on.

There was more than thesuspicion of offside in bothmen's runs into the box butthe Croatian appeal about the88th-minute goal was to noavail.

In Poznan, westernPoland, Giovanni Trapattoni'sIreland were beaten by twogoals in each half from Anto-

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Spain, Italy through, asGroup C concludes

KIEV (AFP) - Sweden mayhave no chance of qualifyingfor the Euro 2012 quarter-fi-nals having lost both theirgames thus far but if Franceare expecting an easy ride intothe last eight they are in for ashock today.

The Swedish squad are alldetermined to bow out on ahigh after twice letting leadsslip to lose 2-1 and 3-2 to co-hosts Ukraine and England re-spectively.

For coach Erik Hamren andthe players the pride factorapart there are different thingsmotivating them.

Hamren, who took over in2009 after a successful clubcoaching career in Norwayand Denmark, wants to comeaway with a win so as to beable to continue his project indeveloping the team into amore adventurous and techni-cally capable side - defeat

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came in on my behalf. I appre-ciate my teammates who camein (and made) all the e-mailsand phone calls."

Asked how he felt after theverdict offered a measure ofvindication, Clemens said,"Just very thankful and appre-ciative. I just want to thankthese guys (his lawyers), whofrom day one listened to whatI had to say.

"It has been a hard fiveyears."

Clemens thanked his familyfor support and paused,choked with emotion, beforeexclaiming in a sigh of relief,"Whew."

Rusty Hardin, Clemens'main attorney, said that theywere surprised to be told therewas a verdict because whenthey had departed the court-house hours earlier they weretold that a verdict was unlikelyfor two or three more days.

The verdict came afternearly 10 hours of deliberationby the jury, ending a 10-weektrial that proved to be thedeepest investigation yet intowhether or not a Major LeagueBaseball star had taken per-formance-enhancing drugs.

nied any wrongdoing even ashis former trainer, Brian Mc-Namee, told jurors that he hadinjected Clemens with steroidsand human growth hormones,an account he first gave USlawmakers in 2008.

"I put a lot of hard work intothat career," Clemens said out-side the courthouse after theverdicts were announced.

"It's kind of uncomfortableto sit there and hear peopletalk about you, good or bad. Iwant to thank the people who

WASHINGTON (AFP) - For-mer Major League Baseballstar Roger Clemens was ac-quitted on Monday on chargesof perjury, making false state-ments and obstructing Con-gress for denying he tookperformance-enhancing drugs.

Clemens was found notguilty by a federal jury onthree charges of making a falsestatement under oath, twocharges of perjury and onecount of obstruction of Con-gress during a 2008 US Con-gressional hearing on dopingin baseball.

If convicted, Clemens couldhave faced 30 years in prisonand a fine of $1.5 million.

Clemens had steadfastly de-

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not guilty on all charges

has said he will continue torepresent his country.

"We are all professionalsand everyone is hungry to getsome game time.

While AC Milan starIbrahimovic, who turns 31 inOctober, has pinned hiscolours to the Swedish causeothers who have given longservice will be looking to bowout with a memorable last per-formance.

Olof Mellberg (34, 117caps), who scored Sweden'ssecond against England, An-ders Svensson (35, 127 caps)and probably Saudi Arabia-based winger Christian Wil-helmsson (32, 76 caps) will allcall it a day after the Frenchgame, though, only the firsttwo are likely to be on the pitchfrom the start.

Johan Elmander, who will seesome familiar faces opposinghim as he used to play forLigue 1 side Toulouse, says itwill be sad to leave without apoint.

It will be a poor reward toofor the extraordinary 15,000 orso fans who have coem all theway from Sweden to supportthem and had to put up withsome pretty basic living condi-tions on an unfinished campsite.

Swedish captain ZlatanIbrahimovic, who scored in theUkraine match but was also re-sponsible for letting AndreiShevchenko score the winninggoal, said every players in thesquad wanted to play againstthe French.

"You won't have a problemfinding people who want toplay," said Ibrahimovic, who

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former all-star baseball pitcher roger clemens (c) andhis attorney rusty hardin (r) arrive at the u.S. districtcourt after the jury announced it has a verdict in clemens'perjury and obstruction trial

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Fisher registered the firstfour-point play in the NBAfinals in three years in thethird quarter. The former LosAngeles Laker, who is in his15th season, was fouled on ashot from beyond the arc thenmade the free throw with4:33 left to give the Thundera 10-point lead, 64-54.

But the Heat went on a 15-7 run in the final 5:41 of thethird with Durant on thebench to take a 69-67 leadinto the fourth.

James scored 10 points inthe first for the Heat, whozipped the ball aroundquickly on offence, makingthe Thunder defence lookslow and flatfooted at times.

For the third straightgame, the Heat also domi-nated in the paint in the firstquarter by scoring 20 pointscompared to 12 for the Thun-der.

But Oklahoma kept thescore close all game thanks toWestbrook and Durant. Du-rant shot six-of-10 from thefield and had 13 points in thefirst half while the sometimeserratic Westbrook had 13points and didn't turn the ballover once.

Spoelstra said he waspleased with the way Miamididn't fold in the third quarterwhen the Thunder made acharge.

"This playoff run thatwe've been on, we've beenknocked down to the canvasseveral times," Spoelstrasaid. "We got down by 10tonight but our guys fur-rowed their brows and gotback to grinding."

The teams traded threepointers to end the first halfas Miami's Shane Battiernailed a three pointer just 20seconds before Westbrookfinished the scoring in thefirst half with a three-pointshot that cut Miami's lead to

Thunder. It was one of theHeat's lowest field goalshooting games of this year'splayoffs.

NBA scoring championKevin Durant had 25 points,Russell Westbrook scored 19points and Kendrick Perkinshad 10 for the Thunder, whogot off to their best start ofthe series in the first quarterbut couldn't execute down thestretch.

Durant got into foul trou-ble for the second game in arow and had to sit on thebench for a time in the third,which seemed to slow downthe Thunder's attack.

Both teams made mistakesand turned the ball over in thefourth, but Miami had morecomposure at the end of thegame.

With just 16 seconds toplay, and the Thunder trailingby four points, OklahomaCity's Thabo Sefolosha triedto hit Westbrook but turnedthe ball over with a bad in-bound pass, forcing theThunder to foul Wade, whothen made two free throws.

The Thunder came outmuch better in the first quar-ter than they had in the open-ing two games. But theycouldn't stop the Heat offenceas Miami's big three ofJames, Wade and Boshstarted clicking from theopening tip-off.

defence and offence. He fin-ished just shy of posting hissixth consecutive playoffgame of 30 or more points.

Miami, which will host thenext two games in the series,can take a stranglehold on theThunder with a victory ingame four on Tuesday.

Chris Bosh had 10 pointsand 11 rebounds for the Heat,who scored their final fivepoints from the free-throwline in front of a crowd of20,003 at AmericanAirlinesArena.

Miami won despite shoot-ing just 37 percent from thefield and committing 12turnovers, one more than the

MIAMI (AFP) - LeBronJames had 29 points and 14rebounds and Dwyane Wadefinished with 25 points andseven assists as the MiamiHeat beat Oklahoma City 91-85 Sunday to take a 2-1 serieslead in the NBA finals.

Wade sank two free throwswith 13 seconds remaining inthe fourth quarter to cap thescoring for the Heat, who arein the finals for the secondyear in a row and trying towin their first championshipsince 2006.

James, the regular seasonNBA Most Valuable Player,made 11-of-23 shots from thefield and was a force on both

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TOPSHOTS Chris Bosh (L) of the Miami Heat is guarded by

James Harden (R) of the Oklahoma City Thunder during

Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Heat won 91-85 to take a 2-1

lead in the best-of-seven series. AFP PHOTO

NBA: James powers Heat past Thunder for2-1 series lead

RESULTS EURO

2012

GROUP C

Spain 1, Croatia 0

Italy 2, Ireland 0

Spain 4, Ireland 0

Italy 1, Croatia 1

Spain 1, Italy 1

Croatia 3, Ireland 1

GROUP D

Tuesday June 19th

Sweden vs. France

England vs. Ukraine

France 2, Ukraine 0

England 3, Sweden 2

England 1, France 1

Ukraine 2, Sweden 1