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Soromon scores twice
to help Wairarapa
maintain lead
Page 15
Life of hard labour' in
North Korean camp
Page 8
Older people more
literate than younger
generation: Survey
Page 2
Lenakel council finalising
town's zone planning
Page 3
The Gender Report Card: Where
our leaders are still falling
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France warns against
illegal fishing near
Matthew and Hunter
The Vanuatu Government
is facing another diplomatic chal-
lenge from France on the right of
Matthew and Hunter as France
has warned the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs that illegal fishing on water
near the two islands is illegal and
could disturb the friendly relation-
ship between the two countries.
On a diplomatic note on the
April 20, 2011, the French Embassy
in Port Vila has written to the min-
istry of foreign affairs to condemn
activities of illegal fishing near the
two islands and stated that ongo-
ing illegal fishing activities will
have serious consequences in the
future.
On December 27, 2010 , French
maritime authority spotted a fishing
boat by the name of YUH CHANG
N01 or YJSJ7 fishing between Ane-
ityum and the two islands of Mat-
thew and Hunter.
According to the French
authorities, the location where
the fishing vessel was spotted was
directly illegal as it was fishing in Senior government officials at the one-day retreat at Le Lagon hotel in Port Vila.
the exclusive economic zone of
New Caledonia.
The fishing vessel is registered Vohor looks at new economic roadmap
under Vanuatu Tuna Fishing Com- By Godwin Ligo officials to come up with short and long concessional access to financial terms
pany and its operation in this part Prime Minister Serge Vohor told term economic solutions for the coun- and conditions to loans,” Prime Minis-
of the country is legal prior to the senior government officials yesterday try. ter Vohor voiced with concern.
latest maritime zone Act passed morning that he cannot sit back and “I championed the National Com- PM Vohor said the country is now fac-
by Vanuatu parliament last year watch the current economic situation prehensive Program (CRP) when I was ing a structural problem stating reasons
2010. deteriorate further, therefore drastic Prime Minister in 1997. as; (1) the country continues to develop
“According to the Vanuatu Mari- measures must be taken now to improve “Vanuatu was in bleak economic situ- but without increase in revenue which
time Zone Act, passed by Vanuatu’s the country’s economic performance. ation at the time and it was through the he said the Ministry of Finance can con-
parliament last year, all registered The Prime Minister made the state- CRP that the country experienced eco- firm; (2) that after 30 years share in
fishing vessels licensed by the ment during the official opening of a nomic turn around and improvements,” agriculture GDP which is the mainstay
Department of Fisheries are author- one-day retreat by over 100 senior gov- PM Vohor reminded government policy Vanuatu’s economy has not improved
ised to fish in Vanuatu waters and ernment officials from all government makers. at all.
in that law, Matthew and Hunt- ministries and departments at the Le “Today we are at the verge of losing He also touched on the eight Millen-
er are part of Vanuatu so fishing Lagoon Hotel yesterday morning. our Least Developed Country (LDC) sta- nium Development Goals (MDGs) which
activities can go as far as Matthew Vohor said the very purpose of the tus which I can describe as ‘Vanuatu’s he said many countries in the region will
and Hunter,” explained Director for one-day retreat is to review the current graduation is a definite phenomenon’ not reach the goals by 2015 according to
Fisheries, Moses Amos. overall economic situation and second- with a number of implications. reports available.
o To Page 6 ly to involve every government senior “In particular the country could lose o To Page 2
[ 2 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Thursday May 5, 2011
MSG artists participate in “art in
residence” festival in New Caledonia
Pacific renowned
carvers from the MSG coun-
tries of Vanuatu, Fiji and the
Solomon Islands are attending
a week “art in residence” in
the Loyalty Islands of Kanaky/
New Caledonia in commem-
oration of late Kanak Lead-
er Yeiwene Yeiwene who hails
from the island of Mare.
Hosted by the Yeiwene Yei-
wene Cultural Centre under
the auspices of the Cultur-
al Affairs Department of the
Loyalty Islands Province, the
Older people more literate than
younger generation: Survey
By Thompson Marango
According to brief
presentations from survey team
leaders of a recent literacy sur-
vey in Shefa Province the final
report may reveal some shock-
ing results about literacy in the
province.
Older people who have
passed through the education-
al system of the colonial era
are found to be more literate
than the younger generation
REGIONAL CHART
Festival Ci Roiko is an initia-
tive to bring together carvers
from all over Kanaky/NC and
other parts of Melanesia to
exchange further their art and
techniques in carving.
Philemon Jemmys from
Vanuatu, Paul Liga from Fiji
and Norman Haikiu from the
Solomon Islands, all well-
known artists in the Region
will join other Kanak carvers
on the island of Mare to chisel
five tall sculptures represent-
ing the five Melanesian coun-
although the younger people
have reached a much higher
level of education.
If the finalised report of
the survey, which is current-
ly being analysed gives out the
same information, then this
should sent out a clear message
to the education and provin-
cial authorities because Shefa
is the host to the capital there-
fore poorer results are expected
from the outer provinces.
Local News
tries. These poles were erected
at the Yeiwene Yeiwene Cul-
tural Centre on yesterday in
commemoration of his sudden
death along with Kanak Lead-
er and FLNKS President late
Jean Marie Tjibaou in 1989.
Since last week, the island
of Mare in the Loyalty Islands
is revisiting the good mem-
ories of the last Melanesian
Arts Festival hosting yet again
artists from Melanesia and
developing further exchanges
among Melanesian countries
There are people who still
think education is only for boys
which may be a main reason for
the gender gap in schools espe-
cially in the rural areas.
The survey was conduct-
ed by Vanuatu Education Poli-
cy Advocacy Coalition (VEPAC)
in 25 villages in Efate and the
outer Islands.
After the analysing of the
information collected from
the survey the report will
TODAYS
WEATHER
Courtesy Vanuatu
Meteo Office Call 22932
Yesterday’s record-
ed weather variables
(8am-8am)
Rainfall (mm)
Max. Temp (•c)
Min. Temp (•c)
TIMES
05:43
12:34
and peoples.
This initiative by the Loy-
alty Island Province of Kana-
ky/New Caledonia to invite
MSG artists to a local festival
is an example, of a cultural
cooperation activity amongst
MSG members which the
Memorandum of Agreement
on Cultural Cooperation
within MSG tries to foster
and is currently being fine-
tuned by Member Countries
since the Leaders Summit in
Suva Fiji last month.
be presented to the Minis-
try of Education and other
stakeholders.
Similar surveys will also be
conducted in the other provinc-
es to get a clear picture of the
literacy statutes of the country
as a whole.
VEPAC is a NGO that sup-
ports and contributes to the
Ministry of Education to achieve
a sustainable and quality educa-
tion in Vanuatu inline with Edu-
General situation:
A trough lies further north of
Torba province. A low pressure
lies west of New Zealand.
Saratamata
Sola
(Ambae)
2.6
32.6
24.6
HEIGHT (Meters)
1.34
0.26
SUNRISE
Today: 06-01
Tomorrow: 06-01
Westpac presented cheque
to VWC, not VNCW
Yesterday’s headline about
Westpac support through a
presentation of cheque went
to the Vanuatu Women’s Cen-
tre (VWC) and not Vanuatu
National Council of Women
(VNCW)
Westpac displayed its sup-
port for International Women’s
Day, which celebrated its 100th
anniversary on Tuesday 8 March
2011, by selling purple ribbons
at its Port Vila branch through-
Vohor looks at new
economic roadmap
o From Front Page
While calling on all gov-
ernment officials to contribute
towards what he called the new
economic initiatives, Prime Min-
ister Vohor underlined what he
believes are basic economic ben-
efits for the people of Vanuatu.
He said his government will con-
tinue to focus on land develop-
ment which is the basis of the
livelihood in Vanuatu.
“The people of Vanuatu must
turn back to land because it is
the basis of our very livelihood
and emphasis must be given to
cattle, poultry, goats farming and
piggery and vegetable farming.
“We must aim to produce suf-
ficient local food to satisfy the
local demand,” he said.
He said one of the govern-
ment priorities is to provide free
secondary education for the stu-
cation For All (EFA) goals.
The VEPAC operates with
support from the Asia and South
Pacific Associations of Basic
and Adult Education (ASPBAE)
which aims to create networks
between NGOs, CSOs, formal
and non-formal organisations
to assist the national education
sector to achieve equitable and
quality education.
Early this week saw brief
presentations about the sur-
Forecast for today:
Partly to cloudy conditions with isolated show-
ers and possible thunder expected over the
group. Light to moderate east and southeast
winds persist throughout.
Pekoa Lamap
(Santo) (Malekula)
1.7 86.8
31.0 ////
23.0 24.5
TIMES HEIGHT (Meters)
19:00 1.19
SUNSET
Today: 17-26
Tomorrow:17-26
out March.
The ribbons were on sale for
100 Vatu with all proceeds being
donated to the Vanuatu Wom-
en’s Centre.
A total of 713 ribbons were
sold in the Westpac branch
throughout March. A cheque for
71,300 Vatu was presented to the
Vanuatu Women’s Centre on Fri-
day 29 April 2011. The presen-
tation took place at the Vanuatu
Women’s Centre office.
dents in the country while at the
same time improve infrastruc-
ture sector throughout the coun-
try and increase export.
The Prime Minister said his
government also places impor-
tance on ni-Vanuatu people
becoming more business-minded
leading to raising more individu-
als becoming successful in differ-
ent business undertakings.
“The purpose of this gath-
ering therefore is to allow
everyone to share different
challenges they face everyday
in their various ministries and
departments and to dialogue
together with the purpose of
arriving at new economic pol-
icy initiatives that we all can
drive forward to benefit the
people of Vanuatu ,” the Prime
Minister emphasised in his offi-
cial opening remarks.
vey before they were present-
ed with credibility certificates
from a 1-week training work-
shop that they attended before
contacting the survey.
VEPAC acts as a mediator
between the Ministry of Edu-
cation and the general pub-
lic to disseminate information
between the two parties. They
can be contacted at the Bou-
ganville House, 2nd floor on
24331.
Mariners:
E/SE winds 12/17 knots expect-
ed over all open waters of Van-
uatu with light to moderate seas
to 1.0 metre.
Bauerfield Whitegrass
Aneityum
(Vila) Tanna
NIL NIL 0.1
//// 30.0 30.3
22.9 16.0 22.4
WEATHER REPORTS DAILY AT 6AM,
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METEOROLOGICAL OFFICE
TEL: 22932
WEBSITE: www.meteo.gov.vu
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Local News

Lenakel council finalising

Vanuatu among countries most
at risk to climate change
By Thompson Marango ed previously. Therefore the con-

town’s zoning plan

“Vanuatu is considered to
be one of the countries most at
risk to the adverse consequenc-
es of climate change.”
Minister for Agriculture and
Fisheries, Eta Rory made the
statement Friday last week
before officially announcing the
opening of the High Level Joint
Sector Consultation on Vanuatu’s
National Climate Change Adap-
tation Strategy.
Minister Rory said Vanuatu
and most of its regional neigh-
bors are identified in the most
at risk category which requires
strategies to brace against the
adverse consequences that cli-
mate change has already been
bringing about.
Stressing the importance of
having such adaptation strategy,
she said Vanuatu needs to be bet-
ter prepared for the changing cli-
mate while taking into account
the need of the people, as well
as other changes related to the
environment, the economy, and
society.
“This understanding is the
result of over two decades of
assessments and other studies to
determine the potential impacts
of climate change, the resulting
vulnerabilities, their resilience
to climate change, and possible
and prioritized adaptation inter-
ventions,” Rory said.
She said the growing realisa-
tion of the seriousness of climate
change is now providing increas-
ing motivation for a greater
assessment effort, as well as for
the identification implementa-
tion of effective responses.
According to recent reports,
there are evidences that climate
change and its effects are more
rapidly than had been anticipat-
sequences are now considered
more substantial and far reach-
ing, economically, socially and
environmentally.
“There is need for addition-
al effort, national and locally, to
address climate change,” said the
minister.
She said National Climate
Change Adaptation Strategy is
an opportunity to demonstrate
that the people and the gov-
ernment of Vanuatu are strong-
ly committed to, and actively
involved in, a nation-wide ongo-
ing process of building and sus-
taining a healthy, resilient and
prosperous nation.
“Addressing climate change
requires meaningful changes to
policies, regulations and institu-
tions in order to support actions
at all levels, including those by
government, non-government
organizations, communities,
and families, the private sector,
and individuals,” said the agri-
culture minister.
Preparing and implement-
ing the National Climate Change
Adaptation Strategy will provide
the opportunity for all people of
Vanuatu to understand the exist-
ing and expected climate changes
in Vanuatu, the resultant impacts
and risks to land-based activities
and resources, and appropriate
actions they can take in order to
address and mitigate these risks.
“Successful implementa-
tion of the Strategy will ensure
that Vanuatu can cope well with
the anticipated impacts of cli-
mate change by reducing the
vulnerability of its people and
environmental, social and eco-
nomic resources and systems
and enhancing their adaptive
captivities.”
By Letty Kaltonga
While the Lenakel “Blackman Town”
on Tanna is awaiting a court decision over
land ownership in the area, this has not
stopped the Lenakel Municipal Council to
work on its zoning plan.
This zoning plan is being designed with
the close collaboration of the Tafea Provin-
cial Council.
This small but vibrant municipality, as
confirmed by its Lord Mayor Reginald
Tangap, has a land policy that is quite
different from Luganville and Port Vila.
Unlike Vanuatu’s big towns that oper-
ate on public land, Lenakel land is under
customary ownership.
This is a unique feature of this town
not only for Vanuatu but the rest of the
world.
The municipality benefits through the
various businesses established in its area.
As its name implies, the town is 100
percent run by ni-Vanuatu from retail and
wholesale shops to fuel stations, butcher-
ies, bakeries, takeaways, computer training
school, public transports that include bus
service, restaurants, and guest houses.
There is no one of Asian or Caucasian
origin operating a business within the
vicinity of this town.
With activities taking place in the munic-
ipality, the town council has drafted this
zoning plan to ensure a more organised National Bank, Post Office, Hospital, and light to begin work. This water supply
town in the future where residential and shipping services. service will be provided to full West Tanna,
industrial areas are distinguishable. Mayor Tangap said the council is cur- including Lenakel Town,” the mayor said.
The one main economic feature of this rently running services including cleaning The present Lenakel Town Municipality
town is its market every Mondays, Wednes- up of the area. The council is also working Council commenced in 2008 appointed by
days and Fridays. These are the three days closely with land owners outside the area the minister but just started working effec-
that bring people all around Tanna to for a space to be its dumpsite. tively in 2010 and the term of the current
“Blackman Town”. “The public in Lanekel is advised that council will end in June 2012.
Tuesdays and Thursdays are total peace- water supply planning has already start- Those on the island who wish to give
ful days in the municipality, unless a vessel ed. development news can contact the Port
berths at the wharf. “We are just waiting for the public works Vila Office on 23111 or Leslyn Richard on
Lenakel also hosts other services such as and rural water supply to give us green Tanna on 7780104.

Women leaders argue over VNCW

By Len Garae
Manina Pakete who
claims to be the “President
of VNCW” has joined Jenny
Ligo (former Chief Executive
Officers of VNCW) to criticise
VNCW Administer Maryanne
Bani for organising a consti-
tutional review workshop on
April 25 and the election of
the new Council to represent
the women of Port Vila on
April 26 saying she did not
have the authority to call the
meetings.
She also blamed the now
President of Port Vila Town
Council of Women, Lily Hang-
hangkon for allegedly helping
to organise the meetings.
It was an allegation which
Hanghangkon had distanced
herself from at the start of
the meeting on April 26 as
she was overheard as saying
that she was present only as
an “observer”.
However the Administra-
tor said Lily Hanghangkon
became the President of Port
Vila Town Council of Women
because she has over a 1,000
women from different walks
of life to support her while
her critics have nobody on
their side.
Pakete also accused the
Administrator of falsely
claiming that she was man-
dated by the court to hold
the meetings saying only the
President has the power to
call any such meetings.
She also repeated Jenny
Ligo’s claim that the election
was not representative of the
women of Port Vila but only
a small group of women. She
claimed that she and previous
President Lesline Malsungai
have the power to “occupy
the position of President of
the Organisation until a new
election is held”. “As Nation-
al President I am not going
to tolerate what mislead-
ing information is being fed
to the media concerning the
VNCW”, Pakete said.
She claimed the posts of
President of the PVTCW and
her Council are still valid until
such time she calls a meeting
to elect a new council.
She challenged the Admin-
istrator to produce a court
order to prove that she was
legally appointed to organise
the meetings.
In reply, the Administra-
tor cautioned Manina Pakete
and Jenny Ligo and anyone
else with a mind to hang
their dirty linen in public to
address their concerns in the
National Conference in July.
She said Jenny Ligo can-
not use the word “null and
void” to criticise the recent
election of the PVTCW
because she has no legal
mandate while Manina
Pakete’s and Lesline Mal-
sungai’s terms of Presidents
of VNCW had both expired.
“Supreme Court Civil Case
No.52 of 2011 ruled in my
favour against the Govern-
ment that tried with sim-
ilar tactics to remove me
from my post of Adminis-
trator of VNCW because the
court recognised that I was
performing my duties in line
with the VNCW Constitution.
Order 3 states and I quote,
‘The First defendants (former
Administrators Arthur Faer-
ua and Dorosday Kenneth)
by themselves, their agents
and representatives be here-
by restrained from dealing in
any way with the affairs and
functions of the First Claim-
ant (VNCW)”, the Adminis-
trator said.
The Administrator said
she was legally recognised
by the Supreme Court as the
Administrator and she has
been working hard to keep
the VNCW Offices open daily
and as the Administrator, it
is her duty to call the meet-
ings because these are nor-
mal administrative duties.
“VNCW has already moved
beyond issues and is work-
ing towards reinstating the
legal authority of the VNCW
by holding workshops and
meetings throughout the
country ahead of the forth-
coming National Conference
in July”, he said.
“Come to the Nation-
al Conference this July to
express yourselves”.
Meanwhile Daily Post
wishes to advise all its read-
ers that we will not carry Like mother like son
any more articles on the There’s nothing like dedicating your own child to the
differences from different Lord and this is exactly what Freshwind Minister Lolette
women leaders concerning Worwor is doing, praying over their new born daughter
the VNCW. Anyone wishing while her husband Elton Worwor listens on. It is not clear
to express herself regard- what their first born son is doing but he seems to be
ing the state of affairs of the praying along with his mother while on the left, Elder
Organisation is encouraged Wince Garae is using his fatherly touch to calm another
to do so in the National Con- new born who is being dedicated too.
ference in July.
[ 4] VANUATU DAILY POST | Thursday May 05, 2011
Lugainville i nidim mo
woman insaed lo politik
LUGANVILLE MINISIPOL KAONSEL
hem i stap go tru long
preperesen blong go long
eleksen nex manis be ol poli-
tikol pati ol i still strakol
blong faenem ol woman
blong oli save kontes anda
long ol politikol pati blong
olgeta.
Hem i wan big ajivmen
sins 1980 after independens
mo hem i tekem yumi about
31 years blong mekem ol
krae mo vois blong ol woman
Bani says MPs duty-bound to
assess trail of destruction
By Len Garae
VNCW ADMINISTRATOR
Maryanne Bani has said there
is no need for logic any more
motion of no confidence;
instead the Government
should use the remaining
months to assess the trail of
destruction former Govern-
ments have caused through
constant motions of no confi-
dence and see if it can pick up
the pieces where possible in
preparation for the next gen-
eral election next year.
She said voters do not elect
13 Ministers but 52 Members
of Parliament to help them to
develop their communities
through service delivery and
yet for the last three years, MPs
seemed to have turned their
backs on their voters while
they pushed and pulled to stay
in power for personal gain.
She made the statement
when she heard that the Oppo-
sition Group has appealed
against the ruling of its urgent
constitutional application
which the Chief Justice ruled
on in favour of the newly elect-
ed Vohor-led Government.
She said voters trust and
love their MPs which is why
they elect them to power. “In
my opinion, the 52 MPs have
a duty to return that trust and
love by way of listening to
their voters and doing all they
can to fulfill the promises they
make on the political cam-
paign trail,” she said.
With the reported astro-
hem i bin ansa.
Follem sam sos we i bin
kamaot long sam long ol
major pati hem i soem se ol
politikol pati oli stap
invaetem mo woman blong
kontes long 2011, May kam-
ing eleksen anda long ol pati
blong olgeta be fulap long ol
woman oli no ready yet .
Ol wok ia hem i risal blong
faev dei Genda and eleksen
woksop we I kondakted anda
lo Bridge international we I
nomical amounts of money
that is used to pay out one
cabinet and its employees
when it is voted out of Gov-
ernment, the VNCW Adminis-
trator said far too much
money is wasted in last
minute political blunder.
“Considering that the nation-
al population is less than
250,000, the country would
be better off financially if it
had six Ministers in six
Provinces and three Ministers
in three Municipalities”, she
suggested.
On the celebration of
Sistas Tokok
Contact: emorris@vanuatu.gov.vu, Tel: 25099
bin tekem ples long last yia
2010 wetem ol parliamen-
tarian tru long patnaship
wetem Vanuatu Government
mo ol woman blo UN.
Hem i kontinue blong
talem tu se plante taem long
ol konferens ,trening and
miting ol woman oli blemem
ol politikol pati blo ol man
from oli no givim opportu-
nity or Janis long woman
blong kontes long ol elections
blong givim tu janis long olge-
Labour Day on May 1, she
said while it is a global holi-
day, “There is nothing for
which to celebrate in Vanuatu
because the Government has
done nothing to honour those
mothers who toil for long
hours for a Vt26,000 which is
the minimum wage,” she
said.
“This is far too small to use
to pay the bills, school fees,
food and transport and this is
what the MPs should be deal-
ing with in parliament to
help their voters”.
POEM
FAMILY UNITY
Dad comes home from work
Sons and daughter competing
To get the first kiss from him
All he does is scold them out of his way
Mum in the kitchen expects a smile
In return of the smile that she gives
All she receives is a frown face
What's so wrong with dad
He's showing no love for the family
Oh…. Dad where's the vow you made
ta from woman tu hem i gat To love your family forever.-
raet, blong save go insaed Mum and Dad
long nasonal palamen , ol Your kids need a balance of love and caring
provinsol mo ol minisipol No use receiving hugs and praises from mum
kaonsel blong voisem aot ol And none from you dad
konsen blong olgeta olsem ol All you do is scold at the children
woman Vanuatu . And beat mother for nothing
Mbae hem i very interest- Oh ……dad you're scattering the family
ing blong yumi faenemaot Which results in break up of Marriage
hamas woman nao mbae oli So ………..so Mums and Dads of Vanuatu
gat karej blong ol i save Its time you co-operate and work together
kontes long May,2011, To reunite the scattered family
Luganville Minisipol Eleksen. And make it a happy family
With both Parents,Loving,Tender,Caring and Kind.
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Dear Sir,
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Vanuatu I save se ol wol scientists oli
blame mol industrial activities se
hem nao isatp contribute long “Car-
bon mission” we I create wanem we
knowledge blong ol wol scientists oli
talem se samting ia hemi stap pollu-
tim God created klin atmosphere mo
environment. Ating I gat hundreds
moa sources blong pollusen we yumi
ol man yumi stap ignorem.
Anyway, ol scientists oli blamem
industrial activities and so on…. Be
olsem wanem long Religious per-
ception o lukluk and save blong
yumi long bigfala concern ia we I
stap tede.
Example, wan I save askem se
from wanem nao Papa God hemi bin
punishim earth lo taem blong Noah
mo from wanem God hemi punishim
ol man Israel mo from wanem God
hemi senem fire I bonem Sodom mo
Gomorra long ol testament.
Olsem wanem long yumi mo
world tede? Yumi harem mo stap
obey long Papa God mo folem ol
ways blong hem or yumi stap dis-
obey Papa God, long ol ways mo
fasin we yumi liv long wol ia tede.
Climate Change impact hemi wan
sign we I stap kam long Vanuatu mo
long world blong yumi se God hemi
cursem Vanuatu mo world mo stap
givim janis blong yumi save kam bak
long hem. Spos no, Climate Change
Impact hemi mesej blong God I go
long humanity mo I kam long Vanu-
atu se world blong yumi tede igat
fulap anti-God's fasin mo ating yumi
mas tekem Climate Change Impact
seriously olsem hemi beginning
blong wan process blong “End of
Time” blong world we yumi stap liv
long hem.
Tede olgeta millions and millions
blong mani we World hemi stap
givim blong usum blong adresem
World Climate Change ino save
sevem world blong yumi from all
had sinned against Papa God.
Tank yu tumas
MI, Tora

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WHO SHALL SEPARATE US FROM THE LOVE OF CHRIST? SHALL TROU-
BLE OR HARDSHIP OR PERSECUTION OR FAMINE OR NAKEDNESS OR
DANGER OR SWORD? ... I AM CONVINCED THAT NEITHER DEATH NOR
LIFE, NEITHER ANGELS NOR DEMONS, NEITHER THE PRESENT NOR
THE FUTURE, NOR ANY POWERS, NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR
ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPARATE US
FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
ROMANS 8:35,38-39 (NIV)

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The Gender Report Card:
Where our leaders
are still failing
Poverty
World-class Pacific stud-
ies into the feminisation of
poverty haven’t been picked
up by policy and planning
ministries. The value of sub-
sistence, reproductive and
service work has yet to be
measured and isn’t captured
in national data sets which
have a powerful influence on
economic and business devel-
opment policies.
Education and training
Girls and young women
face household chores and
care giving on top of home-
work, and face continued
marginalization in tradition-
al male dominated subject
areas. Data focuses on access
to education rather than qual-
ity of education especially
where content reinforces gen-
der stereotypes and roles.
Health
Mental illness and disabil-
ity is stigmatised, as is HIV/
AIDS and STIs and the gen-
dered nature of that stig-
ma deepens the impact on
women and girls who are
often themselves caregiv-
ers. Five women die every
day in the region, mostly in
PNG, because of childbirth or
pregnancy. Sexual and repro-
ductive health rights are still
‘significantly compromised’
by widespread patriarchal
control over the lives and
bodies of women and girls,
and many women and girls
are unable to access contra-
ceptives to help their fami-
ly planning needs. Three out
of every four Pacific deaths
is related to lifestyles involv-
ing unhealthy levels of food
and low levels of exercise,
especially in cultures where
women are unable to devote
time to their own fitness and
health priorities after starting
France warns against illegal
fishing near Matthew and Hunter
o From Front Page
Amos also said that there
is a part in that same law that
provides that the government
must go for negotiations and
an agreement should be pro-
vided if there is any dispute
between the state and any
neighboring state that are in
opposition to any fishing activ-
ities in the Vanuatu waters.
“Maybe I should say that
the Vanuatu law is quite clear
and if the French are in oppo-
sition to what is going on right
now in terms of fishing activi-
families.
VAW
Eliminating violence is
rated by every Pacific nation
as a high priority and a
national development issue
but is the largest gender chal-
lenge in Pacific development
and is still seen by Pacif-
ic leaders as a ‘family issue’.
No country has brought in
a comprehensive law on
VAW and often the victim is
encouraged to make up with
her assailant.
Some Pacific nations report
up to thirds of women expe-
riencing beatings from their
partners and all nations
acknowledge that the report-
ed figures, given the silence
surrounding VAW, are much
lower than the real situation.
Armed conflict
Women have been the
strongest negotiators of peace
but are returned to the mar-
gins in post-conflict rebuild-
ing and recovery. Much of
their effort happens outside
the official peace and security
policy spaces. Those women
and girls who have been
held at gunpoint in coups or
raped, abused and threatened
in conflict situations have not
had access to comprehensive
counselling services.
The economy
Women d o m i n a t e t h e
informal sector where pro-
tections of their rights at
work are limited. Most Pacif-
ic nations don’t have spe-
cific laws on sex or gender
discrimination. Legislation
protecting women workers
is inadequate, and where it
does exist, enforcement is
weak.
Women’s contribution to
the economy through sub-
sistence work isn’t meas-
ured in current statistics and
ties in the southern part of the
country, according to Vanuatu
laws, the activity is legal,”
assured Amos.
While the ministry of for-
eign affairs has received the
diplomatic note from the
French authorities in Vanuatu,
the government is still seeking
advice on how it should reply
to that official correspond-
ence.
This correspondence from
the French is simply giving
the government of Vanuatu no
absolute right over the islands
Local/Regional News
there isn’t a Pacific database
on time use or wage and
income disparities.
Forum economic ministers
in their FEMM events have
yet to analyse gender and
the economy or look into
women’s economic rights.
Power and decision-making
The Pacific record of one
of the lowest levels world-
wide of women in deci-
sion making drops from
just over 12% to just over
6% if you take out the pari-
ty laws which have allowed
the French Pacific territo-
ries to increase representa-
tion. FSM remains one of
only three nations in the
world never to have elected
a woman. Women face lack
of trust or confidence of vot-
ers in electoral systems tout-
ed as fair and democratic
which tend to follow a one-
person per constituency
method ensuring that males
in traditional leadership fare
better at the polls.
Institutions/mechanisms
for advancing women
Most Pacific governments
are still developing nation-
al gender/women’s poli-
cies. And those that have
them aren’t putting enough
resources into implemen-
tation. Gender equality
isn’t high up on the gov-
erning agenda, and nation-
al women’s machineries are
either marginalised in their
own government structures,
or lack gender expertise and
confidence.
Human rights
The Pacific region has the
lowest ratification rates glo-
bally of the core internation-
al human rights treaties and
there is a widespread lack of
political will and commitment
by governments to police and
on the south of the country
as the French authorities are
still claiming being the right-
ful owners and that the two
islands are part of New Cale-
donia.
Vanuatu government spent
about Vt270 millions to
accommodate some very seri-
ous activities to show to the
French the commitment of
the government on these two
islands but the letter dated
April 20, 2011, simply gave
no consideration of what the
government has done for the
enforce women’s rights and
female human rights defend-
ers have been targets of har-
assment and oppression.
The media
There are no national
and regional standards set
for media and communica-
tions and content in main-
stream media continues
to portray negative stereo-
types of women and girls in
the media. National wom-
en’s machineries are not
getting the ongoing and
updated media training and
gender advocacy skills they
need to leverage their work,
either because it’s not avail-
able or they don’t want it,
and despite gains in mobile
telephony, rural women con-
tinue to be most left behind
and left out of Pacific access
to ICTs.
The environment
Wo m e n a n d w o m e n ’ s
groups are still largely absent
at national and regional deci-
sion-making fora on the envi-
ronment, climate change,
disaster management and
food security. Rights to land,
clean water, sanitation and
affordable energy sources are
still not part of a clear devel-
opment framework for Pacif-
ic nations.
The girl-child
Girl children are becom-
ing child-mothers as a result
of early marriages, unprotect-
ed teenage sex, sexual abuse
and harmful traditional prac-
tices. The impacts of ethnic
tensions on the lives of girls
are evident, but needs more
research. Child workers are
in most Pacific nations, their
labour researched in agri-
culture, the informal sector,
and family businesses in the
region, and on the streets of
PNG, Fiji, and Samoa.
Kanaky festival and other asso-
ciated activities in Port Vila to
take the matter to the interna-
tional court in order to seek
assistance on the right over
the two islands.
While the government is
still seeking advice on how
it should give a response
to this matter, the French
authorities are still standing
on the position that Matthew
and Hunter are still part of
New Caledonia and that the
Vanuatu government must
respect that right.
Samoan overstayer faces
deportation for groping girl
A 48-year-old man faces
deportation to Samoa after
serving his sentence for grop-
ing an 11-year-old girl.
The first strike warning
was translated into Samoan
for overstayer Anitelea Sofele
Manava at Christchurch Dis-
trict Court, where he today
admitted indecent assault.
Police prosecutor Bronwen
Skea said Manava was arrest-
ed following the bizarre inci-
dent on February 12.
She said the victim was at
home with her family when
Manava knocked on the back
door. When the girl opened
the door, he told her: “Pack
your bags and let’s go”. He
told her he loved her and
grabbed her by the front of
her clothing, saying, “Let’s
go. I’ll give you money”.
Fiji National Provident
Fund to finalise new
pension structure
The Fiji National
Provident Fund is set to final-
ise the new pension structure as
well as announce reforms to Fiji’s
retirement savings arrangements
and the operations of FNPF.
FNPF chief executive officer
Aisake Taito in a statement said
there have been some amend-
ments over the years but a com-
prehensive review of the Scheme
has been long overdue.
“Fiji needs a retirement
savings scheme that is sus-
tainable, transparent in its oper-
ations and fair to all members
– future, current and those near-
ing retirement,” he said. FNPF
commenced reforms in 2010 to
ensure sustainable returns and
the delivery of excellent services
to its members.
According to Taito, the need
for reforms to benefit design,
scheme structure and its admin-
istration is a long-standing issue
and has been identified by the
World Bank, International Mon-
etary Fund through their joint
Financial Sector Assessment Pro-
gram, the International Labour
Organisation as well as Reserve
Bank of Fiji and other consult-
ing actuaries. Also a symposium
to introduce and explain chang-
es to the pension scheme and
Tonga readies for
copra exports to Fiji
The Tongan govern-
ment expects to start export-
ing copra to Fiji for the first
time by August. It is finalising
a trade agreement with the Fiji
interim government. Tonga’s
deputy prime minister, Samiu
Vaipulu, who’s leading the nego-
tiations, says it’s a forerunner
to deals with Samoa and later
the regional arrangement, the
Pacific Islands Countries Trade
Agreement, or PICTA. He said
they have an arrangement with
Manava hugged the girl,
then touched her breasts,
genital area, and buttocks,
on the outside of her cloth-
ing. He told the girl’s sister,
who witnessed the incident:
“Don’t say anything”. The
victim then managed to
break free and alerted her
brother, while Manava ran
off. He was found the same
evening. Defence counsel
Michael Knowles described it
as “a minor case of its type”
involving “a three or four sec-
onds grope on the outside of
the clothing”. Manava would
be deported as soon as he
had served the sentence, he
said. Judge Brian Callaghan
remanded Manava in custo-
dy pending sentencing on 23
May.
—STUFF NZ
design and reform for the future
operation of Fiji’s retirement sav-
ings policy and industry will be
conducted on 11-12 May at Hol-
iday Inn in Suva.
Taito said the symposium
has been organised to provide
a forum for stakeholder groups
to hear from experts and under-
stand the issues and proposed
policy solutions. The Prime Min-
ister and Minister of Finance
Commodore Frank Bainimarama
will provide the Keynote address
to launch these important
reforms. Speakers will include
consultants from Mercer and
Promontory, who have assist-
ed in redesigning the pension
benefits, policy and legal draft-
ing. Key stakeholders including
government, unions, employers,
pensioners, regulators, academ-
ics, financial commentators and
non-governmental organisations
have also been invited to partic-
ipate.
The Fund will also embark
on public consultation on these
issues Fiji-wide. FNPF was estab-
lished in 1966 to accept contri-
butions from employers and
employees that would then be
paid to the worker at retire-
ment.
— FIJI LIVE
major Fiji firm, Punja and Sons,
to buy the copra and revitalise
the local industry.
“Copra has been one of the
main exports from Tonga in
[previous] years, however lately
we didn’t go through that much,
so the arrangement I have done
now with Punja’s in Fiji is that
there won’t be anymore bought
or anything here, they’ll buy
direct from the farmers so that
the price will be good.”
— RNZI
 vanuatu Daily Post | Thursday May 05 , 2011 [ 7 ]

Regional News
Post Comics
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Fiji admitted to Non-
Aligned Movement
Fiji will be admitted as a
member of the Non-Aligned
Movement (NAM) at the end
of the month.
The NAM is a group of
states that consider them-
selves not aligned formally
with or against any major
power block.
Garfield The Minister for For -
Fiji
eign Af f a i r s R a t u I n o k e
Ku b u a b o l a s a y s j o i n i n g
NAM would help refocus
Fiji’s relationships away
from its traditional trading
partners Australia and New
Zealand.
Ratu Inoke says more talks
are expected to take place
between Fiji and member
countries of the NAM.
Ratu Inoke says the open-
ing of Fiji’s Indonesian
embassy last month would
also allow Suva to pursue its
‘Look North’ policy through
direct engagement with the
ASEAN countries.
Radio Australia

Baki dismissal in PNG deemed unfair
An independent investigation
has found the Papua New
Guinea Prime Minister and
National Executive Council
may have been wrong to
suspend the former police
commissioner Gari Baki.
Hagar the horrible T h e n e w s p a p e r, T h e
National, says the contents
of the report will be embar-
rassing to the Prime Min-
PNG
ister, Sir Michael Somare,
and the government which
suspended Mr Baki, claim-
ing that he misled cabinet
in asking for more than
four million US dollars
for operations in the LNG
project area.
The committee’s report
says it was unable to find
any evidence to conclu -
sively uphold the alle-
gation that Mr Baki had
deliberately misled the
NEC.
It says there was no
written record of Mr Baki’s
verbal briefing to cabinet,
and the NEC should not
allow verbal submissions.
—RNZI

New Zealand
NZ emergency crew spent night
helping tornado affected people
Emergency services in ing more than a dozen. crews helped to secure roofs,
Auckland have spent the Building inspectors and clear downed trees.
Today in
history May 5
Solution to your Sudoku puzzle night responding to scores of
calls for help from household-
assessed the damage to
homes and businesses from
Police Inspector Gary
Davey says one person died
ers affected by yesterday’s the tornado which cut on the way to hospital but
afternoon’s deadly tornado. through the north shore sub- that many injuries have
Police say the twister urb of Albany, ripping a roof been relatively minor in the
ripped through the north of off part of a major shopping face of such a storm.
1809 New Zealand’s biggest city, complex. Radio Australia
Mary Kies of South killing one person and injur- Firemen and civil defence
Killingly, Conn., became
the first woman to be Tonga
granted a patent. The
patent was for the Tonga readies for copra exports to Fiji
rights to a technique for
weaving straw with silk T he T ongan government Samoa and later the region- [previous] years, however
and thread. expects to start exporting al arrangement, the Pacific lately we didn’t go through
1821 copra to Fiji for the first time Islands Countries Trade that much, so the arrange-
Napoleon Bonaparte by August. Agreement, or PICTA. ment I have done now with
died on the island of St. It is finalising a trade He says they have an Punja’s in Fiji is that there
Helena. agreement with the Fiji inter- arrangement with major Fiji won’t be anymore bought
1891 im government. firm, Punja and Sons, to buy or anything here, they’ll buy
Carnegie Hall (then Tonga’s deputy prime min- the copra and revitalise the direct from the farmers so
known as Music Hall) Pacific ister, Samiu Vaipulu, who’s local industry. that the price will be good.”
opened in New York City. leading the negotiations, says “Copra has been one of the
Pacific diets may change
—RNZI
Peter Tchaikovsky was the it’s a forerunner to deals with main exports from Tonga in
guest conductor.
1925 because of climate change Solomons
John Scopes was
arrested in Tennessee for Experts say people in the crops that are more robust Solomons Truth Commission values
teaching Darwinism.
Malaitans’ testimony
Pacific may have to make in warmer climates.
1961 adjustments to their diets “Introducing new varieties
Alan Shepard became the as more extreme weather of crops more adaptive to the
first American in space. impacts on traditional crops. new climate conditions is one The chair of the Solomon brought by the Guadalcanal “Disclosing the truth is
1981 Scientists from around of the most important options Islands Truth and Recon- Revolutionary Army failed. one aspect of the process but
Bobby Sands of the Irish the Pacific will be learn- that we have at our disposal. ciliation Commission says a Father Ata says while also coming before the soci-
Republican Army died in ing about assessing climate That could lead to modifica- hearing for former Malaitan the ex-militants from the ety and saying sorry is also
a prison hospital on the change and its impact on tion in our feeding habits, militants was valuable despite Malaita Eagle Force apolo- another aspect of this healing
66th day of his hunger agriculture during a work- maybe we should be learning their reluctance to speak gised for their actions, they process.”
strike. shop in Fiji over the next to eat new foods that are not about their actions during the were cautious about speak- Father Ata says a hearing
2004 three weeks. traditional.” ethnic tensions. ing about them for fear of for Guadalcanal militants
Pablo Picasso’s “Boy Roger Eduardo Rivero The workshop is being Chairman Father Sam prosecution. will be held next week and
with a Pipe” became the Vega, a world renowned agro- run by the United Nations Ata says 19 former combat- But he says their actions it’s hoped the two sides can
most expensive painting meteorologist from Cuba, is Development Programme ants told the hearing they are already well-known to be brought together in the
ever sold. one of the lead trainers. Pacific Centre along with had retaliated after negotia- Solomon Islanders and there future.
He says scientists could other regional agencies. tions to compensate them for was still value in the hear- —RNZI
recommend certain types of —RNZI the death and destruction ing.

[ 8 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Thursday May 5, 2011
Life of hard labour’ in
North Korean camp
In the living room of my
apartment in Seoul, Kang
Cheol-hwan pores over satel-
lite photographs of the place he
once lived.
Known as labour camp
number 15, in Yodok, North
Korea, it is perhaps one of the
world’s most secret places.
“It was a life of hard
labour,” he says. “Thirty per
cent of new prisoners would
die. And we were so malnour-
ished, we would eat rats and
earthworms to survive.”
Cheol-hwan lived in Yodok
for a decade - paying the price
for “political crimes” commit-
ted by his family.
Amnesty International says
there are signs the number of
people being sent to North
Korea’s political prison camps
is growing, and that the new
satellite maps show the system
is thriving.
Torture reports
Cheol-hwan traces the
outline of the camp on the
map with his finger - snaking
through North Korea’s moun-
tainous countryside.
New rows of buildings have
appeared in one section of the
camp. They are not there in
photographs from a decade
ago.
“This is the guards’ block,”
he points out. “And it’s grown.
I assume it’s because they
need a bigger security pres-
ence now.”
I ask him where he lived and
he points to a row of box-like
houses a few hundred metres
from the guard block, a single
road leading in and out.
Reports from inside the
camps are scarce. But many of
those who do speak out tell hor-
rific stories of torture, starvation
and summary executions.
The new Amnesty report
details accounts of water-board-
ing, sleep deprivation, bamboo
pieces placed under the finger-
nails and imprisonment - some-
times for months on end - inside
a 4ft (1.22m) by 4ft cell.
Cheol-hwan remembers the
Sydney named world’s second-best destination
S ydney has been named
the world’s second best destina-
tion by the world’s biggest trav-
el website, TripAdvisor.
Australia’s largest city came
in at No.2 on TripAdvisor’s
annual Travellers’ Choice
Destination awards, behind
Cape Town in South Africa.
Award winners were deter-
mined based on a combination
of travelers’ favorite places and
overall destination populari-
ty. TripAdvisor said more than
one million travellers contrib-
N. Korea
Kang Cheol-hwan says new images of the camp he lived in show that it has grown
prison block inside his camp,
where the troublesome inmates
were kept. It was where torture
and beatings took place, he
says.
‘No return’
News is already filtering
through the North Korean com-
munity here in Seoul of a wider
crackdown taking place back
home.
There is talk of listening
posts, border fences and a sharp
rise in public executions.
Kang Cheol-ho runs a church
for North Korean defectors. He
gets new arrivals every month
and says the reports just get
worse.
“I’m getting more and more
dire testimonies all the time,”
he said. “That the clampdown
is worse, the food situation is
more severe and the authorities
are making it clear, if you try
and escape the country, you’ll
never get another chance.
“Nowadays, you’ll be sent to
one of these camps from which
you may never return.”
But reports like these pose a
problem for South Korea: decid-
ing what to do about them.
The country has been fierce-
ly divided between those who
believe it should tackle the
North head-on about its human
rights record, and those who say
that simply makes conflict more
likely, and risks everything the
South has built.
Now though, there may be a
sign that both sides are soften-
Australia
uted to the awards.
“Tourism is vital to the
Australian economy so it’s
encouraging to see Sydney
at number two in the global
table, outshining significant
tourism hotspots such as Paris,
New York and London,” said
TripAdvisor’s Emma O’Boyle
Australia dominated its
region, the South Pacific in
the awards, with Sydney com-
ing in at No.1, Melbourne,
Perth, Byron Bay and Cairns
taking out numbers 3 t0 6
World News
Satellite image of Yodok prison camp taken on 7 April 2011
(Image: Amnesty International/Digital Globe)
ing - at least in private.
Won Jae-chun has just been
asked by the government to
set up a new archive centre to
document human rights abuses
in North Korea.
Ten years ago, he says, it
would have caused one hell of
a row. Now, there seems to be a
new consensus emerging.
“In the old days, it was either
carrot or stick - but now it’s car-
rot and stick,” he explains. “Now
it’s talking about human rights
but at the same time helping
North Korea.
respectively.
2011 Travelers’ Choice World
Destinations:
1. Cape Town, South Africa
2. Sydney, Australia
3. Machu Picchu, Peru
4. Paris, France
5. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6. New York City, United
States
7. Rome, Italy
8. London, United Kingdom
9. Barcelona, Spain
10. Hong Kong, China
Top 10 South Pacific destinations:
Pg 8 CMYK PLATE
“People have reached a gen-
eral consensus that we will try
every means possible under the
sun, and one way or another
North Korea will change.”
One reason for the change,
he believes, is the growing infor-
mation stream flowing from the
North. There are 20,000 defec-
tors here in the South now
This is something that makes
North Korea nervous. About the
messages they are bringing out,
perhaps, but also about the ones
they are sending home.
—BBC
1. Sydney, Australia
2. Queenstown, New
Zealand
3. Melbourne, Australia
4. Perth, Australia
5. Byron Bay, Australia
6. Cairns, Australia
7. Auckland, New Zealand
8. Milford Sound, New
Zealand
9 . Pa p e e t e , F r e n c h
Polynesia
10. Christchurch, New
Zealand
—theage.com.au
IN FOCUS
Libyan rebels say government troops hit
by NATO strike
Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata say NATO jets
have hit government troops who have surrounded the city
for nearly two months. Misrata’s port is an important
supply route for aid, but it’s been out of use for nearly a
week after recent targeting by pro-Gaddaffi troops.
NATO has been forced to search for mines which they
believe were planted around the port by the government
troops. The head of the International Red Cross in
Benghazi, Simon Brooks says he’s worried about the
humanitarian situation in in the city: “We must have
access as soon as possible and you know the law of
armed conflict is very clear about the access which
civilian populations must have humanitarian assistance
and the fact that’s not happening is a deep concern to
us,” he said.
Radio Australia
US President’s approval up since bin
Laden death
The US President Barack Obama is enjoying a bump in
opinion polls following the death of Osama bin Laden.
The Pew Research Centre found that 56 per cent of
respondents approve of Mr Obama’s job performance, up
nine points on last month. However, analysts say bin
Laden’s death does not guarantee Mr Obama’s
re-election in 2012, as pessimism about the economy
persists.
Radio Australia
South Korean police raid Google offices
South Korean police have raided the offices of the
internet search company, Google, on suspicion it illegally
collected data from users. Police say they believe the
company collected information about users’ location
without proper consent, via their mobile phones. They’ve
seized hard drives and other equipment from the
company’s headquarters in Seoul. It follows news reports
that US regulators are considering their own probe into
Google’s activities.
Radio Australia
Sony fears hackers accessed extra 25
million accounts
The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant,
Sony, says hackers may have accessed 25 million more
customer accounts than it had previously thought. It says
the accounts related to its online entertainment network.
The additional security breach was discovered as Sony
investigated how hackers got into the online network for
its Playstation console. Now the company says
information about nearly 25 million people who play
games over the internet on personal computers may have
been compromised too. It includes their names, adresses
and passwords. More than 12,000 credit card numbers
have also been exposed, as well as the records of nearly
11,000 financial transactions.
Radio Australia
Hundreds protest in Pakistan over bin
Laden's death
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the
southwestern city of Quetta in Pakistan to denounce
America, burn US flags and pay homage to Al-Qaeda
leader, Osama bin Laden. The protest comes as the US
State Department issues a global travel alert to its
citizens warning there could be an outbreak of anti-
American violence, following the killing of Bin Laden. The
AFP newsagency reports the Pakistani Taliban has
promised to avenge his death and attack "American and
Pakistani governments and their security forces". "Now
Pakistani rulers, president Zardari and the army will be
our first targets," Ehsanullah Ehsan, a spokesman for
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Taliban Movement of
Pakistan, said from an undisclosed location. "America will
be our second target." Pakistan has already tightened
security across major cities, diplomatic installations and
around the site of the killing in Abbottabad. The United
States has closed its embassy and three consulates in
Pakistan to the public until further notice.
Radio Australia
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[ 10 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Thursday May 5, 2011
ISI ‘embarrassed’ by bin
Laden intelligence failure
P a k i s t a n ’ s m a i n
intelligence agency, the ISI,
says it is extremely embar-
rassed by its intelligence fail-
ures, as more details emerge
about the killing of the Al
Qaeda leader Osama bin
Laden by American forces.
Pakistan’s government
and its intelligence service
have been under pressure to
explain how the most wanted
man on the planet was able
to live undetected for five
years a stone’s throw from
the country’s most prestig-
ious military academy.
Bin Laden spent the past
five to six years in the sprawl-
ing compound in Abbottabad,
an affluent community, home
to many retired military and
intelligence figures, and just
60 kilometres from the capi-
tal Islamabad.
Asked why they had not
checked out a building so
close to a major military facil-
ity, an ISI official said that the
compound had actually been
raided when the house was
under construction in 2003,
but since then the house had
not been on their radar.
According to the official,
there were 17 or 18 people
in the compound at the time
of the attack.
The Americans troops took
away Osama Bin Laden’s
body and another person,
still alive, possibly one of his
sons.
Four bodies were left in
the compound, thought to be
of another son, two brothers
and a guard.
Those who survived the
attack included a wife, a
daughter and eight to nine
other children.
Bin Laden’s 12 or 13 year
Five arrested near UK nuclear site under anti-terrorism laws
Five men have been
arrested close to a British
nuclear plant under anti-
terrorism legislation, police
said.
The men were detained
after a stop check on a vehi-
cle at the Sellafield nuclear
facility in West Cumbria on
Monday.
The five, all aged in their
20s and from London, were
arrested under the Terrorism
Act, a police They were
held in police custody over-
night before being taken to
Manchester on Tuesday.
An investigation is now
under way by the North West
Counter Terrorism Unit.
Both the location and tim-
ing of the incident will cause
concern.
The arrests came outside
Pakistan
The town of Abbottabad, which houses the Pakistan military and intelligence services, also provided a
safe haven for Osama bin Laden and his family, at least until this week. Picture: AP
old daughter confirmed that
her father had been shot, say-
ing she saw it happen.
Both current Pakistani
president Asif Ali Zardari
and former president Pervez
Musharraf have been quick to
deny their country did not do
enough to track down the Al
Qaeda leader.
“Although the events of
Sunday were not a joint oper-
ation, a decade of coopera-
tion and partnership between
the United States and
Pakistan led up to the elim-
ination of Osama bin Laden
as a continuing threat to the
civilised world,” Mr Zardari
wrote in an opinion piece for
the Washington Post.
The president provided
no detailed explanation on
how bin Laden managed to
live in Abbottabad for years
undetected, but criticised US
press coverage suggesting
UK
Arrests ... five men have been taken into custody after a vehicle check near the Sellafield nuclear facility. Photo: Reuters
Sellafield, which handles high-
ly dangerous nuclear mate-
World News
Australia
Heart disease still leading
cause of death in Australia
A new report has found
heart disease remains the
leading cause of death in
Australia, despite a rise in
dementia and Alzheimer’s
disease.
The Bureau of Statistics
study found it accounted
for around 16 per cent of all
deaths in 2009.
The bureau found the mor-
tality rate from heart disease
has decreased over the last
decade.
Statistician Anneke
Schmider says they also
found lung cancer accounts
for the most cancer related
deaths.
The Bureau also recorded
an increase in dementia and
Alzheimer’s-related deaths
over the last decade.
Statistician Anneke
Schmider says dementia
and Alzheimer’s accounted
for close to 6 per cent of all
deaths in 2009.
“There’s been an increase
in dementia and Alzheimer’s
that Pakistan “lacked vitali- to understand how this huge disease, or death-related
ty” in pursuing terrorists. compound could be built in
“He was not anywhere we a city just an hour north of Syria
had anticipated he would the capital of Pakistan, in a
be, but now he is gone,” he
wrote.
city that contained military
insulations, including the
Army ‘surrounds Baniyas’
But pressure is mounting
on the Pakistani government,
Pakistani Military Academy
and that it did not arouse
days after Deraa siege
with US counter-terrorism tremendous suspicious,” she S yrian security forces
chief John Brennan saying it said. have surrounded the coastal
is “inconceivable” bin Laden Former Australian defence city of Baniyas, activists say,
could have lived in such a minister Joel Fitzgibbon says days after tanks and troops
conspicuous compound so the Federal Government took control of Deraa in the
close to Islamabad without needs to know if Pakistan south.
a support network inside the was complicit in harbouring Soldiers have blocked
country. bin Laden, in order to under- the northern and southern
And the chairman of stand the prospects for suc- entrances to the city, and
the US Senate Homeland cess in Afghanistan. the government has armed
Security Committee, Senator “We need to be reassured its supporters in nearby vil-
Joe Lieberman, has promised if our troops are going to con- lages, the activists say.
tough questions about the tinue to put their lives on the The number of arrests
US ally when officials come line in Afghanistan that one around the country has risen
before the Senate this week. of our key partners, Pakistan, to 1,000, they add.
The ranking Republican is going to be absolutely com- The International Red
Member of the Committee, mitted to the project,” he Cross has appealed for
Susan Collins, agrees. said. access to the injured and
“It’s very difficult for me —BBC/ABC/AFP arrested, especially in
Deraa.
Rights groups say 560
people have been killed
across the country in pro-
tests against the repressive
rule of President Bashar
al-Assad.
The government’s position
is still that the demonstra-
tors are militant criminals
and not - as evidence from
the ground suggests - ordi-
nary civilians calling for
political reform.
The interior ministry set
a deadline of 15 May for
protestors who had commit-
ted “unlawful acts” to give
themselves up.
‘Armed thugs’
The government is keep-
ing up efforts to try and
bring an end to five weeks of
rebellion.
The army is occupying the
hospital. They are arresting
everyone there - the injured,
rial, and were made within that Osama bin Laden had the wounded”
hours of the news breaking been killed. —AFP/PA End Quote Deraa resident
dementia and Alzheimer’s
disease,” she said.
“These accounted for
almost 6 per cent of deaths
in 2009 and that’s been an
increase across the last ten
years. And this is the third
leading cause of death for
females.”
Ms Schmider says with an
ageing population it is inev-
itable their prevalence will
increase.
“There’s still some way off
I suppose the leading cause of
death, which is heart disease,
but they have increased,” she
said.
“There are a couple of
underlying reasons for this.
One of course is that we have
an aging population, the sec-
ond though is that we have
had some coding improve-
ments over time.
“So this is probably influ-
enced the number of deaths
which are being counted as
dementia and alzheimers at
the moment as well.”
—Radio Australia
“The Syrian authorities
sent military reinforcements
and thugs to the areas in
the city centre [including
the main market],” a young
activist from Baniyas who
is helping to organise the
demonstrations has told the
BBC.
“The city is facing militias
from the east and military
forces from the south and
north sides,” he added.
The latest operation
comes after Mr Assad sent
tanks and soldiers into the
southern city of Deraa,
where the uprising broke
out in mid-March.
On Tuesday, a resident
who fled to Damascus told
the BBC that the hospitals in
Deraa have become like mil-
itary barracks.
“The army is occupy-
ing the hospital. They are
arresting everyone there -
the injured, the wounded,”
he said.
“The only hospitals people
can use now are on the out-
skirts or the smaller hospitals
in neighbouring villages.”
Mass arrests
Reports from Deraa say
hundreds of men between
the ages of 16 and 40 were
taken away by security forc-
es in house-to-house raids on
Sunday.
In recent weeks, hundreds
of protesters are thought to
have been killed or injured in
Deraa, where footage appears
to show security forces using
live ammunition against
demonstrators.
—Radio Australia
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FIFA’s Blatter confident of re-election
FIFA president Sepp Blatter
said he came away from the
CONCACAF congress Tuesday
confident he’ll be re-elected
despite a bid to unseat him by
Mohammed Bin Hammam of
Qatar, the Asian Football Con-
federation president.
“I’m sure at the end of the
day there will be no change in
FIFA,” Blatter said.
CONCACAF president Jack
Warner said the federation is
happy with Blatter’s leadership
but receptive to Bin Hammam’s
ideas. Bin Hammam didn’t
attend the congress because
he was unable to obtain a U.S.
visa, Warner said.
A meeting between Bin
Hammam and CONCACAF
officials was rescheduled for
France begins racism inquiry FIFA unveil goal-line tech testing
French soccer authorities
have begun an inquiry into
claims that national coach
Laurent Blanc and other
coaches secretly agreed on a
quota restricting the number
of black and Arab players in
training programs.
The investigative website
Mediapart said last week that
the aim was to limit to 30
percent the number of players
of African and North-African
descent in training academies
once they reached the age of
13. Blanc insists such a move
was never discussed.
French soccer federa-
tion technical director Fran-
cois Blaquart is suspended
pending the inquiry, which
included a transcript of a
conversation involving Blanc,
Blaquart, under-21 coach
Erick Mombaerts and under-
20 coach Francis Smerecki in
November.
In the transcript, an angry
Smerecki calls the proposal
a “discriminatory” idea that
should never see the light
of day. He has not yet com-
mented on Mediapart’s arti-
cle.
The focus of the conver-
sation was to find a way to
limit the number of play-
ers with dual nationalities
coming through the French
youth teams before then
deciding to play for their
country of origin as adults.
All four will be inter-
viewed this week by a spe-
cial commission headed by
Patrick Braouezec, who had
already led an inquiry exam-
ining the reasons for the
France team’s strike at last
year’s World Cup. Laurent
Davenas, president of the
federation’s ethics council
and a member of the French
sports ministry will also be
involved in the inquiry.
Blanc, on vacation in
May 10 in Trinidad. CON-
CACAF is soccer’s regional
governing body for North and
Central America and the Car-
ibbean, and it’s considered
pivotal in the outcome of the
presidential election June 1.
The congress was closed to
the media, an unusual step for
such sessions. Afterward, Blat-
ter and Warner sat side by side
at a news conference.
“I am, I would say, a relaxed
president after the meeting,”
Blatter said. “I am more than
confident now after this con-
gress here that we are going
forward with energy and a lot
of optimism.”
Blatter has led soccer’s gov-
erning body since 1998, and
the 75-year-old Swiss seeks a
Football
Blanc has denied the accusations
Italy, will be interviewed
Friday or Saturday, Davenas
said.
The turmoil comes just
as Blanc was beginning to
reverse the team’s fortunes
following the World Cup
debacle. The team, under
former coach Raymond
Domenech, went on strike in
protest at Nicolas Anelka’s
exclusion and was eliminat-
ed in the group stage with-
out winning a match.
French Sports Minister
Chantal Jouanno urgently
requested that the federa-
tion open an inquiry hours
after Mediapart’s story broke
last Thursday night. Jouanno
wants it to be completed by
the end of this week.
The federation said Tues-
day the conclusions will be
discussed further at a meet-
ing next week and it will not
comment until then.
Andre Merelle, a former
head of France’s national
training center at Clairefon-
taine until being released by
Blaquart in September, felt
there was a problem with the
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Football
four-year term that he said will
be his last. Bin Hammam is his
lone opponent.
Warner advised Blatter
before the congress began that
campaigning by the president
was unnecessary.
“President Blatter has been
coming here for the last 20
years,” Warner said. “If there’s
anybody we know, we know
president Blatter. Therefore,
there is nothing he can tell us
that we don’t know of him, or
what his plans are.”
FIFA has often been accused
of corruption on Blatter’s
watch, but his support in the
CONCACAF region is strong,
Warner said.
“The members of the execu-
tive committee and congress,
perception of dual nationals
within French soccer’s hier-
archy.
“During my time we were
already reproached for taking
so many blacks and Arabs,”
Merelle told Mediapart. “The
argument that I was given
was, ‘We pay them, we bring
them up, and then they go
and play abroad (for another
country).”
Former France star Lilian
Thuram, Blanc’s teammate
when France won the 1998
World Cup and European
Championship two years
later, said he was shocked
when he heard race quotas
had been discussed. Former
France defenders Basile Boli
and Luc Sonor and former
France goalkeeper Bernard
Lama have also expressed
outrage.
Others, like France mid-
fielder Alou Diarra and striker
Karim Benzema, have pub-
licly backed Blanc, although
both said they are upset at
the very thought of quotas
being discussed.
AP
all of them, have said they’re
happy where they are,” Warn-
er said. “Nobody expressed
any displeasure with Mr. Blat-
ter’s office. But out of fair play,
they would like to hear what
the other person has to say.”
Warner’s 35-member group
will vote as a bloc. At the FIFA
Congress in Zurich, the win-
ning candidate will need a
two-thirds majority on the first
ballot or a simple majority on
the second.
FIFA drew criticism for its
methods in choosing the two
most recently selected World
Cup sites -- Russia in 2018
and Qatar in 2022. The deci-
sions came at the same time,
with two executive committee
members barred from voting
FIFA have announced a
two-stage testing programme
for goal-line technology as
the pressure builds for the
introduction of systems to
help referees determine
whether the ball has crossed
the line.
Companies will need to
demonstrate 90% accuracy
rates for their prototype sys-
tems in order to get through
the first phase and then
return a 100% success rate in
the second phase.
FIFA changed their stance
last year after Frank Lamp-
ard’s disallowed goal in the
World Cup and now accept
the need for goal-line tech-
nology - if the systems can be
show to be completely reli-
able.
Lampard was also at the
centre of the latest contro-
versy this weekend when
he was awarded a goal for
Chelsea against Tottenham
despite TV pictures showing
the whole of the ball had not
crossed the line.
Companies have until June
3 to register their interest
with FIFA, who will share the
costing of the testing. Each
firm can select which stadium
they would like the tests to
take place.
The tests will be divided
into three parts:
•  shots from all over the
pitch into an empty net. A
100% success rate is needed
to pass phase one.
•  ‘dynamic’ tests: a ball-
shooting machine will fire
shots into the goal where a
fixed wall will at first stop
the ball crossing the line, and
then be moved back inside
the goal at different distances
from the line. A 90% success
rate is needed to pass phase
one.
•  ‘static’ tests: a ball
is placed on a sledge and
moved at slow motion across
because of corruption allega-
tions. Four other senior offi-
cials were suspended.
If re-elected, Blatter prom-
ises broad reforms in the way
sites are chosen, and says he’ll
set up a watchdog committee
to supervise how FIFA works
and restore the organization’s
credibility.
Bin Hammam, 61, played
a key role in Qatar winning
the rights to the 2022 World
Cup. He has proposed sharing
FIFA’s power and jobs with its
six confederations by offering
17 extra seats on the executive
body and creating legal and
development teams at conti-
nental headquarters.
Some CONCACAF delegates
don’t know Bin Hammam well,
Football
Lineball: Heurelho Gomes pays dearly for a blunder on the line as Chelsea is incorrectly
awarded a goal. (Reuters: Russell Cheyne)
the goal-line, sometimes with
the ball rotating. A 90% suc-
cess rate of this test is also
needed to pass phase one.
For each test, an immedi-
ate signal that the ball has
crossed the line must be
sent to a referee’s watch.
Companies that successfully
pass phase one of the proc-
ess - which will take place
between September and
December - will be subjected
to more rigorous and scien-
tific testing in a second phase
between March and June
next year.
FIFA said in a statement:
“A higher volume of tests
will be conducted to ensure
a more precise evaluation of
the fitness of a technology
and to provide a full statisti-
cal analysis.
“This will include more
simulated match scenarios as
well as other factors includ-
ing: software reliability;
transmission signal quality;
performance under changing
weather conditions as well as
on different pitch surfaces.’’
The International FA
and his absence at the congress
cost him a chance to court sup-
port.
“How much it has hurt him,
I really can’t say,” Warner said.
“If he were here, it would have
helped him a lot.”
CONCACAF delegate Fre-
derick Lunn of the Bahamas
said the group is open-minded
about Bin Hammam’s candi-
dacy.
“You have to give everyone
an opportunity in this proc-
ess,” Lunn said. “Regardless
of the outcome, to have any
sort of opposition and to hear
new ideas is good. You never
know. He may come with a
home run. It happens some-
times with the underdog.”
AP
Board, the game’s law-mak-
ing body, will be presented
with the results of the testing
at a special meeting in July
2012. Successful systems
could be in place for the the
2014 World Cup in Brazil -
FIFA say the second phase
tests will be carried out in
“different lighting conditions
as per the FIFA requirements
for the 2014 FIFA World Cup
in Brazil’’.
British company Hawk-
eye is expected to be one of
the firms that apply to FIFA
- they believe their technol-
ogy is 100% accurate. They
were not part of the first tests
at FIFA headquarters in Feb-
ruary because they needed a
stadium in which to use their
systems.
All 10 companies tested
in February failed, although
three did come close to being
100% accurate. A number of
others failed hopelessly how-
ever - including one system
that registered a goal when
the ball when two inches
above the crossbar.
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Soromon scores twice to help
Wairarapa maintain lead
Matt Borren Goalkeeper
Matt Borren was the toast of
Trust House Wairarapa Unit-
ed after their 2-1 win over
Western Suburbs in the top-
of-the-table central football
clash at Endeavour Park on
Saturday.
Borren made several fine
saves during a first half
which ended with the two
teams level pegging at 1-1, a
score which Wairarapa Unit-
ed player-coach Adam Cowan
conceded flattered his side.
“We probably should have
Shane Mosley looks to shake up the world
Shane Mosley feels a vic-
tory over WBO welterweight
champion Manny Pacquiao
on Sunday (NZT) would be
his biggest ever despite a
glittering career that includes
world titles in three weight
classes.
“That would be the best
victory at this time,’’ Mos-
ley said at the MGM Grand,
the site of Saturday’s fight.
“If I fight Pacquiao and
beat him, there will prob-
ably have to be another one,
because people won’t believe
it.’’
Mosley has yet to be
knocked out during his pro-
fessional career, but his com-
ment was a clear admission
that despite a record of 46-6-1
with 39 knockouts, including
two victories over compatriot
Oscar de la Hoya, he will be
a heavy underdog against the
Filipino Pacquiao.
That reflects the fact that
the 39-year-old Mosley’s
record is a pedestrian 8-6-1
since the end of 2001 and
his last fight in Las Vegas
was a comprehensive points
defeat to fellow American
Floyd Mayweather one year
ago.
In that fight, Mosley rocked
Mayweather badly in the sec-
ond round but could not cap-
italise and lost every round
after. But he insisted the dif-
ference in styles between the
two makes the Mayweather
fight meaningless when eval-
Thailand axed from Olympic qualifiers
T h ai l a n d have been
kicked out of the qualifying
competition for the 2012
Men’s Olympic Games after
fielding an ineligible play-
er.
The Football Association
of Thailand (FAT) revealed
that they would be appeal-
Football
been at least a couple of goals
down but Matt was outstand-
ing, he kept us in the game,”
Cowan said.
Through most of that first
half Wairarapa United strug-
gled to get any flow into their
play and ball was turned over
regularly.
“We were poor, very poor,”
Cowan said. “We weren’t
working as a team, there
was no rhythm there at all.
We were rushing things too
much”
Fortunately for Waira-
Boxing
RING WARRIORS: Manny Pacquiao (left) will fight Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand on Sunday.
uating Saturday’s fight.
“Mayweather doesn’t
throw a lot of punches, but
he throws them at the right
time,’’ he said. “Manny
throws more punches and
he throws them at any time.
That style I believe is going to
be more suitable to me.’’   mate Mosley’’.
Pacquiao, 52-3-2 with 38
knockouts, who has won
world titles in eight weight
Olympic Games
ing against the decision,
which was taken after sus-
pended player Sucharit
Chanthakul was allowed to
play during the first leg of a
qualifier against Palestine in
February.
Sucharit earned the sus-
pension at the AFC Under-
Sports News
rapa United, however, the
second half was a far dif-
ferent story.Then they lifted
their effort several notches
and the confidence notice-
ably grew as they started to
pose problems for the Wests
defence by maintaining their
structure and sticking to the
game plan.
“We talked at halftime
about being more patient,
of being more deliberate in
the way we brought the ball
forward,” Cowan said.
“We knew that if we
divisions, agreed that dis-
missing Mosley’s chances was
a mistake.
“It’s unfair to him,’’ Pacqui-
ao said, adding that Mosley
has “good hand speed, good
foot speed, and of course he’s
strong. You cannot underesti-
Mosley pointed to his
upset victories over de la
Hoya in 2000 and 2003, and
19 Championships three
years ago and had not yet
served the ban.
“We have been formally
informed by the AFC about
the matter,” FAT secretary
general Ong-art Korsinkha
told the Bangkok Post. “We
are appealing.”
played the basics well we
could pull it off, and that’s
what we did.”
Borren was clearly the
player of the match for
Wairarapa United while
Nathan Cooksley was again
impressive on defence.
Striker Seule Soromon
scored both goals and was
the pick of the attack, along
with Campbell Banks who
made an impact when he
came off the subs bench in
the second half.
Wairarapa Times Age
his dominant knockout of
Mexico’s Antonio Margarito
in 2009, as evidence that he
has frequently put on his best
performances in the face of
doubt.
“A lot of the times peo-
ple count me out, I tend to
become victorious. So, maybe
it’s not a good idea to count
me out.’’
AP
Thailand beat Palestine
5-4 on penalties to progress
and were set to face Bahrain
in the next round of region-
al qualifiers for next year’s
Olympics in London, before
the Asian Football Confed-
eration (AFC) stepped in.
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Sports inbrief
Tennis
Caroline Wozniacki strolls into Madrid
Open round three
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki eased through to the third
round of the Madrid Open with a 6-4 6-4 win over Serbia’s
Bojana Jovanovski. In the men’s first round Juan Martin
del Potro overcame a leg injury to beat Mikhail Youzhny
6-1 3-6 6-3. Argentina’s Del Potro, who was out for eight
months last year following wrist surgery, said he may not be
fit for his round-two tie with Marin Cilic. “I will check with
the doctor if it’s safe to play,” said Del Potro. The former
US Open champion said the leg problem had first come to
light in Portugal last week, where he won the Estoril Open.
“I started to feel it in the semi-final in Estoril last week but I
really want to play this tournament,” he said. “I will be careful
for my future - I am playing really well last week and this, but
my first goal is to play healthy.”I want to be safe this week
so I don’t want to risk my presentation in French Open.”
Talking about his return to fitness after last year’s long lay-
off, Del Potro admitted even he was surprised by how well
he had fared.
BBC
Cricket
Hashan Tillakaratne stands by match-
fixing allegations
Former Sri Lanka captain Hashan Tillakaratne has vowed
to reveal full details of match-fixing that he alleges took
place during his career. Tillakaratne and ex-team-mate
Arjuna Ranatunga claim fixing has been common in Sri
Lankan cricket since 1992. The Sri Lanka Cricket Board
called on the pair to substantiate the claims and queried
why they have only emerged now. Tillakaratne says he will
provide the International Cricket Council with information
“at the appropriate time. The 43-year-old added: “I made
a statement to the provincial council, I said that I still
maintain my stand on the allegations. “After I came out with
these allegations [at the weekend] I have been getting a lot
of nuisance calls, death threats, but definitely I will expose all
those who are involved in a time to come.” When asked why
he has not followed the established procedure of working with
the ICC’s anti-corruption unit, Tillakaratne replied “I will do that
in the days to come.” Several international players including
South Africa’s Hansie Cronje, India’s Mohammad Azharuddin
and Ajay Jadeja, and Pakistan’s Salim Malik have been found
guilty of match-fixing and served bans in the past decade,
although Jadeja and Malik later had their bans quashed. Most
recently, Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and
Mohammad Amir were banned for five years or more after
being found guilty off corruption by the ICC.
AP
Athletics
David Rudisha ruled out of Doha Diamond
League meeting
World 800m record holder David Rudisha has been ruled out
of the Diamond League meeting in Doha on Friday because
of a foot injury. Rudisha, 22, the 2010 World Athlete of the
Year, has been prevented from training for a week by the injury,
which is not thought to be serious. “I am very disappointed
not to be able to run,” said the Kenyan, who won last year’s
Diamond Race Trophy. Rudisha’s withdrawal is a blow to
the athlete, who produced one of the finest 800m seasons
in history last year, twice breaking the world record, which
stands at one minute 41.01 seconds. As well as Rudisha, the
800m will also be deprived of double world indoor champion
Abubaker Kaki, who has also pulled out because of a muscle
injury. However, many of last season’s Trophy winners will be
competing in Doha.
AAP
Football
Ronaldinho joy at first trophy
Just months after returning to Brazil in pursuit of silverware,
Ronaldinho has described his joy at picking up the Carioca
State Championship with new side Flamengo. Ronaldinho left
AC Milan to move back to South America after criticism for his
off-field antics and laid back lifestyle. However, the Brazilian
has not had to wait long as Flamengo overcame Vasco da
Gama on penalties to win the final of the Taca Rio, the second
stage of Rio de Janeiro’s local championship. “A joy like this
can only be compared with the World Cup title,” he told
reporters. “I went five years without being a champion, I have
only experienced joy with these fans and I hope to continue my
work here.” Flamengo’s 3-1 win (after a 0-0 draw in normal
time), saw them finish the campaign unbeaten for the first
time since 1996.
SI.com
 Fishing

Marlin Classic to feature

Aussie rugby league star
Compiled by Raymond
Nasse
The Grand Hotel & Casino
Vanuatu Marlin Classic VMC
that will be held on June 5-11
will feature one of Australia’s
famous ex rugby league play-
ers Andrew Ettingshausen
a n d p o p u l a r 2 G B Radio
Australian Fishing Show pre-
senter Michael Guest.
Both Guest and
Ettingshausen will be arriving
on the 3rd and 8th of June
next month and will feature
in Vanuatu’s only marlin spe-
cific fishing tournament.
Andrew Ettingshausen is an
Australian former rugby league
footballer of the 1980s, 1990s
and early 2000s.
He played his first grade
Australian club football for
the Cronulla-Sutherland
Sharks, retiring with the
record of most games at a
single club, with 328.
He is known for his decep-
tive pace, good hands and
ability to score tries, “ET” as
he was known, represented
both New South Wales and
the Australian Kangaroos.
After his retirement
from league in 2000,
Ettingshausen went on to
host and produce his own
fishing television show titled
Escape with ET.
In February 2008,
Ettingshausen was named
in the list of Australia’s 100
Greatest Players (1908–
2007) which was commis-
sioned by the NRL and ARL
to celebrate the code’s cen-
tenary year in Australia.
Michael Guest himself is
a Fishing World writer and
an online video presenter.
Last year he joined the
popular Sydney 2GB Radio
and now hosts Sydney’s
popular 2GB radio Fishing
Show.
The tournament was cre-
ated to promote the sport of
game fishing and conserva-
tion of fisheries through the
practice of tag and release
fishing. The rules have been
purposely designed to pro-
mote the release of healthy
marlin. Points are awarded
based on marlin-only caught
on 30 lb, 50 lb, 80 lb and
130 lb line class tackle.
Organisers of the tourna-
ment have given generous-
ly to create this cash prize
tournament. The first year
saw prize and calcutta pay-
ments in excess of $40,000
AUD. The second year man-
aged over $60,000 AUD paid
out and each year since has
been successful.
This year the marlin
Classic has been blessed to Andrew Ettingshausen
receive great support from
the local and internation- al years, Vanuatu has The VMC is a great fishing secrets. Don’t miss
al community with scores of quickly become a proven opportunity to get in on the the opportunity to compete
sponsors. World Class marlin fishing pioneering edge of one of for cash in the marlin rich
Over the last sever- destination. the world’s best kept game waters of Vanuatu!

Football

Barcelona keep Madrid at bay to reach final

FC Barcelona came
through a tough exami-
nation by a spirited Real
Madrid CF side as a riv-
eting draw secured their
place in the 28 May final at
Wembley – scene of their
first European Champion
Clubs’ Cup triumph.
Josep Guardiola’s men
sealed a 3-1 aggregate win
after Pedro Rodríguez’s glo-
rious second-half open -
er was cancelled out by
Marcelo. It was also a night
of drama, skill and, ulti-
mately, a Catalan victo-
ry that means the dream
of a third UEFA Champions
League title in six seasons is
very much alive.
The remarkable amount
of water which poured from
the skies in the hour prior
to kick-off did not help the
hosts push and probe at a
well-drilled Madrid defence,
but as the surface dried the
contest became slick.
Guardiola’s team do not
score many headed goals
yet Xavi Hernández’s 22nd-
became red alert when the
Argentinian internation-
al dispossessed Lassana
Diarra and released David
Villa: Casillas had to pro-
duce his best save thus
far.
The half ended with
Madrid’s exceptional, over-
worked goalkeeper launch-
ing himself to the ground
to keep out yet anoth-
er Messi effort. Without
doubt, the goals were
coming. The first arrived
just nine minutes after
the restart. Andrés Iniesta
was the magical creator,
curving the ball through a
sea of white shirts – Xabi
Alonso, Diarra and Raul
Barcelona’s forward Pedro Rodriguez (L) celebrates with teammate Barcelona’s forward David Villa (R) after scoring during the Champions Albiol – straight into the
League semi-final second leg football match between Barcelona and Real Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 3, 2011. path of Pedro. One touch
AFP PHOTO / SIU WU to control, another slap
of his boot to score and
minute corner was so pre- Ten minutes later Barça’s song: just no one in white Barça were seemingly out
cise in its arc that only a trickle of chances became a knew the tune. Twice of sight.
slight misjudgement of his flood. Lionel Messi danced Messi went close to add- To Madrid’s cred-
unmarked jump left Sergio across the penalty area ing to the two-goal cush- it the moment did not
Busquets heading into Iker and forced Casillas to save ion from last week’s first break them: far from it.
Casillas’s hands, not the at full length. The mer- leg. His chest control and The visitors stuck to the
net. curial No10 was again on shot brought peril and it game plan, pressed and
worked and finally got
their reward ten minutes
after falling behind. Ángel
Di María gained his first
glimpse of open space,
cracked a fierce shot off
Víctor Valdés’ right-hand
post and then showed the
utmost calm to control the
rebound and pass inside to
Marcelo.
The Brazilian inter-
national edged in front
of his marker, Javier
Mascherano, and buried
the chance with glee. Yet
this was Barcelona’s night,
capping their performance
with Éric Abidal’s intro-
duction late on, his first
appearance since an oper-
ation to remove a liver
tumour – the roar almost
exceeded that of reaching
Wembley. They could face
Manchester United FC, 2-0
up against FC Schalke 04
ahead of Wednesday’s sec-
ond leg, in what would
be a repeat of the 2009
showpiece.
UEFA