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Futuna in food crisis
…no govt funding available for victims of cyclones Atu and Yasi
By Jane Joshua
Futuna Island in the Tafea
province is experiencing acute
food shortage in the after-
maths of inconsistent ship-
ping services and zero relief
supplies after Tafea was bat-
tered by cyclone Vania and in
particular for Futuna, cyclone
Atu.
Osama Bin Laden: African Daily Post (DP) has found
out there ‘are no available
leaders hails killing funds from the government’
Page 8 to cater not only for cyclone
Atu victims in Futuna but
also for cyclone Yasi victims
Electors victimised in Torba province.
The last ship to call in at
by own government: Futuna was in December
2010 and after the succeed-
Molisa ing number of cyclones in the
beginning of 2011 a food cri-
Page 2 sis is affecting the people of
Futuna, whose staple diet is
manioc but when damaged
such as in cyclones, easily Labour Day
rots. Labour Day celebrations in Port Vila on 1st May 2011 was a major event. This is the first time the day had been celebrated
And in the midst of this by a parade through town, led by representatives of Government, workers and employers. The day also marked the official
Futuna’s Ihasia Secondary launch of the Tripartite Labour Advisory Council. In this photograph representatives of government, workers and employers
school is likely to close its sign the Agreement to launch the Tripartite Labour Advisory Council on Labour Day 1st May 2011.
doors before the two weeks
midterm break next week.
“We are appealing to the
government and relief agen-
cies to urgently consider our
WTO to gain new member Vanuatu amid turmoil
plight. Our food rations for T he chief of the W orld ing the end of the entry talks. his nation’s future trade rela- merce.
Over 1000 people flock to the 100 plus students is very Trade Organisation (WTO), Russia and Algeria are the tions. But the round has missed
NDH to get treatment low,” said a Ihasia teach- Pascal Lamy, hailed on Mon- two main trade economies The package, setting out several deadlines for comple-
Page 3 er in a telephone call to the day the impending accession outside the WTO, although a terms for goods and serv- tion, largely because of dis-
DP using the only telephone of small Pacific island state session of Moscow’s 18-year- ices trade with other WTO agreements between and
working on the island as of Vanuatu as a sign of confi- old accession talks is due to countries, would provide “an among major industrial pow-
April, 2011 at Taroumara, dence in the body at a time of start on May 31. impetus for modernisation, ers such as the European

Labour Day
Herald Bay. turbulence. When formalities including integration into the global Union and United States and
“We have heard rumours Lamy, who said last week ratification of the accession economy and rapid growth”, advanced developing econ-

celebration in photos
that Futunese communities
and chiefs in Port Vila were
fundraising to send relief
Page 4
supplies over and we are still
waiting to see this.
“The last ship to service
our port was five months
ago. Usually when our food
rations are low we depend
on communities to beef up
our supplies before the next
ship comes but this is not the
case now.
Page 5 o To Page 6
that the WTO’s Doha round
of negotiations on a new glo-
bal trade pact was on the
edge of failure after 10 years,
was speaking after a work-
ing group approved terms for
Vanuatu to join.
“Vanuatu’s accession to the
WTO is a sign of confidence
in the organisation and the
multilateral trading system at
a time of turbulence for the
trading round and the WTO,”
Lamy told a ceremony mark-
terms by Vanuatu’s legisla-
ture have been completed, the
archipelago will become the
154th member of the WTO,
which sets the rules for global
trade and oversees their imple-
mentation.
Vanuatu trade minister Sela
Molisa told the ceremony the
agreement negotiated with
many WTO members in the
special working group over the
last decade and a half offered
“a high quality package” for
Molisa said.
Small countries general-
ly see the WTO and its rules
as providing a framework to
trade their way out of poverty,
allowing them to make devel-
opment plans based on pre-
dictable income from abroad.
The Doha negotiations,
launched at the end of 2001,
were long described as a
development round aimed at
bringing poorer nations into
the mainstream of world com-
omies like India, Brazil and
China.
Trade diplomats and ana-
lysts say they cannot see
the round continuing much
beyond 2011, and Lamy, a
former EU trade commission-
er, voiced similar views last
week.
However, many also say
the WTO has a major role to
maintain in underpinning the
framework for world trade as
a whole. —Reuters
[ 2 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday May 4, 2011
UN Secretary General’s Message
on World Press Freedom Day
When governments repress
their people and shield them-
selves from scrutiny, press
freedom is among the most
powerful vehicles for expos-
ing misdeeds and upholding
public trust.
When people face discrim-
ination and marginalisation,
access to media can give them
voice and create a shared
awareness of their plight.
And in an era of pressing
global challenges, the free
exchange of information and
ideas through the media can
connect people and coun-
tries in networks of common
cause.
World Press Freedom Day
has its roots in the African
journalists who, in the wake
of the fall of the Berlin Wall
and the crumbling of media
restrictions in Eastern Europe,
sought similar advances on
their continent. They worked
with UNESCO to organise the
1991 seminar in Namibia that
produced the landmark Wind-
hoek Declaration on free and
independent media, which in
turn inspired the UN Gener-
al Assembly two years later to
proclaim this observance.
Today it is the peoples of
Electors victimised by
own government: Molisa
By Thompson Marango
Former Private Secretary
to Former Minister of Health in
the last government, Chief Dan-
iel Molisa, has expressed his
concerns over the huge amount
of public funds that have been
‘wasted’ as a result of continu-
ous motions of no confidence
which lead to changes of gov-
ernment.
Chief Molisa whose position
in the last government was his
first political post ever said the
REGIONAL CHART
North Africa and the Middle
East mobilizing for their dem-
ocratic rights and freedoms --
and doing so with a heavy
and creative reliance on the
Internet and social media to
help spur change in their soci-
eties.
The theme of this year’s
observance, “New Frontiers,
New Barriers,” highlights this
dramatically changed global
media landscape. New media
and tools such as cell phones
continue to empower individ-
uals, enrich news-gathering
and illuminate once-largely-
hidden workings of govern-
ment, business and industry.
Yet alongside these bene-
fits stand old challenges such
as the use of media to dis-
seminate hatred and incite
violence. There are also unde-
niable new barriers being
imposed by States, including
cyber-surveillance, digital har-
assment and censorship on the
Internet. According to the Com-
mittee to Protect Journalists, at
least six journalists who worked
primarily online were killed in
2010. And in 2008, for the first
time, more “online reporters,”
were in jail than those working
in traditional media.
amount they received after Kli-
man’s coalition was ousted
by current PM, Serge Vohor’s
group has cost the public dear-
ly.
“The public or electors have
been victimised by their very
own government that they
themselves have elected,” said
the outspoken chief.
He estimated that around
Vt100 million of people’s
money have been wasted to
payout the employees of the
Local News
On World Press Freedom
Day, let us remember the
journalists, editors and other
media professionals who
have been killed for their
reporting.  And let us hon-
our their memory by pursu-
ing justice. The impunity that
often follows such murders
suggests a disturbing lack of
official concern for the pro-
tection of journalists, and out-
right contempt for the vital role
they play. Many other journal-
ists languish in jail simply for
doing their jobs.
On this Day, as we mark
the 20th anniversary of the
Windhoek Declaration, let us
also pledge to bridge the dig-
ital divide, so that all people
can benefit from access to and
use of new media and com-
munication technologies.
Article 19 of the Univer-
sal Declaration of Human
Rights proclaims the right of
all people to “seek, receive
and impart information and
ideas through any media and
regardless of frontiers”. Let
us reaffirm our commitment
to this bedrock principle of
democracy, development and
peace.
—UNDP
former governments each time
a coalition is overthrown and
another government takes
over.
Mr Molisa strongly spoke
against the current system of
government which he said
openly entertains political
instability.
He said it is about time the
country reconsiders the system
and bring in required amend-
ments to legislations and even
the constitution in order to shut
TODAYS
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Westpac presents cheque from International
Women’s Day ribbon sales to VNCW
Westpac d i sp l a y e d i t s
support for International Wom-
en’s Day, which celebrated its
100th anniversary on Tues-
day 8 March 2011, by selling
purple ribbons at its Port Vila
branch throughout March.
The ribbons were on sale
for 100 Vatu with all proceeds
being donated to the Vanuatu
Women’s Centre.
A total of 713 ribbons were
sold in the Westpac branch
throughout March. A cheque
for 71,300 Vatu was present-
ed to the Vanuatu Women’s
Centre on Friday 29 April
2011. The presentation took
place at the Vanuatu Wom-
en’s Centres’ office.
off political instability.
“Since 1991 there has been
no road map, it is time to cre-
ate a government of national
unity to embark on either new
legislations or make amend-
ments to constitution,” suggest-
ed chief Molisa.
“To prevent continuous
crossing of floor by MPs to
stimulate instability a gov-
ernment of National Unity
should be allowed to govern
for 4 years to allow the peo-
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) TIMES
1.34 19:00
0.26
SUNRISE
Today: 06-01
Tomorrow: 06-01
“At Westpac, we under-
stand that not all women
enjoy equal rights, opportu-
nities and privileges. Westpac
believes that it can support a
future that is bright, equal,
safe and rewarding for all
women, free from violence
and discrimination,” said
Shane Smith, General Man-
ager, Westpac Vanuatu.
“That’s why the Westpac
Group is delighted to be a
major supporter of Inter-
national Women’s Day, a
global day celebrating the
economic, political and social
achievements of women past,
present and future.
“This is just one of the
ple to make better judgments
before MPs could be allowed to
change sides.
“In a government of Nation-
al Unity the number of polit-
ical parties should be limited
to 3 as a maximum because
too many independent candi-
dates is also a problem in the
current government system
because they are one of the
main ingredients of instabili-
ty,” he alleged.
Meanwhile chief Molisa is
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
HEIGHT (Meters)
1.19
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Today: 17-26
Tomorrow:17-26
activities we supported as
part of International Wom-
en’s Day,” added Shane
Smith. We also announced
the Westpac Women’s Edu-
cation Grants which provides
ten girls with the opportuni-
ty to receive money toward
the cost of their education”
he concluded.
Westpac has operated in
Vanuatu since 1970. West-
pac’s Pacific operations cover
the Cook Islands, Fiji, Samoa,
Solomon Islands,  Tonga,
Vanuatu and Papua New Guin-
ea. There are more than 50
Westpac branches and agen-
cies and 82 ATMs throughout
the Pacific.
rallying support to coordinate a
task force of the civil society to
work towards the government
system of national unity.
“People themselves have
to demand change. Enough is
enough, in life there is a lim-
itation,” he stressed. “Govern-
ment of National Unity is the
only way forward.”
He said only with a stable
government of national unity
could other national issues can
be addressed.
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.
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Aneityum
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Over 1000 people flock
to NDH to get treatment
By Colson Wari
T he N orthern D istrict
Hospital(NDH) has been over-
crowded for the past two days
as over 1000 people turned
up to get treatment from the
Pacific Partnership 2011 med-
ical team.
Daily Post witnessed a high
number of people arriving on
Monday this week to get den-
tal, surgery and medical treat-
ment and from the visiting
specialist at the Northern Dis-
trict Hospital.
Joseph Mabe, the Northern
Health Care Director said he is
overwhelmed with works car-
ried out so far by the Pacific
Partnership 2011 and Vanuatu
team.
“The participation in Pacific
Partnership has been amazing;
at the NDH alone we have had
over 1300 outpatient visits in
the first three days and today
is the largest crowd yet to seek
care.  At 9am this morning the
lines wrapped around the hos-
pital and the manager indi-
cated lines had been forming
since before dawn,” Mr Mabel
said.
Vanuatu Post
and Air Vanuatu
expand
services in
Ambae
The Chief Executive Officers
of Vanuatu Post Ltd and Air
Vanuatu have announced a
new partnership in Lolow-
ai, building on their Memo-
randum Of Understanding
signed in July last year.
VPL CEO Wesley Rasu said
the new partnership in Lolow-
ai would see an improvement
in service delivery throughout
Ambae.
”Our priority since sign-
ing the MOU has been to
improve services throughout
the outer islands by working
with Air Vanuatu to allow
access to postal and air-
line services in remote and
regional areas.
“We qualified the partner-
ship in Sola late last year,
with Air Vanuatu sales and
ticketing being represented
by VPL. It has proven to be a
great success,” Mr. Rasu said.
Air Vanuatu CEO Joseph
Laloyer said the nation-
al carrier was committed to
improving services in the
outer islands and feedback
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“The Vanuatu health pro-
fessionals are very interested
and excited to work with and
exchange best practices with
the U.S., Australian, and New
Zealand health care profes-
sionals.  We are proud of the
services being provided to the
community as part of Pacific
Partnership.
“The country is responding
in a significant way and the
exchange of skills between the
Pacific Partnership physicians
and our local surgeons and
providers is tremendously
exciting and the exchange of
skills has been powerful.”
Members of the Pacific Part-
nership have also visited the
rural areas to provided treat-
ment.
The Pacific Partnership
teams 2011 have teamed up Medical personal at work
well with their Vanuatu coun-
terparts after 65 workers community service projects They also put on a rock and totally celebrating and geared One of the main goals of Pacif-
from Luganville and the rural with the painting of dormito- jazz music at Hog Harbour vil- up for the performance.  ic Partnership is to build sus-
areas attended a training that ries at Matevulu College. lage and at the Luganville Park  “We also had U.S. Navy tainable relationships and
was organized by the health Reports obtained by the where over 1000 people were personnel there painting the projects and working side-
authority in Luganville at the media also states the team in attendance. local Prenter school and play- by-side at the Prenter School
Agriculture College last week. played a football match with A source close to the media ing soccer with the kids.  It was a highlight of the day for
The Pacific Partnership the students over the week- said the concert was “awe- was a great day in Hog Har- the volunteers from the USS
team is participating in other end. some” and the village was bor and fun was had by all.  Cleveland,” he said.
from Sola had been positive.
“Our partnership with VPL
in Sola has meant Air Vanuatu
services are no longer limited
to flight days.
“This has meant greater
access to services for the peo-
ple of the Banks,” Mr Laloy-
er said.
Currently, many outer
island airports are opened to
receive and dispatch flights
only, meaning new book-
ings or flight changes are not Head of IWG Regina hands over stove and shakes hands with Head of Dorcas Alice Alwin. Back row - Elder Garae and son,
available for those custom- Minister Lolette Worwor (half hidden), and IWG members Chintana, Jenny Ligo, Lucy Sandy, Beverly and Anita
ers living or visiting the outer
islands at other times.
“The success of the Sola
IWG donates six-burner stove to Freshwind Dorcas
trial has allowed us to expand By Len Garae and words of gratitude, Elder time for free everyday to The IWG is 20 years old
the partnership to include The International Garae thanked the Interna- complete the giant church and their main fundraiser is
Lolowai, starting from 01 Women’s Group(IWG) has tional Women’s Group for construction project that is the International Food Festi-
May,” Laloyer said. donated a brand new 6-burn- their prompt response to the scheduled to be opened on val which takes place every
“We are confident the er gas stove to the Dorcas of request by the Dorcas. He October 5 this year. year.
people of Lolowai will be as Ohlen Freshwind. said the members’ arrival at He said quietly the Dorcas All IWG members consist
pleased with the new serv- Minister Lolette Worwor, the church with the gift is a have been making a positive of both local and expatriate
ice as those in Sola. We are Head Elder Wince Garae and “blessing” for the Dorcas who impact in the Port Vila com- volunteers and the money
delighted with the partner- Head of Dorcas Alice Alwin have prayed for such a con- munity at large with their they collect is well managed
ship with Vanuatu Post and represented the 800-mem- venience to help them cater catering skills and the stove and used to support hospi-
look forward to working ber SDA Church to receive for church functions as well will be a real plus towards tals, schools and churches
together in other areas of the the gift. as to cook hot meals for their expanding the service they with whatever equipment the
country in the future.” In his welcome remarks Adventist men who give their provide. IWG approves.
[ 4 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday May 4 , 2011
Labour Day celebrations in Port Vila on 1st May 2011
Govt Ministers, MPs, public servants, employers and workers join the parade
Employer's representative addressing the crowd at Saralana Park
Minister’s short trip to Vanuatu
cost NZ taxpayers $75,000
F oreign A ffairs M inis -
ter Murray McCully’s office
has defended his use of a
Defence Force plane to trav-
el to a day-long meeting in
Vanuatu, saying it was used
to ferry other Pacific lead-
ers.
Labour MP David Shearer
accused Mr McCully today
of spending at least $75,000
on the February ministerial
contact group meeting in
Port Vila.
Using commercial flights,
travel there should only
have cost about $4000, Mr
Hospital duo lend a hand in Vanuatu
D r B r a d y T a ss i c k e r
returned to Vanuatu in March
to see emergency medicine
progressing slowly after his
initial visit last year.
In November, Dr Tassicker
and emergency nurse Carol
Scott, from the North West
Regional Hospital, joined
a team of medical profes-
sionals in the South Pacific
island to study existing serv-
ices at the Vila Central Hos-
pital.
Dr Tassicker said during
their two-week stay they cre-
ated an exhaustive report on
the hospital with a number
of recommendations for the
Vanuatu government.
At this time the Japanese
government offered to build
a new hospital and emergen-
cy department in Port Villa as
a foreign aid project.
The Japanese Government
notified Dr Tassicker that on
Shearer said.
However, a spokesman for
Mr McCully said the flight
also ferried leaders and offi-
cials from Samoa and Tuva-
lu to the meeting, which was
held to discuss the political
situation in Fiji.
Using the Defence Force
was deemed to be the most
efficient way to get every-
one to the short meeting, he
said.
New Zealand had offered
to give other leaders a ride
to ensure a good turnout.
The spokesman disput-
March 16 they would be in
Vanuatu to discuss the new
hospital’s future.
“Carol and I had two
weeks’ notice that the Japa-
nese Government would be
in Vanuatu and there was a
mad scramble to get time off
and funding,” he said.
The earthquake had hit
Japan just days before the
arrival in Vanuatu but the
Japanese government still
planned to built the hospi-
tal.
Dr Tassicker and Ms Scott
met with the Japanese design
team.
“The (Japanese) govern-
ment is not going to follow
all of our suggestions, but
that’s fine,” he said.
The pair also used this
time to follow up on other
recommendations at the hos-
pital and their progress.
“The hospital has appoint-
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Labour Day parade banners
Labour Day worker's representative addressing the crowd
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ed the $75,000 figure, say-
ing the Defence Force had
not provided Mr McCully’s
office with a specific cost for
the flight.
Prime Minister John Key
said he accepted Mr McCul-
ly’s reasoning at the time for
using the Defence Force for
travel.
He also did not confirm
the $75,000 cost, saying the
actual cost of overseas trav-
el was often considerably less
than the amount originally
approved.
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ed a couple of doctors to train
in emergency medicine which
is really promising,” Dr Tas-
sicker said.
“A member of the nurs-
ing staff has signed up for
advanced qualifications in
emergency nursing.”
Dr Tassicker said he looked
forward to bringing one of
Vanuatu’s doctors to NWRH
on sabbatical for several
weeks to experience a differ-
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Email hacker Re: Are we sliding back into a situation destroying the aims of the CRP?

Dear Editor,
It was brought to our attention
that someone was sending email
messages to companies here in Van-
uatu using this email address, Chris-
tine.dollesin@yahoo.com, the
content of which is degrading not
only the Ni- Vans but the whole Van-
uatu as well. I would like to point
out that the email account was cre-
ated by somebody who is imper-
sonating my wife. We only learned
about the existence of such account
early part of this year, weeks after
my family arrived in Vanuatu. We
have difficulty in tracking who the
person is as Yahoo USA, for privacy
protection, does not provide any
member's information unless there
is a court order asking them to do
so. We are doing our best to find
clues and ways to pinpoint who the
culprit is.
We have reasons to believe that
this identity thief will strike again to
discredit and humiliate my wife by
means of this email account. We
have no idea what triggers this actu-
ation as we are very private persons.
As such we are requesting your
good office to please ignore any
email messages coming from such
account. I also would like to add
that this impersonator is a hacker
who had successfully cracked my
wife's real email address,
cris_dollesin@yahoo.com. In rela-
tion to this we then would like to
request that, should there be any
correspondence bearing the follow-
ing names as sender, please contact
me first to confirm whether it's real-
ly from us:
a. Christine Bongalon
_ Existing email address: tinbon-
galon@yahoo.com
b. Gil Baltazar V. Bongalon
_ Existing email address: gbv
bongalon@yahoo.com and gbv
bongalon@vanuatu.com.vu
Sincerely yours,
Mr Gil Baltazar V. Bongalon
CPA
Dear Editor,
Thanks to Kevin Dick Abel's letter
to the Editor published Saturday 30
April 2011. I would like to respond
to the points raised accordingly.
Mr Abel, let me point out to you
that there is no need to dwell on the
issue of my identity. I have my right
of whether to put my real name or
not, or whether I've been to Univer-
sity is not important for you to know.
By the way, I'm a Ni-Vanuatu and
proud of my custom name which I
have used in my letters.
Anyway, the discussion here is
about Ministers' increased discretion
without heeded advice from their
DGs and Directors.
Maybe Mr Abel has missed the
point, but certainly, diminishing the
control or discussions with the DGs
who were appointed on the basis of
their education and merit only
serves to make the public more sus-
picious of Government intentions as
over the years it has been systemat-
ically abused.
I guess Mr Abel must have con-
nections with Politicians and that is
why he seemed to be defensive.
Let me point out to Mr Abel that
even though some systems of checks
have already been put in place
under the Public Service Act, some
politicians have continued to delib-
erately act contrary to the guide-
lines.
What can Mr Abel say to one of
the latest cases where a former Min-
ister of Lands signed the Lease for
the whole of Lamap on Malekula as
reported in the media even though
his technical people in the Depart-
ment advised against his decision?
I will continue to question the
politicians and ministers even if it's
a “complete disgrace and disloyalty”
as Mr Abel has put it.
Sad to say, but experience has
shown that once MPs are voted in,
they tend to forget about the whole
purpose of being there while their
focus now would tend to be for their
own political survival and personal
wealth.
I guess Mr Abel has never been to
the outer islands to see the deterio-
rating road conditions, poor health
services, lack of market opportuni-
ties for local farmers etc.
Funds that should have been used
to provide better services to the peo-
ple are used instead for increasing
the MP salaries, government legal
costs for wrong decisions, regular
overseas travelling expenses, and
unnecessary change of government
that cost millions of taxpayer's
money etc... Do we want to see “the
choice of the people” continue to run
havoc the country's financial
resources?
Thank you.
Viregalato

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News Feature

Osama bin Laden is dead

The news of the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has come nearly 10 years after the
September 11, 2001 attacks United States President Barack Obama announced on national
television on May 1 that the terrorist leader had been killed in Abbottabad in Pakistan.
Saudi-born Osama bin Laden
had been on the US Feder-
al Bureau of Investigation’s
‘Ten Most Wanted Fugitives’
list since 1999.
He became the most want-
ed man in the world in 2001
when he was identified as
the mastermind of the terror-
ist attacks in New York and
Washington that levelled the
World Trade Centre’s iconic
twin towers.
Bin Laden never admitted
responsibility for the attacks,
but he had called for a holy
war against the United States
in 1998.
He managed to evade a
massive manhunt in Afghan-
istan and Pakistan by US-led
coalition and Pakistani forces
for years.
Early life
Bin Laden was born in
1957 in Saudi Arabia to a
Syrian mother and a wealthy
Yemeni construction indus-
trialist with ties to the Saudi
royal family.
He studied management
and economics at King Abdul
Aziz University in the Saudi
city of Jedda, where his reli-
gious teachers also introduced
him to Islamic politics.
The 1979 invasion of Osama bin Laden photographed in 1998. [Reuters]
Afghanistan by the Soviet

Army is seen as a turning point
for Bin Laden. He became a
strong supporter of the Afghan
mujahideen resistance against
the USSR, with backing from
the United States.
ly disappointed at the lack of
Saudi recognition for his accom-
plishments in Afghanistan, and
was incensed in 1990 when the
Saudi government turned down
his offer of a “mujihideen army”
Futuna in
geting Los Angeles Airport
and the 2000 attack on the
USS Cole while it was sta-
tioned in the Yemeni port of
Aden.
In 2001, Al-Qaeda was

American support for the
resistance was also provid-
ed to Saudi Arabia and Paki-
stan for the setting up of
Islamic schools in Pakistan
for Afghan refugees. These
schools would later become
training centres for radical
Islamists.
After frequently visit-
ing Afghanistan, Bin Laden
moved there in the mid-1980s
and established Maktab al-
Khidimat (MAK) - an organ-
isa t i o n w h i c h recr uit ed
Muslim soldiers from around
the world.
He also built camps for
Arab resistance fighters
inside Afghanistan, which he
dubbed “al-Qaeda” - the Ara-
bic phrase for “the base”.
‘Betrayal’ and radical-
isation
Bin Laden returned to
Saudi Arabia after the Sovi-
et withdrawal in 1989.
His Afghan mujahideen
split into factions, one of
which was the fundamen-
talist Taliban network. The
Taliban went on to take con-
trol of most of Afghanistan
by 1991.
Bin Laden was reported-
to defend the country after Iraq
invaded Kuwait.
The Saudi monarchy instead
invited American troops to be
stationed on its territory - a
move Bin Laden regarded as
an affront to Islam.
In 1991 his anti-govern-
ment activities led to him
being expelled from Saudi
Arabia. The Saudi govern-
ment eventually froze his
assets and stripped him of
his citizenship.
He first moved to Sudan,
and later - with the Suda-
nese government under
pressure from Washington
to expel him - he returned
to Afghanistan, where in
1998 he called for a global
war against Americans and
the Jewish community.
War against the US
Later the same year he
is believed to have ordered
twin bomb attacks on the
US embassies in Kenya and
Tanzania.
He was regarded as hav-
ing masterminded or being
involved in a string of
other attacks and attempt-
ed attacks on US targets,
including a bomb plot tar-
blamed for carrying out the
terrorist attacks on New
York and Washington, and
the US government immedi-
ately named Bin Laden and
Al-Qaeda as the prime sus-
pects.
Despite a reward of
$US25 million offered for
information leading to his
capture or death, he man-
aged to evade capture.
On 13 July 2007, this fig-
ure was doubled to $US50
million.
Since 2001, Bin Laden
released several video tapes
broadcast on Qatar’s Al
Jazeera network, the first
of which praised the Sep-
tember 11 hijackers, but
stopped just short of claim-
ing responsibility for them.
In subsequent tapes, he
threatened more attacks
against the US, and warned
that “America will not live in
peace.”
Announcing his death,
President Obama said Wash-
ington continues to expect
further attacks, and that the
US will remain vigilant “at
home and abroad”.
Radio Australia
food crisis
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“Their supply is low and we
cannot rely on them. We are
struggling and if no assistance
comes before the next school
term begins we will be force to
extend the school holidays as
wait to see how we restock our
food supplies. Ihasia has six
teachers, including the prin-
cipal. The School Board and
chiefs are having dialogue to
consider our options.”
Futuna has six villages and
an estimated population of
over 300 people.
Meanwhile the National
Disaster Management Office
(NDMO) has clarified its posi-
tion in the relief process that,
“NDMO coordinates the relief
efforts but funding comes
from the government”.
The NDMO coordina-
tor confirmed that after the
cyclone impact assessments
on Futuna no relief assistance
has yet been send because
there are no “available gov-
ernment funds”.
“NDMO has done its part in
reports and assessments but
the government has no avail-
able funds, it is in the pipe-
line and a lengthy process for
the funds to be accessed. The
funds are allocated to each
individual cyclone respec-
tively and cannot be duplicat-
ed. Last time it was only for
cyclone Vania,” he said.
“But funds are yet to be
made available for victims
of cyclone Atu in Futuna and
cyclone Yasi victims in Torba.”
The plight of the Futunese
islanders has also prompt-
ed the NDMO to call on all
Futunese leaders and commu-
nities in Vila to rally as soon
as possible and collect items
to contribute to relief efforts
in Futuna because current-
ly NDMO can only meet the
costs for a ship to go down to
Futuna but not for food and
other relief supplies.
Previously the NDMO’s
estimated cost for cyclone
Vania’s relief assistance of
logistical support and rice
in Tafea was vt55,207,000,
as approved by chairman
of the National Disaster
Committee George Bogiri.
Furthermore the Chinese gov-
ernment further handed over
Vt4.5million towards the gov-
ernment’s emergency cyclone
relief efforts and assistance
by the New Zealand, Austral-
ia and French governments
and efforts by Tafea MPs.
The Council of Ministers
also approved Vt63, 661,129
million to waive school fees
on Tanna and Tafea outer
islands. So far all islands
in the Tafea grouping have
received cyclone relief assist-
ance except Futuna.
As funding for cyclone
relief operations from the
government is separate and
the process lengthy every
one needs to rally together
for immediate action.

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Today in
history May 4
1626
Peter Minuit landed in
Manhattan, which he later
bought for $24 worth of
cloth and brass buttons.
1886
The Haymarket Square
riot broke out as a result
of a labor demonstration.
1932
Public Enemy Number
One, Al Capone, was
jailed for tax evasion.
1959
The first Grammy Awards
were held.
1961
Civil rights activists, called
“freedom riders,” left
Washington, DC for New
Orleans.
1970
Four Kent State University
students were shot
down by National
Guard members during
an anti-Vietnam War
demonstration.
1998
The Unabomber, Ted
Kaczynski, was sentenced
to four life terms plus 30
years for his series of
bombings that killed three
and injured 23.
Solution to your Sudoku puzzle
Bougainville considers calling
on UN to end lawlessness
The president of the autonomous
Papua New Guinea province
of Bougainville says he may
call on the United Nations to
send in peace keepers if vio-
lence and lawlessness con-
tinue in the Konnou region in
the south of the main island.
The President John Momis
says Bougainville won’t be
able to hold a referendum on
independence, as scheduled
from 2015, if the rule of law
is not fully observed or guns
remain in the community.
He says peace keepers
may be needed if a summit
he’s called of the wider south
Bougainville community
doesn’t come up with ways to
Regional News
PNG
solve the problem internally.
“If the internally devel-
oped strategy doesn’t work,
to put an end to this problem,
then we might have to consid-
er the deployment of a kind
of foreign intervention force
- not on a big scale like the
RAMSI style in the Solomons,
but having the presence of
peace keepers or peace moni-
tors in Bougainville to encour-
age those with guns, many
of whom are at loggerheads
with one another, to dispose
of guns.”
Bougainville president
John Momis.
—RNZI
US donates $US25 million
to pacific obesity study
US authorities have given
researchers a $US25 million
dollar grant to study pre-
vention of obesity in remote
Pacific Islands and parts of
Hawaii.
The five year Department
of Agriculture grant will fund
research to be headed by the
University of Hawaii, involv-
ing scientists from American
Samoa, Guam, Micronesia
Cyprus High Com presents credentials
T he R epublic of C yprus
first High Commissioner
to Solomon Islands Yannis
Iacovou yesterday presented
his letter of credence to care-
taker Governor General Sir
Allan Kemakeza.
In a statement His Excel-
lency said the Republic of
Cyprus was ready to strength-
en its bilateral relations with
the Solomon Islands for the
benefit of both countries and
its people.
High Commissioner
Iacovou said the bilateral
interaction between the two
countries had been developed
and enhanced through the
participation and co-opera-
tion in international fronts
such as the Commonwealth
and UN.
He said Cyprus had been
a full time member of the
EU since May 2004 with the
interest to support and devel-
op bilateral relations between
EU and the pacific region.
“And it is my honour to
take this opportunity to
express the sincere apprecia-
tion of the Government and
people of Cyprus for the sup-
port of Solomon Islands to
the independence,” he said.
The High Commissioner
added that the support was
Fiji
Geothermal power station planned for Fiji
The company says geothermal
energy will reduce Fiji’s reli-
ance on fuel imports.
In a statement, the firm
says it believes the new facil-
ity will also “be the key to
Fiji’s ability to transform its
economy and greatly increase
the wealth of its people”.
Geothermal Electric’s chief
French Polynesia gets US$62m loan from France
France has agreed to lend
French Polynesia 62 million US
dollars as the territory is short
of funds amid a prolonged eco-
nomic crisis.
The deal was announced in
Paris by the overseas territories
minister, Marie-Luce Penchard,
vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday May 04 , 2011 [ 7 ]
Pacific
and the Northern Marianas.
Professor Rachel Novotny
from the University of Hawaii
says those communities show
high levels of obesity, leading
to cancer, heart disease and
diabetes.
She’s told Radio Australia’s
Pacbeat program the research
can make a difference.
“If we can find some of the
most salient factors in each
Solomons
Cyprus high commissioner to Solomon Islands Yannis Iacovou and the Caretaker Governor
General, Speaker Sir Allen Kemakeza after the ceremony.
reflected also through Solo-
mon Islands adherence to the
Security Council Resolutions
on Cyprus for the agreed set-
tlement of Cyprus’ problems.
His Excellency affirmed
his commitment to build on
the friendly ties that exist
between the two for the bet-
terment of the people.
Meanwhile, caretaker
Governor General Sir Allan
Kemakeza received and
accepted on behalf of her
Majesty Queen Elizabeth ,
Queen of Solomon Islands
the letters of Credence pre-
sented by Cyprus High Com-
missioner.
executive, Tim Daniel, has
told Radio Australia’s Pacific
Beat that the new plant may
also bring down the cost of
power for Fijiian residents.
“We have an enormous
fuel bill from fossil fuels and
the objective is to reduce that
and complement renewable
energy sources,” he said.
Tonga
and the French Polynesian
president, Oscar Temaru.
Mrs Penchard says 37 mil-
lion will be released before
the end of the month if French
Polynesia meets the lending
criteria of the French Develop-
ment Agency.
community such as foods
that are being imported, and
maybe put some more sup-
port towards some local pro-
duction, some of these sorts
of things - the effect could
be quite dramatic especially
in these island communities
with fewer inputs and out-
puts than some of the larger
places,” she said.
Radio Australia
“As you the first High
Commissioner of the Repub-
lic of Cyprus to the state of
Solomon Islands reflects
your Government’s desire
and commitment to further
strengthen bilateral relations
with Solomon Islands,” Sir
Allan said.
The caretaker GG assured
his Excellency that Solo-
mon Islands stood ready
to enhance the friendship
founded on mutual relations.
Finally the caretaker Gov-
ernor General congratulated
Cyprus High Commissioner to
Solomon Islands.
Solomon Star
“The way to go now is
really renewable energy,
given the oil price will not
come down, it will continue
to increase. As it increases, it
puts a big dent in the nation’s
economy in terms of import-
ing oil into the country.”
Radio Australia
Mr Temaru says the funds
will be used to relaunch the
economy.
The loan was negotiated by
his predecessor, Gaston Tong
Sang, but he turned it down
after rejecting its terms
—RNZI

Osama Bin Laden: African leaders hail killing
T he leaders of A frican
countries where al-Qaeda has
staged attacks, such as Kenya,
Tanzania and Mali, have wel-
comed the killing by US forc-
es in Pakistan of Osama Bin
Laden.
Kenyan President Mwai
Kibaki said it brought justice
for al-Qaeda’s victims.
Some 224 people, most-
ly Kenyans, were killed in
the twin bombings of the US
embassies in Nairobi and in
Tanzania’s main city Dar es
Salaam in 1998.
Kenyan security services
are now on high alert in case
of revenge attacks.
Francis Kimemia, a sen-
ior official in Kenya’s internal
security ministry, told the BBC
that the US should also target
al-Qaeda cells in East Africa.
The al-Shabab militant
group, which controls much
of southern Somalia, has close
links to al-Qaeda and last year
carried out a suicide bombing
in Uganda.
In 2009 US forces killed
Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a top
al-Qaeda operative accused
of links to the 1998 embas-
sy bombings, in a raid in
Somalia.
Somali women cheer
Mr Maiga also said that
he hoped Bin Laden’s death
would make negations cur-
rently going on to free five
western hostages held by al-
Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
easier, as some hostage-tak-
ers have previously referred
mediators to Bin Laden.
Osama Bin Laden was killed
by US forces in a ground oper-
ation in outside the Pakistan
capital Islamabad, after the
US received intelligence on
his whereabouts.
US President Barack
Obama said US forces had
taken possession of his body.
Bin Laden was accused
of masterminding a number
NZ
New
Zealand
city hit by
tornado
A suburb in the New
Zealand city of Auckland has
been hit by a small tornado.
The national news agen-
cy NZPA says police have
received reports that one per-
son is dead.
The New Zealand Herald
reports a roof has collapsed
at a mall in Albany and the
building is being evacuated.
It says police confirm there
have been injuries and the fire
service has dispatched multi-
ple appliances to the area.
—Radio Australia
Africa
Most of those killed in the US embassy attacks were Kenyan
of atrocities, including the
attacks on New York and
Washington on 11 September
2001.
He was top of the US’
“most wanted” list.
The US has put its embas-
sies around the world on
alert, warning Americans
of the possibility of al-Qae-
da reprisal attacks for Bin
Laden’s killing.
Kenya’s prime minister
was among those hailing Bin
Laden’s death.
“Osama’s death can only
be positive for Kenya, but we
need to have a stable gov-
ernment in Somalia,” Raila
Odinga told Reuters news
agency.
“The loss of its [al-Qae-
da’s] leader may first upset
the movement but then it will
regroup and continue.”
A l - S h a b a b s p o kesman
Mohamed Osman Arus
said the group would take
revenge for Bin Laden’s
d e a t h w i t h “ d e s tructive
explosions”, reports the AP
news agency.
Over-fishing remains an issue in the Pacific
R egional environments
groups in the Pacific have
called for stronger governmen-
tal effort in response to scien-
tific warnings on reduced fish
stocks.
A meeting in Suva in Fiji
heard that Pacific Island regions
need to work more closely with
scientific bodies to address the
issue of over-fishing.
The workshop organised
by the World Wildlife Fund
brought together fisheries offi-
cials from Kiribati, Tuvalu,
Niue, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and Vanuatu.
Seremaia Tuquri from the
WWF in Fiji says one of the
problems is the inability of
Pacific countries to enforce fish-
ing regulations.
"An issue a lot of the Pacific
Island governments have... is
capacity - in terms of capacity
on the ground, infrastructure
World News
But some Somali wom-
en’s groups thanked the US
for killing Bin Laden, say-
ing he was responsible for
the deaths of thousands of
women and children in the
country, especially in the cap-
ital, Mogadishu, where al-
Shabab has been battling the
UN-backed government.
We have to be careful - par-
ticularly in the next three to
six months”
Douglas Sidialo, chair-
man of Kenya’s 1998 US
E m b a s s y B o m b Vi c t i m s ’
Association, who lost his
sight in the attack, said Bin
Laden’s death was “a reason
for celebration”.
However, he said he would
have preferred him to have
been captured alive and put
on trial to answer for his
crimes.
Tanzania’s Prime Minister
Jakaya Kikwete said the news
was a relief but that the fight
to bring the perpetrators of
terror attacks to justice was
far from over.
Bin Laden lived in neigh-
Pacific
A meeting in Suva in Fiji heard that Pacific Island regions need to work more closely
with scientific bodies to address the issue of over-fishing. [ABC]z
to be able to police the exclu-
sive economic zones," he said.
"Almost three quarters or
two thirds of the body of water
in the Pacific is oceans - so that's
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bouring Sudan from 1991-6
but authorities in Khartoum
have not yet commented.
The BBC’s James Copnall,
in Khartoum, says Sudanese
authorities are caught
between trying to improve
relations with the US and a
domestic constituency which
has some support for Bin
Laden and even has fond
memories of him.
‘One less intermediary’
An al-Qaeda-linked group
also operates in north and
west Africa, staging attacks
in Algeria, Niger and Mali.
Mali’s Foreign Minister
Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga
told the BBC that he wel-
comed Bin Laden’s death
but said there is a risk of
retaliation.
“We have to be careful -
particularly in the next three
to six months we have to be
extremely vigilant - because
we know that every time al-
Qaeda suffers a blow like
this, it’s followed by attempts
at revenge,” he said.
—BBC
probably one of the important
areas that needs to be looked
at in order to safeguard the
resources of the Pacific."
—Radio Australia
IN FOCUS
Indonesia says bin Laden’s death
won’t stop terror attacks
Indonesian authorities have warned the killing of
bin Laden won’t stop local radicals from trying to
launch terrorist attacks. The head of Indonesia’s
counter-terrorism agency, Ansyad Mbai, says the
death of bin Laden will have an effect on local
jihadis, but he warns they’re committed to a violent
ideology, not just one man. Sidney Jones from the
International Crisis Group says there’s a risk of
revenge attacks “What you need is the impetus,
and that’s what we might see coming out of this
killing in Pakistan,” he said. Several attacks this year
have been launched by small independent jihadist
groups.
Radio Australia
Gaddafi supporters vow revenge
for son’s death
Pro-government supporters in Libya have vowed
revenge for the deaths of Moamar Gaddafi’s son
and three grandchildren in a NATO air strike. More
than a thousand mourners turned out for the funeral
of 29-year-old Saif al Arab Gaddafi and three
children who were killed when NATO missiles
struck the Gaddafi residential compound on
Saturday. Colonel Gaddafi and his wife escaped
unscathed, even though they were reportedly in the
same building shortly before. NATO has denied it
deliberately targeted any individual.
Radio Australia
Cambodia asks international court
to intervene in border dispute
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) says
Cambodia has filed an application over a border
dispute with Thailand. It’s asked the court to order
the Thai military to withdraw from the area. The
fighting between Thailand and Cambodia has
become Southeast-Asia’s bloodiest border dispute
in years. The latest outburst caused several deaths
and forced more than 50,000 people on both sides
of the border to seek safety in evacuation centres.
The ICJ, based in the Hague, Netherlands, ruled on
the dispute nearly 50 years ago, in 1962. It
awarded the Preah Vihear temple to Cambodia, but
both countries lay claim to a patch of land around
it.
Radio Australia
Indian bashings ‘not racially
motivated’
A court in the Australian south-eastern city of
Melbourne has given a suspended sentence to a
19-year-old man who was found to have been
involved in a series of assaults of Indians last year.
A judge found the bashings of seven Indian men in
Melbourne’s west last year were not racially
motivated. Ricky Petrusic was sentenced to three
years in prison, wholly suspended, for his part in a
series of bashings across Melbourne’s western
suburbs last December. The Victorian County
Court heard Petrusic provided transport for the
attacks, in which he and six other teenagers drove
around looking for Indian targets, before punching
them or hitting them over the head with an iron bar.
They called it punji-hunting. Despite the label,
County Court Judge Elizabeth Gaynor found the
attacks were not racially motivated and had more to
do with Indian men being perceived as soft targets.
She ordered Petrusic to undertake 150 hours of
community service and his car has been
confiscated. Dr Gurdip Aurora from the Australia
India Society of Victoria says the sentence is
unacceptable. “There has got to be a message
sent to such people that this sort of behaviour is
not accepted or is not acceptable,” he said. “I am
of the opinion that there has got to be a mandatory
sentencing for these people. “In general, I think the
streets of Melbourne, or generally Victoria, are
unsafe and I think the politicians need to take note
of that.”
Radio Australia

[ 8 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday May 4, 2011
Pakistan defends
against bin Laden
support accusations
P akistan ' s president has
acknowledged for the first
time that his security forces
were left out of a US opera-
tion to kill Osama bin Laden.
Writing in the Washington
Post, president Asif Ali Zardari
defended his country against
accusations it 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 cooperation
and partnership between the
United States and Pakistan
led up to the elimination of
Osama bin Laden as a con-
tinuing threat to the civi-
lised world," he wrote in
an opinion piece for the US
newspaper.
Underneath a headline
reading "Pakistan did its part,"
he added: "we in Pakistan
take some satisfaction that
our early assistance in iden-
tifying an Al Qaeda courier
ultimately led to this day."
The CIA is now sift-
ing through what has been
described as a boatload of
intelligence, retrieved from
bin Laden's compound in
Abbottabad, a hillside retreat
popular with retired Pakistani
generals just a few hours
drive from Islamabad.
The discovery of the world's
most hunted terrorist so close
to the Pakistani capital seems
to vindicate suspicions that
Al Qaeda found sanctuary in
Pakistan, which has received
billions of dollars in exchange
for pursuing terrorists.
US counter-terrorism
chief John Brennan says it
is "inconceivable" bin Laden
could have lived in such a
conspicuous, sprawling com-
pound so close to Islamabad
without a support network
inside the country.
"I am not going to specu-
late about what type of sup-
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Pakistan
port he might have had on
an official basis inside of
Pakistan," he said.
"We are closely talking to
the Pakistanis right now and,
again, we are leaving open
opportunities to continue to
pursue whatever leads might
be out there."
Mr Brennan said US offi-
cials did not notify Pakistan
of the raid until its helicopters
exited Pakistani airspace with
bin Laden's remains.
'Baseless speculation'
Mr Zardari provided no
detailed explanation on
how bin Laden managed to
live in Abbottabad for years
undetected.
But he criticised US press
coverage suggesting that
Pakistan "lacked vitality" in
pursuing terrorists.
"He was not anywhere we
had anticipated he would
be, but now he is gone," he
wrote.
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"Some in the US press have
suggested that Pakistan lacked
vitality in its pursuit of ter-
rorism or, worse yet, that we
were disingenuous and actu-
ally protected the terrorists
we claimed to be pursuing.
"Such baseless specula-
tion may make exciting cable
news, but it doesn't reflect
fact. Pakistan had as much
reason to despise Al Qaeda as
any nation.
"The war on terrorism is as
much Pakistan's war as it is
America's. And though it may
have started with bin Laden,
the forces of modenity remain
under serious threat."
Former Pakistani leader
Pervez Musharraf also reject-
ed the notion of any collusion
between bin Laden and the
authorities.
"I would say it is certain-
ly ... an intelligence failure,"
he said.
"Since you are blaming
vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday May 4, 2011 [ 9 ]
Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari. [Reuters]
Pakistan, let me also blame
the United States, to an
extent. It is also a failure of
the CIA, may I say, who were
very much in total co-opera-
tion with Pakistan.
"But any aspersions that
the Pakistan military or the
intelligence knew about him
and that he was staying there
this is absolutely wrong."
Meanwhile, Pakistan is
bracing for a backlash, fearful
of a wave of revenge attacks.
Pakistan's main Taliban
faction reacted angrily to the
announced death of the Al
Qaeda number one, prom-
ising to "avenge his death
and launch attacks against
American and Pakistani gov-
ernments and their security
forces".
Pakistan has beefed up
security across major cities,
diplomatic installations and
around the site of the killing
in Abbottabad.
More troops were deployed
in Islamabad to safeguard
government offices and the
city's diplomatic enclave,
while in Lahore and Karachi,
the two biggest cities, extra
road blocks and barbed wire
were laid around sensitive
buildings.
—ABC/AFP/Reuters
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condition, reasonable price. 1 40 HP
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moving out and needs to sale 1 x
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Who shall separate us from the
love of Christ? Shall trouble
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 (Read all
of Romans 8)
New International Version

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[ 14 ] vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Brian Aldridge steps down
as an ICC Regional Referee
New Zealander who stood
in 1992 ICC Cricket World
Cup final retires after four
years on panel
The International Crick-
et Council (ICC) today
announced the retirement
of Brian Aldridge as an ICC
Regional Referee for the East
Asia-Pacific (EAP) region and
also as an Umpire Coordina-
tor for the region.
Having been an interna-
tional umpire from 1986
to 1995, standing in 26
Test matches and 45 ODIs
– including the 1992 ICC
Cricket World Cup 1992, Mr
Aldridge joined the Regional
Referee panel in 2007. 
Christchurch-born Mr
Aldridge also worked as New
Zealand Cricket’s Umpire
Manager from 1996 to 2009
while in 2000 he became
involved with the ICC EAP
umpire development pro-
Real Madrid and Barcelona
protests dismissed by Uefa
European football’s
governing body has rejected
the complaints lodged by
Real Madrid and Barcelona
following their Champions
League semi-final first leg.
Uefa said there was “no
common strategy to pro-
voke” by Barca after Real
claimed the Catalan giants
were guilty of “unsportsman-
like behaviour”.
The decision to dismiss
Pepe was upheld while the
complaint about Real boss
Jose Mourinho was rejected.
But Uefa will investigate
the charges it has brought
against both clubs.
A Uefa statement read: “FC
Barcelona have been referred
to the proceedings already
brought against Mr Mour-
inho, which will be heard by
the control and disciplinary
body on Friday 6 May.
“No new disciplinary pro-
ceedings are therefore to be
opened against Jose Mour-
inho on the basis of the com-
plaint lodged by Barcelona.”
Real Madrid are in the
dock for the dismissals of
midfielder Pepe and Mour-
inho, the latter’s post-match
outburst and the behaviour
of their fans during last
Wednesday’s 2-0 defeat at the
Bernabeu.
Barcelona have been
charged over the red card
Cricket
gramme within the region
and was also used as a referee
for tournaments within the
region from 2004 onwards.
Mr Aldridge will remain
on the committee that selects
the ICC Associate and Affili-
ate Umpires which sits on an
annual basis.
Upon announcing his deci-
sion to step down from his
role, Mr Aldridge said: “I
have always held a great pas-
sion for cricket development
beyond the traditional cricket
playing countries.
“It has been my privilege
to be involved in this devel-
opment work as ICC Regional
Referee and as an Umpire
Coordinator with the ICC
East Asia-Pacific region.
“During this time I have
seen first-hand the game of
cricket in the EAP region go
through a remarkable growth
and it has been very exciting
Football
Mourinho was sent off on Wednesday and has been charged by Uefa
shown to reserve goalkeeper
Jose Pinto at half-time.
The already heightened
emotions surrounding the
match were further inflamed
by Mourinho after the full-
time whistle when he sug-
gested the Catalan club is
favourably treated by ref-
erees.
Barcelona then said after a
board meeting last Thursday
that they believed the former
Chelsea, Inter Milan and FC
Porto coach had “crossed the
line” with his comments.
And Real responded by
complaining that Barca’s
players “consistently feigned
aggressions with the sole
purpose of misleading the
referee of the match”.
The decision to reject their
complaints was taken by
Sports News
to look back on how the game
has improved in the way it
has been managed, played
and umpired.”
“I have had a very long
and enjoyable relationship
with the game of cricket,
and will leave with many
fond memories and fantastic
friendships. With the recent
earthquake in Christchurch it
is now time that I focus my
energy on being with family
and helping the local commu-
nity in the recovery process,”
said Mr Aldridge.
ICC Umpires and Referees’
manager Vince van der Bijl
paid tribute to Mr Aldridge:
“Brian has been a tremen-
dous servant to the game as
a former umpire, administra-
tor and more recently with
his work in cricket develop-
ment.
“Brian’s work has helped
laid the foundations for
the vice-chairman of Uefa’s
disciplinary panel and can
be appealed against within
three days if the clubs wish
to do so.
But Real Madrid assistant
coach Aitor Karanka believes
Uefa’s decision will over-
shadow Tuesday’s second leg
semi-final at the Nou Camp.
“We have been punished
but there are Barca players
who didn’t respect the princi-
ples of fair play or who made
racist insults, covering their
mouths, who will be on the
pitch tomorrow,” said Kara-
nka.
The Real assistant coach’s
mention of “racist insults”
was a reference to an alle-
gation that Barca midfielder
Sergio Busquets had directed
a racist remark at Brazil-
umpiring to be able to flour-
ish within the East Asia-
Pacific region. We are very
grateful for his contribution
and he receives our support
and well wishes for his work
to aid the recovery process
in his hometown of Christch-
urch.”
 Finally, ICC EAP region-
al development manager
Andrew Faichney added his
thanks to Mr Aldridge for all
his hard work and efforts in
the region.
“Brian has had a huge
impact on the EAP region
over the last 10 years and
our umpire community, and
the region as a whole, would
not be where it is today with-
out Brian’s involvement.
The administrators, players,
officials and umpires are all
indebted to Brian’s service
and friendship,” said Faich-
ney. ICC
ian full-back Marcelo in last
Wednesday’s game.
However, Barca coach Pep
Guardiola insisted that the
Catalan club instilled values
of sportsmanship in its play-
ers.
“They think we are
unsporting, but I think com-
pletely the opposite,” said
Guardiola. “Here we teach
our players manners from a
young age.
“Mourinho was at Bar-
celona for five years and he
knows our values: to win,
fight and earn respect by
respecting your rival.”
“Tomorrow it all finish-
es,” added Guardiola. “We
are playing for a place in
the final, not to beat Real
Madrid.”
Barca midfielder Xavi also
talked about the negative
impact last week’s game had
generated.
“From my point of view
everything that has been
happening is sad,” said the
Barca playmaker. “It would
be nice to talk about football
instead and not these ridicu-
lous issues.
“We will try not to let
any of this tension affect us,
which is negative for foot-
ball and sport in general. It’s
impossible but we will try.”
BBC
Football
Kombouaré signs
new deal with PSG
French Cup finalists Paris
Saint-Germain FC have
extended coach Antoine
Kombouaré’s contract for 12
months until 2013 as they
look to build on the momen-
tum of his first two years.
Paris Saint-Germain FC
have extended the contract of
coach Antoine Kombouaré for
12 months until June 2013.
“With a desire for conti-
nuity and satisfied with the
work already undertaken,
the club has decided to take
the option of another year
in Antoine Kombouaré’s
contract,” said a statement
on the French Cup finalists’
Football
Bin Hammam
backs his chances
A s i a n F o o t b a l l
Confederation president
Mohamed Bin Hammam has
expressed his confidence
ahead of the FIFA presi-
dential elections on 1 June
where he is hoping to unseat
incumbent Sepp Blatter.
Bin Hammam was speak-
ing at the congress of the
South American Football
Confederation (CONMEBOL)
on Sunday as the campaign
to become head of world
football’s governing body
intensified.
“I started from zero and
I believe that as of today I
have the same chances as
Blatter,” said the Qatari.
“Now I am better known
and each day I get more
votes. It’s all going well. I
believe I can win more than
50 percent of the votes.”
Bin Hammam is posing
the first challenge to current
world football head Sepp
Blatter in nearly a decade.
“Let there be a compe-
tition, let there be a deci-
sion by the (FIFA) congress.
Things are on the table,
(let’s) keep things dynam-
ic and keep the congress
always deciding where they
are going to go,” Bin Ham-
mam told news agency Reu-
ters.
“I think a new vision, a
new opening, new blood,
the competition in itself is
what we are requiring, not
change,” added the 61-year-
old.
Despite his confidence
however, CONMEBOL, which
has staunchly supported
Blatter since he took office
in 1998, confirmed on Fri-
day that it would back him
again, in a move that was
warmly received by Blatter.
“I would like to thank
you for the faith you have
expressed in FIFA,” said
Blatter in his address to the
website.
Kombouaré replaced Paul
Le Guen at PSG on a three-
year deal in 2009 and won
the French Cup less than 12
months later. With victory
over his former team Valen-
ciennes FC on Saturday, the
New Caledonia-born coach
lifted PSG level on points
with third-placed Olym-
pique Lyonnais with five
Ligue 1 games remaining.
On 14 May, PSG will defend
the French Cup in the final
against league leaders LOSC
Lille Métropole.
UEFA
congress.
“I am very happy and hon-
oured with your decision
and I accept it gladly ... to
continue playing together on
the same pitch.”
CONMEBOL holds 10 of
the 208 votes at the FIFA
congress.
Blatter believes he has
about 50 percent support
from Africa and Asia and a
majority in the rest of the
world.
Bin Hammam says the
issue is not settled.
“I have to (campaign),
frankly speaking, and I’ve
said this before, when we
first decided to go ahead, we
knew where we are strong
and where we are weak, and
so far I believe none of the
decisions has been taken left
or right,” he said.
“I will not say where my
strength is and where my
weaknesses are going to be
from but I believe that for
the election I have time (to
garner more support).”
In an interview with Al
J a z e e r a i n J a n u a r y, t h e
Qatari said it was time to
“inject fresh blood” in FIFA
and criticised Blatter’s han-
dling of speculation that the
Qatar 2022 World Cup could
be held in winter.
“Maybe now we got tired
of always defending same
opinions, same ideas, same
things, so maybe we’ve
reached the stage that our
president, who is supposed
to defend our organisation, is
defenceless - he cannot any-
more do it,” he said.
In his bid to become only
the fourth FIFA president
in half a century, he said he
would support goal line tech-
nology if elected to the post.
He also promised more trans-
parency in the  in the confed-
eration’s decision-making. 
AP

Sia Raga hemi mentenem
lid long LFA klasmen
Colson Wari i ripot
S i a R a g a FC hemi
putumaot wan strong pefo-
mens agensem College De
Santo long las wiken blong
mentenem posisen long
Punjas 2010/2011 jampi-
onsip klasmen blong Lugan-
ville Futbol Assosiesen.
Sia Raga FC hemi bin
kapsaedem College long
sko blong 5-1 long las
wiken. Gem ia we hemi las
jampionsip blong tufala tim
ia i bin stap long feva blong
Sia Raga afta 90 minit.
College hemi manej
blong skorem wan poen
nomo long gem blong tufa-
la mo oli bin mestem plante
janis blong olgeta we wan
long olgeta hemi wan pen-
Basketball squads named for Noumea
The Papua New Guinea Bas-
ketball Federation named its
25-member training squad
for men and women for the
upcoming Pacific Games in
Noumea, New Caledonia, in
August.
The announcement was
made by vice-president Emma
Waiwai and the national
development officer Ronnie
Mea.
“After a thorough check
with all appointed coaches
in the country working with
the athletes over the last four
months, this will remain the
final squads for both men and
women,” Waiwai said.
The final teams of 12 play-
ers and three non-travelling
reserves will be named on
May 27.
U.S. Navy sailors play football during a swim call in the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS
Cleveland, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, April 29, 2011. The Cleveland is in Vanuatu for Pacific Partnership 2011, a five-
month humanitarian assistance initiative that will make port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste
and the Federated States of Micronesia. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Russell
Futbol
alty wei liding skora blong
LFA, Mr Seka hemi hitim
igo aotsaed afta we wan
difenda blong Sia Raga
hemi foulem wan pleia
blong College insaed long
penalty eria.
Tufala tim i bin finisim
gem ia wetem 10 pleia
nomo long tugeta saed
afta rafri i bin soem red
kad long tufala pleia blong
tufala tim long sekon haf.
Win blong Sia Raga long
las gem ia hemi mekem se
hemi stil lidim jampionsip
wetem 27 poen mo bae
hemi wet nomo long risal
blong Vaum United wetem
AS Concorde wiken ia.
S a p o s Va u m l o n g 2 4
poen hemi dro o lus wetem
Basketball
A training camp has
been scheduled for the May
25-29 in Port Moresby to
finalise the travelling team.
“Players will be selected based
on their level of fitness, skills,
commitment to training and
also are required to put up a
levy fee of K 2,000.
“All selected athletes are
encouraged to continue their
commitment to training in the
next three weeks in order to
be selected in the final 12.”
Meanwhile, invitations are
now open for expressions of
interest for team coaches and
managers for the 2012 Oce-
ania Youth Games.
Interested individuals may
submit their EOIs to PNG Bas-
ketball Federation or to the
PNG Sports Federation. Appli-
Water Football
Sports News
Concorde bae i lukim Sia
Raga FC hemi karem jam-
pionsip long yia ia. Vaum
United mo Sia Raga tufala i
bin stap kitkit long 24 poen
be gol diferens nomo i bin
plesem Sia Raga long nam-
bawan spot.
Blong Vaum hemi ova
tekem Sia Raga FC long
top blong tebol hemi mas
winim As Concorde long las
gem blong ol jampionsip
long tis Sarere mo oli mas
skorem ova 9 poen.
Long narafala gem we
hemi bin tekem ples long
las wiken Milo Spirit FC
hemi ron antap long Tafea
FC wetem 12 poen everi
wan long ful 90 minit blong
matj ia. Faenol sko i lukim
cations can also be submitted
to the PNG Sports Foundation
Office at the Sir John Guise
stadium in Port Moresby.
For further information
please contact the PNG Bas-
ketball Federation secretary
Sere Kala on 7216 4639 or the
national development officer
on 7637 2974 or 3251126
extension: 220.
The PNG Basketball Federation
women’s squad: Karo Maha-
Lelai, Julie-Anne Diro, Nape
Waka, Emily Koivi, Marcia
Muri, Dianne Hani, Susan
Paisoi, Louisa Wallace, Ron-
nie Pomat, Nellie Jamsop,
Jenny Magatu, Mary Elavo,
Opa Eko, Emma Daroa, Jenny
Maroroa, Veronica Ole, Ethel
Narua, Richanda Idau, Nanai
Nao, Sima Kariko, Jenna Tra-
Sports inbrief
Tafea 3 mo Milo 12.
Milo hemi strong tumas
mekem se Tafea FC wei
hemi stap long las ples long
tebol wetem 10 poen oli
mas kakae wan hae sko.
Long narafala nius
blong futbol afta long ol
las gem blong jampion-
sip, i luk olsem Sia Raga,
Vaum, Concorde mo Milo
oli bukim nem blong olgeta
finis blong kompit insaed
long supa 4 series mo mein
sponsa Punjas bae oli oka-
nasem blong faenem bes
tim we bae hemi ripresen-
tem Luganville long nason-
al tunamen long kaontri
olsem Bred mo TVL Kap mo
ol narafala nasonal tuna-
men.
vertz, Hekoi Trudi, Hennah
Kuwimb, Doris Wingi and
Grace Wong. Coach is Veitu
Diro, assistant by Salape Par-
apa and Maria Coombs is the
manager.
The men’s squad: Wally Parapa,
Peter Davani, Dia Muri, Apiah
Muri, Robert Kave, Joseph
Elavo, Lawrence Lahari, James
Ipassi, Purari Muri, Michael
Nao, Richard Arava, Sibona
Kala, Soi Ben, Donald Kala,
Mika Loko, Xavier Wablasu,
Rex Mohu, Eke Kendi, Veuga
Taviri, Jonathan Orme, Slieve
Mohu, Wayne Aaron, Percy
Aaron, Ferdinand Daroya
(coach), Nick Daroa (assist-
ant) and Kala (manager).
The National
vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday, May 4, 2011 [ 15 ]
Football
Bees on bar hold up Brazilian football
game
The discovery of a beehive on a crossbar held up play
for 20 minutes at a football match in Brazil on Sunday.
The Goiania state championship match between Vila
Nova and Goias at the Serra Dourada was delayed when
hundreds of bees gathered on one of the goals. The fire
brigade was called in and they used an extinguisher and
a flaming torch to get rid of the bees. The Serra Dourada
will stage the international friendly between Brazil and
Holland on 4 June.
BBC
Boxing
British boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper
dies aged 76
Heavyweight boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper has died
at the age of 76 at his son’s house in Oxted, Surrey. The
former British, Commonwealth and European champion
fought 55 times and is revered for his 1963 knockdown
of Muhammad Ali - then Cassius Clay. In a statement, Ali
said he would miss his “old friend”, calling him “a great
fighter and a gentleman”. London-born Cooper, who won
the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award twice,
was knighted in 2000. Alongside Frank Bruno, Tommy
Farr and Lennox Lewis, Cooper is considered one of the
great British heavyweights. After an amateur career that
included an appearance as an 18-year-old in the 1952
Helsinki Olympics, Henry and his twin brother George,
who died last year, both turned professional at 20 in 1954.
He went on to enjoy a hugely successful professional
career, but never won a world title and retired, aged 36,
in 1971 after losing to Joe Bugner, a year after becoming
the first person to be named BBC Sports Personality of
the Year on two occasions (1967 and 1970).
AAP
Football
Cup winner’s fan club targeted in
arson
Greek police say suspected soccer hooligans have set
fire to the office of an AEK fan club in Athens, two days
after the team’s Greek Cup final victory over Atromitos
ended in riots. A police statement says nobody was
injured in Monday’s attack, which extensively damaged
the club’s office and two cars parked outside. No arrests
were reported. AEK won its first Greek Cup since 2002
on Saturday, but the match ended in chaos when AEK
fans invaded the field, fought with Atromitos players and
abused their fans. A disgusted Atromitos coach Giorgos
Donis claimed that some aimed flare guns at supporters
in the VIP stands. The government has renewed older
threats to cut state
AP
Golf
Rory McIlroy overtakes Tiger Woods in
world rankings
Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy is up to a career-best sixth
place in the latest world rankings and is ahead of Tiger
Woods for the first time. The 21-year-old from County
Down and 14-times major winner Woods swapped places
in the standings after a week in which neither played.
McIlroy is back in action on Thursday as he defends his
title at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina.
Former world number one Woods misses the tournament
because of injury. McIlroy won in 2010 - his first victory on
the PGA Tour - when the event was known as the Quail
Hollow Championship.
AP
Football
Norwich promoted back to Premier
League
Simeon Jackson kept up his hot streak to fire Norwich
back into the Premier League. The striker headed his ninth
goal in seven matches to sink stubborn Portsmouth and
secure promotion for Paul Lambert’s side. Third-placed
Cardiff’s shock home defeat by Middlesbrough meant
Norwich kicked off knowing a win on the south coast
would ensure they went up with a game to spare.
AP

VFF blong tagetem
human risos bilding
Raymond Nasse i ripot
Vanuatu U20 oli soem se
Vanuatu i gat potensol blong
save kam olsem wan long ol
oltaem top pawa haos blong
futbol long rijen tede wetem
pefomens we hemi bin putu-
maot long OFC U20 Wol Kap
Kwalifaea long New Zealand
las manis be yumi nidim iet
blong developem ol human
risos insaed long VFF.
Tekniko Daerekta blong
Vanuatu Futbol Federesen
(VFF), Charles Vatu hemi
Development Programs would have helped U20: Ali
Fiji Football Association
Technical Director Saiyad
Ali believes the Fiji U20
side would have had a bet-
ter result at the Oceania U20
playoff in New Zealand if
the players would have gone
through a proper develop-
ment structure.
His comment comes in
light of the dismal outing of
our U20 side which lost to
Vanuatu 2-0 in the 3rd and
4th place playoffs and 6-0 to
NZ in the semis.
One thing is very clear, you
cannot expect the players to
perform if they are not taught
how to perform”.
The right time for their
development is when they are
8-9 years old and when they
are not developed till the age
of 10-12 years the results will
not be satisfactory”.
The programme will take
about 7 – 8 years and we can-
not expect anything to hap-
pen overnight”
He says one of the disad-
vantages for the U20s was
that the team did not partici-
pate in the U17 playoffs.
“The players lacked expo-
sure in comparison to New
Zealand, Vanuatu and the
Solomon Islands, they per-
formed in the Under 17 qual-
ifiers and due to flooding, Fiji
was not able to participate”.
When posed with the
statement he made before
talem se Vanuatu hemi gat
bigfala potensol blong impruv
i kam olsem wan top futbol
kaontri long rijen be human
risos bilding blong yumi ino
inaf iet blong sustenem fut-
bol long kaontri long level
we hemi shud stap long hem
naoia follem gudfala pefo-
mens we tim blong U20 i bin
mekem ia.
Vatu hemi talem se set-
ting ap blong Academy mo
inklusen blong Academy
FC insaed long premia nao
the start of the tournament
that this is the best prepared
side and if this side fails no
other team can win, Saiyad
added: “Really it was the best
Futbol
hemi tufala mein samting
we i allawem Vanuatu blong
kambak wetem wetem risal
ia we i lukim ol karem Fair
Play, Golden Boot mo namba
3 ples be yumi nid blong
impruv iet long eria blong
human risos.
Vatu hemi mekem tok-
tok ia from kwalifikesen we
ol koj blong yumi oli gat
naoia hemi no majem iet
wanem nao risen blong why
nao yumi gat wan Academy
nomata we ol lokol Academy
Football
Fiji U20 playing against New Zealand in the recent Oceania  U20 playoffs in New Zealand
ever squad, they played two
seasons in the domestic com-
petition and had lot of expe-
rience, we had one of the
best teams, the only thing
koj blong yumi olsem Moise
Poida, Wilson August mo
Richard Iwai oli bin karem
fulap gudfala toktok i kam
from ol rijinol media.
Vatu hemi talem se yumi
nidim blong leftemap kwal-
ifikesen blong ol lokol koj
blong yumi blong yumi save
tekemap ol hae level koses
we Academy hemi shud ron
anda long hem blong yumi
save havestem gud ol prodak
blong Academy blong yumi.
Vatu hemi talem se wan
they lacked was internation-
al exposure”.
One thing I would like to
make clear  is that I am just
in my second year of this job
Academy hemi operet wetem
ol hae level kos mo i nid
blong level blong ol lokol koj
blong yumi tu i semak olsem
ol kos ia.
Blong Vanuatu i save smu-
tum eria ia, VFF hemi stap
tekem i kam insaed samtaem
long manis blong Julae wan
top teknikol ekspet we bam-
bae hemi kam attaj wetem
VFF mo hem bambae hemi
serem ol eksperiens mo save
blong hem wetem ol lokol koj
blong oli save developmen
and when I started there was
no structure and no plans”.
I understand a player
needs 10,000 hours to be
developed and that develop-
kojing save blong olgeta.
Vatu hemi talem se VFF i
gat akses tu long wan schol-
arship we VASANOC thru
long Olympic Komiti hemi
stap givim long ol lokol koj
bambae i save lukim wan koj
i save go spendem 3 manis
long Europe or Asia wetem
ol top futbol klab o Academy
long we.
Vatu hemi talem se Vanuatu
futbol bambae i save luk ol
jenis ia long 4 yia taem.
ment process should start at
the age of 8-9 years”
“I cannot make a team
over night and what you
can expect from players if
you bring them into national
team at the age of 18”.
Our Just Play Program
has started involving 6-12
year olds and we can expect
results in the next 8-10
years.”
The question here is when
there no development pro-
gram in 2003, Fiji finished
second and again in 2007 the
side finished second.
In 2003, the players that
are currently in the Under
20 squad were around 11-12
years old and if they would
have been part of the devel-
opment program we could
have seen a better result then
what we are seeing now.
Fiji Football Association
president Doctor Muhammad
Samshu Dean Sahu Khan is
expected to make a state-
ment on his development
programs since 1985 and
the reason for the sacking
of coaches and drop in Fiji’s
International ranking later
this week.
The Fiji U20 team arrives
in the country tonight and
team officials are expected to
submit the tour report to the
senior executives of Fiji FA.
Fijilive