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8A THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ◆ MONDAY, APRIL 11, 2011WORLDTRIPOLI, LIBYALibya accepts cease-fire planGENEVAFree beer might be off the menuCUZCO, PERULONDONSailor charged with murderSouth African President Jacob Zumasaid Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafihas accepted the African Union’s “roadmap” for a cease-fire with rebels.Zuma and other African leaderstraveled to Tripoli to meet Gadhafi onSunday and will be in the rebel strongholdof Benghazi on Monday to meetleaders of the opposition.The African Union’s road map callsfor an immediate cease-fire, openingchannels for humanitarian aid andtalks between the rebels and the government.Gadhafi has ignored the cease-firehe announced after international airstrikeswere authorized last month, andhe rejects rebel demands that he stepdown.Free beer will reportedly be verbotensoon in Switzerland, if the government hasits way.Swiss weekly Sonntag said the Cabinethas drafted a plan to ban restaurateursfrom offering any free drinks to customers.It cited the director of the Swiss AlcoholBoard on Sunday as saying an existing banon promotions involving other alcoholicbeverages would be extended to includebeer.Alexandre Schmidt said publicans wouldstill be allowed to offer “spontaneous”rounds to regulars.The proposal has drawn strong oppositionfrom the hospitality industry asfree beer promotions are common inbars, restaurants and at public events inSwitzerland.ERCK DANINO/The Associated PressA voter wearing traditional Quechua indigenous clothing fills outher ballot during general elections in Cuzco, Peru, on Sunday.A former military officer was expected to win the most votes inSunday’s presidential elections but fall far short of the outrightmajority needed to avoid a runoff, making the tight battle for secondcrucial.Police charged a Royal Navy sailoron Sunday with murdering an officeraboard a British nuclear-powered submarine.Able Seaman Ryan Donovan, 22, isalso charged with the attempted murderof three other crew on HMS Astute.Lt. Cmdr. Ian Molyneux, the sub’sweapons engineer, was shot deadFriday while the submarine was dockedin Southampton.Another officer was seriously woundedbefore the gunman was disarmed byfellow sailors and visiting dignitaries.As well as the murder charge, Donovanis charged with attempting to kill Lt.Cmdr. Christopher Hodge, Petty OfficerChristopher Brown and Chief PettyOfficer David McCoy.Egypt’s ex-President Mubarak denies abuse of powerBY DIAA HADIDThe Associated PressCAIRO — In the firstremarks since his ouster, formerEgyptian President HosniMubarak denied allegationsthat he used his position toamass wealth and property ina speech broadcast Sunday, ashundreds of protesters occupyingthe heart of Cairo shoutedfor him to be brought to trial.Mubarak, forced out of officetwo months ago by a popularuprising, said he was willing tocooperate in any investigationto prove that he did not ownproperty abroad or possessedforeign bank accounts.Shortly after Mubarak’s prerecordedspeech was aired,Egypt’s prosecutor generaltold state TV he issued ordersSunday summoning the expresidentand his two sons forquestioning. The station quoteda prosecution spokesman assaying the scope of the investigationof Mubarak and his sonswould include the crackdownon protesters that killed anestimated 300 people as well asthe corruption allegations.Holding Mubarak and topofficials in his governmentaccountable for the violenceis a central demand of anti-Mubarak movement.The pan-Arab news channelAl-Arabiya, which broadcastthe speech, said it was recordedSaturday, a day after demonstratorsgathered in huge numbersin Cairo to demand thatthe military council that tookover from Mubarak launch aninvestigation into his wealth.There was no video imageaccompanying the recording ofMubarak’s voice.The speech seemed to beas much about preserving hisdignity as about denying theaccusations against him.“I was hurt very much, andI am still hurting — my familyand I — from the unjust campaignsagainst us and false allegationsthat aim to smear myreputation, my integrity, my(political) stances and my militaryhistory,” Mubarak said.Egyptians fed up with poverty,corruption and politicalrepression forced Mubarak toleave office on Feb. 11 after 18days of mass demonstrations.Friday’s protest in Cairo’sTahrir Square by tens of thousandswas the biggest sincethen. Despite constitutionalamendments to allow free electionsand other steps towarda freer political scene, manyof people in the anti-Mubarakmovement are growing impatientwith the ruling military’stransitional leadership andskeptical of its pledges to meetall demands.AMR NABIL/The Associated PressAn Egyptian paints graffiti in opposition to a higher military council that rules Egypt at Tahrir Square inCairo, Egypt, on Sunday.REBECCA BLACKWELL/The Associated PressA soldier allied with Alassane Ouattara takes up a position as fightingmoves closer to a checkpoint used as a republican forces operatingbase in the Youpougon neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, onSunday.UN, French fire on Gbagboresidence in Ivory CoastBY MARCO CHOWN OVEDThe Associated PressABIDJAN, Ivory Coast —United Nations and Frenchhelicopters fired rockets onstrongman Laurent Gbagbo’sresidence on Sunday in anassault the U.N. said was toretaliate for attacks by his forceson U.N. headquarters andcivilians.Residents from nearby neighborhoodsreported seeing twoU.N. Mi-24 attack helicoptersand a French helicopter openfire on the residence, whereGbagbo is holed up in a bunker.The residents couldn’t benamed for fear of reprisal.An Associated Press reportersaw the helicopters takeoff from the French militarybase followed minutes laterby explosions coming fromthe direction of the residence.Successive waves of Frenchhelicopters took off from thebase in the following hoursand additional bombardmentscould be heard.Gbagbo has been living ina bunker in his residence inAbidjan for nearly a week. Aftera decade in power, he refusesto step aside even though theUnited Nations has ruled thathe lost the November presidentialelection to AlassaneOuattara.Forces loyal to Gbagbo wereencircled at the presidentialresidence earlier this weekbut broke out on Saturday,ambushing a patrol of soldiersloyal to his rival and advancingdowntown.Pro-Gbagbo forces alsoattacked U.N. headquarters onSaturday and again on Sunday.“This is in retaliation for aseries of attacks for the last threeor four days not only against(the U.N.) but also against thecivilian population — oftenwith heavy weapons,” said U.N.spokesman Hamadoun Toure.Forces on both sides havebeen accused by human rightsgroups of killing hundreds ofcivilians in recent weeks.Toure said Sunday’s airstrikestargeted the presidential palaceand Gbagbo’s residence, as wellas military bases where heavyweapons had been identified.Gbagbo has lost control ofvirtually the entire country inthe last two weeks as forcesloyal to Ouattara have sweptdown from the north and westinto the commercial capital.Witnesses: 4 protesters killed in key Syrian cityBY BASSEM MROUEThe Associated PressBEIRUT — Syrian securityforces and pro-governmentgunmen killed four protestersSunday in the port city ofBanias after the army sealedoff the city as hundreds of protestersgathered, undauntedby the regime’s use of deadlyforce to quell more than threeSwedish think tank: Global arms spending slowsBY MALIN RISINGThe Associated PressSTOCKHOLM — The world’s militaryspending grew by only 1.3 percentin 2010, thanks to budget constraintscaused by the global financial crisis, withthe top three arms investors being theUnited States, China and Britain, a thinktank said Monday.weeks of unrest, witnesses said.State TV reported that nine soldierswere killed in an ambushnear the city.Details were sketchy becausetelephone lines, Internet accessand electricity apparently werecut to most parts of the city.Army tanks and soldiers circledthe city, preventing peoplefrom entering.But one witness, reached byNOTICE OF MEETINGPUBLIC NOTICETHE CAROLINE STREET CORRIDORAND BAHAMA VILLAGE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCYANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTAll interested parties are hereby notifi ed that the Caroline Street Corridor andBahama Village Community Redevelopment Agency has fi led with the City ofKey West, Florida, a copy of an annual report of its activities for the precedingfi scal year, including certain fi nancial matters required by law for the fiscal yearending September 30, 2010. Copies of these documents may be examined afterMarch 31, 2011, in the Offi ce of the City Clerk, City Hall, 525 Angela Street, 1stFloor, Key West, Florida 33041-1409 or may be accessed after March 31, 2011on the City’s website at http://www.keywestcity.com.This notice is being published in compliance with the requirements of Section163.356(3)(c), Florida Statutes, governing community redevelopment agencies.Cheryl Smith, MMC, CPMCity Clerk, City of Key WestApril 11, 2011 Key West Citizen 340397telephone, said hundreds ofprotesters had gathered nearthe al-Rahman mosque whensecurity forces and armed menin civilian clothes opened fireon them. The names of the deadwere read out on loudspeakers.He said dozens of peoplewere wounded, but most ofthem asked to be treated ata small clinic instead of atthe main hospital, which wasSouth America was the region with thelargest military spending growth of 5.8percent, with countries such as Brazilseeking to increase its international influence,said the Stockholm InternationalPeace Research Institute.The institution, known as SIPRI, saidglobal military spending in 2010 was thelowest since 2001.It said the United States topped the listunder the control of the fearedsecurity forces.Protests erupted in Syriamore than three weeks ago andhave been growing steadilyevery week, with tens of thousandsof people calling forsweeping reforms in PresidentBashar Assad’s authoritarianregime. More than 170 peoplehave been killed, according tohuman rights groups.by spending $698 billion last year, followedby China with $119 billion and the UnitedKingdom with $59.6 billion.SIPRI said the rise in spending in SouthAmerica was partly driven by increasedstaff costs and internal security threats insome countries, but that the change alsoshould be seen in light of the region’s strongeconomic growth and relatively limitedexposure to the world financial crisis.NOTICE OF A MEETING OF THE MONROE COUNTYPARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD329930A PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARDmeeting will take place on Monday, April 11, 2011at 6:00 PM at the Big Pine Key Community Park,Sands Road. MM 31, Big Pine Key, Monroe County,Florida.This meeting is open to the public.For more information please contact Rosa Washington at(305) 292-4432 washington-rosa@monroecounty.fl.govor Joan Sherry at (305) 292-4536 sherry-joan@monroecounty-fl.gov.ADA ASSISTANCE: If you are a person with a disability who needs specialaccommodations in order to participate in this proceeding, please contactthe County Administrator’s Office, by phoning (305) 292-4441, betweenthe hours of 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., no later than five (5) calendar days priorto the scheduled meeting; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call “711”.April 4, & April 11, 2011 Key West Citizen330078