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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
SPORTS1B THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ◆ MONDAY , APRIL 11, 2011MarlinsmanagerEdwinRodriguezHIGH AND AWAYMLB ROUNDUP, 3BSPORTS SHORTSCHUCK BURTON/The Associated PressCharlotte Bobcats mascot Rufus goes upto dunk over other team mascots during atimeout in the first half of an NBA gamebetween the Bobcats and the DetroitPistons on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C.Carl Lewis to announce his‘political plans’ in NJMOUNT HOLLY, N.J. — Olympic gold medalistCarl Lewis is planning to announce his “politicalplans” in New Jersey.Lewis said Sunday night that he planned anews conference today. He didn’t offer details,but Democratic Assemblyman Herb Conawayhas told The Philadelphia Inquirer that Lewiswas in negotiations to run for the state Senatein the Eighth District.Lewis lives in the district. Republican DawnAddiego currently holds the seat.Sterger to ABC News:‘I’m not gold-digger’NEW YORK — The former New York Jets gamehostess who allegedly received inappropriatephotos and phone messages from Brett Favresays in an interview with ABC News’ GeorgeStephanopoulos that she isn’t a “gold-digger”and hasn’t “made a dime” off the scandal.In the interview that will air on “GoodMorning America” on Tuesday and Wednesdayand “Nightline” on Tuesday night, Jenn Stergersays: “I haven’t made a dime off anything inthis whole situation. Not from the pictures.Not from Favre. I never wanted to sue anyone.That was never an intention of mine. I’m not agold-digger. The only way I wanted to make mymoney this whole time was to just have a job.”Masters officials apologizeto female reporterAUGUSTA, Ga. — Masters officials haveapologized to sports columnist Tara Sullivan ofThe Bergen (N.J.) Record after she was deniedentry to a locker room for a post-tournamentinterview.Augusta National spokesman Steve Ethunsays a security guard acted improperly in stoppingSullivan, since club policy is to provideequal access to all reporters. Several femalereporters at the tournament confirmed theyhad made numerous trips to the locker roomfor interviews in the past.Ethun says “it should not have happened”and that Augusta National officials will work“as hard as we can to make sure it does nothappen again.”Sullivan was among a crowd of reporters followingthird-round leader Rory McIlroy from thecourse into the clubhouse after his collapse inthe final round.KEYS CALENDARTODAY ON TVMAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALLESPN — Tampa Bay at Boston, 7p.m.NBA D-LEAGUEVERSUS — Playoffs, first round, game 2, Utahat Iowa, 8 p.m.SOCCERESPN2 — Premier League, Manchester City atLiverpool, 2:55 p.m.WNBA BASKETBALLESPN — Draft, at Bristol, Conn., 3 p.m.FLORIDA LOTTERYCash 3: Afternoon drawing: 2-1-4Evening drawing: 3-3-8Play 4: Afternoon drawing: 7-5-0-4Evening drawing: 3-3-5-2Fantasy 5: N/ABY TIM REYNOLDSThe Associated PressMIAMI — If this was a preview of the EasternConference semifinals, then the Miami Heat andBoston Celtics showed exactly what to expect.There will be few pleasantries.There will be pushing and shoving.And if there’s a Game 7, it may very well be inMiami.LeBron James scored 27 points, Dwyane Wadeadded 14 and the Heat moved closer to wrappingup the No. 2 seed in the East playoffs by beating thesliding Celtics 100-77 on Sunday.Miami moved a game ahead of Boston, andtrimmed its magic number to clinch the secondseed to two.Chris Bosh added 13 points and eight reboundsfor Miami, which had been 0-3 against Boston thisseason.Paul Pierce scored 24 points and Kevin Garnettadded 21 for Boston, which lost for the 10th time inits last 19 games.The Heat finally solved the Boston hex, beating theCeltics for the third time in the last 21 meetings. BoshThe Key West High track andfieldteamshad a recordsettingdayin their finalmeet of theregular seasonthis past weekendat DadeChristian.The Conchgirls placedfifth out of 16teams, whilethe boys wereninth in theFriday meet.The girls seta couple ofschool marksen route to their strong finish.GOLF: THE MASTERSMcIlroy shot 80, the highest finalround by the 54-hole leader sinceKen Venturi in 1956. Not since JeanVan de Velde at Carnoustie hadsomeone blown at least a fourshotlead going into the last roundof the major.So wild was this steamy afternoonthat eight players had at leasta share of thelead on somep o i n tdur-Schwartzel wins after a wild dayBY DOUG FERGUSONing the back nine. TheThe Associated Presssteady hand came fromAUGUSTA, Ga. — CharlSchwartzel gave this Masters a finishit deserved.On an amazing Sunday atAugusta National, where the roarscame from everywhere and foreveryone and didn’t stop until itwas over, Schwartzel emerged fromthe madness by becoming the firstMasters champion to close withfour straight birdies.His final putt from 20 feet curledinto the side of the cup for a 6-under 66, the best closing roundat the Masters in 22 years. It gavethe 26-year-old South African atwo-shot victory over AustraliansAdam Scott and Jason Day.“Just an exciting day,” Schwartzelsaid. “So many roars, and thatatmosphere out there was justincredible. A phenomenal day.”RUBBING ELBOWSJames’ 27 lifts Miamipast Boston in battlefor second seed in EastIndeed, this final round had itall.First came a fistpumpingchargeby Tiger Woods,who erased aseven-shot deficitin nine holes onlyto go flat on the backnine. Then came thestunning collapse of21-year-old Rory McIlroy,who put his name inMasters lore for all the wrongreasons.Still leading by one shot as heheaded to the back nine, McIlroyhit a tee shot next to the cabinsleft of the 10th fairway and twicehit a tree to make triple bogey. Hethree-putted from 7 feet for bogeyon the 11th, four-putted fromabout 12 feet on the next hole andburied his head into his forearm asthe shock began to settle in.NBA: MIAMI 100, BOSTON 77had been 1-13 against Boston since March 2007, andthe Celtics ended both the 2009-10 seasons for Wade(in the first round) and James (in the second round).Miami won for the 13th time in its last 16 gamesand outrebounded Boston 42-26, the Celtics’ total aseason low.Ray Allen scored 13 points for the Celtics. RajonRondo was held to just seven points and five assistson 3 for 8 shooting.Miami’s role players were huge.PREP SPORTS: NOTEBOOKConchs have record-setting day on the trackBY WILLIS JACOBSONAND J.W. COOKECitizen StaffATHLETE OF THE WEEKBRITTANY WAGONERKW, SENIOR, TRACK & FIELDWagonerbroke theKey WestHigh schoolrecord witha 12-footpole vaultand waspart of the 4x100 meter relayteam that also set a Conchsrecord.Honorable MentionJoey Gonzalez (Mar, Jr., Baseball)Gonzalez tossed six shutout inningson Friday night and had one of threeDolphins hits in Marathon’s 3-0 victoryover Somerset.Kelley Struyf (Mar, Sr., Softball)Made several spectacular catchesand hit a home run in the Lady ’Finsvictory over rival Key West.CharlSchwartzelALAN DIAZ/The Associated PressHeat coach Erik Spoelstra, left, and Celtics guard RajonRondo, right, hold back Miami’s Mario Chalmers, center,during an altercation between the teams after JermaineO’Neal fouled LeBron James in the second quarter onSunday in Miami. The Heat won, 100-77.See HEAT, page 3BBrittany Wagoner broke theschool record with a 12-foot leap inthe pole vault and teamed up withCourtnie Coleman, Jasmine Jonesand Caroline Talbott to run a timeof 52.57 seconds to top the school’sprevious best time in that event.Wagoner now has at least a share ofthe school record in all four events– high jump, long jump, pole vaultand 4x100 meter relay – in whichshe has competed over the lastthree years.In Friday’s meet at DadeChristian, Wagoner earned firsts inthe pole vault and long jump (17-11). The girls relay team finishedfourth.A couple of Key West boys hadsecond-place finishes in the meet.NaQuan McNeill took second inthe 100-meter dash (11.60) andEric Vinson was second in the polevault (11). Aeschton Tomita ranto a third-place finish in the 3,200meters (10:56.72).Schwartzel, whoseonly bogey cameon the fourth holeas this Masterswas just gettingwarmed up.H egot upand-downfrom behindthe 15th greenfor birdie tobriefly tie forthe lead, onlyfor Scott to stuffhis tee shot into 2feet up ahead on thepar-3 16th. Schwartzelanswered with a 15-footbirdie to catch Scott atopthe leaderboard again.NHL: FLORIDAPanthers firePeter DeBoerafter 3 yearsBY TIM REYNOLDSThe Associated PressSee MASTERS, page 3BSUNRISE — Peter DeBoer took overas coach of the Florida Panthers threeyears ago with a sparkling resume fromjunior hockey, fully expecting that hecould bring the downtrodden franchiseback to the playoffs.He was wrong.The Panthers firedDeBoer on Sunday,one day after theteam finished its10th straight seasonwithout a playoffappearance.DeBoerFlorida’s 72 pointswere worst in theEastern Conference and the third-fewestin the 30-team NHL.“These decisions are always toughto make, but we felt strongly that itwas the right time to make a change,”Panthers general manager Dale Tallonsaid.See PANTHERS, page 3BThe teams will head up the Keysto Coral Shores on Friday for theDistrict 16-2A championship meet.• • •The Marathon High baseballteam was able to claim one of thetwo seeds they were hoping for inthe District 16-2A tournament. Thispast week, the Dolphins, with helpfrom other district teams, earnedat least the No. 3 seed in the openingpostseason tournament. Thatmeans Marathon will face off againstMater Lakes in the first round, missingdefending 2A State ChampionWestminster Christian until at thedistrict finals.Despite having lost, in a mistakeriddle game, to Mater Lakes earlierthis season, Dolphins coachLuis Leal said he likes his team’smatch up. The two squads will playonce more in the regular season onFriday.See NOTEBOOK, page 3BKEYSNEWS.COM — AND SPORTS TOO
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