For more information, please contact:

Karen Fang, Public Relations,
Special Olympics East Asia
Mobile (until March 6): +81-903-537-1626
Mobile (after March 6): +86-139-1002-8297
Email: kfang@specialolympics.

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O.s like Robel to pursue
extraordinary aspirations," commented Club Med Americas President and CEO John
Vanderslice .O. Digicel's
introduction of modern services, such as rollover minutes, pre-paid
roaming, and "Call Me" free text messaging, continues to differentiate the
company, while it maintains an average market share of 60 percent across
its countries of operation.

About Special Olympics Unified Sports(TM)
The Special Olympics Unified Sports(TM) initiative brings together Special
Olympics athletes and individuals without intellectual disabilities who are of
similar age and ability to train and compete on the same team.

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Club Med is extremely proud to be part of Robel Teklemariam's journey to
achieving his dream.

With the addition of operations in Haiti, Digicel will now operate in nine
countries with a total population of over 12 million people.

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In four years , Digicel has
become renowned for competitive rates, unbeatable coverage, superior
customer care , a wide variety of products and services, and
state-of-the-art handsets.

The GB Group is one of the largest industrial and commercial concerns in
Haiti.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20040302/LNTU017LOGO )
Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi,
Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Special Olympics Chairman
and CEO Timothy Shriver attended the opening ceremonies, welcoming the nearly
1,900 athletes from more than 80 countries participating in the Games.

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Skier Robel Teklemariam to Represent Ethiopia

CORAL GABLES, Fla.s were always proud when I'd
come back to Club Med with a medal.clubmed. The Group has a long history of operating successful enterprises and
has pioneered the development of several industries in Haiti. The East Asia programs in
China, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau and South Korea are taking part in
Alpine Skiing, Cross Country Skiing, Figure Skating, Floor Hockey, Snowshoeing
and Speed Skating. 2 Special Olympics East Asia athletes, one each from
Special Olympics China and Special Olympics Chinese Taipei, will be among the
14 athletes attending the Global Youth Summit.

The first Maccabiah Games, featuring 13 countries and 300 athletes, was held in 1932.

The Maccabiah Games have been a quadrennial event since 1957.

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(Gracious Organizer) for eight
years at resorts in Copper Mountain and Crested Butte.

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"Club Med provides the perfect environment for G.

Digicel Haiti will offer innovative and accessible mobile services that
meet consumers' evolving demands and aim to create positive competition and
value for local customers. It is the largest GSM mobile
operator in the region and plans to extend its footprint into other
Caribbean countries.

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Former Club Med G.O. Competes in 2006 Winter Games

"My goal is to raise awareness that athletes from non-skiing countries can
compete in the Winter Olympics," says Teklemariam, originally from Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia. This is a tremendous opportunity for Digicel for further expansion.

Today, with a combined workforce of 2000 associates, these companies
maintain significant presence in several key strategic sectors such as,
building materials , edible oil, petroleum products, consumer products,
construction, financial services and telecom solutions.''
Special Olympics East Asia has 195 Special Olympics athletes and 14
Unified Sports partners participating in the Games.

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Digicel Group, the fastest growing
mobile telecommunications provider in the Caribbean, announced today that
it is the first company to be awarded a license to operate a GSM network in
Haiti.

ABOUT GB GROUP

onefone is a portfolio company of the GB Group.
In addition to competition in seven sports, the World Games also features a
series of events aimed at transforming communities and the lives of the 170
million people worldwide with intellectual disabilities by promoting
understanding, acceptance and inclusion.
''Just as our Japanese hosts welcomed the world to Nagano in 1998, they
graciously now offer their hospitality to the worldwide Special Olympics
movement,'' said Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Timothy Shriver.2005sowwg.4 million
children and adults with intellectual disabilities in more than 150 countries,
Special Olympics has created a model community that celebrates people's
diverse gifts.

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"Club Med gave me the opportunity to continue training and even
competing." Remembers Teklemariam, "Sometimes I'd take a half day off from
teaching to compete in a race -- my fellow G.

For more information about the 2005 Special Olympics World Winter Games,
visit http://www. The concept of
combining athletes with intellectual disabilities and those without (called
Partners) was first introduced in the United States in the mid-1980s to
provide another level of challenge for higher ability athletes and to promote
equality and inclusion.

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He plans to compete in both Alpine
and Nordic events in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. O'Brien.digicelgroup. Special Olympics International will host their 2007 World Summer
Games in Shanghai, China in October 2007.

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Teklemariam hopes to make Ethiopia a permanent part of the
ski racing community.com .

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After completing a successful collegiate ski career, Teklemariam moved to
Colorado, where he worked as a Club Med G. Situated within the
heart of the Rocky Mountains, Club Med Crested Butte is North America's only
All Inclusive (TM) ski destination.com .

Visit www.

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At that time
Ethiopia didn't recognize skiing as an Olympic sport, so Teklemariam
established a ski federation for Ethiopia, along with bylaws for future
skiers .

ABOUT DIGICEL

Since its launch in 2001, Digicel has become the fastest growing mobile
telecommunications operator in the Caribbean.

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In 1997, a record 5500 athletes from 53 nations competed in 43 different events.

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"
Teklemariam resumed serious training and competition three years ago with
his eyes on the Olympics while still working at Club Med. It will result
in significant job creation and Digicel fully intends to become involved in
a range of sponsorships, and social and community initiatives," Mr. O'Brien
explained.com for more information on Digicel.

Dedicated to the development of Haiti, the Group maintains its tradition of
seeking steady long-term growth through investments in durable projects. The Games will be held from February 26 to March 5, 2005.specialolympics.

World events forced the delay of the third Maccabiah Games, scheduled for 1938, until 1950.

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"This win will also enable Digicel to make an important contribution to the
growth and development of Haiti economically and socially.gbgroup.

About Special Olympics
Special Olympics is an international organization that changes lives by
promoting understanding, acceptance and inclusion between people with and
without intellectual disabilities .

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Additional information about Club Med is available to consumers at
http://www.
(Click here for details)
Denis O'Brien, Chairman, Digicel Group, stated, "Digicel is delighted to be
the first company to be awarded a license to operate a GSM network in
Haiti.

"We are pleased to bring to Haiti the Digicel approach of providing
affordable and innovative mobile communications that foster personal and
professional connections between Caribbean nations and people and believe
that Digicel Haiti will benefit greatly from our partnership with the GB
Group," added Mr.

Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and operates in nine countries including
Aruba, Barbados, Curaao , The Cayman Islands, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. NAGANO, Japan, March 1 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The 2005 Special Olympics
World Winter Games officially began in Nagano, Japan on Saturday, February 26
with the opening ceremonies held at M-Wave, one of the world's largest indoor
speed skating rinks and site of the 1998 Olympic Winter Games speed skating
competition. Today, the initiative includes virtually all Special
Olympics sports and Unified Sports competitions are an important part of
Special Olympics World Games, as well as local, State and National Games.org.

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PRESS RELEASE Digicel Enters Haitian Telecommunications Market

Comparable to the 1998 Olympic
Winter Games in terms of the number of participating countries and athletes,
the 2005 Special Olympics World Games will be three times the size of the
Nagano Paralympics Games.org

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This significant milestone for the company comes as a result of a
tender process entered jointly with onefone, a wholly owned subsidiary of
the Haitian GB Group.

The company is the lead sponsor of Caribbean sports teams including the
West Indies Cricket Team, Special Olympics teams across the Caribbean and
is title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Football Union Cup, which
involves over 30 Caribbean countries and is an important qualifier towards
the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

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"We've had many G.O.

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, Former Club Med ski instructor
Robel Teklemariam, 31, will be the first Ethiopian-born citizen to represent
the African nation at a Winter Olympics. Digicel spans
the entire Caribbean region from the Cayman Islands to Barbados and Aruba.

By offering innovative mobile services and community support, Digicel has
become a leading brand in the Caribbean and has placed the region at the
cutting edge of mobile communications.
In the true spirit of the ''Let's Celebrate Together'' theme, the World
Games are bringing together celebrities, heads of state, and leaders in the
fields of education, health care, business and sports all in support of
Special Olympics, one of the world's largest volunteer -driven organizations.

390 athletes and 14 nations competed, figures similar to the participation in the very first Olympic Games 36 years before.

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Haiti currently has three operators in the market that offer CDMA and TDMA
networks to approximately 400,000 subscribers (includes mobile and fixed
line). Vincent and the Grenadines.newscom.

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s perfect skills that they wouldn't discover
in a typical office environment -- whether in performance, sports or music. Teklemariam instructed guests on alpine
ski and snowboarding through 2005.
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Among the highlights are: a Global Youth Summit, a forum for
representative young people with and without intellectual disabilities to
interact with their peers across the globe and share ideas for involving youth
in the Special Olympics movement; the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes(R)
initiative, in which athletes receive free health assessments and services;
the Changing Attitudes, Changing the World Education Forum, where the findings
of new, cutting-edge research on a variety of issues affecting people with
intellectual disabilities -- from portrayal in the media to gaps in health
care to youth attitudes -- will be revealed; and a Celebrity Snowshoe Race. Visit Special Olympics online at
http://www.cn .

The Maccabiah Games, sometimes referred to as the 'Jewish Olympics', were first held in the midst of a worldwide depression.

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Digicel has operations in Aruba, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, Curacao,
Grenada, Jamaica, St Vincent & the Grenadines, and St Lucia and is
committed to creating a seamless pan-Caribbean network.

Visit www.
Traveling from all corners of the world, the athletes are joined by 650
coaches and more than 10,000 volunteers, families and friends as they compete
and celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship.

The Maccabi movement, named for Judah (The Hammer) Maccabee, was initiated in 1895-96 when the first all-Jewish Maccabi gymnastics club was formed in Constantinople.

By the end of World War I, more than 100 Maccabi-style clubs existed in Europe .

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''Their
commitment to inspiring people in Japan and throughout the world to open their
minds and accept people with intellectual disabilities serves as a shining
example of how to change not only attitudes, but also the world. Through year-round sports training and
athletic competition and other related programming for more than 1. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics
provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to
realize their potential , develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage and
experience joy and friendship. There is no cost to participate in Special
Olympics.