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Amir receives Jordan King KUWAIT: Tempers flared in the National Assembly ses- sion yesterday when a number of MPs quarreled during a heated debate over amendments to the municipality law. Strong arguments broke out when the government insisted that the addition of new residential areas to existing electoral districts for the municipal council should be done by the government through an Amiri decree and it should be included in the law. MP Hamdan Al-Azemi and some other MPs objected saying the whole article in the law was rejected in the last session and should not have been brought up for debate. Azemi then angrily protested at the voting to approve the government’s request, saying this is not a real assembly and MPs are not real men. That triggered a reaction from MP Ali Al-Khamees who shouted back at Azemi, insisting that the lawmak- ers are real men. MP Hamad Al-Harshani also got him- self involved in the heated exchanges by accusing Azemi of disrupting the assembly session. At this point, Azemi throew a book at Khamees but missed him to hit MP Mohammad Al-Huwailah. MP Sultan Al-Shimmari then took part in the quarrel by shouting at Azemi to stop. The two lawmakers then threw shoes at each other as many other MPs came to prevent them from reaching each other. Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem then stopped the proceedings and ordered the assembly hall to be vacated. A few minutes later, Al-Ghanem resumed the session and said that Azemi apologized to other MPs and the whole issue was now over. But Azemi insisted that the apologies were reciprocal and it did not come from him alone. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Shortly afterwards, the assembly voted to approve receives the visiting King Abdullah II of Jordan at Kuwait International the government’s request and the whole municipality Airport yesterday. The King arrived in Kuwait to convey his greetings on the law which prompted MP Azemi to walk out of the ses- holy month of Ramadan. — Amiri Diwan sion which was immediately closed by the speaker. KUWAIT: MP Ali Al-Khamees (left) confronts MP Hamdan Al-Azemi (right) during Continued on Page 13 a session at the National Assembly yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Ramadan Kareem US probes gunman’s motive after massacre Ramadan and consumption A jihadist or a vicious lone wolf? ORLANDO: Police revealed new details on the agonizing three-hour stand-off and bru- By Hatem Basha tal end to the Orlando gay club massacre amadan provides Muslims with a yearly trans- yesterday as America grappled with the forming experience that shape their personali- implications of the worst terror attack on its ty and life outlook. It is a very special month soil since 9/11. The Islamic State group R claimed slain shooter Omar Mateen was that teaches Muslims how to practise self-restraint and resist the lures of life. Ramadan is a very difficult acting as “one of the soldiers of the physical and psychological exercise in self-control. In caliphate in America” when he attacked the the simplest terms, it is a month of fasting: absti- Pulse club in the central Florida city, a siege nence from food, drink, sexual relations, smoking, that ended when police stormed the venue. etc, from dawn till sunset, a drastic change in lifestyle. DOHA: A general view shows the building of the Doha lower criminal court But investigators are probing whether he Moreover, Muslims are ordained to avoid lies, cheats, where the trial of a Dutch woman, who was jailed after reporting she had was a jihadist on a mission or a vicious “lone and fights to maintain their fasting. Abi Huraira - may been raped, took place yesterday. — AFP wolf” inspired by the group’s propaganda to BOULDER: Sitora Yusufiy, the ex-wife of God be pleased with him - said the prophet - peace carry out what President Barack Obama Orlando shooting suspect Omar Mateen, and prayer upon him - said, “Whoever does not give dubbed “an act of terror and an act of hate.” gives a statement to the media. —AP up false statements (ie telling lies), and evil deeds, Qatar to deport Dutch Forty-nine people were killed and 53 others and speaking badwords to others, Allah is not in wounded in the attack, which was also the him of extremist ties. According to CNN, cit- need of his leaving his food and drink.” [Bukhari] woman for ‘illicit sex’ deadliest mass shooting in US history. ing an unnamed US official, the New York- Ramadan acquires a very special taste in modern The slaughter triggered worldwide shock born security guard made a religious pil- times as it emerges as a potential remedy for what is DOHA: Qatar is to deport a Dutch euros) and will be deported once she and outrage, but has also raised questions grimage to Saudi Arabia and visited the seen as a social malady by many experts, ie con- woman who was convicted of adultery pays the fine, court officials said. about US counter-terror strategy and gun United Arab Emirates in 2011 and 2012. But sumerism. One of the biggest challenges in our world yesterday and given a one-year sus- She had denied the charge against laws. The suspect was allowed to legally buy no evidence has yet emerged linking him today is the consumerism culture that has invaded pended sentence after she reported her. The male defendant, said by a a rifle and handgun despite raising red to a foreign extremist group before the every aspect of our life. Everything is within reach being raped while on holiday in Doha. court official to be Syrian and named as flags. Mateen, a 29-year-old American of attacks, and relatives and acquaintances and people are constantly looking for the latest The 22-year-old, known only as Laura Omar Abdullah Al-Hasan, was sen- Afghan descent, called police in the midst of painted a picture of a violent and unstable trends and fashion. We are more eager to accumulate and who was not in court, was also tenced to 100 lashes for having his rampage to pledge allegiance to the young man who had beat his ex-wife and more riches. Indulgence in consumption often comes fined 3,000 Qatari riyals ($800/710 Continued on Page 13 Islamic State group, and the FBI admitted it expressed homophobic views. at the expense of the soul and people start to forget had previously investigated him but cleared Continued on Page 13 the true purpose of life. True to the words of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him), this consumerism destroyed us. In a hadeeth, the Prophet Muhammad Microsoft acquires Kuwait prosecutor (PBUH) said, “By Allah, it is not the poverty about which I fear in regard to you but I am afraid in your case that (the worldly) riches may be given to you as LinkedIn for $26bn wants 29-year term were given to those who had gone before you and you begin to vie with one another for them as they WASHINGTON: Microsoft said yesterday brand, culture and independence,” with for convicted royals vied for them. And these may destroy you as these it was buying the professional social net- Jeff Weiner remaining at CEO of LinkedIn. destroyed them.” (Muslim, Book # 042, Hadith #7065). work LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in cash, a “Just as we have changed the way the KUWAIT: Kuwait’s public prosecutor insulting HH the Amir. Asoussi told Al- There is a remarkable and noticeable tendency move that helps refocus the US tech giant world connects to opportunity, this rela- wants an appeals court to increase a Qabas newspaper he has challenged the creeping into Muslim community to turn religious around cloud computing and services. tionship with Microsoft, and the combina- sentence handed down to three royals rulings and demanded that all 13 defen- events into shopping festivals. Before Ramadan With its biggest-ever acquisition and tion of their cloud and LinkedIn’s network, for insulting the authorities from five dants be given harsher jail terms of up to approaches, shopping festivals and discounts on all one of the largest in the tech sector, now gives us a chance to also change the years to 29, according to remarks pub- 29 years each for insulting HH the Amir, sorts of goods are everywhere and people are Microsoft takes a big step into the world way the world works,” Weiner said. lished yesterday. judges and spreading false news about encouraged to consume more at time when they are, of social networking and adds a new tool The two firms said they had reached a Dherar Al-Asoussi said he had peti- Kuwait. The appeals court has not yet set supposedly, expected to use less. People buy more for its efforts to boost services for busi- “definitive” agreement that would close tioned the court also to convict the a date for the hearing. Its rulings must be amounts of food than they consume on the average. ness. “This deal brings together the later this year, with the support of men of using social media to insult the verified by the supreme court. The advertising world promises people more comfort world’s leading professional cloud with LinkedIn chairman and controlling share- Gulf state’s ruler. A lower court last The royals given jail terms include and luxury, which ultimately leads to covert slavery. the world’s leading professional network,” holder Reid Hoffman. The move comes month sentenced the three royals, Sheikh Athbi Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, HH the Just as Christmas has been turned into a huge selling Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella with Microsoft moving away from being a including a nephew of HH the Amir, Amir’s nephew and a former head of and consuming event in the West, one may fear said in a statement. pure software firm, and LinkedIn seeking and two others to five years in jail for the secret service police. The convicted something similar for Ramadan. “It’s clear to me that the LinkedIn team ways to boost growth. LinkedIn, which insulting top judges online. It also sen- men remain free but the interior min- Ramadan’s first mission is to help Muslims attain has grown a fantastic business and an enables members to connect with similar- tenced a sixth man to one year and istry said yesterday security forces raid- self-restraint and subdue their desires, whims and impressive network of more than 433 mil- minded professionals and facilitates another to 10 years in absentia. Six ed Sheikh Athbi’s house but he was not lusts, whether it is food, drinks, sex or even time-con- lion professionals.” recruiting and job hunting, has carved out more were acquitted. there. suming technology such as smart phones. According to a statement from the two a social network with a distinct identity. All were acquitted of the charge of Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 firms, LinkedIn “will retain its distinct Continued on Page 13 TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with a number of private His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Kuwait Telecom schools’ owners at Seif Palace yesterday. — KUNA photos Company (VIVA) and Saudi Telecom Company (STC) officials. Amir meets with school owners

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Committee (CTC) Abdullah Saud Al- Furthermore, His Highness the Crown Also yesterday, His Highness the Crown his thesis on an Islamic study on monetary Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Abdulrazzaq. His Highness the Amir also Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Prince separately received a number of contracts in the Egyptian-Kuwaiti civil law at Seif Palace yesterday a number of private received Chairman of the Board of the Sabah received CTC Chairman Abdulrazzaq, scholars who presented their PhD thesis. and Dr Majid Al-Anezi presented his thesis schools’ owners, including Mohammad Al- Kuwait Telecom Company (VIVA) Dr as well as VIVA and Saudi Telecom Company During the reception, Dr Tahani Al-Saeed, on Islamic law. Moreover, Dr Faisal Al- Saddah, Noura Al-Ghanim, Dr Hanan Al- Mahmoud Ahmad Abdulraman and a num- (STC) officials. The meetings were attended presented her thesis on the impact of e- Mekrad presented a thesis on administra- Mutawa and Mohammad Abdulrahman Al- ber of senior executives. The meetings were by head of Protocols at His Highness the training programs on developing the skills tive contracts and Dr Ali Al-Mutairi’s thesis Shuaibi. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir attended by Amiri Diwan Advisor Crown Prince Diwan Sheikh Mubarak Sabah of social services researchers in schools. was on the quality of medical care provided received Chairman of the Central Tenders Mohammad Daifallah Sharar. Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, Dr Majid Al-Azmi presented to type 2 diabetes patients. — KUNA Minister: Care for students real force behind development

KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister means of moral and material support to achievements by students was the result of of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa stressed advance the education process and imple- concerted efforts and collaboration between Sunday on his ministry’s keenness and care menting the latest plans and programs to the family and schools to overcome all the for Kuwaitis as the real force behind the coun- serve students’ interest. difficulties. try’s development and progress. The minister Essa explained that such process also Meanwhile, CEO of NBK Essam Al-Saqer remarks came in a ceremony honoring excel- involves enhancing values complying with said that the bank is proud to annually spon- lent students from high schools and a number the educational curriculum development and sor such ceremony and support youths and of state institutes. The ceremony was spon- to suit the global developments in light of students toward success and achievement. sored by National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). enormous and rapid technological advances After the ceremony, an exhibition was opened The minister added such care comes in the education and information fields. The where universities offer studying opportuni- through the country’s interest in providing all minister noted that the outcome of such ties for the high schools’ graduates. —KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is pic- tured with Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa during the latter’s visit to Kuwait. — KUNA Bahraini Premier wraps up visit to Kuwait

KUWAIT: Bahraini Prime Minister Khalifa Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, First Deputy Prime bin Salman Al Khalifa on Sunday Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Education Minister Dr Bader Al-Essa honors another student. Education Minister Dr Bader Al-Essa honors a student. wrapped up a brotherly visit to the State Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, of Kuwait, during which he met with His Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He was seen Sabah, sheikhs, ministers, advisors and off at the airport by His Highness the senior officials at the Diwan of His Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Highness the Premier. — KUNA NUKS opens 25th conference

KUWAIT: The 25th conference for the Highness the Prime Minister remains com- National Union of Kuwaiti Students (NUKS) mitted to supporting the youth in all fields. kicked off on Sunday under the patronage “The kind patronage of the event by His of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Highness the Crown Prince testifies to the Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. State’s care for youth and keenness on Minister of Information and Minister of democratic approach,” Sheikh Salman said, State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman expressing pride for representing His Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah rep- Highness the Crown Prince. resented His Highness the Crown Prince at He commended NUKS’s achievements the event. over the last 50 years in networking Addressing the opening ceremony, among the Kuwaiti students and strength- Sheikh Salman said the government, under ening the relations with student unions the leadership of His Highness the Amir worldwide. The conference, being held at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Al-Jumeirah hotel until June 14, is to cele- KUWAIT: Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Al-Essa, CEO of NBK Essam Al-Saqer, officials and the honored high His Highness the Crown Prince and His brate the golden jubilee of NUKS. —KUNA school students are pictured during the ceremony.

Ooredoo distributes more than 17,000 iftar meals during Ramadan

KUWAIT: Ooredoo Kuwait, a member of the second consecutive year. The tent is located Mijbil Al Ayoub, Director of Corporate altruism. In Ooredoo, we strive to adopt initia- mission to help in creating a generation of peo- international Ooredoo Group, announced opposite Ooredoo’s head office on Soor Communications at Ooredoo Kuwait said: tives and projects that enriches peoples’ lives, ple who do good deeds. In addition to the iftar distributing 17,000 iftar meals during the Street in Kuwait City. The meal distribution “Ooredoo’s Iftar meal distribution is an essential which we consider the base of our CSR strategy distribution drive, Ooredoo is conducting sev- Holy Month of Ramadan through a distribu- drive is fully operated by Ooredoo’s volunteer part of the charity program adopted by the Alayoub added that the company believes eral charitable events, such as visits to nursing tion center outside its head office and in its program members, after the great success of company during the Holy Month of Ramadan. strongly in the ability of youth to operate this homes, orphanages and patients at different iftar tent, which Ooredoo is running for the the program last year. This drive reflects the true values of giving and initiative, and this stems from the company’s hospitals across Kuwait to celebrate Girgia’n. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah inspects the explosion site of Imam Al- People gather outside Al-Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque in Kuwait City after the explosion. Sadiq Mosque, moments after the terror attack took place. — KUNA photos Kuwait remembers victims of Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque terror attack State marks first anniversary of blast

KUWAIT: On the ninth day of the Holy Month Al-Sadeq Mosque, an incident which left 27 people of Kuwait stood in unity to denounce the scene as soon as he have heard of what has ty; however, they were sorely mistaken because of Ramadan last year, Kuwaitis were shocked to people dead and some 227 others injured. the attack with His Highness the Amir Sheikh transpired. Those behind the attack wished the people, time and again, proved that there have known that a terrorist attack hit the Imam Defying its devilish intent, the leadership and Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arriving at that Kuwait would crumble against such atroci- was always power in unity. — KUNA

An ambulance parked outside Al-Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque after the terror- Al-Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque after the terrorist bombing. ist bombing. Effects of terrorism against Al-Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque.

Mourners carry the body of one of the terrorist blast’s victims. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah pays This photo provided by the Interior Ministry shows Deputy Prime Minister respect to families of the martyrs killed in the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque attack. and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah speaks with His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah moments after the Amir’s arrival to the explosion’s site.

His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Premier Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah at the scene visits a wounded man. of the blast.

Effects of terrorism against Al-Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque. Huge crowds of mourners attend the funeral of the terrorist blast’s victims. 4 TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

TMCC honors Kuwait media in gabqa event

KUWAIT: TMCC for Public Relations and Marketing Since its inception in 2008, TMCC has been keen to build up Consultancy, hosted Kuwait media in a gabqa at Abu El Sid distinguished relations with media based on trust and loyalty. restaurant recently, in recognition of their support and contin- In recognition of their support, we wanted to celebrate with uous loyalty to the company. TMCC has been keen during the them Ramadan’s authentic traditions to thank and honor event to express its deep gratitude to the media support them.” TMCC gabqa has been characterized with fun filled which it considers at the cornerstone of its success. activities marked with affinity and entertainment contests. At Rima Termos/ MD TMCC said in her speech at the event: the end of the event, TMCC honored the media and expressed “TMCC is extremely proud of its strong relations with media. its deep gratitude to their continuous support.

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9. The total pebbles for Jamarat is... 70 pebbles for whose are not in a hurry to leave and 49 pebbles for those in a hurry.

The Safat Square in the fifties. Various commercial shops and trucks can be noticed surrounding it. The Safat Square was considered the city center and the vibrant heart of old Kuwait. Photo prepared by Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Alella, Researcher in Heritage, the Ministry of Information. (Source: ‘Kuwait in black and White’ by Basem Al-Loughani) TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 5

KFH visits patients at Mekki Jumaa

KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) visited Mekki Jumaa Hospital as part of its corporate social responsi- Young Voices bility and efforts to strengthen ties with the all seg- ments of the society, especially in the month of Ramadan. KFH congratulated the patients on the advent of the holy month of Ramadan. It distributed gifts to the patients and wished them speedy recovery. This con- tributed in putting a smile on their faces, while easing their pain and suffering. It is worth noting that such steps reinforce KFH’s Islamic identity and consolidate its ties with the society, primarily because it prioritizes the support of humani- tarian causes and contributions. Such initiatives show that KFH’s role goes far beyond offering banking servic- es to reach the levels of social responsibility and humanitarian support.

‘I see my father wearing the long white coat and want to be like him’

By Ben Garcia

early a quarter of Kuwait’s entire population is under the age of 14 and yet with the exception Nof school assemblies, we never hear their voices. During Ramadan, Kuwait Times likes to publish a spe- cial series that engages with its readership in a more direct, personal way to learn their concerns, issues and viewpoints. This Ramadan, we will chat with some of our youngest readers about their lives in Kuwait, in an attempt to see the world through their eyes. What do they see for the future of our beautiful country? What would they improve and how would they change it? By listening to their future plans, stories, and experience in Ramadan, we can remind ourselves and hopefully our readers of the ties that bind us all together as a species. These are the voice of Kuwait’s future and we invite them to share their thoughts with us here. Ray Nathaniel A Quitoriano is a six-year-old boy from Al-Salam International Academy, who was born in Kuwait. He loves to visit malls and parks in Kuwait, which he describes as ‘a happy place’. Nathaniel likes to listen to the sounds of police, ambulance and fire truck sirens. “I like playing games on my gadget and watch- ing Disney Kids is one of my pastimes. I like to help my parents in household chores and fixing my toys. My mother says I always have to be organized,” he said. Nathaniel also loves talking to his pet fish and feed- ing it is a part of his daily ritual. “I help my mother clean the water tank,” he said. Nathaniel loves the rain, and remembers rainy days in the Philippines, when he played with his cousins. Nathaniel wants to become a doctor. “I see my father wearing the long white coat and I want to be like him,” he said. Nathaniel’s father is a medical technolo- gist at a public hospital in Kuwait. Asked what he knows about Ramadan, he said: “No eating until sunset. But I can eat because I am small and so I am excused.” If you would like your child to be interviewed for this special series, please email us at local@kuwait- times.net) TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 LOCAL Fund wants to sell French nuclear group Areva stake News PARIS: Sovereign wealth fund Kuwait company accounts. French Industry Minister over by state-owned utility EDF later this lead to a trial but often does. in brief Investment Authority (KIA) has told French Emmanuel Macron and Areva declined to year or early next year. The French state Lauvergeon has repeatedly denied any authorities it wants to sell its stake in nuclear comment on the report. KIA was not imme- holds about 87 percent of Areva’s capital. wrongdoing and has said that asset depreci- group Areva, La Lettre de l’Expansion report- diately available for comment. KIA or other minority shareholders ations at Uramin were partly due to the col- Search still on ed yesterday. KIA is Areva’s second-biggest KIA paid 600 million euros ($676 million) have never publicly complained about lapse of uranium prices after the Fukushima for missing boy shareholder with a 4.82 percent stake, for the stake in 2010, but since then Areva Areva’s accounts, but former Areva chief nuclear disaster in Japan in March 2011. according to Thomson Reuters data. shares have plunged by about 90 percent as executive Anne Lauvergeon was put Areva has had to write down billions of KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s Relations and Security The newsletter said the Kuwaiti fund had the firm’s equity has been wiped out by under formal investigation last month for euros on Uramin, which contributed to years Media Department yesterday stressed that various ministry complained that its investment in Areva, years of losses. Areva will be rescued by a 5 her role in the 2007 acquisition of urani- of losses and eventually wiped out its equity, sectors are fully alerted in search which is majority owned by the French gov- billion euro state-funded capital increase um mining firm Uramin. In France, a for- leading to a state rescue package early this of Kuwaiti child Abdul Aziz ernment, was made based on incorrect and its nuclear reactor unit will be taken mal investigation does not automatically year. —Reuters Ahmed Al-Azmi who was report- ed missing by his family at Saad Al-Abdullah area. The depart- ment added that in addition to various police patrols, police heli- copters were still combing the areas surrounding the spot where the boy was reported missing. In addition, the department stressed that photos of the boy had been printed and distributed among the people living in those areas. The department also urged anybody with information about the child to report it at Saad Al-Abdullah police station or call 112.

Municipal Council Oks free internet in markets KUWAIT: The Municipal Council yesterday approved a scheme providing free internet services in major local markets, starting with the large popular Al- Mubarakiah. The council, during its regular session of the 11th term, approved the meeting minutes of the special needs committee; whereby the members Zain hosts Ramadan iftar for Lawyer files affirmed necessity of providing services for this seg- ment of the society by the government departments, men on duty in Failaka Island first challenge noting existence of shortcomings in the construction against DNA law legislations and government services. —KUNA Kuwait condemns By Meshaal Al-Enezi Orlando shooting

KUWAIT: A lawyer yesterday filed a case at the constitu- KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait on Sunday strongly con- tional court questioning the constitutionality of the DNA demned the terrorist attack in the US city of Orlando, Florida, law; the first of its kind in Kuwait. The lawyer based his that killed and wounded over 100 people. These criminal acts challenge on grounds that Kuwait’s constitution states “pose a grave harm to Islam, and are distant from its noble that penalties should be limited to the individual, while teachings,” a foreign ministry source said. The escalation of the DNA law calls for sending parents to prison if any of terrorist acts, he said, required the international community’s their children refuse to take the needed DNA tests. doubling of efforts to eliminate “this disgusting phenome- non and ridding the world from its evil.” The source reaf- Blast anniversary firmed Kuwait’s rejection to all types of terrorism. —KUNA On the first anniversary of the Imam Al-Sadeq Mosque bombing, chairman of the parliamentary prior- KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommu- Zain hosted the iftar meal for men Zain stressed that it has always been ities committee MP Yousef Al-Zalzalah issued a press KFAED funds $1.6 nications company in Kuwait, held its on duty who operate in Failaka Island, keen to organize a number of social release commemorating the martyrs who fell at the interactive social visits program during including the Marine Fire Department and humanitarian initiatives during mosque. He also condemned the terrorist act that tar- billion projects the Holy of Month of Ramadan for the of the Kuwait Fire Services Directorate, Ramadan to support the various sec- geted people while they were praying, with the aim of KUWAIT: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic fourth year running. The company host- the Failaka Police Station of the Ministry tors of the Kuwaiti society, and the dividing Kuwaitis and creating sectarian tumult Development (KFAED) said in a report yesterday that ed an iftar gathering for the MOI, Fire of Interior, the Emergency Medical company is keen on reflecting the reli- amongst them. “Kuwait’s reaction was very shocking to the total water and irrigation projects it funded Department, EMS, and MOD personnel Services Department - Failaka of the gious as well as traditional humanitari- the terrorist groups, as His Highness the Amir acted in around the globe since establishment have reached on duty in Failaka Island to share the Ministry of Health, as well as the an values and principles to enrich the a fatherly manner and rushed to the scene immediate- about 100 projects worth more than $1.6 billion. The blessings of Ramadan with them in Kuwaiti Army personnel the Ministry of art of giving and to increase bonding ly,” he said. fund’s contribution to support these projects came recognition of the efforts they exert Defense. between individuals. from its conviction in achieving sustainable develop- during the holy month. Zain hosted the annual iftar gather- The company further affirmed its Fourth floor ment, taking into consideration the water shortages Zain’s team traveled to Failaka Island ing as a gesture of gratitude and Corporate Sustainability and Social Municipal Council member and head of Hawally com- and environmental challenges facing the world, the through speedboats to share the iftar appreciation to those men who sacri- Responsibility campaign during the mittee Yousef Al-Ghareeb suggested allowing citizens to KFAED report said. The fund works to support basic meal it hosted with the men on duty in fice their lives and time to the safety Holy Month of Ramadan, which build a fourth floor in private and model residential areas development sectors, said the report, adding that their place of operation. This annual ini- and protection of Kuwait. Zain shares includes an extensive array of programs because many families have grown larger and need the during the past five decades it offered the necessary tiative came as part of Zain’s Corporate the blessings of the holy month of that cover different areas. The initiatives extra space. “The municipality had been turning a blind support for the implementation of about 800 proj- Sustainability and Social Responsibility Ramadan with several sectors of the and programs include humanitarian, eye to this violation for years, so why not allow building a strategy, which aims at growing the community as it sees the importance voluntary, cultural, religious, sports, and ects in more than 100 countries with a total value of fourth floor according to reasonable conditions?” he about $17 billion. —KUNA company’s support for charitable and of recognizing their great efforts and recreational activities to cater to the dif- asked. Current regulations bans building more than social oriented programs. sacrifices. ferent segments of society. three floors for houses in residential areas. Crime Crime Report Report

Woman causes scare after Police find guns, ammo leaving bag in mosque at fugitive’s house KUWAIT: Detectives and state security are looking for an unidentified woman who created fear and chaos among By Hanan Al-Saadoun worshippers in Andalus when she asked them to say the shahada (the Islamic declaration of faith), left a bag and KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior’s Relations and Security fled. A security source said a call was received from wor- Media Department announced that security forces raided shippers who said the fully veiled woman came in, left the the house of Sheikh Athbi Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah to bag and asked them to recite the shahada. The bag did not arrest him in implementation of a court ruling in the infa- contain any illegal substance. mous ‘Fintas Group’ case, in which he was sentenced to five years in prison. Sheikh Athbi could not be found at his Development Compatriots’ row house, the ministry announced, adding that he has been in Plan hiding since the ruling was made. However, security Abu Halifa police arrested an Egyptian man in Mangaf sources said that the force found a Kalashnikov (AK-47) following a complaint from a compatriot accusing him rifle, a gun, four loaded magazines and live ammunition in of having a relationship with his wife and threatening the house, which were all confiscated and legal measures to kill him. The Egyptian, who is a teacher, also accused were accordingly taken. The court had sentenced Sheikh the suspect of encouraging his wife to get a divorce. Athbi and two other royals, as well as two others to five He said he gave her pills to have an abortion, and years in jail for insulting top judges online. threatened to kill her husband (him) if they go to Egypt by hitmen there. A security source said the sus- pect’s place was raided and he was arrested after Vice practices refusing to go to the police station. Eighteen Filipinos were arrested for vice practices at Al-Jarida various massage parlors yesterday, said security Costly gable sources. Case papers indicate that residency detectives had been tipped off concerning indecent practices in Three Indians were caught gambling in a Khaitan yard and some massage parlors in Salmiya. Accordingly, three of Al-Anbaa were referred to residency detectives. The arrests were these centers were raided and the suspects were made when the three fled as soon as they saw police. They arrested red-handed. They were immediately referred will be deported. to health facilities to be medically examined and make sure they are free of infectious diseases. Not for export Not paid By Saleh Al-Shayeji A citizen who owns an Instagram account through Woman hurt in fire which she sells branded items complained to Hawally ost things, not all of them, are usually beautiful, lems should not be shown outside the country’s borders, police against a woman who ordered two purses and a A fire broke out in a Rawda house, said security sources, but the beauty gets deformed by the way people because this would abuse the country of origin. watch, but when the driver delivered them, she did noting that firemen from Shuhada and Hawally rushed to use them. This includes satellite TV channels that Foreign viewers usually get beautiful ideas about coun- not pay. Police checked the woman’s details and found the scene where they evacuated and ventilated the house M were introduced to the Arab world by the 1990s. Those tries, their natural beauty, their clean streets, their people’s she is an Iranian. Police will summon and question her. before controlling the fire. An elderly woman had to be channels were something great, but used by some people kindness and generosity and hospitality on hosting others rushed to hospital for smoke inhalation. Another fire broke in a way that disfigured them and turned them into some- - all of which are beautiful images that remain in their out in a Wafra farm, said security sources, noting that fire- Woman robbed men rushed to the scene and had to call police to break thing more harmful than useful. These channels were minds and memories. However, they may sometimes be destroyed not only by some shocked and their opinions An Egyptian woman told Salmiya police that she was open the farm gate because the guard was not present. robbed by another woman inside a beauty salon. The Firemen found that the fire started in a pile of wood and it programs that are keen on about a certain country may slander and arguments, but change into negative ones on Egyptian said she does not know the woman, who entered was easily controlled without any casualties and before Owners of satellite TV channels the shop soon after opening, immobilized her - injuring spreading to adjacent farms. also by some presenters who watching some disfiguring and love making more and more defaming images on satellite her in the process - and stole KD 520. Descriptions of the must tell the difference between car the suspect was driving were noted by police. money, regardless of how it is TV channels. Motorist injured earned. programs that are good for local Owners of satellite TV chan- These program presenters nels must tell the difference Illicit relationship A citizen was severely injured when he lost control would scrape their societies consumption and others good between programs that are over his vehicle and it flipped between Qasour and and bring out the worst to good for local consumption A call about the kidnapping of a child in Salwa revealed Adan, said security sources, noting that a special squad show on TV through local and for broadcast abroad. and others good for broadcast an illicit relationship between a maid and a Lebanese was dispatched to the scene and found that after satellite broadcasts, which abroad. In this regard, I still man that resulted in pregnancy out of wedlock. Police rolling over several times, the vehicle landed on the destroys the country’s image abroad. They must differenti- remember when the late former minister of information received a call from a female citizen about suspicion of highway metal railing. Inspecting the vehicle, the driv- ate between local broadcasts addressing citizens within Sheikh Saud Nasser Al-Sabah restricted TV coverage of child kidnapping by a maid. Policemen arrested the maid, who was carrying the child. When asked who the er was not found inside because he had been thrown the same country and satellite ones that can been parliamentary sessions to local broadcasts only with the out. Separately, a vehicle caught fire along Abdaly child was, she said it was her son from an illicit relation watched by people worldwide. Not all that is fit for domes- excuse that such matters were “local affairs that are not for highway, said security sources, noting that Jahra fire- with a Lebanese man. The father denied the maid’s tic use is fit for the outer world. All societies worldwide export”! fighters rushed to the scene and controlled the fire. Translated by Kuwait Times claims first, then when DNA tests were mentioned, he The driver was unharmed. may suffer from certain problems and many of those prob- — admitted the boy is his. —Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 A quest to document IS massacre of Iraqi Yazidis Trump asserts thousands in US are ‘sick with hate’ Page 10 Page 8

PURI, India: Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik puts the finishing touches to a sand sculpture at Puri Beach following an attack on a gay nightclub in the US city of Orlando. —AFP Club shooter was a body builder, security guard ‘He was mentally unstable and mentally ill’

FORT PIERCE, Florida: He was a body builder and a securi- official said. Seddique Mir Mateen lavished praise on cur- 2014, Hopper said, officials found that Mateen had ties to “He talked about killing people all the time,” Gilroy told ty guard, a religious man who attended the local mosque rent Afghan President Ashraf Ghani when he appeared on an American suicide bomber. He described the contact as The New York Times. And Gilroy wasn’t surprised when he and wanted to become a police officer. Early Sunday, 29- the show in January 2014, but he has since denounced the minimal, saying it did not constitute a threat at the time. learned of the massacre: “I saw it coming.” Gilroy said year-old Omar Mateen opened fire at a gay nightclub in Ghani government, according to the official, who said that Mateen purchased at least two firearms legally within the Mateen started badgering him and sending dozens of text Orlando. Police said 49 victims died and 53 were wounded. on Saturday, Seddique Mateen appeared on the show last week or so, according to Trevor Velinor of the Bureau of messages to him daily. Gilroy said he reported Mateen’s Mateen also was killed. dressed in military fatigues and used his program to criti- Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Mateen had no criminal behavior to his bosses. Mateen was the son of an Afghan immigrant who had a cize the current Afghan government. He also announced on record. Yusufiy said he wanted to be a police officer and had “I kind of feel a little guilty that I didn’t fight harder,” talk show in the United States, the nature of which was not that show that he would run in the next Afghan presidential applied to the police academy. Mateen was a security guard Gilroy said. “If I didn’t walk away and I fought, then maybe entirely clear: A former Afghan official said the program was election, said the official, who spoke only on condition of at the G4S company, which identifies itself on its website as 50 people would still be alive today.” But Rahman said pro-Taleban and a former colleague said it was enthusiasti- anonymity because he did not want to be linked to cover- “the leading global integrated security company.” Mateen was not, as far as the imam could see, someone cally pro-American. age of the shooting. Daniel Gilroy told multiple news outlets that he worked who would ever commit such a gruesome act of mass vio- He attended evening prayer services at the city’s Islamic with Mateen at G45. Gilroy called him an angry, loud, pro- lence. Rahman said he knew Mateen and his family since Center three to four times a week, most recently with his Inflammatory comments fane man who used slurs for gay people, blacks, Jews and the shooter was a young boy. Playful as a child, he became young son, said Imam Syed Shafeeq Rahman. Although he In 2013, Omar Mateen made inflammatory comments to women. “He never used other words to describe them,” more serious as an adult, Rahman said. He spoke both was not very social, he also showed no signs of violence, co-workers, and he was interviewed twice, FBI agent Ronald Gilroy told the Tampa Bay Times. Mateen also regularly English and Farsi, and was into body building “It was totally Rahman said. He said he last saw Mateen on Friday. Hopper said. He called those interviews inconclusive. In made threats of violence, according to Gilroy. unexpected,” Rahman said. —AP “When he finished prayer he would just leave,” Rahman told The Associated Press. “He would not socialize with any- body. He would be quiet. He would be very peaceful.” He was also bipolar, Mateen’s ex-wife, Sitora Yusufiy, told reporters in Boulder, Colorado. “He was mentally unstable and mentally ill,” Yusufiy said. Although records show the couple didn’t divorce for two years after the marriage, Yusiufiy said she was actually only with Mateen for four months because he was abusive. She said he would not let her speak to her family and that family members had to come and literally pull her out of his arms.

‘Nothing to do with IS’ Authorities immediately began investigating whether Sunday’s attack was an act of terrorism. A law enforcement official said the gunman made a 911 call from the nightclub professing allegiance to the leader of the Islamic State, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. The law enforcement official is familiar with the investi- gation but was not authorized to discuss the matter pub- licly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Yusufiy said she was “devastated, shocked, started shaking and crying” when she heard about the shooting, but she attributed the vio- lence to Mateen’s mental illness, not any alliance with ter- rorist groups. Rahman agreed. “My personal opinion is that this has nothing to do with ISIS,” he said. Seddique Mir Mateen, the father of the alleged shooter, is a life insurance salesman who started a group in 2010 called Durand Jirga, Inc, according to Qasim Tarin, a businessman from California who was a Durand Jirga board member. The name refers to the Durand line, the long dis- puted border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Tarin said Seddique Mir Mateen had a television show on which they discussed issues facing Afghanistan. “It’s shocking,” he said about the shooting. “(Omar Mateen’s) father loves this coun- try.” Some of Seddique Mir Mateen’s shows were taped and later posted on YouTube. During one episode, a sign in the background read: “Long live the USA! Long live Afghanistan. ... Afghans are the best friends to the USA.” But a former Afghan official said the “Durand Jirga Show” appears on Payam-e-Afghan, a California-based channel that supports ethnic solidarity with the Afghan Taliban, which are mostly Pashtun. Viewers from Pashtun communi- ties in the United States regularly call in to the channel to espouse support for Pashtun domination of Afghanistan over the nation’s minorities, including Hazaras, Tajiks and Uzbeks, the official said. The “Durand Jirga Show” expresses support for the Taleban, has an anti-Pakistan slant, complains about for- eigners in Afghanistan and criticizes US actions there, the TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Israel extends detention for Palestinian clown

JERUSALEM: Israel has extended the without trial for periods of six months, release, saying Israel believes he is a this year said it was “deeply concerned” with the aim of preventing further detention without trial of Palestinian cir- renewable indefinitely. member of the leftist Popular Front for over the detention of Abu Sakha, who attacks in the meantime. The system has cus performer Mohammad Abu Sakha for “Administrative detention order the Liberation of Palestine, which is con- has been part of the Palestinian Circus been criticized by Palestinians, human another six months, his circus school said extended (for) another six months. Our sidered a terrorist group by Israel due to School in Bir Zeit in the occupied West rights groups and members of the inter- yesterday. Abu Sakha, 24, was arrested on hearts are heavy,” a statement from the its armed wing. Bank since 2008, first as a student and lat- national community. More than 7,500 December 14 in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian Circus School said. The Israeli Israel has not publicly confirmed the er as a clown and teacher. Palestinians are currently in Israeli jails, of and held since January in administrative army did not immediately confirm or reason for detaining him. The Palestinian Administrative detention is intended whom around 700 are held under admin- detention, the controversial measure deny the extension. Amnesty Performing Arts Network, representing to allow authorities to hold suspects istrative detention, according to under which Israel can hold suspects International has called for Abu Sakha’s artists and cultural institutions, earlier while continuing to gather evidence, Palestinian rights groups. —AFP A quest to document IS massacre of Iraqi Yazidis Compiling evidence for a future criminal prosecution

DOHUK, Iraq: The walls and even record. “I’m pretty sure that if we west two years ago and thousands suffering is recognized. “The the windows of Bahzad Farhan don’t do it now, after 20 years no- more, mostly women and chil- interview was good,” Murad said Murad’s office are covered with one will remember. And they will dren, were taken into captivity. after an hour, emerging from the lists. They name the thousands of say, ‘nothing happened to the Most of the population - some tent. “But I need to see her two or people who were killed or are still Yazidis,” he said. 400,000 Yazidis - were displaced three more times because she missing after the Islamic State from their homes. was in their hands for more than group launched an attack on Religious minority Murad demonstrated his deter- a year. I will document every unarmed Yazidi communities in Iraq’s Yazidi community - a mination to gather detailed stage of her story.” northwestern Iraq nearly two small and isolated religious minor- accounts when he recently visited years ago. ity that combines elements of a Yazidi woman in a camp for the Monumental task The 28-year-old Yazidi has been Islam, Zoroastrism and Christianity displaced on the outskirts of Murad’s quest for detail magni- documenting crimes against his - has been repeatedly persecuted Dohuk, a city in Iraq’s semiau- fies what already seems a monu- FALLUJAH: Smoke rises after airstrikes by US-led coalition warplanes as Iraqi community ever since the August by successive governments and tonomous Kurdish region. The mental task. He photographed security forces advance their positions in the southern neighborhoods of 2014 attack. He is collecting data invading armies. Murad thinks it is woman, who asked to remain each item the woman had with her when she escaped, as he does with Fallujah to retake the city from Islamic State militants. —AP all the women he interviews. The pictures go into the victim’s file, along with the description of their Aid group says 4,000 case and other personal details. Alongside the case files, his home garage has many boxes of these more flee Fallujah items: the clothes they were wear- ing, bags, water bottles, even small BAGHDAD: More than 4,000 people have started in late May to 27,580. bank notes. fled the Islamic State-held city of Fallujah in Thousands more are expected to take He says he’s aware of the dan- Iraq after government forces retook a key the risky journey in the coming hours, NRC ger of taking on too big a task, but road to the IS stronghold over the weekend, said, adding that some refugees reported IS he doesn’t think there is another an aid group said on yesterday. militants were demanding 150,000 Iraqi way to document the extent of the Along with roadside bombs planted by Dinars, or around $130, from each person to atrocity. “Everything - the mas- the militants, an estimated number of let them leave. The aid group warned that sacres, the disappearances - is con- 50,000 civilians who remain trapped inside humanitarian resources are running low and nected with everything else. It has Fallujah, located about 40 miles west of called for at least $10 million for a six to be documented in its entirety,” Baghdad, have slowed down the Iraqi forces’ months’ supply of water, food and basic he said. Murad works independ- operation to recapture the city. Fallujah has necessities. ently and is self-funded, helped by been under IS control for over two years - “Thousands of others remain trapped a few volunteers. Coming from a the last major city in western Iraq still held inside and the most vulnerable will need well-off family, he says he doesn’t by the extremist group. The militants have urgent assistance,” said NRC Country have to worry about money and threatened anyone who attempts to flee Director in Iraq Nasr Muflahi. On Sunday, the has nothing else to do. with death and last week they reportedly Iraqi command announced that key areas to The files are not yet being pub- shot at a group of civilians attempting to the west of Fallujah have been taken and lished; he says he’s merely at the flee across the Euphrates River. that Iraqi forces pushed deeper into the city stage of collecting information. He The Norwegian Refugee Council, which from its southern edges. US-trained Iraqi is tentatively planning to display works with refugees and internally displaced counterterrorism forces, wary of coming the objects in a museum and pub- Iraqis, said the 4,000 who fled since Saturday street battles in the city, are already facing lish the case files on a website. bring the total number of residents who fierce resistance on the outskirts from well- DOHUK: In this May 22, 2016 photo, Bahzad Farhan Murad talks to The Associated Press in the Various other Iraqi organizations escaped Fallujah since the Iraqi offensive entrenched militants. —AP small office where he collects evidence on crimes against Yazidis. —AP are also working to document the massacres and disappearances, on as many victims as he can, crucial to document the most anonymous because she still fears and Iraq’s Kurdish regional govern- gathering information on the men recent massacres in detail. “I was for her safety, had escaped from ment has exhumed some of the Armed clashes in Iran kill who were executed in groups, the told several times by my father the IS-held Iraqi city of Mosul five mass graves in which dozens of women who were captured and and grandfather about the mas- months earlier. Murad asked her to murdered Yazidi men are buried. 10 militants, policeman forced into sexual slavery, the chil- sacres that happened to the recount every stage of her capture The size of the job doesn’t seem dren who were indoctrinated in Yazidis, how they killed the men and time in captivity, repeating to deter Murad, although he TEHRAN: Ten militants and a police officer sion later yesterday reported six more extremist training camps. To date, and took the children and the every question, checking every admits that he has felt briefly over- have been killed in separate armed clash- deaths in armed clashes in the south- he has conducted hundreds of women. I was reluctant to believe detail and then recording the whelmed at times. “We have to es in Iran, local media reported yesterday. eastern Sistan-Baluchistan province. One interviews and produced detailed it because it (the story) was told in answers on forms. prove for history that it was the Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards killed five police officer and five militants were files on over 2,400 victims. different ways by different peo- The woman’s family seemed fully-planned intention of IS to Kurdish rebels near the country’s north- killed in the fighting, which pitted Murad says his aim is to help ple,” he says. happy to cooperate. Her brother eliminate the Yazidis, to commit western border with Iraq, an official state- Iranian forces against the Sunni militant the victims by gathering as much According to the United said she doesn’t know whether genocide against them. It is for ment said. “A team of five from the PJAK group Jaish-ul Adl. evidence as possible to assist a Nations, about 5,000 Yazidi men any good will come of Murad’s history and for our next genera- terrorist splinter group... has been identi- Officials recovered “large amounts of future criminal prosecution and were killed by IS militants when efforts, but that he appreciated tions to know what happened to fied and destroyed in the Sardasht region” explosives” after the clashes, state tele- by preserving the historical they took control of Iraq’s north- his determination to ensure their us,” he said. —AP on the Iraqi border, a Guards statement vision website said. Tehran accuses said on its official website. Jaish-ul Adl of having links with Al- It said the group was responsible for Qaeda. The group has conducted sever- the death of three members of Iran’s al armed attacks inside Iranian territory Basij militia more than a month ago. No in recent years. PJAK-the Party of Free Libyan govt advance further details were provided about the Life of Kurdistan-is an Iranian Kurdish operation. The last reported clashes party with close links to the Turkish between Kurdish rebels and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK). Kurdish Revolutionary Guards were in rebels periodically attack Iranian armed September, when two rebels and two forces near the border with Iraq’s slows as IS hits back Iranian soldiers were killed. State televi- Kurdish region. —AFP

SIRTE: An intense fight back by the Islamic State street battle, IS militants holed up in the central ties,” he said. The AFP journalist filmed pro-gov- group in Libya’s Sirte slowed an advance by pro- and northern parts of the city hit back with ernment fighters firing assault rifles at IS posi- government forces yesterday into the jihadists’ sniper fire, improvised explosives and suicide car tions from inside buildings on the edge of the North African stronghold. Forces allied with bombings. Three IS fighters drove cars laden city. One fighter was injured and lay on the steps Libya’s unity government made rapid gains in with explosives at pro-government troops and a next to building as his colleagues shouted for Sirte last week, pushing IS out of the port and field hospital on Sunday, killing at least one medical assistance. “The infantry has advanced the airport on the edges of the coastal city, 450 fighter and injuring four others, a unity govern- inside Sirte with a great deal of effort,” said kilometres east of the capital Tripoli. ment spokesman told AFP. Mohammed Al-Fadel, a pro-government fighter. But the advance, under cover of air strikes A group of pro-government fighters respond- and heavy artillery, slowed as pro-government ed by attacking IS positions at the main western Unified command fighters reached residential areas near the city entrance to the city on Sunday afternoon. They IS-which is estimated to have some 5,000 centre. Most of Sirte’s residents have fled but came under intense fire from the jihadists and fighters in Libya-seized control of Sirte last year officials have said some 30,000 civilians remain withdrew as evening fell, an AFP journalist at the and turned it into its main base of operations in in the city. “We are trying to advance slowly scene reported. A pro-government fighter was North Africa. The loss of the city would be a today,” a member of the operations command injured by sniper fire during the operation and major setback for the group, which has also told AFP. “There are no big clashes so far, but the taken out of the area. been losing territory in Syria and Iraq where IS most important thing is that we are trying to But another fighter involved in the battle established its self-declared “caliphate” in 2014. advance.” sounded an upbeat note on the operation. “Our The forces battling to oust the jihadists from BEIRUT: Bank employees check their damaged offices after a bomb explod- As the fighting degenerated into a street-by- ground forces will advance despite the difficul- Sirte include militias from western cities, notably ed outside the headquarters of Blom Bank Sunday evening. —AP Misrata, and the guards of eastern oil installa- tions that IS has repeatedly tried to seize. Under the command of Libya’s UN-backed Government Lebanon banks say blast of National Accord (GNA), they launched the assault on Sirte, the hometown of Libya’s ousted aims to ‘rattle’ stability dictator Moamer Kadhafi, a month ago. Directed from a joint command centre in BEIRUT: Lebanese banks yesterday warned a “terrorist group” by the US. Misrata, 190 kilometers to the northwest, pro- that the country’s financial sector was at risk Last month, Lebanon’s central bank GNA forces have deployed tanks, rocket launch- after a bomb blast outside a major bank in a instructed the country’s banks and financial ers and artillery in the fight for the city. Forces western part of the capital. The explosion institutions to comply with the new meas- from Misrata-that have an arsenal that includes late Sunday night blew out the entire glass ure against the Lebanese Shiite group. MiG fighter jets and attack helicopters-carried facade of the headquarters of BLOM BANK, Hezbollah has fiercely criticized the law and out dozens of air raids against IS. one of the country’s largest, but only one accused central bank governor Riad Pro-GNA forces entered Sirte last week, tak- person was lightly wounded. Salameh of “yielding” to Washington’s ing the city’s port on Friday and advancing on After an emergency meeting on Monday demands. residential areas in the city’s east. Following rap- morning, the Association of Lebanese Banks BLOM BANK yesterday morning said id gains, a spokesman for the pro-GNA forces condemned the attack, which it said “hurt none of the documents stored at its head- predicted on Thursday the city would fall “in two the entire banking sector and aims to rattle quarters were damaged in the attack. or three days”. But the advance slowed over the economic stability.” “The Association is sub- Interior Minister Nuhad Mashnuq told weekend, as IS responded with machineguns, ject to the applicable Lebanese laws and to AFP the blast was caused by a bomb con- mortar rounds and sniper fire, as well as car the Central Bank’s circulars,” the statement taining about 3-4 kilos of explosives. bombings. According to medical sources in said. Politicians and local media have linked Several Beirut newspapers known to be SIRTE: Forces loyal to Libya’s UN-backed unity government patrol the city of Sirte, Misrata, at least 140 pro-GNA fighters had been the attack to a law voted in December by critical of Hezbollah said the explosion 450 kilometers east of Tripoli, during an operation to recapture the city from the killed and 500 wounded since the operation the US Congress to impose sanctions on was a “message” to banks complying with Islamic State (IS) Jihadists. —AFP began on May 12. —AFP banks that deal with Hezbollah, considered the ruling. —AFP

INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 Cambodia oppn activists jailed for ‘insurrection’

PHNOM PENH: A Cambodian court yes- terday. The three men were arrested last of rigging the previous year’s elections. headquarter since late May after armed vowed to crack down on any demon- terday sentenced three more opposition year after another 11 opposition officials The CNRP are currently involved in a police last month tried to arrest him. strations. “I tell you first that I won’t toler- activists to seven years each in prison and activists were jailed on the same fresh standoff with the authorities. Hun Sen’s government has denied tar- ate them. Authorities must keep security over their alleged roles in post election charges-including three who received Secret phone calls allegedly between geting Kem Sokha but has gone on to and social order,” he said. protests that turned violent two years 20-year sentences. The convictions, con- the party’s deputy leader Kem Sokha arrest dozens of critics in recent weeks. Hun Sen has ruled Cambodia with an ago. The jailings come as political ten- demned as politically motivated by and a mistress were released earlier this Among them are human rights defend- iron fist for more than three decades. But sions in Cambodia soar with the opposi- rights groups, stem from clashes year. He is now wanted for questioning ers, environmental campaigners, monks, the opposition’s popularity has grown tion party embroiled in a sex scandal between protesters and authorities in by a court after a prostitution investiga- students, opposition party activists and amid growing disillusionment with the and strongman Prime Minister Hun Sen July 2014 during a demonstration tion was launched against the woman. politicians. endemic corruption, rights abuses and accused of carrying out a fresh crack- against the closure of Freedom Park, a But he has refused to be interviewed, Am Sam Ath, of local rights group political repression under his watch. The down against critics. key site for public rallies in Phnom Penh. arguing that the police investigation is Licadho, said yesteday’s jailing would premier’s main rival, opposition leader Three youth members of the Dozens of security officers and several politically motivated. fuel further political resentment. “The Sam Rainsy, has been forced to live in Cambodian National Rescue Party protesters were injured in the clashes. At political situation is tense now, and the self-imposed exile abroad to avoid arrest (CNRP) were found guilty of insurrection the time the park was a rallying point for Targeting critics sentences will add to the heat,” he said. warrants that he says are politically by the Phnom Penh Municipal court yes- Hun Sen’s opponents who accused him He has holed himself up in the CNRP’s In a speech yesterday morning, Hun Sen motivated. —AFP

Court to mull expulsion of cyber bully suspect

THE HAGUE: An Amsterdam court will of young women from as far afield as the today begin deliberating whether to extra- United States, Britain and Netherlands into dite a Dutchman to Canada on charges performing sex acts in front of their web- linked to the cyberbullying of a teenager cams. In a YouTube video watched by mil- who committed suicide in 2012. lions worldwide, Todd, 15, said before her Prosecutors allege the suspect, identified death that she suffered from anxiety, as Aydin C. by Dutch media, blackmailed “major depression” and panic attacks after a “dozens” of girls on the Internet into per- photo of her breasts, flashed in an online forming lewd acts, threatening to post video chat with a stranger, was distributed videos of earlier sex acts if they failed to in her community. comply. She said she withdrew from those He was linked to the case of 15-year-old around her and turned to drugs and alco- Amanda Todd, from the Canadian province hol, and “cried every night.” In the video, of British Colombia, who committed sui- Todd said she lost friends due to the con- cide in October 2012 after being torment- troversy, suffered a schoolyard beating over ed by an anonymous cyberbully. The a boy and had to change schools several teenager’s death sparked a debate in times to escape blackmail. “I have nobody. I Canada and worldwide about appropriate need someone,” she said. online behaviour, and prompted calls for Aydin C. is currently detained in The bullying to be criminalised. Netherlands for producing and disseminat- Aydin C. was arrested in January 2014 in ing child pornography and his Dutch trial the southern Dutch town of Tilburg. will take place “after the summer,” the Tuesday’s hearing “is to examine whether Amsterdam court spokeswoman added. He or not to extradite him. The judgement will is also suspected by the Canadian authori- follow in a couple of weeks,” court spokes- ties of extortion, soliciting children on the woman Soemisa Zeiani told AFP on Internet for sexual purposes, threats and Monday. harassment, the Dutch press agency ANP The man is suspected of forcing dozens said. — AFP

PITTSBURGH: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, June 11, 2016 at a private hanger at Man arrested in California Greater Pittsburgh International Airport. — AP with rifles and chemicals Trump asserts thousands SANTA MONICA: Police and FBI agents told officers he wanted to “harm” the gay were working to figure out why a man pride event, but she later corrected her from Indiana had three assault rifles and statement to say only that Howell said he chemicals used in making explosives in his was going to the parade. A Facebook page in US are ‘sick with hate’ car some 2,000 miles from home in that apparently is Howell’s includes photos Southern California, where he told the of the white Acura he was driving in Santa officers arresting him that he was headed Monica. The postings are unremarkable. to a gay pride parade. There’s no enmity toward gays or notable ‘Muslims living here know who they are’ Santa Monica police and the FBI, which political activism. One post says he’s sign- was leading the investigation, were exam- ing a petition to legalize marijuana. WASHINGTON: Republican Donald Trump paign. Instead, she said the country must “redou- ment official confirmed to The Associated Press ining the intentions of James Wesley The page’s most recent public post, from asserted yesterday there are thousands of peo- ble our efforts” to defend the country, including that Mateen made a 911 call from the club dur- Howell, 20, who told police he was going to June 3, shows a photo comparing an Adolf ple living in the United States “sick with hate” “defeating international terror groups, working ing which he professed allegiance to the leader LA Pride in West Hollywood, an event that Hitler quote to one from Hillary Clinton. An and capable of carrying out the sort of massacre with allies and partners to go after them wher- of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr Al- annually draws hundreds of thousands of anti-Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders photo was that killed at least 50 people in a Florida night- ever they are, countering their attempts to Baghdadi. The official was familiar with the people. His arrest came just a few hours posted in February. The site said Howell club. “We can’t let people in. ... We have to be recruit people here and everywhere, and hard- investigation but not authorized to discuss the after at least 50 people were shot and killed worked as an auditor for a company that very, very strong,” the presumptive Republican ening our defenses at home.” matter publicly and spoke on condition of in a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, makes air filters. Howell was charged in presidential nominee said in one of a host of Hours after Obama spoke, a law enforce- anonymity.—AP though police said they had found no evi- October in Clark County, Indiana, with broadcast interviews he undertook in advance dence of a connection between the events. pointing a firearm at someone, and with of a speech he planned later yesterday in New Howell, of Jeffersonville, was arrested intimidation. He made a deal with prosecu- Hampshire. “The problem is we have thousands around 5 am after residents called police to tors in April to plead guilty only to the mis- of people right now in our country. You have UN rights chief slams growing report suspicious behavior by a man who demeanor people that were born in this country” who are parked his white Acura sedan facing the intimidation charge. He was given susceptible to becoming “radicalized,” the bil- migrant detention in Europe wrong way. When officers arrived they saw one-year prison sentence that the judge lionaire real estate mogul told Fox News GENEVA: The UN’s human rights chief voiced He pointed out that EU countries so far have an assault rifle sitting in Howell’s passenger suspended in favor of strict probation Channel’s “Fox & Friends. He claimed that there alarm yesterday at the increasing detention of managed to relocate fewer than one percent of seat, Santa Monica police Lt Saul Rodriguez that prohibited him from having are Muslims living here who “know who they migrants in Europe, including unaccompanied the 160,000 people they have committed to said. That prompted them to search the weapons. A friend of Howell’s, 18-year- are” and said it was time to “turn them in.” children, amid widespread anti-migrant rheto- taking from overwhelmed Greece and Italy. He whole car. They found two more assault old Joseph Greeson, said Howell’s parents Trump, who got embroiled in controversy ric across the continent. As Europe faces its urged European countries to “find a way to rifles, high-capacity magazines and ammu- in Jeffersonville hadn’t seen him for days early in the presidential sweepstakes when he biggest migration crisis since the aftermath of address the current migration crisis consistent- nition and a five-gallon bucket with chemi- and that they called Greeson’s parents advocated a ban on Muslims being admitted to World War II, UN rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al ly and in a manner that respects the rights of cals that could be used to make an explo- looking for him. Greeson told the Los the United States, said “there are people out Hussein said he had sent staff members to the people concerned,” and to “remove hysteria sive device, police said. Angeles Times that he and Howell are in a there with worse intentions” than the perpetra- assess areas along the main migration routes in and panic from the equation.” Santa Monica Police Chief Jacqueline car club together and that Howell had a tor of the shootings in Orlando early Sunday. the central Mediterranean and Balkans. This, he said, was particularly important in Seabrooks initially tweeted that Howell gun collection.—AP “They have to report these people,” he said. “They have observed a worrying increase in the context of a controversial deal between the detention of migrants in Europe, including in European Union (EU) and Turkey in March, Muslim ban the hotspots, (which are) essentially vast under which migrants not entitled to asylum Trump planned later yesterday to further mandatory confinement areas which have are to be deported from Greece back across address the deadliest shooting in modern US been set up in Greece and Italy,” he told the the Aegean. Zeid also decried “the widespread history in a campaign speech originally intended opening of the UN Human Rights Council’s sec- anti-migrant rhetoric that we have heard, span- to attack Hillary Clinton, the presumptive ond annual session. “Even unaccompanied ning the length and breadth of the European Democratic nominee. That switch came a day children are frequently placed in prison cells or continent.” “This fosters a climate of divisive- after Trump called for Clinton to drop out of the centers ringed with barbed-wire,” he said, ness, xenophobia and even, as in Bulgaria, vigi- race for president if she didn’t use the words insisting “detention is never in the best inter- lante violence,” he said. “radical Islam” to describe the Florida nightclub ests of the child.” Before they reach Europe, many migrants massacre. Zeid urged the EU to collect data on are meanwhile suffering horrible human rights Trump will retool his talk in New Hampshire migrant detentions by member states, warning abuses in chaos-wracked Libya, the UN rights to “further address this terrorist attack, immigra- that “the figures would, I fear, be very shock- warned. He decried “disturbing reports of tion and national security,” his campaign said ing.” More than one million people made the many migrants in Libya being subjected to Sunday. A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle journey to Europe in 2015, the majority fleeing prolonged arbitrary detention, attacks and and handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay war in Syria and the Middle East, and a further unlawful killings, torture and other ill-treat- nightclub in Orlando early Sunday, killing at 208,000 have come since January, according to ment, sexual violence and abduction for ran- least 50 people before dying in a gunfight with UN figures. som.” UN staff visiting a migrant detention police. Another 53 people were hospitalized, More than 2,850 people have died trying to centre in the country found “dozens of peo- most in critical condition. Authorities identified SANTA MONICA: Investigators record the scene from a car belonging to a heavily cross the Mediterranean so far this year. Faced ple crammed into storage rooms without the shooter as Omar Mateen, a 29-year-old US armed man after he was arrested. — AP with the influx, the UN rights chief warned that space to lie down.” He urged EU countries citizen from Fort Pierce, Florida. in many countries were showing “a strong attempting to cooperate with Libya on Trump’s hardline approach to fighting Islamic trend that overturns international commit- migration and border management to only terrorism was a hallmark of his primary cam- ments, refuses basic humanity, and slams do so “in full respect for the human rights of paign. Besides proposing a temporary prohibi- 5 arrested for training child to doors in the face of human beings in need.” the people involved.” — AFP tion on foreign Muslims from entering the coun- pretend he was president’s son try, he has and advocated using waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods to try to LA PAZ: Bolivia has arrested five people for alive before recently changing her story. stave off future attacks. allegedly coaching a boy to pretend he was A former manager at Chinese engineer- In the hours after the Orlando shooting, President Evo Morales’ son, and paying his ing group CAMC, Zapata, 28, has been Trump issued a statement calling on President family, in a soap opera-style scandal that accused of using her ties to the president to Barack Obama to resign for refusing “to even say has riveted the country, officials said land $560 million in government contracts the words ‘radical Islam’” in his response to the Saturday. “The boy was told his entire edu- for the company. The case exploded onto attack. He said Clinton should exit the presiden- cation would be paid for, that he would be the political scene just as Bolivia prepared tial race if she does the same. given a plot of land, in addition to as much to hold a referendum on whether to change In an address from the White House, Obama as $15,000 to the boy’s parents,” top prose- the constitution to allow Morales, 56, to run called the tragedy an act of terror and hate. He cutor Ramiro Guerrero told reporters. for a fourth term. Morales, who has been in did not talk about religious extremists. He said The detained suspects were not imme- office since 2006, went on to lose the the FBI would investigate the shootings in the diately identified. But they are close to February 21 vote. He underwent court- gay nightclub as terrorism, but added the gun- Gabriela Zapata, a former girlfriend of the ordered DNA testing in April to resolve the man’s motivations were unclear. Yesterday he single president, with whom he had a son paternity case. But Zapata refused to pres- said “we’re led by a man that either is not tough, who died in 2009, Guerrero said. They were ent the child for testing, saying the state not smart, or he’s got something else in mind. charged with conspiracy, people trafficking medical officials in charge could fake the People cannot believe that President Obama is and blocking the execution of government results. Amid the scandal, Congress opened acting the way he is and cannot even mention obligations. Morales, Bolivia’s first indige- an investigation after the government radical Islam.” nous president, acknowledged he had a admitted Zapata used state offices and Like Obama, Clinton called the shootings acts child with Zapata, but said the boy died employees to carry out CAMC business, but of terror and hate, but did not use the words ATHENS: Children pose in a makeshift camp at the old Athens airport. – AFP soon after birth. Zapata had insisted he was ruled Morales was not at fault. —AFP radical Islam in a statement released by her cam- TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Bangladesh anti-militant arrests now more than 8k Govt accused of suppressing political dissent

DHAKA: Bangladesh police claims of responsibility by the Ahmed told AFP. Hasan, an expert on political said yesterday they have Islamic State (IS) group and a “Police have said several sus- Islam, said the crackdown arrested more than 8,000 peo- South Asian branch of Al- pected militants have been risked further alienating hard- ple in a nationwide crackdown Qaeda and say they have no shot dead in crossfire. Instead liners who feel they have no launched after a wave of mur- presence in the country. of putting them into trials, choice but to join the militants. ders targeting minorities and Premier Hasina accuses the these suspected militants are A previous government secular activists. Authorities main opposition Bangladesh being eliminated in cold crackdown on government have come under mounting Nationalist Party (BNP) and its blood.” Last week an elderly opponents-including a ban on international pressure to end Islamist party ally, Jamaat-e- Hindu priest was found nearly Jamaat-following a protracted the attacks in which nearly 50 Islami, of orchestrating the decapitated in a rice field, political crisis is widely blamed people have been killed over the last three years, many hacked to death with machetes. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina vowed at the weekend to catch LAHORE: Hassan Khan shows the picture of his wife Zeenat Bibi, who was “each and every killer” and yes- burnt alive by her mother, on his cellphone at his residence. —AFP terday police spokesman Kamrul Ahsan said 3,245 sus- Pakistani clerics declare pects had been arrested, rais- ing the total to 8,192 since ‘honor killing’ un-Islamic Friday. Opposition parties have accused the government of using the crackdown to sup- LAHORE: A group of Pakistani clerics half of Pakistanis live. “Considering any press political dissent. has issued a fatwa, or religious ruling, killing in the name of honor to be justi- Deputy inspector general of declaring “honor killing” over perceived fied is heresy,” the council said in a press national police AKM Shahidur damage to a family’s reputation against release. Last Friday, a father in the east- Rahman said most of those the teaching of Islam, and anyone who ern city of Lahore, the capital of Punjab, arrested were criminal sus- carries out such an attack a heretic. killed his daughter and her husband pects with existing warrants Hundreds of Pakistanis, the vast because he disapproved of their mar- against them, rather than sus- majority women and girls, are mur- riage. pected militants. “Only a frac- dered every year by relatives after Last month, a 16-year-old girl tion of the people who have being accused of damaging a family’s accused of helping a young couple been arrested are members of honor. Most cases involve young elope was killed and her body set on Islamist militant groups,” he women trying to choose partners fire, in a case that again brought into said. The crackdown comes against a family’s wishes. The ruling by the national spotlight. Last year, more after five suspected Islamist the Sunni Ittehad Council, which than 500 men and women were mur- militants were shot dead in includes more than 100 prominent cler- dered in such, according to the Human DHAKA: A Bangladeshi man arrested during a nationwide crackdown on militants looks out of a gunbattles with police in ics, comes after a string of particularly Rights Commission of Pakistan. The toll prison van outside a court. —AFP recent days. shocking killings including the burning this year, as of yesterday, was 233, the It is thought to have been trig- killings to destabilize the while a Christian grocer was for pushing many to death by a mother of a 16 year-old group said. gered by the murder this month country. hacked to death near a church. Bangladeshis towards extrem- girl who eloped with a young man. “It Most suspects in honor killings are of Mahmuda Begum, wife of a top IS claimed responsibility for ism. “While fighting militants seems we are moving towards an age never prosecuted. The religious council anti-terror police officer. The offi- Hindu priest decapitated those murders as well as that on the ground is important, of barbarism,” the council said in its fat- called on the government to amend cer had led several high-profile A BNP spokesman said of a 62-year-old Hindu winning hearts and minds of wa issued on Sunday, a rare edict on laws that allow family members to “for- operations against the banned police had detained more monastery worker on Friday. people is crucial so that more the problem in the Muslim majority give” perpetrators in killings over hon- group Jamayetul Mujahideen than 2,100 of its activists Bangladesh is officially secu- people do not join militancy,” country of 190 million people. or, which means charges are often Bangladesh (JMB), members of across the country. “Police lar, but around 90 percent of its said Hasan, of Dhaka’s “Burning women alive for marrying by dropped. In February, Prime Minister which were among those arrest- have arrested and harassed 160 million-strong population University of Liberal Arts. their choice is against the teachings of Nawaz Sharif praised an Oscar-winning ed in the latest sweep. opposition activists and ordi- is Muslim. Other victims have National police chief Shahidul Islam.” Pakistani film on honor killings, raising JMB is one of two local nary people in the name of included liberal activists and Hoque defended the crack- The council is affiliated with the hope among activists that long-pend- groups blamed by the govern- the crackdown. Also many of secular bloggers along with down, saying only those sus- Barelvi sect of Sunni Islam, the largest ing legislation on the issue would be ment for most of the recent our activists have fled their two foreigners and two gay pected of wrongdoing were sect in Pakistan, and it holds significant passed. However, no progress has been killings. Authorities reject homes, fearing arrests,” Rizvi rights activists. Mubashar being picked up. —AFP influence in Punjab province, where made. —Reuters Soldiers clash at Khyber Pass border: Officials

TORKHAM, Pakistan: Pakistani and Afghan soldiers ing militants and said it was constructing a border gate clashed overnight at the main border crossing at the end near Torkham, a Pakistani town close to the frontier, to pre- of the Khyber Pass, officials said yesterday, with at least one vent militants crossing from Afghanistan into Pakistan. killed and several wounded, further straining relations “In order to check movement of terrorists through between the militancy-plagued neighbors. One Afghan Torkham, Pakistan is constructing a gate on its own side of soldier was killed and six were wounded, an Afghan official the border as a necessity to check unwanted and illegal said. The Pakistani army said one of its soldiers was wound- movement,” Pakistan’s army said in a statement. “Pakistani ed in the fighting at the Torkham Gate crossing in the security forces responded to Afghan firing effectively.” mountainous region of northwestern Pakistan and eastern Ayub Hussainkhil, border police commander in eastern Afghanistan. Afghanistan, said the fighting at the Torkham Gate stopped Both countries blamed each other for starting the fight- at 5 am on yesterday. ing, which broke out at roughly 9 p.m. local time on “We have received reinforcement and are ready to Sunday and continued into the night. “We currently have defend our country until the last drop of blood in our bod- agreed on a ceasefire with #Pakistan. We hope this prob- ies,” he said. The Pakistan-Afghanistan border has long lem will end through the work by diplomatic addresses,” remained porous and disputed. Afghanistan has blocked the Afghan government’s chief executive, Abdullah repeated attempts by Pakistan to build a fence on sections Abdullah, said on Twitter. “The current fight Pakistan start- of the roughly 2,200-km long frontier, rejecting the con- ed doesn’t help anyone’s interest.” tours of the boundary. Last month, Pakistan build a border Relations between the neighbours have been strained post between Pakistan’s South Waziristan and in recent months. Kabul has accused Pakistan of harbour- Afghanistan’s Paktika province and handed it over to ing militants seeking to topple the Afghan government, Afghan officials. Hours later, Afghan authorities shut the including the notorious Haqqani network, blamed for post, saying that the actual border lay about a kilometer high-profile attacks in the capital. Pakistan denies support- inside Pakistani territory. —Reuters Thai king improving after heart operation: Palace

BANGKOK: Thailand’s ailing King along political lines. Anxiety over impossible because of the world’s Bhumibol Adulyadej is recovering what will happen after his reign ends strictest lese majeste laws. well after a recent operation to is considered an aggravating factor improve blood flow to his heart, the in the country’s past decade of Pilot jokes about palace said, the latest in a series of tumultuous politics, as competing crashing PM plane major medical procedures for the elites jostle for power and influence Meanwhile, Thai budget airline 88-year-old. Bhumibol is the object before the transition. Information on carrier Nok Air apologized yesterday of an intense personality cult and his the monarchy is tightly controlled after one of its pilots joked about frail health is a matter of significant by the palace. Throughout much of crashing a plane carrying ousted public concern. the last two years of Bhumibol’s premier Yingluck Shinawatra. The On Tuesday doctors performed a hospitalisation, updates have been gaffe highlights how hatred towards series of angioplasty procedures rare. But in recent weeks the palace the Shinawatra political clan still without anaesthetic, using balloons has issued a string of health runs deep two years after Yingluck’s and stents to widen multiple arteries announcements. administration was toppled by a mil- in his heart. In the latest update on Last month doctors announced itary coup. his health released by the palace late that he had been successfully treat- The pilot’s comments were made Sunday, doctors said the king was ed for hydrocephalus as well as a in a social media chat group used by making progress with blood pres- lung and knee infection. Bhumibol Nok Air pilots that was later leaked. sure and breathing back to normal. has not been seen by the public In it a pilot posted a picture of An electrocardiogram also since September when the palace Yingluck about to board their Nok showed improved bloodflow to the released a video of him being taken Air flight over the weekend. One heart, the statement added. The king in his wheelchair to visit a shop chat member responded with “We is confined to a wheelchair and inside Bangkok’s Siriraj hospital. have prey on board”. Another then rarely seen in public. He has spent Shoppers and attendants knelt and added “CFIT”. most of the past two years hospi- bowed as he passed by. CFIT is an aviation acronym for talised in Bangkok for a series of ail- An official photograph of him “controlled flight into terrain”, a term ments, including bacterial infections, attending a ceremony was released used to describe when a pilot unin- breathing difficulties and hydro- by the palace in December, while tentionally crashes a plane that has cephalus (water on the brain). officials also released a statement in no technical problems. Panthongtae Bhumibol is the world’s longest- January saying he briefly left his hos- Shinawatra-the son of Yingluck’s reigning monarch and most Thais pital for an hour-long trip by car to brother Thaksin Shinawatra, who have never known life under another visit a palace and other royal proj- was toppled as premier by a 2006 king. He is largely seen as a unifying ects. Discussion of his reign and the coup-posted the leaked chat on his force in a nation bitterly divided role of the monarchy is all but Facebook. —Agencies INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JUNE 14 2016 Raid on frail Indonesian food seller sparks anger

JAKARTA: Indonesian netizens have It is common for food outlets in the those who are not fasting, cruel authori- order officers, who assist police in main- Ramadan, local bylaws in smaller places reacted with fury and a flurry of dona- world’s most populous Muslim-majority ties,” wrote Facebook user Elisabeth taining order but have fewer powers, often forbid vendors to sell food during tions after footage emerged of a frail country that remain open during the Oktofani. The food seller was deeply in march into the small food outlet, which the daytime. A crowdfunding campaign food seller breaking down as her cafe daytime in the holy month of Ramadan, debt and so had decided to keep the consisted of a few goods in a glass case launched in response to Friday’s raid has was raided for staying open during the when Muslims are supposed to fast from cafe open during daylight hours to make and some shabby chairs and tables. raised over 265 million rupiah ($19,900), daytime in Ramadan. Video of the 53- sunrise to sunset, to be raided. But the extra cash, she was quoted by local Saeni, wearing a blue Muslim headscarf, with the organizers planning to distrib- year-old business owner desperately case of food seller Saeni, who like many media as saying. President Joko Widodo begs them not to take the food but they ute the money to Saeni and other food begging officials not to confiscate her Indonesians goes by one name, has condemned the raid and ordered his put it into plastic bags and march off. sellers targeted for staying open during food went viral at the weekend, and touched a nerve, with many criticizing staff to make a personal donation, with Local authorities defended the raid, daylight hours in Ramadan. Most social media users have donated almost authorities for being heavy-handed dur- his spokesman saying that the action saying that the food seller was breaking Indonesians practice a moderate form of $20,000 to a crowdfunding site to help ing the raid in Serang, west of the capital “cannot be justified”. the law. While many restaurants in big- Islam, but the country is also home to a her and other vendors. Jakarta. “You should be tolerant towards In the footage, a group of public ger cities stay open throughout vocal, hardline fringe. — AFP

Talent agents held over woman forced into porn

TOKYO: Three Japanese talent agents who Network said. The talent agency pressed allegedly forced a woman to appear in the victim to perform in adult videos by more than 100 pornographic videos have allegedly warning her that she had to pay been arrested, a police spokesman and penalties for breach of contract if she local media said yesterday. The suspects, refused, Kyodo added. Pornography is including a 49-year-old executive at Tokyo- widely available in Japan, but the dark side based agency Marks Japan, were arrested of the industry is seldom discussed openly on suspicion of violating the country’s and the rights of those who work in it even worker dispatch law, said a spokesman less so. The country’s porn industry is worth with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police up to 500 billion yen ($4.7 billion) annually, Department. victim advocates said earlier this year. The Police suspect the trio forced the cited abuses including coercive or fraudu- woman to go to a pornographic video film lent signing of contracts-sometimes target- location in 2013, the spokesman said with- ing minors. Human Rights Now, a Tokyo- out giving further details. The woman based campaign group, said the number of signed a contract as a model with the cases in which counseling was sought over agency in 2009, Kyodo News Agency similar alleged abuse rose to 59 in 2015 reported. She was forced to appear in more from 32 in 2014 — after just one case each than 100 videos, Nippon Television in 2012 and 2013. — AFP

Malaysia shuts down 1st Sharia-compliant airline MAKATI CITY: In this Friday, June 10, 2016, file photo, aprotester has her cheek painted with a slogan outside the Chinese Consulate during a KUALA LUMPUR: Rayani Air, Malaysia’s first That month saw pilots of the carrier, protest against China’s occupation and island-building in the disputed Spratly Island group in the South China Sea.— AP Islamic-compliant airline, has been shut which operates two Boeing 737-400s, also down, regulators said yesterday, months go on strike over unpaid wages, further after it was suspended from flying for damaging its image. DCA director-general breaching aviation regulations. The carrier Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said the gov- A world of opinions on launched only in December with Muslim ernment took the step to cease Rayani’s flight crew wearing the hijab while non- operation because “safety and security of Muslim members were forbidden from the aviation industry is of paramount wearing revealing clothing. In-flight meals importance”. The decision comes two were completely halal and alcohol con- years after Malaysia faced twin aviation South China Sea case sumption banned. disasters. Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 But after an “investigation into the was shot down in July 2014 over rebel- administration and safety audit” of the held eastern Ukraine in a missile strike, Where countries stand on increasingly murky scenario airline, the Department of Aviation (DCA) killing all 298 people on board. Australia said it has revoked Rayani’s Air Operator is leading the search for Malaysia Airlines WASHINGTON: A case brought by US ally the pendently. Some, including Cambodia, Laos and shares U.S. concerns about Beijing’s rising ambi- Certificate. The DCA launched an inquiry flight MH370 in the remote Indian Ocean, Philippines against China represents a diplomat- Fiji, have disavowed China’s description of their tions in the seas of Asia. India’s External Affairs into the airline in April following a string where the Beijing-bound plane is ic dilemma for far-flung nations as Washington position. Experts at the Center for Strategic and Ministry says that “all countries must abide by of criticisms from passengers and the believed to have diverted when it disap- and Beijing rally support for their respective International Studies in Washington said they international law and norms on maritime issues.” government over delays and last-minute peared on March 8, 2014 carrying 239 positions on the use of international arbitration could confirm official statements from India set an example in 2014 when it accepted a cancellations. passengers and crew. —AFP in South China Sea disputes. Afghanistan, Gambia, Niger, Sudan and Vanuatu. decision by the Hague-based Permanent Court The United States has been building diplo- A Chinese statement with the 21-member Arab of Arbitration that ruled in favor of Bangladesh in matic pressure in the West and in Asia on China League supported China but it was unclear if it a dispute over the countries’ maritime boundary. to abide by the Hague-based tribunal’s decision, represented all the parties’ official positions. which is expected soon. China, which maintains Japan it won’t be bound by the ruling, has been push- Australia Japan was an early supporter of the ing back by building support from nations most- In January, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Philippines’ pursuit of arbitration and says both ly in Africa and the Mideast. the China-Philippines ruling will be “extremely China and the Philippines should abide by the The US is not a party to the UN Convention important” as a statement of international prin- outcome. Japan sees that as upholding interna- on the Law of the Sea, under which the tribunal ciple and will “settle once and for all” whether tional law, but it also reflects concern that his- has been constituted, but says it wants China to artificial reefs are entitled to territorial waters. toric rival China seeks strategic control of vital play by international rules. Since there is no But Australia has been less outspoken in support sea lanes in the South China Sea that carry 80 enforcement mechanism for the ruling, any of arbitration than the US, perhaps mindful of percent of Japan’s crude oil imports. impact will depend on how the international Australia’s own resistance to arbitration to Japan’s support of third-party dispute resolu- community reacts. Here’s a look at where dozens resolve its disputed maritime border with tiny tion is not universal. While it has sought to take of countries stand: East Timor. its dispute with South Korea over the South Korean-held Dokdo or Takeshima islands to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations India International Court of Justice, it says no such ASEAN has been trying for years to achieve India has not issued a categorical position on action is needed in its dispute with China over diplomatic solutions in the South China Sea, arbitration case, but has been broadly supportive the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands, which are admin- making little progress and exposing divisions in of the application of international law. India istered by Japan.—AP the 10-member bloc, which includes the Philippines. Reaching consensus on the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling will be tough. When President Barack Obama met China airport bomber was ASEAN leaders in February they agreed on “full respect for legal and diplomatic processes” in accordance with the UN convention, but pro- gambler with heavy debts China members Cambodia and Laos nixed any mention of “arbitration.” Vietnam, which has SHANGHAI: Chinese police yesterday identi- made explosive device, residue of which was SYDNEY: Australians hold candles during a vigil in Sydney yesterday in solidarity fought China over competing South China Sea fied the suspect in a bombing at Shanghai’s found in his rented room in Kunshan. with the global gay community after a gunman opened fire in a nightclub in claims, has been most supportive of the main international airport which injured four “A beer bottle with a burning fuse rolled Orlando, Florida, killing over 50 people. Philippines’ case and submitted a statement to people as a 29-year-old man with heavy debts into the queue when we were waiting for the tribunal. Hanoi has said it supports “full com- from online gambling. check-in,” passenger Susan Shen was quoted pliance” to the procedures of the convention. Zhou Xingbai had been working at an elec- as saying by the Shanghai Daily newspaper. But other ASEAN nations are generally wary tronics company in Kunshan city near “And then suddenly the bottle exploded with a Australia holds vigils for gay of speaking out for fear of alienating China, the Shanghai but had lost his savings through loud bang and colourful flash like fireworks.” region’s economic heavyweight. Malaysia and gambling and was having difficulty support- Zhou, originally from the southwestern community after US massacre Brunei have said little about the case, though ing himself, the Shanghai police department province of Guizhou, had a high-school educa- they too are South China Sea claimants. said in a statement on its official microblog. tion and worked at various jobs before arriving SYDNEY: The Sydney Harbour Bridge was lit Fight for rights Indonesia and Singapore are not claimants but Zhou told his friends through social media in Kunshan in 2014, police said. with the colors of the rainbow yesterday as Organizers called on Australians not to have been a bit more outspoken. Singapore’s that he “owed many people money” and was There have been several cases in China of hundreds of Australians gathered to stand in lash out against Muslim communities, adding Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said last “preparing to do something extremely crazy” disgruntled individuals setting off explosions solidarity with the global gay community that the focus should be on continuing the week that the ruling could have implications and “losing his little life was a certainty”, the or starting fires in revenge for perceived after the worst mass shooting in modern US fight for gay rights. In Melbourne, hundreds beyond the South China Sea and “we cannot statement said. wrongs. In 2013 a wheelchair-bound man det- history. As Sydney’s Town Hall was bathed in more gathered to pay their respects to those subscribe to the principle that might is right.” A previous government statement said onated a homemade bomb at Beijing interna- pink light, a crowd gathered at Taylor Square killed, while the government said buildings Indonesia’s Foreign Ministry declined to say Zhou threw a beer bottle packed with explo- tional airport as a protest at alleged police bru- for a somber, candlelit vigil for the 50 people such as the Arts Centre would be lit in rain- whether the ruling should be binding on both sives near a check-in counter in Terminal Two tality. The man, Ji Zhongxing, was later sen- shot dead at an Orlando nightclub on bow colors. sides but said international law must be respect- at Pudong International Airport on Sunday tenced to six years in jail. Last year an unem- Sunday, and the scores left wounded. Australian rights activists said the lesbian, ed. Even the Philippines’ position is unpre- afternoon. He then took out a knife and ployed man set off an explosion at a public “This could have happened anywhere,” gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex com- dictable as a new government takes office there slashed at his own neck before being admitted park in the eastern province of Shandong, Paul Savage, one of those paying tribute, told munity had taken the attack deeply to heart. June 30. President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has to hospital in critical condition. Police said he killing himself and another person and AFP from the busy strip that hosts Sydney’s “When you go to a venue like a gay club you expressed willingness to restart bilateral negoti- used gunpowder from fireworks in his home- wounding 24. —AFP annual gay pride Mardi Gras as those attend- expect that to be one of the places where you ations with China. ing held hands and hugged. “He could easily feel safe and supported,” Chris Pycroft from have walked into a bar in Sydney even the New South Wales Gay and Lesbian Rights Russia though the gun laws here are much more Lobby told the Australian Broadcasting Moscow, which shares China’s suspicion of helpful.” Corporation. Washington, is Beijing’s most prominent sup- Savage said the level of hatred displayed In Wellington, the city council said New porter on the issue. On a visit to China in April, by the gunman was “just incomprehensible” Zealand capital’s main downtown concert Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said and described the vigil as a “show of solidari- venue, the Michael Fowler Centre, would be Russia is against any interference from outside ty”. Earlier Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull illuminated in rainbow colors, with a candle- parties in the South China Sea - a reference to had said the shootings were not only an light vigil nearby to remember the victims. the US - “or any attempts to internationalize assault on the gay community but “an attack Vigil organizers InsideOUT said all were wel- these disputes.” Like China, Russia says disputes on all of us” as Sydney’s Lord Mayor Clover come, adding: “We intend for this to be a should be resolved through talks between the Moore tweeted “our hearts break for Orlando”. space free of Islamophobia, please help us to parties directly involved. In Newtown, in Sydney’s inner west, hun- keep it that way.” dreds more gathered for a second impromptu Prime Minister John Key said it was “a terri- Africa and Mideast vigil to call out discrimination and racism, ble and tragic day for America and the gay China’s state news agency Xinhua on May 20 adding that not only had the gay community community”. In Bangkok, around a dozen said that more than 40 countries have expressed been targeted but also Latinos. “We called people held a candle light vigil outside support for China’s stance on the arbitration this action because it desperately needed to Washington’s sprawling embassy in, lighting case. The Foreign Ministry has in recent weeks be called,” organizer Rachel Evans told AFP. candles and laying flowers and cards. One given prominent mention to support it claims to “It’s very important to come and say ‘together note on rainbow colored paper read: “Love have from nations principally in Africa, the HAKODATE, Japan: Yamato Tanooka waves to photographers as he leaves the Hakodate we are strong’.” always wins.”—AFP Mideast and Central Asia. But few of those for- Municipal Hospital yesterday. —AFP eign governments have issued statements inde- NEWS TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 Human rights activist Microsoft acquires LinkedIn for $26bn Continued from Page 1 said it would finance the deal mostly by issuing new debt. rearrested in Bahrain But LinkedIn in the past quarter reported a loss of $46 Clever, or too late? million and a $166 million loss for 2015, which let its shares Benedict Evans, a member of the Andreessen at multiyear lows early this year. Nadella, in an email to Horowitz venture capital firm who blogs on technology, DUBAI: Bahraini security forces yesterday rearrested Zeinab Al-Khawaja, fled Bahrain following her release staff, said the deal reflects Microsoft’s new focus on the said in a tweet that deal appear to be future-looking. leading human rights activist Nabeel Rajab in a dawn from jail on “humanitarian grounds”. enterprise and cloud. “We are in pursuit of a common mis- “Very clever and oblique MSFT thinking-how will we raid in the Gulf kingdom, his family said on Twitter. “It pains me to leave, but I leave carrying our cause sion centered on empowering people and organizations,” communicate, share & connect in a decade? Not docs + Rajab, 51, who was detained in 2014 for tweets deemed on my back, and my love for my country in my chest,” he said. email. Social graph is key,” Evans said in a Tweeted refer- insulting to the authorities before his release on health Khawaja, who left for Denmark where she also holds He added that the deal “is key to our bold ambition to encing the company’s Wall Street trading symbol. grounds, was apprehended at his home in the village of nationality, said on Twitter. reinvent productivity and business processes. Think about But Roger Kay, analyst and consultant with Endpoint Bani Jamra near Manama, his family said. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights has said it: How people find jobs, build skills, sell, market and get Technologies Associates, said it was doubtful that “Rajab was arrested from his house and his Khawaja was jailed for three years and one work done and ultimately find success requires a connect- Microsoft can use the deal to compete in the world of house was searched,” tweeted his wife month on charges including tearing up the ed professional world.” social networking dominated by Facebook. “It doesn’t Sumaya Rajab. There was no immediate clari- monarch’s picture and insulting a police officer. LinkedIn, which calls itself “the world’s largest and most help at all competing with Facebook,” Kay told AFP. fication on the reason for his latest arrest. Jail terms upheld valuable professional network,” has been seeking to “LinkedIn is not in the same league as Facebook.” Kay Rajab, who has led anti-government marches Also yesterday, an appeals court in Bahrain expand its offerings with more messaging, mobile applica- said Microsoft, paying a premium of some 50 percent for and heads the Bahrain Centre for Human upheld jail terms of between 10 and 15 years tions and revamped its “newsfeed” to help boost engage- LinkedIn, is likely to end up writing down much of the Rights, had previously served two years in jail ment. “Today is a re-founding moment for LinkedIn,” investment. “It seems extraordinarily expensive,” he said. for taking part in unauthorized protests. for 11 people convicted of forming a “terrorist Hoffman said in the statement. “I see incredible opportuni- “I’m going to make the prediction they will write this He was sentenced to six months in jail for group” that planned to attack police and the ty for our members and customers and look forward to down. There is no way they can extract $26 billion from his tweets but pardoned in July 2015 after Saudi embassy in Manama among other supporting this new and combined business.” Microsoft LinkedIn.” — AFP King Hamad issued a royal pardon “for health Nabeel Rajab charges, a judicial source said. It also con- reasons”. Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet, has firmed a previous criminal court order to been rocked by unrest since security forces crushed revoke their citizenship, the source added. Rights Kuwait prosecutor wants 29-year term... Shiite-led protests in 2011 demanding a constitutional groups say Bahrain has detained scores of opponents of monarchy and an elected prime minister. the kingdom’s Saudi-allied rulers, often sentencing Continued from Page 1 were charged with using WhatsApp and Twitter to insult Washington had previously called for Rajab’s release, them to lengthy jail terms. A court in May more than the judges and publish false news accusing them of and international rights groups have condemned trials doubled the jail sentence passed against opposition A statement posted on the ministry website said accepting bribes. Also convicted was Sheikh Khalifa Ali they had wanted to arrest him to serve his jail term. It Al-Sabah, the editor of Al-Watan newspaper and televi- against opponents of the Sunni regime. His arrest leader Sheikh Ali Salman, who is now set to serve nine said security men found an automatic rifle and a gun sion which were closed by the government for violating comes a week after another leading opposition activist, years for inciting violence. — AFP and some ammunition which were confiscated, but it corporate finance rules in a decision ratified by the US probes gunman’s motive after massacre did not say if police had tried to arrest the others. All 13 courts. — AFP Continued from Page 1 that the community would pull together. Qatar to deport Dutch woman for... The relatives of the dead and wounded-clubgoers ‘Not a war zone’ Continued from Page 1 website. “The most important is that she gets home... I celebrating at one of Orlando’s most prominent gay “This is not a war zone that we are living in. This is a venues at the start of Gay Pride month-were informed civilized society and we had to deal with something am so happy,” she said. early yesterday that police had identified 48 of the 49 unthinkable,” Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said. illicit sex and 40 lashes for drinking alcohol. Hasan, Laura was arrested on March 14 and has since been victims. The attacks triggered solidarity vigils by gay and lesbian who was also not present in court, will undergo a med- held in custody. Her lawyer previously said that the inci- Another 53 were wounded, but city mayor Buddy groups-and their supporters-across the country and ical examination to see if he is fit enough to withstand dent happened after she had visited a Doha hotel. “She Dyer said many more were saved by police action, abroad. More than 100,000 marched in Los Angeles at his punishment. He will not serve any time in jail but will went dancing but when she returned to the table after including when they crashed an armored car through a an already planned Pride parade. also be deported from the Gulf state once he has been the first sip of her drink, she realized that” she had been wall to allow patrons to escape as the gunman barricad- In New York, the Tony Awards for musical theater punished. Dutch ambassador to Qatar Yvette drugged, Brian Lokollo has said. ed himself in a bathroom with hostages. went ahead as planned but were dedicated to the vic- Burghgraef-van Eechoud, who was present in the “She really didn’t feel very well,” he added. The young “We will not be defined by the act of a cowardly tims of the massacre. The Empire State building went packed courtroom, told reporters that the embassy woman remembers nothing more until the following hater. We will be defined by how we respond, how we dark, while the spire of One World Trade Center was lit would help Laura to leave Qatar. morning when she woke up in a totally unfamiliar apart- treat each other,” Dyer declared, before police recount- in the rainbow colors of the gay pride flag. “We will do everything to get her out of the country ment “and realized to her great horror, that she had been ed how a gunbattle at the entrance to the club became But no mood of national outrage could survive long as soon as possible to where she wants to go,” Eechoud raped,” Lokollo said. a bloody hostage drama. As the club was closing at in the crucible of America’s 2016 presidential race, and said. The envoy added that she expected Laura to leave The male defendant had insisted that their night around 2:00 am, Mateen began a gun battle with an off- presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Qatar, which will host the football World Cup in 2022, together had been consensual and that the woman had duty officer working at the club. More officers respond- Trump seized upon it to launch an attack on Obama within the next few days. even asked for money. Adultery, or illicit sex, is treated as ed to the scene, and the gunman fell back to the bath- and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton. “I think you’re The ambassador added that she had spoken to Laura a serious crime in the emirate. But the case provoked an room, where he apparently seized hostages. going to see tremendous pressure now on these weak on Sunday and said that “under the circumstances she international outcry with many people appalled by the “At that time, we were able to save dozens and politicians that don’t know what they’re doing, like our was doing fine”. In the Netherlands, Laura’s mother said treatment of an alleged rape victim and an online cam- dozens of people,” Orlando police chief John Mina told president,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News. she had not yet spoken to her daughter but was “so hap- paign using the #freelaura hashtag to try to draw atten- reporters. Witness Janiel Gonzalez described scenes of “The man has no clue. He doesn’t know what he’s py” at the news of her release. tion to the Dutch woman’s imprisonment. mayhem as the gunman sprayed revelers with bullets. doing and Hillary Clinton is going to be worse than Nicholas McGeehan, Gulf researcher at Human Rights “It was like complete chaos,” witness Janiel Gonzalez him,” he declared, arguing that Obama had failed to told AFP. “It was like a scene out of a movie. People were confront the threat of “radical Islam” because of “politi- ‘So happy’ Watch, said the case demonstrated that “proper proce- screaming ‘Help me, help me, I’m trapped!’” Mina said he cal correctness.” “I do not know yet when she gets home, but this is dures and investigation are needed to avoid such cases later made the difficult decision to burst into the club Trump accuses Obama of seeking to bring hundreds not most important,” she told the Dutch television NOS in the future”. — AFP after Mateen made comments about “bomb vests , of thousands of Syrian migrants to the United States. In about explosives.” reality, the White House’s goal this year is to offer sanc- Ramadan and consumption “We believed that further loss of life was imminent,” tuary to only 10,000 of the most vulnerable war Mina told reporters at a morning press conference. refugees. Continued from Page 1 we have to adopt a simple lifestyle based on our actual “We knew that was the right thing to do and believe Clinton pushed back against the charge that she is needs, not our capricious desires. Remember the simili- we prevented a future loss of life and saved many, many unwilling to identify Islamist extremism as a threat, When we suppress our material desires, we refine tude the prophet portrayed of the Muslim in this earthly lives.” Police used explosives and a BearCat armored car telling MSNBC: “We have to defeat radical jihadist terror- and enhance our spiritual experiences. Millions of peo- life: ‘Be in the world as if you were a stranger or a trav- to punch a hole in the wall of the club. Dozens more ism or radical Islamism, whatever you call it. It’s the ple fall prey to the temptation of thousands of adverts eller along the path.” Second, invest your surplus survivors surged out of the breach, but Mateen opened same. “But we cannot demonize, demagogue and that pop up everywhere to arouse hidden desires and resources (time, money, strength) in learning, helping fire and was cut down by police. declare war on an entire religion... it plays into the tickle imagination. Therefore, we are more in need for the poor, volunteering in charities, and worshipping. Officials in Orlando, a resort city famous worldwide hands of ISIS and other jihadist terrorists. And so that’s fasting than ever before to withdraw from the pressure Third, teach others how to live a simple life away from as the home of Walt Disney World and other amuse- why I have been focused on how we tackle this issue of of this materialistic culture. the pressures of material culture. ment parks, were stunned by the tragedy but vowed self-radicalization.” — AFP A part of the problem is that it seems that there is Many are concerned that the aggressive con- nothing wrong with excessive consumption as long as sumerism will steal the true and pious purposes of the we are buying useful things that are permissible (Halal) holy month. Ramadan invites us to experience real spiri- Assembly witnesses acrimonious scenes for Muslims. It is not forbidden for a Muslim to lead a tual independence from physical needs through the comfortable and happy life and enjoy all the worldly practice of self-discipline and refraining from pleasure, Continued from Page 1 all required documents to the committee. MP Khalil pleasures to the fullest. The crucial point here is to dif- solely for the love of God. This helps the fasting person Abdullah said that some officials who are summoned by ferentiate between looking at these pleasures as means to emerge as more powerful and become conscious of Before the quarrels, the National Assembly agreed to the probe committee provide false information or or ends in themselves. Some people are obsessed with the suffering that millions of people undergo in our extend until the next term an investigation launched by refuse to provide facts citing secrecy laws. getting more and are literally enslaved by materialistic world today. the public funds protection committee into allegations Omair told the assembly that the government has culture, which is like a maze with no end. People entrap that many state-owned farms were illegally distributed provided all the necessary names and information to themselves in a vicious circle of endless whims. Courtesy of the TIES Center: The TIES Center aims at to people who do not qualify. the committee and that they did not have anything to As for the solution, we are not supposed to shun all empower Kuwait’s expats through social and educational Head of the committee MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji said hide. But a number of MPs insisted that important infor- material aspects of this life and deem them haram (pro- services that promote a positive and productive role in socie- that it has been found that some officials at the agricul- mation related to the probe has not been given by the hibited), but we have to realize the difference between ty, and to facilitate opportunities for intra- and interfaith tural authority are partners in the allotted farms and government and some MPs claimed that certain names wanting something and needing something. Some interactions that promote social solidarity. For more infor- called on Public Works Minister Ali Al-Omair to submit were not given to protect them. practical tips might help us redress the balance. First, mation, please call 25231015/6 or e-mail: [email protected] TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 ANALYSIS

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Issues Massacre thrusts terror threat into White House race

By Michael Mathes

hite House hopeful Donald Trump appeared bent on exploiting Sunday’s massacre in Orlando to boost the Wargument that he can be trusted to tackle terrorism over rival Hillary Clinton. With many victims of the carnage yet to be identified, and police still probing the suspected Islamist ties of the slain gunman, Trump wasted no time in harnessing the assault to his political advantage. The presumptive Republican nominee unleashed a broad- side accusing President Barack Obama and his would-be Democratic successor Clinton of failing to tackle what Trump calls “radical Islam.” “Because our leaders are weak, I said this was going to hap- pen-and it is only going to get worse,” he said in a statement. “I am trying to save lives and prevent the next terrorist attack. We Trump and Clinton contrasts in Orlando response can’t afford to be politically correct anymore.” Trump is set to deliver more of the same tough talk at a campaign appearance in Manchester, New Hampshire yester- By Julie Pace he’s more blatant than most in con- into a deep frustration among some information, my thoughts are with day. The speech was originally to be about Clinton, but he is necting his electoral prospects to inci- voters who believe Obama has been those affected by this horrific act.” Like shifting the focus to national security. or Donald Trump, Sunday’s mass dents of unimaginable suffering. handcuffed in his response to terror Obama, Clinton prefers to avoid early His other yesterday event, in Portsmouth, was scrapped, his shooting in Florida was a moment Shortly after last year’s deadly attacks threats because he’s worried about missteps even if that leaves her looking campaign said. As the country reeled from what is being treat- Fto redouble his call for tougher in Paris, Trump said, “Whenever there’s offending Muslims in the US and overly cautious. On Sunday, she waited ed as the deadliest attack on US soil since September 11, 2001, action against terrorism and to take a tragedy, everything goes up, my around the world. for the president to declare the shoot- Tim Malloy, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University poll, credit for “being right” about the numbers go way up because we have “We can’t afford to be politically cor- ing an “act of terror” before doing the said the threat of terrorism was likely to dominate the US cam- threat. For Hillary Clinton, it was a time no strength in this country. We have rect anymore,” Trump declared Sunday. same. paign debate. to choose words carefully and reiterate weak, sad politicians.” He canceled a rally scheduled for Clinton and Obama postponed “It will be at the forefront until election day,” he said. her call for keeping “weapons of war” Monday, but planned to go forward plans to campaign together off America’s streets. The responses of Deep frustration with a speech in New Hampshire, Wednesday in Wisconsin, a decision Waterboarding Trump and Clinton to the deadliest After a deadly December shooting changing the topic from his case driven both by political appearances After extremists slaughtered 130 people in Paris last mass shooting in modern US history and an expectation the president November and a Muslim husband-and-wife team murdered were a study in contrasts for the two would need to spend his week oversee- 14 in San Bernardino, California, Trump called for a ban on presumptive presidential nominees - ing the government’s response to the Muslims entering the United States. The move prompted an one of whom will soon be leading a shooting. Still, Clinton planned to con- uproar, but he doubled down, presenting himself as pre- country fearful of terrorism, gun vio- tinue with solo campaign stops pared to do more to crack down on extremism than his lence and the often merciless intersec- Monday in Ohio and Tuesday in political rivals. tion of the two. Pennsylvania. Clinton didn’t avoid the After San Bernardino, “It became a permanent part of the The motive behind Sunday’s early prospect of a link to international ter- Trump dialogue,” said Quinnipiac’s Malloy. In March, following a deadly attack in Brussels, Trump said his insistence on defeat- morning rampage at a gay nightclub in rorism in her statement, though she ing extremism was “probably why I’m number one in the polls.” Orlando was unknown when Trump was vague in her language. She has Opinion polls late last year showed a majority of and Clinton began weighing in. By made stricter gun control legislation a Republicans supporting Trump’s call for a Muslim travel ban. day’s end, authorities still had far to go centerpiece of her presidential cam- Trump and Clinton are promoting radically different approach- in uncovering what led Omar Mateen, a paign and was more direct in raising es to fighting terror, and have traded accusations that the oth- 29-year-old American citizen from the shooting as an example of the er is not fit to run the country. Florida, to open fire, kill 50 people and nation’s failure to keep guns “out of the Trump has repeatedly called for a halt to refugee flows critically wound dozens more. hands of terrorists or other violent from the Middle East, and assailed Clinton for wanting to As information began trickling out, criminals.” Federal authorities said later expand them. He says he is prepared to re-authorize torture Trump took to Twitter to say he was Sunday that Mateen purchased at least methods such as waterboarding in terrorism cases and advo- “praying” for the victims and their fami- two firearms legally within the last cates targeting the families of terror suspects. lies. “When will we get tough, smart & week or so. Trump also repeatedly argues that attacks like the one in vigilant?” he wrote. Within a few hours, Whether the tragedy in Orlando ulti- Paris would have seen far fewer casualties if people had been the presumptive Republican nominee mately sways the trajectory of the gen- armed to defend themselves. According to Quinnipiac, voters was back on social media saying that eral election campaign is unknown. If see Clinton as far more prepared than Trump to handle an he’d appreciated “the congrats for MOSCOW: Community members gather for a candle light vigil to honor the current trends hold, there will be more international crisis-but they see Trump as better able to tackle being right on radical Islamic terror- victims of the attack on a nightclub in Orlando on Sunday at Friendship deadly mass shootings in the US before the IS threat. ism.” After President Barack Obama did Square in Moscow, Idaho. —AP voters head to the polls in November. not use that same phrase to describe Other unforeseen events will likely also ‘Get out of this race’ Mateen in his remarks from the White rampage in San Bernardino, California, against Clinton to national security. shape the race over the next five Their rival styles were on display after a gunman unleashed an assault on a gay nightclub in Florida that left 50 people House, Trump released a statement Trump stunned many in his own party Clinton, who is more schooled in the months, as the 2008 economic collapse dead, reportedly after pledging allegiance to the Islamic State saying the president “should step by calling for a temporary ban on political customs of responding to did in the closing weeks of that year’s group. “If Hillary Clinton, after this attack, still cannot say the down” - a provocative response that far Muslims coming to the US. Rather than tragedies from her years as a senator presidential campaign. But as voters two words ‘Radical Islam’ she should get out of this race for the exceeds the typical Republican criti- sink his political prospects, it helped and secretary of state, was careful in begin seriously weighing Clinton and presidency,” Trump thundered. cism of Obama’s approach to extrem- propel the businessman to his first vic- her initial comments. The presumptive Trump as their next commander in The former secretary of state trod more cautiously. She ism. tories in the GOP primary. For Trump’s Democratic nominee also made her chief, Sunday’s shooting left little declared Sunday’s attack “an act of terror” and an “act of hate,” Trump is hardly the first politician to detractors, his comments can appear first remarks on Twitter early Sunday, doubt that the choice between the two and issued a statement saying Washington should redouble try to capitalize on a tragedy, though jarring and crass. But he’s also tapped writing: “As we wait for more candidates is stark. —AP efforts to counter terror threats at home and abroad. Clinton was to visit Ohio yesterday for her first rally since clinching the Democratic nomination. She is expected to address the Orlando tragedy then. Obama was to join her Displaced Zimbabwe villagers await govt action Wednesday for a high-profile campaign appearance, but the event was postponed because of the shooting. By Andrew Mambondiyani food shortages. “Life is really difficult here at Arda villagers. Anjin Investments, which was a joint venture Transau. We are going hungry,” Mujuru told the between the government and Chinese investors, said it ‘Strongman’ illagers relocated to a sprawling government- Thomson Reuters Foundation. “We had been promised complied with the law when it came to the relocation of Clinton leads Trump in most head-to-head matchups, but owned farm complex in eastern Zimbabwe to honey and milk here but it is now a nightmare for us.” the villagers. “things can happen in the final weeks and months before the Vmake way for the nation’s biggest diamond field “We did everything required by the law,” Anjin election,” explained Norman Ornstein of the American are hoping that President Robert Mugabe’s move to DROUGHT AND HUNGER Investments’ Chief Executive Officer Munyaradzi Enterprise Institute. take control of the valued resource will benefit them. When the villagers were moved, each family was giv- Machacha told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a “What if we have an attack like Paris in October?” he asked. More than 1,000 families were moved in 2009 from a vil- en $1,000 in compensation and a four-room house but telephone interview. A spokesman for Mbada “Maybe people will say we can’t trust a person who’s never had lage adjacent to the Chiadzwa diamond field in these new dwellings, painted bright yellow, have since Diamonds, George Manyaya, said his company was hap- any experience. But maybe there is the allure of a strongman.” Marange to Arda Transau, a 12,000 hectare farm settle- developed cracks. Families were promised 11 hectares py with what they had done for the villagers and the Clinton argues that her experience-as first lady, US senator ment about 40 km (25 miles) to the north with promises of arable land including one hectare earmarked for irri- traditional leaders had appreciated their initiatives. and top diplomat-makes her the most qualified to be presi- of a better life. gation to run small piggery or poultry projects but this But villager Blessing Mufute said the situation at dent. She has reminded voters she urged Obama to authorize Arda Transau was billed as a new township with never happened, the villagers say. Arda Transau had become so bad that many people the mission to kill Osama bin Laden. But Trump touted his tarred roads, shops and health clinics - but seven years People in Marange hoped the diamond industry were going hungry. “We have been selling the few live- own clairvoyance about national security challenges, tweet- ing the “congrats” he received “for being right on radical later the villagers say they have yet to see the promised would pump money into reviving failing irrigation stock we had to buy food,” said Mufute, adding relocat- Islamic terrorism.” —AFP education and health facilities while their homes are schemes as small-scale farmers cannot maintain or ed villagers were in urgent need of jobs, clean water, crumbling and food is scarce. Seven mining companies replace ageing equipment and national law requires and electricity as well as food. In a telephone interview licensed to mine the area were ordered in March to mining companies to help local communities develop. with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mines Minister leave by Mugabe who accused them of robbing But the plight of the villagers has been further exacer- Walter Chidhakwa said local people should not feel they All articles appearing on these Zimbabwe of wealth. Mugabe took over all diamond bated by the current El Nino induced drought which are forgotten. He said the Manicaland Provincial Affairs pages are the personal opinion of operations in the newly-formed Zimbabwe has decimated the southern African nation’s crops, leav- Minister Mandi Chimene would work with the Ministry the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Consolidation Diamond Company (ZCDC). ing 4 million Zimbabweans in a population of 14 million of Labor and Social Welfare to provide social and food Some of the affected diamond companies - Mbada without adequate food supplies. assistance to the villagers. Contractors would also be responsibility for views expressed Diamonds and Anjin Investments - have since taken the The villagers had the chance to voice their concerns asked to work on the poorly built houses at Arda therein. Kuwait Times invites read- government to court with the issue still pending before at the Alternative Mining Indaba conference in Mutare Transau, Chidhakwa added. ers to voice their opinions. Please the courts. While Mugabe’s move could further tarnish this month comprising civic society, communities and But James Mupfumi, who heads the Centre for send submissions via email to: opin- the country’s image as a risky investment, with investors stakeholders in the mining sector and legislators prom- Research and Development, a local non-governmental [email protected] or via snail already unnerved by his drive to force foreign-owned ised to help. “We will take your concerns to the Minister investigative organization, is skeptical. “It is dishearten- firms to sell majority shares to locals, the relocated vil- of Mines (Walter Chidhakwa),” Prosper Mutseyami, legis- ing to realise that the Mines Minister has already visited mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. lagers are hoping it will help them. lator for Musikavanhu constituency in Chipinge district, Arda Transau for Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond The editor reserves the right to edit Caiphas Mujuru is one of the Arda Transau residents told the villagers. Company to relocate more villagers to Arda Transau any submission as necessary. lobbying the government to get ZCDC to address the However the diamond companies maintain they ful- without addressing previous community grievances,” he problems faced by the villagers who are facing severe filled what they were expected to do for the relocated said. —Reuters TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 SPORTS

Steyn replaces injured Palace release Adebayor, Simpson hopes team mate Springbok Lambie Chamakh and Hangeland Vardy stays at Leicester JOHANNESBURG: South Africa called up experienced fly-half Morne Steyn yester- LONDON: Crystal Palace have decided against handing new deals LEICESTER: Leicester City defender Danny Simpson is hopeful that striker Jamie Vardy day to replace injured Patrick Lambie for the second Test against Ireland this week- to strikers Emmanuel Adebayor and Marouane Chamakh and will reject the overtures of Arsenal and still be at the Premier League champions when end. Steyn, who plays for French Top 14 club Stade Francais, is in South Africa as defender Brede Hangeland, the Premier League club said on its the new season kicks off. Arsenal have triggered a release clause in Vardy’s contract the season has ended for the Paris-based club. Renowned for his goal kicking, the website (www.cpfc.co.uk) yesterday. Adebayor joined Palace on a with a bid believed to be 20 million pounds (28.43 million) for the England striker, with 31-year-old has scored 694 points in 60 Tests since debuting seven years ago short-term deal in January but netted just once in his 15 appear- the player yet to commit to the move, according to British media. “I have spoken to against the British and Irish Lions. He is expected to start on the ances for the club. Chamakh too failed to nail down a starting spot Jamie,” Simpson told the BBC. “Everyone wants him to stay. We would bench Saturday in a must-win second Test for the Springboks during his two years at Selhurst Park and was not help by injuries, like everyone to stay, even if it’s just for one more year. “It’s his deci- following a shock 26-20 loss in Cape Town last weekend. A which restricted the Morocco international to just 66 appearances. sion and he says he wants to concentrate on the European Championship.” Vardy, 29, was the joint second-highest scorer in win for Ireland at Ellis Park would clinch the three-Test series Hangeland, who featured just 26 times over the course of the last the Premier League last season with 24 goals and is currently on and turn the final international in Port Elizabeth on June 25 two seasons, will be joined by fellow defender Adrian Mariappa in into a ‘dead rubber’. Elton Jantjies, who replaced concussed international duty at the Euro 2016 tournament in France. The leaving the club. The London club also decided to cut ties with Leicester striker was an unused substitute when England drew Lambie in Cape Town last Saturday, is set to start as South long-serving defender Paddy McCarthy, who made 151 appear- Africa seek revenge after suffering a first home defeat by the their Group B opener against Russia 1-1 on Saturday but ances since arriving back in 2008. Staying for another season, how- Irish. Ireland flanker CJ Stander, whose aerial collision with will be hoping to play some part against Wales on Lambie injured the playmaker, was red-carded follow- ever, are goalkeeper Julian Speroni and defender Damien Delaney Thursday or the team’s final group game against ing the incident. — AFP who both signed one-year contract extensions. — Reuters Slovakia on June 20. — Reuters

Sheikha Al-Abdallah in a group photo with Bocci players Al-Abdallah with the fencing team. Al-Noukhatha defeat Al-Ittihad 59-49 in Ramadan disabled competition

By Abdellatif Sharaa

KUWAIT: The Eighth Ramadan Disabled Sports competition continued at the Disabled Sports Club in basketball, table tennis, fencing and Bocci, as a large number of club players partici- pating. The tournament is scheduled to con- clude tomorrow. In basketball competition Al-Noukhatha defeated Al-Ittihad with the score of 59-49 in the second match of the competition, as Ittihad suf- fered its second defeat and the title is now hang- ing between Kuwait and Noukhatha as each had won once. In fencing, Faisal Al-Kandari won first place in the ‘ep’ee category while Adballah Al- Haddad took sec- ond, meanwhile in the juniors compe- tition Fahad Al- Bastaki won first Abdallah kisses the head of a Bocci player place followed by Suleiman Al- Tameemi and Samad Al- Beloushi. In table tennis, individual stand- Ali Uwaidha and Abdelaziz Al-Otaibi. KDSC President ing Ali Al-Sane Shafi Al-Hajiri first, Abdelraheem Mahmoud second and Abdallah Al-Saif third. Meanwhile, in the sit- ting category Yacoub Al-Khalifa first followed by Abdallah Al-Thafiri and Fahad Al-Muwaizri. In the sprouts, individual standing Abdallah Ashour took first place, followed by Malak Hadi and Dhari Al-Azmi. The Bocci competitions of the BC1 category saw Sharifa Muhareb claiming first place, Fahad Al-Babtain second and Mohammad Al- Mutairi third. In the BC3 category Athari Al- Mutairi followed by Ayesha Al-Hashash and Khalij Saad. The BC4 category was won by Nadia Al-Mahroun, followed by Amani Ismail and Tahani Ismail. Honorary President of the Kuwait Disabled Sports Club Al-Sheikha Sheikha Al-Abdallah said the club accustomed us to organizing a sports competition during the holy month of Ramadan in the four games. She asked all normal athletes in other clubs and sports unions to come to the disabled club to encourage the disabled athletes and lift their moral. Al-Abdallah said Kuwait and its establish- ments is always in support of the disabled, and the club’s athletes deserve it. Al-Abdallah with table tennis team Noukhatha and Ittihad teams competing. ‘Broken’ Pistorius should not be jailed, court hears

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius is a “broken” told the court. “Further imprisonment extremely uncertain of himself without his sharp attack from state prosecutor Gerrie in the dock as details of his lover’s death man who should be hospitalised rather would have a detrimental effect on him.” prostheses.” Pistorius faces a minimum 15- Nel, who said it proved that Pistorius was were examined in excruciating detail. than jailed, a South African court heard Scholtz said that during recent interviews year jail term for murder, but his sentence capable of testifying. “He would rather The year before he killed Steenkamp, yesterday, as the Paralympic athlete Pistorius had displayed signs of “post-trau- could be reduced due to time already give his version to the TV than to court,” Pistorius became the first double- awaits sentencing for the murder of his matic stress disorder, anxiety disorder and spent in prison and mitigating factors, said Nel, who accused psychologist amputee to race at Olympic level when he girlfriend three years ago. depressive disorder”. “Currently he is not including his disability. Scholtz of being biased. Pistorius was appeared at the London 2012 games. The double-amputee killed Reeva able to testify (to the court). His condition Steenkamp’s parents were both in released from jail last October to live He has since lost his glittering sports Steenkamp, a model and law graduate, in is severe,” he said. In March, Pistorius’s court on Monday, and her father Barry under house arrest at his uncle’s mansion career, lucrative contracts and status as a the early hours of Valentine’s Day in 2013, lawyers failed in their legal bid to reverse a may take the witness stand to ask the in Pretoria after serving one year of his global role model for the disabled. saying he mistook her for an intruder Supreme Court of Appeal judgement that court to impose a lengthy punishment. five-year sentence for culpable homicide. “(Pistorius) is adamant that he never when he fired four times through the door upgraded his original conviction from cul- If he does, it will be the first time that Since being convicted of murder, wants to touch or handle a firearm again,” of his bedroom toilet. pable homicide-the equivalent of one of Steenkamp’s parents has testified Pistorius has been on bail and allowed to said Scholtz yesterday. “He becomes trau- Red-eyed, tearful and sometimes rest- manslaughter-to murder. in the case. leave his uncle’s house at set times, but matised when he hears the sound of gun- ing his head in his hands, the 29-year-old The original trial judge Thokozile not travel further than 20 kilometres (12 fire, even when it is part of a film he is “Blade Runner” attended the first day of Masipa is expected to pass a new sen- TV INTERVIEW CRITICISED miles) without permission. watching.” Other exchanges on Monday his sentencing hearing at the High Court tence after hearing arguments from both Pistorius has shunned the media dur- The hearing-held in the same court- revealed that while in prison Pistorius in Pretoria along with members of his prosecution and defence. Scholtz added ing years of intense coverage since room as the original trial-was adjourned caught an infection in his leg stumps after family. “He has developed a serious psy- that Pistorius “has almost given up, his Steenkamp’s killing, but his family have until Tuesday. It is scheduled to last one being forced to shower on a concrete chiatric condition which has become spirit seems broken” and he should be revealed that he has given his first inter- week. Pistorius has always denied killing floor. About 20 Pistorius supporters rallied worse in the past two years,” psychologist sent to hospital. view, due to air on British broadcaster ITV Steenkamp in a rage and, during his dra- outside the court, saying he should be Jonathan Scholtz, called by the defence, “(He is) a vulnerable, anxious man, later this month. The interview drew a matic seven-month trial in 2014, sobbed treated leniently. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 SPORTS Warriors star Draymond Green suspended for Game 5

OAKLAND: Through all of the criticism and and threw another jab at the four-time MVP and rebounds. Green was given a Flagrant on the other end of the court. “There’s no rhyme or reason to it,” Bogut accusations of dirty play, Draymond Green that did not connect. “There’s no way you 2 foul and fined $25,000 for kicking Warriors coach Steve Kerr spoke to said. “I’ve been in the same situation. I’ve vowed to keep pushing as hard as he pos- can say this is an acceptable act,” Kiki Oklahoma City’s Steven Adams in the groin Green earlier in the postseason about keep- been suspended before. I think it’s like a lot- sibly could to help deliver another champi- VanDeWeghe, the NBA’s executive vice during the Western Conference finals and ing his emotions in check, but they again tery decision, like the draft. They just pull onship to Golden State. president of basketball operations, told The picked up a Flagrant 1 for throwing Rockets got the better of him at a crucial time. out a ping-pong ball and make a decision.” That win-at-all-costs mentality has sud- Associated Press in a phone interview. forward Michael Beasley to the ground in “Draymond’s success is based on playing James said Green crossed the line with denly opened the door for LeBron James Especially for a player like Green, who the first round. Green also kicked Cavs like that,” Bogut said. “He plays physical and some of the trash talk he hurled toward and the Cleveland Cavaliers to get back entered the finals one flagrant foul or two guard Kyrie Irving in the chest - inadver- chippy and he’s a talker. That’s what makes the Cavaliers star, and said he felt Green’s into the NBA Finals, and added an extra technicals short of a mandated suspension. tently, Green said - in Game 1 of the finals, him who he is. It’s hard to tone that down swipe at his groin was “a little outside of edge to a burgeoning rivalry. “History probably didn’t help which was not penalized by the league. when it’s in you. We don’t blame him for it.” basketball.” Green’s teammates stood tall Green was suspended for Game 5 last Draymond,” Warriors center Andrew Bogut “You have to do what you think is right The after-the-fact technical levied for him, saying James instigated the con- night after the league assessed a Flagrant said. “When they reviewed it, that’s proba- for the play,” VanDeWeghe said, “and unfor- against James isn’t unprecedented. It’s the frontation when he stepped over Green on 1 foul for striking James in the groin dur- bly what helped them get to their decision.” tunately Draymond put himself in this fourth assessed by the NBA in the last two the court. “You don’t let anybody walk over ing a scuffle in the closing minutes of the Commissioner Adam Silver put the hard- position.” Golden State leads the series 3-1 postseasons. Last year in the Chicago- you,” Bogut said. “If someone walks over Warrior’s Game 4 victory Friday night. nosed, emotional leader of the defending and has easily been the better team. But Cleveland East semifinals, the Cavs’ me, I’m getting up the same way.” “I was James and Green got tangled up on the champion on notice before the start of the losing a player of Green’s caliber could tip Matthew Dellavedova got one. This year, just trying to get back into the play,” James play, and James stepped over Green as the rematch with Cleveland when he said that the scales just enough. Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant (in the said. The incident has helped turn what two got up - a move widely viewed as a the Competition Committee would in the Green is a plus-71 in the last two NBA Thunder-Dallas series) and Miami’s Goran started out as a respectful rivalry between show of disrespect in league circles. Green offseason be reviewing Green’s penchant Finals, serving as the heartbeat of the Dragic (in the Heat-Toronto series) also were two of the best teams in the league into a then swiped at James’ groin in retaliation for wildly flailing his legs on jump shots Warriors defense and a critical playmaker assessed technicals after league review. heated contest. — AP Ventura hits career-high 10 as Royals beat White Sox 3-1

CHICAGO: Yordano Ventura struck out a sea- Seattle’s Robinson Cano getting thrown out son-high 10 batters in seven innings, and the at second base trying to stretch an RBI single Kansas City Royals held on for a 3-1 win over into a double. the Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon. Whit Merrifield finished 3-for-5 with a double, CARDINALS 8, PIRATES 3 an RBI and a run to lead the Royals at the Matt Holliday and Randal Grichuk hit home plate. Salvador Perez added a solo home run runs in St. Louis’ win for a sweep of a weekend as Kansas City won its second consecutive series against Pittsburgh, who have lost five game. Ventura (5-4) fanned 10-plus batters for straight. Holliday went 3-for-4 with two RBIs the fifth time in his career and the first time before leaving in the seventh for a pinch run- since Oct. 3, 2015, against the Minnesota ner. The Cardinals pounded out 14 hits, with Twins. He struck out the side in the second eight starters getting at least one and six play- inning and again in the sixth inning. A pend- ers driving in at least one run. ing nine-game suspension did little to distract The sweep was the first for the Cardinals Ventura, who is appealing the penalty for his at PNC Park since August 2009. They fin- role in a June 7 brawl with the Baltimore ished a two-series road trip 5-1 and are a Orioles. Ventura allowed one run on five hits season-high seven games over .500. The and walked one. five-game losing streak is the longest of the season for the Pirates, dropping them to CUBS 13, BRAVES 2 just a game over .500. The Chicago Cubs were a comedy of errors defensively with Bill Murray on hand for the GIANTS 2, DODGERS 1 final two games against Atlanta. The Cubs won Fifteen-year veteran Jake Peavy outdueled both in laughers anyway, making the actor- 19-year-old Julio Urias in a battle of the ages, comedian happy and improving the team’s pitching San Francisco to a victory over rival major-league-best record to 43-18. Jon Lester Los Angeles in a nationally televised game. (8-3) didn’t allow an earned run over seven The first-place Giants won two of three in the innings and the Cubs made four errors in the weekend series to take a five-game lead over first two innings against the Braves on Sunday. the second-place Dodgers in the National The Cubs had three errors in Saturday’s game. League West. Brandon Belt hit a two-run Anthony Rizzo had three hits and three RBIs, home run in the sixth inning to account for while Javier Baez blasted a three-run homer as all of the scoring for the Giants, who recorded part of a six-run eighth inning that followed a CHICAGO: Alex Avila #31 of the Chicago White Sox tags out Cheslor Cuthbert #19 of the Kansas City Royals at home plate during the ninth their fourth one-run win over the Dodgers three-run seventh by the Cubs. inning on June 12, 2016 at US Cellular Field in Chicago, Illinois. The Royals won 3-1. — AFP this season. — Reuters open with a five-run fifth inning, getting to to cap a four-run first inning, and Robbie Ray TIGERS 4, YANKEES 1 Keuchel after four dominant innings. threw 7 2/3 scoreless innings in Arizona’s vic- Michael Fulmer continued his impressive tory over Miami. O’Brien hit his first homer of Canada’s Henderson wins run when he pitched six effective innings and ATHLETICS 6, REDS 1 the season in his second start after being won his fifth straight start as Detroit defeated Marcus Semien and Jake Smolinski each a recalled Friday from Triple-A Reno, where he Women’s PGA Championship New York. Fulmer (7-1) ran his scoreless streak hit two-run homer to help Oakland avoid the led all the affiliated minor leagues with 17 to 28 1/3 innings by holding the Yankees to sweep with a victory over Cincinnati in the homers and 142 total bases while hitting .330. SAMMAMISH: Brooke Henderson beat top- 13 under. Berger finished at 13-under 267. He two hits. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, finale of a three-game interleague series. Ray (3-5) gave up three hits, all singles, and ranked Lydia Ko with a birdie on the first hole became the 13th first-time winner on tour this it is just shy of the Detroit rookie record set by Danny Valencia added a solo homer in the one walk while throwing a career-high 117 of a playoff Sunday in the KPMG Women’s PGA season and took home the winner’s check of John Hiller, who had 28 2/3 scoreless innings eighth, his 10th of the season, for the pitches. He struck out six and faced two bat- Championship after overcoming a three-shot $1.1 million in the 50th start of his career. Aug. 10-29, 1967. The right-hander also has Athletics, who collected 15 hits to snap a sev- ters over the minimum. Two of the hits were deficit on the back nine. Mickelson and Stricker shot 67, and Koepka allowed one earned run in his last 34 1/3 en-game losing streak. Fernando Rodriguez erased by double plays. The 18-year-old Canadian, ranked No. 4 in had a 66 in the round that was delayed three innings, giving him an earned run average of (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the the world, closed with a bogey-free 6-under hours because of storms. Dustin Johnson had a 0.26 in his last five starts and lowering his victory. ROCKIES 2, PADRES 1 65 - the best round of the week at Sahalee - to 63, setting the back-nine record with a 29, to overall earned run average from 6.52 to 2.52. Mark Reynolds hit a tiebreaking, solo home match Ko at 6-under 278. Ko finished with a finish fifth at 9 under. Berger is the fourth first- He only allowed a leadoff single to Aaron BREWERS 5, METS 3 run in the seventh inning, leading Colorado to 67. In the playoff on the par-4 18th, time winner at the event in the past six years Hicks and a bloop double to Austin Romine Zach Davies won his fourth consecutive a win over San Diego. Reynolds drove the first Henderson hit her second shot from 155 yards and 10th overall in Memphis. that started the fifth. decision and struck out seven as Milwaukee pitch from Kevin Quackenbush (3-3) over the to 3 feet, while Ko’s second from farther back salvaged a series split with a win over New out-of-town scoreboard in right field to put in the fairway left her with 20 feet. Ko missed CONSTELLATION SENIOR BLUE JAYS 10, ORIOLES 9 York. Keon Broxton and Scooter Gennett had the Rockies ahead 2-1. It was his fourth homer to the left, and Henderson tapped in to cap a PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP Russell Martin hit a three-run homer, Kevin two hits each for the Brewers, who produced of the season. Colorado left-hander Tyler week that started with a hole-in-one on her Bernhard Langer won the Constellation Pillar had a homer and two RBIs, Devon Travis nine hits off Mets left-hander Steven Matz (7- Anderson was extremely impressive in his fourth hole of the tournament and ended Senior Players Championship for the third had two RBIs and Toronto held on to defeat 3). Matz surrendered five runs while striking major league debut. However, he was denied with a major championship. straight year, holing a 12-foot birdie putt on Baltimore. The Blue Jays won the final three out five over six innings. Davies (5-3) came a win when Gonzalez Germen (2-0) relieved In regulation, Henderson saved par on 18 the final hole for a one-stroke victory at windy games of the four-game series after the into his 11th start of the season riding high- him in the top of the seventh and allowed an with a 12-footer, moments before Ko missed a Philadelphia Cricket Club. Orioles took the opener. Adam Jones hit two since starting the season 0-3 with an 8.78 ERA, inherited runner to score the tying run. 4-foot birdie try on the par-3 17th. Henderson The 58-year-old German star won his sev- home runs and Pedro Alvarez, Chris Davis and he had gone 4-0 with 2.91 mark in his last sev- Anderson gave up six hits and one run in 6 also made a long eagle putt on the par-5 11th enth senior major title - his fifth in the last 11 Matt Wieters each homered once for the en and carried a no-hitter into the seventh 1/3 innings with no walks and six strikeouts. and birdied the par-3 13th. She won last year majors - to tie Hale Irwin for second place on Orioles, who fell behind by six runs before inning his last time out. in Portland, Oregon, for her first tour title. the career list, a victory behind Jack Nicklaus. cutting the lead to one. NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 4 Henderson became the second-youngest Three strokes ahead at 2 under entering the TWINS 7, RED SOX 4 Jayson Werth hit a two-run single with two winner in a major championship, with Ko the round on the difficult Wissahickon Course, RAYS 5, ASTROS 0 Max Kepler belted a three-run, walk-off outs in the bottom of the ninth as Washington youngest last year in the Evian Championship Langer closed with a 3-over 73 to finish at 1- Matt Moore recorded his best game of the home run in the 10th inning to lift Minnesota rallied for a win over Philadelphia to sweep in France. Henderson also ended the 19-year- over 281 - the highest winning score in the season, holding Houston to two hits in seven to victory over Boston at Target Field. Kepler the three-game series. old Ko’s bid for her third straight major victory. history of the event first played in 1983. Mark innings, as Tampa Bay claimed a series victory. hit an 0-2 fastball from Red Sox right-hander Jonathan Papelbon (1-2) gave up a game- Ariya Jutanugarn, in search of a fourth O’Meara had the previous record at 7 under in Moore (3-4) matched his season high with 10 Matt Barnes over the center-field fence for his tying homer to Maikel Franco in the top of the straight victory, shot a 66 to finish a stroke 2010 at TPC Potomac in Maryland. strikeouts, equaled his longest outing and set first career home run with runners at second ninth but emerged with the win. The Phillies back. The 20-year Thai player missed a birdie Langer held off Miguel Angel Jimenez and a season low for hits and runs-this after get- and third and one out. Michael Tonkin (2-2) tied the game at 3-3 in the sixth as Odubel putt on the 18th that could have put her into Joe Durant, saving bogey with a 6-footer on ting only one win in his previous nine starts. struck out two in one inning of scoreless relief Herrera had an RBI double and Freddy Galvis the playoff. the par-4 17th and getting his birdie putt to The Rays took two of three games from the to earn the win. singled to drive in Herrera. Philadelphia’s drop on the par-4 18th after it caught the Astros, who saw Dallas Keuchel (3-9) pitch Cody Asche hit his first homer of the year, a FEDEX ST. JUDE CLASSIC edge and circled the cup. Jimenez and Durant well until a rough fifth inning in which he DIAMONDBACKS 6, MARLINS 0 solo shot in the fifth that cut the deficit to 3-1. Daniel Berger won the FedEx St. Jude each shot 68 for the low rounds of the day. gave up five runs. The Rays broke the game Rookie Peter O’Brien hit a three-run homer Danny Espinosa gave Washington a 3-0 lead Classic for his first PGA Tour title, shooting a 3- Langer won in 2014 at Fox Chapel in in the second with a solo homer. under 67 to hold off Phil Mickelson, Steve Pittsburgh and last year at Belmont in Stricker and Brooks Koepka by three strokes. Massachusetts. Langer has three victories this MLB results/standings INDIANS 8, ANGELS 3 The 23-year-old Floridian had had never been year, also winning the Chubb Classic in Florida Carlos Santana hit two home runs and in a final pairing until Sunday. When in February and the major Regions Tradition drove in three runs to lead Cleveland past Los Mickelson, with his 42 career PGA Tour titles, last month in Alabama. The two-time Masters Toronto 10, Baltimore 9; Tampa Bay 5, Houston 0; Oakland 6, Cincinnati 1; Chicago Cubs 13, Angeles. Santana hit a solo homer in the sec- closed within a stroke, Berger birdied three of champion is third on the tour victory list with Atlanta 2; Detroit 4, NY Yankees 1; Minnesota 7, Boston 4 (10 innings); Kansas City 3, Chicago ond inning and a two-run drive in the ninth to his next four holes, highlighted by a 32-foot 28, one behind Lee Trevino. Irwin is the leader White Sox 1; Milwaukee 5, NY Mets 3; Cleveland 8, LA Angels 3; Washington 5, Philadelphia increase his total to 12 home runs. Francisco putt on the par-3 14th that pushed his lead to with 45. — AP 4; Arizona 6, Miami 0; Colorado 2, San Diego 1; Texas 6, Seattle 4; St. Louis 8, Pittsburgh 3; Lindor added three RBIs and three hits, San Francisco 2, LA Dodgers 1. including a solo home run. American League National League Los Angeles center fielder Mike Trout left Eastern Division Eastern Division the game in the eighth inning when Tommy W L PCT GB Washington 39 24 .619 - Hunter hit him with a pitch in the right hand. Baltimore 36 26 .581 - NY Mets 34 28 .548 4.5 X-rays revealed no fracture, but Trout sus- Boston 36 26 .581 - Miami 32 31 .508 7 tained a right thumb contusion during the Toronto 35 30 .538 2.5 Philadelphia 29 34 .460 10 Angels’ eighth loss in 10 games. NY Yankees 31 32 .492 5.5 Atlanta 18 44 .290 20.5 Tampa Bay 29 32 .475 6.5 RANGERS 6, MARINERS 4 Central Division Cole Hamels threw seven strong innings, Central Division Chicago Cubs 43 18 .705 - Cleveland 35 27 .565 - and Texas’ offense came alive to take two of St. Louis 35 28 .556 9 Detroit 32 30 .516 3 three in the series from Seattle. Mitch Pittsburgh 32 31 .508 12 Kansas City 32 30 .516 3 Moreland hit a two-run homer in the fourth Chicago WSox 31 32 .492 4.5 Milwaukee 30 33 .476 14 inning and Ian Desmond added a two-run Minnesota 19 43 .306 16 Cincinnati 24 39 .381 20 single in the sixth as the Rangers opened up Western Division Western Division a five-game lead atop the American League Texas 39 24 .619 - San Francisco 38 26 .594 - West. The last time Texas had a lead that Seattle 34 29 .540 5 LA Dodgers 33 31 .516 5 wide in the division standings was in May Houston 30 35 .462 10 Colorado 30 33 .476 7.5 2013. Hamels (6-1) held Seattle to one run on SAMMAMISH: Brooke Henderson of Canada holds the winner’s trophy after winning LA Angels 27 36 .429 12 Arizona 28 37 .431 10.5 four hits over seven innings. The Mariners the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club on Oakland 26 36 .419 12.5 San Diego 26 38 .406 12 rallied for three runs over the final two Sunday in Sammamish, Washington. — AFP innings before the game ended with TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 SPORTS Penguins beat Sharks 3-1 for fourth Stanley Cup title SAN JOSE: A turnaround season for the third title. The game ended when Crosby Malkin. But a series of concussions that almost the entire Cup final. We’re going to enjoy it for a while.” Logan Pittsburgh Penguins ended with Sidney cleared the puck the length of the ice led Crosby to miss almost entire season They did not trail until Game 5 at Couture scored the lone goal for the Crosby once again holding the Stanley with San Jose on the power play, setting and a half, and a run of early playoff exits home and responded to a strong push Sharks, whose first trip to the final in their Cup. Crosby set up Kris Letang’s go- off a wild celebration. All that was left that included twice blowing 3-1 series from San Jose in the clincher to avoid a 25-year history ended two wins short of a ahead goal midway through the second was for Crosby to accept the Conn leads prevented a second celebration in decisive seventh game. Pittsburgh held title. Martin Jones made 24 saves and period and the Pittsburgh Penguins won Smythe trophy as playoff MVP and then the Crosby era until now. San Jose to just one shot on goal in the was San Jose’s best player for the series. the fourth Stanley Cup in franchise histo- the Stanley Cup. This didn’t seem like it would be a sea- first 19 minutes of the third period to While the season ended in disap- ry by beating the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in “We tried to keep fighting and slowly son to remember back in early December preserve the one-goal lead. The Penguins pointment, it also was a bit of a break- Game 6 of the final Sunday night. started to turn things around,” he said. when the Penguins were the near the sealed it when Crosby blocked a shot through for Joe Thornton, Patrick “It wasn’t easy getting here, especially “Everyone has a part in this. It feels really bottom of the standings in the Eastern from Marc-Edouard Vlasic that set Marleau and the rest of a franchise that the way things started out,” Crosby said. good to win your last game of the sea- Conference and coach Mike Johnston Hornqvist’s empty-netter. had been known for playoff collapses, “The first half wasn’t easy and I think son.” Three nights after squandering a was fired. But led by coach Mike Sullivan, Pittsburgh owner Mario Lemieux most notably in 2014 when the Sharks everyone just stuck together, kept going chance to become the first Pittsburgh the Penguins recovered to make the pointed to general manager Jim blew a 3-0 series lead in the first round to and found some momentum there in team to win a title in front of the home playoffs as the second place team in the Rutherford and a series of moves made Los Angeles. March and continued to keep it going.” fans in 56 years, the Penguins finished Metropolitan Division. Pittsburgh during the season - including acquiring There was an electric atmosphere Brian Dumoulin opened the scoring the job on the road just like they did in knocked off the New York Rangers in the Phil Kessel from Toronto - as the reason before the final home game of the sea- with a power-play goal and Patric Minnesota (1991), Chicago (1992) and first round, Presidents’ Trophy-winning the Penguins won it all. son in San Jose with fans starting their Hornqvist added a late empty-netter. Detroit (2009) in past title runs. Washington in round two and then ral- “It’s been an incredible year,” Lemieux “Let’s Go Sharks!” chants well before the Matt Murray made 18 saves to give the The championship in Detroit was sup- lied from a 3-2 series deficit to beat said. “We a rough start the first couple opening puck drop and an elaborate Penguins a championship seven years to posed to be the first of many for a team Tampa Bay in the Eastern Conference months of the season, then we made pregame light and video show firing up the day after they beat Detroit for their led by players like Crosby and Evgeni final. The Penguins were in control for some changes. ... It’s hard to win this Cup. the fans. — AP Chahal puts Zimbabwe into spin as India claim series

HARARE: A second-string India side hum- ed in as a replacement for the injured Craig bled a full-strength Zimbabwe for the sec- Ervine, took a blow to the finger during the ond time in three days to take an unassail- warm-ups and was unable to bat. able 2-0 lead in the one-day international Chahal finished with figures of 3 for 25, series at Harare Sports Club yesterday. while seamers Barinder Sran and Dhawal After losing the toss on an overcast Kulkarni picked up a couple of wickets morning, Zimbabwe made a promising apiece. start thanks to Vusi Sibanda’s half-century India had no trouble knocking off such a before collapsing to 126 all out in 34.3 flimsy target, with Nair putting on an open- overs. India made light work of that total on ing stand of 58 with KL Rahul, who fol- a good pitch, with Karun Nair scoring 39 lowed up the century he scored on and Ambati Rayudu finishing unbeaten on Saturday with 33. 41 to take the tourists home inside 27 overs. Nair and Rayudu then added 67 for the The hosts were on track to eclipse the second wicket to take India to the brink of 168 all out that they managed in a nine- victory, before Manish Pandey sealed the wicket loss in Saturday’s series opener, as deal. Zimbabwe’s feeble performance led Sibanda’s fluid 53 carried them to 106 for the few supporters in the ground to stage three at the midway point of their innings. something of a protest against their play- But legspinner Yuzvendra Chahal picked ers, as they held up banners and whistled up three wickets in nine deliveries and during the early stages of India’s chase. Zimbabwe lost six wickets for the addition One of the placards read: “We cannot of just 20 runs. support disaster, calamity and quagmire of “I almost hanged myself,” Zimbabwe epic proportions.” “I heard some of the interim coach Makhaya Ntini said. “If there words that came out and they’re obviously was a tomato tree outside I would have not nice. We’re representing our country hanged myself in that tomato tree. and they’re as disappointed as we are,” “It’s no good. We have experienced play- Sibanda said afterwards. ers with us who can easily read the game. “We want them to stand by us when We were in the perfect position.” things aren’t going well so we can pull in Zimbabwe’s cause was not helped by the same direction, because otherwise we the fact that Sean Williams, who was draft- can’t achieve anything.” —AFP

SCOREBOARD FOXBORO: Gil #4 of Brazil collides with Jose Paolo Guerrero #9 of Peru in the first half during the 2016 Copa America Centenario Group B match against Brazil at Gillette Stadium on Sunday in Foxboro, Massachusetts. — AFP Scoreboard at close of play in the second One Day International between Zimbabwe and India yesterday in Harare, Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Innings: Bowling: B. Sran 6-1-17-2(w-1), D. Kulkarni Peru goal knocks H. Masakadza c Bumrah b Sran 9 9-1-31-2, J. Bumrah 6-0-27-1 (w-3), A. Patel C. Chibhabha lbw b Kulkarni 21 7.3-0-22-1 (w-1), Y. Chahal 6-2-25-3 (nb-1). P. Moor lbw b Sran 1 V. Sibanda c Jadhav b Chahal 53 India Innings: S. Raza c Jadhav b Chahal 16 L. Rahul b Chibhabha 33 Brazil out of Copa E. Chigumbura lbw b Chahal 0 K. Nair lbw b Raza 39 R. Mutumbami c Dhoni b Bumrah 2 A. Rayudu not out 41 M. Pandey not out 4 G. Cremer not out 7 FOXBOROUGH: Substitute Raul Riudiaz’s hotly and eliminated Brazil, who dropped down to low cross that fell just behind the onrushing Extras (lb-1 nb-2 w-9) 12 T. Chatara b Kulkarni 2 disputed goal earned Peru a shock 1-0 win over third place behind Ecuador in the tournament Ruidiaz inside the six-yard box. Total (for 2 wickets, 26.5 overs) 129 T. Muzarabani lbw b A. Patel 5 Brazil in Foxborough, Massachusetts on Sunday, being played in the United States to celebrate The Universitario player appeared to handle Fall of wickets: 1-58 L. Rahul,2-125 K. Nair S. Williams absent injured the defeat knocking the five-times world cham- the centenary of governing body CONMEBOL the ball into the net to the immediate anger of Did not bat: K. Jadhav, M. Dhoni, A. Patel, Extras (lb-4 nb-1 w-5) 10 pions out the Copa America at the group stage. and the Copa America. the Brazilian players, who surrounded the D. Kulkarni, J. Bumrah, B. Sran, Y. Chahal Total (all out, 34.3 overs) 126 The Peruvian forward appeared to use his Following the conclusion of the first two Uruguayan referee along with several Peruvians Bowling: T. Chatara 8-1-40-0, T. Fall of wickets: 1-19 H. Masakadza, 2-21 P. hand to score from close range with 16 minutes groups in the 16-team competition, Peru will before the official opted to give the goal after a Muzarabani 3-1-13-0, C. Chibhabha 9-1- Moor, 3-39 C. Chibhabha, 4-106 S. Raza, 5- remaining and after a long delay while the refer- play Colombia in the quarter-finals in New long delay. Elias then missed a golden opportu- 31-1, G. Cremer 3-0-17-0, E. Chigumbura 106 E.Chigumbura, 6-107 V. Sibanda, 7- ee consulted with his assistant while taking Jersey on Friday, while the host nation will take nity to equalise for Brazil in injury time but he 2-0-20-0, S. Raza 1.5-0-7-1. 112 R. Mutumbami, 8-115 T. Chatara, 9- advice through an earpiece, he allowed the goal on Ecuador in Seattle a day earlier. failed to connect properly with only the goal- Result: India won by 8 wickets. 126 T. Muzarabani to stand. Television pictures showed Ruidiaz Mexico, Venezuela and Argentina have keeper to beat. The result came just hours after grinning after the goal had been awarded but already qualified from the other two groups with Ecuador hammered a hapless Haiti 4-0 to guar- the Brazilian players were apoplectic with rage a match to play with either Chile or Panama join- antee their quarter-final berth. at a decision that sent them tumbling out of the ing them in the quarter-finals pending the result Enner Valencia opened the scoring after 10 tournament before the knockout stages for the of their showdown on Tuesday. minutes and Jaime Ayovi doubled Ecuador’s first time since 1987. advantage nine minutes later after a swift count- “We saw that the ball hit his hand but you can’t MISSED OPPORTUNITY er-attack. Christian Noboa made it 3-0 with a complain,” Brazil centre half Miranda told The loss was a harsh one for Brazil, who knew well-placed shot after 56 minutes before reporters. “(The referee) said he discussed it with a draw would have been enough to see them Antonio Valencia tapped home the fourth after four officials and that they didn’t see the hand- advance and were generally the better team another break on 77 minutes. ball. “Brazil tried from the first minute to score but without ever really threatening the Peruvian The result left Haiti, who were competing in the ball didn’t want to go in unfortunately, and goal. Peru upped the tempo after a lacklustre the competition for the first time, bottom of the that’s football. If you don’t score you pay for it.” first half and the controversial decider came group on no points and a goal difference of The result lifted Peru to the top of Group B after 74 minutes when Andy Polo whipped in a minus 11. — Reuters S Lanka lose Silva as rain sets up marathon finale LONDON: Sri Lanka lost Kaushal Silva reviewed but to no avail, HARARE: India’s batsman Ambati Rayudu hits a shot as wicket keeper Richmond Silva as rain set up a lengthy 47- with Sri Lanka 45 for one. No Mutumbami looks on during the second cricket match between India and hosts over final session on the fifth and sooner had Silva been dismissed Zimbabwe in a series of 3 ODI games at Harare Sports Club yesterday. — AFP last day of the third Test against than the umpires took the players England at Lord’s yesterday. off the field after just 18 minutes’ Only 22 balls were possible play, with left-hander Murray warms up for Queen’s between lunch and tea after rain Karunaratne 27 not out. washed out Monday’s first ses- England’s first innings 416 was title with Beckham’s son sion, with England 2-0 up in the built around Yorkshire wicket- three-match series. Sri Lanka keeper Jonny Bairstow’s Test-best LONDON: Andy Murray warmed up for the “He was playing against me this morning! resumed on 32 without loss in 167 not out and 85 from Cook. start of his Queen’s Club title defence with an So it’s tougher now against Andy!” With pursuit of a challenging victory Sri Lanka could only manage 288 unlikely practice partner as he took to the Murray bidding for a record fifth Queen’s Club total of 362. in reply, despite fifties from court with David Beckham’s son Romeo. crown this week ahead of the start of Dimuth Karunaratne was 19 Karunaratne and Silva, with all- Murray arrived at Queen’s Club in west Wimbledon, the two-time Grand Slam winner, not out and Silva unbeaten on 12. rounder Chris Woakes taking London over the weekend and the world who has rehired Ivan Lendl as a member of In overcast conditions, staying at three for 31. England’s second number two found time to hit a few balls with his coaching staff, will be firmly in the spot- the crease against the England innings 233 for seven declared Beckham’s offspring before getting down to light over the next month. new-ball duo of Stuart Broad and saw Alex Hales again fall short of the serious business of preparation for the James Anderson was going to be a maiden Test century with 94 — grass-court campaign. ROLE MODEL a tough task for Sri Lanka’s open- his third fifty of a series where the Former Manchester United and England And Beckham believes there is no better ing pair, let alone reaching a tar- Nottinghamshire opener had star Beckham is a friend of Murray’s and has role model for his tennis-mad son and any get that would set a new record twice been dismissed in the 80s. watched him play at Wimbledon on several other youngster dreaming of a sporting for the highest fourth-innings But there was controversy when occasions, so the Scot had no problem taking career. “He (Romeo) retired at the old age of total to win a Test at Lord’s, sur- Hales, then on 58, was bowled by a break for a friendly session with 13-year-old 13 from football and now he’s happy hitting a passing the West Indies’ 344 for Nuwan Pradeep on Sunday only Romeo. “I knew Andy was down here because ball around on the tennis court, he plays four one against England in 1984. to be spared by, as it turned out, I spoke to him earlier. But we were just com- or five times a week and he enjoys himself,” Monday’s first over saw Silva an incorrectly called front-foot ing down to see if there was any practice Beckham said. edge Broad just short of England no-ball from Australian umpire going on before the tournament starts. It was “When you look at role models, you want captain Alastair Cook at first slip. Rod Tucker. something that was a big plus for Romeo,” them to be passionate about the sport, pas- But Anderson, England’s all- The Sri Lanka flag was draped Beckham said on the Aegon Championships sionate about what they do, to play hard all time leading Test-wicket taker, over the tourists’ dressing-room podcast. the time, and Andy’s one of those players. “It’s struck in the fourth over when balcony for some 45 minutes in LONDON: Sri Lanka’s Kaushal Silva is trapped lbw by James Anderson “Romeo’s a member here now. So we great for any young kid to have great role Silva (16), padding up after failing protest at Tucker’s decision which, (not pictured) during play on the fifth day of the third test cricket match came down to see a few of the guys practis- models in sport and Andy’s definitely one of to pick an inswinger going under current regulations, could between England and Sri Lanka at Lord’s cricket ground in London, yes- ing and obviously it’s great for him. those for many kids around the world.” — AFP against the Lord’s slipe, was lbw. not be overturned. — AFP terday. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 18 Football fans tried in France, Russian hooligans ‘evade arrest’

MARSEILLE: Ten men will be tried in France yesterday over Russian fans charged into a section of the stadium occupied overlooking the sea in the French city of Nice, police said. FAN FERVOR the violence between English and Russian football fans in by English supporters and began throwing punches, send- The young fan, who was in his twenties, fell about eight Marseille, but prosecutors said 150 “extremely well-trained” ing spectators including women and children fleeing. metres (25 feet) from a rampart on the Promenade des Russian hooligans had evaded arrest. Anglais seafront at about 2.00am, police said. England captain Wayne Rooney and manager Roy MORE CLASHES FEARED The government said Sunday that 116 people had been Hodgson made a public appeal to England fans to behave UEFA has warned Russia and England that they could be arrested oveer football violence since the start of the tour- after UEFA threatened the team with disqualification. A kicked out of the tournament if their supporters cause more nament and 63 taken into custody. Northern Ireland fan meanwhile became the first fatality at violence. It also told the two countries to appeal to their Three people had been expelled from France and five Euro 2016 after plunging over a guard rail into the sea to his supporters to behave. others designated as a threat to public order and banned death, police said. Six Britons, one Austrian and three In response, England’s Rooney and Hodgson made a from entering the country, the interior ministry said. There French will be in court in the southern French city after video plea for the country’s fans to avoid further violence. were new incidents Sunday, as German football fans fought Saturday’s clashes, the worst violence at an international “I’m appealing to you to stay out of trouble,” Hodgson said. Ukrainian supporters ahead of their Group C game in Lille. tournament since the 1998 World Cup. An England support- “We really desperately want to stay in the competition.” More than 50 known German hooligans were involved er who was seriously injured in pitched battles on Saturday Rooney told fans: “Be safe, be sensible and continue with in the clashes, according to a German police source quoted remains in a “critical but stable” condition in hospital, prose- your great support for the players.” The British government by the SID sports news agency. cutor Brice Robin told a press conference. said it was “deeply concerned” by the Marseille violence and And in Paris about 50 French youths dressed in black The attackers have not been identified, but Robin said offered to send more police to France. taunted Croatian supporters, with the two sides throwing 150 “extremely well-trained” Russian troublemakers had tak- UEFA admitted there were stadium security flaws and missiles and fireworks at each other before police moved in. en part in the Marseille unrest. They were “prepared for the fans were not properly segregated. They said changes hyper-fast and hyper-violent acts”, Brice said and they would be made. The French cities of Lyon, which hosts its RED ALERT slipped through police surveillance. first match on Monday when Belgium face Italy, and There are concerns that Russian and English fans The head of Britain’s Euro 2016 policing operation has Toulouse announced bans on alcohol sales to football fans could clash again this week in the northern city of said the Russians in Marseille were wearing gum shields, on the days of Euro 2016 matches. Lille. Russia’s next game is in Lille on Wednesday martial arts gloves and carrying knives. Assistant chief con- The French government has given regional police chiefs against Slovakia, while England play Wales in nearby stable Mark Roberts told the Guardian newspaper that powers to ban alcohol sales and consumption from the day Lens on Thursday. Russian Sports Minister Vitaly while “a small minority” of England fans were out to cause before matches near the 10 stadiums and fan zones being Mutko said his country’s fans “behaved improperly” trouble at the match, there were hundreds of “Russian trou- used for the month-long, 24-nation tournament. and predicted UEFA would impose a fine this week. He blemakers”. Tensions came to a head inside the Stade The Northern Ireland who died became the first fatality laid the blame on match organisers for failing to sepa- Velodrome after Saturday’s 1-1 England-Russia draw. at Euro 2016 after plunging to his death from a guard rail rate supporters. — AFP

SAINT-ETIENNE: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo takes part in a training session at the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Etienne, central-eastern France, yesterday, on the eve of their Euro 2016 football tournament match against Iceland. — AFP Minnows Iceland out to shock Ronaldo’s Portugal

SAINT-TIENNE: Cristiano Ronaldo-led Portugal open Lagerback said his side must ensure a quiet night for Portugal needs to subdue a resilient Iceland in Saint their Euro 2016 campaign today eager to avoid slip- Real Madrid’s superstar forward. Etienne. The current team’s rise is the result of an ping-up against minnows Iceland and aiming to emu- ambitious plan, which Iceland’s football association late their run to the European Championship semi- BACK FROM HOLIDAY (KSI) started 15 years ago, to build over 150 small arti- finals four years ago. “I saw him play for 45 minutes against Estonia. I’m ficial indoor arenas on the island. Portugal lost to eventual winners Spain on penal- not sure he was really on holiday before but he It ensured football could be played without inter- ties in the semi-finals of Euro 2012 and have arrived in recharged his batteries, both physically and mentally,” ruption through the long Icelandic winter and saw France determined to win Group F and book their said Lagerback. the junior side dubbed the ‘indoor kids’ in qualifying place in the knock-out stages. “You can expect the best from him-but not against for the 2011 European U-21 finals. First they must negotiate their way past surprise- us.” Portugal won their qualifying group by bouncing The Icelandic team has a strong team spirit. “The package Iceland, who beat the Netherlands home back from a shock 1-0 defeat to Albania in their open- main key is the mentality of the Iceland players,” said and away in qualifying as the Dutch failed to reach ing game to win all of their remaining matches and FC Basel midfielder Birkir Bjarnason. Euro 2016. The tiny North Atlantic island nation of top their group. Now winger Vierinha says the star- “We are hard working, we don’t give up. “Many of 330,000 people is making their debut at a major tour- studded Portugal squad need to again show what us have been together for ten years, started together nament and is the smallest country by population they can do on the European stage. in the U-17s.” Iceland warmed up for the Euro with a ever to feature at a European Championship. “Everyone knows our objective is to win Euro 2016, 4-0 trouncing of minnows Lichtenstein last Monday. Former Chelsea and Barcelona forward Eidur but we have to go step by step,” said Wolfsburg’s Real Sociedad striker Alfred Finnbogason is com- Gudjohnsen, 37, has come out of retirement to be Vierinha. “The players know what they have to do: ing off the back of a successful loan spell at Augsburg part of the Icelandic squad. beat Iceland, then Austria, then Hungary. We know where he scored seven goals in 14 German league Now plying his trade in Norway with Molde, the our qualities and we have to show this on the pitch.” games. And Iceland’s captain and midfield general, veteran said it will be a “dream come true” when The 30-year-old says Portugal must justify their tag Cardiff City’s Aron Gunnarsson, is raring to go. Iceland face Portugal, who trounced Estonia 7-0 in a as group favourites. “We played very well in the “I’ve done some extra work, which was something warm-up game last Wednesday. build-up and we know that people consider us the I was lacking in our warm up games, but my form is in Ronaldo netted twice before coming off at half- favourites in the group, but we have to show that we a good place and I’m just looking forward to the time and Iceland’s Swedish co-manager Lars are better than the other teams,” he said. First up, game,” said the 27-year-old. — AFP Kane must improve or face being dropped: Shearer

LONDON: Harry Kane’s performance against Russia was game against Wales,” he said. “I would tell Kane-and also not good enough and he could have no complaints if Raheem Sterling, whose final ball was yet again very Jamie Vardy replaced him for England’s Group B clash poor-that, although I am going to stick with you, if you with Wales in Lens on Thursday, former England striker do not do better then I will make those changes during Alan Shearer said. the Wales game. It is up to them to respond.” The Tottenham Hotspur striker, the Premier League’s Kane played as the central prong in a three-man leading scorer last season, failed to shine in England’s attack against Russia with Adam Lallana impressive on opening match and, according to Shearer, lacked energy. the right and Sterling less so on the left despite plenty of Leicester City’s title-winning striker Vardy had to kick his the ball. Kane only touched the ball once in Russia’s heels on the bench in Marseille where England were held penalty area. 1-1. “(England coach) Roy Hodgson would be within his “Just because you have one bad game does not mean rights to tell Harry Kane that his performance in you are a bad player and Kane will be looking to Hodgson Saturday’s draw against Russia was not good enough to give him another opportunity,” Shearer said. “But and he has to improve or he will change things up front- Hodgson has a lot of other strong options, particularly in and rightly so,” Shearer told the BBC. the centre-forward positions.” Shearer said he had been “I am a huge fan of Kane, and he has had another fan- impressed with England’s midfield in which captain tastic season for Tottenham, but he looked very leggy Wayne Rooney often dropped deep to allow Dele Alli the and tired against Russia on Saturday.” Shearer still license to roam forward but still could have scored a cou- expects Kane to lead England’s line against Wales, but ple of goals. “He played the new position very well and TOULOUSE: A Czech Republic supporter wearing a rain says he needs to step up. combined well with Eric Dier and Dele Alli too,” Shearer poncho looks on ahead of the Euro 2016 group D foot- “I would not alter anything about England’s starting said. “Dier sat in but Rooney and Alli had to decide when ball match between Spain and Czech Republic at the XI or the system they played in Marseille for their next to stay and go forward-and they got it right.” — Reuters Stadium Municipal in Toulouse yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 19 Germany swoons for comeback king Schweinsteiger

LYON: Both the German press and Germany’s Euro 2016 onships finals overtook Philipp Lahm’s previous record. shirt soon. “I hope that he can play from the start as soon as squad poured praise on ‘bloodied-fighter and come-back The Manchester United star later admitted he was out of possible and show what a class player he is,” said Germany’s FAN FERVOR king’ Bastian Schweinsteiger yesterday following his breath from his long sprint towards the German bench to stand-in captain. “Everyone knows his qualities, he brings goalscoring heroics off the bench against Ukraine. celebrate the goal with his team-mates. “It’s unbelievable, order to our game.” Loew was also delighted for his captain: Despite having previous played just 245 minutes of foot- that something like that happened, you can only dream “I think the goal gives Bastian personally, and all of us, a ball in 2016 due to a torn knee ligament in March, about it,” he told reporters. boost”. This is not the first time Schweinsteiger has excelled Germany’s captain dismissed any doubts about his fitness “I only had around 300 playing minutes under my belt in the comeback role at a major tournament. with an electric goal. After Shkodran Mustafi’s header gave this year, and then that happens... “I still haven’t got the He only made his first appearance four years ago in Germany an early lead, Schweinsteiger scored his first inter- strength for 90 or 120 minutes. I’m okay for a half, but I feel Brazil off the bench late in Germany’s second group game, a national goal for nearly five years to seal a 2-0 win in their really good.” German fans are particularly delighted to have 2-2 draw with Ghana, after an ankle injury hampered his Group C opener on Sunday. their skipper back after Schweinsteiger was left bloodied by World Cup preparations. “This goal delights the whole of Germany!”, wrote a battling display in the 2014 World Cup final to help win It remains to be seen whether the Man Utd star will start German daily Bild as Joachim ‘Jogi’ Loew’s world champions the Brazil 2014 title. Germany’s next crunch game against neighbours Poland at got off to a winning start. “Everyone enjoys his success and “Bloodied fighter and comeback king! Why we’re all the Stade de France today. is pleased for him, especially Jogi’s boys!” behind ‘Schweini’ now,” screamed the Bild headline. But Germany’s midfield general is back. “Too old! Too Schweinsteiger scored in the 92nd minute with just his There was also plenty of praise from his teammates. “It’s heavy! Too slow! You’ve exceeded yourself!,” wrote his older third touch of the ball having been on the pitch for just two super. Crazy. What a story! I’m delighted for him,” said for- brother Tobias Schweinsteiger, a former pro footballer and minutes. The 31-year-old’s brief cameo made German foot- ward Thomas Mueller. Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer said he now Under-17 coach at Bayern Munich, on Twitter. “Never ball history as his 14th appearance at European champi- hopes Schweinsteiger can make a full return to the white write B. Schweinsteiger off. Congratulations, brother.” — AFP

VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ: Germany’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer (C) catches the ball during the Euro 2016 group C football match between Germany and Ukraine at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq near Lille on Sunday. — AFP Mustafi helps Germany to nervy win over Ukraine

LILLE: Stand-in centre back Shkodran Mustafi headed equaliser. In a breakneck first half, Ukraine’s Yevhen relying on hopeful long balls forward, while their keeper his first goal for Germany and Bastian Schweinsteiger Konoplyanka forced Germany keeper Neuer to make a Andriy Pyatov was forced into action to save a long-range scored in stoppage time as the world champions sur- flying save in the fourth minute before the Germans effort from Khedira, a low drive from Thomas Mueller and vived several scares to beat Ukraine 2-0 in their opening steadily took control, with Toni Kroos orchestrating most from Mesut Ozil, when he was through on goal. Germany Euro 2016 Group C match on Sunday. of their attacks. suffered one final fright when Mustafi headed back over Mustafi, who started in the absence of regular centre It was from his free kick, that Mustafi, who last fea- Neuer’s head, leaving the goalkeeper to scramble back back Mats Hummels, rifled home a header after 19 min- tured for Germany in March and only made the side towards his own net, while appearing to body check sub- utes to give Germany the lead, which was not extended because Hummels was recovering from a muscle injury, stitute striker Yevhen Seleznyov in the process. Then, in until Schweinsteiger, a 90th-minute substitute, swept leapt behind Serhiy Sydorchuk to power in a header. the final seconds, with Ukraine pushing up, Germany home from close range. Germany, bidding for a fourth Ten minutes later Sami Khedira had the chance to countered and Schweinsteiger slammed in an Ozil cross Euro triumph but first since 1996, dominated possession, double Germany’s lead as Kroos floated a ball beyond to score. The result extended Germany’s unbeaten run but also relied on three top saves from keeper Manuel the defence, but he shot straight at the keeper. against Ukraine to six matches and maintained their Neuer and a goal-line clearance by Jerome Boateng to By then though, the Ukrainians had woken up and, record of never having lost their opening match in a come out on top. driving their full backs higher up the pitch, forced Neuer European Championship. Germany will play joint group Ukraine, playing in their second European champi- to punch over a strong header from Yevhen Khacheridi. leaders Poland at the Stade de France on Thursday, when onship, harried and hustled their opponents and their Boateng was then forced into a dramatic clearance, hav- Ukraine take on Northern Ireland in Lyon. tight defence offered few clear sights of goal to the ing first lost the ball before hacking it clear while back- Several hours before the match, German and Germans. Yet lone striker Roman Zozulya was unable to pedalling into the net. Lone striker Zozulya also had an Ukrainian supporters scuffled briefly in the centre of offer much threat, except at the very start and in the effort disallowed for offside as Germany hung on until Lille, though police quickly brought the situation under closing stages as Ukraine pushed on in search of an halftime. Ukraine posed less of a threat in the second half, control. — Reuters Bale comments ‘disrespectful’

CHANTILLY: England manager Roy Hodgson has branded Gareth Bale “disrespectful” after the Wales star said his country showed more “passion and pride” than their neighbours and Euro 2016 rivals. England and Wales face off in Lens on Thursday, with Bale’s team in the driving seat in Group B after they beat Slovakia 2-1 in their opening game and Hodgson’s men could only draw 1-1 against Russia. Speaking before the Slovakia game, in which he netted a spectacular free-kick, Bale had said of England: “I think we’ve got a lot more pas- sion and pride about us than them.” But in comments published by British media yester- day, Hodgson retorted: “Receiving disrespectful com- ments is part and parcel of being a footballer and a football coach. “I don’t ever comment on other people. I’ve been in the game sufficiently long to know every opponent has got an opinion. “The other day it was VILLENEUVE-D’ASCQ: German supporters are pictured during the Euro 2016 group C football match (Russia goalkeeper Igor) Akinfeev saying we were the between Germany and Ukraine at the Stade Pierre Mauroy in Villeneuve-d’Ascq near Lille on Sunday. — AFP worst seeded team and now it’s Gareth Bale. “They can have those opinions, but I don’t have any doubts personally about our patriotism or desire and that’s the important thing. “If he believes that that’s the Matches on TV case, he’s welcome to that opinion. But we know who we are, we know what we are. We don’t have any (Local Timings) doubts about ourselves in that respect.” UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Defeat by Wales would leave England in a perilous beIN MAX 2 HD position, but Hodgson has backed his players to Austria v Hungary 19:00 beIN MAX 3 HD EN bounce back from the blow of conceding a stoppage- beIN MAX 2 HD beIN MAX 4 HD FR time equaliser against Russia in Marseille. beIN MAX 3 HD EN Uruguay v Jamaica 5:00 “It is a tight dressing room, a passionate dressing beIN MAX 1 HD beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR room,” said the England manager, whose side are based beIN MAX 4 HD FR beIN MAX 2 HD in Chantilly outside Paris. “I would recommend any- Portugal v Iceland 22:00 beIN MAX 3 HD EN body who does have any doubts about players in that beIN MAX 2 HD beIN MAX 4 HD FR respect to watch the game and come to me afterwards beIN MAX 3 HD EN Tomorrow and show me where they’ve seen that lack of passion beIN MAX 1 HD Chile v Panama 3:00 and lack of patriotism because I certainly didn’t see it. beIN MAX 4 HD FR beIN MAX 2 HD “We’ll get over it, no question of that. We’ll bounce beIN MAX 3 HD EN COPA AMERICA CENTENARIO back. My hope is and my dream is that we’ll play as well Argentina v Bolivia 5:00 in the next two matches and go on to do well in the Mexico v Venezuela 3:00 beIN MAX 2 HD tournament.” — AFP beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR beIN MAX 3 HD EN Canada’s Chahal puts Henderson Zimbabwe wins Women’s PGA into spin as India Championship claim series

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SAINT-DENIS: Sweden’s midfielder Emil Forsberg (R) and Ireland’s midfielder Glenn Whelan (L) vie for the ball during the Euro 2016 group E football match between Ireland and Sweden at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis yesterday. — AFP Sweden fightback holds Ireland after Hoolahan beauty

PARIS: Wes Hoolahan’s brilliant finish was running in Group E, which also contains Italy at the far post, was just unable to turn the ball with what appeared to be a groin injury. but Randolph made a superb save, diving low not enough to give the Republic of Ireland a and much-fancied Belgium, but the Irish will in with the goalkeeper beaten. Coach Erik Hamren was forced into a to his right to scoop the ball away. winning start to Euro 2016 as Ciaran Clark’s be especially frustrated at leaving with only a defensive reshuffle as substitute Erik Ibrahimovic finally came to life on the own goal ensured a 1-1 draw with Sweden point. HENDRICK HITS BAR Johansson came on in central defence and hour, firing just wide with his back to goal fol- yesterday. Ibrahimovic was attempting to become Robbie Brady, an attacking player at club Victor Lindeloef moved out to the right. lowing a Martin Olsson centre. He had a new Hoolahan met Seamus Coleman’s flighted the first player to score in four separate level but deployed as a left-back for Ireland, That defence was finally breached three partner in attack by that point, with John ball with a controlled first-time strike three European Championships, but the Sweden crashed a rising right-foot shot inches over, minutes into the second period. Coleman did Guidetti having replaced Marcus Berg in a minutes into the second half at the Stade de captain was a peripheral figure in a first peri- and in the 32nd minute Hendrick played a superbly on the right and lifted the ball switch which proved pivotal as Sweden dug France to give Ireland a lead they fully od in which Ireland were the better team. one-two with Shane Long before curling an towards the far post where Hoolahan, all out the equaliser. deserved. However, having been kept quiet Martin O’Neill’s men played with far effort from 25 yards onto the bar. alone, smashed home a delightful first-time Guidetti’s flick released Ibrahimovic, and for long spells by the Irish defence, Sweden greater intensity and were first to threaten Meanwhile, former Paris Saint-Germain shot beyond Isaksson. his ball from the left was headed past captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic created the from a Jeff Hendrick shot nine minutes in that star Ibrahimovic was unable to trouble Irish The sea of Irish fans behind the goal, Randolph by the unfortunate Clark. equaliser in the 71st minute when his cutback was well struck but was turned around the goalkeeper Darren Randolph from a long- bedecked in green, erupted, but having creat- Ibrahimovic then came within a whisker of was turned into his own net by Aston Villa post by Andreas Isaksson. range free-kick. ed almost nothing themselves, Sweden were converting a low driven cross by Olsson, but a defender Clark. Then Clark headed on a left-wing corner Sweden were dealt a blow right on half- nearly level barely a minute later. point was the very least Ireland deserved as It is a result that keeps both sides in the and veteran captain John O’Shea, stretching time when right-back Mikael Lustig came off Clark turned a corner towards his own goal the match ended all square. — AFP Pique’s late header gives Thiem wins Stuttgart STUTTGART: Austrian Dominic Thiem won the ATP event in Stuttgart yesterday after rain caused the grasscourt final Spain win over Czechs against German Philipp Kohlschreiber to be held over. Kohlschreiber had been leading Thiem TOULOUSE: Reigning champions Spain left it late but Gerard Pique’s 3-2 in a first-set tiebreaker on Sunday 87th-minute header earned them a deserved 1-0 victory over a when play was halted for the day. But the dogged Czech Republic in their Euro 2016 Group D opener yesterday. Austrian world number seven upped his Pique headed in Andres Iniesta’s “incredible” cross to give Czech game Monday, eventually running out a 6- goalkeeper Petr Cech no chance after he had made several fine saves 7 (2/7), 6-4, 6-4 winner with the contest to put his side within sight of an unlikely draw. played on a side court in front of a small Cech reacted well to deny Alvaro Morata and David Silva in the first crowd of 1,000 due to water damage on half while Czech defender Roman Hubnik deflected Morata’s shot the Centre Court grass. against his own post. Spain were given a fright when a stretching “I’ve never been so relieved,” said Thiem Hubnik forced a save from David de Gea and Cesc Fabregas made a after claiming his fourth title of a break- goalline clearance to keep out Theodor Gebre Selassie’s header. through season. “This is by far my most But Pique’s late intervention ensured the champions began with a special trophy. “Every title is wonderful, the victory to join Croatia on three points, a result which delighted King only thing comparable would be winning Felipe VI who congratulated the players after the match. Kitzbuehel at home,” said the seventh- “We struggled a bit during the first half and we’d already had a lot of ranked Austrian. chances,” Pique told journalists. “In the second half, we were lucky to “I came here almost expecting to lose score,” he added, before paying tribute to his brilliant team mate with in the first round. Then I reached the semi- the observation: “Iniesta’s pass was incredible.” Czech Republic started finals, the final and now the title. “I couldn’t aggressively, but Cech was kept busy dur- have expected this in my wildest dreams.” STUTTGART: Austria’s Dominic Thiem TOULOUSE: Spain’s Aritz Aduriz heads the ball during the Euro ing the first half, setting the tone of the Thiem, who moved into the ATP top 10 holds the trophy during the victory 2016 Group D soccer match between Spain and the Czech Republic match with stops from Morata and Silva, last week after a French Open semi-final ceremony after winning the ATP at the Stadium municipal in Toulouse, France, yesterday. —AP who was making his 100th appearance. performance, had already claimed titles in Mercedes Cup tennis tournament in Spain’s rhythm improved as Czech added Spain coach Vicente del Bosque. “We dominated.” The Czechs 2016 at Buenos Aires, Acapulco and Nice. Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, yes- intensity dipped, and while coach Pavel swapped their aggressive approach for more disciplined containment The 22-year-old, who saved two match terday. — AFP Vrba’s ploy of employing two full backs after the break, although Morata’s cross forced Hubnik into a deflected points as he knocked out Roger Federer in the tournament and for Dominic. on the right flank to deal with Jordi Alba error which beat Cech but bounced back off the post. the semi-finals, was successful in his bid to “Everyone hates to wait, it’s the worst was initially successful, the left back Vrba’s side also served warning that they were capable of extending become the first man this season to claim thing that can happen to you. But it began to find space. their opponents’ miserable run of failing to win any of their opening trophies on three different surfaces-clay, didn’t seem to bother Dominic. “We had Both Alba and Silva forced stops from tournament matches since 2008 with Hubnik and Gebre Selassie going hardcourt and now grass. an intense mental battle; the difference Cech, while Tomas Necid struck a shot at close. Ladislav Krejci was on hand to make a superb last-ditch tackle on “It’s sad to lose the final, but I think it was that he played better on the big De Gea before half time. substitute Thiago Alcantara as a Czech defence that conceded 14 dur- was a very good final,” said Kohlschreiber, points. “I’m happy with the performance, “I think we played well,” Pique contin- ing the qualifiers kept Spain’s wealth of attacking talent at bay. winner of five of his seven titles at German the loss is a little bit annoying, but I’m ued. “We controlled the match but the Del Bosque introduced Aritz Aduriz for Morata, but it was an unlike- home events. happy with the week. I’m now looking ball just didn’t want to go in.” “We took ly candidate, Pique, who ultimately secured the winning start for the “It was a tough situation, because of forward to playing another tournament the initiative throughout the match,” champions. — Reuters the rain, but overall it was a great finish for in Germany (Halle).” — AFP Goldman Sachs dips toe into consumer banking

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BEIJING: In this photo taken on June 8, 2016, a model poses during a photo shoot in front of a shopping mall. — AFP China investment growth slows Worrying trend despite other signs of economic stabilization

BEIJING: Growth in China’s fixed-asset likely launch more fiscal policies such as a news conference, adding that falling Despite a jump in car sales, consumption investment slipped below 10 percent for faster approval of infrastructure projects as prices and industrial overcapacity have softened slightly. Retail sales growth, the first time since 2000 in January-May as downside risk to growth heightens,” said impacted private investment. Foreign which captures both private and govern- Shares in G4S a boost from record credit growth seemed Raymond Yeung of ANZ in a note. direct investment in China, meanwhile, ment purchasing, slowed to 10.0 percent to be already fading, putting expectations A major worry for the authorities is the declined 1 percent year-on-year in May, on-year. Analysts had forecast it would be of further stimulus back on the table. The continued decline in fixed-asset invest- the first decline since December, the com- unchanged from April at 10.1 percent. plunge after government has taken a more cautious ment by private companies. Overall fixed- merce ministry said on Sunday. Trade data last week showed a further stance on stimulus since commentary in asset investment growth fell to 9.6 percent Other data yesterday were more mixed, drop in exports but the smallest decline in official media last month warned of the in January-May from a year earlier, missing suggesting the economy may be bottom- imports in more than a year, suggesting US massacre risks of growing debt, but analysts said market expectations of 10.5 percent, ing out and less at risk of a hard landing domestic demand was picking up. signs of weakness in the latest monthly which would have been unchanged from but is still struggling to regain traction. Consumer inflation cooled, but production LONDON: Shares in British private security giant G4S data may spur policymakers into taking Jan-April. Investment by private firms Factory output grew 6 percent in May from price deflation eased markedly, reducing plunged on the London stock market yesterday after additional steps to support the economy. slowed to a record low, with growth cool- a year earlier, the same as in April and mar- some of the strains on Chinese companies it emerged that Omar Mateen, the gunman behind “I see rising odds of a cut in RRR (banks’ ing to 3.9 percent from 5.2 percent in Jan- ginally better than expected. Analysts which are battling shrinking profit mar- the massacre in a Florida gay nightclub, was one of reserve requirements) or even a policy rate April and double-digits last year. Private believe industrial output has been sup- gins. Government pledges to cut excess its employees. The share price was down 5.71 per- cut, before the end of the second quarter,” investment so far this year has been the ported by a government infrastructure industrial capacity and restructure bloated cent at 176.70 pence at around 1000 GMT and the Zhou Hao, senior Asia emerging market slowest since China began publishing the spending spree and a further recovery in state-owned enterprises are a major wild company published a statement on the London economist at Commerzbank said in a note data in 2012. the property market. card, posing risks to near-term growth and Stock Exchange website reiterating details about after May activity data yesterday. With the China needs to open up its state sector Investment in real estate in May also the financial system. But most economists Mateen’s employment. economy not yet on solid footing, other further in order to arrest the steep slow- posted its first year-on-year slowdown in expect Beijing to move slowly, fearing “Mateen was subject to detailed company screen- analysts agreed that more stimulus is likely down in private investment, statistics growth since December, though property social instability if millions are suddenly ing when he was recruited in 2007,” the group said in a in coming months. “The government will department spokesman Sheng Laiyun told sales by area surged more than 32 percent. thrown out of work. — Reuters statement to the London Stock Exchange. Mateen was “re-screened in 2013 with no adverse findings. He was also subject to checks by a US law enforcement agency with no findings reported to G4S,” the statement said. That followed an FBI statement on Sunday saying it Iraq says IMF deal ‘on track’ had interviewed Mateen three times in 2013 and 2014. BAGHDAD: Iraq has approved measures dering, Salih said. There were also plans to 70 cents to the dollar in early May to 77.75 Alan Cameron, an economist at Exotix in “G4S is deeply requested by the International Monetary streamline state-owned companies and cents on June 8. On Monday it traded at London. Oil prices and the IMF deal contin- shocked by the Fund in order to unlock loans that should audit the bloated public payroll to purge about 75.75 cents, for a yield of around 10.5 ue to be the main factors driving Iraqi bond tragic events in help overcome a cash crunch caused by so-called “ghost employees” who do not percent. “We believe this is just a bit of prof- prices, he said. Moody’s and Fitch Ratings Orlando this week- declining oil revenue, a senior government show up to work. Global oil prices plunged it-taking after the price had risen steadily last month said Iraq’s IMF deal was credit end and the official has said. The agreement, reached just as Iraq needed more resources to fight since early May when the agreement in positive. Fitch rates Iraq’s long-term credit thoughts of every- last month between Iraq and the IMF, “is on Islamic State, the ultra-hardline group that principle with the IMF was reached,” said at B-, below investment grade. — Reuters one at G4S are with track”, Mudher Salih, an adviser on financial seized vast tracts of the north and west, dis- the victims and policy to Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, placing about 4 million people. their families,” the told Reuters late on Sunday. statement said, Among the measures approved are set- Hopes for $18 Billion adding that he was tling by the end of the year all arrears owed Salih said a recent increase in oil prices, employed by the to foreign oil companies operating in Iraq, to $50 a barrel from below $30 earlier this company at a resi- Salih said. He did not say how much was year, would not delay the reforms. The dential community owed. The OPEC member has sought budg- agreement with the IMF should unlock a in south Florida. et support to help it cope with a collapse in total of $18 billion in international assis- “G4S is providing its oil prices over the past two years. The drop tance over three years, Finance Minister full support to all in revenue that resulted caused the public Hoshiyar Zebari has said. He cited the law enforcement deficit to widen and delayed payments to World Bank and the Group of Seven lead- authorities in the Omar Mateen foreign oil producers. ing industrialised nations as donors, along USA as they con- The IMF in May agreed to provide $5.4 with the IMF. duct their investigations,” the company said. billion over three years. But the funds are Zebari said Iraq expects to sell $2 billion G4S employs 623,000 people worldwide and conditional on Iraq’s implementing meas- in eurobonds in the last quarter of this year, defines itself as “the largest security solutions provider ures to cut spending, increasing non-oil when international aid starts coming in, in the world”, according to the company website. revenue, and settling several billion dollars helping to lower its cost of borrowing. Iraq Around 23 percent of its workforce is in Britain and in arrears to oil companies. The Iraqi gov- last sold international debt in 2006, when it Ireland and 20 percent in North America. In 2013, the ernment approved the measures at a meet- issued about $2.7 billion of bonds due in group had a turnover of £7.4 billion (9 $10.5 billion). ing last week and informed the IMF, Salih 2028 with a coupon of 5.8 percent. Iraq said in an interview. Baghdad expects the hopes that international support will bring US agents are investigating the alleged Islamist links of IMF board to approve by the end of June or the bond yields down to 5 or 6 percent, the 29-year-old gunman after an attack that left 50 early July the disbursement of a first from about 10-11 percent now. dead - the worst mass shooting in modern US history. tranche of about $600 million, he added. Iraq’s existing bonds have been appreci- BAGHDAD: Iraqi Abu Abdul Razzaq, 74, works at his blanket workshop in the Carnage erupted at the Pulse club in Orlando in the The reforms include a tax increase, high- ating steadily since early May, when the Dahanna neighborhood of the capital yesterday. Abdul Razzaq is one of the last peo- early hours of Sunday before the attacker was shot er electricity fees and better banking super- understanding with the IMF was being ple to work in an industry that is being replaced by imports from China and other dead by a police SWAT team. — AFP vision to fight corruption and money laun- worked on. The 2028 bond rose from below countries. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 BUSINESS Oil prices under pressure from rising concerns

LONDON: Oil prices fell yesterday even of a volatile week, during which WTI World stock markets fell sharply yes- falling production in the US and fore- remains the same. It is all due to demand as OPEC forecast a further tightening of struck an 11-month high, as a weaker terday on rising fears that Britain could casts of a sharp fall in non-OPEC oil sup- and supply,” he added. Oil prices have supplies, as traders focused instead on dollar made the commodity cheaper for vote to leave the European Union in next ply this year, partly owing to disruptions rebounded from 13-year lows of around turbulence across financial markets. The holders of non-US currencies. week’s referendum and owing to uncer- in some producer countries. On Friday, $25 in January. The market previously Organization of the Petroleum Exporting “Oil prices have fallen because of vari- tainty on the outlook for US interest data showed the number of active US dived from $100 a barrel in mid-2014 Countries, whose 13 members together ous reasons, chief among them being a rates. On oil markets, a combination of rigs rose for the second week in a row, by because of the global supply glut. pump out about one-third of the world’s rallying US dollar and a sharp rise in risk tighter supplies and a downbeat dollar three to 328, according to oilfield servic- Yesterday, the European Central Bank crude, said yesterday that a global sup- aversion,” Fawad Razaqzada, analyst at sent oil prices surging to fresh 2016 high es firm Baker Hughes. However, that is also said the fall in oil prices over the past ply glut was likely to shrink further, lead- traders City Index, said yesterday. “This is points last week, before they dropped still far below the 635 pumping a year two years would add less to global growth ing to greater balance between supplies evidenced, for example, by the slumping on worries over the global economic ago. than earlier thought and the overall and demand of oil. global stock markets, and rallying safe- outlook. BMI Research analyst Peter Lee told impact could even be negative. Oil traders Around 1145 GMT, Brent North Sea haven government bond prices, yen and AFP that companies were restarting rigs have already sold out of long positions crude for delivery in August was down gold. Investors are spooked about the ‘Excess Likely to Ease’ as prices above $50 made it financially that have profited from an almost dou- 44 cents at $50.10 a barrel. US bench- prospects of a UK exit from the EU, the OPEC yesterday said “the excess sup- viable to pump crude again. “While the bling in crude prices since hitting over mark West Texas Intermediate for July economic impact of a potential US rate ply in the market is likely to ease over the (upcoming) big events worldwide like decade lows earlier this year. “Oil may be delivery fell 50 cents to $48.57 a barrel rise in the summer, and renewed coming quarters”. In its June report, the central bank meetings and (Britain’s looking healthier than it has in a very long compared with Friday’s close. Crude demand concerns out of China,” he OPEC attributed the recovery to a myriad EU) vote will have an impact on the mar- time, but it is not yet out of the woods,” prices had tumbled on Friday at the end added. of factors, including a weaker dollar, ket, fundamentally, the picture still Barclays said in a note. —Agencies Yen surges, sterling slumps over jitters

LONDON: The safe-haven yen strength- of Japan would be closely watching the yen ened across the board yesterday, hitting a and would step in if it got a lot stronger. three-year high against both the euro and The BOJ starts a two-day policy meeting on sterling, on worries that Britain could vote Wednesday. to leave the European Union in a referen- A shortage of dollars and high safe- dum in just 10 days’ time. Sterling has been haven demand for the yen globally are dominated by Brexit concerns since late stretching certain dollar-based rates to lev- last year, but other major currencies have els more associated with periods of until now appeared largely protected from extreme market stress, raising a red flag for angst over the vote. the wider financial system. The benchmark But with bookmakers and betting 3-month dollar/yen FX basis-swap was last exchanges shortening their odds on a vote trading at 102.25, the lowest in at least sev- to leave following a couple of too-close-to- en years. call polls at the weekend, with one putting Not all market players believe that the the “Leave” campaign 10 points ahead, BOJ’s verbal warnings about intervention those fears seemed to be spreading yester- will amount to action. In Frankfurt, day. As investors ditched riskier assets, the Commerzbank strategist Thulan Nguyen yen surged by more than 1 percent to said doubts that the BOJ would step in to trade at 119.05 yen per euro, its strongest weaken the yen were keeping upward since February 2013. Against sterling, pressure on the currency. Nguyen said that which was down across the board, the yen the yen has been helped higher by expec- also climbed as much as 1.8 percent to tations that the US Federal Reserve, which 149.50, its strongest since August 2013. also begins a two-day policy meeting on The Japanese currency also gained about 1 Tuesday, would strike a dovish tone. percent against the dollar, hitting a six- As sterling slumped to six-week lows on week high. a trade-weighted basis, the cost of hedging “All eyes are on the Brexit polls,” Credit against big swings against the euro over Agricole’s head of G10 currency strategy in the coming month hit a record high. “I London, Valentin Marinov, said. “The yen is would expect volatilities to rise further and TOKYO: A businessman walks past electronic market indicators showing Tokyo and New York stock market prices and US dollar among the preferred safe havens at the the markets will become even bleaker as rate in the window of a securities company yesterday. —AFP moment, both because of its positive corre- we head towards the referendum,” lation with risk aversion and because it’s Standard Chartered Bank’s executive direc- geographically removed from the UK,” he tor of finance in Tokyo, Koichi Yoshikawa, Brexit fear factor sends said. Marinov said, however, that the Bank said. —Reuters global stocks spinning Gold hits 4-wk high LONDON: Gold hit its highest since to leave the European Union next week mid-May yesterday, driven higher by a spread through global financial markets One poll shows 10-point lead for ‘Leave’ camp retreat of the dollar and as stocks were yesterday, sending Asian and European knocked by rising risk aversion before shares sharply lower. The dollar fell 0.2 LONDON: Fears that Britain may be on the verge then there’s also the Fed this week. So the wall of Yen Break key central bank meetings this week percent against the euro. The Fed, Bank of voting to leave the European Union next week worry is quite high at the moment,” said Zeg On currency markets, sterling fell almost 1 per- and a June 23 vote on whether Britain of England, Swiss National Bank and coursed through global financial markets yester- Choudhry, managing director at LONTRAD. “All cent against the dollar after sinking by as much as 3 should leave the European Union. The Bank of Japan will all meet this week, day, sending Asian and European shares sharply the banks are a little bit lower, and they’re the full cents in value on Friday. It was down by more, pound fell to a two-month low against and are expected to hold monetary pol- lower and the pound to an eight-week low. With ones which are likely to get hit. For the next two 1.2 percent, at 79.86 pence per euro. Options mar- growth looking shaky, worries that the “Brexit” weeks, you’ve got to be slightly mad if you’ve not ket pricing showed expectations for the biggest the dollar, pushing gold denominated icy steady against a backdrop of caution vote could tip Europe back into recession have got your money in defensive stocks.” swings against the euro on record, and analysts at in sterling to its highest in nearly three about the global economic outlook as moved to the head of a list of concerns for The news out of China was also poor, with data UBS raised the prospect of a cut in British interest years at 909.83 pounds an ounce, up 1.9 well as the impact of a possible Brexit. investors which includes banks’ problems with showing fixed-asset investment slipped below 10 rates and another round of quantitative easing if percent. Spot gold was up 0.9 percent “The UK referendum on EU member- negative interest rates and dangerous imbalances percent for the first time since 2000. Stock mar- the economy struggles after the referendum. “If at $1,284.76 an ounce at 1145 GMT, off ship has implications across many asset in China. kets in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Shanghai all fell by activity does slow further beyond the end of the an earlier peak of $1,286.30. US gold classes but gold, as the ultimate barom- A poll late on Friday gave Britain’s “Leave” around 3 percent. Moves in Europe, where second quarter, the market is likely to rapidly start futures for August delivery were up eter of financial and economic tension, camp a 10-point lead, knocking sterling back by investors have been preparing for the British vote considering how (the Bank of England) may choose $11.90 an ounce at $1,287.80. is currently the asset class showing one almost 3 full cents against the dollar and driving for months, were only slightly more subdued. The to enact any further easing,” economists from the Fading expectations for a Federal of the highest levels of sensitivity to the the worst losses for Asian stock markets in four Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges both fell Swiss group said in a note. The Bank of England Reserve rate hike have driven prices possible range of outcomes,” Citi said in months. European shares fell 1.5 percent and Wall around 1.2 percent. meets on Thursday. sharply higher so far this month. Gold a note yesterday. “Gold has fluctuated in Street was set to open 0.3 percent lower. Other The index of major European bank shares fell 2 Traditionally investors’ first choice in times of has rallied 6 percent since US payrolls line with the Brexit opinion polls, even polls have been tighter, but money markets have percent. It has been hammered this year by con- financial and economic stress, the yen climbed 1 per- data for May came in weaker than dislocating it from its usual primary-link now abandoned expectations, high just weeks cerns that lenders will struggle as long as they are cent against both the dollar and euro. Those gains expected on June 3, crushing expecta- with the US dollar.” ago, that the US Federal Reserve could raise offi- effectively paying central banks to deposit cash. took the Japanese currency past long-term resist- cial borrowing costs on Wednesday, just 8 days Any new retreat in expectations for growth and ance around 106.50 yen per dollar and put more tions for an interest rate hike over the Holdings in the world’s largest gold- before the UK vote. Instead, the worry is that the inflation would only worsen that picture. In con- pressure on the Bank of Japan to act against the cur- summer. “Following the labor market backed exchange-traded fund, SPDR Fed could use language that quells expectations trast, Britain’s FTSE 100 fell just 0.4 percent, and rency’s 14 percent rise this year when it ends a regu- report a Fed rate hike has been priced Gold Shares, rose 0.74 percent to 893.92 of a move this year at all. both Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan said they lar meeting on Thursday. “While the pound is the out for June and July, and at the same tonnes on Friday, the highest since More broadly, after eight years of ultra-low remained overweight UK equities into the vote. worst-performing G10 currency versus the dollar this time it seems as if odds for the UK to October 2013. Among other precious rates and outright money-printing, investors “In the case of a ‘Leave’ vote in the UK referendum year, the yen is by far the best,” said Derek Halpenny, leave the European Union have come metals, silver was up 0.3 percent at wonder if central banks have much ammunition ... we expect UK equities to outperform the European Head of Global Markets Research at Bank back up again,” Danske Bank analyst $17.37 an ounce, while platinum was up left should the uncertainty that a Brexit would European market, given the likely GBP (British of Tokyo-Mitsubishi in London. “The continued surge Jens Pedersen said. “Those two factors 0.6 percent at $996.23 an ounce and bring for thousands of businesses weaken pound) depreciation in such a scenario as well as of the yen will lift expectations that the BOJ may sur- are benefiting gold.” palladium was 1.1 percent higher at demand and investment further. “We’re in the market’s defensive sector structure,” Deutsche prise the markets and announce some additional Fears Britain is on the verge of voting $548.25 per ounce. —Reuters uncharted territory in front of the Brexit vote, and Bank strategists said in a note. monetary easing.” —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. Canadian dollar 234.040 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.480 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Turkish lira 104.730 Thai Bhat 9.555 Japanese Yen 0.002721 0.002901 Swiss Franc 310.850 Turkish Lira 103.435 Kenyan Shilling 0.002979 0.002979 CURRENCY BUY SELL Australian Dollar 222.680 ASIAN COUNTRIES Korean Won 0.000249 0.000264 US Dollar Buying 300.950 Japanese Yen 2.825 Bahrain Exchange Company Malaysian Ringgit 0.070066 0.076066 Indian Rupees 4.513 GOLD Nepalese Rupee 0.002879 0.003049 Pakistani Rupees 2.885 20 Gram 250.790 Pakistan Rupee 0.002709 0.002999 Srilankan Rupees 2.051 10 Gram 128.310 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 0.006387 0.006687 Nepali Rupees 2.826 5 Gram 65.000 Europe Sierra Leone 0.000073 0.000079 Singapore Dollar 222.820 British Pound 0.431464 0.441464 Singapore Dollar 0.217112 0.227112 Hongkong Dollar 38.900 Czech Korune 0.004674 0.016674 Bangladesh Taka 3.852 South African Rand 0.014171 0.022671 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Danish Krone 0.042045 0.047045 Philippine Peso 6.540 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001669 0.002249 Thai Baht 8.553 Euro 0.0337538 0.0346538 Taiwan 0.009233 0.009413 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Norwegian Krone 0.032900 0.038100 Thai Baht 0.008206 0.008756 GCC COUNTRIES US Dollar 302.600 Romanian Leu 0.075871 0.075871 Slovakia 0.008995 0.018995 Saudi Riyal 80.616 Canadian Dollar 236.990 Arab Sterling Pound 431.905 Swedish Krona 0.033074 0.038074 Qatari Riyal 83.042 Bahraini Dinar 0.794890 0.803390 ani Riyal 785.213 Euro 341.360 Swiss Franc 0.304581 0.315581 Egyptian Pound 0.027923 0.033041 Bahraini Dinar 802.840 Swiss Frank 292.805 Turkish Lira 0.098508 0.108808 UAE Dirham 82.307 Bahrain Dinar 800.535 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Iraqi Dinar 0.000190 0.000250 UAE Dirhams 82.630 Australasia Qatari Riyals 83.840 ARAB COUNTRIES Australian Dollar 0.216219 0.228219 Jordanian Dinar 0.422155 0.431155 Saudi Riyals 81.370 Egyptian Pound - Cash 31.900 New Zealand Dollar 0.202875 0.212375 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.416 Jordanian Dinar 426.270 Lebanese Pound 0.000150 0.000250 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.214 Egyptian Pound 33.979 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020069 0.044069 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.087 America Tunisian Dinar 143.200 Nigerian Naira 0.001245 0.001880 Jordanian Dinar 425.890 Indian Rupees 4.525 Canadian Dollar 0.2230251 0.239251 Omani Riyal 0.778385 0.784065 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.014 Pakistani Rupees 2.899 US Dollars 0.298050 0.302750 Syrian Lira 2.154 Bangladesh Taka 3.850 US Dollars Mint 0.298550 0.302750 Qatar Riyal 0.082182 0.083632 Morocco Dirham 31.805 Philippines Pesso 6.562 Saudi Riyal 0.079487 0.080787 Cyprus pound 576.355 Asia Syrian Pound 0.001280 0.001500 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 3.830 Bangladesh Taka 0.003404 0.003988 Tunisian Dinar 0.139062 0.147062 US Dollar Transfer 302.150 Syrian Pound 2.375 Chinese Yuan 0.044523 0.0478023 Turkish Lira 0.098508 0.108808 Euro 344.450 Nepalese Rupees 3.825 Hong Kong Dollar 0.036809 0.039559 UAE Dirhams 0.080839 0.082539 Malaysian Ringgit 74.745 Sterling Pound 436.610 Indian Rupee 0.004192 0.004602 Yemeni Riyal 0.001365 0.001445 TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 BUSINESS

Displaced Zimbabwe villagers want action from govt

MUTARE, Zimbabwe: Villagers re-located to a try’s image as a risky investment, with investors But the plight of the villagers has been fur- what they had done for the villagers and the sprawling government-owned farm complex in already unnerved by his drive to force foreign- ther exacerbated by the current El Nino induced traditional leaders had appreciated their initia- eastern Zimbabwe to make way for the nation’s owned firms to sell majority shares to locals, the drought which has decimated the southern tives. But villager Blessing Mufute said the situa- biggest diamond field are hoping that President relocated villagers are hoping it will help them. African nation’s crops, leaving 4 million tion at Arda Transau had become so bad that Robert Mugabe’s move to take control of the val- Caiphas Mujuru is one of the Arda Transau res- Zimbabweans in a population of 14 million many people were going hungry. “We have ued resource will benefit them. More than 1,000 idents lobbying the government to get ZCDC to without adequate food supplies. The villagers been selling the few livestock we had to buy families were moved in 2009 from a village adja- address the problems faced by the villagers who had the chance to voice their concerns at the food,” said Mufute, adding relocated villagers cent to the Chiadzwa diamond field in Marange are facing severe food shortages. “Life is really Alternative Mining Indaba conference in Mutare were in urgent need of jobs, clean water, and to Arda Transau, a 12,000 hectare farm settle- difficult here at Arda Transau. We are going hun- this month comprising civic society, communi- electricity as well as food. ment about 40 km to the north with promises of gry,” Mujuru told the Thomson Reuters ties and stakeholders in the mining sector and In a telephone interview with the Thomson a better life. Foundation. “We had been promised honey and legislators promised to help. “We will take your Reuters Foundation, Mines Minister Walter Arda Transau was billed as a new township milk here but it is now a nightmare for us.” concerns to the Minister of Mines (Walter Chidhakwa said local people should not feel with tarred roads, shops and health clinics - but Chidhakwa),” Prosper Mutseyami, legislator for they are forgotten. He said the Manicaland seven years later the villagers say they have yet Drought and Hunger Musikavanhu constituency in Chipinge district, Provincial Affairs Minister Mandi Chimene to see the promised education and health facili- When the villagers were moved, each family told the villagers. would work with the Ministry of Labor and ties while their homes are crumbling and food is was given $1,000 in compensation and a four- However the diamond companies maintain Social Welfare to provide social and food assis- scarce. Seven mining companies licensed to room house but these new dwellings, painted they fulfilled what they were expected to do for tance to the villagers. Contractors would also be mine the area were ordered in March to leave by bright yellow, have since developed cracks. the relocated villagers. Anjin Investments, which asked to work on the poorly built houses at Mugabe who accused them of robbing Families were promised 11 hectares of arable was a joint venture between the government Arda Transau, Chidhakwa added. Zimbabwe of wealth. Mugabe took over all dia- land including one hectare earmarked for irriga- and Chinese investors, said it complied with the But James Mupfumi, who heads the Centre mond operations in the newly-formed tion to run small piggery or poultry projects but law when it came to the relocation of the vil- for Research and Development, a local non-gov- Zimbabwe Consolidation Diamond Company this never happened, the villagers say. People in lagers. “We did everything required by the law,” ernmental investigative organization, is skepti- (ZCDC). Marange hoped the diamond industry would Anjin Investments’ Chief Executive Officer cal. “It is disheartening to realize that the Mines Some of the affected diamond companies - pump money into reviving failing irrigation Munyaradzi Machacha told the Thomson Minister has already visited Arda Transau for Mbada Diamonds and Anjin Investments - have schemes as small-scale farmers cannot maintain Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview. — Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company to since taken the government to court with the or replace ageing equipment and national law Reuters relocate more villagers to Arda Transau without issue still pending before the courts. While requires mining companies to help local com- A spokesman for Mbada Diamonds, George addressing previous community grievances,” he Mugabe’s move could further tarnish the coun- munities develop. Manyaya, said his company was happy with said. —Reuters Park urges ‘bone-crushing’ reform on shipbuilders Chinese Germany leaders SEOUL: South Korean President Park try to avoid it, our economy would be downplay trade tensions Geun-Hye yesterday urged “bone-crush- devastated and we would face even big- ing” efforts to overhaul the nation’s ailing ger pain in the end,” Park said, adding shipbuilders faced with mounting losses Seoul would offer financial assistance and Anger persists over China undercutting foreign companies caused by slowing global demand and job training for those who are laid off. increased competition. The South’s The nation’s so-called “Big Three” ship- BEIJING: China does not want a am convinced that we can find a will be treated equally,” he said. Merkel has also stressed the mighty shipbuilders including Hyundai builders including Hyundai, Daewoo and trade war with Europe, Premier Li solution on the lines of what was Merkel said during a trip to China need for a level playing field for Heavy Industries and Daewoo Samsung Heavy Industries racked up col- Keqiang said yesterday at a news promised 15 years ago.” The chan- last year that Germany favoured foreign firms amid growing pres- Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering lective losses of 8.5 trillion won ($7.2 bil- briefing with Germany’s Chancellor cellor linked market access for granting China market economy sure from industry to confront have dominated the global market for lion) last year. They were hailed as a major who said she was sure a solution Chinese banks in Germany to a lib- status in principle but that Beijing China more forcefully, and to step past decades. driver of the country’s export-reliant could be found to tensions over eralization of the sector in China. still had work to do, including fur- up protection for businesses from But a slump in oil prices and global economy - Asia’s fourth-largest - before Beijing’s status in the World Trade “We will certainly pay even more ther opening its public procure- Chinese cyberattacks. “Germany economic slowdown sapped demand for being forced since last year to shed thou- Organization. As both sides heed to reciprocity in the financial ment markets. has always presented itself as an tankers and container ships, while overca- sands of jobs and assets to stay afloat. appeared to play down simmering sector than in classic industry,” she European commissioners are open investment market,” Merkel pacity, regional rivalry and the emergence As exports sputtered and domestic differences between China and said, adding that German banks expected to debate the issue in said. “We expect reciprocity also of cheaper Chinese shipbuilders has demand slowed, South Korea’s central European powers, Airbus squeezed profit margins. The South bank in April slashed the country’s growth Helicopters finalized an agreement Korean government and creditor banks, outlook for this year to 2.8 percent from to build an assembly line on a including state-run Korea Development the previous three percent. The economy Sino-German business bark in China and sell 100 helicopters to a Bank, have urged intense restructuring expanded 2.6 percent last year, the lowest Chinese consortium. efforts including mass job cuts in recent since 2012, as crushing household debts Daimler AG and its Chinese months. prompted more South Koreans to tighten partner, BAIC Motor , also pledged “The (shipbuilding) companies, along wallets. Total household debts have snow- to jointly invest 4 billion yuan with creditor banks, should make bone- balled to reach a record 1,223 trillion won ($608 million) to expand engine crushing efforts to revive their businesses,” as of late March as wages stagnated and production. Beijing sees Germany, Park said in a speech to Seoul lawmakers. housing prices continued to rise. China’s largest trading partner in “If we don’t carry out a bold restructuring The central bank also cut last week the the European Union, as influential by downsizing the overgrown workforce... key interest rate to a record low of 1.25 in the 28-member bloc’s debate on and cutting costs, the future of not only percent, saying it was aimed at easing the the politically sensitive issue of its the shipbuilders but also the whole econ- impact of corporate restructuring. Seoul market economy status. The omy will be in jeopardy.” and state-run creditor banks have tried to European Commission is set to Park warned of mass job cuts and an put pressure on troubled industries, accept a change to China’s trade economic slump in the country’s southern including shipbuilding and shipping, to status at the WTO by treating it as region where the shipbuilders are based. reform and blaming a lack of competitive- an economy controlled by the mar- “The road for reform is painful... but, if we ness for their economic woes. —AFP ket, not the state. That would make it easier for Beijing to export into the bloc. But the Commission also wants to enhance the bloc’s ability to defend itself against cheap China’s heavily subsidised goods. Reluctance in Europe to give up a method to defend against cheap Chinese imports has set up a loom- ing dispute at the WTO and the prospect of broader trade friction. “China has already fulfilled its obli- BEIJING: German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang chat during a sign- gations on joining the WTO. What’s ing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People yesterday. —AP needed now is for the other parties to fulfil the matching obligations were currently restricted by a 20- late June or July, at a time of from the Chinese side.” Foreign crit- they had promised,” Li said. “We percent limit on the size of stakes heightened trade tension after ics accuse China of not following don’t want to fight a trade war they can buy in Chinese banks. “In global rivals accused China of through on its reform agenda and because this will benefit nobody.” the banking sector, we are at the dumping cheap steel exports after of introducing new regulations start of a cooperation,” she said. a slowdown in demand at home. Li that further restrict market access. Banking Tensions Li said there were informal bar- said unilateral trade protection “The facts prove that China’s mar- German Chancellor Angela riers in Europe for Chinese banks, measures wouldn’t help resolve ket is open. We will be even more Merkel, who on Sunday began her which were disadvantaged com- the problem and that low-end open,” Li said. “We will take even ninth trip to China since taking pared to those based in Europe steel was not something China more steps based on the principles office, said: “It does not help us to and the United States. “We need to wanted to produce or sell and was of treating everyone equally, fair- emotionalise the whole subject. I talk more about how both sides committed to phasing out. ness and transparency.” —Reuters In Rio favelas, lack of property rights can be lethal for youths SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye delivers a speech during a cere- mony celebrating the opening of the 20th National Assembly yesterday. —AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: It is mid-afternoon on a work- year and more than 100 people have been killed has slipped in recent months, two residents said day in a Rio de Janeiro slum when a young man by Rio police so far this year, ISP statistics show. on condition of anonymity due to security fears. in a tank top crouches besides a building, walkie- “Rio’s police (are) the most lethal force in Brazil,” “It’s much easier for criminals or drug gangs to talkie on his belt and a large black pistol openly Maria Canineu, Brazil director for Human Rights occupy areas were residents don’t have official, drawn on a main road. As people walk by unper- Watch (HRW), told the Thomson Reuters legal (land) rights,” Smolka said. China auto sales turbed, local residents say he is protecting turf Foundation. A lack of trust in the state and a poor relation- for a drug gang in the Cantagalo favela, a Even by the standards of developing countries ship with police have added to the problem, said bustling community on a hillside overlooking with high rates of inequality and crime, the num- Michel Misse, a professor at the Federal Copacabana beach in downtown Rio. With an ber of killings by Rio’s cops stand out, according University of Rio de Janeiro who studies urban increase in May average of 11 murders per day, violent crime to HRW. In South Africa, a nation of 53 million violence. Improving formal ownership rates remains a major problem in Rio, according to fig- infamous for high crime rates, police killed 396 would “absolutely” lead to better security, Misse BEIJING: Car sales in China, the world’s its weakest pace in 16 years. Some econ- ures from Brazil’s Public Security Institute (ISP), a people last year. In contrast, the state of Rio de told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, as would top auto market, increased at a faster omists have predicted China’s expansion government body. Janeiro with 16 million people had nearly twice better government services in poor communities pace in May than the previous month, an will slow further in the second quarter. In favelas like Cantagalo, where people often as many police killings, and a lower crime rate and more training for police. industry group reported yesterday, Auto sales in the country reached 24.6 lack formal documents to prove they own their than South Africa, HRW said. Rio’s state police did While favela residents can buy and sell proper- despite continued woes in the country’s million last year, and in October the gov- ramshackle homes, young men are dispropor- not respond to phone calls or emails requesting ties in the informal market, a lack of official titles economy. A total of 2.09 million vehicles ernment sought to boost the market by tionately impacted by violence, analysts said. comment, nor did the federal police. makes it difficult for them to access some govern- were sold in China last month, up 9.8 per- slashing the purchase tax on passenger “There is no clear definition of who owns the land ment services. Bringing people into the formal cent from a year ago, the China cars with small engines. in Cantagalo,” said Vinicius Mariano de Carvalho, a Gangs Take Control system of governance and ownership would help Association of Automobile Manufacturers Sales of passenger cars reached 1.79 lecturer at King’s College London specializing in Even though there is no official data linking a to improve security, said one long-time resident. (CAAM) said in a statement. The numbers million units in May, up 11.3 percent year Brazilian politics. “A population with a sense of lack of official property titles in Rio’s poor com- “The state needs to give them (favela residents) were an increase on the 6.3 percent gain on year, CAAM data showed. US automak- ownership of their homes has more direct com- munities to violence and police killings, many of property documents,” Rafael Azeredo, owner of a posted in April. The pickup came despite er General Motors outperformed the munitarian ties,” he told the Thomson Reuters those killed by police are young men from favelas bustling youth hostel in Cantagalo, said. protracted weakness in the world’s sec- overall market, reporting earlier this Foundation. “I believe this sense of ownership who are said to be linked to the drugs trade, ana- With a flat screen television and hip, modern ond-largest economy, where growth month a 16.9-percent surge in May sales would reduce the vulnerability to criminality.” lysts said. “It’s not by chance that drug dealers decor, Azeredo’s Pura Vida hostel is hiring local slowed to 6.7 percent in the January- in the country to nearly 300,000 units on Home to more than 20 percent of Rio’s resi- occupy these kinds of territories with insecure youths and doing brisk business. A group of March period, the worst quarterly expan- the back of strong demand for its sport dents, favelas first developed as squatter commu- land tenure,” Martim Smolka, director of the Latin tourists from Asia leave the gated home toting surf sion in seven years. utility vehicles, multi-purpose vehicles nities. As a result, many favela residents do not America program at the Lincoln Institute of Land boards, heading for Copacabana beach. Azeredo Key economic indicators further dete- and luxury cars. Japanese car manufactur- have formal title for their homes. As Rio prepares Policy, a U.S. think-tank, told the Thomson opened the place a few years ago. He grew up in riorated in May, with official figures er Toyota sold more than 100,000 vehicles to host the Olympic Games in August, rights Reuters Foundation. the favela and inherited the property from his released this week showing the increase in China last month, up 12 percent year- groups are concerned that killings by police have Cantagalo, with its 30,000 people, is one of the grandmother. Unlike many of her neighbors, his in fixed-asset investment, a main gauge on-year, according to Chinese media increased by more than 50 percent in the past favelas formally “pacified” or brought under state grandmother had a formal title to her home, so it of infrastructure spending, has slowed to reports. — AFP two years, according to ISP figures. In Rio state, control by police. But, as evidenced by young could be converted into a lawful business with 645 people were killed at the hands of police last men openly carrying weapons, the police’s grip electricity, water and other services. —Reuters TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 BUSINESS OPEC sees oil glut shrinking in H2

LONDON: OPEC forecasts that the world oil market will These, say OPEC, are accelerating a tightening in the $100 two years ago in a drop that deepened after OPEC output fell by 100,000 bpd in May to 32.36 million bpd be more balanced in the second half of 2016 as out- market it expected to happen anyway, as lower prices refused to cut output, hoping lower prices would curb led by Nigeria, the report said citing secondary sources. ages in Nigeria and Canada help to speed up the ero- finally take their toll on higher-cost supply outside the rival supply. With signs the strategy is working, OPEC at With demand for OPEC crude expected to rise to an sion of a supply glut. The Organization of the group. “The excess supply in the market is likely to ease a June 2 meeting made no change to its output policy. average of 32.52 million bpd in the second half as non- Petroleum Exporting Countries pointed in a monthly over the coming quarters,” OPEC said in the report, The price drop is hitting non-OPEC supply as compa- OPEC supply falls and seasonal demand rises, OPEC’s report to supply exceeding demand by just 160,000 published yesterday. “Shutdowns in Nigeria and nies have delayed or cancelled projects around the report points to excess supply of 160,000 bpd if the barrels per day (bpd) in the second half. A surplus of Canada tightened the oil market markedly and brought world. OPEC forecasts supply from outside producers group keeps pumping at May’s rate. OPEC stuck with a 2.59 million bpd in the first quarter sent prices to a 12- supply and demand more closely into alignment earlier will decline by 740,000 bpd in 2016 led by the United forecast that world oil demand will rise by 1.20 million year low. than many had expected, bolstering prices.” States, unchanged from last month. bpd this year. The next closely watched report on glob- Oil has risen to $50 a barrel from the 12-year low of But OPEC cautioned: “Nevertheless, there is still a OPEC supply had been climbing since the 2014 poli- al oil supply and demand is due on Tuesday from the $27 in January as the outages curb excess supply. massive global supply overhang.” Prices collapsed from cy shift, reaching its highest since 2008 in April. But International Energy Agency. —Reuters Goldman Sachs dips toe into consumer banking

NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs, known for Scherr, CEO of GS Bank. “And we do it at a financing mega-deals and servicing the time when there is a lot of change in how ultra-wealthy, is now open to the general banking is done with and for consumers.” public. And its interest in the average Goldman is hoping to establish a new American appears to be mutual as thou- revenue source with this foray into retail sands of consumers have flocked to its new banking as some of its more traditional retail banking service. The company bought streams have struggled amid volatile mar- GE Capital Bank’s online deposit platform in kets and increasing regulation. At the height a deal that closed in April. GS Bank, as it is of the financial crisis, Goldman Sachs con- now known, remains fairly simple with an verted itself into a bank holding company in online-only format for establishing savings part to access types of funding that were accounts and investing in CDs. But its rates previously off limits to it. are competitive - offering above 1 percent Scherr said that the company sees itself for online savings accounts when many oth- as a competitor both to traditional con- ers pay less. sumer banks and to online startups. It bene- Despite no marketing since the deal’s fits from the name recognition and business signing, GS Bank has added $1 billion in new acumen of an established financial brand deposits. And it plans to expand its offerings that most startups lack, without the cost of with personal loans soon. “We see an oppor- running a network of brick and mortar tunity to serve a different customer set than banks that some of its more established we typically have served,” said Stephen competitors face. —AP BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 Sirdab Lab: A startup hub for entrepreneurs

Those who have business ideas often We exchanged ideas about fostering With that core team, and the over- number of events to educate the com- struggle to figure out where to get start- a startup ecosystem and creating a com- flowing support from community mem- munity on the importance of the lean ed, especially when businesses have so munity of entrepreneurs looking to start bers, Sirdab Lab became a reality. The startup methodology, as well as a wide many moving parts. I’ve spoken to aspir- their own businesses (or joining busi- initial goal of Sirdab Lab was to help spectrum of topics relevant to business ing entrepreneurs who worry about nesses that channel their passions and build a community, without waiting for owners and creators, from idea creation marketing before they have a product, appreciate their talents). We spoke others (public or private) to pave the to registering a patent. or work on a product before speaking to about the fragmentation of the entre- way. Having frequent events where like- We deliver workshops to teach tech- potential customers, or speak to poten- preneurial community, where designers, minded individuals can meet, exchange nical skills such as using Photoshop, tial customers without knowing how to developers, and business people had ideas, and inspire one another was our Android development, and User ask the right questions. their own separate events and none first target to bringing the community Experience (UX) design. Our 3-week It’s painful to see great ideas die were benefiting from the insights and together. Startup Bootcamp helps founders turn because their originators didn’t know potential collaboration opportunities their ideas into viable businesses (and how to bring them to life. Not only do between each other. Why Community Matters one of our Bootcamp graduates went on they suffer, but the world misses out on Mona asked me to be her cofounder Sure you can learn a lot from watching to win the MIT Pan Arab Enterprise com- the value they can bring to our lives. in turning Sirdab Lab into a reality. I YouTube videos, and there are plenty of petition. More on that in another article). Imagine the world without cars or air- Our monthly Startup Grind events host planes or smartphones. Imagine the well-known and successful entrepre- world without telephones or WhatsApp neurs for an evening of knowledge-shar- or Talabat. You are interacting with man- ing and inspiration. Some attendees made products 100 percent of your have had their understanding of busi- By Haidar Al-Mosawi time. Even if you decide to live in the ness change entirely after attending one jungle, you’re bound to wear clothes of our Startup Grind events. tarting a business is a lingering others have made or use tools to make goal in the minds of ambitious your life in the jungle easier (and your ‘If it’s Perfect, it’s Too Late’ Sindividuals and disgruntled chances for survival higher). Not everything we do works the way employees. But many people never take Whatever you want to build. we want it to, and that’s OK. Trying to get a step towards pursuing their dreams, Whatever problem you wish to solve. everything perfect from the get-go usually leading to frustrations and regrets. I The world will be a better place if you agreed to join as I strongly believed in video courses that teach the technical means lots of planning but little to no exe- honestly can’t blame them (or you, if work on your ideas instead of just think- the importance of ecosystems creating skills of building apps and running start- cution. Being comfortable with making that’s how you feel). Creating a business ing about them. And that’s why Sirdab startup successes, and wanted to be a ups. But can you do everything on your mistakes and proceeding anyway is essen- is intimidating, especially if you’ve never Lab came to exist. part of the economic change Kuwait was own? Knowledge is one thing, but collab- tial to any business, and it’s a mindset we done it before, have experience with witnessing (in 2016, the need for an orative effort, getting feedback from oth- try to spread by applying it ourselves. failed businesses, or don’t see yourself as Enabling Entrepreneurs entrepreneurial ecosystem and the ers, finding potential partners, and hav- a “business person”. “I’m an engineer”... In early 2014, I attended the diversification of Kuwait’s economy is ing doors open for you require personal What’s Next? “I’m an artist”... “I’m an employee”... these Benchmark Forum, organized by ever greater). Abdullah Alsayer, founder connections and human interactions. (It’s I will be using this column to cover labels can hold you back and limit your YourAOK. 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Mona had just returned from Times app, was our technical backbone Since starting Sirdab Lab, we’ve like me to cover or have a startup you ‘But Where Do I Begin?’ San Francisco, having witnessed what a and Ghalia Faraj, a startup enthusiast helped connect startup founders with want me to feature, don’t hesitate to get “The longest part of the journey is thriving startup climate looks like and with experience working with startups cofounders to help build their startups, in touch at [email protected]. said to be the passing of the gate.” personally helped in establishing in Silicon Valley, became our community talents to join their startups, and clients Looking forward to helping you become — Marcus Terentius Varro, Roman scholar Alchemist Accelerator in Silicon Valley. manager and our voice on social media. to use their services. We’ve hosted a the next big startup.

OSN appoints industry leader Martin Stewart as CEO

DUBAI: OSN, the region’s leading pay TV net- change will be a significant value-add for OSN work, announced the appointment of Martin as we mark a new chapter in our growth story.” Stewart, an experienced international pay TV He added: “I thank David Butorac for driving professional with proven industry leadership the growth of OSN over the past six years. His credentials, as its new Chief Executive Officer. strategic initiatives enabled OSN to take firm Widely acknowledged for his contribution to industry leadership and consolidate its market the European pay TV industry, Stewart has presence through compelling content and served as Director General of ONO, a Spanish innovative tech platforms.” broadband communication and entertainment Stewart will assume office at OSN in Dubai company and as Chief Financial Officer for Sky, on August 1, 2016. He said: “I am delighted to Europe’s leading entertainment company, dur- take charge as the Chief Executive Officer of ing which time, Sky launched its digital platform OSN. The business is well positioned to take and doubled its subscriber base to 7 million. He advantage of new opportunities and I am confi- was also the CFO of EMI, the British multination- dent that we have the team, network and al music recording and publishing company. resources to gain a stronger foothold across the Stewart is currently Chief Financial Officer of region. The rise in digital content, smart TVs and The Football Association (The FA) in the UK. smartphone penetration together with a youth- Stewart takes charge from David Butorac, ful population affords an exciting opportunity for growth in the future.” Stewart holds several high-profile leadership roles. He is the lead non- executive director of The Department of Energy & Climate Change (UK), and has been a board member and chair of the Audit Committee for Satellite Information Services (SiS) Ltd and Kabel Deutschland in Munich. He was also a board member and chair of the Audit Committee for London 2012 - the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. With over 150 channels, OSN is an industry Martin Stewart as CEO BEIRUT: Bank employees (background) yesterday check the customers’ hall which was damaged after a bomb exploded outside the headquar- leader bringing an unbeatable breadth of enter- ters of Blom Bank. —AP who served as OSN’s CEO from 2010, playing an tainment choices. OSN’s long-term global and instrumental role in establishing OSN as the regional partnerships ensure that viewers region’s leading pay-TV network. Milestone across the MENA will always have first and achievements under his leadership include the exclusive access to premium content. Lebanon banks say bomb launch of OSN Play, the region’s first digital plat- The biggest Hollywood blockbusters, latest form; Go online TV; and OSN Store, the region’s TV series and general entertainment from lead- first digital video store. Butorac also contributed ing studios such as Warner Brothers, Paramount, to building OSN’s exclusive partnerships with Disney, MGM, NBCUniversal, HBO and attack targets them all the world’s leading content providers, and DreamWorks are available first and exclusively steered the anti-piracy campaign spearheaded on OSN meeting the preferences of the entire by OSN in the region. Faisal Hamad Al-Ayyar, family. A pioneer in delivering premium chil- Chairman of OSN, said: “I am delighted to wel- dren’s content, OSN has 10 channels dedicated Bombing follows closure of accounts come Martin Stewart, an experienced profes- to family and children’s entertainment including sional with exceptional leadership experience in OSN Movies Kids, Disney Channel HD, Disney BEIRUT: Lebanese banks said yesterday that a operate without bank accounts, the situation is had really studied account activity before any driving the transformational growth of busi- XD and Nick Jr, among others. OSN’s compelling bombing outside the headquarters of one of the seen as carrying a political cost as it affects its decisions are taken. “The law is being imple- nesses. Stewart is not new to OSN, having been content is available ‘anytime, anywhere’ and ‘On country’s biggest banks had targeted the entire support base in the Shiite community. “They mented,” he said. Deflecting criticism, Blom Bank its non-executive director since 2015. His Demand’ making OSN the go-to network for the sector, an attack seen as a dangerous escalation won a military war, they won a political war, but said in a statement yesterday it “represented all expertise in leading from the forefront of best in TV entertainment. of a crisis over a US law targeting the finances of they cannot win a financial war,” said one sections of Lebanese society and its sects” in the Shiite group Hezbollah. The bombing out- Lebanese banker, discussing the matter on con- terms of its account holders, shareholders and side the main Blom Bank building in Beirut on dition of anonymity. “They have to find ways to employees. ‘Best Investment Bank’ award shows Sunday night, which caused damage but no work in the shadows but the problem is that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a Shiite fatalities, followed the closure of accounts con- whoever deals with them will be under scrutiny.” politician and Hezbollah ally, said the attack on NBK Capital’s dedication to excellence sidered to be linked to the group by banks afraid When the law first came into effect, Lebanese Blom Bank had targeted “Lebanon firstly, and of being shut out of the international financial banks began closing accounts, including of Hezbollah secondly”. The banking sector is vitally KUWAIT: NBK Capital was named “The Best Awards for Excellence program since their system. No one has claimed responsibility for Hezbollah officials, themselves. The central bank important to Lebanon as a conduit for billions of Investment Bank in Kuwait” during the inception in 1992, is seen as the benchmark the attack. Hezbollah, which has not comment- subsequently issued a directive requiring the dollars of annual remittances that keep its econ- Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2016 for leading firms in financial services within ed on the bombing, has condemned the central banks to refer accounts considered linked to omy afloat. The central bank is widely seen as that was held in Dubai on June 1. the region. bank for implementing a law it views as a breach Hezbollah to an investigative unit before any one of the only effective institutions in the weak Euromoney highlighted that NBK Capital “We are proud to be recognized as Best of sovereignty. The banks say they have no measure is taken. In a statement issued last Lebanese state. executed an impressive number of high Investment Bank in Kuwait by Euromoney’s choice but to implement it. Blom Bank, one of week, Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc stepped Nabil Boumonsef, a commentator with An- profile transactions and worked with lead- Middle East Awards for Excellence. This Lebanon’s biggest banks, has closed more up its attack on central bank governor Riad Nahar newspaper, said the bombing meant the ing clients in Kuwait and across the region award underscores the dedication and accounts than other banks as a result of the leg- Salameh for “ambiguous and suspicious” state- crisis had now become a security issue. “Its dan- such as the STC’s tender offer for VIVA, the effort of our professionals to provide the islation, Lebanese officials say. ments, and said Hezbollah’s education and ger is that it is connected to the most important, IPO of Mezzan Holding, KNPC’s KD 1.2 bil- best products and services to our clients Hospitals are among social institutions health institutions could not be undermined. and I can even say the last bastion of protection lion credit facility, Burgan Bank’s KD 100 and investors.” said Faisal Al-Hamad, CEO of deemed to be linked to Hezbollah that have had In an interview with CNBC last week, Salameh for Lebanon’s social, political and economic sta- million Tier 2 Bond, and NBK’s ATI and Tier 2 NBK Capital. “Receiving this award is a great their accounts closed, sources familiar with the said the central bank was making sure banks bility - the banking sector.” —Reuters Bonds. milestone for NBK Capital and is a testa- matter say. Societies affiliated to Hezbollah run Euromoney’s Middle East Awards, which ment to our continuing growth and relent- hospitals, schools and social care institutions are an integral part of Euromoney’s global less focus on quality.” and the group says the measures are targeting the entire Shiite community. “The Association of India inflation increases Banks confirms that it operates according to the highest levels of professional practice and within NEW DELHI: India’s consumer prices rose India is likely to leave interest rates on hold the rules prevailing in the international markets,” faster than expected in May due to higher for the rest of 2016 after its 25 basis point the Association of Banks in Lebanon said in a food prices, official figures showed yesterday, cut in the repo rate to 6.5 percent on April 5,” statement. “This explosion targets the entire which will likely hold off an increase in inter- Adams added. banking sector.” est rates. The inflation rate increased by 5.76 Central bank governor Raghuram Rajan, The US Hezbollah International Financing percent from a year earlier, substantially high- who has made taming India’s once-runaway Prevention Act (HIFPA), passed in December, er than 4.8 percent recorded in March and 5.4 prices a priority of his tenure, has set a medi- threatens to punish any organization or person percent in April, reported the statistics min- um-term goal of limiting inflation to 5 per- providing significant finance to Hezbollah, des- istry. The jump was mostly driven by higher cent by March 2017. The RBI’s April rate cut, ignated a terrorist organization by US law. It pos- food prices due to back to back droughts, designed to lower the cost of borrowing and es an unprecedented financial challenge to the reported Bloomberg. provide a boost to the economy, took the key Iranian-backed group that dominates Lebanon, “The recent pickup in Indian inflation is interest rate to 6.5 percent, its lowest level its influence underpinned by a powerful armed due to higher food prices, not a pickup in since early 2011. Economists are now looking wing that is fighting in Syria in support of overall inflationary pressures,” Bill Adams, ahead to the imminent monsoon, a key factor President Bashar Al-Assad. senior international economist at PNC in food price inflation owing to its outsize Financial Services Group, said in a statement impact on India’s farmers, whose crops are Political Cost to AFP. “Nevertheless, the Reserve Bank of highly dependent on the annual rains. — AFP Though analysts say Hezbollah itself can BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 Gulf Insurance Group to acquire Turkish insurer

KUWAIT: Gulf Insurance Group K S C P, the lead- Sigorta join Gulf Insurance Group,” said Khaled dynamic team. We want to provide creative and ing insurance service provider in the Middle East Saoud Al-Hassan, GIG CEO. comprehensive insurance solutions for many oth- and North Africa region, announced today that it “Turins has a strong presence in the Turkish er lines of businesses using diverse marketing has successfully obtained the approval from insurance market and this acquisition, which is channels.” Turkish regulators to acquire 90 percent stake of in line with our regional expansion strategy, GIG, supported by its major shareholders KIP- Turins Sigorta, a Turkish non-life insurer. paves the way to further expansions in the CO (the biggest diversified holding company in Established in 2013, the Turkish non-life insur- region. This acquisition also expands the spread the MENA region) and Fairfax Financial Holding (a er Turins Sigorta offers insurance solutions to of our services to our clients as well as our Canadian-based Insurance giant), has the neces- both corporates and individuals covering person- Kuwaiti investors.” sary expertise, financial strength and capacity to al accident, travel, fire, general accidents, marine Turins Sigorta CEO, Suleyman Sagiroglu contribute to the development and growth of the and aviation and motor insurance lines coupled added: “I am very excited for the completion of Turkish Insurance Sector by providing innovative with an advanced IT infrastructure, which offers the Turins Sigorta acquisition. I hope to capitalize and comprehensive insurance solutions through an efficient service to its customers. on my international and Turkish market experi- diverse marketing channels and will strive to “It is an absolute pleasure to have Turins ence in leading this young company and its Khaled Saoud Al-Hassan, GIG CEO meet the ever-changing customer needs. Homaizi: KFIC paid KD 4m in loan payments during 2015

KUWAIT: Plans to divest some unprofitable Homaizi also indicated that KFIC will continue investments and the diversification of the invest- to implement its plans to divest of some of its ment portfolio to decrease risks continue to be unprofitable direct investments during the peri- implemented. Saleh Yacoub Al-Homaizi, od from 2016 to 2018. Al Homaizi pointed that Chairman of Kuwait Finance and Investment the company successfully divested of its unprof- Company (KFIC) revealed that KFIC continued itable investments in the Arab Finance House, during 2015 to decrease the total receivables by Gulf Investment Corporation and Credit 14 percent to approximately KD 20.8 million. Information Network (CINET) during the past This figure compares to approximately KD 24 two years. million by the end of 2014. This decrease was Homaizi also clarified that KFIC started diver- observed after it paid KD 4 million to banks and sifying its investment portfolio in order to creditors as per the loans agreements. As such, decrease risks and guarantee the generation of a KFIC has paid KD 26 million for the first quarter revenue that covers the capital costs and gener- of 2016 out of its total active loans after the ates a constant cash flow. In their diversification Burgan Bank announces names restructure that occurred in 2012. efforts, KFIC has entered the real estate market Al-Homaizi stated during the Annual General through new profitable assets during 2014 and of winners of Yawmi account Meeting that was held yesterday that KFIC dur- 2015 with an approximately 5.3 million KD ing 2015, KFIC liquidated a considerable part of investment. The revenues attained from those its listed and categorized investments for trade. investments were approximately 394,000 KD They are now for sale to decrease the exposure during 2015. on the disturbed stock markets. The associates’ Homaizi stated that KFIC’s operational net performance has also improved. They achieved profit before interest and tax and unusual items Saleh Yacoub Al-Homaizi, Chairman of Kuwait good results during the year as well as good rev- were 1.7 million KD for 2015 in comparison with Finance and Investment Company enues from the new investments that KFIC 2.3 million KD for 2014 which signifies a 26 per- KFIC’s financial position. He also clarified that the bought at the end of 2014 and the beginning of cent or 0.6 million KD decline. The decline is company will monitor its investments and oper- 2015, which compensated from the stock invest- mainly due to the decrease in in stock prices and ation as per the suggested work plan that is ment losses. the volume of transactions in the Kuwait Stock associated with the restructure plan that was Homaizi pointed out that KFIC’s ownership Exchange during 2015 by a large margin. In spite implemented. He said that KFIC is now working rights increased during 2015 by 3 percent to KD of such decline, KFIC continued to achieve posi- on fully committing and adhering to the Capital 41.5 million in comparison with approximately tive results. The company’s net profit was Markets Authority’s governance rules require- KD 40.3 million during 2014. On the other hand, approximately 847,000 KD in 2015 in compari- ments by June 2016. the company’s total assets have declined by 3 son with approximately 1.5 million KD in 2014 It is noteworthy that the General Assembly percent to KD 3.62 million as of December 31, which signifies an 653,000 KD decline. agreed to all the items on the agenda including 2015 due to the payment of receivables as per Homaizi emphasized that the aforemen- the refusal to distribute profits for 2015 and sup- the loans agreements. tioned financial indicators reflect the strength of port the company’s reserves by KD 300,000. AUB announces countdown to KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announces the one lucky customer to win KD 125,000 names of the lucky winners of its Yawmi every three months. The Yawmi Account KD 250,000 Grand Al Hasad draw account draw, each taking home a prize of now offers daily and quarterly draws - the KD 5,000. The lucky winners for the daily quarterly draw requires customers to main- draws took home a cash prize of KD 5,000 tain a minimum amount of KD 500 in their KUWAIT: One fortunate winner swill soon enjoy the opportunity to win the quarterly prize draw each, and they are: account for two months prior to draw date. Ahli United Bank’s (AUB) quarterly prize draw by increasing their accounts and to double their Additionally, every KD 10 in the account providing a KD 250,000 lifetime salary as the chances of winning with the Al Hasad Islamic sav- 1. Abdullah Hasan Sayed Ali Ali will entitle customers to one chance of win- countdown begins to one of the Islamic bank’s ings program. Individuals interested in winning 2. Mohammad Abullah Ali ning. If the account balance is KD 500 and top rewarding savings prize draws. The draw will and achieving more profits in line with sharia law 3. Khaznah Saleh Hawwas Mujdel above, the account holder will be qualified take place on the 29th of June, where one win- may open their Al Hasad Islamic savings account 4. Fahad Mubarek Nema Faleh for both the quarterly and daily draws. ner will win the top prize of a KD 250,000 life- with a minimum of KD 100. Opening the account 5. Sami Mahmoud Hasan Al Rabiah Burgan Bank encourages everyone to time salary through continuous monthly pay- does not require a salary transfer, and minors are open a Yawmi account and/or increase ment. Customers may enter the draw to enjoy ing the largest number of winners. AUB contin- also able to open their accounts through their To further add to the anticipation of their deposit to maximize their chances to this attractive quarterly prize when opening ues to thank its customers for their support and parents or legal guardians. Yawmi account customers, Burgan Bank becoming a winner. The more customers their Al Hasad accounts at least two weeks prior trust in the bank’s capabilities, which is reflected Through these simple steps to opening an now offers a quarterly draw with more deposit, the higher the chances they to the official draw date. in the constant persistence in providing innova- Al Hasad account, AUB reaffirms its commit- chances to win higher rewards, entitling receive of winning. The Al Hasad program is the first program for tive banking products and services. ment to being the ideal bank that works prizes in Kuwait which provides the highest The bank is reaching out to citizens and resi- towards increasing its clients’ savings, helping prize value, reaching KD 3.4 million per annum, dents of Kuwait to avail the benefits associated them achieve their dreams by delivering on Nissan ProPilot leads along with offering 26 weekly prizes - generat- with the Al Hasad account while also leveraging Kuwait’s first Islamic rewards program. the way for autonomous Gulf stocks mostly soft but Saudi firm tech at G7 Summit MIDEAST MARKETS REPORT

DUBAI: Most stock markets in the Middle East Dhabi’s Waha Capital, said he was expecting about as a blow to prominent businessman Naguib edged down yesterday after global bourses and $100 million of outflows from the UAE, Qatar and Sawiris, who family controls Orascom, and to the oil prices fell further and Egypt’s Orascom Telecom Egypt if China A-share inclusion went ahead. Egyptian investment climate in general. However, saw a second day of steep losses after an acquisi- shares in CIB bounced 1.7 percent on Monday. tion plan was called off but Saudi Arabian shares Dubai, Egypt Yesterday’s highlights: were firm. Riyadh’s index recovered from early Dubai’s index lost 0.4 percent, weighed down SAUDI ARABIA weakness to end up 0.3 percent as Saudi by further declines in large caps. Emaar Properties * The index added 0.3 percent to 6,590 points. Electricity Co (SEC) climbed 2.5 percent. SEC said fell 1 percent, leaving it down 9 percent from its DUBAI at the weekend that it was inviting expressions of late April high. In Abu Dhabi, heavyweight banking * The index dropped 0.4 percent to 3,323 points. interest from companies to build two solar power shares were the main drag on the index, which ABU DHABI plants; the firms would invest in the plants and sell slipped 0.1 percent. National Bank of Abu Dhabi * The index edged down 0.1 percent to 4,365 electricity to SEC in deals that could become mod- declined 2.4 percent. Qatar’s main index dropped points. els for future infrastructure projects under Saudi 0.9 percent to close at the day’s low of 9,704 points. QATAR Arabia’s economic reform plan. Other blue chips A sell-off in blue chips weighed on the bourse, with * The index lost 0.9 percent to 9,704 points. also supported the market with the largest listed real estate developer Ezdan Holding slumping 3.2 EGYPT Islamic lender, Al Rajhi Banking, gaining 1.7 per- percent. Cairo’s main index edged down 0.1 per- * The index edged down 0.1 percent to 7,645 cent. Retailer Fawaz Al Hokair rose 3.4 percent. But cent as Orascom Telecom retreated a further 4.6 points. Dar Al Arkan Real Estate, which had surged nearly percent. It slid 5.7 percent on Sunday after a plan KUWAIT 30 percent since news that it was in talks with the by its unit Beltone to acquire CI Capital from * The index fell 0.2 percent to 5,412 points. government to build housing units under last Commercial International Bank (CIB) was called off OMAN week’s economic plan, fell 1.6 percent to 6.35 because it failed to win regulatory approval. * The index declined 0.4 percent to 5,847 points. riyals. Eight analysts polled by Reuters have a 5.94 Orascom said it would re-engage in the acquisition BAHRAIN riyal mean price target for the stock. once all “regulatory obstacles” were overcome, but * The index gained 0.7 percent to 1,123 points. Many portfolio managers are still sizing up the the failure of the deal was seen by some investors — Reuters likely impact of the economic reform plan on com- panies’ earnings; they have largely stayed clear of Al-Dawli rewards its customers making long-term commitments to Saudi shares. DUBAI: European Council President determines the distance between the Donald Tusk had a front-seat view to vehicle and its surroundings through pre- Another factor looming for the market is interna- with complimentary travel insurance Nissan’s ProPilot autonomous drive tech- cise three-dimensional measurements tional index compiler MSCI, which is to announce nology on Thursday at the G7 summit in enabling navigation in tight spaces. The after the close on Tuesday whether it will put KUWAIT: In its bid to provide its cus- with a direct claim settlement. Ise-shima, Japan. The EC President’s car second is an eight-way, 360-degree view Saudi Arabia on review for possible inclusion in its tomers with a stress-free experience He continued by saying that the was among a cavalcade of Group of camera system for accurate routing deci- emerging markets index as early as mid-2017. when traveling abroad with the policy covers various travel incon- Seven next-generation vehicles. sions at intersections and on sharp curv- Inclusion would bring billions of dollars of pas- family, Kuwait International Bank veniences like baggage loss or delay, The Nissan autonomous drive road ing roads. The technologies were tested sive foreign funds into the market but fund man- (KIB) offers them with comprehen- trip delay, loss of passport, as well as session was one of a number of events on roads and highways in Japan and the agers are split on whether Saudi Arabia is likely to sive travel insurance for free when emergency medical and dental planned during the Japan-hostedG7 United States earlier this year. be put on review this year. Mohammad Shabbir, purchasing travel tickets using any expenses, emergency medical evac- Summit on May 26 and 27. The prototype Nissan will introduce the ProPilot head of equity funds at Dubai-based Rasmala of KIB credit cards. The policy covers uation, baggage tracking and assis- vehicle, based on the Nissan LEAF, a 100 autonomous drive technology in a model Investment Bank, said there was a high possibility various emergency occurrences dur- tance, legal referral assistance, deliv- percent electric vehicle, was equipped in Japan later this year, and then expand for MSCI to include Saudi Arabia in its index next ing their stay overseas. ery of medicine and more. with special features such as a millimeter availability to Europe, United States and year because of an easing of foreign ownership On this occasion, the AGM Retail Qattan concluded by stating wave radar, laser scanners, cameras, and China. ProPilot 1.0 can be used in congest- restrictions and reforms to the trading environ- Banking at KIB, Waleed Jaafar Al- that Al-Dawli’s sole purpose and a specialized HMI (Human Machine ed highway traffic conditions. ment announced in early May. Qattan said, “With the advent of Waleed Jaafar Al-Qattan aim is to serve its customers with Interface) to support autonomous driv- By 2018, the company plans to imple- MSCI will also announce today whether China summer season and families are get- utmost commitment wherever ing. The G7 Summit autonomous vehicle ment a multiple-lane, ProPilot A-shares will be upgraded to its emerging markets ting ready to enjoy good and relaxing times wher- they are by providing them with quality and demonstration allowed President Tusk to autonomous drive technology that index. If they are, this would dilute the weightings ever they go, we aspired to provide them with innovative services that makes their lives easier experience how ProPilot technology allows highway lane change, while by of other Middle Eastern markets in the index - the peace of mind by offering them complimentary and offering them an exceptional banking expe- could navigate roads, incorporating two 2020, the new technology will facilitate United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Egypt - causing insurance coverage when they purchase travel rience. That’s why the bank offers a suite of cred- innovative functionalities. The first, driving on urban roads, including inter- outflows of passive funds from them. “The impact tickets with their KIB Credit Cards.” He added that it cards to choose what suits their needs and aminiature, high-spec laser scanner that sections. of the outflow will be short-lived,” said Shabbir. the sharia-compliant insurance has global cover- lifestyle, as well as get rewarded with the best- Mohamed El-Jamal, head of capital markets at Abu age and offers 24/7 travel and medical assistance in-class benefits at all times. TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 TECHNOLOGY The ambiguity of CEM, Digital and Big Data

By Khaled Mkahal growing non-mature space. Definitions experience of a customer who wants to we can consider the hotel website that and concepts keeping evolving with stay in a particular hotel starts from the the customer used to book his room as ithout any doubt the world has new approaches, strategies and best time he visits the hotel’s website to book the digital channel and the information gone the digital direction practices. We will try to address these a room until he checks out of the hotel. that he was required to fill and the Wbecoming more focused on the areas from our understanding hoping it This includes his experience at the time online payment he made are in the form Customer experience while trying to will help better understand and hence of check in, while using the facilities of of digital data. map customer interactions and generat- embrace these new trends. the hotel and finally when he makes the Big Data: This is the data that is gen- ing useful information that will increase Starting with the Customer final payment. The question that now erated by all customer transactions for satisfaction, leading to continuous busi- Experience (CX): It is the perceived expe- arises is how to measure his experience each and every product/service they ness growth. In-line with this trend, you rience by a customer to a certain prod- and ensure that the customer would not have experienced. will notice that people are more uct or service , the experience can be only return to the same hotel but also Let’s go back to the hotel example to Khaled Mkahal, VP of CEM & involved in exploring and researching good, bad or normal. The ability to share his experience and recommend understand this a little more. Here “big Digital Practice, PCCI Group what I like to call the ‘three words’- Big measure customer experience and man- the hotel to his friends and colleagues data” is the data generated by the cus- data, Digital and Customer Experience age this information, i.e. analyze it, which in turn would translate to more tomer (his profile, the country he is trav- same time generating more data. Management (CEM), especially if they improve it and reuse it to derive new business for the hotel. elling from, number of days of stay, the It is important to be able to define are working in service oriented sectors services and products personalized to Digital: To explain this simply, digital room type, the means of payment, utili- and distinguish the different meanings like Telecom, Banking and Travel and the customer is what we call Customer is the form of the data that customers ties access in the hotel like pool, gym, of the ‘three words’ distinctly and Tourism. Experience Management. It is important generates during their interactions with restaurants, feedback, complaints if any, although we believe they all come Keeping in mind the size and amount to understand that the experience is different touch points. It is also denotes etc.). It is of course easy to collect this together in one gigantic process while of information being exchanged daily holistic and cannot be segregated and the the channels that the customer has type of data from one customer but working back to back as one of them is brings up an important question - “Is hence the challenge in capturing it. In used to transfer this data. It is definitely imagine the size of the same data when the input (Big Data), the second is the there any clear common understanding the CEM world this is referred to as advantageous to have data captured in collected for all the customers of the form and channel of the data (Digital) that defines the Three Words? And can measuring customer experience digital form as it helps improve the hotel over a long period of time. This and the final one (CEM) is the engine they really be separated?” throughout the customer life cycle and process of collecting the data thus cumulative data of all customers is what and Processes which when applied to Unfortunately, there is none at the against all touch points. increasing the ability to process it fur- we call ‘big data’. In fact in reality, cus- this data helps improve both customer moment as this area is considered as a Let me give you an example. The ther. If we go back to our hotel example, tomers can use multiple services at the satisfaction and business growth.

Coming later today: Apple’s next big software improvements

SAN FRANCISCO: With sales of Apple’s helpful reminders from the Apple calen- flagship iPhone slowing , the spotlight is dar, offer suggestions based on a user’s on the company’s hunt for its next big location, or search for images stored in thing. Apple’s annual software develop- Apple’s photo app. ers conference, which kicks off Monday, will be its next big opportunity to show Getting to know you the world what’s coming next. Apple, however, has been largely Artificial intelligence, and Apple’s unwilling to pry too deeply into your per- wisecracking digital assistant Siri, could sonal information. And some experts say play a big role. Of course, Apple is that puts it at a disadvantage compared expected to unveil a number of other to Google, which has compiled vast advances - software improvements for its quantities of data - about both individual iPhones, iPads and Mac computers and a users and consumer trends - from its possible overhaul of its music service search engine, Gmail, maps and other chief among them. After Apple’s dust-up well-liked online services. (Many of those with the FBI earlier this year over iPhone Google services remain popular on the security, it might also announce new iPhone, despite Apple’s best efforts to security measures to protect users’ data. replace them. With AI, “systems get much But AI is emerging as a major new better the more they know about the tech battleground, one where Apple may user,” said Alan Black, an expert in voice- have some ground to make up. Siri made enabled technology at Carnegie Mellon a big splash when it debuted five years University. ago. But as other tech giants jockey to Apple collects plenty of data from its build intelligent “chat bots” and voice- users, but hasn’t “focused on connecting controlled home systems capable of all the dots,” said Raj Singh, co-founder of more challenging artificial-intelligence Tempo AI, an artificial intelligence start- feats, Siri at times no longer seems cut- up acquired by Salesforce.com last year. ting edge. Google, of course, makes money from advertising that’s keyed to individual Making siri smarter interests. Apple, which makes most of its Apple is expected to demonstrate an money from iPhones, says its software upgrade to Siri’s smarts. The main ques- respects customer privacy by working JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Go-Jek mototrcycle taxi app founder and CEO Nadiem Makarim, right, rides on a Go-Jek bike as he leaves his office for a tion is whether it will be enough to keep with an individual’s data on the iPhone meeting.—AP up with rivals like Amazon, Google, or iPad, while anonymizing information Facebook and others who are racing to that’s uploaded to its servers. create digital services that consumers “We don’t mine your email, your Jakarta’s traffic trials will find indispensable for shopping, photos, or your contacts in the cloud to chatting, controlling other appliances learn things about you,” Apple VP Craig and simply getting through their daily Federighi said at the company’s lives. “Google Now has kind of eaten Worldwide Developers Conference last give rise to a tech success their lunch,” said Chris Monberg, co- year. “We honestly just don’t want to founder of Boomtrain, a startup that know.” JAKARTA: The Indonesian capital’s reputation should be. We let the market decide what Go-Jek says it has more than 200,000 driv- makes artificial intelligence software as one of the most congested cities is typically they want us to be.” ers around Indonesia but the pain for taxis used by online retailers. Monberg argues “Siri, reserve my table” not an advantage with investors. But one Florian Hoppe, a partner at consulting seems most acute in Jakarta, where all the that Google’s proactive digital assistant Apple declined comment on plans for company has become the country’s most visi- company Bain who specializes in technology, ride hailing services are battling fiercely for provides more useful reminders, recom- Siri. Last fall, however, Apple acquired a ble technology success with an app that said Go-Jek’s approach is “fairly unique” but customers, pushing fares to rock bottom. mendations and tips on local weather or startup that makes AI software specifical- relieves some of the pain of its maddening fits the situation in Jakarta and other Since a Go-Jek trip within the city costs traffic, largely because it reads his email ly for mobile devices, and another that traffic. The ride-hailing apps that are now part Indonesian cities where service businesses are only about 12,000 rupiah (90 cents) outside of and other data from his Android phone helps computers carry on extensive voice of daily life from New York to New Delhi and hobbled by transportation problems. peak hours, the company is burning through and crunches it with sophisticated algo- conversations. And tech news sites have London are usually used to summon cars. “It’s hard to predict where this will be its investment cash because in Jakarta the rithms on Google’s powerful servers. reported Apple may loosen its restric- Jakarta, the world’s sixth-largest urban sprawl going,” he said. “In the long-term, specialized fares are lower than what it pays drivers. Amazon’s Echo home speaker likewise tions on Siri’s ability to work directly with and by some measures the most car-clogged, services will likely have an edge but Indonesia Yet the apps have proven so useful to peo- has its fans; it recognizes informal voice other companies’ software. That could needed something different. has enough uniqueness, market protection ple in a city where officials estimate conges- commands and can order flowers, pizza enable Siri to book a restaurant reserva- In hindsight, the Go-Jek mobile app for and scale, that (Go-Jek) could be very success- tion causes losses of $3 billion a year that or a ride to the airport. Facebook, tion on command, or order a ride from a hailing rides on motorcycles, to dodge and ful in the long-term too.” attempts to ban them on the basis of claims Google and Microsoft are also working to car service, rather than show a link to an weave through traffic, was a no-brainer. But Makarim dreamed up Go-Jek for an inde- of unfair competition have failed. incorporate intelligent “bots” into the app like Open Table or Uber and requir- its sudden success over the past two years pendent study project while at Harvard When the transport minister issued a voice- and text-messaging services that ing the user to do the rest. took even its founder by surprise. The app’s Business School and started it as a sideline directive last December banning app-based people use to chat with their friends. Experts say the quality of Apple’s soft- name is a play on “ojek,” the Indonesian word business when he returned to Indonesia in ojeks, the public outcry was such that In some respects, Siri remains plenty ware and online services is increasingly for freelance motorcycle taxis, now a rare the summer. For its first three years, it operat- President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo quickly over- competitive, at least so long as you stick critical to maintaining its popularity with sight in Jakarta after many drivers joined Go- ed like a call center. It became a mobile app ruled the decision. with Apple’s other services. If an iPhone consumers. Jek’s green-jacketed, GPS-coordinated ranks. after Makarim turned his attention to it full- The nationalistic appeal of a home-grown owner uses Google’s Gmail, for instance, Services like Siri, Apple Music and “We really had no idea it would be adopted time from mid-2014. tech success is also a potent advantage for Apple’s software may not scan those Apple Pay add significant value to the so widely and so quickly,” said Nadiem Like elsewhere, ride hailing apps are draw- the company. “We want to make Indonesia emails for useful information. But Jan iPhone and other Apple devices, Dawson Makarim, who admits the company and its ing an angry backlash from taxi drivers as proud that this is a uniquely Indonesian com- Dawson, a tech analyst at Jackdaw said. “They’re important to keeping the app struggled to keep pace when tens of their incomes drop. In March, a protest by pany that was started here,” Makarim said. “We Research, notes that Siri can volunteer Apple ecosystem attractive.”—AP thousands began downloading it. thousands of taxi drivers that paralyzed the have a huge competitive advantage as the Makarim believes Jakarta’s carmageddon capital turned violent, with cabbies brawling first mover and from a sense of growing had arrived at a “pain point” of huge unmet in the streets with green-jacketed drivers from nationalism and pride that we are the tech demand for a solution. “Smartphone penetra- Go-Jek and Grab. brand of Indonesia right now.”—AP tion was at an all-time high in Jakarta, traffic was at an all-time high,” he said. “Getting your- self or your things from A to B in the quickest way possible could only be achieved by Massive N Korea cyber attack motorcycles.” As by far the biggest economy in thwarted after hacking S.Korea Southeast Asia, making up a third of the SEOUL: North Korea has hacked into more The police’s cyber investigation unit region’s gross domestic product, Indonesia than 140,000 computers at large South could not immediately confirm the report. has also attracted Uber and Go-Jek’s fiercest Korean conglomerates and government South Korea has been on heightened alert competitor, Malaysia’s Grab, which is headed agencies and planted malicious codes that against the threat of cyber attacks by North by Makarim’s Harvard classmate Anthony Tan. may have been intended for a massive Korea after it conducted a nuclear test in Analysts say both Uber and Grab have cyber attack that has been thwarted, a January and a long-range rocket launch greater scale and resources than Go-Jek, cru- news report said on yesterday. last month that led to new UN sanctions. cial for sustaining losses in the transport app The hacking originated from an internet In March, the South’s spy agency said it industry’s early stages and for sustaining address traced to the North Korean capital had intercepted an attempt to hack into investments in the behind-the-scenes tech- and targeted a software used by about 160 the South’s computer networks to attack nology that makes the apps easy for people to companies and government agencies to the transport system’s control network, use. Go-Jek has built on its strategy of provid- manage their computer networks, Yonhap blaming the North for the attempt. ing rides to introduce a slew of additional Go- news agency reported, citing the police. North Korea has worked for years to services to the app, including delivering food, The internet address was identical to the develop the ability to disrupt or destroy groceries, cleaners, massage therapists and one used in a 2013 cyber attack against computer systems that control public serv- beauticians to homes. South Korean banks and broadcasters that ices such as telecommunications and other The Go-Send document pickup and deliv- froze their computer systems for more than utilities, according to a North Korean ery service and Go-Food are the company’s a week. South Korea blamed the North for defector familiar with the effort. two biggest businesses after rides, Makarim that attack. The United States accused North Korea said. Go-Food, he said, has become the The South Korean police agency’s cyber of a cyber attack against Sony Pictures in biggest food delivery business in Southeast investigation unit uncovered the hacking 2014 that led to the studio cancelling the Asia by number of transactions. “Go-Jek’s and worked with the companies and agen- release of a comedy based on the fictional vision is to escape competition by creating cies affected to neutralize the malicious assassination of the country’s leader, Kim an on-demand platform for anything our SAN FRANCISCO: Eddy Cue, Apple senior vice president of internet software and codes and prevent them from being used Jong Un. North Korea denied the accusa- consumer wants,” he said. “We’re not stuck services, talking about the new voices of Siri virtual assistant during the keynote in a large-scale cyber attack, Yonhap said. tion.—Reuters address of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference.—AP on our identity based on what we think it TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Dasman Diabetes Institute: Kuwait’s staunch bulwark against diabetes

By Shahad Kamal for the prevention and treatment of this working on 61 diverse researches and Kuwait through effective programs of in the world, affecting approximately 24 disease, he argued. He emphasized that studies that were approved by the Ethical research, training, education, and health percent of the population. A number of KUWAIT: The prevalence of diabetes in the DDI researchers were also keen on Review Committee. Four of those promotion and thereby improve quality potential causes for the rising trends in Kuwait is amongst the highest in the translating the findings of their studies researches touches upon knowledge- of life in the population. “Despite the diabetes have been identified, including world, and the country’s government and into clinical practices to improve the based awareness, lifestyle, breastfeeding progress achieved in the past years, more genetic predisposition, westernized diet, non-government organizations have health conditions of the patients. and food role in prevention and reducing researches and efforts are still needed to lack of physical activity and limited recre- been confronting the non-communicable Al-Duwairi stated that the DDI has the incidence of diabetes, he said. improve the diabetes diagnoses, treat- ational facilities. disease and its risk factors at all fronts. been prioritizing researches focusing on Al-Duwairi noted that some 20 clinical ment, prevention, medicine and patients Kuwait also has one of the highest lev- On the frontline of this war, stands the upgrading healthcare services offered to experiments were carried out in in the lifestyle,” Al-Duwairi told KUNA. els of obesity in the world. It is estimated Dasman Diabetes Institute as a main diabetic people. The DDI has entered into DDI since 2010. These experiments have Al-Duwairi stated that a research car- that threequarters of the adult popula- defender of Kuwaitis’ health against the strategic partnerships with the Kuwait boosted the DDI status as one of the main ried out by the Kuwait Scotland eHealth tion are overweight or obese with the lat- disease which represents an enormous University and Kuwait’s Ministry of Health diabetes research centers in the world, he Innovation Network has shown a remark- ter accounting for between 30 and 50 challenge to Kuwait’s health system. as well as a slew of international health- said. For her part, DDI Researcher Dr. able rise in prevalence of diabetes percent of the population. The DDI encompasses a multi-discipli- care and educational institutions such as Maisa Mahmoud Kamkar disclosed that among children and adolescents (under These problems are not restricted to nary team of national and international the US-based Harvard University and the findings of 13 the DDI researches 14 years old) by 1.7 folds in the past five the adult population. The prevalence professionals who combine their knowl- Georgetown University, he said. would be announced this year. She years. The DDI marks this month the 10th of diabetes in children and young edge and experience to provide quality He added that the DDI researches explained that the researches take long anniversary of its inauguration by His adults is rising, estimated to be around diabetes care, Director-General of the tackle everything related to diabetes time because of the high DDI standards Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- 33 per 100,000. Kuwait also has a high Dasman Diabetes Institute (DDI) Dr. Qais before and after the disease diagnosing. and procedures such as idea approval, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The Institute prevalence of overweight and obesity Al-Duwairi told KUNA. The researches cover a wide array of top- samples taking and clinical work, waiting was founded by the Kuwait Foundation in children and adolescents. As the He pointed out that the DDI’s research ics including clinical diabetology, for the results, a review to the results. for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) number of cases of diabetes and obesi- department aimed to explore the mecha- immunology, biochemistry, molecular She noted that the DDI role is to help to be in charge of studies related to dia- ty continues to rise these patients nisms of the diabetes and its complica- biology and pediatrics, he said. prevent, control and mitigate the impact betes. The Kuwait adult population has place an ever increasing burden on the tions to help provide practical solutions He unveiled that the DDI teams are of diabetes and related conditions in the sixth highest prevalence of diabetes healthcare system. — KUNA Precision Medicine Solutions made easier and more affordable to healthcare providers

OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS: Health American College of Cardiology (ACC) has Outcomes Sciences (HOS), serving hospi- contributed to a strong track record of tals and health systems across the country, client success in cardiovascular care. Its has achieved new milestones in its journey suite of predictive models for percutaneous to deliver personalized predictive analytics coronary intervention (PCI) and for cardiovascular patients. As a provider of implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) online healthcare technology solutions, the are derived directly from ACC NCDR (r) month of June 2016 marks the company’s research, and are regarded as the gold release of its patented next generation standard. Within the next few months, the ePRISM (r) platform along with brand new company will expand its library to include subscription plans that make adoption of suites of predictive models for orthopedics its precision medicine solutions easier and and oncology, expressly in support of CMS more affordable. initiatives addressing Comprehensive Care Dr. John Spertus explains how a predic- for Joint Replacement (CJR) and Screening tive model is used in the ED for stroke for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed patients. “We’re seeing a groundswell of Tomography. interest in the use of predictive analytics to Spertus offers, “Thousands of predictive support personalized care and shared deci- models have been published in scientific sion-making,” says Dr. John Spertus, HOS annals, but HOS is careful to select only co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer. those that offer high impact to patient out- “However, we know that cost can be a bar- comes. We work closely with clinical care rier to rapid adoption, as can the IT burden teams to embed the predictive models associated with implementing new tech- seamlessly into routine workflow.” nology. That’s why we’ve made it possible Earlier this year, HOS added new predic- for hospitals and health systems to be up tive models to its library with the assistance and running with our next generation of Saint Luke’s Health System in Kansas City. ePRISM (r) platform in just a few days’ time, Spertus describes in this video how one of and they can use any of the predictive the models is being used at Saint Luke’s models in our library for just a few hundred Hospital as part of the RESOLVE research dollars a month.” study, an American Heart Association (AHA) The company’s new ePRISM (r) Level 1 initiative that seeks to improve outcomes and Level 2 options offer hospitals and for stroke patients. The company worked LAS VEGAS: Prince performs at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. It’s not clear if any doctor could have averted the health systems their own private online with Drs. Arnold and Cohen at Saint Luke’s fentanyl overdose that killed Prince in April 2016. But his death may offer evidence for how the special treatment often afforded the rich and web portal along with a subscription to any Mid America Heart Institute to launch a famous can result in worse health care than ordinary Americans receive. — AP predictive model in the company’s library. model that addresses outcomes for tran- Differences between the two options scatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR include the number of user logins, the abili- (otherwise known as transcatheter aortic When stars seek medical care, ty to save data and download it for local- valve implantation, or TAVI). The company is ized use, and the opportunity for branding currently offering TAVR/TAVI teams around with a logo. Both options include no-cost the world access to the model via a free educational webinars and US-based phone online risk calculator. risk of ‘VIP Syndrome’ looms support. Although the new ePRISM (r) Level “Our solutions play a pivotal role in 1 and Level 2 options reduce the opera- healthcare quality management,” Spertus tional requirements of a major IT project, explains. “The Wall Street Journal recently NEW YORK: One doctor delivered test results to one was specifically in charge,” Lerner said, citing has said. The younger Kornfeld arrived too late. the company will continue to offer a more reported on the prevalence of medical Prince’s home. Another sent his son, who wasn’t one hallmark of VIP Syndrome. “She was an opin- He was among those who discovered Prince’s robust option that fully integrates with all errors, and the toll on lives lost. a physician, on a cross-country flight to bring ionated patient, and that made it more challeng- body. Mauzy did not respond to the AP’s ques- major electronic medical record (EMR) sys- Personalized precision medicine can help medication to the music star. ing to take care of her.” tions regarding Kornfeld’s approach to celebrity tems. The company’s partnership with the overcome that growing epidemic.” —AP It’s not clear if any doctor could have averted The timeline of events surrounding Prince care. The actions of Dr. Michael Todd the fentanyl overdose that killed the singer in suggests missed opportunities, experts said, Schulenberg, a Minnesota family physician, are April. But his death may offer evidence for how including a close call less than a week before he also under scrutiny. Schulenberg saw Prince on Thailand warns fans of Euro the special treatment often afforded the rich and died on April 21. On April 15, Prince’s private April 7 and 20, the day before he died. He told famous can result in worse health care than ordi- plane made an emergency stop in Illinois on a investigators he prescribed medications for him, 2016 heart attack threat nary Americans receive. It’s a pattern identified flight from Atlanta back to Minnesota. The but a search warrant did not specify which in medical literature as early as 1964 and it has a Associated Press and other media organizations, drugs. Schulenberg arrived “on the death scene” BANGKOK: Thailand’s health authorities have those with diabetes and heart problems to name: “VIP Syndrome.” citing anonymous sources, reported that first at some point, according to the warrant. He told urged football fans to avoid getting overly make sure they continue to take medication. Experts agree that doctors treating Michael responders gave him an antidote commonly a detective he was there to drop off test results. excited while watching Euro 2016 lest those It said those who work hard, even the young, Jackson and Joan Rivers lost their bearings and used to reverse suspected opioid overdoses. That house call suggests VIP Syndrome, heart-stopping moments literally prove fatal. should also take care.”If your bodies are weak, made fatal mistakes in the glare of their patients’ “You’d think someone would say, ‘Let’s get Klitzman said. Schulenberg’s attorney, who The Public Halth Ministry published advice fans should only watch the matches they are fame. Eleanor Roosevelt is another example. him into treatment,’” Klitzman said. Instead, a would not comment specifically about Prince, calling on fans to ward off heart attacks by interested in or watch replays instead. Do “There are a number of red flags that go up,” said week passed before Prince’s associates called a said the doctor has made periodic house calls making sure they get enough rest and avoid enough rest, exercise, eat healthy foods and Dr. Robert Klitzman, who directs Columbia California addiction and pain specialist, Dr. ever since he was in residency, when he was long binges of football-fuelled excitement. avoid alcohol,” Suwanchai said. University’s bioethics master’s program. “Prince Howard Kornfeld. Authorities have not said trained to do them. “The ministry would like to advise all sport Thailand is a football-mad nation and was one of the wealthiest musicians alive. Did he whether he had a prescription for the fentanyl During the visits, he carries only a stetho- lovers-teenagers, students, working people European football in particular has a huge fol- get appropriate care? VIP Syndrome may have and, if not, how he obtained it. Much about the scope and “does not administer medications or and the elderly-to watch sensibly,” Suwanchai lowing. Most of Euro 2016’s matches will take been involved.” musician’s care remains unknown. Was Prince - perform any type of procedures in a patient’s Wattanayingcharoenchai, a ministry official, place in the middle of the night in Thailand, First described by Dr. Walter Weintraub of the who reportedly suffered from hip and knee pain home,” attorney Amy Conners said in an email to told reporters. leading some health officials to fear that University of Maryland School of Medicine in a related to years of athletic stage performances - The Associated Press. “Allocate appropriate time for watching diehard fans will pull successive boozy all- 1964 paper, VIP Syndrome is shorthand for how already seeing doctors well-versed in the risks of To guard against VIP Syndrome, the and resting,” he added. The ministry urged nighters. —AFP the influence of wealth and the allure of fame opioids? If he became addicted to painkillers, Cleveland Clinic published nine principles of car- can cause doctors to veer into risky territory did anyone consider referring him to a nearby ing for VIPs in 2011. The document warns doc- when they cater to the demands of a star or his and highly regarded treatment option, tors against bending the rules. In the end, doc- entourage. Stars may reject medical advice or Minnesota’s Hazeldon Betty Ford? tors must monitor a tendency toward any demand ineffective or harmful treatments. Star- Kornfeld sent his son Andrew in an effort to unusual practices, said Lerner, author of “When struck doctors may order unnecessary tests or persuade Prince to seek long-term care at his Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How not enough tests. Hospital administrators may Recovery Without Walls center in Mill Valley, We Look at Medicine.” “When you’re contemplat- meddle in decisions if the patient is a potential California, according to William Mauzy, the ing superhuman or very heroic, unorthodox financial donor. Kornfelds’ attorney. Andrew Kornfeld carried a behavior in your zeal to help a famous patient,” Jackson’s personal doctor, Conrad Murray, small dose of buprenorphine, which is used to Lerner said, “that’s where you’ve got to take a spent two years in prison after his involuntary ease withdrawal symptoms and cravings, Mauzy deep breath and reassess.” — AP manslaughter conviction in the King of Pop’s 2009 death. Jackson had requested a surgical anesthetic, propofol, to help him sleep, calling it Vaping teens more apt to his “milk,” according to trial testimony. Prosecutors said Murray supplied the drug and move on to regular cigarettes didn’t notice when Jackson stopped breathing. Eagerness to please apparently pushed NEW YORK: Older teens who try electronic ciga- year’s survey. After adjusting the statistics for Murray far beyond the boundaries of reasonable rettes have six times the odds of trying regular gender, ethnicity, grade and parental education, treatment, said Dr. Stephen Dinwiddie of cigarettes within two years than those who nev- the researchers calculated that the teens who Northwestern University Feinberg School of er puffed on the devices, a study published yes- tried the e-cigarettes had six times the odds of Medicine. Another doctor took a cellphone pho- terday found. taking up smoking than those who never tried to of Joan Rivers on the operating table, accord- “We’re concerned that kids who experiment them. When the researchers looked at teens who ing to a recently settled malpractice lawsuit. with e-cigarettes may be moving on to other said on the first survey that they had no inten- That’s a clear sign of clouded judgment, types of tobacco products, like combustible ciga- tion to smoke, the risk of moving from e-ciga- BATON ROUGE: Mike VI, LSU’s tiger mascot, rests in his habitat before an NCAA col- Dinwiddie said. rettes, which are arguably a lot more dangerous,” rettes to regular cigarettes by the next year was lege football game Between LSU and Florida. — AP The comedian’s family accepted an undis- said University of Southern California researcher 10 times greater than those who never vaped. closed amount to settle the complaint in her Jessica Barrington-Trimis, lead author of the Barrington-Trimis said the high risk among LSU Vet: Mascot tiger back 2014 death following a routine endoscopy. The study published in the journal Pediatrics. teens committed to not smoking “suggests this is family alleged doctors performed an unautho- E-cigarettes are handheld electronic devices not just occurring among kids who intended to from brink of cancer death rized medical procedure and failed to act as that vaporize a fluid typically including nicotine smoke anyway.” The survey participants were Rivers’ vital signs deteriorated. and a flavor component. Using them is called 11th and 12th grade students who all were least Eleanor Roosevelt may have been misdiag- “vaping.” The researchers based their findings on 18 years old by the second survey. The American BATON ROUGE: LSU veterinarian David coma, with perhaps a year or two to live. nosed because of VIP Syndrome, said New York surveys conducted by USC involving about 300 Academy of Pediatrics recommended in 2015 Baker says the lemon-sized swelling that Mike was treated after hours June 1 at University School of Medicine’s Dr. Barron Lerner, high school students in southern California. In that the devices be regulated as tobacco prod- had nearly closed one eye of the the Mary Byrd Perkins-Our Lady of the Lake who published a paper based on his review of 2014, about half of the students said they had at ucts due to concerns they would lead teens to school’s tiger mascot has gone down Cancer Center, so no human patients were her medical record. The first lady died in 1962 of least tried an e-cigarette. regular cigarettes and also expose their develop- completely since his radiation therapy at there. The center’s chief of medical physics, tuberculosis, which could have been caught ear- In a 2015 follow-up survey, about 40 percent ing brains to nicotine. a human hospital. Jonas Fontenot, says dealing with a 420- lier if she’d had a bone marrow biopsy in time, of those who had tried an e-cigarette by the pre- The US Food and Drug Administration last He tells The Advocate that a week or two pound tiger felt surreal. It took more than Lerner said. Instead, she was misdiagnosed with vious year had tried regular cigarettes. That com- month took wide-ranging steps to crack down later might have been too late to treat Mike eight people, using a sling system created aplastic anemia and treated with steroids, which pared to about 11 percent of those who said on e-cigarettes and banned sales to anyone VI. But he continues to stress that Mike by the veterinary staff, to lift the anes- may have reduced her body’s ability to fight they had not tried an e-cigarette in the prior under age 18. — Reuters remains terminally ill from spindle cell sar- thetized animal.—AP infection. “Lots of doctors were involved, and no TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

KAZIRANGA, INDIA: A forest official shows shell casings that were recovered from a site where a rhinoceros ASSAM, INDIA: A one-horned rhinoceros stands in the Kaziranga National Park, a wildlife reserve that pro- was killed by poachers with AK-47. vides refuge to more than 2,200 endangered Indian one-horned rhinoceros. — AP photos India’s Assam state makes new plans to halt rhino poaching

GAUHATI, India: The newly elected govern- over the last few years, a series of rhino killings Brahma said allegations that some park and his wife, Kate. The royal couple had spent consuming rhino horns can increase male ment of the northeast Indian state of Assam this year has led the new government to staff may be involved in the trade in rhino several hours at Kaziranga in hopes of drawing potency. This year, eight rhinos in Kaziranga has launched plans to crack down on the renew anti-poaching efforts. parts were also being investigated. On attention to the plight of endangered animals, have been killed for their horns, after 17 were poaching of the area’s famed one-horned rhi- The state’s new environment minister, Tuesday, as Brahma and other officials visited including the park’s one-horned rhinos. poached in 2015. Despite the threats, nos, an official said Saturday. Pramila Rani Brahma, said that local police Kaziranga to discuss the threat of poaching, a All five of the world’s rhino species are Kaziranga is a conservation success story. The The state’s Kaziranga National Park is home have been asked to join the offensive against female rhino was shot dead by poachers in the under constant threat from poachers seeking reserve had 75 rhinos in 1905. In 1966, the to the world’s largest population of the rare poaching. Previously, Kaziranga’s forest vicinity. In April, poachers killed a rhino at the their horns to sell on the black market. number of rhinos in Kaziranga was put at 366. rhinos, with more than 2,000 of the species. rangers and anti-poaching staff handled this 480-square-kilometer (185-square-mile) park Demand is high in countries such as China and According to a 2015 estimate, the number has While overall poaching deaths have dropped responsibility on their own. hours after a visit by Britain’s Prince William Vietnam, where people mistakenly believe risen to 2,401. — AP 4 people died in apparent bear attacks Exclusive: Studies find ‘super bacteria’ in northern Japan in Rio’s Olympic venues, top beaches TOKYO: Four people foraging for edible wild plants or bamboo shoots were killed in bear attacks in a cientists have found dangerous drug- the American Society for Microbiology, found Flamengo beach, where spectators will sewage treatment and collection in the entire small area of northern Japan in three weeks, police resistant “super bacteria” off beaches in the genes of super bacteria in the Rodrigo de gather to watch Olympic sailors vie for “south zone” of Rio, where the bodies of water said yesterday, and are warning people to take pre- SRio de Janeiro that will host Olympic Freitas lagoon in the heart of Rio and in a river medals, had the super bacteria in 90 percent are located and where the water samples cautions. swimming events and in a lagoon where row- that empties into Guanabara Bay. of samples. Ten percent of Copacabana’s sam- were taken. The bodies of the three men and one woman ing and canoe athletes will compete when the Waste from countless hospitals, in addition ples had the microbes. had bites and scratches presumably made by “a Games start on Aug. 5. to hundreds of thousands of households, Ipanema and Leblon beaches, the most ‘Like candy’ large animal,” Kazuno Police Station spokesman The findings from two unpublished aca- pours into storm drains, rivers and streams popular with tourists, had samples that tested Five scientists consulted by Reuters said Noboru Abukawa said. He added that police heard demic studies seen by Reuters concern Rio’s crisscrossing Rio, allowing the super bacteria positive for super bacteria 50 and 60 percent the immediate risk to people’s health when roars of a bear or bears and saw bears from a heli- most popular spots for tourists and greatly to spread outside the city’s hospitals in recent of the time, respectively. The Oswaldo Cruz faced with super bacteria infection depends copter while searching for the victims. increase the areas known to be infected by years. Renata Picao, a professor at Rio’s federal study of the Olympic lagoon, which was peer on the state of their immune systems. The victims, who were aged 65 to 79, were killed the microbes normally found only in hospitals. university and lead researcher of the first reviewed, is based on water samples taken in These bacteria are opportunistic microbes in a mountainous area within a 2.5-kilometer (1.6- They also heighten concerns that Rio’s study, said the contamination of Rio’s famous 2013. It found that the lake is a potential that can enter the body, lie dormant, then mile) radius since May 20. Police are not sure of the sewage-infested waterways are unsafe. A beaches was the result of a lack of basic sani- breeding ground for super bacteria and their attack at a later date when a healthy person cause of the sudden increase in the number of bear study published in late 2014 had shown the tation in the metropolitan area of 12 million spread through the city. may fall ill for another reason. Super bacteria attacks. Abukawa said there had been no deaths presence of the super bacteria - classified by people. “These bacteria should not be present While the studies both use water samples infect not only humans but also otherwise- from bear attacks in the last five years in Kazuno. the US Centers for Disease Control and in these waters. They should not be present in that are from 2013 and 2014, Picao and other harmless bacteria present in the waters, turn- The city in Akita prefecture is more than 600 kilo- Prevention (CDC) as an urgent public health the sea,” said Picao from her lab in northern experts said they had seen no advances in ing them into antibiotic-resistant germs. threat - off one of the beaches in Guanabara Rio, itself enveloped by stench from sewerage infrastructure in Rio to improve the Harwood said the super bacteria genes meters (37 miles) north of Tokyo. Bay, where sailing and wind-surfing events Guanabara Bay. situation. Valerie Harwood, an expert in recre- discovered in the Olympic lagoon were proba- On Friday, hunters shot and killed a female will be held during the Games. Cleaning the city’s waterways was meant ational water contamination and antibiotic- bly not harmful if swallowed by themselves: Asiatic black bear with a body length of 1.3 meters The first of the two new studies, reviewed to be one of the Games’ greatest legacies and resistant bacteria at the University of South they need to be cocooned inside of a bacteri- (4.3 feet) about 20 meters southwest of where the in September by scientists at the Interscience a high-profile promise in the official 2009 bid Florida who was not involved in the studies, um. “Those genes are like candy. They are fourth victim was found dead, but Abukawa said it Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and document Rio used to win the right to host said that if anything, things were getting organic molecules and they’ll be eaten up by was unclear whether the dead bear had attacked Chemotherapy in San Diego, showed the South America’s first Olympics. That goal has worse, as the super bacteria naturally spread other bacteria, other organisms,” Harwood the victims. presence of the microbes at five of Rio’s show- instead transformed into an embarrassing fail- by infecting other microbes. The contamina- said. “That’s where the danger is - if a person Police are enhancing patrols and have distrib- case beaches, including the ocean-front ure, with athletes lamenting the stench of tion has prompted federal police and prosecu- then ingests that infected organism - because uted fliers alerting residents around the mountain- Copacabana, where open-water and triathlon sewage and complaining about debris that tors to investigate whether Rio’s water utility it will make it through their gastrointestinal ous area to exercise caution. In nearby Iwate prefec- swimming will take place. bangs into and clings to boats in Guanabara Cedae is committing environmental crimes by tract and potentially make someone ill.” ture, eight people were attacked by bears on six The other four were Ipanema, Leblon, Bay, potential hazards for a fair competition. lying about how much sewage it treats. The presence of the super bacteria genes in occasions between April 1 and June 7, according to Botafogo and Flamengo. The super bacteria Investigators are also looking into where bil- the lagoon indicates the bacteria themselves its prefectural website. The Iwate site urges people can cause hard-to-treat urinary, gastrointesti- Situation getting worse lions of dollars in funds went since the early had recently died or simply were not detected going into the mountains to bring a bell or turn on nal, pulmonary and bloodstream infections, Picao’s study, which has undergone inter- 1990s, money earmarked to improve sewage by testing, Harwood said. Health experts say a radio to avoid bears. along with meningitis. The CDC says studies nal reviews at Rio’s federal university, analyzed services and clean Guanabara Bay. Rio’s poor wastewater management has Nationally, 168 bear attacks have been reported show that these bacteria contribute to death water samples taken between September Cedae has denied any wrongdoing. It said already created endemic illnesses associated between April 2014 and March 2016, according to in up to half of patients infected. 2013 and September 2014. Using 10 samples in an emailed statement that any super bacte- with sewage that disproportionately impact Environment Ministry data, and 176 people suffered The second new study, by the Brazilian fed- taken at five beach locations, the study found ria found at the beaches or the Olympic the city’s poor, including gastrointestinal and injuries or died in those attacks. — AP eral government’s Oswaldo Cruz Foundation super bacteria were most present at Botafogo lagoon must be the result of illegal dumping respiratory problems, Hepatitis A and severe lab, which will be published next month by beach, where all samples were positive. into storm drains. Cedae said it carries out heart and brain conditions. — Reuters WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

World Environment Day

N’s current year’s theme ‘Fight against emotions about the age old bond between the silence behind the animal cries. World Environment Day was observed at IISM. year 2016 World Environment Day has IISM illegal trade in wild life ‘ for the World animals and humans, followed by a skit por- Seizing the moment Director, Mr. Malayil Saving the earth...our way. students to ponder on their role in making UEnvironment Day was observed at IISM traying hunting and poaching and its Moosa Koya planted a sampling symbolizing Outfits made of recycled materials were the world a better place to live in. primary. adverse effect on environment. Students the importance of the day as tradition. the highlight in the fancy dress competition Drawing and Poster making competitions 2nd June 2016, marking the day as voiced their views on protection of wild life Assembly credits goes to Mrs.Mehnaz. for III graders. Plastic was portrayed extensive- based on the topic by grades IV and V stu- important a special assembly was conduct- and forests, sanctuaries and zoological Fancy dress, Drawing and a Poster making ly as the prime cause for environmental disas- dents respectively had an outpour of their ed by I and II graders. The programme order parks with posters and slogans. Domestic were activities for competitions conducted on ters. humane qualities and felt responsible included a melodious songs charged with animals were also included. They rallied for 3 June for grades III, IV and V students as The theme formulated by the UN for the towards animals’ outcry.

Ahmadi Governor welcomes well-wishers hmadi Governor Sheikh Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah welcomed Ramadan well-wishers at the governorate’s public diwan recently. The guests included First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, sheikhs, tribal chiefs, ambassador and a large num- Aber of citizens and residents. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

The Sultan Center Celebrates Ties Center’s Ramadan Challenge he holy month is intriguing to non-muslims in Kuwait. The Kuwait population Guraish with The Elderly House starves antil sunset for a family meal each day of the month. A fascinating and Tunique social behavior. This is very much understood by muslims to be the holy practice of fasting Ramadan yearly. Non-muslims are given a special opportunity to step n preparation for the Holy month ancient custom with them in hopes of terized by their social responsibility into the world of Islam and experience fasting with muslims for particular days, with of Ramadan, and as part of its greeting them on this occasion with towards the community, through modified rules and regulations that suits his or her needs. ongoing commitment to the com- well-wishes and joy. which we hope to embrace all seg- I The breaking of the fast is shared by muslims in the Ties Center. In which partici- munity, The Sultan Center, held a During the visit a full entertain- ments of the Kuwaiti society. We pants will recieve their certificates and share their thoughts on this very first fast of Guraish event for the elderly to cele- ment program was arranged com- wanted to celebrate the arrival of the their life. Doctor Casper from Netherlands explained his thoughts on last year’s brate the authentic Kuwaiti pre- plete with Tanoura show, competi- month of Ramadan by reviving the Ramadan Challenge that it was necessary to get to know, mentally and physically, Ramadan tradition. As part of Kuwait’s tions, poetry and giveaways, along Kuwaiti traditions with the elderly, how everyone else experience Ramadan yearly, as long as non-muslims are residing in past traditions, Guriash is still widely with traditional music that added to and show our respect and apprecia- a culture unique to him. The Ties Center welcomes donations for supporting further celebrated by Kuwaitis that marks the the occasion. At the end of the event tion to those who have contributed cross-cultural projects. final feast before the beginning of all those who attended enjoyed a deli- greatly to the society “The visit was a The Ties Center successfully couched participants through last year’s Ramadan Ramadan, whereby family members cious Guarish feast. rewarding experience for all those Challenge. We pray to Allah, to have more and more success in increasing the awarness gather under an uplifting atmosphere Commenting on TSC’s initiative, who were involved, she added” of our vistors in Kuwait about Islam and the Arabian Culture. of compassion, affection, and gracious Lisa Al Gharib, Marketing Manager at TSC is committed to supporting sharing. TSC wished to revive this TSC said: “The Sultan Center is charac- the communities which in it operates. UPAC Concludes Earth Day Activities, Employees plant trees, recycle and carpool to work

ore than 35 employees from United mitigating UPAC’s impact on the environment mall. The activity provides an additional green Recycling Co., UPAC was successful in sending over the duration of the period. Projects for Aviation Services while giving back to the local community. area for the community to enjoy. 2,980 kilograms of materials for recycling. Nadia Akil, CEO of UPAC, said, “As a socially MCompany (UPAC) marked Earth Day Earth Day activity highlights included: Recycling: UPAC held a recycling week, Carpooling: In an effort to reduce the num- responsible company operating in Kuwait, 2016 with a range of environmental activities Tree Planting: At the UPAC-managed encouraging employees to collect paper plas- ber of cars on the road and in turn decrease air UPAC is committed to reducing its environ- carried out over a two month period. All activi- Discovery Mall in Kuwait City UPAC employees, tic, metal, and rubber materials from their pollution and carbon emissions, UPAC mental impact and to giving back to the com- ties involved elements of environmental pro- along with their families and friends, planted homes and offices for recycling. In collabora- employees collaborated in a joint carpooling munity through its participation in such vol- tection and conservation and were aimed at 85 plants and trees in the garden next to the tion with the Kuwait Waste Collection and campaign, sharing rides to and from the office unteer and awareness activities” TSC Launches Impressive Anti-Tobacco Campaign for Staff Together for A World Free of Tobacco n line with its commitment to support its workforce prize while Mr. Muhammed Farooq from Financial and urge them to embrace a healthy lifestyle and Control Department got the 3rd prize. The “People’s Ifoster a sense of team spirit, The Sultan Center on Choice Award” was awarded to Replenishment Team the occasion of “World No Tobacco Day”, joined hands of Commercial Foreign Department; their poster on May 31st and launched an awareness campaign for received the highest number of likes on TSC’s TSC staff regarding the dangers of smoking and using Facebook account. tobacco products. TSC staff displayed a great sense of commitment, Launched under the theme of “Be Brighter and Put determination and team spirit in taking a stand Down The Lighter!” the anti-tobacco campaign aimed towards creating a tobacco free generation across the at raising awareness and creating an understanding stores and head office. about the harmful effects of tobacco products on Commenting on TSC’s initiative, Hani Ismail - one’s health and those around them. Our employees Group Human Resources Director for TSC said: “Our across the country were asked to refrain from smoking employees are valuable to us; we profoundly believe for a period of 3 days to support this initiative. they are the cornerstone of TSC’s success therefore To further encourage our staff to quit smoking, TSC maintaining a healthy lifestyle is important to us “. He designed a creative contest whereby all TSC staff had added: ,”The anti-tobacco campaign is another mile- an opportunity to create posters showcasing the stone in TSC’s plan to secure a healthy working envi- impact of smoking on one’s health and reasons for ronment for its employees to help them increase their quitting this habit. The posters were then displayed at productivity and save the cost associated with tobac- TSC Head Office and posted on TSC’s Facebook co use while most importantly we wanted them to get account, allowing family and friends to cast their vote engaged in this campaign and be TSC partners in for the best poster. By the end of the campaign, Mr. helping promote a tobacco-free world”. Rizny Mohamed Rajabdeen from Fahaheel Store TSC Together Committee embraces a variety of grabbed the 1st prize for the World No Tobacco Day social initiatives and campaigns aimed at spreading Poster Making Competition 2016. Replenishment awareness on health and social issues within the com- Team of Commercial Foreign Department got the 2nd munity in which it operates.

Announcement from the Embassy Of India Kuwait

econd International Day of Yoga (IDY) ‘Sevadarshan’ and ‘AMMA’ Kuwait, all based in Kuwait. Celebrations on 24 June 2016 (Friday) from Various Yoga asanas will be performed, followed by S0600 hrs onwards at American International Pranayam and Meditation session as per Common School, Kuwait Yoga Protocol. In addition, a team of doctors from 1. The 1st International Day of Yoga was celebrated Indian Dental Alliance Kuwait (IDAK) would be con- at Embassy premises last year, with H.E. Sheikh Nasser ducting the oral screening and will present a talk on Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Minister for Amiri the “Lifestyle and Oral health” to create awareness Diwan Affairs being the Chief Guest for this event. regarding oral health management. Indian Doctors 2. In order to allow greater space for performing forum will also make a presentation on the occasion. Yoga asanas, the venue for the 2nd IDY celebrations The event will be covered by K TV Channel- 2 and the has been changed this year to the indoor stadium of local media. Registration is open to general public on American International School, Meidan Hawalli, first come first serve basis. Kuwait. The event will be held from 0600 hours on 24 3. The Embassy invites participation from one and June 2016 (Friday). Our partners for this event are ‘Art all in Kuwait at the 2nd IDY celebrations on 24 June of Living’, ‘Sahaj Marg’, ‘Artistic Yoga’, ‘Harmony House’, 2016 to make this event a grand success. p32.qxp_Layout 1 6/13/16 7:23 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

01:10 Running Wild With Bear 15:25 American Food Battle 10:12 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Grylls 15:50 Lucky Chow 10:36 The Haunted Hathaways 02:00 Deadliest Job Interview 16:20 Carnival Eats 11:00 Winx Club 02:50 Dive Wars Australia 16:45 Carnival Eats 11:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 17:15 Great Escapes 11:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 03:05 Knightriders 03:15 The Hive 17:40 Baking Good, Baking Bad 12:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 05:30 The Magnificent Seven Ride! 03:20 Sabrina Secrets Of A 18:10 Maximum Foodie 12:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 07:10 Natural Causes Teenage Witch 18:35 David Rocco’s Dolce India 13:00 Harvey Beaks 08:40 Hercules 03:45 Sabrina Secrets Of A 19:05 My Sri Lanka With Peter 13:24 The Loud House 10:20 Kid Galahad Teenage Witch Kuruvita 13:48 Get Blake 11:55 Thunderbirds Are Go 03:00 Untamed & Uncut 04:10 Hank Zipzer 19:30 American Food Battle 14:12 Rabbids Invasion 13:30 It Runs In The Family 03:50 Marooned With Ed Stafford 04:35 Binny And The Ghost 20:00 Lucky Chow 14:36 100 Things To Do Before 14:55 Earthbound 04:40 How It’s Made 05:00 Violetta 20:25 Carnival Eats High School 16:30 Kiss Before Dying, A 05:05 How It’s Made 05:45 The Hive 20:50 Carnival Eats 15:00 Game Shakers 18:00 Mannequin 05:30 Morgan Freeman’s Through 05:50 Mouk 21:15 Great Escapes 15:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 19:30 The Tender The Wormhole 06:00 Hank Zipzer 21:40 Baking Good, Baking Bad 15:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 21:00 Of Mice And Men 06:20 Mythbusters 06:25 Sofia The First 22:05 Maximum Foodie 16:12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 22:50 Rolling Thunder 07:00 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 06:50 Gravity Falls 22:30 David Rocco’s Dolce India 16:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 00:30 Silent Witness 07:25 Adventure 8: Zoo Games 07:15 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 22:55 This Is Brazil 17:00 Get Blake 02:00 Behind Enemy Lines 07:50 Too Cute! And Cat Noir 23:45 Street Food Around The 17:24 Harvey Beaks 08:40 You Have Been Warned 07:40 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug World 17:48 The Loud House 09:30 How It’s Made And Cat Noir 00:10 Fearless Chef 18:12 Henry Danger 09:55 How It’s Made 08:05 Shake It Up 01:00 World’s Best Chefs 18:36 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 10:20 Mythbusters 08:30 Shake It Up 01:25 Miguel’s Feasts 19:00 100 Things To Do Before 11:10 Bondi Vet 08:55 Hannah Montana 01:50 Maverick Chef High School 12:00 Too Cute! 09:20 Hannah Montana 02:15 Dream Cruises 19:24 Game Shakers 12:50 How It’s Made 09:45 Wizards Of Waverly Place 19:48 SpongeBob SquarePants 03:25 Cheetah: Race To Rule 13:15 How It’s Made 10:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 20:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 04:15 Gator Boys 13:40 Marooned With Ed Stafford 10:35 Good Luck Charlie 20:36 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 05:02 Treehouse Masters 14:30 Dirty Jobs 11:00 Good Luck Charlie 21:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 05:49 Dog TV 15:20 Mythbusters 11:25 Jessie 21:24 Breadwinners 06:36 Call Of The Wildman 03:45 Swamp Men 21:48 Breadwinners 16:10 Dick ‘n’ Dom Go Wild 11:50 Jessie 04:40 Secret Life Of Predators 07:00 Call Of The Wildman 16:35 Adventure 8: Zoo Games 12:15 Disney Mickey Mouse 22:12 Sanjay And Craig 07:25 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 05:35 Night Stalkers 22:36 Sanjay And Craig 17:00 Lost & Found With Mike & 12:20 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 06:30 Going Wild 08:15 Dog TV Jesse And Cat Noir 23:00 SpongeBob SquarePants 09:10 Treehouse Masters 07:25 Swamp Men 23:24 SpongeBob SquarePants 17:50 Driving Me Crazy 12:45 Hank Zipzer 08:20 Secret Life Of Predators 10:05 Tanked 18:40 You Have Been Warned 13:10 Austin & Ally 23:48 Henry Danger 11:00 Dogs/Cats/Pets 101 09:15 Super Predators 00:12 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 19:30 Mythbusters 13:35 Austin & Ally 10:10 Man V. Cheetah 11:55 Bondi Vet 20:20 How It’s Made 14:00 Liv And Maddie 00:36 Max & Shred 12:50 Dog TV 11:05 Lion Ranger 01:00 The Haunted Hathaways 20:45 How It’s Made 14:25 Liv And Maddie 12:00 Monster Fish 13:45 Gator Boys 21:10 Lost & Found With Mike & 14:50 Dog With A Blog 01:24 Sanjay And Craig 14:40 Treehouse Masters 12:55 Ultimate Predator 01:48 Sanjay And Craig Jesse 15:15 Disney Mickey Mouse 13:50 Man V. Monster 15:35 Tanked 22:00 Driving Me Crazy 15:20 Gravity Falls 02:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 16:30 Cheetah: Race To Rule 14:45 Swamp Men 02:36 SpongeBob SquarePants 22:50 Untamed & Uncut 15:45 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 15:40 Secret Life Of Predators 17:25 River Monsters 23:40 Morgan Freeman’s Through And Cat Noir 18:20 Restoration Wild 16:35 Mission Critical The Wormhole 16:10 Violetta 17:30 Natural Born Monsters 19:15 Tanked 00:30 Mythbusters 17:00 Backstage 20:10 Natural World 18:25 Lion Ranger 01:20 Lost & Found With Mike & 17:25 Austin & Ally 19:20 Swamp Men 21:05 Treehouse Masters Jesse 17:50 Jessie 22:00 Restoration Wild 20:10 Secret Life Of Predators 04:00 Pitch Perfect 02:10 Driving Me Crazy 18:15 Best Friends Whenever 21:00 Mission Critical 22:55 Gator Boys 18:40 Girl Meets World 06:00 Sweet Home Alabama 23:50 River Monsters 21:50 Natural Born Monsters 08:00 Planet 51 19:05 Evermoor Chronicles 22:40 Lion Ranger 00:45 Man-Eating Super Squid 19:30 Liv And Maddie 10:00 Pitch Perfect 01:40 Restoration Wild 23:30 Monster Fish 12:00 Sweet Home Alabama 19:55 Liv And Maddie 00:20 Ultimate Predator 02:35 Tanked 20:20 Backstage 14:00 The Misadventures Of The 01:10 Man V. Monster Dunderheads 20:45 Good Luck Charlie 02:00 Africa’s Creative Killers 21:10 H2O: Just Add Water 16:00 Three Men And A Baby 03:00 Discovery ID 02:50 1000 Days For The Planet 18:00 Date Night 09:00 Discovery ID 21:35 H2O: Just Add Water 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 20:00 Cas & Dylan 15:00 Discovery ID 22:00 I Love You Beth Cooper 21:00 Discovery ID 22:25 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage Witch 00:00 The Misadventures Of The Discovery ID Xtra Dunderheads 03:00 Hungry Investors 03:00 Obsession: Dark Desires 22:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A 03:50 Disorderly Conduct: Video Teenage Witch 02:00 Date Night 03:48 Breaking Point 03:50 The Great Human Race On Patrol 04:36 Deadly Affairs 23:10 Hank Zipzer 04:40 Disorderly Conduct: Video 23:35 Binny And The Ghost 04:45 Shark Men 05:24 California Investigator 05:40 Hunter Hunted On Patrol 05:49 California Investigator 00:00 Violetta 05:30 Disorderly Conduct: Video 00:45 The Hive A BEAUTIFUL MIND ON OSN MOVIES FESTIVAL 06:35 Seconds From Disaster 06:12 Tabloid 07:30 Street Genius On Patrol 07:00 Deadly Affairs 00:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A 06:20 Nathan For You Teenage Witch Mysteries Solved 21:25 Sunday Night At The 07:55 Street Genius 07:50 I Almost Got Away With It 01:15 Loopdidoo 08:25 Maneater Manhunt 03:30 A Passage To India 06:50 Nathan For You 08:40 California Investigator 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A 01:30 Art Attack 05:20 Ancient Aliens Palladium 06:15 Get On Up 07:15 Tosh.0 Teenage Witch 06:10 Ancient Discoveries 22:20 Coronation Street 09:20 Shark Men 09:05 California Investigator 02:05 Calimero 10:15 Desperate Hours 08:30 Middle Of Nowhere 07:40 Tosh.0 09:30 On The Case With Paula 01:40 Hank Zipzer 02:20 Zou 07:00 Dogfights 22:50 Emmerdale 10:15 A Passage To India 08:05 Lip Sync Battle 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 08:00 Cities Of The Underworld 23:15 Mr Selfridge 10:40 Desperate Hours Zahn 02:30 Loopdidoo 11:10 Underworld, Inc. 13:00 Get On Up 08:30 Lip Sync Battle 10:20 Tabloid 02:30 Violetta 02:45 Art Attack 09:00 America: The Story Of The 00:10 Catchphrase 15:15 Romeo & Juliet 08:55 Hungry Investors U.S. 00:40 Paul O’Grady: For The Love 12:05 Locked Up Abroad 11:10 Deadline: Crime With Tamron 13:00 Swamp Men 17:15 Middle Of Nowhere 09:45 Disorderly Conduct: Video Hall 10:00 Brad Meltzer’s Decoded Of Dogs 19:00 Testament Of Youth On Patrol 11:00 The Universe: Ancient 01:05 Emmerdale 14:00 Test Your Brain 12:00 Deadly Affairs 15:00 Monster Fish 21:15 A Beautiful Mind 10:35 Catch A Contractor 12:50 I Almost Got Away With It Mysteries Solved 01:30 Coach Trip 23:30 A Walk Among The 11:00 Catch A Contractor 12:00 Ancient Aliens 02:00 Coronation Street 16:00 Outsiders: Living Off The 13:40 California Investigator Edge Tombstones 11:25 Disorderly Conduct: Video 14:05 California Investigator 03:10 Henry Hugglemonster 06:00 Boyster 13:00 Dogfights 02:30 The Jonathan Ross Show On Patrol 06:10 Super Matrak 14:00 Cities Of The Underworld 17:00 Underworld, Inc. 14:30 On The Case With Paula 03:20 Calimero 18:00 Locked Up Abroad 12:15 Nathan For You Zahn 03:35 Zou 06:35 Super Matrak 15:00 America: The Story Of The 12:40 Nathan For You 07:00 Star vs The Forces Of Evil U.S. 19:00 Monster Fish 15:20 Tabloid 03:45 Loopdidoo 20:00 Outsiders: Living Off The 03:00 Boychoir 13:05 Tosh.0 16:10 True Crime With Aphrodite 04:00 Art Attack 07:25 K.C. Undercover 16:00 Brad Meltzer’s Decoded 13:30 Tosh.0 07:50 Supa Strikas 17:00 The Universe: Ancient Edge 05:00 A Gift Of Miracles Jones 04:25 Henry Hugglemonster 20:50 Underworld, Inc. 06:45 Miss Julie 13:55 Lip Sync Battle 17:00 Deadly Affairs 04:35 Calimero 08:15 Annedroids Mysteries Solved 03:05 American Food Battle 14:20 Lip Sync Battle 08:40 Lab Rats 18:00 Ancient Aliens 03:30 American Food Battle 21:40 Locked Up Abroad 09:00 Boychoir 17:50 On The Case With Paula 04:50 Zou 22:30 Monster Fish 11:00 Seventh Son 14:45 Hungry Investors Zahn 05:00 Loopdidoo 09:10 Kirby Buckets 19:00 Dogfights 03:55 Lucky Chow 15:35 Disorderly Conduct: Video 09:35 Pokemon Series Xy: Kalos 20:00 Cities Of The Underworld 04:20 Carnival Eats 23:20 Hunter Hunted 13:00 Veronica Mars 18:40 California Investigator 05:15 Art Attack 00:10 Outsiders: Living Off The 15:00 Ana Maria In Novela Land On Patrol 19:05 California Investigator 05:35 Henry Hugglemonster Quest 21:00 America: The Story Of The 04:45 Carnival Eats 16:30 Disorderly Conduct: Video 10:00 Rocket Monkeys U.S. 05:10 Great Escapes Edge 17:00 Barely Lethal 19:30 I Almost Got Away With It 05:50 Calimero 01:00 Best Of Hard Time 19:00 A Royal Night Out On Patrol 20:20 Tabloid 06:00 Zou 10:25 Ultimate Spider-Man 22:00 In Search Of Aliens 05:35 Valentine Warner Eats 17:25 Hungry Investors 10:50 Boyster 23:00 Ancient Aliens Scandinavia 02:00 Locked Up Abroad 21:00 Mortdecai 21:10 California Investigator 06:20 Loopdidoo 02:55 Monster Fish 23:00 The Hunger Games: 18:15 Nathan For You 21:35 California Investigator 06:35 Art Attack 11:20 Boyster 00:00 Ancient Aliens 06:00 Maximum Foodie 18:39 Nathan For You 11:45 Pair Of Kings 01:00 Dogfights 06:25 David Rocco’s Dolce India Mockingjay Part I 22:00 Shadow Of Doubt 07:00 The Hive 01:15 Project Almanac 19:03 Tosh.0 22:50 Murder Among Friends 07:10 Zou 12:10 Pair Of Kings 02:00 Cities Of The Underworld 06:50 This Is Brazil 19:27 Catch A Contractor 23:40 Disappeared 12:35 Lab Rats 02:50 America: The Story Of The 07:40 Meat v Veg 07:25 Loopdidoo 03:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 20:13 Lip Sync Battle 00:30 Breaking Point 13:00 Lab Rats U.S. 08:05 Fearless Chef 07:40 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 03:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 20:37 Lip Sync Battle 01:20 Shadow Of Doubt 13:30 Phineas And Ferb 08:55 American Food Battle 08:05 Sofia The First 03:48 Henry Danger 21:00 The Daily Show With Trevor 02:10 Murder Among Friends 08:30 Miles From Tomorrow 13:55 Phineas And Ferb 09:20 American Food Battle Noah 14:20 Kickin’ It 09:45 Lucky Chow 04:12 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 08:45 PJ Masks 04:36 The Haunted Hathaways 21:30 Hungry Investors 09:10 The Lion Guard 14:45 Kickin’ It 10:10 Carnival Eats 03:00 The Game Plan 22:30 Catch A Contractor 15:10 Disney Mickey Mouse 10:35 Carnival Eats 05:00 Max & Shred 05:00 Bolt 09:35 Doc McStuffins 05:24 Henry Danger 23:30 The Daily Show With Trevor 10:00 Sofia The First 15:15 Supa Strikas 11:00 Great Escapes 07:00 The Princess And The Frog Noah 05:48 Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn 09:00 101 Dalmatians 10:25 Unbungalievable 15:40 Supa Strikas 03:40 American Restoration 11:25 Valentine Warner Eats 00:00 Disorderly Conduct: Video 06:12 SpongeBob SquarePants 11:00 Atlantis: The Lost Empire 03:00 Mighty Ships 10:30 Goldie & Bear 16:05 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 04:05 American Restoration Scandinavia On Patrol 06:36 SpongeBob SquarePants 12:45 The Parent Trap 16:30 Kirby Buckets 04:30 Pawn Stars 11:50 Maximum Foodie 07:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 15:00 Home 16:55 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 05:00 The Curse Of Oak Island 12:15 David Rocco’s Dolce India 07:24 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17:00 102 Dalmatians Much Everything 06:00 Ax Men 12:40 This Is Brazil 07:48 Winx Club 19:00 Turner & Hooch 17:25 K.C. Undercover 06:50 Big Rig Bounty Hunters 13:35 Street Food Around The 08:12 Winx Club 21:00 Homeward Bound: The 17:50 Supa Strikas 07:15 Big Rig Bounty Hunters World 08:36 Get Blake Incredible Journey 18:15 Lab Rats 07:40 The Curse Of Oak Island 14:00 Fearless Chef 09:00 Get Blake 23:00 Home 18:40 K.C. Undercover 08:30 Shipping Wars 14:55 My Sri Lanka With Peter 19:05 Disney Mickey Mouse Kuruvita 09:24 Rabbids Invasion 01:00 Turner & Hooch 08:55 American Restoration 09:48 Henry Danger 19:10 Annedroids 09:20 American Restoration 19:35 Star vs The Forces Of Evil 09:45 Ultimate Wheels 20:00 Kirby Buckets 10:35 Fifth Gear 20:25 Gamer’s Guide To Pretty 11:25 The Curse Of Oak Island Much Everything 12:15 American Pickers 20:55 K.C. Undercover 13:05 Storage Wars Texas 21:20 Pickle And Peanut 13:30 Storage Wars Texas 21:45 Lab Rats 13:55 Storage Wars Miami 22:10 Mighty Med 14:20 Storage Wars 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse 14:45 American Pickers 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 15:35 Counting Cars KSA 16:00 Ax Men 16:50 The Curse Of Oak Island 17:40 Big Rig Bounty Hunters 18:05 Big Rig Bounty Hunters 18:30 The Curse Of Oak Island 19:20 American Pickers 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 20:10 Pawn Stars 03:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 20:35 Pawn Stars 04:00 Man Fire Food 21:00 Mountain Men - Closest Calls 04:30 Man Fire Food 21:50 Swamp People 05:00 Chopped 22:40 Pirate Treasure Of The 06:00 Guy’s Grocery Games Knights Templar CAS & DYLAN ON OSN MOVIES HD COMEDY 07:00 Man Fire Food 23:30 Mountain Men - Closest Calls 07:30 Man Fire Food 00:20 Swamp People 03:48 How The Universe Works 11:00 Jake And The Never Land 08:00 Chopped 01:10 Duck Dynasty 04:36 Mythbusters Pirates 09:00 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 01:35 Duck Dynasty 05:24 Curiosity: Sun Storm 11:25 The Lion Guard Basics 02:00 Big Rig Bounty Hunters 06:12 What Could Possibly Go 11:50 Doc McStuffins 09:30 Barefoot Contessa: Back To 02:25 Big Rig Bounty Hunters Wrong? 12:15 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Basics 02:50 The Curse Of Oak Island 03:40 Dukes Of Haggle 07:00 Mythbusters 10:00 The Kitchen 04:05 Storage Wars Canada 12:45 The Hive 07:50 Food Factory USA 12:55 Unbungalievable 11:00 The Pioneer Woman 04:30 Property Wars 08:15 How It’s Made 11:30 The Pioneer Woman 05:00 How Do They Do It? 13:00 Sofia The First 08:40 Mighty Ships 13:25 Doc McStuffins 12:00 Chopped 05:30 How It’s Made: Dream Cars 09:30 Through The Wormhole With 13:00 Grandma’s Secret Cookbook 06:00 Yukon Men 13:50 Miles From Tomorrow Morgan Freeman 14:15 The Lion Guard Special 03:25 Lewis 06:50 Wheeler Dealers 10:20 Curiosity: Sun Storm 13:30 Grandma’s Secret Cookbook 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 14:40 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 04:20 Doc Martin 11:10 How The Universe Works 15:10 Doc McStuffins Special 05:15 Pick Me! 08:30 Dukes Of Haggle 12:00 Mighty Ships 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 08:55 Storage Wars Canada 15:35 Jake And The Never Land 06:10 Mr Selfridge 12:50 Mythbusters Pirates 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 07:05 Catchphrase 09:20 Property Wars 13:40 Through The Wormhole With 15:00 Man Fire Food 09:45 How Do They Do It? 16:00 Sofia The First 07:35 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Morgan Freeman 16:25 Jungle Cubs 15:30 Man Fire Food Of Dogs 10:10 How It’s Made: Dream Cars 14:30 Food Factory USA 16:00 Chopped 10:35 Gold Rush (Season 6 16:50 Aladdin 08:00 Lewis 14:55 How It’s Made 17:15 The Lion Guard 17:00 The Kitchen 08:55 Doc Martin Specials) 15:20 Curiosity: Sun Storm 18:00 The Pioneer Woman 11:25 Rebel Gold 17:40 Goldie & Bear 09:50 The Jonathan Ross Show 16:10 Mighty Ships 18:05 Miles From Tomorrow 18:30 The Pioneer Woman 10:40 Pick Me! 12:15 Outback Truckers 17:00 What Could Possibly Go 19:00 Chopped 13:05 Dukes Of Haggle 18:30 Sofia The First 11:35 Catchphrase Wrong? 19:00 PJ Masks 20:00 Iron Chef America 12:05 Paul O’Grady: For The Love 13:30 Storage Wars Canada 17:50 How The Universe Works 21:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 13:55 Property Wars 19:25 Unbungalievable Of Dogs 18:40 Mythbusters 19:30 The Lion Guard 21:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 12:30 Mr Selfridge 14:20 Yukon Men 19:30 Food Factory USA 22:00 Man v Food 15:10 Wheeler Dealers 20:00 Goldie & Bear 13:25 Emmerdale 19:55 Food Factory USA 20:30 Sofia The First 22:30 Man v Food 13:50 Coach Trip 16:00 Fast N’ Loud 20:20 Through The Wormhole With 23:00 Kitchen Inferno 16:50 How It’s Made: Dream Cars 21:00 Jake And The Never Land 14:20 Coronation Street Morgan Freeman Pirates 00:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 14:45 The Jonathan Ross Show 17:15 How Do They Do It? 21:10 How The Universe Works 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 17:40 Running Wild With Bear 21:25 PJ Masks 15:35 Catchphrase 22:00 Food Factory USA 21:50 Jungle Cubs 01:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 16:05 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Grylls 22:25 Food Factory USA 01:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 18:30 Deadliest Job Interview 22:20 Aladdin Of Dogs 22:50 What Could Possibly Go 22:45 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 02:00 Man v Food 16:30 Doctor Thorne 19:20 Bear Grylls: Mission Survive Wrong? 02:30 Man v Food 20:10 Storage Wars Canada 22:50 Zou 17:25 Sunday Night At The 23:40 Food Factory USA 23:05 Henry Hugglemonster Palladium 20:35 Property Wars 00:05 Mythbusters 21:00 Running Wild With Bear 23:20 Calimero 18:20 Emmerdale 00:55 Through The Wormhole With 23:35 Zou 18:45 Coach Trip Grylls Morgan Freeman 21:50 Deadliest Job Interview 23:50 Loopdidoo 19:10 Coronation Street 01:45 How It’s Made 00:05 Art Attack 19:35 Catchphrase 22:40 Dive Wars Australia 02:10 Food Factory USA 23:30 Fast N’ Loud 00:30 Henry Hugglemonster 20:05 Paul O’Grady: For The Love 02:35 Food Factory USA 00:45 Calimero 03:40 Brad Meltzer’s Decoded 00:20 Wheeler Dealers 04:30 The Universe: Ancient Of Dogs 01:00 Zou 20:30 Doctor Thorne MISS JULIE OSN MOVIES HD Classifieds

TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

` Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (09/06/2016 TO 15/06/2016)

SHARQIA-1 MARINA-1 AVENUES-10 BAIRAQ-1 TE3N (Hindi) 9:30 PM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:00 PM Ely Ekhtashou Matou 9:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:30 PM WARCRAFT 12:15 AM UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 12:05 AM UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 12:05 AM NO MON WARCRAFT 11:45 PM SHARQIA-2 MARINA-2 AVENUES-11 NO MON THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:30 PM WARCRAFT 9:30 PM WARCRAFT (Atmos 2D) 10:00 PM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM WARCRAFT (Atmos 2D) 12:30 AM BAIRAQ-2 THE JUNGLE BOOK 10:00 PM SHARQIA-3 MARINA-3 360º 1 NO TUE CHANGE OF NAME THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:45 PM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 9:30 PM Hepta 12:15 AM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:05 AM Hepta 12:15 AM NO THU I, Makbull Chandsaheb GO WITH ME 12:30 AM BAIRAQ-3 Bepari, holder of Indian MUHALAB-1 AVENUES-1 NO THU TE3N (Hindi) 9:45 PM Passport No: K2625123, TE3N (Hindi) 9:45 PM PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND 10:00 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 12:30 AM address: Devarahippargi TQ Hepta 12:30 AM THE CODE OF CAIN 12:15 AM 360º 2 Sindgi, Bijapur - 586115, THE CODE OF CAIN 10:00 PM PLAZA Karnataka, India, hereby MUHALAB-2 AVENUES-3 NO WED IRAIVI (Tamil) 9:30 PM change my name to Nabirasool Bepari S/o THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:15 PM THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:30 PM PELE: BIRTH OF A LEGEND 12:15 AM THU+FRI+MON Chandsaheb Bepari. THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:15 AM TE3N (Hindi) 11:45 PM NO WED TE3N (Hindi) 9:30 PM (C 5185) 14-6-2016 SAT+SUN+TUE+WED MUHALAB-3 AVENUES-4 360º 3 THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:30 AM I, Iqbal Hatimbhai THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 10:00 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:45 PM Bhinderwala, holder of Sasindhar (Passport No WARCRAFT 11:45 PM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:05 AM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 11:45 PM LAILA Indian Passport No: J7195771) s/o Devarapalli Narasimhulu, age 29 years, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:45 PM Z1847106, address: 6/8, Taj r/o bearing Kondur H.W, FANAR-1 AVENUES-5 360 º4 WARCRAFT 12:05 AM Mansion, 3rd floor R.N. 33, Pengalur, Kadapa Dist, AP, THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 9:30 PM WARCRAFT 9:45 PM UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 10:45 PM 1st Sankli Street, Byculla, India, is hereby declare that X-MEN: Apocalypse 11:45 PM WARCRAFT 12:15 AM UN HOMME A LA HAUTEUR 12:45 AM AJIAL.1 Mumbai, 400008, hereby with my free consent. I have IRAIVI (Tamil) 9:45 PM change my name Mufaddal embraced Islam on 20-4- FANAR-2 AVENUES-6 AL-KOUT.1 THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:45 AM Hatimbhai Bhinderwala. 2016 at state of Kuwait and I THE JUNGLE BOOK 9:45 PM Hepta 9:30 PM WARCRAFT 9:30 PM (C 5184) 13-6-2016 have adopted my name as Hepta 12:05 AM CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR 12:05 AM WARCRAFT 12:05 AM AJIAL.2 Shaikh Muhammad. JACOBINTE SWARGARAJYAM (Malayalam) 9:30 I, Kotakonda Manohar (C 5182) FANAR-3 AVENUES-7 AL-KOUT.2 PM (Passport No: Z3017614) S/o TE3N (Hindi) 10:00 PM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 9:45 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 10:00 PM A Aa (Telugu) 9:30 PM Kotakonda Ramachandra, THE ASIAN CONNECTION 1:00 AM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 11:45 PM GO WITH ME 12:15 AM WARCRAFT 12:30 AM age 33 years, R/o bearing K Vaddipalli, Obulavaripalli, SITUATION VACANT Kadapa Dist, AP, India, is here FANAR-4 AVENUES-8 AL-KOUT.3 AJIAL.3 by declare that with my free A lady maid is needed to HASAN WA BOQLOZ 9:45 PM TE3N (Hindi) 10:00 PM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 10:30 PM TE3N (Hindi) 9:30 PM consent I have embraced WARCRAFT 11:45 PM GO WITH ME 12:45 AM THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:30 AM TE3N (Hindi) 12:15 AM help in cooking and clean- Islam on 14-3-2016 at state of ing. Location Salmiya. Kuwait and I have adopted Working hours - 12.30 pm - FANAR-5 AVENUES-9 AL-KOUT.4 AJIAL.4 my name as Shaikh Umar 6.30 pm / daily for six HOUSEFULL 3 (Hindi) 9:30 PM THE ANGRY BIRDS MOVIE 10:30 PM Hepta 9:45 PM HOUSEFULL 3 (Hindi) 10:00 PM Farooq. days/week. Salary KD THE ASIAN CONNECTION 12:15 AM HASAN WA BOQLOZ 12:30 AM X-MEN: Apocalypse 12:05 AM NO THU+FRI (C 5182) 200/month. Contact A Aa (Telugu) 9:45 PM 66417504. (C 5183) I, Devarapalli Narasimha 11-6-2016

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Dhaka 19:40 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 JZR 534 Cairo 09:25 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 KAC 354 BLR 08:00 KAC 614 Bahrain 19:10 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:30 ABY 124 Sharjah 19:55 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:15 ABY 123 Sharjah 19:15 KAC 619 Doha 09:30 KAC 361 Colombo 19:55 KAC 352 Kochi 08:20 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 KAC 671 Dubai 09:30 FDB 060 Dubai 20:30 KAC 362 Colombo 08:20 KAC 674 Dubai 19:45 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:45 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 FDB 059 Dubai 19:50 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:45 KAC 331 Trivandrum 20:45 KAC 784 Jeddah 08:50 DLH 634 Frankfurt 20:05 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 DLH 634 Doha 20:50 KAC 284 Dhaka 09:00 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:00 KAC 353 BLR 20:55 ABY 125 Sharjah 09:05 OMA 647 Muscat 20:20 KAC 101 London/New York 10:00 KAC 343 Chennai 20:55 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:05 MSR 618 Alexandria 20:30 QTR 1071 Doha 10:35 KAC 543 Cairo 21:00 QTR 1070 Doha 09:20 JZR 802 Taif 20:55 FDB 056 Dubai 10:40 KAC 351 Kochi 21:00 IRA 675 Lar 09:40 FDB 5053 Dubai 20:55 IRA 674 Lar 10:40 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 FDB 055 Dubai 09:40 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:05 KAC 501 Beirut 11:00 OMA 648 Muscat 21:15 CCE 341 Alexandria 10:00 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 CCE 346 Sohag 11:10 JZR 554 Alexandria 21:15 SYR 341 Damascus 10:30 ALK 229 Colombo 21:20 KAC 561 Amman 11:20 MSR 607 Luxor 21:30 UAE 873 Dubai 10:40 KLM 415 Amsterdam 21:25 KAC 165 Rome/Paris 11:25 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:50 KAC 679 Muscat 11:25 FDB 5054 Dubai 21:55 MEA 404 Beirut 11:00 QTR 1082 Doha 21:55 SYR 342 Damascus 11:30 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 21:55 JZR 561 Sohag 11:25 GFA 219 Bahrain 22:00 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 RBG 553 Alexandria 11:30 NIA 151 Cairo 22:10 MEA 405 Beirut 12:00 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 FDB 075 Dubai 12:25 ETD 309 Abu Dhabi 22:10 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 KLM 415 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:25 MSC 401 Alexandria 12:30 JZR 125 Bahrain 22:15 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 KAC 381 Delhi 22:25 SAW 701 Damascus 12:35 AIC 987 Chennai/Hyderabad 22:25 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 KAC 301 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CROSSWORD 1284 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

This is a time of good fortune when opportunities open up for you. Today you spend a great deal of time exchanging information with one Circumstances present themselves today and it is easy to see which path is group of people in order to keep a different group of people up-to-date on new develop- the one you will want to take. This is a time during which conditions bend to your will and ments in or on some project. This could mean some legal work, news reporting or things have a way of working out smoothly. Here are real opportunities to complete and progress reports. Higher-ups are impressed with your ability to communicate well so that work out difficulties and projects that require both long-term effort and a high degree of many people understand what you say. This is a great time to work in groups of people. discipline. This is a very good day for job-related events. You could represent or speak for You could come up with new solutions to old problems. You probably do not realize that your company or speak about your skills. Any personal matters you want to accomplish or one key to your success is your ability to read the emotions of other people. You are very business matters that need tending to will have positive results. Any recent difficulties that intuitive and should trust your insights more and more. Family matters are easy to solve are personal or professional, will find a new path direction; patience. this evening. Tonight, you may enjoy expressing yourself in music.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Many people find that you are a fine teacher, regardless of where or in what You naturally are a giving person, sacrificing your own interests for the sake condition. You are innovative, friendly and effective. You find ways to gain important ideas of an inner vision-what you feel is right. A born psychologist, you may find you enjoy coun- and resources that help you develop a motivating program. This may mean that you teach seling and caring for the mental needs of others. Your lack of seriousness, however, may in an educational system or as a professional advisor. If you do neither, you probably teach undermine any valid attempts to form a base. This is the beginning of a better time for you others through example. You may find that you enjoy your job more than usual. Your ideal to begin something new with the help of a calendar and a list. The more often you check dream is a private one and heaven is as close as work and family. You help find answers to your list and calendar, the easier it will be to begin a new habit or system of working. You the problems and temptations children face when unsupervised. The romantic in you have a natural sense of that which pleases, knowing the mood of the crowd or perhaps struggles against the frontier spirit that often moves you into action. Work, achievement authority figures-tonight is your turn to entertain. You always manage to end up in the and ambition are the things that drive you forward. limelight, with the support of those around you.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21)

A nearby thrift store or church may be having a clothing drive soon. You You could be busy outlining some goals in order to make a presentation or may encourage the people you work with or the people that live in your neighborhood to in presenting a request for funding a particular project. You may be work- contribute to the drive. You create quite a bit of interest and realize some good results ing with new styles of communication such as e-mail or fax, or you could just mail a letter. with this endeavor. Some sort of emotional demand on your time will come to an end Others are open to your ideas. You encourage a structured use of time when you say no ACROSS DOWN today. You are infinitely curious but some things in the workplace are better left alone, to invitations that might take away from the time you have to spend with the young peo- 1. A Turkish unit of weight equal to about 2.75 1. A port city of south central Ukraine on an especially this previously time-consuming matter. You have incredible vision and you have ple in your life. This could mean a weekly get-together with a nephew, a neighbor or your own children. Consider teaching the importance of family to these children. Allow laugh- pounds. arm of the Black Sea. many ideas on how your company can have better sales, faster productivity, more incen- tive for the employees, etc. Write all this down and talk about these things in an employee ter to encompass your afternoon. You are very generous and you know just where or with 4. An instrument for measuring the distance 2. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar. review. Celebrate tonight. whom to share the extras you do not need. You are a good friend. between two points. 3. Jordan's port. 12. The smallest multiple that is exactly divisi- 4. An indication of approved or superior status. ble by every member of a set of numbers. 5. Black tropical American cuckoo. Cancer (June 21-July 22) 15. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of 6. United States publisher of magazines (1898- Capricorn (December 22-January 19) intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms 1967). You enjoy working hard and you exercise skill and discipline in anything that affects your career and reputation. You have the perfect combination for an excellent Relationships, involving partnerships, private life or the social scene in gener- 7. A self-funded retirement plan that allows al, are very important during this time and can have a very decided influence on your and yielding a yellow dye. manager position. This could be the time to push any changes you may want to make in 16. Of or relating to an inability to urinate. you to contribute a limited yearly sum career and workplace. This may mean people that are close to you have a store or business your career. You can find new ways to relate and may be creative in marriage and social and you have been included in the process of its growth. You will make career gains by 17. A strong emotion. toward your retirement. amenities as well. You have good opportunities coming soon that will allow you to net- your ability to sense quality and choose accordingly. It is easy for you to cut through the 18. The 7th letter of the Greek alphabet. 8. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). work and let your professional desires be known. You like to facilitate compromise and fluff and get down to your most practical. Careful, this afternoon a friend may want to bor- otherwise show your breadth of scope-like a coat of many colors. Obtaining and exchang- 19. Stout-bodied insect with large membra- 9. A soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open row money-you might not be repaid. Perhaps before you loan the money out, you could ing information takes on more emotional significance around the neighborhood this negotiate for some trade of work-like yard work or a cleaning job that could be done nous wings. mesh. afternoon. There is helpful information at a city council meeting tonight. before you give any money or as a contract. 20. Transient cessation of respiration. 10. A state in New England. 22. A region of Malaysia in northeastern 11. A narcotic that is considered a hard drug. Borneo. 12. 1 species. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 24. Not based on fact. 13. Any system of principles or beliefs. Your career could assume a much more determined and solid form. This is 26. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including 14. English economist noted for his studies of a real time to buckle down and firm up your career goals. Your own ambition and drive are It is important not to become distracted while working this day. There is a sense of emotional coolness or detachment at the personal level. Its ideas that count for common garden spiders and barn spiders. international trade and finance (born in strong. You may be faced with an important purchase decision for your company. Your you now, more than narrowly personal concerns-and you may have little tolerance for ideas open up a window for theories and progress. This is a time to get ahead by taking 29. (of a young animal) Abandoned by its 1907). people who do not operate at this level-careful. Take time to be specific so that others will action. Your spontaneity and unpredictability in your personal life make you the adventur- understand any instructions you may have. Take care of every last detail by proofing or if mother and raised by hand. 21. A person who chooses or selects out. er. If you can see any opening for travel or for volunteer service to test new space or sur- 30. Goddess of criminal rashness and its pun- 23. Squash bugs. possible, exchanging your work with someone else, and proof each other’s work. You may vival gear, you will jump to it. You have a lot to say and love to listen to new inventions and decide to submit a detailed documentation of basic business procedures and the related ishment. 25. 1 species. possibilities, which is probably why your friends and family can usually find you sitting in methods for teaching this next semester. Homemade ice cream takes center stage this 31. Possessing qualities befitting a man. 27. Of or belonging to an aecium. on science or book lectures. evening. There could be competition! 33. The elementary stages of any subject (usu- 28. Before noon. ally plural). 32. Not out. 36. Being ten more than one hundred ninety. 34. An imaginary elephant that appears in a Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 38. Physical discomfort (as mild sickness or series of French books for children. In the workplace today, you may find that a particular project is just not There are options today for you to discover new ways to relate in marriage depression). 35. A cigar made with light-colored tobacco. exactly where you excel. Determination wins out and you will find yourself succeeding at and social affairs. You are very tolerant and accepting of differences and 41. A state of abnormal softening of tissue. 37. A white metallic element that burns with a what others need you to accomplish. Your ability to cut through the superficial and get to have good insights into problems. You are independent. Today is a good time to promote the real heart of things comes through loud and clear. If you are not moving soon, you 44. A public promotion of some product or brilliant light. compromise and otherwise show your abilities to understand others. You may be uncon- may have a relative or friend that will be moving. It can be a time for cleaning and clearing ventional in matters of philosophy and religion-finding new ways to get past the fluff. You service. 39. Being the one previously mentioned or away things of the past. This may include your work as well as your home surroundings. If seek to understand and improve situations in the workplace. You are happy to find new 45. A loose sleeveless outer garment made spoken of. young people are involved, encourage them to keep the sentimental things, but consider and secure ways to better conditions. You may even become involved with positive activi- making a little extra money by selling a few things that they no longer need in a garage from aba cloth. 40. Tropical starchy tuberous root. ties that include helping young people with character education, community service, sale, flea market or neighborhood advertising newspaper. career awareness, conflict resolution, peer mediation and involvement with others. 46. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. 42. (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `with- 48. Either of two folds of skin that can be out cease') End v 1. moved to cover or open the eye. 43. Standard time in the 6th time zone west of Word Search Yesterday Solution 49. Of or relating to or near the tarsus of the Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridi- foot. an. 51. The basic unit of money in Bangladesh. 47. (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on 54. An official prosecutor for a judicial district. the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses 55. Metal shackles. receiving the Ten Commandments. 58. A federal agency established to coordinate 50. A small piece of anything (especially a programs aimed at reducing pollution and piece that has been snipped off). protecting the environment. 52. Large brownish-green New Zealand parrot. 60. That is to say. 53. With rapid movements. 61. In bed. 56. (Judaism) A shawl with a ritually knotted 63. American professional baseball player who fringe at each corner. hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born 57. Marine fishes with a flattened elongated in 1934). body and a sucking disk on the head for 66. A collection of objects laid on top of each attaching to large fish or moving objects. other. 59. French writer who generalized surrealism 70. The head of a branch of an organized crime to literature (1897-1982). syndicate. 62. The brightest star in Cygnus. 71. A white linen liturgical vestment with 64. Speak one's opinion without fear or hesita- sleeves. tion. 75. Of or relating to or characteristic of Eritrea 65. Offensively curious or inquisitive. or its people. 67. English essayist (1775-1834). 77. Used of a single unit or thing. 68. A bachelor's degree in library science. 78. Any of several small ungulate mammals of 69. (obstetrics) The number of live-born chil- Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors dren a woman has delivered. and feet with hooflike toes. 72. (of champagne) Moderately dry. 79. Able to be converted into ready money. 73. Used of a single unit or thing. 80. French marshal in the Napoleonic Wars 76. A silvery ductile metallic element found (1769-1815). primarily in bauxite.

Yesterday’s Solution

Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

SPICY RICE Ingredients: 1/2 cup onion, finely chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 cup long-grain rice, uncooked 3 tablespoons jalape?o peppers, finely chopped 2 cups vegetable broth 3/4 teaspoon cumin 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced salt to taste (optional) (you’ll need help from your adult assistant)

KIDS RECIPE Directions: Spray saucepan with nonstick butter spray. SautÈ onion and garlic in saucepan until ten- der. Add rice, jalape?os, broth, and cumin to saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat. Yellowstone cover and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove from heat and stir in cilantro. National Park, USA Add salt to taste (optional).

ellowstone National Park is a national park locat- The park is the centerpiece of the Greater Yellowstone ed primarily in the US state of Wyoming, Ecosystem, the largest remaining nearly-intact ecosys- Yalthough it also extends into Montana and Idaho. tem in the Earth’s northern temperate zone. DID YOU KNOW? Q: What time is it when an elephant sits on It was established by the US Congress and signed into Hundreds of species of mammals, birds, fish and rep- the fence? law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. tiles have been documented, including several that are A: Time to fix the fence! JOKES Yellowstone, the first National Park in the US and widely either endangered or threatened. The vast forests and Q: Why did the elephant sit on the marsh- held to be the first national park in the world, is known grasslands also include unique species of plants. mallow? for its wildlife and its many geothermal features, espe- Yellowstone Park is the largest and most famous mega A: So he wouldn’t fall into the hot chocolate. cially Old Faithful Geyser, one of the most popular fea- fauna location in the Continental United States. Grizzly Q: What would you do if an elephant sat in front of you at tures in the park. It has many types of ecosystems, but bears, wolves, and free-ranging herds of bison and elk a movie? the subalpine forest is the most abundant. It is part of live in the park. The Yellowstone Park bison herd is the A: Miss most of the film. the South Central Rockies forests ecoregion. oldest and largest public bison herd in the United Q: Why are elephants so wrinkled? Native Americans have lived in the Yellowstone States. Forest fires occur in the park each year; in the A: Did you ever try to iron one? region for at least 11,000 years. Aside from visits by large forest fires of 1988, nearly one third of the park Q: What do you do when you see an elephant with a bas- mountain men during the early-to-mid-19th century, was burnt. Yellowstone has numerous recreational ketball? organized exploration did not begin until the late opportunities, including hiking, camping, boating, fish- A: Get out of its way! 1860s. Hundreds of structures have been built and are ing and sightseeing. Paved roads provide close access Cheetahs are part of the big cat family Q: What is gray and blue and very big? protected for their architectural and historical signifi- to the major geothermal areas as well as some of the and while they can’t climb trees, A: An elephant holding its breath! Q: What time is it when ten elephants are chasing you? cance, and researchers have examined more than 1,000 lakes and waterfalls. During the winter, visitors often they can run faster than any other archaeological sites. access the park by way of guided tours that use either A: Ten after one! land animal. snow coaches or snowmobiles. Q: What wears glass slippers and weighs over 4,000 Biology and ecology * The cheetah is the fastest land animal pounds? Yellowstone National Park spans an area of 3,468.4 Grand Prismatic Spring in the world. They can reach a top A: Cinderellephant square miles, comprising lakes, canyons, rivers and The Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National speed of around 113 km per hour. mountain ranges. Yellowstone Lake is one of the largest Park is the largest hot spring in the United States, and * A cheetah can accelerate from 0 to high-elevation lakes in North America and is centered the third largest in the world, after Frying Pan Lake in 113 km in just a few seconds. over the Yellowstone Caldera, the largest ‘supervolcano’ New Zealand and Boiling Lake in Dominica. It is located * Cheetahs are extremely fast however on the continent. The caldera is considered an active in the Midway Geyser Basin. they tire quickly and can only keep volcano. It has erupted with tremendous force several Grand Prismatic Spring was noted by geologists up their top speed for a few minutes times in the last two million years. Half of the world’s working in the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, and before they are too tired to contin- geothermal features are in Yellowstone, fueled by this named by them for its striking coloration. Its colors ue. ongoing volcanism. Lava flows and rocks from volcanic match the rainbow dispersion of white light by an opti- eruptions cover most of the land area of Yellowstone. cal prism: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. * Cheetahs are smaller than other members of the big cat family, weighing only 45 - 60 kilograms. * One way to always recognize a chee- tah is by the long, black lines which run from the inside of each eye to the mouth. These are usually called “tear lines” and scientists believe Pompom spiders they help protect the cheetah’s eyes from the harsh sun and help them What you need: tightly or it will be hard to to see long distances. A lot of wool take it off the cardboard). * Cheetahs are the only big cat that Scissors Carefully remove the wool cannot roar. They can purr though 4 pipe cleaners loops from the cardboard and usually purr most loudly when Scrap cardboard (make sure the loops retain they are grooming or sitting near Googly eyes their shape). Glue Place the 4 pipe cleaners on other cheetahs. Activity: top of the loops. * While lions and leopards usually do Cut a piece of wool about Tightly tie the extra piece of their hunting at night, cheetahs 30cm long, put it aside for wool around the middle of hunt for food during the day. later. the loops plus pipe cleaners. * A cheetah has amazing eyesight dur- Cut a piece of scrap card- Cut the wool loops at their ing the day and can spot prey from board about the size of a edges. 5 km away. business card. Trim the pompom so that it * Cheetahs cannot climb trees and Wrap about 3 meters of makes a nice circle. have poor night vision. wool around the cardboard Bend the spider’s legs and (don’t wrap the wool too glue on googly eyes. me! r o l o C

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Gossip Gordon Ramsay’s wife has miscarried their fifth child

he 49-year-old TV chef and his spouse Tana are both devastated after especially like to send a big thank you to the amazing team at Portland tragically losing their unborn baby - believed to be a boy - five Hospital for everything they’ve done. Gx (sic)” Culinary genius Gordon Tmonths into their pregnancy over the weekend. Taking to his Twitter announced he and Tana, 41, were expecting their fifth child during an account yesterday Gordon wrote: “Hi guys, Tana and I want to thank you so appearance on ‘The Late Late Show’ last month. The couple already have much for your support over the past couple of weeks. “We had a devastat- Megan, 17, 16-year-old twins Holly and Jack and Matilda, 14, together. ing weekend as Tana has sadly miscarried our son at five months. We’re Tana and Gordon married in 1996 and will be celebrating their 20th wed- together healing as a family, but we want to thank everyone again for all ding anniversary this year - as well as Gordon’s 50th birthday - and have your amazing support and well wishes.” Gordon then went on to praise the discussed renewing their wedding vows. staff at London’s Portland Hospital for their assistance and care through- out the heartbreaking ordeal. He added in the personal statement: “I’d Carter spent $50,000 Sykes ‘doesn’t on his son’s nursery fancy’ Grande athan Sykes insists he doesn’t “still fancy” he Backstreet Boys singer and wife Lauren Kitt wel- hard on her. Of course, there was a happy ending!” But Nick Ariana Grande. The 23-year-old singer is comed son Odin Reign into the world in April and the praised his wife for being “super cool” throughout her Npleased his former girlfriend - who he dated Tcouple spared no expense when it came to creating pregnancy and admitted he was cherishing every moment from August to December 2013 - is doing well in her comfortable surroundings for the tot. According to TMZ, they had left together before the baby came along. He pre- career, but he no longer has any romantic feelings the 36-year-old singer paid a lot of money to celebrity viously said: “You know the thing with my wife is that she is towards her. Speaking backstage at the Capital FM designers Stephanie Avila and Tori Swain to design and super cool... When it comes to the life I have [Lauren] is Summertime Ball in London - where both he and build the nursery, and he and Lauren quickly fell in love making the process really amazing and comfortable. “It’s Ariana performed - on Saturday he exclusively told with the steampunk wallpaper they chose, so opted for an cool to have some time to prepare. I’ve really been think- BANG Showbiz: “Hold a candle? No! Obviously I’m industrial motif for the whole room. Among the pricier ing about living in the moment and enjoying every day really happy for her she’s doing amazing, if I saw her items in the baby’s room are a $2,500 couch and a $700 that I have with my wife. I’m enjoying the process, because I’d be like ‘hey what’s up’ ... What a strange question crib. The couple also splurged on a $550 lamp and $1,200 I’ve heard that your life will change and your priorities will ‘do you still fancy your ex-girlfriend’.” While they are on lighting fixtures. It was recently revealed Lauren - who change and that’s great. So we are enjoying the time we no longer romantically involved, Nathan and Ariana wed Nick in 2014 - endured 30 hours of labor during a “dif- have right now.” have previously teamed up on two duets, ‘Almost is ficult” home birth. A source close to the fitness expert and Never Enough’ and ‘Over and Over Again’. Though actress, 32, shared: “She had a very difficult labor. It was the ‘Kiss Me Quick’ singer admits it is unusual to duet with someone more than once, the former Wanted star won’t rule out getting back into the recording studio with the ‘Dangerous Woman’ hitmaker for a third time. He said: “Obviously we’ve done two songs together now with ‘Almost is Never Enough’ on her debut album and ‘Over and Over Again’ which we Ellen DeGeneres ‘represents happiness’ released our duet version. So we’ve worked together twice now which is quite a lot for collaborations but Laverne Cox you never know I think she’s incredible, she’s incredi- llen DeGeneres “represents happiness” for a lot of people. The 57-year-old talk show host is proud that bly talented so you never know what’s going to hap- Eher self-titled daytime program is deliberately uplift- pen.” Nathan previously insisted it wasn’t “weird” for ing as she has never found humor in poking fun at other him to work with Ariana on the romantic ‘Over and people’s expense, because she knows first-hand how Over Again’. He said: “It’s not weird to me at all. I painful that can be. She said: “It is a happy show, on pur- think the most important thing for me is that she’s is desperate to pose. I represent happiness to a lot people... “[As a child,] I an incredible vocalist and I really think she brings was very tender, very sensitive, and I still am. I never want something great to the song. “I think it shows real to hurt anybody. I want to make people laugh. I didn’t maturity that we can both do this and not really let it think it was ever funny to make fun of people. There’s so bother us.” And the former Wanted singer thinks it much to laugh at without it being at someone else’s was made easier as it feels like “forever ago” since he expense.” Ellen came out as a lesbian in April 1997 and is an dated 22-year-old Ariana. He said: “I’ve experienced outspoken advocate for gay rights. And the presenter - so much life experience in those years [that] it does meet feel like forever ago.” Beyonce who married 43-year-old actress Portia di Rossi - in 2008 after four years together - admitted TV producers thought he ‘Orange is the New Black’ actress is a huge she may have an “agenda to turn the world gay” when she fan of the ‘Flawless’ hitmaker and though she first landed her show. She told Parade magazine: “I think a Tknows the singer’s stylist and publicist, the lot of station managers thought I would have an agenda to closest she has come to a one-on-one encounter try to somehow turn the world gay. “People did worry. Our with the 34-year-old star is making eye contact only agenda is to make people feel good. It’s an hour of with her when she stood on the front row at her joy.” The ‘Finding Dory’ star believes her open attitude to ‘Formation’ show in Chicago last month. Laverne life stems from her parents suddenly announcing they told the New York Daily News newspaper: “I have were getting divorced when she was 13. She said: “I grew not met Beyonce. “We had several moments where up in a very conservative home. “There was no drinking, we made eye contact. “She said, ‘You run this smoking or cursing. I didn’t see deep emotion from my mother,’ right to me. “I obviously was doing all the parents. It was all very polite and very surface. I never knew choreography in the audience.” The 32-year-old how anybody was feeling. I never saw anyone angry. “So star will make history when she becomes the first when I was 13 and my parents divorced, it was a huge sur- transgender actress to portray a transgender char- prise to me, because I was told everything was fine. It was acter in a series on broadcast TV when she makes very confusing. That’s not a healthy way to grow up.” her debut as attorney Cameron Wirth in CBS legal drama ‘Doubt’. And Laverne admits her love of Reese Witherspoon’s 2001 comedy ‘Legally Blonde’ helped her become well-versed in legal jargon, though she insists she won’t be basing her own character on that of the film’s protagonist Elle Field and Williams’ doesn’t ‘owe Woods. She said: “You know ‘Legally Blonde’ is one Hemsworth of my favorite movies of all time. “[But I’m] not channeling Elle Woods, even though she won her case.” Laverne recently admitted she wants people kids are best friends anyone a show and tell’ to praise her for more than just her looks. She said: “A lot of people have told me that I’m gorgeous he ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ passed. One of my best friends has three and I love hearing that; I’m not going to lie. But I star - who has rekindled his romance kids now. I’ll hang out with them and hold would like to think that I’m compelling not just Twith spotlight. He said: “I just want his baby. Life is so different, but when we’re because of the way I look. That I have something people to be respectful of my privacy. I together the relationships are the same. I intelligent, smart, insightful, even moving to say. don’t go out of my way to attract that kind get back home Christmas and New Year’s ... That I’m talented as an actress and that there’s of attention, or feel I owe anyone a show I really care about those lives.” something about the content of my character that and tell. Some [other celebrities] don’t is beautiful, beyond how I look. I’d like to think.” mind, but I like to keep my personal life — Bang Showbiz apart and keep the noise at bay. “That sort of attention eats away at you at first. I read things people made up, or horrible things that are really alienating. But the thing is, if you read that one negative thing among the 100 positives, you have to remind your- self everyone else on the planet is thinking about their own s**t. “You can be con- sumed by, ‘Oh, someone wrote something yda Field and Robbie Williams’ and they were tickling each other’s about me’, but you have to remember it’s daughter finally likes her faces and that’s just the best feeling as 10 seconds out of someone’s day, if that. Ayounger brother after being a mother.” Ayda has also praised That makes it easier. I don’t buy into it any- “unhappy” about his arrival. The Robbie’s fathering skills as he is on more, and live my life happily. It’s way less American actress has revealed that “baby duties” at the moment while she Teddy, three, was “not impressed” about is busy with work. She insists the 42- complicated.” And the 26-year-old actor - getting her 19-month-old brother year-old singer loves taking time out who hails from Melbourne, Australia - loves Charlton at first, but she has finally got- from being a pop star to care for his returning home to see his pals as it keeps ten over her sibling jealousy and now kids and insists he is a huge support to him grounded. He told Australia’s Sunday they are best friends. Ayda, 37, admits her. Ayda - who tied the knot with Style magazine: “You know what I love seeing them grown so close has been Robbie in August 2010 - shared: “Oh, about going back to Phillip Island and her “best feeling” as a mother. In an he’s great, he’s on baby duties so he’s hanging out with my old friends? They’re interview on UK TV show ‘Lorraine’ she actually got the harder job right now. not impressed by it all; they’re oblivious to said: “When Charlie was born, Teddy That’s what is so amazing is that he’s most of it. They’ve seen some of the movies was not impressed. I think she was getting to see his kids. He’s so support- I’ve done, but no one treats me differently. indifferent bordering on unhappy ive, for a long time I’ve been by his side It’s, ‘Oh yeah, mate, that was good. Wanna about it. Now they just love to do doing the wife and mom thing, and everything together, I was tucking now he’s doing a bit of Mr. Field stuff.” go for a surf?’ “Yeah, it’s good [to come them in last night and I had one on back]. That’s why I love seeing everyone I each arm as they had their stories book grew up with. It’s no different even though I’ve been here seven years and time has TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016 lifestyle

Music & Movies ‘Saq Al Bamboo’ and ‘Been Galbin’: Episode 7 By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times is publishing a daily recap of two Kuwaiti soap operas aired on Al Rai TV and MBC Drama. Here are the recaps of the seventh episodes: ‘Saq Al Bamboo’ (Bamboo Stalk) After Khawla convinces her grandmother Ghanima to meet Eisa, Ghasan brings him to the house. Rashid’s sister Nooriya makes fun of him and suggests he takes money and leave Kuwait, as she flatly rejects him being a member of the family. She even says that she will not visit this house if he is in it. She says that if people come to know about him, it will affect the reputation of the Taruf family. Their other sister Awatef is more religious and defends Eisa, saying he should live in the house as this is his family. She also says that the family should not be separated as this is against Islam. But Ghanima refuses to let Eisa stay and says that just because she agreed to meet him doesn’t mean she will let him stay in the house. Eisa asks Ghasan to take him to Mubarakiya, and then Khawla talks with Noora, the daughter of Nooriya, who knows Been Galbin (Between Two Hearts) rassing during dinner with her brother Bashar. On the way he takes him to pray in the church. Khawla and her aunt they went to see Eisa. Khawla tells her that she thinks her aunt Noora visits her sister Yasmin, who asks her for contracep- home, they fight and she wants to leave the house, but Zeid Hind go to visit Eisa at Ghasan’s house. Khawla talks to Eisa Hind loves Ghasan and there is an old story between them. tive pills as she doesn’t want to have more kids, adding she is apologizes, promising not to repeat it. Aryam calls her col- and tells him she needs time to get used to this situation - Hind is a human rights activist, and she is invited to a talk already annoyed by the three she has. Aryam insists to travel league at work to tell her she is travelling, so this colleague that she has a brother - but is happy to have one. Eisa tells show on TV where she speaks about the problems of Kuwaitis as she needs to be alone for some time after her husband tells Bashar. He says he doesn’t care and tell her not to give her he is confused and doesn’t know what his religion is, married to non-Kuwaitis and what their children face. Ghasan died. She visits her mother in London, who has just remarried, him any news about her as there is nothing between them but believes in God. takes Eisa again to Ghanima’s house to convince her to let him but prefers to stay at a hotel and meet her mother there as she anymore. Hind and Ghasan fight, and he is upset that Hind cares stay, especially since he will be traveling soon and it’s hard for is not happy that her mother got married. about the family name the most. They return home and him to stay alone, but she refuses and is rude to him. Noora fights with her husband as his behavior is embar- McKellen brings ‘Shakespeare on Film’ collection to Shanghai eteran actor Ian McKellen brought celebrations mark- ing 400 years since William Shakespeare’s death to VShanghai yesterday, launching the British Film Institute’s “Shakespeare on Film” collection of movies in the Indian Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor (left ) and Alia Bhatt (second left) and directors Madhu Mantena Varma (second Chinese city. The program, which is touring countries around right) and Mahesh Bhatt talk during a press conference organized by Indian Film and Television Directors Association the world this year to mark Shakespeare’s April 23, 1616 death, (IFTDA) in Mumbai on 8 June, 2016. — AFP photos features screenings of film adaptations of the playwright’s famous works. “I’m not a person of religion but if I had to have a God, it would be Shakespeare,” the 77-year old actor, who has starred Stop acting like ‘grandmother’, in numerous Shakespeare adaptations, told a news confer- ence at the Shanghai International Film Festival. “He seems to have understood us all, understood that we fall in love, we fall India court tells censor out of love, we get jealous, we get angry, we get ambitious, we get cruel but he never judges us. I think that’s what pre- cious about his attitude, he has not got a message other than top court told India’s film censor board per the times now. The CBFC need not be we are all human beings.”— Reuters yesterday not to act “like a grandmoth- over-sensitive in the matter of art. The CBFC Ian McKellen Aer” as it overturned a controversial cannot stop creative people abruptly as it demand by the notoriously strict body for 13 may discourage them,” he added. India’s cen- cuts to a film depicting drug addiction. The sors have a long history of barring movies makers of “Udta Punjab”, a Bollywood movie and cutting scenes, including those deemed set in Punjab, went to the court after the too racy or capable of causing religious Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) offence. The CBFC last year blocked the Renny Harlin to shoot ‘Legend of demanded 13 cuts and said all mention of the release of a toned-down version of “Fifty northern state should be removed, including Shades of Grey” and deemed two James Bond from the title. kissing scenes unsuitable for an Indian audi- ence. Filmmakers accuse the censors of intol- the Ancient Sword’ for Alibaba erance. The Bombay High Court said filmmakers op action film director Renny Harlin is to make Chinese- movie series. Harlin is connected only with the feature should be allowed to choose the backdrop language action fantasy film “Legend of the Ancient movies. Alibaba Pictures did not disclose the budget but for movies, ruling that the CBFC’s “exercise of TSword” as his next picture. Production and Chinese dis- described the film as “substantial by Chinese standards.” It power should not violate the constitutional tribution is through Alibaba Pictures Group, the film making likened the project to the “Harry Potter” franchise. “This is a guarantee of freedom of speech and expres- arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. The film is already big, epic fantasy adventure,” Harlin told Variety. “My ambition sion”. It overruled the board’s demand that in pre-production ahead of principal photography that is is to integrate this Chinese property with Hollywood story- the words “election, MP, parliament, and par- scheduled to start in October. The film is derived from a 3D telling and visual effects and to introduce new fighting tech- ty” should be cut and said a scene where a role playing video game originally developed by Shanghai niques.” Harlin recently completed the Jackie Chan-starring character injects himself with drugs could be Aurogon and published in 2010 by Gamebar. A TV series was action adventure “Skiptrace,” which will be released in shown. previously produced. Chinese theaters on July 22. — Reuters References to a dog called “Jackie Chan” Alibaba purchased rights to the second game and has will also be allowed to remain. “I’m terribly plans to turn it into both a TV series and a possible three pleased and relieved with the verdict,” the film’s director Abhishek Chaubey told reporters outside court, adding that he hoped it would force the board to change its approach. Several Bollywood actors and Indian Bollywood film Punjab is due to hold local elections in directors praised the court’s decision. director Anurag Kashyap 2017 and critics alleged that the CBFC was “Landmark judgment by the honorable addresses media represen- censoring the movie to avoid embarrassing Bombay High Court on #UdtaPunjab. Great tatives during a press con- the state government. Yesterday the Bombay victory for the filmmakers,” Madhur ference organized by IFTDA High Court, Mumbai’s highest judicial author- Bhandarkar, a filmmaker himself, wrote on (Indian Film and Television ity, ordered the board to clear the film with Twitter. “Thank U Judiciary for giving back the Directors Association) on just one cut. It is due for release on Friday. makers of Indian Cinema their right to the Hindi film ‘Udta “The CBFC should issue a fresh certificate express,” tweeted filmmaker and dissenting Punjab’. — AFP within two days with the cut suggested by CBFC board member Ashoke Pandit. “Udta this court,” Justice C.S Dharmadhikari said, rul- Punjab” stars Kareena Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and ing that a scene showing a character urinat- Shahid Kapoor. — AFP ing should be removed. Renny Harlin “Do not act like a grandmother. Change as

CMA Music Festival

Pharrell Williams, third from left, with Jimi Westbrook, from left, Kimberly Schlapman, Karen Fairchild and Phillip Sweet Les Taylor from Exile performs at the CMA Music Festival. Keith Urban performs at the CMA Music Festival. from Little Big Town perform at the CMA Music Festival at Nissan Stadium on Sunday, in Nashville, Tenn. — AP photos lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

Awards

Producer of “Hamilton” Jeffrey Seller and cast accepts the award for best musical at the Tony Awards at the Beacon The cast of “Hamilton,” winners of the 2016 award for best musical, performs at the Tony Awards. Theatre on Sunday. — AP/AFP photos ‘HAMILTON’ WINS BIG AT TONYS BUT FAILS TO BREAK RECORD

amilton,” the hip-hop stage biography of Alexander Hamilton, won the 2016 Tony Award for best new “Hmusical, capping an emotional night in which many in the Broadway community rallied to embrace the LGBT com- munity after a shooting at a gay Florida nightclub. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hip-hop-flavored biography about the first US treas- ury secretary won 11 Tonys, just short of breaking the 12-Tony record held by “The Producers.” Jeffrey Seller, producer of “Hamilton,” quoted the show’s lyrics when accepting the award. “Look around, look around. How lucky we are to be alive right now,” he said. “Hamilton” went into the night with 16 nominations and, in addition to tak- ing the musical award, won best score, best book, direction, orchestration, choreography and best featured actor and actress statuettes for Renee Elise Goldsberry and Daveed Diggs. Leslie Odom Jr, who plays Aaron Burr, won best actor and thanks Miranda for “a new vision of what’s possible.” He thanked his wife, actress Nicolette Robinson and his parents. The show earlier won awards for costume and lighting but lost scenic design to “She Loves Me,” meaning “Hamilton” could- n’t break the 12-statuette record haul by “The Producers.” Still, few shows get introduced by a sitting president, as Barack and Michelle Obama did for the performance by the show’s cast. The awards show unspooled with a heavy heart a night after a The cast of “Hamilton” performs at the Tony Awards. gunman killed 50 people at a gay Florida nightclub, prompting a Broadway tribute to the victims at the top of the show and a smattering of references to tolerance throughout it.

‘love and love and love’ winner said: “This is a dream come true and it fills me with such Leslie Odom Jr accepts the Host James Corden, his back to the audience, spoke to view- happiness, even on such a sad day as this.” Frank Langella won award for leading actor in a ers when he dedicated the night to celebrating the diversity of his fourth Tony for playing a man who has begun his slide down musical for “Hamilton.” Broadway. “Hate will never win. Together we have to make sure the slippery slope of dementia in “The Father.” He almost teared of that. Tonight’s show stands as a symbol and a celebration of up when he mentioned his brother’s struggle with dementia. that principle,” he said. But for much of the telecast, the mood He also had a message for the people of Orlando: “We will be was light and typical of an awards show. Miranda, the star and with you every step of the way.” creator of “Hamilton,” won for best score and book, and read from onstage a sonnet, referencing tragedy and urging “love Fictional show and love and love....” Thomas Kail won the Tony for directing Dutch visionary Ivo Van Hove won his first Tony for directing “Hamilton.” He thanked Miranda, a frequent collaborator, and an imaginative revival of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge.” celebrated the diversity of Broadway this season. “Let’s continue Under his helm, the barefoot cast warily circled one another to tell stories,” he said. under bright lights in a set that resembled a boxing ring. The English actress Cynthia Erivo won the Tony for best actress show was also named best play revival. The show opened with for her Broadway debut in “The Color Purple.” She thanked her the cast of “Hamilton” performing their opening number with cast for “making me a stronger woman on that stage.” Her show, the lyrics altered to have them all wondering why Corden - which failed to beat “Jersey Boys” for the best musical Tony “chatting with Hollywood phonies” - had earned the honor of Award in 2006, won the best musical revival award in 2016. hosting the show. Jayne Houdyshell, a mainstay of the New York stage, won her The “The Late Late Show” host had some quips for the the- first Tony Award at 62 for playing a gossipy, gently needling ater-loving audience: “This is like the Super Bowl for people mom in “The Humans.” Her stage husband, Reed Birney, won who don’t know what the Super Bowl is,” he said at one point. Lin-Manuel Miranda, center, and the cast of “Hamilton” perform at the Tony Awards. best featured actor in a play. An actor for almost 42 years, he At another: “Think of tonight as the Oscars, but with diversity,” acknowledged that 35 of them were “pretty bad.” He thanked and made a dig at Donald Trump for wanting to build a wall the theater community for keeping him going. around the theater. He later flirted with Oprah Winfrey. Donald The play, about a fractious family’s get-together, won the Trump was a frequent target. Nathan Lane made a crack about best play statuette and playwright Stephen Karam dedicated Trump University and Emilio Estefan insisted that his all-Latin his award to all the struggling writers. “Keep the faith,” he said. cast for “On Your Feet!” were all in the US legally. In response to the shooting Sunday that left at least 50 people Corden at one point suggested there were so many diverse dead in a crowded nightclub in Orlando, Florida, “Hamilton” performers on the show that the Republican candidate would dropped its use of muskets in its performance. Many stars also want to put a wall around the theater. There was also a joke wore a silver ribbon to show solidarity. “My heart is saddened about Trump starring in “The Book of Moron.” To be fair, Glenn by it,” Seller said on the red carpet before the show. “The cele- Close mocked Hillary Clinton in the fictional show “A Clinton Line.” bration tonight is tempered by it.” “Hamilton” and the 38 new productions this season helped The shooting was close to home for Christopher Fitzgerald, Broadway’s attendance figures hit a record high, up 1.6 percent who was nominated for his role in “Waitress” and went to school to 13.3 million ticket buyers. The season also was rich in diversity in Orlando. “I’m heartbroken. I think everybody is feeling it, so among actors: Fourteen of the 40 Tony nominees for acting in we are at least all coming together to celebrate and not live in plays and musicals - or 35 percent - were actors of color. — AP fear,” he said on the carpet. Jessica Lange won her first Tony for playing a drug-addled mother in the revival of the monumental “Long Day’s Journey Into Night.” The two-time Academy Award

Cynthia Erivo accepts the award for leading Renee Elise Goldsberry, winner of the Heather Headley, standing, and the cast of “The Color Purple” perform at the Tony Awards. actress in a musical for “The Color Purple”. award for featured actress in a musical for “Hamilton”. lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 2016

Awards

Producer Scott Rudin , center, and the cast and crew of “The Color Purple” accept the award for best revival of a musical. Daveed Diggs, from left, winner of the award for featured actor in a musical for “Hamilton,” Cynthia Erivo, winner of the award for leading actress in a musical for “The Color Purple,” Leslie Odom, Jr, winner of the award for leading actor in a musical for “Hamilton,” and Renee Elise Goldsberry, winner of the award for featured actress in a Winners musical for “Hamilton” pose in the press room.

Best Play: The Humans Best Musical: Hamilton Best Revival of a Play: Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge Best Revival of a Musical : The Color Purple Best Book of a Musical: Hamilton: Lin-Manuel Miranda Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: Hamilton Andy Blankenbuehler, winner of the award Ivo Van Hove poses in the press room with Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: for best choreography for “Hamilton”. the award for best direction of a play for “A Frank Langella, The Father View from the Bridge”. Thomas Kail accepts the award for best David Rockwell accepts the award for best Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: direction of a musical for “Hamilton”. scenic design for the musical “She Loves Jessica Lange, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Me”. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Leslie Odom, Jr, Hamilton Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Cynthia Erivo, The Color Purple Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play: Reed Birney, The Humans Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Jayne Houdyshell, The Humans Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical: Daveed Diggs, Hamilton Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Frank Langella accepts the award for lead- Reed Birney accepts the award for fea- Musical: Daveed Diggs accepts the award for fea- David Zinn holds the award for best scenic ing actor in a play for “The Father”. tured actor in a play for “The Humans”. Renee Elise Goldsberry, Hamilton tured actor in a musical for “Hamilton”. design of a play for “The Humans”. Best Scenic Design of a Play: David Zinn, The Humans Best Scenic Design of a Musical: David Rockwell, She Loves Me Best Costume Design of a Play: Clint Ramos, Eclipsed Best Costume Design of a Musical: Paul Tazewell, Hamilton Best Lighting Design of a Play: Natasha Katz, Long Day’s Journey Into Night Best Lighting Design of a Musical: Howell Binkley, Hamilton Best Direction of a Play: Ivo Van Hove, Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge Best Direction of a Musical: Thomas Kail, Hamilton Best Choreography: Andy Blankenbuehler, Hamilton Oprah Winfrey poses with the award for Lin-Manuel Miranda poses in the press Best Orchestrations: best revival of a musical for “The Color room with the award for best musical at Jayne Houdyshell, winner of the award for Jessica Lange poses in the press room with Alex Lacamoire, Hamilton — Reuters Purple”. the Tony Awards. featured actress in a play for “The the award for leading actress in a play for Humans”. “Long Day’s Journey into Night”.

The cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” perform on stage.

James Corden, center, and nominees perform at the Tony Awards. Danny Burstein and the cast of “Fiddler on the Roof” perform on strage. ‘Hamilton’ wins 11 Tonys but fails to break record

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Emiratis watch a bullfight in Fujairah. — AFP photos Bloodless bullfights earn Gulf owners big bucks

here’s no matador, betting or blood when bulls lock horns hours-long contest. The winning bull in each round is decided Here we are merciful towards it. We provide it with medical in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah, but a winning beast in the by a committee of judges formed of eight local elders. treatment, we take care of it and feed it properly.” Mohammed Tpopular sport can still earn its owner a fortune. Bullfights There are no cash prizes for the owners. But the value of a Abdullah, a 30-year-old government employee who himself are a weekly event at a ring close to the beach on the east coast winning bull can shoot up in price, attracting offers by traders, owns 15 bulls, agreed. “We give them food and nourishment of the United Arab Emirates. Organizers admit the sport is some of whom drive in from nearby Oman where the sport is from the best types of proteins and vitamins,” he said. He esti- rough but insist it is animal-friendly, and they ensure the bull is even more popular. “When a bull is always distinct-winning mated that feeding his bulls costs him 10,000 dirhams ($2,700) never killed. While it’s believed 16th century Portuguese against other bulls-its price can reach 600,000 dirhams a month. There is no system of weight classes for the bulls, invaders introduced bullfighting to the Gulf, Fujairah’s version ($163,000),” said Hamad Al-Matrushi, an elderly committee which can fight from the age of two until they retire to the pits two bulls against one another instead of man against member and bull-owner. “But the price of a bull which some- fields or are given away as gifts. beast. times performs well and other times not so well would go The Jersey and Holstein breeds are the most popular. And unlike at bull-on-bull tournaments in Southeast Asia, down to around 120,000 ($32,700) or 80,000 dirhams ($21,800),” Fujairah’s champion is named Reyla, a massive black hulk of spectators place no bets-Islamic tradition and Emirati laws for- he said. flesh. It always wins, attracting fans who cross the border from Oman to watch it fight. “It comes with its own audience,” said Abdullah. The owner has been offered 300,000 dirhams ($81,700) in cash and still refuses to sell.

‘Barbarism’ From an early age, owners can tell if a calf will grow up to be successful in the ring. Potential fighters are trained by walking them in the sea to strengthen the legs, before they are taken to the mountains to build up chest muscles. Matrushi said a farmer can often “provide the bulls with more attention than that he gives to his own children”. But Mimi Bekhechi, director of the animal rights organization PETA UK, remains unim- pressed. “This ridiculous and inhumane form of human enter- tainment can only be distressing to bulls, who will be agitated by the noise of the crowd and from being manhandled,” she bid it. A fight lasts just minutes, ending when one of the bulls ‘Merciful’ tradition told AFP. gives up or is pushed back by its rival to the roar of a commen- This form of bullfighting, known in Arabic as munatahat Al- “These days, we should be past such barbarism,” Bekhechi tator’s voice over loudspeakers. Upon his word, more than a Thiran (bull-butting), has its own set of traditions. The brightly- said. Ethiopian tourist Kidani agreed. “It’s not right, because dozen barefooted handlers use ropes to pull the bulls apart coloured “traje de luces” (suit of lights) clothing that distin- they hurt each other,” he said. The organizers “make the animals before the next bout kicks off. guishes Spanish matadors is replaced by the traditional white very angry.” The nearby bulls bellowed and snorted, dragging “Dr Thomas and Jackson,” says the commentator, introduc- robe worn by Bedouins, known locally as the dishdasha. their hooves in the sand. As the sun set, they were dragged into ing the next pair of animals to lock horns. As the two bulls Twelve-year-old Swati, an Indian girl who came with her family pick-ups and driven back to nearby farms. — AFP square off, an alarm pierces the air. Known as “Al-wannan”, the from the modern city-state of Dubai, was expecting to see a sound is intended as a form of applause to heighten the excite- matador waving a red cape. “But when I came here, my father ment. Despite soaring temperatures, local families and tourists told me that it’s actually two bulls fighting,” she said. gather around the fenced bull-ring. Some sit atop SUVs, crack- Matrushi pointed to another difference with the Spanish ing seeds and sipping juice. Around 80 bulls take part in the version. “There, they could mistreat the animal or torture it.