dislodge. —Agencies involved inbrutal sectariankillingsinpastyearsthat will bedifficultto ging forcesduringtheISoffensive, sparkingaresurgenceofgroups wounded. Thegovernmentturned tomilitiamenbolsteritsflag- worshippers weresprayedwithmachinegun fire,at70deadand20 patrols. Doctorsandtheofficersput thetollfromattack,inwhich while othersourcessaiditfollowed aroadsidebombnearoneoftheir Mosque cameafterShiitemilitiamen werekilledinclashesthearea, James Foleybeingbeheaded. of IraqinJune,andthisweekreleasedavideoAmericanjournalist jihadist group,whichspearheadedanoffensivethatoverranswathes and WashingtonwarnedofthedangersIslamicState(IS) that ultimatelyrequiresSunnicooperationtosucceed. with theShiite-ledgovernment,underminingananti-militantdrive increase alreadysignificantangeramongIraq’sSunniArabminority militants. TheshootingintheHamreenareaofDiyalaprovincewill a blowtogovernmenteffortsregainterritoryseizedbyjihadist-led apparent revengeattackatanIraqiSunnimosqueyesterday,dealing BAQOUBA, Iraq: free speech:HRW law violates Kuwait telecom travel foranumberofforeignfighterstoSyria.—AFP do”, alsoallegesAliraisedmoneyforAl-Qaedaandarranged Treasury, sayinghehascalledhimselfan“Al-Qaedacomman- also directeddonorsinKuwaittosupportthegroup.The lars tohelptheAl-NusraFrontbuyweaponsandsupplies a Kuwaiticitizen,isaccusedofraisingtensthousandsdol- for terrorismandfinancialintelligence,saidinastatement.Ali, and alliedinterestsintheregion,”DavidCohen,undersecretary and IraqwhocontinuetocommitviolentactsthreatenUS are determinedtostemtheflowoffundsterroristsinSyria Security CouncilonAugust15. were alsobothplacedonasanctionslistbytheUnitedNations Qaeda operationsinSyria,andHamidHamadAl-Ali Mohsen AbdallahIbrahimAl-Sharekh,allegedlytheheadofAl- erally prohibitedfromdoingbusinesswiththem”.Abdul hold underUSjurisdictionarefrozenandAmericans“gen- US Treasury,anyassetsthemen-SaudiandKuwaitinationals behalf oftheterrorgroups.Underadesignationissuedby and theAl-NusraFront,allegingtheyfinancedactedon day ontwoIslamistextremistsitaccusesoftiestoAl-Qaeda WASHINGTON: S S k by U Army andpoliceofficerssaidtheattackonMusabbinOmair It cameasgovernmentforcesbattledtoregaingroundinDiyala, co The Treasury’smovecameinsupportoftheUNaction.“We Kuwaiti ‘Qaeda SUBSCRIPTION hiite gun unni ill mm 4 The UnitedStatesimposedsanctionsyester- S Shiite militiamengunneddown70peopleinan 150 Fils 70 sanctions oil dealwithChina AUDY UUT2,21 SAWL2,13 HNo:16263 SATURDAY, 1435 AH SHAWWAL AUGUST 23,2014 27, Kuwait signsbiggest ando’ hit Contract toutilizeservicesofKOTCtankers at m os Ir m q a ue en q

International Marketing Managing signing ceremony inHongKong,KPC Kuwait NewsAgency (KUNA)afterthe Unipec inNov2011.Inastatement to standing (MoU)signedby KPC and tion ofamemorandum under- Yesterday’s dealisinthesame direc- of KuwaitOilTankerCo fleet. (C&F) basis,whichwillinvolve utilizing contract basedoncost-and-freight tract thathadlapsed. the 160,000-170,000bpdsupplycon- China’s toprefinerSinopec,toreplace with Unipec,thetradingarmof KPC reachedthehistoric10yeardeal reach 300,000barrelsperday(bpd). 2014, withthevolumeexceptedto vide UNIPECcrudeoilstartingfrom Under theagreement,KPCwillpro- biggest-ever contractinKPC’shistory. crude oildeliveriesoveradecade,the deal yesterdaythatwillalmostdouble China’s Unipecsignedalandmark Petroleum Corporation(KPC)and HONG KONG: supply contractyesterday.—KUNA HONG KONG:KuwaitPetroleumCorporationandSinopecofficialsareseenatthesigningceremonyofamajor crude According toKPC,itisastrategic executed inGaza ‘collaborators’ 18 Israel 8 State-run Kuwait for deliveriesof crudeoil,”henoted. use morethan 50percentofourfleet “China isournewoutletwhere wewill kets arealmostclosedcurrently. crude oilonC&Fbasis,andthose mar- the USwhereKPCusedto deliver Mudhaf citedchangesinEurope and exports fromKuwait,”theofficial said. smoothe operation,productionand vessels todelivercrudeoil.Itwillhelp on C&Fbasiswiththeuseofourown time, becausethisisthefirstcontract Mudhaf. “Thedealcomesataright lent achievementasapackage,”said year contract,whichmarksanexcel- Adsani. Chief ExecutiveOfficerNizarAl- Oil MinisterAliAl-OmairandKPC Jaber Al-MubarakAl-HamadAl-Sabah, the PrimeMinisterofKuwaitSheikh tant notonlyforKPC,butalsoHH conclusion oftheagreementisimpor- the Kuwaitiside,saidsuccessful Director NasserAl-Mudhaf,wholed Stressing that China isworld’ssec- “We areveryproudtosignthis10- 48 Astra infirstleg at homeby Lyon humbled logistics business. —KUNA feedstock and handlesSinopec’s products, natural gasandchemical national marketincrudeoil, refined company. Unipectradesonthe inter- China’s largestinternational trade ly-owned subsidiaryofSinopec andis Established in1993,Unipecis awhol- from theChinesegovernment. 18,000 bpdin2004,accordingtodata this year,aninefoldincreasefrom of crudetoChinainthefirsthalf exporter suppliedabout160,000bpd plier toChina.” will bethethird-largestcrudeoilsup- With thislandmarkcontract,Ithinkwe important crudecontractsforKPC. this isagreementoneofthemost placed Chinaonitsprioritylist,and energy markets.“Therefore,KPChas of themoststrategicandpromising such amarketisconsideredtobeone growth inoildemand,Mudhafsaid petroleum productswithfastest ond-largest importerofcrudeoiland The world’sseventh-largestoil Min Max 33º 47º LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 WHO: Kuwaiti aid helps save lives in Syria

Critical meds provided to millions inside, outside troubled state GENEVA: A USD 45 million donation to the being stretched to the limit by the scope of depleted, straining the coping capacities of Dr Abdulmohsen Al-Mudej Abdullah Al-Turaiji World Health Organization (WHO) from this humanitarian emergency,” said Dr local authorities and populations to the Kuwait has saved the lives and addressed Richard Brennan, Director of WHO’s limit. Nisf slams attacks on the health needs of millions of people Department of Emergency Risk Kuwait’s support has helped WHO affected by the conflict in Syria, a new Management and Humanitarian Response. assist the governments of these countries commerce minister WHO report says. to establish Early Warning and Response Turaiji demands Mudej ouster The much needed funds have been Urgent support Networks (EWARS) in areas affected by the used to provide essential health care in The health situation in Syria has been influx, to deliver basic health services, By B Izzakl both government- and opposition-con- deteriorating rapidly since the crisis began. improve access to essential medicines and trolled areas within Syria, as well as in Three-quarters of the country’s hospitals supplies, and train staff on mental health KUWAIT: MP Rakan Al-Nisf slammed the attacks on Deputy neighboring countries struggling to cope have been damaged and more than half care. PM and Minister of Commerce and Industry Abdulmohsen with 2.9 million Syrians who have taken have ceased functioning altogether. Public Al-Mudej, labeling them as parliamentary deviation to refuge in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Amir honoring celebration focus on personal criticism. ‘It has nothing to do with pub- Turkey. Separately, Minister of Information and lic interests,’ he underlined. Nisf also noted that misleading In a final report to the Government of Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh public opinion and lawmakers with erroneous statements Kuwait on the use of its donation, WHO Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- and data is totally rejected and unacceptable. ‘Mudej is a says it has served to provide several million Sabah discussed with Hawalli Governor patriotic figure whose long political career and patriotic people with critical medicines to treat life- Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber attitudes have always shown his commitment to the con- threatening chronic conditions, such as Al-Sabah and Al-Assima (capital) Governor stitution as an MP and as a minister,’ he underlined, point- renal failure, epilepsy, asthma and dia- Thabet Al-Muhanna the preparations for ing out that by this severe criticism, Mudej was paying the betes, and over five million of the sick or the ceremonies of the UN honoring of His price for his strong attitudes towards fighting corruption in injured with medicines, anesthetics and Highness the Amir as “a humanitarian his ministry and its departments. surgical supplies. leader.” Meanwhile, MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji urged the PM to Sheikh Salman, also the Chairman of relieve Mudej because he was ‘contradicting and incapable Enormous difference the Permanent Committee of National to shoulder his post’s responsibilities’. Turaiji also accused For Syria alone, the Kuwaiti fund Ceremonies, discussed with the Governors Mudej of being unfit for a ministerial post - be that of the enabled more than two million of the most coordination for celebrating this occasion, ministry of commerce and industry or as acting minister of vulnerable people in 13 governorates health programs have broken down, local due in September, “which is dear to the education. He also urged Mudej to resign before he is (both in government- and opposition-con- production of medicines has dropped by heart of every citizen and resident.” forced to or dismissed, noting that his dismissal has trolled areas) to access life-saving and psy- 70 percent and safe water supplies are at The three leaders discussed the min- become a public demand over the violations committed in chotropic medicines. one-third of pre-crisis levels. istry role in supporting the Governorates departments under his jurisdiction. ‘He is either unaware of his constitutional and legal The funds have also been used to track Against this backdrop, meeting the and means of ensuring their development, responsibilities or is a puppet in the hands of others,’ medical stocks, set up disease surveillance health needs of the more than 750,000 according to a statement released by the Turaiji charged, criticizing many of his decisions pertaining systems inside refugee camps and support people estimated to have been injured Ministry of Information. the Capital Market Authority, the National Center for the provision of basic health care services, since March 2011, and of the millions of It quoted Sheikh Salman as saying the Education Development, terminating the nutrition supervi- including immunization, and clean drink- people suffering from life-threatening meeting was part of the permanent coor- sors’ contracts and appointing an assistant dean at the ing water in camps and in host communi- chronic diseases, requires urgent and com- dination among the national apparatuses, Theatrical Arts Institute ignoring all nominations. ‘He does ties. mitted support from governments. enlightened by guidelines of His Highness not represent the spirit of cooperation adapted by the PM,’ “This donation has made an enormous As refugees have fled the conflict in the Amir, His Highness the Deputy Amir he added. difference to WHO’s work to save lives in steady waves, the resources of neighbor- and Crown Prince and His Highness the Turaiji also accused Mudej of covering up for the cor- Syria and in neighboring countries that are ing host countries have been severely Prime Minister. — KUNA ruption prevailing in the commerce ministry instead of fighting it. ‘He dismissed some highly competent employ- ees and replaced them with his relatives and we can prove that,’ he stressed, describing the minister’s performance as KRCS lauds Kuwait int’l showing off and focusing on highlighting his field visits in the media. humanitarian actions

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent affected countries. Society (KRSC) said yesterday that Kuwait Providing humanitarian and relief aid was and will always be an international is an implementation of the directions of humanitarian center, as well as a pioneer His Highness the Amir to alleviate the suf- in field of humanitarian and relief action fering of countries and people, he added. under the leadership of His Highness the Kuwait, embodied by KRCS, has Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- emerged as a humanitarian and interna- Sabah. tional center, becoming a key player in The UN’s honoring of Kuwait, as a cen- the field of humanitarian action around ter for humanitarian action, and of His all continents, KRCS’ President said, Highness the Amir is considered as an adding that Kuwait is not only limited to honor to all Kuwaitis for their leading humanitarian action, but it also has con- humanitarian and philanthropic efforts, tributions in social, health, and educa- Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, President of KRCS’ Board tional development, as well as develop- of Directors, told KUNA, noting that this mental projects. international appreciation requires fur- Al-Sayer stated that KRCS’ distinctive ther efforts by philanthropic societies and achievements in humanitarian work on KRCS in humanitarian and relief work. Dr Hilal Al-Sayer local and international levels have turned His Highness the Amir’s humanitarian, Kuwaiti citizen. it into a model for voluntary work. charitable, and relief effort were well- Kuwait occupies a prestigious position He also expressed, on behalf of all received on regional and international among world countries in philanthropic KRCS’ workers and volunteers, most arenas, Al-Sayer said. He expressed at the and humanitarian action, representing a congratulations to His Highness the same time his pride in the name given to guiding light for those who seek excel- Amir for being recently chosen as “a His Highness the Amir by UN Secretary lence in that field, Al-Sayer said, pointing humanitarian leader” by the UN, adding General Ban Ki-moon when he said, “He out at the same time Kuwait’s aid to the at the same time that this was pre- is a hero and one of the international Gaza Strip, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, dictable due to His Highness’ obvious humanitarian work heroes,” which is a Philippines, Bosnia, Serbia, Indonesia, efforts to the whole world in fields of complement appreciated by every Libya, and other disaster and conflict- humanitarian action. — KUNA LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Crime Report

Health licenses forgery gang busted KUWAIT: Immigration detectives arrested an Asian gang that forged health licenses for KD 35 per license. Tips received indicated that an employee at a Shuwaikh restau- rant had forged health permits and sold them to those in need of them, and that he had some Asians promoting his services for him. Investigations by immigration detectives led them to three persons who received such permits that enabled them to work in a restaurant, and the three were arrested. The three gave information about the restaurant employee who in turn was arrested with several stamps he used in forging the transactions. All arrestees were sent to concerned authorities.

Fugitive caught at Saudi border Saudi authorities at Khafji border center arrested a Kuwaiti citizen after he stormed the Nuwaiseeb passport center and succeeded in escaping from Kuwaiti patrols, Firefighters tackle the massive blaze in Abdullah Port. (Inset) The site after the fire was extinguished. but was stopped by Saudi security. The man was listed on the travel ban list and when the officer informed him about it, he became very angry, and instead of returning, Blaze guts tires at Abdullah Port he stormed the gates and continued until he was arrest- ed by the Saudis, who sent him to a psychiatric facility for evaluation before handing him back to Kuwait. No injuries in office fire in Farwaniya

Duo caught in the act By Hanan Al-Saadoun Hawally patrols sent a citizen and his girlfriend to Salmiya police station they were being caught engaged in an explicit KUWAIT: A massive fire broke out in a tires stor- act. Police patrols suspected a parked car in a parking lot and age space at Abdullah Port’s scrap yard near mid- approached it to find a man and a woman in a compromising night Thursday, with no injuries reported. position. They were arrested and sent to the police station for Firefighters tackled the blaze while backup from further action. Zoor and Qurain fire stations were called to the scene. The fire started around 1:00 am yesterday Husband charged with theft and was put out in the morning. An investigation A Lebanese woman accused her Egyptian husband of steal- was opened into the incident. ing her jewelry. She said her husband took advantage of her being away from home, broke her cupboard and removed Meanwhile, a fire broke out in an office inside all her jewelry. The husband is being summoned for ques- a Farwaniya mall late Thursday night. Firefighters tioning. were able to put the fire, which was located in the second floor, under control shortly after arriv- Maid runs away with employer’s gold ing to the scene in response to an emergency A security source said a citizen told Abu Halaifa police that his call. No injuries were reported in the incident. Destruction at the office after the fire was put out. Asian maid disappeared with jewelry worth KD 2,160. Ahmadi detectives are on the lookout for her.

Man held for threatening driver with axe Fuel shortage threatens fish price increase A citizen forced a driver to give him a ride after threatening him with an axe. The driver then went to Saad Al-Abdullah KUWAIT: Fish prices are poised to police and told them what happened, and detectives were increase sharply in the upcoming days able to arrest the suspect in record time. due to shortage in fuel used by fishing boats. There was general concern in Offensive passenger arrested the Sharq’s fish market Thursday after A citizen onboard a KAC flight began an argument with a the fuel station there failed to provide flight attendant a few minutes before landing. The flight fishing boats with their daily require- attendant said that the citizen swore at the steward, before ment of diesel. A number of fishermen crewmembers were able to contain the incident. When and dealers inside the market they landed, the man began swearing at the flight atten- dant while passengers were leaving through the gate. expressed frustration as their activity When the passenger reached the passport counter, he was faces a halt as a result. referred to the airport security, so the angry passenger “We have about 80 fishing boats attacked the passport official and tore his shirt. The passen- affected by the negligence of one per- ger was subdued and taken to the police station. — Al-Rai son,” Tariq Bajran, the market’s manag- er, told Al-Qabas daily. He blamed 6,000 liquor bottles busted those in charge for the fuel station Police busted a warehouse in Shuwaikh used to store “who failed to prepare ahead for the nearly 6,000 liquor bottles to be sold illegally in Kuwait. return of local fish and shrimp fishing Meanwhile, an investigation was opened with a Kuwaiti season, and the subsequent increase in man on suspicions of involvement in smuggling the demand of diesel fuel.” imported drinks into the country. The operation took Ahmed Al-Khawaja, a veteran sales- place based on information that an alcoholic drinksí deal- er managed to smuggle a shipment containing thou- man at the market, warned that many sands of liquor bottles through the Shuwaikh Port. Police boats have already stopped working, obtained a warrant to raid the warehouse based on and as a result the supply was notably investigations which revealed that the shipment made its KUWAIT: Fish prices appear to be heading for an increase after a month of lower than usual, which could lead to a way there after the smuggling. — Al-Aan. staying in relatively suitable rates. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat sharp increase in prices. — Al-Qabas LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Kuwait telecom law violates free speech Amend measure to meet international standards

SANAA: Kuwait’s new telecommunications law gives the security law, for “intentionally broadcasting news, state- government sweeping powers to block content, deny ments, or false or malicious rumors... that harm the access to the Internet, and revoke licenses without giving national interests of the state.” The UN special rapporteur reasons. The government should amend the law to limit the on the promotion and protection of freedom of opinion restrictions on telecommunication providers and users to and expression, Frank La Rue, in June 2012, specifically no more than what international human rights law permits. criticized the use of “false news,” defamation, and report- Communication law 37/2014, adopted on May 18, 2014, ing against “national interests” to chill the reporting of establishes a Commission for Mass Communications and matters of public interest. Information Technology (CMCIT), as an independent body Articles 25 and 111 of the 1970 penal code prescribe under the supervision of the communications minister with prison sentences for anyone who publicly insults the emir or broad discretionary powers to grant or rescind licenses to “mocks God, the prophets and messengers, or the honor of companies that provide Internet cable, satellite, and land his messengers and their wives.” The authorities, since and wireless phone connections. The commission would January 2011, have brought prosecutions under these and begin its work by November 18. The law imposes harsh other articles against at least 60 people who expressed criti- penalties on people who create or send “immoral” mes- cal views on Twitter, Facebook, blogs, other social media sages, and gives unspecified authorities the power to sus- platforms, and at protests. The UN Human Rights pend communication services on national security grounds. Committee, which oversees state implementation of the Any communication service provider that “contributes” to ICCPR, has commented that heads of government are legiti- the dissemination of messages that violate these vague mately subject to criticism and political opposition, and that standards can be punished. The law provides no opportuni- insult laws, as well as morality restrictions that derive from a ty for judicial review. single religious tradition, are therefore problematic under “This new law comes at a time when Kuwait is prosecut- the right to free expression. ing many activists, politicians, journalists, and other govern- ment critics on expansive interpretations of morality and Restriction of freedom what this could entail. The law allows no appeal of a decision national security,” said Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East As a state party to the ICCPR and the Arab Charter on to refuse to issue a license or to summarily revoke one. and North Africa director. “It appears designed to give pros- Human Rights, Kuwait is required to protect the rights to free- The law also authorizes the commission to require all serv- ecuting authorities even wider legal authorization for violat- dom of opinion and expression. Article 36 of Kuwait’s consti- ice providers to take the necessary technical measures to pre- ing Kuwaitis’ right to free speech.” tution also guarantees freedom of opinion and expression. vent the transmission of content that could “harm public The UN Human Rights Committee has also stated that “a order and morals,” effectively as a condition of their license, ‘Serious harm’ law may not confer unfettered discretion for the restriction raising the specter of heightened and continuous Internet The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of freedom of expression on those charged with its execu- self-censorship. The Communications Ministry currently (ICCPR), which Kuwait has ratified, guarantees the right to tion.” Kuwait’s new telecommunications law violates this blocks a range of websites it considers politically sensitive or freedom of expression. It allows governments to restrict principle by authorizing the commission to: refuse or revoke morally offensive, often with the help of Internet service expression to protect certain, specified interests, such as the licenses to service providers; direct licensees to block access providers. “protection of national security or of public order, or of pub- to content or applications; or cut off individuals from lic health or morals,” but only when restrictions are telecommunication services without providing reasons, Vague provisions absolutely necessary and strictly proportionate to the risk of without administrative appeal, and without independent Kuwait was once viewed as the Gulf country most toler- harm to those interests. The new Kuwaiti law exceeds these judicial review. ant of free speech. But since a political crisis triggered mass limitations by allowing authorities to sanction speech if they `In his May 2011 report to the UN General Assembly, La protests and ultimately the resignation of the government deem it in any way harmful, without considering whether Rue stated that he was “deeply concerned by increasingly in 2011, Kuwaiti officials have been invoking vaguely word- sanctions are actually necessary or no greater than needed, sophisticated blocking or filtering mechanisms used by ed provisions in the penal code and in national security law and by not allowing appeals. states for censorship. The lack of transparency surrounding to suppress free speech. The law allows the commission to grant or refuse licenses these measures also makes it difficult to ascertain whether Prosecutors have repeatedly used the national security to service providers without disclosing the reasons or criteria blocking or filtering is really necessary for the purported law and penal code provisions criminalizing “insult” to for its decisions. It can revoke licenses if it decides that the aims put forward by states.” charge activists, journalists, bloggers, and others engag- licensee “caused serious harm to others,” although the law La Rue said governments that blocked websites should: ing in political or social commentary. A minimum three- does not define “serious harm” or provide any guidance as to Provide lists of blocked websites and full details regard- year sentence is set out under article 15 of the national ing the necessity and justification for blocking each individ- ual website. An explanation should also be provided on the affected websites, as to why they have been blocked. Any determination on what content should be blocked must be undertaken by a competent judicial authority or a body which is independent of any political, commercial, or other “This new law comes at a time when Kuwait is unwarranted influences. He has also said that measures to cut off access to the prosecuting many activists, politicians, Internet or mobile service entirely, regardless of the justifi- cation provided, are “disproportionate and thus a violation journalists, and other of article 19 [of the ICCPR].” He said that all countries should ensure that network access is maintained at all times, including during times of political unrest. government critics on expansive interpretations of “Kuwait’s reputation as perhaps the most rights-friendly of the Gulf states has taken a nosedive in recent months and morality and national security.” — Eric Goldstein, this new telecoms law will only steepen the downward tra- jectory,” Goldstein said. “The parliament should step in and amend the law before the commission starts functioning, deputy Middle East and North Africa director and the government should immediately stop prosecuting people for exercising free speech on social media or any- where else.” LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

KUWAIT: In this file photo, protesters gather near Sabah Al-Nasser on July 5, 2014, in support of former opposition MP Musallam Al-Barrak who was detained briefly on charges of offending the judiciary. Special task forces dispersed the demonstration under the pretext that it was unlicensed. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Key Concerns and Recommendations

Licensing Prohibitions communication may be imprisoned for a year and fined Article 9 empowers the Commission for Mass Articles 3 and 53 authorize the CMCIT to require a up to 2,000 Kuwaiti dinars (US$7,091). A person who Communications and Information Technology (CMCIT) licensee to take all technical measures necessary to uses any means of communication to threaten, insult, to turn down any prospective licensee or licensee seek- eliminate content it transmits that may “harm public send immoral messages, “provoke panic,” or harm the ing a license renewal “at its discretion.” Article 9 should order and morals,” and to withhold or discontinue com- reputation of others by taking photos or footages with- be amended to require the commission to provide a munication services for individual consumers if they out their consent, or who fabricates immoral photos, detailed, written statement of reasons why a licensee is use communication services in a way that violates can be imprisoned for two years and fined up to 5,000 disqualified, and to provide an opportunity to chal- “public morals.” Article 53 also gives unspecified “com- Kuwaiti dinars (US$17,726). A person who sends such lenge the decision in court. The law should also be petent authorities” the right to suspend service for rea- photos can be imprisoned for up to three years and amended to require implementing regulations that sons of “national security.” The law does not, however, fined 5,000 Kuwaiti dinars (US$17,726). If these photos articulate objective and reasonable criteria for granting define what may be considered harmful to public are paired with threats or extortion, or used to “injure or denying a license, and to constrain the commission’s order, morals, or national security. In light of Kuwait’s modesty, harm honor or instigate depravity,” the per- discretion. past practice of overbroad prosecution, the lack of son can be imprisoned for five years and fined up to Article 35 allows the CMCIT to revoke licenses if the more specific guidance and of an appeal process is a 10,000 Kuwaiti dinars (US$35,453). Any person who licensee “unlawfully caused serious harm to others” or serious flaw. contributes to the provision of communication services unduly delays implementation of the commission’s Article 19 of the ICCPR protects expressions that that “violate public order or morals” can be imprisoned instructions. While the ICCPR allows countries to some may find to be deeply offensive, including com- for up to two years, and fined 5,000 Kuwaiti dinars restrict expression to protect the rights and reputation ments that are deemed by some as insulting to public (US$17,726). of others, permissible restrictions generally should be figures, including the highest political authorities. While the ICCPR recognizes the right to restrict free content specific. The UN Human Rights Committee Similarly, speech may not be restricted merely because speech in protection of the rights and reputations of makes it clear that the “generic ban” on the operation some find that it shows a lack of respect for a particular others, however, these restrictions “must be construct- of certain sites and systems is not compatible with the religion or other belief systems. While article 19 of the ed with care,” ensure that they do not stifle freedom of ICCPR. In his May 2011 report to the UN General ICCPR allows for some restriction on speech that poses expression in practice, and should not provide for Assembly, La Rue, the UN special rapporteur, empha- a direct and immediate threat to public order, public “excessively punitive measures and penalties.” sized that “censorship measures should never be dele- morals, or national security, the UN Human Rights Furthermore, as stated explicitly by the UN Human gated to private entities, and that intermediaries Committee has made it clear that these restrictions Rights Committee, “imprisonment is never an appropri- should not be held liable for refusing to take action “must be formulated with sufficient precision to enable ate penalty” for defamation. that infringes individuals’ human rights. Any requests an individual to regulate his or her conduct according- In addition, in his 2011 report to the UN General submitted to intermediaries to prevent access to cer- ly.” Restrictions must be clearly defined, specific, neces- Assembly, La Rue wrote that “holding intermediaries tain content ... should be done through an order issued sary, and proportionate to the interest protected. liable for the content disseminated or created by their by a court or a competent body which is independent In his 2013 report to the UN Human Rights Council, users severely undermines the enjoyment of the right of any political, commercial or other unwarranted influ- La Rue stated, “use of an amorphous concept of nation- to freedom of opinion and expression, because it leads ences.” al security to justify invasive limitations on the enjoy- to self-protective and over-broad private censorship, Article 35 should be amended to remove the ment of human rights is of serious concern.” He also often without transparency and the due process of the CMCIT’s authority to revoke licenses if the licensee stated in his 2011 report to the UN General Assembly law.” causes serious harm, a provision that is too vague to that “cutting off users from Internet access, regardless Article 70 should be amended to remove imprison- provide sufficient clarity or constrain the commission’s of the justification provided [is] disproportionate and ment as a punishment for any speech violations that discretion. Under article 3, the commission already has thus a violation of article 19.” amount to defamation as defined by law. It should the power to require any licensee to take measures to Articles 3 and 53 should be amended to address ensure that fines are proportionate, based on the sever- block specific content that harms public order or these issues, and to comply with article 19 of the ICCPR. ity of the violation, and levied only after providing a morals. Any order to block or filter content should be Article 53 should be amended to ensure it does not reasonable opportunity to correct the infraction. reviewed by an independent court. The commission authorize overbroad network shutdowns or unjustified Individuals should be able to appeal the fine. In addi- should not have the authority to unilaterally revoke suspension of service to an individual. tion, subsection (f), which allows for up to two years licenses without specific, objective criteria, and imprisonment for anyone who “contributes to the pro- licensees should have the opportunity to appeal such Punishment vision of communication services that violate public decisions in court. Under article 70, a person who “misuses” telephone order or morals” should be removed. LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Divers back home with pearls, experience

The pearl diving ships on their way to shore. Heritage revival trip concludes

By Nawara Fattahova

KUWAIT: The annual traditional peal diving expedition organized by the Kuwait Sea Sports Club (KSSC) concluded on Thursday at the club’s premises with a warm welcome by the sailors’ families. The participants came back with pearls of var- ious sizes. Eleven traditional dhows participated in this trip, carrying about 200 young men from Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman. They were chosen out of hundreds of young men who applied to take part. The event began 26 years ago to pre- serve old Kuwaiti heritage, and is held under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Mohammed Bader Al-Jaber, 15, participated for the first time. “It was a kind of adventure for me. My grandfather Khalid Al-Jaber was a skipper, so this profession is in my fami- ly. The only thing that bothered me was the hot weather, but in general I enjoyed it, and will definitely repeat it next year if I get a chance,” he told Kuwait Times. But he wasn’t lucky. “I found tens of oysters, but unfortunately, there wasn’t even one pearl in any of them. I learnt many things during this trip, such as the art of building dhows, patience and many other An Omani cultural band performs during the event. KUWAIT: Minister Hind Al-Subaih speaks nice things,” added Mohammed. during the event.

Divers open oysters looking for pearl. A young diver hugs his mother after the week-long journey. LOCAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Divers are seen minutes before reuniting with their families.

Proud families ty and the old skippers and divers for teaching the young future years,” added Subaih. Not only were the participants glad for being part of this men this profession. I would also like to welcome the After the dhows arrived at KSSC beach, the divers were activity, but their families too. “I’m waiting here to wel- young men participating from Bahrain and Oman and wish welcomed by their family members. Some of the partici- come my 17-year-old son Abdulaziz who is participating in them good luck. I hope that next year their numbers will pants then presented a traditional Kuwait sea dance and this activity for the first time. He is a diver with a club, so he increase, and I also hope to attend this ceremony in the songs and Omani folk music and dances. likes the sea. Every year he watched this pearl diving activi- ty in the media, so he was excited to participate and went this year. I encouraged him to go, although I missed him as I only saw him once during this trip,” stressed Ahlam Al- Suweidi. Nasser, 16, gained experience and wonderful memories from this trip. “I felt the meaning of cooperation between the divers. A pole fell on me, and immediately all my col- leagues jumped to remove it and help me. I felt as if we were one family. Also I cooked for the first time in my life. It was a fish dish. I really wish the trip was longer, as I felt it was short,” he noted.

Respecting heritage Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and State Minister for Planning and Development Hind Al-Subaih was pleased to represent HH the Amir in attending the launch and con- cluding ceremony of the pearl diving trip. “I’m proud of these young men who resisted the harsh weather condi- tions and experienced the profession of their fathers. Celebrating this day expresses respect of the past and tra- ditions. I hope this activity will continue every year to teach young generations our heritage. I admit that I myself learnt new things from our heritage that I didn’t know before,” she noted. “I would like to thank the KSSC for organizing this activi- A family welcomes divers in full traditional dress.

Taking down the flag, to signal the end of the 26th annual pearl diving trip. Kuwait’s current and old flags are during the ceremony. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Yemen Shiites stage Russian aid trucks Troops exit amid orderly Sanaa demonstration 9 move into Ukraine 10 protests in Missouri town 11

GAZA: Armed Palestinian masked militants push back a crowd of worshippers outside a mosque in Gaza City after Friday prayers yesterday, before executing 18 men for allegedly helping Israel in its six-week assault on the Palestinian enclave. Six of them were grabbed from among hundreds of worshippers leaving the city’s largest mosque by men in the uni- form of Hamas’ military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. — AFP 18 collaborators executed in Gaza Rockets and mortars fired into Israel, killing boy

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Hamas-led gunmen in the alleged collaborators lay. The notice four-year-old Israeli boy, the first Israeli child abouts of Hamas’s leaders. Hamas identified Gaza executed 18 Palestinians accused of read: “They provided the enemy with infor- killed in the conflict. More than 80 rockets the three as Mohammed Abu Shammala, collaborating with Israel yesterday, a day mation about the whereabouts of fighters, were fired from Gaza into Israel, wounding Raed Al-Attar and Mohammed Barhoum, after Israeli forces killed three Hamas com- tunnels of resistance, bombs, houses of three people at a synagogue in Ashdod and saying they had been at the forefront of the manders, the highest-ranking militants to fighters and places of rockets, and the occu- two others in Beersheba and Sderot, Israeli fight against Israel for two decades. Israel die in the six-week war. Militants wearing pation bombarded these areas, killing a police said. Israeli forces carried out more said two of them had been instrumental in masks and dressed in black gunned down number of fighters ... Therefore, the ruling of than 25 air strikes in Gaza on Friday, killing the 2006 kidnapping of an Israeli soldier seven of those condemned, whose faces revolutionary justice was handed upon him.” four people, Palestinian health officials said. who was held in Gaza for five years before were covered and hands bound, in front of Israel launched its offensive on Gaza on July being freed in a prisoner exchange, as well worshippers emerging from the Omari Executions Denounced 8 with the stated aim of putting an end to as other deadly attacks. mosque on Palestine Square, in the first The crackdown on suspected collabora- cross-border rocket fire. Since a 10-day ceasefire collapsed on public executions in the enclave since the tors follows the killing of three of Hamas’s More than 2,070 Palestinians have since Tuesday, Israel has focused its attacks on the 1990s. A further 11 were killed at an aban- most senior military commanders in an been killed in the conflict, most of them military leadership of Hamas. On Tuesday, as doned police station near Gaza City, Hamas Israeli air strike on Thursday. That attack civilians, while large areas of Gaza have the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire fell apart, security officials said. Two bodies were depended on precise intelligence on their been destroyed, leaving around 400,000 of an Israeli air strike hit a building in northern seen being loaded onto an ambulance whereabouts. The Palestinian Center for the enclave’s 1.8 million people displaced. Gaza, killing the wife and two children of before Reuters journalists were told to Human Rights denounced the killings of Sixty-four Israeli soldiers and four civilians in Mohammed Deif, Hamas’s top military com- leave the area. Gazans by militants. “We demand the Israel have been killed. mander. Deif, mastermind of a tunnel net- “The resistance has begun an operation Palestinian National Authority and the work under Gaza that has been used to called ‘strangling the necks’, targeting col- resistance (Palestinian armed factions) to Hamas Leaders are Targets attack Israel and long a target, appears to laborators who aid the (Israeli) occupation, intervene to stop these extra-judicial execu- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has have survived, although his whereabouts kill our people and destroy houses,” said Al- tions, no matter what the reasons and praised cooperation between Israel’s mili- are unknown. On Thursday, Netanyahu Majd, a website run by Hamas’s internal motives are,” Raji Al-Surani, the chairman of tary and its internal security service, Shin granted preliminary approval for the call-up security service. A so-called conviction letter the organisation, said in a statement. Bet, for the air strike that killed the three of 10,000 army reservists, signalling the pos- signed by the “Palestinian Resistance” was Fighting between Israel and Hamas raged Hamas commanders, saying it demonstrated sibility of heightened military action in Gaza. posted on a wall near where the bodies of on. A mortar bomb fired from Gaza killed a a high level of knowledge about the where- - Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 UN says Syria war toll tops 191,000

DAMASCUS: The death toll from the war in dalous”. “I deeply regret that, given the onset of Syria has topped 191,000, UN rights chief Navi so many other armed conflicts in this period of Pillay said yesterday, criticising “international global destabilisation, the fighting in Syria and paralysis” on the conflict where jihadists have its dreadful impact on millions of civilians has established a foothold. Pillay said the 191,369 dropped off the international radar,” she said. deaths recorded between March 2011 when the “The killers, destroyers and torturers in Syria war broke out and April this year, was nearly have been empowered and emboldened by the double that given a year ago, and was likely an international paralysis,” added the outgoing underestimate. Among the dead were 9,000 head of the UN High Commissioner for Human children, she said, with her spokesman stressing Rights. Jihadists of the Islamic State control that up to 6,000 people were dying in Syria large swathes of territory in northern and east- every month. Pillay’s comments came as a moni- ern Syria, where they sow terror and carry out toring group reported that at least 70 Islamic executions like the beheading of US journalist State jihadist fighters had been killed in 48 James Foley. hours of clashes with Syrian army troops in the The conflict erupted when security forces northern province of Raqa. cracked down on protesters, sparking an upris- IS military gains in Raqa and Aleppo ing against President Bashar al-Assad’s regime provinces have prompted the Syrian govern- that escalated into full blown civil war. Pillay ment for the first time to launch intensive air said there had been “serious allegations that strikes against the jihadists who have seized war crimes and crimes against humanity have large swathes of territory straddling Syria and been committed time and time again with total Iraq. Pillay, who Thursday chided the UN impunity” and complained that the deadlocked Security Council for what she called a lack of Security Council had failed to refer the case of IDLIB, Syria: Anti-Syrian government protesters hold a banner and Syrian revolution flags resolve in ending crises, said in a statement the Syria to the International Criminal Court “where during a demonstration yesterday. The death toll from three years of Syria’s civil war has risen dwindling global interest in Syria was “scan- it clearly belongs”.—AFP to more than 191,000 people, the United Nations reported yesterday. — AFP US warns Islamic Yemen Shiites stage State ‘beyond anything’ seen Sanaa demonstration

WASHINGTON: The United States said Thursday that the Islamic State was “beyond anything” it has seen, as US war- Crisis talks held planes pressed on with airstrikes against it despite death threats against an American hostage. Pentagon chiefs SANAA: Tens of thousands of supporters of Shiite Zaidi rebels press- International Crisis Group. “At this point the Houthis are capitalising warned of the dangers of a slick, well-funded operation ing the government to resign gathered yesterday in the north of on widespread frustration with the government and the recent rise in powered by an “apocalyptic end of days” ideology as the Yemen’s capital as a presidential team held crisis talks in their strong- fuel prices to rally support and extract political concessions,” he said. West reeled from the grisly execution of American journal- hold. After the rally, a group of Zaidis started building an encamp- Bracing for an escalation, President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi on ist James Foley. However despite threats to kill a second ment on a road in northern Sanaa where the interior, communication Thursday urged the armed forces to “raise their level of vigilance”. reporter if the US did not halt airstrikes against the Islamic and electricity ministries are located, an AFP reporter said. The road, But apart from the usual guards for the ministries, there was no State (IS), the US confirmed it had again bombed the mili- where the Shiite rebels also have an office, leads to Sanaa sign Friday of a police or military presence near the makeshift protest International Airport. sites, around which armed Huthi militants set up checkpoints. The tants in northern Iraq near the Mosul dam. Against the backdrop of what were termed “positive” talks in the rebel commander has vowed: “We will not remain with our arms fold- US military leaders said the jihadist group could be Zaidis’ northern Yemeni stronghold of Saada, the rally was staged on ed ... if the armed forces attacked protesters.” eradicated if local Sunni communities reject it and regional the final day of an ultimatum set by rebel commander Abdulmalik Al- powers unite to fight it, but only if the battle is taken into Houthi. “The people want to overthrow the government,” chanted Talks Results ‘Positive’ Syria and not just Iraq. Their warnings came after the US the protesters who joined the weekly Friday prayers. “The people Meanwhile, a presidential delegation was holding talks with the military revealed it had carried out a failed mission to resue want the decision revoked,” they shouted, referring to the govern- Houthi commander in his Saada stronghold to convince his group to American hostages inside Syria, reportedly including Foley. ment’s doubling of fuel prices that came into effect this month. join a national unity government. Houthi said late Thursday that the “They marry ideology and a sophistication of strategic and The protest marks the start of the “second phase of the peaceful delegation had “shown understanding for some of our demands” but tactical military prowess,” Defense Secretary Chuch Hagel revolutionary escalation” through “legitimate means”, Houthi said negotiations and protests would continue. Speaking to the defence said about the “barbaric” militants. “They are tremendously Thursday. Thousands of armed Shiite rebels, also known as Ansarullah ministry’s news website 26sep.net, presidential team spokesman well funded. This is beyond anything we have seen.” or Houthis, have strengthened their positions around Sanaa as they Abdulmalek Al-Mikhlafi said the results of talks with Huthi had been General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of press their campaign to force the government, which they accuse of “positive and reassuring.” Talks were continuing yesterday to “reach Staff, said the group “has an apocalyptic end of days strate- corruption, to step down. The movement has raised fears of a new an agreement in the interests of the Yemeni people,” he said. For gic vision that will eventually have to be defeated.” wave of violence in impoverished Yemen, which is in political transi- Alley, “the best-case scenario at this point is for the president to bro- tion at a time of an Al-Qaeda insurgency and a southern separatist ker a political compromise that includes significant changes to the campaign. “The situation in Sanaa is indeed combustible and ripe for widely unpopular unity government in return for the Houthis joining A ‘Very Long Contest’ miscalculation,” said April Longley Alley, a Yemen specialist with the and supporting the government.”—AFP Dempsey warned the jihadist vision of a wider Muslim caliphate could “fundamentally alter the face of the Middle East and create a security environment that would certain- ly threaten us in many ways”. “Can they be defeated with- out addressing that part of the organization that resides in Syria? The answer is no,” he said, when asked if the cam- paign against the group could go beyond Iraq. He spoke of a “very long contest” that could not be won by US military prowess alone, but only with regional support and that of “the 20 million disenfranchised Sunnis that happen to reside between Damascus and Baghdad.” The US military said it has conducted 90 air strikes in Iraq since August 8, more than half of them in support of Iraqi government forces near Mosul dam. The murder of Foley has stoked fears in the West that the territory the mil- itants have seized in Syria and northern Iraq could become a launching pad for a new round of global terror attacks. And as part of that worrying trend, the US State Department estimated that there were about 12,000 for- eign fighters from at least 50 countries in Syria.—AFP SANAA: Supporters of Shiite Zaidi rebels gather during a demonstration organized by the Shiite movement to demand the government to resign yesterday in the capital. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 German cop in dock over cannibalism killing

DRESDEN, Germany: A German police officer went on trial yes- the baby of the family and was spoiled by everyone.” terday, accused of murdering a willing victim he met on a web- Guenzel had been married to his male partner in a civil union site for cannibalism fetishists so he could make a grisly porno- for 10 years at the time of the killing but said they divorced earli- graphic home video. In a macabre case that has captured global er this year. He has two adult children from a previous marriage attention, prosecutors say the 56-year-old defendant, Detlev and said he had adopted his partner’s daughter, who now lives Guenzel, killed the man at his home last November, then cut his in Ireland. “I have close contact with all of them and they have all body into small pieces and buried them in his garden. “He killed visited me in prison,” he told the court. Guenzel’s partner, neigh- and dismembered him to get sexual stimulation and then later to bours and police colleagues have told investigators they were get sexual stimulation by watching the video he made,” chief shocked to learn of his double life. prosecutor Andreas Feron told the regional court in the eastern city of Dresden. Guenzel could face 15 years in prison if convict- ‘Sink So Low’ ed of murder and “disturbing the peace of the dead”. The 50-minute video is to be presented during the trial, which The men came across each other in October 2013 on a web- is scheduled to last at least until November and hear testimony site for slaughter and cannibalism fantasies billed as “the #1 site from around 20 witnesses, including the dead man’s estranged for exotic meat” and boasting more than 3,000 registered mem- wife. Prosecutor Feron recounted the video’s content in graphic bers. A click on a box allows participants to say if they would like detail, quoting the blood-soaked Guenzel as saying at one point to go beyond the realm of the imagination. Investigators say, as he mutilated the corpse, “I never thought I would sink so low”. however, there is no evidence that the suspect ate any part of However Guenzel’s defence attorney Endrik Wilhelm said the the dead man. Guenzel has retracted a confession he made to recording proves that Stempniewicz committed suicide by hang- police in which he said he killed 59-year-old Polish-born ing himself. Wojciech Stempniewicz by cutting his throat, and an autopsy Wilhelm said the man’s knees were bent while he hung, his found the cause of death was asphyxiation. His defence team Detlef Guenzel mouth taped shut and his hands bound behind his back with his argued that Stempniewicz, who had long expressed a death consent. “It is clear he could have extended his legs to touch the wish, hanged himself in Guenzel’s custom-designed “S&M stu- the courtroom wearing a white hoodie jacket and neat grey floor, in which case he would still be alive,” he said. dio” in his cellar before Guenzel took a knife, then an electrical trousers and smirked slightly as media photographers took his Stempniewicz, a business consultant from the northern city of saw, to his body. picture. He told presiding judge Birgit Wiegand that he would not Hanover, and Guenzel had extensive contact online and by tele- address the facts of the case for now but he recounted his life sto- phone before finally arranging the fatal date on November 4. ‘A Very Sheltered Childhood’ ry. “I grew up in a beautiful house with my parents and had a very Their emails had the title “Schlachtfest”, the German word for a Guenzel, a trim man with closely cropped grey hair, entered sheltered childhood,” said Guenzel, a three-decade veteran of the country feast after the slaughter of a pig.—AFP police force who was raised in communist East Germany. “I was Russian aid trucks Mine collapse in Central African move into Ukraine Republic kills 25

Kiev accuses Moscow of ‘invasion’ BANGUI: At least 25 people have died in a collapse at a gold mine 60 km north of the Central African Republic town of IZVARYNE, Ukraine: Ukraine accused Moscow of invading after After four months of fighting that has cost some 2,200 lives, Bambari, Ahmat Negat, spokesman for the mainly Muslim Russia unilaterally sent the first part of its mammoth aid convoy into Ukrainian forces have been steadily gaining ground with the sepa- Seleka rebels, said yesterday. The mine at Ndassima is carved eastern Ukraine yesterday, warning against any attacks on the trucks. ratists now surrounded in several key strongholds and street battles deep into a forested hilltop north of Seleka’s military head- Moscow described a week-long delay in allowing the vehicles across starting in populated areas. Analysts say Kiev and Moscow are both quarters in Bambari. It is owned by Canada’s Axmin but was the border an “outrage” as it ordered the convoy into rebel-held terri- under pressure to strengthen their positions ahead of a meeting overrun by rebels more than year ago and now forms part of tory, despite Red Cross officials refusing to provide an escort because between Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Russia’s Vladimir an illicit economy driving sectarian conflict in the country. of security concerns. “This is a direct invasion,” the head of Ukraine’s Putin next Tuesday in Minsk where EU officials will also be present. At least 27 artisanal miners were buried in the collapse of security service, Valentyn Nalyvaychenko, was quoted by news agen- On Thursday, Poroshenko said his delegation was going to Minsk the mine on Thursday and 25 bodies have been retrieved, cies as saying. As about 70 trucks rolled into the restive territory, to “talk peace” but that “to have strong positions during peace talks, Negat said. “Nobody from our service is on the ground to Ukraine’s foreign ministry warned that separatist fighters were we must be strong”. The presidency said Ukraine will “ask for militants regulate the miners so they dig without any rules. Lower shelling the convoy’s possible route to the rebel bastion of Lugansk to be taken out of Ukraine” at the meeting, which will also come on than 3 metres it gets dangerous and with rain there can be some 63 km away and could be planning a “provocation”. Ukraine the heels of his talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel who is collapses,” Georges Yacinth-Oubaouba, a senior official in and Russia both said the other side was responsible for the convoy’s due in Kiev Saturday. Russia has however urged Kiev to announce a the Ministry of Mines, told Reuters. He confirmed the inci- security, and Russia’s foreign ministry warned “against any attempts ceasefire in the conflict area for its convoy to move to Lugansk, the dent.—Reuters to disrupt a totally humanitarian mission”. city hardest hit in the conflict and suffering after nearly three weeks Kiev condemned Moscow’s “deliberate and aggressive” move and without water, power or communication.—AFP said border guards were blocked from checking the contents of most of the white lorries. Russia has been haggling with Ukraine over the convoy amid fears in Kiev and the West that the trucks could be used to bolster a flagging pro-Russian rebellion in the east or provide a pre- text for Russia to send in troops. Russia insists it just wants to get urgently needed assistance to residents in the stricken region who have been without water and electricity for weeks. Moscow said it was ready to have Red Cross officials accompany the convoy, but the organisation said it had backed out of the opera- tion because of fierce fighting raging in the area where the trucks are heading. “We are not part of the convoy in any way,” Victoria Zotikova, the Red Cross spokeswoman in Moscow, told AFP. “We have not received sufficient security guarantees from the fighting parties,” she said, adding that a small team of Red Cross officials in Lugansk reported heavy shelling overnight.

Border Officials ‘Blocked’ Ukraine’s border service said its officials were effectively “blocked” at the Russian checkpoint as the trucks crossed into Ukraine, violating all prior agreements. Nearly 300 trucks driven by men in identical beige clothes had been waiting for the green light since arriving at the border over a week ago and there appeared to be progress on Thursday when Ukraine said its officials had started checking the con- voy. An AFP photographer at the scene near the border checkpoint between Russia’s town of Donetsk and Ukraine’s village of Izvaryne DONETSK: A refugee, Anastasia, from the Ukrainian town of Sukhodolsk, holds her four-year-old son Daniel, who came with said over 70 trucks have crossed into Ukraine, where they met an her friends from the Ukrainian side, as white trucks of the Russian aid convoy move to the border control point with Ukraine escort of rebels driving in minivans. yesterday. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Foley captors sent chilling letter to family WASHINGTON/PARIS: After months of lowed intense efforts by GlobalPost and cial operations troops were sent to Syria proved incorrect. silence from the captors of American jour- others to identify his captors, and despite earlier this summer on a secret mission to The first solid information about Foley’s nalist James Foley, on the night of Aug 13, brief email exchanges between the mili- rescue American hostages, including Foley, condition, he said, came nearly a year after his family received a chilling message: tants and his family in late 2013 about a but did not find them. “Since his capture, his abduction, from a returning European Foley would be executed in retaliation for possible ransom. The captors demanded a we have been using every tool at our dis- jihadist, or Islamic fighter, who had been US airstrikes on the militant group Islamic ransom of Ä100 million, or about $135 mil- posal to try to bring him home to his family with the American journalist in the city of State. The family passed the message on to lion, for his release, according to a and to gather any and all information we Aleppo. This person provided confirmation the US government. The FBI, which han- GlobalPost spokesman. The Foleys did not could get about his whereabouts, his con- that Foley was alive, as well as first-hand dles cases involving kidnapped American hear back from the militants until this dition and the threats he faced,” White details of his captivity and his captors. citizens, helped craft a response, pleading month’s threatening email, which House spokeswoman Caitlin Hayden said. Foley was moved a number of times, and for mercy, said Phil Balboni, chief executive GlobalPost published in full on Thursday Obama vowed on Wednesday the United passed through the hands of various cap- of GlobalPost, the Boston-based online after it said the Foleys agreed to its release. States would keep supporting Iraqis in the tors, Balboni said. news publication that employed Foley. Addressed as “a message to the fight against Islamic State. Didier Francois, a veteran French war “It was an appeal for mercy. It was a American government and their sheep like correspondent who was held with Foley statement that Jim was an innocent jour- citizens,” the email said: “You were given ‘An Extraordinary Person’ and released with three other French nalist” who respected the people of Syria, many chances to negotiate the release of Foley, who had previously been hostages in April, said he had little doubt where he was held, Balboni said in a tele- your people via cash transactions as other detained in Libya, was abducted on Nov Foley was under the control of Islamic phone interview. Foley’s family and friends governments have accepted.” The group 22, 2012 - on the US Thanksgiving holiday - State or its affiliates the entire time. “The hoped the militants were bluffing and added it had also offered prisoner near the city of Binnish in Syria’s Idlib guy who killed him is the guy who took wanted a ransom, he said. On Tuesday, exchanges for “Muslims currently in your province, as he and his colleagues made him from the start,” Francois told Reuters. Islamic State militants stunned America detention”, naming Aafia Siddiqui, a scien- their way toward the Turkish border. Who Francois said he had been held with Foley with a gruesome video posted on YouTube tist jailed for 86 years for attempting to initially seized Foley has been a subject of from last August until April and that he was showing the beheading of Foley, 40, by a murder US military officers. Saying that the dispute. also held almost nine months with Sotloff. masked, black-clad man who also threat- United States responded with airstrikes, Some signs pointed to the Shabiha, “He was an extraordinary person with a ened to kill a second American journalist, the email ended with a declaration that militias loyal to the government of Syrian strong character. He was a pleasant com- Steven Sotloff. Foley “will be executed as a DIRECT result President Bashar al-Assad. Balboni said panion in detention because he was solid Foley’s death, highlighting how Syria of your transgressions towards us!” there had been strong indications that and collective. He never gave in to the has become perhaps the most dangerous The White House declined to comment Foley had been transferred to the Syrian pressure and violence of the kidnappers,” country in the world for journalists, fol- on the warning about Foley but it said spe- capital Damascus. That information later Francois said of Foley. —Reuters Troops exit amid orderly protests in Missouri town ‘Killer cop’ sustained ‘serious facial injury’

FERGUSON, Missouri: Protests unfolded peacefully Thursday in a Missouri town, and National Guard troops withdrew, 12 days after the fatal police shooting of a black teenager that led to racially-charged unrest. No serious incidents were reported as several hundred demonstrators defied stifling heat IMPHAL: Indian rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been and humidity in the St Louis suburb of on hunger strike for fourteen years, is led by policewomen Ferguson to demand justice for 18-year-old, after her re-arrest at the site of her protest in the capital of college-bound student Michael Brown. It was India’s northeastern Manipur state yesterday. — AFP the second straight night of generally orderly protest, after previous marches descended into riots, looting and tense standoffs with Police re-arrest police who fired tear gas to disperse the crowds. “Until we get justice, people are going to hunger striker continue to march for Mike Brown, and that’s just how it should be,” said Stephanie Taylor, NEW DELHI: Indian police re-arrested yesterday a woman 28, a nursing assistant who has been coming who has been on hunger strike for 14 years to protest against out almost nightly. On the residential street human rights abuses, just two days after she was freed on when white Ferguson police officer Darren court orders. Television footage showed officers forcibly Wilson fatally shot Brown at least six times in removing Irom Sharmila, known as the Iron Lady of Manipur broad daylight on August 9, hundreds of red FERGUSON, Missouri: A girl holds a sign on Thursday as she protests the shoot- for her unwavering and non-violent protest. “She was arrested roses were carefully arranged in a row. ing of Michael Brown. — AFP for attempted suicide,” lawyer Khaidem Mani, said of Families took turns snapping pictures of Sharmila, who will appear in court today in Manipur state’s themselves by a makeshift memorial fash- stuff ... it’s not helping our boy. It’s doing have ordered the Missouri National Guard to nothing but causing more pain, plus it’s begin a systematic process of withdrawing capital, Imphal. Attempting suicide is a crime in India and can ioned out of a traffic cone, a St Louis shaming his name,” Brown’s father said. “Go from the city of Ferguson,” Nixon said. be punishable by prison. Cardinals baseball jersey, tall candles and shiny helium balloons. Teddy bears and a back home to your family ... Hug your kids. Brown’s funeral is set for Monday, while a Amid screams from the 42-year-old human rights activist, a Hold onto them tight. Keep them close.” grand jury is considering evidence into the team of policewomen dragged her from a makeshift venue stuffed gorilla toy wrapped the base of a lamp post. A crucifix leaned against a tree, Thursday’s calm followed a visit to shooting amid growing calls for Wilson - where she had been staging a hunger strike since her release Ferguson by US Attorney General Eric unseen since the shooting - to stand trial for on Wednesday. Police said she would be taken to the same next to a handmade sign that warned of “killer cops” in the area. Rap music echoed Holder, who personally assured Brown’s par- murder. hospital, where she had been detained for years, and force fed ents that a full and thorough federal civil via nasal drip. A portion of the hospital where she was receiv- from a parking lot. Police reported five arrests, compared to six on Wednesday and rights inquiry into their son’s death would be New Details on Policeman ing treatment had been declared a jail by authorities earlier. 47 on Tuesday when crowds balked at orders undertaken. Some witnesses have said that Brown - a “We cannot let her die,” a senior police official told AFP on to disperse. Missouri Governor Jay Nixon earlier suspect in the liquor-store robbery of a box condition of anonymity. Even as scores of boisterous but peaceful Thursday ordered the National Guard - which of cigars just minutes earlier - was shot while Sharmila began her hunger strike in November 2000 after protesters returned to the streets, Brown’s deployed in Ferguson on Monday after a he had his hands up in surrender. Police witnessing the army kill 10 people at a bus stop near her father, Michael Brown Sr, urged them during night of fierce clashes between police and sources and others allege that he had tussled home in Manipur, which is subject to the draconian Armed a CNN interview “to go back to your regular protesters -to withdraw, saying they were no with Wilson and tried to grab his gun. New Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). AFSPA, which covers large life”. He expressed gratitude for the outpour- longer needed. The Guard’s role was limited details emerged Thursday about Wilson, 28, parts of northeastern India and the restive state of Kashmir, ing of support but criticized thugs and out- to protecting a police command center, a police officer for four years in Ferguson - a gives Indian forces sweeping powers to search, enter property side agitators who police have blamed for allowing law enforcement personnel to free town of 21,000 that has a majority African- and shoot on sight, and is seen by critics as a cover for human much of the lawlessness that accompanied up resources for crowd control. American population but an overwhelmingly rights abuses. —AFP earlier protests. “This looting, all this other “As we continue to see improvement, I white police department.—AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 India minister makes light of rape case

NEW DELHI: Indian Finance Minister Arun was remanded to a judicial reform centre. While Jaitley faced criticism yesterday for making light laws relating to assault on women have since of the gang rape of a Delhi woman in 2012 and been toughened, the crime also exposed social her subsequent death by saying it was a small attitudes in a country where the victim has often incident that had cost India billions of dollars in ended up being found responsible. tourism. Jaitley, who is also defence minister Jaitley, addressing a conference of state and a key lieutenant of Prime Minister Narendra tourism ministers, said improving law and order Modi, denied he was trying to lessen the magni- was necessary to help bring visitors to India. tude of the crime which shook the country and “One small incident of rape in Delhi advertised turned the spotlight on women’s safety. “I am world over is enough to cost us billions of dol- sensitive to these issues myself, no question of lars in terms of global tourism,” he said. The trivialising any incident,” he said after his com- assault and several similar attacks in Delhi and ments sparked outrage including from the vic- around the country have helped reinforce the tim’s mother, who said politicians had a tenden- image of India as unsafe for women visitors. cy to forget. About 50 members of the youth wing of the Five men and a teenager lured the 23-year- main opposition Congress shouted slogans old physiotherapist and a male friend into an against Jaitley outside the office of the ruling unlicensed bus and repeatedly raped and tor- Bharatiya Janata Party. The victim’s mother said tured her. She later died of her injuries, provok- the government minister’s remarks had hurt her ing an outpouring of anger and soul-searching greatly. “When they needed votes, they would NEW DELHI: All India Mahila Congress supporters burn an about the place of women in Indian society. take my daughter’s name and that such a big effigy of Indian Finance Minister Arun Jaitley (seen inset) in Four men have been sentenced to death while a incident had happened. But once they got into protest against his comment on rape yesterday. — AFP fifth suspect committed suicide. The teenager power, they call it a small thing.” — Reuters Japan death toll In somber homecoming, could double as fears halt rescue MH17 dead laid to rest KUALA LUMPUR: Millions of black-clad difficult for us to accept what has happened Many were quickly laid to rest amid grief TOKYO: The death toll from catastrophic landslides in western Malaysians fell silent yesterday in tribute to to our airline. They are our friends.” and anger. “Their loved ones can no longer Japan could more than double, a police tally showed yesterday, their 43 countrymen killed in the MH17 dis- Some wore T-shirts bearing their col- hold them. Their bodies came back in box- as fears of a fresh collapse temporarily halted the search for 47 aster as the first remains were brought leagues’ names and the Arabic phrase for es,” an angry Abdul Rahman Nordin, a friend people still missing. At least 40 people were killed and dozens of home and laid to rest amid deep sorrow “See you in Paradise.” Fifteen crew were of Nur Shazana’s family, said at a funeral for homes were destroyed when mountainsides gave way on the and anger. People across the country of 28 aboard. Yesterday’s remains included Ariza her and MH17 First Officer Ahmad Hakimi outskirts of Hiroshima before dawn Wednesday, sending tonnes million observed a minutes’ silence at 10:55 Ghazalee, 46, and her son Muhammad Afif, Hanapi outside Kuala Lumpur. “Justice must of mud, rocks and debris crashing into suburban communities. am (0255 GMT), shortly after a Malaysia 18, part of an entire family of six wiped out be served. If courts find that the plane was Over 4,000 people have now been ordered to evacuate their Airlines jet landed with the remains of 20 in the disaster. It was a far different home- shot down intentionally, then those respon- homes as more rain pelted already soaked hillsides, adding to people killed when MH17 was blasted from coming than what they had planned - the sible must be punished with the death sen- the misery caused by this week’s record downpours. Firefighters, police and soldiers were forced to suspend the sky by a suspected surface-to-air missile family was repatriating to Malaysia after tence.” search efforts on Friday afternoon when the shape of the moun- over Ukraine. Five weeks after the July 17 three years abroad, and Ariza’s final tains appeared to change, heralding a possible new landslip. tragedy, the coffins and urns were con- Facebook post had said, “Starting our new Healing Process “Operations in (two districts) were halted as mountains there veyed to white hearses in a solemn ceremo- migration. Praise God.” MH17 has compounded Malaysian grief were becoming misshapen,” a Hiroshima police spokesman said. ny presided over by Malaysia’s King Abdul The special flight arrived from over the troubling and still-unexplained dis- Rescuers have been “evacuated as there is a risk of a fresh land- Halim Mu’adzam Shah and Prime Minister Amsterdam, where bodies have been taken appearance of Malaysia Airlines flight slide”. Operations resumed later in the day. “We will continue our Najib Razak at Kuala Lumpur International for identification by Dutch authorities inves- MH370 just four months earlier. It vanished search all night long tonight as we are really fighting against Airport. tigating the tragedy. All 298 on board March 8 with 239 people aboard after inex- time,” said Hideyuki Okuda, an official of the city’s disaster man- Muslim-majority Malaysia had declared a Amsterdam-Kuala Lumpur flight MH17 plicably deviating from its Kuala Lumpur- agement. The suspension order came two days after a rescuer day of national mourning, with flags low- were killed, including 193 Dutch nationals. Beijing path. It is believed to have gone was killed when he was buried by a secondary landfall as he tried ered to half-mast, and business, sport, enter- The West accuses Russian-backed sepa- down in the Indian Ocean but no trace has to carry a three-year-old boy to safety, following one of the worst tainment and other events cancelled or ratists of shooting down the plane, while been found and the cause remains mudslides in recent years. The confirmed death toll ticked up to toned down. Residents of the capital Kuala Moscow blames Ukraine. The remains were unknown. With tears welling in her eyes, a 40 on Friday, but the number of missing swelled from the initial Lumpur overwhelmingly donned black, conveyed onward to their hometowns for former Malaysia Airlines flight attendant single figures given two days earlier to 47, having been beyond with many Muslim women in flowing black memorials in mosques, churches and tem- who declined to give her name said MH17 50 earlier in the day. Officials said improved coordination robes and Islamic headscarves, as state tele- ples - reflecting Malaysia’s unique multieth- was “different from MH370 - at least now we between emergency services and local authorities meant they vision aired recitations from the Holy Quran nic make-up. have them back home.”—AFP were now aware of more people who had not been heard of and photos of the dead. since the disaster. “We initially counted only the people who “No words can express the sense of loss were certain to be missing, such as those witnessed being car- in seeing the bodies return, my prayers are ried away in gushing water,” said a spokesman at Hiroshima pre- with the victims and families of #MH17,” fecture police. “As we continued to investigate and assess the sit- Najib said on his Twitter feed. Dozens of uation, the number rose,” he said. Malaysia Airlines cabin crew and pilots, wearing their work uniforms and holding Vigil Malaysian flags and white flowers, held an Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui noted the clock was ticking emotional vigil near the airport ceremony, and the 72-hour golden window, in which experts reckon sur- some weeping, others praying for their lost vivors are most likely to be found, was closing. “I want (rescuers) colleagues. to save the lives of many missing people within these hours,” the mayor told an emergency press conference in the city, according ‘Life Must Go On’ to Jiji Press news agency. He dismissed charges that the city was Shazly, 40, a flight steward who gave too slow to issue evacuation advisories. “We were cautious in only his first name, citing a company making decisions as an easy issuance would hurt the confidence in advisories,” he reportedly said. Seven of the 40 confirmed request regarding contact with the media, dead have not been identified yet and could be among those mourned for Nur Shazana Mohamed Salleh, counted as missing. A body newly identified Friday was Kota 31, who joined the airline with him in the same 2004 recruitment class. “She was a PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Family members of Malaysia Airlines flight attendant Nur Torigoe, 17, dashing hopes for members of his local high school Shazana Mohamed Salleh, one of the Malaysians who perished aboard flight MH17 baseball team who had been holding a vigil near his half-sub- very jovial girl. She loved her job very much. that was downed in eastern Ukraine, cry during a burial ceremony outside Kuala merged house. —AFP She was very close with all her friends,” he said. “Life has to go on, even though it’s very Lumpur yesterday. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 News Changing business in brief

Germany ‘regrets’ minister’s claim on Qatar IS funding of war coverage BERLIN: Germany said yesterday it regretted any offence caused to Qatar after a cabinet minister linked the Arab state to financing of jihadist militants in Syria and Iraq. “We regret if Smaller players make big splash there have been any misunderstandings” a foreign ministry spokesman said after the comments by Development Aid NEW YORK: A chilling video showing the lished media organization. I had learned he was missing.” Minister Gerd Mueller to a German public broadcaster. On the execution of journalist James Foley by One GlobalPost contributor, multimedia The expense of safeguarding reporters funding allegations, he said: “I am not aware of such informa- Islamist militants marks the second time an journalist Tracey Shelton, launched a includes hostile environment and first-aid tion.” Mueller, speaking to ZDF about the financing of militant American reporter has been beheaded by Kickstarter campaign to raise money to buy training, which can cost on average $2,500 group Islamic State (IS), said: “A story like this always has a his- captors overseas, echoing the murder of camera equipment, according to an online for a five-day course, said Frank Smyth, tory ... Who is financing these troops? Hint: Qatar.” A spokes- Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel chat she conducted last year with Digital founder and executive director of security woman for Mueller’s ministry said he had merely “referenced Pearl in Pakistan in 2002. While Pearl worked First media. Shelton did not immediately firm Global Journalist Security and an advi- press reports” and had made “no concrete allegations”. The for one of the largest news organizations in respond to a request for comment. sor at the Committee to Protect Journalists foreign ministry spokesman said the Qatari government had the world, Foley was on assignment for (CPJ), an advocacy group. If a reporter is cap- discussed the minister’s comments with the German embassy GlobalPost, an online news startup with Filling the Void tured or jailed, the cost could run in the six- in Doha. “We told the government of Qatar that, for the federal about 28 full-time staffers that is trying to GlobalPost launched in 2009 with the figures annually, including the price to pay government, Qatar is a partner with whom we work in a variety survive as a small, independent outlet. stated mission of helping to fill the void in consultants and security advisors, Smyth of ways, even if there are some questions where we don’t The contrast underscores the changes international coverage. It’s a for-profit news said. The prospect of paying ransom could always have the same opinion,” he said at a press conference. that have been buffeting the news business, company but acknowledges that the “jour- severely ratchet up the cost. Robert which in recent years has seen big staff ney to become a self-sustaining business is Mahoney, deputy director of CPJ, said even reductions and fewer journalistic resources far from complete,” according to its website. big news organizations can feel over- Saudi police arrest devoted to international coverage, including It makes money from advertising, syndica- whelmed when one of their own goes miss- 400 illegal migrants wars. At least 20 US newspapers that once tion and membership support. Philip ing in a war zone. “If you are small news RIYADH: Police in Saudi Arabia have arrested at least 400 maintained bureaus abroad, including The Balboni, co-founder and CEO of the Boston- organization,” he said, “it’s like being hit by a mostly African illegal migrants south of the capital Riyadh, Baltimore Sun, Los Angeles Times and The based company, said GlobalPost requires tidal wave.” local media reported yesterday. The authorities have been Boston Globe, have closed bureaus and anyone working in a conflict zone to go cracking down on illegal migrants since the expiration in scaled back foreign coverage, according to through hostile environment training cours- Journalists as Targets November of a seven-month amnesty during which they Pew Research Center. es. He said that GlobalPost pays for the train- Since 1992 more than 1,000 journalists had to regularise their status or leave the kingdom. Some On the evening newscasts at the major ing or contributes to the cost, depending on have been killed covering various conflicts, operations in the crackdown have sparked deadly clashes. US networks ABC, NBC and CBS, the number the circumstance. according to CPJ. But despite that jarring sta- The Arab News reported that “more than 400 undocument- of minutes dedicated to overseas coverage “It really doesn’t matter to us whether tistic and the Foley execution, news organiza- ed expatriates, including women and children living in the is less than half of what it was in the late someone is full-time or a classic freelancer, tions including GlobalPost, Vice and Manfuha district (of Riyadh)... were rounded up during 1980s, Pew reported. But a new crop of we have always been deeply committed to BuzzFeed, are still sending reporters into war- operations” early on Thursday. The daily quoted a police smaller and less resourced news outlets, our people in the field and work with people zones and other dangerous areas. Vice Media, official in the capital as saying that the migrants were such as GlobalPost, Vice Media and setting up careful guidelines how they in which Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox arrested for “various offences, such as overstaying their BuzzFeed, are stepping into the breach and should work,” he said. While not addressing owns a stake, is on track to make $500 million visas, running away from sponsors and looking for employ- reporting from conflict regions. There has the specific costs his company incurred in in revenue this year. Its news channel recently ment”. They will be subject to fines and deportation also been an influx of freelance journalists connection to Foley, Balboni said: “We have published a five-part video series on the depending on each case, the Arab News quoted police who can now report with a smart phone or worked on Jim’s case literally every day for Islamic State by freelancer Medyan Dairieh, sources as saying. hand-held camera and post their stories two years. We had a security team in the who spent three weeks embedded with the online, all without the backing of an estab- field without interruption from the morning militant group. — Reuters

UK oil output threatened by Co-Op Bank loses 38,000 Edinburgh, London grapple Businessplatforms running out of juice16 customers in H1 201417over North Sea’s black gold 19 SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Russia sanctions, Ukraine led to Q2 contraction: Germany18

SEOUL: A group of people take a ‘selfie’ at an energy exhibition in Seoul yesterday. South Korea was observing ‘energy day’ which aims to draw attention to awareness of energy saving, and renewable forms of energy. — AFP US job market still hampered: Yellen Fed chair calls for ‘pragmatic’ approach on rates

JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: US labor markets for a “pragmatic” approach that allows officials room and faster than expected. But overall the remarks would wait a “considerable time” after winding remain hampered by the effects of the Great to evaluate data as it arrives without committing to marked a defense of her basic premise that the down a stimulative bond-buying program in Recession and the Federal Reserve should move a preset policy path. Yellen’s speech included 2007-2009 financial crisis and recession damaged October before raising them. Financial markets cur- cautiously in determining when interest rates should lengthy references to the possibility that labor mar- the economy and work force in ways that are not ful- rently expect rates to raise around the middle of rise, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said yesterday in a kets may in fact be tighter then they seem, and the ly understood. The Fed has held benchmark rates next year.The debate over Yellen’s evaluation of defense of her policy approach. In a speech at a cen- Fed may be at risk of having to raise rates sooner near zero since December 2008, and has said it labor markets - and over when to raise borrowing tral banking conference here, Yellen laid out in detail costs - is intensifying within the Fed’s policy commit- why she feels the unemployment rate alone is inad- tee. Some policymakers, including Kansas City equate to evaluate the strength of the US job mar- Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George, the ket. The jobless rate has fallen faster than expected, host of the annual conference in Jackson Hole, but Yellen said the economic disruption of the last Wyoming, are becoming more vocal in their view five years has left millions of workers sidelined, dis- that the Fed risks falling behind and should raise couraged, or stuck in part time jobs - facts that are rates soon. not captured in the unemployment rate alone. At the central bank’s last policy meeting in July, Judging whether the economy is close to full some officials argued against characterizing the employment is “complicated by ongoing shifts in amount of slack in the labor market as “significant,” the structure of the labor market and the possibility which the Fed did do in its post-meeting statement. that the severe recession caused persistent changes Many officials agreed that characterization may have in the labor market’s functioning,” Yellen said in the to change soon. Determining the degree of labor opening address at the Fed’s annual economic poli- market slack has become the central debate at the cy conference. US central bank. Yellen wants to be sure employ- “Assessments of the degree of remaining slack in ment has recovered as fully as possible before rais- the labor market need to become more nuanced ing rates. Inflation “hawks” at the Fed, however, wor- because of considerable uncertainty about the level ry more months of near zero rates will cause infla- of employment consistent with the Federal tion or possible asset bubbles. A slate of academic Reserve’s dual mandate” of stable prices and full papers at the conference will dissect the issue over employment, she added. JACKSON HOLE: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen (right) arrives for a dinner during the the next two days, arguing for example that the In such an environment “there is no simple Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Grand Teton United States’ job-generating ability may be on the recipe for appropriate policy,” Yellen said, arguing National Park near Jackson, Wyoming. — AP wane. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Brent weakens below $103 on rising supply, strong dollar LONDON: Brent crude oil futures drifted London. “There is oversupply, and that is er this year. In addition, exports from Iraq “Worldwide seaborne crude oils are lower yesterday, further below $103 a bar- demonstrated by the contango going out remain near record volumes despite the still under pressure and fighting each oth- rel, as a strong dollar and plentiful sup- to April 2015.” A contango describes a Islamic insurgency in the north. Crude is er for outlets,” added Olivier Jakob, an oil plies continued to pressure prices. market structure where prompt barrels also being exported from Iraqi Kurdistan analyst at Petromatrix in Switzerland. A October Brent crude was down 13 trade more cheaply than those for deliv- via Turkey in defiance of Baghdad. The run higher in the US dollar has also put cents to $102.50 a barrel by 1122 GMT. US ery at future dates. ICE Brent futures shale oil boom helped the United States downward pressure on oil, as this makes crude was down 26 cents at $93.70 a bar- reflect this, with the October contract pump the most oil in a month in 28 years dollar-denominated commodities more rel. Traders and analysts said the market trading at a 74 cent discount to the in July, sending crude imports to 19-year expensive for holders of other currencies. appeared to be pausing after hefty sell November contract. lows, industry group American Petroleum The dollar was just below its 2014 peak offs which have driven Brent to its lowest Hansen pointed to Libya, which is Institute said on Thursday. against a basket of major currencies on level since June 2013. gradually increasing its oil production Friday boosted by upbeat US manufactur- “We’ve reached a stage where the mar- after reopening several eastern ports. It Unwanted barrels ing data, a strong US jobs market recovery ket is looking to stabilize a bit,” said Ole has loaded a second tanker at Es Sider, its Plentiful supplies mean that physical and hints from the US Federal Reserve Hansen, senior commodity strategist at largest oil export terminal, after being crude cargoes have been changing hands that interest rates could rise sooner than Saxo Bank. “But we are still in a downward shut for a year. Libya’s oil production, at multi-year lows in recent weeks as sell- expected. trend, as supply is rising.”“We are in a although still below the year-ago levels of ers struggle to offload unwanted barrels Investors waited for a speech by sideways range and we will break out of about 1.4 million barrels per day (bpd), in the face of weak refinery demand. This Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen later on this to the downside,” agreed Christopher has risen to 612,000 bpd. This is well has prompted a large liquidation of posi- Friday at the central bankers’ meeting in Bellew, an oil broker at Jefferies in above the lows of 100,000 bpd seen earli- tions in the futures market. Jackson Hole. — Reuters

US-based economist to be India govt adviser

NEW DELHI: US-based economist Arvind Subramanian is poised to be named as chief economic adviser to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, two sources at the finance ministry said yesterday. If confirmed, the appointment would bring in a second econo- mist of international renown to a key policy post following the naming of former International Monetary Fund chief economist Raghuram Rajan as central bank chief last year. The appointment of Subramanian, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, was recommended by Finance Arvind Subramanian Minister Arun Jaitley. Cabinet- level approval is expected to fol- low. “He is likely to be appointed soon,” one of the sources said. Modi stormed to a general election victory in May with a pledge to lift the economy out of its worst slowdown in a quarter of a century and put to work the one million young people who enter the workforce each month. The nationalist leader has abolished a Soviet-style Planning Commission, but JALALABAD: A “zamburdar” or beekeeper inspects the hives of honey-bees on the outskirts of Jalalabad. Afghanistan’s made an otherwise slow start on economic reforms, disap- economy has improved significantly since the fall of the Taleban regime in 2001 largely because of the infusion of inter- pointing some supporters who had hoped that he would take national assistance. — AFP decisive action to promote a recovery. — Reuters UK oil output threatened by China probes former NDRC finance chief in bribery case platforms running out of juice

BEIJING: A former director at China’s economic planning agency who oversaw corporate bond issues between 2003-2006 is being Producers say sellers offer gas on unhelpful terms investigated, the country’s top prosecutor said yesterday, the lat- est official to be implicated in an anti-corruption drive. LONDON: Britain’s oil industry is facing the ing the death knell for dependent fields. “We Group is looking at ways to source, transport Zhang Dongsheng, who was more recently the head of the threat of a cascade of North Sea rig closures, may be near a production efficiency and deliver reliable fuel gas. It is due to report employment and income distribution division at the National unless ageing platforms can urgently source precipice,” said Calum McGregor, economics back by the end of October. Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), was “suspected more gas to help squeeze out the remaining and joint venture manager at Taqa Bratani, Possible solutions include installing a of taking bribes”, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate said on its barrels. speaking at Oil & Gas UK’s Aberdeen confer- power ring main, rationalising power genera- official microblog. “Zhang has been placed under coercive meas- The potential threat to oil revenues looms ence earlier this summer. “Because of the tion equipment, bringing fuel gas in by ures,” it said, referring to actions under law that include residen- as Scotland prepares to vote in September’s interconnected nature of this area, there is a tanker, sacrificial decommissioning and new tial surveillance, detention and arrest. It did not specify which independence referendum-a debate in which domino effect that kicks in.” pipelines. steps had been taken and offered no further details. oil production forecasts have become a politi- McGregor presented findings from a “We’ve got to get this fixed - a very small The NDRC did not reply to Reuters requests for more infor- cal football. The affected Northern North Sea cross-operator work group he co-chairs amount of gas could make a lot of difference mation. Financial news magazine Caixin last week reported that (NNS) is a very mature part of the basin where which seeks to improve co-operation to this area,” McGregor said. “If you can Zhang, who was the one-time director general of the finance producers are trapped in a vicious circle of amongst producers focused on the NNS improve water injection then it delivers a sig- department, is being investigated in relation to corporate bonds falling output, rising costs to patch up ageing “Rejuvenation Area”. This includes Taqa’s nificant incremental uptick in barrels.” issued in 2005. Chinese President Xi Jinping has made fighting platforms, and dwindling power supplies. Cormorant and BP’s Magnus hubs, which will Currently, small producers trying to access pervasive graft a central theme since taking on the job last year To lift more oil from these depleted reser- leave the most stranded assets if they shut gas find it difficult because there is not much and has warned, like others before him, that corruption threatens voirs, producers need to inject vast quantities down early. The fall in production efficiency upside for the seller. the survival of the ruling Communist Party. The NDRC is responsible for approving the issuance of of water-a power intensive process that means that time is running out. The NNS “An individual platform doesn’t need bonds of more than one year by non-listed companies and non- requires a reliable source of energy, known as Rejuvenation Area is now producing at just 7 large volumes of gas for fuel, especially when financial firms. Zhang was transferred to head NDRC’s employ- fuel gas. Some platforms are not able to gen- percent of its peak, compared with 29 per- you can couple it with your own production, ment and income distribution division in 2007, though he had erate enough of their own fuel so have to try cent for the UK Continental Shelf as a whole. so that means you are immaterial to the oper- retired in recent months. Last October, Chinese media reported and import the shortfall from neighbors, but ator,” said Ian Sharp, chief operating officer at that police were investigating three fixed-income executives the overall net position in a key part of the Possible solutions Fairfield Energy, also speaking at the from brokerage Guosen Securities including the president of its NNS will go negative as early as 2016. This To arrest this decline, producers need to Aberdeen conference. Producers say the fixed income arm, Sun Mingxia. —Reuters could force the early abandonment of rigs, lay their hands on fresh power supplies. terms on which they are offered gas can be with the loss of critical platform hubs sound- Under government auspices, a Gas Work unhelpful. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Ukraine knocks stocks as dollar waits on Yellen

LONDON: The high-flying dollar steadied yesterday as mar- kets waited for steers on US monetary policy, while escalat- ing tensions over Ukraine halted a strong run-up by European stocks. Fears the conflict would worsen before next week’s meeting between Vladimir Putin and Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko pushed up safe-haven assets, but was not enough to distract markets from the main focus of when cheap and easy credit was likely to come to an end. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi are both speaking later at the annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Talk will focus on labour markets and economic prospects but traders will be listening for any clues about the timing of US interest rate rises and how the ECB plans to tackle the euro zone’s growth and stubbornly-low inflation problems. “Everyone expects Janet Yellen to make another speech that the labor market isn’t as rosy as the headline employment numbers suggest,” Aberdeen Asset Management portfolio manager Luke Bartholomew said. “We are all set up for her to be dovish, so the surprise would be if she wasn’t.” With that uncertainty in mind, Wall Street was expected to see a subdued restart and the dollar was hovering just below its 2014 peak against a basket of major currencies. SHANGHAI: An elderly investor looks at stock prices at a securities exchange in Shanghai yesterday. Weak data from European shares were heading for their biggest weekly China and the Fed’s more hawkish stance also hurt commodity prices, which investors tend to find more attractive when gain since February but dipped after a Russian convoy of aid interest rates are low. — AFP trucks entered eastern Ukraine without Kiev’s permission. News the Red Cross was also not moving into Ukraine with the Russian trucks as planned triggered stock selling in London, Frankfurt and Paris. Shares in Moscow tumbled over Co-Op Bank loses 38,000 2 percent to bring this week’s rally to an abrupt halt, and the ruble also fell. “The Ukraine headlines saw both the Swiss franc and the customers in H1 2014 yen rise, but gains have been relatively muted,” said Alvin Tan, currency strategist at Societe Generale. “The big mover, I guess, will be Yellen’s speech later in the day.” Asian share markets had hitched a ride overnight on CEO says each customer loss is ‘mortal wound’ another record close for Wall Street to end at a six-and-half- year high. LONDON: Britain’s Co-operative Bank said it stake. The bank’s problems were exacerbated end of June and was expected to be signifi- lost around 38,000 customers in the first half when former chairman Flowers pleaded guilty cantly above the previous guidance of 10 per- Janet at Jackson of 2014, following its near collapse last year to drug possession following a stream of lurid cent at the end of 2014. The bank raised an Yellen makes her first trip to Jackson Hole as Fed chair and a drugs scandal involving former chair- headlines in British tabloid newspapers. The additional 400 million from investors in May after US data on Thursday showed home resales rose to a 10- man Paul Flowers. negative publicity likely resulted in some cus- after its Tier 1 ratio slipped to 7.2 percent, dan- month high in July, unemployment claims fell and a gauge Chief Executive Niall Booker told reporters tomers becoming disillusioned with the bank, gerously close to the 7 percent absolute mini- of future economic activity grew solidly. Kansas City Fed he regarded the loss of any customer as a which had built its reputation around ethical mum required by Britain’s financial regulator. President Esther George said the time had come for higher “mortal wound” but argued the numbers leav- credentials such as not investing in weapons, The bank said it had cut staff numbers by U.S. rates, though less hawkish San Francisco Fed President ing were not as bad as might have been tobacco and alcohol manufacturers. Despite 21 percent - or about 1,560 workers - in the John Williams suggested the bank should wait until next expected, given the negative publicity that that, Co-op Bank said it had attracted nearly past year as it looks to slash costs and Booker summer. Yields on rate hike-sensitive 2-year US government has hounded the bank. “When you consider 10,000 new customers during the period, said there were more job losses to come. bonds have risen the most since March this week. In con- what the bank has gone through I don’t think leaving it with a net loss of 28,199 current or “A large proportion of our cost is in people trast, worries about the euro zone slipping towards deflation it’s a bad outcome, but I certainly don’t want checking account holders, equivalent to near- and, consequently, we will continue to see job and near-zero growth pinned German 10-year government to appear, or nor am I, complacent about it,” ly 2 percent of the total. reductions. There have been one or two bond yields firmly below 1 percent yesterday. Booker said. The customer loss was revealed Britons are often reluctant to move redundancy programs and I believe there will yesterday after the bank reported a narrower between banks because of the perceived diffi- be one or two more in that respect,” he said. ECB President Mario Draghi is under pressure to use his loss for the first six months of 2014, after axing culties involved, although new rules that The bank closed 46 branches, reducing its last remaining tool - printing money to buy huge amounts of jobs and closing branches following a restruc- guarantee the paperwork will be completed branch network by 16 percent since the start bonds - to tackle near-zero inflation but he is not expected turing that led to it falling under the control of within seven working days have lifted the of the year. Another 25 will close in the to show any renewed urgency in that regard when he speaks bondholders. The bank was left fighting for its number switching. remainder of the year, it said. later. Market measures of euro-zone inflation expectations survival after a 1.5 billion pound ($2.5 billion) An independent review commissioned by have been nose-diving in recent weeks following a run of capital shortfall was exposed in June last year Financial strength the bank, published in April, concluded that poor data. They now even predict the bloc will be in a worse following a failed bid to buy hundreds of Britain’s seventh-biggest lender reported a the root of the bank’s problems lay in its 2009 position than deflation-prone Japan in 30 years’ time. branches from Lloyds Banking Group. pretax loss of 75.8 million pounds compared takeover of the Britannia Building Society and “The odds of QE in the near term are relatively low,” It was rescued when bondholders includ- with a loss of 844.6 million in the same period poor management controls. Booker, who is Pimco’s European strategist and portfolio manager Myles ing US hedge funds agreed to a recapitaliza- the previous year. Co-op Bank also said its leading a new management team, said the Bradshaw said. “The market is thinking more about what will tion which meant Co-op Group went from core Tier 1 capital ratio, a key measure of bank doesn’t expect to make a profit until happen in 2015.” — Reuters outright owner to holding just a 20 percent financial strength, stood at 11.5 percent at the 2016 at the earliest. — Reuters FTSE steadies near 3-week high LONDON: Britain’s top share index steadied yesterday, UK and the US to raise rates.” The US S&P 500 ended at than originally anticipated,” Markus Huber, senior ana- with investors trading cautiously ahead of a speech by a record high on Thursday after positive data including lyst at Peregrine & Black, said. US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen that could pro- existing home sales jumping to a 10-month high and “Any hints that the labor market is more balanced vide hints about the timing of a US rate hike. The blue- initial jobless claims dropping sharply. and healthier than earlier this year might lead to a chip FTSE 100 was unchanged at 6,778.93 points by Analysts said markets were broadly expecting reassessment by analysts concerning the likely timing 0811 GMT after touching a three-week high. The UK Yellen to remain fairly dovish in Friday’s speech to the of a first rate rise.” The FTSE 100 index has gained 1.3 market will be closed on Monday for a public holiday. annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, percent so far this week and is for its second positive “Some hesitation ahead a of a long weekend is pret- Wyoming. Any shift away from that stance could hurt week in a row. But it is up just 0.4 percent so far this ty understandable,” Alastair McCaig, analyst at IG, said. market sentiment. “It will be crucial if she has changed year. Among individual movers, London Stock “The market is going to tread water until Yellen’s her opinion of the overall health of the labor markets, Exchange Group fell 0.8 percent after saying it would speech as this week’s data looks to have given the which so far she has described as still sluggish despite raise 938 million pounds ($1.6 billion) to part-fund the United States an upper hand in the race between the the overall jobless rate (having) fallen much quicker acquisition of Frank Russell Company. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Gold up but set for second weekly drop

LONDON: Gold steadied above a two- $1,281.20 an ounce by 0916 GMT, not far whether rates should be raised earlier or provide any significant support for gold month low yesterday after a five-day los- from a two-month low of $1,273.06 hit not. as demand in major consumers China ing streak and was headed for its on Thursday. The metal is down nearly 2 Higher interest rates would dull the and India remains weak. Analysts, how- biggest weekly loss in five, hurt by percent for the week, the biggest drop attractiveness of non-interest-bearing ever, expect buying from India to strong US economic data and specula- since the week ended July 18. US gold assets such as gold. “Yellen’s Jackson increase heading into the festival and tion that the Federal Reserve could hike futures gained 0.5 percent to $1,281.90. Hole is going to be a dominating story wedding season, when it is traditionally interest rates sooner than expected. The dollar hovered below its 2014 as it comes at a sensitive time for Fed considered auspicious to buy gold. Bullion was hit hard after minutes from peak against a basket of major curren- communication given that the minutes “Lower gold prices are coming at an the Fed’s July meeting on Wednesday cies ahead of an eagerly awaited speech had a slightly more hawkish tinge,” opportune time for the Indian market showed policymakers debated whether by US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen Macquarie analyst Matt Turner said. which is on the cusp of its seasonally interest rates should be raised earlier at the annual gathering of central “However, Jackson Hole speeches are busy period,” UBS said in a note. Silver given a surprisingly strong job market bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. not the most obvious place to commu- rose 0.7 percent to $19.51 an ounce, recovery. Any further strengthening of the US nicate a change in policy so we having touched a two-month low of The metal came under pressure on currency is likely to add pressure to gold, shouldn’t expect it to be a major event.” $19.25 in the previous session. Thursday when a break below the 200- as it would make the metal more expen- Data on Thursday showed US home Spot platinum snapped a nine-day day moving average of $1,284 an ounce sive for holders of foreign currencies. resales raced to a 10-month high in July, losing streak, its longest since July 2008, triggered stops losses - automatic sale But a dovish speech from Yellen, who while the number of Americans filing up 0.7 percent to $1,422.25 an ounce. orders placed by traders at pre-set levels had in July stressed that there was still a new claims for jobless benefits fell last Spot palladium, which hit a 13-1/2 year to limit losses - and sent prices tumbling significant slack in labour markets, week signaling strength in the economy, high of $900 earlier this week before more than one percent. would counter this week’s Fed minutes dulling gold’s appeal as an alternative falling back, was up 0.5 percent to Spot gold was up 0.3 percent at that showed policymakers debating investment. Physical markets failed to $878.30 an ounce. — Reuters

Bulgaria CB asks for Corpbank rescue plans by end-August

SOFIA: Bulgaria’s central bank has asked the two biggest shareholders of troubled Corporate Commercial Bank (Corpbank) to present plans for the bank’s rescue by the end of this month. The central bank said it had sent letters to the two shareholders yesterday, adding their pro- posals should be in line with national and EU legislation. Bulgarian company Bromak, owned by busi- nessman Tsvetan Vassilev, owns just over half of Corpbank. Oman’s sovereign wealth fund is the second-biggest shareholder with a stake of about 30 percent. Bulgarian Interim Prime Minister Georgi Bliznashki said on Wednesday an unidentified fund based in Vienna had expressed interest in rescuing the bank and would present its plan within 10 days. The Omani fund has already held talks with Bulgarian authorities about stabilising Corpbank. Interim Finance Minister Rumen Porozhanov, however, said on Wednesday that he had not met with the Oman fund’s represen- tatives since taking office earlier two weeks ago. The central bank said that Bromak had not yet JAKARTA: Shanty houses are seen next to Jakarta’s skyscraper buildings yesterday. Speaking to AFP as aides buzzed around him notified it of any initiative regarding support for at Jakarta city hall, the governor of the teeming capital outlined goals including attracting more foreign investment to Southeast Corpbank nor had it sought information on the Asia’s top economy, and “reviving faith” in corruption-riddled politics. — AFP financial state of the lender. Bulgarian prosecu- tors have charged Vassilev with embezzlement and said that an international warrant for his Russia sanctions, Ukraine led arrest had been issued. The central bank said the investment arm of the Russian bank, the third- biggest shareholder with a 9.1 percent stake, ini- to Q2 contraction: Germany tially stated interest in supporting the lender but on June 24 publicly declared it no longer had such intentions. The fate of Bulgaria’s fourth- Europe’s largest economy shrank 0.2% in April-June largest lender has been in limbo since June, when a run on deposits prompted the central bank to seize control of Corpbank and close its BERLIN: The German economy’s surprise sec- Vladimir Putin’s closest allies and businessmen had weighed on growth in the second quarter. operations, sparking a banking crisis in the Black ond-quarter contraction was probably due to with sanctions and in late July expanded them Rainer Sontowski, a German state secretary for Sea state. Russian sanctions and confidence being erod- to include the energy, banking and defense economics, said on Wednesday that Berlin was ed by the Ukraine crisis as well as the compari- sectors. Russia has reacted with restrictions on sticking to its forecast that the German econo- Last Friday, the central bank allowed some son with a bumper first quarter, the finance imports of Western products. The finance min- my would grow by 1.8 percent this year even banking activities to resume so borrowers can ministry said yesterday. istry said the uncertainty over the Ukraine cri- after its disappointing second quarter. repay loans to the bank but deposits remain Europe’s largest economy shrank by 0.2 sis was likely to have contributed to the damp- Two sources in Germany’s ruling left-right frozen. Vassilev has repeatedly denied any percent between April and June after growing ening of industrial activity in the second quar- coalition said the government was keeping a wrongdoing and said the run on the bank was a 0.7 percent in the first quarter thanks largely to ter. “If the Ukraine crisis does not escalate fur- close eye on the economy’s development but plot hatched by his competitors. He has also pre- an unusually mild winter, which boosted con- ther and no further serious stages of sanctions there no concerns about it as yet. viously accused elements of Bulgaria’s prosecu- struction activity at the beginning of the year. are imposed, it is to be expected that the cur- The finance ministry said exports, which tion service of plotting against him. “The decline in gross domestic product (GDP) rent economic slowdown is only temporary,” have traditionally propelled growth in Private backing would be welcomed by goes beyond the expected counter-effect to the ministry said, noting that if this was the Germany but have struggled this year and last, Bulgarian authorities after rescue efforts by the the very strong weather-related performance case, investment was likely to pick up in the were likely to develop modestly in the rest of central bank and the former Socialist-led gov- in the previous quarter,” the finance ministry remainder of the year. It said “other geopoliti- the year as the global economy gradually ernment were derailed by a lack of political con- said in its monthly report. “This is likely to have cal tensions” and “weaker economic develop- recovers. Despite the economic slump in the sensus in July. Hundreds of angry depositors at been related to the effect of sanctions and ment in the euro zone” had also contributed to second quarter, tax revenues rose by 3.3 per- Corpbank staged protests in Sofia and several negative effects on confidence due to the the contraction, but the general economic cent to 45.4 billion euros ($60.3 billion) in July other cities on Tuesday, demanding access to Ukraine crisis,” it said. trend remained positive. compared with July last year as Germany’s their accounts. — Reuters After Moscow annexed Crimea in March, The statistics office said last week that high employment level boosted income and Western nations targeted Russian President investment in construction and foreign trade sales tax revenues. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 US casual-wear giant Gap to launch 40 stores in India

NEW DELHI: US casual-wear retail giant Gap Inc says it will open 40 stores in India, calling the expansion “an important next step” in its global growth strategy. The San Francisco-based company, known for its relaxed-style denim and other attire, is the latest foreign company to enter India to tap its increasingly brand-con- scious and expanding middle-class. “India is an emerging, vibrant market and an important next step in our global expansion strategy,” Gap global president Steve Sunnucks said in a statement late Thursday. Gap will launch the first franchise-operated stores in the national capital New Delhi and financial hub Mumbai in 2015. The two big cities boast thriving shopping scenes. Gap, which made the announcement as it reported second-quarter profit rose 25 percent to $303 mil- lion from a year earlier, has already been expanding quickly in neighboring China. It expects to have 110 Gap stores in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan by the end of 2014, while the Gap brand is already present in nearly 50 countries. Gap will tie up with Arvind Lifestyle Brand, part of leading textile-maker Arvind Ltd, to open its franchised outlets in India, long one of the US firm’s top global product-sourcing sites. As the world’s second-most populous nation with 1.25 billion SEOUL: A child attempts to illuminate a set of light-bulbs using pedal power during an energy exhibition in Seoul yester- people-half under the age of 25, India represents an attractive day. South Korea was observing ‘energy day’ which aims to draw attention to awareness of energy saving, and renew- market for Gap’s casual wear, the US company said. While many able forms of energy. — AFP Indians sport traditional clothing such as saris and salwar kameez-long shirts and loose trousers, growing numbers of young people are adopting Western attire such as jeans and T- shirts. Young Indians “are actively embracing fashion in today’s Edinburgh, London grapple retail environment”, said Ismail Seyis, Gap Global Franchise vice president. North America still accounts for over three-quarters of the company’s sales but Gap is focusing increasingly on rapidly over North Sea’s black gold expanding emerging nations to propel growth. Big clothing retail names such as Adidas and Reebok are already in India. But lack of store space and legislative and regulatory hurdles have stood Referendum could spell end of union with England in the way of a significant increase in the presence of foreign retailers. LONDON: North Sea oil has been at the tancy Deloitte, added: “It will be a chal- forms, and the depletion of existing New Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to create a centre of fierce debate over Scotland’s lenge to reverse the decline as it is a resources. more business-friendly environment but there are still political future ahead of an independence vote mature oil and gas basin.” Some argue that the region could concerns about big retailers driving smaller rivals, mainly mom- next month, with both sides wrangling attract more investment in the coming and-pop operations, out of business. Gap’s new Indian stores will over the outlook for the region’s treasure ‘Unsustainable’ trend years, citing the draw of beneficial taxa- add to its global retail portfolio that includes 3,200 company- trove of black gold. Around 42 billion bar- Britain’s North Sea oil and gas produc- tion policies alongside high and stable oil operated stores and 400 franchise outlets. “Our goal is to quickly rels of oil and gas have been extracted tion has plunged by about 38 percent prices. Last year saw a record £14.4 billion scale up and build a large business for the Gap franchise in India,” from the North Sea since the early 1970s, over the last three years to 1.43 million invested in North Sea oil projects, and J Suresh, chief executive of Arvind Lifestyle Brands, said in a sepa- providing a welcome boost to the British barrels of oil equivalent per day last year, new discoveries and greater efficiency in rate statement. — AFP government’s coffers-and Scotland’s the lowest level since 1977. Output is existing fields are expected to stem the economy. expected to remain stable in 2014, rising fall in output for now. Scottish independence Now, with Scotland heading to the to 1.7 million in 2018, according to fore- But in the long-run, analysts argue polls on September 18 in a referendum casts from industry body Oil & Gas UK. Scotland’s mature offshore oil and gas would prompt ‘capital that could spell the end of the 300-year- Production peaked in 1999 but has fallen fields face an inevitable decline as costs old union with England, its lucrative ener- sharply since then due to ageing infra- spiral and companies look to other, flight’: HSBC gy resources are in sharp focus. British structure, including pipelines and plat- cheaper areas to explore. —AFP Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition LONDON: The chairman of banking giant HSBC warned yester- government is calling on Scots to reject day that uncertainty over the economic future of Scotland independence, while the devolved Russian ban on Polish could lead to “capital flight” if it votes to leave the United Scottish administration of First Minister Kingdom next month. Writing in British daily The Telegraph, Alex Salmond is backing a historic sepa- apples sparks cider debate HSBC head Douglas Flint said the currency union with England ration. Oil revenues have been a key ele- was an “anchor” for Scotland’s stability and leaving it “would ment of the debate, with both sides WARSAW: Poland’s Economy Ministry wants the nation of beer and vodka be complex and fraught with danger”. Flint, himself a Scot, is accusing the other of fudging estimates lovers to drink more cider. The ministry, which is struggling to help apple pro- the most high-profile business leader to speak out against for the potential of the industry. ducers hurt by a Russian embargo on European foods, has proposed exempting Scotland leaving the United Kingdom before the September Edinburgh has produced several possible cider from a law that bans advertising any alcohol other than beer. 18 vote. “Uncertainty over the Scotland’s currency arrange- scenarios of future oil tax revenues, with But the Health Ministry and other health advocates are fighting the proposal. ments could prompt capital flight from the country, leaving its the most optimistic predicting an income They say it is dangerous to encourage any alcohol consumption at all in a socie- financial system in a parlous state,” he wrote in the newspaper. of £38.7 billion ($64.6 billion, 48 billion ty that does not share the Mediterranean tradition of simply savoring small Currency has been a major part of the debate, with the euros) over the next five fiscal years. amounts of wine or beer at mealtimes. Scottish government saying it would seek to remain part of a The British government forecasts rev- “Poles are not light drinkers - it’s the Eastern European model,” said Krzysztof formal currency union even as a separate state. Westminster enues will be £17.6 billion. But amid the Brzozka, director of the State Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol Related has ruled out such a deal. political row, most analysts agree that Problems. He said there are some people who don’t like the bitterness of beer or A poll published this week found that the majority of other strong drinks who could take a dangerous liking to the lightness and English people oppose Scotland continuing to use the pound output from the United Kingdom Continental Shelf will fall in the coming sweetness of cider, which is currently consumed in only small quantities in if it votes to become independent. If Scotland does back inde- Poland. For instance, young women could start drinking more, increasing the pendence, it could also choose to set up its own currency, years as it becomes more expensive to exploit harder-to-reach reserves. “The already high number of infants with fetal alcohol syndrome. attempt to join the euro or continue to use sterling without His agency, which is under the umbrella of the Health Ministry, is fighting the the Bank of England as lender of last resort. “In all these cir- decline (in North Sea reserves) is inevitable, because the bulk of the large proposed change, which is to be debated in the Senate after it convenes in late cumstances, the transition from the existing currency union September. The Economy Ministry says it makes no sense to ban advertising fields have been found and the easy-to- would be complex and fraught with danger,” said Flint. cider when there is no similar ban on beer, which has a similar alcohol content. produce oil has been produced,” said Introducing a new currency “would be an enormous challenge The changes it has proposed to the so-called “law on educating about sobriety John Howell, professor of petroleum for an independent Scotland” and it would take “many years and counteracting alcoholism” are meant to help Polish farmers use the excess for the country to establish its credibility,” he said. Choosing an geology at the University of Aberdeen in apples swamping the market due to the embargo that Moscow imposed weeks informal link to sterling would also place “enormous pressure” northeastern Scotland. ago. Poland is a major global apple exporter and had previously sent half its out- on Scotland’s finances and leave it with no room to manoeuvre Graham Sadler, managing director of put to Russia. —AP in times of trouble, he said. —AFP the petroleum services group at consul- BUSINESS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 US housing, jobs data boost growth outlook Manufacturing activity accelerates in August

WASHINGTON: US home resales raced to “We are moving back to a more normal er month of relatively strong job gains. a 10-month high in July and the number market where it’s driven by the fundamen- Nonfarm payrolls increased by 209,000 of Americans filing new claims for jobless tals of confidence in the economy,” said in July, marking the sixth consecutive benefits fell last week, signaling strength Budge Huskey, chief executive officer of month that job growth topped 200,000, a in the economy. The growth outlook was Coldwell Banker Real Estate in Madison, sign of strength last seen in 1997. The further buoyed by other reports on New Jersey. firming jobs picture has caught Federal BUENOS AIRES: Juan Campos checks packaged products Thursday showing factory activity gaining A separate report from the Labor Reserve officials by surprise. Minutes of at the Ghelco chocolate factory in Buenos Aires, steam and a solid increase in a gauge of Department showed initial claims for state the Fed’s July policy meeting published on Argentina. Workers formed a cooperative and took con- future economic activity. “The economy is unemployment benefits last week fell Wednesday showed officials viewed the trol of the factory after it went bankrupt during the 2001 beginning to fire on more cylinders,” said 14,000 to a seasonally adjusted 298,000. improvement in labor market conditions crisis. — AP Ryan Sweet, a senior economist at Economists had expected a smaller drop. as “greater than anticipated” and hinted Moody’s Analytics in West Chester, While a four-week average of claims, that it could lead to an early interest rate US judge calls Argentina Pennsylvania. which is considered a better measure of increase. The National Association of Realtors labor market trends as it irons out week- In another report, financial data firm debt swap plan ‘illegal’ said existing home sales last month to-week volatility, rose marginally, it also Markit said its preliminary, or ‘flash’ US increased 2.4 percent to an annual rate of remained at a level consistent with solid Manufacturing Purchasing Managers NEW YORK: US Dis trict Judge Thomas Griesa on Thursday 5.15 million units, the highest reading job growth. The data helped lift investor Index rose this month to its highest level called Argentina’s proposed debt restructuring plan “illegal” since last September. sentiment on Wall Street, with the S&P 500 since April 2010. but stopped short of holding the country in contempt, saying It was the fourth straight monthly gain index hitting an intraday record. The PHLX That show of strength was corroborat- that would not help resolve the dispute that led to the in sales, confounding economists who had housing sector index also rose slightly, ed by separate data from the nation’s second default in a dozen years. Griesa said proposed expected a decline. In a further encourag- though housing giants Pulte Group and Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank that legislation announced on Tuesday by President Cristina ing sign, the share of first-time buyers rose DR Horton were little changed. showed factory activity in the mid- Fernandez would violate orders he imposed favoring creditors for a second consecutive month and more The dollar slipped against a basket of Atlantic region this month hit its highest who refused to accept restructured bonds following the coun- houses came onto the market, which currencies, while prices for U.S. Treasury level since March 2011. A fifth report try’s 2002 default on $100 billion in debt. should temper price increases. Earlier debt rose. from the Conference Board showed its “It is illegal, and the court directs that it cannot be carried stages of the housing recovery had been Leading Economic Index increasing for a out,” Griesa said at a hearing in New York. But the judge driven by investors. Firming labor market sixth straight month in July. “The data are declined to hold Argentina in contempt despite the urging of Housing activity stagnated in the sec- The jobless claims report covered the pointing to stronger growth than the Fed the two leading holdout creditors, saying such a finding ond half of 2013, weighed down by a run- period during which the government sur- has been forecasting,” said Joel Naroff, would not “add anything to the scales” to encourage a settle- up in mortgage rates and home prices, but veyed employers for its monthly report on chief economist at Naroff Economic ment. it now appears to be regaining its footing. nonfarm payrolls. The four-week average Advisors in Holland, Pennsylvania. “The Argentina missed a June interest payment after Griesa A report on Tuesday showed a surge in of claims fell 8,500 between the July and Fed will be compelled to raise rates earli- blocked payments owed to holders of debt issued under US new home construction in July. August survey periods, suggesting anoth- er than many expect.” — Reuters law that was restructured in 2005 and 2010. Fernandez, stead- fast in her refusal to pay the hedge funds face value on their bonds, this week sent to the Argentine Congress a bill that would allow her government to resume payment to holders Indonesia’s president-elect eyes of exchanged bonds in defiance of Griesa’s court. The proposal prompted lawyers for Elliott Management Corp’s NML Capital Ltd and Aurelius Capital Management, the swift fuel hike to boost budget leading bondholders suing for payment after not participat- ing in the country’s restructurings, to seek a contempt finding. JAKARTA: President-elect Joko Widodo “I firmly believe there will not be a settlement until it becomes will sit down with Indonesia’s outgoing crystal clear to the Republic of Argentina that its efforts to leader next week in the hope of reaching evade will not be countenanced,” said Edward Friedman, a an agreement to raise fuel prices before lawyer for Aurelius. the handover in October, a move that But Carmine Boccuzzi, a US lawyer for Argentina who said would help ease budget-sapping subsidy his firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton only learned about costs. The Constitutional Court on the proposal Tuesday night, said a contempt order would not Thursday gave Widodo the green light to help forge a deal, adding the proposal was not even a law yet. lead Southeast Asia’s largest economy “A finding of contempt would be only further gasoline on from its worst slowdown since the global the fire,” he said. Typically, US courts can impose prison or financial crisis. fines as part of a contempt order. With prison not an option, The court, as expected, unanimously Argentina could face stiff fines for failing to comply with upheld last month’s presidential election Griesa’s orders, legal experts said. They said even if Griesa result, rejecting a last-ditch attempt by los- were eventually to issue a contempt order, it would be unlike- ing candidate Prabowo Subianto to force a ly to have much practical impact on a country that has already re-vote. Widodo will begin his five-year shown itself willing to defy his rulings. term on Oct. 20. Indonesia markets “It’s largely in the realm of the symbolic,” said Chimene responded positively to the ruling yester- Keitner, a law professor at the University of California in day. The rupiah and Indonesian govern- JAKARTA: Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo popularly known by his Hastings. Griesa’s finding that the legislation was a violation of ment bonds rallied, while stocks hit a near nickname Jokowi during an interview in his Jakarta governor’s office. — AFP his orders followed past rulings he had made when Argentine 15-month high before turning negative. officials made similar proposals for debt swap proposals. With the legal hurdles out of the way, prices and were looking at imposing the power. He has to do it gradually, rather During the 2005 and 2010 restructurings, holders of about the 53-year-old Widodo is expected to step measure in September, two sources close than in one shot,” said Wellian Wiranto, 93 percent of Argentina’s debt agreed to swap their bonds in down soon as Jakarta governor to focus to the matter told Reuters last month. economist at Singapore’s OCBC Bank. deals giving them 25 cents to 29 cents on the dollar. more on the transition. Atop Widodo’s Also on Widodo’s to-do list is the forma- Bondholders who did not participate including NML and agenda is to address a ballooning fuel sub- Spending shift tion of his cabinet, which he says will be Aurelius then turned to the courts seeking payment in full. sidy bill that is eating up on an already Subsidies are driving the budget deficit dominated by technocrats. He said he In 2012, Griesa ordered Argentina to pay the holdouts tight budget and threatening investor con- uncomfortably close to a legally-binding 3 would start making his choices in mid- $1.33 billion plus interest the next time it made a payment to fidence by widening the current account percent limit, leaving little room for September and announce his cabinet holders of the exchanged bonds. A federal appeals court later deficit. “I need spending space,” Widodo Widodo’s new programs. The one-time fur- shortly after his inauguration. upheld the ruling, and the US Supreme Court declined to told reporters yesterday. “If we can do (the niture salesman told Reuters last month he “We will look at how many ministries review it in June. price hike) now, it will be a lighter burden.” wanted to shift spending on fuel subsidies we need, if we need it slimmer or fatter After the Supreme Court’s decision, Griesa in June blocked A presidential spokesman said outgoing - which account for around 20 percent of than what we have now,” Widodo said. a $539 million interest payment on the restructured debt President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono the budget - to areas such as education, Widodo has formed a high-powered advi- deposited by Argentina at intermediary Bank of New York would meet with his successor next week. health and agriculture. sory team to handle his transition to pow- Mellon, saying it violated his order. Those funds are still held Widodo and Yudhoyono have already held “Removing fuel subsidies is one of the er, choose a cabinet and prepare a policy in limbo in BNY Mellon’s account. —Reuters private talks about an increase in fuel key tests for Jokowi when he comes to roadmap. — Reuters SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Pages 26-27 SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 ‘Motown the Musical’ to take a break from Broadway

otown the Musical” is tak- ing a break from ‘MBroadway. Producers said yesterday the $18 million show will play its final performance at the Lunt This theater Fontanne Theatre on Jan 18 and image released intends to reopen in July 2016 at a by Boneau/ still-to-be-announced Nederlander- Bryan-Brown owned theater. shows, from left, This Feb 28, 2004 file photo shows Oscar host Billy Crystal, The show, a hit in New York, has Sydney Morton center, and presenter Robin†Williams, right, joking spawned a national tour and a pro- as Forence around after a writersí meeting for the 76th annual duction is planned for Britain next Ballard, Valisia Academy Awards in Los Angeles. — AP summer. Producer Kevin McCollum LeKae as Diana explained that by closing in January Ross and Ariana Williams’s ashes “we have an opportunity to use the DeBose as Mary production assets from Broadway for Wilson of The the UK production next year.” The Supremes in scattered in show about Berry Gordy tells the story ‘Motown: The of how his Motown Records Empire Musical,’ San Francisco Bay rose and fell and then rose again. It performing at the uses dozens of songs, including “War,” Lunt-Fontanne “What’s Going On?” “My Girl” and Theatre in New he cremated remains of Hollywood actor Robin Williams, “Dancing in the Streets.” — AP York. —AP found dead on August 1 after an apparent suicide, were Tspread in San Francisco Bay, US news media reported Thursday. According to Williams’s death certificate, published by the celebrity gossip site Radar Online, Williams was cremat- ed on August 12, one day after his personal assistant found India blocks film on him dead in his home in Marin County, near San Francisco. A formal investigation is under way, but the local sheriff’s office said all the evidence points to Williams having taken his own life by hanging himself with his belt. Under “Place of Final Disposition” of the remains the death certificate reads: Indira Gandhi assassination “Scattering in San Francisco Bay off the coast of Marin.” And under “Cause of Death” it says: “Pending investiga- tion.” His widow later said that Williams, a father of three, was ndia has blocked the release of a film on in communal relations. Later that year, and its director Ravinder Ravi have denied suffering from depression and the early stages of Parkinson’s the assassination of former Prime Gandhi was assassinated and the country the charges. Meanwhile, leaders of India’s disease. Williams, an Oscar-winner and veteran of movies, IMinister Indira Gandhi, saying it glori- was swept by a wave of anti-Sikh rioting ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the main stand-up shows and hit television series, was one of fies her killers and could trigger violent which resulted in the deaths of more than opposition Congress Party have called for Hollywood’s most popular entertainers and his death trig- protests, officials said yesterday. India’s 2,000 Sikhs. Officials said the recent arrest of the banning of the film, saying it would gered an outpouring of emotion. — AP film certification board said the film glori- India’s chief film censor on accusations that offend people’s religious and community fied the Sikh bodyguards who killed he solicited bribes to speed the clearance of feelings. Bansal said the film was based on Gandhi to avenge her suppression of an films drew attention to the clearance given historic events and that he would soon insurgency that culminated in an army to “Kaum De Heere.” Certification board seek a review of the film board’s decision. ‘Japanese Dog’ assault on the Golden Temple, Sikhism’s CEO Rakesh Kumar was arrested Tuesday “It is a balanced film. Some people are holiest shrine. to represent Romania “Kaum De Heere,” or “Diamonds of the Community,” was scheduled to be released in theaters across northern India at Academy Awards yesterday. Certification board chief Leela Samson said panel members saw the film omania has selected and decided it could not be released as it Tudor Cristian posed a threat to public order. India’s RJurgiu’s “The Home Ministry had expressed concern Japanese Dog” as its entry about a clearance earlier given to the film in the race for the foreign- and had asked the panel to review it, language film Oscar. Samson said. The ministry had received Jurgiu’s feature debut stars intelligence reports that the film, in the Victor Rebengiuc as an old Punjabi language, could trigger feelings of man who has lost his wife enmity between India’s Hindu and Sikh and all his possessions in a communities, she said. flood. The tragedy “We saw the film and decided it could prompts the return of his not be released as it was, due to fears that son (Serban Pavlu), who it would lead to disruption of public has lived in Japan for many order,” she said. “The film is double trou- years, accompanied by his ble. It glorifies Indira Gandhi’s assassins who took the law into their own hands and In this Nov 6, 1984 file photo, members of the Indian Sikh community, whose Japanese wife and son. The it glorifies the hanging of the two men,” house were attacked, burned and looted by mobs of Hindus, collect their loot- old man and his son have Samson said. The film is based on the lives ed property at a police station in New Delhi, India. — AP drifted apart, and must of three Sikh men, including two body- now piece together their guards who shot and killed Gandhi against after a sting operation in which two of his unnecessarily trying to create a controver- relationship. In his review the backdrop of an insurgency that associates sought 70,000 rupees, or about sy,” Bansal told reporters. Samson said the for Variety, Jay Weissberg complimented the film for its gripped the northern state of Punjab $1,050, on Kumar’s behalf to speed up the film had not been banned and could be “understatement and a beguiling sensitivity.” The work of through the late 1970s and early 1980s censor’s clearance for a film. reviewed after suitable changes to the d.o.p. Andrei Butica (“The Death of Mr Lazarescu,” “Child’s when Sikh militants demanded a separate script and cuts were made. “The film’s pro- Pose”) was also praised. Berlin-based M-Appeal is handled Sikh nation. ‘Kaum De Heere’ ducers can always file an appeal to the film international sales on the film. The pic was selected for the Gandhi ordered the June 1984 army During questioning, Kumar revealed certification appellate tribunal and seek Oscar race by a committee that comprised film critics Eugenia operation to flush out hundreds of heavily that he had accepted a bribe of 100,000 redress,” she said. Punjabi is widely spoken Voda, Magda Mihailescu, Cristina Corciovescu, Dana Duma, armed Sikh separatists barricaded inside rupees ($1,666) from the makers of “Kaum in the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. Irina Margareta Nistor and Iulia Blaga, and Transylvania Film the Golden Temple. The attack outraged De Heere” to approve its censor certifica- It’s the 10th most popular language glob- Festival artistic director Mihai Chirilov. — Reuters Sikhs and led to a catastrophic breakdown tion. The film’s producer Pardeep Bansal ally with about 130 million speakers. —AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Actor Dreyfuss: Politics should be noble calling scar winner Richard tive, among other things, pro- thing, which we do all day Dreyfuss told California vides teachers with videos and long,” the senator from Olawmakers Thursday educational tools. “I want to Escondido said. “We consider that he hopes the public will remind you that it wasn’t that this part of our job, but many, once again view politics as a long ago that there were peo- many, many of our constituents noble calling, and he pledged ple who referred to politicians and many, many young people to do his part through his civics and politics as a noble calling,” surveys show don’t know education initiative. The 66- Dreyfuss told senators at the enough.” year-old actor best known for Capitol. “It hasn’t been lately. Dreyfuss won the Academy “Jaws” and “Close Encounters of And I pledge to get back there Award for best actor in 1977 for the Third Kind” was honored by as soon as possible.” Republican “The Goodbye Girl” and California state lawmakers for Sen Mark Wyland presented received a second nomination his work promoting civics in Dreyfuss with a resolution rec- in 1995 for “Mr. Holland’s public schools. ognizing him for speaking out Opus.” He urged lawmakers to In 2008, he founded The about the deterioration of civics work together for the benefit of Richard Dreyfuss Dreyfuss Initiative, a nonprofit education. future generations. that promotes teaching about Wyland, who has promoted said it’s important to remind tem of government or risk los- “We have a responsibility to American democracy in class- civics education in the San the public about the impor- ing it. “This is about preserva- the America of the future,” rooms nationwide. The initia- Diego region he represents, tance of the nation’s fragile sys- tion of this very, very precious Dreyfuss said. —AP Iran’s Asghar Farhadi to head Busan Festival jury

ranian filmmaker, Asghar Farhadi (“A Separation”) will lead the main competition jury at October’s Busan film festival I(Oct 2-11, 2014) Fellow jurors who will award a $30,000 prize to the winner of the New Currents Asian film competi- tion include film studies professor Dina Iordanova, French philosopher Jacques Ranciere, Indian actress Suhasini Maniratnam, and Bong Joon-ho, Korean director of “The Host” and “The Snowpiercer”. The festival has also enlisted other celebrities. This year’s opening ceremony will be hosted by Japanese actor Ken Watanabe (“Inception,” “The Last Samurai”), and Korean actress Moon So-ri (“Peppermint Candy,” “Oasis”). The jury for Busan’s Wide Angle section, a competition section for shorts, animations, documentaries and experimental films is set to include Singaporean filmmaker Tan Pin Pin, Maria Bonsanti, artistic director of France’s Cinema du Reel and Korean docu- mentary maker, Yi Seung-jun (“Planet of Snail”). In its 19th year, BIFF has named local director Jung-Jin- woo, a well-known producer-director, as the focus of its Korean Cinema Retrospective. Jung made his mark in the social drama genre in the 1960s, dealing with the division of Sylvester Stallone, Ronda Rousey and Arnold the Korean peninsula and class barriers. He was also well- Schwarzenegger, pose on the red carpet for the Macau known for depicting women’s lives on the verge of crisis in premiere of their movie “The Expendables 3” in Macau, the tumultuous 70’s in South Korea. Eight films from his China yesterday. — AP photos body of over 50 films will be screened at BIFF including “Does Cuckoo Cry at Night” (1980) and his earlier “Border Nakache and Toldedano’s Line”(1964). — Reuters Asghar Farhadi ‘Samba’ to close San Sebastian

amba,” Oliver Nakache and Eric Toldedano’s fol- ‘Maleficent’ to be biggest Hollywood low-up to B.O. behemoth “The Intouchables,” “Swill close Spain’s 62nd San Sebastian Festival live action film in Japan in three years on Sept 27. Co-produced, distributed in France and sold worldwide by Gaumont, “Samba” will be released in n its 7th week on release in Japan, Spain by Adolfo Blanco’s A Contracorriente Films, The “Maleficent” has crossed the JPY 6 closing night gala slot for “Samba” marks the third time in Ibillion ($58 million) box office four years that a Gaumont/A Contracorriente French title landmark, the first live action foreign brings the curtain down on the Spanish fest after 2011’s film to achieve this milestone in “Intouchables” and last year’s “The Young & three years in Japan, where Prodigious T.S. Spivet,” both of which world preemed in Hollywood films have fallen out of San Sebastian. favor. “Samba’s” San Sebastian turn marks its European pre- The pic earned this amount on 4.5 miere after it is first seen as a Gala Presentation at million admissions from its opening Toronto. Also starring “A Prophet’s” Tahar Rahim, “Samba” on July 4 to Aug 20. The last foreign substitutes across-the-tracks bromance for across-the- film to pass this mark was “Harry tracks romance with Sy playing a Mali immigrant, Samba Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part Cisse, and Gainsbourg a burnt-out exec recycling as an 2,” which achieved $93 million after immigration worker. She attempts to aid the soon-to-be- opening in July 2011. “Maleficent” is deported Samba with their professional and personal expected to finish with about JPY7 relationships bluring. —Reuters billion ($67 million) on five million admissions. — Reuters SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Life’s a beach for Italy’s dogs

he sun brollies are up, the beach loungers full “At the end of World War II, the development and the water is full of daytrippers splashing policies in the tourist resorts led to our dogs being Tabout. It is a classic Italian scene but with one chased off the beaches, to give them an image of crucial difference: the beach bums frolicking in the cleanliness,” says Daffina, who has swapped a waves at Maccarese are nearly all dogs, reveling in a career in Italian cinema for life as a champion of the rare chance to romp by the seaside. Welcome to nation’s pooches. A 30-minute drive from central BauBeach, a canine-friendly stretch of sand on the Rome, BauBeach Maccarese covers 7,000 square outskirts of Rome that has pioneered a nationwide meters (75,000 square feet) of ocean front, a big trend towards providing space for dogs and own- enough space to welcome more than 100 dogs, ers to enjoy the delights of summer together. “This and their owners, at a time. Owners pay an annual is a beach for dogs, we humans are only here as membership of 13 euros ($17) and four euros their guests,” says Jose Luis, a regular visitor with entrance on each visit. For that, the beach provides his Labrador, Morena. lifeguards, a vet and doggy showers for a hose- He is only half joking. Every dog that turns up is down before getting back in the car. In this July 2014 photo provided by Kris Rotonda, Rotonda, who founded provided with a parasol and a water bowl: the YouMustLoveDogsDating.com, poses with his girlfriend Denise Fernandez and three of humans have to stump up for their brollies and Happy dog, happy owner his four dogs, Kobe, a bichon frise, Jordan, a bull mastiff German shepherd and Samoyed loungers. BauBeach, which takes its name from the “Apart from those on heat, all dogs can enjoy mix, and Coco, a Yorkie in Clearwater, Fla. — AP photos Italian word for ‘woof’, is the only beach in the area this beach, from Rottweilers to poodles, there is no that allows dogs off the leash-as long as they and discrimination here,” says Daffina. More than 7,000 their owners obey the key house rules (no aggres- dogs visited last summer and that record is certain sive behavior for the dogs and don’t forget to to be smashed this year. The happy atmosphere is Pet-friendly dating sites scoop the poop for the owners). maintained by screening at the entrance, where With the exception of the odd leg being cocked new members are given a quick once-over by a over a Gucci handbag, it works well. As the dogs member of the BauBeach team before being match up people, pooches run themselves to exhaustion amid the excitement allowed off the leash, a process a bit like being of making lots of new friends, owners can kick back. eyed up by a bouncer at a nightclub. n these dating sites, a passion for pets will City to Long Island. They only had one more date. “It is great, my dog has fun and I get to relax, so it Once in, dogs must be let off their leads and help you find more than just puppy love. kills two birds with one stone,” says Roberta, a day allowed to socialize. Smaller and older pooches OSites like PetsDating.com and Finding love tripper from Rome, as her dog Melissa rests paddle in a shallow lagoon at the back of the YouMustLoveDogsDating.com have found a new “I still wonder if Hubbell didn’t have some- between her legs. beach, while the water-loving breeds head straight niche as singles flock to computers and smart- thing to do with that,” said Pelzer, 47, an actress for the waves. Others, like a Jack Russell terrier, opt- phones to find relationships, connecting dog who runs her own social media company and No go area ed just to sit and gaze watchfully out to sea while owners to potential mates who enjoy long walks met the man on PetsDating.com. Despite that All of which raises the question as to why there “handbag” dogs were carried across the hot sand in the dog park and slobbery canine kisses as setback, having a common interest such as pets are not many more beaches like this one in what is by doting owners. “Seeing your dog swimming, much as they do. Many of the sites encourage can help the search for love. “Having a theme a dog-loving country. A population of 60 million and having fun with other dogs, that makes you users to bring their dogs on first dates to break that is ... about one’s passion makes it feel like has some six million officially registered canines, happy. Whenever your animal is happy, you are the ice or size up canine chemistry. you are looking for a needle in a smaller and far who are largely welcome in the nation’s bars and too,” says Jose Luis, as Morena amuses herself dig- Many dating sites cater to religious, cultural more relevant and appealing haystack,” said restaurants. Yet the vast majority of the country’s ging another hole. — AFP and political preferences, but won’t focus as Michal Ann Strahilevitz, a professor of marketing beaches have long been a no-go area for man’s heavily on interests like pets, music or travel, said at Golden Gate University in San Francisco. best friend. “Which is an aberration really, when Karen North, a professor of social media at the The founder of one of the dog-focused dating you think that they are not closed to goats and University of Southern California’s Annenberg services, YouMustLoveDogsDating.com, agreed. horses,” says Patrizia Daffina, who set up BauBeach School of Journalism. “If you find somebody with “Dogs on first dates are amazing icebreakers,” in 1998. the same lifestyle passion, you don’t have to start said Kris Rotonda, who started up the site last out at square one,” North said. year that now has 2 million members. “You find When Joanie Pelzer signed up with a dog- out right off the bat how everyone in a relation- friendly online dating service a few years ago, she ship will fit in.” But other veterans of the dating- was honest about her Chihuahua - he likes peo- service industry say focusing on a canine connec- ple more than other dogs, craves attention, steals tion only adds an extra hurdle to finding love. food and can’t stand to ride in the backseat of a car. Even a man who loved animals as much as Mutual chemistry she did couldn’t keep up with her dog’s quirks. “When you consider how challenging it On their first date, her Chihuahua, Hubbell, stole already is to find someone who offers what you the man’s breakfast as they drove from New York are seeking in a romantic partner, and who seeks what you are offering, and where there is also mutual chemistry, and the timing is right ... you have to wonder who in their right mind would want to make it even more challenging by insist- ing on canine chemistry,” said Trish McDermott, who spent 10 years as the dating expert and spokeswoman for Match.com. McDermott points out that new love is hard enough to foster, without any added issues. “To A woman and her dogs rest at Baubeach in A dog runs at Baubeach in Maccarese, near squeeze doggie behavior under the first date Maccarese, near Rome. Rome. — AFP photos microscope and to analyze every little wag, nip or bark as further commentary on compatibility is just another way to uncover the fatal flaw of an otherwise potential romance,” added McDermott, who now works for OneGoodLove.com. McDermott’s concerns won’t change Pelzer’s plans to return to PetsDating.com. She remembers unpleasant run- ins with dates from sites that don’t cater to ani- mal lovers - once a man nudged her pooch off the couch. “That was the last time we were together,” Pelzer said. “You don’t do that to my dog.” — AP

Dana Humphrey, Joanie Pelzer poses with her dog Hubbell, a 9-year-old Chihuahua, in New York. A man arrives with his dogs at Baubeach in Maccarese. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 Ancient Ethiopian walled city keeps modern life at bay

People stand in a market set up in front of the Shoa Gate, yenas howl and feast on flesh every night outside British explorer Sir Richard Burton was famously one of one of the five historic gates the ancient walls of Harar-one of Islam’s holiest the first foreigners to penetrate the “forbidden” walls in of the ancient walled city of Hcities that is holding out against the pressures of 1854, disguised as a Muslim trader, his face smeared with Harar, Ethiopia. the modern world. But change is coming, and campaign- dye. —AFP photos ers are working hard to preserve the gated Ethiopian Three decades later, French poet Arthur Rimbaud city’s unique history, cultural and religious traditions. made the fortified town his home, trading in coffee and, Inside the thick stone walls modern influences abound: reportedly, in ivory and guns. Visitors continue today, beer signs propped on crumbling old buildings, Chinese exploring its brightly painted 82 mosques in a labyrinth of electronics in shop windows and shiny trucks on the main narrow cobblestone alleyways. The four-meter (13-foot) road alongside ageing Peugeot sedans. high wall was built in 1551 by one of Harar’s 72 kings, But despite the encroachments from the outside with its five gates remaining today. world, a generation of cultural campaigners are deter- The walls repelled enemies and foreigners, remaining mined to preserve ancient customs-from clothing to mostly closed to non-Muslims until 1887 when it was bookbinding, to dance and song. “Because of globaliza- conquered by Ethiopia’s Emperor Menelik, ushering in a tion, you can’t prevent all changes, but the culture, the new era that opened the city for Christians and religion, still survives,” said Abdela Sherif, owner of a Ethiopians of diverse ethnicities. Long years of enclosure museum housing the largest collection of Harari cultural allowed Harari culture to flourish and its dwellers became relics in the world. “We are going to keep our culture, our famous for a modern trade system, hand-bound books, customs, our old civilization, we are going to keep it by Islamic teaching, poetry and lively religious festivals, Abass Yusuf holds in his mouth meat on a stick to revitalization,” Sherif adds, speaking inside his museum in which make up Harar’s unique identity. “The culture of feed a hyena. Harar packed with old coins, yellowed Korans, vintage silk the Hararis is different. Even the way they eat, even the dresses and rusting daggers. He runs bookbinding work- way they act, even the way they behave,” said historian someday and we will cry,” said Amir Redwan, sitting on a shops, and makes digital copies of old books and songs and sociologist Abdusemed Idris. floor mat chewing the herbal stimulant khat, as the as part of his preservation campaign. evening call from a mosque called out. Redwan uses Modern ways to preserve the old Facebook to reach out to Harari youth, to encourage Modern-day Harar is a pastiche of old and new, and them to learn about their heritage and history. “It is upon despite the presence of mobile telephones, computers them, upon us all, to keep this with whatever might that and satellite dishes, a deeply embedded religious piety we have,” he said. — AFP closely linked to cultural customs remains. “They want to remain themselves always, not to imitate others. So when it comes to the influence of the West still they say: ‘This is theirs, and ours is ours’,” Abdusemed said, speaking from his office near a busy market selling prayer mats, sun- glasses and football tops. “We take some, but we don’t take all, the influence is not that big, but we use the gadgets in the way we want to use it,” he added. As a result, some traditions remain strong, especially the festival marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, which draws thousands of people for three days of song, music and feasting, as their ancestors have done for centuries. But unlike previous generations, most people are not dressed in traditional silk gowns, with drummers wearing People walk in front of the Closed city opening up hooded sweatshirts, and revellers using smart phones to Jimma Mosque, the largest Founded in the 10th century, Harar-also called Jugol- film the party. But Mariam Sherif, who travelled from the mosque in Harar, especially is reputed to be one of the oldest cities in east Africa, with US for the festival, insists the customs at root remain firm. reserved for Friday prayers. three mosques more than a thousand years old, some of “That’s the only difference between now and then - the oldest outside the Arabian Peninsula. The UNESCO- everything we do, all the festivities, remain the same,” she listed town, lying some 525 kilometers (326 miles) east of said, standing near a crush of people dancing inside a the capital Addis Ababa, is said by some to be the fourth shrine. holiest city in the Islamic world — after Mecca, Medina Young Hararis like Sherif are actively embracing their and Jerusalem-and locals boast it has the highest concen- heritage, even using social media to teach young people A view taken from a hill shows the 1,000-year old tration of mosques and shrines in the world. Legendary about the old way of life. “We fear that we might lose it city of Harar. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 LAKME FASHION WEEK

Indian models showcase creations by Australian designers Pamela Eastern and Lydia Pearson on the third day of Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Winter/Festival 2014 in Mumbai yesterday. The LFW, held twice annually, features creations by over 86 designers and will culminate on August 24. — AP/AFP photos

Indian models showcase creations by designer Ekru. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Indian models showcase creations by designer Gaurang.

Indian models showcase creations by designer Shubhika. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

This is a July 26, 2011 file photo of tourists in Stortorget Square in the Old Town The Kungstradgarden subway station decorated with murals, mosaics, sculp- of Stockholm. — AP photos tures or art in Stocholm. Stockholm5 free things to do in

here’s no shortage of ways to spend your money in Stockholm, one of TEurope’s most expensive cities. A dinner or even just a drink can set you back more than you expected. Luckily, the Swedish capi- tal is an outdoorsy place, meaning there’s also a lot of stuff you can do for free.

The Old Town A stroll along the narrow alleys winding through Stockholm’s Old Town offers a glimpse into the city’s past. Or rather, a cleaned-up version of its past, without the foul stench of waste that filled the medieval core before modern-day plumbing. Old Town today is so tidily picturesque it almost has a Disneyland feel. Buildings from the 17th cen- tury stand askew, worn by time but meticu- lously repaired and repainted in soft shades of People bathe at Lake Malaren, yellow and rose. Unless you’re looking for a Smedsudden beach, foreground, and a Langholmen beach on the other side of the water in the background. breathtaking view of Stockholm’s skyline. The Riddarfjarden bay acts like a mirror, reflecting the elegant facades of Old Town’s waterfront palaces and the massive bell tower of the cas- People walking along the Monteliusvagen path on the cliffs over the northern shore of tle-like City Hall, home of the annual Nobel the Sodermalm district in Stockholm. Prize banquet. Come here at sunset or sunrise to maximize the wow factor. Subway art Lake Malaren and the Baltic Sea, some locals If you’re riding the subway anyway ($5 for will tell you the water is clean enough to Woodland Cemetery a single fare or $15 for a day pass), you can drink. That may be a stretch. You never see OK, so going to a cemetery may not be on enjoy what Stockholm tourism officials call anyone cupping their hand for a refreshing the top of your list when visiting a new city. the “world’s longest art exhibition” for free. swig from the city’s many canals and water- This one, though, is truly original. Nearly all of the 100 stations on Stockholm’s ways. However, in warm weather you do see Skogskyrkogarden, a woodland cemetery on three subway lines are decorated with murals, people go for a swim just about everywhere the southern edge of Stockholm, was created mosaics, sculptures or art installations. there’s access to water. There are more than between 1917 and 1920 and became a The Skogskyrkogarden, a woodland ceme- Highlights include the historic artefacts at 30 public bathing spots in Stockholm - from UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994. Here the tery on the southern edge of Stockholm. Kungstradgarden (Blue line) and Siri Derkert’s the rocks at Fredhall to the small sandy beach departed rest in natural surroundings, modest feminist wall paintings at Ostermalmstorg at Langholmen. Don’t be surprised to find plastic Viking helmet, turn off the main street headstones marking their graves in imperfect (Red line). If you have a valid subway ticket daring youths jump into the waters right in and its gift shops and discover a plethora of rows amid the pine trees. The idea behind the you can join a free guided tour in English of front of City Hall. small boutiques, art galleries and fashionable cemetery, designed by Gunnar Asplund and Stockholm’s underground art, departing at 3 cafes. Pause at the idyllic Stortorget square Sigurd Lewerentz, was to blend architecture p.m. from the T-Centralen station every Monteliusvagen and spare a thought for the 80 Swedish with nature, altering the landscape as little as Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from June There are places in the world where even nobles who in 1520 lost their heads here in a possible. The cemetery is always open and through August. an unskilled photographer can easily take a mass execution known as the Stockholm entry is free, though you’ll have to pay about picture worthy of being framed and admired. bloodbath. Then watch the changing of the $15 for a guided tour. Visitors are asked to Downtown swimming Monteliusvagen is one of those places. This guards at the nearby Royal Palace and ponder respect those who come here to mourn - In Stockholm, a city spread out over more walking path on the cliffs over the northern why one of the world’s most egalitarian coun- more than 2,000 funerals are held yearly in than a dozen islands at the intersection of shore of the Sodermalm district offers a tries still has a king. the cemetery’s five chapels. — AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

A graffiti street art A mural, a piece created by collaboration Woes Martin in between New Kakaako in Honolulu. Zealand artist Tanja Honolulu is famous Jade and Australian for golden sand artist Dabs Myla, on beaches and big the wall and alleyway waves. of a car dealership in Kakaako. Street art, not beaches, in Honolulu’s Kakaako

A bicyclist riding past a mural depicting the portraits of Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani and King David Kalakaua, in Honolulu. — AP photos

onolulu is famous for golden sand beach- ways to utilize its prime real estate, smack in the of fantasy, history, and social commentary. It was (gourmet hot dogs), Highway Inn (Hawaiian plate es and big waves. But the city’s ware- middle of Honolulu. created by native Hawaiian artists Solomon Enos lunches) and Cocina Hawaii, which serves Hhouse district, called Kakaako, is famous and John “Prime” Hina along with mainland artist Mexican cuisine, (Honolulu Beerworks) and a hip for a different sort of attraction. You won’t find Graffiti-tagging Gaia. For vacationers, the neighborhood’s edgy corner bar (Bevy Bar) serving Spanish tapas and kitschy Hawaiian souvenir shops or hordes of It wasn’t until 2011 that Honolulu artist Jasper vibe and urban art offer an appealing alternative specialty cocktails. And for spectacular views of tourists here, but you will find a thriving urban Wong sought to revitalize the area with urban art. to Oahu’s better-known attractions - sunny days Waikiki and Diamond Head, visit the Kakaako arts scene, with colorful street murals so big they Wong created a group called POW!WOW! Hawaii at the beach or trips to historic sites like Pearl Waterfront Park, down Cooke Street and across stretch across walls and sometimes entire sides with the goal of beautifying Kakaako and bring- Harbor. Teens may especially relate to the vivid Ala Moana Boulevard, about 10 minutes from the of buildings. ing people together through art. Artists from anime themes, while older viewers will appreciate murals. Surfers and body boarders regularly catch In one mural, a skeleton with a surfboard in around the globe participated, painting murals the area’s Banksy sensibility - yet all the art can be waves right in front of the park’s promenade. tow flashes the shaka, a Hawaiian hand-greeting. on walls across the decaying neighborhood. seen outside the confines of a traditional muse- According to Wong, the murals are replaced with In another, a snarling panda ferociously snaps its Wong says the art represents a unique local um. new art every February. But with much of Kakaako jaws near a doe-eyed maiden. A third shows a style, mixing the elaborate urban graffiti seen in currently slated for redevelopment, the old ware- banana in grass skirts dancing a hula with a talk- places like Brooklyn, Miami, Tokyo and London Good restaurants houses and buildings that now serve as canvases ing pineapple. with Hawaiian cultural influences and Asian ani- But the Kakaako murals are not just colorful will eventually be demolished and replaced with Kakaako sits between Honolulu’s downtown me. It’s also a far cry from the graffiti-tagging that paintings. Many have political messages and residential high rises. POW!WOW! Hawaii is work- and the touristy Waikiki. In ancient times, the once plagued the neighborhood. social commentary well beyond anime references ing with landowners to create initiatives to keep area was home to a native Hawaiian fishing vil- One of the more powerful murals covers the and bright spray-paint colors. And while you can the art alive as the area changes. So visitors to the lage. In the 20th century, the area industrialized, sides of a building near a popular gym, the UFC spot most of the artwork easily by walking area might not catch the dancing banana or the with warehouses, auto repair shops and car deal- Gym at 805 Pohukaina St. The faces of Hawaiian around, some is hidden down alleyways and faces of Hawaiian royalty, but there’s hope that as erships. The neighborhood has declined in royalty - King David Kalakaua and Queen backstreets. Kakaako also has a smattering of time goes on, they’ll still be able to see new and recent years as landowners struggled to find Liliuokalani - appear on the wall in a swirling mist good restaurants including Hanks Haute Dogs equally exciting murals. — AP Available at The Sultan Centre & Carrefour TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Tech Tips Sprint’s good rates come with a price

NEW YORK: In revamping its prices and plans reduces your speeds greatly after you hit the this week, Sprint is joining Verizon and AT&T in allotment. The unlimited plan offers unlimited letting families share pools of data. The new data at 4G LTE speeds, the fastest available Sprint plans are available starting Friday and today. reward families that need a lot of data. But the Couples company is also keeping an unlimited-data Sprint has the best deal for two-line plans plan that’s beneficial for individuals - and com- that offer 4 gigabytes to share. It’s $90 a month petes with a similar T-Mobile offering. Now that if you buy or bring your phone. With subsidies, most Americans have cellphones, wireless it’s $120 - the same that AT&T charges for two- companies have been trying to lure consumers line, unsubsidized plans. Verizon charges even with lower prices. And to increase revenue more, $130. With both AT&T and Verizon, subsi- LOS ANGELES: In this Jan 15, 2014 file photo, a Los Angeles Police officer wears an on-body from existing customers, the carriers have been dized plans cost $150 for two lines. camera during a demonstration for media. — AP pushing services with higher data allotments. It gets complicated with T-Mobile. The com- To help guide you through the maze of options pany offers discounts for multiple phones, but from the four national wireless carriers - it doesn’t let those phones share data. Each Ferguson fallout: A call Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile - here’s a phone gets its own allotment. To get 4 GB, you look at the best plans for individuals, couples can put one phone on a 1 GB plan and the oth- for police ‘body cams’ and families of four. er on 3 GB. That will cost $90 combined - same as Sprint, but without the sharing flexibility. If 1 NEW YORK: The fatal police shooting of the Experts including the ACLU’s Stanley caution First, a few things to keep in mind: GB isn’t enough, it’s $100 for both phones to unarmed black 18-year-old in Ferguson, Missouri, is that with the gadgets must also come with well- 1. The price you pay for mobile service should get 3 GB each. Sprint is also better for unlimited prompting calls for more officers to wear so-called thought-out policies, including guidelines that be only one factor. In my travels, I was plans - at $120, compared with $140 with T- body cameras, simple, lapel-mounted gadgets that spell out how long recordings are kept and what to more likely to get high-speed data service Mobile. capture video footage of law enforcement’s inter- do in situations where footage goes missing. “We with AT&T and Verizon, especially in rural actions with the public. Proponents say the devices live in a time when most people’s reaction to any areas. T-Mobile has improved in many add a new level of accountability to police work. problem is ‘clearly, if we have an app or some sort cities. Sprint is still catching up. A plan with “This is a technology that has a very real potential of a digital device, that will solve the problem,’” a large data allotment won’t mean much if to serve as a check and balance on police power,” says Neil Richards, professor of law at Washington you can’t use it. Also, if you travel a lot, only says Jay Stanley, senior policy analyst at the University in St Louis. Richards says the notion that T-Mobile offers free data roaming outside American Civil Liberties Union. body cameras might solve problems of police mis- the US 2. The prices I compare here are for voice, text The case supporters make is simple: Cops and conduct is “naive.” and data services only and do not include criminal suspects alike are less likely to misbehave if the cost of the phone. Taxes and fees are they know they’re being recorded. And there’s Prove false claims also extra, as well as one-time charges to some evidence supporting it. In a recent “The problem is that we can’t fix deep-seated activate service. Cambridge University study, the police department social problems with a $10 gadget or with a mil- 3. The best deals tend to require that you buy in Rialto, California - a city of about 100,000- saw an lion-dollar tank,” he says. The body cameras cur- a phone at full price or bring your own 89 percent decline in the number of complaints rently used in police work vary. They include phone. Buying a phone means paying against officers in a yearlong trial using the cam- devices that can be worn as glasses, including $600 or more up front for a high-end Family of four eras. The number of times the police used force Google Glass, the company’s $1,500 Internet-con- phone or spreading that out in monthly Sprint is able to offer a good deal here - against suspects also declined. After the trial, the nected eyewear. But more common are the small, installments. With Verizon, you must partic- not on price, but on the amount of data it cameras became mandatory for the department’s rectangular lapel cameras that attach to an officer’s ipate in its Edge installment plan to qualify. offers. For $160 a month, unsubsidized cus- roughly 100 officers. uniform and record audio and video with the touch Rates for voice, text and data services go up tomers share 20 gigabytes with Sprint and 10 Rialto isn’t unique. Across the US and in of a button. if you buy a subsidized phone for about $200 gigabytes with AT&T and Verizon. With subsi- England, Australia, Brazil and elsewhere, a growing Taser International Inc, which says it is the with a two-year contract. For a high-end dies, it’s $100 more a month with all three car- number of departments are implementing the largest provider of body-mounted cameras to US phone, you’re still typically better off accepting riers. As a promotion, customers switching to cameras, in addition to - or instead of - the dash- law enforcement agencies, has seen sales of its the subsidies and paying the higher service Sprint by Sept. 30 get additional discounts board-mounted cameras that are already widely wearable cameras increase sharply in the past year. rates if you upgrade right at the two-year mark. until the end of 2015, bringing the 20 GB used in police cars. Some one in six US police Bookings for sales of the cameras, which cost $400 unsubsidized plan to $100. You can have up departments now use body cameras in some form, to $700 each, grew from between $1 million to $2 Individuals to 10 people sharing that for the same price. It according to ACLU attorney Scott Greenwood. The million in early 2013 to $11.4 million in the April- Verizon and Sprint have great prices for might sound like a good deal, but if you’re Los Angeles Police Department is testing the cam- June period, says Taser CEO Rick Smith. Taser’s individuals, who typically need 2 gigabytes of paying for the phone in installments, the eras and the New York City Police Department said cameras are constantly recording, but the footage data per month. Unsubsidized plans are avail- monthly payments will continue past the end this month that the department is exploring the is deleted every 30 seconds unless an officer press- able for $50 a month and include unlimited of the promotion, making it difficult to switch feasibility of using the devices. The city’s public es record. In that case, the 30 seconds before the calls and texts. With AT&T, you pay $65. T- to a rival then. advocate, Letitia James, has called for the cameras officer hit record are kept in addition to everything Mobile doesn’t have a 2 GB plan. It offers 1 GB Also, remember that double the data allot- as a check on police misconduct following the else that’s subsequently captured. The recordings for $50 and 3 GB for $60. With Verizon, avoid its ment means nothing if you can’t use it. AT&T death of a black man placed in a chokehold by a are stored on Taser’s Evidence.com online service. flagship More Everything plan if you’re an indi- and Verizon still have better networks. Plus, 20 white police officer last month in Staten Island. Smith says the site is to the cameras what iTunes is vidual needing 2 gigabytes. Verizon offers sin- gigabytes is more than many families will need, to iPods. gle-line 2 GB plans through More, but for $80. unless you’re doing a lot of online gaming or Legal and procedural questions “It’s not the hardware that’s difficult, it’s how Ask for the special plan for individuals, which is video streaming without Wi-Fi. A two-hour Cameras come with complications, however. you manage the data coming out of all these just called Single Line Plan. movie, for instance, can easily consume more It’s unclear whether a police body camera would devices,” he says. Brian Smith, a former police offi- But if you need something other than 2 GB than a gigabyte. Don’t need 20 gigabytes? have altered the situation. A bystander recorded cer who is now assistant professor at the University or have tablets to add with Verizon, you’re Sprint offers 8 GB and 12 GB plans, though Eric Garner shouting “I can’t breathe!” as police of New Haven in Connecticut, expects that eventu- stuck with More. And this special plan is billed both are more expensive than the 20 GB plans officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold. ally every police department will use the cameras. as promotional, so Verizon might yank it any- for those who buy or bring their own phone. Garner later died. The city medical examiner ruled He compares them to the now-common dash- time. Verizon and Sprint are also the best for For those on subsidized plans, it’s cheaper to the death a homicide and the case is going to a board cameras used in police cars, which had their subsidized plans with 2 GB - $60 with Verizon go with less data. grand jury. Although body cameras provide a own supporters and skeptics when they were first and $65 with Sprint. AT&T’s costs $80. T-Mobile If you exclude Sprint’s promotion, which record that courts and police can use to recon- introduced. “Officers went from being suspicious of no longer offers subsidized phones. existing Sprint customers aren’t eligible for, T- struct events, there’s no guarantee the footage will them, worried that they would get caught doing Sprint and T-Mobile are the only carriers still Mobile has the best price. A family of four can provide easy answers. There are privacy concerns something - not terribly wrong - but (something offering unlimited data to new customers. pay $100 for 2.5 GB each - a total of 10 GB. But for all those being recorded, whether it’s the police like talking about their bosses),” Smith says. But he Sprint’s is $60 for an individual, while T-Mobile’s the allotment drops to 1 GB each after next officers, crime suspects, victims or innocent says they started to come around after seeing that is $80. Both plans are unsubsidized. Sprint’s year, and those 10 gigabytes aren’t sharable. bystanders. There are also legal and procedural the recordings could help prove false claims deal is particularly good, as it’s just $10 more For unlimited plans, Sprint loses its pricing questions: Who gets access to the recordings? And against them wrong. “And also on the flip side, if than the 2 GB plan, though make sure you live advantage, as it doesn’t offer multi-line dis- what happens when an officer’s device mysteri- we did have a few officers, bad apples, that did where Sprint has good service. Technically, all counts. The family pays $240 on Sprint and ously malfunctions or gets turned off at an inop- engage in misconduct, they were being recorded T-Mobile plans are unlimited, but the company $220 on T-Mobile. — AP portune moment? on camera,” Smith says. — AP TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

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Garvin 21:50 Mudcats 00:30 Street Outlaws 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:40 Croc Ganglands 01:20 The Fighters 08:15 Iron Chef America 23:30 Wild Untamed Brazil 02:10 Saint Hoods 09:05 Barefoot Contessa 03:00 Fast N’ Loud 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 03:50 Storage Hunters 10:20 Easy Chinese: San Francisco 04:15 Container Wars 04:40 Savage Family Diggers 10:45 Fast Food Gone Global 05:05 How It’s Made 11:35 Grill It! With Bobby Flay 05:30 How Stuff’s Made 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon STEALTH ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels Stewart TV listings SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

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Almass Kuwait holds ‘Give Blood Save Life’ camp

lumni associations of St Stephen’s College love’ which was collected by the Kuwait Blood Bank by a Elavumkal, Renice Monippally and Siby Vazhakattu and Uzhavoor (Almass, Kuwait) joined hands and spent team of cheerful staff, headed by Dr Muhammad Jaber witnessed active participation of more than 100 members A the last Friday morning at the United Indian School and Jomon Thomas Thundathil. The camp was well and friends who volunteered to donate blood for this auditorium, Abbassiya for donating generously the ‘liquid organized by the Conveners Shinoy Chakittamakkil, Tiji noble cause.

Indian embassy to join Summer Cultural Festival

Indian Embassy is taking part in the 9th Summer Cultural Festival from 24 August to 4 September 2014 at the Kuwait National Museum (opposite Kuwait National Library on Arabian Gulf Street) being organized under the auspices of Kuwait National Museum and the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) of the State of Kuwait. The participation of the embassy in the festival signifies cultural cooperation between the two countries. The embassy will exhibit photographs showcasing arts and cultural heritage of India at Kuwait National Museum. The opening ceremony of the exhibition is on 24 August 2014 at 10 am. There will be a live dance per- formance by Thrissur Association of Kuwait on the inau- gural day as well as daily non-commercial screening of famous Bollywood films (Chennai Express, Agent Vinod, Talash, EkTha Tiger and Three idiots) from 25 August 2014 onwards. The timings for screening of the above KERA holds India I-Day celebrations films would be from 5 pm to 8 pm in the evening on all days mentioned above at the auditorium of the Kuwait rominent NRI association from Ernakulam district Kuwait KERA General Coordinator Sadashivan and Sebastian Peter National Museum. Ernakulam Residents Association (K E R A), organized jointly. The national anthem was played. Ajoy Abraham deliv- The timings of the cultural exhibition are from 8.30am PIndia’s 68th Independence Day celebrations on August ered felicitation speech and independence day message. KERA to 12.30pm and again from 4.30 pm to 8.30 pm during 15, 2014 at Abbassiya. Sebastian Peter presided over the for- media convenor Bobby Paul proposed vote of thanks. KERA the above period. The entry to the exhibition as well as mal meeting in which KERA Arts Convenor Dennis John wel- Membership Campaign Season-III was also inaugurated dur- films is free. comed all the attendees. The national flag was hoisted by ing the meeting. Pravasee Deseeya Cultural Congress bids farewell to RK Nair K Nair is a senior Indian expatriate sector his last assignment being in Kuwait who lived in Kuwait for a span of 40 International Bank as Acting General Ryears. He is leaving Kuwait for good Manager in the retail division. He has for settling down in New Zealand. Pravasee worked for Commercial Bank of Kuwait and Deseeya Cultural Congress bid farewell to subsequently joined Kuwait International him. The program was presided over by Bank. Jacob Channapetta, the president of the Nair held other top positions in different organization. The deputy chief of mission banks like customer service representative, from Indian Embassy Subhashis Goldar Commercial service representative, credit inaugurated the function. analyst, general Service supervisor, retail Adv Thomas Panicker, Dr Joshi banking officer, assistant branch manager, Kuriakose, Industrialist Jacob Thomas, Anil branch manager, regional manager, senior P. Alex, Rajan John, Sebastian George, Jolly regional manager, executive manager, Rajan and R K Nair spoke on the occasion. assistant general manager and acting head DCM presented a memento to RK Nair. of retail banking through years and years of Nair held several positions in the banking hard work with good results.

HEALTH SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

SEOUL: An employee fills in shelves with packages of ‘ramyeon’ instant noodles at a shopping Customers eat ‘ramyeon’ instant noodle at a ramyeon restaurant. center. — AP photos Noodles: Friend or foe? S Koreans defend diet

TOKYO: Kim Min-koo has an easy reply to new American research terol. Eating instant noodles more than twice a week was associat- that hits South Korea where it hurts - in the noodles. Drunk and ed with a higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome, another heart hungry just after dawn, he rips the lid off a bowl of his beloved fast risk factor, in women but not in men. food, wobbling on his feet but still defiant over a report that links instant noodles to health hazards. “There’s no way any study is Top-selling going to stop me from eating this,” says Kim, his red face beaded The study raises important questions, but can’t prove that with sweat as he adds hot water to his noodles in a Seoul conven- instant noodles are to blame rather than the overall diets of peo- ience store. His mouth waters, wooden chopsticks poised above ple who eat lots of them, cautions Alice Lichtenstein, director of the softening strands, his glasses fogged by steam. At last, he the cardiovascular nutrition lab at Tufts University in Boston. spears a slippery heap, lets forth a mighty, noodle-cooling blast of “What’s jumping out is the sodium (intake) is higher in those who air and starts slurping. are consuming ramen noodles,” she says. “What we don’t know is “This is the best moment - the first bite,” Kim, a freelance film whether it’s coming from the ramen noodles or what they are con- editor who indulges about five times a week, says between gulps. suming with the ramen noodles.” There’s certainly a lot of sodium A cook prepares ‘ramyeon’ instant noodles for Han Seung- “The taste, the smell, the chewiness - it’s just perfect.” Instant noo- in those little cups. A serving of the top-selling instant ramyeon youn, left, during an interview at a ramyeon restaurant. dles carry a broke college student aura in America, but they are an provides more than 90 percent of South Korea’s recommended essential, even passionate, part of life for many in South Korea and daily sodium intake. across Asia. Hence the emotional heartburn caused by a Baylor Still, it’s tough to expect much nutrition from a meal that costs Heart and Vascular Hospital study in the United States that linked around 80 cents, says Choi Yong-min, 44, marketing director for Nigeria records instant noodles consumption by South Koreans to some risks for Paldo, a South Korean food company. “I can’t say it’s good for your heart disease. health, but it is produced safely.” By value, instant noodles were two new cases The study has provoked feelings of wounded pride, mild guilt, the top-selling manufactured food in South Korea in 2012, the stubborn resistance, even nationalism among South Koreans, who most recent year figures are available, with about 1.85 trillion won eat more instant noodles per capita than anyone in the world. ($1.8 billion) worth sold, according to South Korea’s Ministry of of Ebola Many of those interviewed vowed, like Kim, not to quit. Other noo- Food and Drug Safety. dle lovers offered up techniques they swore kept them healthy: China is the world’s largest instant noodle market, according to ABUJA: Nigeria said yesterday that two more people had taking Omega-3, adding vegetables, using less seasoning, avoid- the World Instant Noodles Association, although its per capita tested positive for Ebola, taking the total number of con- ing the soup. Some dismissed the study because the hospital consumption pales next to South Korea’s. The food is often a low- firmed cases of the deadly virus in the country to 14, involved is based in cheeseburger-gobbling America. The heated end option for Chinese people short of money, time or cooking including five deaths. “Nigeria has now recorded the first reaction is partly explained by the omnipresence here of instant facilities. Japan, considered the spiritual home of instant noodles, two cases of Ebola Virus Disease in secondary contacts of noodles, which, for South Koreans, usually mean the spicy, salty boasts a dazzling array. Masaya “Instant” Oyama, 55, who says he the index case,” Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu told a “ramyeon” that costs less than a dollar a package. eats more than 400 packages of instant noodles a year, rattles off a news conference in Abuja. “The two patients are spouses sampling: Hello Kitty instant noodles, polar bear instant noodles of primary contacts of the Liberian American,” the minis- Cup noodles developed by a zoo, black squid ink instant noodles. ter said, referring to Patrick Sawyer, who died in a private Individually-wrapped disposable bowls and cups are every- Lagos hospital on July 25. where: Internet cafes, libraries, trains, ice-skating rinks. Even at the ‘That eternal hungry spirit’ Chukwu said the two new cases were the husband and halfway point of a trail snaking up South Korea’s highest moun- In Tokyo, 33-year-old Miyuki Ogata considers instant noodles a the wife of two primary contacts who died of the disease. tain, hikers can refresh themselves with cup noodles. Elderly South godsend because of her busy schedule and contempt for cooking. “They were quarantined two days ago. But the other ones Koreans often feel deep nostalgia for instant noodles, which They also bring her back to the days when she was a poor student that were quarantined along with them have been entered the local market in the 1960s as the country began claw- learning to become a filmmaker, and would buy two cup noodles released,” he added. “Those on treatment (in isolation) ing its way out of the poverty and destruction of the Korean War at the 100 yen shop. Every time she eats a cup now, she is celebrat- currently are four-two primary contacts, two secondary into what’s now Asia’s fourth-biggest economy. Many vividly ing what she calls “that eternal hungry spirit.” In South Korea, it’s contacts. Presently altogether we have 213 on surveil- remember their first taste of the once-exotic treat, and hard-drink- all about speed, cost and flavor. Thousands of convenience stores lance.” ing South Koreans consider instant noodles an ideal remedy for have corners devoted to noodles: Tear off the top, add hot water Six of the 213 are under watch in the eastern city of aching, alcohol-laden bellies and subsequent hangovers. from a dispenser, wait a couple minutes and it’s ready to eat, often Enugu, where a nurse who had treated Sawyer travelled Some people won’t leave the country without them, worried at a nearby counter. before falling sick and was returned to Lagos, the minister they’ll have to eat inferior noodles abroad. What could be better at Some even skip the water, pounding on the package to break said. Sawyer, a 40-year-old Liberian finance ministry con- relieving homesickness than a salty shot of ramyeon? “Ramyeon is up the dry noodles, adding the seasoning, then shaking every- sultant, was taken for treatment after arriving at Lagos air- like kimchi to Koreans,” says Ko Dong-ryun, 36, an engineer from thing up. “It’s toasty, chewy, much better than most other snacks port visibly unwell on a flight from Monrovia. Two doctors Seoul, referring to the spicy, fermented vegetable dish that graces out there,” Byon Sarah, 28, who owns a consulting company, says and two nurses who treated Sawyer, as well as an official most Korean meals. “The smell and taste create an instant sense of of a technique she discovered in middle school. “And the season- from the West African regional bloc ECOWAS who picked home.” Ko fills half his luggage with instant noodles for his inter- ing is so addictive - sweet, salty and spicy.” Cheap electric pots that him up from the airport died from the disease. national business travels, a lesson he learned after assuming on his boil water for instant noodles in one minute are popular with sin- The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that it first trip that three packages would suffice for six days. “Man, was I gle people. Making an “instant” meal even faster, however, isn’t was encouraged by the situation in Nigeria, given that all wrong. Since then, I always make sure I pack enough.” always appreciated. of the confirmed cases came from a single chain of trans- The US study was based on South Korean surveys from 2007- At the comic book store she runs in Seoul, Lim Eun-jung, 42, mission. Five people confirmed to have the virus have 2009 of more than 10,700 adults aged 19-64, about half of them says she noticed a lot more belly fat about six months after she been “successfully managed and discharged”. Ebola has women. It found that people who ate a diet rich in meat, soda and installed a fast-cooking instant noodle machine for customers. “It’s killed 1,350 people this year, with most deaths in Guinea, fried and fast foods, including instant noodles, were associated obvious that it’s not good for my body,” Lim says. “But I’m lazy, Liberia and Sierra Leone. — AFP with an increase in abdominal obesity and LDL, or “bad,” choles- and ramyeon is the perfect fast food for lazy people.”—AP HEALTH SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 AA can help young adults, but mechanisms unclear NEW YORK: Alcoholics Anonymous can help people, young and old, exactly because the other members will be able to provide a new and People under age 30 make up only 13 percent of AA’s member- recover from drinking problems, but young adults seem to benefit wider perspective on substance use and the problems it causes, and ship, according to a 2011 survey conducted by the organization, mainly - and only - from certain aspects of the program, according to a the efforts to overcome it,” Hoeppner told Reuters Health. Hoeppner points out, yet “young adults are currently the age group small US study. The results may help to better tailor AA for a new gen- with the highest prevalence of substance use - so that’s one reason eration, researchers say, and help young adults feel more comfortable Social network we should care.” To see what accounts for successful recovery in AA in the heart of the program, the group meetings. “We now know that AA is by far the most accessible support for recovery, with over among young people, Hoeppner’s team analyzed the recovery efforts in addition to the mechanisms we traditionally target, there may be 100,000 local groups, 2 million members worldwide and no financial of almost 2,000 adults who participated in a 12-week treatment pro- other mechanisms that are particularly important for younger peo- cost to join, she said. The 12-step program with spiritually-grounded gram. They compared almost 300 participants between the ages of 18 ple,” said Bettina Hoeppner, a psychologist at Harvard University in principles focuses on helping an addict avoid the compulsion to drink and 29, to about 1500 counterparts 30 years old or older. Boston, Massachusetts, who led the study. alcohol. Past research has identified several key ways the regimen After treatment, the participants were required to check-in every Hoeppner and her team write that young people - who may face helps addicts resist the urge to drink, Hoeppner’s team writes in the three months for a year and a half and describe their alcohol use, AA more temptations to drink in a social context and have shorter addic- journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence. meeting attendance, spiritual or religious practices, depression, self tion histories, and hence less to share - may face a “barrier” to becom- These include learning to cope in a high-risk social context; dealing control and social networks. Even though both groups attended a ing engaged with the values of AA. “Yes, it may feel alienating to with setbacks such as depression, anger, boredom and anxiety; similar number of meetings, younger people were slightly less suc- attend meetings with folks who likely will have quite different life cir- embracing spiritual practices; and creating a social network that cessful at abstaining from alcohol than older members of the pro- cumstances, but chances are, going to the meetings will help, possibly includes people who drink alcohol as well as those who don’t. gram. —AP SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

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MLB CAPSULES Nationals stretch winning streak to 10

CHICAGO: Second baseman Arismendy Alcantara #7 of the Chicago Cubs (left) gets the throw from catcher Welington Castillo as Pagan tries to steal second base dur- ing the ninth inning at Wrigley Field on August 21, 2014. The Giants defeated the Cubs 5-3. — AFP

WASHINGTON: Denard Span scored from ing error by shortstop Eugenio Suarez scored unusual doubleheader. Pablo Sandoval eight in his fourth career shutout and first this second on third baseman Jordan Pacheco’s on Guyer’s hit. Price then retired his final 23 added three hits and two RBIs as the Giants season. He was 3-10 with Arizona before throwing error in the ninth inning, and the batters, nine on strikeouts, to finish an eight- rebounded from a 2-1 loss earlier in the day in being traded to the Yankees in July. Keuchel Washington Nationals stretched their winning inning complete game. Cobb (9-6) scattered the resumption of their suspended game in gave up seven hits and struck out five. streak to 10 games with a 1-0 victory over the two hits, walked two and struck out six over the series opener. Bumgarner (14-9) struck Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday. Five of seven innings, improving to 7-0 in his last 10 out 12 in seven innings. He allowed three runs BRAVES 8, REDS 0 Washington’s last six wins have come in its starts. After Brad Boxberger worked out of an and seven hits. The long day started with a Justin Upton extended his hitting streak to final at-bat, and the streak is tied for the fran- eighth-inning jam, Jake McGee got three outs rain delay of 1 hour, 57 minutes, and then the 12 games with a bases-loaded single during chise record. Kansas City is the only other for his 14th save and complete a four-hitter. teams played the final 4 1/2 innings of a game Atlanta’s decisive third inning, and the Braves team to win 10 consecutive games this year. Price (12-9), traded to the Tigers as part of a the Cubs thought they had won 2-0 on extended their offensive resurgence. Atlanta Rafael Soriano (4-1) pitched a scoreless ninth three-team deal on July 31, got a standing Tuesday night. A short rainstorm caused a put it away early, sending 11 batters to the for the Nationals, who swept three-game ovation while taking his warmup throws delay of more than 4 1/2 hours after the plate in the third for five runs. Jason Heyward series against the New York Mets and before the bottom of the first. grounds crew struggled with the tarp. The got it started with a single off David Pittsburgh Pirates before winning all four umpires said the field was unplayable and Holmberg (0-1) and drew a bases-loaded walk games of this series. Oliver Perez (2-3) got the ANGELS 2, RED SOX 0 called it at 1:16 a.m. But the Giants protested, that finished the rally. loss for the Diamondbacks. Matt Shoemaker pitched one-hit ball into and Major League Baseball ruled that the tarp Upton singled home a pair of runs during the eighth inning, helping the Angels com- had not been properly put away after its pre- the inning and later added a sacrifice fly. Julio DODGERS 2, PADRES 1 plete a four-game sweep at Fenway Park. vious use. Tsuyoshi Wada (3-1) earned the vic- Teheran (12-9) went six innings and allowed Clayton Kershaw struck out 10 in eight Shoemaker (12-4) struck out nine before a tory for the Cubs, while Ryan Vogelsong (7-9) four hits by the Reds, who have lost six in a innings for Los Angeles, and Justin Turner hit two-out walk to Mookie Betts in the eighth took the loss. Hector Rondon got three outs row. The Braves have won six of their last sev- a two-run homer. Kershaw (15-3) allowed one ended his night. Will Middlebrooks’ two-out for his 19th save in 23 opportunities. Justin en games, scoring at least seven runs four run and three hits while moving into a tie double in the seventh was Boston’s only hit in Ruggiano and Welington Castillo hit back-to- times. They remain seven games behind with Johnny Cueto, Wily Peralta and Adam its fifth consecutive loss. Jason Grilli pitched back homers for the Cubs in the second Washington in the NL East. Wainwright for the major league lead in victo- the ninth for his 12th save of the season and game. Travis Wood (7-11) gave up four runs ries. The two-time Cy Young Award winner first with the Angels since coming to Los and eight hits in six innings. Santiago Casilla TWINS 4, INDIANS 1 retired 12 in a row before giving up his first hit Angeles in a deal with Pittsburgh on June 27. worked a scoreless ninth for his 11th save. Kennys Vargas homered and sparked ral- - a single by pitcher Tyson Ross - with two The Angels have won four straight and eight lies with two other hits, leading the Twins outs in the sixth. Kenley Jansen pitched the of nine, taking a two-game lead over the A’s YANKEES 3, ASTROS 0 past Corey Kluber and the Indians. Phil ninth for his 36th save. Ross (11-12) held his into this weekend’s series at Oakland. Brandon McCarthy pitched a four-hitter Hughes (14-8) struck out eight over seven own against Kershaw, allowing four hits in Boston’s Rubby De La Rosa (4-5) pitched 6 2-3 and the Yankees avoided a three game innings to forge a four-way tie for the eight innings. innings, allowing two runs and eight hits. He sweep, beating the Houston Astros 3-0 American League lead in victories, with Rick also tied his career high with eight strikeouts. Thursday. New York won for just the third Porcello, Max Scherzer and Scott Kazmir. RAYS 1, TIGERS 0 time in 10 games. Trevor Plouffe put the Twins back in front David Price allowed only a first-inning RBI CUBS 2, GIANTS 1 Chase Headley hit an early two-run double with a two-run double in the sixth. Kluber triple to Brandon Guyer in his first start GIANTS 5, CUBS 3 and the Yankees backed McCarthy with flaw- (13-7) had his winning streak stopped at six, against his former team, and Alex Cobb and Buster Posey went 4 for 4 with his 14th less fielding. McCarthy (5-2) outpitched Dallas despite eight strikeouts over seven innings. the Rays beat the Tigers to avoid a three- homer, leading Madison Bumgarner and San Keuchel (10-9) as they both threw complete Rookie Zach Walters homered for the third game sweep. Ben Zobrist reached on a throw- Francisco to the win in the nightcap of an games without a walk. McCarthy struck out straight game for the Indians. — AP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

CYCLING Froome back to challenge rampant Quintana in Spain

MADRID: Chris Froome will go head-to-head with in-form Colombian rider Nairo Quintana when the final Grand Tour of the season, the Tour of Spain, gets underway in Jerez today. Froome’s defense of the Tour de France was ended by hand injuries after a series of nasty falls just five stages into the race last month, but he has recovered in time to try and make up for that disappointment to take his place as Team Sky leader. “This is exactly the sort of challenge that I need after the dis- appointment of withdrawing from the Tour de France,” the 29-year-old Kenyan born star said. “You can’t dwell on disap- pointment, you have to move on quickly to the next thing and the Vuelta has become the perfect race for me to focus on.” The grueling 21-stage race features eight mountain finish- es, two individual time trials and gets underway with a team time-trial through Jerez. In a break from tradition the final stage will also be an individual time trial into the northwest- ern city Santiago de Compostela rather than the final day parade around Madrid. Sky sporting director Dario Cioni is hoping a fast start can give Froome the upper hand. “With the team time trial straight away we have an opportunity to give Chris a head start,” he told skysports.com. “We’ve got a strong team here so why not aim to have a fast start and get a good result for the team? And a good result is going to be to try and win the stage.” PARAMUS: Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, tees off on the fourth hole during first-round play at The Barclays golf tour- Movistar’s Quintana has been in sublime form this season nament on Thursday, Aug 21, 2014 in Paramus, NJ. — AP as he claimed his first Grand Tour victory in the Giro d’Italia in June before also winning on his return to action in the Tour of Burgos last week. He should also be fresher than his rivals hav- Van Pelt leads The Barclays ing not competed in the Tour de France despite coming sec- ond to Froome in 2013. The 24-year-old, though, has stiff competition just to be the lead rider in his own team as logjam as McIlroy struggles Movistar have named both he and 2009 Tour of Spain winner Alejandro Valverde as co-leaders for the race. “Having Nairo and Alejandro we have to start with the intention of fighting Eight share second at FedExCup opener to win,” said Movistar’s general manager Eusebio Unzue. “Nairo, after 70 days without competing, has return to PARAMUS: Bo Van Pelt chipped in for eagle at adequate time into my game over the past takes me back to being a kid.” Entering the show his professionalism to get to the start line in great condi- the par-five 17th hole for a 65 that pushed week for obvious reasons,” he told reporters elite 122-man field in 104th place, Van Pelt tion and we know Alejandro is a very important man for us him past a crowd of eight players and into the after his first over-par round in competition said he had no expectations, content to be and can also be in the fight for the general classification.” first-round lead at The Barclays on a Thursday since the final round of the US Open in June. included after a dismal start to a season However, Unzue is still wary of the threat caused by Froome. when Rory McIlroy played poorly. The “So I’m going to grab a bite to eat here and go marked by five missed cuts in a row. “As poor- “Froome has been dominant in the Grand Tours over the past Northern Irishman, winner in his last three to the range this afternoon and work on a few ly as I played at the start of the year, I’m just few years and therefore out of respect he ought to be starts including the British Open and PGA things and really catch up on some practice kind of glad to be here,” he said, illustrating favorite.” Two-time winner Alberto Contador will also be mak- Championship, shot a three-over-par 74 and that I probably missed out on over the past his relaxed approach by taking up an invita- ing his return after a broken shinbone forced him out of the trailed Van Pelt by nine strokes. week. “I probably just needed to give myself a tion to go fishing. “I went striper fishing on Tour de France. However, the Spaniard has played down Among the long queue tied for second at little bit more time,” added McIlroy, who did Tuesday. I caught some fish in the East River, expectations that he can challenge for the overall victory giv- five-under 66 in the opening tournament of some promotional work with Tiger Woods so maybe that was my good luck charm this en his lack of preparation time. the four-event FedExCup playoffs were Jim and also appeared on a late night talk show week.” Mahan used a string of three birdies “I know that it is a Tour of Spain that I will have to plan very Furyk, who stood third on the points list, his with him. “But I wasn’t going to do that. I was from the 15th to grab a share of the lead, rely- differently from what I had intended at the start of the season old Ryder Cup team mate Hunter Mahan and enjoying myself.” ing on a steady driver to stay out of the thick or how I planned at the start of the Tour de France. “But I think England’s Paul Casey. They were joined by rough. “Hit fairways, hitting greens, giving Back to youth yourself a lot of good looks is the best way to I can come into the race thinking about ending the season Brendon de Jonge of Zimbabwe and Americans Charles Howell III, Cameron Van Pelt, refreshed after two weeks off and play this golf course,” said Mahan, who said he well and starting next year with more guarantees. “Perhaps in Tringale, Ben Martin and Brendon Todd on a a successful fishing trip on the murky East benefitted from perfect greens, being in the the last week I will be able to fight for a stage victory.” course softened by overnight rain. The 25- River, said touring the classic A.W. Tillinghast third group off the tee. Tringale, playing in the Defending champion American Chris Horner will be aiming to year-old McIlroy blamed his poor play on a Ridgewood Country Club course took him same group as Mahan, birdied the last two repeat his remarkable surge to victory last year which saw him lack of preparation and not on fatigue despite back to his youth. “The course I grew up on is holes for his 66. “We had great rhythm in the aged 41 become the oldest ever champion in a Grand Tour. taking time to celebrate his blistering run and similar,” the Indiana native said. “A lot of trees round. Everyone was playing well and hitting Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez is also likely to cause a threat in attending to added business commitments. “I and bent grass. “I love coming up here to bent a lot of quality shots, so it kind of felt like I was the mountains as he rides for Katusha.— AFP think it’s more to do with just not putting the grass ... and stuff that I’m used to. Kind of just trying to keep up.” — Reuters Swimming champ Magnussen tips hot final; Phelps hits form

GOLD COAST: World champion James Magnussen said it forward to the challenge,” he said. “It will take a 47 (seconds) “The times (at the nationals) those guys put up weren’t would take one of the year’s fastest times to win the Pan to win it, so I think there will be a few of us under that 48-sec equal to the quality of swimmers that they were, so you could- Pacific Championships 100m freestyle after American stars barrier.” Only Magnussen and McEvoy have gone under 47 n’t risk anything today.” Australia’s world champion Cate Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian threw down the gauntlet seconds this year, with Brazilian Cesar Cielo holding the world Campbell was imperious in cruising to the fastest time in the yesterday. Adrian, who nudged out Magnussen by one-hun- record at 46.91sec. women’s 100m freestyle heats. The newly crowned dredth of a second to win the Olympic 100m gold in London, Phelps, 29, the 18-time Olympic gold medallist, looks to be Commonwealth Games champion powered to a meet record topped yesterday’s qualifiers with 48.05 seconds. Australia’s returning to form after failing to win at this month’s US and the year’s best time of 52.62sec in coasting to victory, two-time world champion was just 0.2sec behind, with Championships. “(Coach) Bob Bowman and I have been work- 0.88sec ahead of her sister Bronte with American star Missy Olympic great Phelps surging into contention on the back of ing just on the stroke and today my stroke actually felt easier Franklin clocking 53.65sec. Campbell said she was not reacting 48.45, just four-hundredths of a second ahead of another than it normally had,” Phelps said. to Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom’s time of 52.67sec in winning the Australian, Cameron McEvoy. “The first 50 felt really good and I knew I had to win that European crown in Berlin this week. Phelps, four months into his comeback from retirement, heat if I wanted a chance to swim in the final tonight. I actually “That’s my fastest time since the (2013) worlds where I was produced a sizzling swim to ensure he would be the second hit the turn which is a good thing.” Adrian said the quality of in the form of my life so to be able to come out and do that I’m American in the final ahead of team-mates Anthony Ervin and the field ensured no risks could be taken chasing a spot in the very happy,” she said. “I don’t keep track of other people, I Jimmy Feigen. Magnussen, who has been troubled by a final. “The field was like a men’s team meeting in the ready don’t think it’s healthy to rate yourself off other people. I can degenerative back condition, was relishing the twin US threat. room and the depth we have is just incredible, it’s kind of like only be as good as I can be. “I’m sure Sarah and I will have “It feels fine, I’m happy to race anybody on my day so I’ll look the US nationals,” he said. some great head-to-head battles in the years to come.”—AFP

SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Offseason academies keep NFL players in shape KANSAS CITY: This past offseason, Chiefs ago, Geoff Schwartz went from a journey- knew, quarterbacks such as the Vikings’ breaking down film in the classroom. offensive lineman Jeff Allen and Donald man trying to stick with a team to a starter Teddy Bridgewater and Matt Cassel were “Whatever I need in terms of technique, Stephenson could have made like a couple for the Chiefs, and then signed a four-year, hanging around the practices. Fitzgerald getting stronger in the weight room, talk- of college kids on spring break, sleeping ‘til $16.5 million deal with the Giants. never invites anybody; they just drop in. ing to someone about going through the noon and then hitting the beach. Instead, “If you play offensive line and you’re try- And while he’s never promised “cutting- NFL lifestyle, just any questions I have that I they rose with the sun and worked until ing to get better,” opined Chance Warmack edge facilities,” Hall of Famers such as Cris need a second opinion on, he’s there for they dropped. You see, Allen and of the Titans, “then that’s the place to go.” Carter often show up to help. me,” Warmack said. Some team executives Stephenson joined a growing number of There are other places to go for other posi- “There’s nothing more competitive than worry that the camps increase the chance players taking part in offseason camps and tions, too. IMG Academy’s Athletic and the environment we have on an everyday of injuries, and that the programs might not academies, often organized and run by for- Personal Development program in Florida basis (in the NFL),” Fitzgerald said. “I try to complement the club’s philosophies. On mer NFL players. The lure is simple: The rare promises “deluxe housing, fine dining, cut- simulate that in terms of workouts, try to the other, they provide players an opportu- opportunity for guys with gumption to get ting-edge training facilities and equipment, make it competitive. You don’t want to get nity to do “football work.” ahead in a business that has become partic- world-class fields” and even a full-service too far away from the competition. The “From an organizational standpoint, you ular about the amount of time players can spa to those who attend its offseason pro- drills that we run, I’m trying to whip Mike’s applaud someone trying to make them- spend with their regular coaches at their grams. Those who have worked with the (butt). He’s trying to beat me every day. You selves better,” Chiefs general manager John team facilities. program, overseen by former NFL quarter- get results.” The guys who attended Dorsey said. “And when you put guys in “With the new collective-bargaining back Chris Weinke, include Steelers tight Bentley’s academy are certainly seeing competitive environments, peer pressure agreement, we’ve got a lot of time to our- end Heath Miller and Rams offensive line- results. Warmack spent three days at home always does something.” selves,” Allen explained this week, “so it’s all man Rodger Saffold. Not all camps promise with family after Tennessee wrapped its off- That way, when the season rolls around, about what you want to do with your time. full-service spas, though. In fact, many are season program in June, and then headed you’re able to beat your peers. “You have to I wanted to invest in myself, and that’s why little more than private workouts organized to the desert. He spent four of the five be self-driven in your offseason. You have a lot of guys do those things.” Make no mis- by players that grew through word-of- weeks he had left before the start of Titans to be able to take advantage of that time. take, Allen means investing. When he mouth into large-scale endeavors. Cardinals training camp in what can only be You can’t sit and do nothing,” Chiefs quar- joined Stephenson at the LeCharles Bentley wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, for example, described as boot camp: terback Alex Smith said. “Everybody kind of O-Line Performance Academy in Scottsdale, started a camp after his first Pro Bowl in Wake to his alarm at 4:30 am and quickly goes their own direction and has to find Arizona, the third-year pro paid his own 2005. Other players began showing up, head out the door. Arrive at the facility by 5 what fits for them. There are places all over way. It was a small investment, though, mostly pass catchers such as teammate am for a personalized, 2-hour workout. the country now, a lot of them in Arizona. considering the potential payoff. After Michael Floyd and Packers tight end After a quick nap, return at 11 am for anoth- Everybody has their deal and what they are attending the Bentley camp two summers Jermichael Finely. The next thing Fitzgerald er 2-hour workout. Spend the afternoon comfortable with.” — AP

Spotlight on referee; All Blacks, Wallabies clash

AUCKLAND: The All Blacks and Wallabies sought pre-match talks with referee Romain Poite yesterday as they try to avoid giving away penalties in their highly anticipated return Rugby Championship Test. With both sides smarting from last week’s 12-12 draw in Sydney, New Zealand’s Steve Hansen and Australia’s Ewen McKenzie were keen to mini- mize any uncertainty in Auckland. All Blacks coach Hansen has already claimed an apology from last week’s whistleblow- er, South African Jaco Peyper, for a series of refereeing blun- ders including one yellow card. “I’ve seen Steve’s interpreta- tion of what the referee said so if there’s talk about free kicks at scrum time there were only three free kicks against the All Blacks but there were still 14 penalties” against them in the game, McKenzie said. “It depends on which bit you want to look at. So we’ll talk about the scrums.” McKenzie arguably has more to fear from Poite, who is seen to favor the dominant pack and was severe on the Wallabies in last year’s deciding British and Irish Lions Test. The All Blacks, who fell one short of a record 18th Test win last week, have played five internationals with the Frenchman in charge and never lost. The Australian coach SPA: Mercedes-AMG’s German driver Nico Rosberg drives during the first practice session at the Spa-Francorchamps cir- said he would be talking to Poite and last week’s referee cuit in Spa yesterday ahead of the Belgium Formula One Grand Prix. — AFP Peyper, who is also in Auckland for the today’s Test. He said the Wallabies were also unhappy with some of Peyper’s deci- Rosberg leads Hamilton in sions in a rain-soaked Sydney, but added “teams have to look at themselves over time rather than look at one game”. Belgian Grand Prix practice ‘It felt like a loss’ And he warned that Australia would not be cowed by their SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS: Formula One leader all their own way. Williams had a low-key start, move confirmed by the sport’s ruling body, record at Eden Park, the All Blacks’ spiritual home, where they Nico Rosberg set the fastest time in opening with Finland’s Valtteri Bottas 10th on the the International Motoring Federation (FIA). have not won a game since 1986. “They were going for a Belgian Grand Prix practice yesterday after timesheets and Brazilian Felipe Massa 15th. Rossi took part in yesterday morning’s world record last week and didn’t get there,” McKenzie said. renewing his duel with Mercedes team mate Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, winner of the pre- opening free practice session. Chilton said “We know what they’re capable of. They’re a very consistent and title rival Lewis Hamilton. Returning vious race in Hungary, was ninth. At the bot- that he had voluntarily stepped aside to allow side and have been the most consistent team for 100 years, refreshed from the August break, Rosberg set tom end of the field, Germany’s Andre the team to sell his seat to secure what he said we know that. It doesn’t mean they win every game.” Hansen a best time of one minute 51.577 seconds Lotterer limbered up for his F1 debut with was a much-needed financial boost. A team said he would also try to clarify points of the law with Poite as around the classic Ardennes circuit. Caterham as a replacement for Japan’s Kamui spokesperson confirmed that Chilton would the All Blacks seek to re-establish supremacy and lock up the Hamilton, who is 11 points adrift after 11 Kobayashi by lapping faster than Swedish be racing and that an application had already trans-Tasman Bledisloe Cup for the 13th year in a row. Captain of 19 races, was a mere 0.097 slower on a rookie team mate Marcus Ericsson. been lodged with the FIA for him to be back Richie McCaw said the home side were hoping to step up a cloudy but bright morning at the longest in the car for afternoon’s second free practice gear after last week’s game, which they were lucky to escape track on the calendar which is renowned for Chilton restored by Marussia session. with a draw. “It felt like a loss after the game,” McCaw said. fickle weather conditions. The one-two was Meanwhile, Max Chilton was restored in An FIA statement said: “The stewards have “We want to make sure we come out and do better this week.” their fifth in succession in practice. Ferrari’s his race seat with the Marussia team yesterday received a request from Marussia F1 Team to The Wallabies will field an unchanged side while the All Blacks Fernando Alonso was third fastest with and will resume as a driver in second free change the nominated driver Alexander Rossi have changed three for a Test which is forecast to be played in McLaren’s Jenson Button fourth. The practice for the Belgian Grand Prix, the team (car #42) back to their previously nominated dry weather and hard ground. Injured centre Ma’a Nonu has Mercedes-powered teams were predicted to confirmed yesterday. Marussia had driver Max Chilton (car #4) for the 2014 dominate and had seven cars in the top 10 announced on Thursday that American Belgian Grand Prix. “In accordance with Article been replaced by the less aggressive Ryan Crotty, in his first but Ferrari’s showing, with four times Spa win- Alexander Rossi was taking over from the 19 of the FIA Formula 1 sporting regulations Test start, partnering Conrad Smith who was absent last week ner Kimi Raikkonen fifth fastest despite a spin Briton due to contractual issues. But the team the stewards grant permission for this driver attending the birth of his son. —AFP at La Source, indicated they would not have it revised their plans for tomorrow’s race, a change.” —Agencies SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Powerful Ahly among CAF semi-finals hopefuls JOHANNESBURG: Serial African club title winners Al- cied to join Group A leaders Coton in the semi-finals. us entrench our position at the top of the table,” added Ahly of Egypt are among six sides chasing three CAF A draw at home to win-less ASEC will take the shock the recent successor to caretaker coach Fathi Mabrouk. Confederation Cup semi-finals places this weekend. 2012 Confederation Cup winners through at the After a 1-0 home win over Sewe on his CAF debut, The other hopefuls include Zambians Nkana, Ivorians expense of Bamako. The only chance the Malians have Garrido watched the Cairo ‘Red Devils’ fall by the same Sewe San Pedro, Tunisians Etoile Sahel, Congolese AC is to win handsomely at home against Coton and hope score away to Nkana two weeks ago. Leopards and Malians Real Bamako. Cameroonians Leopards lose heavily to former African champions Garrido believes a severely depleted squad con- Coton Sport have already qualified and Ivorians ASEC ASEC. That is an improbable scenario, but the group tributed to the setback on the Zambian copper-belt. Mimosas are out of contention. has produced some stunning upsets, including “We are competing in Africa with only 17 players-three Ahly host Etoile in Cairo needing a draw from a Leopards winning 4-0 at Coton after being held at of whom are goalkeepers-due to injuries and transfers. clash of two of the three most successful CAF clubs to home by the Cameroonians. Although one point will “However, I have complete confidence in my squad seal a last-four berth. A draw for Nkana away to Sewe be enough for Ahly, winners of a record 18 CAF titles, and together we are going to win this match.” Ahly and San Pedro in Abidjan would earn the Zambians the Spanish coach Juan Carlos Garrido insists a draw is the Etoile clashed in two CAF Champions League finals other Group B semi-finals slot. Etoile must win to have last thing on his mind. within three years during the past decade with each a chance of staying in the second-tier African club “We will play to win-I will not go for a draw,” insisted club winning one. Etoile, the only winners of all five competition while a win for Sewe would guarantee the 45-year-old former Villarreal, Bruges and Real Betis CAF club competitions, tackle Ahly at Cairo Stadium survival. Ahly have eight points, Nkana seven, Sewe six manager to the Egyptian media. “Etoile are tough having suffered losses away to Nkana and a home to and eight CAF title winners Etoile five, entering the opponents and the game is going to be difficult. The Sewe. A blow for the Egyptian ‘Red Devils’ is the con- final series of mini-league fixtures today and tomorrow. Tunisians have vast experience of matches like this tinuing ban on spectators after clashes between club Leopards are three points ahead of Real and hotly fan- one.”However, we are going for the victory that will see supporters and police this year. — AFP

Balotelli exit provokes few RUSSIAN PREMIER LEAGUE PREVIEW tears among Italian fans Zenit set to continue their ROME: Mario Balotelli’s departure from AC Milan for Liverpool provoked few tears among Italian football fans with many say- ing ‘good riddance’ to the controversial striker. Balotelli, 24, perfect start left Italy in a private jet at lunchtime yesterday and, provided he passes a medical, was due to be unveiled as a Liverpool MOSCOW: Zenit St Petersburg will be confident of player by the end of the day. For Milan, the 20-million-euro extending their perfect start to the Russian Premier ($27 million) sale is the latest confirmation that the one-time League season when they welcome Amkar Perm to giant of Italian football has become a selling club. It has also the Petrovsky Stadium yesterday. left a huge gap in their forward line, little over a week from the Zenit are the only team to have won all four closure of the transfer market. matches so far and have scored 15 goals in the Milan boss Filipo Inzaghi, who has already lost Brazilian process, including eight against newly-promoted playmaker Kaka to Major League Soccer (MLS) this summer, is reported to be pursuing FC Porto’s highly-rated Colombian Torpedo Moscow. They will have their home sup- striker Jackson Martinez. After scoring 46 goals in 60 appear- port behind them once again after being forced to ances over the two seasons he has spent in Portugal, Martinez, play both Torpedo and Ufa behind closed doors 27, has attracted interest from a string of top clubs, including because of a two-game supporter ban as a punish- Arsenal and Chelsea, so there is no guarantee that Milan will ment for trouble at a match against Dynamo succeed in bringing him to the San Siro. Moscow late last season. Reports suggest Inzaghi is also looking at Torino and Italy And an Amkar side who have collected just one winger Alessio Cerci. Also 27, Cerci is possibly a more realistic point from their opening four games would appear target given that Milan, who finished eighth in Serie A last sea- unlikely to represent a stiff test for Zenit, even if son, cannot offer new recruits European football. Neither this encounter comes in between the two legs of a Martinez or Cerci will come with Balotelli-sized salary expecta- Champions League play-off against Standard Liege tions, which will be welcome news for Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi. The media tycoon and former prime minister turns for Andre Villas-Boas’s men. 78 next month and has been steadily scaling back his financial An Oleg Shatov strike gave Zenit a 1-0 win in commitment to the seven-times European champions. Belgium on Wednesday, leaving last season’s Balotelli is the latest in a string of top players to leave Milan in Russian runners-up with one foot in the group recent years. stage ahead of next Tuesday’s return. However, for- Andrea Pirlo was allowed to go in 2011 because Berlusconi mer Porto, Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur boss would not sanction any more than a one-year contract exten- Villas Boas warned: “We must keep in mind that we sion for the playmaker who has since helped Juventus to three haven’t had a break in a while. consecutive titles. Zlatan Ibrahamovic and Thiago Silva “Since starting our Champions League campaign departed for Paris Saint-Germain a year later.It has been seen we have played seven matches without a break, as significant that Berlusconi has sanctioned the sale of and with flights and having to acclimatize to each Balotelli for 20 million euros ($27 million), the same amount he paid for him in January 2013 when Manchester City were new place. “We played a good match in Liege but desperate to offload him. Berlusconi’s daughter, Barbara, our work hasn’t been completed as we expect a revealed earlier this year that the family were seeking new tough clash in the return leg with Standard. And I investors who would be willing to buy a 30 percent stake in am positive that we will be completely ready for the club with the aim of restoring its financial firepower. To our next match.” date there have been no indications of progress on that front. Elsewhere today, Spartak Moscow travel to pro- moted Ufa fresh from their 1-0 win in the Moscow Will always walk alone MILAN: In file this picture, AC Milan forward Mario Balotelli controls the ball during a Serie A soccer match derby with reigning champions CSKA. Murat Yakin, The baggage of erratic, unpredictable behavior that comes the Swiss coach of Spartak, is hopeful that forward with Balotelli was reflected in the reaction to his departure. A between AC Milan and Genoa, at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. — AP Artem Dzyuba, scorer of four goals in the opening poll run on sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport’s website sug- two matches, and midfielder Tino Costa will recover gested most readers were happy to see the back of him, with Adriano Galliano had pulled off the greatest transfer “coup” in 83 percent of more than 2,500 respondents saying they were the club’s history. In a more serious commentary on Balotelli from minor injuries in time to make the trip 1,400 happy to see him return to England. His departure also pro- joining the fourth major club of his career at the age of 24, La kilometers east to Ufa. voked much humorous comment on social media, with one Gazzetta said Italy would miss its prodigal son. But the daily And reigning champions CSKA, without last sea- Twitter user mocking up an image of the famous Abbey Road also suggested he could struggle to settle on Merseyside, far son’s leading scorer Seydou Doumbia due to injury, picture of the Beatles on a pedestrian crossing with Balotelli from his Italian family and the baby daughter he has with a face a stiff test away to Rubin Kazan. “We lacked parked on it in his red sports car. former girlfriend. “The Kop will sing ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ creativity in our last match,” admitted CSKA coach Another Twitter-wit observed: “Balotelli leaving Italy: it’s to him ... but Mario, who seems incapable of putting down Leonid Slutsky, referring to the 1-0 defeat to not one to add to the brain drain list.” Former Italy striker roots, will always walk alone,” Gazzetta predicted. “He is on an Spartak. — AFP Christian Vieri also weighed in, tweeting that Milan CEO eternal odyssey.”— AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

League Managers’ association ‘sorry’ for Mackay statement

LONDON: England’s League Managers’ Association apolo- gized yesterday for a statement it issued on behalf of former Cardiff manager Malky Mackay, saying the wording was “inap- propriate and has been perceived to trivialize matters of a racist, sexist or homophobic nature”. The LMA spoke on behalf of Mackay on Thursday after the 42-year-old Scot and his right- hand man Iain Moody were alleged to have shared racist, sexist and homophobic texts when they worked together at Cardiff. It tried to explain Mackay’s conduct by saying he was “let- ting off steam to a friend during some friendly text message banter”. That prompted widespread criticism from anti-dis- crimination groups, while Henry Winter, the Football Correspondent of Britain’s Daily Telegraph, labeled the LMA’s words as “the statement that sanity forgot”. “The suggestion that racist comments can ever be deemed ‘banter’ is risible, offensive and deeply damag- ing,” Winter wrote. “It is not ‘banter’, it is bigotry.” Such comments prompted the LMA to issue a new state- ment yesterday which said: “The LMA apologizes for some of its wording, in its release yesterday, which was inappro- priate and has been perceived BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Brazilian forward Neymar da Silva Santos Junior celebrates his goal during the 49th Joan to trivialize matters of a racist, Gamper Trophy football match FC Barcelona vs Leon Club at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. — AFP sexist or homophobic nature. That was certainly not our intention,” the statement read. SPANISH LEAGUE PREVIEW “It is beyond argument that any comments that are dis- criminatory, even used in pri- Revitalized Barcelona Malky Mackay vate, are totally unacceptable. The LMA remains absolutely aware of our responsibility to the game and to promote and uphold the highest standards of behavior.” But amidst the aiming for flying start expressions of regret and condemnation, there was support for Mackay from veteran QPR manager Hary Redknapp. “I am not condoning what he has done but he is not a bad person,” MADRID: Barcelona will be looking to put defender David Lomban believes his side La Liga champions Atletico have a Redknapp said yesterday. “Show me someone who has not a disastrous end to last season behind can take heart from that result to the tricky start as they travel across Madrid to made a mistake. them when they open their new La Liga Camp Nou. “There is never a good time to take on a Rayo Vallecano side that pro- campaign at home to Elche tomorrow. face Barcelona, but it also wasn’t a good duced a stunning late run last season to ‘Second chance’ Former Barca captain Luis Enrique will take time towards the end of last season and secure their survival in the top flight for charge of his first competitive game after we managed to get a draw,” he said. another year. Real, meanwhile, will also be “He has not murdered someone, is not a rapist or a pae- replacing Gerardo Martino in the dugout, Champions League finalists Atletico looking to make amends as they crumbled dophile, he has made a mistake but that should not finish his but many of the new faces in the playing Madrid and Real Madrid don’t get their in the final weeks of the league season in football career. “People get second chances in life who have staff are unlikely to feature. Marc-Andre ter league campaigns underway until Monday May before going on to claim a tenth committed bad crimes. Yes, he has made a mistake but we are Stegen and Thomas Vermaelen are both night as they face off in the second leg of European Cup by beating Atletico in not going to hang him for it. His life has to go on and hopefully sidelined by injury, while Luis Suarez con- the Spanish Super Cup on Friday. Lisbon. —AFP he will learn from what he has done.” The LMA’s original state- tinues his four-month ban for biting Italian ment on this issue was published following Moody’s resigna- defender Giorgio Chiellini during the tion as sporting director of Premier League side Crystal Palace World Cup. Claudio Bravo and Ivan Rakitic on Thursday after a file alleging misconduct during his time are expected to make their competitive Matches on TV with Cardiff was sent by the Welsh club to the Football debuts, however, while Lionel Messi and Association. Neymar will feature after both scored on (Local Timings) According to a report in Britain’s Daily Mail, the file alleges their return from World Cup duty in Barca’s 6-0 thrashing of Mexican side Club Leon that both Moody and Mackay, who was sacked as Cardiff man- ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE beIN SPORTS 14 HD ager by Malaysian owner Vincent Tan in December 2013, sent on Monday. Barca also lost the experience of goal- Aston Villa v Newcastle 14:45 a series of racist, sexist and homophobic text messages to one FRENCH LEAGUE keeper Victor Valdes and Carles Puyol over beIN SPORTS 1 HD another during their time with the Welsh side. Two months beIN SPORTS 11 HD Nice v Girondins 21:00 after Mackay’s departure, Moody was fired by Cardiff before the close season, but another veteran, right-back Dani Alves, believes he can see beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 9 HD going on to join Palace’s staff. Swansea v Burnley 17:00 Stade de Reims v Caen 21:00 The Mail reported the dossier had come to light after Cardiff similarities in Luis Enrique’s early days in charge to those of Pep Guardiola which beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 7 HD engaged London-based law firm Mischon de Reya, who reaped such success. “It is a pleasure to Chelsea v Leicester 17:00 Lille v Lorient 21:00 obtained a High Court writ to enter Moody’s house in Balham, work with someone like Luis Enrique, he beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS 6 HD south London, where work computers and phones were demands a lot from us and in the end that beIN SPORTS 11 HD Montpellier v Metz 21:00 seized. Moody’s departure would appear to have closed the is what makes us excited,” Alves said on beIN SPORTS 1 HD beIN SPORTS HD 8 door on Mackay succeeding Tony Pulis as Palace manager. Thursday. “We are working well and Crystal Palace v West Ham 17:00 Mackay guided Cardiff to the Premier League after a 51-year demanding a lot of ourselves. The target beIN SPORTS 1 HD GERMAN LEAGUE Southampton v West Brom 17:00 absence from English football’s top flight but that didn’t stop this year is a marvelous one. “I think the Hannover 96 v Schalke 16:30 beIN SPORTS 1 HD Tan sacking both him and Moody. After he was ditched by teams that want to keep winning titles Dubai Sports Cardiff, Mackay launched a £7.5million ($12.4 million, 9.4 mil- always have to be in evolution. We have Everton v Arsenal 19:30 beIN SPORTS 1 HD Hoffenheim v Augsburg 16:30 lion euros) legal claim against Tan for compensation but the principal thing, which is clear ideas Dubai Sports dropped the claim in May and apologized to the Bluebirds’ that are accepted by everyone. All that we beIN SPORTS 11 HD beIN SPORTS 1 HD FC Koln v Hamburger 16:30 owner. Earlier this week Palace were fined by the Premier need to do now is execute them.” Dubai Sports League for their part in the ‘spygate’ saga involving Cardiff last SPANISH LEAGUE Hertha Berlin v W Bremen 16:30 Stumbling block April. The Premier League determined that Palace had Malaga v Athletic de Bilbao 20:00 Dubai Sports breached their ‘good faith’ rule by obtaining information Elche provided a major stumbling block E Frankfurt v Freiburg 16:30 between Barcelona and the Liga title last beIN SPORTS 2 HD about Cardiff’s team ahead of their 3-0 win when the two clubs Dubai Sports season as they held Martino’s men 0-0 at beIN SPORTS 14 HD were relegation rivals. The Welsh club had complained to the Dortmund v Bayer 04 19:30 their own Martinez Valero Stadium in the Sevilla v Valencia 22:00 Premier League that Moody had contacted Cardiff employees beIN SPORTS 2 HD Dubai Sports for information in the build-up to the game. — AFP penultimate game of the campaign. And SPORTS SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014

Arsenal’s Cazorla SPL PREVIEW eyes Everton goals Celtic look to build on LONDON: Santi Cazorla wants to return to his scoring consistency of two seasons ago and strengthen Arsenal’s challenge for hon- ors this season. The Spain midfielder struck European springboard seven goals last season and will hope to open his Premier League account this term when Arsene Wenger’s side face Everton at GLASGOW: Celtic manager Ronny Deila played a game fewer. “Inverness are a good, organized team. Goodison Park today. His goal return in the says he is pleased with the continued Deila insists his side will be fully They are a small club with a good coach, 2013/14 campaign was down on the 12 improvement of his side as they prepare focussed on the match but with the return but we have seen a lot of their matches. goals he scored during his first season at the to face Inverness Caledonian Thistle leg with NK Maribor three days later the They play football and in defense they club and, while Cazorla missed out in the today. The Hoops secured a 1-1 draw with Celtic boss suggested he may rotate his work hard for each other. narrow opening day win over Crystal Palace, NK Maribor in Slovenia on Wednesday in squad for the match in the Highlands. “We “We need to get a high tempo in the he provided a reminder of his threat with the first leg of their Champions League have a big squad so it is important to use game and be 100 per cent aware to break Arsenal’s first goal in the Community Shield play-off to put themselves in the driving it. That’s one of the big advantages we them down.” Dundee United will attempt win over Manchester City. “Kicking off a seat in the tie. After a shaky start to life in have,” the Celtic manager said. to get over last week’s thrashing by Celtic new season in that fashion is always nice: charge of the Glasgow giants, Deila has “We have 25 players that can play top when they host Ross County, who are still winning a title and also helping by scoring a seen his side convincingly win their open- level and that’s something we have to use without a win, at Tannadice. goal,” Cazorla said. ing two Scottish Premiership fixtures so we will see what team we pick for today St Mirren will attempt to pick up their “That keeps your morale high. As I always while the result in midweek means they but I know, whatever team we pick, it’s first points of the season when they wel- say, my target is helping the team with stand on the verge of progressing to the going to be a good team. “I have to say come Dundee to Paisley, newly promoted goals. “I hope to equal or beat my goalscor- group stages of Europe’s elite club com- Inverness is the most important thing and will try to continue their good start to life ing tally from last season. That’s something petition. only after that game we can think of the in the Premiership when they take on every player wants to achieve.”He added: “I feel we are improving all the time. It next. “I have a lot of games in my head at Partick Thistle, St Johnstone host “Hopefully, I’ll help the team with many is always much better to continue improv- the same time but I think as a team it’s Aberdeen at McDiarmid Park and goals because that would be a signal that I ing when you’re winning and getting important that we concentrate on the first Motherwell make the trip to Rugby Park to can be useful. “My first season here was very good results. I hope we can continue but game coming and that’s today. face Kilmarnock. — AFP good. I managed to beat my scoring record- if you win or lose it’s about what you can which had been nine with Malaga-with 12 learn from it,” the Norwegian manager goals. “Last season I wasn’t so consistent said. “Also, from Wednesday there is a lot Scottish Premiership table because I struggled with ankle problems to improve. It was very positive but we after an injury with Spain. For this reason I have to do even more. That’s how we’re GLASGOW: Scottish Premiership table ahead of Saturday’s matches (played, won, lacked consistency,” Cazorla explained. going to work-to always show the posi- drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): “But in the end we managed to win a title tives but improve the small things and Inverness CT3 2 1 0 4 0 7 Kilmarnock 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 after so many years and hopefully this year then we will be a very good team.” Next Celtic 2 2 0 0 9 1 6 Dundee 3 0 3 0 2 2 3 I’ll be able to give 100 percent physically up for Celtic is a trip away to Inverness. Hamilton 3 2 0 1 3 2 6 and mentally in order to lift more trophies.” John Hughes’ side top the Scottish Dundee Utd 3 2 0 1 5 6 6 Aberdeen 2 1 0 1 2 3 3 Mikel Arteta will miss out on the chance to Premiership by a point, albeit Celtic have Partick 2 1 1 0 5 1 4 Motherwell 3 1 0 2 1 3 3 face his former club after injuring his ankle during the goalless draw at Besiktas in this week’s Champions League qualifier. Wenger, the Gunners manager, must decide Chelsea eager for more success, whether to restore Per Mertesacker to cen- tral defence or continue with 19-year-old Calum Chambers in the role. Mertesacker, face newly-promoted Leicester along with Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski, was given extended leave after helping LONDON: Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea side will term number one Petr Cech at Burnley, a deci- one or two more to make the squad stronger Germany to win the World Cup. attempt to apply early pressure on their main sion that has raised doubts about Cech’s long- in depth. But that’s not to say I’m not pleased But Chambers has impressed in an unfa- Premier League rivals when they face a newly- term future at Chelsea. Mourinho must decide with our players already. miliar role following his arrival from promoted side for the second time inside a whether to hand a debut to newly arrived left- “On Cambiasso it may not be football Southampton. Everton collected four points week with the visit of Leicester City to back Filipe Luis after starting with Cesar issues. It is more complicated than I’m pre- from their two Premier League matches Stamford Bridge today. Mourinho’s team start- Azpilicueta in the opening game. pared to discuss. I’m hopeful something can against the Gunners last season but finished ed their campaign with a comfortable 3-1 vic- be done but there are a lot of variables I’m not tory at Burnley that included a first competi- Cambiasso uncertainty in control of.” Pearson has problems for this seven points behind Arsenal in the table. tive goal for recent signing Diego Costa fol- Meanwhile Leicester manager Nigel weekend with regular midfielders Danny Blues manager Roberto Martinez feels FA lowing the striker’s £32 million ($53 million, 40 Pearson has admitted he has become frustrat- Drinkwater (hamstring) and Matty James Cup-holders Arsenal will be a much better million euros) move from Atletico Madrid. ed by his attempts to land former Inter Milan (shin) ruled out but striker Jamie Vardy and side this season and is predicting an exciting And it would constitute a major surprise if and Argentina midfielder Esteban Cambiasso. winger Marc Albrighton should be available. contest at Goodison Park. “I think this they failed to take maximum points against The Premier League newcomers have been “Jamie Vardy and Marc Albrighton have been Arsenal side are better than they were last Nigel Pearson’s City side. Chelsea recovered trying to close a deal for the 33-year-old for a training so there is a possibility of them being season with the additions they have made,” from the unexpected shock of falling behind number of weeks but it has proved difficult to involved which is positive for us,” added Martinez said. “But they’re very similar to us to Burnley before moving impressively complete. “We have not made too much Pearson, whose side started the season with a with the philosophy that they have. through the gears to effectively kill off the progress but I’m still hopeful something could 2-2 draw at home to Everton. “We’re OK in “The way Arsenal play has earned a real game before half-time. The performances of be done,” said Pearson. “It is complicated terms of availability. It is probably a week too sense of admiration from people in world Costa and Cesc Fabregas, another major close- because representatives keep coming out of early for both Danny Drinkwater and Matty football. At Goodison, we really enjoy our season signing, offered promising signs that the woodwork. “It’s fair to say we can do with James.” — AFP football and we can’t wait to get our season Mourinho’s efforts to strengthen his side’s started at home from that perspective,” the attacking options have been successful. But Spaniard added. “I think both teams are Andre Schurrle, fresh from his success with English Premier League table going to fight really hard to control the Germany at the World Cup in Brazil and the game and get on the ball. The difference is scorer of Chelsea’s second goal at Turf Moor, LONDON: English Premier League table ahead of the weekend’s matches (played, won, how good you can be in the final third.” insists there is more to come from himself and drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Everton will have Republic of Ireland duo the rest of the team. Chelsea 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Sunderland 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Seamus Coleman and Darron Gibson avail- “I think it was a good start for me, but of Man City 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 West Brom 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 able for the match. Right-back Coleman suf- course we can be better. And when I am 100 Arsenal 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Crystal Palace1 0 0 1 1 2 0 fered a hamstring problem in pre-season percent fit, there will be more,” Schurrle said. Liverpool 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Man Utd 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 but came off the bench during last week’s 2- “So there’s a lot of work for me, but I’m feeling Swansea 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Southampton1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 draw at newly-promoted Leicester, while good. I’m enjoying my game, I’m enjoying Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 QPR 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Gibson is now fit again after suffering a seri- being on the pitch. “I think the whole team Hull 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Stoke 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 ous knee injury in October. However, Ross played well at Burnley. We had a lot of control, Tottenham 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 West Ham 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Barkley, Bryan Oviedo and Arouna Kone passes, good combinations. It was a lot of fun Everton 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Burnley 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 remain long-term absentees. — AFP on the pitch.” Thibaut Courtois will again start Leicester 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Newcastle 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 in goal having been selected ahead of long Balotelli exit provokes few tears among SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2014 SATURDAY, SportsSports Italian fans 45

LYON: Lyon’s French midfielder Steed Malbranque (left) is tackled by Giurgiu’s Tunisian defender Syam Ben Youseff during the UEFA Europa League football match between Olympique Lyonnais (OL) and Astra Giurgiu (AFCA) on August 21, 2014 at the Gerland Stadium in Lyon. — AFP Lyon humbled at home by Astra Grenier to undergo groin operation

LONDON: Once-mighty Olympique Lyonnais suffered European victory while Moldova’s Zimbru Chisinau sur- on as second-half substitute, in a shock 2-1 home defeat to huge embarrassment with a 2-1 home defeat by unherald- prised Greece’s PAOK 1-0 at home. Sweden’s Markus Berg Romanian side Astra Giurgiu in the first leg of the Europa ed Romanians Astra Giurgiu in their Europa League playoff scored all four goals in Panathinaikos’ 4-1 win in Greece League play-off round. first leg on Thursday. Lyon, who won seven French titles in over Danish league leaders FC Midtjylland while Legia Lyon boss Hubert Fournier’s decision to throw on a row between 2002 and 2008 and made the Champions Warsaw, thrown out of Champions League qualifying over Grenier with 15 minutes remaining backfired with the mid- League semi-finals in 2010, took the lead thanks to Steed an ineligible player, won 1-0 at Kazakhstan’s Aktobe. fielder conceding a penalty that led to the visitors’ winning Malbranque on 25 minutes. However, Nigerian Kehinde Meanwhile, Lyon midfielder Clement Grenier has been goal before finishing the contest doubled over in pain. “We Fatai’s goal after the break and a Constantin Budescu ruled out for six to eight weeks with a recurrence of a long- put him in the game. There was a one in two chance (of a penalty nine minutes from time boosted Astra. standing groin injury, the French club announced yester- relapse). It didn’t work out in our favor. It’s not the worst Lyon will still hope to turn the tie around in Romania day. The France international will undergo an operation in thing though because it means he will undergo an opera- next Thursday and qualify for the group stage of Europe’s the next few days in the hope of healing an ongoing prob- tion,” said Fournier. “He will be sidelined for six to eight second tier club competition. In other notable first-leg lem that caused him to miss much of Lyon’s Ligue 1 run-in weeks. Afterwards things will be resolved because for the results, St Etienne were another French flop as they lost 1-0 last season and forced him out of the World Cup in Brazil. past so many months we’ve been carrying a player who at Kardemir Karabukspor to hand the Turks their maiden Grenier made his competitive return on Thursday, coming isn’t 100 per cent,” he added. — Agencies