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TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 RAMADAN 14, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net At least 500 EU adds Ronaldo escape in deadly Hezbollah’s enjoys seaside Emsak: 03:22 assaults on military wing romp as Fajer: 03:32 Dohr: 11:54 Iraq prisons to terror list Real hit six Asr: 15:30 Maghreb: 18:46 7 9 19 Eshaa: 20:13 Court acquits 3 ex-MPs, Max 45º Min 31º 2 candidates arrested High Tide 00:33 & 11:22 Gulf rights groups blast abuse of women activists Low Tide 05:50 & 18:55 40 PAGES NO: 15878 150 FILS By B Izzak Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: The court of appeals yesterday scrapped three- year jail terms against three former opposition lawmak- Forgiveness ers and acquitted them of charges of insulting HH the Amir at a public rally last October. Former MPs Falah Al- Sawwagh, Bader Al-Dahoum and Khaled Al-Tahous were in Islam declared innocent by presiding judge Anwar Al-Enezi five months after the criminal court sentenced them to three By Hassan Bwambale years in prison for undermining the powers of the Amir in public. uslims as well as some followers of other faiths The appeals court had in February suspended the invoke God (Allah) earnestly to forgive, overlook implementation of the jail sentence until it had reviewed Mand cover up their sins. As we crave for God’s for- the case but asked each of them to pay bail of KD 5,000. giveness, we should understand that it is incumbent on us The three former lawmakers were among a host of to forgive our fellow human beings who tend to wrong us. speakers who addressed the public gathering on Oct 10 Islam requires of a Muslim to be strong in this world and and had directed their addresses to the Amir, urging him thus wants him to react in the following manner when s/he is wronged by anyone or when injustice is meted out to not to amend the electoral law. The lower court consid- him/her: either to forgive when able to retaliate, or to retal- ered their remarks as being offensive to the Amir and iate rightfully and in accordance with the Islamic guide- handed them the heavy term. The government however lines. can still challenge the acquittal to the court of cassation, Forgiving, pardoning and overlooking were among the whose rulings are final. The three opposition figures were distinguishing features and characteristics of Prophet among dozens of former MPs and youth activists who Muhammad (peace be upon him). Abu Isha’q said: I heard have been taken to court on the charge of undermining Abu Abdullah Al-Jadali say: I asked Aisha - Prophet the status of the Amir. A number of them are in jail while Muhammad’s (PBUH)wife - about the general code of con- others are on trial. duct of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). She replied: “He was The same court yesterday reduced a two-year jail term neither vulgar or indecent nor oppressive. He would never to 20 months in prison against professor of law Rashed shout in market places nor would he reciprocate evil. He Al-Hajeri over tweets he sent last October deemed insult- would rather forgive, pardon and overlook.” (Imam Ahmad) ing to the Amir. The criminal court had sentenced Rashed An Arab poet says thus about this topic in what would HETUO, China: A resident cries on her collapsed house in this township in Dingxi in northwest China’s to two years over the tweets but suspended the imple- be translated as: “Be like a date palm that transcends Gansu province yesterday. — AFP mentation against a bail of KD 2,000. But the new jail vengeance, bitter feelings and revenge in that when peo- term must be implemented immediately unless the cas- ple pelt stones at it, it rather gives them dates.” A good sation court suspends the implementation until it has example of forgiveness is demonstrated by Muhammad At least 89 dead in reviewed the case. (PBUH). In the early stages of the Islamic propagation in In related developments, the public prosecutor yester- Makkah, Muslims were persecuted for no apparent reason day detained a second candidate and issued a warrant to except for their Allah. One of the reasons as to why Prophet arrest a third for interrogations over claims they are Muhammad (PBUH) chose to migrate to Madinah was that China earthquakes involved in vote-buying. Dozens of people have been the polytheists had resolved to kill him. rounded up so far in unprecedented police raids on sus- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) together with his compan- LANZHOU, China: Rescuers battled through land- and so I ran to the yard of the plant immediately,” said pected hideouts of people organizing vote-buying for a ions stayed in exile in Madinah for 8 years. When he decid- slides and clogged roads in a bid to reach victims of the man, surnamed Ma. “Our factory is only one floor. number of candidates and seized large quantities of cash. ed to liberate Makkah and finally marched with zeal and twin earthquakes in northwest China yesterday which When I came to the yard, I saw an 18-storey building, Well-known businessman Saud Sahoud handed himself enthusiasm to fulfill that purpose, Makkan polytheists and killed 89 people, injured almost 600 and damaged the tallest in our county, shaking ferociously, especial- their cronies did not resist; Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in on Saturday after his name was mentioned on social more than 20,000 buildings. The tremors in Gansu ly the 18th floor.” An official at the provincial earth- networks and was interrogated and detained by the and his companions liberated the city without shedding province - with magnitudes of 5.9 and 5.6 - triggered quake bureau said more than 1,200 buildings col- blood. In a unique unprecedented event, Prophet prosecutor. He had denied all the charges. landslides which buried often crudely constructed lapsed and 21,000 were severely damaged, adding The prosecutor detained a second candidate from the Muhammad (PBUH) gathered all the Makkans and asked: local houses, government-run broadcaster CCTV that 371 aftershocks had been recorded. What do you think I will do to you today?” They replied: fourth constituency after he interrogated him over links reported. Pictures from the scene showed simple Zhu Wenqing, a 40-year-old farmer in Min county, “You are a noble brother and son of a noble brother - we to vote-buying while an arrest warrant was issued expect only goodness from you.” Then he shocked every- buildings reduced to rubble, with pieces of corrugat- told Xinhua news agency he had just got up when his against a third candidate in the fifth constituency. Lawyer one buy stating unequivocally that: “No reproach will be on ed metal roofing scattered over the wreckage. The house started shaking. “I escaped immediately on Adel Al-Yahya yesterday filed a lawsuit calling on the you today.” Then he went out of his way to tell them: “Go government of Dingxi city in Gansu said on a social hearing a ‘bang’ and feeling the tremor,” he said, court to disqualify the candidacy of Sahoud and the your way for you are free.” They didn’t believe their ears and media account that 14 people remained missing. adding that his house collapsed after several after- court set tomorrow as the date to review the issue. The eyes. They were in utter joy so much so that many of them Almost all the confirmed dead were in Min county, shocks. Nearly 3,000 firefighters, police, soldiers and court also set the same date to look into appeals filed by embraced Islam without any force. where a medicine factory employee told AFP he saw local government workers had been sent to the area, a number of candidates after the lower court upheld the tower blocks shake “ferociously” when the quake Xinhua said, but rescue efforts were being hampered interior ministry’s decisions to disqualify them. Question: What is the Arabic word for Prophet struck. “I was in the workshop. I felt violent shaking Continued on Page 13 Continued on Page 13 Muhammad’s (PBUH) migration to Madinah? a. Rihla b. Safar c. Hijra d. Intiqaal

Courtesy TIES Center, a leading non-political NGO Kate in labour as world awaits baby promoting relations between Westerners and Muslims through dialogue, friendship and cultural LONDON: Prince William’s wife Kate was The baby will be born third in line to exchange. For more information. www.tiescenter.net admitted to hospital yesterday in the ear- the throne and in the direct line of suc- ly stages of labour as the world awaited cession after head of state Queen the birth of a baby directly in line to Elizabeth II’s eldest son and heir Prince inherit the British throne. A global frenzy Charles, and then his eldest son William. over the arrival of a new generation of “Her Royal Highness The Duchess of British royalty reached fever pitch as the Cambridge has been admitted this morn- couple, both 31, was driven from ing to St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, JULY 23, 2013 Kensington Palace to a plush London London in the early stages of labour,” hospital suite at around 6:00 am (0500 Kensington Palace said in a statement. GMT). They used a back entrance and “Things are progressing as normal,” a travelled without police protection, spokesman added. Kate has said the cou- meaning they were missed by the ranks ple does not know the sex of the baby. Its of international media who have camped title will be His/Her Royal Highness outside the private Lindo Wing of St Prince/Princess (name) of Cambridge. CAIRO: Osama (left), Shaimaa (center) and Abdullah, the children of Egypt’s Mary’s Hospital for three weeks. Continued on Page 13 ousted president Mohamed Morsi, give a press conference yesterday. — AFP Woman pardoned Morsi’s family lashes in Dubai rape case out at Egypt military DUBAI: A Norwegian woman sentenced to prison in Dubai after reporting she was raped was set free with a full par- Rival protesters clash near Tahrir don yesterday after her case sparked an outcry. Marte Dalelv, 24, expressed relief at the CAIRO: The family of Egypt’s ousted “There is no legal or constitutional end of a four-month ordeal which Islamist President Mohamed Morsi said basis ... for detaining someone not had seen her prosecuted and con- yesterday it would take legal action accused of a crime for his own safety,” victed for extramarital sex, perjury against the army for abducting him. Morsi’s son Osama, a lawyer, told a news and consuming alcohol without a Morsi has been held at an undisclosed conference. He said the family would take licence, after she lodged the com- military facility since the army deposed immediate legal action “inside Egypt and plaint against her boss. The con- him on July 3 and suspended the consti- at an international level” against Abdel victions could have seen her serv- tution in the wake of huge street protests Fattah Al-Sisi, the army commander and ing a 16-month jail term in the against his one-year rule. The army says defence minister who played a central United Arab Emirates but Dubai Morsi is being held for his own safety. His role in forcing Morsi from office. The ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin detention and the arrests of numerous Muslim Brotherhood accuses the army of Rashid Al-Maktoum pardoned her senior members of his Muslim orchestrating a coup that has triggered Brotherhood have fuelled fears of a violent clashes and exposed deep fissures Marte Dalelv on all counts. The boss, against whom she broad crackdown against a group in the Arab world’s most populous nation, lodged the complaint and who had been sentenced to 13 banned during Hosni Mubarak’s 30 years a strategic hinge between the Middle East months for alcohol consumption and sex outside marriage, of autocratic rule, until he was toppled by and North Africa. was also pardoned, her lawyer Mahmoud Azab told AFP. street protests in 2011. Continued on Page 13 LODON: Royal supporter Terry Hutt poses for a picture outside The Lindo Wing Continued on Page 13 of Saint Mary’s Hospital in Paddington in west London yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 LOCAL A month of tolerance, reflection for Muslims Strict application of sharia in Kuwait

By Nawara Fattahova support it. Shops or restaurants serving food in certainly do, as all people eat at the same time. the period of fasting may be shuttered for a And this is the reason why streets are empty at KUWAIT: The holy month of Ramadan is a maximum of two months. the time of sunset. Usually, nuclear families gath- month of fasting, not only from food but other As Ramadan is the month of kind acts and er at the grandfather’s house for iftar. habits or acts that we usually do in daily life. The manners, people usually try to do as much good The other common habit in Kuwait and Arab Muslim should not only refrain from eating and deeds as possible. So most people give more countries is that since Ramadan is the month of drinking, but also from smoking, taking medi- alms and try to help other people by charity and consolidation and peace, people usually try to Municipality continues cines, IV drips or other means of nourishment. voluntary work. On the other hand, this gives an resolve their problems and heal conflicts to Different Arab and Muslim countries have differ- opportunity to beggars to make more money. resume relations, especially if they are family cleanliness campaigns ent laws, and not all these countries apply Prayers are also increased in Ramadan as members and relatives. As people avoid nega- Islamic sharia strictly. Kuwait applies sharia and Muslims pray additional prayers after the Isha tive manners and acts, they try to calm down KUWAIT: The Public Relations Department contrary to the law. The Municipality shall is strict in this matter, so those who have recent- prayer called Taraweeh. And during the last 10 and not be nervous so they don’t get into con- at Kuwait Municipality said inspection sec- give candidates a grace period in all con- ly come to Kuwait should be aware of respecting days of this month, they pray Qiyam prayers at flict with others. Those who like gossiping give tors are making huge efforts during this stituencies of one week to ten days to local rules and regulations, as what seems nor- night. Furthermore, Muslims read the Holy their hobby a break in Ramadan, and people election to maintain cleanliness and imple- remove election tents and hand the land mal elsewhere may be sanctioned in Kuwait. Quran more during this month, especially also try to avoid lying, shouting and other bad ment municipality regulations, pointing back to the Municipality. According to law no 44/1968, a person who between prayers and during their free time. manners. out that there are several negative phe- Campaigns so far have resulted in the eats in public during daytime in Ramadan in Many also try to complete it during Ramadan. And as part of respecting this holy month, nomena during this period like violations removed of 1,011 banners of candidates, Kuwait may be sentenced to imprisonment of Meanwhile, a very common habit in Kuwait people should also wear decent outfits. Women of public property by putting up unli- most of them in Mubarak Al-Kabeer gover- up to one month or a fine of no more than KD and many other Arab countries is gathering for especially who are not fasting should avoid censed banners or setting up election tents norate (389), followed by Ahmadi gover- 100 or both these punishments. This may also be iftar. If the family does not gather during the going in swimsuits to the beach during this without a license. norate (247), Farwaniya governorate (217) applied on those who encourage such acts or year for lunch or dinner, during Ramadan they month. The Municipality shall not hesitate to and Jahra governorate (125), with the least apply all regulations on candidates who in Hawally governorate (32 only). 147 violate the law, adding that inspection sec- licenses were granted for election cam- Ice skating tions in all governorates have carried out paign quarters. The most were in Hawally several campaigns since the day of (56) and Ahmadi (43), followed by Mubarak announcing elections and citations are Al Kabeer and Farwaniya with 19 licenses rink closed handed to candidates who put up banners each and Jahra with 10 licenses only. KUWAIT: The Touristic Enterprises Company announced that the main hall of the Ice Skating Rink is currently closed in order to prepare the hall for a children’s play. The Ice Skating Rink con- Drug dealer held tinues to welcome visitors to the smaller hall every day dur- By Hanan Al-Saadoun ing Ramadan from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm divided into six KUWAIT: Drugs fighting men arrested a periods. bedoon dealing in “shabow” by bringing it Ice Skating Rink and from abroad and selling it in Kuwait. Fountain Park Supervisor After information was received, the man Omar Al-Samaraei indicated was kept under close supervision and after meanwhile that entrance tick- searching his house, 700 gm of “shabow” ets are available for KD 1.5 (ice drugs were found. He confessed that he skates included) and training got the drugs from a trailer driver - an Arab courses for KD 10 per month expat - who brings it from a neighboring for four courses a week. country. Meanwhile, Samaraei Omar Al-Samaraei The driver was also arrested and con- announced that the Fountain fessed of bringing the drugs in his trailer. Park continues to host Girgian celebrations today with Girgian Both suspects and drugs were sent to con- giveaways and other activities. cerned authorities. Gulf Banks’ management team at the bank’s booth Filipinos in Kuwait unhappy over no mention of OFWs

By Ben Garcia Authority, OFW remittances will the Middle East?” the community administration,” he said. remain an important source of leader asked. ● Education. Aquino said his KUWAIT: Overseas Filipino Workers investment in the country. “Unfortunately our president is administration has finally erased (OFWs) are yet again disappointed “But why we are not even men- part of the problem. We have the backlog it inherited in books over the non-mention of their sec- tioned? What a pathetic president encountered lots of problem/diffi- and chairs, adding that if tor during the fourth State of the we have. He talked about two culties in his administration but it Education Secretary Armin Luistro Nation Address (SONA) of hours just to mention some petty wasn’t mentioned. Why he would continues to demonstrate true Philippine President Benigno issues which were already men- mention those anyway...why he grit, “even the backlog we inherit- Aquino III. Immediately after the tioned last year and some are the would mention the ‘sex for flight ed in classrooms will also be SONA, netizens flooded Facebook achievements of past administra- issues’? Why would he mention the erased.” He more the administra- with harsh reactions. Aquino read tions. Really very disappointing. We maltreatment of hundreds if not tion now has the ability to prepare out his speech for about two hours are taken for granted,” said one thousands of our kababayans; why for the additional needs that the but ‘OFW’ wasn’t mentioned a sin- commenter on Facebook. Another would he mention the rape cases,” implementation of the K to 12 pro- gle time. Cash remitted by OFWs to comment said: “Our money sent to one comment said. gram will require. their country hit $20.117 billion in our family is not directly sent to ● “I think most of the issues 2012. In January alone this year, our government but the govern- Among the gains cited mentioned are intended to please Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) ment is benefiting from it greatly by Aquino include: the masses, but there is no sense reported the figure at $1.855 bil- because we are sending it back ● Better infrastructure, specifi- of direction. He should direct the Gulf Bank concludes lion, representing an increase of home to pay for our children’s edu- cally road projects. He said that path he wants our country to go. 8.4 percent from $1.7 billion a year cation, to pay for electricity and roads that were left to decay in the But he didn’t,” one comment said. sponsorship of Geraish Expo ago. water, to pay for our housing loans, past are now truly benefiting the Aquino said that he is bringing Remittances continue to sup- to pay for our kids’ shopping. They people, citing the Ternate-Nasugbu about a “different” Philippines KUWAIT: Gulf Bank recently concluded its venience of visitors needing to draw cash. port the country’s balance of pay- are spending money so the econo- Road connecting Cavite, Batangas, under his leadership. “From the sponsorship of the Geraish Exhibition, which Gulf Bank’s sponsorship of the Geraish ments, which gauges Manila’s my back home benefits yet we are and Metro Manila. prudent expenditure of funds to took place under the patronage of Sheikh Exhibition is part of its commitment to capacity to meet external trade unappreciated.” ● More jobs. Aquino said under the effective collection of taxes; Ahmad Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, build a prosperous Kuwait, and to help sup- obligations and foreign debts. A Filipino community leader the electronics and semiconductor from infrastructure development head of Government Performance Monitoring port the community through events such These remittances came mainly said that such a complete disre- program, the percentage of employed to the transparent conduct of busi- Apparatus, in a specially built dome near 360 as Geraish, ultimately increasing entrepre- from the US, which accounted for gard to OFWs is reflected in the graduates reached 85 percent. ness that generates jobs, our mes- Mall. neurship and the SME business in Kuwait. 39 percent of the total inflows, cen- treatment of OFWs abroad, espe- ● Poverty alleviation. Aquino sage to the world could not be A distinguished group of around 30 For more information about Gulf Bank’s tral bank figures showed. It was fol- cially in the Middle East. “If you said his objective to expand the clearer: The Philippines is ready to small to medium enterprise businesses, business banking support, and products lowed by Canada (11 percent), want to be respected, show that reach of the Pantawid Pamilyang ride the tides of progress,” Aquino both local and international, participated in and services, customers can visit one of the Saudi Arabia (7.6 percent), the you are respecting our OFWs at Pilipino Program has been added. “Truly, the Philippines is dif- the event. During the exhibition, Gulf 56 branches conveniently located through- United Kingdom (5.3 percent), the least. You are leading the band, yet achieved. “The 700,000 household ferent today: From a country that Bank’s business banking team along with out Kuwait, call the Customer Contact United Arab Emirates (4.7 percent), you don’t know how to give little beneficiaries we found upon com- was always just the recipient of the sales team was on hand to assist with Center on 1805805 or log on to www.e- Singapore (3.9 percent) and Japan importance and sympathy. Look ing into office in 2010 have now help, we have become a country any banking enquiries. The bank also pro- gulfbank.com, Gulf Bank’s bilingual web- (3.8 percent). According to the how long Aquino is in his position grown to almost 4 million house- capable of providing help,” he said vided the event with an ATM for the con- site, for more information. National Economic Development now, but has he ever visited us in holds in the three years of our in his address to the nation.

Zain shares Ramadan joy with care centers KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications Waleed Al-Khashti, Zain’s Corporate Communications company in Kuwait, is pleased to confirm that the and Relations Manager said, “Ramadan is a special time company’s Corporate Social Responsibility Program of year for our society and we are aware of that fact. We during the holy month of Ramadan is in full swing are in tune with the public mood and the activities we with volunteers continuing to organize visits to chil- undertake during this holy month, and indeed through- dren, special needs cases, and care centers for the out the year, is testament to our belief that improving elderly. the lives of communities in which we operate is central Zain is enthusiastic about reaching out to people to our overall activities.” in vulnerable situations including children, the elder- Zain will continue to introduce initiatives that ly, and those members of society with special needs reflect the traditional humanitarian values and prin- and during the early stages of this Ramadan. The ciples of the Kuwaiti society; aimed at enriching the company has elected to be involved in the distribu- art of giving and increasing bonding between indi- tion of gifts and Girgian boxes to these needy causes. viduals. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 LOCAL Amir pays Ramadan visits

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- shield was presented to the Amir. His Highness the Sheikh Sabah congratulated the Society mem- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah accompanied by His Amir also visited Kuwait Disabled Sports Club and bers on the fasting month of Ramadan, reiterating Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad was received by Sheikh Salman and Club’s board the government’s keenness to providing all care Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and deputy head of National chairman Shafi Mohammad Al-Hajri and board and assistance for the blind. Guard Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, members. Al-Azmi thanked His Highness the Amir for the visited Kuwait Deaf Sports Club Sunday evening. Sheikh Sabah thanked the chairman and mem- visit, then poet Saif Al-Mutairi recited a poem on the Sheikh Sabah was received by Information bers of the board for their relentless efforts to pro- occasion. A memorial shield was presented to His Minister and Minister of State for Youth Affairs moting sports among the disabled. Highness the Amir. Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- Al-Hajri, in a speech, appreciated the visit of His His Highness the Amir was accompanied during Sabah, director general of the Public Authority for Highness the Amir and noted that the club, since its the visits by Minister of the Amiri Diwan Sheikh Youth and Sports (PAYS) Maj Gen (rtd) Faisal Al- establishment in 1977, achieved many accomplish- Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Amiri Jazzaf, Club’s Board Chairman Essa Karam and board ments “which reflected the determination of your Diwan Minister Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah, senior members. sons and daughters to raise the flag of their coun- government officials and Sheikhs. —- KUNA Sheikh Sabah commended the active role of the try.” chairman and board members in serving the deaf Al-Hajri commended the instructions of His people, wishing success of their administration. Highness the Amir which resulted in the issuing of Karam, in a speech to His Highness the Amir, the disabled law in 2010 “which is one of the best congratulated Sheikh Sabah on the holy month of international laws that preserves and protects dis- Ramadan, and expressed content for his visit. abled and their families.” Karam also congratulated Sheikh Nawaf for his He pledged to double the efforts in the sport, safe return following a successful surgery he under- cultural and social domains. went. He thanked PAYS for removing all obstacles Table tennis players Khalifa Al-Khalifa and Dhari facing the Club’s participation in sport tournaments. Al-Azmi displayed a performance before the Amir, Karam noted that Kuwait deaf athletic team had and fencers Abdullah Al-Rudai and Sanad Al- recently won 19 gold, silver and bronze medals in Balouchi demonstrated their skills for the Kuwaiti the international athletic championship for the deaf leader. that was held in Tunisia. A memorial shield was then presented to the Karam hoped the Club’s branch in Faiha Area Amir. would be allocated for girls, because the facility was His Highness Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Sabah also well equipped. visited Kuwait Blind Society where he was received Following the speech, His Highness the Amir by Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thikra Al- opened Sabah Al-Ahmad Theater, after which Saad Rashidi, Society board chairman Fayez Lafi Al-Azmi Mohammad Al-Kandari recited a poem. A memorial and board members.

Political education Interior assures safety, security to voters

KUWAIT: Public Relations Director at the ‘must’ for students Ministry of Interior Col Adel Ahmad Al- Hashash said that the ministry has a media, security and traffic plan in cooperation with all ministries and organizations concerned in Call for changes in curricula addition to public services to provide safety and security to voters to ensure that the elec- KUWAIT: Several Kuwaiti academicians gy at Kuwait University, said the concepts of ting such valuable concepts in place, Al-Kandari tion process is under full control of the judicial believed that school curricula should include electoral culture and democracy carry a host of suggested. A senior official of the Ministry of authority as per the instructions of First the culture of democracy, election, freedoms, social values that should be learnt by students Education said the significance of democracy Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior variation of opinions, constitution, authorities, and children, especially respect for opinion and stems from its values that need to be learnt by Sheikh Ahmad Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah. and individual and family role in society. Kuwaiti counter-opinion. the young; primarily respect for law, equality, He explained that Sheikh Ahmad has academicians, mostly specializing in political, The concepts of electoral culture and opinion and the other opinion, social involve- issued several directives calling for complete social and educational sciences, emphasized democracy are linked to social political upbring- ment, transparency and national unity. neutrality and transparency so that this demo- that it is necessary to inculcate the young with ing for the young, and are of paramount signifi- The inclusion of electoral culture and demo- cratic process is held in a way reflecting such concepts and values. Political education is cance not only to elections and democracy, but cratic concepts in school curricula has become Kuwait’s position at the regional and interna- a significant and necessary process in demo- to social life as well, he remarked. inescapable, said Dr Khaled Al-Rushaid, under- tional level. He pointed out that a security cratic societies, where individuals can learn ide- In this context, the professor underlined the secretary of the Ministry of Education for curric- committee has been formed headed by Col Adel Ahmad Al-Hashash al political concepts and values like political par- significance of reconsidering educational pro- ula and educational research and development Undersecretary Gen Ghazi Abdul Rahman Al- announced in the media. The plan includes ticipation, democracy, election and dialogue, grams so that schools can play a social role, plan following-up panel. Omar and all assistant undersecretaries of the radio and TV programs as well as print media said Dr Faisal Abu Slaib, a professor of sociology while creating the congenial atmosphere for But, he said the model for electoral and dem- ministry of interior. Al-Hashash explained the campaigns and text messages sent to citizens. at Kuwait University. promoting such concepts and values. ocratic education for the young should be features of the media plan for elections starting He added that transparency centers in all gover- The state, through public and private institu- The family should play an early role in the homegrown and based on societal concepts, from the time of preparations up to the voting norates will follow up any election violation and tions, families and political parties and groups, inculcation of such values and principles with habits, customs and privacy. and ending with the final results and the deal with them legally. Al-Hashash hoped that is required to educate children about political children, with schools completing this role later, The best democratic system is the one that announcement of winning candidates, which the plan achieves its goals with the cooperation involvement, he said. he said. The process should begin with the fami- could lead to national development and ensure includes organizing procedures, security, traffic of all society members in order to hold honest This political education should have been ly when children are allowed to freely express the rights of everyone in justice and equality, he arrangements and several services provided by and transparent elections. He called upon all to launched since 1962 when the Kuwaiti themselves and voice views unrestrictedly added. government organizations which will be abide by laws and election procedures. Constitution was written in order to inculcate through comprehensive democratic dialogue, There is no certain age for promoting and the young with the significance and content of based on mutual respect and freedom of opin- establishing such human educational values as actual political participation and democracy, he ion and counter-opinion, he noted. effective democratic values, the educational Youth pin hope on parliament added. But, the professor complained that the cur- official pointed out. Curricula can act as significant tools for the rent school curricula are not enough for pro- Democratic concepts are not linked to school KUWAIT: A number of university stu- Al-Moasherji, a Mass Communications promotion and consolidation of necessary polit- moting such concepts and values, given that curricula, and national education subjects and dents hoped the forthcoming National student, said education was highly ical concepts such as political participation, intolerance, disrespect for counter-opinion, the current constitution are enough for promot- Assembly placed issues related to youth important for the youth. He said paying democracy, tolerance and citizenship, the soci- social classification are clear-cut and unequivo- ing such significant values, he said. as top priority in order to meet their aspi- great attention to scholarships would ology professor pointed out. cal indications and sign of educational failure. The official concluded by calling for effec- rations. contribute to the development of nation- The primary education stage is the best for The solution springs from the fact that more tively inculcating the values of democracy with The students called on the next parlia- al cadres capable of steering the country ment to put in place full-fledged strate- in future. Kuwaiti voters will head to children to be taught political, democratic and concerted social efforts should be exerted by the young and cementing and beefing up dem- gies dealing with education, employ- polling stations on July 27 to elect the dialogue values and principles, he believed. schools, media, religious and legislative institu- ocratic practices in schools through committee ment, housing and economy. Abdulaziz next 50-seat parliament. — KUNA Dr Yaqoub Al-Kandari, a professor of sociolo- tions as well as civil society with the goal of put- and student council elections.— KUNA LOCAL

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 Ruby Tuesday Kuwait hosts annual Ramadan media gathering

KUWAIT: The management of Ruby Tuesday Management (Ruby Tuesday, Peppes Pizza) held its annual Ramadan gathering at its gladly announced: “We make sure every year Sharq branch, next to the Kuwait Towers during our celebration of the holy month of bringing together some of the most promi- Ramadan to offer our special guests all that is nent names in the media circle. The manage- interesting and new. This year, we have tried ment went on to wish the audience a very to rebrand Ruby Tuesday with our improved blessed Ramadan Kareem for the Holy Month service, new settings, affordable Ramadan of Ramadan and thanked them for their con- menu with an oriental touch to it. We are also stant support to the brand over the past always sure to offer our Shisha lovers their years. Reyana Mahesh, the PR and Marketing unique Shisha corner at Ruby Tuesday Manager of Ruby Tuesday and Peppes Pizza Waterfront which is now the talk of the town delightfully welcomed the media at this joy- with its new and improved look offering the ous gathering and thanked them for sharing finest Shisha in addition to the delicious the good times as they do every year. “This is menu, oriental drinks and desserts.” the first time we are sharing an Iftar reception The attendees enjoyed the authenticity of and we wanted each of you to enjoy the spirit Ruby Tuesday’s cuisine with the most deli- of breaking the fast with us. With the new cious dishes and drinks in addition to oriental developments and changes that we have sweets and desserts. gone through we are committed to providing The team of “Ruby Tuesday” thanked their the best. The unstinted support that the guests for their attendance with a promise to media has given us goes to show the great provide its guests all what is new and the bond that we share. very best in terms of food quality and service Adel Kayed, Director of Operations for as a commitment to maintain the lead in the National Arabic Company for Restaurant casual dining industry.

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kuwait digest kuwait digest Between Arab, Freedoms at risk Iran media! By Waleed Al-Rujaib

By Khalid Al-Dakheel was shocked and saddened by the news that political Iactivist Sarah Idris was sentenced to 20 months in jail here is a question that is often asked: Why doesn’t the for opinions she expressed on Twitter. I believe that TArab media give the same importance to events she could be the first female prisoner of opinion in unfolding in Bahrain as it does to movements in the Kuwait, as she joins many other male citizens who were rest of the other Arab countries? This is a legitimate ques- jailed on similar charges. Whether or not we agree with tion. There are two responses to this question. Firstly, what her political opinions or how she expresses them, jailing is happening in Bahrain is not a revolution and it is different Idris is proof that the government continues to prose- from what happened and is happening in Tunisia, Egypt cute political activists who dare to object its undemoc- and Syria. Also, Bahrain differs in terms of size and influence, ratic approaches, which further threatens freedom of especially the number of victims killed in Bahrain compared speech in Kuwait. to the number of victims killed in Libya and ever-growing This happens while public revaluations are taking number of them in Syria. These differences, among others, place around the world for freedom, dignity and democ- justify the change in approach in dealing with Bahrain. racy, giving us a different image than the Kuwait of Secondly, the reason for the lack of interest of Arab media is originally a sectarian position, as the opposition in peace, security and tolerance we grew to know. By pros- Bahrain, which is mostly Shiite, is unlike the opposition in ecuting Twitter activists, the government is sending a the other Arab countries, which is mostly or entirely Sunni. message that the deep political crisis that Kuwait is Thus, given that Sunnis are dominating the vast majority of going through is not limited to the voting mechanism in the Arab media, this difference can account for the discrep- parliamentary elections, but is the result of a compre- ancy in the Arab media’s handling of Bahrain. hensive anti-democratic approach targeting the free- Let us agree from the beginning that professional news doms that the constitution guarantees. coverage requires dealing with all cases employing the It is strange that the government meanwhile deals same standard. This is not practiced by the Arab media, selectively with vote buying crimes which have become mostly because they are either official agencies or under no secret to the Kuwaiti people, as people have also the influence of officials of the state or belong to a particu- become aware of the influential people who pay thou- lar party. However, there are clear differences among them. digest sands of dinars to secure votes illegally. This selectivity is If we take the first answer, we conclude the following: What kuwait perhaps a way for the government to guarantee a loyal is happening in Bahrain is not a revolution. majority in the parliament, despite the fact that the sin- What is happening in the country is a movement that Jenny’s terrible story gle-vote system already hurt the chances of a strong dates back to the 1970s, more than 40 years before the Arab opposition that demands political and electoral reform Spring. The Bahraini people are now sharply divided to be elected. This approach does not serve the nation By Ali Al-Baghli between Sunnis and Shiites, more than what they were in or the people, but in the most part serves corrupt indi- the past century. What does this have to do with Iran? It is viduals and promotes authoritarian rule. difficult to say that there is a revolution while the division terrible incident happened in when our oil runs out. Just imagine a to a foreign country for work. Despite all the risks surrounding our country, and among the people is such sharp. This division strengthens Kuwait recently, yet received moment when you would have to Kuwait - where thousands scram- A despite all the lessons we see and learn from what hap- the saying that what happens in Bahrain has sectarian little to no reaction in our soci- leave your children in Kuwait and go ble to give donations and aid to all motives. This is an issue that must be addressed and the res- ety. It appears that our feelings have countries around the world - is also a pens near us, our government continues to be stubborn olution of this issue is long overdue. Thirdly, the majority become so cold as we continue pre- place where people who came to as if it is living in a world other than ours that has been and the most important forces of the movement is the Al- tending to be the center of the uni- Kuwait - where make our lives easier could find transformed into a small village by modern technology. Wefaq bloc, which is a religious association founded on reli- verse, busy with our little problems thousands scramble themselves victims of humiliation Despite the rampant corruption that we all suffer from, gious ideals and has a religious authority. Notwithstanding and seasonal elections, and doing and abuse. Soon after being featured police efforts are directed against people’s freedoms its religious background, it is calling for a civil state. the same things over and over again to give donations in the local press, Jenny’s story and chances of decent living, while thieves of public This demand is perfectly understandable if Al-Wefaq in a very boring routine. sparked an uproar in the Philippines funds, companies responsible for bad food, visa traffick- does not consider itself a political force, and that it was During the holy month of and aid to all coun- with angry demands to withdraw ers and vote buyers are left untouched. prompted to make these demands on behalf of the people Ramadan, women are busy with iftar tries around the Filipino labor forces from Kuwait. In I believe that this situation is going to produce a new and to support their rights in the state. However, this associ- and suhour feasts (they order some- the meantime, Jenny is still lying on a political reality after the elections that might cause the ation in fact sees itself as a political force, and that it has the one else to cook of course) and what world - is also a hospital bed in pain and perhaps will return of a more mature and politically wise public right to be a key player in the political process of the civil dresses they should wear at nightly place where people never be able to go back to her job as movement. This is what political and youth groups are state - to be considered as a party in the state’s legislative gatherings, while men are busy with a trainer following the brutal assault required to work seriously for in order to achieve political and executive authority. Here comes the problematic issue: endless diwaniya visits. And while we who came to make she was subjected to. I have to ask reform as the road to a full parliamentary system, unre- How can it be desired for the state to be civil if the most were running in empty circles, some- this question: What will the Interior stricted public freedoms, and development. — Al-Rai important political force is a religious party with a religious thing dreadful happened amongst us our lives easier Ministry do regarding the officer who background, without full representation of all the people, which most of us didn’t even notice - could find them- attacked the helpless victim? I hope but rather only one component, regardless of the size of when a police officer in the Interior that Jenny does not lose her right to this component? selves victims of Ministry brutally assaulted a helpless see the perpetrator served justice, digest I encountered the same problem before the fall of expatriate woman. This very ‘macho’ humiliation and and to be compensated properly kuwait Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq. Most people, at least police officer knocked his Filipina vic- either by the officer himself or the inside and outside Iraq, especially in the Arabian Peninsula tim unconscious inside a municipali- abuse. Soon after Interior Ministry who failed to curb ‘Black magic’ and the Gulf, backed the fall of the regime. Although the ty office where she headed for med- the reckless behavior of its members. Iraqi opposition at that time, especially the Shiite forces, was ical tests necessary for her visa being featured in From her hospital bed, Jenny in election allied with Iran and the US and they enjoyed the popular renewal, and she was hospitalized the local press, described what happened to her as support. People, especially the Iraqis, were tired of Saddam with multiple injuries and broken ‘unimaginable’, and demanded only By Thaar Al Rashidi and his destructive policies. Yet what happened there after bones. Jenny’s story justice after being attacked inside a the fall of the regime is known to all and sundry. There is no Jenny is a mother of three who sparked an uproar government building that is sup- received yesterday an email from a person who new political system replacing that of Saddam’s which cre- left her family and her job as a secre- posed to be the safest of places, and Iclaims to be an Arab sorcerer. He has listed in his ates the basis of a new Iraqi state for all Iraqis, regardless of tary at her home country to come to in the Philippines in front of many people. It is very long letter a list of spells which he claims he can cast, their religious affiliation or sectarian or ethnic backgrounds. Kuwait seeking a better life working strange that human rights organiza- from bringing together lovers to other different things - What has been happening for the past 10 years is tragic as a trainer. She probably expected with angry demands tion and women’s societies failed to a list that looks like a five-star restaurant menu. He end- by all accounts. It is equally bad that the Shiite forces, which to find hospitality and very coopera- give any attention to the case of a ed his email with his telephone numbers for those who got political influence after the fall of the former regime, to withdraw Filipino tive citizens during her stay here. I Filipina mother of three who was are interested in communicating with him. have made Iraq a proxy for Iran as the latter exercises influ- ask the women of our country, espe- labor forces from brutally attacked by a police officer. A ence in all political, financial and intelligence institutions of This is not the first time I have received such an email cially those who did not feel shocked very shameful and miserable thing Iraq. Those brothers chose the Iranian option because they Kuwait. from a person claiming to be a specialist in “black” magic by Jenny’s story, to imagine a day indeed. — Al-Qabas share with them the same doctrine and they want to bene- and “white” magic and “real” magic. My “journalistic pro- fit from the influence of Iran in order to strengthen their fession” forced me to contact him, and indeed he political position inside Iraq. Maybe they viewed the issue answered me. During the phone call, I claimed to be a from the perspective that the Iraqi Shiites did not benefit representative of a candidate for the upcoming from Iran under the Shah, while the Sunnis benefited from In my view Assembly, and told him that my employer wished to the wide Arab Sunni presence in the region. guarantee that he reaches the parliament hall by get- Thus the presence of a Shiite religious state in Iran is now ting largest possible number of voters who endorse looking for its Shiite allies in the region, and the division of New chance for peace the Arab world and its weakness in the current phase is an The first in Feb 2012 and the opportunity that should not be missed because it may nev- By Ahmed Al-Barari er be repeated. We do not have the space here to discuss second in Dec 2012, and both Iranian politics, and that one of its aims is to use Iraq as an fter six visits to the region and a few months of an Israeli government conceded territories to the advantage and a window for regional influence. This neces- Ashuttle diplomacy by the US Secretary of State John Palestinians during violence. The settlers know this assemblies were also sarily requires a weakened state in Iraq. This does not mean, Kerry, Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to dynamic very well and they have the ability to undermine of course, that the Iraqis - Sunnis and Shiites - accept that resume the stalled peace talks. Kerry said on Friday that any Israeli government efforts to meet the minimum announced void, and here we their country should be run on this premise. The intensity of both sides have laid the groundwork for resumption of the requirements of the Palestinian negotiators. The situation are entering a third elections, the sectarian divide, the political instability for the past 10 peace process. But mere resumption of talks is hardly an can further get complicated in case Hamas decides to years since the fall of the former regime and Iran’s success in achievement. spoil the process! which will result in an extending its influence across several bridges all indicate History has taught us that both sides to the conflict It is not as if the obstacles exist only within the Israeli that the situation in Iraq remains critical. have never agreed on the essence of a final resolution. and Palestinian societies. In fact, the United States has Assembly which for sure will It cannot be expected that the region will accept the There are a number of structural obstacles that might become part of the problem over the last decade and so. repeat of the Iraqi case in Bahrain, at whatever cost, for the impede any genuine progress in The failure of the successive be declared void. Specialized simple reason that the country’s small size and sharp sectar- the months to come. A majority American administrations to put in plain Arabic, we need a ian division within it would make it an easy prey for Iran, of both Israeli and Palestinian their money where their mouths unlike Iraq. Also, Bahrain is close to the shores of Saudi societies favor a peace agree- History has taught us are and their inability to push for magician to get us out of this Arabia, not farther than 23 km. Do the brothers in the ment based on a two-state solu- that both sides to the con- a genuine peace process led to a Bahraini opposition view the subject from this angle? Since tion. And out of them - a majori- lack of faith that Washington constitutional crisis. the sectarian divide is a reality on the ground everywhere ty of two-thirds - according to a flict have never agreed on could play the role of an effec- now, why this division is denied in Bahrain? newly released poll conducted tive honest broker in the conflict. him. The magician simply welcomed me and said “mat- The Bahraini opposition has failed to address the other by the Truman Institute at the the essence of a final reso- If anything, Kerry’s way of han- ter is very easy, only give me the name of the candidate side of the Bahraini people and it has also failed to address Hebrew University in collabora- lution. There are a number dling the resumption of talks and his mother’s name and give me 24 hours, and I shall regional concerns. They are dealing with all of this as if they tion with the Palestinian Center only creates dim hopes in the comply with your request”. When I asked him about the do not care. This does not serve them well and it does not for Policy and Survey Research, region. Since Kerry stepped in to of structural obstacles type of the magic that he will perform on my employer, serve anyone well. Rather, it promotes distrust, which is believe that chances for such a help the parties resume peace what established sectarianism in the beginning. If Al- breakthrough are low. This skep- that might impede any talks, President Obama has he said its name is “bringing kindness to utilize crea- Wefaqis against sectarianism and I think it is, then it must ticism on the part of the two stopped talking about peace as tures”. I told him we only need 2,000 votes to guarantee address these concerns directly and announce a clear posi- societies weighs heavily on the genuine progress in he used to do when he first his win, but he objected and said, “no, I shall make tion. I have already expressed this view in some detail to talks to be held in Washington months to come. Majority become president. In other everyone vote for him.” one of the leaders of Al-Wefaq last year, and he was gener- next week. words, there is little if any presi- I ended the call imagining what if this magician was ous in his response on the subject. The obstacle is more obvious of both Israeli and dential investment in the able to make all voters vote for one candidate? And Here, we come to the second answer. We cannot deny on the Israeli side. While Palestinian societies favor process, a fact that would further deprive the rest of candidates from getting any vote, the presence of the sectarian factor in the position of the Netanyahu claims that his gov- weaken the credibility of the and their results be all “zeroes”. Here we shall face a con- Arab media. Yet this is the same standard of the Iranian ernment is ready for peace with a peace agreement based American side in this task. stitutional and legal problem without any solution. We media and the media of Hezbollah in their dealings with the the Palestinians, a real progress Thus far, Kerry has failed to will know one candidate who got all votes, but the rest events of the region on the basis of sectarianism that is in the talks would be a setback assure the Palestinian side of the on a two-state solution. of nine candidates - how can we choose them out of clearer and more direct. Has Al-Wefaq taken the same posi- to his coalition arrangements endgame. The talk about a two- tion here? The Arab media deals in the same way with Syria with the hardliners in his own state solution rings hollow given tens of candidates who did not get any vote? and its Alawite president, Yemen and its Zaidi president, and Likud party and other political parties necessary for the what Israel has been doing in the occupied territories. In general such an assumption is impossible but it’s Tunisia, Libya and Egypt and their Sunni leaders. However, stability of coalition. Netanyahu had experienced a similar Kerry made the Palestinians agree on the resumption of still an assumption, which has a similar example in our the Iranian media is always with the Shiite forces, whether in situation before. In 1998, he signed the Wye River agree- talks with the Israeli side without freezing settlements and political reality. This is Assembly of 2009, which is still power or out of power. The media of Hezbollah is also on ment with the late Arafat only to lose power a few weeks without a clear reference to the talks based on the borders alive. We are now before an Assembly declared void in the same line. later when hardliners and ultraorthodox parties in his own of 1967. In brief, neither the Palestinian side nor the Israeli 2009, and two elections were held later. We are thus facing a situation that combines sectarian- coalition walked out of his government. Will it this time be government wants to be blamed if the task fails. In the The first in Feb 2012 and the second in Dec 2012, and ism with political interest, as well as a daring Iranian posi- different? Hardly! past, Arafat was blamed for the failure of the Camp David both assemblies were also announced void, and here we tion that is unparalleled in its divisiveness. This stems from Additionally, the settler community in the occupied ter- talks. Netanyahu does not want to complicate his relation- the nature of the Iranian political system, and therefore it are entering a third elections, which will result in an ritories has over the years become important in any deci- ship with the American administration nor with part of his Assembly which for sure will be declared void. needs sectarianism in the region. What is the position of Al- sion with regard to peace with the Palestinians. Any Israeli own society. Likewise, Abbas fears that the American Specialized in plain Arabic, we need a magician to get us Wefaq in this case? Can it distinguish itself? Or will it contin- territorial concession to the Palestinian side will be a hotly administration may get less interested given the changes out of this constitutional crisis. Theoretically, the 2009 ue to be silent about Iran’s policies? Does it have the right to debated issue in Israel. This is where settlers can step in in the region and as a consequence more Palestinians criticize the Saudi position, or the Egyptian, for example? and impact the national debate on peace with the would be turning to his rivals in Hamas. Seen in this way, Assembly still lives on and it will remain alive. Every Can it take a divisive position similar to Iran? When it cannot Palestinians. It will be enough for some radical settlers to both Abbas and Netanyahu will go to Washington with lit- Assembly nullified shall revive it and make its soul come achieve any of these, it puts itself amid the sectarian game, attack Palestinians to spark a wave of violence. Never has tle expectations. back!— Al-Anbaa which it complains about. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

EU declares Hezbollah’s Ohio man to be charged after 3 bodies found military wing terror group Page 10 Page 9

BAGHDAD: In this Tuesday, May 18, 2010 file photo, Blindfolded suspected Al-Qaeda members are led away to detention centers in aghdad,B Iraq. Late-night jailbreak attempts at two major prisons outside Baghdad have killed dozens, including at least 25 members of Iraq’s security forces who battled militants armed with car bombs, mortars and machine guns, officials said yesterday. — AP 500 escape in deadly assaults on Iraq prisons Coordinated attacks on Iraq prisons kill dozens BAGHDAD: Militants attacked two and 40 wounded in the attacks. And releasing Muslim prisoners every- Iraqi prisons, including notorious the justice ministry’s spokesman where, and chasing and eliminating Abu Ghraib, with mortars, bombs said 21 inmates were killed and 25 judges and investigators and their and gunfire, freeing at least 500 wounded in rioting at the prisons. It guards,” said an audio message inmates in assaults that cost more was not immediately clear how attributed to the group’s leader, Abu than 40 lives, officials said yesterday. many of the militants who attacked Bakr al-Baghdadi. Prisons in Iraq The coordinated attacks on Taji the prison were killed, wounded or have previously been hit by escape prison, north of Baghdad, and Abu captured. attempts, uprisings and other Ghraib, west of the capital, were The attacks were launched at unrest. launched on Sunday night and trig- around 9:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Deadly violence also hit security gered fighting that raged for Sunday when the militants fired forces in northern Iraq on Monday. around 10 hours, officials said. mortar rounds at the prisons. A suicide bomber blew up a vehicle Abu Ghraib prison, already infa- Car bombs were detonated near near an army patrol in the city of mous as a centre for the torture of the entrances to the prisons, while Mosul, killing 12 people and opponents of now-executed dicta- three suicide bombers attacked the wounding 16, while a bomb killed a tor Saddam Hussein’s regime, Taji prison, a police colonel said. soldier near the city. gained further notoriety in 2004 Five roadside bombs also exploded In the city of Kirkuk, gunmen when graphic pictures emerged near the prison in Taji. shot dead Abdullah Sami al-Asi, a showing prisoners being humiliated Fighting continued throughout provincial councillor and deputy and abused by their US guards. the night as the military deployed head of the province’s security com- A frenzy of comments posted on aircraft and sent in reinforcements mittee, along with two of his social media, including some Twitter around the two facilities. The situa- guards. accounts apparently operated by tion was eventually brought under In the Anbar provincial capital of jihadists, claimed that thousands of control yesterday morning, accord- Ramadi, west of Baghdad, gunmen prisoners had escaped. The two ing to the colonel. attacked a police station, wounding prisons had held around 10,000 The interior ministry had issued a one policeman, while one attacker inmates between them, an interior statement before (2100 GMT) mid- was killed and another wounded. ministry official said. “About 500 night on Sunday saying the attacks And attacks elsewhere in the prisoners escaped from Abu Ghraib had already been foiled. A state- province killed an anti-Qaeda mili- prison,” Hakem al-Zamili, a member ment released by the ministry on tiaman, a soldier and a police officer. of the parliamentary security and Monday however said that prison- Iraq has faced years of attacks by defence committee, told AFP. He ers had escaped and were still on militants, but analysts say a fresh said the escaped prisoners were the loose. upsurge of violence has been “terrorists” but that, to his knowl- “This incident resulted in the fuelled by discontent among mem- edge, no inmates managed to break escape of a number of prisoners in bers of its Sunni Arab minority, out from Taji. the Abu Ghraib prison” but none which the Shiite-led government However, MP Shwan Taha, also a from that in Taji, the statement said, has failed to address. security and defence committee adding that an initial investigation With the latest attacks, more member, said in an online state- indicated that some prison guards than 600 people have been killed in ment that between 500 and 1,000 were culpable. The attacks on the violence so far this month and more inmates escaped from the two pris- prisons came a year after Al-Qaeda’s than 2,800 since the beginning of ons. Iraq front group announced it the year, according to AFP figures Officials said at least 20 members would target the country’s justice based on security and medical of the security forces were killed system. “The first priority in this is sources. — AFP

Ukrainian charged with ‘terrorist’ murder of British Muslim

LONDON: British police yesterday Magistrates Court in London on about Lapshyn’s past history and charged a Ukranian man with the Tuesday. Saleem, a grandfather, was investigators plan to travel to “terrorist-related” murder of an eld- stabbed while on his way home Ukraine in coming days, the force erly Muslim man who was walking after prayers at a nearby mosque. said. It said there did not appear to home from a mosque. Police said Lapshyn, who was in be any “ongoing threat” from the Pavlo Lapshyn, 25, a postgradu- Britain on a sponsored work place- case. There has been a rise in anti- ate student from Dnipropetrovsk, ment, was still being questioned in Muslim incidents in Britain since had been detained last week as part connection with the bombings near May, when a soldier was hacked to of a separate investigation into mosques in the central English death on a London street in a sus- bombings at three mosques in cen- towns of Walsall, Wolverhampton pected Islamist attack. The explo- tral England. and Tipton. sion at the mosque in Tipton on July West Midlands Police said it had A 22-year-old Ukrainian who was 12 coincided with the funeral of 25- charged Lapshyn with the murder detained over the blasts was year-old Lee Rigby, who was mur- of 82-year-old Mohammed Saleem released without charge. dered in broad daylight near his in Birmingham on April 29 and that British police officers are working barracks in Woolwich, southeast he would appear at Westminster with Ukranian officials to learn more London. —AFP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 INTERNATIONAL

Israel moves to protect Eilat-bound planes from Sinai jihadis

EILAT: An airliner full of carefree vacation- an innovative, Israeli-designed missile declined to discuss threat scenarios other of luxury beachfront resorts. fired by two- or three-man crews, a pres- ers dips out of a cloudless sky on a final deflector aboard planes. than to say that an aviation disaster “is Israel had a galvanising brush with ence hard to hide, though the towering descent to Eilat and the desert around This month’s military overthrow of something we and all other relevant agen- MANPADs when al Qaeda tried to shoot and deeply fissured red buttes around Israel’s toehold on the Red Sea sizzles with Egypt’s elected Islamist president has cies have prepared for”. down a planeload of its tourists over Kenya Taba might provide some cover. unseen military activity. raised expectations in Israel that Cairo will The Israelis do not want to embarrass in 2002. Those two missiles happened to To overcome that, troops closely patrol The scene repeats every half hour or so, crack down harder in the lawless and crag- Egypt by publicly demanding tougher miss, but the Israelis scrambled to find a the 5-metre (yard) high razor-wire border servicing the busy Israeli hotels squeezed gy peninsula and Israeli commanders say it safeguards in Taba, the Sinai town closest technological alternative to luck. fence, guided by cameras that peer far into into the 11-km (7-mile) sliver of coast responds quickly to reported threats. to Eilat and which would be the likely The result was C-Music, a bathtub-sized Egyptian territory with thermal imaging to between Jordan and Egypt. But with the But Egyptian forces are stretched: since launching ground for the shoulder-fired undercarriage pod designed by Elbit spot body heat at night. Eilat is rowelled threat of anti-aircraft missile attacks from the July 3 takeover, militants have attacked missiles, also known as man-portable air- Systems Ltd.(ESLT.TA) which “blinds” with 70 metre (210 foot) hilltop radar Egypt-based militants increasing, security their security checkpoints in Sinai almost defence systems or MANPADs. Their incoming missiles’ heat-seeking warheads masts that help map out the frontier and precautions are being stepped up to daily, killing at least 20 people, and staged ranges rarely exceed 5 km (2.5 miles). with a laser. As of last month, C-Music was movements there. Israel has also occasion- unprecedented levels. assaults on a gas pipeline to Jordan, a “The risk to our planes is being taken being fitted on select jets from national ally deploying its Iron Dome aerial defence High-tech electronics, hundreds of Christian priest, and on Eilat, where into account but with much necessary dis- carriers El Al, Arkia and Israir, with the system in Eilat over the past few months. human eyes on the ground, defensive remains of a rocket were found in a desert cretion, given the importance of preserv- Israeli government footing the $1.5 million The Sinai is largely demilitarised under weaponry and tighter coordination with area. ing our peace with Egypt,” said Asaf unit cost, a security official said. the 1979 accord but Egypt, in coordination Egyptian forces in the Sinai peninsula are It was the latest in dozen cross-border Agmon, a retired Israeli air force brigadier- C-Music can be rotated among aircraft with Israel, has been increasing the troop all part of “Operation Hourglass” - the Israeli attacks since the Arab Spring. Most were general who runs the Fisher Brothers “in less than an hour, with the turn of a few presence there to tackle jihadis and arms response to an influx of weaponry and harmless but they included a bloody Institute for Air and Space Strategic screws”, the official said. That would allow traffic to Palestinians in the neighbouring Islamist guerrillas into the sandy tracts assault in August 2012 in which 16 Studies, a think-tank near Tel Aviv. Israel to decide at short notice whether to Gaza Strip. across the border. Egyptian soldiers were killed in an attack Since 2011, Agmon said, Israel has fre- protect Eilat-bound flights, depending on Top Egyptian army officers say they are As well as providing Israel with a strate- Egypt blamed on militants. quently rerouted planes so that they land the level of danger seen from Sinai. liaising with Israel on Sinai. One senior gic Asian cargo port and naval base, Eilat’s Israel believes disorder in protest-riven in Eilat from the north, rather than the “Yes, Eilat is a high priority, but there are army officer said: “the Egyptian army is year-round sun and coral-rich blue water Egypt, coupled with arms smuggled in standard southern approach skirting the other high-priority destinations,” the offi- prepared to handle a (major) operation generate a quarter of the tourism revenue from Libya, has increased the threat to Egyptian frontier. cial said. “Much of the preventive work is against militants there but is delaying it that the country counts among its prime Eilat. Security action, however, is being When the latter path is taken, planes being done by the forces on the ground.” until the internal situation calms on fears sources of foreign currency income. kept discreet to avoid scaring off the very bank sooner and more steeply over the That referred to the hundreds of Israeli that such a move could trigger militant Israel has invested heavily in security visitors it aims to keep. Red Sea gulf to reduce their exposure to army lookouts, some in camouflaged attacks in Cairo and other cities witnessing around Eilat since the fall of U.S.-backed A limited-circulation official Eilat securi- Taba. ambush positions and others perched unrest”. Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak in ty estimate seen by Reuters ranked an In emergencies or rare low-visibility before surveillance screens in hi-tech The Taba area’s sparsely distributed 2011. Earlier this year it completed a 250- attack on an Israeli aircraft as less likely weather, Israel can redirect Eilat-bound avi- bunkers, who strain to spot any unusual watchtowers and largely empty roads fac- km (160-mile) barrier with Egypt, stretch- than cross-border shelling - incidents that ation to Ovda, a semi-military airport 60 presence just over the border in Egypt ing Israel suggest it has not received many ing from Eilat’s outskirts to the Palestinian have happened sporadically, with jihadis, km (38 miles) inland. It also plans to open a whenever aircraft approach Eilat. Liaison reinforcements from Cairo. But Israeli com- Gaza Strip on the Mediterranean. apparently in a rush to flee, inaccurately fir- new and bigger airport in Timna, 19 km (11 officers free up telephone hotlines that manders voice satisfaction with the Officials have also shown Reuters a ing short-range rockets that caused no miles) to the north, by 2017. That would might be needed for urgent calls to their responsiveness of Egyptian counterparts range of other measures being taken to damage. allow for the closure of Eilat’s cramped air- Egyptian counterparts. who, they say, quickly deploy to intercept defend against jihadists in Sinai - including Lior Ben-Simon, Eilat police spokesman, port, whose sole runway hugs a tight strip The Israelis assume MANPADs would be anyone suspicious. —Reuters No peace talks without ’67 borders agreement: Palestine Top negotiators’ meeting in Washington delayed

RAMALLAH: The Palestinians played down yes- which Israel captured in the 1967 Middle East war. diplomacy remain mired, Palestinians, defying terday the significance of an imminent meeting in Though it withdrew from Gaza in 2005, Israel pressure by Israel and the Obama administration Washington of their top peace envoy with his deems all of Jerusalem its undivided capital - a - would again appeal to the United Nations at its Israeli counterpart, saying formal negotiation status not accepted internationally - and wants to annual assembly in September to support their would not begin unless their opening terms were keep swathes of West Bank settlements under any borders claim. satisfied. eventual peace accord. Denouncing the West Bank settlements as ille- The Palestinian position seemed to run count- Yet the Palestinians insist no negotiations can gal - a view shared by most world powers - Abbas er to US hopes that bringing together Saeb Erekat be held until all sides agree the pre-1967 borders told Al-Rai that Israel should “get out of and Israel’s Tzipi Livni in the coming days would would be their basis. Palestinian land completely” though he voiced kick-start peacemaking stalled for almost three Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdaineh said willingness to find a formula addressing its secu- years over Jewish settlements in the occupied Erekat had yet to be invited to Washington. When rity concerns. West Bank. he goes, Abu Rdaineh said, it would be first to A major focus of these is Gaza, which is now In another setback to the negotiators’ meeting, determine the framework of any future negotia- under the control of armed Hamas Islamists who Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tions. spurn coexistence with the Jewish state, ques- planned first to seek cabinet-level approval for “If they reach an agreement over the details, in tion Abbas’s authority, and enjoy grassroots sup- the prospective new talks, which were accordance to the Palestinian demands, then the port among some Palestinians in the West Bank. announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry launch of negotiations will be announced,” Abu Alluding to the risk of Abbas’ US-backed on Friday. Rdaineh told Reuters on Monday. administration one day falling to Hamas, At the time, Kerry, winding up months of He said that those demands, relayed by Abbas Netanyahu has said revived peacemaking could intensive and discreet mediation, predicted to Kerry, included Israel’s recognition that the prevent the emergence of a West Bank “terror Erekat and Livni would join him in Washington “to two-state solution was predicated on the 1967 state”. begin initial talks within the next week or so”. borders, and clarifications about its planned Opinion polls suggest narrow majorities But that appeared unlikely as Netanyahu, fac- release of Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill ges- among Palestinians and Israelis for the two-state ing scepticism within his rightist governing coali- ture. solution, and both Abbas and Netanyahu plans TUNIS: Amina Sboui (front), 19, the Tunisian member of the Ukrainian feminist tion at the diplomatic drive, wanted to await the Even the latter was dogged with dispute, how- to put any eventual peace accord to referen- next full sitting of his cabinet on July 28 or possi- ever. Israel said that, starting in September, it dums. group Femen, arrives at the M’saken court, 150 kilometres (95 miles) south of bly an earlier session of the smaller security cabi- would free 82 Palestinians jailed before 1993, Even in the absence of a deal, Netanyahu sees Tunis, yesterday, where she went on trial for contempt and defamation after net. when the sides signed interim peace accords. But value in the effort as “a strategic process to tight- charging that detainees were tortured in her prison. Sboui sparked both scan- “It looks like negotiations will begin only next Qadoura Fares of the Palestinian Prisoners Club en relations with the United States”, the Israeli dal and a wave of online support in socially conservative Tunisia for posting week, not this week,” an Israeli official said late on said Abbas wanted 103 long-serving inmates official on condition of anonymity. topless pictures of herself on Facebook. —AFP Sunday, disclosing Netanyahu’s plans to win over released. According to the official, Netanyahu would, in recalcitrant ministers. Interviewed by Jordan’s Al-Rai newspaper, convening Israeli ministers on the talks, empha- Netanyahu says the new talks must be held Abbas said Kerry had “taken our proposal regard- sise the importance of sticking close to Powerful pro-Syria without “preconditions”, especially regarding the ing the resumption of the peace process with Washington to cope with the overarching threats borders of the state Palestinians want to found in him” to Washington. posed by Iran’s disputed nuclear programme and the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, Abbas held out the possibility that, should by spreading strife in Syria and Egypt. —Reuters force armed by Iran

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s powerful Shiite Muslim the Shiite-majority south and parts of Beirut Israel set to free 80 party Hezbollah, whose military wing was itself. blacklisted by the European Union yesterday, But rocked by hundreds of Hezbollah’s Palestinian prisoners is a key client of Iran and an ardent ally of missiles and stymied by a fierce resistance on Syria’s regime. the ground, Israel never managed to van- JERUSALEM: Israel is set to decide on the release of around 80 Hezbollah (The Party of God) was founded quish the movement, and the party emerged long-serving Palestinian prisoners ahead of renewed peace in 1982 in response to Israel’s invasion of even stronger. talks, an Israeli official said yesterday. Lebanon. It spearheaded an anti-Israeli guer- Intelligence officials now estimate US Secretary of State John Kerry announced on Friday that rilla campaign and was the key actor in forc- Hezbollah has amassed an arsenal of more Israeli and Palestinian negotiators had agreed to meet to pre- ing the Jewish state to finally withdraw in than 40,000 short- and long-range rockets pare a resumption of direct peace talks, stalled since 2010. 2000. the party claims can reach deep inside Israel, “The prisoner releases will start when talks commence,” the That success, coupled with the move- as well as anti-aircraft guns and other sophis- Israeli official told AFP on condition of anonymity. “We’re talk- ment’s extensive network of social services, ticated weaponry. ing about releasing them in stages.” has gained it enormous support among In 2008, things started to sour. During There were “some 80 prisoners” set to be released, all of Lebanon’s Shiites, who represent about a third clashes with supporters of key Sunni politi- them “pre-Oslo,” the official added, referring to Palestinians of the country’s population and the largest cian Saad Hariri, Hezbollah fighters seized imprisoned before the 1993 Oslo peace accords. single community. control of a section of western Beirut, spark- The official would not say when a decision on their release Widely considered more powerful than ing fears of a new civil war. would be made, and by whom-whether the issue would go Lebanon’s army, Hezbollah never disarmed at The party, and its Syrian allies, were before the government, ministers or just Prime Minister the end of the 1975-1990 civil war on the already suspected of having been behind the Benjamin Netanyahu. grounds it was necessary to protect the coun- 2005 assassination of Hariri’s father, Rafiq, and Israeli radio said Netanyahu would present the issue to his try against Israeli attacks. four of its members were eventually indicted cabinet “in the next few days” ahead of the first meeting Hezbollah wields great influence on by a UN-backed tribunal. between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators scheduled for early NASR CITY: Former upper house of parliament Ahmad Fahmi, center back- Lebanese politics. It, and its allies, have minis- Its leader Hassan Nasrallah threatened in next week. The official could not confirm the report. ters in the government and control several 2010 to “cut off the hand” of anyone who ground, leads a press conference at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque in Nasr City, The last round of direct peace talks between Israel and the seats in parliament-which allows them to veto attempted to arrest them, and they remain at Cairo, Egypt, yesterday. A senior Brotherhood figure escalated the group’s Palestinians broke down in 2010 over the issue of Israeli settle- any policy or legislation not to their liking. large. campaign against the United States, calling on protesters to “besiege” the ments in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Kerry on Friday Though the EU sought to differentiate Prior to Monday’s EU decision, Hezbollah embassy and expel the ambassador. —AP gave away very little about the initial agreement. —AFP between Hezbollah’s political and military had already been blacklisted as a terror group wings, the reality is the movement makes no by the United States, Britain, the Netherlands such distinction because it defines itself as a and Australia. Yemenis battle for mosques party of the anti-Israeli resistance and all its The latest move comes after Hezbollah activities as linked to the cause. was implicated in an attack against Israeli Hezbollah has a formidable security and tourists in Bulgaria last year and its activities intelligence apparatus and is known abroad in Cyprus. in Sunni-Shiite divide primarily for its military prowess. Hezbollah’s growing involvement in the Although Hezbollah initially sought to Syrian conflict in recent months has further DUBAI: Sunni Muslim extremists and Shiite Zaidi rebels And on Thursday, gunmen on a motorbike shot dead cally and economically. impose an Islamic way of life in multi-confes- worried EU nations. in Yemen are waging a battle for the control of mosques, two Shiites and wounded four others who were staging a Thousands of people were killed in the uprising sional Lebanon, it has since toned down its The charismatic Nasrallah took over as in a spillover of the sectarian face-off rattling the Middle sit-in protest in the capital, an Ansarullah rebel told AFP. before a ceasefire was agreed in February 2010. rhetoric. The party drew its inspiration from secretary general in 1992 after his predeces- East. The showdown was previously confined to the In a bid to ease tensions, the authorities have secured But their frustration was compounded by the rise to the 1979 Islamic revolution in Shiite Iran, and sor, Abbas Mussawi, was assassinated in an northern province of Saada, stronghold of Zaidi a commitment from both sides “not to use force to power for the first time in Yemen’s history of a Sunni presi- has long been the recipient of financial and Israeli missile strike. Ansarullah rebels who have since last year frequently impose their own rites in mosques,” according to Hmoud dent, according to a participant in an ongoing national military backing from Tehran. He acknowledged for the first time on clashed with supporters of the Sunni Islamist party Al- Obad, the minister of Waqf (religious endowments). dialogue. Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi replaced Saleh, who is Much of the weaponry has been fun- April 30 that his troops were involved in fight- Islah. Sanaa accuses Ansarullah of being backed by Shiite- “In Yemen, there are no mosques for Zaidis and others Zaidi, in February 2012, under a UN- and Gulf-brokered nelled to it by the regime of Syrian President ing in the Syria, where they helped Assad’s majority Iran. With the start of the Muslim fasting month for Sunnis. People have lived and prayed together for cen- power transfer deal which led to the former strongman’s Bashar al-Assad, including thousands of mis- troops to recapture the former rebel bastion of Ramadan on July 10, frictions between the two sides turies, but the political polarisation taking place threatens resignation following 11 months of mass protests against siles. of Qusayr. have sharpened in the capital. to divide them,” he told AFP. his rule. Despite reservations about the deal, the Zaidis are Those weapons played a key role in a sec- Nasrallah has also warned that the “friends Sunni Salafists have been trying to seize control of a The rebels, who belong to the Zaidi sect of Shiite taking part in the national dialogue launched in March to ond event that raised Hezbollah’s popularity of Syria,” a reference to Hezbollah and to Iran, mosque led by a Zaidi imam in Sanaa, in response to a Islam, are mainly concentrated in the north and make up draft a constitution and prepare for elections. in Lebanon and the wider Arab world-the will not allow the fall of Assad, and has prom- similar move by Ansarullah supporters against another 25 percent of Yemen’s Sunni-majority population estimat- The participant at the dialogue, who requested 2006 war against Israel. ised “victory” in Syria. mosque led by a Sunni cleric in the capital. ed at 25 million. The Zaidi rebels, also known as Huthis anonymity, said the rebels are “trying to strengthen their Hezbollah guerrillas carried out a daring Lebanese University professor Waddah This has sparked clashes in which knives were used after their late leader Abdel Malek al-Huthi, rose up in growing political role by achieving a stronger presence in cross-border raid, capturing two soldiers. Sharara, an expert on Hezbollah, said its mili- and also a bomb attack that wounded five people last 2004 against the government of ex-president Ali the mosques,” warning that “sectarian tensions will inten- Israel retaliated with a fierce air and land tia has about 20,000 fighters, including 5,000 week, according to witnesses and police. Abdullah Saleh, accusing it of marginalising them politi- sify.” —AFP assault on Lebanon that devastated much of trained by Iran in urban warfare. —AFP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Germany to probe secret service ties with NSA

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela tool, which Der Spiegel said can store sev- only learnt of the PRISM programme “German law applies on German soil, and gers dark memories of snooping by the Merkel’s government yesterday eral days’ worth of Internet traffic data and through media reports. that goes for everyone, including our Nazis’ Gestapo and communist East announced a probe into ties between its content as well as key words from online Merkel’s spokesman Georg Streiter intelligence services. That’s why the gov- Germany’s Stasi. secret services and US agencies whose search engines and Google Maps. The US announced a “comprehensive review” into ernment takes very seriously the ques- Under repeated media questioning, sweeping online surveillance was documents reportedly also praised the the claims, with results to be presented tions that arise from the weekend media Streiter defended German intelligence ties revealed by fugitive intelligence analyst “eagerness” of foreign intelligence service between Wednesday and Friday to the coverage”. with the United States: “I find it rather Edward Snowden. BND president Gerhard Schindler to coop- parliament’s secret services oversight “The chief of staff of the chancellery amazing that the impression is being cre- It reacted to a report by news weekly erate more closely with the NSA and said committee, whose meetings are closed to has initiated an extensive review. The out- ated that we are cooperating with evil. I Der Spiegel which said documents provid- the German government had modified its the media and public. come will shortly be reported to the mean, they are our friends. “We have ed by Snowden showed that German interpretation of privacy laws to allow Streiter defended the fact that secret Parliamentary Control Committee.” closely cooperated with our friends for services closely cooperated with the US more flexibility in data sharing. services operate out of the public eye, Snowden’s claims about the NSA’s decades. And if there are now different National Security Agency (NSA) and used With elections set for September 22, adding that “international terrorism can PRISM programme to capture and store views, different interpretations of the law its Internet spy software XKeyscore. the claims made by Snowden, some of only be fought through international email, phone and other communication and different laws on personal data in Germany’s domestic intelligence serv- them first reported by Der Spiegel, have cooperation, and this serves to protect our data have angered many in Germany, America and Germany, then that doesn’t ice BfV said it was only testing the Internet put pressure on Merkel, who has said she citizens in Germany”. But he also said that where the notion of state surveillance trig- mean that they are suddenly evil.” — AFP EU declares Hezbollah’s military wing terror group Israel welcomes decision BRUSSELS: The European Union different wings within Hezbollah’s “Finally, after years of delibera- placed the military wing of the organizational network and see who tions, the claim that Hezbollah is a Lebanese party Hezbollah on its ter- could be targeted for belonging to legitimate political party has rightful- ror list yesterday in a major change of the military wing. ly failed,” said Israel’s Justice Minister its policy toward the region. It could take up to two weeks Tzipi Livni. “Now it is clear to the The EU’s 28 foreign ministers before names of individuals and entire world that Hezbollah is a ter- reached the decision unanimously at organizations are added to the list, rorist organization”. their monthly meeting, swiftly sway- officials said. The Iranian-backed Earlier this year, the group was ing the last nations that had any group plays a pivotal role in Lebanese accused of involvement in last year’s doubts. politics, dominating the government attack in the Black Sea resort of It came after prolonged diplomatic since 2011, and has since sent its Burgas in Bulgaria, which killed five pressure from Washington and Israel, members to bolster Syria’s President Israeli tourists and one Bulgarian. It MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, greets Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil, right, in who both consider Hezbollah a ter- Bashar Assad forces in their assault of has refuted that allegation. Moscow, Russia, yesterday. Lavrov urged the Syrian opposition to agree to attend an international peace confer- rorist organization. The blacklisting rebel-held areas. German Foreign Minister Guido ence on Syria. — AP would mean imposing visa bans on Hezbollah officials in Beirut Westerwelle said that evidence from individuals and asset freezes on declined to immediately comment on that attack in Bulgaria was enough of organizations associated with the the EU decision but in a May speech an impetus for the move. Westerwelle group. Hezbollah chief Sheik Hassan said that “we have to answer this, and Dutch woman arrested for “It is good that the EU has decided Nasrallah had said any such move the answer is” blacklisting Hezbollah’s to call Hezbollah what it is: a terrorist would be no more than “ink on the military wing. organization,” said Dutch Foreign paper.” The attack on EU territory plus a ‘recruiting Syria jihadists’ Minister Frans Timmermans. Israel welcomed the decision. It Cyprus criminal court decision in THE HAGUE: “I’m satisfied that we took this fought a bitter month-long war with March finding a Hezbollah member Dutch authorities have Police arrested the woman in we have to ensure their safety as they guilty of helping to plan attacks on arrested a 19-year-old woman sus- Zoetermeer, a small city just east of want to travel to a dangerous area,” Israelis on the Mediterranean island pected of recruiting jihadists to fight The Hague, on Wednesday after fami- she added. Public prosecutors have has galvanized EU diplomacy in mov- alongside radical Muslim rebels in lies filed complaints with the authori- said that while authorities cannot stop ing toward action. Syria, a prosecution spokeswoman ties that their relatives had gone to would-be jihadists from leaving the “We should name names because said yesterday. “The woman was fight in Syria. “In some of the com- country, they can combat recruitment, time comes to tell the truth,” said arrested and has been remanded for plaints people who are allegedly which is against the law and carries a Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas two weeks while an investigation is enlisting fighters are named,” Stoel sentence of up to four years in jail or a Antanas Linkevicius, who chaired underway,” Nicolette Stoel, spokes- said. The young woman will remain fine of 78,000 euros ($102,000). Stoel Monday’s meeting. “What was done woman for the Public Prosecutor’s behind bars for a fortnight before a declined to comment further on the by the military wing in the region and office in The Hague, told AFP. judge must decide whether the case case. Amsterdam-based lawyer Bart elsewhere I would say, there should There is growing concern in the against her can go ahead. “At this Nooitgedagt, who represents other be some reaction.” Netherlands about young Dutch stage she is only allowed contact with Dutch citizens accused of allegedly Even though evidence from Muslims being enlisted to fight in her lawyer,” Stoel said. recruiting jihadists to fight in Syria, Bulgaria and Cyprus would have been Syria, with a British study in April say- “In the meantime, a broader inves- told AFP that such cases are difficult to key in the decision, several EU nations ing at least 107 Dutch citizens were tigation into the recruitment by radical prove. “You have to have somebody also have pointed to Hezbollah’s fighting President Bashar al-Assad’s Muslims of young people to fight in who has returned from Syria saying: ‘I involvement in Syria as another rea- forces in the war-torn country. Syria is underway. First and foremost have been recruited.’ —AFP son for the move. As Hezbollah’s hand in the Syrian conflict has become public, Lebanon BRUSSELS: Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders, right, talks with has seen a spike in Sunni-Shiite ten- Luxembourg’s Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, center, and Estonian sions that has sparked gun battles in Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, left, during the EU foreign ministers meeting several cities around the country. at the European Council building in Brussels, yesterday. European Union Many Lebanese Sunnis support the foreign ministers yesterday blacklisted Hezbollah’s military wing as a ter- overwhelmingly Sunni uprising rorist organization, at a meeting in Brussels. AP against Assad in Syria, while Shiites — generally back Hezbollah and the important step today, by dealing with Hezbollah in 2006 and does not dif- regime in Damascus. the military wing of Hezbollah, freez- ferentiate between the groups politi- Hague said that blacklisting ing its assets, hindering its fundrais- cal and military wings. Israel has Hezbollah’s military wing would not ing and thereby limiting its capacity accused Hezbollah of carrying out “destabilize Lebanon or have serious to act,” Timmermans said. attacks on Jewish and Israeli targets adverse consequences.” “It is impor- But the implementation would be around the world. Hezbollah has tant for us to show that we are united complicated since officials would denied involvement in some and not and strong in facing terrorism,” Hague have to unravel the links between the commented on others. said. — AP Ugandan police arrest protest leader over rallies

KAMPALA: Armed police surrounded ple in confrontations with protesters in corruption and has not done enough the home of the leader of Uganda’s April 2011. to lift the conditions of the poorest protest movement, put him in a car Police arrested the head of the Ugandans. Museveni is also accused of and drove him to a secret location in movement yesterday because he using the armed forces to silence politi- the pre-dawn hours of yesterday, the planned to cause “chaos” in the capital, cal dissent using tactics that have day he planned to launch a new wave said Ugandan police spokesman made Kampala, the capital, a no-go of anti-government demonstrations Patrick Onyango. “Besigye has been zone for opposition activism. across the East African country. taken under preventive house arrest,” Police frequently use live bullets The police said it was a “preventive he said. “This is to stop him from para- and tear gas to disperse crowds gath- arrest,” but for Kizza Besigye -a three- lyzing business life across the country.” ering to listen to politicians they time presidential aspirant who has pre- At least two other Besigye associates, accuse of trying to ignite a campaign sented the most formidable challenge including the mayor of Kampala, had of civil disobedience that could bring to the rule of Uganda’s long-serving been similarly restricted, Onyango said. down the government. The activist president - the move highlights the The pre-dawn arrests show how pro- group responsible for the street government’s crackdown on popular active police are getting as they con- protests -4GC, which stands for the protests against corruption and the tain activists who are trying to spark a Ugandan national motto “For God and high cost of living. wider political movement after 27 My Country” - was declared an illegal Besigye’s “Walk to Work” protest years under the same president. organization by Uganda’s attorney movement in the aftermath of the President general, one of the reasons given by 2011 election was violently stopped Yoweri Museveni, who took power the police as they crack down on its within months. The rights group by force in 1986, is increasingly criti- popular activities. Human Rights Watch says Uganda’s cized by rights advocates and political Mathias Mpuuga, a Ugandan law- security forces killed at least nine peo- opponents who say he encourages maker who is one of the leaders of the protest movement, said such tactics would be successful only in the short run. “We shall go on with our program,” he said. “We are not organizing an event. We are organizing a protracted struggle against this tyranny.” Police say their tactics are justified in order to main- tain public order, but rights advocates say they violate the country’s constitution and amount to an abuse of power. Livingstone Sewanyana, who runs a Kampala-based rights watchdog called the Foundation for Human Rights Initiative, said the arrests and moves to stop demonstrations rein- forced a growing view of Museveni’s administration as intolerant of political dissent. “It speaks of a country where respect for fundamental rights is on a downward trend,” he said. “It’s all about fear and I think the fear is being expressed that way.” Uganda’s next election is still three years away, and it remains unclear if Museveni will run again. But more officials previously close to him have challenged LILLE: Teenagers jump into a canal in Lille, northern France, yesterday. the president in recent times, fuelling Temperatures in Lille have reached 32 degrees Celsius (89,6 degrees rumors that his control of the ruling par- Fahrenheit). — AP ty is fading. —AP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Rain helps firefighters make gains on SoCal blaze

IDYLLWILD: Heavy rain aided firefighters of the day. Winds were only 5 to 10 mph ardous conditions for fire crews. the communities of Idyllwild, Fern Valley ries people nearly 6,000 feet up a rugged who made substantial gains against a and humidity was 95 percent. Some 6,000 people fled the idyllic little and Pine Cove, from which thousands had canyon to a mountain peak overlooking week-old wildfire that burned across 42 “With diminished fire activity, firefight- towns that dot the San Jacinto Mountains fled the advancing flames five days before. the tourist resort, was closed Sunday square miles as thousands of people were ers made great progress with line con- between Palm Springs and Hemet after Evacuation orders for several smaller because of unhealthy air quality. Crews allowed to return to their homes in struction, particularly along the east side the fire broke out Monday and quickly nearby communities had been lifted earli- were also building fire breaks in the area. Southern California mountain communi- toward Palm Springs,” US Forest Service raged across the heavily wooded area. er in the day. The fire was less than two Authorities have said the fire was ties near Palm Springs. With the arrival of spokesman John Miller said. Twenty-three structures, including the miles from Idyllwild on its western flank. It human-caused, but wouldn’t say whether an inch and a half of rain Sunday, firefight- The fire was still far from extinguished, seven homes, were destroyed. There were was a similar distance from Palm Springs it was accidental or intentional.More than ers began to beat back the flames and had however. The thunderstorm helping no reports of injuries. below on the desert floor, where an enor- 1,800 firefighters battled the blaze the blaze 68 percent contained. Rain con- douse the flames also brought erratic The Riverside County Sheriff’s mous plume of smoke could be seen. The Sunday, using bulldozers, helicopters and tinued to fall off and on throughout much winds and the threat of flooding, all haz- Department lifted evacuation orders for Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which car- other equipment. —AP Ohio man to be charged after 3 bodies found Police, volunteers scoured 40 empty homes

EAST CLEVELAND: An Ohio man ban Cleveland, the mayor said yes- authorities to a home and a stand- more evidence until their search will be charged with aggravated terday. off with the man, who was eventu- was suspended, with no immediate murder after three bodies wrapped East Cleveland Mayor Gary ally taken into custody. The mayor plans to resume, Spotts said. in trash bags were found in subur- Norton said a call to police led has said the suspect indicated he Norton said Monday that no bodies might have been influenced by the were found, but Spotts stressed earlier case of Cleveland serial killer that the investigation remained convicted in the deaths of 11 open. women. It’s the third recent high-profile Norton announced yesterday case in the Cleveland area that that 35-year-old Michael Madison involves missing women. In May, will be charged with three counts three women who separately van- of aggravated murder. It wasn’t ished about a decade ago were immediately clear whether he had found captive in a run-down house. an attorney. Ariel Castro, a former school bus RIO DE JANEIRO: Pilgrims with the flags of Brazil and Argentina remain out- Police and volunteers scoured driver, has been charged with near- side the cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil yesterday. Pope Francis will arrive about 40 empty homes Sunday ly 1,000 counts of kidnap, rape and in Rio later for the World Youth Day (WYD), to take place until July 28. —AFP until their search was suspended, other crimes and has pleaded not with no immediate plans to guilty. resume. Castro is accused of repeatedly Brazil buzzing with Authorities said they had identi- restraining the women, sometimes fied only one of the victims, Angela chaining them to a pole in a base- Deskins, who was believed to be 38 ment, to a bedroom heater or anticipation for Pope years old. The other two bodies inside a van. The charges say one of RIO DE JANEIRO: As he flew to Brazil on his gin error of two percentage points. were too badly decomposed to the women tried to escape and he first international trip as pontiff, Pope Francis In his few months as pontiff, Francis has identify. The medical examiner also assaulted her with a vacuum cord voiced concern yesterday about an entire gen- demonstrated an easy ability to connect with said he couldn’t determine a cause around her neck. He also fathered a eration of youths growing up jobless and iso- people, in particular with young Catholics, of death because of the bodies’ daughter with one captive, authori- lated. demonstrating humility and a warmth the conditions. ties said. Mammoth crowds are expected to attend a faithful feel is genuine. The first body was found in a In 2009, Sowell was arrested Mass he will celebrate on Rio’s Copacabana Church leaders hope his Brazil trip will garage Friday. Two others were after a woman escaped from his beach during his trip to his home continent. deepen that appeal. Keeping to his example found Saturday - one in a backyard house and said she had been raped Francis also will meet with legions of young that the Catholic church must be humble, and the other in the basement of a there. Police found the mostly nude Roman Catholics converging on Rio for the Francis carried his own black hand luggage as vacant house. The bodies, all bodies of 11 women throughout church’s World Youth Day festival, believers he boarded a special Alitalia flight from Rome’s women, were found about 100 to the home. whose behavior so far hasn’t been typical of Leonardo da Vinci airport on Monday. 200 yards apart, and authorities say Sowell’s victims ranged in age the normal tourists in this seaside Sin City “Every pope is different, and Pope Francis is the victims were killed in the previ- from 24 to 52, all were recovering known for hedonistic excess. showing himself to be extremely charismatic, ous six to 10 days. or current drug addicts and most During his flight from Rome, Francis with a language that is simple and direct,” Sao Each body was wrapped in a died of strangulation; some had expressed concern about youth unemploy- Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer said. “I absolutely plastic bag in the fetal position. “It been decapitated, and others were ment. He told some 70 journalists aboard his think there is renewed happiness within the didn’t look like a person could actu- so badly decomposed that coro- papal plane that there is a “risk of having a church that began with the election of Pope ally fit in the bag,” said East ners couldn’t say with certainty generation that hasn’t worked.” He said, Francis.” This undated photo provided yesterday by the Cuyahoga Cleveland Police Chief Ralph Spotts. how they died. He was found County Sheriff’s Department in Ohio, shows suspected murder- “People get their dignity from work. They earn Fernando Altemeyer, a theologian at the Police and volunteers scoured guilty in 2011 and sentenced to their bread. Young people this moment are in Catholic University of Sao Paulo, said that er Michael Madison. —AFP about 40 empty homes Sunday for death. —AP crisis.” “We have the risk of having a generation warmth and understanding is entirely related that hasn’t worked,” he said. Although his pil- to Francis being the first pope from Latin grimage features a jamboree designed for the America, where he’s had more exposure to the young, Francis also expressed concern about harsh realities of life on the continent than British kidnapped Portuguese the elderly’s plight in society. European popes of the past. He decried isolating the elderly, saying they “It allows him to understand and promote president rejects shouldn’t be “thrown away” by consumer cul- a Catholicism that’s felt in the body, that’s vis- in Lagos released tures that demand everything new or useful. ceral,” Altemeyer said. “That changes a call for elections The elderly “have the “wisdom of life, the wis- Catholicism that for hundreds of years has LAGOS: A British citizen who was kid- as a result an inflow into Lagos state,” said dom of history, the wisdom of a nation, the been felt more in the mind, that’s been a very napped by gunmen shortly after landing at the expert on crime matters in Nigeria. LISBON: Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva wisdom of a family, and we need this.” European Christianity.” the international airport in Nigeria’s largest He pointed specifically to the southeast, said Sunday he backed the country’s centre-right One journalist joked that Francis was step- All of which gives even more force to a New city has been released, an official said yes- which had been notorious for abductions, coalition government and rejected calls for snap elec- ping into a “lion’s den” of media in the back of Evangelization effort that was pushed by John terday. as an area where police have re-enforced tions to resolve a political crisis shaking the bailed-out the plane, but afterward the pope, who had Paul II and picked up steam under Benedict, “We can confirm the release of the their efforts. nation. told the reporters that he found interviews with the World Youth Day and it’s theme of “Go British national... following his abduction Relocating to Lagos, a city of some 15 “I think in the current context of national emer- tiresome, quipped: “The lions weren’t so and make disciples of all nations” expressing on July 16,” said Wale Adebajo, spokesman million people, is a “natural” move for small- gency, calling elections is not a solution for the prob- fierce.” the desire to more ardently spread the Gospel. at Britain’s Deputy High Commission in scale criminal outfits engaged in ransom- More than 1 million people are expected to Playing out in parallel to the papal visit is Lagos, specifying that the hostage was kidnappings, he said. lems Portugal is facing,” said Cavaco Silva. pack the white sands of Copacabana to cele- political unrest in Brazil, where widespread freed on Sunday. The uptick in abductions in recent “I think the best solution is to keep the current brate Mass with the 76-year-old Francis. He anti-government protests that began last He made no comment on whether a months is not limited to foreigners, but has government in power.” His remarks came after crisis also will visit a tiny chapel in a trash-strewn month have continued and are expected to ransom had been paid. Security sources involved Nigerian victims as well, including talks between Portugal’s three main parties failed slum, and grassroots Catholics love that he take place right outside Rio’s Guanabara had said that the abduction was carried out some local politicians, Ekhomu added. Friday to reach a pact on pursuing radical reforms to plans a side trip to venerate Brazil’s patron Palace, the seat of state power where Francis is as the Briton was travelling from the airport In March a British man working for the avoid a second international bailout, as Cavaco Silva saint. to meet with President Dilma Rousseff on in Lagos’s Ikeja neighbourhood towards French energy company CGG was kid- had called for. “I’m here for faith! I’m here for joy! And I’m Monday evening shortly after his arrival. the city centre. His driver was reported to napped in the upscale Victoria Island area The president urged the two parties in the ruling here for the first Latino pope!” Ismael Diaz, a With the exception of gay rights groups have been shot and injured in the attack. of the city. He was released days later, with coalition-Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho’s centre- 27-year-old pilgrim wrapped in the flag of his and others angered by the church’s doctrine In southern Nigeria, there have been waves officials refusing to confirm reports that a right PSD and the conservative CDS-PP-to work native Paraguay, said as he bounded down the against abortion and same-sex marriages, the of kidnappings targeting foreigners, with ransom had been paid. stone sidewalks of Copacabana hours ahead target of most protesters won’t be Francis but the hostages typically released following a There have also been a number of together to see through the reforms agreed under of Francis’ arrival. Diaz gave high fives to four the government and political corruption. The ransom payment. Employers and officials recent reported kidnappings targeting the Portugal’s 2011 bailout deal and enable the country fellow pilgrims, then turned toward local pontiff is said to support Brazilians peacefully rarely discuss such payments. city’s large Lebanese population. to return to the international financial markets. beachgoers who looked on while calmly sip- taking to the streets, and when he served as a Most of the attacks have occurred Foreigners have also been targeted in the “It is important to show our European partners ping green coconut water and staring from cardinal in Buenos Aires he didn’t shy from around the oil-rich coast involving expatri- north, but those attacks are considered dif- that Portugal is a governable country,” Cavaco Silva behind dark sunglasses. conflict with Argentina’s leaders as he railed ates working in the energy sector, but there ferent. They have been blamed on Islamist said. “The government has an undeniable majority.” “I’m here because I have the force of God in against corruption. has also been a rise of such incidents in extremists and in several cases have led to The coalition between the two ruling parties gives me and want to make disciples of all. The pope will likely avoid hot-button issues Lagos. The spike in abductions here is the deaths of the hostages. the government a comfortable majority in parlia- Arghhhhhhhhhh!” he yelled, lifting his head like abortion and same-sex marriages while in related to a crackdown on criminal gangs At least two Britons are believed to have ment, but the alliance is at risk after the resignation and howling into Rio’s hot, humid air before Brazil, and focus on his message that the elsewhere in country, said Onah Ekhomu of been kidnapped and killed in the north by early this month of finance minister Vitor Gaspar, the flexing his arms and going into a body- church should put its attention on the poor Transworld Security. the extremist group Ansaru, an offshoot of builder’s pose. Francis would have an easy and that clergy must lead a humble life. “There has been a large displacement of Boko Haram, the Islamist insurgents who architect of the budget cuts, and foreign minister time of it if all Catholics shared Diaz’s fervor. Brazil allows abortions only in cases of rape criminals from other parts of country and have also targeted foreigners. —AFP Paulo Portas, the CDS-PP leader and an increasingly But Diaz and his fellow pilgrims are the excep- or risk to a mother’s life or if a fetus is brainless, sharp critic of austerity. tion to the rule in Brazil and much of Latin and the nation’s supreme court in 2011 Their resignations plunged Portugal’s politics into America, a region with more faithful than any approved civil unions for same-sex couples. turmoil, casting doubt on the fate of the reforms other in the world but where millions have left State courts have since allowed those unions agreed under the country’s 78-billion-euro rescue the church for rival Pentecostal evangelical to become full-fledged marriages. from the European Union and International Monetary churches or secularism. The Catholic Church is not as active in poli- Fund. A poll from the respected Datafolha group tics in Brazil as it is in other Latin American Bickering in the coalition and between the govern- published Sunday in the newspaper Folha de nations, though it strongly opposes any ment and the main opposition Socialists, the third S.Paulo said 57 percent of Brazilians age 16 efforts to loosen abortion laws and took part and older call themselves Catholic, the lowest in the legal argument against civil unions party at the failed crisis talks, has raised fears the gov- ever recorded. Just six years ago, when Pope when the matter was before the top court. ernment’s bid to overhaul its finances will derail and Benedict XVI visited, a poll by the same firm When Francis talks with Rousseff, they are force the country to seek a second bailout. found 64 percent considered themselves likely to focus on the poor. Upon taking office, After the two key ministers’ resignations, worries among the faithful. In 1980, when Pope John the Brazilian leader declared that eradicating that Portugal would veer into a new crisis shook Paul II became the first pontiff to visit Brazil, 89 extreme poverty was her top goal as presi- world markets fearful of a new wave of instability in percent listed themselves as Catholics, accord- dent, and she has expanded a network of the eurozone’s debt-laden periphery. ing to that year’s census. social welfare programs that have helped lift Portugal’s austerity measures are widely blamed Pentecostal evangelicals stood at 19 per- almost 30 million Brazilians out of poverty in for exacerbating a three-year recession, and the cent of the population in the latest poll, rising the last decade. resulting hardship has sparked growing street from virtually nothing three decades ago by “The good thing from a social perspective aggressively proselytizing in Brazil’s impover- is that he understands the increasing stratifica- protests. ished slums. tion of wealth in Latin America,” said Joseph The country forecasts a 2.3-percent economic con- Beyond the numbers who claim one faith Palacios, a sociologist at Georgetown traction this year, and has record unemployment of or another is the huge gap in the level of par- University and former Catholic priest who has more than 18 percent. ticipation in the different churches, a fervor studied the church. CHICAGO: Police look for evidence after 20-year-old Carlos Barron was shot Portugal’s “troika” of international creditors-the IMF, factor that deeply troubles the Catholic “Unlike his predecessors, who had a theo- Church. The Datafolha poll said 63 percent of retical understanding, Francis has a pastoral and killed in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on July 19, 2013 in Chicago, European Commission and European Central Bank- have postponed their next review of Portugal’s Pentecostal evangelicals report going to understanding honed by living and working in Illinois. At least six people were killed and at least 22 others were wounded in church at least once a week, while only 28 per- working-class neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. weekend shootings in Chicago, including a 6-year-old girl who was shot back reform programme from mid-July to late August because of the ongoing political standoff. —AFP cent of Catholics say they go to Mass weekly. All of his understanding of poverty and other on Friday after leaving a memorial service for a man that was murdered in Datafolha interviewed 3,758 people across social issues appear to be based on his experi- 2008. —AFP Brazil on June 6-7 and said the poll had a mar- ences, not theory or doctrine.” —AP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 INTERNATIONAL India attorney general wants election poll ban

NEW DELHI: India’s top law officer has election has been called, according to the effect on the voters’ mind,” Vahanvati was as well exit polls on the day over concerns paigning was “in the wider interests of free called for a ban on opinion polls during Hindustan Times. quoted as saying in his four-page recom- that they could influence the outcome, and fair elections”. campaigning in next year’s general elec- India is due to hold elections by next mendation to the ministry. and Vahanvati said “there is no real basis Any ban on polls during an election tion in the world’s largest democracy, a May, with opinion polls currently showing Although opinion is divided over the for distinguishing between exit and opin- campaign, which can last for up to 45 days report said yesterday. Attorney General GE that the main governing Congress party impact of polls during a campaign, some ion polls”. There was no immediate com- in India, would need the approval of parlia- Vahanvati recommended to the country’s faces an uphill battle to retain power. electoral analysts say the surveys can have ment on the report from the attorney gen- ment. A spokesman for the main opposi- law ministry that it endorse long-standing “What is paramount is the necessity to a bandwagon effect, in particular fuelling eral’s office but a spokesman for the elec- tion Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said that it proposals by the electoral commission to have free and fair elections and such opin- the rise of minor parties. India already bars toral commission said the body had long was not in position to comment until there prohibit the publication of polls once an ion polls often tend to cause a prejudicial publication of polls 48 hours before voting argued that a ban on polls during cam- were concrete proposals on a ban. —AFP Afghan parliament sacks interior minister over security issues

KABUL: Afghanistan’s parliament voted ernment in waiting. to talk up improving security under yesterday to dismiss one of the coun- Lawmakers said Patang, a former Afghan oversight, though the com- try’s top security chiefs by impeaching provincial police chief well liked by mander of Afghan border provinces the interior minister in a potential blow Karzai’s Western backers, also failed to close to Pakistan said this month that to stability as NATO-led international fight corruption in his force and ignored insurgent numbers had risen in the east. forces speed their withdrawal from the a summons to parliament, which has Last August the parliament voted to country. increasingly flexed its muscle in the face remove former Defence Minister Abdul Fractious lawmakers said Ghulam of Karzai’s grip on power. Rahim Wardak and then Interior Mujtaba Patang, head of a 157,000- In a startling revelation, Patang said Minister Bismillah Mohammadi over a strong police force for less than a year, 2,748 police officers, or about two per- series of insurgent assassinations of top had been unable to tackle a worsening cent of the force, had been killed by officials and incidents of cross-border security environment, which included insurgent gunmen since March 21. But fire with neighbouring Pakistan. insurgent attacks on the major highway his office later clarified the figure to say Patang, a majority Pashtun and pro- from the capital Kabul to the southern it included officers wounded in fighting. fessional police officer, had risen swiftly city of Kandahar. Patang argued it was the job of the in Karzai’s government, leading efforts “I ask the president of the Islamic more heavily-armed military to protect to train police and volunteer militias, Republic of Afghanistan to announce remote areas and highways, including and forging close ties with Western another person for this position,” said the vital economic lifeline running donors as a liaison with NATO recon- speaker of parliament Abdul Rauf south to Kandahar. struction teams. Ibrahimi after the ballot, in which “I’m on the threshold of NATO’s with- Patang said the parliament appeared Patang secured just 60 votes, against drawal,” he said. “There will be lots of to have been taken over by “political the 136 cast against him. problems, there will be lots of chal- wolves” determined to bring him down, President Hamid Karzai said he had lenges. From March 21st up to now, I and accused the body of bowing to not yet decided whether to accept the swear to god, 2,748 police have been “mafia-like groups” within it. NEW DELHI: US Vice President Joe Biden (C), his wife Jill Biden (L) and Tara Gandhi look on during his vote, as his administration tries to shore martyred. Imagine what effect it has on “There is no doubt that day by day visit to Gandhi Smiriti, an Indian museum dedicated to Mahatama Gandhi in New Delhi yesterday. US up stability ahead of presidential elec- my mind.” the security situation is becoming Vice President Joe Biden arrived in India at the start of a four-day visit designed to revive momentum tions and a pullout of NATO troops, both Both Afghan security forces and worse,” said political analyst Bashir due next year. coalition commanders have been keen Bezhan.— Reuters in flagging diplomatic ties and fire up bilateral trade. — AFP Karzai said Patang would stay as act- ing minister while he sought legal advice from Afghanistan’s Supreme Biden visit to fire Court on the procedure, meaning a decision could take weeks or months. “Parliament has the right to make these impeachment decisions,” Karzai up US-India ties said. “But at the same time, I want to be clear the vote was based on accurate Visit to revive momentum in flagging ties results and according to the law.” The sacking came on the day that NEW DELHI: US Vice President Joe business groups have complained ment in 2008. America’s top military officer, General Biden arrived in India yesterday on a trip about the slow pace of economic More recently, the Obama adminis- Martin Dempsey, chairman of the joint that will focus on boosting trade and reform in India and have urged New tration has reaffirmed India’s role in its chiefs of staff, arrived in Kabul to try and regional security ties and strengthening Delhi to open up its markets further. The Asia-Pacific policy. reopen talks on an agreement for a a strategic partnership that has lan- Indian government in recent months “Our goal is to help tie Asia-Pacific reduced number of US soldiers and guished in recent years. has loosened rules governing foreign nations together - from India to the advisers to stay in the country beyond Biden’s four-day visit, which will investment in some areas of the econo- Americas- through strong alliances, next year’s withdrawal deadline. KABUL: Former Afghanistan Interior Minister Mujtaba Patang (C) Karzai suspended the talks in anger include a meeting with Prime Minister my. American businesses have been institutions and partnerships,” Biden talks during a press conference at interior ministry in Kabul yester- Manmohan Singh, is viewed as a major pressuring the Obama administration to said in Washington last week. However, over US. and Pakistani efforts to support step in promoting President Barack press India for stronger intellectual Indian analysts said New Delhi would a Taliban political office in the Gulf state day. Afghanistan’s parliament sacked Interior Minister Mujtaba Obama’s focus on forging strong part- property protection. New Delhi is have its own questions over the new of Qatar, arguing that insurgnt leaders Patang, one of the country’s most powerful security chiefs, less nerships in the Asia-Pacific region aimed expected to raise concerns about pro- policy. “When President Obama came had been allowed to behave like a gov- than a year after he took office. — AFP at counterbalancing China’s power. posals in the U.S. Congress that would up with his pivot to Asia policy, it was Biden and Indian leaders were curb visas for high-tech Indian workers. widely welcomed in India. Because the expected to discuss hurdles to trade India and the United States will also pivot was seen as an effort to create a and restrictions on American companies discuss regional security, including balance against very aggressive Chinese doing business in the Indian market- efforts to end the conflict in policies,” said Lalit Mansingh, a former place. Afghanistan. Indian ambassador to the United States. Biden’s first stop after his arrival was The US increasingly views India as a “Then the Americans moderated it a ceremonial visit to a museum dedicat- partner in developing Afghanistan, by calling it a rebalance. And they have ed to Indian independence hero where New Delhi has provided $2 bil- further diluted it by saying it is not Mohandas Gandhi. It is Biden’s first trip lion in assistance. Washington also meant against China,” he said. to India as vice president. He visited wants India to play a more active role in “India would have liked a more vig- New Delhi in 2008 as a senator. training Afghan security forces as the orous stand on China where its security During formal talks today, Biden and U.S. and its NATO allies withdraw com- interests will be protected. So, this will Indian officials will focus on ways to bat forces by 2014. be one of the issues India would like to expand bilateral trade that currently During the Cold War, relations discuss,” Mansingh said. stands at $100 billion, officials said. In a between India and the United States Biden will be accompanied during speech in Washington on Thursday, were strained as America tilted toward the visit by his wife, Jill, who will visit a Biden noted that trade between the India’s arch-enemy Pakistan and India U.S. supported public health program in countries had increased five-fold over turned toward the Soviet Union. Agra and then tour the nearby Taj the past 13 years, but there was no rea- Relations have thawed since then, with Mahal. The Bidens will then head to son it should not expand five times as New Delhi and Washington signing a Mumbai, where the vice president will much again. defense cooperation pact in 2005 and meet business leaders before heading Despite the increasing trade, US ratifying a landmark civil nuclear agree- for Singapore on Thursday. —AP Rescued Nepalis find new life in circus KATHMANDU: A young man climbs doing unpaid work at a circus in are easier to exploit and control, and less atop a human pyramid and performs a Darjeeling before being rescued. likely to run away, she says. perfect handstand, while nearby a girl Families, impoverished and desper- A typical day at a circus starts at dawn effortlessly swings a dozen glittered ate, receive as little as 1,000 Nepalese with several hours of gruelling training hoops around her hips. rupees ($10) for the sale of their child, followed by at least three shows to the Like most troupes around the world, experts say. They are often tricked into public that last late into the night. “Some performers from Nepal’s Circus believing a better life awaits their child young girls are forced to carry out private Kathmandu have been practising their across the border. But the reality is usual- performances to groups of men,” accord- tricks for years. But unlike others, most of ly quite different. ing to Shailaja CM, who works for non- these artists, until recently, were not giv- Like many trafficking victims, Anjali profit group Sano Paila and has carried en a choice. does not like to talk about her past. out dozens of raids on Indian circuses Eleven of the 13-strong troupe are “There are children there (in some circus- since 2004. rescued victims of child trafficking who es) as young as five or six years old,” Working alongside Indian authorities, had been sold into circuses in neigh- explains Leslie Brown, the Nepal repre- they have rescued almost 400 trafficked bouring India and made to perform to sentative for Freedom Matters, a UK- Nepalis, including most of those now at crowds. Now they are free to perform funded non-governmental organisation Circus Kathmandu. When they find them, because they can, not because they have that works to rehabilitate rescued circus 80 percent have tuberculosis, some are to. “I like the fact I’m not being forced performers. “They are taught to interact pregnant and most are suffering from into doing anything now,” says Anjali with and perform with wild animals, and injuries after years of physical abuse by Chhetri Khadka, 20, who joined the they are very commonly abused, neg- trainers, she says. troupe when it formed in 2011. “I’m per- lected and sexually molested,”Z she says. “At the worst circuses, the children are forming from my own free will and I can Young Nepalis have traditionally been normally happy to see the rescuers, but do whatever part of the performance I favoured by circus owners due to their at others, they are frightened because choose.” small builds and fair complexions, the circus owners have told them that we When she was seven years old, Anjali’s according to Brown. will sell them into brothels and not take parents sold her to traffickers. She was Once far away from their country and them home.” Years of successful raids and smuggled across the border into India families, and unfamiliar with the local the criminal conviction of circus owners where she spent the next four years language and culture, trafficked children encouraged the Indian and Nepali gov- ernments to continue to crack down on the exploitation of these children. In 2011, India’s Supreme Court also ordered circuses to stop employing chil- dren and instructed the government to rescue and rehabilitate working minors. The following year Nepal endorsed the National Plan of Actions Against Trafficking of Persons, which focused on preventing trafficking of women and children and prosecuting those responsi- ble.As a result, numbers of both child performers and children being trafficked for that purpose have “dramatically POKHARA: In this undated handout photograph released by Anya dropped”, according to Shailaja. Vaverko on July 10, 2013, Nepalese artistes demonstrate their skills But the rehabilitation of those already at a school in Pokhara. Most have been practicing these tricks for rescued continues. Most children return years but until recently not by choice — eleven of the thirteen- home to the lives they lost, but for some, strong troupe were victims of child trafficking, sold into circuses in reintegrating back into their families is neighbouring India and made to perform to crowds. — AFP impossible.—AFP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 INTERNATIONAL New Zealand cleans up after strong 6.5 quake

WELLINGTON: Emergency crews were only four reports of minor injuries Experts said it was a lucky escape for Christchurch,” Bannister told Fairfax impact on Wellingtonians, just the fear launched a major clean-up yesterday fol- and the capital appeared to have the capital, which lies near five major Media. factor,” he told TVNZ. lowing a 6.5-magnitude earthquake in emerged relatively unscathed from the fault lines. The quake struck at 5:09 pm He said there had been more than “People have high levels of anxiety in Wellington, as aftershocks continued to quake, which occurred when the central (0509 GMT) on Sunday at a depth of 14 100 aftershocks since Sunday’s quake earthquakes, that’s totally understand- rattle the New Zealand capital. business district was largely empty. kilometres (8.6 miles) and was followed and there was a one-in-five chance of able, they feel helpless, they can’t con- The powerful tremor sent masonry “We’re very grateful that that’s how minutes later by a 5.5-magnitude after- another tremor measuring 6.0 or above trol the situation.” Wellington was the and glass crashing into downtown we’ve come out of quite a significant shock, the US Geological Survey said. in the next week. scene of the country’s most powerful streets on Sunday evening, with pan- earthquake,” she told reporters. Some Seismologist Stephen Bannister, from But Bannister said it was impossible earthquake in 1855. That 8.2 magni- icked locals running for cover amid fears areas of the city were cordoned off as the official GeoNet monitoring service, to predict whether the seismic activity tude-quake caused four deaths and the quake-prone city was finally experi- emergency workers removed debris and said its epicentre was about 57 kilome- was a precursor to a larger quake that changed the city’s entire geography, encing “the big one”. the streets were eerily quiet, with office tres outside Wellington, while the would cause major disruption, adding “a pushing the shoreline out 200 metres Authorities said that while the seismic workers heeding calls to stay at home. Christchurch quake was felt more big one can happen at any time”. (660 feet) as it thrust the harbour floor jolt caused buildings to crack and a sec- However, nerves remained frayed in intensely because it took place less than Prime Minister John Key said he did upwards. New Zealand is on the bound- tion of road near the harbour to fall into New Zealand, where a devastating five kilometres from the city. not expect a major damage bill from the ary of the Australian and Pacific tectonic the sea, most of the damage appeared tremor two years ago killed 185 people “If it had been under the city we quake and was more concerned about plates, forming part of the so-called “superficial rather than structural”. in the main South Island city of would have been looking at equal dam- its psychological impact on Wellington’s “Ring of Fire”, and experiences up to Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said there Christchurch. age or close to what happened in population. “I worry about the mental 15,000 tremors a year. — AFP Radical Myanmar Buddhist monk unhurt in bomb blast Police probe bomb, no claim of responsibility

YANGON: A bomb exploded metres away from not in a position to reveal any more information diverse Myanmar, has described Wirathu as “a a radical Buddhist monk as he delivered a mass at the moment since investigation is ongoing,” a son of Lord Buddha”. Buddhists make up about sermon in Myanmar, police said yesterday, the Mandalay police officer told Reuters by tele- 90 percent of the estimated 60 million popula- latest flare-up in tensions pitting Buddhists phone, requesting anonymity because he was tion. The 969 movement has been accused of against minority Muslims. not authorised to speak to the media. stirring anti-Muslim sentiment in a deeply Wirathu, the prominent monk who heads a A witness said security had since been Buddhist nation, where curbs on freedom of movement accused of stirring violence against stepped up in Mandalay. Even prior to the explo- speech and assembly have eased since the end Muslims, said he believed the blast on Sunday sion, security had been tight during Buddhist of military rule two years ago. evening in Myanmar’s second city, Mandalay, events held in the past week in the commercial A Reuters investigation last month showed was intended to silence him. capital, Yangon. 969 monks were providing a moral justification The home-made bomb went off inside a The explosion took place on the fifth and for a wave of anti-Muslim bloodshed that could parked car, according to police and witnesses. final day of mass sermons held by Wirathu. derail Myanmar’s nascent reforms. Government SYDNEY: A police officer keeps vigil as demonstrators shout slogans against the gov- There was no immediate claim of responsibility. The president’s office, which says it wants to officials were unavailable for comment about ernment’s new policy of resettling refugees in Papua New Guinea as the ruling Labor Tensions have been smouldering between foster peace, tolerance and unity in ethnically Sunday’s explosion. — Reuters party attended a caucus meeting in Sydney yesterday. Australia’s new policy of reset- radical elements of Myanmar’s Buddhist majority tling refugees in Papua New Guinea was already having a deterrent effect on boat- and Muslims. Bouts of religious violence have people, Immigration Minister Tony Burke said yesterday as angry protesters con- killed at least 237 people and displaced 150,000 demned the plan. — AFP in the past year, testing the resolve of a two- year-old quasi-civilian government. The device exploded during a ceremony con- Australia says PNG asylum ducted by Wirathu, who once called himself “the Burmese bin Laden”. He is the chief proponent of a movement known as 969, which reformist solution having an effect President Thein Sein’s office has described as a “symbol of peace”. SYDNEY: Australia’s new policy of reset- the new policy concerned some members Wirathu was unharmed, despite being 40 feet tling refugees in Papua New Guinea was of the party. (12 metres) from the blast, according to police. already deterring boatpeople, the govern- “My response... was that our challenge Five people were slightly injured, including a ment said yesterday as Prime Minister here is to deal a fatal blow to the people- novice monk. Kevin Rudd attacked people-smugglers as smuggling industry long-term,” he told Sources close to Wirathu could not be imme- “merchants in death”. reporters. diately reached for comment. However, the Rudd, facing an election this year, “And you can’t do that unless you go to monk told Radio Free Asia’s Burmese service that announced Friday that all asylum-seekers the core reason this industry exists, which he had previously received a sound recording who arrive by boat will be sent to poverty- is... them offering people around the world containing a threat to his life, which he believed stricken PNG even if found to be genuine the prospect of coming here to live.” was the voice of a Muslim cleric. refugees under a deal signed with its Rudd, who dismantled the previous con- The bomb, he said, was intended to silence Pacific neighbour. servative government’s hardline immigra- him. Immigration Minister Tony Burke said tion policy after first coming to power in “I’ve no idea who exactly carried out this indications showed the plan was already 2007, said the new response was ethical. explosion. But it must have been done by those having the desired impact of stopping He highlighted drownings at sea, the who usually carry out terrorist acts,” he told unauthorised boats, many of which have proliferation of the industry and the fact Radio Free Asia. “The motive could be to shut my sunk en route in recent years, drowning that people languishing in refugee camps mouth.” hundreds of men, women and children. overseas were not being given a fair Reuters investigations in two of the hotspots of unrest - Rakhine state and the central city of “It’s already having an effect,” he told the chance of resettlement in Australia. MANDALAY: Myanmar police officers inspect a damaged vehicle at the scene of a small blast Meikhtila - have revealed the violence was on Australian Broadcasting Corporation, “We have an ethical responsibility to that happened close by the vehicle in Mandalay yesterday. A small blast near an event hosted both occasions fanned by monks who led adding that boats that arrived in Australian look after people wherever we can, and by a radical Myanmar monk who stands accused of inflaming Buddhist-Muslim tensions has Buddhist mobs. “We can say it was a small hand- waters over the weekend had left prior to that means that when people come to our left five people injured in Mandalay, police said. — AFP Rudd’s announcement. shores, we look after them humanely, and made bomb that caused the explosion. We are “We’ve seen the reports on the ground, through this approach (with PNG), we are both from people-smugglers... we’ve heard doing precisely that,” he added. reports from people who’ve been consider- Australia, one of the world’s biggest ing getting on boats.” resettlers of refugees, currently takes an Japan electoral win brings pressure for reforms The immigration department said 81 annual quota of 20,000 but this figure is Iranians who arrived over the weekend had being overwhelmed by those coming by TOKYO: After winning control of Haruhiko Kuroda, who committed for Japan’s financial health. young, urban Japanese face dim been told they would not be resettled in boat, with more than 15,600 arriving since both houses of parliament, Prime the Bank of Japan to aiming for The muted reaction in Japan’s job prospects and declining Australia, and a number made clear they January 1. Minister Shinzo Abe’s government inflation of 2 percent within two financial markets Monday, with the incomes - and the prospect of a would not have made the trip if they had Rudd said the possibility of raising has the potential to be one of years, vowing to end years of debil- Nikkei 225 stock index yo yoing to government bankrupted by costs known of the new arrangement. Australia’s refugee intake to 27,000 was still Japan’s most influential and effec- itating price falls to get growth end the day up just 0.5 percent, of supporting a huge elderly popu- However, the tightening of Australia’s on the table, but he was signalling to peo- tive administrations in years. back on track. reflects the election’s largely lation. Abe’s plan to restore Japan’s approach to asylum-seekers has not entire- ple-smugglers that “your business model is Abe devoted the first seven The economy appears headed expected outcome, and also the greatness calls for a strong econo- ly stopped the boats arriving. Authorities busted”. months of his premiership to con- for what Kuroda has called a “mod- widespread awareness of the my, pragmatic diplomacy and were yesterday called to search for a 12- “These folk are merchants in death and vincing a public weary of revolving erate recovery. It grew an annual- obstacles ahead. unshakable national security under metre Indonesian fishing vessel carrying their business model needs to be disman- door prime ministers that he has ized 4.1 percent in January-March, “We face a slew of difficult prob- the Japan-US alliance, which allows about 30 people feared missing north of tled, part of this policy response is to do the wherewithal to lead a revival in which along with the rising stock lems,” Abe told reporters yesterday. for 50,000 American troops to be the Indian Ocean territory of Christmas just that,” he said. Anxious to stop the flow the world’s No. 3 economy and market has helped keep Abe’s pop- “But for the sake of Japan’s future, stationed in Japan. Island. of unauthorised arrivals, Australia began deserves a strong legislative man- ularity ratings at robust levels of we must tackle these issues.” The For now, the hawkish Abe It was later spotted from the air about sending asylum-seekers arriving by sea to date. He now faces the challenge of between 50 to 60 percent. Liberal Democrats led Japan for appears to be setting aside the 20 nautical miles northwest of the island remote Pacific camps on PNG’s Manus adding substance to a recovery But economists say deeper, most of the post-World War II era, nationalistic agenda he had to and intercepted by a navy vessel. Rudd, Island and the small state of Nauru last that so far amounts to little more more far-reaching changes are presiding over the transformation shelve when he resigned from his who was targeted by protesters bearing year for processing. The new policy means than the smoke and mirrors of a needed to sustain growth, boost of a defeated and devastated first term in office, in 2006-2007, for placards such as “No offshore processing” they will still be sent to PNG, but they will surging stock market and one quar- Japan’s competitiveness and adapt nation into a “miracle” of export-led health reasons. and “Refugees are welcome” outside a have no prospects for resettlement in ter of improved economic growth. the nation’s institutions to its fast- industrialization. That model of Abe favors revising the country’s Labor meeting in Sydney, acknowledged Australia.— AFP If it were easy, the reforms Japan aging population and a ballooning growth is no longer viable for a pacifist constitution, drafted by the needs would have been executed national debt. post-industrial nation whose popu- United States after World War II, to long ago Preliminary results from “I think the honeymoon’s over,” lation is shrinking and aging and give Japan’s military a larger role. Sunday’s election show Abe’s said Jeff Kingston, head of Asian whose manufacturers have had to Such a prospect alarms China, Reforms make Australia Liberal Democratic Party and its studies at Temple University in shift factories overseas in order to which suffered invasion and occu- coalition partner the New Komeito Tokyo. “The difficulty, it’s going to survive. The Japanese face daunt- pation under Japan’s imperial premier’s job safer took a combined 76 of the 121 be to make reforms happen.” ing challenges to maintaining an troops a century ago. seats up for grabs in the 242-mem- In just a few months, Abe will enviably high standard of living Abe indicated Monday that the CANBERRA: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd future,” he added. Previously, disgruntled ber upper house. Together with the face a decision on whether to raise and vibrant democracy. Farmers, legal groundwork for such changes was branded by the media “Recycled Labor lawmakers could force a leadership seats they already held, they now sales tax from 5 percent to 8 the ruling party’s traditional has yet to be laid, and that the Rudd” after he lost power in an internal ballot if they could persuade a third of have a combined 135 seats. The rul- percent, a move many worry bedrock of support, are aging and economy would take priority. government leadership wrangle then their colleagues to sign a petition. They ing bloc now has control of both could derail the recovery but is vital abandoning their fields, while But the Liberal Democratic-led snatched it back in a similar showdown changed it to require a signing by at least chambers for the first time in three government is certain to adopt a three years later. Yesreday, he succeeded 75 percent of Labor lawmakers. And the years, removing a roadblock to strong defensive posture in territo- in changing the ruling party’s regulations decision is no longer for the lawmakers implementing its economic reform rial disputes with South Korea and to make his job safer. Lawmakers in alone to make. Unelected members of agenda. Abe characterized the with an increasingly assertive Rudd’s Labor Party agreed at a three- the party now have half the votes in any largely expected outcome as an Beijing. “As the security environ- hour meeting with his proposal to tight- ballot to decide a prime minister. endorsement of his “Abenomics” ment surrounding Japan has grown en rules dictating how a prime minister Labor has trailed the conservative strategy aimed at wresting Japan tougher, we have to think about can be dumped by a government. With opposition coalition in opinion polls for from two decades of economic dol- what we need to defend Japan elections expected within weeks, the the past two years. But the government drums and political gridlock, but from outside threats,” Abe said. center-left party is presenting itself as a has gained popularity since Rudd ousted acknowledged the hard work lies Revising the constitution would more stable administration which is now Julia Gillard as prime minister a month ahead. “What the people really require two-thirds approval by far less likely to jettison a leader when ago in a ballot of lawmakers 57 votes to want is to get the economy back to both houses of parliament and a opinion polls turn against them.The 45. Rudd is regarded as a strong cam- recovery across the country,” Abe national referendum. Polls show opposition has argued that voters would- paigner but weaker at administration said Monday. “The severe scrutiny the public are less interested in n’t know who they would get as prime once an election is won. Labor had been of the public is focused on us. We such matters than in reviving the minister if they voted for Labor to govern in opposition for more than a decade have to ensure we live up to their economy and rebuilding areas of for another three years. before Rudd led them to an election vic- expectations,” he said. “Today is the northeastern Japan devastated by The internal party reforms are seen as tory in 2007. real start for us.” the March 2011 tsunami, where the final changes Rudd needed to make When his popularity began to wane in Since Abe took office following a very little progress has been made before setting an election date. opinion polling, Gillard, then his deputy, lower house election victory in late on reconstruction. “Today the Australian Parliamentary challenged his leadership in 2010. Rudd December, aggressive monetary Abe has pledged to join the US- Labor Party has decided to democratize then surrendered without a ballot when easing and government spending led Trans-Pacific Partnership, a the party for the future,” Rudd told he discovered how few of his colleagues have helped pull the economy out TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party trade bloc whose ground rules will reporters.”The party has decided also to continued to support him. of recession, as share prices surged (LDP) leader Shinzo Abe arrives at a conference room to speak at a require Japan to eventually disman- make sure that the prime minister that Gillard called an election within weeks and exports gained competitive- press conference at the LDP headquarters in Tokyo yesterday, one day tle protections for farmers and to the people elect in the future will be the and Labor scraped through to form a ness thanks to a weaker Japanese after the Upper House elections. Abe said victory for his LDP and its open its markets wider to foreign prime minister the people get in the minority government. —AP yen. In that effort, Abe has a power- coalition partner New Komeito was vindication of his economic policy goods and services, including ful ally in central bank governor blitz mixing big stimulus and aggressive monetary easing. — AFP health services. —AP NEWS TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

Protesters burn an effigy of Philippine President Benigno Aquino during a rally near the house of representatives building in Manila yesterday. — AFP UAE buys two French Woman pardoned in Dubai rape case Continued from Page 1 yet decided if she will go back to Doha. Dalelv’s boss, a Sudanese identified only as Hawari in his 30s, was also “I was told that I’ve been pardoned,” a smiling Dalelv freed and handed back his passport, her lawyer Azab said. surveillance satellites told reporters outside a Scandinavian social centre, adding Norwegian ambassador Ase Elin Bjerke, who was her passport had been returned and she would leave the accompanying Dalelv, told AFP: “We are very grateful for ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates ordered two mil- Jean-Yves Le Drian. “This evening, we reached a mile- Gulf state “as soon as possible”. “I’m very, very happy. This is the outcome of this case ... It has been very challenging.” itary surveillance satellites from France on Monday, in a stone, which is the building of trust,” Le Drian told the perfect ending (and) it feels really, really good,” she said. She said there was no immediate word on the grounds for deal worth more than Ä700 million ($913.2 million). The reporters during his flight to Abu Dhabi, adding that he In Oslo, Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide the pardon but “the very fruitful dialogue that we have had Falcon Eye deal, signed in Abu Dhabi over competition found relations between the two countries “broken” expressed relief the pardon had been granted but criticised at a senior level has given result”. “She has not only been from Lockheed Martin of the United States, includes the when he took office in May 2012. “Trust was broken. the original court verdict. “I’m... thankful to the emir, who pardoned but she can stay until she decides herself to leave supply and launch of two high-resolution Helios surveil- Nothing was happening,” he said. has it within his power to give such a pardon,” Eide told AFP. and she is allowed to return to the UAE anytime,” said lance satellites, a control station and training for 20 UAE Le Drian succeeded in reviving dialogue after hold- “The verdict was contrary to several conventions of human Bjerke. engineers. The two satellites will be built by Astrium, ing several meetings with UAE officials, including talks rights that the Emirates have signed and promised to Dalelv had said she was hopeful that she would succeed the space division of EADS, and Thales Alenia Space, a earlier this month with the crown prince of Abu Dhabi upkeep, especially the UN Convention of Women.” Eide had in her appeal against the conviction by a Dubai court last joint venture between French Thales and Italian Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. The last sig- criticised Dalelv’s prosecution from the outset saying it was week. Her hearing was to have taken place on Sept 5, before Finmeccanica. They share in half the contract of “a little nificant military orders received by Paris from the UAE - “very strange that a person who reports rape is sentenced she was called to appear at the public prosecutor’s office over 700 million euros,” according to Astrium’s chief a traditional customer of France, date back to 2007, for acts which in our part of the world are not even a crime.” and informed of the pardon yesterday.” Marte was a victim executive officer Francois Auque. when the Yahsat contract was signed. It featured the Dalelv reported the rape to police back in March and of her boss’s moral corruption,” her lawyer Azab told The deal comes with an annex agreement between delivery of two communication satellites, and the pur- was immediately detained, being released four days later reporters. The Norwegian government had faced opposi- the two governments, stating that French military per- chase of three Airbus Military MRTT tanker aircraft. In with the assistance of Norwegian diplomats. She has since tion criticism for not taking more robust action in support of sonnel will help their Emirati counterparts in interpret- 2009, France opened in the UAE its first military base been staying at the Norwegian Seamen’s Centre in Dubai. Dalelv. But the foreign minister’s political adviser, Kathrine ing images, and sharing received intelligence, said a outside Africa, with some 700 personnel stationed per- Norwegian authorities had agreed to pay for legal fees after Raadim, had insisted it was out of the question for Norway member of the team of the French Defence Minister manently.— AFP she spent 55,000 Norwegian kronor (€7,000) on legal assis- to recall its ambassador while the case remained unre- tance, she said. Dalelv, who worked for an interior design solved. A petition on campaign group Avaaz for her release firm in Qatar and was in Dubai for a business meeting had obtained over 72,000 signatures while several Facebook Morsi’s family lashes out at Egypt military when the alleged rape took place, told AFP that she has not groups were set up to demand her freedom. — Agencies Continued from Page 1 been announced. person was killed and seven injured in Morsi’s daughter, Shaimaa, told the the worst violence in the Egyptian capi- The Brotherhood says it has had no news conference that the family held tal since July 16, when seven died in Kate in labour as world awaits baby contact with Morsi since he was over- the army responsible for his safety. “We confrontations. Blood stains and broken thrown, and that it believes he has not are taking local and international legal glass littered the pavement between Continued from Page 1 were buzzing about yesterday, with around 30 presenters had access to a lawyer. Osama said the measures against Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, the duelling sides, and injured people lined up in a row delivering live broadcasts and clips. family had also not been able to contact the leader of the bloody military coup, were whisked away from the clashes on If it is a girl, then new succession laws being brought Yang Shanshan, from China’s CCTV, told AFP: “We’ve been him and had no information on the and his putschist group,” she said. She motorbikes. in across the 16 Commonwealth realms would mean that waiting for this for 10 days now. It was a long wait. We state of his health or where he was voiced dismay at “the silence of rights State television said they had arrest- she could no longer be overtaken by any future younger didn’t show up every day but now, of course, we’ll stay being held. He described Morsi’s organisations and civil society over the ed seven Morsi supporters and confis- brothers. Prime Minister David Cameron sent his best here until the baby comes.” Around 20 police officers were removal as “nothing less than the crime of kidnapping the legitimate cated two guns from them. A Reuters wishes to the couple and said he was confident the laws also stationed outside the wing and royal fanatics clad in abduction of the will of the people and president,” who was voted into office correspondent also saw two anti-Morsi would be pushed through. “A very exciting occasion and British flags were beside themselves with delight. “I’m so the entire nation”. “We warn Abdel last year. The family held Sisi and his activists holding homemade pistols, the whole country is excited with them. So everyone’s excited. Like in a washing machine. Never been so high!” Fattah Al-Sisi and his coup leaders “putschist group” responsible for Morsi’s with the two sides shooting fireworks at hoping for the best,” he said. The birth is later than widely said John Loughrey, who has slept outside the hospital against harming the life, health or safety safety. each other. A few hundred protesters expected, adding to the sense of anticipation about a for seven nights. Crowds were also gathering outside of the legitimate President, our father,” Heba Morayef, Egypt director of backing Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood possible royal baby ever since William and the former Buckingham Palace. he added. Morsi’s supporters are main- Human Rights Watch, said that, without movement appeared to be trying to Kate Middleton married with a huge fanfare in April 2011 The new arrival will be Queen Elizabeth’s third great- taining a round-the-clock vigil in a Cairo a detention order from the prosecutor’s march on Tahrir Square, the epicentre of after a decade-long romance. grandchild, and a first grandchild for Charles, and ensures suburb, now in its third week. They say office, there were no grounds to hold mass demonstrations which led Egypt’s The pregnancy was announced in December when that there are three generations of direct succession to they will stay put until Morsi is returned Morsi without charge beyond a maxi- army to oust the elected Islamist leader Kate was admitted to hospital with severe morning sick- the British throne. Charles, the current heir, was visiting to office. A few thousand of his support- mum 48 hours. “(Morsi’s) arrest and that on July 3. ness. Kate is in the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s, where York in northern England, where members of the public ers protested outside the High Court in of his advisers is completely illegal,” “They fired on us with birdshot and a standard room and normal delivery - which she is hop- shouted “Congratulations!”. A smiling Charles said: “Do central Cairo yesterday. Morayef said. Speaking at the same pistols. They tried to overrun the ing for - costs £4,965 ($7,600) for the first 24 hours, plus you know something I don’t?” The birth is set to be for- The military has installed an interim news conference, the secretary-general square.” said Tarik Sabir, 41, an employee consultants’ fees which can reach around £6,000. Imperial mally announced when a document signed by the doc- cabinet and promised a new election of the doctor’s syndicate, Gamal Abdel- in a petrol company, who was wounded College Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, tors is placed on a golden easel in the Buckingham Palace under a constitution now being amend- Salam, said the union has asked the mil- in the thigh by birdshot. Around 100 said: “During her stay at the hospital, the duchess is being forecourt. ed to replace one drafted last year by a itary to grant doctors access to Morsi to people have been killed in violence cared for by an expert team of consultants and midwives.” Outside Buckingham Palace, the queen’s residence, body dominated by Islamists and check his health. He said the deposed since the downfall of Morsi earlier this The duchess is being tended by a top medical team led Josh Killoren from Melbourne told AFP: “I’m hoping it’s a approved despite objections from president suffers from diabetes and liver month - most of them Muslim by the queen’s gynaecologist Alan Farthing and his pred- boy. I’m sick of seeing a girl on the side of our coins.” Jane Christians and liberals. Egypt’s public problems. Morsi’s son, however, denied Brotherhood supporters. Yesterday’s ecessor Marcus Setchell. Ku from Singapore said: “We’ve been waiting for the baby prosecutor’s office launched a criminal that his father has health problems. clashes were the latest instance of vio- William, at his wife’s bedside, has been on annual leave for days! We’re going to buy all the baby souvenirs.” There investigation against Morsi on July 13, Later, supporters and opponents of lence in and around Tahrir square, a and will take two weeks’ paternity leave from his military has been a betting frenzy on the name of the royal new- saying it was examining complaints Morsi clashed in central Cairo, hurling focal point for demonstrations since job as a Royal Air Force search and rescue pilot. The born. “There is a clear view that the baby will be a girl so including spying and inciting violence. stones at each other as security forces mass protests there led to the downfall prince was born in the same hospital wing and media there is lots of activity around girls’ names,” a spokes- It did not specify who had filed the fired tear gas to try to disperse them, of veteran autocrat Hosni Mubarak in from across the globe are hoping for a repeat of the scene woman for bookmakers William Hill told AFP. “Alexandra complaints. No formal charges have witnesses said. State television said one Feb 2011. — Agencies in 1982 when Charles and his first wife Diana brought out and Charlotte are the most popular.” Other favourites are the baby to show him off to the world. Diana, Elizabeth and Victoria, with George and James the On the hottest day of the year, roughly 100 media top boys’ names. — AFP At least 89 dead in China earthquakes Continued from Page 1 tude tremor hit the same region at 9:12 am and was Court acquits 3 ex-MPs, 2 candidates... 10.1 km deep, USGS said. by landslides and roads which had been blocked by While Gansu is one of China’s more sparsely populat- Continued from Page 1 women activists that included sexual In the other five GCC states - heavy rain in previous days. ed provinces, Dingxi city, which includes Min and other harassment, torture, illegal detention Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia President Xi Jinping ordered an “all-out rescue effort”, affected counties, has a population of about 2.7 million. In other developments, former and other abuses. A statement, and United Arab Emirates - the Xinhua said. “We are rushing to the scene,” Dingxi’s vice- The quake was felt in the provincial capital Lanzhou and speaker of the National Assembly signed by 50 Gulf rights groups and statement said female activists were mayor told CCTV, which showed an orange-suited res- as far away as Xian, the capital of the neighbouring and veteran opposition leader activists, said that women activists arrested, mistreated or unfairly sen- cue worker riding on a tractor. A red rainstorm alert was province of Shaanxi, Xinhua reported. People posting Ahmad Al-Saadoun gave his first have been targeted in most of the tenced to heavy jail terms for issued for the area, which could further obstruct rescue on China’s hugely popular microblogs expressed sym- public support for calls to amend the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council expressing views peacefully. It con- attempts in the mountainous region. “The damage to pathy for the victims. “I hope the dead will rest in peace,” constitution, saying this has become (GCC) states, especially after the start demned a 20-month jail term on houses made from earth bricks has been severe and read one typical remark. a necessity. Speaking at a gathering of the Arab Spring uprisings. Kuwaiti opposition activist Sara Al- many are now unusable,” the vice-mayor added. In one Beijing’s own China Earthquake Networks Centre put at Obaid Al-Wasmi residence late In Bahrain, female activists have Darees for writing remarks on social location 12 people were buried, the broadcaster quoted the magnitude of the larger quake at 6.6. The China Sunday, Saadoun said that the peo- been subjected to “sexual harass- network Twitter deemed offensive a witness as saying. “The rescue work is tough, because Earthquake Administration said the same fault zone was ple should be polled about changing ment and threatened with rape to hh the Amir. The sentence was the house has been completely buried,” the man said. linked to a magnitude 8.0 quake on July 21, 1654, it the constitution or having a new besides verbal and physical abuse” upheld last week by the appeals The civil affairs ministry has allocated 10,000 tents, reported. The USGS rated yesterday’s main tremor at constitution because this is the only after they were held for participating court. In UAE, several women 30,000 cotton quilts, 5,000 folding beds and 10,000 seven on its “shakemap”, with shaking perceived to be way to resolve the ongoing political in peaceful protests, the statement activists were detained for months sleeping bags to Gansu, while the provincial govern- “very strong”. Much of western China is prone to earth- crises in the country. said. It cited the case of female as part of an alleged Islamist cell ment has set aside 5 million yuan ($830,000) for relief quakes. A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in neighbouring Meanwhile, a number of Gulf- activist Rehana Al-Mussawi, who before they were acquitted in court, efforts, Xinhua said. The US Geological Survey said the Sichuan province killed about 200 people earlier this based rights groups and activists claimed that she was stripped naked while in Saudi Arabia and Oman a initial 5.9-magnitude quake hit at 7:45 am (2345 GMT year, five years after almost 90,000 people were killed by yesterday strongly condemned Gulf during interrogation while in deten- number of women activists were Sunday) at a depth of just 9.8 km. A second 5.6-magni- a huge tremor in the same province. — AFP monarchies over mistreatment of tion a few days ago. detained and prosecuted. 14 TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 ANALYSIS

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By Jo Biddle

or months, US Secretary of State John Kerry has Fcut a rather lonely figure in Washington, openly mocked for his single-minded pursuit of what many believe is a fool’s errand - a Middle East peace deal. The kindest critics have given him an “A” for effort, while remaining skeptical that he can achieve some- thing that has eluded American presidents for decades. Others have derided his efforts as a lost cause from the start, and one pundit even cruelly dubbed him “the lone ranger.” So Kerry can be forgiven the smile of satisfaction that crossed his face on the way home from Amman late Friday after announcing a tentative deal for Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks, perhaps as soon as Resumption of Mideast talks not assured this week. Staff applauded as he bounded onto his plane, grabbed a bottle of beer, and kicked back for the By Karin Laub and Mohammed Palestinians, rather than being open- Netanyahu has repeatedly first time after four days of nail-biting drama, which Daraghmeh ended, which would allow Abbas to called for a resumption of almost saw his hopes for a resumption of talks slip argue he’s simply testing Netanyahu’s talks without what he away. isagreements that blocked intentions. And so far, Abbas has not calls Palestinian “pre- After months of dogged diplomacy and six intensive Israeli-Palestinian negotiations faced a backlash at home as he inches conditions,” such as a trips to the region, he has achieved what his predeces- D sor Hillary Clinton never even tried to do - convincing for the past five years have not toward negotiations. settlement freeze or the two sides to agree to return to the negotiating been fully resolved, despite US Abbas has not spoken publicly since recognition of the table. And while he knows the hard work is just begin- Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent Friday, when Kerry announced an 1967 lines. ning and he risks very public and humiliating failure announcement of progress, and there’s agreement that “establishes a basis for Palestinians say the given how far apart the two sides are, he can bask no clear path to a resumption of talks. resuming direct final status negotia- 1967 lines were the briefly in his first success as America’s top diplomat. As Palestinian officials said Sunday their tions” between the two sides. Kerry cau- basis for talks in the the public face of US foreign policy, it’s a welcome key demand remains: Ahead of any tioned at the time that “the agreement past and that they bright spot for an administration under fire abroad for talks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin is still in the process of being formal- need safeguards refusing to do more to end the Syrian conflict and seen as preoccupied with domestic concerns. Netanyahu must accept Israel’s pre- ized”. On Sunday, Abbas’ office tried to before entering into And while the skeptics are already warning of doom 1967 frontier as the starting point for clamp down on official chatter, saying talks with and gloom, the climate this time around might be more drawing the border of a future state of only two aides, Nabil Abu Rdeneh and Netanyahu, who nurturing for some kind of a breakthrough. On the per- Palestine. They say Kerry’s renewed Yasser Abed Rabbo, are authorized to adopted tougher sonal front, Kerry is reveling in his new job, apparently endorsement of that frontier as a base- speak about the diplomatic efforts. starting positions having foregone any further presidential ambitions, line in closed-door talks is not enough, Neither was available. than his predecessors. which might have kept him from wading into one of and that they need to hear from However, two Palestinian officials A senior member in the world’s most intractable conflicts. And it appears Netanyahu himself. and two senior PLO figures - speaking Netanyahu’s coalition the White House has given him carte blanche in an area in which President Barack Obama doesn’t want to It’s not clear if this amounts to last- on condition of anonymity because said Sunday that Israel expend any more energy. minute maneuvering or if the they wanted to avoid running afoul of has made no conces- Obama was badly bitten when his own much vaunt- Palestinians will walk away if Netanyahu Abbas’ edict - said a resumption of talks sions so far. “Insisting ed 2010 foray into Middle East peace collapsed in a refuses to accept that formula, as he is not a done deal. Israeli and on our principles has matter of weeks leading to the stalemate which - if all has done repeatedly. On Sunday, Palestinian negotiators are to meet in paid off,” Economics goes according to plan -Kerry has now unlocked. The Netanyahu’s rightwing allies were Washington in coming days or weeks, Minister Naftali Bennett, regional landscape has also changed, with the Arab adamant that Israel would not budge, but they’ll have to hold more talks head of the pro-settler Spring triggering upheaval in many of Israel’s neigh- and Netanyahu appeared to be trying about the talks, just as Kerry did in six Jewish Home party, said bors, raising fears in the Jewish state that hostile groups could end up seizing power. Analysts have long argued to lower expectations about any future shuttle missions this year because gaps in a statement. “It was that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict remains the festering negotiations. Palestinian President remain, the Palestinian officials said. proven that when we insist, sore fuelling discontent in the Arab world, and that only Mahmoud Abbas is skeptical of Kerry gave Abbas a number of assur- we can have negotiations a peace deal can guarantee Israel’s long-term security. Netanyahu’s willingness to negotiate in ances on the terms for the negotiations, without preconditions, with- Israel is also facing increasing international isolation good faith, suspecting the Israeli hard- but failed to secure detailed Israeli out a (settlement) freeze and over the Palestinians’ plight. At the United Nations in liner is more interested in a peace commitments, the officials said. This definitely without the bizarre December, only nine nations voted against giving the “process” as an antidote to Israel’s inter- includes the issue of the 1967 borders, demand to negotiate based on Palestinians upgraded statehood, with 138 in favor. An EU ban on funding Jewish settlements, adopted last national isolation than in an actual deal. the scope of a possible slowdown in the 1967 borders.” week as Kerry was in Amman, may also have helped Abbas has strong reasons to return settlement construction, and a Deputy Defense Minister push Israel back to the negotiations. Israeli Prime to the table, however, even if it’s not on timetable for the release of dozens of Danny Danon told AP that it Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was furious at the vote, his terms. He can ill afford to rebuff the veteran Palestinian prisoners, held for would be a mistake to enter nego- which he told Kerry was “damaging efforts to restart the US and Europe, the financial backers of attacks carried out before the start of tiations based on the Palestinian talks.” But it may also have served as yet another warn- his self-rule government, the perpetual- intermittent peace talks in 1993. In demands. Danon said he opposes ing that the current status quo is no longer sustainable. ly cash-strapped Palestinian Authority. Cairo, the Arab League reiterated any release of veteran Palestinian Just hours before Kerry announced the break- The talks envisioned by Kerry are to last Sunday that negotiations must be prisoners. He said Netanyahu was to through at a hastily gathered press event at Queen Alia blame, because he couldn’t move airport in Amman, he flew on Jordanian helicopters to for six to nine months, according to the based on the 1967 frontier and include brief ministers yesterday about Kerry’s against its (Washington’s) will,” predict- the West Bank headquarters of Palestinian president a timeline, as well as the prisoner mission, but that so far, he has not ed George Giacaman, a political scien- Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. After shaking hands to release. Without this, hopes for success heard the prime minister speak about a tist in the West Bank. — AP seal the deal, Kerry and his staff and travelling press are dim, said Mohammed Sabih, a top possible recognition of the 1967 bor- corps took off again just as dusk was falling. As the league official for Palestinian affairs. “It ders as a baseline. For Israel, one of the Sabbath began for Israelis, Palestinians were gathering is certain that this (Israeli) govern- main benefits of resuming negotia- for the traditional iftar feast to break a long day of fast- ment does not want a two-state tions is that it removes, at least ing in the holy month of Ramadan. solution but wants one Jewish temporarily, the threat of Flying low over the Holy Land with the sky turning purple, the divisions which have soaked the territory in state and the exclusion of the unilateral Palestinian blood over the decades were hard to discern. Below Palestinian side,” he said in action at the United was a landscape sparsely dotted with villages and a statement. Nations. towns, where two peoples were quietly observing their In Israel, Netanyahu Last year, the religious traditions. “The representatives of two proud allies ruled out an General Assembly rec- people today have decided that the difficult road ahead endorsement of the ognized a state of is worth traveling and that the daunting challenges 1967 lines or a slow- Palestine in the West that we face are worth tackling,” Kerry told reporters. down in settlement Bank, Gaza and east Through sheer force of will, the lone ranger seems to have defied the odds so far, but the road ahead is long construction in the Jerusalem, enabling and full of pitfalls. And the outcome remains far from West Bank and east the Palestinians to certain. —AFP Jerusalem, now home seek membership in to nearly 600,000 UN institutions and Israelis. Netanyahu possibly taking their All articles appearing on these emphasized the need complaints over Israeli pages are the personal opinion of to safeguard Israel’s settlement-building on the writers. Kuwait Times takes no security and said any occupied land to the responsibility for views expressed agreement would have to International Criminal Court. therein. Kuwait Times invites read- be approved in a national Abbas has said he would hold referendum. “It won’t be easy. off in the event talks with Israel ers to voice their opinions. Please But we are entering the talks resume. In the end, Abbas will send submissions via email to: opin- with integrity, honesty and likely opt for negotiations to [email protected] or via snail hope that this process is han- avoid a risky confrontation with mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. dled responsibly, seriously the US that could spell the end of The editor reserves the right to edit and to the point,” he said at his Palestinian Authority, analysts any submission as necessary. the start of his weekly said. “Abbas is going for talks Cabinet meeting. with Israel to avoid the US

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 SPORTS

Thai player in court brawl Thai protege swaps irons Injury sidelines Rudisha

CANADA: Bodin Issara’s on-court punch-up with his former doubles part- THAILAND: Phachara Khongwatmai has little time to celebrate his record- ITEN: Olympic 800 metres champion and world record-holder David ner Maneepong Jongjit during Sunday’s Canada Open final is being investi- breaking triumph on the ASEAN PGA Tour as the 14-year-old Thai amateur Rudisha will miss the remainder of the season and is unlikely to race again gated by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). golfer needs to catch up on his homework after taking a week off from until at least March next year, the Kenyan athlete’s coach has said. “The men’s doubles final ended ... with a black card being issued to school to compete in the event. Rudisha pulled out of next month’s World Championships in Moscow Thailand pair, Bodin Issara and Pakkawat Vilailak, who were disqualified,” the Phachara, born on May 3, 1999, stunned an experienced field that after failing to recover from a knee injury that will prevent him from BWF said in a statement yesterday. included a number of the country’s leading golfers, to win the $65,000 defending his 800m crown at the Aug. 10-18 event. “The events surrounding the conclusion of this match will be thoroughly Singha Hua Hin Open by four shots on Sunday and etch his name in golf’s His coach, Colm O’Connell said the 2011 Daegu world champion con- investigated by the BWF... and this matter will be templated racing at Diamond League events in Zurich in referred to the Disciplinary Committee.” record books. With the victory, Phachara replaces New Zealand sensation Lydia Ko, late August or in Brussels in September but chose Trouble broke out in the tie between two against rushing back from injury. “We considered it Thai pairs after Maneepong and who won the 2012 New South Wales Open three months prior to her 15th birthday, as the youngest winner of a professional golf event. “I am really, but felt it was better to give him enough time to Nipitphon Puangpuapech bagged the recover,” O’Connell told Reuters from his base in first game. At the change of ends really happy to win against so many top players,” Phachara, who had to qualify for the tournament, said in a statement from the organisers. Iten, a small village in Kenya’s Rift Valley area that Maneepong hit Bodin with his bad- is the home to many of the country’s middle and “My putting was the key and I also worked very hard with my caddie. minton racquet following a heated ver- long-distance champion runners. “His knee is We planned everything carefully.” However, Phachara’s joy will be short- bal exchange. actually already healing but Moscow came a bit lived as the daily grind of school life looms large on his horizon. Bodin retaliated by chasing down too soon.” O’Connell said Rudisha planned to start Maneepong to a neighboring court and “Tomorrow (Monday) is a public holiday and the first thing I need to do is next season by defending his title at Doha’s rugby-tackled him to the ground before call my friends and catch up on homework,” he added after his four-under- Diamond League event in May, though his com- punching him several times. After officials par final round 67 took him to 13-under for the tournament. Fellow Thai petitive return could take place in pulled apart the pair, Bodin and Vilailak were dis- Prom Meesawat, who finished tied for second with Sutijet Kooratanapisan, Australia two months earlier.—AP qualified from the final.—Reuters was simply stunned by the teenager’s performance.—Reuters Athletics pound Angels

ANAHEIM: Bartolo Colon pitched a four- Cabrera, who is second in the league hitter for his third shutout this season and with 31 home runs to Chris Davis of the center fielder Chris Young robbed Albert Baltimore Orioles, drove a 1-1 pitch out Pujols of a home run to help the Oakland to left in the first inning. Miguel Tejada Athletics beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-0 tied it in the second with his third home on Sunday. Eric Sogard hit a two-run run of the season and the 307th of his homer to back Colon (13-3), who struck career. Tejada took an 0-1 Fister pitch out out five and walked one. The 40-year-old to left. Dirks broke the tie with a home right-hander, making his first start since run with one out in the fifth to straight- returning from his third All-Star game, away center, just eluding Jarrod Dyson’s tied Max Scherzer and Adam Wainwright leap at the wall. James Shields (4-7), who for the major league lead in wins while has won only one of 10 home starts, took reducing his ERA to 2.52. Colon is 10-1 the loss. with a 1.46 ERA over his last 12 outings. The 116-pitch complete game was INDIANS 7, TWINS 1 Colon’s 35th in 395 big league starts, and In Minneapolis, Justin Masterson took the shutout was the 12th of his career. a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and Young preserved Oakland’s ninth shutout Michael Brantley hit a bases-loaded triple of the year when he pulled back Pujols’ as the Indians beat the Twins to avoid a bid for his 492nd homer leading off the three-game sweep. Masterson (11-7) had seventh. faced the minimum through six, allowing only a hit batter, when Brian Dozier led RED SOX 8, YANKEES 7 off the seventh with a broken-bat bloop- In Boston, Mike Napoli homered with er to center field that dunked in under WASHINGTON: Carl Crawford No. 25 of the Los Angeles Dodgers is tagged out at third two outs in the 11th inning - his second the glove of a sliding Drew Stubbs for a base in the third inning by Ryan Zimmerman of the Washington Nationals. —AFP of the game - to help Boston beat New double. The Indians led 3-0 on Mike York. The Red Sox scored seven runs after Aviles’ sacrifice fly and two-run homer by Dodgers sweep Nationals falling behind 3-0, thanks in part to Jason Kipnis when they loaded the bases Napoli’s three-run homer in the third. But with one out in the fifth on a walk to WASHINGTON: Matt Kemp returned to the turned three double plays behind they coughed up the lead when New Kipnis and consecutive singles by Nick lineup with a home run and a double in the Wainwright (13-5), who allowed two runs York scored two in the sixth and two in Swisher and Carlos Santana off starter same inning Sunday as the Los Angeles with seven strikeouts and two walks. the seventh to level it 7-all. It stayed that Scott Diamond (5-9). ANAHEIM: Second baseman Eric Sogard No. 28 of the Oakland Dodgers completed a sweep of the Yonder Alonso singled three times with way until Napoli hit a 3-2 pitch from Athletics gets tied up with Erik Aybar No. 2 of the Los Angeles Angels Washington Nationals with a 9-2 win that an RBI for the Padres. Eric Stults (8-8) allowed Adam Warren (1-1) into the center field RAYS 4, BLUE JAYS 3 of Anaheim after forcing Aybar and turning a double play to end the kept them a half-game behind first-place three runs and eight hits in six innings. bleachers. In Toronto, Luke Scott and Kelly third inning. —AFP Arizona in the NL West. Craig’s tough catch preserved Edward Pedro Beato (1-0) pitched the 11th for Johnson hit back-to-back home runs and Activated from the 15-day disabled list Mujica’s 28th save in 30 chances and robbed the win, giving up a single to Eduardo Evan Longoria also went deep as the INTERLEAGUE two hits and an RBI for Chicago and before the game, Kemp led off the second pinch-hitter Jedd Gyorko of at least an extra- Nunez before he was erased trying to Rays survived a late scare to beat the WHITE SOX 3, BRAVES 1 Jose Quintana scattered nine hits in 5 2- with a homer and then doubled home Andre base hit that would have put the Padres. The steal second; replays showed he was Blue Jays, completing a three-game In Chicago, left fielder Casper Wells 3 innings for the win. White Sox reliev- Ethier in a seven-run inning against Jordan Cardinals, who have won nine of 12, own the barely safe. Nunez, Brett Gardner and sweep. The surging Rays have won 13 of robbed Reed Johnson of a home run in ers Ramon Troncoso and Donnie Veal Zimmermann (12-5), quickly turning a much- best record in the majors. The Padres have Robinson Cano had three hits apiece for their past 14 games and 20 of their past the eighth inning to help the White Sox each retired the two batter they faced anticipated matchup of All-Star aces into a lost 19 of 24. the Yankees. 24. After starting the season 14-18, beat the Braves. and Nate Jones pitched a scoreless rout. Tampa Bay is a major league-best 44-23 With the White Sox leading 3-1, eighth. Clayton Kershaw (9-6) allowed only two DIAMONDBACKS 3, GIANTS 1 ORIOLES 4, RANGERS 2 since May 8. Wells leaped up against the left-field Closer Addison Reed pitched score- hits - solo homers by Jayson Werth - over sev- In San Francisco, Paul Goldschmidt hit a In Arlington, Chris Tillman pitched Rays right-hander Chris Archer wall to make a spectacular catch and less ninth for his 25th save in 29 en innings with nine strikeouts and no walks, sacrifice fly and a double against All-Star into the ninth inning in his return from pitched seven innings to win his fourth rob Johnson of the game-tying homer. chances. Braves starter Mike Minor (9-5) putting his major league-best ERA at 2.01. Madison Bumgarner, Cody Ross added a late the All-Star game as Baltimore beat Texas straight decision, improving to 4-0 with It was one of several great defensive pitched his first career complete game The Dodgers have won 20 of 25. This two-run single, and first-place Arizona held to sweep a three-game series between an 1.62 ERA in his past six starts, includ- plays by the White Sox. Alex Rios added in the loss.—AP game marked the first time all season that off a late rally by San Francisco to avoid a 2012 playoff teams. ing his first career shutout against Kemp, Hanley Ramirez and Carl Crawford three-game sweep. Matt Wieters had two hits and scored Houston on July 14. were all in the lineup together. But it might The Diamondbacks snapped a three- twice to help the Orioles (56-43) move a Archer (5-3) allowed five hits, walked MLB results/standings be a few days before it happens again game skid with their first victory of the sec- season-high 13 games over .500 with four and struck out one. RA Dickey (8-11) because Kemp hurt his left ankle sliding into ond half. Randall Delgado (2-3) won in his their seventh victory in eight games. allowed four runs and seven hits in six home plate on a force play in the ninth. first career start at AT&T Park, and They sure seem comfortable in Texas, innings, walked one and struck out eight. Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 3; Pittsburgh 3, Cincinnati 2; NY Mets 5, Philadelphia 0; LA where Baltimore won last year’s AL wild- He gave up three home runs for the third Dodgers 9, Washington 2; Chicago White Sox 3, Atlanta 1; Detroit 4, Kansas City 1; Washington has dropped eight of 10. Goldschmidt’s first-inning sac fly got things Milwaukee 1, Miami 0 (13 innings); Cleveland 7, Minnesota 1; Seattle 12, Houston card game. Tillman (12-3) gave up two time this season. going against the World Series champions. 5; St. Louis 3, San Diego 2; Oakland 6, LA Angels 0; Arizona 3, San Francisco 1; PIRATES 3, REDS 2 Arizona threw out Buster Posey at the plate runs and six hits while striking out seven, Colorado 4, Chicago Cubs 3; Baltimore 4, Texas 2; Boston 8, NY Yankees 7 (11 In Cincinnati, Jeff Locke allowed only an in the sixth. making Baltimore starters 7-1 in the last MARINERS 12, ASTROS 5 innings). eight games. The 25-year-old righty was In Houston, Nick Franklin hit his first infield single through six innings as A day after stranding 13 and going 2 for American League National League Pittsburgh beat Homer Bailey to salvage the 12 with runners in scoring position, the three outs from his first career complete career grand slam in Seattle’s big second Eastern Division Eastern Division final game of its series with Cincinnati. Diamondbacks did just enough against game when Adrian Beltre chased him inning to back up a scoreless start by W L PCT GB Atlanta 55 43 .561 - The second-place Pirates left town with a Bumgarner (10-6) in his first outing after the with a leadoff homer in the ninth. Felix Hernandez, and the Mariners rolled Boston 60 40 .600 - Philadelphia 49 50 .495 6.5 three-game cushion over the NL Central-rival All-Star break. Darren O’Day got two outs to earn his past the Astros for their season-best sixth Tampa Bay 58 41 .586 1.5 Washington 48 50 .490 7 Reds, who won the first two games of the Ross singled in the eighth as Arizona won second save. Martin Perez (3-3) pitched 6 straight victory. Franklin’s slam, Seattle’s Baltimore 56 43 .566 3.5 NY Mets 43 51 .457 10 series. for just the fourth time in 16 road games. 1-3 innings for the Rangers, giving up fifth this season, came off Jordan Lyles (4- NY Yankees 52 46 .531 7 Miami 35 61 .365 19 Locke (9-2) and the majors’ second-stingi- Brad Ziegler finished a crazy ninth that fea- four runs and nine hits. He didn’t get 4) in a seven-run second. Hernandez (11- Toronto 45 52 .464 13.5 Central Division much help from his defense. Texas has 4) scattered four hits with seven strike- Central Division St. Louis 59 37 .615 - est bullpen limited the Reds to three singles, tured two errors for his fourth save. The Detroit 53 44 .546 - dropped four straight and seven of eight. outs over six innings to lower his AL-lead- Pittsburgh 57 39 .594 2 but issued seven walks and let a run score on Giants scored on second baseman Aaron Cleveland 52 46 .531 1.5 a wild pitch. Jason Grilli worked the ninth for Hill’s wild throw past first. ing ERA to 2.43. He is 6-0 in his last 10 Kansas City 45 50 .474 7 Cincinnati 55 43 .561 5 his 30th save in 31 chances. TIGERS 4, ROYALS 1 starts and hasn’t lost since May 25. Brad Minnesota 41 54 .432 11 Chicago Cubs 43 53 .448 16 Locke had to miss his last scheduled start BREWERS 1, MARLINS 0 In Kansas City, Miguel Cabrera and Miller, Dustin Ackley and Michael Chicago 39 56 .411 13 Milwaukee 41 56 .423 18.5 and couldn’t pitch in the All-Star game In Milwaukee, Caleb Gindl hit his first Andy Dirks homered as the Tigers beat Saunders drove in two runs each to help Western Division Western Division because of a sore back. There were no prob- career home run in the bottom of the 13th the Royals to avoid being swept. Doug the Mariners wrap up a three-game Oakland 57 41 .582 - Arizona 51 47 .520 - lems when he got back on the mound. inning and Milwaukee shut out Miami for the Fister (8-5) picked up the victory with six sweep. Lyles yielded eight hits and 10 Texas 54 44 .551 3 LA Dodgers 50 47 .515 0.5 Colorado 48 51 .485 3.5 Bailey (5-9) struck out a career-high 12 third consecutive game. strong innings, yielding a run, while runs, with a career-high nine earned, in LA Angels 46 50 .479 10 allowing six hits and striking out five and four-plus innings to lose his third straight Seattle 46 52 .469 11 San Francisco 45 52 .464 5.5 but remained winless since his no-hitter Miami has gone a club-record 37 innings Houston 33 64 .340 23.5 San Diego 43 56 .434 8.5 against San Francisco at Great American Ball without a run, the longest drought by a walking one. decision. Park on July 2. Garrett Jones hit his second major league team in 28 years. The Houston homer in two games, and the Pirates added a Astros were held scoreless for 42 consecutive pair of runs in the seventh. innings in July 1985, according to STATS. The Marlins haven’t scored since Derek Dietrich Marquez wins US GP METS 5, PHILLIES 0 drove in two runs in the fourth inning of a 5- In New York, Matt Harvey struck out 10 in 2 loss in 10 innings to Washington on July 14. MONTEREY: Spanish rookie sensa- close to it. We knew we had the seven overpowering innings, and David This one was the longest scoreless game tion Marc Marquez outduelled pole speed and now we jump on the Wright and Juan Lagares each hit a home run in the majors since Boston won 1-0 in 16 sitter Stefan Bradl to win the US podium and it’s so nice.” upheld by video review to lead New York innings at Tampa Bay on July 17, 2011. Grand Prix for Honda on Sunday Marquez has 163 points to com- over Philadelphia. The Brewers were the last team in the and stretch his lead at the top of patriot and team mate Dani Marlon Byrd followed Wright’s first-inning majors to produce a shutout this season, but the MotoGP standings to 16 points. Pedrosa’s 147 in the championship homer off the dark metal railing atop the now have eight in the team’s past 31 games. It was the second consecutive win race. “I am very happy not for that new left-field wall with a no-doubter into the The Marlins have been blanked 12 times. and third of the season for the 20- moment but for the 25 points second deck against Cliff Lee (10-4) for the John Axford (4-3) pitched two innings for the year-old, who becomes the because that race was very impor- Mets’ first back-to-back homers of the sea- win and helped the Milwaukee pitching staff youngest rider to win back-to-back tant for me,” said Marquez. “At that son. Lagares’ drive that also struck the railing set a franchise record with 35 scoreless races in the premier class. circuit I expected to be struggling a in left was a three-run shot, giving New York innings. Gindl connected off Ryan Webb (1-4) The previous youngest was little bit but in the end we take 25 a 5-0 lead against the 2008 AL Cy Young after a pitching duel between Miami’s American ‘Fast’ Freddie Spencer, the points. I am so happy.” Award winner. Lagares made a running catch Henderson Alvarez and Milwaukee’s Wily 21-year-old winner of the opening The Honda rider also becomes in center field with Delmon Young on third Peralta. two races of the 1983 season. the first rookie to win at California’s base in the seventh to help preserve the Bradl, the first German to start a Laguna Seca circuit with its famed shutout. ROCKIES 4, CUBS 3 premier class race on pole in the Corkscrew twisting turn. Marquez In his first outing since starting the All- In Denver, Tyler Chatwood pitched six sol- modern era, settled for second and set up his victory with a daring pass Star game on his home mound, Harvey (8-2) id innings and Nolan Arenado hit a go-ahead his first podium in MotoGP. on the Corkscrew, diving under allowed three hits in his 30th career start. single as Colorado beat Chicago to win the Italy’s seven-times world cham- Rossi and briefly leaving the track. Phillies All-Star Domonic Brown struck out all three-game series. pion Valentino Rossi completed the The inspiration for the move four times up. Chatwood (6-3) went the distance last podium places after holding off came to Marquez from watching time out but was a tough-luck loser to Zack Spain’s Alvaro Bautista to take third video of the 2008 race, when Rossi CARDINALS 3, PADRES 2 Greinke and the Los Angeles Dodgers 1-0. for Yamaha. pulled off a similar pass on Casey MONTEREY: (Left to right) Stefan Bradl of Germany, Marc Marquez of St. Louis, Adam Wainwright worked eight This time, he allowed seven hits and two runs “I could see that Marc had a Stoner in the same part of the cir- Spain and Valentino Rossi of Italy pose on the podium at the end of sharp innings for his National League-lead- - one earned. good speed, he was behind me all cuit. the MotoGP race. —AFP ing 13th win and Allen Craig ended the game Rex Brothers allowed a run in the ninth the time,” said LCR Honda rider “I watched a video of him on explained Marquez. championship hopes on track while with a leaping catch at the left-field wall as before earning his fifth save. Starlin Castro Bradl. “But anyway I am very happy Casey, I thought that was impossi- After missing last weekend’s Lorenzo guided his Yamaha to a St. Louis beat San Diego. had four hits for the Cubs, matching a career with my first podium in MotoGP. ble to repeat but then when I tried German Grand Prix with collarbone sixth place finish. Craig has 12 hits and six RBIs during a sev- high, and Anthony Rizzo homered. Edwin “It’s a great result for me and to pass him in the braking point, he injuries, world champion Jorge The series will remain in the en-game hitting streak for the Cardinals, who Jackson (6-11) settled down after a rough also for the team. “It was so impor- stayed there and I just released the Lorenzo and Pedrosa were both United States with round 10 set for took two of three in both series against the start to go seven innings. His three-game tant because the pressure was high brakes and I go in the same way back in action on Sunday. Honda’s Indianapolis and the famed Padres this season. The St. Louis defense winning streak was snapped.—AP and all the last weekend we were that Valentino did in 2008,” Pedrosa took fifth to keep his Brickyard on August 18.—Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 SPORTS Tiger still in the Woods as challenge fizzles out

GULLANE: Tiger Woods resorted to Gone are the days when he would in there and they both stopped. It was a these things.” would be a little more ticked than we technical jargon and gripes about slow lead from the front and bring his rivals very different golf course today.” Woods said he was not the only one are now. But he posted three. That’s a greens as his long major drought con- into submission. Quite what his inner Woods said he thought he had who thought the conditions had hell of a number.” tinued on Sunday with a disappointing thoughts are, however, no one knows played well throughout the week but changed drastically over the four days. Woods managed only three birdies final round at the British Open. because the 37-year-old American said putting was difficult especially as “A couple of the guys were mumbling to on Sunday, compared to six bogeys, but The American, who has been stuck prefers to talk about club selection and the greens at the weekend had slowed their caddies and saying some things,” refused to be down-hearted at fizzling on 14 majors for five years, never looked wind speeds. down considerably from the lightning he said. “You could see it. I saw a few out in another major despite being in like restarting his collection at Muirfield He offered these thoughts to one fast speeds seen on Thursday and Friday. tossed clubs here and there as the balls contention. despite beginning the fourth round just question about yardages after finishing “I had a hard time adjusting to the were checking up.” “I’ve won 14 and in that spell where I two shots off the pace. tied sixth on Sunday, meat and drink to speeds. They were much slower today, Woods said he wasn’t surprised fel- haven’t won since Torrey (Pines), I’ve Woods has never won a major when a player seemingly reluctant to talk much softer,” he said. “I don’t think I got low American Phil Mickelson took the been in there. It’s not like I’ve lost my starting from behind in the fourth round about raw emotions. too many putts to the hole today. I really title with a sparkling 66. “It’s certainly card and not playing out here,” he said. and from the moment he bogeyed the “I’m very surprised. Because I had 48 had a hard time and left myself a couple gettable out there. The greens are slow- “I’ve been in probably about half the first at Muirfield on Sunday that front yesterday on 15 and I hit sand of long lag putts early on when it was er and if you have, I guess, the feel to hit majors on the back nine on Sunday with sequence was destined to continue. wedge about 40 feet past the hole, went really blowing and left them way short it far enough up there into the greens a chance to win during that stretch. I Despite climbing back to the top of about a buck 70,” he said. and didn’t make those putts. you can get it done,” he said. just haven’t done it yet. And hopefully it the world rankings after his career was “Today I had 51 front, it was actually “Hit a couple of bad shots at 10 and “I think if it does feel any better, it’s will be in a few weeks.” Woods’s next blighted by knee injuries and a messy more downwind today at one. And I hit 11 and that was about it and at three. that Phil got to three (under-par). If he attempt will be at the US PGA divorce, Woods seems a mere mortal sand wedge and it stopped, just like it But other than that I really hit the ball would have posted one it would have Championship at Oak Hill in New York these days when it comes to the majors. did at 15 today. “We hit two good shots well. Just couldn’t ever get the pace of been a different story. “I think a lot of us next month.—Reuters Austin claims first title in six years in playoff

MADISON: Woody Austin birdied the first extra hole in a three-way playoff with Daniel Summerhays and Cameron Beckman to win the Sanderson Farms Championship at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Mississippi on Sunday. Austin, who had played just three PGA Tour events this season missing the cut in all three, held his nerve on a hot and humid day, rolling in a six-foot putt on the first playoff hole to earn the 49-year-old his first Tour win since 2007. With the victory, Austin, who turns 50 in January, becomes the eighth-oldest PGA Tour winner and oldest since Fred Funk won the Mayakoba Golf Classic at age 50 in 2007. “It’s been a long road and a long time,” said SYLVANIA: Beatriz Recari, of Spain, kisses the trophy after winning the Marathon Austin in a report on the PGA Tour website. “This Classic golf tournament at Highland Meadows Golf Club. —AP is only my fourth event, so I’m really ecstatic. “Now I’ve got a job again.” Summerhays birdied his final two holes for a Recari outduels Creamer three-under 69 to set up a playoff with Beckman and Austin, who both closed with 67s to leave to win Marathon Classic the three Americans deadlocked at 20-under 268. Austin began the day two shots back of SYLVANIA: Beatriz Recari isn’t so bold as to But all of the focus on this day was on the overnight leaders Summerhays and Nicholas place herself among the greatest LPGA Tour co-leaders at the start. Creamer took the lead Thompson and slipped further back with a players. Instead, she hopes to continue plug- twice with birdies - on the third and fifth bogey at the second. because I played really, really well.” Summerhays, playing in the final group on ging along and let the record book do the holes - and each time Recari came right back It would be Austin’s only stumble of the day MADISON: Woody Austin poses with his trophy after winning the Sanderson Farms Classic golf talking for her. with a birdie on the next hole. At the seventh, as he hit back with an eagle at the par-five fifth, tournament. —AP The 26-year-old Spaniard took the lead at Creamer hit her approach to 6 feet. But before followed by birdies at the sixth and seventh and the 14th hole and then made two more mam- she could make her putt, Recari rolled in a 15- two more on the back nine to muscle his way It was another disappointing end to a promis- Sunday, bogeyed his final hole to miss out on a moth putts down the stretch to hold off Paula footer for birdie. top the leaderboard. “It was back and forth,” said ing week for Summerhays, who was denied his playoff as Jordan Spieth went onto become the Creamer in a tense, one-on-one duel to win Still tied, there were a lot of fireworks on Austin. “But I gave myself so many chances over first career win for the second straight week. first teenager to win a PGA Tour event in 83 the Marathon Classic on Sunday. It was her the 181-yard, par-3 14th. Recari hit her hybrid the last three rounds it would have been hard to Last week at the John Deere Classic, years.—Reuters second win of the year and third of her young to 12 feet and Creamer’s shot ended up 25 swallow if I didn’t give myself a chance to win career. It was also a sign that she might be the feet away. The third member of their group, best player nobody knows on the Tour. Thompson, the budding American star-in- “I have goals big enough that I want to the-making, then holed her 6-iron to win a accomplish,” she said, still flushed from the new car. She slapped high fives with her cad- Mickelson gives us reason to celebrate victory. “There are great players out there, like die then happily accepted congratulations Se Ri (Pak), Annika (Sorenstam), like Inbee from everyone along the rope line all the way GULLANE: The celebration started when Phil legacy will be set. A round for the ages took care of that. On a (Park). All I want to focus on is to be the best I to the green. After Creamer almost rolled in Mickelson rolled in his final birdie putt, with hands “I think that if I’m able to win the U.S. Open and breezy afternoon off the coast of Scotland, Lefty can be. I cannot control what other people her lengthy birdie putt, Recari took the lead raised high in the air and a tearful caddie just wait- complete the career Grand Slam, I think that that’s did what seemed impossible, making four birdies think about me. All I can do is put a good for good with a birdie of her own. ing to be hugged. It quickly turned into a victory the sign of the complete great player,” Mickelson in the last six holes to run the table at Muirfield. He score out there, get those wins and the wins Creamer’s wedge to the green at the par-4 lap, even as the players he’d already beaten strug- said. “I’m a leg away. And it’s been a tough leg for closed it out with two of the best 3-woods of his speak for themselves.” 16th left her just 3 feet away, but Recari sank gled to finish what was left of their disappointing me.” If it’s any consolation, this one was always life back-to-back on the par-5 17th hole and an iron Recari and Creamer started the day tied a 25-foot uphill birdie putt to negate day. There were, of course, hugs for his picture per- tough, too. Mickelson took a long time to acclimate to No. 18 to set up his final birdie. and spent most of the day trading the lead - Creamer’s eventual 3 on the hole. as if it were match play. The head-to-head “I had a really good read,” Recari said. “I fect wife and his equally charming children - and to golf across the pond, a long time to figure out He went so low so fast that Adam Scott - who showdown in the heat in suburban Toledo stroked it and the hole got in the way.” The lots of them. Congratulations to accept from most that the grass that grows over here is different from had held the lead - thought the scoreboard was might have been foreshadowing for when drama continued at the 17th, the first of back- anyone near the 18th green, and plenty of smiles the stuff that grows on the finely manicured coun- playing tricks on him when he glanced up at it a both players participate in next month’s to-back par-5 closing holes. for the thousands gathered in the grandstands. try clubs back home. For years he tried to hit shots few times on the back nine. Solheim Cup at the Colorado Golf Club, Recari Creamer laid up with a wedge. Recari then Then, with even more time to kill before he was he had no business trying to hit, and for years he “Best round I’ve ever seen him play,” said caddie for the European side and Creamer for the pulled out a hybrid and uncharacteristically officially declared champion of the one tourna- struggled to even get in contention in the oldest Jim “Bones” Mackay, who was so caught up in the United States. went for the green, pulling it slightly to the ment he feared he would never win, Mickelson did major of them all. This wasn’t shaping up as the win he was crying on the 18th green. “Back and forth, back and forth,” Recari left where it ended up in the rough. Creamer’s what only Mickelson would do - he began signing year he was going to figure it all out, either. Not That he played it at the age of 43 is a testament said of their Sunday showdown. “It totally felt wedge ended up 12 feet away and Recari autographs. Hold onto them because they might after yet another heartbreaking loss at the U.S. to Mickelson’s work ethic as well as his talent. He like the Solheim Cup.” Recari closed with a 5- skied a flop shot that ended up half that dis- be worth something someday. The guy with the Open at Merion, where he had a one-shot lead wants to win badly, and he’s willing to put the under 66 to finish at 17-under 267. Creamer, tance from the hole. Both missed their putts, goofy grin who once seemed destined never to going into the final round only to kick it away with effort into it, even if some of his ideas about com- who was seeking her 10th career win and first however. win a major now seems intent on playing his way two bad wedges on the back nine. peting - like playing the first round of the US Open since the 2010 US Women’s Open, was just a “In all that golf out there, it’s kind of funny into golfing lore. No, he’s not Tiger Woods. Never “It could have easily gone south, where I was so after flying overnight to get there so he could be at stroke back. She said she gave it everything how it all comes down to the wire,” Creamer will be, though that’s not really such a bad thing. deflated I had a hard time coming back,” Mickelson his daughter’s eighth-grade graduation - are, in the she had. “My goodness, there were so many said. At the par-5 closing hole, both misfired But he did play one of the greatest rounds you’ll acknowledged. “But I looked at it and thought I was world of golf, a bit unorthodox. great shots played today,” Creamer said. “Do I on their third shots, Creamer’s running ever see Sunday under treacherous conditions in playing really good golf. I had been playing some Mickelson didn’t win a major until he was 34, wish I could go back and maybe change a through to the fringe and Recari’s flying over the final round of the British Open. And it may be of the best in my career. And I didn’t want it to stop going 0-for-42 in them before breaking through at couple of things here and there? Yes. But I the green to light rough. Recari chipped to 5 time to stop thinking about him as a player who me from potential victories this year and some the Masters. While he probably won’t catch Woods played great. Beatriz just played one shot bet- feet past the hole before Creamer missed her sometimes can’t think straight on the course and potential great play. And in a matter of a month I’m and his 14 majors, Woods only leads him 6-5 in ter.” Jodi Ewart Shadoff (66) shared third place 20-foot attempt to tie it. With the tournament start the discussion about where he ranks among able to change entirely the way I feel.” major titles over the last decade. And while Woods at 13 under with Lexi Thompson, who shot a on the line, Recari then stroked in her par putt the greats of the game. He may have also changed entirely the way is stuck on his number, Mickelson seems intent on 67 and had a hole-in-one that won the 18- for her second victory of the season. In March, With five major championships now, he’s in the some in golf feel about him. While fans love adding to his haul. “I joke around all the time,” year-old a car. she won the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif., mix. Toss in one of those six U.S. Opens he came so Mickelson for his smile, his easy way with auto- Mackay said, “when he’s 60 on the putting green at Next came Angela Stanford (67) and beating IK Kim with a birdie on the second agonizingly close to winning and he might even be graphs and his daredevil style, there’s always been Augusta, he’s going to say, ‘I got a chance.’” Jacqui Cocolino (70) at 19 under. Meena Lee hole of a playoff. “I was definitely shaky on the there now. a feeling he’s given away as many tournaments as Hard to imagine, but there was a time this win had the day’s low round, a 62, and was with last putt,” she said. “I knew I had to make it to amateur sensation Lydia Ko (68), Toledo-born win and avoid a playoff. A playoff is always Only five players have the career Grand Slam, he’s won. His career-defining moments all pretty would have been, too. Now, anything seems possi- Stacy Lewis (64), Jennifer Johnson (66) and nerve-racking.” Just like the best on tour, she and they have last names like Nicklaus, Woods and much revolved around the Masters and before ble for Mickelson. That should be reason to cele- Chie Arimura (71) at 9 under. rolled it in.—AP Hogan. If one day Mickelson joins them there, his Sunday he didn’t have an Open to his name. brate, too.—AP Logano clinches Nationwide race

JOLIET: When “The Captain” asked, Joey bonus. Dillon is third on the points list, but is clear the air. Sadler confronted Smith right after lap 54. He quickly climbed back into con- Logano answered. Did he ever. Logano held off still looking for his first victory of the year. the race, promising he would not win the series tention, but was unable to get to Logano at the Sam Hornish Jr. to win the NASCAR Nationwide “We just keep inching on this first win,” he title, and then said he would race the No. 7 end. The penalty was the result of a mixed mes- race at Chicagoland Speedway on Sunday, said. “We’re getting closer and closer. These Chevrolet differently in the future. sage on the radio that ended with Hornish’s leading a sweep of top two spots for Roger top-threes, we’ll take them all day, we just want There were no such problems at team abruptly calling him into the pits. Penske after the owner asked him to drive the to get that win here pretty soon.” Chicagoland, with Sadler racing near the front “I knew exactly when I went across the line I No. 22 car on a rare weekend off for the Sprint Elliott Sadler had the lead on a restart with and Smith struggling with the feel of his car all was going to be speeding and there were no Cup series. 24 laps remaining. But the defending race win- day long. Smith, who entered the race with a ifs, ands or buts about it,” Hornish said. “They’re “Really big for us to get a 1-2 finish for ner faded as Hornish moved in front on the five-point lead over Hornish in the series stand- like, ‘Oh, I think we’re good.’ I’m like, ‘We’re not Penske. That’s awesome,” Logano said. “To come track where he won consecutive IndyCar races ings, slid into the infield on Lap 129 and fin- good. We’re going to go to the back.’ out here, our goal is to win this thing. That’s in 2002 and 2003. ished 13th. Hornish won his second career pole “We had 150 laps to get it done, we knew why I came out here on my off week, it was to Hornish looked in position to secure the vic- earlier in the day, and then led the first 49 laps. we had a good race car. The biggest thing was come out here and win.” tory when Logano roared into the lead and But he was flagged for speeding into pit road just maintaining the composure getting back Penske, nicknamed “The Captain,” went on to the win. “I’m glad it wasn’t three or and sent to the back of the field for a restart on up in the field.”—AP approached Logano this month during the four more laps longer, because he was catching NASCAR stop at Daytona and asked if he would us,” Logano said. “And it was getting to the drive in the first of two Nationwide races at point that I was going to have to move around Chicagoland this season. Penske wanted a to find some speed again. But just about the boost in the race for the owners’ championship, right amount of laps.” and Logano sure delivered on the request. Sadler finished fourth, and was followed by “How do you say no to RP?” Logano said, Brian Vickers, Parker Kligerman and Trevor grinning. “I’m glad I did it.” Logano, the lone Bayne. Illinois native Justin Allgaier, Brad Sweet Sprint Cup regular in the race, earned his sec- and Matt Crafton rounded out the top 10. ond Nationwide win of the year and No. 20 for The series to Chicagoland returns in his career. He also won at Dover in June. September on the same weekend that the Hornish held on for second and moved into the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship begins top spot in the series standings, seven points at the track. better than Regan Smith. Sadler and Smith did not see very much of JOLIET: Joey Logano raises the trophy in Victory Lane after Austin Dillon led two times for a total of 24 each other one week after their collision at JOLIET: Brian Vickers (20) and Joey Logano (22) compete during the NASCAR winning the NASCAR Nationwide Series auto race. —AP laps and finished third to earn a $100,000 New Hampshire led to a midweek phone call to Nationwide Series STP 300 auto race at Chicagoland Speedway. —AP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 SPORTS Australia sees no light Photo of the day at end of Ashes tunnel

MELBOURNE: Australia’s annihilation at national broadcaster reinforced the percep- Lord’s was slammed by the country’s crick- tion of a team plagued by infighting, and et writers yesterday, and their chances of contained the allegation that captain winning a solitary test on their tour of Clarke had described a “faction” led by his England all but written off. deputy Shane Watson as a “cancer”. With eight more Ashes tests looming Opening batsman Watson did little to over the next six months, three more in rehabilitate his image, squandering posi- England and five back Down Under, the tive starts with a pair of lbw dismissals and influential Malcolm Conn was again caused wasting a Decision Review System referral to ponder whether this was the worst in the first knock. Australian team to ever travel to England. After ushering struggling top order “On the back of a depressing 347-run, batsman Ed Cowan out of the team, local four-day defeat in the second test at Lord’s, media suggested Watson could be next to this side may well lose all five. It is already go. 2-0 down,” Conn wrote in his column in “Speaking of Watson, which frankly is News Ltd newspapers. where Australia’s travails seem invariably to “Heaven knows what the tally could be begin, yet again the mountain labored and by the time the last test of the return series brought forth a mouse,” Haigh wrote. “He is over in Sydney five and a half months could sell advertising space on his pads, so from now.” prominently are they featuring in each Michael Clarke’s Australia head into the day’s play.” third test at Old Trafford on a six-test losing Watson’s critics included the brother of streak, their worst slump since being exiled batsman David Warner, who thrashed by the all-conquering West Indies slammed the burly opener as “selfish” in an side in the mid-1980s. abusive tweet, a view many pundits Down Gideon Haigh described the Lord’s Under shared after he chose to refer his first debacle, underpinned by the repeated fail- innings dismissal to the DRS despite being ures of Australia’s top batting order, as a trapped plum in front. “shabby and public humbling” in his col- David Warner has been serving penance umn in The Australian newspaper. with Australia A in Africa after punching “Australia can play better than they second-test centurion Joe Root in a boozy showed here. If their batsmen could give incident at a bar during the Champions their bowlers more than three hours off in Trophy in the leadup, but was moved to three days, they just might,” Haigh wrote. distance himself from the comment. “The trouble for Australia is that England “Like everyone, he is entitled to his opin- Flying Bulls Aerobatics Team performs during the AirPower13 in Zeltweg, Austria. —www.redbullcontentpool.com can also play better.” ions but I want to state categorically that I Off-field events have also reinforced per- do not endorse his comments and fully ceptions of a cricket team in crisis, with for- support Shane and all my teammates,” mer coach Mickey Arthur seeking a multi- Warner said in a statement. Pakistan cruise to victory million dollar pay-out after being sacked No doubt intended to convey an before the series and branded a “scape- impression of team harmony, the boiler- goat” by Cricket Australia chief James plate comment issued by Cricket Australia Sutherland. seemed more like the paranoid reaction of Windies falter in fourth ODI Arthur’s comments in papers filed with a a demoralised cricketing nation far too sen- local employment tribunal and leaked to a sitive to criticism.—Reuters ST. LUCIA: Misbah-ul-Haq’s unbeaten half- century steered Pakistan to a six-wicket victo- ry over West Indies in their rain-affected fourth one day international at the Beausejour Stadium in St Lucia on Sunday. An unbeaten hundred from Marlon Samuels had helped the home side post 261 for seven in their innings that had been reduced to 49 overs by rain. But after more bad weather, the Pakistan innings was cut to 31 overs and they chased down their revised target on the Duckworth- Lewis method of 189 with ease. Misbah (53 not out) saw his side to the win having been involved in a vital 72-run stand with Mohammad Hafeez (59) for the third wicket that turned the game in Pakistan’s favour. He was supported in the closing overs by Umar Akmal (29 not out) as the pair scored the last 45 runs off just 28 balls. “We are very pleased,” Misbah said in a TV interview. “It was like a normal T20 game, Hafeez and I wanted to play normal cricketing shots. It was just a case of not panicking. We needed eight an over and I had to adjust. The team will gain momentum from today.” Samuels looked to have put West Indies in GROS ISLET: Pakistan batsman Mohammad Hafeez cuts during the 4th ODI West Indies against Pakistan at Beausejour Cricket Ground. —AFP a winning position when he bludgeoned 106 not out from 104 balls, his fifth one day inter- national century. SCOREBOARD Chris Gayle, dropped to number five in the Scoreboard from the fourth one-day international between West Indies and Pakistan at Beausejour Stadium West Indies order after his battles with the in St Lucia yesterday: new ball in the opening three matches of the West Indies innings Pakistan innings series, provided good support to Samuels Devon Smith c Umar Akmal b Mohammad Irfan 8 Nasir Jamshed run out 22 Johnson Charles lbw Junaid Khan 32 with a well-constructed 30 from 46 balls, Ahmed Shehzad lbw Holder 14 Darren Bravo c Saeed Ajmal b Wahab Riaz 9 Mohammad Hafeez c Darren Bravo b Roach 59 while Lendl Simmons (46) continued his fine Marlon Samuels not out 106 Misbah-ul-Haq not out 53 recent form. Chris Gayle c sub b Shahid Afridi 30 Shahid Afridi c Simmons b Dwayne Bravo 7 “It was a great batting display by us and Lendl Simmons b Saeed Ajmal 46 Umar Akmal not out 29 Marlon,” West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo Darren Sammy b Mohammad Irfan 7 Dwayne Bravo run out 6 Extras (lb-1, w-3, nb-1) 5 said. “I’m very disappointed we didn’t win the Kemar Roach not out 0 Total (for four wickets, 30 overs) 189 game for him. Our main bowlers had already Extras (lb-6, w-9, nb-2) 17 Did not bat: Haris Sohail, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, bowled five overs (before the rain break) and I Total (for seven wickets, 49 overs) 261 Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2- Did not bat: Sunil Narine, Jason Holder could have done a lot better, it was always us 60, 3-132, 4-144 Bowling: Holder 5-0-41-1 (1nb, 2w), Fall of wickets: 1-20, 2-50, 3-63, 4-120, 5-215, 6-239, 7- against a very good batting line-up.” Pakistan 253 Bowling: Mohammad Irfan 10-1-60-2, Roach 6-1-33-1, Narine 7-0-29-0, Sammy 3-0-10-0, have now ensured they cannot lose the five- Mohammad Hafeez 8-1-30-0, Junaid Khan 9-2-39-1 Dwayne Bravo 6-0-49-1 (1w), Samuels 3-0-26-0. match series and go into the final game on (1nb, 3w), Wahab Riaz 6-0-42-1 (1nb, 4w), Shahid Afridi Result: Pakistan won by six wickets under Duckworth- Wednesday with a 2-1 lead.—Reuters 6-0-41-1 (1w), Saeed Ajmal 10-0-43-1. Lewis method. Pakistan lead the five-match series 2-1.

NBA summer of reunions for coaches and players LAS VEGAS: When Mike Brown first got into coach- they passed on the local St. John’s star in the 1999 sports, but all three have been candid while wel- ing in the early 1990s, veteran Bernie Bickerstaff NBA draft. “He’s really excited to be joining his coming Saunders, Brown and Billups back into the would pull him aside for little chats on climbing the hometown team,” said his agent Marc Cornstein. fold. “I’ve said that to him - do it all over again, Shane Warne ladder in the NBA. One lesson stood out more than “That’s obviously been something that’s been a absolutely not,” Dumars said of trading Billups to any other. “He told me, ‘Young buck, don’t ever burn dream of his since growing up in Queensbridge.” Denver in a package for Allen Iverson in 2008. any bridges in this business or in life,’” Brown said. “It In many of those cases, the key to the reunion “Wouldn’t have ever made that move with him. Warne quits Australia’s was an easy piece of advice for me to follow lies in how both sides handled the initial exits. Whatever you do in these seats, you have to own it, because that’s how I’m built. You appreciate any Firings and trades in the NBA often can be about good and bad.”—AP Big Bash T20 League opportunity that you are given in life and try to more than simply business. Feelings are hurt. Egos make the most of it.” are bruised. Bridges aren’t just burned, they’re MELBOURNE: Former Test spinner Shane in the fledgling tournament, which bor- That approach paid off in a big way for Brown vaporized. Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor fired Warne has quit Australia’s Big Bash League rowed heavily from the lucrative Indian this summer. He made those comments while Saunders as coach in 2005, about half a season after after two seasons with the Melbourne Stars Premier League’s (IPL) flamboyant model. standing outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers summer Saunders led the team to the Western Conference in a blow for the struggling Twenty20 tour- Warne underlined his showman status league team locker room at the Thomas and Mack finals. He didn’t take the news well, feeling like a nament. in the first season by calling live on televi- Center, dressed in a polo shirt with the Cavaliers scapegoat for a team that had much deeper issues. “I think the time is right for me to hang sion exactly how he would dismiss Brendon logo on the left breast. Three years after being fired But through the years, including during coaching up my Big Bash boots - juggling business, McCullum seconds before bowling the by the Cavaliers, Brown was rehired to run the show stops in Detroit and Washington, Saunders main- family and commentary commitments New Zealand batsman with a flipper during for a second time in Cleveland. tained contact with Taylor, and the two repaired any across two continents is not easy,” Warne, the Stars’ match against Brisbane Heat. “It was weird for a while,” Brown said of wearing ill will and became confidantes again. who retired from international cricket in Wired up to a microphone for another the wine and gold colors again. “But it was a seam- Saunders had some discussions last year about 2007, said on the Stars’ website (www.mel- match the following season, Warne shout- less transition for myself and my family. It almost, to helping a group buy the Timberwolves. When it bournestars.com.au) yesterday. ed an obscenity at Marlon Samuels live on a certain degree after we got over the initial shock became apparent that Taylor wasn’t ready to sell, “I’ve always loved the game but now it’s television, hurled the ball at the West Indies of it, it almost felt like we never really left. It was Saunders was hired to replace David Kahn as the time to observe.” The 43-year-old leg spin- batsman, striking him, and manhandled almost like we went on vacation or something like team’s top basketball executive. Saunders also ner, the second highest Test wicket-taker of the Jamaican in an ugly altercation to earn that for a little bit.” He’s not the only one. Many have became a minority partner. “I never feel that when- all-time with 708 scalps behind Sri Lanka’s a fine and a one-game ban. learned this summer that you can go home again. ever I leave that I try to burn bridges. I try to look at Muttiah Muralitharan (800), would retain a It was not clear whether Warne, who Reunions are all the rage across the league these the positives,” Saunders said. “Would I envision role with the Melbourne franchise to be enjoyed a successful IPL career with the days, with some more surprising than others. Flip being back here in this position? Probably not. worked out in coming months, Stars CEO Rajasthan Royals, would entertain invita- Saunders has taken over as president of basketball “But what’s different is that when I left and went Clint Cooper said in a statement. tions to play Twenty20 cricket elsewhere. operations in Minnesota eight years after the through maybe that mourning period, Glen and I The Stars finished third in the competi- Upon returning for a second Big Bash Timberwolves fired him as head coach. Larry Bird talked and we still shared a lot of the same philoso- tion’s second season, which struggled to season last year, Warne said whenever he has returned to Indiana’s front office after a year phies. I think if you ask me over the last five years, match the crowds of its heavily marketed thought he was finished with the game, away, and Kurt Rambis has been talking to the Los did I ever think that it would never happen? No I CLEVELAND: In this May 11, 2011, file photo, launch in 2011-12 and shelved a plan to another competition would come along to Angeles Lakers about returning to the bench as an always thought there was a possibility because of Cleveland Cavaliers coach Mike Brown signals expand the league from its current eight stoke his interest. assistant coach under Mike D’Antoni. the relationship that we had.” his team in the third quarter of Game 5 against teams. “I have to never say never, because in Chauncey Billups signed with the Detroit Even more startling has been the candor the Boston Celtics in a second-round NBA bas- Warne, whose bowling feats in the Big 2007 I said I’d never play cricket again,” he Pistons, the team that he led to a title in 2004 and expressed by Taylor, Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert ketball playoff series in Cleveland. Brown is Bash League were put in the shade by his said last October. “I think I’ve retired nine then traded him four years later. And Metta World and Pistons GM Joe Dumars. Admitting mistakes back as Cleveland’s head coach after being marketing value, enjoyed a colourful stint times.”—Reuters Peace is joining the New York Knicks 14 years after isn’t common for men in power in professional fired by the Cavaliers three years ago. —AP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 SPORTS19 Tour de France winner finished? Far Froome it

PARIS: One down for Tour de France winner Chris Froome, how many more to go? Having crushed the opposition at the 100th Tour, the Briton is looking ahead. The French may need to get used to hearing “God Save The Queen” ring out again and again on the Champs- Elysees. Froome’s prowess in time trials and on mountain climbs - vital for any modern winner of cycling’s premier race - plus his age, 28, and his hunger for more success give him the makings of a multiple champion. Rivals, be warned. “As long as I’m hungry for it, as long as I’ve got the motivation and the physical ability, I’ll go for it,” he said in an interview with a small group of journalists. “To come and target the Tour, that’s got to be the biggest goal and to be able to do that year after year through your prime period, if you like, I think that’s got to be what my main focus is on.” “I can time trial reasonably, I can climb pretty well,” Froome said in typically under- BOURNEMOUTH: Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo (left) scores his second goal stated fashion. “I can’t see what else they are going to really put in the Tour that I would past Bournemouth’s goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan during the pre-season friendly FRANCE: Tour de France 2013 winner Britain’s Christopher Froome (center), second- struggle with. So I would like to think that I football match. —AFP placed and best climber’s polka dot jersey Colombia’s Nairo Quintana (left) and third- can come back every year.” placed Spain’s Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver pose on the podium in Paris on the Champs- Froome is a less flamboyant character than Real hit Bournemouth for six Elysee avenue, at the end of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race. —AFP some of the other riders who have seared the BOURNEMOUTH: Nine-times European name on the scoresheet in the 47th, while 110-year-old race with their larger-than-life Tour podiums before and since then. an “amazing” Tour-worlds double. champions Real Madrid fielded their big winger Angel Di Maria netted the fifth on personalities and stories. Riders like five-time “Let’s hope all those results stand. But I “Being world champ, that’s probably the guns on Sunday for a friendly against 68 minutes and Brazilian midfielder champion Bernard Hinault, France’s irascible know mine will,” Froome said in the interview second biggest thing in cycling - isn’t it? - Bournemouth that was all about a once-in- Casemiro scored from close range eight “Badger” who liked to impose his will on the done on the eve of the last stage to Paris. “It’s after the yellow jersey,” he said. Froome was a-lifetime occasion for the English second minutes from time to finish the rout. race, or Lance Armstrong, the cancer survivor definitely going to paint a good picture for born in Kenya. His mother, Jane, died in 2008 tier club rather than the Spanish giants’ 6-0 The hammering did not matter to with a childhood chip on his shoulder who the sport and I think that’s what we need.” shortly before he raced in his first Tour. “She victory. Bournemouth fans, who having shelled out soiled the Tour with his serial doping, lies and The closest Froome came to a flash of always encouraged me to do what makes me Fans had queued overnight for tickets 60 pounds ($91.56) a ticket — well over bullying - which all caught up with him when anger in the race was when he slapped back a happy, to follow my dreams,” he said. to see the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo take to double the price of a seat for a league the pitch at their modest club’s 12,000- game — were keen to savor the spectacle. he was stripped of his seven wins last year. spectator who got too close running along- When he quit his studies to move to capacity Goldsands Stadium and they were They applauded the skills of their big- In the post-Armstrong era of suspicion, side him in the last big climb. Europe to race bikes, “she was behind me 100 not disappointed as new Real manager name visitors in a match, arranged with many fans and journalists now con- He proved cool under pressure - not pan- percent in saying, ‘Go for it. Do what makes Carlo Ancelotti named a strong lineup. through mutual contacts, that was part of vinced that they shouldn’t believe what they icking when he found himself alone with his you happy. There’s nothing worse than being Ronaldo, the world’s most expensive the south coast club’s celebration for win- see, Froome faced intense scrutiny and dealt rivals in the Pyrenees. Froome takes time to in a job that you’re miserable in. You’ll be for- player after his 80 million pound ($122.08 ning promotion to the Championship last adroitly with it. think before he speaks, often preceding ever asking yourself, what if?’” million) move to Real from Manchester season. While the memories of the day Unlike some other riders who cut short answers with “umm.” His teammates describe In Froome, the Tour also got a winner who United in 2009, opened the scoring on 21 Real Madrid came to town will be treas- questions about doping and bristled, Froome him as invariably polite. He regularly thanked isn’t a cycling geek. By his own admittance, minutes with a free kick, adding another ured for many years, it will be back to real- said he was happy to discuss the issue that them publicly for shepherding him up moun- his knowledge and interest in cycling history goal on 40 before Sami Khedira made it ity for Bournemouth on Aug. 3 when they has so poisoned his sport. He insisted he rides tains, across plains and protecting him from is patchy. On Mont Ventoux, he wasn’t aware three on 43. kick off their league campaign at home to clean and said he, too, feels let down by the crashes. until told that he was the first rider since leg- Substitute Gonzalo Higuain got his Charlton Athletic.—Reuters succession of cheats. He also argued that his In the Alps, Froome left his spot tucked endary five-time Tour champion Eddy Merckx success demonstrates that cycling’s anti-dop- safely in the pack to pedal alongside team- in 1970 to win a stage on that mammoth ing system - now among the most rigorous, mate Geraint Thomas. Putting his arm across climb in Provence while also wearing the race invasive and sustained of any sport - must be the shoulder of the Welshman, who rode leader’s yellow jersey. Froome only started working, because otherwise he wouldn’t be most of the Tour with a small fracture in his watching the Tour in the Armstrong era. able to win. “This is one yellow jersey that will pelvis from a crash, Froome said: “Good job “I definitely have taken more of an interest stand the test of time,” he vowed on the podi- and take it easy, you know? You’ve done to the past and those bigger sort of icons,” he um Sunday. enough,” Thomas later recounted. said. “But I still am very weak, I’ll admit it, on None of the 100th Tour’s podium finishers Froome is too ambitious to rest on his lau- knowing exactly what (five-time champion - Froome, Colombian Nairo Quintana and rels. Rather than succumb to the temptation Miguel) Indurain did, what Merckx did or who Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez - have failed a to “just fly home and switch off for a few their biggest rivals were. I just completely drug test or been directly implicated in any of months,” he now plans to focus on the world missed that era. I literally just turned it on for cycling’s litany of doping scandals. That is a championships in September. He believes the the first time when it was Lance and (Ivan) notable departure from the era of Armstrong, course in Tuscany, Italy, is suited to riders who Basso.” “I’m more focused on the future,” he whose name has literally been crossed out of can climb and he doesn’t want to miss the concluded. “I’m not really someone that the Tour’s history book, and from many other “great opportunity” to achieve what would be dwells too much on the past.”—AP Barca’s hunt for coach continues

BARCELONA: Gerardo Martino to Barca’s possession-based ethic. title in six years in less than a been a very tough year with three and Luis Enrique are both suit- “We know about his career, he is month. operations and what I don’t want able candidates to succeed Tito a very good coach,” the shaggy- One reason Martino is seen as to do now is rush things. Vilanova as Barcelona coach as haired centre back said of a likely candidate is that he is “It’s about getting properly fit their philosophies chime well Martino. “He likes Barcelona’s from the city of Rosario where and when I return I want to be at with the La Liga champions’ play- playing style,” he said, adding Barca’s World Player of the Year 100 percent.” Barca have said ing style, captain Carles Puyol that he remembered Spain’s Lionel Messi was born. Messi they want to sign another centre said yesterday. quarter-final against Martino’s started out in the youth ranks at back before the transfer window Martino, 50, who recently led Paraguay at the 2010 World Cup, Newell’s where Martino was also closes at the end of the next Newell’s Old Boys to the “Final” which they edged 1-0, as “a very a player. month and that Paris St title in his native Argentina, and difficult, very hard game”. Enrique’s chances, meanwhile, Germain’s Brazil captain Thiago the 43-year-old Enrique, a former On Enrique, who may be a may also be hampered by the Silva is their first choice. “Thiago Spain and Barca player who more controversial choice given fact that he only recently agreed Silva is one of the best in the joined Celta Vigo last month, that he also had a stint playing to join Celta as well as memories world and I think he would adapt have emerged in local media as for Barca’s arch rivals Real Madrid, of an unsuccessful stint at Serie A well here,” Puyol said. the front runners for the coveted Puyol said: “Everyone knows that side AS Roma during the 2011-12 Barca cancelled a pre-season post. I have a very good relationship campaign. Puyol was also asked friendly against Polish side Lechia BALTIMORE: Marvin Chavez No. 17 of Honduras battles for the ball against Juan Vilanova, 44, was forced to with Luis. “I think he has what it about his recovery from injury Gdansk at the weekend because Diego Madrigal No. 6 of Costa Rica during the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup quar- step down last week as his treat- takes but that’s the same for the after he was forced to miss most of Friday’s announcement that terfinal game. —AFP ment for throat cancer means he other candidates who have been of last season due to various ail- Vilanova was leaving. will be unable to perform his mentioned. “I don’t know who ments. They are due to play German duties. will come ... we are ready to help “I am getting better,” the 35- and European champions US hammer El Salvador Puyol told a post-training whoever comes in any way we year-old said. “I would like to get Bayern Munich, who are man- news conference he was sure can.” back to training with my team aged by former Barca player and BALTIMORE: Experienced forward Landon gave the Americans a 2-0 lead just eight sporting director Andoni Barca need to move swiftly to mates again but I cannot just yet. coach Pep Guardiola, in a friend- Donovan inspired another dominant minutes later in front of an approving Zubizarreta and the club’s board appoint a successor as they “I am not setting a date to ly in the Bavarian capital tomor- United States performance on Sunday as home crowd. would hire a coach able to adapt launch their bid for a fifth La Liga return. I just want to get fit. It has row.—Reuters the hosts routed El Salvador 5-1 to race El Salvador’s Rodolfo Zelaya converted a into the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold penalty to trim the lead before halftime but Cup. The victory set up a meeting with the US broke the match open after the Honduras, who edged Costa Rica 1-0 to break. Eddie Johnson and Mikkel Diskerud Pachuca defeat Toluca reach the last four. Mexico meet Panama in added goals aided by Donovan, who net- the other semi-final in Arlington, Texas ted his own score late. MEXICO CITY: Otheniel Arce’s second- Angel Reyna scored from a free kick tomorrow. There were fewer fireworks when half goal gave Pachuca a 1-0 victory from the edge of the area to rescue a The Americans were rarely challenged in Honduras beat Costa Rica later in the over Toluca on Sunday in the opening point for Veracruz in second-half injury the tournament’s opening stages and they evening at the same at M&T Bank Stadium round of the Apertura championship, time. carried their momentum to a ninth consec- in Baltimore. the first of two tournaments in Mexico’s Aviles Hurtado opened the scoring utive win. Andy Najar headed home from split season setup. Pumas drew 1-1 with for Chiapas with a curling shot and put The 31-year-old Donovan, who took a Alexander Lopez’s cross in the 49th minute Puebla, while current champion his team in the lead in the 85th, after four-month sabbatical around the start of to break the deadlock in what was other- the year, rallied the team with a second- wise a dour defensive battle. Costa Rica America’s game against Tigres was Luis Tejada had equalized for Veracruz half goal and three assists. controlled much of the possession but postponed, as was bitter rival Chivas’ from the penalty spot in the 54th. He set up Clarence Goodson’s opening could not get the ball past Honduras goal- match versus Santos Laguna. Both Rogelio Chavez converted a penalty score in the 21st minute before Joe Corona keeper Donis Escober.—Reuters games had been rearranged due to the for Cruz Azul in the 53rd to secure the clubs having four or more players par- victory against Monterrey. Cruz Azul ticipating in CONCACAF’s Gold Cup. had to hang on in the later stages after In other results, Leon defeated Mexico international Gerardo Torrado Sweden thump Iceland Atlante 1-0, Veracruz drew 2-2 with was sent off in the 85th. Dario STOCKHOLM: Hosts Sweden crushed Iceland Gunnarsdottir to deftly turn Kosovare Chiapas, Cruz Azul won 1-0 against Benedetto scored all three of Tijuana’s 4-0 and holders Germany beat Italy 1-0 on Asllani’s pass into the net from close range. Monterrey, Tijuana drew 3-3 with Atlas goals on Friday, netting twice in the first Sunday to set up a semi-final encounter at With Sweden cruising, Asllani set up and Morelia overcame Queretaro 3-1. 18 minutes on his debut. the women’s European championship. Three Schelin again in the second half, the Lyon Arce latched on to a loose ball near Matias Vuoso pulled one back for goals in the opening 20 minutes put Sweden striker netting her fifth goal of the tourna- the edge of the penalty area and stuck a Atlas in the 30th from the penalty spot, on course for an easy victory in blazing sun- ment as she toe-poked the ball home just low shot into the corner in the 79th. but Benedetto restored the two-goal shine in Halmstad. before the hour mark. In Vaxsjo, Simone Wilson Tiago went closest for advantage in the 64th. Marie Hammarstrom put the Swedes Laudehr scored the only goal of the game for Toluca,when he headed a left wing Vuoso scored with an overhead kick ahead after just three minutes, surging for- Germany in the 26th minute as a clearance cross onto the post in the 63rd. Pumas from the edge of the penalty area in the ward before firing a powerful left-footed shot from a corner dropped to her and her first- took the lead through Martin Bravo’s 69th and then set up Edson Rivera for across Iceland goalkeeper Gudbjorg time shot deflected off Italy’s Elisa Bartoli and easy finish in the 29th, but Matias the equalizer six minutes from time. Gunnarsdottir and into the net. into the net. The Germans will face Sweden in Alustiza drew Puebla level two minutes Edgar Andrade got Morelia’s first in Gunnarsdottir was then at fault for the first semi-final in Gothenburg tomorrow. from the final whistle. the 28th, with Jefferson Montero Sweden’s second 11 minutes later, rushing Norway play Spain and France take on out of her goal but beaten to the ball by Denmark in the remaining quarter-finals on On Saturday, Mauricio Castaneda adding the second one minute after Josefine Oqvist, who poked it past her to Monday, with the winners meeting in the sec- came off the bench and scored the win- halftime and Hector Mancilla finishing double the lead. Lotta Schelin netted ond semi-final in Norrkoping on Thursday. MEXICO: Toluca’s Pablo Velazquez (top) fights for ner for Leon in the 81st. Atlante had off the scoring in the 73rd. Mario Osuna Sweden’s third five minutes later when she The final will be held at the Friends Arena in the ball with Pachuca’s goalkeeper Oscar Perez dur- Francisco Fonseca sent off for a late netted for Quertaro two minute before showed quick feet to nip in ahead of Stockholm on July 28.—Reuters ing a Mexican soccer league match. —AP challenge in the 11th. the end.—AP Recari outduels Pakistan cruise Creamer to win to victory in Marathon17 Classic 18fourth ODI TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 Tour de France winner finished? Far Froome it Page 19

BARCELONA: China’s Li Shixin competes in the men’s 1-metre springboard final diving event in the FINA World Championships. (Inset) Greek’s Spyridon Gianniotis.—AFP China’s Li takes springboard gold Gianniotis defends 10-kilometer open water title BARCELONA: Chinese diver Li Shixin retained people suggested that I should retire. My Minxia and Shi Tingmao were victorious in the ever happens happens,’” Gianniotis said. “I’m back and took the lead with 2.5K to go but fin- his world championship crown in the men’s coach and my team leader always supported women’s synchronised 3m springboard on quite good on sprinting but not like Oussama. ished fifth, 8.1 behind. one metre springboard final yesterday. Li, 25, me to continue. They were right! Today, their Saturday. ... I knew that if it goes to the end, even if he’s Gianniotis finished fourth at the London recovered from a disappointing first dive to help paid off”. Meanwhile, Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece more tired than me he’s got more speed than Games but wasn’t quite sure if the world title record a score of 460.95 points and hold off Li been heavily favored to retain his title defended his title in the grueling 10-kilometer me, so I tried to stay in front.” Having skipped was redemption. “It’s not the same,” he said. “I Ukranian Illya Kvasha on 434.30 and Mexican after also registering the highest score in qual- open water event at the swimming world the 5K, in which Lurz took bronze, Gianniotis don’t know if I want to be happy or upset that Kevin Chavez on 431.55, who took silver and ifying on Saturday. However, it was his compa- championships yesterday, surging ahead on appeared fresher than his rivals. I was not on a podium position in the bronze respectively. triot Sun Zhiyi who made the early running as the final lap to avoid a sprint with Olympic “I pushed a bit in the last 300 meters to Olympics. But I came here with only 3 1/2 Two stunning final dives saw Li come from he led after the first two rounds. champion Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia. make a bit of a (gap) in case he came really months training and I won. After the Olympics fifth place after four of the six rounds to the Li moved into the top three for the first Gianniotis clocked 1 hour, 49 minutes, 11.8 hard,” Gianniotis added. “The last 50 meters I was feeling very bad psychologically but this top of the podium and afterwards he praised time after his third dive, but his chances of vic- seconds in the waters of Barcelona’s harbor. I’ve never felt so bad in my life. I was nearly is sport and I said to myself I wanted to come the calming influence of his coach for his tory looked to be slipping away when a poor Five-time world champion Thomas Lurz of fainting. ... My hands were (shaking).” While the back.” With Greece still mired in economic cri- recovery from a nervy start. “When I was fourth attempt saw him slip back to fifth. Germany finished second, 2.7 seconds behind, race began at noon under a searing sun with sis, Gianniotis dedicated the victory to his younger, my coach showed me a video of this The penultimate round though was to and Mellouli was third, 7.4 back. an air temperature of near 30 degrees Celsius countrymen. pool during the 1992 Olympic Games,” he told prove crucial as leader Matthieu Rosset’s disas- Mellouli won Saturday’s 5K race with an (86 Fahrenheit), water conditions were ideal at “I wanted to do this at the Olympics and the FINA website. trous attempt saw the Frenchman slip out of impressive sprint finish and he was at or near 25 C (77 F). Swimmers completed four laps that’s why I was upset,” he said. “This is for my “It was my dream to compete here and of contention for a medal and Li followed up the lead for much of this race but Gianniotis over the 2.5-kilometer L-shaped course in country, my coach and then people who love course to dive well. I was a bit nervous until with the best dive of the competition so far took the initiative on the final lap to gain a Barcelona’s harbor, as fans watched from the and support me. My federation has cried a lot the fourth dive, but then my coach told me to with an inward two-and-a-half somersault clear lead of two bodylengths ahead of shore. Olympic bronze medalist Richard for me and I thank them a lot.” relax and I made my last two rounds with pike that registered an 86.70 from the judges. Mellouli and Lurz. Weinberger of Canada failed to swim around Earlier, Zu Lijun of China was disqualified more confidence”. And he went one better in the final round “I wasn’t feeling so good but I picked it up the buoy at the race’s midpoint and had to go for failing to swim around the marking buoy at “After my title two years ago in Shanghai, with a 87.45 to seal his triumph and China’s and got in the first places the last lap and I back to do it correctly, dropping him nearly a the end of the first lap. The women’s 10K is I’ve lost some other competitions and many second gold of the championships after Wu said to myself, ‘That’s it, go in front and what- minute behind the leaders. Still, he battled scheduled for today.—AP Arsenal triumph in Japan TOYOTA: French striker Olivier Giroud ster buried the spot-kick on 26 minutes for plundered his sixth goal in three Asian his first Arsenal goal and a 2-0 lead. tour games as Arsenal marked manager Walcott was denied by the ‘keeper’s legs Arsene Wenger’s return to his former club as Arsenal pressed for a third, while Nagoya Grampus with a 3-1 win yesterday. Yoshizumi Ogawa nearly reduced the Giroud sent the visitors on their way arrears but scuffed his shot harmlessly. after just three minutes at a packed Toyota Arsenal resumed their assault after the Stadium before Japanese midfielder Ryo break but Nagoya came close when their Miyaichi got his debut Arsenal goal from Australia striker Josh Kennedy volleyed the penalty spot. over an empty goal under pressure from England’s Theo Walcott added a third two defenders. after half-time before Kisho Yano gave Walcott repeatedly threatened for Nagoya reason to cheer with a consola- Arsenal and he stole in for their third goal- tion strike 18 minutes from the end. after a sumptuous pass from 16-year-old “Of course it was a special event with Gedion Zelalem-with a lifted shot over almost a full crowd,” Wenger said after- Nagoya ‘keeper Narazaki. wards. “I think especially in the first half The night was Arsenal’s but Nagoya SAN FRANCISCO: Emirates Team New Zealand (left) and Luna Rossa Challenge (right) of we played with great fluency, created were rewarded for their efforts when Italy sail past Crissy Field during their America’s Cup challenger series sailing race. —AP many chances and the game was very Kisho Yano planted a firm header past interesting. Lukasz Fabianski after a high cross from Kiwis lose jib, still WIN “In the second half, we were capable of the right. “We didn’t give up, we tried until maintaining the pace but we lost a bit of the end to score a second goal,” said SAN FRANCISCO: Team New Zealand over- and it started flapping. It took the crew cohesion. Above all it was a very interest- Nagoya coach Dragan Stojkovic, who came the loss of its jib early in the race before almost three minutes to detach the sail from ing game.” played under Wenger at the Japanese routing Italy’s Luna Rossa on Sunday in just the headstay and pitch it overboard. Their Arsenal had scored 14 goals in their club. “It was a memorable day, a memo- their second head-to-head matchup in the chase boat moved in to retrieve the sail, forc- games against the Indonesian Dream rable game. Of course, they can go home America’s Cup challenger series. The Kiwis ing the Italians to tack away. Team and Vietnam and there was no let- very satisfied.” beat Luna Rossa by 2 minutes, 19 seconds Skipper Dean Barker and his crew contin- up in front of a record 42,919 fans-many of Arsenal, hoping to end an eight-year and lead 6-3 in the Louis Vuitton Cup round- ued on, their 72-foot, high -performance cata- them red-shirted-in Toyota. trophy drought this season, now travel to robins. The team with the most points after maran powered only by the 131-foot wing With the action barely underway, Saitama where they will play Japan’s five round-robins advances to the Louis sail. “It’s one of those frustrating, annoying Vuitton Cup finals, which will determine the things,” Barker said. “We’ve never ever had an Tomas Rosicky supplied the cross as Urawa Reds on Friday. opponent for defending champion Oracle issue with the attachment of the jib before, Giroud climbed for a header which he Wenger had an 18-month stint as Team USA in the 34th America’s Cup match but as is normal, when you start racing things buried past Nagoya goalkeeper Seigo Nagoya manager before joining Arsenal in starting Sept. 7. like this happen. The encouraging thing is the JAPAN: Arsenal FC defender Carl Jenkinson (right) drib- Narazaki. Wenger deployed Miyaichi from 1996 and embarking on a run which has With the New Zealand team leading on guys did a really, really good job to address bles the ball past Nagoya Grampus midfielder the start and when Marcus Tulio Tanaka yielded three Premier League titles and the third of seven legs, a clip failed at the the situation and deal with it, and we got Yoshizumi Ogawa during their friendly match. —AFP handled in the box, the promising young- four FA Cup wins.—AFP head of the jib that holds it to the headstay back into the race pretty quickly.”—AP Both Koreas fail to agree on reopening Kaesong complex Page 22 Fed could begin to scale back asset purchases Business Page 23 TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

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SHANGHAI: A visitor stands near “Charging Bull” statue yesterday. Asian stocks mostly gained yesterday after Japan’s ruling party won a majority in parliament’s upper house and a mandate to push ahead economic reforms. — AP Euro-zone debt burden hits all-time high Germany, Estonia only countries cutting debt in Q1

LONDON: Europe’s debt dynamics keep getting worse in to a near six-year recession and unemployment of around 27 160.5 percent. That’s up from the previous quarter’s 156.9 lic debt in the first quarter of this year. The bloc is in the spite of years of cost-cutting and tax hikes designed to return percent. One side-effect of the austerity measures has been percent and from the previous year’s equivalent 136.5 per- longest recession since the creation of the single currency in public finances to health. Official figures showed yesterday to keep a lid on economic growth - government spending is cent. The second highest debt-to-GDP ratio in the euro-zone 1999, with five members receiving international aid, a record that the debt burden of the 17 European Union countries a key component of the economy while tax rises can choke is Italy’s 130.3 percent. Though Italy has not needed a finan- high jobless rate and fragile prospects for an export-driven that use the euro hit all-time highs at the end of the first consumption and investment. Many euro countries are actu- cial rescue like Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Cyprus, its recovery later this year. Germany, which holds a general elec- quarter even after austerity measures were introduced to ally in recession - shrinking economies can make the debt-to government has pursued a raft of measures to make sure its tion in September, cut its public debt to 81.2 percent of the rebalance the governments’ books. Eurostat, the EU’s statis- GDP ratio look less favorable. Coupled with the fact that investors are happy to keep on lending money so it can serv- gross domestic product (GDP) in the three months to March tics office, said government debt as a proportion of the total countries continue to add to their debt mountains by ongo- ice its 2 trillion euros debt on its own. from 81.9 percent in the final quarter of 2012, data from the annual gross domestic product of the euro-zone rose to a ing, albeit smaller, budget deficits, the overall debt burden of Across the euro-zone, total debt stood at 8.75 trillion European Union’s statistics office Eurostat showed yesterday. record 92.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013, from 90.6 per- the euro-zone has continued to rise. ($11.4 trillion) at the end of the first quarter, up from 8.6 tril- Estonia, which adopted the euro in 2011 as the 17th cent the previous quarter and 88.2 percent in the same peri- The hope of those who have advocated austerity as the lion the previous quarter and 8.34 trillion the year before. It’s country of the European Union, brought its debt down to od a year ago. main response to Europe’s debt crisis is that economic not just the euro countries that are suffering a debt over- 10.0 percent from 10.1 percent of GDP-the lowest debt ratio Battered by a global recession, a banking crisis and in growth will start to emerge as soon as countries get their hang. Across what was then the 27 country EU, which in Europe. To help economic growth, European governments some cases lax financial management, a number of euro borrowing levels down to manageable levels. Figures for the includes non-euro countries such as Britain and Poland, the have decided to slow down the pace of fiscal tightening, trig- countries have been forced to take remedial action to deal second quarter are expected next month, and there are debt burden rose to 85.9 percent at the end of the first quar- gered in 2010 by quickly rising borrowing costs as investors with their debts, some in return for multibillion bailout loans. hopes that the euro-zone recession, which has lasted since ter from 85.2 percent the previous quarter and 83.3 percent worried that huge debts diminished their prospects of get- Some progress has been made - many countries’ annual the end of 2011, may come to an end, primarily through the year before. Total debt stood at 11.11 trillion euros, up ting their money back. There are currently five euro zone budget deficits are falling. Greece, for example, is expected strength in Germany. from 11.01 trillion the previous quarter and 10.67 trillion the members with debt to GDP ratios higher than 100 percent of to start posting economic growth next year while recording Greece, which in 2009 became the first euro country to year before. the GDP, led by troubled Greece with 160.5 percent and fol- a primary surplus - the annual budget excluding debt-related suffer a loss of investor confidence over the state of its public Europe’s biggest economy Germany and tiny Estonia lowed by the bloc’s fourth biggest economy Italy with a debt payments - after years of savage austerity that’s contributed finances, has the highest debt burden in the euro-zone of were the only euro zone countries which reduced their pub- of 130.3 percent. — AP Lender ENBD mirrors Dubai Saudi Telecom moves recovery with bumper profit to sell Indonesia unit DUBAI: Dubai’s biggest bank Emirates economy has recovered since it was spreads and increased fee income. ENBD DUBAI: Saudi Telecom Co (STC) has begun steps zation of STC’s international portfolio,” said STC NBD beat expectations with a 50 percent pummelled by a sovereign-linked debt sold part of its stake in Union Properties to sell its Indonesian business, banking sources Group Chairman Abdulaziz Al-Sugair. surge in net profit in the second-quarter, crisis and the bursting of a local real during the first half of the year but didn’t said yesterday, as the state-owned firm posted a “Management is evaluating options for some of adding to signs the emirate’s economy is estate bubble in 2009. Local banks suf- provide details of the transaction, except 41-percent drop in second-quarter profit. Saudi these investments in order to take appropriate recovering robustly and driving its fered from slower growth and higher to say the shares it still holds are now shares higher. ENBD, 55.6-percent provisioning as a result and ENBD, by far valued lower than before. Telecom has invested heavily in its Indonesian actions in the best interest of the shareholders.” owned by state fund Investment Corp of the emirate’s biggest bank, received 12.6 It remains the developer’s largest unit but competitive pressure has dragged on Profit for the second quarter dropped to 1.4 Dubai, made a net profit of 972 million billion dirhams as part of a 70 billion shareholder with 31.4 percent of the firm, earnings. Indonesia has 10 operators vying for billion riyals ($373.29 million) from 2.4 billion in dirhams ($264.6 million) in the three dirham UAE government support pack- according to Dubai bourse data. Shares in mobile phone subscribers, making it one of the the same period last year. Annual profits at STC months to June 30, compared with 647 age for the banking sector. Union Properties were trading 0.4 per- most competitive markets in Asia after India. have fallen 43 percent from their 2006 peak. The million dirhams in 2012, a statement It said yesterday it had now repaid 7.8 cent down. In May, it raised $1 billion Saudi Arabia’s biggest telecoms operator company, with operations spanning much of the from the bank said. Analysts polled by billion dirhams of that money, up from 3 from a capital-boosting bond. This took a non-cash charge of 1.1 billion riyals Muslim world, has spent billions of dollars to Reuters had forecast a net profit of 783.8 billion in April. One important improve- helped increase its Tier 1 capital ratio - a ($293.30 million) in the quarter to write down buy foreign assets, but competitive pressures million dirhams and shares jumped 7.9 ment in the bank’s performance in the key measure of financial strength - to 14.5 the value of its investments in Indonesia’s Axis closer to home may force it to focus more on the percent in response, taking gains so far past year was a levelling off of previously percent at the end of June, from 13.5 per- Telekom and Indian mobile phone operator domestic business. this year in a wider market rally in Dubai soaring provisions for bad loans. Those cent at the end of March, well above tar- Aircel. STC has moved its 84-percent majority The Saudi market still accounts for about two to 82.5 percent. rose by 43 million dirhams to 997 million gets brought in by the Basel banking stake in Axis to a “held for sale” category, it said thirds of STC’s sales and opened up to other “Overall we believe that the bank dirhams in the second quarter com- reform. The IMF gave an upbeat assess- in a statement late on Sunday. players including Etisalat affiliate Mobily in 2005. posted an amazing set of results and is pared to the same period of 2012. ment of improvements in the United very likely to prompt us to revise our full That slight rise, however, was offset Arab Emirates’ finances last month, A sale process for Axis was ongoing, two Unrealised foreign exchange losses for the quar- year estimates on the bank significantly by the 17 percent year-on-year rise in although it warned that there were still banking sources said yesterday, adding that the ter were 505 million riyals due to sharp deprecia- upwards,” Naveed Ahmed of Global both net interest and non-interest risks of another boom and bust cycle in business may generate interest among existing tions of the Turkish Lira, Indian rupee and Investment House said in a note. income in the second quarter, aided Dubai, where growth topped 5 percent at operators in the country. The sources spoke on Indonesian Rupiah, STC said. Its shares closed Investor sentiment towards the emirate’s respectively by higher loan and deposit the end of last year. — Reuters condition of anonymity as the matter was not 0.3 percent lower yesterday. They have fallen 7.2 publicly disclosed. “We are looking into rationali- percent in the year to date. — Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 BUSINESS Both Koreas fail to agree on reopening Kaesong complex Talks dominated by mutual recrimination

SEOUL: North and South Korea yesterday failed inside North Korea and which, prior to its shut- with advisers yesterday. to agree on a framework for resuming opera- down, hosted 123 South Korean companies. The “I hope that the latest talks will produce tions at a joint industrial complex, as they wran- South is insisting North Korea provides guaran- meaningful and sustainable agreement,” she gled over who was to blame for its shutdown. A tees to prevent any repetition of what Seoul added. Born out of the “Sunshine Policy” of inter- fifth round of talks about the Kaesong zone insists was the unilateral closure of Kaesong by Korean conciliation initiated in the late 1990s by again ended without agreement, but the two Pyongyang. South Korean president Kim Dae-Jung, Kaesong sides will meet on Thursday, the South’s unifica- The North says it was not responsible, argu- was a crucial hard currency source for the tion ministry said. Production at the Kaesong ing that its hand was forced by hostile South impoverished North through taxes, revenues, estate has been suspended since North Korea Korean actions and intimidation-in particular a and its cut of worker wages. The joint complex, withdrew its 53,000 workers from the complex in series of joint military exercises with the United which had survived previous inter-Korean crises, April at the height of soaring military tensions States. After the fourth round of talks last was the most high-profile casualty of two with the South. Wednesday, Kim said there was “a big difference” months of elevated tensions that followed a Working-level officials from both sides have between the parties on working out a legal nuclear test by the North in February which already met four times this month to discuss the framework to prevent a future closure. sparked international condemnation. future of the complex, established in 2004 as a The South has proposed allowing foreign The North initially barred South Korean rare symbol of inter-Korean cooperation. The firms to operate there in the apparent belief that access to the zone, and then pulled out its work- talks have been dominated by mutual recrimina- it would make it more difficult for the North to ers. Seoul withdrew the last of its nationals in tion over the cause of the shutdown, and the shut down the complex at will. North Korea early May. South Korean managers say they have unwillingness of either side to be seen to make wants an unconditional and early restart of oper- suffered production losses of around $1 billion, any concession to get Kaesong running again. At ations, and both sides have accused the other of and have criticised North and South Korea for yesterday’s discussions the main sticking point lacking sincerity in the negotiating process. playing political football with their businesses. between the two sides was working out a frame- South Korean President Park Geun-Hye urged Some have threatened to pull out of the com- work to prevent a future closure, Kim Ki-Woong, the North to learn from other communist plex permanently unless operations resume the South’s chief delegate, told reporters. nations that have benefited by reforming their soon. The discussions on Kaesong followed a “Our position is clear that there should be a economies and adopting global codes of prac- failed attempt to initiate high-level talks in June firm pledge from North Korea to prevent a clo- tise. “Many countries including China and as military tensions subsided. The dialogue was BERLIN: Picture shows a stand attendant waiting for visitors at the booth of sure,” he said, according to pool reports. Vietnam have proven that offering international- cancelled at the last minute because of a row German high end TV manufacturer Loewe at the 50th edition of the “IFA” Yesterday’s fifth round was again held in ly-accepted environments for investors will over protocol, with neither side able to agree on electronics trade fair in Berlin, Germany. Loewe, the German manufacturer Kaesong, which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) bring in bigger benefits,” Park said in a meeting the levels of their chief delegates. —AFP of television, is looking for partnerships in Asia. —AFP Iran tapping frozen bank accounts to make payments GSK says executives appear LONDON/HAMBURG: Iran is approaching Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani, Kazakhstan and other Caspian Sea suppliers who takes office next month, will need to get to have broken Chinese law for fresh wheat deals after buying over 1 mil- the economy back on track after sanctions lion tonnes in recent weeks from global mar- have slashed oil revenues and added to tur- LONDON: British drugmaker employees who broke the law. in China, as well as drugs for lung auditing,” said Shaun Rein, managing kets as Tehran seeks to bolster strategic stocks moil for its rial currency. While food is not tar- GlaxoSmithKline said yesterday “Certain senior executives of GSK disease and cancer. director of the Shanghai-based after recent elections. Iran, once a wheat geted, Western measures have led to an exo- some of its executives in China China, who know our systems well, Chinese police, who have China Market Research Group. appeared to have broken the law in appear to have acted outside of our detained four Chinese executives Separately, GSK had a setback in exporter, is forecast to need at least 5 million dus of shipping companies, hurting the coun- a bribery scandal, as it promised processes and controls, which from GSK, last week accused the firm another important emerging market tonnes of imports in the season starting in try’s vital seaborne trade. Dealers said the changes in its business model that breaches Chinese law,” he said in a of bribing officials and doctors to yesterday when it abandoned a summer, amid market talk its harvest this year wheat buying had partly been made possible would lower the cost of medicine in statement. boost sales and raise drug prices by scheme to increase its stake in GSK was not as good as hoped. by the use of oil revenues in Iran’s bank the country. GSK is the latest in a Hussain, sent to China last week funnelling up to 3 billion yuan ($489 Consumer Nigeria, its consumer “There is a new government in place and accounts in several countries which had been string of multinationals to be target- to lead GSK’s response to the crisis, million) to travel agencies. GSK has healthcare business in the country, ed by Chinese authorities over held a meeting with the Ministry of called the allegations “shameful”. Last following opposition from minority they have given the green light to buy wheat. frozen by sanctions. These funds, however, alleged corruption, price-fixing and Public Security at which he also week, Chinese officials also visited shareholders. It is also (the Muslim fasting month of) can be used for humanitarian and food pur- quality controls. Chinese police visit- promised to review GSK’s business the Shanghai office of Belgian drug- Ramadan, so they need to keeping boosting chases. ed the Shanghai office of another model. “Savings made as a result of maker UCB. The latest visit to Culture of payments stocks,” a Middle East based trade source said. Trade sources say in recent weeks Iran has British drugmaker, AstraZeneca, a proposed changes to our opera- AstraZeneca shows authorities are China has long been known for a “They will find whatever ways and means are bought at least 1.25 million tonnes of wheat company spokeswoman said yester- tional model will be passed on in the spreading the net, although culture in which drug companies day. They arrived on Friday and took form of price reductions, ensuring AstraZeneca described the case as a make payments to doctors, since required to secure purchases.” Trade sources in a series of purchases including from away a sales representative for ques- our medicines are more affordable local police matter. “We believe that physicians rely on rewards for writ- say the Islamic Republic is picking up cargoes Russian and Black Sea origins. tioning, she said. to Chinese patients,” Hussain added. this investigation relates to an indi- ing prescriptions to offset meagre from suppliers in Kazakhstan and Russia and A Black Sea-based shipping industry Health Minister Li Bin maintained Britain’s biggest drugmaker gave vidual case and while we have not salaries. Those practices, however, shipping them over the Caspian Sea, a key source said Iran was also buying wheat origi- the pressure on the drugs industry no details on the changes or the yet received an update from the are increasingly at odds with a crack- gateway. nating in Russia and transported in ships via by stating that her department extent of price cuts - but the move Public Security Bureau, we have no down on corruption under President would place people and companies addresses a key issue for Beijing, reason to believe it’s related to any Xi Jinping, leaving companies strug- “There have been shipments of Kazakh the Volga River and then onto Iran via the guilty of bribery on a black list and which launched a probe into pricing other investigations,” the spokes- gling to toe the line while not losing milling wheat for shipment across the Caspian Sea. “The Caspian Sea route to Iran punish them. GSK’s head of emerg- at 60 local and international drug woman said. business in a highly competitive Caspian sold in past weeks and there is inter- has been especially used for iron ore previous- ing markets, Abbas Hussain, said his firms earlier this month. GSK sup- In a statement, China’s Ministry of market. Chinese state media has est for more,” one European trader said. “The ly, but we are starting to see more grain flow- company had zero tolerance for plies key products such as vaccines Public Security said GSK’s Hussain, aired interviews with one of the good harvest in Kazakhstan this year will help ing in recent weeks,” the source said. Cargoes who was dispatched to China last detained GSK executives who has week by CEO Andrew Witty, apolo- said travel agencies were used to solve a lot of Iran’s need for wheat imports have been kept to 3,000 tonnes loads gised for the scandal during the arrange conferences, some of which and 40 percent of Kazakhstan’s wheat exports because of draft limits. Another European meeting. Witty will detail what were never held, to allocate money this year will either go to Iran or Iraq, with the based trade source said the smaller-sized car- action the drugmaker is taking in that could then be used for bribes. bias towards Iran.” Kazakhstan’s wheat crop is goes were being sold onto Iran’s state buyer. response to the bribery allegations One of the agencies at the centre forecast to rise to about 13.5 million tonnes “I think the Iranians will need to import a when he presents quarterly results of the scandal has been identified tomorrow, sources said. GSK’s inten- by state media as Shanghai Linjiang this year from 11.3 million tonnes last year. total of 5-6 million tonnes of wheat in the tion to cut the price of its medicines International Travel Agency. The Rafail Galyamov, board chairman of Ak coming year because of the low size and poor in China would be in line with how New York Times said documents it Bidai joint stock company which runs the quality of the Iranian crop,” a separate trader other foreign companies have obtained showed that in the last grain terminal in the Caspian Sea port of said. “I expect approaching 2 million tonnes of responded to pressure from Beijing. three years at least six other global Aktau in western Kazakhstan, said it was this will come from Kazakhstan. There is a European food groups Nestle and pharmaceutical firms, including Danone said they would cut infant Merck, Novartis, Roche and Sanofi, ramping up exports to Iran. “The terminal is trickle of shipments over from Russia using milk formula prices in China after had used that agency to make now running at its full capacity, and in July so the inland waterways network. We might see Beijing launched an inquiry into the arrangements for events and con- far it has been handling only grain to be more of this if the cargo handling in Iran is industry. “In China, when the govern- ferences. Roche, Merck and Sanofi shipped to Iran,” he told Reuters. “We believe proved to be cheap and efficient enough.” ment criticises people, they tend to told Reuters they had used the we will handle 50,000 tonnes of wheat (for Andrei Sizov, chief executive of SovEcon agri- bow down and apologise very quick- Linjiang agency in the past. RUSTENBURG: A file photo shows the Anglo American ly because they are scared of the Novartis had no immediate com- Iran) this month. “Of course, our exporters culture analysts, said separately Russia is likely Platinum mine in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg. The authority of the central government ment. The travel agency’s business have problems - with payments, with money to ship about 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran world’s top platinum producer Anglo American Platinum yes- to do tremendous harm to their has now been suspended, China’s transfers, but they somehow manage and in July, mainly via the Black Sea ports such as terday reported a swing back to profit in the first half of 2013, business - whether it be for arresting official Xinhua news agency report- find a way out,” he added. Novorossisk. —Reuters boosted by the weaker rand and increased sales. —AFP executives very quickly or through ed last Thursday. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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Fed could begin to scale back asset purchases

NBK WEEKLY MONEY MARKET REPORT

KUWAIT: Last week the Federal Reserve ance and fell back again marking a new low almost a year, indicating a slight pause in the latest sign of an improvement in the Governor Carney from having to explain Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his mon- of 82.34 before recovering slightly and clos- the industry’s progress. The decline was led industry after a slowdown early this year. why inflation is above target, and potential- etary report to congress, he said that the US ing for the week at 82.623 by a slump in multifamily projects, which The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank gen- ly strengthens his hand to reassure financial economic recovery has continued at a mod- The pound sterling started the week at can be volatile. In testimony before the eral business activity index rose to 19.8 markets that interest rates are unlikely to erate pace in recent quarters and that the 1.5105 then it picked up momentum and House Financial Service Committee, the from 12.5 in June, well above economists’ rise anytime soon. housing market has contributed significant- rallied to a high of 1.5280 the move was Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke said expectations for a reading of 8.Readings ly to recent gains in economic activity, while supported by better than expected Jobless the “housing activity and prices seem likely greater than zero indicate expansion in the United Kingdom claimant conditions in the labor market are improv- Claims data that improved at its fastest pace to continue to recover, notwithstanding the area , which covers New Jersey , count change ing gradually. Speaking about inflation, in three year signaling that UK’s economy is recent rise in mortgage rates”. Pennsylvania and Delaware . United Kingdom’s Jobless claims Bernanke said that consumer price inflation recovering. The yen dropped to reach low of dropped for an eighth consecutive month was below the committee’s long run objec- 100.86 before settling down and closing for Unemployment claims Europe in June and at its fastest rate for three years tive of 2 percent, and the committee is the week at 100.64, the weakness in the yen Fewer Americans than forecast filed German ZEW economic Sentiment in the latest sign that Britain’s economic aware that low inflation poses risks to eco- came ahead of next week’s Japanese upper applications for unemployment benefits, The German ZEW think tank of econom- recovery is gaining momentum. The num- nomic activities especially the risk of out- house elections, which could add momen- ber of people claiming jobless benefit fell right deflation and they would act when tum to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s aggres- by 21,200 last month, while market was needed to move the inflation rate above sive economic reform drive. expecting a drop of just 8,000.The Bank of the 2 percent mark. The Australian dollar Maintained its England has refrained from injecting new Speaking on the Monetary Policy, recovery from its three year low of 0.8998 stimulus into the economy through QE Bernanke said that in normal circumstances, reaching a high of 0.9234 against its US dol- programs this year and has focused on a the committee’s basic tools for providing lar counterpart, after the Chinese Central new initiative to boost lending to business- monetary accommodation is its target for Bank scrapped the bank lending rate floor es and households. federal funds rate ,however the rates have in a move, which is said, would help lower been near zero since 2008, and cannot be the financial cost for companies. Asian Markets reduced meaningfully instead they are pro- China GDP quarterly viding additional policy accommodation Retail Sales m/m China’s second-quarter economic through two tools, the first tool is the US retail sales rose less than projected in growth matched market expectations, eas- expansion or reduction of the Federal June, the latest sign of a slowdown in eco- ing worries that the world’s second-largest Reserve longer-term treasuries and the sec- nomic growth that offers a cautionary note economy could be slowing faster than ond tool is “forward guidance “about the to the Federal Reserve as it considers reduc- expected. The second quarter Gross committee’s plans for setting the federal ing its ongoing monetary stimulus package. domestic product rose 7.5 percent in the funds rate target over the medium term. In The retail sales rose 0.4 percent last month, April-June period from a year earlier. The General, the Federal Reserve Chairman was well below market expectation of 0.8 per- data did not have too much effect on other relatively Dovish in his outlook on the US cent rise. The figures show households are major currencies with both the greenback economy and monetary policy, Bernanke replacing outdated vehicles, furnishing new and euro largely steady in Asian trade. reiterated the guidance on tapering QE, say- homes, and at the same time cutting on ing the Fed could begin to scale back asset non-essentials items such as electronics. Japan monetary policy purchases “later this year” and end them in meeting minutes mid-2014, providing the economy contin- Core CPI m/m The Bank Japan will maintain its ongo- ued to improve as the Fed’s forecasts antici- US Consumer Price Index increased 0.5 pushing the jobless claims to their lowest ic sentiment fell to 36.3 from 38.5 in June, ing quantitative monetary easing pro- pate. However he said, “Asset purchases are percent in June, over the last 12 months the level since early May. Jobless claims the data came well below market expecta- gram, aiming to achieve inflation rate of 2 not on a preset course” Indicating that asset index increased 1.8 percent. The gasoline dropped by 24,000 to 334,000 last week. tion of a rise to 39.6.The weakness in the percent. They will also examine both purchases could be reduced more quickly if index rose sharply in June and accounted The better than expected data was attrib- data was attributed to slower growth in upside and downside risks to economic conditions improved faster than expected. for about two thirds of the seasonally uted to new hiring’s in the labor market and China, which intern affects the German activity and prices, and make adjustments The Beige book had a similar message to adjusted all items change. Lately the Federal as company’s see more demand for their exports. as appropriate, such an approach of mone- the market; indicating that that overall US Reserve President Bullard, expressed con- goods and services. The improvement in tary policy will support positive outcomes economic activity continued to increase at a cern inflation is too low, raising risk in an Jobless claims strengthens the view that the United Kingdom CPI y/y in the economic activity and would even- modest to moderate pace , may districts outright decline in prices .Inflation readings labor market is surviving this year’s UK inflation hit its highest level in more tually elevate the inflation rates, and lead reported increase in consumer spending closer to the 2 percent FED’s goal will give sequester measures, which appeared to than a year in June but the rise was less Japan’s economy to get out of its 15 years and auto sales. As expected, the dollar suf- the committee more flexibility to unwind have a heavy toll on economic growth dur- than expected, giving the Bank of England of deflationary cycle. fered slightly this week against the majors the current Quantitative Easing program. ing the first half of the year. more room to support the country’s weak after Bernanke’s dovish remarks on the economic recovery .Consumer prices rose Kuwait health of the US economy. The dollar Index US New Home Sales Philly Fed manufacturing index 2.9 percent from a year earlier, slightly Kuwaiti dinar at 0.28515 started the week at 82.96 then rallied to a US new homes unexpectedly dropped Manufacturing in the Philadelphia below market expectation of a 3 percent The USDKD opened at 0.28515 on high of 83.46 where it found strong resist- 9.9 percent in June to the lowest level in region improved more than forecast in July, rise. A reading of 2.9 percent spares the BoE Sunday morning. UK watchdog pulls back on accounting shake-up Big Four could face further restraints from EU law

LONDON: Britain’s competition watchdog has called for regulatory intervention to help them years in exceptional circumstances. ditched its more radical ideas for shaking up an compete more effectively with the Big Four. accounting market dominated by the “Big Four” “We are not there to give any particular Next stop Brussels audit firms, leaving any tougher action to the competitor a leg up but I am confident these Although it has rejected the mandatory switch- European Union. Auditors are under pressure to measures will result in a much more competi- ing of auditors or more curbs on their advisory change how they operate after giving banks a tive audit market,” Laura Carstensen, chairman work, the watchdog faces being overruled by a clean bill of health just months before several of the Competition Commission’s audit market draft European Union law now undergoing lenders had to be rescued by taxpayers in the probe, told Reuters. BDO said the package approval. Carstensen said the results of her inquiry financial crisis. could accelerate much needed change, but did not support the idea of making the switching Britain’s Competition Commission set out yes- would be limited in its impact if only the small of auditors mandatory, a step Britain’s government terday the changes it plans to introduce in an number of big accountants were invited by is against at the EU level. accounting market dominated by Deloitte, companies to tender for work. In the United States the House of Representatives SILIGURI: An Indian fisherman uses a handmade net to catch fish in the KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Deloitte said five-year tendering was unlike- voted on July 8 to block the country’s auditor indus- Mahananda river in Fulbari on the outskirts of Siliguri yesterday. Fish produc- Young, with the principal reform being a ly to improve audit quality or increase competi- try watchdog from forcing companies to switch tion is high during the monsoon season, which runs from June to September requirement for companies to put their audit tion, while Ernst & Young said competition accountants. The Competition Commission said the and accounts for about 80 percent of India’s annual rainfall, which is vital for a work out to tender every five years. That is a sig- between audit firms was already healthy and FRC would get powers to boost competition and be farm economy which lacks adequate irrigation facilities. —AFP nificant hardening of a new rule from the sec- robust and KPMG said regular tenders would required to review every audit engagement at the tor’s regulator, the Financial Reporting Council cost far more than the 30 million pounds ($45.8 top 350 companies roughly every five years. (FRC), which has asked companies to consider million) the competition body has estimated in However, Ernst & Young questioned whether once every decade putting their audit work out total for companies and accountants annually. the FRC, which had no immediate comment, UBS profit to tender. “Five year audit tendering will feel relentless has enough resources. The Competition However, the watchdog decided against forc- to many companies ... with the possible end Commission is also giving shareholders a vote ing companies to actually switch auditor on a result that the process of tendering becomes on audit matters and banning banks from regular basis or to require two auditors to check an empty box-ticking exercise,” KPMG added. inserting clauses in loans to companies that tops forecast the books of a company. It also did not impose Carstensen said once tendering was nor- insist auditing is done by one of the Big Four. more curbs on the type of advisory work an malised it would become streamlined and effi- The plans will be put out to public consultation ZURICH: UBS said its second-quarter profit not disclose details of the settlement. The accountant can offer a company whose books it cient. The watchdog said Britain’s top 350 list- before being published in final form in October beat forecasts, even after an 865 million FHFA regulates US mortgage finance com- already checks. Smaller accounting firms like ed companies could defer putting out their for implementation, though no major changes Swiss franc ($920 million) charge to settle a panies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after Mazars, BDO, Grant Thornton and Reeves have accounting work to tender by a further two are expected. —Reuters US lawsuit and other matters, and that its they were placed into federal conservator- flagship private bank was continuing to ship at the height of the 2008 financial cri- win new customers. The private bank, sis. It is suing a string of major banks, Britons less worried Africans bid to avert oil which attracted the most customer money accusing them of violating securities laws in six years in the first quarter, is the centre- by misleading Fannie Mae and Freddie about finances but shutdown over Sudan row piece of UBS’s drive to recover from the Mac about $200 billion in mortgage- financial crisis, after selling large parts of its backed securities they purchased. divisions widen ADDIS ABABA: African governments propose to the two countries the formation fixed income business and cutting 10,000 The charge is likely to also include 100 stepped up their efforts to prevent a shut- of this investigation team,” Lamamra Told a jobs. million francs UBS recently disclosed as LONDON: Britons are less worried about their finances and more will- down of oil production in South Sudan yes- news conference. The Swiss bank said yesterday its sec- part of a withholding tax agreement ing to splash the cash, two surveys showed yesterday, though people terday, agreeing to send three generals to Former South African President Thabo ond-quarter net profit rose to 690 million between Switzerland and the UK, which employed and housed by the state feel more uncertain. Survey compil- investigate Sudanese allegations that Juba Mbeki is the bloc’s chief mediator for Sudan francs from 425 million in the same period came into force this year. Under a deal er Markit said its Household Finance Index rose to 41.5 in July from 40.8 is supporting anti-Khartoum rebels. Sudan, and South Sudan. “We hope this mecha- last year, compared with some analysts’ signed on Jan. 1, Swiss banks paid 500 mil- in June. That was the fourth rise in the five months and the highest level the sole conduit for South Sudan’s oil nism will resolve that longstanding prob- forecasts which were closer to 560 million. lion francs to Britain, which they will only since the poll began in February 2009. A separate poll by Deloitte exports, said last month it would close two lem, the allegation by both parties of host- It did not provide a break-down of the prof- receive back in full if their UK-resident showed consumers are less pessimistic about their disposable income cross-border oil pipelines within 60 days ing rebels against the other,” said Ethiopia’s it, with detailed results due on July 30. clients pay at least 1.3 billion francs than at any time since its survey started in 2011, and more willing to and insisted output be shut by August 7 Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom, current However, UBS said its private bank attract- through the scheme, rather than direct to spend money on discretionary items such as holidays and eating out. unless Juba gave up its support for the chair of the Horn of Africa grouping IGAD. ed 10.1 billion francs of new money and its Britain. The improvement tallies with growing signs of economic recovery in rebels. Juba denies backing them. Khartoum accuses Juba of supporting US-based brokerage attracted 2.7 billion, Bank Vontobel said the results indicate Britain. Figures next week are expected to show that the economy - The two sides fought one of Africa’s the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) although its asset management arm suf- UBS is on track to reinvent itself following two-thirds of which is driven by consumer spending - grew by 0.6 per- longest civil wars before the south won rebel alliance, which complains of neglect fered 2 billion francs in outflows. a state bailout in 2008 and a series of cent in the second quarter, twice as fast as in the first. “Signs of a sus- independence in 2011. Analysts say South at the hands of the wealthy Khartoum “The earnings are quite a bit a better scandals, including a $1.5 billion penalty tained recovery across the UK economy and a corresponding upturn in Sudan might collapse without oil, the main elites. The SRF in April staged an attack on than expected, capital also looks good, and for manipulating Libor and other bench- labour market conditions were key factors in alleviating strains on con- source for the budget apart from foreign central Sudan. South Sudan in turn accuses net new money at the private banks sur- mark interest rates. “This further lends sumer budgets,” said Tim Moore, senior economist at Markit. grants. They point to recent looting of aid Sudan of backing rebels in its eastern passed our estimates,” Zuercher credibility to our investment case based But the survey also underscored widening divisions between the agencies by soldiers as a sign that Juba is Jonglei state, where fighting is making it Kantonalbank analyst Andreas Venditti on a strong wealth management franchise public and private sectors. Markit financial optimism index for those in struggling to pay salaries. impossible to realise government plans to said. He has an “overweight” rating on the and strong capitalization enabling juicy private employment rose to 51.2 in July, while public sector workers - Closing the wells is also bad news for search for oil with the help of France’s Total stock. At 0745 GMT, UBS shares were up 3.4 dividend payouts in the years to come,” whom the government’s austerity drive has hit the hardest - were more Sudan, which has been struggling with tur- and US ExxonMobil. percent at 18.2 francs, one of the biggest said Bank Vontobel analyst Teresa Nielsen. pessimistic at 42.4. Consumer spending is typically sensitive to both the moil since losing most oil reserves with South Sudan plans to sell 6.4 million bar- rises by a European blue-chip stock. UBS’s She rates the stock as a “buy” with a 19 labour market and interest rates and, with borrowing costs tipped to South Sudan’s secession. Oil fees from Juba rels of oil worth $300 million before shut- strong private banking performance con- franc target price. UBS halted dividend stay at record lows for the foreseeable future, cheaper mortgages also are essential to bringing down soaring infla- ting down its entire production by the end trasted with that of Swiss rival Julius Baer, payouts following its 2008 bailout by the looked to be playing a role. The index measuring sentiment among tion. A team of three generals from the of July due to the row. It had only resumed which missed new money targets yester- Swiss government, and has paid only mortgage holders rose to a record high of 42.0 while those in local African Union and East African bloc IGAD oil production in April, after turning off day but beat profit views. modest symbolic shareholder payouts in authority housing were by far the most pessimistic, at 33.4. Deloitte’s will travel on Tuesday to Khartoum before wells pumping around 300,000 barrels per the last two years. Private banks like UBS sentiment index rose to -29 percent from -36 percent this time last year. heading to Juba on a six-week mission, said day in January 2012 when both sides failed US lawsuit settlement and Baer are spending far more to vet new Responses flagged growing confidence in the economic climate and a Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner of the to agree on pipeline fees. Oil industry insid- UBS said the 865 million franc charge clients as regulators get tough on firms sharp reduction in consumer concerns about debt, with the relevant AU’s Peace and Security Council. ers say once the pipelines are closed it will included the cost of settling a US Federal that harbor tax cheats and money laun- measure improving to -8 percent in the second quarter from -15 per- “The decision by Sudan to shut down oil take several months to restart production as Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) lawsuit derers, which eats into their profit mar- cent in the same three months of 2012. —Reuters exports until and unless this issue is proper- they would have to be flushed of water and over soured mortgage investments. It did gins. —Reuters ly handled...has brought President Mbeki to cleaned first. —Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 BUSINESS Ford Edge crossover gaining on its rivals

DETROIT: Ask any car salesperson and they will tell depending on the Edge, along with other new prod- midsize-crossover market. Of the 68,439 crossovers Edge, far better than the 48 days it takes, on Information Network shows that the top three you: Teachers are some of their toughest customers. ucts like the Super Duty pickup, to help the automak- sold, 10,915 of them were Edges. “If it wasn’t for the average, to sell other midsize crossovers, vehicles being traded for an Edge are the Ford They tend to study the price of vehicles as well as safe- er return to profitability by 2009. But the Edge came Edge and the Fusion, we’d be hurting,” said Steve according to data from the Power Information Explorer, Escape and Expedition, and those ty and performance features, with a little more intensi- late to market in December last year, as Ford worked Rajnert, a salesman at Dorian Ford in Mt. Clemens, Network, a subsidiary of J.D. Power and three sport-utility vehicles, or SUVs, represent ty than the average buyer. So when Scott Kuschel, a to improve the quality of the launch, fueling concerns Mich. Just like the Ford Fusion sedan did in late 2005, Associates. about one-fourth of all the trade-ins for the 35-year-old history teacher in Bloomfield Township, it was botching the crucial kickoff. All that concern is he said, the Edge is “starting to take off.” Behind the solid sales results for the Edge, Edge. Mich, decided to buy a 2007 Ford Edge when it hit the solidly behind Ford now - as the vehicle is rapidly Fusion sales have continued to rage in 2007, up a also are a lot of golden eggs for Ford. The vehi- One dealer, Andy Czajkowski, a small Ford market four months ago, his purchase said something climbing to the top of the crossover charts. sharp 33 percent so far compared with the same peri- cle is selling at higher-than-average prices with dealer from rural Van Wert, Ohio, said a special good about the future of the new midsize crossover The Edge ranks third in midsize-crossover sales, od a year ago. Sales of the Edge have improved more optional equipment and to younger, lease program, of about $270 a month, would and Ford Motor Co. “As far as enjoyment goes, I would behind the Nissan Murano and Toyota Highlander. month after month, as is often the case when a vehi- more affluent consumers. Eventually, that do wonders for the Edge. “That would go give it a 10,” Kuschel said. Last month, the Edge was fewer than 1,000 sales away cle enters the marketplace. But even after four might mean improved profits for Ford. Last great,” he said, noting that the current per- Ford, which lost a record $12.7 billion in 2006, is from the top spot, capturing about 16 percent of the months, it still takes a dealer only 20 days to sell an month, Ford sold more than enough Edges to formance is still solid. One of the complaints make up for lost Explorer sales. Ford lost 4,281 some dealers and experts had about the Edge Explorer sales in March compared with the was that the most desired versions of the vehi- same month a year ago, a decline of 25 percent. cle seem to be running higher than expected But consumers bought nearly 11,000 Edges. in price. Now, Ford is preparing an acceleration cam- For example, the panoramic vista roof, a paign for the Edge, Ford spokesman Jim Cain $1,395 option that provides a large window to said. After a slow start, the automaker is increas- the sky over the front and rear seats, isn’t avail- ing production of the vehicle at its plant in able in the base model of the Edge, pushing Oakville, Ontario, and preparing for the vehicle’s many customers into an upper-end SEL model next marketing wave. of the vehicle. Or, perhaps, to competitors. Art The current marketing campaign features a Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research hip tune, “Miles and Miles” by Canadian dance- in Bandon, Ore., said the vehicle hasn’t done so rocker Dee, as vehicles drive on the edges of sky well in middle-income areas, where he called rise buildings. But the new effort is expected to its performance spotty. follow in the footsteps of the Fusion Challenge “Well-equipped versions move pretty cross-comparison campaign that pits the Ford quickly” in those areas, he said. “More fully vehicle against its competitors. loaded versions are needed. ... Lower priced Despite the Edge’s successes so far, auto and lower content models are sitting on lots dealers and experts are quick to point out that somewhat longer.” Indeed, Edmunds.com the Edge isn’t quite a homerun like the Chrysler reports that the average transaction price for 300 was when it came to market. The 300 an Edge last month was $29,699. That’s higher enjoyed such distinguished success that it was than the crossover’s average price in February, credited with buoying Chrysler’s financial results and it’s also higher than the $28,284 average and brand image. Still, most industry experts transaction price for midsize SUVs. agree that the Edge has been a solid double or “They’re buying better-equipped vehicles triple, at a time when Ford desperately needed and dealerships aren’t having to discount to get players on base. them as much,” Rosten said, explaining Ford’s Alex Rosten, manager of pricing and market success in getting customers to pay more. analysis at Edmunds.com, called the Edge “the Rajnert, the salesman at Dorian Ford, even hot seller,” although he was quick to clarify that reported that many consumers are getting he didn’t mean for the industry. “The hot seller DVD players installed in headrests so they still for Ford,” he added. “It wasn’t a slam dunk.” can get the vista roof and don’t have to choose Some might be critical of the Edge for not cap- between the window ceiling and the DVD turing more buyers from competing brands, screen that flips down from the roof. “I thought since most Edge buyers are trading in another they were priced up a bit, but we aren’t having Ford at acquisition. Data from the Power a problem selling them,” Rajnert said. —MCT CFTC puts metals warehouses on notice of possible probe

NEW YORK: The US commodities market regu- ing whether “Too Big to Fail” banks should be lator has put Wall Street banks and other big allowed to operate freely in loosely regulated traders on notice for a possible investigation of physical commodity markets and own physical their metals warehousing businesses following commodity assets from power plants to oil years of complaints about inflated prices. The tankers. CFTC spokesman Steven Adamske US Commodity Futures Trading Commission declined to comment. Goldman Sachs, (CFTC) last week sent a letter to firms ordering JPMorgan and Glencore declined to comment. them to preserve emails, documents and Trafigura declined to make and any immediate instant messages from the past three years, comment. The LME declined to comment. two sources who received the letters told The European Commission spokesman for Reuters. competition policy, Antoine Colombani, The notice amounted to a “warning shot” declined to comment on the CFTC’s move or ahead of what is probably a formal CFTC probe, whether the European Union antitrust authority one of the sources said. If there is an investiga- was cooperating with the CFTC. However, a tion, it would be the first such probe by any source with knowledge of the matter said the regulator into the lucrative and controversial Commission spoke to the LME in connection industry, which since 2010 has become domi- with the warehousing issue during the nated by banks including Goldman Sachs Glencore-Xstrata merger in November last year Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co and glob- and concluded there was no obvious way to al merchant traders like Glencore Xstrata Plc intervene. Goldman has consistently said Metro and Trafigura AG. International Trade Services, its warehousing The letter from the CFTC’s enforcement divi- unit, has not broken any laws or rules. sion did not refer to an investigation, but the do-not-destroy order touched on some of the Seeking an exit most sensitive issues in a controversy that has Well before the CFTC’s involvement, there plagued the London Metal Exchange for years. has been growing evidence that the period of The CFTC explicitly said that the firms should record high premiums, long queues and rich retain communication related to incentives or rewards for owners of the warehouses is draw- premiums given to metal producers in ing to a close. Earlier this month, the LME’s new exchange for storing metal; daily loading rates; owner - Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd high load-out requests; delivery policies and - proposed sweeping reform of its warehousing procedures and complaints about load out policy in its third attempt to tackle the wait requests. times and soothe irate industrial clients. At least two companies involved in ware- And Goldman Sachs began exploring the housing received the letter, but sources said possible sale of its warehousing business Metro they believe such notices were sent to all the International earlier this year, Reuters reported major players. While the recipients of the letter in April. JPMorgan has more recently started to say they now expect a wide-ranging probe, it is look for potential buyers for its Henry Bath unit, not clear how or when that could take place. people familiar with the process said this The CFTC opens dozens of investigations a month. The sales efforts precede the change in year, yet only a handful ever result in action LME rules, but emerged just ahead of deadlines and some are never made public. It almost for the US Federal Reserve to decide whether never discusses open inquiries. Wall Street should be allowed to own commod- In the past three years, a mountain of alu- ity trading assets. The issue is coming to a head minum and other metals has accumulated in five years after the financial crisis brought the global warehouses that are part of the LME Goldman under the Fed’s purview. network, clogging the trading system and While it had long been assumed that the causing lengthy queues - up to a year - as con- banks would likely be allowed to retain many of sumers and dealers of the metal seek to get their investments, even if holding them at arm’s their hands on it. length, growing public and political pressure The queues have caused the price premium appears to be forcing the Fed to take a deeper on some metals to surge, prompting accusa- look. Late on Friday, the Fed issued a surprise tions that banks and traders are artificially inflat- statement saying that it was rethinking a ing prices and distorting supplies. After years of decade-old decision that allowed banks to complaints from end-users such as Novelis , the trade in physical commodities. world’s biggest maker of flat-rolled aluminum, and customers like Coca-Cola Co, which use the CFTC gets tough metal for aluminum cans, regulators are now The letter is the latest effort from a newly taking a deeper look into the industry as politi- emboldened CFTC, which has also led the cal pressure to rein in Wall Street’s powers inten- charge on the Libor interest rate manipulation sify. probe and more recently began reviewing mil- In an email to Reuters on Saturday, Bart lions of energy swap trades for possible viola- Chilton, a Democrat on the five-person com- tions of new rules. The enquiry could also raise mission and frequent critic of lax regulation, pressure on the UK watchdog, the Financial urged a “full and comprehensive review” of Conduct Authority (FCA), which has regulatory warehouse ownership, but did not comment on oversight of the LME, to delve into the industry, the letter itself. sources said. Novelis has complained to the “These markets are too important to allow European Commission, the FCA and the CFTC, behind-the-scenes machinations to distort but has been frustrated by the apparent lack of commodity prices,” he said. A possible probe activity. comes amid intensifying scrutiny of Wall Street’s “Warehousing has been believed to be out- role in raw material markets from owning oil side the scope of the FCA and CFTC because it’s tankers, power plants and metals warehousing. not a derivatives market,” Novelis vice president The Federal Reserve is weighing whether to and chief procurement officer Nick Madden allow banks to continue owning physical assets. told Reuters in an interview earlier this month. “The CFTC has a role to play in protecting “It’s an area that’s very vulnerable to these play- American manufacturers and consumers from ers using leverage for their own interest,” he having the price of their gas, canned food and said. The CFTC does not regulate the LME, nor beverages, or electricity driven up by Wall Street does it have authority over physical commodity speculators,” said Senator Sherrod Brown, a trading, but it may still be able to claim some Democrat from Ohio. “The CFTC should use the jurisdiction through a no-action letter it granted full force of its power to address this abuse.” allowing the LME to operate in the United The US Senate banking committee will hold States or through metal futures traded on CME its first hearing on the matter on Tuesday, ask- Group exchanges. —Reuters TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 BUSINESS President cools, not cures Portuguese crisis Markets welcome decision

LISBON: Portugal’s president has soothed ners would have to keep together to complete him in charge of negotiations. The premier yes- investor concerns by keeping the government in the bailout programme, allow Portugal to return terday confirmed this is still the plan, although place until 2015, but unresolved tensions over to the markets and recover from its biggest eco- he is yet to formalise the request to the presi- austerity mean the country’s political crisis has nomic slump since the 1970s. Prime Minister dent who will then announce the final terms of not been laid to rest. Essentially the immediate Pedro Passos Coelho pledged to do just that, the reshuffle. If the cabinet shakeup goes ahead, symptoms of crisis have been treated, but the saying the country needs to recover the confi- it remains to be seen how Portas will deal with a cure for the underlying condition remains elu- dence that had been dented by the crisis. finance minister whose appointment he criti- sive. President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday “We will rebuild the confidence without rais- cised and whether he could still force a standoff ruled out a snap election and kept the centre- ing any doubts about the process we are carry- with the lenders on further austerity. right coalition government in place until the end ing out, saying ‘yes, we want to complete the In a sign that Portas’ likely promotion could of its term. This calmed some nerves about assistance programme on the agreed date’,” he be seen as a risk, Portugal’s 10-year bond yield Portugal’s ability to work its way out of European said. Brussels also hailed the latest develop- rebounded from session lows of 6.41 percent Union/International Monetary Fund bailout in ments. “We welcome the importance the presi- after the premier’s comments. “Here we are, 22 A passenger pays fees for checked bags at an American Airlines self-serve terminal at mid-2014. dent has placed on the successful completion of days after Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar resigned O’Hare International Airport. — MCT After an internal crisis threatened to break-up the economic adjustment programme and will and triggered the crisis, with the political crisis the coalition and talks for a “national salvation” continue to work with the government and sup- far from solved - it was simply stored away in a Ever-multiplying airline fees pact with the opposition Socialists collapsed on port Portugal’s efforts to create conditions for a corner for now,” Publico daily newspaper said in Friday, the president’s decision not to call an sustained recovery, growth and job creation,” a an editorial. catch consumers by surprise election was welcomed by markets. Yields on European Commission spokesman said. The weekend events have done little to steer Portugal’s benchmark 10-year bonds But there is a lot that remains unclear. The Portugal away from the potential of having to Buying a plane ticket today can be a dizzy- port rather than you printing it yourself at

WASHINGTON: Companies are increas- though sales and profit growth slowed The NABE surveyed 65 of its mem- 29 percent in the first. Only 19 percent rowing costs, has increased nearly a full ingly confident the US economy will in the second quarter. Optimism about ber economists between June 18 and of economists said their firms were rais- percentage point to about 2.5 percent grow at a modest pace over the next future economic growth increased. July 2. The economists work for compa- ing wages and salaries, down from 31 since May. When asked for their biggest year and are hiring more, according to a Nearly three-quarters of the survey nies from a variety of industries, includ- percent in April and the lowest propor- concern over the next 12 months, 17 survey of business economists. Nearly respondents forecast growth of 2.1 per- ing manufacturing, transportation and tion since October. percent of the respondents cited rising one-third of the economists surveyed cent or more over the next 12 months. utilities, finance, retail and other servic- Looking ahead, companies are interest rates. That is a big jump from by the National Association for Business That’s up from two-thirds in the first es. Among the findings: Only about 35 increasingly concerned about higher April, when only 4 percent cited such Economics said their companies added quarter survey, released in April, and percent of the respondents said sales interest rates. That reflects the jump in concerns. jobs in the April-June quarter, accord- the most in a year. at their firms increased in the second rates that took place following Federal The biggest concern for most com- ing to a report released yetserday. The quarterly survey’s results echo quarter. That’s sharply lower than the Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s com- panies is the health of the global econ- That’s the highest percentage in nearly much of the recent data tracking the 55 percent who reported rising sales in ments in late May that the central bank omy, which was cited by nearly one- two years. And 39 percent expect their economy. Growth has been slow in the the first quarter. And 15 percent said could slow its bond-buying program third of the respondents. Europe’s firms will hire more in the next six past nine months, but employers have sales fell, up from 9 percent in the first later this year. Those purchases are financial crisis has plunged that region months. That’s near the two-year high added jobs at a healthy pace. Many quarter. intended to keep interest rates low. into a recession, and growth in China, of 40 percent reached in the January- economists anticipate that the steady Profit growth also slowed: Only 21 The interest rate on the 10-year Brazil and other large emerging mar- March quarter. hiring will help accelerate growth in the percent of respondents said profit mar- Treasury bond, a benchmark that influ- kets has also slowed. That’s crimping The hiring increase occurred even second half of this year. gins increased last quarter, down from ences mortgage rates and other bor- US exports. — AP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 BUSINESS Al-Mazaya sees 45% rise in rental income 2.9m dinars gross profit for first half of 2013 KUWAIT: Al-Mazaya holding company has at Al-Jumaira towers area, which resulted in a announced its annual financial results for the first gain of 658,000 dinar in profit which will be half of the year 2013, in the wake of the meeting included in the statement of profit and loss in of the board of directors which was held on the second quarter of the current year), the com- Sunday, July 21, headed by Chairman Rasheed pany also achieved profits from its income gen- Al-Nafisi, and the presence of members of the erating projects in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and board of directors, and CEO Ibrahim Al-Saqabi. Dubai, as well as the successful completion and On this occasion, the chairman said that the delivery of a range of projects that were sold company managed to achieve a gross profit of earlier. 2.9 million Kuwaiti dinars for the first half of He added that the first half of the current year 2013, and the company recorded a net profit of saw a wide plan of action to reschedule the 0.4 million Kuwaiti dinars in the same period with credit facilities of the company and converted profitability of 0.73 fils per share. them into long term facilities, completing that The total revenue of the company has by signing an agreement to renew the credit reached 15.2 million Kuwaiti dinar distributed by limit in the form of Tawarroq worth 5 million operating revenue of 13.6 million Kuwaiti dinars, dinars with one of the local Islamic banks, in and other revenue of 1.6 million Kuwaiti dinar. Al- order to reschedule the repayment of indebted- Mazaya attributed the good results to the suc- ness and reducing the cost of funds, which cess in completing and delivering of a large num- resulted in decreasing of finance cost of 19 per- ber of residential units and offices in projects in cent as of the second quarter of the year 2013, Dubai, as well as high occupancy rates in its proj- as well as reducing the short term obligations by ects in Kuwait, Dubai, and KSA, that is considered Rashid Al-Nafisi 5 million dinar and converting them into long income generating. term commitment. During his review of the financial statement of half profit of the current year was the result of Al-Nafisi wound up his statement by the company in the first half of the current year, many operational activities - among which was announcing the latest deals that Al-Mazaya Jazeera Airways reports on June Al-Nafisi said that the size of the company’s the swap deal that Al-Mazaya holding company Holding concluded through one of its sub- assets amounted to about 220.5 million dinars, conducted with the national international hold- sidiaries in Dubai (Al-Mazaya Real Estate 2013 Operational Performance while shareholders equity stood at 84.4 million ing company, in which Al-Mazaya acquired the Company), which is related to contract manage- dinars, indebtedness of the company to banks is third tallest tower for the use of commercial ment with one of the investors, and the compa- KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways released its June increase in flown passengers on the 46 million dinars, noting that these figures office space within the system of Al-Mazaya tow- ny was able to establish through this deal a set- 2013 Operational Performance Report Kuwait-Jeddah route as compared to the reflected the strong financial situation of the ers at the heart of Kuwait capital. tlement with the main contractor resulting in a which showed that the airline grabbed same month last year. The airline closed the company which prepares it to complete the This is in addition to the two plots of land profit of 485,000 Kuwaiti dinar. It is intended that leading market shares on routes serving month with a 20 percent market share on implementation of the remaining plans for the under construction in the project of Q POINT - these profits will be included in the balance Beirut, Amman, Sharm El Sheikh, Assiut, the route, reflecting an increase of 5 per- current year in a competent and consistent way. ALLIWAN, and that in exchange for the exit from sheet of the company for the third quarter of Luxor, Sohag, Dubai and Bahrain. cent from the same month last year. Al-Nafisi continued by saying that the first office units (with a total of 101,000 square meter this year. The June report, which presents market On routes between Kuwait and Egypt, share figures based on official statistics Jazeera Airways was once again the leading from Kuwaitís Directorate General for Civil airline serving popular tourist and expat Aviation (DGCA), showed that Jazeera destinations of Sharm El Sheikh, Assiut, Airways was the leading airline for the third Luxor, and Sohag with a 64 percent, 55 per- Thomson Reuters, ADIB month in-a-row to serve the Kuwait- cent, 73 percent and 46 percent market Amman route in June 2013, of which it share respectively. The airline saw an grabbed a 45 percent market share. The air- increase of 17 percent in flown passengers line also saw a 22 percent increase in flown on the Kuwait-Sharm El Sheikh route as launch Global Awards passengers in comparison to the same compared to the same period last year, an 8 month last year. percent increase on the Kuwait-Assiut Jazeera Airways also grabbed the lead- route, a 12 percent on the Kuwait-Luxor ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank ethics can lead to crises, as we saw in tiative with Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. (standardised structures for execution). ing market share of 45 percent on the route, and a 34 percent increase on the (ADIB), in partnership with Thomson 2008, when trust in financial markets Promoting ethical and Islamic applica- “The challenges have all been cho- Kuwait-Beirut route, a 16 percent increase Kuwait-Sohag route. Reuters, announced yesterday the was destroyed by lack of transparency tions of finance can help facilitate sen in consultation with regional and in market share and had a 42 percent The airline also saw a 17 percent launch of global awards to recognize and evidence of the absence of ethical trustworthiness between consumers global Islamic banks and Islamic bank- increase in flown passengers on the route increase in flown passengers on the and reward innovation in ethical and behaviour by many in the banking and providers, critical for the sustain- ing experts, and reflect their require- in comparison to the same month last year. Kuwait-Cairo route in June 2013 compared Islamic finance. and financial business, “said ADIB Chief able development of the financial ments as their businesses grow,” added To Dubai and Bahrain, Jazeera Airways to the same month last year, and grabbed a Presented in three categories: Executive Officer Tirad Al-Mahmoud. services industry.” The first category: Al-Mahmoud. “It is time to make Islamic grabbed a 16 percent market share on both 30 percent market share on the route, a 4 Islamic Finance Industry Development “These awards aim to promote The Islamic Finance Industry banking more competitive and more routes in June 2013. percent increase in market share from the Award, Ethical Finance Initiative greater awareness among banking Development Award offers a prize of inclusive by offering sophisticated solu- Jazeera Airways saw a 10 percent same time last year. Award, and Lifetime achievement and finance professionals around the $100,000 and aims to facilitate a tangi- tions based on the ethical principles award; these awards are designed to world of the benefits of adopting ethi- ble change in the development of the that form the foundation of Islamic inspire real change in the financial cal approaches as the best way for sus- Islamic financial services industry that finance.” Discounts on for ABK’s credit services industry by recognizing and tainable profitability,” added Tirad Al- remains true to its ethical foundations. The second award, the Ethical rewarding innovation that can be put Mahmoud. Three specific challenge areas are pre- Finance Initiative Award, offers a prize cardholders at ‘Fantasy World’ into practice. Commenting on the awards, defined by an advisory board and can- of $50,000 and aims to recognize previ- Entries will be accepted from any Russell Haworth, Managing Director, didates will need to identify and pro- ously implemented initiatives or new KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait runs the ous merchants to cover fashion, jewelry, institution, research centre, individual Middle East and North Africa, pose actionable solutions to overcome solutions that demonstrate how ethical ABK Advantage program so its valued cus- restaurants and more, so when you pay with or group of individuals interested in Thomson Reuters, said: “This initiative these challenges. application of financial services can tomers can benefit special discounts, up to your ABK card, you get more than you pay shaping the financial industry within aims to encourage innovation in the deliver sustainable positive impact on 45 percent, at participating retail outlets. ABK for.”Lockie added,” At ABK, we consider varied an ethical framework, with prizes of up development of the financial services The challenges are as follows: the society or the environment. adds merchants intermittently to this pro- interestsand cater accordingly, to meet our to $100,000 offered. Nominees will be industry that is founded on universal 1. Working capital finance solutions The final award is a Lifetime gram, so a wider segment can benefit from clients’ evolving needs.” shortlisted by an advisory board, principles of ethics. It will facilitate tan- without the use of Tawaruq or purchase Achievement Award that will be con- the special offers available. One of the most It is worth mentioning here that ‘Fantasy which includes financial experts and gible and actionable outcomes that and lease back. ferred on an individual who has made a popular outlets is a children’s’ favourite- World Co’ has become one of the biggest Islamic scholars. A short-list of nomi- can be adapted by financial institu- 2. Liquidity management options significant contribution and impact in ‘Fantasy World’, the dream toyshop with a 10 companies in the toys’ market with a distin- nees for three award categories will tions globally. without the use of international com- the ethical practice of financial services. percent discount for ABK cardholders. guished international trademark. ‘Fantasy then be announced in November this Sayd Farook, Global Head, Islamic modities/ Murabaha. Submissions for these three awards will Stewart Lockie, General Manager of Retail World’ is considered to be Kuwait’s first year. Finance, Thomson Reuters, added: “We 3. 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Retailers find online is no substitute for the real store Burgan Bank NEW YORK: Retail analysts have long predicted chain. They seem to want us to say ‘yes,’ “ Anthon was like, ‘For real?’ I couldn’t believe it,” Friss said. “I “Even if they don’t buy anything that day, peo- announces Yawmi the demise of brick-and-mortar boutiques. E-com- said. “The store has definitely helped boost our thought I was talking to no one (on her blog and ple always say they love the store because it feels merce, and now increasingly mobile commerce, brand image and brand recognition. Instead of social media channels) for so long.” It turns out the special, not corporate,” said Elizabeth Hahn, who account winners has been touted as the future for growing sales. So being a little piece of someone else’s store, we out-of-state shopper had seen photos of her cloth- co-owns the Foundrie, founded a few years ago by why are successful online boutiques setting up design our space.” She said that initially a store was ing and mentions on other sites but could never Shelah McClymont as a holiday pop-up. KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yes- real-world shops? Well, for starters, e-commerce not in her plans. “It’s definitely more expensive, but find her e-commerce site. “For so long, you figure McClymont had so many requests to open a year- terday the names of the five lucky win- sales in the first quarter of 2013 accounted for just it’s another avenue to grow, so if it’s working we people just ‘like’ things (by clicking the ‘like’ button) round shop that she eventually took the plunge. ners of its Yawmi account draw, each 5.5 percent of total sales in the US, according to want to continue down that path,” Anthon said. or see it and don’t even pay attention,” Friss said. Locally made items, especially crafts, in a mall are taking home a prize of KD 5,000. the Census Bureau of the Department of Anna Friss of Blue Bird Apparel, the namesake “But you don’t think people are actually listening. not a typical model for retail success. 1. The lucky winners for the daily Commerce. That’s not insignificant; it’s still a of the newly opened Blue Bird Boutique, said that Opening the store and talking to people has been “I know, I know - and we’re out in the suburbs, draws took home a cash-prize of KD whopping $58 billion, which is $8 billion more for years she noticed that her online sales only awesome for me.” too. But we found that people here want local 5,000 each, and they are: Alsheikha - than the same period last year. But with 94.5 per- grew noticeably in ZIP codes where her clothing She said she doesn’t have to worry about giving handmade items, but they just don’t want them Salwa Abdulaziz Al-Saud Al-Sabah, Baher cent of the market still out there, it’s no wonder was carried in local shops because people saw items away to bloggers for publicity or SEO (search enough to really travel into the city to get them,” Tharwat Henary Saeed, Saud Faisal Google, the most successful online channel on the something they wanted, needed a different size engine optimization) strategies. Friss is among Hahn said. She continues to sell at fairs, music festi- Abdulrazaq Al-Kathmi. Tareq Jawad planet, is looking to open retail stores. and looked at the tag. “It’s so not true that online is those boutique owners who have come to terms vals and online but says the physical shop is so Hasan Ali, and Emad Abdulrazzaq Ahmad “People really want to touch something and better. You still have overhead online,” Friss said. with the fact that customers want what they want exciting and successful that they are already scout- Alfahad. see exactly how big it is and talk to someone. You “Yes, there’s rent and electricity (at her store loca- when they want it. Crafters who have established ing another location, maybe out-of-state. With its new and enhanced features, can’t underestimate that,” said Katie Miller of tion), but there’s not 1,000 other shops just like you online businesses are applying in droves to join the Hahn started her personal accessories business the Yawmi Account has become more Scarlett Garnet Jewelry, a seven-year-old business in the same place.” Friss said that operating online curated shop at the Foundrie in Chesterfield (Mo.) Just Liv by selling on Etsy in 2007, when the site was convenient, easier, and faster for cus- that opened a storefront last year in St Louis. “You for years made her feel as though “no one knows Mall. The large shop, which does not have its own new. “Business grew like gangbusters because there tomers to benefit from. Now, customers can do great work with photos and video online, that we even exist.” online store, provides a steady outlet for unique were not as many sellers, but within a few years all will be eligible to enter the draw after but there’s no real way you can have the immedia- “Then I got this fan in the store from some local designs. The owners say it fuels online sales these people were like, ‘Wow, I can make money sell- 48 hours only from opening the cy of seeing it, buying it and taking it home right weird state and she was so excited to find us, and I for their artists. ing crafts, too.’ So now, you get lost in the shuffle. account. Customers are also required to away.” There’s a lot of junk,” Hahn said. It’s cheap to start an After years of selling online through their web- online business, she said, but marketing is a different deposit KD 100 or equivalent only to site or Etsy.com and through pop-up shops at matter: “What are you going to do to make yourself enter the daily draw, and the coupon local art fairs and farmers markets, Miller and her seen? What is going to set you apart?” Their store is value to enter the draw stands at KD 10. partner, Garnet Griebel, wanted to try a physical more intimate, she said, shoppers come in and often The newly designed Yawmi account location. She said it was a little scary, but they exclaim, “This is great; it’s a real live Etsy.” has been launched to provide a highly worked to keep their initial costs low. She said The Foundrie sells items for about 95 local artists. innovative offering along with a higher they knew almost immediately it was the right Scarlett Garnet, Geranium and Blue Bird also sell frequency and incentive of winning for decision. items from other local designers and crafters in addi- everyone. Today, the Yawmi account is a Online retail is not as low-cost and carefree as it tion to some small national brands with cult follow- well understood product, where its seems, she said. Each item has to be described in ings. Most of the shops are devoted to new or occa- popularity can be seen from the num- minute detail; photos have to be engaging (they sionally artistically recycled products, but Blue Bird ber of increasing account holders. hired models and professional photographers); has a small stash of vintage items mixed into its sales Burgan Bank encourages everyone and the website had to be updated constantly. It’s floor. Customers don’t just see vintage as a thrift to open a Yawmi account and/or not just putting up a snapshot and a price and item, they want the style. increase their deposit to maximize their watching the sales roll in, she said. Mia Brown-Davis of Eve’s Apple Vintage, also in St chances to becoming a daily winner. “When you’re online, you’re competing with Louis, started selling vintage items on eBay on a The more customers deposit, the higher everyone else online,” she said. “That’s tough.” whim. She started buying in bulk at estate sales and the chances they receive of winning the Conversely, her shop deals with fewer clients, but selling the things she didn’t want in order to pay for draw. she has the luxury of their full attention. A physical the more expensive designer vintage items she Opening a Yawmi account is simple, store also gives her credibility online. “Having a craved. Her full-time job was running a residential customers are urged to visit their near- store gives us more of an identity,” explained Tina and commercial cleaning business. Then one of her Anthon, the president of Geranium Jewelry, a clients, a St. Louis developer, gave her the opportu- est Burgan Bank branch and receive all wholesale accessories line based in Ballwin, Mo., nity to open her current shop. She’s already plotting the details, or simply call the bank’s Call that is already carried by thousands of stores her next location. “There is a flexibility to being Center at 1804080 where customer nationwide. Anthon’s four-year-old online whole- online. You have the freedom of working outside service representatives will be delight- sale arm has been a bona fide success, increasing traditional business hours, but you and the cus- ed to assist with any questions on the sales each quarter. It gave her the courage to open tomer never meet,” Brown-Davis said. But she want- Yawmi account or any of the bank’s Geranium Boutique in November in Richmond ed to interact with shoppers. “What I really love is products and services. Customers can also log on to Burgan Bank’s www.bur- Heights, Mo. Anna Friss, owner of Blue Bird the Boutique, explains how to set up wholesale that moment of truth when they walk out of a dress- She is already thinking of her next location. ing room with a big smile on their face,” Brown-Davis gan.com for further information. “People come in, and they want to know if we are a orders to a phone caller at her downtown store. —MCT said. “You can’t get that online.” —MCT TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 technology Optimising profitability in a changing global market

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Gold rush-era discards could fuel cellphones, TVs ‘Uncle Sam could be sitting on a gold mine’ SACRAMENTO: Across the US West, early min- Two years ago, China raised prices - in the rush days by geologists from Stanford University ers digging for gold, silver and copper had no case of Neodymium, used to make Prius electric and Cal Tech. “If we could recycle some of this idea that one day something else very valuable motors stronger and lighter, from $15 a kilogram waste and get something out of it that was would be buried in the piles of dirt and rocks in 2009 to $500 in 2011, while Dysprosium oxide waste years ago that isn’t waste today, that cer- they tossed aside. used in lasers and halide lamps went from $114 tainly is a goal,” said Alan Koenig, the USGS sci- There’s a rush in the US to find key compo- a kilogram in 2010 to $2,830 in 2011. There’s also entist in charge of the tailings project. nents of cellphones, televisions, weapons sys- the time China cut off supplies to Japan, maker One sample collected in 1870 from an area tems, wind turbines, MRI machines and the of the Prius, in a dispute over international fish- near Sparks, Nevada, where miners had searched regenerative brakes in hybrid cars, and old mine ing territory. That’s when the US government for a viable copper vein, has shown promise and tailings piles just might be the answer. They may went into emergency mode and sent geologists has given researchers clues in the search for contain a group of versatile minerals the period- to hunt for new domestic sources. more. They have found that some rare earths ic table called rare earth elements. “What we have is a clash of supply and exist with minerals they had not previously “Uncle Sam could be sitting on a gold mine,” demand. It’s a global problem. A growing middle known occur together. DALLAS: In this Thursday, July 18, 2013, photo, information technology professional said Larry Meinert, director of the mineral class around the world means more and more “The copper mine never went into produc- Josh Scott, left, helps a computer user who did not want to be identified during a resource program for the US Geological Survey people want things like cellphones,” said Alex tion, but now after all of this time we’ve ana- monthly “Cryptoparty” in Dallas. Across the Internet, users are talking about in Reston, Virginia. King, director of the Critical Materials Institute of lyzed it and it came back high with Indium, changes small and large, from using more encryption and stronger passwords to The USGS and Department of Energy are on a the Department of Energy’s Ames Research Lab which is used in photovoltaic panels. It never much more extreme measures such as ditching cellphones and using cash over credit nationwide scramble for deposits of the ele- in Iowa. “Our job is to solve the problem any economically produced copper, but it gives us cards. The conversations play out daily on Reddit, Twitter and other networks, and ments that make magnets lighter, bring bal- way we can.” insight into some associations we didn’t previ- have spread to offline life with so-called ‘Cryptoparty’ gatherings in cities including anced hues to fluorescent lighting and color to At the University of Nevada-Reno and ously recognize,” Koenig said. Dallas, Atlanta and Oakland, Calif. — AP the touch screens of smartphones in order to Colorado School of Mines, USGS scientists used Indium also has been found in the defunct break the Chinese stranglehold on those sup- lasers to examine extensive samples of rocks and copper mine that dominates the artsy southern NSA revelations reframe plies. ore collected across the West during the gold Arizona town of Bisbee. —AP They were surprised to find that the critical elements could be in plain sight in piles of rub- digital life for some ble otherwise considered eyesores and toxic LOUISIANA: In Louisiana, the wife of a for- users are talking about changes small and waste. One era’s junk could turn out to be this mer soldier is scaling back on Facebook large - from strengthening passwords and era’s treasure. posts and considering unfriending old considering encryption to ditching cell- “Those were almost never analyzed for any- acquaintances, worried an innocuous joke phones and using cash over credit cards. thing other than what they were mining for,” or long-lost associate might one day land The conversations play out daily on Reddit, Meinert said. “If they turn out to be valuable that her in a government probe. In California, a Twitter and other networks, and have is a win-win on several fronts - getting us off our dependence on China and having a resource we college student encrypts chats and emails, spread to offline life with so-called didn’t know about.” saying he’s not planning anything sinister “Cryptoparty” gatherings in cities including The 15 rare earth elements were discovered but shouldn’t have to sweat snoopers. And Dallas, Atlanta and Oakland, California. long after the gold rush began to wane, but in Canada, a lawyer is rethinking the data Information technology professional demand for them only took off over the past 10 products he uses to ensure his clients’ pri- Josh Scott hosts a monthly Cryptoparty in years as electronics became smaller and more vacy. Dallas to show people how to operate sophisticated. They begin with number 57 As the attorney, Chris Bushong, put it: online more privately. “You have to decide Lanthanum and end with 71 Lutetium, a group “Who wants to feel like they’re being how extreme you want to be,” Scott said. of metallic chemical elements that are not rare watched?” News of the US government’s Christopher Shoup, a college student as much as they are just difficult to mine secret surveillance programs that targeted from Victorville, California, has been because they occur in tiny amounts and are encouraging friends to converse on phone records but also information trans- often stuck to each other. mitted on the Internet has done more than Cryptocat, a private messaging program Unlike metals higher up on the table such as spark a debate about privacy. Some are that promises users they can chat “without silver and gold, there’s no good agent for dis- reviewing and changing their online habits revealing messages to a third party.” Shoup solving elements so closely linked in atomic as they reconsider some basic questions isn’t worried that his own behavior could structure without destroying the target. It makes about today’s interconnected world. draw scrutiny, but said the mere idea that mining for them tedious and expensive. Among them: How much should I share the government could retrieve his personal “The reason they haven’t been explored for in IOWA: In this December 2012 photo provided by the US Department of Energy, Ames and how should I share it? communications “bothers me as an the US was because as long as China was pre- Laboratory, materials scientist Ryan Ott, left, and research technician Ross Anderson examine Some say they want to take preventa- American.” pared to export enough rare earths to fill the an ingot of magnesium and rare-earth metals as part of a project to optimize the process to tive measures in case such programs are “I don’t think I should have to worry,” he demand, everything was fine - like with the oil reclaim rare earths from scraps of rare-earth-containing magnets in Ames, Iowa. Across the expanded. Others are looking to send a said. Cryptocat said it nearly doubled its cartels. When China began to use them as a West, early miners digging for gold, silver and copper had no idea that one day something message - not just to the US government number of users in two days after Snowden political tool, people began to see the vulnera- even more valuable would be hidden in the piles of dirt and rocks they tossed aside. Now but to the Internet companies that collect revealed himself as the source of leaks bility to the US economy to having one source there’s a rush in the US to find key components of cellphones, televisions, weapons systems, so much personal information. about the NSA’s programs. Two search of rare earth elements,” said Ian Ridley, director wind turbines, MRI machines and the regenerative brakes in hybrid cars, a group of versatile “We all think that nobody’s interested in engine companies billed as alternatives to of the USGS Central Mineral and Environmental minerals on the periodic table called rare earth elements and old mining tailings piles just us, we’re all simple folk,” said Doan Moran Google, Bing and Yahoo are also reporting Resources Science Center in Colorado. might be the answer. — AP of Alexandria, Louisiana. “But you start significant surges in use. looking at the numbers and the phone DuckDuckGo and Ixquick both promise records ... it makes you really hesitate.” they don’t collect data from users or filter Last month former government contrac- results based on previous history. Pope OKs indulgences for tweeting classes tor Edward Snowden leaked documents DuckDuckGo went from 1.8 million search- revealing that the National Security es per day to more than 3 million per day VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is from the eternal or spiritual punish- sinners following the Rio event can During the last edition of World Agency, as part of its anti-terrorism efforts, the week after the NSA revelations came to offering indulgences for Facebook ment of damnation. An indulgence score an indulgence by participat- Youth Day in Madrid, in 2011, such had collected the phone records of millions light. Ixquick and sister site Startpage have fans, Twitter lovers and other “virtu- is designed to remove the “tempo- ing “spiritually” and following the partial indulgences were also avail- of Americans. A second NSA program gone from 2.8 million searches per day to al” participants of the upcoming ral” punishment of sin that may events on “television, radio or, able “to all those, wherever they called PRISM forces major Internet firms to more than 4 million. World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro - remain - the consequence of the always with the necessary devo- may be,” who followed the event turn over the detailed contents of commu- Gabriel Weinberg, chief executive of but there’s a hitch. wrongdoing that might have dis- tion, via new means of social com- from afar and met the same spiritu- nications such as emails, video chats, pic- DuckDuckGo, said the NSA programs The Holy See’s social media rupted the sinner’s relationships munication.” al criteria. —AP tures and more. reminded people to consider privacy but guru, Archbishop Claudio Maria with others. Moran’s husband, an ex-Army man, that government snooping may the least of Celli, warned Friday that merely Famously, Martin Luther’s oppo- already was guarded about using social an everyday computer user’s concerns. checking the pope’s Twitter feed sition to the church’s practice of media. Now she is looking through her DuckDuckGo’s website warns of the pitfalls won’t result in an indulgence, the selling indulgences inspired him to Facebook “friends” to consider whom to of Internet search engines, including third - ancient church tradition related to launch the Protestant Reformation delete, because she can’t know what some- party advertisements built around a user’s the forgiveness of sins that roughly in the 1500s. He was excommuni- one in her network might do in the future. searches or the potential for a hacker or amounts to a “get out of Purgatory cated, and the practice of buying Moran said she’s uneasy because she feels rogue employee to gain access to personal free” card. and selling indulgences has been unclear about what the NSA is keeping and information. Rather, Celli told The Associated illegal since 1562 Council of Trent, how deep the agency’s interests might go. Potential harm is “becoming more tangi- Press, a Catholic seeking an indul- but the granting of them has con- In Toronto, attorney Bushong let a free ble over time,” said Weinberg, who is post- gence for participating in Rio - tinued. trial of Google’s business applications ing fewer family photos, dropping a popu- either physically or virtually- must The Vatican earlier this month expire after learning about PRISM, under lar cloud service that stores files and check- truly be contrite and have a announced, as it does ahead of which the NSA seized data from Google, ing his settings on devices at home to moment of deepening faith. every World Youth Day, that partici- Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and AOL. ensure they are as private as possible. “When we are touching spiritu- pants in the July 22-28 Rio edition Bushong is moving to San Diego in August At Ixquick, more than 45,000 people ality, the problem resides not in would be eligible for indulgences. to launch a tax planning firm and said he have asked to be beta testers for a new what I do but what is in my heart,” The criteria are tough: wants to be able to promise confidentiality email service featuring accounts that not Celli said. “It’s not just watching TV Catholics in Rio must go to con- and respond sufficiently should clients even the company can get into without and the ceremonies of the Holy fession, receive Communion, pray VATICAN: In this photo taken on Saturday, June 25, 2011 Monsignor question his firm’s data security. He user codes, spokeswoman Katherine Father that I get the indulgence, or and “be truly contrite.” Claudio Maria Celli shows to journalists the new portal, www.news.va, switched to a Canadian Internet service Albrecht said. The company will levy a because I’m going to Rio, or But in a blending of new tech- during a press conference at the Vatican. The Vatican is offering indul- provider for email and is considering small charge for the accounts, betting that because I’m reading a tweet of the nology with old theology, the gences for ‘virtual’ participants of the upcoming World Youth Day in installing his own document servers. people are willing to pay for privacy. As Holy Father. That’s not the forgive- decree approved by Pope Francis Rio de Janeiro — but there’s a hitch. The Vatican’s social media guru, “I’d like to be able to say that I’ve taken computer users grow more savvy, they bet- ness of sins.” specified that even people who Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, warned Friday that merely checking all reasonable steps to ensure that they’re ter understand that Internet companies According to church teaching, couldn’t make it to Rio could be eli- the pope’s Twitter feed won’t result in an indulgence, the ancient not giving up any freedoms unnecessarily,” build their businesses around data collec- Catholics who confess their sins are gible for a partial indulgence. The church tradition related to forgiving sins that roughly amounts to a he said. Across the Internet, computer tion, Albrecht said. forgiven and therefore released same conditions must be met, but ‘get out of Purgatory free’ card. — AP TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE Cold caps tested to prevent hair loss during chemo

WASHINGTON: The first time Miriam Lipton had Participants’ hair will be photographed for “I know I’m sick, but I don’t want to look it,” breast cancer, her thick locks fell out two weeks experts to assess, and they’ll be compared with said Vanessa Thomas, 57, of Baltimore, who is after starting chemotherapy. The second time a small group of similarly ill patients who get using the Penguin caps at the recommenda- breast cancer struck, Lipton gave her scalp a chemo alone. tion of her doctor at MedStar Harbor Hospital. deep chill and kept much of her hair - making Lipton was among 20 US patients who Halfway through her breast cancer treatment, her fight for survival seem a bit easier. Hair loss is pilot-tested the DigniCap in 2011, most of Thomas says her hair feels only a little thinner. one of chemotherapy’s most despised side whom kept more than half of their hair. The FDA declined comment on the Penguin effects, not because of vanity but because it Lipton’s thinned quite a bit at the crown, caps. Beyond breast cancer, advocates say the fuels stigma, revealing to the world an illness where the cap didn’t fit snugly. But because caps may be useful with other solid tumors as that many would rather keep private. “I didn’t her bangs and surrounding hair remained, the well. What’s the evidence behind scalp cool- necessarily want to walk around the grocery mother of two covered the thinning with a ing? A recent review by oncologists in the store answering questions about my cancer,” headband, not a wig. The side effect: Pain and Netherlands found numerous overseas studies recalled Lipton, 45, of San Francisco. “If you look a headache as the cold set in. “It wasn’t per- conclude scalp cooling can work - but it’s far OK on the outside, it can help you feel, ‘OK, this is fect, but it was easier,” said Lipton, who’s from clear which patients are most likely to manageable, I can get through this.’” healthy today. “I felt normal much more quick- benefit, even how cold the scalp should be. SAN FRANCISCO: File photo shows Dr Hope Rugo, an oncologist and breast Now US researchers are about to put an ly.” If the larger study is successful, Sweden’s That’s because most of the research so far has cancer specialist, demonstrates the use of a Dignitana DigniCap system at experimental hair-preserving treatment to a rig- Dignitana AB plans to seek FDA approval to been from observational studies that can’t the University of California San Francisco Mount Zion Hospital cancer cen- orous test: To see if strapping on a cap so cold it market the medical device in the US The move provide proof. But it seems harder to save hair numbs the scalp during chemo, like Lipton did, could open the way for other brands and with higher doses and certain types of chemo. ter.—AP photos really works well enough to be used widely in insurance coverage. Researchers at New York’s Weill Cornell this country, as it is in Europe and Canada. Near- Clearly there’s demand: Despite the lack of Breast Center reported at a recent meeting of freezing temperatures are supposed to reduce FDA approval, a growing number of US the American Society for Clinical Oncology Burundi’s longest cholera blood flow in the scalp, making it harder for can- patients are renting a similar product, called that among just over a dozen Penguin cap cer-fighting drugs to reach and harm hair folli- Penguin Cold Caps, from a British company for users tracked so far, one lost enough hair to epidemic kills at least 17 cles. But while several types of cold caps are sold $455 a month. Patients haul a collection of use a wig. As for safety, UCSF’s Rugo said a around the world, the Food and Drug caps to chemo sessions on dry ice, or store recurring tumor in the scalp is incredibly rare. BUJUMBURA: A cholera epidemic in Bujumbura, but also along Lake Administration hasn’t approved their use in the them in special freezers provided by about 50 Hair-preserving approaches need good test- Burundi, the longest in the small central Tanganyika and northwestern provinces US Scalping cooling is an idea that’s been hospitals. It’s deliberately separate from doc- ing, adds Dr Laura Esserman, a UCSF breast African country’s history, has killed at before spreading across the entire coun- around for decades, but it never caught on here tors’ and nurses’ care - typically, patients bring cancer specialist. “If it matters to our patients, least 17 people in 10 months, a top try. Southern regions of the country are in part because of a concern: Could the cold pre- a friend to help them switch caps every 20 to it should matter to us,” she said. “It’s really not health official told AFP yesterday. now also affected by the outbreak, said vent chemotherapy from reaching any stray can- 30 minutes when one loses its chill. more complicated than that.”—AP “Burundi has been affected since last the official. In the capital, the problem is cer cells lurking in the scalp? October by a cholera epidemic,” said exacerbated by mountains of waste pil- “Do they work and are they safe? Those are Liboire Ngirigi, director general of public ing up and public fountains not working the two big holes. We just don’t know,” said health. “It has claimed at killed at least 17 because of an administrative dispute, an American Cancer Society spokeswoman lives and 936 cases have been reported AFP correspondent reported. The agent Kimberly Stump-Sutliff, an oncology nurse who by hospitals. This is the longest outbreak of cholera, Vibrio cholerae, is a tiny bac- said studies abroad haven’t settled those ques- in our country.” The scale of the outbreak terium transmitted through the digestive tions. “We need to know.” To Dr Hope Rugo of the seems to be growing as 14 of the victims tract after drinking water or eating food University of California, San Francisco, the perished since June, he said. contaminated with faeces or dirty hands. impact of hair loss has been overlooked, even Ngirigi said a lack of adequate infor- After a short incubation period of two to belittled, by health providers. She’s had patients mation meant some residents were not five days, the disease causes severe diar- delay crucial treatment to avoid it, and others seeking treatment fast enough for the rhoea, draining the body of its water. In whose businesses suffered when clients saw disease, which spreads mainly because of the absence of immediate care, primarily they were sick and shied away. With more peo- a lack of safe drinking water and access rehydration, this dramatic loss of fluid is ple surviving cancer, “we need to make this to toilets. The epidemic first appeared in often fatal. Burundi is one of the poorest experience as tolerable as possible, so there’s the the northern districts of the capital countries in the world.—AFP least baggage at the end,” Rugo said. “Quite frankly, it’s the first or second question out of most patients’ mouths when I tell them I Black lung resurgent recommend chemotherapy. It’s not, ‘Is this going to cure me? It’s, ‘Am I going to lose my hair?’” adds Dr Susan Melin of North Carolina’s Wake in parts of coal country Forest Baptist Medical Center. Later this summer, Rugo and Melin, along with researchers at a few KENTUCKY: Congress intended to eradicate including routine work shifts of 10 to 12 hours other hospitals in New York and California, will the disease known as black lung with a land- for miners; increased mining of thinner coal begin enrolling 110 early stage breast cancer mark 1969 law that limited underground coal seams in Central Appalachia, which requires patients in a study of the DigniCap brand of SAN FRANCISCO: Dr Hope Rugo, right, an oncologist and breast cancer specialist, miners’ exposure to dust. Roger Cook can tell cutting through more rock; inadequate dust- scalp cooling. The tight-fitting, insulated cap is you that didn’t happen, but only if he pauses control rules; and failure by coal companies to attached to a cooling machine to stay around a demonstrates the use of the Dignitana DigniCap system on Katherine Serrurier, a mid-sentence to take a labored breath. Cook, comply with the rules. shivery 41 degrees as patients undergo chemo. research assistant and pre-medical intern. 57, has black lung even though he started his Safety advocates and miners also lay blame 32 years as an underground miner in 1978, on companies that cheat on the dust samples well after the new standards were put in place. they are required to submit to federal regula- He is among a growing number of Eastern tors, although they say that problem was WHO had asked India to ban Kentucky miners afflicted in recent years with worse in the past. In 1991, the US Mine Safety black lung, reversing a decades-long decline of and Health Administration, or MSHA, cited the torturous, incurable disease. The Letcher more than 840 coal companies for alleged toxin that killed children County, Ky, man had to quit the mining job he cheating on dust sampling during a wide- loved in April 2010 when he was diagnosed spread investigation. Of those, 301 mines were with black lung, which scars the lungs, impairs in Kentucky, the most of any state. Toxic pesticide monocrotophos banned in many countries breathing and often leads to premature death. That didn’t stop the problem, according to Cook now relies on an oxygen tank to help former miners and attorneys who handle min- NEW DELHI/LONDON: The pesticide that killed been prepared with cooking oil that contained Its import is illegal in at least 46 countries. Yet in him breathe 24 hours a day, and he still gets ers’ black-lung claims. They tell stories of com- 23 Indian schoolchildren last week is a nerve monocrotophos - a substance that belongs to a India, monocrotophos “is widely used and easily short of breath even while sitting. He once was panies recording fraudulent dust levels by poison banned by many countries because of family of chemicals called organophosphates available”, and is frequently linked to fatal poi- an avid hunter and fisherman, but about the hanging monitors in the clean-air intake, cov- what the World Health Organisation (WHO) that share a common mechanism of toxic action. soning, both accidental and intentional. best he can do these days is pull close in his ering monitors with cloth, and even putting describes as its “high acute toxicity”. As early as “Basically they are nerve poisons,” said David “Its low cost and many possible applications pickup truck to watch his grandchildren fish. “I them inside lunch buckets. “There was a lot of 2009, the United Nations health agency urged Coggon, a professor of occupational and envi- have kept up demand in India despite growing won’t last that long if I don’t get a transplant,” ‘em did that,” former Pike County, Ky., miner India to consider a ban on the pesticide ronmental medicine at Britain’s University of evidence of its negative impact on human Cook said. Breathing coal and rock dust at coal Robert Compton, 60, said of cheating by com- monocrotophos - the substance said by a magis- Southampton. “They interfere with transmission health,” the WHO report said. And although panies. Compton has black lung after working trate investigating the deaths to be the cause of between one nerve and another, or with trans- both the WHO and the U.N. Food and 34 years as an underground miner. In its May 2011 study, NIOSH used data from coal com- the poisoning. mission between nerves and muscle cells.” Agriculture Organisation the recommend It had also warned that in India - against puncturing and crushing pesticide containers panies’ dust samples to predict the prevalence Banned in many countries of black lung, then compared the predictions strong international health warnings - many to prevent people using them for anything else, to the X-rays of more than 12,000 miners. pesticide containers are not thrown away after According to WHO, swallowing just 120 mil- in India “the reality is different”, the WHO said. The prevalence of black lung was four use but recycled and used for storing water, ligrams of monocrotophos - the weight of about “Many pesticide containers, because of their times higher than predicted in Eastern food and other consumables. In last week’s case five grains of rice - can be fatal to humans. Initial sturdiness and look, are often later used to Kentucky, the report said. Other regions of the in the Indian state of Bihar, the children fell ill symptoms can include sweating, nausea, vomit- store objects, food grains and water, and some- country did not show a similar gap. The within minutes of eating a meal of rice and pota- ing, blurred vision and hyper-salivation, or foam- times even medicines.” National Mining Association is not aware of to curry in their one-room school. They were ing at the mouth. Monocrotophos controls a Coggon said that, while a ban on monocro- cheating by coal operators, and it should not vomiting and convulsing with stomach cramps - range of pests from aphids to caterpillars, mites, tophos would doubtless help reduce its risks in be happening, Senior Vice President Bruce symptoms that experts say would be common moths, stem borers and locusts on various crops India, using it more safely could also help to Watzman said. The association’s position is in poisoning with such a toxic chemical. such as cotton, rice and sugarcane. minimize reduce the threat. “It’s about trying to simple, he said: “Operators are expected to The lunch was part of India’s Mid-Day Meal According to a detailed 2009 WHO report on develop a safety culture,” he said. “It’s about comply with the law and the regulations.” Mine Scheme, which aims to tackle malnutrition and the health risks of monocrotophos in India, the developing systems that will ensure these KENTUCKY: Roger Cook talks to a safety advocates argue that coal companies encourage 120 million poor children to attend countries and regions that have banned its use things are handled as safely as possible - hav- reporter during an interview at his often fall short on other regulations that can school. It had already drawn widespread com- include Australia, Cambodia, China, the ing the right sorts of containers, the size, the home in Letcher County.—MCT affect a miner’s lungs. They include maintain- plaints over food safety. An initial forensic inves- European Union, Indonesia, Laos, Philippines, Sri formulation ... and educating people about the ing proper ventilation in underground mines tigation found the Bihar children’s meal had Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam and the United States. use of chemicals in general.”—Reuters mines can cause various lung ailments, includ- and complying with safety precautions to keep ing black lung the common term for coal down dust, such as spraying water from min- workers’ pneumoconiosis and silicosis. ing machines. Black lung has been the underlying or con- In the 12 months ending March 1, MSHA Plain packaging reduces allure of cigarettes tributing cause of death of more than 76,000 issued 146 citations for excessive dust in PARIS: Scientists yesterday said they had evi- sition phase, when both branded and plain- as a higher priority in their lives compared to miners since 1968, according to figures from underground mines, and 339 for failing to sub- dence that plain packaging for cigarettes pack products were on sale. Nearly three- smokers using brand packs. The study, pub- the National Institute for Occupational Safety mit ventilation plans. In May, MSHA shut down diminishes the appeal of smoking, as anti- quarters of those interviewed were smoking lished on BMJ Open by the British Medical and Health. That total does not include deaths a Floyd County, Ky., mine for more than three tobacco campaigners suggest. European from plain packets, and the others from Journal, did not follow up these smokers, to from silicosis, which is caused by breathing weeks after finding numerous safety viola- countries are considering whether to follow branded packets. see what they thought or did after the transi- dust from rocks such as sandstone. Before the tions, including mining without required dust Australia, which last year became the first Plain-pack smokers were 66 likelier to think tion period. 1969 mine safety act, more than 40 percent of controls. Inspectors found no air movement country in the world to sell cigarettes in plain their cigarettes were of poorer quality com- But, it says, the “early indication” is that longtime miners in some regions of the United and floating dust. “As a whole in the industry, packets. In Australia’s case, the cigarettes are pared with a year earlier, and were 70 percent drab packaging takes the gloss off cigarette States got black lung, according to NIOSH ventilation is a joke in underground mines,” sold in identical olive-green packets bearing likelier to say they found them less satisfying. brands. “Plain packaging is associated with data. Overall, 11.2 percent of underground said lawyer Timothy C. Bailey of Charleston, the same typeface, in addition to health warn- They were also 81 percent likelier to have lower smoking appeal, more support for the coal miners screened for black lung from 1970 W.Va., who represents miners in black-lung ings. Researchers questioned 536 smokers in thought about quitting at least once a day policy and more urgency to quit among adult to 1974 had the disease. cases. the Australian state of Victoria during the tran- during the previous week and to rate quitting smokers,” it says.—AFP Prevalence of black lung declined steadily MSHA chief Joseph A. Main has said current for several decades, dropping to 2 percent in rules are not adequate to protect miners. For screenings conducted from 1995 to 1999, instance: miners wear dust monitors for only NIOSH said in a May 2011 report. Then, myste- eight hours, even though they might work riously, black lung rebounded. Screenings in longer shifts; companies can slow production 2005 and 2006 found the disease in 3.3 per- to generate less dust when dust samples are cent of surveyed miners. In addition, NIOSH taken; and MSHA uses an average of five sam- has documented that miners are developing ples to gauge compliance. The agency has pro- advanced cases of lung disease at younger posed a number of changes, including lower- ages, and that there has been a bigger surge of ing the limit on miners’ exposure to coal and black lung among miners in Central silica dust; requiring miners to wear personal Appalachia than elsewhere. monitors to provide real-time dust readings; In Eastern Kentucky, 9 percent of the min- using a single, full-shift sample to measure ers screened in one NIOSH program between compliance; and keeping production closer to 2005 and 2009 had black lung. It was the high- normal levels while sampling. The coal indus- est prevalence of any state. Dr Edward Petsonk try opposes the changes. The National Mining of West Virginia University, who has treated Association argues that the spike in coal min- black-lung victims and has conducted exten- ers’ lung disease is limited to Central sive research on the disease, said the increase Appalachia and doesn’t justify an industry- is troubling. wide rule change. The association argues that “I was knocked off my chair,” Petsonk said of the real culprit is increased exposure to higher when he first saw studies documenting the levels of silica from sandstone and other rocks, increase. NIOSH has identified a number of and that MSHA should focus on fixing that possible reasons for the black lung resurgence, problem at the regional level. —MCT FRANCE: (Left) Cigarettes are displayed on a table in Lille. (Right) Cigarettes are displayed on a table in Lille.—AFP photos TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Trying to lose weight? Ditch calorie-rich rewards after exercise

NEW YORK: If you’re spending more although Americans say they are more from people who have successfully lost to 300 minutes of exercise per week calories short of burning one pound of time running, walking or pumping iron active, it has not made much of a dent at least 30 pounds and kept it off for a may be the minimum to lose weight. “At fat.” She added that people must be in the gym and still not losing weight, in the obesity epidemic that affects least one year, reports that 90 percent 150 (minutes) the best you can hope for physically active regardless of their size fitness experts say it could be due to more than one-third of US adults. Ross, of its members exercise, on average, is weight maintenance.” Donnelly said if or whether they are losing weight. too big a reward for still too little exer- a personal trainer based outside about one hour per day. there’s a success story for the role of “Moderately intense exercise done in cise. Although fitness has indisputable Washington, DC, said exercise can play US health officials recommend that exercise in weight control, it’s in main- as few as 10-minute increments two to health benefits, it takes a lot of walking a role in weight reduction, but without healthy adults get at least 150 minutes tenance. “Even among the naysayers three times a day markedly reduces our or running to burn off the calories in a broader lifestyle and nutritional of moderate-intensity physical activity who feel you can’t lose much weight risk of all causes of mortality, heart dis- donut. changes, that role is limited. a week, or around 20 minutes a day. Dr through exercise, most people agree it ease most effectively but all other caus- “There’s a war between exercise and “We put exercise in a box and once Joseph E Donnelly, an exercise physiol- seems important to maintain weight,” es, including cancers, deaths due to nutrition in our heads,” said American that exercise box is filled in we don’t do ogist with the American College of he said. Dr Michele Olson, professor of hypertension and strokes, etc,” she said. Council on Exercise spokesperson much the rest of the day,” he explained, Sports Medicine said the US govern- exercise physiology at Auburn Ross said for many of his clients the Jonathan Ross. “People tend to overesti- adding that a post-workout calorie- ment guidelines are for cardio vascular University Montgomery, in Alabama, goal is to maintain vitality and capabili- mate the amount of physical activity dense treat doesn’t help. “Some fitness, not weight loss. “It was never said it is difficult to shed pounds ty. “For anyone out there who is frus- they get. They work out a little bit and (weight-loss) programs stress nutrition, intended for weight management,” said through exercise alone. “One pound of trated about not losing weight, try to treat themselves a lot.” some stress exercise,” he said. “But the Donnelly, a researcher who focuses on fat has 3,500 calories,” she explained. “If focus instead on what you love about A report by the University of two together are greater than the obesity at the University of Kansas. you ran a 26-mile marathon, where you your life,” he said. “The No. 1 goal is to Washington’s Institute for Health parts.” The National Weight Control “People have misused it.” burn about 100 calories per mile, you feel better in your body. That’s what Metrics and Evaluation showed that Registry, which gathers information He added that studies suggest 250 would burn 2600 calories, falling 900 exercising is good for.”—Reuters Tests show woman’s brain tumor shrinking after poliovirus injection

DURHAM: The same virus that causes early to determine the results. American Society of Clinical Oncology. Mostly it affects people in their late paralysis and sometimes death in The glioblastoma treatment uses “In concept, this and many other viral 40s to mid 50s.” Lipscomb’s case is polio patients may have the potential the Sabin 1 virus strain developed in therapies are promising,” Buckner said. unusual because she was so young to cure people with cancerous brain the 1950s to vaccinate humans Cancer specialists at Mayo Clinic when the tumor developed. Her can- tumors based on early results of a against polio disease, which causes and other research institutions are cer was discovered after she suffered a research trial underway at Duke paralysis by infecting cells in the spinal testing therapies that use a variety of series of debilitating headaches in University Medical Center. Stephanie cord. To ensure greater safety, disease-causing viruses, including spring 2010, near the end of her fresh- Lipscomb, 22, learned that she was researchers swapped out a piece of measles and the vesicular stomatitis man year at University of South nearly cancer-free during a checkup at genetic information to alter the virus virus, which is related to rabies. Viruses Carolina-Upstate in Spartanburg. Duke Cancer Center on Monday 14 so it could not grow in normal brain may work against cancer by causing “It got to the point that I couldn’t months after a modified version of the cells, said Matthais Gromeier, a polio- the body’s immune system to defend eat anything,” Lipscomb said. “I poliovirus was injected into her brain virologist at Duke who developed the itself, but there is also evidence that couldn’t dress or bathe myself. All I to treat a recurring, aggressive cancer therapy. some viruses may directly attack could do was lay in bed.” A brain scan known as glioblastoma. The modified virus has been tested tumor cells. Others are being targeted revealed a tennis-ball-sized tumor in “I’m really pleased; the nodule is in both primates and humans over the toward specific cancer gene muta- her brain just behind her right eye, almost all gone,” neuro-oncologist past decade, Gromeier said. “We have tions, Buckner said. which was surgically removed in June Annick Desjardins told Lipscomb, as tested it with a sufficient amount of “Which property of virus therapy is 2010. she examined the young woman’s MRI patients to know it is absolutely safe in going to prove to be most effective She underwent months of brain scan. Lipscomb, of Seneca, SC, humans,” he said. “We have not remains to be seen,” he said. chemotherapy and radiation and still became the first patient to enter the observed any toxic side effects.” Researchers are optimistic about the was given just five years to live. “But first phase of testing for the Exactly how the poliovirus works future of poliovirus as a weapon I’m religious, and I didn’t believe I was poliovirus-based therapy when she against cancer cells is still being stud- against brain and other types of can- going to die from cancer,” she said. was given the virus through a catheter ied, but Gromeier thinks it triggers a cers. “It seems promising, but we will “I’ve never felt like I was going to die, inserted into her brain in May 2012. response in the patient’s immune sys- still need to look at more patients and no matter what anyone else thought.” “The fact that this patient had the tem. “Since we are all vaccinated see if we can reproduce these results,” Lipscomb resumed her collegiate life procedure 14 months ago and there’s against polio, we already have Desjardins said. Glioblastoma is the in the spring of 2011, with help from a been no regrowth of the tumor is very, immune defenses,” he said. “So when most common and aggressive type of couple of stylish wigs. But in April very exciting and promising,” said we infect the tumor, our immune sys- brain cancer and is usually fatal. 2012, her world was rocked again Desjardins, lead investigator in the tem will come in and respond and Standard treatment includes surgery, when she learned the tumor had study. So far, seven patients have been turn against the patient’s tumor.” chemotherapy and radiation, with the returned. Lipscomb immediately treated in the poliovirus study. Two The poliovirus is among a number tumors reoccurring in 95 percent of agreed when Desjardins offered her who joined the project shortly after of viral agents being studied in cancer cases nearly 50 percent within eight the chance to join the poliovirus Lipscomb also have experienced dra- research, said Jan Buckner, chairman weeks of treatment. research effort, even knowing she NORTH CAROLINA: Duke Cancer Center MRI technician Miguel Rosario, right, matic shrinkage of their tumors, while of the Department of Oncology at “We typically expect about a year would be the first patient to enter two others failed to improve. An addi- Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., who of survival” after traditional treatment, Phase 1 of the trial, which gauges the adjusts a set of headphones for brain cancer patient Stephanie Lipscomb, 22, at tional two patients have been treated heard a presentation on the Duke Desjardins said. “And it really affects safety and dosage for an experimental the start of a 20-minute MRI scan series on a large Siemens 3 tesla scanner at more recently, and doctors say it is too research at a recent meeting of the who they are, how they function. treatment.—MCT Duke Cancer Center in Durham. —MCT photo WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 Candidate Al-Shanfa inaugurates campaign

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Indian Embassy sets up helpline Fourth constituency candidate Ahmad Al-Shanfa inaugurated his elections campaign in an event hosted at the Farwaniya Ceremonies Hall and was attended by a he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has large crowd of fourth constituency residents. Al-Shanfa hosted a seminar titled ‘A Message to the Upcoming Prime Minister’, in which he held the premier responsi- set up helpline in order to assist ble for achieving reform and development in Kuwait, and threatened to file grilling motions against him if elected should the premier fail to accomplish justice. T Indian expatriates in registering — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat any complaint regarding the govern- ment’s ongoing campaign to stamp out illegal residents from the country. The embassy said in press release yesterday Sheraton Kuwait continues to host that it amended its previous statement and stated if there is any complaint, the summer intern training for LOYAC same could be conveyed at the following (as amended): Operations Department, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: 24768146/25200334. It said the embassy has been in regular contact with local authorities regarding the ongoing checking of expatriates. The embassy has also conveyed to them the concerns, fears and apprehensions of the community in this regard. The authorities in Kuwait have conveyed that strict instructions have been issued to ensure that there is no harassment or improper treatment of expatriates by those under- taking checking. “The embassy would like to request Indian expatriates to ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules and regulations regarding residency, traf- fic and other matters,” the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other relevant documents such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian expatriate encounters any improp- er treatment during checking, it may be conveyed immediately with full details and contact particulars to the embassy at he Sheraton Kuwait, a Luxury Collection Hotel was Exposure to the working environment of the hospi- years at the Sheraton Kuwait and Four Points by the following phone number 67623639. pleased to welcome students from the Lothan tality industry at the Sheraton Kuwait will enhance their Sheraton Kuwait. We are very happy to be welcoming Youth Achievements Center (LoYac) during their growth potential and help them evolve into competent different students every year acknowledging them These contact details are exclusively for T annual summer program for the year 2013 which is a six professionals. Thus, the Sheraton Kuwait once again about the hospitality industry and its different depart- the above-mentioned purpose only. weeks program that helps participants invest their long provides a guiding force in the community and contin- ments and to be giving them a better understanding of summer holiday and get practical training in several ues to have an active role in supporting youth affairs. this dynamic industry. We hope that with this con- Issue of online visa activities to acquire valuable working experience. Also, Upon completion of the program, Mounir Amer, densed training we have helped develop their profes- by Indian embassy they connect positively with their society by volunteer- General Manager of Four Points by Sheraton Kuwait met sional future and we look forward to training more stu- oreigners requiring visas for India ing certain hours in community centers or awareness with the participants where they were awarded with dents in the years to come”. need to apply it online from 16th committees in addition to regular weekly meetings, dif- certificate of achievement. On this occasion, Amer stat- F June 2013. Applicants may log on to ferent activities and valuable workshops. ed that “this training program has been carried out for the Public portal at www.indianvisaon- line.gov.in. After successful online sub- mission, the hard copy, so generated, has to be signed by the applicant and submit- ted with supporting documents in accor- dance with the type of visa along with the applicable fee in cash at any of the two outsource centres at Sharq or Fahaheel. It is essential that applicants fill in their per- sonal details as exactly available in their passports. Mismatch of any of the person- al details would lead to non-acceptance of the application. Fees once paid are non- refundable. All children would have to obtain separate visa on their respective passports.

8th Expo Pakistan KUWAIT: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM) hosted a ghabqa recently on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, attended by political activists, for- to commence in September mer MPs, diplomats and other guests.— Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh he 8th Expo Pakistan will be held from September 26 to 29 in T Karachi. Held annually, Expo Pakistan is the biggest trade fair in the country showcasing the largest collec- tion of Pakistan’s export merchandise and services. Foreign Exhibitors also use the event to launch their products. Expo Pakistan 2012 was visited by delegates from 52 countries and generated a business of over $ 518 million. A 16 member delega- tion from Kuwait including reputable companies like Al-Yasra Foods also took part in the last exhibition. Expo Pakistan 2013 is being held under the auspices of the Trade Development Authority Pakistan. Details about the event can be viewed www.expopakisan.gov.pk. Further infor- mation and details of sponsorship can be obtained from the office of Commercial Secretary, Pakistan Embassy, Jabriya (25356594) during office hours.

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EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VFS) [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc- com for more information. Kuwait citizens can apply for tourist visas on-line at www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm. n n n n n n n

EMBASSY OF CANADA he Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does not have a visa or immi- Tgration department. All pro- Author and columnist Abdullah Buwair (left) greeted former prime minister Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah during the annual ghabqa that Sheikh Nasser cessing of visa and immigration matters hosted recently on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. including enquiries is conducted by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi. Individuals who are interested in working, studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada Al-Mulla International Exchange Co should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or hosts grand iftar party www.goingtocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi- [email protected]. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al- Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Daaiyah. Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The recep- tion is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday through Wednesday. n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF GREECE The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the pleasure to announce that visa applica- tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications please visit the following website he period of Ramadan is all about losing iftar party of Al-Mulla Exchange. The iftar party was instrumental in taking Al-Mulla Exchange to the pre- www.mfa.gr/kuwait. hatred and spreading love for each other. I conducted at one of the best hotels in Kuwait, The Safir mier position in State of Kuwait. The staff strength “Tam pleased to see the gathering of Al-Mulla International Hotel. which was close to 500 members then had the sump- n n n n n n n Exchange staff, irrespective of race, caste and creed, Hormuzda Davar, the Director of Financial Services tuous meal arranged by the Hotel after offering the celebrate iftar”. These were the words of Mohammed at Al-Mulla Group took the opportunity to thank the Maghrib prayers. EMBASSY OF INDIA Haded who took the lead in guiding the annual staff staff of Al-Mulla Exchange who he proclaimed was During the holy month of Ramadan, the office timings of the Indian Passport and Visa Service Centres of BLS International Visa Services Co., Kuwait, situated at (i) Emad Commercial Centre, Basement Floor, Ahmed Al Jaber Street, Sharq, Kuwait, and (ii) Mujamma Unood, 4th floor, Office No. 25-26 Makka Street, Fahaheel, Kuwait, will be from 8am to 3pm from Saturday to Thursday (i.e. six days a week). Tokens for submission of applications will be issued till 2pm only. Delivery of Passports and Visas will be from 11am onwards till 3pm. Embassy of India, Kuwait, will maintain its usual working hours.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF UK As of July 22, the British Embassyís Visa Application Center (VAC) will be extending opening hours to be from 08:00 to 15:00 (previously from 09:30 to 14:30). This will gener- ate more appointments in addition to the ones created from the Iftar opening time from 20:00 - 22:00. This step comes in response to the increas- BSK kickstarts Ramadan Camp ing number of applicants during summer. n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF US Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa applications - completely free of an inter- view or a trip inside the Embassy. The chil- dren must be under 14 years of age, and addition- al requirements do apply, but the service means parents will no longer have to schedule individual appointments for their children, nor come inside the Embassy (unless they are applying for them- selves). The service is only available for children holding Kuwaiti passports. To take advantage, par- ents must drop off the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off cover sheet, available on the Embassy website (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous passport, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS-160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS-160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one parent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stating no objection to the child’s travel. - For chil- dren of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I-20. Children born in the US (with very few excep- tions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is available on the U.S. Embassy web- site: kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.html n n n n n n n

EMBASSY OF VENEZUELA Working hours of the Embassy of Venezuela during the holy month of The British Academy of Sport started the Ramadan Camp where the children have a lot of fun and they practice karate, swimming, gymnastics, table tennis, Ramadan 09.00 till 13.30. bowling, fun and games activities. The camp is sponsored by Opty Sport, Sebamed and Volvo. TV PROGRAMS TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

10:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 00:55 Style Star 11:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 01:25 E!es 12:00 The FBI Files Pop! Pop! 13:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 14:35 Border Security 14:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 15:05 Auction Hunters 14:30 Snapped: Women Who Kill ‘Community’ 15:30 Auction Kings 15:00 Forensic Evidence 03:30 Cooked 16:00 Ultimate Survival 16:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder 04:00 Cash In The Attic 16:55 James May’s Man Lab Casebook 04:30 Bargain Hunt 17:50 Mythbusters returns to 17:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 05:15 Daily Cooks Challenge 18:45 Sons Of Guns 18:00 The FBI Files 05:45 How Not To Decorate 19:40 Deconstruction 19:00 The FBI Files 06:30 Cooked 20:05 How It’s Made 20:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 07:00 Daily Cooks Challenge Comic-Con 20:35 Auction Hunters 21:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 07:25 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery 21:00 Flip Men 22:00 Private Crimes 07:55 Planet Cake 21:30 Catfishin’ Kings ommunity” mastermind Dan Harmon 22:30 Casanova Killers 08:20 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 22:25 Robson’s New Extreme is back at Comic-Con - albeit in cheap 23:30 Paranormal Cops 09:05 Bargain Hunt “C Fishing Challenge Iron Man costume. Harmon, who was 09:50 Antiques Roadshow 23:20 River Monsters 10:40 Extreme Makeover: Home replaced as showrunner of the quirky NBC sit- 00:15 Catfishin’ Kings Edition com’s fourth season after a clash with then-cast 01:10 Robson’s New Extreme 03:00 Jumping The Broom-PG15 11:25 MasterChef Australia member Chevy Chase, kicked off Sunday’s pres- Fishing Challenge 05:00 Robots-PG 11:50 Planet Cake entation at the pop-culture convention by lung- 07:00 A Monster In Paris-PG 12:15 Come Dine With Me 09:00 Planet Ocean-PG15 ing onto stage in cardboard armor, which cast 13:00 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery members Danny Pudi and Jim Rash slowly 11:00 Crisis Point-PG15 13:25 New Scandinavian Cooking 13:00 33 Postcards-PG15 13:50 Bargain Hunt ripped off. NBC announced in May that the 15:00 Marley & Me: The Puppy show had been renewed for a fifth season, and 14:20 Gadget Show - World Tour 14:35 Cash In The Attic Years-PG 15:00 Cash In The Attic Harmon was reinstated. 14:45 How Tech Works 17:00 Planet Ocean-PG15 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 15:25 Antiques Roadshow “I am billionaire playboy and creator Dan 18:45 Extremely Loud & Incredibly 16:20 Extreme Makeover: Home 16:00 Ten Ways Close-PG Harmon,” he said as he introduced himself to the 16:55 Kings Of Construction Edition crowd, channeling Tony Stark. He was also 21:00 Phil Spector-PG15 17:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 17:45 Da Vinci’s Machines 23:00 The Raven-18 joined on stage by former “Community” produc- 18:35 NASA’s Greatest Missions 17:55 Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation 01:00 Why Did I Get Married Too?- 18:50 Food & Drink er Chris McKenna and co-stars Nicole Yvette 19:30 Scrapheap Challenge PG15 Brown, Allison Brie, Ken Jeong and Gillian 20:20 Large Dangerous Rocket 19:15 New Scandinavian Cooking Ships 2011 19:45 Come Dine With Me Jacobs. Joel McHale, who is shooting the film 21:10 Gadget Show - World Tour 20:35 Extreme Makeover: Home “Beware the Night” in New York, and Donald Edition 21:35 How Tech Works 07:00 Second Chances-PG15 Glover, who will only star in a handful of the 13 21:20 Antiques Roadshow 22:00 Scrapheap Challenge 09:00 The Way-PG15 22:15 Bargain Hunt episodes in the fifth season, weren’t present. 22:50 Large Dangerous Rocket 11:15 Adventures Of Sharkboy And 23:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent “I don’t consider them the last 13,” noted Ships 2011 Lavagirl-PG 23:55 Cash In The Attic Harmon. “I’m going to do everything I can to get 23:40 Gadget Show - World Tour 13:00 Mrs. Miracle-PG15 00:20 Cash In The Attic 00:05 How Tech Works 15:00 Ip Man 2-PG15 us that sixth season.” The “Community” presenta- 00:50 Come Dine With Me 00:30 Patent Bending 17:00 Madea’s Big Happy Family- tion served as a celebration for the more than 01:45 MasterChef Australia 01:00 Smash Lab PG15 5,000 fans in attendance. “Community” viewers 02:10 How Not To Decorate 01:50 Smash Lab 18:45 We Bought A Zoo-PG launched a social networking campaign to help 21:00 Arbitrage-PG15 save the on-the-bubble series, which features 23:00 Husk-18 lingo like “pop! pop!” and “cool, cool, cool.” When 01:00 Madea’s Big Happy Family- PG15 asked what they’d like to see their characters do 03:00 Andy Bates American Street next season, Rash said he wanted Dean Pelton 00:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner to take up cage-fighting, while Brown hoped 01:20 A Haunting Feasts 02:10 I Was Murdered 03:25 Food Wars Shirley will meet her sister. 02:35 I Was Murdered 04:00 Last Holiday-PG15 03:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives “Sherri Shepard is probably available,” said 03:00 Blood Relatives 06:00 Today’s Special-PG15 04:15 Unique Eats Brown. Harmon teased that the new season THE WAY ON OSN CINEMA 04:40 Chopped 03:45 I Almost Got Away With It 08:00 Flower Girl-PG15 would feature another animated installment 04:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner 10:00 Perfect Plan-PG15 05:30 Iron Chef America 02:00 Seinfeld 06:10 Food Network Challenge and a follow up to the fan-favorite episode, 05:20 A Haunting 12:00 The Odd Life Of Timothy 02:30 Friends “Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.” Despite the 06:10 Nightmare Next Door Green-PG 07:00 Unwrapped 07:25 Unwrapped 07:00 Mystery Diagnosis 14:00 Aeon Flux-PG15 fact he wasn’t involved in the fourth season, 00:00 NRL Premiership 07:50 Andy Bates American Street 07:50 Street Patrol 16:00 Flower Girl-PG15 10:15 Wuthering Heights-PG15 Harmon told the crowd he wouldn’t push the 02:00 Super League Feasts 08:15 Street Patrol 18:00 Ice Age: Continental Drift-PG 12:00 The Imposter-PG15 reset button on Greendale Community College. 13:45 Stealing Bess-PG15 04:00 World Cup of Pool 08:15 Unique Sweets 08:40 Real Emergency Calls 20:00 The Company Men-PG15 Instead, Harmon and the show’s writers will 15:30 Wuthering Heights-PG15 05:00 World Cup of Pool 13:00 Lewis 08:40 Reza’s African Kitchen 09:05 Who On Earth... 22:00 Outlaw Country-PG15 17:15 Beneath Hill 60-PG15 06:00 Golfing World 15:00 At Water’s Edge 09:05 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean refocus on getting to know the characters. “I 09:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 00:00 Rage Of The Yeti-PG15 19:15 Me And You-PG15 07:00 Golfing World 16:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA Cookbook know that’s not a fun Comic-Con thing to say,” 10:20 Solved 02:00 Flower Girl-PG15 11:10 Disappeared 21:00 Freedom Writers-PG15 08:00 AFL Premiership 17:00 60 Minute Makeover 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes said Harmon. “Let’s get back to grounded story- 12:00 Mystery Diagnosis 23:15 Mad Bastards-18 10:30 World Cup of Pool 18:00 Emmerdale 10:20 Extra Virgin telling!” — AP 12:50 Street Patrol 01:00 The Intouchables-PG15 11:30 World Cup of Pool 19:00 Coronation Street 10:45 Kid In A Candy Store 13:15 Street Patrol 12:30 Golfing World 20:00 Coach Trip 11:10 Charly’s Cake Angels 13:40 Forensic Detectives 04:00 Pizza Man-PG15 13:30 The Open Championship 20:30 Come Dine With Me Ireland 11:40 Unique Sweets 14:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 06:00 The Stool Pigeon-PG15 16:30 ITU World Triathlon Series 21:00 Doc Martin 12:00 The Next Iron Chef 15:20 Real Emergency Calls 08:00 Brake-PG15 00:00 Cricket 19:00 ITU World Triathlon Series 23:00 Moving On 12:50 Have Cake, Will Travel 15:45 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 10:00 Batman: The Dark Knight 07:00 Darts World Match 21:30 Super Rugby Highlights 00:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 13:15 Barefoot Contessa 16:10 Disappeared Returns Part One-PG15 11:00 NRL Premiership 22:30 World Cup of Pool 01:00 60 Minute Makeover 13:40 Barefoot Contessa 23:30 World Cup of Pool 17:00 Solved 12:00 Interview With A Hitman- 13:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 02:00 Emmerdale 14:05 Tyler’s Ultimate 17:50 Forensic Detectives PG15 14:00 Super Rugby 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:40 On The Case With Paula Zahn 14:00 Brake-PG15 16:00 World Match Racing 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner 16:00 Boiler Room-PG15 17:00 Trans World Sport 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 20:20 Nightmare Next Door 18:00 Interview With A Hitman- 18:00 NRL Premiership 15:45 Chopped 00:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 16:35 Barefoot Contessa 21:10 Couples Who Kill PG15 20:00 ICC Cricket 360 05:15 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 01:00 NHL 17:00 Barefoot Contessa 12:00 Eden Eats 22:00 Couples Who Kill 20:00 When A Stranger Calls-PG15 20:30 Live Cricket 05:35 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 03:00 Ping Pong World 17:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 13:00 Bizarre Foods America 22:50 Deadly Women 22:00 Tombstone-PG15 23:30 NRL Full Time 06:00 Austin And Ally 23:40 I Almost Got Away With It 04:00 US Bass Fishing 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 14:00 International House Hunters 00:15 Final Destination 5-18 06:25 Suite Life On Deck 05:00 NHL 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 14:30 International House Hunters 06:45 Shake It Up 02:00 Tombstone-PG15 07:00 WWE NXT 18:40 Guy’s Big Bite 00:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 15:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun 07:10 A.N.T Farm 08:00 WWE Bottom Line 19:05 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean Rides Sharma 01:00 Super Rugby Highlights 07:35 Jessie 09:00 Ping Pong World Cookbook 01:00 Off Limits 16:00 Globe Trekker 02:00 Super League 07:55 Good Luck Charlie 10:00 US Bass Fishing 19:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 02:00 Departures 17:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 04:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 11:00 NHL 08:20 Good Luck Charlie 00:30 Born To Kill 20:20 Chopped 03:00 Globe Trekker Rides 05:00 Super Rugby 13:00 Mass Participation 08:45 Doc McStuffins 01:30 Private Crimes 08:00 Rookie Of The Year-PG 21:10 Chopped 04:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun 18:00 Off Limits 07:00 NRL Premiership 14:30 Triahlon UK 09:00 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 02:00 I Killed My BFF 10:00 The Search For Santa Paws-PG 22:00 Reza’s African Kitchen Sharma 19:00 Departures 09:00 Super Rugby Highlights 15:30 WWE Experience 09:05 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 03:00 Psychic Kids 12:00 Surf’s Up-PG 22:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 20:00 Ultimate Braai Master 10:00 World Match Racing Tour 16:30 Ping Pong World 09:30 A.N.T Farm 04:00 Nightmare In Suburbia 14:00 Monte Carlo-PG15 22:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 06:00 Eden Eats 21:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India 11:00 Super Rugby 17:30 US Bass Fishing 09:55 A.N.T Farm 05:00 Crime Stories 16:00 The Search For Santa Paws-PG 23:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 07:00 Globe Trekker 21:30 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean 18:30 NHL 10:15 Jessie 06:00 The FBI Files 18:00 Beethoven’s Second-PG 13:00 Darts 23:40 Food Wars 20:30 Mobil 1 The Grid 10:40 Jessie 08:00 Departures Cookbook 07:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 20:00 Grassroots-PG15 17:00 AFL Premiership 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 21:00 Porsche GT 3 Cup 11:05 Good Luck Charlie 09:00 Off Limits 22:00 Bizarre Foods America 07:30 Snapped: Women Who Kill 19:30 Futbol Mundial 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:00 Neil Delamere-PG15 21:30 Porsche GT 3 Cup 11:25 Good Luck Charlie 10:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 23:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun 08:00 Forensic Evidence 20:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 00:55 Unique Eats 00:00 Bowfinger-PG15 22:00 UFC Unleashed 11:50 Good Luck Charlie Rides Sharma 09:00 Crime Stories 21:00 Live Darts 01:20 Unique Eats 02:00 Grassroots-PG15 23:00 UFC Unleashed 12:15 Shake It Up 11:00 Hotel Impossible 12:35 Shake It Up 01:45 Reza’s African Kitchen 13:00 Austin And Ally 13:25 Austin And Ally 13:45 A.N.T. Farm 14:00 The Glades 14:10 Jessie 15:00 The Mob Doctor 14:35 Shake It Up 16:00 Emmerdale 15:00 That’s So Raven 16:30 Coronation Street 15:25 Good Luck Charlie 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 15:50 Jessie 18:00 The Glades 16:10 Shake It Up 19:00 Royal Pains 16:30 Cars Toons 20:00 Franklin & Bash 16:35 A.N.T Farm 21:00 The Killing 17:00 Austin And Ally 22:00 Breakout Kings 17:20 That’s So Raven 23:00 Grimm 17:45 Suite Life On Deck 00:00 The Mob Doctor 18:10 Good Luck Charlie 01:00 The Killing 18:30 Shake It Up 02:00 Breakout Kings 18:55 Austin And Ally 19:20 Jessie 19:40 A.N.T. Farm 20:05 A.N.T. Farm 20:30 Shake It Up 03:00 Friends 20:50 Suite Life On Deck 03:30 Breaking In 21:15 Austin And Ally 04:00 Seinfeld 21:40 That’s So Raven 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 22:00 Jessie Leno 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 06:00 All Of Us 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 06:30 Arrested Development 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 08:00 Seinfeld 00:00 Hannah Montana 09:00 Breaking In 00:20 Hannah Montana 10:30 Arrested Development 00:45 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 01:05 Brandy & Mr Whiskers Leno 01:30 Emperor’s New School 12:00 All Of Us 01:50 Emperor’s New School 12:30 Seinfeld 02:15 Replacements 13:00 Seinfeld 02:35 Replacements 13:30 Arrested Development 14:00 Breaking In 15:30 The Daily Show Global Edition 16:00 The Colbert Report Global Edition 16:30 All Of Us 14:30 Style Star 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 15:00 Keeping Up With The 18:00 Last Man Standing Kardashians 18:30 Raising Hope 16:00 Keeping Up With The 19:00 Two And A Half Men Kardashians 20:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 17:00 What Would Ryan Lochte Do? Leno 17:30 What Would Ryan Lochte Do? 21:00 The Daily Show 18:00 Married To Jonas 21:30 The Colbert Report 18:30 Married To Jonas 22:00 Malibu Country 19:00 THS 22:30 The Neighbors 20:00 Chasing The Saturdays 23:00 The Office 20:30 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami 23:30 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 21:30 Playing With Fire 00:30 The Daily Show 22:30 Fashion Police 01:00 The Colbert Report 23:30 Chelsea Lately 33 POSTCARDS ON OSN MOVIES HD 01:30 Seinfeld 00:00 Dirty Soap WHEN A STRANGER CALLS ON OSN ACTION HD Classifieds

TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

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CROSSWORD 259 STAR TRACK

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

This is a good time to lead the way on a project, for your originality is unusu- You may receive an offer to work for another place of business this ally heightened. Also, a business deal hinges on your being competent and assertive. You are today. There could be pressure, but you would be best to educate yourself on the compa- buoyed with confidence now to succeed at any project you attempt. You and your friends may ny, the people they sell their wares to and their standing in the community, city or country. be planning a fun trip on a riverboat that has gambling or perhaps some other entertainment Your analytical abilities are good. Projects that require much study may also involve travel soon. You may feel that luck is in your corner this week. You could be right . . . Just do not to a library or museum. Fresh insight comes to you through mass media news reports— become carried away with the moment—walk away with money in your hand. Make sure both broadcasting, publishing or advertising. You will have a whole new perspective on a partic- your expectations and abilities are realistic. Your sympathy for others is great—particularly a ular subject. There is a need to see both sides of an issue and strike a fair balance in several favorite charity. It is good to give money to a charity, but your time and energy could be impor- basic ideas that you have. In-depth discussions and probing conversations find you at your tant as well. mental best this evening.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21)

You may find yourself deep into conversation with groups most of this day. A group meeting this morning reveals new information that would In the morning it may be one group and in the afternoon it could be another group. Mental cause more study or investigative work to take place regarding some ongo- stimulation from others is important for you right now and it’s a good idea to make every effort ing program or project. You may uncover or find an answer to some reason that there have to cooperate and compromise with others. Any project should be a great success. This after- been delays. Without realizing it someone gives you new insight into the way of finding noon is an excellent time for taking part in social activities. Relations with lovers and friends are answers. A long, complicated work matter may have everyone on edge. You may have to exceedingly pleasant. Your energy level is high and it is best to apply it in practical pursuits. talk several people into the idea that the project will just need to take a little more time Giving flowers or some other token of your esteem to a loved one will bring pleasurable and patience. You may talk someone out of leaving the company this afternoon. This is an rewards. This is a stable time where much of your relationships are in harmony with other parts excellent time to sway others to your cause through speeches or clever arguments. You of your life. receive good news this evening.

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

This is a productive day to focus, concentrate and get many things accom- You feel ready to conquer the world today. Perhaps you have done your plished. Caution should be exercised before entering into any type of financial homework or prepared the speech or just feel good after a few days of feeling transaction too quickly. You look forward to finding answers and solutions that arise this after- kind of low. There is not only a desire for accomplishing great things but there will probably be noon and can be quite clever in the way you make any recommendations to update or many opportunities to partake in life’s many puzzles. However, you should be careful in taking ACROSS 2. Annual or biennial grass having erect improve current situations. Balancing your time commitments may be difficult but necessary any undo risks or thrill-seeking stunts. Road rage and taking undue cautions in the heat of the 1. The compass point that is one point south flower spikes and light brown grains. this week. You will find yourself engaged in some fun activities this afternoon with friends or day might be included here. There is an opportunity to increase your finances. It would be relatives that are both carefree and pleasant. You are bursting with your usual charisma. Think good to weigh the pros and cons of any business venture or investment. A common interest in of southwest. 3. Found along western Atlantic coast. spiritual and mystical values among family members may occur this evening. Religious activi- 5. The fleshy part of the human body that about contacting a relative that you have not heard from in a while. Family plans and ideas are 4. A health resort near a spring or at the sea- beginning to blossom regarding the next gathering. ties are enjoyed. you sit on. side. 12. Seed vessel having hooks or prickles. 5. English biochemist (born in Germany) who 15. A boy or man. discovered the Krebs cycle (1900-1981). 16. A small horizontal rope between the 6. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Cancer (June 21-July 22) shrouds of a sailing ship. 7. A college town in central New York on Lake CAPRICORN 17. A period marked by distinctive character Cayuga. This is the time to shed away old concepts and ideas and prepare instead for a Your moods may fluctuate as much as the weather. Keeping an eye on the or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 8. Work doggedly or persistently. higher level of consciousness. New insights about your goals in the professional world tendency to become negative will help you to stay in touch with the things you 18. Expose to fresh air, as of old clothing. come to you today. You are apt to spend a considerable amount of time and effort to improve need to be involved with this day. This is not a good time to make any concrete decisions about 9. The capital and largest city of Albania in a relationship or business deal. Applying yourself to work and helping friends, even in the sub- 19. A vast multitude. the center of the country. finances, principally through physical or manual activity. There is growth and gain through these things. Generally, this is a fruitful period. It may be that you talk with a financial consultant this after- tlest manner, should prove successful. This afternoon a little quiet time at home is preferred. 20. An edge tool used to cut and shape 10. Either extremity of something that has noon. Companionship with others is most rewarding this evening and you should take every oppor- You might enjoy working in the garden or reading a book or stopping all activity to just hang wood. length. tunity to be with friends or family. You can be helping them as much as their presence helps you. out with a young friend and perhaps, feed the ducks. You encourage others to loosen up and 21. A light touch or stroke. 11. Female ruff v 1. Family, home and the other roots in your life give you a sense of mission now. you enjoy your companions, friends or family this evening. Relationships started at this time 22. God of wealth and love. 12. A small ball with a hole through the mid- can be long lasting, if you wish. 23. The capital and largest city of dle. Liechtenstein. 13. Relating to the Urdu language. 25. English historian noted for his constitu- 14. Harass with persistent criticism or carp- Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) tional history of medieval England (1825- ing. You display an urge to be recognized by co-workers for your hard work. A sudden business trip will open new doors of opportunity. This trip may be 1901). 24. Extinct small mostly diurnal lower pri- There is a possibility that supervisors will analyze and summarize job positions and you and to a foreign country and could cause a reaction within your family. Reassure them that you will 27. A condition requiring relief. mates that fed on leaves and fruit. your co-workers may chat about the professional realm of life. This is life in the big business do a bit of research and take the precautions necessary before your final decision. Be thought- 31. A sensation (as of a cold breeze or bright 26. Confederate general during the American world and nothing to do with any individual but involves the general flow of business. ful of your family, they really care for you and will be supportive of your decision when they see Kindness to each other is important during the analyzing as each employee may be a bit sensi- light) that precedes the onset of certain dis- Civil War who was defeated by Grant in the that you have followed through with your precautions. Be sure to take your camera. Giving of tive. You have some projects that will come to an end, especially large ones. Resist selling short orders such as a migraine attack or epileptic battle of Chattanooga (1817-1876). yourself now can be a tremendous boon to someone close. This is an excellent time to main- just to finish work as it could be misleading as to just how much work can possibly be fit into seizure. 28. A genus of Mustelidae. tain those relationships that are truly important. There is also a new and sweet intimacy to your one day. This afternoon you may enjoy a few mental games with your friends. Romance is the love relationship. If this person is not going with you on this trip, set aside some funds for keep- 35. Having unattractive thinness. 29. Type genus of the family Myacidae. highlight of the evening. 39. Shattered or torn up or torn apart violent- 30. The second largest city in Tunisia. sake gifts to bring back. ly as by e.g. wind or lightning or explosive. 32. A city is east central Sweden north north- 40. A Bantu language spoken by the Chaga west of Stockholm. people in northern Tanzania. 33. The feeling that comes when something Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 41. Squash bugs. burdensome is removed or reduced. 44. A small island. 34. Medium-sized penguins occurring in Today, you tackle a project classified as work. Because this work inter- The energies today show a fluency in communication and sharpen your 45. Being or dressed in clothes that are worn large colonies on the Adelie coast of ests you deeply, you really consider it fun. Status and security goals need rethinking in intellect. You are curious and talkative and adept at solving any problems. There are also or torn. Antarctica. order to take advantage of changing circumstances. Your career is a focus for this, but your indications that you may increase your finances as a result of your communication abilities. Friends or acquaintances discover your gains and may ask for a loan from you. You must be 47. Being nine more than eighty. 36. The act of pursuing. home and family situation are also involved. Finances—purchases, investments and credit in particular—could stand some clear thinking. Planning a budget system with input from cautious and discriminate between those who truly need help financially and those 48. The lower house of the parliament of the 37. East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield all concerned may be in everyone’s best interest. You could receive unexpected help or engaged in rip-offs. This is a time you greatly desire peace and quiet in the family setting. Republic of Ireland. a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the support from those around you, especially a young person. You and your family will pros- Maternal instincts may come to the forefront now and you make every effort to appease 49. The act of using. Orient. per from new skills in communication and financial planning. This new information brings any discordance in the home. Also, there is a strong wish to make your surroundings pleas- 50. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient 38. (Greek mythology) Goddess of the earth the family closer together. ant—perhaps by redecorating. Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the and mother of Cronus and the Titans in Ten Commandments. ancient mythology. 52. A condition (mostly in boys) character- 42. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic Word Search Yesterday’s Solution ized by behavioral and learning disorders. element that is resistant to corrosion. 54. Flower arrangement consisting of a circu- 43. Sudden mass fear and anxiety over antici- lar band of foliage or flowers for ornamental pated events. purposes. 46. Emptying accomplished by draining. 55. A short high tone produced as a signal or 51. A festival featuring African-American cul- warning. ture. 57. Physically and mentally fatigued. 53. Two items of the same kind. 60. Type genus of the Amiidae. 56. Softened by the addition of cushions or 62. A long noosed rope used to catch ani- padding. mals. 58. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 64. Large and brightly colored handkerchief. 59. An esoteric or occult matter that is tradi- 68. Dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid. tionally secret. 72. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. 61. Informal terms for a mother. 73. A chemical compound containing the 63. The bill in a restaurant. azido group combined with an element or 65. The sixth month of the civil year. radical. 66. Kamarupan languages spoken in north- 76. A pale rose-colored variety of the ruby eastern India and western Burma. spinel. 67. Affected manners intended to impress 77. A feeling of intense anger. others. 78. Tastelessly showy. 69. A sudden minor shock or meaningless 80. (British) A recreational facility including a interruption. swimming pool for water sports. 70. Remove with or as if with a ladle. 81. A small nail. 71. Type and only genus of the family 82. A Christian celebration of the Esocidae. Resurrection of Christ. 74. The shorter of the two telegraphic signals 83. The highest point of something. used in Morse code. 75. The compass point midway between east DOWN and southeast. 1. A large number or amount. 79. A period of time equal to 1/24th of a day. Yesterday’s Solution

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emi Lovato feels “protective” over Miley Cyrus. head in the Best Female Video category at the VMAs news, she explained: “She’s twerking and she looks The 20-year-old singer - who claimed she lost next month in New York City with their songs ‘Heart amazing doing it. I don’t want to do it in public. One, Dmost of her pals when she went into rehab in Attack’ and ‘We Can’t Stop’, but the Demi has nothing because people are going to be like, ‘Oh, who twerks 2010 - believes that despite their different personali- but love for her pal’s rival track. Demi said: “I think it’s better?’ And two, I’m really tired of the word ‘twerking.’ ties, she’ll always have a close relationship with Miley [‘We Can’t Stop’] great. I think it’s a good song ... it’s a It’s like ‘swag’, it’s like, ‘OK, just stop.’ Or, ‘YOLO,’ just because they are always open and honest with one song a lot of people have fun to and if people are don’t.” another. She explained: “She knows how I feel about enjoying it, then great.” The ‘X Factor’ USA judge the whole partying thing. I love her to death and I’m admits she’d “absolutely” love to do a collaboration always like, ‘Just be careful,’ and she’s like, ‘Dude, I’m with the former Disney star, but is adamant there will chilling. It’s fine.’ But I care for her so much that I’m so be no twerking - an energetic dance move made pop- protective, but she’s good. She’s got a good head on ular by Nicki Minaj which involves a person shaking, her shoulders.” The pair - who met on the set of wobbling and bouncing their hips and butt up and ‘Hannah Montana’ six years ago - are going head-to- down - going on in the music video. Speaking to MTV

elly Osbourne has shown off her engagement ring on Twitter. The 28-year-old star - who announced Kher engagement to chef Matthew Mosshart last week - unveiled her diamond band in a snapshot of her new manicure on Saturday after she indulged in a salon session at esNAIL in Los Angeles with her rocker dad Ozzy Osbourne. She posted a picture of her new glittery silver nails, complete with a black cross on the middle finger of each hand, with her large sparkler clearly visible on her icolas Cage dreamt of getting “inside” his one movie in the beginning and I took the rest ring finger. Kelly added: “Loving my new manicure thank television as a child. The 49-year-old of the year off ... Now I have to find a script I you #esnails (sic)” Her fans jumped in to congratulate her, actor would spend hours watching TV connect to, believe in, and can portray in an N writing gleeful messages including, “beautiful engagement when he was a boy and he always wondered honest way. That’s increasingly important.” ring Kelly!! congrats”, and, “So happy for you. You deserve how he would be able to get on to the screen it!” The ‘Fashion Police’ star then shared a picture of her when he grew up. Cage insists becoming an father’s hands intertwined with her own, alongside the actor was his only ambition and he can’t words, “My dad got his nails done too! Look how cool they remember ever wanting to do anything else. look!” Ozzy’s black talons, each marked with a cross, were Speaking about his childhood, he said: “I would set off by a large gold skull ring. Matthew popped the watch television religiously; that’s all I did. That question to Kelly during a holiday to the Caribbean island is what I enjoyed. At that age I was trying to fig- of Anguilla on New Year’s Eve (31.12.12), but the pair have ure out how I go from the living room carpet - kept their engagement secret until now.The father-daugh- because I would sit on the carpet and watch the ter pictures are fitting since Kelly’s custom-made silver ring TV, it was my magic carpet - and get inside the was designed to look like an old earring belonging to Ozzy. television and talk. Now I’m doing it, so it She previously said: “I used to hold my finger up to his ear worked. That was always the plan - to try get in when I was little and say, ‘I want a ring like that’. Now I have the TV and become an actor.” Cage - who is cur- one!” rently starring in Scott Walker’s ‘The Frozen Ground’ alongside John Cusack and Vanessa Hudgens - admits he enjoys working as much as he can. However, he took the whole of 2012 off and he thinks the extended break was good for both his personal life and his career. During an appearance on UK TV show ‘This Morning’, he said: “Last year I took the entire year off. I did

he ‘Arrested Development’ star - who has two daughters, Francesca, six, and 17-month-old Maple, with his wife TAmanda Anka - will happily help his offspring land the job of their dreams but isn’t keen on them following in his footsteps and entering the showbiz world. He explained: “I want to help my kids navigate their careers but I don’t want it to be in the entertainment industry. Acting is kind of an odd way to make a living and I hope ita Ora is planning an Ibiza holiday with the pair recently enjoying a break on they’ll be drawn to something other than that.” Jason - who with new “wifey” Kate Moss. The a yacht in the South of France. Now Cara became a high-profile teen actor in the 1980s - believes that acting R‘Radioactive’ singer and the 39- and Rihanna are planning another single can be a tough industry to crack and he doesn’t want his daugh- year-old supermodel have struck up a girls holiday when the model turns 21 ters to have to deal with the disappointment that comes with close bond since her fallout with former next month. A source revealed: “Rihanna being an actress. Speaking to the Metro newspaper, he said: “I “wifey” and best friend, model Cara wants to jet Cara to Barbados for her 21st want my daughters to be very passionate about what they want to Delevingne. Rita, 22, reportedly split ties birthday present. She wants them to stay do and to be very unapologetic about wanting success in that field with Cara after the model crashed the in a suite in her favorite Barbados haunt, and sometimes in acting they sense you want it too much. Plus stage during a gig last month. Rita’s the Sandy Lane hotel.” you can’t really get a diploma or a degree that guarantees you friendship with Kate has blossomed since employment - that’s a little frustrating in that sense.” Harry Styles is they met through mutual friends, party on a sugar-free diet so he can get a toned beach body. The One planner Fran Cutler and Rita’s ex - and Direction hunk is on the currently on the American leg of the David Beckham’s best pal - Dave Gardner. band’s ‘Take Me Home’ world tour and has banned all sweets and A source told The Sun newspaper: “Rita cakes from his tour bus in a bid to get into shape. sees Kate as an upgrade from Cara, she knows Kate can give her advice about ennifer Lopez celebrated her upcoming 44th birthday making her career last decades. She start- with an American-themed barbecue on Saturday .The ed to see Cara as a liability after she inter- J‘Dance Again’ singer, who turns 44 on Wednesday rupted her set at a DKNY fashion show (24.07.13), saw in the milestone at her new Water Mill last month. Things have deteriorated estate in The Hamptons, New York, with her boyfriend since then.” Rita and Kate are now report- Casper Smart and several star friends including Alicia Keys edly planning a couple’s vacation with and record executive L.A. Reid for a family-friendly fun their respective men DJ Calvin Harris and day. The partygoers demolished “lots of mojitos” on the The Kills rocker Jamie Hince. The source estate of Jennifer’s $10 million mansion, and the event added: “Cara was jealous of Rita’s relation- also featured a trampoline and an array of party games ship with Calvin but this time he’s not left such as water balloon fights and a sack race, of which the out. He’s going to Ibiza with Rita, Kate and brunette beauty’s 25-year-old beau eased to victory. A her husband Jamie Hince.” Tension source told The New York Post newspaper: “The clear win- between Cara and Rita heightened when ner was Casper Smart.” New York City Police Department the singer began dating Calvin in May. commissioner Ray Kelly and Jennifer’s manager Benny Since falling out with Rita, Cara has since Medina also helped to make the day special for the birth- been spotted on numerous nights out in day girl by giving a special speech in honor of the star. recent weeks with her new pal Rihanna, Jennifer - who has five-year-old twins Max and Emme with her third ex-husband, Marc Anthony - was also presented with a cake, which was illuminated by sparklers lit by Jennifer’s “parents, kids, aunts and cousins”. The singer recently splashed out $10 million on her Hamptons home after falling in love with the 8,659-square-foot property.

iley Cyrus’ parents Billy Ray and Tish 22 years of being together, and it’s brought er. Tish sounds happy and energised about hav- have called off their divorce. Tish had them closer together and really opened up their ing this fresh start.” This is the second time the Mfiled papers asking for a legal separa- communication in amazing ways.” Tish has been couple have called off a divorce. In March 2011, tion in June citing “irreconcilable differences” as “energised” by the therapy sessions and is Billy Ray filed for a legal separation but changed the reason for their split, but now the couple delighted she and Billy Ray - who have been his mind after deciding he didn’t want to break have decided to save their marriage after deal- married for 19 years - are staying together and up his family. Billy Ray and Tish have three bio- ing with their issues in couples therapy. Tish are not going to become another casualty cou- logical children together, Miley, 20, Noah, 13, revealed she and Billy Ray are giving their rela- ple. Ken added: “She also said marriage can be and Braison, 18, and he also adopted her chil- tionship another chance to chief E! entertain- really hard ... and admitted they’ve had rough dren Trace, 25, and Brandi, 23, from a previous ment correspondent Ken Baker - a long time times. But they both realised they didn’t want to relationship. The ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ singer has friend of the Cyrus family. Ken revealed: “I spoke be another statistic and want to make it work. another son called Cody, 20, from a relationship to Tish and she told me they both woke up and “They went into the therapy with the goal of with Kristin Luckey.—Bangshowbiz realised they love each other and decided they divorcing in a way that was healthy for the chil- want to stay together. They recently went into dren, but ended up coming out of it with the couples therapy, something they hadn’t done in realisation that they in fact want to stay togeth- lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

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ick Jagger turns 70 on Friday-and though the Rolling His heyday was punctuated by high-profile relationships 232 million euros). The band spent the 1980s and 1990s going Stones frontman isn’t quite the image of rebellious with models, singers and actresses, and he has seven children on lucrative tours while producing the odd album. Today, Myouth he once was, he has lost none of his legendary with four different women. rumours of live shows still spark feverish excitement among swagger. Strutting onstage in a sequinned jacket as the He twice married models-Bianca Jagger and Jerry Hall- fans. In 2011 Jagger set up SuperHeavy-a super-group includ- Stones headlined Britain’s Glastonbury music festival last while other ex-lovers include singers Marianne Faithfull and ing a member of Eurythmics, Bob Marley’s youngest son month, it was hard to believe this was a man who should be Carla Bruni, who is now married to former French president Damian and soul diva Joss Stone-which released a widely- collecting his state pension. One newspaper cruelly cap- Nicolas Sarkozy. Jagger has always been a curious mix of sen- praised debut album. tioned its photos of the wrinkly British rockers “Night of the sible and shocking. On one hand he has been knighted by He has also turned to cinema, trying his hand at acting in living dead!”-but zipping through the hits, the band had the Queen Elizabeth II; on the other, a rumored sex act involving the 1970s and, more recently, branching out into film produc- same raw energy that brought them fame half a century ago. Jagger and a Mars bar has passed into rock legend. Michael tion. He is currently co-producing a biopic of the father of “If this is this first time you’ve seen the band, do come Phillip Jagger was born on July 26, 1943, to middle-class par- funk, James Brown. The ultimate sign of Jagger’s acceptance again,” Jagger told the crowd, suggesting that a quiet retire- ents in Dartford, south of London. by the establishment came in 2003 when, to Richards’ disbe- ment may be some way off yet. Between his onstage cavort- He started jamming with childhood friend Keith Richards lief, he accepted a knighthood from the British monarchy. The ing, wild bedroom antics and occasional brushes with the law, in 1960 after they discovered a mutual love of the blues. The singer revealed last month that while he is proud of his snake-hipped, rubber-lipped Jagger has been a model for Stones played their first gig in 1962 — Jagger dropping out of achievements, he sometimes wishes he had pursued his earli- generations of later rock stars. “We were young, good-looking the prestigious London School of Economics in the pursuit of er dreams of becoming a teacher, politician or journalist. “It is and stupid,” he once said. These days, cricket-loving Jagger is fame-and three years later scored their first smash hit with “(I a slightly intellectually undemanding thing to do, being a more likely to be spotted watching a match at Lord’s than par- Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”. Snarling and surly, they were the rock singer,” he told the BBC. “But, you know, you make the tying hard. complete opposite of the family-friendly Beatles. best of it.”—AFP The Stones did prove they could still hit the dancefloor at A string of massive hits across five decades followed Jagger’s early 70th birthday bash last month, although by 1.30 including “Brown Sugar”, “Honky Tonk Woman” and “Paint It am it was time for bed. The music-making hasn’t stopped Black”. And, of course, there were the band’s off-stage antics. either-the band recently wrapped up a tour of North America Jagger and Richards were found guilty of drug offences in File photo shows British musician Mick Jagger of the Rolling to mark their half-centenary, and released two new tracks 1967, but their jail sentences were quashed. The drug-fuelled Stones performing on the Pyramid Stage on the fourth day along with their greatest hits album “Grrr!” in November. hedonism continued, but between the excesses Jagger-who of the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Romantically, however, Jagger seems to have settled down-he studied business before dropping out of university-kept a Arts near Glastonbury. — AFP has been dating stylist L’Wren Scott, some 25 years his junior, careful eye on the commercial side of things. for more than a decade. He is now worth an estimated £200 million ($305 million,

he question of whom the next Doctor Who is John Barrowman, would return Moffat demurred. remains a mystery, for now. But fans of Matt “Well, you can’t put everybody in the 50th!” he said, TSmith and his predecessor will be ecstatic once drawing laughs. “If we have a great idea for Capt Jack, official footage of the 50th anniversary special airs he will come back,” Moffat said. When asked by mod- apper J Cole is apologizing to those with autism because both doctors are in it, sharing many scenes, erator Craig Ferguson whether Smith’s replacement and their families for an offensive lyric. Cole says lines and scenery, too. Steve Moffat, Doctor Who’s had been selected, Moffat said, “We haven’t done that Rin a blog post Sunday that he doesn’t agree with showrunner, touted the footage - so far shown only yet.” the recent trend of pressure rappers have faced to apol- Sunday at Comic-Con International - but asked the Moffat noted that finding the right actor would be ogize when they step over a perceived line, but in this crowd to not share it on social media or else “there hard, paying respect to Smith’s work in the role and case he feels he went too far in a verse he contributed will be no more Comic-Con exclusives from ‘Doctor the odd nature of the character, too. “He’s the same to Drake’s “Jodeci Freestyle.” “To the parents who are Who’ or ‘Sherlock.’” He said that recordings of the man. Each actor that plays it comes with a different fighting through the frustrations that must come with “Sherlock” preview were posted onto Tumblr with emotional background,” Moffat said of the regenerat- raising a child with severe autism, finding strength and minutes of airing. ing Time Lord whose incarnations since the show patience that they never knew they had; to the college “Can you promise, as 6,000 of my Comic-Con began in 1963 have counted 11 actors. “There is only student with Asperger’s syndrome; to all those over- friends, to do this?” he asked before the lights one doctor. He has lots of different faces.” For Smith, coming autism,” Cole wrote. “You deserve medals, not dimmed ahead of the preview. The special is due in the panel was a chance to reminisce and bask in adu- disrespect. I hope you accept my sincere apology.” November. The crowd in Hall H was not disappointed lation from a crowd that has made his doctor their Cole believes in artistic freedom and says he views in what it saw from the BBC America show. It boasted own. “It changed everything: My life, my family’s life,” envelope pushing in music the same way he does in lots of scenes between Smith, whose tenure as the he recalled of the role. “I’m proud and grateful to be comedy: “It’s going to ruffle some feathers at times.” Rap Doctor ends in the special, and his predecessor David part of it. ... Also, because I am on the way out, I just has a long history of often-intentional offensive lyrics, Tennant. Also featured was Billie Piper, who played wanted to say ‘Thank you, for all your support.” — AP but special interest groups have successfully used social Rose Tyler, the companion to Tennant’s 10th doctor media to elicit apologies recently after pressuring the and, before that, Chris Ecclestone’s ninth doctor. There companies who partner with them. we scant details as to the plot, but the crowd was rap- Lil Wayne and PepsiCo decided to part ways after the turous. New Orleans rapper offended the family of Civil Rights “There are lots of things that we have been setting figure Emmett Till. Wayne stopped short of an apology for the 50th in Matt’s final episode,” Moffat said. Asked This publicity photo provided by the BBC on March 10, 2005 shows Billie to Till’s family privately in a letter, but expressed regret by a fan if Capt Jack Harkness, who was played by Piper, left, as Rose Tyler and Christopher Eccleston as Dr Who. — AP for the lyric. And Rick Ross and Reebok split after the Miami rapper issued a verse about using a drug to clan- destinely incapacitate a woman before having sex with her. Cole has been in the spotlight this summer after his recent album “Born Sinner” jockeyed with Kanye West’s “Yeezus” when released last month and reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 the following week. That album Zoe Saldana goes also contains moments that some might consider offen- green for ‘Guardians’ sive.

ow many more colors can Zoe Chris Pratt is among Saldana’s co-stars in Saldana be on the big screen? “Well, “Guardians,” which had been filming for just a Hthe rainbow has a lot of colors,” few weeks in the UK before its actors Saldana said in an interview at Comic-Con, dropped in to show fans footage at Comic- laughing. “I dig it. I like being in space. I get Con. Pratt plays Peter Quill, an interplanetary to play less girlfriends, more female parts, gunslinger known as Star-Lord who assem- more women. So I find it meaty.” The actress bles a team of aliens to do battle. His charac- portrays green-skinned alien Gamora in ter’s wit and rebellious spirit has been com- Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” after pared to another planet-hopper, Han Solo of going blue in James Cameron’s “Avatar,” a role “Star Wars.” “You can make the comparison, she’s expected to return to for sequels. And that’s for sure,” Pratt said, acknowledging that she recently reprised her other space-bound like “Star Wars,” “Guardians” - set for release character, Uhura, in JJ Abrams’ “Star Trek Into next summer - is “a big space opera.” Darkness.” Saldana was more emphatic: “It’s an awe- “It’s a testament to how creative the peo- some comparison. Are you kidding me? ple that conceive supernatural and science- Harrison Ford!” But Pratt, 34, said he has more fiction kind of stories,” Saldana, 35, said of her pressing concerns as he returns to the set. “I A file picture taken in 1969 in Paris shows French director Denys de La Patelliere posing in love for the genre. “They’re able to build just feel like, I’m hoping every day that they’re front of a movie theatre when presented his film ‘Sabra’. — AFP something out of nothing by just imagining not going to fire me,” he said. “I’m like, ‘So you it. I have a huge fascination with that. saw dailies yesterday and I still have my job?’ Filmmakers like JJ, like (“Guardians” director) They say ‘Yeah!’ So for now I do.” — AP James (Gunn), like James Cameron. ... You In Drake’s song, Cole raps that he’s “artistic” while his need to be really, really special to do that. So rivals are “autistic, retarded.” Cole wrote that when he I like being with special people.” first heard a backlash from those who deal with the eteran French director Denys de La including Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif and developmental disorder he immediately realized he Patelliere, whose films include the war Orson Welles. went too far. “I was instantly embarrassed that I would drama “Un taxi pour Tobrouk” died The Nantes-born director later moved into be ignorant enough say something so hurtful,” Cole V wrote. “What makes the crime worse is that I should Sunday aged 92, his family announced. De la television, making popular series such as the Patelliere directed some of the most popular detective drama “Maigret” and the mini-series have known better.” Cole goes on to write that he’s French films of the 1950s and 60s including “Le comte de Monte-Cristo”. At the age of 81 inspired by those who reached out to him: “I have now his masterpiece, starring Hardy Kruger and he wrote his first novel. One of his five chil- read stories online from parents about their struggles Lino Ventura, which was called “Taxi for dren is head of fiction on the Canal Plus tele- and triumphs with raising an autistic child and I admire Tobruk” in English. Other hits included “Du vision channel. — AFP how incredibly strong you have to be to do so,” he rififi ‡ Paname (“The Upper Hand” 1966) with wrote. “It’s touching. It also makes what I said even more George Raft and “La fabuleuse aventure de embarrassing for me. I feel real shame.” — AP Marco Polo” (“Marco the Magnificent” 1965) which he co-directed with a stellar cast

oviegoers were ready for a fright this weekend, sending “The mega-budget summer flops, including “Pacific Rim,” “White House with high price tags and high expectations associated with them, this Conjuring” into first place at the box office, while “R.I.P.D.” Down,” “After Earth” and “The Lone Ranger.” result is even more impressive.” Still, there was no chance for this week- Mbecame the summer’s latest big-budget action film to bite Overall box office totals are up, though, said Paul Dergarabedian of end’s movies to match box-office totals for the same weekend last the dust. “The Conjuring,” a haunted-house thriller from Warner Bros., box-office tracker Hollywood.com. “Despite the fact there have been summer, when “The Dark Knight Rises” opened with $161 million debuted with $41.5 million in North American ticket sales, according some high-profile, high-budget flops, the summer to date is up 12 per- domestically. Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at US to studio estimates Sunday. Starring Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Patrick cent from last year,” he said. “For mid-July, to have a modestly budget- and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Where available, Wilson and Ron Livingston, “The Conjuring” unseated three-week box- ed horror film top the weekend tells you how important it is for audi- latest international numbers are also included. office champ “Despicable Me 2,” which dropped to second place with ences to have options.” The Adam Sandler-produced Sony comedy 1. “The Conjuring,” $41.5 million. $25 million. “Grown Ups 2,” starring Kevin James, Chris Rock, David Spade and 2. “Despicable Me 2,” $25 million ($35.4 million international). “The Conjuring” was among four new releases tempting moviego- Salma Hayek, held onto fourth place in its second week of release, 3. “Turbo,” $21.5 million ($22.6 million international). ers this weekend. The newest animated offering, Fox’s “Turbo,” opened earning $20 million. 4. “Grown Ups 2,” $20 million. with $21.5 million, good for third place. Fox’s head of domestic distri- Summit Entertainment’s “Red 2,” which stars Bruce Willis and Helen 5. “Red 2,” $18.5 million ($7.6 million international). bution, Chris Aronson, characterized the opening as “a very promising Mirren as retired CIA operatives, debuted in fifth with $18.5 million. 6. “Pacific Rim,” $15.95 million ($34.8 million international). start,” noting that the film won’t open in Europe until the fall. But “The Conjuring” was originally set for release in the winter, but audi- 7. “R.I.P.D.,” $12.76 million ($6.8 million). Universal’s big-budget crime caper “R.I.P.D.” opened with a disappoint- ence tests proved so positive that the studio moved the film to the 8. “The Heat,” $9.3 million. ing $12.76 million. The film reportedly cost more than $130 million to heat of summer movie season. “It was really a bold choice, no question 9. “World War Z,” $5.2 million ($12 million international). make, compared to only about $19.5 million for “The Conjuring.” about it,” said Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. executive vice president of 10. “Monsters University,” $5 million ($20.7 million international). — AP Starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds, “R.I.P.D” joins the year’s other theatrical distribution. “With three other movies against us this week lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013 Features

The newly built estate above Los Angeles, California’s Sunset Strip, developed by actor Brad Blumenthal and entrepreneur Leo Hauser, is listed at $28.8 million. — MCT photos

erhaps coach Adam Levine of “The Voice” got tired of Pbeing “the landlord.” At any rate, the Maroon 5 frontman ‘Scandal’ star lists bungalow has sold his Hollywood Hills home for $3.55 million in an Actress Darby Stanchfield has listed a home in the off-market deal. The remodeled Midcentury Modern-style Hollywood Hills for $969,000. The bungalow, which boasts its home sits on a half-acre lot with a separate guest unit. “celebrity-owned” status in the listing, was built in 1922. Features include two interior fireplaces, a home theater, an Features include three bedrooms, four bathrooms, 1,608 exercise room, a security system, four bedrooms and four square feet of living space and a detached guesthouse. bathrooms. Walls of glass open to an outdoor fireplace, swim- Stanchfield, 42, has starred on the series “Scandal” since last ming pool and spa. year. She also has appeared on “Castle” and “NCIS.” She bought Levine, 34, is the lead singer and guitarist for the Grammy- the property for $975,000 in 2006, according to public records. winning pop rock band Maroon 5. He has worked with Kanye West, Natasha Bedingfield and 50 Cent, among others. The It’s a wrap for producer singer-songwriter became a coach on “The Voice” two years Producer Bill Fay has put his Westside home up for sale at ago. He launched a fragrance line this year. He bought the $2.899 million. The renovated traditional, built in 1974, fea- property in 2005 for $3.195 million and had been leasing it tures a two-story living room, a formal dining room, a sunken out at $10,000 a month. Last fall, the Real Estalker blog report- sitting room, a family room/home theater with a wet bar, five ed that the musician was floating the Hollywood Hills home bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and 4,480 square feet of living for sale as a pocket listing in the high $3-million range. Levine space. Designed for indoor-outdoor entertaining, the house bought a ranch-style house on 3.6 acres in the Beverly Crest has a back terrace, flat lawn and a swimming pool with a spa. area in October for $4.83 million. Fay’s credits including being executive producer on films including “Sucker Punch” (2011), “The Hangover” (2009), “The Condo can’t contain superhero Patriot” (2000) and “Independence Day” (1996). He bought Actress Scarlett Johansson continues to clean house in the the property in 2002 for $1.65 million, public records show. Los Angeles real estate market. Last year she sold the Wong The Multiple Listing Service considers the home in the 90210 House in Los Feliz for $3.5 million. Now she has unloaded ZIP Code to be within the Beverly Hills Post Office area. The what Celebuzz calls her “bachelorette pad” in Hollywood for Los Angeles Times Mapping Database places it in Beverly $470,000, public records show. Crest. — MCT The unit, with city views, features one bedroom, two bath- rooms, marble countertops and 1,148 square feet of living space. Amenities at the building, constructed in 1965, include a doorman, a swimming pool and a gym. Johansson, 28, starred last year as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in “The Avengers” and will reprise her role next year in “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.” She played Janet Leigh in “Hitchcock” (2012) and she’ll star in “Don Jon,” due out in September. The condo was purchased in 2003 for $372,000.

Sunset strip living at $28.8 Million Actor Brad Blumenthal and co-developer/owner Leo Hauser have an investment property in Hollywood Hills West for sale at $28.8 million. Perched above the Sunset Strip, the more than one-acre compound has panoramic city views and 13,000 square feet of living space in three structures a main house, a guesthouse and a gym/wellness center above the garage. Designed by Hagy Belzberg, the contemporary estate fea- tures spaces for indoor-outdoor living, a swimming pool and a lawn. There are eight bedrooms and nine bathrooms. Blumenthal played Jerry Lewis in “Pulp Fiction” (1994). He has been in such movies as “Volcano” (1997) and “Goosed” (1999). lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

Travel

Looking out over the white washed, red-tiled homes and businesses of Obidos, a walled medieval village about an hour north of Lisbon, Portugal.

By Alice Short All that color coordination and good taste made us feel as We went for a late lunch at Tasca Torta, a slip of a restaurant though we had landed in someone else’s life, but after our first run by a soulful young man who spoke to us about his new o you daydream about luxury lodgings with well- full day in the city, devoted to a walking tour (Se Cathedral, St baby and his struggles to run a small business in Portugal. Dstocked bars and sculpted gardens? Discreet clerks and George’s Castle, the Belem Tower, shots of a cherry drink called While he regaled us with tales of bureaucracy and frustration, waiters who will attend to your every need? Or do your ginja), we were tired and grateful just to rummage through the we dined on steak with a fried egg and fries and skewers of flights of fancy tend toward something more rustic: a walled minibar and watch the flat screen. Portuguese sausage with mushrooms and tomatoes. fortress, perhaps, with commanding views of the lands below? After two nights in Lisbon, we drove about an hour north to Afterward, our proprietor pulled out a hidden plastic bottle To put it another way: Do you want to stay in a palace or a cas- the medieval town of Obidos to get our warrior on by checking filled with homemade ginja, redolent of cherries, cinnamon tle? into Pousada de Castelo, a hotel set within a castle that is part and brandy and exponentially better than the blander product Sometimes it’s possible to do both, as I discovered on a of the walled village. There’s nothing like battlements and we had sampled elsewhere in Portugal. We waited at least spring trip to Portugal. It turns out the “royal treatment” ful- crenels to send your imagination into overdrive and to remind three hours before ordering a glass of wine in one of two filled a fantasy that I wasn’t evenaware of until I walked right you that rustic can be just as charming as rarefied. We regis- rooms the hotel has devoted to eating and drinking. The bar is into it. My husband, Steve, and I had spent a few days in tered, then hiked a series of broad stone steps, passing a decorated with a tapestry and dark paintings. Madrid, visiting our daughter who was studying there, and we strategically placed suit of armor or two, to our lodgings. The Glancing up, I noted the carved wood ceilings, which had decided we needed to see more of the Iberian Peninsula. room nine of the 17 are within the castle measured about 12 seemed old and venue-appropriate, but then Steve said the We took a train to Basque country for a few days and then flew feet square, a relatively cramped chamber with space for a bed, wood appeared to be new and secured with a nail gun. But from Bilbao to Lisbon. We headed for the Pestana Palace in the Portuguese capital, an elegant hotel in a quiet residential area. A late-19th century palace holds the reception, bar and dining areas, which were made to look like 17th and 18th century French salons by 20th century decorators. The palace and its grounds border on opulent, with an “I-come-from-old-money- or-I’m-good-at-faking-it” vibe. We arrived too early to check into our room, so we jumped in a cab for an eight-minute ride to 5 Oceanos, one of several restaurants with alfresco dining in a relatively new marina. Our expectations were modest, but the scene singles, couples and The classic entrance to Pousada De Castelo in Obidos. families biking, strolling and skateboarding past scores of din- ers sipping white port and Vinho Verde proved invigorating. The food white-bean stew with chorizo and codfish tongue wasn’t bad either. It later occurred to us why we felt so at ease at the marina: With the boats, flip-flops, short-shorts and buffed bodies, it had all the charms of home with none of the insanity that has come to define, say, Venice Beach. We didn’t see any short- shorts at the Pestana Palace, at least not in the public spaces. Guests and staff use their indoor voices, and personal space is honored, particularly at breakfast where soft-spoken waiters assist the coffee- and mimosa-deprived. The first meal of the day is a fairly elegant affair: buffet tables devoted to carbs both sweet and savory, meats and cheeses, fruit, juices and the ubiquitous omelet station. At din- The cobble-stoned streets of Obidos, Portugal, are lined with restaurants, drinks and souvenir stores, and a number of ner, menu choices include codfish tongue soup, lobster, caviar, businesses that sell beautiful pottery. the ubiquitous cod, wild partridge, octopus and mullet stew and orange pie with foie gras foam. The dining rooms, like armoire and small table that doubled as a nightstand. that didn’t bother us we were in a castle. The walls and lichen, many in the main building, bear the imprint of decorators who It was a short walk out a set of double doors to reach the the owners and the cobblestones, were authentic and our dream in plaster and gilt. And castle-worthy ceilings mean castle walls and views of towers and whitewashed buildings, waiter, who seemed to do triple duty as bellman and bar- there’s plenty of it. cobblestone streets and balconies draped with bougainvillea. tender, was attentive. The bar area includes two rooms with dark-red chairs and It’s easy to understand why centuries of Portuguese kings “gift- The main dining room seats about two dozen people, its Persian carpets and those very high ceilings, but one evening ed” their queens with Obidos as part of the wedding ritual. (In huge fireplace now used to display bottles of red wine. The we took our drinks to the Louis XV room, a large space with the 13th century, King Afonso II gave title to the village to his breakfast buffet meats, cheese, bread, yogurt, juices and coffee “statement” chandeliers, blue velvet couches and the plaster queen, Urraca, a practice that was continued until the 19th is served here as well. Breakfast was our last meal in Obidos, and gilt we had come to expect. The walls are adorned with century.) and we felt a little sad when we had to abandon our castle and mirrors and paintings it was quite a space in which to consume We wandered the village streets, which are narrow and return to Lisbon, but we told ourselves we would return to rule a club sandwich and a drink. The hotel grounds at the Pestana lined with shops selling plastic souvenirs, cork purses, pottery again. — MCT Palace include among other amenities indoor and outdoor and ginja, sometimes consumed in tiny chocolate cups. The vil- pools, an Asian pavilion, a spa and a gym. Most of the 193 lage is touristy but has a relaxed vibe and no amount of guest rooms are in two wings adjacent to the palace. Our tchotchkes could tarnish a stroll through streets that have A glimpse of what lies beyond the wall in the town of room, about 260 square feet, was a sea of blue: blue walls with hosted kings and queens, minstrels and knights, craftsmen and Obidos. stenciling, blue carpeting with white designs, blue armchairs. jugglers.

One entrance to the Pestana Palace, a luxury hotel located in a residential A modern sculpture on the grounds of the Pestana Palace in Lisbon. A view from a hotel room at the Pousada De Castelo in Obidos, Portugal; a area of Lisbon. guest can step out a set of double doors at the end of a hall and be on the wall that surrounds the village. — MCT photos Mick Jagger: Rock’s original bad boy turns37 70 TUESDAY, JULY 23, 2013

The sun sets behind minarets of a mosque a few minutes before Iftar, the meal served at dusk when Muslims break their day-long fast during the month of Ramadan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Ramadan is the holiest month in Islam and observant Muslims worldwide fast from dawn to dusk. — AP

rince William and Kate are seen as the new face of birth,” Charles wrote shortly after William’s birth. Things announced. a centuries-old institution, keeping the best of were quite different when Charles was born. When the traditions while moving forward with the times. queen (then Princess Elizabeth) went into labor, her And the last name? P everal years ago, a popular YouTube of the room piled with irresistible toys. Here are 10 things to know about the royal baby in rela- husband, Prince Philip, was off playing squash in the The royals don’t require a surname. The correct title video showed a young woman Naturally, a couple of them discovered it was tion to royal births of the past: palace - out of restlessness, not indifference, noted when referring to the royal baby will be His or Her Royal attempting to bathe her cat in a tub of more fun to explore a few boxes stacked Charles’ biographer Jonathan Dimbleby. Highness Prince or Princess (name) of Cambridge. If S water. The horrified cat appeared to be under a table. It took about 15 minutes of Home birthing required, current members of the royal household may screaming nooooo each time it was moved solitary play before the six kittens discovered Most people take a hospital birth for granted these Official intruders use Mountbatten-Windsor, the surname adopted in closer to the water. Now, I ask, how funny is the toys were more fun while playing with a days, but just a few decades ago the custom among In the early 1900s - and probably before - custom 1960 for all of the queen’s children. (That name com- that? Not very, unless you are sadistic and companion. Those favoring the boxes began royals - as it was among commoners - was to give birth dictated that government officials should be present bines Windsor, the family name adopted by King enjoy scaring the wits out of a helpless ani- chasing each other in a game of tag. at home. Queen Elizabeth II was born at 17 Bruton when a royal was born. When the queen was born in George V in 1917 to replace Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and mal. Owners are taught to recognize feline Street in London, a private family home, and she gave 1926, for example, the home secretary was present Prince Philip’s family name, Mountbatten). Prince The person recording the event and the behavior and how to handle a kitten proper- birth to her sons Charles, Andrew and Edward in among the doctors. The current home secretary, William, the heir of Charles, the Prince of Wales, is woman holding the feline thought it was ly so they aren’t fearful. The class teaches Buckingham Palace. Her only daughter, Princess Anne, Theresa May, said the centuries-old tradition required known as Flight Lt Wales when on military duty. hilarious enough to publish the episode owners it is possible to take the fear out of was born at Clarence House, also a royal property. That the official to attend “as evidence that it was really a roy- online. The owners of the cat were unaware getting into a carrier for a trip to the vet, to changed by the 1980s, when Princes William and Harry al birth and the baby hadn’t been smuggled in.” Christening of the abject fear the cat was exhibiting, but trimming their claws so there is no need to were both born at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Fortunately for Kate - the practice was abolished years Royal babies tend to be officially christened several the video was shockingly brutal to someone have a cat declawed a horrible and inhu- hospital in central London. ago by George VI. The custom is thought to have been days to weeks after they are born, and there are a few who understood the cat’s body language. mane surgery in the eyes of most pet lovers. linked to the so-called “warming pan plot” of 1688, potential places this could take place for the new baby. “I don’t think they were trying to be “If we can avoid declawing, that’s what Home schooling when rumors swirled that the supposed child of James The queen was christened in the private chapel at mean, I just don’t think they recognized the we want to do. If the nails are short enough, For a long time, royals were educated in private. The II was sneaked into the delivery room in a long-handled Buckingham Palace, while both William and his father cat’s trauma,” said Jennifer Mauger of Akron, they aren’t going to scratch,” she said. A word queen was taught at home by her father, tutors and bed-warming pan. Some 40 to 60 people were said to Charles were christened in the palace’s Music Room. Ohio, owner of L’Chaim Canine and Feline. to the wise, Mauger noted: Cats need governesses, and never mingled with commoners at a have dropped in to witness the birth. Mauger, a certified professional dog trainer, scratching posts taller than they are when school, college or university. Charles was the first royal A plain old easel vs Twitter said she realized that for the sake of their stretched out. Don’t waste money on a too heir to have gone to school, and William and Kate, who How many names? The traditional way the palace announces a royal feline pets, owners needed to be educated short scratching post. “So, if your cat is 20 were both educated at independent schools, will Apart from the baby’s gender, the biggest guessing baby’s birth to the world is as quaint as it gets: A mes- to the responsibilities of owning a cat. inches long when stretched to its fullest doubtless have their child do the same. game ahead of the royal birth has to be the name. Most senger with the news travels by car from the hospital to Some pet owners believe it is necessary length, you should provide it with a 25-inch royals have three to four first names, usually in a combi- Buckingham Palace, carrying a piece of paper detailing to bend a pet to their will for its own good. high scratching post,” she said. Dads in the delivery room nation that honors previous monarchs or relatives. The the infant’s gender, weight and time of birth. The bul- All that does is cause ill will between a cat Shoving an ill cat into a carrier is very William has said he “fully intends” to be there with queen’s full name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, after her letin is then posted on a wooden easel on the palace’s and its owner, Mauger said. “You can do traumatic for an animal that is not crate Kate when she gives birth, in line with the expectations mother, great-grandmother and grandmother, and forecourt for everyone to see. In the old days the almost anything to a dog and it will forgive trained and can result in numerous cat of many modern parents. He follows in the footsteps of William’s full name is William Arthur Philip Louis. If you announcement was made to the wider public by a you. A cat is not like that,” said Mauger dur- scratches for the owner. “The No. 1 reason his father, Charles, who declared how much he relished believe the bookmakers, the royal baby’s first name is reader on radio, but today that’s replaced by the ing a class on kitten basics held earlier this people don’t take pets to the vet is because being in the delivery room in a letter to his godmother, most likely to be Alexandra, Charlotte, Elizabeth, or Internet and social media: As soon as the bulletin is week at her Richfield, Ohio, studio. they can’t get them in the carrier,” Mauger Patricia Brabourne. “I am so thankful I was beside Diana’s George. In any case, it could take a while for the public fixed on the easel, officials will post the news on Twitter The classes teach kittens 8 to 12 weeks of said.—MCT bedside the whole time because by the end of the day I to find out the future monarch’s name. When William to millions of followers worldwide. age the art of socialization under the tute- really felt as though I’d shared deeply in the process of was born, it took a full week before his name was lage of staff cat, Juice. The sessions help To nanny or not accustom the kittens to different sights, William and Kate have not made any public sounds and textures via a mat in the center announcements about hiring a nanny to help them bring up their child. Many expect the couple to be more hands-on parents than earlier generations of royals, and some have speculated that because of the couple’s close ties with Kate’s parents, Michael and Carole Middleton will also have a big role in helping Kate with the baby. Nannies have always been central to bringing up royal babies. Charles was famously close to his nan- nies, and William and Harry also enjoyed a bond with their former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke - who was so well known that she herself frequently appeared in the news.

A welcome with a bang Some things don’t really change. A 62-gun salute from the Tower of London and a 41-gun salute from Green Park, near Buckingham Palace, will welcome the baby into the world with a bang, just as it did when pre- vious royals were born. If the baby is born on a week- day, the salute will be mounted within six hours; if it’s a weekend birth, the salute will wait until Monday, the Ministry of Defense says.-AP In this file picture taken on December 6, 2012 Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and his wife Kittens socialize during the kitten class of L’Chaim Canine and Feline at the Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge are seen leaving the King Edward VII hospital in central Cuyahoga Valley Vet Clinic in Richfield, Ohio.— MCT London. — AFP