cut thenumberofvotesperpersontoonefrom KUNA said. “firmly”, thestatementonstatenewsagency protesters whobreakthelawwillbedealtwith designated protestareaoppositeparliament.Any ment fromtheInteriorMinistrysaid,referringtoa rallies ormarchesoutsideEradaSquare,”astate- of theconstitutionalcourt,wewillneverallowany lable” intheconstitution.“Whateverdecision the Amir,whoisdescribedas“immuneandinvio- Kuwaitis marchedinprotestagainstthedecree. and ontheeveofelectiontensthousands elections. Oppositionpoliticiansboycottedthepoll, before thestatewasduetoholdparliamentary October lastyeartochangevotingrules,sixweeks Ahmad Al-Sabahusedemergencypowersin the HHAmirisconstitutional.SheikhSabahAl- say whetheranewelectoralsystemintroducedby marches overacourtrulingnextweekwhichwill that itwouldnotallowanyunlicensedprotest KUWAIT:

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150 Fils protests againstruling AUDY UE1,21 HAA ,13 HNo:15840 1434 AH SATURDAY, SHAABAN6, JUNE15,2013 MoI won’ttolerateany Ministry callsforpublicorderafterdecision year. —Agencies charged withinsultingtheAmirsincelatelast authorities. Dozensofactivistshavebeen cal oppositionandsharpenedcriticismofthe regional upheavalhasemboldenedavocalpoliti- than otherGulfArabcountries.However,the since 2011andtoleratesmorepoliticaldissent mass unrestseenelsewhereintheArabregion system. Kuwaithasnotexperiencedthekindof cott anyelectionsundertheone-vote-per-person ment speaker.Hesaidtheoppositionwouldboy- veteran oppositionpoliticianandformerparlia- toral lawatanytime”,saidAhmedAl-Saadoun,a would allowthegovernmenttoamendelec- protests ifthecourtrulesinfavourofchanges. more cloutinparliament.Activistshavecalledfor tion MPsformalliancesinelectionsandgavethem Kuwait andthefour-votesystemhelpedopposi- bloc inparliament.Politicalpartiesarebanned attempt tostopthemfromformingamajorityor But oppositionpoliticianssaidthedecreewasan four, broughtKuwaitinlinewithothercountries. If thecourtrulesinfavourofdecree“it round ofthepresidentialelectionatapollingstationyesterday.—AFP(SeePages7&8) TEHRAN: Iranianwomendisplaytheirink-stainedfingersastheycastvotesinthefirst Min Max 31º 45º LOCAL SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Kuwait democracy on the Kuwait weighs line as court ruling looms blocking Viber? KUWAIT: Kuwait plans to study ways to control use of ‘country at crossroads’ free calling and instant messaging services provided through smartphone applications, a local daily report- KUWAIT: image has been shattered by years of former MP Mussallam Al-Barrak told an Kuwait now stands at a ed yesterday quoting Ministry of Communication political crossroads ahead of a crucial non-stop wrangling since the elec- opposition gathering this week. “The insiders who said that such services could be banned if court ruling tomorrow on a controver- toral law was changed in 2006 after regime wants autocracy... but through an agreement with developers could not be reached. sial electoral law, with the decision popular protests, allowing each eligi- the constitutional court,” he said. The news came days after Saudi Arabia announced affecting the future of democracy ble voter to choose a maximum of Islamist, nationalist and liberal opposi- blocking access to Viber after negotiations to allow itself in the state. The constitutional four candidates. tion groups said HH the Amir’s decree court, whose verdicts are final, will HH the Amir later used a highly was unconstitutional, enabling the government-monitoring for the service users in the rule whether an amendment decreed controversial clause in the constitu- government to manipulate election kingdom broke down. “[The Ministry of by His Highness the Amir Sheikh tion to issue his decree amending the results and subsequent legislation as a Communications] is studying a proposal to form a Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah last 2006 law, reducing the number of consequence. Independent lawyer technical committee whose job is to find ways by October to the electoral law is consti- candidates a voter can pick to just Hussein Al-Abdullah told AFP the five- which the state can monitor audio and video calling tutional or not. one. The clause at stake in tomorrow’s judge constitutional court could issue services used through smartphone applications”, said The Amiri decree led to a political ruling gives HH the Amir powers to one of four possible verdicts. “It may the sources as quoted by Al-Anba yesterday. They crisis that had engulfed the country in issue legislation when necessary and decide that ruling on emergency spoke on the condition of anonymity because they did 2006, sparking a wave of street in emergency situations such as when decrees issued by HH the Amir is not have permission from the relevant authorities to protests, some of which turned vio- parliament is either not in session or beyond the court’s jurisdiction, which speak about the subject. lent. Politicians, legal experts and has been dissolved. means the amendment of the elec- The sources specifically named Viber, an application opposition activists say tomorrow’s The current 50-seat parliament is toral law will be confirmed, though that allows users to exchange messages, photos and verdict could determine whether entirely composed of government loy- indirectly,” he said. “The second possi- videos as well as make calls free of charge using online Kuwait, the first Gulf state to embrace alists, after the opposition boycotted a bility is that the court may nullify the services. “Viber is surrounded with espionage accusa- democracy with its own parliament general election last December 1. The amendment decree which means tions especially that part of the company’s developers since 1962, stays democratic. HH the verdict could restrict HH the Amir’s scrapping parliament and holding a are centered in Israel while the company’s founder is Amir has explicitly said he will accept authority in issuing legislation and fresh election on the basis of the old an American-Israeli entrepreneur”, the sources the constitutional court’s verdict. lead to parliament being dissolved for electoral law” of 2006, Abdullah said. explained. The current plan is for the proposed com- Kuwait was long looked upon by the second time in a year. “On June “Under this scenario, the court will mittee to study whether using the applications meets neighboring Gulf nations as a beacon 16, governance will either return to effectively rationalize the head of local regulations as well as the mechanism ‘to keep of democracy with its vibrant parlia- the people or (there will be) autocratic state’s powers to issue legislation in them under control’. —Al-Anba ment and freedom of speech. But this rule,” leading opposition figure and the absence of parliament.” — AFP

local SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Man drowns off Khairan, search on for another Two drug-pushers in police net By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Coastguards lifted a body of a man who drowned off Khairan beach yesterday morning. A search is ongoing for a second man who is reported miss- ing. Rescue teams went on a lookout mission after receiving reports that two people went missing while swimming at the Khor Al-Khairan zone which is known for strong currents. Rescuers eventually found a dead body identified as a Gulf national who was one of the two people reported missing. Search KUWAIT: The bootleggers with the confiscated alco- was going on for the second man. holic drinks. Drug-pushers arrested Bootleggers arrested Two drug-dealers were arrested in a by the school’s principal who reported accused employees at a local bank Drug Control General Department oper- the theft. Criminal investigators headed branch of forgery. The man explained in Farwaniya, Mangaf ation carried out yesterday. The first to the school to examine the scene. that he deposited KD250 into his suspect was arrested inside his house By Hanan Al-Saadoun Meanwhile, a Kuwaiti man headed to account using the ATM machine, but based on information about his activity the Salmiya police station to report a never received confirmation that the in drug trade. The stateless resident was theft committed at his shop in the area. transaction was successful. The man KUWAIT: Farwaniya police arrested 17 people in a successful arrested after police found 250 grams of raid on a property used to brew alcoholic drinks for sale. The man said that unknown suspects was told when he inquired with the hashish in his residence. He gave the broke into the shop located at the branches management that the ATM During the operation, police found equipment used for address of his accomplice who he brewing alcohol, as well as barrels filled with home-brewed Salem Al-Mubarak Street past working used is not under the bank’s supervi- accused of being the source of the hours and ran away with KD496. sion because it uses transactions car- liquor and bottles prepared for sale. The detainees who drugs. The Gulf national was arrested belong to an Asian nationality were referred to authorities Investigations are ongoing. ried out through the K-Net service. The inside his home where police found man explained to officers that he opted for further action. additional 250 grams of hashish. The Meanwhile, two Asian nationals were arrested in Mangaf Forgery to press charges after the bank refused two were referred to proper authorities A Kuwaiti man filed a case at the to provide him with CCTV tapes to con- during another raid of an apartment which was used as to face charges. breweries. Adan police station in which he firm the operation. Fatal crash A man was killed and another was injured in an accident involving two motorcycles on Thursday at the Ghous Street. The 20-year-old Kuwaiti was found in a critical condition when para- medics arrived at the scene, who later succumbed to his injuries at the Adan Hospital. Investigations went underway to determine the circumstances of the accident.

Thefts Investigations are ongoing into the theft of four air conditioning units at a Salwa school recently. The case was The vessels used to brew alcohol. filed after local police were approached Jordanian arrested for hacking ladies’ accounts Jleeb pedestrian killed in hit-and-run KUWAIT: Criminal investigators arrested a sports utility vehicle (SUV) whose driver Man held for beating sister identified it as being his stolen sheep. After man who obtained personal information of escaped before anyone could note down A man faces charges after he beat up his being confronted, a group selling the a number of women through online hack- the vehicle’s license plate number. A case sister when he found her sharing a cafe sheep ran towards their vehicle and ing. Investigations in search for the suspect was filed. table with a mixed-gender group. escaped while reportedly running over the went underway after multiple reports came According to the police report, the young man when he blocked their way. The man from women who accused an unidentified Fake policeman held man was walking in a mall when he spotted was rushed to the Jahra hospital where his person of blackmail. They said that they Jahra police arrested a man hours after he his sister with a group apparently consist- condition is stated as stable. He gave police have received e-mails containing personal mugged a pedestrian while impersonating as ing of male and female colleagues in her descriptions of the suspects and the vehicle information and photos which the suspect police detective. Investigations went under- college. The man lost his temper and they used. seized by hacking into their accounts. The way after local police were approached by a advanced to hit his sister for ‘breaking the detectives managed to identify the man man who said that a male driver stole his family’s conservative tradition’. He was Fugitive nabbed who was arrested after the photos were money after kidnapping him in Taima. The arrested after police arrived at the scene in Salwa police arrested a man wanted for found in his computer. The Jordanian Bangladeshi man explained that the suspect response to an emergency call. sexual assault charges after he was busted national was taken to proper authorities for ‘arrested’ him after identifying himself as driving under the influence of drugs. Police further action. police detective. He then drove to the parking Search for sheep thieves were on a patrol mission when they pulled lot of a police station in the nearby Naeem A man was hospitalized after being run the suspect over for swerving. The man was Hit-and-run area where he took his money under threat over while trying to stop suspects who he arrested after police found out that he was Investigations are ongoing in search for a before returning him back to Taima. The insists had stolen his sheep. The man had intoxicated and they also found pills sus- driver who left a pedestrian dead in Jleeb police managed to find a vehicle matching reported a theft happened at his private pected to be drugs inside his vehicle. Police Al-Shuyuok recently. Police and paramedics descriptions the victim provided. The driver, a property in the Jahra desert where suspects verified the man’s identity and found out rushed to the scene following a hit-and-run 20-year-old stateless resident, was arrested physically assaulted the property’s keeper he is wanted for rape charges pressed by a report. The victim was pronounced dead on and later identified by the victim as his attack- before running away with seven sheep. The European woman earlier, as well as drug the scene and eyewitnesses told police that er. The man was taken to the proper authori- man headed to the sheep market in Jahra abuse charges. He was referred to proper he was hit by a white American-made ties to face charges after admitting his actions. where he found a herd put for sale and authorities for further action.

local SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Zain: Mobile number portability a step forward

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommu- Commenting on the MOC’s initia- levels and innovation, Zain is confident our superfast and reliable networks recently launched ‘Zain Pass’, the glob- nications operator in Kuwait celebrat- tive, Omar Al-Omar, Zain Kuwait CEO that the new law will be an impetus to and we believe that we will see many al Wi-Fi roaming service from iPASS ing its 30th anniversary of providing acknowledged “the decision is a step cement and further enhance such lead- new Internet centric customers joining that provides Internet access in over telecommunications services in the forward in the evolution of the telecom ership. Al Omar noted, “Our many com- Zain,” Al Omar said. He also noted the 1.24 million hotspots across 123 coun- country this year, welcomes number sector in Kuwait. This new regulation petitive advantages such as our superi- company’s impressive 14 percent tries, a service that will be immediately portability into Kuwait and advises all or nationwide 4G LTE network, and our Internet services growth over the past felt with many travelling this summer. parties that its representatives are com- comprehensive array of enticing 12 months, testament to the quality In recent times Zain has entered into pletely ready to accept transfer mobile packages matched by excep- and appeal of the nationwide 4G LTE agreements with world leading mobile requests at any of the company’s tional service through our branch net- network. Ancillary to this is the compa- smartphone and device providers such branches spread across the country in work of over 75 locations supported by ny’s transparent billing system, which as Apple, Blackberry, HTC and Samsung over 75 locations. The new regulation over 200 call center representatives, allows customers to track their usage , providing its customers the advantage takes effect today (June 15, 2013) and differentiates Zain as the preferred and amount accumulated online 24/7 of being the first in the market to bene- allows any current mobile customer to mobile provider in Kuwait.” or by visiting any Zain branch. fit from such devices, a benefit switch to the mobile operator of his To enhance and maintain its superi- Furthermore, Al Omar emphasized matched with compelling packages. choice and retain his original number or customer experience and innova- Zain’s several other strategic advan- “Complementary to all our commer- by entering the mobile service provider tion, Zain has invested heavily over the tages that differentiate the company cial activities and other distinctions, is store in a simple procedure, without past few years in upgrading its network from the competition, notably the 30 Zain’s unrivalled commitment to the cost. For any enquiry related to number that today ranks as one of the most years it has devoted to serving cus- community it serves. The countless portability, customers can call 107 on advanced in the world. The company’s tomers in Kuwait, and its strong and sponsorship and socially responsible Zain’s network where over 200 repre- attention to delighting customers internationally admired brand that is programs in place, position Zain as the sentatives are ready to serve their through an enriching mobile experi- supported by an unrivalled regional most respected mobile provider in the needs. ence is core to every employee’s focus, presence providing many cross-border country,” Al Omar remarked. Zain Kuwait today serves over 2.4 reflected by the company’s 9 percent benefits such as preferential roaming “Essentially, number portability Omar Al-Omar, Zain Kuwait CEO million customers and with the coun- customer growth (203,000 additional rates. will lead to greater customer choice try’s largest and most advanced will empower the customer with the customers) over the past 12 months. The recent marketing relationship and at Zain we believe we are well 2G/3G/4G LTE nationwide network freedom to choose the mobile service With the largest base of postpaid with the world’s leading telecom oper- positioned and primed to benefit covering 100 percent of the popula- provider of his choice, while at the customers in the country, Zain benefits ator Vodafone will witness many new from this new regulation. Zain placed tion, the company is confident that this same time act as a stimulus for all oper- enormously from a large proportion of appealing and advantageous services Kuwait on the world telecom map new measure will be beneficial to the ators to be more dynamic and focused these customers subscribing to high- rolled out in the immediate future such and today we are focused on delight- improvement of the Kuwait telecom to meet and exceed customer satisfac- speed 3G and 4G LTE Internet plans. as preferential voice and Internet roam- ing our customers through a splendid sector as a whole, and more important- tion.” “We are confident that these higher ing rates for travelers to the UK and customer experience and fulfilling our ly an added gain to the country’s As the country’s undisputed tele- value customers are more than satis- many other Vodafone partner markets brand promise of a wonderful world,” mobile customers. com leader on many key performance fied with their mobile experience on across the globe. Moreover Zain Al-Omar concluded. Crackdown Gen Al-Ali seeks to begins on expat licenses dispel expat fears

KUWAIT: Kuwait has begun cancelling the driving licenses Indian delegation calls on traffic chief of foreign students who have graduated and working housewives, tightening already strict rules for expatriates, a By Sajeev K Peter and are known to be ‘disciplined, hard work- traffic accidents and the risks associated with daily yesterday cited a top official as saying. ing, talented and law-abiding.’ it before it becomes acute and irreversible,” “The traffic department has started cancelling the driving KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic “You people have acquired a special space he pointed out. licenses” of those people, interior ministry Assistant under- Affairs Major General Abdul Fattah Al-Ali in Kuwait as a brilliant and the least problem- While thanking the ministry for imple- secretary for Traffic Affairs Major General Abdulfattah Al-Ali sought to dispel fears of expatriates by assur- atic expatriate community who works for the menting strict traffic rules for the sake of safe- told Al-Anbaa newspaper. ing them that foreigners in Kuwait can feel overall development of Kuwait,” Ali men- ty of drivers and passengers, the KKMA Ali said the measure was taken because the department ‘secure and safe’ if they have valid residency tioned. At the same time, he underlined the offered its full support to the authorities found that expats given licenses as students have now start- and have no traffic violations or criminal importance of abiding by traffic rules and through awareness seminars and defensive ed working, and the same for some housewives, “which offense records against them. Gen Al-Ali was clarified that the current campaign is not tar- driving programs for their community mem- talking to a delegation from a leading Indian amounts to an act of forgery”. He estimated that “tens of socio-welfare organization - Kuwait Kerala thousands” of driving licenses will be withdrawn. For nearly Muslim Association (KKMA). The delegation a decade, Kuwait has imposed strict conditions on the eligi- headed by KKMA Chairman Sageer Trikarpur bility of its 2.6 million expats to drive. Most foreigners are submitted a memorandum to Major Al-Ali required to hold a university degree, earn KD400 ($1,400) a listing the concerns of the expatriate commu- month and have lived legally in the country for at least two nity over the ongoing campaign against ille- years before being able to drive legally. gal residents and traffic violators. Students and housewives with children had been among The memorandum urged the authorities those exempted from the regulations, along with engineers, to be ‘lenient and considerate’ towards expa- judges, lawyers and journalists. triates while enforcing new traffic regulations But since his appointment some two months ago, Ali has and arresting traffic violators. “As representa- led a campaign in which hundreds of expatriates have been tive of a law-abiding community, we fully deported without a court order for committing “grave” traf- support the Kuwaiti authorities in the cam- fic offences such as driving without a license and jumping paign against illegal residents or people red lights. Kuwaiti citizens who commit similar traffic involved in criminal activities. However, we offences can have their vehicles impounded, but only under are requesting your kind intervention to give a court order. Maj Gen Al-Ali made these statements during humanitarian consideration to the arrested and avoid misuse of authority while imple- a crackdown in Al-Dhahr area which saw nearly 23 sports KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Major General Abdul cars impounded for reckless driving. He also revealed that menting these rules,” the memorandum said. The delegation particularly brought the the General Traffic Department collected during May and Fattah Al-Ali with the members of KKMA delegation. attention of the official to the issue of penaliz- early June “nearly KD9 million in traffic fines that have been ing private car owners who travel in their cars geted at any particular expatriate community bers. First of the series of seminars will be nonpaid for years”. with their friends, colleagues or relatives in Kuwait. “It is a planned program based on held on June 21 at Indian Community School, He also confirmed reports that files for serious violations while going for work, shopping, prayers, hos- studies to regulate our road traffic and make Salmiya in which Indian Ambassador Satish C in the ministry’s system have been unblocked “to allow fines pitals, family visits, airport drops, etc. the roads safe for nationals and residents in Mehta and Maj Ali are expected to attend. to be paid directly” and avoid blacklisting when the unblock- Responding to the concern, Ali said that it is Kuwait,” he stated. KKMA Vice-chairmen Akbar Siddique, NA ing period ends later this month. The Kuwait Society for not the case and that he would be happy to Ali informed the delegation that the Muneer, President Abdul Fathah Thayyil, Human Rights has called on the government to halt the see cars full of passengers as it would reduce Middle East region records the highest rate of General Secretary K Basheer, organizing sec- deportations, describing them as “oppressive”. But the cam- the number of cars on the road. Maj Ali also road fatalities in the world despite having retary Hamza Payyanur, working presidents A paign has received strong backing from the pro-government hailed the strong relations between Kuwait excellent roads and traffic infrastructure. P Abdul Salam, Iqbal B M and Administrative parliament, with some MPs calling Ali a “hero”. — AFP and India. He said Indians are practically pres- “Today, the situation is quite alarming. The secretary K C Rafeeque were the other mem- ent in all segments of the society in Kuwait current campaign is aimed at minimizing the bers of the delegation. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 US mulls no-fly zone Erdogan agrees to halt US leaker under after Syria ‘red line’ 8 contentious park project 9 criminal investigation 10

TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei casts his ballot in the presidential election without publicly endorsing a candidate yesterday. — AP Iran votes for new president Khamenei doesn’t ‘give a damn’ about US misgivings

DUBAI: Millions of Iranians voted to choose a added. On May 24, US Secretary of State John tions with all countries were better,” she said. Of five conservative candidates professing new president yesterday, urged by Supreme Kerry questioned the credibility of the election, The Guardian Council, a state body that vets unwavering obedience to Khamenei, only three Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to turn out in criticising the disqualification of candidates and all candidates, barred several hopefuls, notably are thought to stand any chance of winning the force to discredit suggestions by arch foe the accusing Tehran of disrupting Internet access. former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, vote, or making it through to a second round United States that the election would be a All the remaining contenders except current one of the Islamic Republic’s founding fathers run-off in a week’s time. Nuclear negotiator sham. The 50 million eligible voters had a chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili have criti- seen as sympathetic to reform, as well as Jalili, who advocates maintaining a robust, ide- choice between six candidates to replace cised the conduct of diplomacy that has left Ahmadinejad’s close ally Esfandiar Rahim ologically-driven foreign policy, is seen as the incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but none Iran increasingly isolated and under painful Mashaie. This narrowing of the field prompted main conservative contender. The other two, is seen as challenging the Islamic Republic’s 34- economic sanctions. After casting his vote, Jalili concerns of a low turnout which the supreme Tehran mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and year-old system of clerical rule. The first presi- said: “Everyone should respect the name that leader sought to counter. “What is important is former foreign minister Velayati, have pledged dential poll since a disputed 2009 contest led to comes out of the ballot boxes and the person that everyone takes part,” Khamenei said. “Our never to back away from pursuing Iran’s months of unrest is unlikely to change rocky people choose,” according to ISNA news dear nation should come (to vote) with excite- nuclear program but have strongly criticised ties between the West and the OPEC nation of agency. ment and liveliness, and know that the destiny Jalili’s inflexible negotiating stance. 75 million, but it may bring a softening of the Hossein, a 27-year-old voter in Tehran who of the country is in their hands and the happi- They face Hassan Rowhani, the sole moder- antagonistic style favoured by Ahmadinejad. belongs to the Basij hardline volunteer militia, ness of the country depends on them.” ate and only cleric in the race. Though very World powers in talks with Iran over its said he would vote for Jalili, 47, Khamenei’s The Interior Ministry announced that voting, much an establishment figure, suspicious of the nuclear program are looking for any signs of a national security adviser and a former initially due to end at 1330 GMT, would be West, Rowhani is more likely to pursue a concil- recalibration of its negotiating stance after Revolutionary Guard who lost a leg in the 1980- extended by several hours, Iran’s Press TV iatory foreign policy. The opposition Kaleme eight years of intransigence under 88 Iran-Iraq war. “He is the only one I can trust reported in mid-afternoon. In the past, authori- website said Rowhani’s campaign headquarters Ahmadinejad. Voting in the capital Tehran, to respect the values of the revolution ... He ties have cited such extensions as evidence of a had sent a letter to the Guardian Council urging Khamenei called on Iranians to vote in large feels and cares for the needy,” Hossein said. In high turnout. Iran’s Sunni Muslim Gulf Arab it to remove the name of Mohammad Reza Aref numbers and derided Western misgivings Dubai, Iranian expatriate Zahra, 20, a first time neighbours are wary of Shiite Iran’s influence in - a reformist candidate who dropped out this about the credibility of the vote. “I recently voter, said she cast her ballot for Khamenei’s Iraq and its backing for President Bashar Al- week in favour of Rowhani - from ballot papers. heard that someone at the US National Security diplomatic adviser Ali Akbar Velayati because of Assad and his Lebanese allies Hezbollah in the The complaint said voting slips in some polling Council said ‘we do not accept this election in his expertise on world affairs. “When he was for- Syrian war. The Sunni Arab kingdoms are back- stations carried Aref’s name and this could cre- Iran’,” he said. “We don’t give a damn,” he eign minister (from 1981 to 1997), Iran’s rela- ing the rebels in Syria. ate confusion. — Reuters International SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Iranians vote out of duty, hope, obligation

TEHRAN: Iranians queued yester- Qalibaf has pledged to fix an econ- choice fully adheres to his teach- uation the country finds itself in, school in the upscale Shahrak day to vote for a successor to omy hurt by international sanc- ings, since what the leader wants is said they were voting out of a Gharb area of west Tehran, a 74- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, tions and charges of mismanage- what the people want,” she said, sense of national duty and as a year-old retired government many feeling a sense of national ment after eight years under without specifying who she voted way of confronting Iran’s enemies. employee said he would vote duty, others hoping for a better Ahmadinejad. Iran has been at log- for. Others, disillusioned by the sit- Standing in a long queue at a despite being “dissatisfied with the future and some because they gerheads with world powers over establishment”. “I believe we all thought they had to. Mehrdad, a its nuclear ambitions, which the have to vote to demonstrate to the 22-year-old university student vot- West suspects is aimed at develop- world that we are united,” he said. ing in his first presidential election, ing atomic weapons. “This will force our enemies into said he had rushed to his designat- The standoff has resulted in the retreat.” ed polling station at a mosque in imposition of harsh economic All political factions have called western Tehran. Some 70 people sanctions and Tehran’s interna- for a high turnout in Iran’s first had already formed separate tional isolation. Another main con- presidential poll since the disputed queues of men and women before tender is top nuclear negotiator re-election of Ahmadinejad in polling opened officially at 8:00 am Saeed Jalili, whose five years of 2009 sparked massive street (0330 GMT). negotiations with world powers protests that led to a deadly crack- “I’m voting because I want to be over Iran’s atomic drive have failed down. a part of building my country’s to yield a breakthrough. “I voted Ahmadinejad, who is constitu- future,” said Mehrdad, adding that for Jalili... his comments and tionally barred from standing for a his choice was Tehran Mayor actions are in accordance with third consecutive term, has been Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf. “I want supreme leader Ayatollah Ali accused of mismanaging Iran’s oil a president who understands the Khamenei’s guidelines,” said a cler- wealth and widening the econom- pain of the middle class,” he said, ic, after voting in a south Tehran ic gap between social classes. A 50- arguing that conservative fron- mosque. Another voter, Tahereh year-old worker said that she too trunner Qalibaf was popular Sha’aban, 25, dressed in traditional TEHRAN: Iranian women show their documents as they queue to was voting for Qalibaf because she because of his track record as may- black chador, said she too had fol- vote in the first round of the presidential election at a polling sta- wanted improvements on the or. Like the other five candidates, lowed Khamenei’s advice. “My tion yesterday. — AFP labour market. — AFP Clerics call for US mulls no-fly zone jihad in Syria CAIRO: Influential Sunni clerics from several Arab after Syria ‘red line’ states including Saudi Arabia and Egypt called for a holy war against the “sectarian” regime in Syria. “We must undertake jihad to help our brothers in Syria by sending them money and arms, and pro- Damascus slams allegation as ‘lies’ viding all aid to save the Syrian people from this sectarian regime,” they said in a statement at the DAMASCUS: The United States dramati- opposition. That will involve providing the rebels would include small arms and end of a gathering in Cairo. “The flagrant aggres- cally toughened its line on Syria, accus- direct support to the SMC. That includes ammunition and anti-tank weapons but sion of the Iranian regime, of Hezbollah and of ing it of using chemical weapons and military support,” deputy national securi- not anti-aircraft weapons. Syria’s main their sectarian allies in Syria amounts to a declara- promising military aid to rebel forces, as ty adviser Ben Rhodes said, declining to opposition National Coalition said in a tion of war against Islam and Muslims.” Damascus yesterday slammed the allega- elaborate. Syria dismissed the US accusa- statement issued by its Washington In a sermon to worshippers at Saudi Arabia’s tion as “lies”. President Barack Obama’s tion as “a statement full of lies about the office that it “welcomes increased US Grand Mosque in Makkah yesterday, Sunni Sheikh administration announced Thursday it use of chemical weapons in Syria, based assistance including direct military sup- Saoud Al-Shuraym denounced Assad as a tyrant had reviewed intelligence reports and on fabricated information”. The Wall port”. “The support should be strategic whose troops he said had raped women, killed concluded that Syrian regime forces had Street Journal reported that US military and decisive in order to force an end to children and destroyed homes over the past two used banned arms, including sarin nerve proposals include a limited no-fly zone the violence and to achieve a political years. “All of that puts on the shoulder of each one gas, in attacks that killed up to 150 peo- over rebel training camps. This zone transition,” it said. of us a share of responsibility before God, on lead- ple. US officials refused to rule out mov- would stretch up to 40 km into Syria, and Washington’s decision will hurt the ers, rulers, scholars, reformers, thinkers and people ing towards arming rebels or imposing a would be enforced by warplanes inside chances of a new Russia-US peace initia- to take a unified and conscious stand against the no-fly zone, and said Washington would Jordan airspace armed with long-dis- tive on the crisis, a senior foreign policy mad (crackdown) on our brothers in Syria,” provide backing to the Syrian Military tance air-to-air missiles, the Journal aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin Shuraym said in a sermon broadcast on Saudi state Council (SMC) armed opposition. reported, citing unnamed US officials. said. “What was presented by the television. “By God..., our brothers need more “The president has made a decision The New York Times cited unnamed Americans does not look convincing to efforts and determination to be exerted to remove about providing more support to the American officials as saying weapons for us,” Yury Ushakov told reporters. “The the merciless injustice and aggression through all information that has been presented, the means and with no exceptions,” he told followers. facts that have been presented do not “We tell our brothers in the Levant to be patient.” look convincing to us,” he said. The Lebanon’s Iran-backed Shiite movement has chances of holding a Syrian peace con- been fighting alongside the forces of President ference that Russia and the United States Bashar Al-Assad, a member of the Alawite offshoot proposed jointly on May 7 would be hurt of Shism, against Syria’s mainly Sunni rebels. by the decision to provide military sup- Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia’s top cleric port for the opposition, he added. Abdulaziz Al-Shaikh has urged governments to British Foreign Secretary William punish the “repulsive sectarian group” while Qatar- Hague said in a statement London based Sunni cleric Yusuf Al-Qaradawi has called on agreed with the US assessment of chemi- Sunnis to join the rebels. Hezbollah’s intervention in Syria, which helped Assad’s troops overrun the cal weapons use in Syria. “The crisis strategic town of Qusair, has been roundly con- demands a strong, determined and coor- demned by Arab countries. In Cairo, a senior aide dinated response from the international to President Mohamed Morsi demanded the community,” he said. NATO Secretary guerilla group “immediately end” its involvement General Anders Fogh Rasmussen wel- in Syria. The Shiite group’s assistance to Assad comed the “clear” US statement, saying could “further turn this conflict into a sectarian Damascus should grant UN access “to conflict that will spill over into the entire region,” investigate all reports of chemical Khaled Al-Qazzaz told reporters on Thursday. The weapons use”. The European Union also conflict has drawn Sunni volunteers from several said the allegations reinforced the need Arab countries to join rebel ranks, and Shiites from for UN inspectors to be deployed in Syria, Iraq who support Assad. —Agencies HASS, Syria: Anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a banner and flash the victory and for increased efforts to find a politi- sign during a demonstration in this town in Idlib province yesterday. — AP cal solution to the conflict. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Pope, Anglican leader meet, note differences

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis and Communion. Welby said yesterday since King Henry VIII broke with the new head of the world’s he hoped the proximity of the two Rome and set himself up at the Anglicans acknowledged deep dif- leaders’ inaugurations would “serve head of the new Church of England ferences over issues ranging from the reconciliation of the world and in 1534. Francis said yesterday he gay rights to women priests but the Church”, while noting the diffi- was sure the move would help the pledged to seek unity when they culties ahead. “The journey is test- Catholic world to better appreciate met on Friday for the first time since ing and we cannot be unaware that and understand the spiritual and both took office in March. Relations differences exist about how we pastoral traditions of the Anglican between the Catholic and Anglican bring the Christian faith to bear on community. Welby, a former oil churches have been strained for the challenges thrown up by mod- industry executive, has inherited a years, especially over Anglican ordi- ern society,” he said. Church which is itself divided over nation of women as priests, and the Anglican ordination of women is issues such as gay rights and meeting at the Vatican was billed as a thorny issue between the two women bishops. He is against gay an opportunity to reduce tensions. Churches, with the Vatican firmly marriage but favours female ordina- Welcoming Archbishop of opposed to female priests, and tion, and is stuck in the crossfire Canterbury Justin Welby to the attempts by Francis’ predecessor between liberal and conservative Vatican, Francis called for Christians Benedict to woo disaffected clerics. to work together to protect the Anglicans back to Catholicism has In January this year, the Church “foundations of society” such as caused more friction. In 2009, of England lifted a ban on gay male respect for human life and the insti- Benedict decreed that Anglicans clergy who live with their partners tution of the family built on mar- who feel their Church had become from becoming bishops on condi- VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis (right) shakes hands with the Archbishop riage. too liberal could find a home in tion they pledge to stay celibate, of Canterbury Justin Welby prior to a private audience at the Vatican Francis was inaugurated as the Catholicism in a parallel hierarchy deepening a rift in the Anglican yesterday. — AFP leader of the world’s 1.2 billion that allows them to keep some of community over homosexuality. Catholics on March 19, following their traditions, such as parts of the The Church, struggling to remain 2015, after the reform narrowly his academic predecessor. In that Benedict’s abdication, and just two Anglican liturgy and the Anglican relevant in modern Britain despite failed to pass last November. Welby, way he presents a similar image to days before Welby officially took Book of Common Prayer. falling numbers of believers, pub- a pragmatist hardened by years of Francis, who led an ordinary life over from Rowan Williams as head It was the boldest step by the lished a plan in May to approve the work as a crisis negotiator in Africa, close to the poor as Archbishop of of the 80-million-strong Anglican Vatican to welcome back Anglicans ordination of women bishops by is seen as more down-to-earth than Buenos Aires. — Reuters Necas clings on after Erdogan agrees to halt close aide charged PRAGUE: Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas was clinging on contentious park project to office yesterday after prosecutors accused his personal assistant of being at the centre of a corrupt web of political favours and secret surveillance. Police raids on government PM promises to abide by court decision offices on Thursday signalled the most significant swoop on corruption in two decades in a country that has been mired ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Prime Minister in sleaze since its “Velvet Revolution” overthrew Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday agreed Communism in 1989. The main Czech opposition party said to halt plans to redevelop an Istanbul it would initiate a parliamentary vote of no confidence park at the centre of two weeks of mass unless Necas quits, but in a defiant speech to lawmakers, the anti-government unrest, in a move pro- conservative prime minister said he would stay on, and dis- testers welcomed as “positive”. It missed the allegations. His fate now depends on whether marked the first easing of tensions in the the smaller parties in his coali- standoff, which has presented the tion stand by him, and on Islamist-rooted government with the whether President Milos biggest challenge of its decade-long Zeman, a political opponent, rule and earned it criticism from the West. Hours after giving a “last warning” tries to use his limited consti- to defiant demonstrators camping out tutional powers to push Necas in Gezi Park, Erdogan made the conces- out. Jeronym Tejc, an official of sion in his first talks with a key group of the opposition Social protesters. “The positive outcome from Democrat party, said: “(We) tonight is the prime minister’s explana- expect the speedy resignation tion that the project will not continue of Prime Minister Petr Necas before the final court decision,” Tayfun and the entire government. If Kahraman, a spokesman for the Taksim that does not happen, the Solidary group, seen as the most repre- Social Democrats will initiate a sentative of the protest movement, said Jana Nagyova vote of no confidence.” A day in televised remarks. earlier hundreds of police with A peaceful sit-in to save Gezi Park’s ISTANBUL: Anti-government protesters holding Turkish flags with a portrait of the organised crime unit, some in balaclavas to conceal their 600 trees from being razed prompted a Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of modern Turkey, stand at the entrance of identity, swept through the government headquarters, the brutal police response on May 31, spi- Gezi park on the landmark Taksim square yesterday. — AFP defence ministry, a bank and private homes, detaining sev- ralling into nationwide outpourings of eral Necas associates. He was drawn even deeper into the anger against Erdogan and his ruling Celik added. In an updated toll yester- fathers please withdraw your kids from affair yesterday when prosecutors, giving details of their Justice and Development Party (AKP), day, the Turkish doctors’ association there,” he said in a live television broad- investigation for the first time, alleged the existence of cor- seen as increasingly authoritarian. said almost 7,500 people have been cast. “Gezi Park does not belong to rupt dealings that intersected with Necas’ personal and Speaking after the late-night emergency injured and four killed in the nationwide occupying forces. It belongs to every- political life. Tomas Sokol, a lawyer for one of the people meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Huseyin unrest, which has seen police use tear body.” charged, the former head of military intelligence, said prose- Celik said the government would gas and rubber bullets on demonstra- The Taskim Solidarity group said it cutors had accused his client of instructing agents to run respect the court-ordered suspension of tors who have hurled back fireworks and would discuss its next move in talks with surveillance on Necas’ wife, Radka. the park project. He also confirmed that Molotov cocktails. Overnight, police protesters yesterday evening. Inside Necas and his wife, his college sweetheart, announced a referendum on the proposed recon- again clashed with protesters in the cap- Gezi Park, many campers said they were this week they were divorcing. They said their suspicions struction of Ottoman-era military bar- ital Ankara, fire gas and jets of water to determined to stay despite the govern- focused on two areas: allegations that officials used the intel- racks on the site would go ahead. “But disperse some 200 protesters, witnesses ment’s conciliatory gesture to suspend ligence services for inappropriate purposes, and that corrupt Gezi Park protesters should stop their told AFP. the project and abide by a referendum, favours were given to politicians. The prosecutors said the demonstration now,” he warned. Erdogan has taken a tough line on saying the protest had morphed into common factor in both sets of allegations was Jana Nagyova, The court process is expected to take the mass demonstrations and on something bigger. “We’re not satisfied who heads Necas’ office. She has worked for Necas since several months. In the meantime, a Thursday ordered people to evacuate and this is not about this park only,” said 2006. Elegantly dressed and with blonde, shoulder-length probe is under way to investigate the Gezi Park, stoking fears of a police inter- Kivanch K, a pianist who has been enter- hair, she has often appeared in Czech tabloids. — Reuters use of excessive police force in dealing vention if the protesters defied him. “I’m taining protesters in nearby Taksim with the protesters across the country, making my last warning: mothers, Square in recent days. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 US leaker under criminal investigation

WASHINGTON: The United States has ing surveillance programs. Snowden, secrecy of the surveillance programs. launched a criminal investigation and is who worked as a subcontractor handling General Keith Alexander, the head of the taking “all necessary steps” to prosecute computer networks for the National National Security Agency, told lawmak- Edward Snowden for exposing secret US Security Agency (NSA), is in Hong Kong, ers on Wednesday that “dozens” of terror surveillance programs, the FBI director a semi-autonomous Chinese territory, attacks had been thwarted by programs, said Thursday. Robert Mueller, who is to where he has vowed to contest any pos- and that the leaks had caused “great step down soon after more than a sible extradition in court. harm” to national security. decade leading the Federal Bureau of Mueller defended the collection of US Senator Dianne Feinstein, the chair of Investigation, defended the Internet and phone records and Internet data related the Senate intelligence committee, said phone sweeps as vital tools that could to foreign targets, which officials main- that the NSA on Monday will release the have prevented the attacks of Sept 11, tain are legal programs approved by fed- specific number of attacks prevented. 2001. Snowden’s disclosures “have eral judges and in accordance with the Some lawmakers opposed to the domes- caused significant harm to our nation Constitution. “The program is set up for a tic surveillance techniques have and to our safety,” Mueller told lawmak- very limited purpose and a limited objec- demanded proof that the data collection ers at a House Judiciary Committee hear- tive, and that is to identify individuals in yields results. Edward Snowden ing. the United States who are using a tele- Snowden, a technician working for a As to Snowden, “he is the subject of phone for terrorist activities and to draw ber in San Diego,” Mueller said. “If we private contractor and assigned to an an ongoing criminal investigation,” that network,” he said. Mueller told law- had the telephone number from Yemen NSA base in Hawaii, surfaced over the Mueller said. “We are taking all necessary makers that one of the 9/11 hijackers, we would have matched up to that tele- weekend in Hong Kong to give media steps to hold the person responsible for Khalid Al-Mihdhar, had called a known phone number in San Diego, got further interviews. In addition to disclosing the these disclosures.” Mueller’s comments Al-Qaeda safe house in Yemen from the legal process, identified Al-Mihdhar.” NSA’s acquisition of phone logs and data confirm that the US government is pur- US city of San Diego. Many lawmakers remained skeptical. “It’s from nine Internet giants - including suing Snowden, the 29-year-old “If we had had this program in place my fear we are on the verge of becoming Google, Microsoft and Facebook - American IT specialist who has admitted at the time, we would have been able to a surveillance state,” Democrat John Snowden also described secret global to leaking information about far-reach- identify that particular telephone num- Conyers said, alarmed at the scale and hacking operations. — AFP 2 killed in monster Explosion at US chemical Colorado wildfire plant kills 1 Blaze could be work of arsonist GEISMAR, Louisiana: An explosion and fire killed one per- son and injured 73 at the Williams Olefins chemical plant in COLORADO SPRINGS: The remains of Geismar, Louisiana on Thursday, unsettling an industrial two people killed trying to flee the most town where authorities ordered people to remain indoors destructive Colorado wildfire on record for hours to avoid the billowing smoke. The blast at 8:37 were found on Thursday as crews fought am (1337 GMT) sent a huge fireball and column of smoke to keep the fierce, wind-driven blaze into the air. The plant along the Mississippi River, about from roaring into the outskirts of 100 km from New Orleans, is one of 12 chemical plants Colorado Springs. The blaze has ripped along a 16-km stretch of the river. The fire, fueled by the across more than 24 square miles of petrochemical propylene, burned for more than three rolling, forested terrain northeast of hours, though government monitors had yet to detect Colorado Springs since it erupted on dangerous levels of emissions, Louisiana Governor Bobby Tuesday, forcing some 38,000 people to Jindal told a news conference near the scene. “Once the flee their homes. El Paso County Sheriff investigations are done, once there’s a responsible party, Terry Maketa said the dead, who have they will absolutely be held responsible,” Jindal said. not been publicly identified, were recov- Louisiana State Police said the victim was Zachary C ered on Thursday from the garage of Green, 29, of Hammond, but gave no further information one of at least 360 homes destroyed by on him. Some 300 workers from the plant were evacuated the so-called Black Forest Fire near the and all the employees were accounted for, among them 10 state’s second-largest city. who stayed behind in a safe room inside the plant, Jindal Maketa indicated the blaze could be said. Emergency responders took 73 people to hospital, the work of an arsonist or the result of Jindal said, including at least five who were being treated negligence, telling reporters that a crimi- at Baton Rouge General Hospital’s burn center, said Dr nal investigation was underway. He told Floyd Roberts, a physician there. Plant operations were Reuters there were no signs of lightning BLACK FOREST, Colorado: Jaycie Francis (right) remembers on Thursday shut, and the company’s own emergency response crews strikes in the area when the fire began. how she used to sit at her aunt’s house and watch television in that spot. were assisting at the scene, parent group Williams Cos said News of the first two casualties from the She is being comforted by her boyfriend, James Folk. — AP in a statement. monster blaze came as firefighters made Authorities ordered people within a 3-km radius to their first measurable progress against ordered mandatory evacuations of trees and houses reduced to cinders and remain in their homes, in part because of the smoke, said the fire, managing to carve containment about 1,000 homes in the northern tip of rubble. Authorities said 360 homes were Lester Kenyon, a spokesman for Ascension Parish. That lines around 5 percent of the fire’s Colorado Springs that were considered ruined and the fate of 79 others was “shelter in place” order was later lifted for residents but perimeter. Maketa said the victims had to be in imminent danger. “Load your unknown on Thursday evening. The lat- remained in effect for four other plants in the area that been on the phone as the flames closed family, and pets and GO NOW,” the El est tally of destroyed homes surpassed scaled down their operations, Jindal said. “It’s a sad day in in on their home. “The person they were Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a the previous record of 346 dwellings Geismar, and particularly for the Williams Olefins work speaking with said he could hear pop- tweet. The area lies just to the east of the demolished last year on the northwestern family, and frankly for the petrochem community in this ping and cracking in the background US Air Force Academy. A voluntary evac- fringe of Colorado Springs by the so- area,” Ascension Parish Sheriff Jeffrey Wiley said. “It’s an and they (the two people) advised they uation alert was issued for another 2,000 called Waldo Canyon fire, then deemed industry that practices safety every second of every day, were leaving right now,” Maketa said. homes in Colorado Springs, advising the most destructive blaze in state history. but regrettably, things do happen.” “We were truly hoping that we could get those residents to be ready to flee at a That fire also killed two people and The same plant had an accident in 2009 when about 27 from day to day without coming across moment’s notice, as embers drifted over prompted the evacuation of some 35,000 kg of a flammable mixture was released, resulting in a fire news like this.” With the fire still burning the city. people in and around the city, which lies that caused property damage but no injuries, according to largely unchecked and driven by erratic Aerial photos of devastated areas at the eastern foothills of the Rockies the Right-to-Know Network, citing data from the US 48 kph winds that showed no sign of showed large swaths of obliterated about 72 km south of the state’s capital Environmental Protection Agency’s risk management data- diminishing, officials on Thursday neighborhoods with bare, blackened and largest city, Denver. — Reuters base. — Reuers

INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 As big parties flounder, minnows scent chance

NEW DELHI: The popular expectation for is due by next May. But there is mounting supported by Congress or the BJP, they lar disgust over its handling of the econo- India’s coming general election is that it will speculation that they could form an alterna- would bring instability and little chance of a my, while the BJP is torn by infighting. be a showdown between the scion of the tive “third front” government after the poll, fresh push for economic reform. “The Leaders of some of the regional groups grand old Congress party’s Nehru-Gandhi a step that would break the mold of alter- reform process will be the worst victim of spotted an opportunity to flex their muscle dynasty and a firebrand leader of the Hindu nating power between the Congress and its the third front coming up,” Panandiker said. this week when the BJP chose the polariz- nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But rival, the BJP. Akhilesh Yadav, chief minister In the past, coalitions without the Congress ing Narendra Modi as its election campaign with both big national parties deeply trou- of Uttar Pradesh, a pivotal state in elections party or BJP at the helm were unable to leader, a move that exposed damaging rifts bled and languishing in opinion polls, a because it sends the most lawmakers to hold onto power for long. Many believe a within the party. Mamata Banerjee, the group of increasingly powerful regional parliament, has come out squarely in favour new third front would not stick together for mercurial chief minister of West Bengal parties might emerge from the media fren- of a Third Front. long, and some doubt the regional parties state who has sat in coalitions led by both zy around Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi Even if they fail to cobble together will even manage to unite. “It’s come up the BJP and Congress, took the first step. as the dark-horse winners. A rag-tag of par- enough parliamentary seats to forge a several times and it’s never worked,” said B On Wednesday, she met a key aide of Bihar ties with ambitious leaders and diverse coalition government of their own, opinion G Verghese, a political analyst. “I think it’s all state’s chief minister, who looks set to break local agendas, their empowerment could polls suggest that these groups will have whispering in the dark.” his party’s ties with the BJP, angry over be a risk for Asia’s third-largest economy, more lawmakers - and therefore greater No party has won enough parliament Modi’s elevation. She also picked up the whose growth rate has already tumbled to influence - at the national level than ever seats to form a government on its own phone to win over the chief of another east- a decade low after a long period of policy before. However, they share little ideology, since 1984, but the next election is expect- ern state, and she posted a telling message paralysis. “They won’t be thinking of the they all have agendas of their own, some ed to throw up the most fractured outcome of her intentions on Facebook. “Time has country, they’ll think of their states,” said D are rivals within the same state, and even yet thanks to a shift of popular support come for all the regional parties to come H Pai Panandiker, president of the RPG their hostility to the Congress and BJP from national to regional parties. Congress, together and form a federal front in the Foundation, an economic think-tank. changes with the wind. Either as a bloc which has ruled at the head of a coalition coming Lok Sabha election,” Banerjee Most of these parties are keeping their propping up a coalition led by one of the for the last nine years, goes into these polls wrote, referring to the lower house of par- options open ahead of the election, which main parties or as a third front government battered by corruption scandals and popu- liament.— Reuters 2 dead, dozens rescued as Philippine ferry sinks 2 dead, 25 missing as India boat capsizes

MANILA/KOLKATA: Fishermen and res- those rescued, reported the vessel may the state of West Bengal, a government cue workers hauled dozens of people have been unbalanced by the buses and minister said. “At least two people died out of the sea after a ferry sank in the large truck. “He said it happened so and 25 are missing after the ferry cap- central Philippines yesterday, but at quickly. It just went down in the dark- sized in the Ganges,” Sabitri Mitra, the least two passengers drowned, authori- ness,” Alejandro said, adding the waters minister who is overseeing the rescue ties said. In the latest disaster to hit the and weather were calm. operation told AFP by telephone. “A nation’s notoriously dangerous sea The type of roll-on, roll-off ferry that total of 19 people, including a child, HYDERABAD: An Indian student holds a burning tyre transport industry, the ferry mysterious- sank is commonly used in the have so far been rescued.” with a rod during a protest demanding creation of a ly sank in calm weather before dawn Philippines to transport people, vehicles Workers are trying to haul up the about two kilometres from Burias island. new state named ‘Telangan’ yesterday. The protesters Fishermen on small outrigger motor- have been demanding that the new state be carved out boats were among the first to arrive on of the existing state of Andhra Pradesh. — AP the scene and saved many lives, said local coastguard deputy chief Bayani Belisario. “They (the passengers) were Nepal poll date floating in their life jackets and the res- cuers picked them out of the water,” Belisario told AFP. raises hopes He said several people from the sunken ship were also able to make the KATHMANDU: Nepal’s announcement of November elections long swim to the shores of Burias on raised hopes for stability in the deeply divided Himalayan nation, but their own. A navy plane and a coast- also concerns that the long-awaited polls could still be scuppered, guard ship, diverted from taking part in analysts said yesterday. The caretaker government set the Nov 19 maritime exercises in Indonesia, joined date late on Thursday following months of political deadlock that the search and 55 people were rescued has hampered the country’s recovery after a decade-long civil war. throughout the morning, according to Former Maoist prime minister Baburam Bhattarai, whose party won the authorities. But Belisario said the the largest share of votes at the last elections held in 2008, wel- bodies of two women were recovered comed the move. “Now all political parties should focus on ensuring from the water. Coast guard volunteer a free and fair election,” Bhattarai said. Amadeo Tan told ABS-CBN television But political commentator Tilak Pathak said it was unclear that his wife, who was on the ship, MALDA, India: Onlookers gather on the banks of the River Ganges follow- whether all of the major parties would agree to take part, since they called him by her mobile phone to say ing the capsizing of a ferry carrying passengers and livestock in this dis- were focused on fixing internal party problems, placing the election the boat had sank. “She was already trict located 270 km north of Kolkata yesterday. — AFP in jeopardy. “All major parties are battling with internal factionalism floating in the water. I did not think and dissents,” Pathak told AFP. “Although cadres of other parties twice and we rushed to the site,” said and cargo throughout the archipelago wooden boat which overturned in have recently joined (the) Maoists, its leaders have said that the Tan, a resident of Masbate island, the of more than 7,100 islands. Alejandro strong winds near Malda district, 270 km organisational structure is in shambles,” he said. ferry’s destination. said the ferry, the MV Lady of Mount north of the state capital Kolkata. “The Nepalese politics has operated in a legislative vacuum since May Tan said his group rescued dozens Carmel, was not believed to have been river was swollen due to heavy mon- 2012 when the old parliament was dissolved without producing a including his wife, who was unhurt but overloaded as it sought to make its reg- soon showers. Locals jumped into the constitution, aimed at healing deep divisions over the conflict, amid left traumatised by the incident. The fer- ular journey of about four hours river to rescue the passengers,” the min- political disagreements. Polls were scheduled for June this year but ry’s manifest listed 35 passengers and 22 between the two major provinces of ister said. were delayed after the country’s main political parties failed to agree crew aboard but local civil defence chief Albay and Masbate, more than 300 km Authorities were trying to bring in on some crucial electoral issues, such as whether to allow candidates Raffy Alejandro said there could be as southeast of Manila. divers from Kolkata to help search for with criminal backgrounds to run. Thursday’s breakthrough came many as seven people still missing. Separately, rescue workers battled missing passengers and crew, with res- after the interim government assured them their concerns would be Seven drivers and assistants who heavy rains as they searched for sur- cue efforts hampered by heavy rains. incorporated into a new amendment on election laws, which has brought two buses and a truck aboard vivors of a boat that capsized in eastern “Inclement weather and heavy rains are been forwarded to President Ram Baran Yadav for his approval. the roll-on, roll-off ferry may not have India yesterday, killing at least two peo- hampering the rescue operation,” Malda But three opposition leaders, representing 42 smaller political been listed because they travelled for ple with 25 others still missing, officials police superintendent, Kalyan groupings, late Thursday threatened to boycott the polls, saying the free, Alejandro told AFP. He said the said. The overcrowded boat was carry- Mukherjeehe told AFP by telephone. interim government had not consulted them before announcing the cause of the sinking was not yet known ing more than 45 people as well as live- The state government has ordered an date.—AFP but the ship’s captain, who was among stock when it overturned mid-river in enquiry into the accident. — AFP

INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Thai rebels say Squalid politics plumbs peace could be years away new depths Down Under

KUALA LUMPUR: Rebels from Thailand’s restive south yes- Host sacked for asking if PM’s partner is gay terday said securing lasting peace could take years, acknowl- edging some insurgents were trying to undermine ongoing SYDNEY: Mud-slinging is nothing new in that government would be dominated by three months until the federal election if the talks through continued violence. More than 5,500 people politics, but a no-holds-barred election cam- “men in blue ties”. That generated much quality of this week’s political debate is any have died in the near decade-long insurgency in the Muslim- paign in Australia has sunk standards to mirth and mockery, not least because many guide,” the daily said. majority region bordering Malaysia. Talks between the Thai depths seldom seen before. After a week of Labor alpha males sport blue ties too. “It’s Could the tone go any lower? Step for- government and representatives of the Barisan Revolusi headlines filled with sexual innuendo and always possible for Australian political ward shock jock Howard Sattler to bombard Nasional (BRN) began on March 28 but have so far failed to squalid attacks, The Australian Financial debate to get even sillier. But these are sure- Gillard with blunt questions about her part- halt near-daily violence. A second rebel group, the Patani Review harrumphed: “We deserve better ly new lows in stupidity,” said Review ner’s sexuality on his Perth radio show. Tim United Liberation Organisation (PULO), joined negotiations than this.” Voters are used to colourful lan- columnist Jennifer Hewett. The opposition Mathieson, known as Australia’s “first from the second round. guage Down Under, where a high tolerance called the Gillard comments a “crude politi- bloke”, is an ex-hairdresser. Sattler inferred Talks could last “two or three years” or even longer, said for intolerance abounds. After all, former cal ploy” and demanded apologies. that must mean he is gay, despite the long- BRN representative Hassan Labor Party leader Mark Latham publicly Abbott, dubbed the “mad monk” after standing boyfriend living with the prime Taib. “There is no indication called then prime minister John Howard an he considered the priesthood in his youth, minister in her official residence. “Tim’s gay,” how long it will take... We hope “a***licker” of the US president. has pledged not to change abortion laws Sattler queried on his Perth radio show. “But that all sides will be patient Now Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s but did agree the menu went too far. “I that’s absurd,” Gillard parried. “But you hear and see these talks through,” unflinching determination to go down think we should all be bigger and better it - he must be gay, he’s a hairdresser,” he said in rare comments to fighting against Tony Abbott’s cocky con- than that,” he said, criticising the menu as Sattler insisted. The Perth radio host refused foreign media. These talks are servatives has the chattering classes howl- “tacky” and “scatological”. But the prime to drop the matter and continued his line of our best shot. War does not ing at the dire level of discourse. Some had minister-in-waiting also got in a barb of his questioning before Gillard told him to bring solve anything. This issue can hoped that the arrival of Australia’s first own over the “menu-gate” affair. He himself “back to Earth”. Management at the only be solved through negoti- female leader would help to drain the defended Brough and dredged up “squalid radio station at first issued a statement say- ations; that is the only way swamp of debate, political analysts noted. jokes told at union conference dinners with ing Sattler had been suspended pending an even if it takes a long time,” he Fat chance, judging by recent events. After (Labor) ministers present”. internal inquiry while apologising to Gillard. added. a viciously degrading dinner menu for an By yesterday the menu had faded from But yesterday afternoon general manager opposition fundraiser surfaced on the political agenda as it emerged that it Martin Boylen announced on air he had Hassan Taib Thailand and the rebels agreed late Thursday to scale Wednesday, the Labor Party leader went on had little or nothing to do with the Liberal been fired. Reports said Sattler had six back violence in the country’s south during the holy Muslim the attack, accusing the opposition of a pat- Party. The Australian newspaper noted: months left on a two-year contract and was fasting month of Ramadan, which is expected to last from tern of misogynistic behaviour. “Facts are off the menu in this twitstorm of planning to take legal action over the sack- July 9 to Aug 7. Thailand earlier Thursday, before the day- On the menu was “Julia Gillard Kentucky smear.” “It’s going to be an interminable ing.— AFP long talks, had expressed impatience at the continuing insur- Fried Quail: Small Breasts and Huge Thighs gent violence. Thai National Security Council chief Paradorn and A Big Red Box”. Gillard branded it Pattanatabut, Bangkok’s lead negotiator, told reporters in “grossly sexist and offensive”. Could anyone Thailand yesterday that it would be a “test for them (the BRN) argue? It didn’t take long. The dish was during Ramadan whether they can control the violence”. intended for a dinner for Mal Brough, a for- He said Thailand would reduce seal-off and search opera- mer minister and an opposition candidate tions of houses, except to protect “soft targets” such as teach- for the Sept 14 elections. Opposition treas- ers, scores of whom have been executed for their perceived ury spokesman Joe Hockey was guest of collaboration with the Thai state. Hassan said BRN would pro- honour. “I’ve certainly been very clear on my vide Thailand with “conditions” within 10 days for a reduction view about Mr Abbott,” Gillard announced, in violence, but he did not elaborate. Five Thai security per- alluding to her parliamentary tirade against sonnel were killed in a fresh spate of gun and bomb attacks misogyny last year which went viral online two weeks ago, which the government blamed on insurgents and won global acclaim. “Here we are yet seeking to disrupt the fragile peace process. Despite two again, Mr Abbott saying that he condemns rounds of peace talks since March, the bloodshed has raised behaviour but we see a pattern of behav- questions over how much control rebel leaders have over iour. It doesn’t go away.” radical militants. Hassan acknowledged that there were divi- The menu emerged a day after Gillard sions with some trying to undermine the negotiations, but reignited the gender war with a feisty said these were “mainly individuals with their own interests” speech alleging the opposition coalition and he hoped those who wanted a resolution would join the would set back abortion law and “banish women’s voices from the core of our politi- talks. “We are only just beginning these negotiations. We SYDNEY: In a file picture taken on April 4, 2013, Australia’s Prime Minister intend to include all parties so it goes well,” he said.— AFP cal life” if, as widely predicted, Abbot’s Liberals sweep the elections. She warned Julia Gillard speaks to the Foreign Correspondents Association. — AFP Australia embraces new gender guidelines

SYDNEY: Australia has embraced a grow- ommended the government consider Australia face many issues trying to ensure there is consistency in how peo- ing global trend towards acknowledging developing national guidelines concern- ensure the gender status on their person- ple are treated at the federal level,” greater gender diversity with individuals ing the collection of sex and gender infor- al records matches the gender they live Morgan, a spokesperson for the organisa- now able to be referred to as “indetermi- mation. The new guidelines state that and how they are recognised by the com- tion who did not want to use his sur- nate, intersex or unspecified” on official “where sex and/or gender information is munity,” Dreyfus said. “These guidelines name, told AFP. “We would rather not documents rather than male or female. collected and recorded in a personal will bring about a practical improvement have to participate in these binary boxes Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said new record, individuals should be given the in the everyday lives of transgender, if we don’t want to. People should be national guidelines, which come into option to select M (male), F (female) or X intersex and gender diverse people.” The able to choose something if they really force on July 1, will make it simpler for (Indeterminate/Intersex/Unspecified)”. move comes just weeks after a New want.” Australia’s move is seen as part of people to establish or change their sex or They state that sex reassignment sur- South Wales ruled that sex does not just a global trend towards greater accept- gender in personal records held by gov- gery and/or hormone therapy are not mean male or female, which suggests ance of sex and gender diversity. In 2011, ernment departments and agencies. “We prerequisites for the recognition of a terms like “sex not specified” could UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recognise individuals may identify, and change of gender in Australian govern- become more prevalent. Navi Pillay described Australia as “in the be recognised within the community, as ment records. When someone requests Organisation Intersex International vanguard of change” when it enabled its a gender other than the gender they the sex on their personal record be Australia welcomed the new guidelines. citizens to have their sex and gender were assigned at birth or during infancy, changed, Dreyfus said the government But it noted that many people who were identity properly recognised on their or as an indeterminate gender,” he said in would accept a statement from their doc- intersex, either because they have the passports. a statement late Thursday. “This should tor or psychologist, a valid Australian biological attributes of both sexes or lack “Increasingly, states around the world be recognised and reflected in their per- passport (which have allowed X under some of the biological attributes consid- are starting to recognise the need to sonal records held by departments and sex for several years), or a state or territo- ered necessary to be defined as one or reflect sex and gender diversity,” Pillay agencies.” ry birth certificate or other document the other, may still identify as male or said at the time, saying pioneering steps The move comes after the Australian which shows their preferred gender sta- female. “What happened yesterday was a had been taken in recent years in Nepal, Human Rights Commission in 2009 rec- tus. “Transgender and intersex people in major leap forward because it helps to Portugal, Britain and Uruguay.”— AFP Britain’s G8 tax Singapore slams 20 banks Moody’s puts Bahrain Businesstest for Cameron 16in benchmark rate review17 debt on watch 16 SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 NYC debates crackdown on counterfeit goods 19

TOULOUSE: The flight test crew, Peter Chandler, Patrick Du-Che, Guy Magrin, Emanuele Costanzo, Fernando Alonso and Pacal Verneau wave to people after the maiden flight of the Airbus A350 at Blagnac airport yesterday. — AP Airbus A350 completes maiden flight Competition expected to dominate Paris Airshow

TOULOUSE: Europe’s newest jetliner, the plane air under its wings for the first time in turer’s larger, metallic 777 using a later ver- A350 could steal attention with a brief roar Airbus A350, successfully completed its front of a podium of airline chiefs who have sion of the A350. over the aviation industry’s largest show- maiden flight yesterday, stepping up the ordered 613 aircraft. It touched down at case. Airbus is finalising orders from battle with arch-rival Boeing for sales of a 14:05 local time, after flying past the Setting new standards Singapore Airlines , Kuwait Airways and Air new generation of sleek, lightweight pas- Toulouse production site. Airbus’s ebullient New York-born sales France and may add a new customer at the senger aircraft. Watched by more than “It is a great day for Airbus. A maiden chief, John Leahy, lost no time in talking up June 17-23 show, analysts say. Evrard said 10,000 staff and spectators, the aircraft’s flight doesn’t happen that often. It is not the plane’s benefits moments after its Rolls- that Airbus would soon add a customer in curled wingtips sliced into clouds above like the auto industry, where you launch a Royce engines opened up to full power. the United States, where industry sources the Airbus factory in southwestern France new model every two years or even less,” “Did you hear how quiet it was? We are say that United Airlines is negotiating to and flew over the Pyrenees mountains, said Tom Enders, the head of Airbus parent going to set new standards ... People round upgrade and expand an existing order to with a crew of six wearing orange jump- EADS. The long-awaited sortie is a mile- airports won’t even know we are taking 35 jets. Airbus initially dismissed the threat suits and parachutes. The flight, with two stone for Airbus as it battles against off,” Leahy said. Didier Evrard, a top posed by the new generation of mid-sized former fighter pilots at the controls, lasted Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner for sales of a new European missile developer who was aircraft as it focused on building the world’s about four hours and capped eight years of generation of lightweight jets made from selected to run the A350 programme largest airliner, the A380 superjumbo. But development estimated to have cost $15 carbon-plastic material designed to save because of its complexity, smiled broadly faced with burgeoning Dreamliner sales, it billion. fuel and open up new long-distance routes. but refused to relax. changed tack and overhauled the design of “The airplane is behaving extremely Boeing was quickest off the mark with “I will still be nervous until it comes back. the A350 by adopting similar composites well,” said British chief test pilot Peter the revolutionary carbon-composite tech- I’m an engineer so I have to be connected technology in 2006. To boost sales, Boeing Chandler, speaking by radio link from an nology and its Dreamliner has outsold the to the ground and make sure everything is is expected to confirm plans to build a larg- altitude of 13,000 feet. French co-pilot Guy A350 with sales standing at 833 aircraft for fine,” he said during the flight. Competition er version of its Dreamliner. It is also over- Magrin took the controls for the take-off at 57 customers. Airbus hopes to catch up and for wide-bodied jets is expected to domi- hauling its 777 with new engines and 10:01 local time (0801 GMT), giving the also mount a challenge to the US manufac- nate next week’s Paris Airshow, where the wings. — Reuters business SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

India’s inflation cools but rate cut unlikely India delays clearance of Jet-Etihad tie-up

NEW DELHI: India’s inflation cooled to combination of rupee’s weakness, high percent. India’s Central Statistics Office Delhi after the panel meeting. India’s a more than three-year low in May, retail price inflation and expected poor has a history of making frequent revi- market regulator and competition data showed yesterday, but the rupee’s trade data. The rupee was at 57.80 to sions, which analysts in the past have watchdog has also sought more infor- plunge will likely stall any interest rate the dollar after ceding early gains on said raises doubts about the reliability mation from the domestic carrier about cut to kickstart the ailing economy. The fresh selling pressure. The weak state of of its data. the transaction. Wholesale Price Index, India’s most the rupee, which three months ago Meanwhile, Indian authorities yes- They want to make sure that most closely watched inflation gauge, was at 45.80, was expected to prompt terday delayed approval of a plan by Etihad’s ownership powers in Jet dropped to 4.7 percent in May on an the bank to keep its lending rate on Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad to remain in line with its plan to take a 24 annual basis, down nearly two-tenths hold at 7.25 percent at its Monday acquire a stake in Jet Airways, as they percent stake in the company’s of a percentage point from its 4.89 per- meeting as lower rates could translate sought more details on ownership of expanded share capital. The delay cent level in April. The broadly based into an even weaker currency. the merged carrier. The Jet-Etihad deal, comes as the Congress-led govern- wholesale price inflation reading, the India vitally needs foreign currency announced in April, is the first overseas ment, which is desperately seeking for- lowest since late 2009, was well below as it imports more than it exports and investment in an existing Indian carrier eign investment to upgrade dilapidat- market forecasts of a 4.9 percent rise. has a ballooning current account since New Delhi eased restrictions to ed infrastructure such as highways and It was also inside the central bank’s deficit-the broadest measure of trade. allow foreign firms up to a 49 percent ports, has been promising to make it so-called 5.0 percent “comfort zone”, Finance Minister P Chidambaram stake in the country’s airlines. easier to conduct business in India. even though the narrower-based retail announced plans Thursday to further Etihad will pick up a 24 percent Under the agreement, which inflation measure is double the level liberalise India’s still heavily state-con- stake in Jet Airways under the agree- capped months of discussions near 10 percent. But the Indian curren- trolled economy to draw more foreign ment. The government’s Foreign between the two airlines, Jet owner- cy’s slide to a lifetime low of 58.98 capital and shore up the rupee. Investment Promotion Board deferred founder Naresh Goyal will retain 51 rupees to the dollar earlier in the week The bank has cut its main lending the decision on the 20.6-billion rupee percent of the airline. The Etihad has sparked fears inflation could rate three times since the start of 2013 ($389 million) deal-the largest foreign investment will allow Jet to reduce its resurge as a key problem in India, to spur an economy growing at a investment in the Indian aviation sec- hefty debt and expand its global reach which buys 80 percent of its crude oil decade-low of five percent. Meanwhile, tor-saying it needed more information. by using the UAE airline’s network. In from abroad. March inflation was revised down yes- “It (Jet Airways-Etihad proposal) has March, the foreign investment panel “We doubt this (inflation fall) will terday to 5.65 percent from an earlier been deferred. We need more details cleared a proposal by AirAsia to set up persuade the central bank to cut the 5.96 percent while industrial output of the effective control and owner- a joint venture airline company with repo rate,” said Credit Suisse economist growth for April was raised to 2.2 per- ship,” Economic Affairs Secretary the giant tea-to-steel Tata conglomer- Robert Prior-Wandesforde, citing a cent from a previously announced two Arvind Mayaram told reporters in New ate and another partner. — Agencies

Britain’s treasure islands Moody’s puts Bahrain make G8 tax test for Cameron debt on watch PARIS: Moody’s credit rating agency put debt issued UK seeks tougher rules on beneficial ownership at G8 by Bahrain on watch yesterday, warning of a possible downgrade because the country could face strains over LONDON: Pitching tougher rules on tax its debt given the weak outlook for oil prices. Bahrain is evasion to the G8 is a precarious under- a Gulf oil-producing country, but Moody’s warned that taking for Prime Minister David it could be entering a period of making a loss on every Cameron. Britain’s own tax havens are barrel of oil produced. The agency also warned that world leaders. Britain’s list of exotic political and social tension could undermine confi- Overseas Territories reads like an dence and growth prospects. The rating agency high- accountant’s dream menu for a cash- lighted “the country’s rising government debt burden, rich Russian oligarch with something to which introduces uncertainty into the country’s longer- hide, while British lawyers lead the field term debt sustainability.” as gatekeepers for elaborate global Saying that it had placed “Bahrain’s Baa1 govern- mazes of offshore trusts. Global tax eva- ment issuer rating on review for possible downgrade”, sion could be costing more than $3 tril- Moody’s said that the oil price needed by Bahrain to lion a year according to researchers make a profit was rising and that this would have an from Tax Justice Network while as much effect on the budget. The agency gave three reasons as $32 trillion - twice the size of US gross for its rating decision. First, “the fiscal implications of domestic product - could be hidden by Bahrain’s high and rising break-even oil price”. individuals in tax havens. Secondly, “the outlook for lower trend economic “British tax havens are world leaders growth in the country over the medium term.” And in providing a particular type of secre- finally, “the impact of a low-growth, high government cy,” said John Christensen, an econo- expenditure and weaker oil price scenario on Bahrain’s mist who directs the Tax Justice long-term debt sustainability.” The review of the rating LONDON: Protestors dressed as businessmen do a “high five” on a protest would focus on the extent to which the structure of the Network and who began investigating site named by participants as the “Isle of Shady Tax Haven” yesterday. —AFP economy in Bahrain had been weakened, and the out- offshore havens in 1978. From the fami- come of the study was expected within three months. lies of Asian government officials to the locals and distant taxpayers short- ership of thousands of shell companies However, Moody’s added that it expected the rating new rich of the former Soviet Union, changed. Stung by revelations that the and to achieve greater exchange of attributed to Bahrain to remain within the range of court cases and data leaks have shown likes of Google and Starbucks have information between tax authorities. investment grade ratings. Moody’s said that although many wealthy individuals favour sharply cut their corporate tax bills in Global Witness, a campaign group, Bahrain’s budget deficit in 2012 was 2.6 percent of Britain’s modern day treasure islands as Britain using legal loopholes, Cameron says a public register would be an gross domestic product, which it described as “moder- the place to park their millions. Tax has put tax avoidance at the heart of the achievement even if only one or two G8 ate”, and was smaller than the deficits in 2009 and authorities scouring a huge batch of agenda for the G8 summit. “No one members signed up as it would help 2010, the International Monetary Fund had estimated country can on their own effectively reveal the real owners of the shell com- leaked data said last month that the that the price of oil needed by Bahrain to cover produc- stamp out either tax evasion or aggres- panies it describes as “the worm at the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman tion costs was $118.70 per barrel. sive tax avoidance and this is exactly the heart of the apple of all money launder- Islands were among those housing shell This, Moody’s said, was “above our forecast of $106 sort of issue that the leaders of the eight ing and corruption”. But sceptics doubt companies and trusts to hide wealth. per barrel for the average oil price in 2013.” The bench- major economies should address,” Once buccaneer havens, many of the the effectiveness of such unilateral steps mark price of oil, for light sweet crude for delivery in sleepy former British colonies now live Cameron said. The British leader has unless the kind of opaque tax structures July, fell by 21 cents to $96.48 in trading in Singapore off a blend of beach tourism and exotic focused on trying to get a deal to create used by Britain’s offshore territories are yesterday. — AFP finance that activists say leaves both a public register on the beneficial own- tackled head on. —Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 World stocks bounce back after Tokyo drop

AMSTERDAM: Global stocks drifted upwards yesterday But “the suggestion from the Bank of Japan minutes and Germany’s DAX rose 0.5 percent to 8,157.88. US mar- as Asia rebounded from a sharp selloff following a strong overnight was that more aggressive action could occur, kets rose Thursday on data showing US retail sales rose close in Wall Street. It also appeared that investors have should the policymakers deem it necessary,” she said, 0.6 percent in May, their strongest showing in six months. begun to reassure themselves that central bank cuts to and “it is extremely unlikely that Federal Reserve Also, the number of Americans seeking unemployment stimulus measures still appear to be some way off. President Ben Bernanke will hurry to completely remove benefits was smaller than expected last week. Futures Brenda Kelly, Senior Market Strategist at IG Market said the liquidity punchbowl” though she said the possibility forecast a slightly lower open yesterday, with the S&P 500 she sees “signs of exhaustion in the overall downward of a rate hike could not be ruled out completely. Worries seen down 0.2 percent and the Dow Jones Industrials equity correction” of recent weeks, which was prompted about what the Fed’s next move might be will continue seen flat at 15,115. Kelly of IG Markets said that US data by fears the US Federal Reserve might wind down its to keep markets on edge until its Open Market due out later will determine the tone for the second half bond-buying program and that the Bank of Japan has Committee meets next week. of the European session. Manufacturing data for May is done all it is prepared to do to stimulate the Japanese In Europe, Britain’s FSTE 100 rose 0.3 percent to expected to show an increase of 0.3 percent, compared economy. 6,321.94. France’s CAC-40 gained 0.2 percent to 3,805.50 to a fall of 0.5 percent in April. —AP Singapore slams 20 banks in benchmark rate review Probe finds 133 traders tried to rig rates

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s central spokesman said it had significantly that traders were manipulating rates bank censured a record 20 banks yes- strengthened its internal procedures in the offshore foreign exchange mar- terday after it found more than 100 and controls. ING said it had taken ket. traders in the city state tried to rig key disciplinary action against the small Singapore’s two main lending borrowing and currency rates. The number of individuals involved. RBS benchmarks, the Singapore Interbank probe by the Monetary Authority of said it would comply with any Offered Rate (Sibor) and the Swap Singapore (MAS) marks the latest required remedial measures. Offer Rate (SOR) are used to price development in a global crackdown Other banks censured included mortgages and other types of loans. on rate-rigging and adds more banks, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, The Singapore Foreign Exchange including ING and Bank of America , Oversea-Chinese Banking Market Committee and the PAPHOS: A picture shows a general view of the Petra Tou Romiou to the list of lenders involved. The Corporation, Barclays , Credit Suisse, Association of Banks in Singapore (Aphrodite’s Rock) and the clear azure waters of the eastern Mediterranean watchdog said 133 traders had tried DBS, Deutsche Bank and Standard announced that the US-dollar linked off the southwestern Paphos region in Cyprus. — AFP to inappropriately influence the rates. Chartered. “The punishment is not version of Sibor would be scrapped, It did not fine the banks, but ordered light. It is a good reminder to banks to with banks relying on US-dollar Libor them to set aside additional reserves keep their governance in order. The instead. Crisis-hit Cyprus returns for a year. opportunity cost of not lending the It also said that, while Singapore The city state’s banking and mar- money can be quite hefty,” said Roger dollar Sibor would continue to be to holiday island mode ket associations also unveiled reforms Tan, CEO of SIAS Research, the equity based on banks’ estimates of borrow- of how banks will set the bench- research arm of the Securities ing costs, other benchmark rates, PAPHOS: After Cyprus’s bloated banking minute arrivals. On the terrace of her marks, including basing some of Investors Association (Singapore). including the SOR, the Indonesian sector was hit by a body blow this spring, restaurant in Paphos harbour, Eleni them on actual trades rather than The Singapore regulator first rupiah and the Thai Baht would now sending the economy further into reces- Ionannou also pointed to low-budget estimates submitted by banks. ordered banks in the city-state to be based on traded prices. sion, cut-price summer holiday offers are tourism and package tours. Europe and the United States are also review benchmark borrowing rates Benchmark rates for the Malaysian attracting tourists but not the spending “Many people are coming but not as pushing for benchmark rates to be nearly a year ago. That review was ringgit, Vietnamense dong, and swap needed. On the pebbly beach in front of many as expected... They don’t spend based on actual trades. Financial mar- extended in September last year to offer rates for the Indonesian rupiah Aphrodite’s Rock, where legend has it the anymore,” she lamented. This time last ket reference rates are under intense foreign exchange benchmark rates and Thai baht will be scrapped. goddess was born out of the foam, year, she had 300 customers a day and scrutiny around the world following used to price currency derivatives, Thomson Reuters, the parent compa- tourists bask in the sun and bathe in the that number has been halved. Instead of the discovery that some had been particularly instruments known as ny of Reuters News, calculates and clear azure waters of the eastern an average outlay of 25 euros ($32), the rigged, most notably the Libor- non-deliverable forwards. Reuters distributes the benchmark rates for Mediterranean. average customer now spends only 15 London Interbank Offered Rate- reported in January how the banks’ the Association of Banks in “I’ve been here many many times, and euros. After a fall in April, from 162,000 benchmark for interest rates. investigations had found evidence Singapore. — Reuters the crisis didn’t change anything for me,” last year to 189,000, reservations and pro- Barclays was the first bank to be said John, a 55-year-old consultant from jected figures have recovered to last fined for Libor manipulation, and US Britain. “I just brought more cash. But I can year’s levels, based on statistics from trav- and UK authorities have slapped fines see that restaurants are emptier. el agents and airlines, according to the of hundreds of millions of dollars on Everything is emptier.” His caution about Cyprus Tourism Organisation. Royal Bank of Scotland and UBS and cash was prompted by the banks’ 12-day The sector is a lifeline for Cyprus. Last are investigating more banks. The closure in March and long queues at year, 2.46 million tourists brought in 1.92 regulatory focus has now expanded ATMs after they reopened-seen on televi- billion euros, or 10.5 percent of GDP. To to the foreign exchange market. sion and in newspapers around the counter all the negative publicity over the Britain’s financial watchdog is looking world-as a crippling EU bailout was being Cypriot economy, travel agents have into a report that traders manipulated hammered for the near bankrupt country. been offering cut-price holidays, “leading benchmark foreign exchange rates. The banks have long since reopened, to the arrival of a class of tourist who The Singapore watchdog ordered and long queues almost a remote memo- spends less,” said tourism official Doros UBS, RBS and ING to set aside the ry. The government has since put the pri- Georgiades. Mauro Protopapa, a 29-year- most in additional reserves, with each ority on tourism, long a major money old veterinarian from Italy, came with his having to post between S$1 billion earner, as an anchor for the economy. As archaeologist girlfriend. They paid a mere ($800 million) and S$1.2 billion extra part of that policy, it has vowed to keep 50 euros each for their plane tickets and with the central bank. The money will struggling flag carrier Cyprus Airways are spending 40 euros a night for accom- be returned if the banks take the afloat until the end of the summer season, modation. required remedial action. even as it sinks deeper into the red. “Before, it was too expensive but with “Surprisingly enough, this season is the crisis prices have come down, and so Review expanded to forex starting better than last year, but people we decided to come, especially for the The regulator said of the 133 are on a narrow budget,” said George archaeology and history of this country. traders found to have acted inappro- Nicolaou, 48, owner of a hotel apartment Thanks to the crisis, we have been able to priately, three quarters had either facing the sea near Larnaca on the south come, by paying less,” he said. But been fired or resigned. The remainder coast. “The bar and the restaurant are tourism officials on the island, where the would be subject to disciplinary often empty,” he said, but more than 50 recession could reach double digits this action, including forfeiting their percent of the rooms are booked out for year, see bleak days ahead despite the bonuses. UBS said these were the SINGAPORE: A person walks along a bridge in front of the skyline of the the month of June, not counting last- sunshine. —AFP actions of a few in the past. A UBS financial district yesterday. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

French must pay into pensions for longer

PARIS: The French should pay contribu- overhaul France’s costly system of old- tory retirement age, which was raised to tried to push through reforms. Major tions for longer to get a full pension and age provision but have run up against 62 from 60 in 2010, should be looked labour unions have said they would well-off pensioners should pay more fierce street protests. In a sign of how into in the medium to long term, the oppose an increase in contribution peri- taxes, a much-awaited advisory report sensitive pension reforms are in France, panel. The report proposes only a frac- ods as well as a change in how public to President Francois Hollande’s gov- President Francois Hollande angrily told tional increase in employers contribu- sector pensions are calculated. They ernment said yesterday. Pension the European Commission it could not tions after the European Commission have warned of protests if they were reform, a controversial issue for “dictate” French policy after the EU and IMF both recommended that unhappy with the upcoming reform, decades in France, will be closely executive urged it last month to reform employers should not see their costs which they will discuss with employer watched by its euro-zone partners, its pension system by the end of 2013 rise. It suggests increasing part of the groups on June 20-21. which expect changes in the generous and made recommendations on how pension contributions by 0.1 percent- More than one in seven French say but costly system in return for giving best to do that. age points per year between 2014 and change is necessary but 80 percent con- Paris more time to bring its public After receiving the consultative 2017, and to share that equally between sider the upcoming proposals will not finances back in line. The study does report yesterday, Prime Minister Jean- employers and employees. Well-off guarantee the sustainability of the pen- not propose a radical overhaul of the Marc Ayrault said pension reform was pensioners would get smaller tax sion system, a Tilder-LCI-Le Figaro poll pay-as-you go scheme but calls for “absolutely within reach” and that the rebates, pay more social security contri- showed. A reform that falls short of seri- measures that ask more of workers and efforts asked of the French people butions and their pension would tem- ously addressing the failings the pen- pensioners. It also recommends a frac- would not be “overwhelming.” The porarily not be fully indexed to inflation. sion system risks rattling investors in tional increase of employers’ pension panel recommends increasing the con- French debt, which has seen record low contributions. tributions period needed for a full pen- Protests interest rates this year. The government has said it will sion from 41.5 years now to up to 44 France has tried for more than 20 “For the investors that we have con- study proposals from the report but is years, which could mean that many years to reform its pension system but tact with, the retirement reform is very not bound by them for its planned could end up having to work longer successive governments have only important and is followed closely,” the revamp of the pension system later this although the statutory retirement age pushed through minor reforms in the head of the Agence France Tresor pub- year. The objective of the reform is to would not change. face of staunch opposition. Some of the lic debt management agency, Ambrose balance the accounts of the pension “The committee considers that toughest strikes and protests France Fayolle, told Les Echos newspaper. system by 2020, which would otherwise increasing the duration of contribution has ever known were triggered by pen- “They’ve taken note that the French face a funding deficit of about 20 billion is the most relevant way of adapting sion reforms, with the country paral- authorities’ intention to push this file euros ($26.6 billion) by then. the pension system... to longer life ysed for weeks in 1995 when the then through before the end of the year,” he Past governments have sought to expectancy,” the report said. The statu- conservative Prime Minister Alain Juppe said. — Reuters EU ministers press France over US free trade talks Washington, Brussels want free trade deal by 2014

LUXEMBOURG: France was holding out yes- cussed further, noting it was in addition to an terday in defence of its prized ‘cultural excep- earlier compromise that would ring-fence the tion’ as EU trade ministers tried to get Paris audiovisual sector in the US talks to further on-board and agree a mandate for free trade protect them. Germany, which has found talks with the United States. France “rejects itself opposed to France on several issues in this mandate,” French Commerce Minister recent months, emphasised the need for Nicole Bricq told her EU colleagues. “France compromise and said Paris should give some will refuse any mandate which does not come ground. with protection of the cultural sector and a “France should move a bit ... (we all) have clear and explicit exclusion of the audiovisual to do that from time to time,” said Anne Ruth sector,” Bricq said, according to a copy of her Herkes, the top official in the German trade comments. ministry. “We are all for cultural diversity ... For its part, Washington says no areas but the German economy, Europe and the should be excluded and EU officials have world would benefit from a free trade deal repeatedly warned that any exceptions will with the United States,” she said. ATHENS: An ERT employee sits at the reception desk of the state television headquarters. — AFP only hand the US an early bargaining chip in France jealously guards it cultural sector, what promise to be very tough negotiations. with French TV stations required to air at least At the same time, ministers are under great 40-percent home produced content while Turn Greek channel pressure to agree the guidelines on which the another 20 percent must come from Europe European Commission will negotiate the EU- before American TV soap operas even get a on: Europe TV chief US Transatlantic Trade and Investment look in. Partnership (TTIP) so the talks can be formally Cinema-goers pay a levy on each ticket to ATHENS: The European Broadcasting Union AFP. “You will go down in history for black- launched at next week’s G8 meeting. help fund the French film industry which yesterday asked Greece to reopen state ened television,” main opposition leader In an effort to convince France all will be many believe could not survive without such broadcaster ERT after the government Alexis Tsipras told the government in parlia- well, the Commission has offered Paris a right support in the face of Hollywood’s domi- sparked protests with a surprise decision to ment. Tsipras has already likened the shut- of review and approval of any decisions taken nance. Washington and Brussels hope the pull it off the air in a bid to cut state spending. down to a “coup d’etat.” For the first time on the cultural sector. Bricq did not directly TTIP will deliver a major boost to growth and “We ask the government to reverse this deci- since the decision, criticism also emerged address this issue, which the Commission had jobs, especially in Europe where the debt cri- sion, we ask the government to reestablish from inside Prime Minister’s Samaras conser- touted as an important concession, and not- sis has left the economy stuck in the dol- the signal on TV, radio and web,” said Jean- vative party yesterday. ed that when the EU approved a mandate for drums. Paul Philippot, president of the EBU, which “No means justify the ends, particularly free trade talks with Japan last year, the cul- An accord would be the world’s largest aims to promote public-service broadcasting when euthanasia is used as a cure,” conserva- tural sector was excluded. Free Trade Agreement, with bilateral trade in and is the world’s largest association of tive European Parliament member Ioannis Minister Richard Bruton of Ireland, which goods last year worth some 500 billion euros national broadcasters. Tsoukalas said on his website. Tsoukalas also holds the current EU presidency, stressed the ($670 billion), another 280 billion euros in ERT employees and journalists are protest- called ERT’s silencing “repulsive”. European positives as he went into the talks while services and trillions in investment flows. The ing for a fourth day after Tuesday’s shock Parliament chairman Martin Schulz also decision, which saw the broadcaster shut weighed into the debate yesterday, calling on recognising there are “a number of sensitive EU says it would add some 119 billion euros down within hours of a government legisla- Samaras to reconsider his decision. Samaras issues” to be settled. “We fully realise that the annually to the EU economy, with 95 billion tive act. Hundreds of ERT staff have been heads a fragile three-party coalition in a care- audiovisual sector ... is a very major concern euros for the United States. While France and staging sit-ins at company offices in major ful balancing act to enact unpopular austerity to France,” Bruton said. “Within the mandate the cultural sector dominated the opening, cities, while the main headquarters in Athens reforms in return for bailout loans from the we have sought to develop compromises that ministers also have to review other issues yes- is running a rogue broadcast on the Internet European Union and International Monetary would give reassurance and protection to the terday, not least a series of trade disputes and through the Communist party TV chan- Fund . He has now risked his government’s sector.” with China which have also exposed deep dif- nel. “We will continue the occupation until cohesion just as investor confidence was He described the review and approval ferences within the EU-notably between ERT reopens and the legislative act is with- beginning to return in recession-wracked option as an “opening position” to be dis- Berlin and Paris. — AFP drawn,” ERT unionist Nikos Tsimbidas told Greece. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 S&P leaves Spanish debt just above junk status

MADRID: Standard & Poor’s held Spain’s sovereign “The focus appears to be moving toward external were undermining the country’s medium-term growth debt rating at just above junk bond status yesterday, demand as strong goods and services exports have potential, it said. predicting a weak economic recovery in 2014 but shown since 2010,” the agency said. Spain’s competi- The agency said it expected Spain to meet targets sounding the alarm on high foreign debt levels. The tiveness had also improved, it said, with labour costs agreed with the European Union of cutting the public New York-based credit rating agency confirmed Spain’s sliding by 10 percent since mid-2009. But external debt deficit to 6.5 percent of gross domestic product in 2013 long-term debt at “BBB minus”, a single notch above posed a risk, it said, with net international liabilities and 5.8 percent in 2014, but extra austerity measures junk bond status. The rating was given a negative out- hovering just below 100 percent of annual economic may be needed. look, meaning it could be lowered to junk bond status output. The high cost of borrowing for the private sec- Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s government could in the next 12-18 months if Spanish economic reforms tor slowed the economy, too, it said. The jobs outlook find more savings by reducing tax exemptions, falter, euro-zone support fails to satisfy investors or remained grim in Spain, where the unemployment rate squeezing public salary end-of-year salary payments government debt runs out of control. shot above 27 percent in the first quarter of 2013. or changing the social security system, including pen- Spain’s economy will shrink by 1.5 percent this year “Despite the robust export performance we expect sions, it said. Spain’s deficit-cutting targets for the fol- before enjoying 0.6-percent growth in 2014 as the unemployment to remain very high at above 26 per- lowing two years — 4.2 percent of GDP in 2015 and recovery is crimped by high unemployment, low wages cent at least until there is a sustained economic recov- 2.8 percent in 2016 — were at risk, however, from the and a budget squeeze, Standard & Poor’s said in a ery,” Standard & Poor’s said. Weak investment in Spain, weak economic prospects and political temptations to statement. “Positively, we believe that the Spanish where firms face high borrowing costs, and demo- spend in a likely election year in 2015, Standard & economy is recalibrating,” it said. graphic changes such as Spain’s ageing population, Poor’s said. — AFP Brazilians back on street against high travel fares Police arrest 60 for demanding rollback

SAO PAULO: Thousands of youths thoroughfare, under strict orders not to the daily Folha de Sao Paulo, three clashed with riot police across central allow the demonstrators to enter. members of the movement said the Sao Paulo late Thursday in a fresh round Some of the demonstrators linked police’s “violent actions” had “trans- of rowdy protests over higher mass their struggle to a strike launched earlier formed the protest into a popular transit fares. Police reported at least 60 in the day by rail workers of the revolt.” “The immediate popular arrests following running battles with Metropolitan Train Paulista Company demand is that the fare increase be demonstrators demanding a rollback of demanding higher pay and other work rescinded. And it is on those terms that an increase in bus, metro and train tick- benefits. The strike affected three of the any dialogue must be established,” they et prices from $1.50 to $1.60. Small six lines operated by CPTM, which car- added. groups of vandals set fire to garbage in ries 2.6 million passengers each day. It Reporters Without Borders slammed the streets, while others smashed store sparked traffic chaos across the metro- the military police’s treatment of jour- NEW YORK: A woman looks through a display of purses on windows or spray-painted buses. politan area, home to 20 million people. nalists covering the protests. Three jour- Canal Street. — AP Protests over higher bus fares were also But the strikers later agreed to return nalists were arrested during clashes held in Rio, a major tourism gateway to work and await a court ruling on their between police and demonstrators, NYC debates crackdown and a host city for the Confederations demands next week. Late Tuesday, Sao including two who were charged with Cup that kicks off today. Paulo demonstrators ransacked 87 bus- obstructing police before being on counterfeit goods More than 2,000 people, most of es, hurled petrol bombs and smashed released an hour later, the Paris-based them students, marched down Rio’s windows during clashes with police, media freedom organization said. The NEW YORK: Bargain hunters from around the world flock to central Rio Branco Avenue to demand who responded with tear gas and rub- third was charged with “forming a crimi- Manhattan’s Chinatown for bags, jewelry and other accessories lower bus fares, which rose from $1.29 ber bullets. Shops, public telephone nal gang” and “property damage,” and bursting onto sidewalks from storefronts along Canal Street. to $1.38. In the central Brazilian city of booths, banks and some metro stations is still being held. “These police abuses Among the goods are luxury items labeled “Prada” or “Louis Goiania, the local transport company were also vandalized. constitute serious violations of freedom Vuitton” or some other luxury brand - counterfeits sold for a pit- suspended the fare hike in response to The Free Pass Movement, one of the of information,” the group said. tance. In some cases, handbags going for $2,000 on Fifth Avenue protests. The Sao Paulo demonstration sponsors of the Sao Paulo protests that “Journalists must not be treated as if can be had downtown for, say, $20. began with an estimated 5,000 youths, began last week, meanwhile accused they were demonstrators. The police They’re seductive fakes. Until now, the law enforcement focus many of them students waving red flags the military police of provoking the must undertake to respect their neutral- has been on catching the sellers. But if a proposed bill passes the of the Trotskyist Unified Socialist demonstrators. In an op-ed published in ity and their physical integrity.” — AFP City Council, customers caught buying counterfeits could be Workers’ Party (PSTU) and chanting left- punished with a fine of up to $1,000, or up to a year in prison. The ist slogans, massed outside the New York City legislation, if passed, would be the first in the Baroque-style Municipal Theater near United States to criminalize the purchase of counterfeits. City Hall. Some banners read “We will Council member Margaret Chin, who introduced the bill, said not tolerate being exploited” or “Our at a public hearing Thursday that counterfeits deprive the city of rights have a price.” at least $1 billion in tax revenue a year that could support com- “We want the fare increases to be munity improvements. What’s more, she says, the counterfeit scrapped and a free (transport) pass for trade has been linked to child labor and the funding of organized students,” 23-year-old Alina Bailo of the crime and terror groups. “For tourists, it’s fun, it’s a bit of adven- Union of Rebel Youth told AFP. But Sao ture,” Chin says. “We have to let people know that if you engage Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad told in this activity you are committing a crime.” On the street, day after day, sellers press their hard-sell rou- reporters that the new fares would be tines. “Rolex! Chanel!” a man on a street corner whispers some- maintained because they are “well one walking by. “Get this before the police do!” he adds with a below inflation.” After a tense standoff grin. Buyers are walked to a designated spot where they’re quiet- outside the Municipal Theater, two ly shown photos of the desired goods. Choices are then signaled dozen helmeted riot police, armed with to another person who disappears to an undisclosed location - a batons, shields, tear gas and shotguns, vendor’s back room, a nearby apartment, the back of a van. mounted a show of force. The item arrives within minutes, and cash exchanges hands. Backed by other members of the tac- The counterfeit vendors are also a hassle for those who live in the tical squad in SUVs and motorcycles, area, says John Hagen, a resident there for the last 30 years. He they methodically cleared the area as six says the counterfeit vendors have ruined his block. “I walk out of police helicopters circled overhead. But my house every day into it,” he says. “I’m sick of what this has the young demonstrators fanned out in done to our neighborhood.” Some at Thursday’s hearing were other parts of Brazil’s economic capital RIO DE JANEIRO: A couple of demonstrators embrace each other as they are concerned about how the new law would be enforced and and most populous city. Police sealed hounded by riot police during a protest of students against the recent rise in whether it would hurt both businesses and buyers.—AP off Avenida Paulista, Sao Paulo’s main the fare of public transport yesterday. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Weaning E Africa China to scrap iron ore from aid is proving a taxing affair import licence system

NAIROBI: East Africa’s economies - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Companies only require routine licenses to import iron ore and Rwanda - may need to do more than just present their budgets simultaneously if they are to draw the foreign SHANGHAI: China plans to scrap its decade-old iron ore import to exclude unlicensed traders who were blamed for driving up investment they need to wean themselves off aid. The coun- licensing system this year, an industry source said on Thursday, a prices through speculative buying. tries are working towards a single currency to increase trade move that may further lift imports in a market that takes two- That campaign proved counterproductive, however, instead and harmonise their economies further under the East thirds of the world’s international iron ore trade. The move could creating a grey market for middlemen to rent out their permits. “I African Community, and the partner states agreed in 2005 to also cut costs for domestic steel mills by eliminating licensed mid- don’t see any immediate impact on market prices now, but many read their budget on the same day. dlemen charging commissions for imports. It could also mark the steel mills would not need to pay extra agent fees to licensed end of years of efforts by China to strictly regulate the trade due importers for getting the raw material, which would help them There has been some progress on a customs union, but to worry over its growing dependence on imports and in an effort reduce cost,” an iron ore trader in Beijing said. the region remains administratively disparate with differing to wrest pricing power away from big miners such as Rio Tinto “At some point, this may be good news for miners as more levels of population and wealth, but most enjoy political sta- and Vale. buyers could help support iron ore prices and higher flow of bility. The bloc is struggling to open up commerce among its “China will open up its iron ore trade from the second half of imported raw materials may also bring pressure on domestic min- member states due to red-tape at border points and lack of a the year,” said the source, with direct knowledge of the matter, ers,” he added. CISA and the China Chamber of Commerce of common currency. who declined to be named as he was not authorised to speak to Metals Minerals and Chemicals Importers and Exporters (CCCMC), So for now, the four states are betting on the traditional the media. “Import qualification licences will no longer be a unit that helps regulate iron ore trade on behalf of the Ministry African fallback of natural resources in the shape of huge dis- required in order to make the industry more market-oriented and of Commerce, worked together to issue licences to importers. coveries of oil and gas to attract the higher foreign cash to give steel mills more choices,” the source added. China imported No one at CISA or CCCMC were available to comment. “Some boost economic growth rates presently around 5-7 percent. a record 743 million tonnes of iron ore in 2012, up 8 percent from traders that held licences made a huge profit by selling imported The countries are striving to achieve double-digit growth in the prior year. iron ore to those unlicensed buyers over the past few years and the short-term. The oil money will come, but meanwhile Iron ore traders will need only the same routine licences that the move means that they might lose the advantage,” said an iron growing popuations craving jobs and difficult lenders exert- are issued to other importers and will no longer need approval by ore trader in Shanghai. China has been trying to reduce govern- ing political agendas mean there is a need for immediate government-backed industry bodies such as the China Iron and ment interference in the workings of the market, with its new cash if budget ambitions are to be met. On Thursday, the four Steel Association (CISA). The licensing system was part of China’s leaders also seeking to streamline approvals procedures to reju- finance ministers sought even more taxes from investors, in a efforts to make the iron ore industry speak with “one voice” when venate the country’s slowing economy and promote economic bid to reduce dependancy on fickle foreign aid. dealing with major foreign suppliers. The system was also meant reform. — Reuters “Foreign donors have a role to play in helping strengthen economic policies, which in turn help improve the private sector operating environment. Seeking to reduce donor budget assistance has implications,” said Angus Downie, head of economic research at Ecobank. Kenya’s re-introduc- tion of a tax on capital gains on real estate and marketable securities that was suspended in 1985 was the most direct hit on investors. Kenyan stocks have drawn demand from yield- seeking foreign investors after March’s presidential election passed off peacefully, lifting the main share index over 20 percent, making it the third-best performer in Africa after Uganda and Nigeria, up some 35 and 34 percent respectively. “I think it will harm investment, especially in the short-term,” said Melissa Verreynne, an economist at NKC Independent Economists. “(But) given that there are a number of attractive invest- ment opportunities in the country, the introduction of capital gains tax is not expected to lead to a substantially lower investment level in the medium- to long-term.” Kenya’s Finance Minister, Henry Rotich, said the tax will mainly target ‘wealthy’ member of the society, referring to a growing mid- dle class that has lifted investments in real estate and securi- ties in the east Africa’s biggest economy. In Uganda, the withdrawal of donor funding during the 2012/13 fiscal year pushed Finance Minister Maria Kiwanuka to introduce an array of new taxes on petroleum products, financial services and telephony service to plug the deficit. “The increased tax- ing of the telecom and financial services sectors makes sense JAKARTA: An employee counts Indonesian Rupiah at a money change outlet yesterday. Indonesia’s central bank unexpectedly given that these have been the fastest growing in the econo- hiked interest rates for the first time in more than two years as it seeks to boost confidence in the rupiah after the currencyell f my and the limits on raising direct taxes,” Mark Bohlund, of to a four-year low. — AFP IHS Global Insight, said.

Royalty tax Tanzania, a largely conservative country with stiff regula- Bank of England’s Tucker set to quit tions on foreign investors and repatriation of earnings, plans to review mining taxes and royalties upwards. Bohlund said LONDON: Bank of England Deputy Governor Paul Tucker, beat- He has already decided to bring his former chief spokesman tax exemptions for foreign investors in Tanzania has been a en to the central bank’s top job by Mark Carney, will stand down from the Bank of Canada with him, in a possible sign he may pur- big issue and a review at a time when commodity prices are later this year, giving the Canadian an early chance to start sue a more open communications style than King and that more falling globally could lead to job losses, similar to the ones reshaping the BoE’s upper echelons. Tucker, part of the majority external appointments are in the pipeline. Tucker is likely to stay witnessed in South Africa. “Falling commodity prices have of policymakers which opposes further bond buying, had been on at the BoE for the first months of Carney’s term, which starts already led to reduced production and job losses in the min- expected to stand down ever since Carney, the former head of on July 1, and the exact date of his departure will be confirmed ing sector and this will be aggravated if sovereigns push Canada’s central bank, was named in November as the surprise in due course, the BoE said in a statement. forcefully to increase their take,” Bohlund said. Rwanda, choice for governor. When British finance minister George Osborne announced which plans to finance 40 percent of its budget from external He will replace Mervyn King, who retires from the BoE at the Carney’s appointment in November, he said he hoped Tucker sources, also said it will introduce a new royalty tax on miner- end of this month. But the timing of the announcement took would continue to work for the central bank. But the disappoint- als to compliment its increased taxes on its fasted growing some by surprise - Tucker’s term was due to end next February - ment of losing out on the governorship was widely seen as too sectors, telecom and financial services. and might be a sign that other top policymakers will bring for- bitter for Tucker, who has been with the bank for more than 30 The country successfully issued its first Eurobond in April ward their departures, said Tom Vosa, an economist at National years. Tucker, who is responsible for financial stability, had been after several donors withheld aid support over the alleged Australia Bank. “The interesting bit will be whether the replace- seen as a strong candidate to succeed King. backing of rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic ment is an internal or external candidate, which will probably But his chances took a knock in July last year when the BoE of Congo, a charge Kigali denies. Finance Minister Claver give you some clues as to how Carney expects to position the came under fire for failing to act on signs a few years earlier that Gatete told a news conference yesterday that although bank under his governorship.” Carney will head up a central banks had been rigging the LIBOR interbank interest rate. Tucker investors were clamouring for another debt offering, it would bank that now has much greater powers, and he is widely was the BoE’s executive director for markets at that point and not issue one just yet.—Reuters expected to start giving markets guidance on monetary policy was in close contact with Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond, soon after he takes over. who later resigned over the scandal.—Reuters SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 www.kuwaittimes.net Songwri John at Filipino prisonersdancetofame From YouTubetothebigscreen, Sting, Elton 2013-January 5,2014.—AFP bition isscheduledtorunJune 13, take LEGOintotheartworld. The exhi- bricks andhewasthefirstartist toever large-scale sculpturesusingonly LEGO yesterday. Sawaya’sartfocuses on Discovery TimesSquareinNew York, “The ArtoftheBrick”exhibitionat are ondisplayduringtheopeningof Nathan SawayamadeofLEGObricks Creations byNewYork-basedartist Billy Hall Joel, ters PAGE 22 PAGE 25 SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Mercer Award winners Elton John and Bernie Taupin during the Songwriters Hall of Fame Sting introduces Mercer Award winner Elton John. 2013 Annual Induction and Awards Ceremony June 13, 2013 in New York.

ting performed in honor of Elton John, Billy Joel sang snip- he wrote, including Clark’s “My Love” and Bobby Rydell’s “Forget Spets of Foreigner’s hits when introducing the band and Him.” Hatch also provided the laughs after thanking Universal Smokey Robinson debuted part of a new song he wrote Music, who owns his publishing. “I hope that plug will get me about Berry Gordy. The 44th annual Songwriters Hall of Fame cere- more royalties in the future,” he said. “I’m still under those 1966 mony was full of star power that included Alison Krauss, contracts.” Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Nickelback, Petula Clark, Nickelback was impressive with their rendition of Aerosmith’s Wiz Khalifa, Jordin Sparks and a video message from Bill Clinton. “Sweet Emotion,” which was followed with the rock icons singing Tyler, Perry, Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner, Holly Knight, “Walk This Way.” Krauss was soft when she sang for Souther, and JD Souther and Tony Hatch were inducted Thursday into the Patty Smyth was a firecracker when she performed “The Warrior” Songwriters Hall 2013 class in New York City. in honor of Knight, who has written hits for Tina Turner and Pat John and writing partner Bernie Taupin received the Johnny Benatar. “I want to dedicate this to all of my exes,” Knight said Mercer award, and Sting kicked off the night with a performance before singing “Love Is a Battlefield” on piano. Robinson, who of “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting.” Sting also called John gave a lengthy, 15-minute introduction to Gordy, said he was and Taupin “my two heroes.” John, who was inducted into the Songwriters Hall in 1992, said songwriting, is often taken for grant- ed. “I don’t mean this lightly, but when you get an Ivor Novello award or an American songwriter’s award, it means so much more than a Grammy because this is where the whole process starts,” he said. John also used the stage to try to clear his differences with Joel. “I didn’t see you tonight Mr. Joel, but I want to see you,” he said. Joel responded later when he was onstage with light jokes. “Is Elton still here by the way?” he asked. “Anyway, we’re OK. Call me. It’s the same phone number.” Joel introduced Jones and Gramm, who gave the night’s most rousing performance when they sang the Foreigner hits “Juke Box Hero” and “I Want to Know What Love Is,” which had the crowd singing along, standing and swaying side-to-side at the black tie event. Foreigner also got a boost thanks to The Anthony Morgan’s Inspirational Choir of Harlem. Petula Clark also stunned with her performance of Inductees Joe Perry and Steven Tyler speak during the “Downtown,” which Hatch wrote and produced in 1964. Hatch, Songwriters Hall of Fame 2013. too, was entertaining on the piano as he sang a medley of tunes Sting performs at the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2013.

Inductees Joe Perry and Steven Tyler perform. Mick Jones and Lou Gramm of Foreigner pose with Joe Perry and Steven Tyler. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Billy Joel inducts Lou Gramm and Mick Jones. Inuctees Lou Gramm and Mick Jones perform.

recovering from inflamed vocal cords and hadn’t performed in two months. Then he sang part of a new song he wrote about his relationship with Gordy, who he called his mentor, brother, some- times dad and best friend. “Did you know all the joy you’d be bringing,” he sang. Some of the cast of “Motown: The Musical” followed with a medley of classics. Benny Blanco, the 25-year-old who has co-written No. 1 hits for Katy Perry, Maroon 5 and Ke$ha, earned the Hal David Starlight award. “They picked the wrong person,” said Blanco, who has also worked with Khalifa, Nicki Minaj and Bruno Mars. “I’m in a room with people I should probably be serving food to.” The event also featured a video from Clinton, who spoke about the significance of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” dur- ing the Civil Rights Movement. The song, performed by Jordin Sparks, was honored with the towering song award. The night also paid tribute to Hal David, who died last year, and Phil Rob Thomas presents Starlight Award to Benny Blanco. Ramone, who died in March. — AP

Petula Clark presents inductee Tony Hatch. Petula Clark and Tony Hatch perform. Jordin Sparks performs.

Inductee JD Souther during the Songwriters Hall of Fame Inductee Holly Knight speaks. Patty Smyth performs. 2013. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

ollywood legends Steven Spielberg and George “Star Wars” legend Lucas added: “You’re going to end HLucas have sparked a surge of debate in Tinseltown up with fewer theaters, bigger theaters with a lot of nice after warning that the film industry is set to things. Going to the movies will cost 50 bucks or 100 or 150 implode, amid soaring budgets and cable TV rivalry. “E.T.” bucks, like what Broadway costs today, or a football game.” icon Spielberg revealed that his Oscar-winning political Lucas said: “I think eventually the ‘Lincolns’ will go away biopic “Lincoln” almost didn’t make it into theaters last and they’re going to be on television.” “As mine almost year, while Lucas said the path to release films in theaters is was,” Spielberg interjected, physically illustrating how near “getting smaller and smaller.” Pricing structures could also “Lincoln” was to being released on cable TV channel HBO. change with, for example, theaters charging $25 for the “This close-ask HBO-this close,” he said. Lucas added: next “Iron Man” blockbuster but only $7 for a ticket to see “We’re talking ‘Lincoln’ and ‘Red Tails’ (a 2012 film which “Lincoln,” or even a Broadway-style structure, with much Lucas executive produced) — we barely got them into the- costlier tickets and longer runs. aters. You’re talking about Steven Spielberg and George There has long been a trend in the major Hollywood Lucas can’t get their movie into a theater.” studios towards more sure-fire commercial hits, either with The trend towards making “edgier” films for cable TV bankable A-list stars or blockbuster sequels to already rather than theater was highlighted recently by “Behind tried-and-tested franchises. But the constant introduction the Candelabra,” Steven Soderbergh’s biopic of flamboy- of new technologies, from DVDs to BluRays to on-demand ant entertainer Liberace, starring Michael Douglas and entertainment, as well as the widespread illegal peer-to- Matt Damon. The film’s gay theme prompted mainstream peer sharing of movies, have steadily eaten into the indus- Hollywood to shy away from financing the picture. As a try’s bottom line. Speaking at a debate Wednesday at the result, Soderbergh turned to the US cable TV giant HBO, University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts, meaning it cannot be an Oscar contender. Films with Spielberg said some young filmmakers’ ideas were often budgets of $250 million are increasingly common, and a “too fringe-y for the movies.” number have failed in recent years, including last year’s “That’s the big danger, and there’s eventually going to “John Carter,” which led to the departure of a top Disney be an implosion-or a big meltdown,” he said, according to boss and cost the studio some $200 million. Hollywood A- the Hollywood Reporter. He added: “You’re at the point lister Will Smith’s latest movie “After Earth,” with an esti- right now where a studio would rather invest $250 million mated budget of $130 million, flopped badly earlier this in one film for a real shot at the brass ring... than make a month, making a less-than-stellar $27.5 million on its open- whole bunch of really interesting, deeply personal” films, ing weekend. — AFP he was quoted as saying. “There’s going to be an implosion US director Steven Spielberg and producer George Lucas wave as they arrive where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen mega- to attend the screening of their film ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the budget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, Crystal Skull’ at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival in this May 18, and that’s going to change the paradigm,” he said. 2008 file photo in Cannes, France. — AFP

anadian pop starlet Avril Lavigne has Cpulled out of a music festival in the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima, Japanese organizers said yesterday. The singer of teen anthem “Skater Boy” had agreed to perform in the city’s 10-day World Peace Concert, which runs to August 5, the day before the 68th anniversary of the first ever nuclear attack. But the 28-year-old star has informed organizers she will not be play- ing her July 31 gig, the event’s website said. It gave no reason for the cancellation. The festi- val is scheduled to feature composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, singer Saori Yuki and US music producer Quincy Jones, amongst others. “Through this project, Hiroshima will aim to be a leader in sending the message about the need for a globally-linked sustainable society that presents a new way of living based on true peace,” the website said. Tens of thousands of people died instantly when the US airforce dropped a uranium bomb on he Replacements will be reuniting this were part of a musical renaissance in year - more than two decades after the Minneapolis that included artists such as Prince Hiroshima in 1945. Many more died in the T months and years afterwards as a result of American rock band’s last concert for and rock band Husker Du. The Replacements three stops on the Riot Fest & Carnival tour. The released seven albums between 1981 and 1990, their injuries or the effects of radiation. band said on late Wednesday that it will per- most notably 1984’s “Let It Be” and 1985’s “Tim.” Nagasaki was hit with an atomic bomb on form during the Riot Fest in Toronto Aug 24-25, Bob Stinson died in 1995 and Westerberg August 9. Tokyo surrendered on six days later. in Chicago for the Sept 13-15 stop and in and Tommy Stinson reunited last year to record The two cities have subsequently campaigned Denver on Sept 21-22. The Replacements, cred- a benefit album for the band’s former guitarist for an end to nuclear weapons. —AFP ited with giving punk rock an emotional edge Slim Dunlap, who had suffered a stroke. The during their 1980s heyday, have not played group’s lineup for the summer concerts has not together since 1991. been announced. — Reuters Chad Kroeger and Avril Lavigne arrive for Singer/guitarist Paul Westerberg, brothers the Songwriters Hall of Fame 2013 Annual Tommy and Bob Stinson and drummer Chris Induction and Awards Ceremony in New Mars formed the band in the late 1970s and York. — AFP SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

hey first gained fame on YouTube, danc- of the inmates, Macario Sambarihan. The fast- Ting to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. Now, paced movie features fight scenes portraying the orange-uniformed men at a central gang wars, common in crowded Philippine Philippine jail make their big screen debut in a prisons, juxtaposed with dance sequences in movie about prison reforms. The 98-minute the jail courtyard familiar to millions who have movie, “Dance of the Steel Bars”, was shot at viewed the inmates’ Michael Jackson tributes. the Cebu Provincial Detention and “We did not simplify the steps for them,” Rehabilitation Center, with 750 prisoners form- said Los Angeles-based dancer Cindera Che, ing the backdrop to a story about an American who choreographed four dance sequences. wrongly accused of murder and the bond he “We want them to rise up, to our level. And forms with a fellow inmate with a talent for they did.” The producers are betting on the dance. “This film talks about redemption, inmates’ Internet fame for the project’s com- about brotherhood,” Cesar Apolinario, a televi- mercial success. The prisoners’ dance on This June 6, 2013 photo shows singer Ozzy Osbourne, right, and musician Geezer Butler of the sion journalist and the film’s co-director, told YouTube has been viewed by more than 40 rock band Black Sabbath posing for a portrait in Los Angeles. — AP Reuters. “I did not only see them as brilliant million people, said Stu Higton, executive pro- dancers, but they are actually brilliant actors.” ducer of Dubai-based Portfolio Films The plot revolves around the real-life International. “Dance of the Steel Bars” opened reforms carried out in the Cebu jail, where a in the Philippines on Wednesday and will be security adviser introduced daily dance rou- distributed in Asia, the Middle East and the tines in 2007 to instill discipline and cama- United States. —Reuters raderie. The film was screened inside the Cebu jail on June 7. “I’m thrilled to see it. And my zzy Osbourne and the members of Black clothes and made music that mirrored society’s family will be happy to see the film,” said one OSabbath worked hard to create a dark aura blacker aspects. They wrote anti-war songs dis- around their band in the late 1960s, laying guised as dystopian nightmares, and songs about down a proto-metal blueprint for a legion of space travel, mental illness, creepy children and groups to follow. As the band’s original lineup marijuana. attempted to reform over the last 10 years to And they wrapped it in a bottom-heavy musi- record a long-anticipated new album - the first cal concoction that was relentlessly grinding yet as with Osbourne singing since he was fired in 1979 - insidiously hummable as a sunny pop song. there was no need to manufacture that sense of “When they started there was no such thing as doom. Time and again events conspired to inter- heavy metal and it feels like the whole genre of fere. On its latest attempt, things went more awry heavy metal really is based on Black Sabbath,” than usual. Drummer Bill Ward left the band over a Rubin said. “It may not have always sounded the contract dispute. Guitarist Tony Iommi was diag- same and it’s gone through a lot of changes and nosed with lymphoma. And Osbourne began to there’s a lot of really interesting metal that doesn’t drink again. sound like Black Sabbath. But it feels like they were “Things always get messed up,” Osbourne said. probably the first with the idea that this dark, “Like Bill had the heart attack on one (in the late heavy music could be the whole trip.” 1990s). When Tony got stricken by cancer, we Their popularity would eventually do them in. went ‘This is ... insane. But he turned up every day. The quality of their music declined due mostly to We all thought that if we don’t get our march on drug abuse, and the band fired Osbourne after with this thing we’re going to be ... dead, by the eight albums and 11 years together. Osbourne next time we could all be ... dead. So we had to went on to a popular solo career and reality TV really march on with our project. We couldn’t fame. And the remaining members of the band wait.” Sabbath releases the Rick Rubin-produced continued to play together in some combination “13” this week after more than two years of writing over the years with other lead singers, most and recording and it’s expected to debut at No. 1 notably the late Ronnie James Dio. on the Billboard 200. It’s meant to be a return to And they’ve occasionally reformed to tour. But umford & Sons has canceled its There is no word on what act will replace the band’s most powerful period - its defining first the long-talked-about reunion album had always headlining performance at Bonnaroo Mumford & Sons in the headlining slot in three albums “Black Sabbath,” “Paranoid” and eluded them, and it seemed this time would be no M “Master of Reality” released in 1970-71 - and most- different. Ward started writing with the band but Music & Arts Festival in Tennessee. front of 80,000 fans. Dwane is recovering from The decision comes after bassist Ted Dwane the procedure and was not ready to play ly succeeds with the help of Rage Against the soon left, a development Osbourne found sad. received treatment this week for a blood clot Saturday. Rather than perform with a replace- Machine drummer Brad Wilk. It was Rubin’s idea to Then Iommi’s diagnosis came in December 2011. on his brain. The band made the announce- ment, the London-based Grammy-award-win- return to Sabbath’s roots, and bassist and principal “You know the thing (that) is the easiest part of ment on its Facebook page. The band post- ning folk rock band decided to pull out.—AP lyricist Geezer Butler said the producer served as a getting the reformation of Black Sabbath is just poned three shows earlier this week after the fifth member of the band, keeping it focused - saying, ‘Yeah, we’ll do it,’” the 64-year-old blood clot was discovered, but hoped to play something the band had been unable to do in a Osbourne said. “The hard part is getting us in one Bonnaroo on Saturday night. previous attempt. It took longer to record than any place all on the same day playing our stuff. If Tony other album with the original lineup, but the time Iommi can be treated for ... cancer and turn up to was necessary. “It’s like the old saying, you do what rehearsal and come up with great riffs, it’s not fair you know best,” the 63-year-old Butler said. “You that any one of us don’t come up to the bench, sort of forget all the keyboard bits and all the mul- you know?” ti-instruments and just get back to the basics like Iommi, who’s now in remission, traveled back on the first three or four albums, and just keep that and forth from Los Angeles to London for treat- live feel. We had the sort of philosophy that if it ment. Both Osbourne and Butler expressed admi- wasn’t done in four takes, then forget it.” ration for the guitarist. “Tony, he’s my hero Sabbath’s early period remains among the because I don’t know how he did it,” Osbourne most influential series of recordings in rock ‘n’ roll said. Osbourne also had his struggles during the history. Blending a darker shade of the blues with recording. He was fired from the band for sub- horror movie and post-apocalyptic imagery, stance abuse problems and has worked on chang- Sabbath was unlike any other band. It belongs in a ing his lifestyle after meeting and marrying his wife very small group of 1960s bands that serve as the and manager Sharon Osbourne. She expressed wellspring for all that was to come in rock along anger earlier this year when Osbourne began with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix drinking while making the album. He says it’s been and The Doors. The group’s sound was heavier four months since he’s had a drink and things are than anything rock has yet produced, reliant on well with his family. —AP File photos shows members of the musical group Mumford & Sons, from left, Ted Dwane, the complex, muscular and surprisingly funky Marcus Mumford, Ben Lovett and Winston Marshall, pose backstage with the best long form interplay of Ward and Butler with Osbourne and music video award for ‘Big Easy Express’ and the album of the year award for ‘Babel’ at the Iommi layering weird vibes over the top. They did 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. — AP not write songs about girls or cars. They wore dark SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

A horse-drawn vehicle on Mackinac Island.

roducers of the 1980 movie “Somewhere in Time” didn’t be sure to heed the demonstrators’ advice to cover your ears. Pneed to build elaborate sets to depict the tale of a play- You can also see some of the buildings once used for distrib- wright who travels back to 1912 to find romance. They uting supplies, housing soldiers and more. simply filmed on Mackinac Island, a Great Lakes enclave that During the summer months, the admission also gets you retains its Victorian-era charm thanks to its ban on motor vehi- into historic buildings in the main village, including a black- cles. Motor vehicles have been banned on the island since the smith shop and the former site of American Fur Co. start of the 20th century after an automobile frightened some of the horses. These days, people still travel by horse-drawn Recreation carriage, as well as by bike and by foot. Despite the lack of motor vehicles, Mackinac Island has a Mackinac Island, located off the Straits of Mackinac separat- state highway, running some eight miles around the island. ing Michigan’s Upper and Lower Peninsulas, was an important You can walk or run it - consider the Mackinac Island Eight- outpost in the region’s fur trade, but that gave way to fishing Mile Road Race in September. You can also rent bikes. and eventually tourism. Among the main attractions: the Grand Hotel, a 385-room luxury hotel that played a central role in “Somewhere in Time.” In fact, fans of the movie, many in period costumes, descend on the island and the hotel every fall for a weekend of reenactments and a screening. You get reminders of a bygone era before even leaving the mainland by ferry. Crews cart overnight luggage onto the ferry, the way full-service porters used to at train stations and hotels. The Grand Hotel stands out as your ferry approaches the island. Closer to the dock, you pass a pair of quaint lighthouses, including one featured in the movie. Once you’re on the island, you have plenty of options. Head to the Mackinac Island State Park Visitor’s Center for an orientation. About 80 percent of the island is controlled by the state park, but staff there can also point you to other things to do, too. History Native Americans were the first settlers on the island. Europeans missionaries came to the area in the 1670s, fol- lowed by fur traders. The British moved operations from the mainland to the island in 1780 as protection from Americans in revolt. So important was the outpost that the British didn’t cede the island until 1796, well after Americans won the Revolutionary War. The British got Mackinac Island back briefly after a surprise attack at the start of the War of 1812. Through those years, the island’s military center was Fort Mackinac, built on top of a hill a short walk from the main vil- lage. For $11, visitors can stroll through Fort Mackinac. You can witness demonstrations of old-style guns and a cannon - File photo shows a sign highlighting the dress code at the 385-room luxury Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

also see lots of horses and carriages in lieu of cars. If you want to ride one, several companies offer tours and taxi service. Tours cost $24.50 and last nearly two hours. You can get off and get on as many times as you like, so you can use it as a bus service to get around. Expect to pay $100 or more an hour for private taxi service. You can also rent horses to ride your- self. Planning your visit Mackinac Island is about 300 miles north of Detroit. Interstate 75 will get you to the Straits of Mackinac in about 4 1/2 hours. Ferries leave several times a day from Mackinaw City in the Lower Peninsula and St. Ignace in the Upper Peninsula. Tickets cost about $25, though you can save money by buying online or finding a coupon at your hotel. You can also fly there. Delta offers service to Pellston, Mich., from Detroit, while Lakeshore Express flies from both Detroit and Chicago. From Pellston, you can take a cab or shuttle to the ferry, or take a charter flight to a smaller airport on the island. As for accommodations, you can splurge for a room at the Grand Hotel or find several cheaper options on the island. The mainland has far more economical lodging, not far from the ferry terminals. Whether you’re at Mackinac Island for just the day or with an overnight stay, be sure to stop by one of the many shops selling fudge - the island’s specialty cuisine. Just leave your diet on the mainland. — AP File photo shows a cannon being loaded for a demon- If eight miles is too much, there are shorter hikes you can stration at Fort Mackinac on take, including ones to natural stone formations such as Arch Mackinac Island, Mich, on Rock and Sugar Loaf. There are more than 60 miles of trails to Lake Huron. — AP photos choose from throughout the 1,800-acre state park. In fact, Mackinac was the second national park created after Yellowstone. But with the closure of Fort Mackinac, the park didn’t have caretakers in the form of U.S. soldiers. The state took it over in 1895. Charm The Grand Hotel is such a draw among tourists that non- guests must pay a $10 admission fee. That allows you to shop, dine or browse an art gallery inside and lets you walk through the flower gardens in front of the hotel. Check out the Cupola Bar on the top floor for a wonderful view of the Straits of Mackinac. There’s a dress code in the evening, so plan accord- ingly. It’s free to walk along the streets downtown, where you’ll find shops, churches, museums and other buildings. You’ll

Lake Huron as seen through Arch Rock, a natural stone forma- tion on Mackinac Island.

The ferry to Mackinac Island, Mich., and the Round Island Lighthouse, which dates to the 1890s but is no longer a functioning lighthouse. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Visitors take pictures of artwork by Adriana Varenjao, entitled ‘Carnivoras’. A visitor snaps a picture of Sean Landers’ artwork entitled ‘Moby Dick (Merrilees)’.

ith private jets filling the air and lines of luxury limou- ums come... and then conversations are hatched, work is Wsines on the ready, deep-pocketed collectors from bought... exhibitions are planned.” around the world have flocked to Switzerland this The art world appears to have bucked the global economic week for Art Basel, the biggest contemporary art fair on the crisis, with income from global auction sales more than dou- planet. The 44th edition of the show opened to the public on bling since it hit bottom in 2009, passing eight billion euros Thursday, but the doors were nudged open already on last year, according to French specialized website Tuesday for special VIPs wanting an advance peek at the wide Artprice.com.”I think the art market is actually in a very strong range of artwork displayed across a whopping 31,000 square position,” Art Basel director Marc Spiegler told AFP. Case in meters (334,000 square feet) of exhibition space. point: a few hours after the opening Tuesday he said he was On Wednesday, an estimated 110 private jets landed and noticing “a lot of frustration among collectors because the took off from the Basel-Mulhouse airport, after 83 flew things that they want to buy are already sold.” through there on Tuesday despite a strike that reduced the ‘From five percent of world’s rich to 40 percent’ airport’s capacity and forced some wealthy patrons of the arts Amid all the stock market turmoil in recent years, the to change their travel plans. It was important to be among the world’s wealthy are increasingly turning to art as a good and first to squeeze through the doors, Annka Kultys, a Swiss art safe investment, experts say. “I reckon that in the next 10 The sign of ArtBasel is seen on a building in Basel before the collector based in London, told AFP.”The rule in Basel is that years we’ll see the market going from about five percent of opening of Art Basel 2013. you cannot put (artwork) on hold before the art fair, so we the world’s rich having art to around 40 percent,” said Philip need to be here the first day, and just run to the booths that we are interested in,” she said. “I know exactly where I want to go when I come here, which gallery I want to see, which artist,” she added. Some 65,000 visitors are expected to come to Art Basel this year to see exhibits by a lucky 304 galleries, picked from more than 1,000 that vied for a spot at the lucrative fair. “There’s been a buzz immediately,” Tim Marlow, director of exhibitions at the London-based White Cube Gallery told AFP, just a few hours after the buying frenzy began. “We’ve sold two Sergei Jensen paintings, a Tracey Emin, we sold this Mark Bradford work for $725,000,” he said, pointing to the large abstract canvas behind him. “And there is serious interest in the Damien Hirst pill cabi- net, at four million pounds,” he added with a broad smile, nodding to a large mirror wall lined with tightly spaced, nar- Visitors watch on June 11, 2013 an artwork by Polish artist row metal shelves covered with pills in different colors and Piotr Uklansk during a preview day for the Art Basel 2013, shapes. Art Basel’s impact on a gallery’s bottom line does not the world’s premiere modern and contemporary art fair. An artwork by US artist Sherrie Levine, entitled ‘Pink Skull’. stop with what is sold at the fair, he said. “It’s about connec- — AFP photos tions made and clients made, and museums. A lot of muse-

‘La beaute d’une Cicatrice’ (2012) by French artist Lionel Visitors walk past artwork by German artist Carsten Hoeller, A visitor takes a picture of an artwork by Indian artist L.N. Esteve, represented by the gallery Baronian (Brussels). entitled ‘Snake’. Tallur, entitled ‘Veni, Vidi, Vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)’. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Visitors walk past an artwork by Indian artist Sudarshan ‘Enough Tiranny’ (1972) by French artist Marc Camille A visitor watches an artwork by Wolfgang Laib entitled Shetty, entitled ‘Path to Water’. Chaimowicz, represented by the gallery Cabinet (London). ‘Passageway, Inside - Downside’.

Hoffman, the head of the Fine Art Fund Group, which advises wealthy clients on what pieces to add to their collections. But Art Basel is not only about investment; it is also about the enjoyment of seeing a wide range of work by the great artists of the 20th century, such as Picasso, Kandinsky and Warhol, mixed in with the cutting edge of today, Spiegler said. For those more interested in looking than buying, a whole hall has been reserved for the “Unlimited” collection of large and sometimes astonishing works that are not for sale at the fair. Unlike in the crowded section next door, there is plenty of space to stroll through the 11,500-square-metre exhibit, admiring works by Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei, British sculptor Antony Gormley, or Japanese Chiharu Shiota, who has covered chairs and a grand piano in a massive web of black string. There are also less well-known artists on display, like Chinese He An. “This is my first time here,” he says through a translator, as he shields his eyes to gaze through his piece, “Hubble”, a mas- sive metal tube made from billboards with the powerful light usually used in advertising shooting out at the observer “as if from a cannon.” Swiss art collector Marco Stoffel, who has been coming to Art Basel for the past 20 years, says he likes Chinese artist He An poses in front of his artwork entitled starting in the Unlimited section before heading to the buy- Visitors watch an artwork by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota ‘Hubble’. ing frenzy next door. “I start here, where I can remain calm, entitled ‘In Silence’. and then, afterwards, it’s off to the circus,” he told AFP. — AFP

uctioneers are pinning their hopes on “uber-collectors” to world - most recent records have been set there. This year’s spring loves great works of art and enjoys the thrill of the unexpected,” Ahelp London summer art sales top last year’s $1 billion total auctions were no different, ending on a record-shattering high as said Mario Tavella, Sotheby’s deputy chairman for Europe. when the series kicks off later this month. Estimates from Christie’s May 15 post-war & contemporary art sale achieved the Soaring prices for art at a time of global economic uncertainty Christie’s, Sotheby’s and smaller rivals such as Phillips and Bonhams highest total - $495 million - in the history of art auctions. None of have long prompted warnings of a sharp correction and even col- for sales over the next few weeks in the British capital show that the the star London lots currently come near the $58.4 million paid at lapse, but time and again in the last four years the market has paintings, sculptures and furniture under the hammer are on the Christie’s sale in New York for US artist Jackson Pollock’s defied the gloomiest predictions. Chinese demand has weakened course to defy a sluggish global economy again this year. “Number 19, 1948”. and tastes can be fickle, but the very best works of art have general- The top two houses have put more than $300 million worth of ly risen in value since a sharp but brief drop in auction turnover in their most expensive works up for sale on public show until June 11 Silkworm 2009. The only copy of Edvard Munch’s seminal image “The at their London galleries in Mayfair, hoping pre-sale exhibitions A closer look at the estimates from Christie’s and Sotheby’s give Scream” still in private hands came up for sale at Sotheby’s in New might inspire a bit of impulse-buying from serious collectors mak- a mixed picture of a London season that looks healthy but may not York last year. After nearly 15 minutes of intense bidding, made in ing the London stop on the art trail. “What we hope is that the blast the record books. Estimates from Christie’s of about $388 million-dollar increments, it sold for $120 million including commis- rather more transitory uber-collectors who are in London, Basel and million for this year are lower than sales of just under $600 million sion, a new auction record for any work of art. Venice will come in and see things that they wouldn’t normally last year, although the top estimate from Sotheby’s for $562 million The two previous records were also recent - Pablo Picasso’s look at,” deputy chairman of Christie’s Europe, Orlando Rock, told easily eclipses last year’s nearly $385 million. “Nude, Green Leaves and Bust” fetched $106.5 million in 2010, hav- Reuters. Alongside the Old Masters, modern and fine art, auction houses ing sold for $19,800 in 1951. In the same year Giacometti’s “Walking Christie’s, the world’s biggest auctioneers, has a star lot that is a have mixed in precious objects such as a Georgian coffee pot Man I” made $104.3 million. Institutions have played a key role in price-on-request (around $23 million) diptych by 20th century expected to become the most expensive piece of English silver ever the recovery, with Qatar emerging as one of the biggest buyers of American painter Jean-Michel Basquiat, and a painting from sold and a 15th century Virgil manuscript, as well as collectibles like art in recent years as it fills a growing network of museums. Russian Expressionist Wassily Kandinsky, which could set a lifetime a watch worn by James Bond in “Thunderball” and unreleased lyrics According to widespread reports, the Gulf state paid $250 million record for the artist if it sells north of $23 million. Its top estimate is from singer Bob Dylan. London, a natural fit for Russian tycoons for Paul Cezanne’s “The Card Players” in a private deal in 2011, $24.86 million. Nearest rival Sotheby’s has French Impressionist who have homes in the city and Middle Eastern buyers just a mid- which is believed to be the highest price ever paid for a work of art. Claude Monet’s “Le Palais Contarini” with a top estimate of $31 mil- haul flight away, will offer sought-after sculptures from antiquities — Reuters lion and paintings by 18th century Frenchman Claude-Joseph to Alberto Giacometti, Henry Moore and Elisabeth Frink, as well as Vernet ($7.7 million) and British contemporary artist David Hockney fine Louis XIV furniture. ($4.6 million). A jeweled automaton silkworm lurks near a pair of Louis XVI vas- Continued weakness in a battered euro zone and slowing es among the 80 works chosen by Sotheby’s for public display, Chinese economic growth have made investors wary in the last two along with a 17th century El Greco painting and a 1927 piece from years, but high-end art sales have continued to break records. New Dutch painter Piet Mondrian. “This will be an exhibition that speaks York has long been considered the global capital of the auction to the catholic taste of today’s collectors as well as to everyone who technology SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

3-D TV falls flat: Apple eyes bigger iPhone ESPN to kill screens, multiple colors 3-D broadcasts Apple has floated cheaper model price of $99 NEW YORK: ESPN’s decision to shut down its 3-D NEWYORK: Apple Inc is exploring been approached with plans for the The iPhone 5 launched last channel by the end of the year is the latest sign the launching iPhones with bigger larger screens, but noted it is still September was the first to veer away format won’t revolutionize entertainment as the screens, as well as cheaper models in unclear whether Apple will actually from the Apple phone’s 3.5-inch industry once hoped. Troubling signs for 3-D have a range of colors, over the next year, launch its flagship product in the larg- screen, which Jobs famously deemed been on the horizon for a last year or so. ESPN 3D’s said four people with knowledge of er sizes. “They constantly change “the perfect size for consumers” and audience ratings were below The Nielsen Co.’s meas- the matter, as it takes a cue from rival product specifications almost to the had been used in every iPhone since urable threshold, and in March, the Motion Picture Samsung Electronics. The moves, final moment, so you’re not really sure the iconic device was unveiled in Association said box office revenue for 3-D showings which are still under discussion, whether this is the final prototype,” 2007. in the US and Canada was flat in 2012 from a year ear- underscore how the California-based said one person with direct knowl- The current iPhone 5 has one of the lier at $1.8 billion. The number of 3-D films released in firm that once ruled the smartphone edge of the matter. Apple declined to smaller screens among the best-sell- the period dropped by 20 percent. market is increasingly under threat comment. ing smartphones in the mobile mar- “The ESPN decision is a sign that the 3-D ecosystem from its aggressive South Korean ket, where consumers spend more is not healthy,” said Laura Martin, an analyst with competitor. Samsung has overtaken Under pressure time browsing the web and streaming investment banking firm Needham & Co. “It must be Apple in market share through the Apple’s possible shift to offer what content. Samsung’s Galaxy S4 and there’s not enough demand for 3-D TV.” The sports popularity of its bigger-screen Galaxy is often referred to as “phablets” - Galaxy Note 2 have 5-inch and 5.5- network said Wednesday that there weren’t enough “phablets” and by flooding the market chunkier smartphones not quite big inch screens, respectively. viewers to make 3-D broadcasts worth it. It didn’t say For this year, Apple is expected to exactly how many viewers it had, but the number was launch two new models, widely “extremely limited and not growing,” the network referred to as the iPhone 5S, with new said. Last year, an estimated 6 percent of TVs in the US fingerprint technology, and a cheaper were able to show 3-D programming, according to the version in plastic casing, supply chain most recent data from research firm IHS Screen sources have said. Apple plans to Digest. Even homes that have 3-D TVs don’t appear to dress up the cheaper phone in a range be using them very much, said IHS analyst Sweta of 5-6 colours to differentiate it from Dash. the more expensive model that has The lack of programming and the discomfort of traditionally come only in black and having to wear special glasses could be contributing white. to the problem, she said. “It’s not convenient for peo- The US firm has discussed a price of ple to watch for hours and hours with glasses,” Dash $99 for the cheaper phone, the timing said. “They get tired.” ESPN 3D launched in 2010 as of which could slip to next year, one one of nine 3-D channels that followed the release of of the people said. It’s not yet clear James Cameron’s blockbuster film, “Avatar.” TV mak- what the final price would be. Apple - ers rushed to introduce 3-D sets as well. ESPN said at whose revenue growth has decelerat- the time that it expected a “3-D tsunami” in the indus- ed from the heady days of 2010 when try. 3net, a 24-hour-a-day 3-D channel that launched it introduced the iPad and when the in February 2011 under the ownership of Sony Corp, iPhone was the world’s top selling Discovery Communications Inc. and Imax Corp., smartphone - has sought ways to re- appeared to be unfazed by ESPN’s announcement. GENEVA: A robot helps passengers to find their way yesterday at the bag- energize its flagship line. “Although we don’t comment on the activities of gage claim area of the Geneva International Airport. Geneva airport is using other companies, their decision has no impact on our as World premiere a mobile robot with a touch screen, completely Broader product range business,” the venture said in a statement. IHS’s ana- autonomous, looking for contact and accompanying travelers to a dozen des- Analysts say the company needs a lyst Dash said there appears to be a bigger appetite tinations such as trolleys, ATM, lost luggage room, showers or toilets. —AFP cheaper gadget to push on in growth for 3-D TVs overseas in markets such as China. TV markets in China and India, and to manufacturers have recently switched their focus with a range of products at different enough to qualify as tablets - comes counter Samsung’s edge in having from 3-D to “ultrahigh definition,” a format that prices. Apple is looking at introducing as the long-time consumer and phones priced up and down the spec- increases the pixel count of high-definition TVs by at least two bigger iPhones next year - investor darling faces pressure to trum. China, the world’s biggest four times. At the International Consumer Electronics one with a 4.7-inch screen and one deliver more than one new handset smartphone market, is set to grow 48 Show in January, companies like Sony, LG Electronics with a 5.7-inch screen - said the model a year. Critics say its pace of percent this year, outpacing the glob- Inc, Sharp Corp, and Samsung Electronics Co. all sources, including those in the supply innovation has slowed since the death al increase of 31 percent, according to showed off so-called “ultra HD” sets that were meant chain in Asia. They said suppliers have of legendary co-founder Steve Jobs. industry forecasts. — Reuters to be within the price range of middle income early adopters. Sony’s 55-inch model sells for $5,000. One benefit of the ultra HD format is that viewing doesn’t require special glasses, and because people Facebook adds Twitter-style can sit closer to the screen without a loss in quality, bigger screens can replicate the immersion of 3-D video. Ultra HD is also easier to handle on the produc- hashtags for topics tion end. With 3-D TV, two cameras have to be rigged together on a special mount to create the 3-D effect. SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Wednesday added about a specific topic and participate in public conversa- And because viewers can get dizzy with quick cuts, Twitter-style hashtags to help the more than one billion tions,” Lindley said. “We’ll continue to roll out more fea- camera operators specialized in 3-D stay focused on members of the social network tune into topics of interest tures in the coming weeks and months.” This is not the first single shots for longer. That makes it hard for produc- at the leading social network. “To date, there has not been time that the leading social network has taken a lesson ers to simply use “one eye” of a 3-D camera for 2-D a simple way to see the larger view of what’s happening or from Twitter. Last month, Facebook began authenticating broadcasts. Instead, camera positions and personnel what people are talking about,” Facebook product manag- the pages of famous folks and big brands at the social net- costs were just multiplied for events shot in both for- er Greg Lindley said in a blog post. “Similar to other servic- work in a move that follows in Twitter’s footsteps. mats. Along with higher costs, any viewing on 3-D plat- es like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook launched Verified Pages “to help people find the forms draw viewers away from the standard broadcast, Facebook allow you to add context to a post or indicate authentic accounts of celebrities and other high-profile said Rob Willox, director of large sensor technology for that it is part of a larger discussion.” people and businesses on Facebook,” the California-based Sony Electronics, in an interview last month about the Twitter made the “#” symbol part of Internet Age cul- Internet giant said in a blog post. Verified Pages display differences between the two formats. “There are a lot ture by letting users of the globally popular one-to-many small blue circles with a white check mark in the middle to text messaging service label comments with terse topic indicate that identities have been confirmed. The blog more costs, and you’re not increasing audience share, descriptions marked with the punctuation mark. Facebook post used a verified Facebook page of singer and actress you’re dividing it,” he said. In contrast, ultra HD video is users can search the service based on hashtags or click on Selena Gomez as an example. “Verified Pages belong to a more easily scaled down to regular HD, meaning that a hashtag to get a list of posts people have put in the cate- small group of prominent public figures (celebrities, jour- high-end cameras can be used for viewers watching gory, according to Lindley. “Hashtags are just the first step nalists, government officials, popular brands and business- on TVs of either standard. — AP to help people more easily discover what others are saying es) with large audiences,” Facebook said. — AFP technology SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Windows becomes the latest Forecast sees big payoff for Google’s Best Buy store-in-store mobile ads NEW YORK: Best Buy is partnering with The chance for demos is a particular explains Windows and Microsoft SAN FRANCISCO: Google will sell more mobile adver- Microsoft to feature a store-within-a- advantage for Redmond, Wash.-based devices and services, said Tami Reller, tising than the rest of its rivals combined for the sec- store for its Windows products, the lat- Microsoft Corp, which has seen slow chief marketing officer and chief finan- ond straight year, according to a new forecast that est major consumer electronics retailer sales of Windows 8 products as the tile- cial officer for Windows. highlights the expansion of the Internet search to acknowledge advantages of the format has confused some consumers. The move is a “vital strategic step leader’s moneymaking prowess from personal comput- brick-and-mortar format. The store- The look is a complete break with more forward,” in Microsoft’s retail strategy, ers to smartphones and tablets. The report released within-store will begin opening this than two decades of Windows history, wrote Forrester analyst J.P. Gownder in Thursday by the research firm eMarketer projects month and offer Windows-based PCs, and offers few signals about where to an online post. It isn’t as ambitious a Google Inc. will generate nearly $8.9 billion in mobile tablets, Xbox and accessories, as well as tap and click to perform basic functions. move as it could have been if ad revenue throughout the world this year. The figure trained staff to explain Windows 8 to More than 1,200 Microsoft-trained Microsoft had opened more of its own reflects the anticipated amount that Google will retain customers. The move comes as the workers will staff the kiosks. “The stores, for example, he said, but after paying commissions to its ad partners. Minneapolis-based retailer continues to Windows Store offers a large-scale, acknowledged that would have been The prediction calls for Google to hold a 56 percent battle the “showrooming” effect, as hands-on customer experience,” that more expensive. — AP more and more people browse in share of the overall mobile ad market, which is expect- stores and then buy items cheaper ed to approach $16 billion this year. In 2012, Google online. This has led to fears that the accounted for 52 percent, or $4.6 billion, of the world- big-box store format is growing obso- wide mobile ad market, according to eMarketer. lete. But major electronics retailers are Facebook Inc, the owner of the largest online social finding advantage in having a destina- network, is expected to rank a distant second in mobile tion where trained sales staff can advertising this year with about $2 billion in revenue explain its products to shoppers. Best from phones and tablets, eMarketer predicted. Buy Co. Inc has similar store-within- Although still far behind Google, Facebook has been stores for Apple, Samsung and making rapid inroads in the mobile market. Last year, Magnolia products. Facebook sold less than $500 million in mobile adver- Belus Capital Markets analyst Brian tising. The report marks the first time that eMarketer Sozzi said the move “absolutely makes has released digital ad numbers spanning the entire sense,” and he expects more store- globe. The firm’s previous estimates, which are closely within-store formats at Best Buy. “The watched in the industry, have been confined to the fact is Best Buy has prime floor space up US ad market. EMarketer’s figures are intriguing for grabs, and tech companies want because Google doesn’t disclose how much of its their best offerings in there (along with total advertising revenue flows from the rapidly grow- CALIFORNIA: File photo shows a Google sign is seen inside Google head- the customer service), instead of buried ing ad market. — AP on Amazon,” he said in a note to clients. quarters in Mountain View. —AP

Lightweight Microsoft Office available on iPhone

NEW YORK: Microsoft’s Office soft- updates for free on a regular basis. always available with many tablets. complex calculations or heavy ware package is coming to the Microsoft said it wants to give cus- The regular version of Office works graphical work, Schneider said. iPhone for the first time yesterday, tomers yet another reason to on Windows 8 tablets, and most of Someone about to give a speech can offering people the ability to read embrace subscriptions by offering the features are available on a ver- review a PowerPoint presentation and edit their text documents, Office on the iPhone only with a sub- sion designed for tablets running a and fix a typo, for instance. Someone spreadsheets and slide presentations scription. lightweight version of Windows getting a Word or Excel document as at the doctor’s office or at a soccer called RT. Customers needing to use an email attachment can add com- game. The company isn’t making an Office on a larger screen than a ments or make changes, then send it iPad version, though, nor is it offer- phone might be drawn to the back, either as an email attachment ing the app on Android devices. Windows tablets, which have lagged or through a sharing feature on Microsoft Corp. is treading a fine line behind in sales and cachet com- SkyDrive. Rather than have it do as it tries to make its $100-a-year pared with Apple’s iPad and various everything, Schneider said, “we Office subscription more compelling, devices running Google’s Android designed the Office Mobile for without removing an advantage that system. iPhone to meet the scenarios that tablet computers running The iPhone app will come with make the most sense.” Microsoft’s Windows system now Word, Excel and PowerPoint and will The iPhone app also won’t have have - the ability to run popular sync with Microsoft’s SkyDrive online Outlook for email, Publisher for desk- Office programs such as Word, Excel storage service. Microsoft said peo- top publishing and Access for data- and PowerPoint. ple will be able to pick up a Word bases. Microsoft’s OneNote software Office Mobile for iPhone is avail- document exactly where they left off for note-taking has been available able free through Apple’s app store, on another computer tied to the for free separately for iPhones and but an Office 365 subscription is same account, while comments they iPads. People with Office 365 sub- required to use it. That subscription add to a Word or Excel file will scriptions will be able to run the new lets you use Office on up to five Mac appear when they open it up on app on up to five iPhones, in addi- and Windows computers for the another machine. Although docu- tion to the five Mac or Windows annual fee. A subscription can be ments will be reformatted to fit the computers. People in the United more expensive than buying the phone’s screen, the company said States will be able to get it from package outright for just one or two the iPhone app will preserve charts, Apple’s app store yesterday. computers, but the iPhone version Chris Schneider, a marketing animation, comments and other key Availability in other countries will fol- won’t be sold separately for those manager with Microsoft’s Office properties. That’s not always the low in the coming days. Microsoft, who resist the recurring fee. team, would not comment on any case with programs offered by which is based in Redmond, Wash., Microsoft has been pushing sub- plans for the iPad or Android. Office Google and other companies to already makes a version for phones scriptions as a way to get customers is available on those devices through work with Office files on mobile running its Windows Phone 8 oper- to keep paying for a product that has a Web browser, but it’s not as rich or devices. ating system. An Office 365 subscrip- historically been sold in a single pur- powerful as having stand-alone soft- But Microsoft said the app won’t tion isn’t required for that, and those chase. The company touts such ben- ware installed directly on the device. offer the same range of features apps do not count toward the five efits as the ability to run the package The Web app also requires an available on regular computers. It’s mobile devices permitted for each on multiple computers and get Internet connection, something not meant for lightweight editing, not subscription. —AP TV listings SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

18:00 C.S.I. Stewart 08:20 Gravity Falls 00:20 Stitch Basics 19:00 Body Of Proof 16:00 The Colbert Report 08:45 Good Luck Charlie 00:45 A Kind Of Magic 13:15 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 20:00 Criminal Minds 16:30 All Of Us 09:05 Shake It Up 01:05 A Kind Of Magic Basics 21:00 White Collar 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 09:30 Jessie 01:30 Emperor’s New School 13:40 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 14:10 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 22:00 Top Gear (US) 18:00 Wilfred 09:55 Austin And Ally 01:50 Emperor’s New School Basics 15:05 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 23:00 Greek 18:30 Happy Endings 10:15 A.N.T. Farm 02:15 Replacements 14:05 Unique Sweets 16:00 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 00:00 Kyle XY 19:00 The Neighbors 10:40 Code: 9 02:35 Replacements 14:30 Unique Sweets 16:55 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 02:00 Criminal Minds 19:30 2 Broke Girls 11:05 Cinderella II: Dreams Come 14:55 Unique Sweets 17:50 Mythbusters 20:00 The Tonight Show With Jay True 15:20 Unique Sweets 18:45 Gold Divers: Under The Ice Leno 12:15 A.N.T Farm 15:45 Chopped 19:40 Alaska: The Last Frontier 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 12:35 Code: 9 16:35 Barefoot Contessa 20:35 Sons Of Guns Stewart 13:00 Gravity Falls 17:00 Barefoot Contessa 21:30 Storage Hunters 03:00 Wilfred 21:30 The Colbert Report 13:25 Jessie 14:05 Ice Loves Coco 17:50 Barefoot Contessa 21:55 Storage Hunters 03:30 Friends 22:00 Veep 13:45 A.N.T. Farm 14:30 Ice Loves Coco 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:25 Storage Hunters 04:00 Seinfeld 22:30 Veep 14:10 That’s So Raven 15:00 Keeping Up With The 18:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 22:50 Storage Hunters 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 23:00 Legit 14:35 Good Luck Charlie Kardashians 19:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 23:20 Storage Hunters Leno 23:30 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 15:00 Austin And Ally 16:00 Keeping Up With The 19:30 Chopped 23:45 Inside The Gangsters’ Code 05:30 Two And A Half Men 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 15:25 Gravity Falls Kardashians 20:20 Chopped 00:40 I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks 06:00 All Of Us Stewart 15:50 Shake It Up 17:00 Married To Jonas 21:10 Amazing Wedding Cakes 01:10 I Escaped: Real Prison Breaks 06:30 Til Death 01:00 The Colbert Report 16:10 Jessie 17:30 Married To Jonas 22:00 Food Wars 01:35 Ultimate Cops 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 01:30 Veep 16:35 A.N.T. Farm 18:00 E! 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Farm Festival 01:45 Food Wars 15:45 Combat Countdown 12:00 All Of Us 05:35 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 21:15 That’s So Raven 00:00 Opening Act 16:40 Animal Gladiators 12:30 Seinfeld 06:00 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 21:40 Good Luck Charlie 00:55 Style Star 18:25 The Real Sherlock Holmes 13:00 Two And A Half Men 06:25 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 22:00 Shake It Up 01:25 E! Investigates 19:20 American Car Prospector 13:30 Til Death 06:35 Jake & The Neverland Pirates 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 14:00 Friends 20:10 Conquering The World 06:45 Suite Life On Deck 22:50 Austin And Ally 04:15 Planet Ocean-PG15 14:30 2 Broke Girls 21:05 Reign Of The Dinosaurs 07:10 A.N.T Farm 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:15 The Bourne Legacy-PG15 15:00 Go On 22:00 Combat Countdown 07:35 Jessie 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 09:00 Brave-PG 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 22:55 American Car Prospector 07:55 That’s So Raven 00:00 Stitch 10:45 The Big Year-PG 23:50 The Real Sherlock Holmes 03:05 Coastal Kitchen 03:30 Food Poker 12:30 My Own Love Song-PG15 00:45 Death Machines 14:30 Underground: The Julian 01:35 Death Machines 04:15 Bargain Hunt 05:00 House Swap Assange Story-PG15 05:45 Cash In The Attic 16:15 Brave-PG 06:30 Coastal Kitchen 18:00 The Lucky One-PG15 07:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 20:00 Playdate-PG15 10:40 Cash In The Attic 22:00 Albert Nobbs-18 14:20 Food Factory 11:25 Come Dine With Me 00:00 A Little Bit Of Heaven-18 14:45 Food Factory 12:15 Perfect Day 02:00 The Lucky One-PG15 15:10 X-Machines 12:40 Planet Cake 16:00 Unchained Reaction 13:05 The Good Cook 16:55 Fire In The Sky: A Daily Planet 13:30 Food Poker Special 14:15 The Roux Legacy 07:00 Saving Grace B. Jones-PG15 17:45 Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger 14:50 Food & Drink 18:10 Bigger, Better, Faster, Stronger 09:00 The Decoy Bride-PG15 15:15 Bargain Hunt 10:30 Gandhi-PG 18:35 The Gadget Show 16:00 Antiques Roadshow 19:00 The Tech Show 13:45 No Surrender-PG15 17:00 Extreme Makeover: Home 15:15 Beware The Gonzo-PG15 19:30 Storm Chasers Edition Specials 20:20 X-Machines 17:00 Ceremony-PG15 17:40 Extreme Makeover: Home 19:00 Love Will Keep Us Together- 21:10 Kitchen Chemistry Edition Specials 21:35 Kitchen Chemistry PG15 18:20 Extreme Makeover: Home 21:00 Bel Ami-18 22:00 Storm Chasers Edition 22:50 Dark Matters 23:00 The Rum Diary-18 19:00 Celebrity MasterChef 01:00 Ceremony-PG15 23:40 Kitchen Chemistry 19:55 Vacation Vacation Vacation 00:05 Kitchen Chemistry 20:20 Come Dine With Me 00:30 How Do They Do It? 21:15 Antiques Roadshow 01:00 Scrapheap Challenge 22:15 Bargain Hunt 01:50 Scrapheap Challenge 23:00 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 04:00 Alvin And The Chipmunks: 23:45 Superhomes Chipwrecked-PG 00:35 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent 06:00 The 16th Man-PG15 07:00 Tim Richmond: To The Limit- PG15 14:00 Storage Wars 08:00 Tinker Bell And The Secret Of The 14:30 Storage Wars Wings-FAM 15:00 Pawn Stars 10:00 Vickery’s Wild Ride-PG 15:30 Pawn Stars 12:00 The Girl-PG15 16:00 Pawn Stars 14:00 Three Inches-PG15 16:30 Pawn Stars 03:00 Food Wars 16:00 Tinker Bell And The Secret Of The 17:00 American Restoration 03:25 Food Wars Wings-FAM 17:30 American Restoration 03:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:00 I Don’t Know How She Does It- 18:00 American Restoration 04:15 Unique Eats PG15 18:30 American Restoration 04:40 Chopped 20:00 Another Earth-PG15 19:00 Storage Wars 05:30 Iron Chef America 22:00 Attack The Block-PG15 19:30 Storage Wars 06:10 Food Network Challenge 00:00 Three Inches-PG15 20:00 Pawn Stars 07:00 Healthy Appetite With Ellie 02:00 I Don’t Know How She Does It- 20:30 Pawn Stars Krieger PG15 21:00 American Pickers 07:25 Healthy Appetite With Ellie 22:00 Storage Wars Krieger 22:30 Storage Wars 07:50 Healthy Appetite With Ellie 23:00 Pawn Stars Krieger 23:30 Pawn Stars 08:15 Healthy Appetite With Ellie 04:00 The Presence-PG15 00:00 Counting Cars Krieger 06:00 Ip Man 2-PG15 00:30 Counting Cars 08:40 Cooking For Real 08:00 Source Code-PG15 01:00 Storage Wars 09:05 Cooking For Real 10:00 Do No Harm-PG15 01:30 Storage Wars 09:30 Cooking For Real 12:00 Interview With A Hitman-PG15 02:00 Storage Wars 09:55 Cooking For Real 14:00 Source Code-PG15 10:20 Tyler’s Ultimate 16:00 Boiler Room-PG15 10:45 Tyler’s Ultimate 18:00 Interview With A Hitman-PG15 11:10 Tyler’s Ultimate 20:00 Mad Max-18 11:35 Tyler’s Ultimate 14:00 C.S.I. 22:00 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider-PG15 12:00 Staten Island Cakes 15:00 Kyle XY 00:00 Paintball-18 12:50 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 16:00 Smallville THE BIG YEAR ON OSN MOVIES HD 02:00 Mad Max-18 TV listings SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

08:00 Monte Carlo-PG15 10:00 Bowfinger-PG15 aura Poitras’ skill and boldness as a documentary he said. “Now we’re right in the middle and it gives you For more than six years, since starting her 9/11-relat- 12:00 Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell Of filmmaker have gained her Oscar and Emmy the ability to affect the story. The old model of waiting ed work that often took her to the Middle East, Poitras Fear-PG15 Lnominations, Sundance Film Festival honors and a for the finished film is less and less important. It’s more has said that she’s been repeatedly questioned by US 14:00 Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of public TV showcase, even if her work fell short of mak- about getting pieces out.” Not all are swayed by the officials here and abroad. “I’ve actually lost count of Unfortunate-PG ing a “Super Size Me” splash. But her role as the first approach; one observer is downright cynical. Marvin how many times I’ve been detained at the border, but I 16:00 Bowfinger-PG15 18:00 Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final point of contact for disclosures about US surveillance Kalb, professor emeritus of press and public policy at think it’s around 40 times,” she said in an April 2012 Insult-PG15 programs has drawn the glare of attention to the inde- Harvard University, said he could think of no precedent appearance on “Democracy Now!” an independent 20:00 The Romantics-PG15 pendent filmmaker who, abruptly, has pushed docu- for a situation where a documentarian drove a story in news program that airs on public broadcasting TV and 22:00 30 Minutes Or Less-18 mentaries deeper into the realm of journalistic immedi- this manner. His gut feeling is that “she’s blown it” and radio stations and elsewhere. When she was ques- 00:00 Jackass: The Movie-18 acy. For peers and backers of Poitras, the 2012 recipient should have kept this information for herself and her tioned by Department of Homeland Security officials in 02:00 The Romantics-PG15 of a $500,000 “genius grant” from the MacArthur documentary, “and in one glorious moment have all of London around that time, “I told them I was a journalist Foundation, it’s unsurprising that she has seized a story it,” said Kalb, a longtime reporter for CBS and NBC and my work was protected and I wasn’t going to dis- worth telling. However, her crucial involvement with a News. cuss it,” she said on the news program. confidential source and two newspapers on the same It might not have been her choice, he said: In a statement, US Customs and Border Protection 09:45 Honey 2-PG15 big exclusive is extraordinary. Snowden may have been driving the decision to get said it is prohibited from discussing specific cases due 11:45 Wuthering Heights-PG15 “She’s incredibly driven and determined and she the material out as quickly as possible. Poitras hasn’t to privacy laws. US citizens returning from foreign travel 13:30 Planet Of The Apes (1968)-PG15 doesn’t let obstacles get in the way,” said Simon been one to shrink from a challenge or challenging cannot be denied entry into the country and are not 15:30 Honey 2-PG15 Kilmurry, executive producer of PBS’ documentary material. “Flag Wars” was her 2003 Peabody-winning considered “detained” unless there’s an outstanding 17:30 Catch Me If You Can-PG15 series “POV,” a home to Poitras’ work. “She really works look at urban gentrification; the Oscar-nominated 2006 warrant for their arrest. Travelers can be referred for fur- 20:00 Carmel By The Sea-PG15 at the intersection of journalist and artist and story- “My Country, My Country” examined Iraqi life under US ther inspection “for a variety of reasons to include iden- 21:45 Yelling To The Sky-PG15 teller.” Poitras, 49, who has said she was Edward occupation, and 2010’s “The Oath” was about the effect tity verification, intent of travel, and confirmation of 23:30 Hemingway & Gellhorn-18 02:00 Bruc-PG15 Snowden’s first media contact on the story she helped of anti-terrorism measures on two Middle Eastern men, admissibility,” the agency said. “She was incredibly break, shared bylines on The Washington Post and The including one of Osama bin Laden’s former body- patient with the process until the people who were Guardian of London articles revealing vast and secret guards. The latter two films are part of her post-9/11 questioning her started to (imply) it didn’t matter if she phone and Internet surveillance. She was behind the series, topics that have earned her industry respect if would answer or not: they would get their answers camera for a gripping video interview, posted online, in not the attention given less-weighty films such as electronically,” said her colleague, Johnson. For Poitras, 00:00 PGA European Tour Highlights which the former spy agency contractor responsible for Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me” account of a health- that was a deep infringement, she said. An interview 01:00 ICC Cricket 360 the leaks calmly defended his actions. challenging month on a McDonald’s menu. request emailed this week to Poitras’ New York-based 01:30 International Rugby League She told Salon.com this week that she has more In a “filmmaker statement” posted on the “POV” Praxis Films generated what appeared to be an auto- 03:00 NRL Premiership footage of Snowden taken in Hong Kong, where he has 05:00 NRL Premiership sought refuge, and which she intends to use in a film. 07:00 Live AFL Premiership Poitras has previously discussed working on a docu- 10:00 Futbol Mundial 10:30 Trans World Sport mentary on state surveillance and whistleblowers, the 11:30 ICC Cricket 360 final part of her trilogy on the aftermath of Sept 11. 12:00 Live British & Irish Lions Snowden was drawn to her because of her work on 15:00 Super Rugby Highlights government snooping and the personal fallout that’s 16:00 Live International Rugby Union resulted, including what she called persistent US “bor- 20:00 ATP Tennis der harassment” during her travels, Poitras said. “You 21:30 ICC Cricket 360 probably don’t like how this system works. I think you 22:00 Live International Rugby Union can tell the story,” she recounted Snowden telling her. Their early exchanges had cloak-and-dagger overtones, including his request that they communicate in encrypted type. 00:00 Futbol Mundial He first emailed her anonymously in January and, 00:30 ATP Tennis independently, the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald 06:30 Futbol Mundial around February, she told Salon. She contacted her 07:00 ATP Tennis other collaborator, Barton Gellman for the Post, about 10:00 ICC Cricket 360 the same time to get the experienced journalist’s 10:30 Live International Rugby Union assessment of Snowden’s legitimacy. In a statement, 12:30 Live NRL Premiership Gellman said his connection to the story “began with 14:30 European Tour Weekly 15:00 Live ATP Tennis Laura,” a friend who had been a fellow with him at New 19:00 British and Irish Lions Tour York University, and later included extensive conversa- 22:00 ATP Tennis tions between him and Snowden. Greenwald, who did- n’t reply to a request for comment, also is a friend of the filmmaker. File photo originally provided by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Poitras was guarded with Salon in detailing how the Laura Poitras, a documentary filmmaker and recipient of the MacArthur Foundation genius grants, is 00:00 NRL Premiership reporting unfolded, saying, “I feel a certain need to be shown in Berlin. — AP 04:00 Trans World Sport cautious about not wanting to do the work for the gov- 05:00 PGA European Tour Weekly ernment.” She added she wasn’t ready to tell the website in connection with “The Oath,” Poitras said she matic reply from her account: “I’m traveling and don’t 05:30 Inside The PGA Tour “whole story now. ... I want to tell it in my own words. intended to create an “on-the-ground record that can have regular email access. Thanks for your patience.” 06:00 Golfing World I’m a storyteller.” Kirsten Johnson, who works with help us understood this history as time passes. I believe “She’s an incredibly warm person, soft-spoken, very 07:00 International Rugby League Poitras as a cinematographer, has been in touch with the world will be grappling with the tragedy of 9/11 smart, but she’s a private person and doesn’t like to be 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 her. “She is doing well, and I think she feels the respon- and America’s reaction to the attack for generations to out in front of the camera,” Timm said. “She doesn’t like 09:30 Total Rugby sibility of the importance of this historical event,” come.” She’s on the board of directors of the Freedom to make the story about her. I can understand why 10:00 NRL Full Time Johnson said Thursday. of the Press Foundation, which describes itself as help- she’s been hesitant to talk.” In online interviews given 10:30 Live NRL Premiership 15:30 NRL Premiership With the National Security Agency revelations, ing to defend and support journalism “focused on before the surveillance story broke, Poitras comes 17:30 ICC Cricket 360 Poitras has taken the lead on a growing trend in which exposing mismanagement, corruption, and law-break- across as low-key and cautious despite her willingness 18:00 AFL Premiership documentarians are rivaling the speed of “history-in-a- ing in government.” Her fellow board members include to put herself at risk for her work. In a 2010 clip posted 20:30 PGA Tour Highlights hurry” news reporting while they develop more foundation co-founder Daniel Ellsberg of 1970s by the New York Times she recounts how the prospect 21:30 PGA European Tour Highlights detailed film accounts. “Laura has expanded her capaci- Pentagon Papers fame and the Guardian’s Greenwald, of meeting with bin Laden’s former bodyguard in 22:30 NRL Premiership ty to explore the story even as she is making the story,” who interviewed Snowden for the online videos. Yemen came with “‘danger’ flashing signs.” said Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute’s Greenwald, a former contributing writer for Salon, And while she is dogged in her pursuit of informa- documentary film program and a longtime producer told the website that Poitras is “easily one of the bravest tion that doesn’t mean she has an agenda, said and supporter. “She’s one of the most remarkable film- and most brilliant people I’ve ever met.” She shares Kilmurry of “POV.” “I think she’s really driven by curiosity 01:30 NHL makers working today.” Other documentarians have with the reporter a distrust of government intrusion. about the issues in which she gets involved rather than 03:30 Mobil 1 The Grid changed the national conversation, said veteran film- He’s the author of three books in which he argues the having a particular perspective or narrative at the end,” 04:00 WWE Bottom Line maker and activist Robert Greenwald (no relation to government has trampled on personal rights in the he said. “She’s open to where the story takes her and 05:00 NHL Glenn Greenwald). name of protecting national security. Poitras joined the having her own perspective challenged or changed, as 07:00 UK Open Darts But the one-two-three punch of combining tradi- foundation in part because “she felt her own journalism she hopes the audience is, too.” Johnson, who is work- 11:00 WWE Vintage Collection tional news outlets, social media and video “is quite was being chilled by the fact that his surveillance had ing with Poitras on her final Sept 11 film about surveil- 12:00 Mobil 1 The Grid extraordinary and my hat goes off” to Poitras and the happened to her. ... She’s suffered at the hands of lance and whistleblowers, can’t predict when it will be 12:30 Live AFL Premiership newspaper reporters, said Greenwald, who recently unnecessary and overbearing government surveillance finished. “There’s no timeline. That’s what’s remarkable 15:30 WWE Smackdown completed the film “War on Whistleblowers.” “We used herself,” said Trevor Timm, foundation executive direc- about her. She really does let the story lead her,” 17:30 Mobil 1 The Grid 18:00 Live Nations Cup to wait five, 10, 15 years before we did a documentary,” tor and co-founder. Johnson said. — AP 22:00 UIM Powerboat Champs WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Places of interest

Sadu House Al Sadu House stands on Arabian Gulf Street near the National Museum, represent- ing one of the last preserved pre-oil -era dwellings in Kuwait. Al Sadu House became a centre for Bedouin art and the sale of tradi- tional goods In 1979. Visitors can observe Bedouin women weaving at their looms, handmaking carpets, camel bags and tent screens. Opening hours are Saturday to Thursday from 8:00 am to 1:00 p.m and from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m daily except Friday. (Tel: +965 2243.2395) Admission is FREE.

The Dickson House The house of the first British political agent In Kuwait is still standing. The Dickson ‘J Quest’ prize distribution House, located across from the dhow har- bour east of Sief Palace, was originally a Kuwaiti home built in 1870, but was given to ceremony at ICSK Junior Britain to use as residential headquarters. The compound was expanded several times over the years, but stands as an excellent n 30th May 2013, Thursday a grand prize distribution example of early Kuwaiti architectural styles. Oceremony was held in the Indian Community School, Opening hours are from Saturday to Junior branch. The chief guest Mortada Shaikh, a Thursday 8:30 a.m-12:30 p.m and 4:30 a.m- prominent businessman and an alumni of ICSK, gave away 8:30 p.m Friday 4:30 a.m - 8:30 p.m. prizes to the winners of ICSK -J Quest 2013, a series of compe- Admission is FREE. titions conducted by ICSK Junior in collaboration with the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) of Junior. Science & Natural Enthusiastic students participated in fourteen different History Museum competitions like Music, Dance, Art and Fancy Dress. Three A wealth of education awaits the visitor new competitions were introduced namely Junior Chef, to the Science and Natural History Museum Videography and Photography for the first time. on Abdulla Al Mubarak Street. Each gallery The program began with the recitation of the verses from contains either a collection or an exhibit cov- the Holy Quran. The traditional lamp was lit by the chief guest ering a wide range of themes. Collections on Mortada Shaikh, Rajan Daniel, Vice-chairman, Vijay Karayil, display Include fossils, stuffed animals, skele- tons, and dried flowers. There are exhibits on Secretary George Mathew, PAC Representative to BOT from health, petroleum, space travel, and elec- Junior Branch and Gayatri Ravindran, Principal In-charge of tronics, among others. Forming part of the Junior Branch and Dinesh Kamath, Treasurer, also graced the National Museum complex, the wonderful, function. Parent representatives from other branches of the modern Planetarium In the museum com- ICSK were also present - Ajay George from senior branch and plex has shows at around 18:00 daily: local Nizar from Khaitan branch. children, convinced the room is spinning, In her welcome address, Gayatri Ravindran spoke about clap In syncopated beats every time the the inherent talents present in every child. Chief Guest accompanying music begins. Mortada Shaikh addressed the gathering and said that it was A museum planetarium shows: Mornings: a nostalgic moment for him and shared his fond memories of 1st Show: 10:00 a.m; 2nd Show: 11:00 a. m; the school. He was overwhelmed to come back to his Alma 3rd Show: 12:00 p.m Evenings: 1st Show: Mater with full enthusiasm. George Mathew, PAC 5:00 p.m; 2nd Show: 5:45 p.m; 3rd Show : Representative to BOT from Junior Branch appreciated the 6:00 p.m. Note: Friday & Saturday no morn- efforts of the school and fellow PAC members in helping ing shows. (Tel: +965 22451195; +965 22456534). Admission is FREE. organize these competitions. Mementos were given to Mohammed Rafi Padiyath, PAC Al-Qurain Museum Member, Ajay George, PAC Representative from Senior Located in the residential suburb of Branch, Gayatri Ravindran the Principal Incharge and Qurain, This small museum is a memorial to Gomathy Murthy, Vice Principal for their efforts. The teaching a cell of young Kuwaiti patriots who tried to fraternity were also presented mementos for the smooth con- resist arrest in February 1991. Early In the duct of J-Quest. The winners of J-Quest 2013 received their morning, Iraqis bombarded the house for prizes from the dignitaries. In a special gesture the parents of hours with machine guns, bombs and even- the prize winners were invited to stand with their child on tually a tank. Monday to Saturday 8.30 a.m - stage. It was a proud moment for parents to be part of their 12.30 p.m; 4.30a.m -8.30 p.m Friday morning child’s success. off. Afternoon: 4.30 a.m-8.30 pm. Winter Visiting hours: 4-8.30 pm. 1st Day of Eid off. Tel: +965 25430343 Al Hashemi Marine Museum SEND US YOUR The World’s largest wooden dhow, INSTAGRAM PICS owned and build by Hussein Marafie,Al Hashemi is a ‘Baghalah’ of monumental pro- portions. Baghalah is a large wooden cargo vessel which sailed the seas in the nine- teenth and early twentieth centuries. Constructed next to Radisson SAS Hotel, the hat’s more fun than clicking a beautiful double-decked Al-Hashemi II is dry-docked Wpicture? Sharing it with others! This sum- next to pre-oil era Kuwaiti village and marine mer, let other people see the way you see museum containing models of extinct and Kuwait - through your lens. Friday Times will fea- modern dhows The lower deck has the ture snapshots of Kuwait through Instagram feeds. grand ballroom - one of the finest in Kuwait. If you want to share your Instagram photos, email Al-Hashemi II has earned the distinction of us at being listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. The museum is opened Sat. Thu. Artist Johnarts Kalabhavan presents a caricature of Kerala Home Minister [email protected] from 9 am till 5 pm. Admission is FREE. Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan during a function organized recently in Jleeb. WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Kuwait National English School celebrates Reception Graduation

uwait National English School cele- Kbrates each important step in the edu- cation of the pupils in the school. Moving from Foundation Stage into Primary is an important one and Kuwait National English School does everything possible to ensure that the transition will be smooth. The graduating students from Reception classes officially celebrated the transition in the Al Farabi theatre with music, songs and dance for the best enjoyment of their parents and their teachers. The School Director Madame Chantal Al- Gharabally honored the children by giving them their prizes and certificates. Kuwait National English School along with the Director and staff is proud about the achieve- ments of the little ones from the Foundation Stage and all Learning Goals have been achieved for all pupils.

Indian Embassy sets up helpline

he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has set up helpline in order It said the embassy has been in regular contact with local ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules and regulations Tto assist Indian expatriates in registering any complaint authorities regarding the ongoing checking of expatriates. regarding residency, traffic and other matters,” the release read. regarding the government’s ongoing campaign to The embassy has also conveyed to them the concerns, fears It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other rele- stamp out illegal residents from the country. The embassy said and apprehensions of the community in this regard. The vant documents such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian in press release yesterday that it amended its previous state- authorities in Kuwait have conveyed that strict instructions expatriate encounters any improper treatment during checking, ment and stated if there is any complaint, the same could be have been issued to ensure that there is no harassment or it may be conveyed immediately with full details and contact conveyed at the following (as amended): Operations improper treatment of expatriates by those undertaking particulars to the embassy at the following phone number Department, Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. Fax: 22435580, Tel: checking. 67623639. These contact details are exclusively for the above- 24768146/25200334. “The embassy would like to request Indian expatriates to mentioned purpose only. health & science SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Pa girl’s double-lung transplant deemed success

PHILADELPHIA: A 10-year-old girl Sharon Ruddock, said the donor lungs plant system’s established proce- That family made the decision to whose efforts to qualify for an organ came in through normal channels as a dures. Lung transplants are difficult give Sarah the gift of life - and they are donation spurred public debate over result of being on the adult donor list. procedures, and some experts say the true heroes today,” Sarah’s family how organs are allocated underwent “It was a direct result of the ruling that child patients tend to have more trou- said in their statement. The national a successful double-lung transplant allowed her to be put on the adult ble with them than adults do. organization that manages organ on Wednesday, the girl’s family said. list,” Ruddock said. “It was not pedi- Sarah’s relatives, who are from transplants, the Organ Procurement Sarah Murnaghan, who suffers from atric lungs, she would have never got- Newtown Square, just west of and Transplantation Network, added severe cystic fibrosis, received new ten these lungs otherwise.” Philadelphia, were “beyond excited” Sarah to the adult waiting list after the lungs from an adult donor at No other details about the donor about her new lungs but were “keep- judge’s ruling. Her transplant came Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, lungs are known. Sarah’s health was ing in mind that someone had to lose two days before a hearing was sched- spokeswoman Tracy Simon said. The uled on the family’s request for a Murnaghan family said it was broader injunction. The network has “thrilled” to share the news that Sarah said 31 children under age 11 are on was out of surgery. the waiting list for a lung transplant. “Her doctors are very pleased with Its executive committee held an emer- both her progress during the proce- gency meeting this week but resisted dure and her prognosis for recovery,” making emergency rule changes for the family said in a statement. During children under 12 who are waiting on double-lung transplants, surgeons lungs, instead creating a special must open up the patient’s chest. appeal and review system to hear Complications can include rejection of such cases. the new lungs and infection. Sarah Sarah’s family “did have a legiti- went into surgery around 11 am mate complaint” about the rule that Wednesday, and the procedure lasted limited her access to adult lungs, said about six hours, her family said. “The medical ethicist Arthur Caplan, of the surgeons had no challenges resizing NYU Langone Medical Center in New and transplanting the donor lungs - York. “When the transplant communi- the surgery went smoothly, and Sarah ty met, they didn’t want to change did extremely well,” it said. “She is in that rule without really thinking care- the process of getting settled in the PHILADELPHIA: In this May 30, 2013 file photo provided by the fully about it,” he said. The appeals ICU and now her recovery begins. We Murnaghan family, Sarah Murnaghan, center, celebrates the 100th day process that was established this expect it will be a long road, but we’re of her stay in Childrenís Hospital of Philadelphia with her father, Fran, week, he said, was “built on evidence, not going for easy, we’re going for left, and mother, Janet. —AP not on influence.” possible.” He added: “In general, the road to Sarah’s family and the family of deteriorating when a judge inter- a family member and they’re very a transplant is still to let the system another cystic fibrosis patient at the vened in her case last week, giving her aware of that and very appreciative,” decide who will do best with scarce, same hospital challenged transplant a chance at the much larger list of family spokeswoman Maureen Garrity lifesaving organs. policy that made children under 12 organs from adult donors. US District said earlier Wednesday. The And it’s important that people wait for pediatric lungs to become Judge Michael Baylson ruled June 5 Murnaghan family noted that Sarah’s understand that money, visibility, available or be offered lungs donated that Sarah and 11-year-old Javier successful surgery was the result of being photogenic ... are factors that by adults only after adolescents and Acosta, of New York City, should be another family’s loss. “We are elated have to be kept to a minimum if we’re adults on the waiting list had been eligible for adult lungs. Critics warned this day has come, but we also know going to get the best use out of the considered. They said pediatric lungs there could be a downside to having our good news is another family’s scarce supply of donated cadaver are rarely donated. Sarah’s aunt, judges intervene in the organ trans- tragedy. organs.” —AP Human DNA not patentable: US Supreme Court

WASHINGTON: Naturally occur- eligible because it is not naturally program chief Beth Karlan said, only two months, a relatively short time, before unanimously deciding ring human gene sequences can- occurring,” the court ruled. adding that it would accelerate that products of nature are not eligible for patents. But the ruling was not be patented but artificially A coalition of associations rep- scientific discoveries about how also seen as a partial victory for Myriad, whose shares jumped on the created DNA can be, the US resenting some 150,000 genetic defects cause the disease. news, as it was able to retain patents on other gene patterns that fall Supreme Court ruled unanimous- researchers, doctors and patients, But industry sources expressed under the cDNA definition. “The Supreme Court has ruled, vacating ly Thursday. The verdict repre- had asked the nation’s top court concern that the ruling could some patent claims and upholding others,” Myriad posted on its sented a compromise between to overturn the 2012 decision, as open the way to further lawsuits Facebook page. Company president and CEO Peter Meldrum noted the goals of the biotech industry, it stopped them doing further that would dissuade firms from that “the debate was about more than patent claims.” —AFP which wanted to preserve all its work and research with the pursuing valuable research. “How patents, and campaigners seeking patented genes. They hailed the long before every defendant chal- unfettered access to genetic data new ruling as a victory for lenges every chemical or drug for researchers and patients. The patients’ rights. “Today, the court patent as a natural phenome- Saudi Arabia says one more nine justices issued the ruling struck down a major barrier to non?” asked Matthew Siegal, an dead from MERS coronavirus after reviewing a 2012 appeals patient care and medical innova- intellectual property lawyer. court decision that allowed tion,” said Sandra Park, senior staff “Atoms exist in nature. For exam- RIYADH: One more person has died and two more have fallen ill in biotechnology company Myriad attorney with the American Civil ple, iron is the isolation of ele- Saudi Arabia from the new SARS-like coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Genetics Inc to patent two genes Liberties Union. mental iron that exists in nature Saudi Health Ministry said yesterday. Saudi Arabia has been the it found had links to breast and Myriad offers testing for the as iron ore.” country most affected by the respiratory-system virus, with 46 cas- ovarian cancer, BRCA1 and two genes, whose discovery in And the Pharmaceutical BRCA2. the 1990s was the product of Research and Manufacturers of es, of whom 28 have died, data from the ministry showed. The lat- US actress Angelina Jolie research that typically requires America trade group cautioned est death brings the worldwide death toll to 33, according to the recently underwent a double years of effort and large invest- that it was unclear how courts World Health Organization (WHO). mastectomy as a preventative ments. The company “found an would apply the ruling in the The virus, which can cause coughing, fever and pneumonia, has measure after discovering she important and useful gene, but future. In April, during arguments spread from the Gulf to France, Britain and Germany. The WHO has had a mutation in one such gene separating that gene from its sur- before the court, the justices called it the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS- and was thus at greater risk of rounding genetic material is not grappled with hypothetical exam- CoV). It is a distant relative of the virus that triggered the outbreak developing breast cancer. “A nat- an act of invention,” said the deci- ples of potential patent bids such of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that swept the world urally occurring DNA segment is a sion written by Justice Clarence as ones for gold from the ground in late 2003 and killed 775 people. The origin of the MERS virus is product of nature and not patent Thomas. The decision may save or plants harvested in the still unclear. So far, it appears to spread between people only when eligible merely because it has “thousands of lives,” Cedars-Sinai Amazon for their medicinal prop- been isolated but cDNA is patent Cancer Institute women’s cancer erties. The court deliberated for health & science SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 MATRIMONIAL CHANGE OF NAME

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Daily Sudoku Yesterday’s Solution sports SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Athletics enjoy 3-2 victory over Yankees

OAKLAND: Nate Freiman singled home the winning run the season, both coming against Tampa Bay. Johnson got in the 18th inning against Mariano Rivera, lifting the his third hit of the game in the eighth inning and is 6 for Oakland Athletics to a 3-2 victory over the New York 11 with four RBIs against his former team while batting Yankees on Thursday for a three-game sweep. As a day .202 with three RBIs against every other team. Ervin game after a night game turned into a night game after a Santana (5-5) gave up five hits and an unearned run in 7 day game, John Jaso singled off Preston Claiborne (0-1) to 2-3 innings. The Royals have won eight of nine. start the decisive rally and went to third on Seth Smith’s soft single to shallow left field against Rivera. Baseball’s BLUE JAYS 3, RANGERS 1 career saves leader issued only the 39th intentional walk Edwin Encarnacion hit a tiebreaking two-run double in of his 19-year career to Jed Lowrie before Freiman ended the eighth inning as the Blue Jays handed the Rangers the 5-hour, 35-minute game. The American League West- their third straight loss. The slumping Rangers wasted DENVER: Washington Nationals pinch hitter Roger Bernadina (bot- leading A’s (41-27) won their 11th in a row at home. another solid outing by Yu Darvish, who has made five tom) slides safely into second base with a double as Colorado Rockies Winning pitcher Jesse Chavez (1-0) struck out seven in 5 consecutive starts without a victory. Neal Cotts (2-1) second baseman DJ LeMahieu applies a late tag in the eighth inning 2-3 scoreless innings. replaced Darvish to start the eighth, when Emilio of the Nationals’ 5-4 victory in a baseball game. — AP Bonifacio reached on a throwing error by Gold Glove third ORIOLES 5, RED SOX 4, 13 INNINGS baseman Adrian Beltre. Munenori Kawasaki had a sacrifice Chris Davis singled home the tiebreaking run with two bunt before Tanner Scheppers, the second reliever, Zimmerman homers, outs in the 13th inning, giving the Orioles an exhausting walked Jose Bautista before the double by Encarnacion. victory over the Red Sox in the opener of a four-game Esmil Rogers (2-2) allowed one run over seven innings, doubles and drives series between AL East contenders. Danny Valencia the same as Darvish, who struck out nine. homered for the Orioles, who moved into second place for Nationals and within 21/2 games of Boston. Baltimore won despite INTERLEAGUE leaving 16 on base and going 4 for 14 with runners in PHILLIES 3, TWINS 2 NEW YORK: Adam Wainwright became season-worst 13 games below .500. scoring position. With two outs in the 13th, Nick Markakis Cliff Lee allowed two runs in seven strong innings, Ben the first 10-game winner in the majors Jonathan Broxton (2-2) took the loss in drew a walk from Alex Wilson (1-1). Adam Jones singled Revere had four hits and scored the go-ahead run, and by throwing seven scoreless innings the longest game for both teams this and Davis followed with an opposite-field pop that land- the Phillies rallied to beat the Twins and snap a five-game and sent Matt Harvey to his first loss of season. ed in front of left fielder Daniel Nava. TJ McFarland (1-0) losing streak. The speedy Revere slid home with nobody the season, leading the St Louis pitched the 13th to earn his first major league win. out in the eighth, scoring from third base on Jimmy Cardinals over the New York Mets 2-1 NATIONALS 5, ROCKIES 4 Rollins’ chopper. First baseman Justin Morneau was play- Thursday in a classic pitching matchup. Ryan Zimmerman homered, dou- ROYALS 10, RAYS 1 ing in, but his throw was too late to catch Revere - former- Wainwright (10-3) retired his first 11 bled and drove in three runs, Ian Elliot Johnson had a three three-run homer for his sec- ly of the Twins. Lee (8-2) gave up only one hit and faced batters before David Wright’s single, Desmond got four hits as Washington ond hit of an eight-run sixth inning, leading the surging the minimum number of batters through 6 1-3 innings and allowed four hits with six strikeouts beat the depleted Colorado Rockies. Kansas City Royals to a 10-1 victory over the Tampa Bay before Joe Mauer walked. Pinch-hitter Kevin Frandsen and two walks. He matched his career The Rockies lost four players and a Rays. Johnson, who was traded to Kansas City by the Rays opened the eighth with a double against reliever Jared best by winning his fifth straight start, coach, as well as the rubber match of in February, led off the big inning with a single and Burton (0-4) and scored the tying run on Michael Young’s dropped his ERA to 2.18 and got his the three-game series. Colorado out- chased Jeremy Hellickson (4-3) with his second homer of single. — AP 1,000th career strikeout. Known best in fielders Carlos Gonzalez and Dexter New York for freezing Carlos Beltran Fowler were hurt early and star short- with a called third strike to end Game 7 stop Troy Tulowitzki left with a rib injury of the 2006 National League champi- in the eighth. While the Rockies said X- onship series, Wainwright had been 0-4 rays on Gonzalez and Fowler were neg- with an 8.46 ERA in four starts against ative and listed both players as day to the Mets since beating them on April day, Tulowitzki’s injury could be more 18, 2010. Edward Mujica allowed a long serious. Rockies reliever Wilton Lopez home run to Marlon Byrd in the ninth and pitching coach Jim Wright were before remaining perfect in 19 save ejected in the seventh. Craig Stammen chances. Mujica got defensive help from (4-2) threw two scoreless innings. Rafael second baseman Matt Carpenter, who Soriano got his 17th save after giving up made a sliding stop on his backhand to an RBI single to pinch-hitter Todd prevent the tying run. Harvey (5-1) had Helton with two outs. Zimmerman’s RBI been unbeaten in 14 starts since Sept double off reliever Matt Belisle (4-3) in 12 and he pitched well enough to win, the eighth broke a tie, and he later giving up one run and five hits in seven scored on Desmond’s infield single to innings with seven strikeouts and a make it 5-3. Gonzalez was hit near the walk. St Louis scored its only run off him ankle by a foul ball while on deck in the in the third on Carpenter’s RBI triple. first inning and exited with a bruised Allen Craig added a run-scoring single left foot. Fowler was hit on the right in the eighth. Harvey, who lowered his hand by a pitch from Ross Detwiler after ERA to 2.04, had no-decisions in eight of squaring to bunt in the third. previous nine starts, and the Mets have scored just 18 runs while he’s been in GIANTS 10, PIRATES 0 the game during his last 10 outings, Matt Cain allowed two hits over 6 2- according to STATS. 3 innings as San Francisco routed Pittsburgh. A year to the day after CUBS 6, REDS 5, 14 INNINGS throwing a perfect game against Pinch-hitter Julio Borbon singled Houston, Cain (5-3) was nearly flawless home the winning run with two outs in again. He struck out three and walked the 14th inning as Chicago ended two, giving up a single to Garrett Jones Cincinnati’s record 12-game winning in the fifth and a double to Andrew streak at Wrigley Field. The Cubs hadn’t McCutchen in the seventh. Hunter beaten Cincinnati at home since last Pence hit his 11th homer, while Buster Aug. 9. With the win, Chicago avoided a Posey, Gregor Blanco and Joaquin four-game sweep and improved to 3-10 Arias had three hits apiece for the against the Reds this season. Hector Giants, who avoided a sweep by spoil- Rondon (1-0) pitched two innings for ing Charlie Morton’s return from the win and Chicago’s bullpen finished Tommy John surgery. Morton (0-1) with 13 strikeouts over eight scoreless gave up four runs - two earned - and innings in a game that lasted 5 hours, 7 seven hits in five innings. He also hit minutes. David DeJesus homered and three batters with pitches while mak- OAKLAND: Nate Freiman #7 of the Oakland Athletics celebrates with Jed Lowrie #8 after he hit Nate Schierholtz tripled twice for the ing his first major league start in more a single that scored John Jaso #5 in the bottom of the 18th inning to beat the New York Cubs, who had lost eight of 10 to fall a than a year. — AP Yankees. —AFP sports SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Heat even NBA Finals with Spurs after win

SAN ANTONIO: LeBron James wanted the responsibility on his powerful shoulders. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh proved Thursday it doesn’t have to be that way. James can win the Miami Heat plenty of games, but even he can’t win a title alone. “We’re not going to win this series if myself, Chris and LeBron don’t show up to play on a consistent basis,” Wade said. “So tonight was kind of one of the best performances that we all had in the playoffs together at the same time, just being aggressive from start to fin- ish, and hopefully that’s what we can see for the next three games.” Riding big performances from their Big Three, the Heat tied the NBA Finals with a 109-93 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 4. “It was on our shoulders,” James said. “We had to fig- ure out how to win the game for us and play at the highest level. When all three of us are clicking we’re very tough to beat.” James had 33 points and 11 rebounds after failing to break 20 points in any of the first three games of the series, and Wade scored 32 points, 11 more than his previous high this postseason. Bosh matched his playoff high with 20 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, he and Wade supplying the baskets that finally put the Spurs away for good midway through the fourth quarter. Three players, 85 points. Just the way the Heat envisioned it when they signed James and Bosh to play with Wade in 2010. “The death of the Big Three was overrated,” Heat owner Micky Arison said as he walked toward the winning locker room. Sure was. His three prized players are just fine, and so are the Heat’s championship hopes. “When Bosh, Wade and James score the way they did tonight and shoot it the way they did tonight, a team is going to have a difficult time if you help them like we did,” Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said. “When those guys are playing like that, you better be playing a perfect game.” The Spurs weren’t, committing 19 turnovers that led to 23 points. And just like they have for the past five months, the Heat bounced back from a loss with a victory. They are 12-0 SAN ANTONIO: Chris Bosh #1 of the Miami Heat goes up for a shot against Tim Duncan #21 of the San Antonio after defeats since Jan. 10, outscoring opponents by an average of nearly 20 points in the previous 11 victories. Tim Duncan Spurs during Game Four of the 2013 NBA Finals at the AT&T Center on June 13, 2013 in San Antonio, Texas. — AFP scored 20 points for the Spurs, who have one more game here on have a chance to celebrate a second straight championship. The since Jan 8 and 10. Parker played through a strained right ham- Sunday. They fell to 10-3 at home all-time in the finals, failing to revelry in South Florida was marred Thursday by an accident in string, shooting 7 of 16, but the Spurs couldn’t match the Heat’s back up their 113-77 victory in Game 3 that was the third-most which the deck behind a popular sports bar collapsed during the speed. After the teams traded blowouts in the previous two lopsided score in the history of the championship series. game, spilling patrons into Biscayne Bay. Miami Dade Fire Chief games, momentum swung wildly in a first half that ended tied at James insisted he would be better after shooting 7 of 21 from David Downey said 24 people were transported to area hospitals, 49. San Antonio raced to a quick 10-point lead, fell behind by 10 the field with no free throws in that game, saying he was the star and that two people were in serious condition. with 7 minutes left in the half, then finished with an 11-2 spurt and it was his job to lead his team. He was 15 of 25 on Thursday. “We share our concerns for all that was injured at Shuckers sparked by reserve Boris Diaw. Bosh drove for a dunk that came But while James - and millions of critics worldwide - wanted to restaurant,” Wade said as he started his postgame news confer- just after the buzzer, Spurs owner Peter Holt waving it off from his pile all the pressure on the league’s MVP, it was Wade on ence. Wade, battling right knee pain throughout the spring, seat along the sideline. James rocked back and forth during the Wednesday who said it was the Heat’s three All-Stars who had to helped the Heat put it away in the fourth quarter. He followed a national anthem, a bundle of energy ready to get going. lead them together, or there would be no championship. basket with a steal and dunk, pushing the lead to 90-81, and after It took a few minutes after the game started, but he began He was right. And now those championship hopes are right he made another jumper, Bosh scored the next six Heat points, playing with the speed and power that can make him unguard- back on track. “It was all about myself, Chris and LeBron coming taking the load off James. able, grabbing rebounds on defense and rushing the ball up the out and leading this team to a victory,” Wade said. “The thing we “We’re not going to put him on an island,” Bosh said. “He’s floor himself to get the Heat into their offense. He and Wade com- talked about is we all have to make an impact in this game, some- never alone. We’re out there with him.” The Heat switched their bined to make 10 of 11 shots and score 21 points in the first quar- how, some way.” Wade shot 14 of 25, adding six steals, six lineup, inserting Mike Miller, who made 10 of his 11 shots, going 9 ter, helping the Heat erase their early 10-point deficit to go ahead rebounds and four assists in a performance that James compared of 10 on 3-pointers, in the first three games of the series. He was 29-26. Popovich even lit into Duncan during an early second- to when Wade was MVP of the 2006 finals. scoreless on Thursday. The Heat changed uniforms, too, switch- quarter timeout with Miami on its way to a 41-31 advantage, but Tony Parker had 15 points and nine assists for the Spurs, who ing from their road reds to their blacks. The only change they real- the Spurs had it back to even by the time the teams headed to made a finals-record 16 3-pointers on Tuesday but got up only 16 ly needed was in the performances of their Big Three. James the locker room. Notes: Sebastien De La Cruz, an 11-year-old attempts in this one. Gary Neal scored 13 points and Danny called it a “must-win” and it probably was: No team has overcome mariachi singer, sang the national anthem again after his Game 3 Green had 10, solid nights but nothing like when they combined a 3-1 deficit in the finals. performance set off a barrage of racist tweets by what Popovich for 13 3-pointers two nights earlier. “They play very aggressive And the way their three stars played, they couldn’t lose. The called “idiots.” Popovich and Spoelstra congratulated him at mid- defense,” Parker said. “They gamble and they take a lot of Heat blocked shots, made stops, and occasionally flopped, play- court after his performance, which earned him a rousing ovation. chances, and tonight it worked.” ing with renewed aggression after what coach Erik Spoelstra ... James passed Hakeem Olajuwon (3,755 points) and John The Heat guaranteed they will get at least one more game on called a “miserable” day of watching and analyzing their passive Havlicek (3,776) to move into ninth place in career playoff scoring. their home floor. Game 6 will be Tuesday night, where they could performance from Tuesday. They still haven’t lost two in a row James has 3,777. — AP NFL to limit bags brought into stadiums

FLORHAM PARK:Bring yourself to the clutch bag will be allowed per person. quicker experience at the gates and also reclaim after games. game. Leave the cooler and backpack at Binoculars, cameras, and smartphones also provide a safer environment. We appreci- Recently, the NFL has done pat downs home. The NFL is tightening stadium secu- will be permitted. Banned items will ate our fans’ cooperation.” and bag checks and also used metal detec- rity starting this preseason, limiting the size include purses larger than a clutch bag; An NFL committee on stadium security tors to upgrade security. The new policy and type of bags fans can bring to the coolers; briefcases; backpacks; fanny packs; recommended these measures in May and announced Thursday has worked well at game. The restrictions are designed to cinch bags; seat cushions; luggage; com- the owners have approved them. A sec- colleges such as Penn State, Michigan and enhance security while speeding up entry puter bags; and camera bags or any bag ondary buffer area well outside the stadi- Michigan State, which do not permit any into stadiums. With the exception of med- larger than the permissible size. um will be established where security per- bags in their stadiums. Boston’s TD Garden ically necessary items, only clear plastic, The league is encouraging fans not to sonnel will check for prohibited items or allows only clutch bags. vinyl or PVC bags no larger than 12 inches bring any bags to games. “Our fans deserve bags being carried toward the ballpark. The NFL ramped up security at the draft by 6 inches by 12 inches will be allowed. to be in a safe and secure environment,” Fans with prohibited bags will be turned in late April, its one major event since the One-gallon clear plastic freezer bags also Jeffrey Miller, the NFL’s chief security offi- away until they dispose of those bags. Boston Marathon bombings. In a state- will be OK, as will small clear plastic bags cer, said Thursday. “Public safety is our top Stadium personnel are being encouraged ment Thursday, the league said: “We had approximately the size of someone’s hand, priority. This will make the job of checking to have approved bags on hand to give to been discussing a new approach to bag with or without a handle or strap. items much more efficient and effective. fans, or to have a place outside the restrict- restrictions before the Boston Marathon One of those clear bags and a small We will be able to deliver a better and ed areas to check items, so that fans can incident. —AP sports SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Buoyant Bolt certain of negotiating trials

OSLO: Usain Bolt dispelled any concerns outside the Jamaican. over his early-season form by blasting to a “It’s always good to have someone in convincing victory in the 200m at the front of you,” he said. “You can focus on Bislett Games. But the Jamaican sprint who’s ahead and they lead you through star, a six-time Olympic gold medallist and the bend.” Bolt said the race had left him world record holder in both the 100 and feeling like he was “in pretty good 200m 200m, faces the daunting prospect of hav- shape”. “It’s my favourite event, and the ing to negotiate the Jamaican national tri- race shows that I’m not in as bad shape as als to compete in the 100m in the August I thought. “You have to be very powerful 10-18 World Athletics Championships. The to beat me off the curve,” he said, adding one big stain on Bolt’s stellar career came that in better weather conditions the race in the stifling South Korean heat and “would definitely have been 19.50sec”. humidity of Daegu at the 2011 worlds, a The victory, with his closest rival, false start seeing him automatically dis- Norwegian Jaysum Saidy Ndure, finishing qualified from the blue riband event of more than half a second away, was a wel- track and field. come tonic after his defeat by American Training partner and compatriot Yohan Justin Gatlin in the Rome meet of the Blake was crowned new world 100m Diamond League. That brought his tally to champ and as such earns the right to just five losses in his professional career enjoy a wildcard entry into the Moscow since taking the world of sprinting by LAS VEGAS: In this image provided the Miss Universe Organization, Stacie worlds. It means Bolt returns home for a storm at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, Juris (left) wearing a Chicago Blackhawks jersey, and Miss Illinois, and Sarah debriefing with his coach Glen Mills including defeats by compatriot Asafa Kidd, Miss Massachusetts, wearing a Boston Bruins jersey, face-off with hockey before tackling the ultra-competitive Powell and American Tyson Gay. sticks as they pose for a photo at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino. — AP world of Jamaican 100m running, despite But Bolt insisted that sprinting was not having twice run under the qualifying about personal rivalries. “Year after year, time of 10.15sec already this season. A people come to try to beat Usain Bolt. But Fans, players catch breath top-three finish would see him qualify for you cannot focus on one person because the 100m and 4x100m relay team. you never know who’s going to show up after Game One thriller There is no need to impress on Bolt the the next day,” he said, citing Gatlin’s loss dangers of the national trials, after Blake to Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre just Hockey fans were still catching their For the Bruins the challenge is straight- beat him in the pre-Olympic champs over days after his Rome victory. breath on Thursday after the Chicago forward; refocus and stop agonizing over both distances, although the two are “You have to focus on putting every- Blackhawks beat the Boston Bruins in a missed opportunities and what might unlikely to meet in the June 21-23 thing together. “If I lose a race, it’s back to Game One triple-overtime Stanley Cup have been if they had capitalized on just Kingston meet. the drawing board... But I’m never worried thriller that has already been labelled a one of their many chances in overtime. “Now I’m heading back to Jamaica and about losing a race because at the world classic. Chicago’s 4-3 comeback win will Just minutes before Shaw’s decider, will prepare for the world championships,” championships I show up and get it long be remembered by anyone who wit- Bruins Kaspars Daugavins could have said Bolt after his victory late Thursday. “I done.” He added: “Definitely my goals nessed the pulsating four-hour drama penned a very different result but with love to compete at home. “I’ll go to the tri- remain the same: to be the best in the unfold on television or inside a packed Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford als to try to win, but it’s all about the qual- world and win three gold medals in United Center. But the Bruins will be try- sprawled across the ice the Latvian could- ification.” Bolt certainly impressed over Moscow. “And my dream is also to break ing hard to forget as they look forward to n’t put the puck in the open net. the 200m in Oslo, setting a new Bislett 19 seconds in the 200m.” Bolt was quick to Game Two today and leveling the best-of- “There’s no question that it’s a tough Stadium meet record of 19.79sec despite add, however, that sprinting was “never seven series. loss,” said Bruins Adam McQuaid. “At the cold conditions and the fact that about the times”. “It’s all about winning. If The Blackhawks were forced to play same time, it was a game that could have what amounted to almost two complete gone either way. “Take the positives from European champion Churandy Martina I run 20sec flat to win gold at the world games to get one victory, Andrew Shaw it. Today is a new day. We kind of start was disqualified for a false start in the lane championships, I’d be happy.” — AFP ending the fifth-longest game in Stanley over and just have to get ready for Game Cup Final history with his goal 12:08 of Two.” The real winners on Wednesday the third overtime period. Exhausted were the fans, who had been left bitter players left the ice to a thundering ova- and disillusioned when a nasty labor dis- tion but some were back at the United pute very nearly resulted in no season Center on Thursday to fulfill media obli- until a last minute deal was struck to sal- gations, tired but no so weary they could- vage a 48-game season. n’t crack a joke. Owners and players promised they “To tell you the truth, (I) fall asleep would reward fans for their patience and around 3:00. Woke up early,” shrugged loyalty and on Wednesday two Original Blackhawks’ Slovakian forward Marian Six rivals delivered a Stanley Cup Finals Hossa. “I think my neighbor decided he opener for the ages. The NHL reported (was) going to drill in the morning. “You that Game One received a 4.8 household know, hopefully (he) is going to get his rating, which is the best metered market message for next time, he won’t drill. “We rating for a Stanley Cup Final Game One are lucky, we got extra day, you know, to since 1997 but there were other signs recharge the batteries and get back on people had been captivated by the Game Two.” For the Bruins, recovering breathless marathon. physically from the draining contest may As game went on the Twitter-verse was be easier than recovering mentally after abuzz with everyone from the White watching a 3-1 lead with 12 minutes left House to the Rolling Stones drawn into in regulation disappear into a gut- the unfolding drama. US president Barack wrenching loss. Obama, a Chicago backer, offered: “Good While admitting that losing in triple- luck to the @NHLBlackhawks tonight - overtime stings, Bruins coach Claude hope to welcome you back to the White Julien was searching for some perspective House again as #StanleyCup champs. -bo” after the crushing defeat. “Last time we while Rolling Stones frontman Mick won the Cup, we lost the first two games Jagger showed his colors donning a to Vancouver,” recalled Julien. “It never Bruins jersey and posting it on Instagram. stopped us from coming back. This cer- “Both teams wanted to win that game tainly won’t. “With a little bit of luck, we and no one was going to give it up easy,” could have ended it before they did. said Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews. “Some nights you get the break going “We’re obviously feeling pretty good OSLO: Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates after winning the men’s 200 m event your way, some nights you don’t.” about it.” — Reuters during the Diamond League athletics competition at the Bislett Stadium on June 13, 2013. — AFP sports SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Jet-setter Mickelson flies high at Merion

ARDMORE: Family man Phil Mickelson, typ- Colsaerts opened with a 69 while former did well to save par at the fifth where his ically bold and unconventional in his tour- Masters champion Charl Schwartzel, fellow tee shot nearly ended up in a stream. He nament build-up, thrilled his fans by taking South African Tim Clark, Australian Jason knocked in a short birdie putt at the sev- the clubhouse lead in the weather-delayed Day and Americans Jerry Kelly and Rickie enth before moving one stroke clear by first round of the US Open on Thursday. Fowler carded 70s. sinking a 30-footer at the par-three ninth. Despite having arrived at Merion Golf Club Kelly had been just one stroke behind Mickelson was fulsome in his praise of in the early hours of the morning after an Mickelson before slipping back with a dou- Merion’s East Course, which is staging its overnight flight from his native California, ble-bogey at the tricky par-four 18th. Long- first US Open in 32 years after long being ARDMORE: Tiger Woods of the United States reacts on Mickelson soared into contention at the hitting Americans Bubba Watson and regarded as too short to host a major. the 16th green during a continuation of Round One of year’s second major with a three-under-par Dustin Johnson, and English world number “This is the best setup I’ve ever seen for the 113th US Open at Merion Golf Club yesterday in 67. five Justin Rose, were among a group of 10 a US Open,” he said. “It’s a course that’s Ardmore, Pennsylvania. — AFP Play was eventually abandoned for the players knotted on 71. withstood the test of time and it’s challeng- day in fading light just before 8:30 p.m. ing the best players in the world this week.” (0030 GMT), following two earlier suspen- Darkening skies Though Merion is a short layout by modern Wrist appears an sions totaling four-and-a-quarter hours, The siren had first sounded at 8:36 a.m. standards, measuring 6,996 yards off the with world number six Luke Donald leading to halt the action under darkening skies, back tees, it is renowned for its thick rough, issue as Tiger at four under par after 13 holes. “I feel like with Englishman Ian Poulter the early tilting fairways, contoured greens and sev- I’m in pretty good control of my game, and leader at three under par after recording eral semi-blind shots. While players were struggles at Open it’s nice to get off to such a good start,” birdies on his first three holes. When play able to attack the pins on greens made Englishman Donald told reporters after ARDMORE: Top-ranked Tiger Woods stumbled to a two-over par making three consecutive birdies from the start over 10 holes in Thursday’s first round of the US Open and 11th, a curling nine-footer at the 13th giv- appeared to injure his left wrist blasting out of Merion’s dense rough. ing him the outright lead. Woods, a 14-time major champion chasing the all-time record of 18 Donald, a former world number one majors won by Jack Nicklaus, might have hurt himself with his second who has yet to clinch his first major title, shot on the first hole, following an errant tee shot by punching out of was delighted to take advantage of a rain- the deep grass. Woods shook his left wrist after making the shot and softened Merion where there was very little later at the fifth hole seemed to wince after another shot to escape wind but thick rough lying in wait as its the tall grass, which had been made tougher by rains earlier in the main defence. “You can attack the pins a lit- day that delayed his start by three hours and 32 minutes. The four- tle bit more, so it’s playing as gentle as it time US Open champion was shaking his wrist again after a blast out might play so far,” he said. “Today was a of the rough at the 11th. At the very least, the wrist appeared to be an good day. I’ve got five holes left and five issue for Woods that contributed to a disappointing performance by pretty tough ones to finish.” the pre-tournament favorite, who would match the career record for Left-hander Mickelson, who carried five US Open triumphs with a victory this week. Woods has not won a wedges but no driver in his bag to tackle major title since the 2008 US Open, where he limped to victory on Merion’s short East Course, mixed four what proved to be a broken leg. He has been nagged by knee and leg birdies with a lone bogey after setting off injuries since then as well as the infamous sex scandal revealed in from the 11th hole in the second group of 2009. The latest injury fear brought back memories of a wrist injury the day. suffered by Woods as an amateur at the 1995 US Open at Shinnecock. Mickelson equaled his lowest ever Woods had to withdraw because of a wrist injury suffered when he opening round at the US Open, having pre- ARDMORE: Phil Mickelson adjust his visor after putting on the 10th hole tried to blast a ball out of dense underbrush. Woods sandwiched two viously fired a 67 at the start of the 1999 bogeys around a birdie in the first three holes of his roller coaster during the first round of the US Open golf tournament at Merion Golf Club, championship at Pinehurst where he fin- Thursday, June 13, 2013, in Ardmore, Pa. —AP round, which came while paired alongside second-ranked Rory ished in second place. “Pretty good, a good McIlroy and third-ranked Masters champion Adam Scott in the fea- start,” Mickelson said after making do with eventually resumed, however, Poulter more receptive by torrential rain during the ture group. just a few hours of sleep on his private jet immediately fell back with a bogey at the championship build-up and again on Woods took another bogey at the fifth but answered with a birdie while returning from San Diego where he par-four 14th, where his drive ended up in Thursday morning, big numbers were wait- on the very next hole, only to make another bogey at the par-3 ninth. had attended his oldest daughter heavy, wet rough and he ended his round ing for anyone missing the fairway. “It’s a At the 11th, Woods had a 2 1/2-foot par putt when darkness stopped Amanda’s eighth grade graduation cere- with a 71. Mickelson, runner-up at the U.S. lot tougher than what they say it is,” said play. He elected not to attempt the putt until play resumed Friday mony. Open a record five times, was at level par 2011 Masters champion Schwartzel, who morning at 7:15 am (1115 GMT). “It’s going to be a fast night,” Woods “I might have used just a little caffeine after five holes when play was suspended, shared the early lead after making three said after his round. “I’ve got a lot of holes to play tomorrow. And booster at the turn, just to keep me sharp, and he mounted his charge after returning successive birdies from the par-three 13. hopefully I can play a little better than I did today.” but that was our ninth hole or so and I just to the course. “There are a lot of holes that are very penal- Woods did not use the weather disruptions as an excuse for his wanted to make sure I had enough energy. The 42-year-old rolled in a breaking 25- ising. I made three bogeys and that was all struggles but also did not mention his wrist in comments provided by I feel great.” Long-hitting Belgian Nicolas foot birdie putt at the par-four first, then missed fairways.” — Reuters the US Golf Association. “It’s kind of the way the tour has been this year,” Woods said. “We’ve had a lot of bad weather this year and this is the way it has been.”— AFP Another TV viewer calls in, but no violation ARDMORE: The way it’s going lately, it the elevated green, he walked up the hill the fifth fairway. After a review, the USGA can’t be a major championship unless a few times to see the flag. O’Toole said said there was no violation. someone calls in to report a rules viola- the viewer suggested Stricker trampled Two months ago, Woods took an tion. This time, the USGA talked to the the grass where he was to drop the ball. incorrect drop after his ball bounced off player before he signed his card. And “It’s not an intent-based rule,” O’Toole the pin at the 15th hole and went into the unlike Tiger Woods at the Masters, it turns said. “In light of other things, we wanted water in front of the green. Instead of out Steve Stricker did nothing wrong on to review it.” After meeting with Stricker, dropping it as near as possible to his pre- the par-3 third hole except for a bad tee it was determined that he did not drop it vious lie, he went back a few paces to shot that led to double bogey. USGA vice in the area he was walking, and it was not avoid hitting the pin on the fly again. A TV president Thomas O’Toole met with a violation. Stricker said he was surprised viewer - rules expert David Eger in this Stricker right after he birdied his last hole to see O’Toole in the trailer to ask about case - notified Augusta National. Fred for a 1-over 71. O’Toole said a call came in the drop. Ridley, the rules and competition chair- that Stricker improved his lie in an area “I had a pine tree in my way, and I was man at the Masters, didn’t see anything where he intended to take a penalty drop struggling to get the line of my drop,” wrong and didn’t talk to Woods before he by walking back and forth on the thick Stricker said. “I couldn’t see the wicker signed for a 71. Under closer review, and grass. basket. I dropped it in any area that was after Woods spoke about what he did, it His tee shot went on the edge of a not disturbed.” That wasn’t the only inci- was determined he did violate the rule bunker in the trees short and left of the dent from the armchair rules officials. and received a two-shot penalty. ARDMORE: Kevin Streelman of the United States hits green. The rules official determined it was USGA spokesman Joe Goode said there Ultimately, Woods wasn’t disqualified for his tee shot on the fifth hole during a continuation of not in a bunker, and Stricker took a one- were several calls and emails that Adam signing an incorrect card because it was Round One of the 113th US Open at Merion Golf Club shot penalty for an unplayable lie because Scott grounded his club in the hazard just deemed a committee error by not talking yesterday. — AFP a tree got in the way of his swing. With above a small stream on the left side of to Woods. —AP sports SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Kenya cricket warriors: From lions to Lord’s

OL PEJETA: With lions lurking in the long wicket. Dressed in flowing red skirts and unlikely cricketing teams. “It is a sport that match to make up numbers on a visiting grass, the barefoot Maasai warrior gallops draped in colourful bead necklaces, the at first seemed very strange to us,” said Indian team playing against the Maasai. into a sprint and swings his spear arm-deliv- warriors from the legendary Kenyan tribe Robert Kilesi Piroris, 28, Maasai warrior and “It’s an amazing experience and sight to ering a fast-paced cricket ball straight at the are one of the world’s most unusual and cricket player. “But today the game brings see them play here,” said Grounds, but us and the community together, and we added that it would be nothing compared love it,” he added, speaking as he waited to to the sight of the warriors playing at Lord’s. bat in a friendly match, on a pitch mown “Lord’s is the spiritual home of cricket... I out of the rolling grass savannah of north- guess that the traditional members of the ern Kenya, with giraffe strolling past in the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club, owner of distance. It is doubtful you could find a Lord’s) will find it all a bit bizarre,” Grounds place more different from the birthplace of added. “But if they can get there-and let’s the sport on the manicured grass of hope they can raise sufficient funds to do it- Britain’s famous Lord’s Cricket Ground. But you know, people just won’t be able to that is exactly where the Maasai hope to go, believe themselves.” after they were invited to join an interna- tional competition at the renowned field in Boosting HIV awareness, August, at the Twenty20 cricket “Last Man anti-poaching campaigns Stands World Championships” in London. British troops stationed in Kenya keen to “We can show the world that we may look encourage the Maasai are even helping out different to those dressed in cricket whites to clear a cricket field for the team, since the but can still play the game,” said captain players currently have to walk for several Sonyanga Ole Ngais. hours from their dispersed and remote vil- The team needs to raise funds, drum- lages to reach a training ground. But the ming up support and sponsorship for the Maasai team are not simply about playing a trip, but has already shown its ability to take good game, but also about raising aware- an international tour, playing in South ness of key issues that their community OL PEJETA: A file photo taken on June 6, 2013 shows the Maasai Warriors Africa in 2012 in short format Twenty20 faces. They visit schools to talk about AIDS cricket team posing after a T20 cricket match against the Ambassadors of games there. Freddie Grounds, a major in prevention, early marriage, gender equality, Cricket from India, in Ol Pejeta conservancy in Laikipia national park in the British army which trains troops in the environmental protection and battling Kenya. — AFP Laikipia region of Kenya, joined in the alcoholism and drug addiction.— AFP India match ‘like Australia fines, suspends a final’: Misbah Warner after bar attack BIRMINGHAM: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul Haq said yester- day that he regarded the Champions Trophy clash against BIRMINGHAM: David Warner heaped selection for the first test.” “David knows on the brink of elimination in the arch-rivals India as a “final”, even though his team has more embarrassment on Australia’s he has not met the standards of an Champions Trophy after picking up one crashed out of the race to be in the last four. The last group B embattled cricket team ahead of the Australian cricketer,” said Australia cap- point from its first two games, having match at Edgbaston, which was billed as the showpiece Ashes when the hot-headed batsman was tain Michael Clarke, who flanked Warner gone into the tournament on the back of game of the eight-nation event, holds only academic interest suspended Thursday and fined for the at the news conference and said his team- a 243-run thrashing by India in a warm- since India are already through to the last four and Pakistan second time in a month after punching have no chance of qualifying. But Misbah said his team want- England player Joe Root in the face in an ed to sign off on a winning note, hoping to lessen the blow alcohol-fuelled late-night bar incident. for disappointed fans with a face-saving win over Pakistan’s Warner escaped being sent home in dis- south Asian neighbours and bitter rivals. grace from the tour of England and can “Whenever we play each other it’s like a final for every- return from his ban in time to play in the body,” Misbah told reporters after his team’s training session first Ashes test at Trent Bridge in at the ground in Birmingham, central England. “It’s still a very Nottingham, starting July 10. However, important game even though we may be out of the tourna- the unsavory episode has left Australia in ment. India and Pakistan have more followers of cricket than further disarray ahead of the eagerly any other team and they all like to see us play each other.” anticipated series against its old foe, and Birmingham is one of Britain’s most ethnically diverse cities continued the theme of indiscipline that with people of Pakistani origin making up the biggest group- has plagued the team in recent months. ensuring vocal support for Misbah’s men. After lashing out at two senior cricket According to the 2011 Census, 13.5 percent of the city or journalists in an expletive-filled Twitter nearly 145,000 people classed themselves as of Pakistani ori- rant last month - earning Warner a fine of gin compared with nearly 65,000 of Indian origin (6.0 per- 5,750 Australian dollars - the volatile cent). Pakistan were let down by poor batting in the two opener landed himself in further trouble games, having been bowled out for 170 by the West Indies by attacking Root in the early hours after and then dismissed for 167 by a depleted South African Australia’s 48-run loss to England in the attack missing frontline strike bowlers Dale Steyn and Morne Champions Trophy today. “I’m owning up, Morkel. putting my hand up,” a contrite Warner But Misbah, who top-scored in both matches, said he said at a news conference in central expected his team to rise to its potential against India since London, acknowledging the incident BIRMINGHAM: This is a file photo of Australia’s David Warner as he walks the pressure was off. “It’s just one more game for us, there is occurred after a night of drinking. “I’m off the pitch after a drinks break as a non-playing reserve as his team play no pressure on us now,” he said. “It gives us a chance to responsible for my actions, extremely New Zealand during their group stage ICC Trophy cricket match at prove ourselves on the field, express ourselves freely and win remorseful. I’ve let not just my teammates Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. —AP back our pride.” Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s World Cup champi- down, but the Australia fans, the support ons showed awesome batting form against South Africa and staff, myself, my family. “I’m sincerely mate’s behavior had been “unaccept- up match. Australia was skittled out for the West Indies, but Misbah said Pakistan’s 2-1 one-day series apologetic.” Warner admitted to breach- able.” “He’ll learn from this. Make him a just 65 in that game and needs to beat Sri win in India in December-January will give his side confi- ing Cricket Australia’s code of behavior better person and player.” Lanka tomorrow to have any chance of dence. during a hearing via teleconference on Australia’s preparations for the Ashes advancing to the next round. Throw in the “We have the bowlers to contain India,” he said. “They Thursday, and was suspended until the have been chaotic, having lost its most problems with Clarke’s lower back that bowled so effectively in that series in India and will be confi- first Ashes test and fined 11,500 recent test series 4-0 to India during have forced him out of the Champions dent of doing that again. India have played well in this tour- Australian dollars. which four players - including then-vice Trophy so far and made him a doubt for nament, so beating them will be very satisfying.” Dhoni “Warner pleaded guilty to breaching captain Shane Watson - were dropped for the Ashes, and the team’s tour of England agreed with Misbah that today’s game was important, but Rule 6: Unbecoming Behavior,” CA said in failing to provide written feedback on couldn’t have got off to a worse start. It insisted that was not only because the opponents were a statement. He will miss the rest of the how to improve their own and the team’s continues Australia’s sharp decline from Pakistan. “It does not matter which side you are playing Champions Trophy as well as Australia’s performance. The saga was labeled the heady days at the start of the century, because all international sides are good, so there is no point tour games against Somerset and “Homeworkgate” and proved humiliating when it was the dominant force in world taking any added pressure,” he said.—AFP Worcestershire, but “will be eligible for to team management. The Australians are cricket in every format.—AP SPORTS SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013

Manchester City hires Photo of the day Pellegrini as manager MANCHESTER: Manchester City hired Manuel Pellegrini as the club’s new manager yesterday, entrusting a man nicknamed “The Engineer” with constructing a team to reclaim the Premier League title and become a force in the Champions League. The 59-year-old Chilean has been courted for months by City following impressive spells in Spain with Villarreal and Malaga, which he left this month. He also coached Real Madrid in his nine-year stint in Spain but was fired after one season despite guid- ing the team to its then-record points total in La Liga. Pellegrini was appointed exactly a month after Roberto Mancini was fired for failing to capture a trophy in his third full season in charge, an indication of the expectations loaded on City’s new manager by its mega- rich owners from Abu Dhabi. “I am delighted to accept this hugely exciting opportunity,” Pellegrini said. “The club has a clear vision for success both on and off the pitch and I am committed to making a significant contri- bution.” Pellegrini signed a three-year deal, having had to wait to complete the move while contractual issues with Malaga were sorted. British media is reporting his deal is worth 15 million pounds ($23.5 million). He will take up the role from June 24 and will be managing in his fifth country in 25 years, after previous stints in Chile, Ecuador, Argentina and Spain in which he won six major trophies in total. “Manuel is a hugely experienced and successful man- ager with a proven track record,” City chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said. “We have been greatly impressed Mark Webber and Erik Guay riding bicycles at Mont Rigaud. — www.redbullcontentpool.com throughout the selection process by his philosophy, his attitude and his commitment to the long-term develop- ment of Manchester City. I am delighted that he has joined us.” In a way, though, City is taking a gamble. Pellegrini failed to win a major title during his time in Spain and will Federer blasts his be coaching in England for the first time. Many will look at his short stint at Madrid and say he is yet to prove him- self at the highest level, that he flopped despite having at way to Halle semis his disposal the most expensively assembled squad in the history of the Spanish league. Look deeper, though, and it is easy to see why City executives Ferran Soriano HALLE: Four-time winner Roger Federer out- and Txiki Begiristain - former Barcelona officials charged classed Germany’s Mischa Zverev 6-0, 6-0 yester- with developing City’s long-term strategy - have turned day to book his place in the semi-finals of the to a laid-back coach known for his man-management Halle Open. The world number three will play skills and ability to get the best out of players. the winner of the quarter-final match between Pellegrini, who speaks English, overachieved at Germany’s Tommy Haas, who beat him in last Villarreal and Malaga, leading the former to the year’s final, and France’s Gael Monfils. The 31- Champions League semifinals in 2006 and an unprece- year-old Federer wrapped up the first set in just dented second-place finish in La Liga and the latter to 20 minutes then concluded the second-and the the quarterfinals of Europe’s top competition last season. match — 39 minutes later against the world He was also harshly dealt with by the powerbrokers at number 156. Madrid - told which players to keep, whom to sell and The “double bagel” whitewash is the second with some bought without his consent. Madrid finished of Federer’s career. His first was inflicted on its one and only season under Pellegrini with 96 points, a Argentina’s Gaston Gaudio in the semi-final of club record at the time, despite being without the injured the Shanghai indoor tournament on November Cristiano Ronaldo for six weeks. But the team finished 14, 2005. In Halle, the Swiss was even more effi- cient than in his opening 6-3, 6-3 victory over second after coming up against the all-conquering another German qualifier, world number 166 Barcelona side of Pep Guardiola. — AP Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, in 67 minutes. Federer, who has won a record 17 Grand Slams, is still out to win his first trophy of the season and now has 41 wins and just five defeats on the grass at Halle. France’s Richard Gasquet, the world number nine, went through to the semi-final with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory over German world number 33 Florian Mayer. Gasquet will meet the winner of the match between Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber and Russian Mikhail Youzhny. The Frenchman’s victory was revenge after Mayer beat him in the Wimbledon quarter-final last year. He won the first set with ease in 34 minutes but was forced to a tie-break in the sec- ond, eventually winning out with an ace. His advance to the last four is the fourth time this CORNELLA: A file picture shows Malaga’s Chilean year he has made a semi-final. He was beaten coach Manuel Pellegrini during a Spanish League foot- by Andy Murray in Madrid but won the other HALLE: Swiss Roger Federer hits the ball during his match ball match between RCD Espanyol and Malaga.— AFP two on the way to titles in Doha and against German Mischa Zverev (unseen) at the ATP Gerry Montpellier. — AFP Weber Open tennis tournament yesterday. — AFP sports SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 Brazilian stadiums get final touches

RIO DE JANEIRO: The Confederations Cup begins today in the shadow of violent protests in two of Brazil’s biggest cities, with builders still slapping cement on stadiums. The eight-nation tournament, seen as a test of Brazil’s ability to organize mega sports events a year before the World Cup, starts today in the capital Brasilia with a game between the host and Asian champion Japan. It ends in Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium two weeks later. The tournament is held every four years - always one year before the World Cup - between the champions of each football confedera- tion. Workmen were still applying cement onto walks, attaching glass panels and painting at several stadiums as the clock ticked down to kick-off, but FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he was not worried about the last-minute preparations. “There’s a lot of work that will be done in the last minute,” he said. “So for me it is not a surprise that two days to go there is still work somewhere. It means that something is not finished so we should just say, okay, and finish it.” While the paint and cement dry, tournament officials have been keeping an eye on the street protests, handling team complaints, and hoping Nigeria turn up on time. Thousands of protesters marched in Rio and Sao Paulo on Thursday to rage against increases in bus and subway fares, and some clashed with police. Officials said roughly 5,000 protesters were in Sao Paulo’s central area, where they clashed with police who fired tear gas to try to dis- perse the crowd. Police said 40 people were detained, some with knives and gasoline bombs. Police in Rio said about 2,000 people protested there. In Rio, Italy reportedly complained it was not advised in advance that Joao Havelange Stadium, known as the Engenhao, was closed because of a faulty roof, forcing it to find an alternative practice venue. In Recife, Uruguay was BRASILIA: A man jumps over burning tires set on fire by people who also block access to Brasilia’s Mane Garrincha, one of forced to go looking for a new practice pitch because the the six host stadiums for the upcoming Confederations Cup, to protest in part against the government’s policy of the stadium chosen by the squad was not in good condition expenditure for the 2014 FIFA World Cup yesterday. — AFP following heavy rains. “For the World Cup, we have to be on alert so the same mistakes don’t happen again, especially the delays, the Under-pressure Brazil set to increased costs and the use of public funds,” congressman and former Brazil striker Romario said. Latin America is rep- resented here by Brazil, Uruguay and Mexico, Europe by face Japan in tricky opener Spain and Italy, Africa by Nigeria, Asia by Japan and the tiny footballing nation of Tahiti, which had an easy passage to the tournament against weak opposition in the Oceania BRASILIA: Brazil and coach Luiz Felipe Scolari ing two against England in friendly tussles in 1950 World Cup upset at the hands of the group. Nigeria gave world football authority FIFA a shock cannot help but have one eye on next year’s Wembley where England won 2-1 and Rio, United States-for a June 26 semi-final against on Thursday when its players threatened to go on strike World Cup on home soil, but if the acid test is which ended 2-2. “Brazil have a very strong either reigning South American champions and not travel to Brazil because the country’s football asso- 12 months away the countdown starts today team and we need to make sure they don’t Uruguay or African champions Nigeria, ciation suddenly cut players’ bonus payments. Nigeria’s when the Selecao take on Japan in their dole out a repeat of what they did in Poland,” assuming world champions Spain win Group players, in Namibia for a game, missed their connection to Confederations Cup opener. Scolari led the said midfielder Yasuhito Endo. B. Should Scolari’s men only take second Brazil and will arrive only today or tomorrow, leaving them Selecao to their fifth World Cup, a coronation “We will be out to make a much better place in the pool phase they would face a like- very little time to prepare for their first game on Monday. sealed in Tokyo 11 years ago. But the fact he is impression this time with more at stake.” The ly Spanish test in Fortaleza on June 27. Their first game is against the part-time players of Tahiti, back for a second spell at the helm is evi- tournament is the first major event hosted by If Brasilia is off the beaten track in terms of who should present little threat. dence of the degree to which impatience and Brazil since the 1989 Confederations Cup and Brazilian footballing tradition, nonetheless The competition is split into two groups, with Brazil, concern rule hearts and minds across this the logistical challenge has been a tough one, striking parallels can be seen between the city Japan, Mexico and Italy in Group A and Spain, Uruguay, giant footballing nation given a clutch of dis- raising concerns about whether the country and the national team. The city is a paean to Nigeria and Tahiti in Group B. Brazil, Italy, Spain and appointing showings at major events ever can produce 12 top notch venues for the modern architecture, a realised dream for for- Uruguay or Nigeria are favored to reach the semifinals, since. World Cup. The opening match at the Estadio mer President Juscelino Kubitschek, who with many football fans hoping for a Brazil vs.Spain final at Scolari has insisted since returning to the Nacional affords residents of the capital a rare determined in the mid-1950s that the capital the iconic Maracana on June 30. fold last November, ironically a matter of days chance to watch top-drawer football as the should be based in the very heart of the coun- Brazil has dominated global football for years, but has after predecessor Mano Manezes’ Brazil side city currently lacks a top-flight team. The try rather than remain in Rio. Kubitschek came slipped in the last decade, with Spain rising to become the spanked the Japanese 4-0 in a friendly in hosts will move on first to Fortaleza then up with the slogan “50 years of progress in top global team, holding the world and European titles. Poland, that the Confederations Cup is a Salvador for their remaining group encoun- five,” his era coinciding with the first great Brazil’s football-mad supporters have been embarrassed to sideshow and that he cannot deliver a second ters with Mexico and Italy. Brazil side which, with a teenage Pele on be relegated to 22nd in FIFA’s latest rankings, sandwiched dose of alchemy overnight. Yet the pressure is If the Selecao win Group A, they will then board, lifted their first World Cup in Sweden between Ghana and Mali, and are looking for salvation on as the four-time Asian Cup champions travel to Belo Horizonte-scene of England’s in 1958. — AFP from the latest goal-scoring sensation Neymar, who signed should provide a stiff test before further for Barcelona last month. showdowns with Olympic conquerors Mexico Neymar not fazed by goal drought Neymar will be wearing the No. 10 shirt for Brazil, a and three-time world champions Italy. weighty burden considering it was worn by Pele, arguably Brazil’s star man Neymar says the hosts will BRASILIA: Brazil superstar Neymar said on Thursday that he was not concerned about the best player ever. —AP not take the Japanese, coached by hugely- having gone nine matches without scoring, as he prepares to spearhead the host coun- experienced Italian Alberto Zaccheroni, light- try’s challenge at the Confederations Cup. The 21-year-old, who recently agreed to join ly, given the hosts are now safe in the knowl- Barcelona, will be the main attraction when Brazil kick off the competition against Japan Today’s edge they have booked their World Cup berth today, but he says he will be purely focused on helping the team. “Regardless of whether match on TV and can also draw on the likes of Manchester or not I score goals, which doesn’t mean anything, I’m proud to be with the Brazilian United favourite Shinji Kagawa. “Japan are a squad,” he said during a press conference. tricky proposition and not to be underesti- “I can’t behave for the national team as if I was with Santos, where everyone knew me. FIFA Confederations Cup mated. Keisuke Honda and Kagawa are Here, they still need to get to know me. “We’re still looking for our best team and I’ll be superb players and the team as a whole mark competing in one of the most important competitions of my career. I’ll improve myself at Brazil v Japan...... 22:00 you very tightly,” said Barcelona-bound each training session, every day.”On Today, Neymar will once again sport the mythical Al-Jazeera Sport 1 HD Neymar. Japan say they won’t be caught nap- number 10 shirt once worn by his feted Santos and Brazil predecessor Pele, but he said he Al-Jazeera Sport +9 ping as they were in Poland, but will need to felt no added pressure.”I think that the number has no importance, but the Brazil shirt? Al-Jazeera Sport 2 HD keep an eye on in-form striker Fred, who has Yes.” — AFP five goals in his last six internationals-includ- Man City hires Pellegrini as new manager 46 SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013 SATURDAY, SportsSports

LONDON: Lleyton Hewitt of Australia plays a return to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina (unseen) during their tennis quarterfinal match at the Queen’s Club grass court champi- onships yesterday. — AP Hewitt stuns del Potro to reach Queen’s semis

LONDON: Lleyton Hewitt rolled back the years as the Australian But the 32-year-old former Wimbledon champion enjoyed Hewitt’s semi-final opponent is Marin Cilic, who remains on moved into the Queen’s Club semi-finals with a surprise 6-2, 2-6, notable victories over highly-regarded Grigor Dimitrov and for- course to retain the Queen’s title after the defending champion 6-2 victory over Argentine third seed Juan Martin del Potro yes- mer Queen’s champion Sam Querrey en route to the last eight. It defeated Czech second seed Tomas Berdych 7-5, 7-6 (7/4). Cilic terday. Hewitt is a four-time Queen’s champion and this year he is was the first time Hewitt had won three successive matches at a won in bizarre circumstances last year when his final opponent bidding to become the oldest man to win the pre-Wimbledon tournament since his run to the final in Newport, also on grass, David Nalbandian was disqualified for kicking an advertising warm-up event, surpassing American legend Jimmy Connors, last July. Aided by two del Potro double faults, Hewitt earned two board into the shins of a line-judge in frustration at losing a point. who lifted the trophy aged 30 years and 284 days in 1983. He will break points at 3-2 and took the first set in style, unloading a fore- The Croatian fifth seed is now just two wins away from fancy his chances after seeing off world number eight del Potro hand winner that flashed past the Argentine. becoming the first player to retain the trophy since Andy Roddick to claim his first win over a top 10 player since he defeated Juan He finished off the set in style, breaking again as he nailed a in 2005 after a dominant display against world number six Monaco in Valencia last October. volley on set-point. Del Potro showed his grass court pedigree Berdych. “I served really good in the crucial moments and got “I’m still hanging in there. The last four or five years have been when he won the bronze medal in the London Olympics at free points. I’m really happy to be through,” Cilic said.Cilic had lost tough with surgeries, but mentally I feel fresh,” Hewitt said. “I’m Wimbledon last year and he hit back emphatically with two four of his previous five meetings with Berdych and had never enjoying competing with the best players in the world. I played breaks in the first three games of the second set. That was managed a grass court victory against a player ranked in the top really well, I’ve got better with each match this week.” The former enough to take the set, but Hewitt broke for a 3-1 lead in the 10. But the 24-year-old edged a tight first set when he landed the world number one, who made his first appearance at Queen’s as decider. only break of serve at 6-5. Cilic, who brought an end to his nine- a 17-year-old in 1998, is well into the twilight of his career and his Hewitt’s deep groundstrokes were keeping the towering del year partnership with Australian coach Bob Brett just before the lowly spot at 82 in the world rankings reflects his diminished sta- Potro off balance and he broke again to seal the win before invit- recent French Open, held his nerve when the second set went to tus. ing his son Cruz onto the court to celebrate the victory with him. a tie-break. — AFP