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of foreignsuicidebombers SUBSCRIPTION In Iraq,Syria;aresurgence Most arewiththeIslamicStateof IraqandtheLevant(ISIL), Many ofthemhavebeencarriedoutbyforeignersdrawn Fighters comingfromKuwait,Mideast,West 9

Shortly beforeAbdulWaheedMajeed,a41- 150 Fils AUDY A ,21 RJB4 45A No:16154 SATURDAY, 1435 AH MAY RAJAB4, 3,2014 without hittinghard How toliftsubsidies Panel todeviseimplementationmechanism proportion ofthe militantscarryingthemout. cide bombingswererampant,foreigners madeupthelargest also reportedbythegrouptohave blownthemselvesup. Moroccans andJordanians.ADanish citizenandaTadjikwere said manyofthemappearedto be Saudis,Libyans,Egyptians, group’s mostlethalwingsbasedmostlyinYemen.Alkhouri fighters fromAl-QaedaintheArabianPeninsula,oneof media postings. Flashpoint Partners,agroupwhichmonitorsmilitantsocial two-month period,saidLaithAlkhouri,asenioranalystwith with ISILonsocialmediawhoblewthemselvesupduringthe half ofthetotalnumberforeignsuicidebombersidentified which USandEuropeanauthoritiesmonitor.Thatisabout according topostingsonsocialmediasitesaffiliatedwithISIL, with ISILblewthemselvesupatvariouslocationsinIraq, fighters involvedintheviolence. they didnothaveprecisedataonthenumberofforeign levels notseensince2007,USofficialssaid.Thesaid helicopters two Ukraine rebels down Pro-Russian 10 During the2006-2007civilwarin Iraq,whentheuseofsui- Other suicidebombersinIraqMarchandAprilincluded But inMarchandAprilalone,atleast14Tunisiansfighting Resurgence ofbombers Continued onPage 14 “enough tobuild50schoolsinthecountry.”—Agencies save uptoKD300millionayear,anamounthesaysis ing thatrationalizingwaterbetween20to25percentcan Ministry ofElectricityandWater,wasrecentlyquotedassay- Undersecretary forWaterOperationandMaintenanceatthe in recentyears.MohammadBushehri,theAssistant such asenergythathasbeensufferingfromoverconsumption subsidization wouldhelpalleviatepressureonpublicservices the sourcessaid.Thegovernmentalsohopesthatreducing not leaveaseriouseffectonconsumersincludingexpatriates, billion annuallytoKD3billion,throughmechanismsthatdo long-term strategy,thesourcessaid. also planstodiscussmethodscurbbudgetwastethrougha tain servicestojustifyincreasingtheirvalue.Thecommittee ways bywhichthegovernmentincreasesqualityofcer- ing thevalueofnon-basicservices,whileanotherdiscusses tured inpreviousmeetings.Anotheroptioncallsforincreas- subsidization offuelandenergy,accordingtodiscussionsfea- option islikelytobeadoptedinfutureorderrationalize setting specificquotasofsubsidizedservicesforKuwaitis.This phased mannersoastoavertanyimmediatesocialimpactby suggests thatthegovernmentreducessubsidizationina day thattheplansarestillindiscussionstages.Oneoption Finance Ministry. impact asaresultofthenewmeasure,saidsourceswithin living inKuwaitwillnotexperienceanyseriousadverse dies. Atthesametime,itshouldalsoensurethatforeigners exchequer KD2.4billionannuallythroughrationalizingsubsi- evolving apragmaticmechanismthatcouldsaveupthestate without hittingtheexpatshard.Thediscussionswillfocuson this weektodiscussoptionsforimplementingthedecision new mechanismtoslashsubsidiesofexpatriateswillmeet KUWAIT: Europa final face offin Benfica Sevilla and protests arebanned. —AFP the king.Saudi Arabiaisanabsolutemonarchy where several arrestsinMarchfortweets deemedoffensiveto politically sensitiveorpornographic websites,made tions. However,theauthorities, whoblockaccessto networking sitestodemand improvedlivingcondi- the ultra-conservativeMuslim stateareturningtosocial all citizens,”thewebsitesays. MoreandmoreSaudisin agencies, andtotakesuitableactionforthebenefitof shortcomings intheservicesofferedbygovernment are tobeforwardedtheking. on anexperimentalbasisWednesday.Allmessages after theArabicwordforcommunication,waslaunched himself. Theportaltawasol.royalcourt.gov.sa,named an Internetsitesetupattheinitiativeofmonarch King Abdullahdirectlyandlodgecomplaintsthrough RIYADH: 48 The mainobjectiveistoreducesubsidizationfromKD5.4 The sourcesquotedbyAnnahardailyweresayingyester- hotline tothe Saudis getInternet “People willbeabletoinformthekingaboutany A governmentcommitteetaskedwithdevisinga Saudi citizenscannowpetition90-year-old Min Max k ing 24º 38º LOCAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Major shipment of liquor seized at Shuwaikh port

KUWAIT: Customs officials at the Shuwaikh Port MP questioned seized 11,400 liquor bottles smuggled in a ship- A lawmaker was held briefly for questioning ment of spare-parts’ that arrived on March 12, after he accidently hit a pedestrian at the Jamal 2014. The officials also discovered that the docu- Abdul-Nasser Road recently. MP Mohammad Al- ments stating the shipment was imported by the Enizy reportedly waited until an ambulance United States Army troops in Kuwait were forged. arrived at the scene in response to an emergency The customs department contacted the US Army call he made after the accident occurred. The law- officials after many weeks, but no one claimed the maker accompanied the Iranian man to the hospi- shipment. US Army officials said that they know tal and later left after he was told that the man’s nothing about the shipment, which confirmed injuries were not severe. MP Al-Enizy headed to customs personnel’s earlier suspicions that it Roudha police station later and filed a case. —Rai might contain contrabands. Customs officials waited for 48 hours before a decision was made to open the shipment on Thursday in the presence Fugitive nabbed of US Army representatives. They discovered that Jahra police arrested a fugitive who has 35 the shipment contained 1,000 cardboard boxes arrest warrants issued against him during a recent filled with Red Label bottles worth at least KD 1 crackdown in the area. Patrol officers had gone in million. The boxes were taken to the Drug Control the pursuit of the suspect after he ignored orders General Department, while investigations are to pull over. The man, Kuwaiti in his seventies, was going on to identify and arrest those who import- eventually forced to stop and placed under arrest. ed the shipment. —Rai An identity check revealed that the man is wanted for corruption charges and has 35 arrest warrant 12 held in gambling den raid issued in his name. He was taken to authorities for Twelve men were arrested inside an apartment further action. —Rai The vehicle that was set ablaze by unknown assailants. in Shaab that was turned into a casino according to police discoveries. Detectives had obtained a Work mishap warrant to raid the apartment after investigations A worker died after he fell from the 20th floor Armed robbers ransack confirmed that it was used for gambling and oth- of a building under construction in Mirqab recent- er illegal practices. The operation took place ly. Paramedics and police arrived at the scene Wednesday night, and police arrested 12 Kuwaiti shortly after the incident was reported, but dis- Ishbiliya co-op branches men who were inside at the time. A poker table, covered that the Egyptian man had already died. chips and other material used in gambling were The impact reportedly left the man decapitated, By Hanan Al-Saadoun ple was still heavily involved. found inside. The suspects were taken to the according to the investigations report. proper authorities to face charges. —Rai Criminal investigators took the body to the KUWAIT: Four unknown armed robbers Girls missing forensic department after they examined the entered two branches of a co-op society and A citizen told Abdallah Al-Salem police that Foul play in old man’s death escaped with goods, according to a security his daughter, born in 1989, went missing since scene. A case has been registered. —Watan A homicide investigation opened in a senior source. This Ishbiliya area incident followed April 24, while another citizen in Salwa said citizen’s death after evidence of foul play was earlier crimes in Khaldiya during which an that her daughter was also missing since found on the scene. Police and paramedics head- Poisoning attempt Egyptian expat was stabbed while attempting Tuesday. ed to the man’s apartment in Mahboulah after a A domestic helper was held at the Andalus to fend off the thieves. relative reported that the man was not answering police station after her employer accused her of Vehicle fire the door. They broke the door open and discov- trying to poison his family. In his statements to ‘Romantic’ couple arrested In Salam area, firemen battled fire in two ered that the man was dead. They summoned police, the Kuwaiti man said that he caught his A citizen and an Arab expat were arrested vehicles and determined that the fire was delib- criminal investigators who found bruises across maid with the help of CCTV cameras putting pesti- and placed under arrest in Maidan Hawally erate. Meanwhile, three Arab children were tak- the man’s body, which led them to speculate that cides in food she was about to serve to his family. police station, when a citizen called them en to the intensive care unit in Adan Hospital he might have been killed. The man was in his six- The Ethiopian woman was held pending investi- about the two being involved in a hot roman- following a fire in an Agaila house. The children tic act. When police went to the site, the cou- are stated to be in a highly critical condition. ties at the time of death. —Rai gations. —Watan Police raid Sulaibiya tent, nab 3 Saudis, 2 bedoons

By Hanan Al-Saadoun out of ammunition. collision between his vehicle and another Fire breaks out belonging to Kuwait Municipality in Subhan. A fire broke out in the first floor apartment KUWAIT: Police raided a tent in Sulaibiya and Hot chase of a building in Sabah Al-Salem, said security arrested five people — three Saudis and two In a related event, security sources said that Injured sources noting that both Mishref and Qurain bedoons —and seized a quarter kilo of detectives were chasing a few young people A citizen sustained various injuries when firefighters rushed to the scene and managed hashish, a Kalashnikov rifle and an air pressure who are thought to be connected with the he lost control of his vehicle while driving to contain the fire. Two injuries were reported; rifle. The police, acting on a tip-off they recent security cash robbery in Sulaibiya. The along Jahra road without paying attention to one of the tenants broke his foot jumping received from Saudi Arabia, rushed to the area sources added that the suspects also the construction works going on there. from the first floor to escape the flames and a hoping that they could catch the assailants exchanged fire with the police. Armed robbers fireman who suffered dehydration. involved in the gunning down of security had attacked a security cash transport vehicle guards last week. However, interrogating the at the vegetable market killing two Asian secu- five suspects, detectives found out that they rity men and stealing KD 13,000. had nothing to do with last Friday’s ghastly killings. Egyptian arrested Commenting on the extensive shooting An Egyptian was arrested in Hawalli with incidents reported from Suliabiya on the early the possession of ICE and hashish, said securi- hours of yesterday, well-informed security ty sources noting that the suspect also carried sources said that police operations had a civil ID of a famous female ruling family received a call from Saudi Arabia where some- member with which he used to threaten one expressed suspicions that his cousin police. However, checking on him, detectives might be involved in the recent robbery of a found out that he did not work for her. Still security vehicle. The man said that his cousin criminal investigators refused to take him went suddenly on a spending spree. The under custody. Eventually, the public security sources added that on checking up on the manager, Col Mohammed Al-Mutairi ordered man, police found out that he is a criminal. his arrest. A case was filed and further investi- When police arrived at the scene in Sulaibiya, a gations are in progress to know the secret of number of people were sitting in a tent the royalty’s ID. pitched outside the suspect’s house. Seeing the police, they fled the scene while one of Citizen dies in crash them started shooting at the force until he ran A young citizen was instantly killed in a KUWAIT: The building in Sabah Al-Salem where a fire broke out yesterday.

LOCAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 School maintenance contracts expire in September: Al-Mulaifi

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Education (MOE) could face a major setback in its school maintenance program by fall along with the beginning of the school year. Minister Ahmad Al-Mulaifi announced recently that air conditioning maintenance contracts were extended after several public schools complained of AC breakdowns since the beginning of summer. But the contracts were only extended until September, which could put the ministry in a new dilemma as students prepare to return to school, according to ministry insiders quoted by Al-Qabas yesterday. The sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity blamed the Finance Ministry ‘who rejected MOE proposals to sign 14 maintenance con- tracts.’ More powers In other news, Minister Al- Mulaifi announced ‘absolute and unlimited powers’ to directors of educational direc- Minister Ahmad torates to take whatever deci- Al-Mulaifi sions they deem necessary in order to end the AC mainte- nance crisis. The minister urged directors to file reports ‘Journey of Hope’ reaches Bahrain detailing all obstacles faced in providing necessary require- ments for the current and next school years, so that they MANAMA: The Journey of Hope vessel reached Bahrain yesterday, embassy staff which welcomed the vessel. The expedition sailed off can be eliminated, the sources noted. the first of 19 countries of a voyage organized with the main objec- Kuwait’s shores on Thursday in a ceremony attended by His tive of spreading awareness regarding mental disabilities. Sheikh Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. The Miscommunication Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah, the Dean of Diplomatic Corps, 88-foot vessel and its crew of 16 head to Doha today in its second The issue of miscommunication cropped up this year Ambassador of Kuwait at the Kingdom of Bahrain, led a team of lap of a 210-day trip that includes stopovers at 37 ports. — KUNA within the Hawally governorate but soon expanded to other parts of the country. Miscommunication between the MOE’s financial department and officials at the six educational Parliament cannot reject directorates has led to a failure in adopting the required maintenance budgets, and contacting the Finance Ministry to approve them. MPs’ resignation: Expert According to sources, the contracts are valued at KD 10 million for each directorate, bringing the total to KD 60 mil- lion. However, only one contract, for the Capital Educational Directorate, was signed. By-election likely on June 28 Even so, the financial department only started communi- cating with the Finance ministry about it after a recent KUWAIT: The parliament can delay the cabinet later and it would review it panel received a study from the Civil meeting of the ministry’s undersecretaries attended by the making a decision on a member’s resig- during its weekly session on May 19. Service Commission containing a pro- minister saw heated discussions. — Al-Qabas nation for a certain amount of time, but That would pave the way for a deci- posal on a new payroll system for the it has no right to reject it and force the sion to hold by-elections by notifying public sector. lawmaker to continue, a constitutional it in the national gazette on June 1. If MP Al-Sane’a did not provide details 7,000 faulty landlines expert said. the procedures go on as planned, the about the project - known as the restored in Shuwaikh The National Assembly’s internal elections would take place on June 28 ‘strategic alternative payroll’ project regulations state that a written resigna- in the second, third and fourth con- through which the government seeks tion letter must be forwarded to the stituencies. to unify salaries, allowances, end of KUWAIT: Over 7,000 land telephone lines were repaired in parliament, but do not give lawmakers service indemnities and other payments Shuwaikh after a malfunction in their main cable put them the right to reject a colleague’s resigna- Payroll alternative based on job classifications, not on out of services since Wednesday night. tion, said Dr Mohammad Al-Feeli, a con- In other news, head of the parlia- workplace. The parliament is not In this regard, official sources at the subscribers’ servic- stitutional law professor at the Kuwait ment’s human resources committee expected to vote on the project before es department at MOC said that both private contractor University. Yaqoub Al-Sane’a announced that the the end of the current term. — Al-Rai and ministry employees had worked hard to repair the This means that convincing MPs malfunction. —Al-Rai Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkareem Al- Kandari and Hussein Al-Quwai’an to withdraw resignations they officially Kuwait made KD 2.7bn CTC lets MEW directly submitted last Thursday, is the only negotiate with bidders option that the parliament has if it wanted to retain the three lawmakers. from free gas fields The regulations stipulate that the KUWAIT: KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) offi- parliament must vote on resignation of KOC’s deputy CEO for gas in the north, Al-Enezi sad that they cially asked the Central Tenders Committee (CTC)’s permis- one of its members within 10 days after and explorations, Menahi AL-Enezi produce 212 billion cubic meters of sion to allow it to directly negotiate with the lowest bid- it is submitted. Parliament Speaker said that KOC was currently working free gas in addition to 88 million bar- ders, be it contractors or companies, to execute its future Marzouq Al-Ghanim hoped during a on phase two of developing free gas rels of light oil that have collectively tenders. The sources added that the permission was grant- press conference Thursday that the and that it was currently dealing with made the state’s budget extra KD 2.7 ed on condition of informing CTC with all procedures tak- three MPs would change their minds some commercial and technical obsta- billion. He added that daily produc- en throughout the whole process. and withdraw their resignations. cles the project had been facing. tion of these fields would multiply to Informed sources noted that this step would help But if they do not, then by-elections Speaking in an interview Al-Anbaa one billion cubic meters a day by speed up accomplishment of projects by avoiding proce- will have to be announced in order to made with him through Twitter, Al- 2020. dural delays and paper work that used to be mandatory fill the three spots that they are vacat- Enezi said that the produced gas Further, Al-Enezi added that ever on each tender. “It is a very significant step because MEW ing. The parliament is likely to vote on amount was enough to cover the since discovering gas in 2006, KOC increasing demand for gas to be used had been facing many problems but projects are so importantly needed to improve and the resignations during a regular ses- in generating electricity. noted that it usually takes 15 years upgrade power and water grids”, said the source express- sion on May 13, according to the regu- lations. Responding to a question about before full production capacity could ing appreciation of the amount of understanding shown the Jurassic free gas fields discovered be reached in any field. —Al-Anbaa by CTC. — Al-Watan The resignations would be sent to

LOCAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

KUWAIT: Assistant Undersecretary for Television Affairs at the Ministry of Information KUWAIT: Delegates attend the workshop hosted by UNHCR. Yousef Mustafa addresses the workshop. — Photos by Joseph Shagra UNHCR, media work in tandem Kuwait has become a humanitarian center: Mustafa By Nawara Fattahova Role of media Mohammed Abu Al-Asaker, Media Coordinator KUWAIT: The United Nations High Commissioner of UNHCR in Abu Dhabi, spoke about the historical Kuwait to participate for Refugees (UNHCR) held a workshop on the role partnership between the media and UNHCR, and of the media in the humanitarian responses to the role of media during humanitarian crises. “The in Venice exhibition crises at the UN House. Journalists from various role of media during crises is important, especially media, employees of the Ministry of Information that people during a crisis need to be informed KUWAIT: Kuwait will participate in culture and measuring the level of and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and represen- about what is happening. They especially need tatives of NGOs participated in this workshop that the 14th International Architecture its interaction with society compo- information about the size of the crisis and how to Exhibition (fundamentals) of the la nents, whether integrated, inter- aims to strengthen strategic cooperation between deal with it, and here comes the role of media, the media and UN organizations. Biennale di Venezia, Italy, changeable, neglected or rejected which can be either positive or negative, especial- announced the National Council for within the Kuwaiti society, is the Assistant Undersecretary for Television Affairs ly since the lack of information may cause another at the Ministry of Information Yousef Mustafa stat- Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) major objective of the participa- disaster,” he explained. on Thursday. tion,” she added. ed that Kuwait has become a humanitarian center. According to him, the intervention by the “This is clear from the fact that most countries aim The six-month exhibition will see By telling the history of the last media may save lives of people and aid workers. the participation of 21 NCCAL 100 years cumulatively, the exhibi- to hold important humanitarian conferences in “The media can also provide moral support to the Kuwait, as the country is a source of humanitarian members, said Alya Abdulaal, the tion will generate a global overview public and shape their expectations, as well as exhibition’s coordinator in a press of architecture’s evolution into a and financial aid. The media plays a key role in provide people an outlet to voice their concerns. spreading humanitarian culture and awareness conference. She added that the aim single, modern aesthetic, and at the The media also simplifies the path for aid workers of the participation is to shed light same time uncover within global- and encouraging charity. Kuwait has always been to reach people in need. The media connects all known for systematically supporting charity and on the concept of modernization in ization the survival of unique parties. UNHCR is focusing on the media and fre- Kuwait through the display of a national features and mentalities humanitarian issues,” he noted. quently holds press conferences as part of its strat- Dr Hanan Hamdan, Director of the UNHCR number of buildings, such as the that continue to exist and flourish egy,” Asaker said. Kuwait National Museum, which even as international collaboration office, noted that this is the first workshop of a He also highlighted that UNHCR is currently series of workshops held by UNHCR as part of its was designed in 1960 and finished and exchange intensify. The exhibi- dealing with the biggest crisis in the world, as it is information strategy. “Today’s workshop aims to in 1983. “Clarifying the impact of tion will kick off on June 7 and lasts supplying registered Syrian refugees in Al-Zaatari provide more information about UNHCR and to modernization concepts on local until November 23. —KUNA camp in Jordan with 43,000 liters of water daily, in strengthen the partnership with institutions that a country that is already suffering from shortage of are present in Kuwait. It also focuses on the effect water of up to 70 percent. of Kuwaiti aid in securing the humanitarian needs GCC touts Kuwaiti support of refugees during emergencies and crises region- The Head of the Media Awareness at the ally and internationally,” she pointed out. Ministry of Information Saleh Al-Otaibi said that to Red Crescent societies The UNHCR in cooperation with the Ministry of Kuwaiti aid programs are not new, as they started in early 1950s with the Palestinian crisis when Information and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has KUWAIT: A senior humanitarian International Federation of Red Cross Kuwait was the first country to provide aid. prepared a documentary titled ‘Kuwait is relief aid official of the Gulf and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) “Kuwaiti aid then spread to all of Africa, Indonesia, Responding’. “This documentary highlights the Cooperation Council (GCC) appreci- board member, and also congratu- leading humanitarian role of Kuwait through its Japan, USA, Somalia, Syria and many other ated here the Kuwaiti political lead- lated Kuwait Red Crescent Society generous humanitarian aid donated to UNHCR nations. The ministry always responds to humani- ership’s support for GCC Red Chairman Barjas Al-Barjas on win- during the first Donors for Syria Conference held tarian calls by sending reporters to cover the situa- Crescent societies. Speaking at the ning Henry Dunant Medal, which is in January 2013. Our office cooperated with the tion in the disaster or crisis zones,” he noted. final session of the 10th meeting of the highest award of the Red Cross Kuwait Journalist Association to choose journalists Dr Musaed Al-Anezi, Head of Youth and chiefs of GCC Red Crescent societies, Movement. from different fields and media to go on a field vis- Volunteers Department at the Kuwait Red Assistant Secretary-General of the On his part, Al-Barjas made sever- Crescent Society, stressed the important role of it to Jordan in December 2013 to review the latest GCC for Humanitarian and al significant recommendations, the media in highlighting the humanitarian role of situation of the Syrian refugees inside the camps Environmental Affairs Abdullah Al- especially those related to Syria, and how the programs and projects executed by Kuwait abroad. “The receivers of aid abroad do not Hashem thanked Gulf Red Crescent Yemen and Somalia, which were UNHCR through Kuwaiti donations have affected know the source of the aid apart from the humani- societies for their keenness to pro- approved during the 10th meeting their daily life,” added Hamdan. tarian organizations, and this is the role of media mote and develop joint cooperation. of chiefs of GCC Red Crescent soci- “Kuwait always leads in providing humanitarian to inform them. This will reassure the donors that He said the GCC Secretariat is aid to various countries over the globe. Kuwait their donations have reached people in need,” he proud of the role played by all the eties. Speaking to KUNA, he said the provided aid to victims in Philippines, Sudan and said. GCC Red Crescent societies in the meeting had stressed the signifi- Japan to relieve their suffering and improve their At the end of the workshop, the participants field of relief and humanitarian activ- cance of coordination among the lives. Over 1.5 million Syrian refugees in neighbor- came up with recommendations on how to ities in Somalia and Sudan as well as GCC Red Crescent societies about ing countries have benefited from Kuwaiti dona- improve the role of media during the crisis and to other disaster-hit countries. He con- relief and humanitarian activities in tions collected during the second Donors for Syria strengthen cooperation between humanitarian gratulated the Saudi Arabia Red order to ensure ease and fast access Conference held in January 2014,” she concluded. organizations, media and the NGOs. Crescent Authority on becoming an to all disaster-hit countries. —KUNA SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Mideast peace talks dead, 19 dead as car bomb Pro-Russian rebels down no resumption on horizon 9 rocks Nigeria capital 10 two Ukraine helicopters 10

PYONGYANG: A man believed to be Choe Ryong-Hae (left) talking with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attends a military parade in Pyongyang. — AFP N Korea’s new ‘number two’? North Korea signals a key leadership change

SEOUL: North Korea signaled a key leadership Hwang’s appointment came just days after the University of North Korean Studies in Seoul. built workers’ hostel at the mill but made no change with the announcement yesterday that KCNA reported his promotion to the rank of vice Yang agreed that Hwang was now effectively mention of Choe, sparking initial speculation of the man seen as supreme leader Kim Jong-Un’s marshall on April 28 - a rank shared with Choe number two in the country, given his military rank, the leadership shuffle. Rumors about changes at number two had been replaced as political chief and just four others. It was not immediately clear position and personal access to the supreme the top of the Pyongyang regime intensified fol- of the military. In a report on May Day celebra- what had become of Choe, who was widely leader. Hwang, 64, was a top official in the ruling lowing Jang Song-Thaek’s execution. In tions in Pyongyang, the North’s official KCNA believed to have moved into the role of North party’s Organization Guidance Department (OGD) February, North Korea promoted a host of key news agency named Hwang Pyong-So as the Korea’s unofficial number two following the exe- with a portfolio that included the physical and military officials including the chief of its rocket director of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) cution in December of Kim’s uncle and political political protection of Kim Jong-Un. unit, the Strategic Rocket Force Command, General Political Bureau, not Choe Ryong-Hae, mentor, Jang Song-Thaek. Choe holds a number which is in charge of the country’s mid and long- who previously held the position. The post is of other top positions as a politburo standing An emerging mentor range missiles program. generally viewed as the second most important committee member and a vice chairman of both According to Madden, his name started to Ranking the leadership is North Korea is often in the military after Kim, who is supreme com- the Central Military Commission and the emerge in the mid-2000s around the time Kim a matter of educated guesswork, and some ana- mander. National Defense Commission. Jong-Un’s father Kim Jong-Il was finalizing lysts warned that the “number two” label could The leadership change comes amid growing There were multiple reports earlier this year arrangements for who would succeed him as be misleading, given the complex, opaque work- concerns that the North is preparing to conduct that Choe had been arrested and possibly purged leader. “He became one of Kim Jong-Un’s men- ings of the official and personal networks that a fourth nuclear test in the face of stern interna- after he dropped from public view for three tors and has been close to him for around 10 determine genuine power in Pyongyang. “In one tional opposition after satellite images showed a weeks-an unusually long absence for such a sen- years, so he’s been groomed for this role,” way, there is no real ‘number two’,” said Dan recent increase in activity at the country’s main ior figure. His reappearance in March, alongside Madden said. Hwang was said in the KCNA Pinkston, North East Asia Deputy Project Director test site. “To all intents and purposes, this makes Kim, led to speculation that his disappearance report Friday to have addressed a banquet in with the International Crisis Group in Seoul. Hwang, who also has close personal ties to Kim might have been due to health problems. “I don’t Pyongyang held for workers at a textile mill, “There’s the number one, and then there’s every- Jong-Un, the second most powerful man in the think we can say Choe has been purged, but he’s attended by KPA commanding officers. body else, some of whom get closer to the seat country,” said Michael Madden, author and edi- clearly been moved aside, possibly for health or A report on KCNA earlier in the week said of power than others for certain periods of time,” tor of the NK Leadership Watch website. other reasons,” said Yang Moo-Jin, a professor at Hwang accompanied Kim on a tour of a newly Pinkston said. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Iraqi Kurds face uncertainty over presidency

SULAIMANIYAH: Iraqi Kurds face uncertainty over whether Oppressed a Sunni Arab. The new premier is all but guaranteed to be they will retain the presidency, an important symbol after While the presidency is largely ceremonial, having a Kurd drawn from Iraq’s Shiite majority again, but who will fill the decades of central government oppression and a link between as head of state is important to many Kurds after years of gov- other two positions is still undecided, with a Sunni Arab or a their autonomous region and Baghdad. Whether they keep ernment oppression that saw tens of thousands of Kurds killed Kurd potential options for both. Kirk Sowell, an Amman-based the post after this week’s parliamentary elections is an issue by now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, including political risk analyst and the publisher of Inside Iraqi Politics, that could deepen the disconnect between Baghdad and the in infamous chemical weapons attacks such as Halabja. “It said the division of the top posts “will not be an all-in negotiat- three-province Kurdish region, which are at odds over a string means everything to me,” Aram Abdulkarim, a 29-year-old ing process,” and instead will stem from who becomes the of long-running disputes. President Jalal Talabani, a revered member of the Kurdish peshmerga security forces dressed in next prime minister. figure for many Kurds, has held the post since 2006, helping to civilian clothes, said at a school in Sulaimaniyah serving as a mediate conflicts between Iraq’s religious and ethnic groups. voting centre. “For years, the president has been Arab and we ‘At helm of Iraq’ But he has been abroad for medical treatment for more have been oppressed,” he said. Wahid Hamedamin, an ageing Some Kurds say that obtaining one of the top three gov- than a year, and his final term is at its end, leaving the question man wearing traditional Kurdish clothing who walked with the ernment posts is more important than holding the presidency of his successor in doubt. For Qubad Talabani, a senior Kurdish aid of a cane, agreed. “I don’t care who the president is, as long specifically, and that they would be open to a Kurd taking the official and one of the outgoing president’s sons, having a as they are Kurdish,” said Hamedamin, speaking at another post of parliament speaker instead. “It is very important for us Kurd as president is a “step in recreating an Iraq that is for Sulaimaniyah polling centre. He explained that an area where that one... should go to the Kurds,” said Aram Shekh everybody.” “It’s a very important position, and it’s a position he lived was one of those targeted with chemical weapons, Muhammed, a parliamentary candidate from the Kurdish that the Kurds would like to maintain; it’s a position that the killing dozens. Goran movement and the head of its election office. Michael PUK would like to maintain,” he said in the city of There are three top posts in Iraq’s federal government, and Knights, a fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Sulaimaniyah, referring to the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan par- under a de facto agreement the prime minister is typically a Policy, said “there is still a sense that a Kurd must either be ty, which his father heads. Shiite Arab, the president a Kurd and the speaker of parliament president or speaker. —AFP

Mideast peace talks dead, no resumption on horizon

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State John Kerry’s nine-month effort to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal formally col- lapsed this week, with no revival on the horizon because each side appears firmly entrenched in its positions. Kerry said Thursday it was time for Washington to “pause, take a hard look at these things, and find out what is possible and what is not possible in the days ahead.” He was speaking two days after the expiration of a Tuesday deadline by which the sides had committed themselves to seek a peace deal. But the talks had already unraveled last week when Israel suspended them after Hamas, which is sworn to the Jewish state’s destruction, and president Mahmud Abbas’s Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), dominated by the Fatah movement, reached a reconciliation deal. Despite that, Abbas has said he would be ready to resume dialogue if a discussion on borders was a top priority, along with a settlement freeze. But Israel says it will only return to the table if Abbas renounces the pact with Hamas. “Either Hamas disavows the destruction of Israel and embraces peace and denounces ter- ror, or president Abbas renounces Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week. But chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said Israel’s argument that the talks had collapsed because of the reconciliation deal was “completely disingenuous.” “Netanyahu’s government has refused to recognise the 1967 border or even put a map on the table proposing Israel’s idea of its final borders,” he said in BENGHAZI: Libyan security forces are seen advancing during clashes with anti-government forces following an attack on an opinion piece in TIME magazine. a Benghazi police station yesterday. — AFP The Hamas-PLO deal gave the sides five weeks to agree on a transitional government which would organize presidential and parliamentary elections. Palestinian analyst George Giacaman 8 killed as Islamists said that deal, alongside a Palestinian diplomatic offensive in the United Nations, were Abbas’s trump cards. “There are five weeks in which to form a government, which will be an indica- tor of the success of the Palestinian leadership’s domestic poli- cy,” he said. Israeli defense analyst Alex Fishman, writing attack security HQ Thursday in the top-selling Yediot Aharonot daily, said Abbas’s tactics had plunged the Netanyahu government into “a con- fused, passive and mainly reactive state.”—AFP Police, soldiers killed in Benghazi attack

BENGHAZI: Eight people were killed and up to 15 wounded official said. Car bombings and assassinations of soldiers and when suspected Islamist militants tried to storm the Libyan gov- police officers have become common in Benghazi, where a sui- ernment security headquarters in Benghazi yesterday, army offi- cide bomber detonated an explosives-packed minibus outside a cials and medics said. The dead were soldiers and police officers, Special Forces camp on Tuesday, killing two people and wound- army officials said. Huge explosions could be heard during a fire- ing two. Most countries have closed their consulates in the city fight in the early morning that lasted more than an hour. Special and some foreign airlines have stopped flying there since the US forces later secured the headquarters, near the city centre. ambassador and three other Americans were killed in an Islamist The bodies of two soldiers, kidnapped by militants during the militant attack in September 2012. attack, were found later bearing signs of torture, a medical source In December, a suicide bomber killed 13 outside an army said. Libya’s central government is struggling to control armed camp on the outskirts of Benghazi, in the first suicide attack since groups, militias and brigades of former rebels who helped oust the 2011 NATO-backed civil war that toppled Gaddafi. Western longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011 and refuse to disarm. diplomats worry the violence will spill over to the capital Tripoli Special forces have often clashed with Islamist militants in where the security situation has also worsened. Kidnappings of Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city that dominates the volatile foreign diplomats have been on the rise as well as nightly eastern region, including from Ansar Al-Sharia, listed as a terrorist shootouts near the airport road. Western and Arab allies are train- JERUSALEM: Palestinian Muslim worshipers walk in organization by the United States. ing Libya’s fledgling armed forces but the military is still no match Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound following Friday Armed men also attacked the apartment of Benghazi’s security for the heavily armed former rebels and militias who often use prayers yesterday in Jerusalem’s Old City. — AFP chief Colonol Ramadan al-Wahishi. He was not hurt, a security the threat of force to make demands on the state. — Reuters INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Rebels down Ukraine helicopters Separatists using heavy weapons; 2 killed SLAVIANSK: Pro-Russian rebels shot down two urbs, but rebels still controlled most of the city Ukrainian helicopters yesterday, killing two of 130,000. The separatist pro-Russian militants crew, as troops tightened their siege of sepa- also made more moves on Thursday, seizing a ratist-held Slaviansk and Moscow accused Kiev rail control centre for the Donetsk region, a rail- of launching a “criminal” assault that wrecked way official said. By cutting off power, they had hopes of peace. Though Ukrainian forces all but paralyzed train traffic. Kiev said the firing appeared to be carrying out one of their most of missiles that brought down its helicopters concerted military operations yet, their was evidence that Russian forces were present advance on the ground was limited. in the town. Moscow denies that its troops are Nevertheless, President Vladimir Putin’s on the ground. spokesman accused Kiev of firing on civilians Nonetheless, Kremlin accounts of grave from the air in a “punitive operation” that threats to civilians highlight the risk of a destroyed an international peace plan. Russian move to seize territory ahead of a vote Russia was “extremely worried” about the the rebels aim to hold on May 11 seeking a fate of Russians in the city, including an envoy mandate to break with Kiev, like one held in the sent to help free German and other foreign Crimea region before Moscow annexed it in hostages, the Kremlin spokesman said. The dra- March. For Russians, the Kremlin’s rhetoric of matic language seems to raise the stakes, as “fascists” in Kiev launching a “punitive opera- Moscow has tens of thousands of troops tion” evokes the depredations of Nazi German SLOVYANSK: In this TV image, an injured Ukrainian military helicopter pilot is assisted massed on the border and claims the right to invaders in World War Two, being given exten- by pro-Russian activists after he was shot down in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine yester- invade if needed to protect Russian speakers. sive state media coverage as next week’s Reuters journalists in Slaviansk, the most heavi- anniversary of the Soviet victory is used to fos- day. —AP ly fortified bastion of pro-Russian separatists in ter national pride and nostalgia. the sound of cannon makes you jump out of On the town’s southern outskirts, eight eastern Ukraine, heard shooting break out and bed, when helicopters are flying over and Ukrainian armored personnel carriers cut off saw one helicopter opening fire before dawn. Sound of cannon shooting at our guys? “We are ready to stand the road but faced a cordon two deep of local Ten hours later, the city was largely quiet, with On the square outside city hall in Slaviansk, firm, we will not abandon the guys. Give us residents shouting at them to go home. Some shops shut and armed separatists in control of about 100 people gathered yesterday and said weapons, and we too will go against the Right rebels threw up new barricades of felled trees. the streets. they were appealing to Putin to send troops to Sector,” she said, referring to a Ukrainian Putin’s popularity has soared with the seizure Advancing Ukrainian forces in armored help them. Businesswoman Tamara nationalist group, which Moscow says is men- of Crimea and talk of restoring Moscow’s for- vehicles took up positions closer in to the sub- Voshchanaya said: “What can you think when acing Russian speakers across Ukraine. mer empire.—Reuters Adams arrest raises tensions in N Ireland Arrest sparks legal questions ANTRIM: The British and Irish govern- McGuinness is deputy first minister. too afraid to talk. “I spent the first 20 ments have denied that the arrest of McGuinness, a former IRA commander, years of my life being afraid of these republican leader Gerry Adams was accused a section of the police of trying people, of fearing to speak out, but now politically motivated, as Northern to undermine the party with the “mali- I am no longer afraid,” she said. Ireland police questioned him over a cious” allegations. The arrest was a “If full cooperation into the murder of ABUJA: A burnt car is seen at the scene of a blast at the notorious IRA murder. The Sinn Fein “deliberate attempt to influence the my mother includes naming those who I Nyanya bus station in Abuja late on May 1, 2014. — AFP president, who played a leading role in outcome of the elections in three weeks saw bursting into our flat, who dragged the peace process in the troubled British time”, said McGuinness. my mother away from us at gunpoint, 19 dead as car bomb province, was arrested on Wednesday The British and Irish governments, and who were directly involved in her night over the killing of mother-of-10 which worked together on the 1998 disappearance and murder, then yes-I rocks Nigeria capital Jean McConville in 1972. Adams, 65, Good Friday peace accords that largely would be prepared to name names,” she ABUJA: A car bombing at a bus station on the outskirts of Nigeria’s strongly denied involvement in one of ended the violence, tried to calm rising added. Nobody has been convicted of capital killed at least 19 people and injured 80, officials said yester- the most infamous incidents of the so- tensions. “There has been absolutely no McConville’s murder, but former IRA day, just weeks after Boko Haram Islamists attacked the same spot. called Troubles in Northern Ireland, and political interference in this issue,” leader Ivor Bell, 77, was last month The explosion rocked the crowded Nyanya bus terminal just a few questioned the timing of the arrest British Prime Minister David Cameron charged with aiding and abetting those kilometers from central Abuja at roughly 8:00 pm on Thursday, 50 before local and European elections. said. His Irish counterpart, Enda Kenny, involved. Five others in addition to meters from the site of an April 14 bombing that killed at least 75 “While I have never disassociated added: “All I can say is that I hope the Adams have also been questioned. people. The April attack was the deadliest ever in Nigeria’s capital myself from the IRA and I never will, I am president of Sinn Fein answers in the Detectives are using evidence given to and raised security concerns about a World Economic Forum (WEF) innocent of any part in the abduction, best way he can, to the fullest extent researchers at Boston College in the summit set for Abuja next week, which includes a visit from Chinese killing or burial of Mrs McConville,” that he can, questions that are being United States, who interviewed a num- Premier Li Keqiang. “Our existing security arrangements are robust,” Adams said. Police must charge or asked about a live murder investiga- ber of former paramilitaries. WEF said in a statement about the conference dubbed the “African release him by Friday night. McConville, tion.” Northern Ireland First Minister A US court last year ordered that the Davos”. “There are no plans to make any changes to the program or 37, was snatched from her home in west Peter Robinson, leader of the DUP, said tapes should be handed over to police content of the meeting,” it added, offering sympathy for the victims. Belfast in front of her screaming chil- the arrest proved that “no one is above despite promises by the researchers that Rescue agencies struggled to reach the blast site late Thursday due dren, becoming one of more than a the law”. A police spokesman insisted they would not be released until after to choking traffic that built up after the blast and emergency work dozen so-called “disappeared” of the they would “conduct a thorough and the former militants’ deaths. Two of the was complicated by darkness at the station, which was very poorly lit conflict. Her body was found, shot in the professional investigation...subject to interviewees fingered Adams for after sundown. Police spokesman Frank Mba told journalists that 19 back of the head, in 2003. Her daughter the full rigors of scrutiny provided in the McConville’s death. The Sinn Fein lead- people had been confirmed dead, while the National Emergency Helen McKendry on Friday insisted she criminal justice system”. ership say the claims are part of an Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Manzo Ezekiel told AFP was prepared to identify the assailants. attempt to discredit them and derail the that 80 others were injured. Sinn Fein was once the political arm Interviews with republicans peace process. Adams, who has led Sinn Three undetonated explosive devices were discovered at the of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), the The IRA had wrongly accused Fein since 1983, says he was never an scene, Mba said, suggesting the toll could have been much higher now disbanded paramilitary group McConville of being an informer for the official IRA member although he was had the other bombs gone off. NEMA chief Muhammad Sani Sidi which waged a bloody campaign over British army. The group finally admitted detained several times in the 1970s. He has said that victims were being treated at several Abuja area hospi- three decades for Northern Ireland to her murder in 1999 and her remains remains a controversial figure but he tals and complete casualty figures were still being gathered. Boko become part of Ireland. The party now were found four years later on a beach. won respect for his work on the Good Haram’s leader Abubakar Shekau, wanted as a global terrorist by the shares power with its old foe, the pro- Eldest daughter McKendry told Friday’s Friday accords and for helping persuade United States, has claimed responsibility for the April 14 bombing British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), Guardian that she was ready to identify the IRA to renounce violence in 2005. In and suspicion for Thursday’s blast immediately fell on the extremist in a devolved government in Belfast, the attackers, hours after her brother recent years, Adams has taken on the group which has killed thousands in a five-year uprising. AFP— and Sinn Fein member Martin said in a BBC interview that he was still role of elder statesman.— AFP Available at The Sultan Centre & Carrefour INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Manila to give US access to five military bases American forces to return to Subic Bay facility

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it plans to give the efforts to boost its weak military capabilities at a time of United States access to five military bases under a deal that deep tensions with China over competing claims to parts of could see US forces return to their giant former facility at the South China Sea. China claims most of the sea, even Subic Bay. An access deal signed last week would allow the waters close to the Philippines and other countries in the US to rotate more aircraft, ships, equipment and troops over region. Subic, facing the South China Sea, was the former the next 10 years at unspecified bases in the territory of the repair yard of the Japan-based US Pacific fleet. American Asian ally strategically facing the South China Sea. forces vacated it in 1992, along with nearby Clark Air Base, The two countries are now in follow-up talks to select the after the Philippine Senate refused to extend a bases treaty, Filipino bases, said defense undersecretary Pio Batino, the ending nearly a century of major US military presence. chief Filipino negotiator. “Right now, the discussions would It is now a civilian free port, but maintains a US-era mili- be ranging from three to five (Filipino military) bases,” he tary runway and a deep harbor that is still used by KOKRAJHAR, India: Indian security personnel are pictured as villagers look on told reporters. “That’s not the final, but that is the starting American warships stopping over for military exercises or following an overnight attack by suspected tribal militants on a village in discussion point.” The Philippines is offering Fort Magsaysay, for regular provisioning. Bound by a mutual defense pact, Kokrajhar, India’s northeastern state of Assam yesterday. — AFP a sprawling army base about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north the US and the Philippines engage in regular war games of Manila that regularly hosts annual large-scale US-Filipino that see thousands of US troops and state-of-the-art 11 Muslim villagers die military exercises, Batino said. He added “limited portions of American military hardware brought to the Philippines. The Subic” would also be offered, but declined to identify the Philippines signed the bases access deal last week, hours three other bases under consideration. The Philippines ahead of a state visit to Manila by American President in India rebel attack intends to conclude the discussions not later than Barack Obama. The deal also allows the US to build struc- September 30, Batino added. tures inside the bases for use by its forces, as well as to GAUHATI, India: Separatist rebels wear- as many as 100 people in the same area. The deal for increased US access is part of Philippine store supplies and equipment. — AFP ing black masks opened fire on Muslim Police said the first attack took place villagers in remote northeastern India, in western Assam, when at least eight killing at least 11 people, mostly women rebels opened fire on a group of villagers Funerals planned and children, in two overnight attacks, sitting in a courtyard. Four people were police said yesterday. The gunmen are killed and two others wounded, Bishnoi for Australian members of the Bodo tribe and belong to said. The second attack happened in passengers on a faction of the National Democratic Kokrajhar district when more than 20 Front of Bodoland, said regional police armed men, their faces covered with missing Malaysia jet inspector general L R Bishnoi. Bodo black hoods, broke open the doors of two tribesmen have long accused Muslims of homes and sprayed them with bullets, SYDNEY: The first funeral service for passengers sneaking into India illegally from killing seven people, witnesses said. from a missing Malaysian jetliner will be held in Bangladesh and encroaching on their Crying inconsolably, 28-year-old Australia this weekend, nearly eight weeks after ancestral land in Assam state. Mohammed Sheikh Ali said his mother, the plane disappeared and apparently crashed in The dead included six women and wife and daughter were killed in the the remote southern Indian Ocean. three children, police said. The violence attack. “I will curse myself forever Despite the most intensive air, sea and under- comes at a time of heightened security because I failed to save them,” Ali said in water search in commercial aviation history, no during the country’s general election, a telephone interview from the hospital, trace of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been with the voting taking place over six where he was waiting for doctors to com- found since it vanished on a flight from Kuala weeks. plete the autopsies on his family. “I am Lumpur to Beijing on March 8. Family and friends Tensions have been high since a Bodo left all alone in this world ... I want justice.” of Rod and Mary Burrows, two of six Australians SEOUL: Investigators inspect the site where two subway lawmaker for the federal Parliament criti- The National Democratic Front of on board the flight, will be holding a formal trains collided at Sangwangshipri subway station in Seoul cized Muslims for not voting for the Bodo Bodoland has been fighting for a sepa- memorial in Brisbane on Sunday, according to a yesterday. A subway train ran into another train at the sta- candidate, said Lafikul Islam Ahmed, rate homeland for the region’s ethnic statement on behalf of the family released by tion yesterday, causing minor injuries for scores of people, a leader of a Muslim youth organization Bodo people for decades. The Bodos are police yesterday. city official said. — AP called the All Bodoland Muslim Students’ an indigenous tribe in Assam, making up “Family and friends send their appreciation for Union. In 2012, weekslong violence 10 percent of the state’s 33 million peo- the well wishes from the media and public but ask Subway trains crash in between Bodo people and Muslims killed ple.—AP for privacy and request their solitude be respect- ed during this difficult time.” Relatives of those on board, mostly from China, have repeatedly Seoul, 170 people hurt Dozens held in Philippines expressed their anger and frustration at the lack of information and evidence about the loss of SEOUL: A subway train in the South Korean capital Seoul crashed over ‘sextortion’ ring their loved ones. Malaysia Airlines this week urged into another one at a station yesterday, injuring about 170 people, families who have remained in Kuala Lumpur to news reports and the emergency services said, although no one appeared to be seriously hurt. The accident came just over two MANILA: Dozens of people have been arrested in the Philippines in a multina- return home, saying they would be kept informed, and pledged to pay early compensation weeks after a South Korean ferry capsized and sank leaving 300 tional crackdown on the exploding global menace of Internet “sextortion”, dead or missing in the submerged hull of the ship in the country’s Interpol and local police announced yesterday. Industrial-style businesses run to those who qualified. On Thursday, Malaysia released its most com- worst disaster in 20 years. out of the Philippines have blackmailed hundreds of people around the Witnesses said one train was leaving Sangwangsimni station in world, luring them on social media before extracting sexually explicit informa- prehensive account yet of what happened to the east of the capital when it was hit from the rear by an incoming tion or images, they said. Interpol cybercrime chief Sanjay Virmani said 58 missing Flight MH370, detailing the route the train. One subway car was derailed and passengers walked a short people were arrested this week in the Philippines, but emphasized they were plane probably took as it veered off course and only a small part of a fast-growing phenomenon with similar operations in the confusion that followed. The preliminary distance along the tracks to the station, YTN television said. many other parts of the world. “The scale of these sextortion networks is mas- report, however, left many key questions unan- Many of the injuries were caused by passengers jumping sive, and run with just one goal in mind: to make money regardless of the ter- swered, including whether the aircraft was delib- from the subway cars onto the tracks, a government emergency rible emotional damage they inflict on their victims,” said Virmani, director of erately diverted after communications were dis- official said. A doctor at a hospital near the station said injured Interpol’s Digital Crime Centre. abled. people were walking in for treatment and did not appear to be Virmani said “sextortion” had emerged as a major concern in recent years Using groundbreaking analysis of satellite seriously hurt. as criminals took advantage of more people using social media and greater data, experts narrowed down the search area to a A witness who said he was a passenger in one of the trains said mobile Internet access via smartphones. “This is just a taste of things to come,” large arc of the Indian Ocean some 1,600 km it rammed into a train in front of it as it approached a station. He Virmani said. “These type of criminal acts have gone on for a long time but (1,040 miles) northwest of the west Australian said he saw blood on the floor of a train car. they are using a new infrastructure... all the traditional crimes that you see city of Perth. But after weeks of scouring millions An onboard announcement initially told passengers to stay that have a cyber component are taken to a new level and criminals have an of square kilometers (miles) without finding any inside, but most people ignored it and forced the doors open to increased capability to target new victims.” In one case highlighted by sign of debris, Australian authorities have called escape, he said. Most those who died in the ferry sinking off the Interpol, a 17-year-old boy in Scotland who lived with his parents committed off the air and surface search. Australia now plans southwest coast on April 16 were schoolchildren who were told by suicide after being blackmailed. Three Filipinos linked to that scam were to contract commercial companies to undertake the crew to stay inside the vessel, even as the crew left. The sinking among those arrested this week. Philippine police chief Alan Purisima said the a sonar search of a 60,000 sq km (24,000 sq mile) and the deaths of hundreds of schoolchildren have hit President 58 people detained would be charged over a range of crimes, including area of seabed that could take eight months or Park Geun-hye’s approval rating. A Gallup Korea poll issued yester- engaging in child pornography, extortion and using technologies to commit more at a cost of about A$60 million ($55.61 mil- day showed her rating had plunged by 11 percentage points in the fraud.—AFP lion). — Reuters past two weeks to 48 percent. — Reuters

INTERNATIONAL SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 In Iraq, Syria...

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After the US “surge” in 2007, when it rapidly built up its forces, the number of attacks dropped as sectarian violence as a whole waned. Militant attacks are now increasing sharply again in Iraq as the powerful ISIL seeks to impose strict sharia law in the Sunni majority populated regions of the country. In Syria, the conflict took on a regional dimension and attracted foreign fighters soon after it began with an outbreak of a mostly Sunni popular uprising in 2011 against President Bashar Al-Assad. Iran, the main Shiite power, and Saudi Arabia, its Sunni rival wed- ded to the Wahhabi puritanism that inspires jihadis, used Syria as the front line in their Shiite-Sunni war for supremacy in the Arab world. Foreign Sunni fighters have converged on Syria to fight alongside Sunni rebel forces, while Shiites from Iraq and Lebanon have joined Assad’s forces. Foreign fighters are coming from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Yemen, Kuwait, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Morocco, Jordan, Bosnia, other Arab states, Chechnya, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Western countries, according to several US and European secu- rity officials. With Assad using his full firepower against rebels who lack sophisticated arms, the military balance tipped against the rebels last year, driving foreign fighters to carry out suicide attacks to make up for losses on the battleground. English-speakers play a prominent role among foreign fighters. British security sources estimate that at least 400 British nationals ALEXANDRIA: Members of a Federal Bureau of Investigation SWAT team arrive during an FBI field training exercise at have moved in and out of the Syrian conflict, with as many as 250 the Landmark Mall yesterday in Alexandria, Virginia. The law enforcement agency held the training to practice respond- Britons on the battlefield at any one time. The video of the British ing to a terrorist attack in a public venue. — AFP suicide bomber shows what appears to be a truck elaborately rigged as a suicide bomb. Standing nearby is a person who investi- gators identified as Majeed posing and talking with what appear to be fellow militant fighters. While the video does not show him driv- Europe faces ‘bracing ing the truck into the prison, investigators say they believe he was the driver and that the video is authentic. Perhaps fewer than a hundred Canadians and Americans have also joined Syria-based militant groups, say US intelligence officials. new realities’: Hagel They estimate the number of Americans who have joined the con- flict in the “dozens”. In an April 23 report, the Dutch AIVD intelli- gence service said it was aware of two Dutch nationals who became NATO official says Russia undermining global security suicide bombers in the last year while fighting with militants. One blew himself up in Syria and the other in Iraq, said a European secu- WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says Russia’s military so we have to begin to view Russia no longer as a partner but as more rity official briefed on the matter. Another European official said moves in Ukraine “shatter the myth” that the end of the Cold War of an adversary than a partner,” he said. “In central Europe, clearly we that at least one or two German nationals were believed to have meant an end to insecurity, at least in Europe. Hagel spoke yesterday have two different visions of what European security should be like,” been involved in recent suicide attacks. — Reuters at a Washington think tank amid growing concern in Europe about Vershbow said. “We still would defend the sovereignty and freedom of the implications for NATO of Russia’s actions in eastern Ukraine. choice of Russia’s neighbors, and Russia clearly is trying to reimpose Hagel said the European members of NATO need to boost their hegemony and limit their sovereignty under the guise of a defense of Suicide bombers defense investment because over the long run Russia will test the pur- the Russian world.” pose, stamina and commitment of the 28-nation US-led alliance. He In April, NATO suspended all “practical civilian and military cooper- called for the inclusion of budget officials at a future NATO defense ation” with Russia, although Russia has maintained a diplomatic mis- unleash wave of ministers meeting focused on ways to break the pattern of steadily sion to NATO it established in 1998. declining defense budgets among European member states. NATO, created 65 years ago as a bulwark against the former Soviet attacks in Egypt Meanwhile, the United States and some of its NATO allies see Union, is considering new defensive measures aimed at deterring Russia’s intervention in Ukraine as a post-Cold War turning point, pos- Russia from any aggression against NATO members along its border, CAIRO: Bombers killed a policeman and a soldier in Egypt yester- sibly ending two decades of hope that Moscow could be made a last- such as the Baltic states that once were part of the Soviet Union, day, hours before campaigning starts in presidential polls which ing security partner. NATO’s deputy secretary general, Alexander Vershbow said. —AP Vershbow, said that the alliance is compelled to view Russia as an the former army chief who deposed the elected Islamist leader is adversary in light of its annexation of Crimea and its apparent efforts expected to win. Militants have unleashed a wave of attacks tar- to further destabilize eastern Ukraine. Vershbow, a former US ambas- geting security forces since presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah sador to NATO and onetime Pentagon official, said Russia’s interven- Al-Sisi ousted Mohamed Morsi in July. The army led by the now tionist stance of late poses “grave challenges” to global security retired Field Marshall also installed an interim government that arrangements that have developed since the end of World War II. has waged a deadly crackdown on Morsi’s supporters and his “What the Russians have done ... is effectively overturned a lot of the Muslim Brotherhood movement. pillars of the international security system that we’ve come to know A bomb struck a traffic police kiosk near a courthouse in the and be comfortable with,” he said. With the Ukraine crisis and NATO’s north Cairo district of Heliopolis, killing one policeman and deteriorating relations with Moscow as a backdrop, Defense Secretary wounding four others, Interior Ministry spokesman Hany Abdel Chuck Hagel was to deliver a speech Friday on the future of the Latif said. Western alliance and how it can maintain its relevance. The Interior Ministry later said the bomb had been concealed Hagel was expected to argue that the crisis in Ukraine represents a in a traffic light. The attack came just hours after two suicide “coalescing moment” for the alliance that should be used to improve bombers attacked a checkpoint and a nearby bus outside the NATO defense capabilities, according to an official familiar with his South Sinai provincial capital Al-Tur, security officials said. speech preparation. Fear of Russian aggression is most acute among A soldier was killed and six policemen wounded by the first newer NATO members such as Poland and other Eastern European bomber, and five civilians wounded by the second, the officials states that once were part of the Soviet sphere of influence but chose said. Security forces have deployed in strength to protect the to join the Western alliance after the breakup of the Soviet Union in resorts along the South Sinai coast that are a major plank of the 1991. Some older NATO members in Europe are less alarmed and see country’s battered tourism sector. Yesterday’s bombings came a less urgency in trying to punish Moscow for its moves in Ukraine. day before the start of official campaigning in the May 26-27 pres- In his speech, Hagel also was expected to draw linkages between idential election which will see leftist leader Hamdeen Sabbahi as military security and economic security, in Europe and more broadly, Sisi’s sole rival. the official said. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because Sabbahi came third in the 2012 election which Morsi won, and the remarks were still being prepared. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is seen by supporters as the only leader representing the aspira- said Thursday that after a recent trip to Ukraine he believes tions of those who revolted against longtime strongman Hosni Washington needs to stiffen its support for the Ukrainian government Mubarak in 2011. A statement from the prime minister’s officer in its confrontation with Moscow. Relatives of miners missing under tons of mud wait as res- said, meanwhile, that yesterday’s violence would not undermine “Russia’s effort to dismember their country through the threat of cued workers remove sludge in a gold mine that collapsed in Egypt’s determination to hold “fair presidential and parliamentary force, if allowed to succeed, could undermine decades of stability and San Antonio, in the rural area of Santander de Quilichao, polls”. Morsi’s Brotherhood, which swept all elections since a peaceful, democratic and united Europe,” Levin, D-Mich., said. In his department of Cauca, Colombia, yesterday where independ- Mubarak’s fall, is blacklisted as a “terrorist” organization and said it remarks to reporters Thursday, Vershbow said Russia now is a NATO ent mine workers were excavating the mine without authori- will boycott the polls. — AFP adversary. “Clearly the Russians have declared NATO as an adversary, zation. — AFP Royal Bank of Scotland Asian shares mixed as World Bank approves profits triple in Q1 dealers return from break Business16 18$1b loan to Pakistan 19

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DETROIT: In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 photo, Jesus Rodriguez grinds steel at the IDEAL Group in Detroit. The Commerce Department releases factory orders for March yesterday. — AP US jobless rate hits 5-1/2 year low Nonfarm payrolls increase 288,000 in April

WASHINGTON: US job growth increased at its fastest pace in June 2015, based on CME FedWatch, which tracks rate hike economist at RBC Capital Markets in New York. The labor more than two years in April, suggesting a sharp rebound in expectations using its Fed funds futures contracts. Before the force participation rate, or the share of working-age economic activity early in the second quarter. jobs data was released, the Fed was seen raising rates in July Americans who are employed and unemployed but looking Nonfarm payrolls surged 288,000 last month, the Labor of that year. for a job, fell 0.4 percentage point to 62.8 percent. That was Department said yesterday. That was the largest gain since The employment report joins other upbeat data such as the lowest level since last December. January 2012 and beat Wall Street’s expectations for an consumer spending and industrial production in suggesting Some of the 1.35 million people who lost their longer-term increase of 210,000. March and February data were revised to that sputtering growth in the first quarter was an aberration, unemployment benefits at the end of last December may show 36,000 more jobs than previously reported. weighed down by an unusually cold and disruptive winter. have dropped out of the labor force last month. “The economy really has strong underlying fundamentals The Fed on Wednesday shrugged off the dismal first quar- But a broad measure of unemployment, which includes supporting its growth. Temporary headwinds such as the bad ter performance. The U.S. central bank, which announced fur- people who want to work but have stopped looking and weather can be certainly managed,” said Russell Price, senior ther reductions to the amount of money it is pumping into the those working only part time but who want more work, fell to economist at Ameriprise Financial in Troy, Michigan. economy through monthly bond purchases, said indications a 20-year low of 12.3 percent in April. It was at 12.7 percent in Still, the report did give some worrisome signals on the were that “growth in economic activity has picked up recent- March. Employment gains in April were broad-based, with the economy’s health. While the unemployment rate dived 0.4 ly.” Economists expect second-quarter growth to top a 3 per- private sector adding 273,000 jobs and government payrolls percentage point to a 5-1/2 year low of 6.3 percent, part of the cent pace. rising 15,000. Manufacturing employment increased 12,000 decline was because hundreds of thousands of people left the after rising by 7,000 in March. labor force. Overall, however, the data suggested the econo- Household survey mixed Construction payrolls gained 32,000. That followed an my was gathering strength and led investors to pull forward While details of the bigger survey of employers were increase of 17,000 jobs in March. The hiring trend could their bets on when the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. robust, the smaller and volatile household survey from which slow in the months ahead as residential construction loses US Treasury debt yields soared after the report, while the the unemployment rate is calculated was mixed, with house- some steam. Average hourly earnings were flat in April. The dollar jumped to session highs against the euro and the yen. hold employment falling slightly. length of the workweek held steady at 34.5 hours last US stock prices rose marginally. Bets on US short-term interest The labor force also declined by 806,000 people. “That is month after bouncing back in March from its winter- rates suggested Wall Street is now pricing in a Fed rate hike in gargantuan decline,” said Tom Porcelli, an depressed levels. — Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Gold set for weekly drop on funds selling LONDON: Gold steadied yesterday after futures for June delivery rose 0.7 percent to payrolls seems somewhat reduced by the falling highlights that there is little convic- two losing sessions but was headed for its $1,284.20 an ounce. Fed seemingly being on auto pilot with tion in the gold market at present, and we second week of losses in three on expecta- Investors were eyeing the US April non- regards to its tapering activity,” Macquarie maintain the view that prices could retrace tions of a robust US jobs number and contin- farm payrolls report, due to be published at analyst Matthew Turner said. further,” ANZ said in a report. ued selling in the top bullion-backed 1230 GMT, for further clues on the economy, “A bad number, given the GDP data earli- Gold, often seen as an insurance against exchange-traded fund. which has shown strength in recent weeks er this week, would call into question the geopolitical risks, failed to be lifted by safe- Holdings in the SPDR Gold Trust dropped after a severe winter hurt the first quarter. strength of the economy, but seems unlikely haven buying after violence escalated in 2.39 tonnes to 785.55 tonnes on Thursday, Gold prices would come under pressure if to change the Fed’s policy.” eastern Ukraine between government forces after losing 4.19 tonnes on Wednesday. growth exceeded economists’ expectations In wider markets, the dollar inched up and pro-Russian separatists. The fund saw an outflow of 25 tonnes in for a 210,000 increase in jobs and a fall in the from three-week lows against a basket of In the physical markets, demand has April, the first monthly outflow after two unemployment rate to 6.6 percent. currencies on expectations of a robust US picked up slightly this week but was still months of inflows and worst since Earlier in the week, the Federal Reserve jobs number, while 10-year US Treasury lower than last year’s levels. With markets in December. Its movements are a good meas- looked past a dismal reading on first-quarter yields held above two-month lows of 2.6 top buyer China closed for a holiday, ure of underlying investor sentiment. U.S. growth and gave a mostly upbeat percent hit in the previous session. investors are looking to India, the second Spot gold was up 0.2 percent at $1,285.90 assessment of the economy’s prospects as it Returns from US bonds are closely biggest consumer, for support. India is cele- an ounce by 1219 GMT, ranging in the nar- announced another cut in its massive bond- watched by the gold market, given that the brating Akshaya Tritiya on Friday, the sec- rowest trade for four months. It was down buying stimulus. metal pays no interest. “The inability of gold ond-biggest gold buying festival when it is about 1.3 percent for the week. US gold “For gold, the salience of the nonfarm to rally despite US Treasury 10-year yields considered auspicious to buy gold.—Reuters

French union calls off damaging pilots’ strike ROISSY: A potentially damaging French pilots’ strike has been called off at the last minute, the union organising the work stop- page said yesterday, just days after Air France warned it risked hampering the airline’s painstaking recovery. The strike from May 3 to 30, which was called by the country’s main SNPL pilots’ union, would have seen pilots stop work at spe- cific times every day, which Air France said would severely dis- rupt its medium and long-haul flights. On Friday, SNPL head Yves Deshayes said the union had decided to call off the strike “on the basis of (government) pro- posals” after representatives met with Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier-a move welcomed by Air France chief Frederic Gagey. The pilots had planned to protest against a law stipulating that those who strike must declare their intention to do so 48 hours before the start of a work stoppage. The regulation was put in place to give airlines more time to warn passengers about flight disruptions, but the SNPL says it actually allows them to hire temporary replacement pilots from other European countries. “The government recognised for the first time that these practices were not acceptable,” Deshayes told reporters yesterday, adding the government had made “a strong commitment” on looking to modify the law, although “no guarantees” had been given to the union. Earlier this week, Air France chief Gagey had warned that the strike-which had nothing to do with the airline itself-was “taking place at a crucial time in Air France’s recovery”. After six years of financial losses that led to radical cost-cut- ting measures including thousands of job cuts, the airline is aim- LONDON: A pedestrian walks past a Royal Bank of Scotland sign in central London yesterday. Britain’s state-rescued ing to generate a positive operating income this year-a target it Royal Bank of Scotland said yesterday that net profits tripled to 1.2 billion GBP (2.0 billion USD, 1.5 billion euros) in the said could have been damaged by the strike. Yesterday, Gagey first quarter, buoyed by lower costs and falling impairments. — AFP welcomed the cancellation of the strike, saying it was “excellent news for Air France clients and employees”. “Air France can now devote all its energy to pursuing its recovery.” —AFP Royal Bank of Scotland profits triple in Q1

LONDON: Britain’s state-rescued Royal sion continued to shrink. for the benefit of the UK.” Bank of Scotland said yesterday that Pre-tax profits meanwhile doubled The first-quarter results were lifted net profits tripled to £1.2 billion ($2.0 to £1.64 billion from £826 million a year by the absence of any provision for billion, 1.5 billion euros) in the first earlier, but the troubled bank warned misconduct issues that have haunted quarter, buoyed by lower costs and that it still faced “plenty” of issues to the bank since the global financial cri- falling impairments. deal with. sis. And in another major boost, RBS RBS, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, “Just over two months ago, I set out revealed that impairments across its remains 81-percent state-owned after it our plan for making RBS the most trust- loan book tumbled by 65 percent in the was rescued with £45.5 billion of tax- ed bank in the UK,” said chief executive reporting period. Operating expenses payers’ cash during the 2008 global Ross McEwan, who was appointed last meanwhile fell six percent to £191 mil- financial crisis, making it the world’s year to help strengthen the lender’s lion, as the group shed about 6,300 biggest-ever banking bailout. turnaround strategy and help guide it jobs mostly at its retail and markets Earnings after taxation surged in the back to private ownership. division. three months to the end of March “Today’s results show that in steady The RBS results were published one 2014, compared with £393 million in state, RBS will be a bank that does a day after state-rescued rival Lloyds the same part of 2013, RBS said in a great job for customers while deliver- Banking Group revealed that its under- results statement. ing good returns for our shareholders. lying profits improved in the first quar- Market expectations had been for a “But we still have a lot of work to do ter, boosted by falling impairments, NEW YORK: Traders Neil Cantania, left, and Frederick net loss of £200 million and revenues of and plenty of issues from the past to cost-cutting and the broader economic Reimer work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. £4.7 billion, according to analysts reckon with. Everyone at RBS is focused recovery. However, LBG-which is 25- Global markets were mixed yesterday ahead of a release polled by Dow Jones Newswires. squarely on doing everything we can to percent state-owned-added that its net of key US jobs data, with the benchmark for the Tokyo Revenues declined two percent to earn the trust of our customers and in profit sank by almost a quarter to £1.15 Stock Exchange closing little changed. — AP £5.05 billion, as the bank’s markets divi- the process change the banking sector billion. — AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, MAY 3 , 2014 Spain’s 10-year borrowing rate dips to 2005 level

PARIS: Spain’s interest rate for borrowing 10- barometer of a country’s standing on the euro- lions of jobs. At Credit Agricole CIB bank, econ- capital was largely why the value of the euro year funds fell below 3.0 percent yesterday for zone bond market. As confidence in the credit- omist Frederick Ducrozet said: “In general, in was strong. the first time since 2005, in a further sign that worthiness and general state of an economy terms of macroeconomics and of capital flows, In the last year, investors have also reduced the eurozone debt crisis is fading. On the sec- rises, in this case regarding eurozone member everything is going in the direction of an eas- their exposure to many emerging economies, ondary market, where debt already issued is Spain, investors become more inclined to buy ing of rates for eurozone peripheral countries.” pulling funds back to where risk appears less traded, the interest rate or yield indicated by the bonds for the fixed income stream they car- As economic data for the eurozone and the opportunities for gain greater. the rising value of the bonds fell to 2.996 per- ry. As the price of the bond rises, the fixed improves, investors have been moving large Ducrozet said that the trend of flows into cent briefly during morning trading, but then interest falls automatically relative to the new amounts of funds for several months into buy- weaker eurozone countries was likely to contin- rose to 3.0 percent. higher value of the bond. Spain, the eurozone’s ing bonds issued by eurozone countries which ue because “either the improvement continues, The yield on existing debt is a baseline indi- fourth-biggest economy, emerged from its had been regarded as high risk because of their which is the case in Spain regarding the public cator of what a country must offer to raise downturn last year after a decade-long proper- overloaded public finances. deficit and unemployment in particular, or it is funds the next time it issues equivalent bonds. ty bubble burst in 2008, tipping the economy The head of the French central bank, not the case but the European Central Bank is a Ten-year bonds are considered to be the main into a double-dip recession and wiping out mil- Christian Noyer, said recently that this inflow of back-stop.”—AFP Bund yield at 1-yr low on Ukraine, payrolls caution LONDON: Global markets traded cautiously yesterday as uncertainty ahead of US employment figures and tensions in Ukraine pushed the yield on 10-year German Bunds to their lowest in a year. The move into the relative safety of government bonds, also including higher- yielding peripheral euro zone paper that pushed returns on Spanish 10-year debt to a multi-year low, came despite upbeat corporate merger and acquisition activity and earnings. The big data focus is the US April nonfarm payrolls report. Economists predict jobs growth of 210,000 and a fall in the unemployment rate to 6.6 percent. But first quarter US growth estimates are being cut following weak construction data on Thursday to the point that the world’s largest economy might actually have contracted. That, and an escalation in violence in eastern Ukraine between government forces and pro-Russian separatists, weighed on investor sentiment. European stocks failed to get a boost from US drugmaker Pfizer raising its offer for Britain’s AstraZeneca or a forecast-busting profit from Royal Bank of Scotland that lifted shares in the 81 percent state-controlled bank by 11 percent. “People are a bit nervous about payrolls. Last month there was so much hype about it and it came out below expectations. They don’t want to get caught out twice, so they are hedging their positions,” said Michael Hewson, senior markets strategist at CMC Markets in London. LONDON: An exterior view of the Two Kingdom Street building which houses the headquarters of Hewson also noted that many European and U.S. indices are at or close to AstraZeneca, in the Paddington area of London, yesterday. The board of pharmaceutical company record highs so investors are reluctant to chase them higher, especially ahead of a AstraZeneca yesterday rejected drug maker Pfizer’s sweetened takeover offer. Pfizer earlier in the day long holiday weekend in Britain. At 0800 GMT, the FTSE Eurofirst 300 index of lead- said it is offering 50 pounds ($84) a share in cash and stock, a 7.3 increase on a previous bid. — AP ing European shares was down 0.1 percent at 1353 points and Germany’s DAX was down 0.2 percent at 9585 points. Britain’s FTSE 100 index was flat at 6807 points and France’s CAC 40 down a third of one percent at 4471. AstraZeneca rejects In Asia, the MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.4 percent. China’s markets were closed yesterday. US stock futures pointed to a flat open on Wall Street . Two corporate stories grabbed the headlines in Europe. Pfizer raised its bid for AstraZeneca to 50 pounds a share, valuing the UK drugmak- Pfizer’s bid of $106b er at 63 billion pounds ($106 billion), and RBS posted a 1.6 billion pounds profit in the first quarter. R&D jobs to be in Britain Calmer currencies LONDON: US drugmaker Pfizer Inc for Prime Minister David Cameron said since then. Germany’s 10-year government bond yield slipped to 1.45 percent and the 30- increased its offer for AstraZeneca Plc AstraZeneca’s fate would be deter- “We expect Pfizer ultimately to year U.S. bond yield was 3.43 percent. Late on Thursday it fell as low as 3.4 percent. to 63 billion pounds ($106 billion) yes- mined by shareholders, not the state. have to sweeten its offer based on dis- Spain’s 10-year yields fell as low as 3 percent, their lowest since September terday, but the British company Yesterd’s 50 pounds ($84.47) a cussions we have had with investors, 2005 and close to the lowest ever. Currency markets were calmer, with the dollar promptly rejected the proposal, which share indicative offer followed many citing a price within the 52-55 well supported ahead of the U.S. payrolls report but major currency pairs trading in would create the world’s biggest phar- AstraZeneca’s decision to rebuff an pounds range and some above this, tight ranges. The euro slipped 0.1 percent to $1.3853, and the dollar rose 0.1 per- maceuticals company. earlier proposal that valued it at 58.8 and our analysis of the EPS accretion cent against the yen to 102.45 yen. In the commodities markets, oil remained top- AstraZeneca’s board said the offer billion pounds, or 46.61 pounds per for Pfizer,” said Mark Clark, an analyst heavy after slipping Thursday on disappointing Chinese manufacturing activity undervalued the company “substan- share. Some investors and analysts at Deutsche Bank. and data showing U.S. crude stocks rose last week to their highest level since 1982. tially” and was not an adequate basis had expected that the sweetened Investors had previously said they US crude futures brushed that aside, however, and rose 0.4 percent to $99.487 a on which to engage with its suitor. offer would be enough to bring were looking for at least 50 pounds a barrel.—Reuters Industry analysts and investors said AstraZeneca’s board to the negotiat- share and also wanted more cash in that raised the possibility that Pfizer ing table, even if it was not accepted, the mix. The new offer would have giv- would now take the takeover plan, and the swift rejection suggests Pfizer en them 32 percent cash and 68 per- which would boost its pipeline of can- may now go over the board’s head. cent shares, little different from the 30- cer drugs and create significant tax “I think it’s making it increasingly 70 split offered originally. and cost savings, direct to AstraZeneca likely that Pfizer is going to come back Many analysts are convinced Pfizer shareholders. with a hostile bid,” said Mick Cooper, will raise its offer again, not least The US group would much prefer analyst at Edison Investment Research. because it wants to get the deal done an agreed deal, since hostile takeovers Leading investors have met with before any possible change in US tax typically take longer, require a higher Pfizer Chief Executive Ian Read this rules that might prevent it moving its final price and carry more risks week in London and some feel that an tax base to Britain. because the bidder cannot access the offer of 50 pounds or above is certainly Pfizer’s latest proposal would have target’s books to assess its business. worth discussing. seen shareholders receiving, for each One AstraZeneca investor said “Given where the shares have AstraZeneca share, 1.845 shares in the Pfizer management had made clear in come from, this doesn’t look unrea- combined company and 15.98 pounds meetings this week that it wanted a sonable,” one of AstraZeneca’s 10 in cash. Commenting on the offer, friendly deal but it was determined to largest shareholders said of the latest AstraZeneca Chairman Leif Johansson the see the transaction completed and Pfizer offer. said: “Pfizer’s proposal would dramati- a hostile bid was a potential “tool”. AstraZeneca shares were trading cally dilute AstraZeneca shareholders’ ATHENS: A Greek market vendor holding a black flag shouts slogans dur- While Pfizer has given assurances to at around 30 pounds a year ago, but exposure to our unique pipeline and ing a protest in Athens, yesterday, after their trading association the British government on retaining confidence in the company’s cancer would create risks around its deliv- launched an indefinite strike Monday. — AP drug research in Britain, a spokesman drug pipeline has built up strongly ery.”— Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 US anti-money laundering authority faces hiring probe

NEW YORK/ST LOUIS: The US Treasury federal rules and regulations regarding federal tlement with HSBC Holdings Plc for helping tion? How do you negotiate a settlement? How Department has frozen all recruitment by its hiring.” Mexican drug traffickers launder money in US do you draft the charging documents?’ Just anti-money laundering arm and forced the OPM did not return calls and emails seeking accounts. Earlier this year, the agency also par- kind of the nuts and bolts of doing enforce- agency to rescind 11 job offers, after an investi- comment. The hiring freeze at FinCEN and fur- ticipated in an investigation into JPMorgan ment,” she said. gation found it violated the federal employ- ther investigations into its practices could deal Chase & Co. That probe resulted in the bank FinCEN ranked 296 of 300 in the 2013 list of ment code during an aggressive hiring push, at least a short-term setback to its push to agreeing to $1.9 billion in penalties and forfei- the best places to work in the federal govern- according to several government officials. aggressively crack down on money laundering. tures for failing to alert regulators to suspicions ment, according to the non-profit Partnership The Office of Personnel Management, a fed- ACAMS moneylaundering.com, a compli- about convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard for Public Service, based on data collected by eral agency that governs labor practices in the ance trade publication, previously reported Madoff. OPM in an employee survey. The agency scored government, determined that the Treasury’s that FinCEN was under scrutiny and that FinCEN can issue civil penalties but lacks low on categories such as effective leadership, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, known Treasury officials were considering suspending prosecutorial power. The positions at FinCEN teamwork and employee skills-mission match. as FinCEN, illegally screened candidates in a its hiring authority. However, the actual hiring where the illegal hiring took place were in the In 2012, FinCEN was ranked 147 out of 292. quest to hire only lawyers for certain jobs, the freeze, the rescinded job offers, the investiga- agency’s recently revamped enforcement divi- officials said. It has recommended further tions, and why OPM intervened have not been sion, according to the officials. One of the offi- Inflexible system investigations by two other federal agencies previously reported. cials said several of the people whose job offers Federal employment experts said the inci- into FinCEN’s practices, they added. were revoked are currently prosecutors at the dent highlights the antiquated system that dic- Rules for hiring at government agencies Remaking agency US Department of Justice, where Shasky served tates hiring procedures inside the federal gov- make it illegal to screen candidates for qualifi- The hires were being done as part of a drive as the chief of the DOJ’s Asset Forfeiture and ernment, making the task of recruiting new cations that aren’t stipulated in the job descrip- by FinCEN’s director, Jennifer Shasky Calvery, to Money Laundering Section before moving to government employees far more complicated tion, and the jobs FinCEN had posted weren’t remake her agency, the formerly sleepy stew- FinCEN in September 2012. and cumbersome than it is in the private sector. designated as being only for lawyers, the offi- ard of US anti-money laundering laws, into a It is unclear whether any of the people who Debra D’Agostino, a founding partner of the cials said. powerful organization capable of standing up had job offers revoked suffered damage to Federal Practice Group, which specializes in Some senior Treasury officials knew about to big banks and other financial firms where their careers as a result. At an ACAMS confer- labor laws for government employees, said hir- FinCEN’s practice but it was not halted until violations are discovered. ence in March, Shasky talked about her hiring ing managers at government agencies fre- OPM identified the problem, two of the sources FinCEN has taken part in several of the high- strategy. “We needed people that understood, quently have more specific requirements in said. A Treasury spokeswoman said that FinCEN est-profile actions against banks over the past ‘How do you do enforcement? How do you mind than they are permitted to display in is “committed to complying with all relevant three years, including a record $875 million set- issue a summons? How do you do a deposi- some job postings. —Reuters For new Ford CEO Fields, aluminum truck is key

DETROIT: For all the miracles Alan Mulally pulled off at Ford Motor Co., one eluded him. He couldn’t make the stock price leap. Soon, the problem of boosting Ford’s stock will fall to Mark Fields. On Thursday, Ford officially announced that Mulally would retire on July 1 and Fields would replace him as CEO. Fields was widely seen as the heir apparent after being named chief operating officer late in 2012. Under Mulally, Ford underwent a massive restructuring, resumed paying a dividend and ran off a string of highly prof- itable quarters. While the stock has doubled from around $8 when Mulally took over in 2006, it hasn’t closed above $18 for more than two years. For the past three months, it’s been stuck between $14.50 and $16.50 as harsh winter weather kept buyers away from showrooms. The stock could stay in limbo for a while. Ford has warned that pretax profit will fall to between $7 billion and $8 billion this year from $8.5 billion in 2013, as it launches a record 23 vehicles worldwide and builds seven plants, including four in TOKYO: Pedestrians walk in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district yesterday. Japan’s household spending jumped in March China. Investors don’t often embrace reports of lower profits. ahead of a sales tax rise while the jobless rate remained at its lowest level in more than six years, official data showed Analysts don’t see much upside for the stock until Ford yesterday. — AFP starts selling a revolutionary new aluminum-body F-150 pick- up late this year. The truck, which will be 700 pounds lighter than the current version, could get close to 30 miles per gal- Asian shares mixed as lon of gas on the highway, far better than its competition. But Ford faces the gargantuan tasks of retooling factories to produce such a large body out of something other than dealers return from break steel, and of convincing skeptical buyers that an alloy version of the nation’s top-selling vehicle is just as tough as the old one. Traders keeping an eye on US jobs figures “If they can pull it off, I think it could sure be good for Ford, and that stock will take off and go,” said Gary Bradshaw, a HONG KONG: Asia’s markets were mixed lic holiday. The US Federal Reserve on That was followed later in the day by a portfolio manager with Hodges Capital in Dallas. “I guess if yesterday as dealers returned from the Wednesday said the world’s number one report from the US Institute for Supply you get 30 miles per gallon, we’ll all be driving one.” May Day break to healthy manufacturing economy was picking up after a severe Management that showed its PMI at 54.9 Many analysts say Ford’s stock is now undervalued. The data from the United States and China as winter that saw growth slow to just 0.1 last month from 53.7 in March, beating dividend yields just over 3 percent per year, better than 10- well as an upbeat assessment of the US percent in the first quarter of the year. analysts’ consensus estimate of 54.5. year US Treasury bills, and the company’s balance sheet has economy. The central bank said that with the cold been cleaned up. Its debt is now investment grade. Traders were keeping an eye on the weather now behind it, the country would Dollar edges up against yen Standard & Poors analyst Efriam Levy put an $18 price tar- release of US jobs figures due later in the likely enjoy a recovery, adding that it Other data from Washington on get on the stock and reiterated his “Buy” opinion. Ford shares day, while a recent batch of strong indica- would further reduce its stimulus pro- Thursday showed a jump in consumer closed Thursday down 24 cents at $15.91. tors helped the dollar edge up against the gramme by $10 billion a month to $45 bil- spending. The focus is now on Friday’s For the stock to grow, many think that Fields has to move yen. lion. non-farm payrolls figures for April, with forward with Mulally’s plans for key new vehicles, reverse loss- Tokyo eased 0.19 percent, after rallying On Thursday China said its official tentative expectations that they will show es in Europe and South America and keep growing the busi- 1.27 percent on Thursday. The Nikkei gave measurement of manufacturing activity the economy is rebounding after the near- ness in Asia. “Ford is set up for a really nice 2015. The table’s up 27.62 points to finish at 14,457.51, improved in April for a second straight stall in the first quarter. being set for a really strong performance in the US, Europe while Seoul slipped 0.12 percent, or 2.35 month. The official purchasing managers On Wall Street the Dow slipped 0.13 and China next year,” said Morningstar analyst David Whiston. points, to 1,959.44. index (PMI) came in at 50.4, the National percent after hitting a record high follow- He thinks Fields should buy back shares because they’re Sydney added 0.17 percent, or 9.3 Bureau of Statistics said, up from 50.3 in ing the Fed announcement on cheap at the moment. But Whiston doesn’t expect that to points, to 5,458.1 and Hong Kong rose March. Wednesday, while the S&P 500 was flat happen because Ford is investing in future vehicles and 0.57 percent, or 126.70 points, to A reading above 50 indicates growth and the tech-rich Nasdaq rose 0.31 per- growth overseas.—AP 22,260.67. Shanghai was closed for a pub- and anything below points to contraction. cent.—AFP BUSINESS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 India threatens WTO action over EU mango ban

NEW DELHI: India yesterday threatened to drag the European Union to the World Trade Organization over its ban on mango imports. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma warned the EU’s decision to slap the ban on import of the highly prized Alphonso mangoes, known as the “king of fruits”, could have “very negative fallout” on trade ties. Sharma said he had written to EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht urging him to overturn the “arbitrary” import ban on mangoes as well as four vegetables from India includ- ing bitter gourd and eggplant. “We do hope that the EU will see sense,” Sharma told reporters in New Delhi. He urged the 28-nation EU not to “precipitate the situation any further, which would lead us to go to the WTO”. The Geneva-based WTO deals with trade disputes. In March, the EU plant health care committee said it would impose the ban after finding pests in 207 Indian consign- ments of fruits and vegetables. The EU said it was acting to tackle what it called “significant shortcomings” in India’s certi- fication system. It noted that a high number of Indian consignments con- tained “pests, mainly insects, like non-European fruit flies”. PHOENIX: Shoppers walk in front of stores at the outdoor Biltmore Fashion Park yesterday, in Phoenix. Consumers are India, the world’s largest mango exporter, sells up to 70,000 ramping up spending, businesses are ordering more goods and manufacturers are expanding. The strengthening num- tonnes of the fruit globally. bers show that harsh snowstorms and frigid cold in January and February were largely to blame for the economy’s scant The ban, which came into effect Thursday, has led to a growth at the start of the year. — AP mango surplus in Indian markets, driving down prices to fruit lovers’ delight. However, dismayed agricultural officials have warned of a BoE to take early but cautious “supply glut” and the effect of the fall in prices on poor farm- ers. The mango ban further sours faltering India-EU free trade talks which began in 2007. The negotiations have been beset action on UK housing market by differences over intellectual property rights and other issues. —AFP Tighter mortgage rules, higher capital charges in view

LONDON: The Bank of England’s starkest Thursday helps explain why. Mortgage Trail-blazer WB approves $1b warning so far about Britain’s booming approvals in March sank to a six-month The BoE is acting as a trail-blazer for house prices is likely to be followed by low, having hit their highest level since other major central banks, which see the cautious measures, possibly as soon as late 2007 in January. need to keep a grip on lending as one of loan to Pakistan next month, as policymakers test out their Banks were already starting to imple- the lessons of the financial crisis. new powers. ment rules which came into force last The European Central Bank is slowly ISLAMABAD: The World Bank said yesterday it had approved Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe told week requiring them to make much more getting drawn into bank regulation as the a $1 billion loan for Pakistan and “envisages” another $11 bil- bankers late on Thursday that it would be detailed checks on prospective borrowers’ euro zone creates a banking union. lion package spanning five years. “dangerous” to ignore the rapid rise in income and spending than before the cri- Regulatory responsibilities in the United The loans are meant to support Pakistan’s struggling ener- house prices, which are up nearly 11 per- sis. States are spread across many more bod- gy sector and bolster its efforts to increase growth and invest- cent over the past year - the kind of “In effect we saw an interest rate ies than just the Federal Reserve. ment and arrest poverty. “The World Bank Group approved a increase last seen on the eve of the finan- increase last weekend with the mortgage In setting policy, the BoE is likely to cial crisis. market reforms,” said Andrew Milligan, look past eye-catching headlines such as package of assistance worth US$1 billion to support Pakistan’s Two other senior BoE officials head of strategy at Standard Life yesterday’s news that a single apartment economic reforms on Thursday,” the bank said in a statement. expressed similar worries when quizzed Investments which manages 184 billion in London sold for a record 140 million “The assistance package consists of two development poli- on Wednesday by lawmakers. The focus is pounds ($311 billion) of funds, including pounds. It is less worried about cash pur- cy credits (DPCs) to support the government of Pakistan’s squarely on the June 17 meeting of the 10 billion in property. chases in central London by the world’s efforts to improve the power sector, and reinvigorate growth central bank’s Financial Policy Committee, Banks now need to spend around two super-rich than about preventing a rapid and investment for reducing poverty and building shared which was set up to prevent a repeat of hours interviewing each mortgage appli- growth in the exposure of British lenders prosperity,” it said. the kind of recklessness in the banking cant - far longer than was common before to mortgages, which in a worst-case scn- The bank also said it was “envisaging” $11 billion worth of sector that helped push Britain into a dam- - likely creating a bottleneck in approvals eario could put at risk banks’ ability to loans under a new country partnership strategy for Pakistan aging recession. as well as restricting the number of eligi- lend to businesses and require further tax- over the next five years, covering fiscal years 2015 to 2019. A year ago, the FPC gained sweeping ble borrowers, he said. payer bailouts. The government, however, said the World Bank had but largely untried powers to curb excess- But the scale of the impact is some- For now, net mortgage lending growth approved the $11 billion partnership strategy to tackle its four es in the financial sector. One option that thing that neither Milligan nor the BoE can has been modest - at around 1.5 percent a main challenges of energy, economy, education and fighting has been ruled out for now is a rise in judge easily. This means the central bank year. A 40 percent rise in gross lending has extremism. interest rates by the BoE, which does not is likely to want to take more action soon been largely cancelled out by mortgage “The other landmark achievement of the day was the want to derail a recovery that is more frag- to stop the housing market running away repayments. approval of country partnership strategy under which ile in other parts of the economy. with itself, but of a relatively limited scale The central bank’s preferred outcome Pakistan will get US$11 billion in the shape of project loans Instead, the Bank, via the FPC, may so that it can get a sense of the impact of would be for affordability constraints to require banks to check that new borrow- its new tools. cause house price growth to level off, and and budgetary support,” it said. ers could cope with much higher interest “The BoE is unlikely to stamp a size-10 for prices to rise in the long run at a level Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has “congratulated the whole rates; make banks hold more capital boot down on the housing market,” said close to earnings growth - which has aver- nation on this success and observed that the country partner- against certain types of mortgages; or Rob Wood, chief UK economist at aged 5 percent in the past. ship strategy is aligned fully with the vision of Pakistan’s urge caps on how large mortgages can be Berenberg. “If the central bank does not But looser mortgage lending standards development challenges around the four Es ‘Energy, compared to a borrower’s income. know how powerful its tools are, it is could extend the recent run-up in prices, Economy, Extremism and Education’, based on the manifesto The country has a history of boom and unlikely to start with them on full power. so one of the steps the BoE is most likely of the Pakistan Muslim League (N) and its commitment to the bust in its housing market, and while Rather, it will gradually ratchet up the to take in June would be to make banks nation,” it said. Switzerland, New Zealand, Sweden and pressure.” ensure that borrowers can afford a rise in Philippe Le Houerou, vice president for the Bank’s South others have also taken steps to cool prop- Prices outside London are still several mortgage rates greater than the 3.5 per- Asia region, praised Pakistan for stabilising its economy and erty prices, Britain will be the largest econ- percent below pre-crisis peaks, even centage points required now. starting reforms in the power sector. “The government of omy to do so thus far. before adjusting for inflation, and transac- Another would be to limit the propor- Pakistan deserves appreciation for stabilising the economy, As the Bank of England gets to grips tion levels have not recovered either. tion of high loan-to-value mortgages on initiating reforms in the power sector as well as revenue with its new ‘macroprudential’ tools, it Macroprudential measures also will not banks’ books, or further increase capital mobilisation and drawing in the private sector for spurring probably wants to start gradually, and one solve Britain’s underlying shortage of new requirements as insurance against loans growth”, Le Houerou said in a statement.—AFP piece of data released by the BoE on homes. going bad.— Reuters BUSINESS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

PHILADELPHIA: In this March 25, 2014 photo, a pedestrian passes a CVS store in Philadelphia. CVS reports quarterly earnings yesterday. — AP ‘African Davos’ will focus minds on problems Host is a microcosm of challenges to African nation states

ABUJA: Delegates to the World Economic Forum on Africa next Africa as the continent’s biggest economy through a rebasing of its former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and U.S. Trade week in the Nigerian capital Abuja will be in the right place to reflect GDP, can be seen as a microcosm of the post-independence pains Representative Michael Froman. on the rising continent’s problems, as well as its undoubted poten- and trauma of other struggling African nation states - such as South Participants will swap views of Table Mountain and the azure sea tial. Participants, including Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and African Sudan and Central African Republic. in Cape Town, South Africa, the venue for most previous WEFs on leaders, meet as the continent’s largest economy grapples with a The World Economic Forum on May 7-9 will include a session on Africa, for the sight of Aso Rock - a stark erosion-streaked outcrop surging Islamist revolt and inter-communal clashes that highlight emerging security threats which are casting a pall on Sub-Saharan that dominates the surrounding African bush and stands guard over poverty, ethnic and religious schisms, and battles over power and Africa’s otherwise ebullient economic promise as it snaps at the heels the Nigerian presidential complex. resources in many parts of Africa. of Asia as the world’s second fastest-growing region. “Participants will not have a problem with security during the “If people want to take a look at a dynamic, high-potential place Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told Reuters that summit,” President Jonathan said in a statement aimed at reassuring in Africa, Nigeria is that place, but it also has a whole host of issues the meeting’s chosen theme - “Forging Inclusive Growth, Creating WEFA attendees. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau had a chill- that are not going away anytime soon,” said Mark Shroeder, head of Jobs” - was as relevant to Nigeria as to the rest of Africa. ingly different message in a video released to some media in which Sub-Saharan Africa analysis at business and security consultancy he claimed responsibility for last month’s bombing of the bus station STATFOR. Policymakers, entrepreneurs and philanthropists attending ‘Inclusion problem’ on the edge of the federal capital of Africa’s No. 1 oil producer. the 24th World Economic Forum on Africa (WEFA), a replica of the The continent’s most populous nation, Nigeria has tens of mil- “Look at us, we are right within your city, and you don’t even flagship annual WEF held in Davos, Switzerland, will be ensconced in lions of poor, many of them unemployed, restless youth, who could know how to find us,” Shekau taunted Jonathan. the concrete fortress of the Abuja Hilton, protected by 6,000 police pose a real threat to stability if neglected and left without a future. and soldiers - the largest security operation Nigeria has ever mount- These masses of underprivileged and excluded from Africa’s natu- ‘Failing state’ ed for a summit. ral wealth, such as Nigeria’s oil, offer potential recruits to Boko Haram One figure who will be absent next week will be Nigerian central An April 14 bomb blast on Abuja’s outskirts, which killed at least and other radical or insurgent groups which often arise from, or take bank governor Lamido Sanusi, suspended by Jonathan in February 75 people and was claimed by the radical Islamist group Boko advantage of, these social inequalities. after he denounced that up to $20 billion of state oil revenues had Haram, triggered the big security shield for an event which is normal- Okonjo-Iweala has acknowledged “an inclusion problem” as one failed to be paid into the national treasury. ly the setting for convivial and relaxed discussions. contributing factor behind Boko Haram. So while Jim O’Neill, the for- Widely respected internationally as an anti-corruption reformer, The Hilton’s air-conditioned marble interior may also not drown mer Goldman Sachs analyst who coined the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, the urbane northern aristocrat had been a regular at Davos. He told out the desperate public appeals of parents of some 200 teenage India, China), sees Nigeria as a “fantastic story” and has included it as Reuters in Abuja this week he would be staying away from the schoolgirls snatched by suspected Boko Haram militants from a one of the most powerful newly emerging MINTs (Mexico, Indonesia, “African Davos” in his own country. Nigeria’s presidency, which has northeast school in a mass abduction last month. Nigeria and Turkey), others like West Africa expert Gilles Yabi fear it disputed his denunciations of missing oil revenues as exaggerated, The incident has shocked Nigeria, triggered protests in Abuja and could be a “giant with feet of clay”. said he was suspended for “recklessness” at the central bank. Sanusi embarrassed President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, show- Former International Crisis Group analyst Yabi wrote in recent has a different story: “It’s all about shooting the messenger,” he said. ing up the military’s inability to contain a ruthless anti-government blogs that Boko Haram was a monstrous product of bad governance “If you were to look at objective criteria, you would say that insurgency whose targets also include Christian churches and civil- illustrating “the failure of the attempt to construct a Nigerian society Nigeria is a failing state,” he said. Finance Minister Okonjo-Iweala ians of all races and creeds. Nigeria’s combustible ethnic, religious founded on common values”. WEFA’s Nigerian hosts are keen to prefers to talk about “democracy in raw form”. and regional faultlines, fanned by the political winds of an upcoming keep the focus positive. “We’ve not had any cancellations, which is That may be small comfort to the relatives of the abducted election 10 months away, are the legacy of its artificial creation by amazing to us,” Okonjo-Iweala said. schoolgirls, who want the military to do more to find them. “We’re former colonial masters. Delegates are also expected to include former Brazilian President talking about the lives of 200 innocent girls,” said Lawan Abana, who In this, the West African giant, which recently replaced South Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, has a sister and two nieces among the missing. — Reuters 2014 SATURDAY, MAY 3, 3, MAY SATURDAY, www.kuwaittimes.net Tears of joy: Pharrell ‘happy’ at awards show Pages 22-23 Posthumous Michael Jackson album due out May 13 PAGE 24

A Palestinian model displays an outfit on the first day of the Palestinian Fashion Week on May 1, 2014, in an upscale hotel in the West Bank city of Ramallah. — AFP SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Pharrell Williams accepts the award for iHeartRadio innova- Rihanna accepts the award for artist of the year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. tor at the iHeartRadio Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on Thursday in Los Angeles. — AP photos Tears of joy: Pharrell ‘happy’ at awards show harrell is still full of tears of joy - even after that viral inter- Lady Gaga, praising Pharrell’s talent. But Pharrell wasn’t the only view with Oprah Winfrey. The producer-rapper-singer was star in happy mood: Rihanna was the night’s big winner, taking Pteary-eyed after he performed a medley of his hits at the home four trophies including artist and song of the year for the iHeartRadio Music Awards and earned the innovator award for his slow tune, “Stay.” contributions to music. “I never dreamt in a million, million, mil- “It’s not easy what we do. It’s very difficult at times. It’s a lot of lion years as a producer that I would be standing here as an pressure to be a lot of things, and I’ve never felt comfortable artist,” the 41-year-old told the crowd Thursday at the Shrine being anything other than myself - and I just thank my fans for Auditorium in Los Angeles. “All I did was write the songs and you being supportive,” said Rihanna. The pop star also won best fan guys did all the heavy lifting, all the hard work.” army and hip-hop/R&B song of the year for the anthemic “Pour It Pharrell performed his songs “Happy” and “Come Get It Bae,” Up.” Pitbull kicked off the first iHeartRadio Music Awards with a as well as two of last year’s biggest hits that he was a part of - colorful performance - and words for Los Angeles Clippers owner Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” “I got- Donald Sterling. “I want to welcome the world to the first ta thank my savior, I gotta thank God ... my wife and my son, iHeartRadio Music Awards. Now everyone that’s here is a who’s Rocket,” said Pharrell, who rarely acknowledges his personal life. who, a what’s what, the anybody’s of all anybody’s - except of Pharrell famously cried in an interview with Winfrey last course for Donald Sterling,” he told the crowd after his perform- Pitbull presents the award for hip hop/R&B song of the year. month. She appeared in a video, which included Beyonce and ance.

Ariana Grande performs at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Jennifer Lopez left, and Ryan Seacrest present the award for artist of the year. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Usher performs during the world premiere of Michael Jackson’s song ‘Love Never Felt So Pitbull and from left, Paula Van Oppen, Emmalyn Estrada, Lauren Bennett and Natasha Good’. Slayton, of G.R.L., perform at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

“So, with that said, you can take a picture with whoever you Some of the top nominees Thursday didn’t attend the awards want tonight - even Magic Johnson,” he said to cheers. Sterling show, including Justin Timberlake, Jay Z and Macklemore & Ryan was banned for life from the NBA and fined $2.5 million Tuesday Lewis. Miley Cyrus, who is recovering from a severe allergic reac- for making racist comments. Pitbull, who won best collaboration tion to antibiotics, won best lyrics for her No. 1 hit, “Wrecking for the No. 1 hit “Timber” with Kesha, performed that song and Ball.” Her father picked up her award. “As a dad, I can’t begin to “Wild Wild Love” with girl group G.R.L. and female background tell you how much your thoughts, your love, your support for my dancers who wore white and gold. Usher also enticed the crowd family and Miley mean to all of us,” Billy Ray Cyrus said. when he danced slickly to the new Michael Jackson single, “Love Lorde was also recovering from being sick, and she thanked Never Felt This Good,” and 20-year-old Ariana Grande performed fans in a video for her win for best new artist. Performers during her new jam “Problem” in a mini black dress and white knee-high the fan-voted show, which aired live on NBC, included Shakira, boots that even had Rihanna blushing. Luke Bryan, 30 Seconds to Mars, Bastille and Blake Shelton, who won country song of the year. Diddy, Jennifer Lopez, Selena Love and support to Miley Gomez, Lionel Richie and Gwen Stefani made appearances. The three-hour awards show paid tribute to music roots in Los Imagine Dragons’ “Demons” and Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” won the Angeles with acts from Katy Perry to Steven Tyler to the Black trophies for alternative rock and EDM song of the year, respec- Keys talking in videos about establishing their sound in the city. tively. — AP Compton-born Kendrick Lamar brought the theme to life with a performance of Tupac and mentor Dr Dre’s “California Love.”

Ariana Grande speaks at the iHeartRadio Music Awards.

Blake Shelton accepts the award for country song of the year Lionel Richie, right, presents the award for best lyrics to Billy for ‘Boys ‘Round Here’. Ray Cyrus, who accepts on behalf of Miley Cyrus.

Shakira performs at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. Jared Leto presents the award for best new artist at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Posthumous Michael Jackson album due out May 13 hen Michael Jackson’s record label work on the project. He declined. “I was released his first posthumous asked to be on that album and to produce Walbum in 2010, a year after the like five songs, but I turned it down,” he King of Pop’s sudden death, producer said. “I just felt like it wasn’t time.” Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins was asked to Years later, the hitmaker for Destiny’s Child and Whitney Houston - who worked heavily on Jackson’s 2001 comeback album “Invincible” - says he now feels comfortable producing Jackson’s music again. He pro- duced the title track from the upcoming album, “Xscape,” out May 13. “For me it wasn’t about the label, it wasn’t about the estate’s approval; it wasn’t about all of that,” he said. “I had a personal relationship with Michael, (so) it was about, ‘What would he want from this? What would he want it to sound like now?’” “Xscape” was executive produced by Timbaland and includes songs Jackson recorded in the 1980s and 1990s. Some of the tracks are taken from early recording sessions for successful albums such as “Bad” and “Dangerous.” The first single, “Love Never Felt So Good,” was written File photo shows Michael Jackson waves to crowds gathered to see him at his first with Paul Anka. A bonus version of the ever in-store appearance to celebrate his new album ‘Invincible’ in New Yorkís Times track features Justin Timberlake. Jerkins Square. — AP photos said he and Jackson originally started work “vibing out,” but didn’t focus on creating nervous about including “Xscape” on the on the song “Xscape” in 1999 when they music exclusively. “And I then I spoke to Jackson album, which also includes a song recorded the “Invincible” album. He revisit- him - I would say 2008, 2009, something produced by StarGate, who Jackson initially ed the track in 2003 and retouched it this like that - and he was telling me, ‘I’m get- wanted to collaborate with in 2007 because year for the new 8- track album. ting ready to do another album. You gotta of the Swedish team’s work with Ne-Yo. “I “Even when Michael was alive, we never get to work. Start working on ideas,’” he was like, ‘What’s the other stuff going to In this May 31, 1997 file photo, US Popstar stopped working on the song ‘Xscape,’” he recalled. “And then he passed away.” sound like?’ I don’t even know if I want my Michael Jackson performs during the opening said. “It was one of those songs where he Jerkins, who has produced hits for song to be on there if the other stuff ain’t concert of his ‘HIStory Tour Part II’ across specifically said to me, ‘It has to see the Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce and Brandy, is cur- right,” Jerkins said. But after the hearing the Germany and Europe at the Weserstadion in light of day one day.’” Jerkins said he visited rently working on new music with Rihanna full record, he relaxed. “Everyone did a real- Bremen, North Germany. Jackson in 2007 in Ireland where they were and Ariana Grande. He said he was initially ly great job on this project,” he said. — AP Filmmakers unveil anticipated Singer Chris Brown in jail for at ‘Godzilla’ in IMAX least another week, judge says Los Angeles judge on Thursday said R&B said if he cannot resolve the case with prosecutor, singer Chris Brown will remain in jail for at Mary Murray, by next week, he will ask the court to Aleast another week as the pop star deals with release Brown on certain terms and conditions. This photo dual cases on both sides of the country. Brown, who Geragos’ past requests to have Brown placed released by will now spend his 25th birthday on May 5 behind under house arrest instead of jail have so far been Warner Bros bars, has been held since March 14 after his dismissal denied. The “Turn Up the Music,” singer also faces a Pictures shows from a rehabilitation center violated the terms of his misdemeanor assault trial in Washington, DC, after Aaron court-ordered treatment related to his 2009 assault he allegedly punched and broke the nose of a man Taylor-Johnson of his then-girlfriend, the pop singer Rihanna. who was trying to get a picture with him last year. as Ford Brody in Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James The Washington trial, which could complicate Warner Bros. Brandlin said Brown would remain incarcerated matters in Brown’s probation case in Los Angeles, unless a resolution on the terms of his probation in has been delayed so his defense could arrange tes- odzilla lives. Sixty years after his “Because the original was definitely a the Rihanna case could be agreed to between the timony of Brown’s bodyguard, who was convicted introduction and a decade after his metaphor for Hiroshima and Nagasaki and prosecutor and Brown’s attorney by a scheduled last month of misdemeanor assault in the same Glast cinematic appearance, the mas- a very serious film, so we were inspired to hearing on May 9. Brown’s attorney, Mark Geragos, case. — Reuters sive monster filled an IMAX screen at try and reflect that.” In the 1954 original, Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre on Godzilla represented the destructive threat Thursday. The new film, titled simply of nuclear power after the United States “Godzilla,” brings the aquatic creature out unleashed it on Japan during World War II. of Japan and into the United States, with In 2014, Godzilla and the other monsters Honolulu, Las Vegas and San Francisco feed on radiation, so nations with nuclear among his destinations. And he’s not the arms are targets. only monster in the mix. Two other “The West ... we police the world and Massive Unidentified Terrestrial Organisms go, ‘You can’t have nuclear power. You - MUTOs - threaten the planet. Starring can’t have it. But we can have it, and we R&B singer Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Olson and Aaron have nuclear weapons,’ “ Edwards said. Chris Brown Taylor-Johnson, the film was made by life- “And what if there were a creature that appears in long Godzilla fans. It’s a realistic take on existed, creatures that were attracted to how the world and its military might radiation? Suddenly the tables would be court with his respond to an invasion by larger-than-life turned, and we’d be desperately trying attorney Mark creatures. to get rid of that stuff.”Edwards first Geragos, right, “We were trying to put more into it introduced the film at Comic-Con, the on Thursday, than just a simple monster movie,” director annual San Diego pop-culture festival, May 1, 2014, Gareth Edwards said after the screening. two years ago. —AP in Los Angeles. — AP SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

A man touches his hand on one of the fossilized dinosaur tracks on A matchbox lies near one of the fossilized dinosaur tracks on Turkmenistanís Turkmenistan’s Plateau of the Dinosaurs in the country’s eastern corner on the Plateau of the Dinosaurs in the country’s eastern corner on the border with border with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. — AFP photos Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Walking with dinosaurs in Turkmenistan’s ‘Jurassic Park’ ome eight hours dusty drive from the The plateau is renowned for having the recently and if you go up the mountain you Turkmen. Of course elephants have never nearest major settlement, tucked into longest track ways-continuous lines of foot- can imagine that they are walking away into existed in Turkmenistan but local legend long Sthe eastern corner of Turkmenistan and prints made as a dinosaur walked or ran-any- the distance,” said Gulya, 27, a visitor from the had it that the tracks were left by elephants unknown to the outside world until the sec- where in the world. In places they reach up to nearest large town of Turkmenabat. “It’s taken by Alexander the Great in his cam- ond half of the last century, lies one of the 200 meters. It seems improbable that what is amazing how everyone of us can somehow paigns. “What is so unique about this plateau most mythical yet least visited spots in the now an arid mountain zone could sustain touch eternity,” she added. is that here precise tracks of dinosaurs have former Soviet Union. Turkmenistan’s Plateau such life but 150 million years ago when these been preserved and you can even make out of the Dinosaurs is the location of one of the creatures reigned supreme on Earth the eco- ‘Unique in the world’ the toes and then follow the track even,” said most magnificent collections of fossilized system was completely different. “Some 145- The Plateau is located deep in Bushmakin. dinosaur tracks anywhere on Planet Earth, 150 million years ago, there were lakes and Turkmenistan’s eastern corner on the border “Such a huge number of prints has not which only became known to Soviet paleon- marshes and herds of dinosaurs strode along with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Visiting the been found anywhere else on the planet,” he tologists in the 1950s. the banks. There were both vegetarian and border region requires a permit. A visitor added. For all its remoteness, Turkmen offi- “Steven Spielberg should have shot carnivorous dinosaurs. from the capital Ashgabat on the other side of cials have some hope of making the area a ‘Jurassic Park’ here. Here the tracks of the “This sandy marshland quickly silted up the country needs to fly to Turkmenabat major draw. The plateau is located in the dinosaurs are real and not made by comput- and so these prehistoric tracks left their mark before then travelling south by road some heart of the Koytendag National Park which is ers,” said Aman, 35, an inhabitant of the vil- forever,” said Anatoly Bushmakin, a Turkmen 450 kilometres (280 miles), a bumpy eight- the location of Turkmenistan’s highest moun- lage of Khodja Pil at the foot of the plateau. scientist specializing in the plateau. Still one hour journey. It was only confirmed in the tain (Airybaba at 3,319 meters) as well as On the plateau, some 2,500 dinosaur tracks of the most isolated countries in the world 1950s that dinosaur tracks existed here, waterfalls, lakes and caves. “Because of this have been discovered. Some are 40 centime- almost two-and-a-half decades after the fall of although locals have known about them for the ministry of tourism in Turkmenistan is ters long and 30 centimeters wide, others the Soviet Union, Turkmenistan sees only a much longer, even if they were not quite sure preparing a dossier to apply for the even bigger, measuring 70 by 60. trickle of tourists and most visitors who make of the origin. Koytendag national park to be declared part A dinosaur five to six meters (16 to 20 feet) it out to the Plateau of the Dinosaurs are The name of the nearby village of Khodja of UNESCO world heritage,” said the head of tall could take a stride of up to two meters. locals. “It is like the dinosaurs were here just Pil means “Miracle of the Elephants” in the reserve, Mukhamet Imamov. — AFP Monaco royals slam Grace biopic ahead of Cannes opening onaco’s royals yesterday accused those the totally fictional nature of this film. It reinforces behind a biopic starring Nicole Kidman as the certainty, left after reading the script that this Mtheir mother Grace of hijacking their fami- production, a page of the Principality’s history, is ly history, just days before the film premieres at the based on erroneous and dubious historical refer- Cannes Film Festival. In a statement, Prince Albert II ences. “The Princely Family does not in any way and Princesses Caroline and Stephanie said the film wish to be associated with this film which reflects did not accurately portray events involving their no reality and regrets that its history has been mis- mother, the Hollywood actress who married appropriated for purely commercial purposes.” Monaco’s Prince Rainier III in 1956. “Grace of The Monaco royals occasionally attend the Monaco”, directed by France’s Olivier Dahan, will opening of the Cannes Film Festival, but it is unlike- officially open the 67th Cannes festival on May 14, ly that they will do so this year. The film also stars when it will be simultaneously released in France British actor Tim Roth as Prince Rainier, and focuses and several cities around the world. on a six-month period in 1962 when Alfred But even before its release, the film has been Hitchcock offered Grace of Monaco a chance to mired in controversy, with Dahan locked in a stand- return to acting-an opportunity she eventually off with the film’s US producer Harvey Weinstein turned down. The Cannes festival defended the and the Monaco royals slamming it as pure fantasy. film yesterday, saying it would add positively to the “The Prince’s Palace would like to reiterate that this “Monaco legend”. “The film is not a biopic in the feature film cannot under any circumstances be strictest sense, from life to death,” Thierry Fremaux, classified as a biopic,” the Monaco royals said yes- the festival’s artistic director, told AFP. “It’s the terday. expression of the right of every artist to poetic “The trailer appears to be a farce and confirms license.” — AFP SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

A cyclist pedals by a street art mural and a storefront church, Tuesday in Brooklyn’s Bushwick Jermaine McGriff, 20, a Bedford Stuyvesant-based rapper whose rap name is Flispy Flexin, neighborhood in New York. — AP photos records a music video in front of a street art portrait of the late rapper Biggie Smalls, also known as Notorious B.I.G. in Brooklynís cutting-edge Bushwick neighborhood in New York. Street art and trendy cafes in Bushwick, Brooklyn

or the last few years, a neighborhood called Williamsburg has Yet Bushwick’s emergence as part of cutting-edge Brooklyn has been the epicenter of Brooklyn cool. But with prices for not completely erased memories of the bad old days, when the FWilliamsburg condos hitting $4 million and up, young cre- working-class neighborhood was notorious for crime. Maria ative types are migrating to trendier - and less expensive - ground. Hernandez Park is named for a woman who was killed in 1989 after They seem to have found it in nearby Bushwick, known for colorful standing up against drug dealers. Today the park is filled with flow- street art (please don’t call it graffiti!) and kale pizza at a place called ers, skateboarders, dog-walkers and families. “No more shootings,” Roberta’s. said Elvin Alvarado, sitting on a park bench. “It used to be at 8 pm, you could not pass. People were waiting for you.” Joe Ficalora grew up in the neighborhood; his father was killed by a crackhead here in 1991. But Bushwick’s murder rate has dropped 90 percent since then, and Ficalora is thrilled with the transformation. He points to an old warehouse, now renting out gleaming apartments, as proof that the neighborhood will not “turn into Detroit.” “No one wanted to live here before,” said Ficalora, who pro- motes street art through a group called the Bushwick Collective. “No one wanted the beast. Now everyone loves the beast!” Where the hipsters of New York City go, tourists are sure to follow. So for The Bushwick Food Cooperative is located at the Shops of the out-of-towners willing to explore Bushwick, take the L subway line Loom, on the site of a former textile mill in Brooklyn’s to Jefferson Street and start wandering. You’ll find great eats and Bushwick neighborhood in New York. great art. activist Malala Yousafzai to a picture of a flotation device with the words: “Street art saved my life.” On a recent afternoon, several Street art young men chose a mural of the late rapper Biggie Smalls as a Along Troutman, Starr, Wyckoff and other streets, artwork deco- backdrop for filming a music video. “I was looking for good artwork rates old factories, warehouses and even small apartment build- and this caught my eye,” said the video’s 20-year-old star, who goes ings. There’s everything from a portrait of Pakistani education by the name Flispy Flexin. A customer enjoys a slice of ‘Tanya Charding’ thin-crust piz- You may see artists at work with spray paint, stencils, ladders za, featuring Swiss chard, speck, a cured meat, and Robiola and other tools of the trade, and you can sign up for a Bushwick cheese at Roberta’s, the most-well-known of many new street art tour through http://FreeToursbyFoot.com , where partici- restaurants in emerging Brooklyn’s cutting-edge Bushwick pants pay what they wish for tours. Organizers estimate some 500 neighborhood. people have taken the two-hour “New York Graffiti and Street Art Tour” since it launched March 1. Ficalora also organizes an annual street festival showcasing artists, musicians and others contributing to the neighborhood’s renaissance. It’s planned for June 1, 11 am -7 pm, on Troutman between Wyckoff and St Nicholas.

Shops Ficalora’s family operates a steel products company that’s one of a number of manufacturers still located in Bushwick. But some industrial buildings have been repurposed for residential and retail use, like Shops at the Loom, which houses 20 stores in a renovated textile mill at 1087 Flushing Ave, including Gnostic Tattoo, the Bushwick Food Cooperative, Brooklyn Yarn Cafe, Loom Yoga Proprieter Archie Broady adjusts the wick on a ‘courtship Center, and Kave, a coffee bar that offers nut-milk lattes and Wi-Fi. candle,’ one of the unusual items for sale in his tiny gift shop, Archie Broady owns a boutique at Shops at the Loom named for named for his mother Iola, situated in a hallway at the Shops his mother, Iola. In his store, he says, “anybody should be able to at the Loom, a converted textile mill that houses retail space find something beautiful.” His eclectic wares and “found objects” A small tribute to the power of street art adorns a wall in the and rentals in Bushwick, an emerging Brooklyn neighbor- range from hand-cranked candles wound around a coil, to bandag- cutting edge Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. hood in New York. es designed to match various skin colors. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Customers dine at cozy Dear Bushwick restaurant in Brooklyn’s edgy Bushwick neighborhood Patrons sit in an industrial-style courtyard where the walls are formed from pieces of metal in New York. shipping containers at Roberta’s, the most popular of a crop of trendy restaurants in Brooklyn’s cutting-edge Bushwick neighborhood.

Passing through Shops at the Loom on a recent day was Laura bread pudding. Other area bars, nightspots and cafes include De Marco, an Italian visitor scoping out loft space for a photogra- Bodega drink Bar, 24 St Nicholas Ave.; The Rookery, 425 Troutman phy workshop. “A lot of young artists live here,” explained De St; and Pearl’s Social & Billy Club, 40 St Nicholas Ave. Marco. “We’re looking for a big space with light. Brooklyn is the No description of Bushwick would be complete without place to do photography. This is the real Brooklyn.” Roberta’s, 261 Moore St. The industrial-zoned block can seem Even folks from other parts of Brooklyn are intrigued by deserted even when there’s an hour-long wait for a table. Bushwick’s newfound trendiness. “I’m from Williamsburg but I’m Sometimes you can snag a seat at the bar and order food from here for a few days to explore the neighborhood,” explained Jodi there; additional tables are located in an atrium inside converted Jones, a fashion photographer stopping by the Kave cafe. “I keep shipping containers, a hipster dreamscape of corrugated industrial- hearing the hipster scene is in Bushwick.” chic green. In warm weather, there are outdoor tents and a tiki bar. Food critics rightly laud Roberta’s fabulous thin-crust pizza. Kale Eating and drinking is a favorite topping but an excellent option is “Tonya Charding” Bushwick is an increasingly important player in Brooklyn’s food- pizza with robiola cheese, speck (cured meat), chard and green gar- ie scene. A tiny, upscale restaurant called Dear Bushwick at 41 lic. Roberta’s co-owner Brandon Hoy says “there weren’t a lot of Wilson Ave. offers a sumptuous “English Country Kitchen” menu people with their eyes on what was happening here” when they with entrees in the $22 range like stuffed bass and roast chicken. opened in 2008. “There’s a fine line between dangerous and wild- Intriguing vegetable sides include roasted carrots with “medieval ness, and the neighborhood still has this very art-centric feeling of nut pesto”. Try Dear Bushwick’s version of Pimm’s, a refreshing wildness,” he said. “That’s what drew us here and that’s the founda- cocktail that originated in 19th century London. And enjoy the tion that created this art scene and culture. Craziness happens here quirky decor: A picture of a caped damsel on a white horse sits next in a fun way.” to a handwritten nursery rhyme, “Ride a horse to Banbury Cross, to see a fine lady upon a white horse.” Ficalora recommends Northeast Kingdom, 18 Wyckoff Ave. A young woman stands at the intersection of Wyckoff and “Awesome place, comfort food,” he says. Menu offerings include Troutman streets against the backdrop of bold and colorful “This Morning’s Farm Egg”, seared local scallops, and maple walnut street art.

Danielle Mastrion’s portrait of education activist and heroine Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who stood up to Argentine street artist Santiago Spirito, who also goes by the Taliban and defended her right to an education. the street name ‘Cabaio,’ works on a mural in the cutting- edge Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Egypt opens replica of King Tut’s tomb

Photo shows mountains illuminated by colorful lights on the west bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Egypt. — AP photos

gypt on Wednesday inaugurated an exact replica of the Carter. Egyptian tourism officials, who unveiled the replica the western bank of the Nile opposite the southern city of tomb of King Tutankhamun in the desert valley where Wednesday alongside foreign dignitaries, are hoping the Luxor, and the golden treasures uncovered in it, most of which Emany of its ancient pharaohs were buried, aiming to pro- exhibit will help revive a tourism industry that has been heavi- are now in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. But the tomb has tect the 3,300-year-old original from deterioration caused by ly battered by the country’s unrest since the 2011 uprising suffered from the crowds of tourists descending into it over visiting tourists. The facsimile, in an underground chamber that toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak. the years. Tourists’ breath damages the ancient stone and not far from the original in the Valley of the Kings, recreates A pillar of the Egyptian economy, tourism plunged by more murals, and its walls expand and contract with changing tem- the tomb down to minute detail. Spanish and Swiss experts than 30 percent in 2011 and, after slowly building back the fol- peratures, causing paint to flake off and opening fractures that recreated the elaborate wall murals using a 3D scanning tech- lowing year, was heavily hit again by a wave of violence sur- dust enters, experts say. nology. In the middle of the burial chamber stands a rectangu- rounding the military’s ouster last summer of Islamist “These tombs were never built to be visited, they were built lar rock setting where in the original King Tut’s sarcophagus President Mohammed Morsi. Tourism officials have said rev- to last for eternity,” said Adam Lowe, of the Factum and mummy once rested. enues in the first three months of this year fell 43 percent from Foundation, a Madrid-based conservation organization that In a hall between the burial chamber and an antechamber the same period in 2013, down to around $1.3 billion. created the facsimile in collaboration with Zurich-based hang photos and explanations of the discovery of the tomb The 18th Dynasty King Tut has long been a major draw of Society of the Friends of the Royal Tombs in Egypt and the and its treasures in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard tourists to Egypt - both his tomb in the Valley of the Kings on Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities ministries.

Sending a message Tourists visit Luxor “They lasted very successfully for 3,300 and in the 90 years Temple, a large ancient since it has been open, it suffered a great deal,” Lowe told The Egyptian temple complex Associated Press. “All of the attempts to try and conserve it on the east bank of the create more problems.” For the time being, the original Tut Nile River in Luxor, Egypt. tomb will remain open, but tourism authorities are aiming to reduce visitors and steer them toward the replica, said Mohammed Osman, vice president of the Chamber of Tourist Companies. Ticket prices for the replica will be 50 Egyptian pounds, around $7, half the price for visiting the original, he said. Egyptian Antiquities Minister Mohammed Ibrahim and Lowe said facsimiles will also be made of the tombs of the pharaoh Seti I and Nefertari, a wife of the pharaoh Ramses the Great, both currently closed to the general public. Experts carried out the copying work on the original in 2009 and the building of the replica in Madrid was finished in 2011, but delivery was delayed several times by Egypt’s tumul- tuous political conditions, Lowe said. “We are here to cele- brate but also to send a message that this area is a wonderful place to visit, and now with this tomb in place, it becomes an even more interesting place to visit for tourists,” James Moran, ambassador of the European Union, said at the opening cere- mony. The EU helped in transport of the replica to Egypt. Osman said he hoped the ceremony - which was attended by 20 ambassadors - will send “a reassuring message that Egypt is safe” and encourage a return of tourists. — AP SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Tourists visit Luxor Temple, a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile River in Luxor, Egypt.

Tourists visit Luxor Temple, a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile River in Luxor.

Photo shows the Luxor Temple, a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of A tourist visits Luxor Temple, a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the the Nile River in Luxor. Nile River in Luxor, Egypt. TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 As Facebook matures, it looks to grow mobile reach

SAN FRANCISCO: Mark Zuckerberg, like time. Facebook’s focus is now squarely on the allows apps to access information related to Facebook has some sense that they are going Facebook, is maturing. The soon-to-be 30- mobile space, not just its own applications the Facebook user’s identity. With the anony- to walk away because they don’t feel like they year-old CEO of the decade-old social net- but those built by outside developers. “As you mous login, Facebook will have information are being put first, then they have a real prob- working company grew reflective as he stood get older you do gain perspective, and about users but the apps won’t. lem on their hands. So, they are giving users before hundreds of app developers to Facebook has,” said David Kirkpatrick, author Zuckerberg said the feature will let more some new features that they have been look- announce a host of mobile features designed of “The Facebook Effect,” a chronicle of the people to try out new apps that they may not ing for a long time,” said Gartner analyst Brian to put “people first.” “We used to have this company’s early years. “It’s astonishing that a trust yet with their personal information. App Blau. famous mantra, ‘move fast and break things,’” 10-year-old company should be in a position developers have the option of including the Zuckerberg said at Facebook’s f8 developer to have as much influence in so many things anonymous login as a feature, but they won’t ‘Audience Network’ conference in San Francisco. But moving in society as they do,” he said. “And I think have to. The company is also launching more Facebook also took the wraps off its long- quickly was sometimes so important that they are starting to take a much more serious granular controls that let people determine awaited mobile advertising network, called Facebook’s engineers would tolerate a few “Audience Network,” a product that enables bugs, or push out products that were not Facebook to sell ads in mobile applications always fully baked. Fixing the bugs, besides its own. For example, Coca Cola can Zuckerberg said, “was slowing us down.” show ads on a mobile game that a Facebook Backpedaling on features that didn’t work - or user has downloaded on his or her phone. that users didn’t like - slowed things, too, The service will increase its competition with though Zuckerberg did not mention that. Google, which dominates the mobile adver- Facebook’s new mantra may not be as tising market and has its own ad network. sexy. Zuckerberg pointed to a new sign that Twitter is expected to announce its own, too. read “Move fast with stable infra,” as in infra- “Everything is going mobile right now, so in structure, and the audience laughed. Stability, order to compete with companies like Google, it turns out, is the new maxim, and the era of it needs to have a strong mobile app, which it breaking things is over. In a rare bit of onstage already does, and a strong way of delivering rumination reflecting on the past decade, mobile advertising - not just within Facebook Zuckerberg said he and other Facebook but across a network of mobile apps,” said employees realized they had created a culture Debra Aho Williamson, an analyst with of quick-witted, fast-moving engineers who research firm eMarketer. Williamson believes took pride in being “hackers” who consistent- Facebook’s ad network will help improve the ly put the company’s best interests ahead of health of the overall advertising business. what users wanted. Many mobile apps will likely be eager to work SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the opening keynote at the with Facebook because its social network Culture of loving Facebook f8 conference in San Francisco, California. — AFP already has relationships with more than 1 Now, Zuckerberg says, the goal is “to build million advertisers and has accumulated valu- a culture of loving the people we serve that is approach to the opportunity and responsibili- the types of information they share with apps able insights into people’s interests. as strong if not stronger than our culture of ty that goes along with their scale.” when they want to use their Facebook identi- “It’s going to make it so that advertisers hacking at Facebook. I hope you can see the ty to log in. Previously, apps could decide don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time seeds of some of this today in what we are People-first focus what information they wanted to access on that they advertise,” she said. “They will be talking about.” The last time Facebook held a As part of its mobile, people-first focus, people’s Facebook pages - such as people’s able to go to just one source, one network conference for app developers was in 2011. Facebook says it will let users log in to apps birthday, friends list or email address. Now, and distribute it widely.” Facebook’s share of That was before the company attracted 1.28 anonymously, without sharing their identities people can uncheck each, or all of these the $9.7 billion US mobile advertising market billion users, before it went public, before it and personal information with mobile appli- things. was 16 percent last year, according to began showing mobile advertisements and cations they don’t trust. Facebook’s users can Analysts suspect Facebook’s evolution isn’t eMarketer, compared with 41 percent for before it paid eye-popping amounts of mon- already use a “log in with Facebook” button as much an epiphany about privacy as it is Google. This year, Google’s share is expected ey to acquire popular apps like Instagram and to sign up for apps that let them listen to about Zuckerberg’ realization that the compa- to slide to under 38 percent, while Facebook’s WhatsApp. music, play games, read the news and moni- ny has to take steps to ensure it holds on to its should increase to nearly 18 percent, accord- In the tech world, three years can be a life- tor fitness activities. But using the button users and grapples with more competition. “If ing to the research firm. —AP White House seeks US police use new privacy balance in ‘Big Data’ world tools for evidence WASHINGTON: The White House on Thursday suggested updates to laws and other measures to enhance privacy and prevent discrimination based on the data trail left by New online and mobile app launched consumers on their phones and computers that compa- nies and researchers collect and analyze. Both privacy LOS ANGELES: An annual spring party in a Southern won’t produce much good evidence. “There’s a reason that we advocates and tech groups found something to like within California beach town devolved into a riot last month when pay professionals to work in police departments,” said Nate the 90-day “Big Data” review, led by John Podesta, a top revelers turned violent, rocking cars, smashing windows and Cardozo, a civil liberties attorney with the Electronic Frontier advisor to President Barack Obama. The review consulted throwing rocks. Dozens were injured and about 50 people Foundation. “And there’s a reason we don’t crowdsource pho- internet companies such as Google Inc and Facebook Inc, ended up in the hospital, including several police officers. to lineups and the like - crowds aren’t good at it,” he said. data miners like Acxiom Corp , as well as academics, Today, as authorities seek help with the investigation in Isla Edson says he took note during the aftermath of the advertising agencies, legal experts, civil rights groups and Vista, they’re employing a new online and mobile app that Boston attacks last year when authorities were inundated with intelligence agencies. designers say was created specifically for this type of situation. videos and photos from people at the scene of the blasts. He The White House threw its support behind a legislative “When the public really wants to catch these bad guys as bad- figured a new tool could help streamline digital evidence update to a privacy law for email, the Electronic Privacy ly as we do, this is the mechanism,” said Los Angeles Sheriff’s gathering. “It seemed like the perfect opportunity to go to the Communications Act. The bill, which protects email and Cmdr. Scott Edson, who helped conceptualize the system in private sector,” he said. Edson connected with Culver City, other data stored in the cloud, has stalled in Congress, but the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. “They can California-based tech startup CitizenGlobal Inc. and Amazon is backed by privacy groups and the tech sector. The help us by sending us pictures and video.” Web Services to design the system as a public-private partner- review also recommended legislation to create a national The innovation, known as LEEDIR, the Large Emergency ship offered free to authorities and members of the public. standard for telling consumers when their data has been Event Digital Information Repository, pairs an app with cloud “With tens of millions of smartphones in use in the U.S., it’s hacked to improve upon a patchwork of state laws for storage to help police use smartphones as tools to gather evi- a virtual certainty that citizens will be taking videos and pho- data breaches, such as the December breach at retailer dence. Proponents say the crowdsourcing system gives tos at any terrorist attack, large-scale emergency or natural Target Corp. The Commerce Department also said it authorities a secure, central repository for the countless elec- disaster,” CitizenGlobal co-CEO George D Crowley Jr said in a would look at how to codify a “Consumer Privacy Bill of tronic tips that can come in during a crisis. And since it uses statement when the system was announced in November. He Rights” that calls for consumers to have more say in how remote database servers that police access online, floods of said “real-time access to such content has, too often, been a their data is used, first drafted by White House in 2012. data won’t cause system crashes or be expensive to store. matter of luck or chance” and this system will improve that The emphasis on data protections pleased Marc Most agencies, Edson said, “don’t have lots of bandwidth lying process. The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office became the Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy around.” first agency to try out the technology after the Deltopia vio- Information Center. —Reuters Privacy advocates criticize the app as overly broad, saying it lence, though results have been mixed. Spokeswoman Kelly subjects innocent people to police scrutiny and probably Hoover said the system has been easy to navigate. —AP TECHNOLOGY SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Today’s advice to graduates: No selfies

TAMPA: Toss your cap. Turn your tassel. Just don’t snap that selfie. Graduates at the University of South Florida and Bryant University in Smithfield, RI, have been asked to refrain from tak- ing self-portraits with their cell phones as they collect their diplomas. The seemingly simple directive is standing out for placing the slightest curtailment on a collective societal march toward sharing every waking moment on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and the like. Kyra Ciotti, a 22-year-old mass communi- cation major at USF, has taken selfies lying in bed, riding in a car, posing with her dog, taking a shot of tequila and whenever she feels her hair is having a particularly good day. She had planned to keep her arm extended as she walked across the stage at a ceremony Friday, capturing the moment for a sister in Australia. Now, chastened by the university’s admonition that it’s improper and fearful of a threat to withhold diplomas, she’ll keep her phone away. “I didn’t think it was that big of a deal,” she said as she posed on campus in her cap and gown for some early graduation pictures. “But I don’t want to be disrespectful.” For others, the simple act of outlawing selfies may have sparked the desire for one. Anthony Sanchez, a 22-year-old microbiology major at USF, said he’s only taken a few selfies in his life. But he’s not ruling out another at this weekend’s ceremony. “It put the idea in my head,” he said. “I wouldn’t have thought of it until they said don’t do it.” Self-portraits have been around since the early days of pho- tography, but it was the growth of cellphone cameras that made them into a pop cultural phenomenon. A selfie host Ellen DeGeneres took at the Oscars this year became the most retweeted item in history, but the snapshots have become so widespread that they’ve been taken by everyone from President Barack Obama (who was criticized for one with other world lead- ers at the funeral of Nelson Mandela) to Japanese astronaut Aki Hoshide (who took an other-worldly shot outside the International Space Station.) Selfie was even declared the 2013 TAMPA: University of South Florida graduating seniors Kyra Ciotti, 22, of Tampa, Fla (left) and Rita Sibaja, 24, of Winter word of the year by Oxford University Press. Haven look at photos that Rita took of Kyra in her cap and gown. The university has banned all self portraits, also known Administrators at both USF and Bryant said their intentions as “selfies,” during their 2014 graduation exercises. — AP were far less dramatic than making a statement about a genera- tion often accused of oversharing. They said they were simply trying to keep already long ceremonies from dragging on even longer. “It’s your moment in the sun right next to everyone else’s TV terrifies and compels moment in the sun,” said Michael Freeman, the USF dean of stu- dents who issued the guidelines saying selfies were banned along with marching, strolling and other fanciful methods of with viruses and robots accepting a diploma. Freeman said a handful of graduates took on-stage selfies during the December commencement and he has noticed stu- PARIS: Retroviruses that quietly multiply unnoticed, spread Telerama, adding that the series were “trying to reflect con- dents growing more and more cavalier as they approach the through communities and threaten humanity. Robots that temporary anxieties”. university president. Aside from keeping the ceremony on time, mutate into semi-conscious beings and go on the run from he wanted to maintain decorum. “I don’t have an anti-selfie their human masters. Television screenwriters all over the ‘Fragile frontier’ bent,” he said. “I would just caution students to think there’s a world are taking our darkest fears and turning them into pop- In a twist on the contamination theme, “Real Humans” time and place.” Neither USF nor Bryant has issued a blanket ban on selfies. Students are free to take them throughout the cere- ular entertainment. From the American series “Helix” and throws in technological developments that run of control. Set in mony, just not on stage. Sheila Guay, the special events director South Korea’s “The End of the World” to Sweden’s “Real modern-day Sweden, it depicts a world in which humanoid at Bryant, said selfies would take away from the ceremony and Humans”, these dramas explore anxieties generated by a tech- robot workers and servants are commonplace. Known as ruin photos that family members try to capture. She echoed nologically inter-connected world in which medical science is “hubots” they are programmed via a USB-type port in the back Freeman, saying: “There is a time and place for them, and here is constantly being outstripped by new threats. Biotech is even of their necks, although some form a group of “free hubots” after not one of them.” edging out terrorism as a theme of choice for television writ- being reprogrammed to enable them to experience human Most schools have taken no stance on the selfie craze, but ers, after a post-9/11 decade marked by pulse-raising dramas emotions. some are staking a position opposite to USF and Bryant. At in the vein of the hit action series “24”. “Today we have the feeling that information technologies, Ripon College in Ripon, Wis., all of this year’s graduation festivi- “We have many strong trends this year including... contam- computers, the Internet, are difficult to control, and are almost ties are built around a theme of new media. The school is circu- ination by a virus that spreads and is going to have an impact living their own life. It’s something that didn’t used to exist 15 lating a hashtag they’re encouraging students to use to tweet on society,” said Laurence Herszberg, from the Forum des years ago,” said the series creator Lars Lundstroem, adding that throughout the celebrations. They’re setting up a selfie booth Images cultural centre in Paris, during the forum’s annual tele- it was both a potential “dream and a nightmare”. Britain’s “Black with props, but also have no problem if students take one on vision drama festival. “What is interesting, is that we find these Mirror”, meanwhile, explores the possible consequences of an stage, too. “The college will not limit that kind of self-expres- themes in television series that have nothing to do with each addiction to technology, from implants to playback memories, sion,” said Melissa Anderson, the school’s executive director of other from very different parts of the world,” she added. In forced exposure to advertising and relatives brought back from marketing and communications. “As a point of pride, we hope “Helix”, one of a string of series shown at the “Series Mania” the dead using synthetic flesh and computer-generated person- students take a lot of selfies.” festival in Paris which ended earlier this week, a team of scien- alities. Creator Charlie Brooker has described it as being “about Similarly, Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, is also eager to tists investigate the outbreak of a retrovirus with potentially the way we live now-and the way we might be living in 10 min- see its graduates’ selfies. Kelly Bennett, the school’s social media catastrophic consequences for humanity at a research centre utes’ time if we’re clumsy”. The drama won an International coordinator, said Miami would share students’ selfies on Twitter in the Arctic. Emmy for best mini-series in 2012. But if all this sounds a bit too and Instagram. She said graduates were just exhibiting their excitement and that other colleges should embrace it. “I’ve nev- Fear of contagion is also the theme of “The End of the bleak, British director Danny Boyle has managed to inject some er seen it disruptive,” she said. “I think when you make a big deal World” in which a researcher battles to find the source of a humor. In his police comedy-drama “Babylon”, the action alter- out of it, then most people want to push the line.” Whether stu- mysterious epidemic. And Belgium’s “Cordon” tackles the nates between police and the force’s “ultra-connected” all- dents will push the line remains to be seen. USF’s warning that it same subject in a drama in which part of the city of Antwerp is tweeting public relations department. “The fragile frontier might keep violators’ diplomas has gotten the attention of many sealed off to prevent the spread of a deadly virus. “The virus is between man and machine is a strong theme at the moment,” seniors on campus, but Freeman, the dean, had a confession. a very interesting way of tackling a number of themes... The added Langlais. “We are starting to take notice of the dangers of “Between you, me and the wall, that’s basically an empty threat,” human virus has a strong metaphorical power,” said Pierre our addiction to new technologies and the pitfalls into which he said. — AP Langlais, a journalist for French television listings magazine they could lead us,” he said. —AFP TV listings SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

19:00 BBC World 21:00 Freaks Of Nature 15:00 The Michael J. Fox Show 20:00 BBC World 21:25 Freaks Of Nature 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 21:00 BBC World 21:50 Storm Chasers Stewart 22:00 BBC World 22:40 Squeamish 16:00 The Colbert Report 23:00 BBC World 23:05 Squeamish 16:30 Breaking In 00:45 Monsters Inside Me 23:30 The Long March Into Space 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 00:20 The Gadget Show 00:00 Chelsea Lately 18:00 Dads 02:25 Lion Man: One World African 00:45 How Do They Do It? 00:30 The Dance Scene 18:30 The Neighbors Safari 01:10 Powering The Future 00:55 The Dance Scene 19:00 Cougar Town 02:50 Lion Man: One World African 02:00 Brave New World 01:25 THS 19:30 Two And A Half Men Safari 02:45 Mythbusters 03:15 E!ES 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 03:15 Tanked 03:35 Sci-Trek 04:10 THS Jimmy Fallon 04:05 Treehouse Masters 04:30 Through The Wormhole With 00:30 Fast N’ Loud 05:05 Extreme Close-Up 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 04:55 Animal Cops Phoenix Morgan Freeman 01:20 Wheeler Dealers 05:30 Extreme Close-Up 00:00 Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos Stewart 05:45 Animal Clinic 05:20 Scrapheap Challenge 02:10 Extreme Car Hoarders 06:00 15 Remarkable Celebrity Body 00:30 Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos 22:00 Saturday Night Live 06:35 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 06:10 Strangest Weather On Earth 03:00 You Have Been Warned Bouncebacks 01:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 23:00 Weeds 07:00 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 06:35 Strangest Weather On Earth 03:50 Border Security 07:50 Style Star 02:00 Nordic Wild 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 07:25 My Cat From Hell 04:15 Baggage Battles 08:20 E! News 07:00 Human Body: Ultimate Machine 03:00 Doomsday Preppers 08:15 Too Cute! 04:40 The Liquidator 09:15 Fashion Police 07:55 Freaks Of Nature 04:00 Situation Critical 09:10 Gator Boys 05:05 How It’s Made 09:45 The Fabulist 08:20 Freaks Of Nature 05:00 Doomsday Preppers 10:05 Call Of The Wildman 05:30 How Stuff’s Made 10:15 The E! True Hollywood Story 08:45 Strangest Weather On Earth 06:00 Doomsday Preppers 10:30 Swamp Brothers 06:00 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 11:10 E!ES 09:10 Strangest Weather On Earth 07:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 11:00 Tanked 07:00 You Have Been Warned 12:05 E! News 09:40 Strangest Weather On Earth Planets 00:00 Almost Human 11:55 Treehouse Masters 07:50 Treehouse Masters 13:05 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 10:05 Strangest Weather On Earth 08:00 Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos 01:00 The Client List 12:50 Animal Heroes 08:40 Head Games 14:05 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 10:30 Strangest Weather On Earth 08:30 Nat Geo’s Most Amazing Photos 02:00 Survivor: Cagayan 13:45 Animal Heroes 09:30 Bear Grylls: A Day In... 14:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 10:55 Strangest Weather On Earth 09:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 03:00 Nip/Tuck 14:40 Animal Heroes 10:20 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 15:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 11:20 Strangest Weather On Earth 10:00 Nordic Wild 04:00 American Idol 15:35 Extreme Animals 11:10 Dual Survival 15:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 11:45 Strangest Weather On Earth 11:00 Science of Stupid 05:00 Survivor: Cagayan 12:00 Fast N’ Loud 16:30 Extreme Animals 16:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 12:10 Strangest Weather On Earth 11:30 Science of Stupid 06:00 Almost Human 12:50 Fast N’ Loud 17:25 Extreme Animals 16:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 12:35 Strangest Weather On Earth 12:00 Situation Critical 07:00 Betrayal 13:40 Fast N’ Loud 18:20 Tanked 17:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 13:00 How Do They Do It? 13:00 Doomsday Preppers 14:30 Fast N’ Loud 08:00 Zero Hour 19:15 My Wild Affair: The Seal Who 13:30 Sci-Trek 14:00 Doomsday Preppers 15:20 Fast N’ Loud 17:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 09:00 Glee Came Home 14:20 Sci-Trek 15:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 16:10 Fast N’ Loud 18:00 E! News 10:00 American Idol 20:10 Animal Maternity Ward 19:00 E!ES 15:10 Rocket City Rednecks Planets 11:00 Survivor: Cagayan 21:05 Jaws Comes Home 17:00 Gold Rush 15:35 Rocket City Rednecks 17:50 Klondike 20:00 Fashion Police 16:00 Nat Geo’s Top 10 Photos 12:00 Betrayal 22:00 My Wild Affair: The Seal Who 20:30 Keeping Up With The 16:00 Kings Of Construction 17:00 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show Came Home 18:40 Gold Divers 16:50 Freaks Of Nature 19:30 Bear Grylls: A Day In... Kardashians 18:00 Among The Great Apes 14:00 Zero Hour 22:55 Animal Maternity Ward 21:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 17:15 Freaks Of Nature 19:00 Sea Patrol 15:00 Almost Human 20:20 Bear Grylls: Escape From Hell 17:40 Brave New World 21:10 Dual Survival 22:30 E! News 20:00 Inside Combat Rescue 16:00 Betrayal 23:30 The Soup 18:30 Powering The Future 21:00 The Border 17:00 American Idol 22:00 The Liquidator 19:20 Penn & Teller Tell A Lie 22:25 The Liquidator 22:00 Sea Patrol 19:00 Bones 20:10 You Have Been Warned 23:00 Wild Russia 20:00 Criminal Minds 21:00 Castle 22:00 Sons Of Anarchy 00:05 Doctors 23:00 Nip/Tuck 00:35 Casualty 01:25 Bedlam 02:10 Incredible Journeys With Steve Leonard 03:00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 00:20 Secret Life of Predators 03:45 The Vicar Of Dibley 01:10 Hooked 04:15 The Weakest Link 02:00 Going Wild 00:00 Grave Encounters 05:00 Me Too! 02:50 Outback Wrangler 02:00 Bait 05:20 The Green Balloon Club 03:45 America The Wild 04:00 Shaft 05:45 Poetry Pie 04:40 World’s Weirdest 06:00 Drop Zone 05:50 Gigglebiz 05:35 Alaska Fish Wars 08:00 Abandoned 06:05 Bobinogs 06:30 Monster Fish 09:30 Men In Black 3 06:15 Me Too! 07:25 Mystery Gorilla 11:30 Armageddon 06:35 The Green Balloon Club 08:20 Warrior Bees 16:00 Men In Black 3 07:00 Poetry Pie 09:15 The Lady With 700 Cats 18:00 Dick Tracy 07:05 Gigglebiz 10:10 World’s Wildest Encounters 22:00 The Howling: Reborn 07:20 The Weakest Link 11:05 World’s Creepiest Killers 08:05 Doctor Who 12:00 Monster Fish 08:50 Rev. 12:55 Going Wild 09:20 The Vicar Of Dibley 13:50 Outback Wrangler 09:50 Absolutely Fabulous 14:45 Wild Gabon 10:20 My Hero 15:40 Nordic Wild 16:35 Africa’s Blood River 10:50 Lorna Doone 00:00 Bait-PG15 17:30 I, Predator 11:40 The Weakest Link 02:00 Shaft-18 18:25 Monster Jellyfish 12:25 Doctor Who 04:00 Drop Zone-PG 19:20 Monster Fish 13:10 Casualty 06:00 Abandoned-PG15 20:10 Going Wild 14:00 Eastenders 07:30 Men In Black 3-PG 21:00 Outback Wrangler 14:30 Eastenders 09:30 Armageddon-PG15 21:50 Wild Gabon 15:00 Eastenders 14:00 Men In Black 3-PG 22:40 Nordic Wild 15:30 Eastenders 16:00 Dick Tracy-PG15 23:30 Africa’s Blood River 16:00 Eastenders 20:00 The Howling: Reborn-PG15 16:25 The Vicar Of Dibley 22:00 Total Recall-18 16:55 The Vicar Of Dibley 17:25 Lorna Doone 18:15 Doctor Who 19:00 Being Erica 19:45 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 20:30 Mad Dogs 00:00 Fatal Instinct-PG15 21:20 Pramface 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon 02:00 Superbad-18 21:50 Threesome Stewart 04:00 A Kiss For Jed Wood-PG15 22:15 Me & Mrs Jones 01:00 The Colbert Report 06:00 Problem Child-PG 22:45 Ideal 01:30 It’s Always Sunny In 08:00 Rookie Of The Year-PG 23:15 Incredible Journeys With Steve Philadelphia 10:00 Frankenweenie-PG Leonard 02:00 The League 12:00 A Kiss For Jed Wood-PG15 02:30 Weeds 14:00 Dark Shadows-PG15 03:00 Last Man Standing 16:00 Frankenweenie-PG 03:30 New Girl 18:00 The First Wives Club-PG 04:00 Seinfeld 20:00 The Five-Year Engagement-18 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 22:15 Kissing Jessica Stein-18 00:00 BBC World Jimmy Fallon 01:00 BBC World 05:30 My Boys 02:00 BBC World 06:00 Breaking In 03:00 BBC World 06:30 Friends 04:00 BBC World 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 05:00 BBC World 08:00 Seinfeld 06:00 BBC World 08:30 My Boys 07:00 BBC World 09:00 Last Man Standing 01:00 Hyde Park On Hudson 08:00 BBC World 09:30 Enlisted 02:45 Straight A’s 09:00 BBC World 10:00 The Michael J. Fox Show 04:15 Quiet Flows The Don 10:00 BBC World 10:30 Friends 07:15 Carnage 11:00 BBC World 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 09:00 Hyde Park On Hudson 12:00 BBC World Jimmy Fallon 11:00 Straight A’s 13:00 BBC World 12:00 Breaking In 13:00 Centre Place 14:00 BBC World 15:00 The Words 12:30 Seinfeld 17:00 Someday This Pain Will Be 15:00 BBC World 13:00 My Boys Useful To You 16:00 BBC World 13:30 Friends 19:00 Flying Lessons 17:00 BBC World 14:00 New Girl 21:00 Trishna 18:00 BBC World BAIT ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 14:30 Enlisted 23:00 On The Road TV listings SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

06:00 The Expatriate-PG15 08:00 Steel Magnolias-PG15 10:00 Fun Size-PG15 12:00 Hitchcock-PG15 14:00 Frankenweenie-PG 00:00 Storage Wars 01:15 The Mortician-18 16:00 Steel Magnolias-PG15 00:30 Pawn Stars 03:00 Breaking And Entering-18 18:00 What To Expect When You’re 01:00 Storage Wars: New York 05:00 Angels Crest-18 Expecting-PG15 07:00 Underground: The Julian 20:00 Colombiana-PG15 01:30 Storage Wars: New York Assange Story-PG15 22:00 Evil Dead-R 02:00 Shipping Wars 09:00 Here On Earth-PG15 02:30 Shipping Wars 10:45 Ed Wood-PG15 03:00 Storage Wars 13:00 Twist Of Fate-PG15 03:30 Storage Wars 15:00 Beasts Of The Southern Wild- 04:00 Pawn Stars PG15 01:00 PGA European Tour Weekly 04:30 Pawn Stars 16:45 Ed Wood-PG15 01:30 Live ITU World Triathlon Series 05:00 Ancient Aliens 19:00 Life Happens-PG15 04:00 PGA European Tour Weekly 06:00 Storage Wars Texas 20:45 The Door In The Floor-18 04:30 Live ITU World Triathlon Series 06:30 Counting Cars 22:45 Schindler’s List-18 07:00 Live NRL Premiership 07:00 Ancient Aliens 09:00 Total Rugby 08:00 Ancient Aliens 09:35 Live Super rugby 09:00 Ancient Aliens 11:40 Live Super rugby 10:00 Ancient Aliens 01:00 Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth- 13:30 NRL Premiership 11:00 Mountain Men PG15 15:30 Total Rugby 12:00 Mountain Men 03:00 Arthur 3: And The War Of Two 16:00 Live Super rugby 13:00 Mountain Men Worlds-PG 18:05 Live Super rugby 14:00 Mountain Men 05:00 Midnight In Paris-PG15 20:10 Live Super rugby 15:00 Pawn Stars 06:45 Anna Karenina-PG15 22:00 Bellator MMA 15:30 Pawn Stars 09:00 Salmon Fishing In The Yemen- 16:00 Pawn Stars PG15 16:30 Pawn Stars 11:00 Five-PG15 17:00 Pawn Stars 13:00 White House Down-PG15 17:30 Pawn Stars 15:15 Moonrise Kingdom-PG15 00:00 Super Rugby This image released by Donna Daniels Public Relations shows actor Kevin Spacey 02:00 WWE SmackDown 18:00 Pawn Stars 17:00 Salmon Fishing In The Yemen- 18:30 Pawn Stars from the documentary, ‘NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage,’ that captures Spacey PG15 04:00 Live Bellator MMA 2014 06:00 Trans World Sport 19:00 American Restoration and his troupe of 20 British and American actors during their 10-month interna- 19:00 G.I. Joe: Retaliation-PG15 19:30 American Restoration tional tour of ‘Richard II’ from 2011-2012. — AP 21:00 The Mortal Instruments: City Of 07:00 Amlin Challenge Cup 20:00 Duck Dynasty Bones-PG15 09:00 Sevens World Series Highlights 23:15 The Raven-18 09:30 Live NRL Premiership 20:30 Duck Dynasty 11:30 Live NRL Premiership 21:00 Storage Wars: New York 13:30 Total Rugby 21:30 Storage Wars: New York Kevin Spacey takes us 14:00 PGA Tour 22:00 Storage Wars Texas 17:30 Inside The PGA Tour 00:00 The Expatriate-PG15 22:30 Storage Wars Texas 18:00 NHL 23:00 Pawn Stars 02:00 Sky Force-FAM 20:00 Live PGA Tour 04:00 Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away-PG 23:30 Pawn Stars behind the curtain in film evin Spacey put his body through film, called “NOW: In the Wings on a a lot playing “Richard III” for over World Stage.” K200 shows and across three conti- The documentary, which will be nents. Tumbling down a massive sand available to download in the US and 209 dune in Qatar didn’t help. The “House of countries starting Friday, grew out of Cards” star found himself uncontrollably the three-year Bridge Project, a trans- flipping over and over down a dune out- Atlantic partnership that united The Old side Doha during a fun day trip with the Vic, The Brooklyn Academy of Music and rest of the cast of the Shakespeare play. Sam Mendes’ Neal Street Productions. “I had no idea I was going to go at that The project included “The Winter’s Tale,” speed. It was literally like a barrel rolling “The Cherry Orchard,” “The Tempest” down a hill. It was a very funny and “As You Like It,” all directed by moment,” he said. “I’m still trying to get Mendes. In its final act, Spacey played that sand out.” the humpbacked Richard III for Mendes Thankfully, someone got it all on and took the evil king on tour. tape: The Academy Award-winner’s silly plummet is one of the lighter moments Discreet and deferential in a new feature documentary that cap- Spacey and Mendes batted around tures Spacey and his troupe of 20 British ideas about how best to commemorate and American actors during their 10- the company. “We both felt it was so month international tour from 2011- unique that there had to be some way 2012. The film starts with rehearsals at we could maybe capture it,” says The Old Vic in London and follows the Spacey. They settled on a documentary, company to nine of the 12 cities on the but not a self-congratulatory one. “I real- tour, including stops at the ancient ly didn’t want to set out to make a kind Greek amphitheater in Epidaurus, then of inside, lovely, aren’t-we-fabulous on to Beijing, Istanbul, Sydney, Naples, thing, but more a real examination for San Francisco and winding up in New people who just don’t know what the York City. process of doing theater is really like, a Director Jeremy Whelehan says the chance to peek behind that curtain,” he movie is as much for fans of the stage as said. it is for newcomers. “We wanted the film Whelehan said he and his crew tried to relate to people who have never to capture the three layers of each of the been to the theater and may roll their performers - as characters onstage, as eyes at the thought of seeing a working actors behind the scenes, and Shakespeare play,” he said. Whelehan also as people. The company members and his team captured the actors explor- offered full access in exchange for veto ing their roles, joking and laughing rights of anything embarrassing. “They backstage, missing home and being were so disarming and actually discreet excited by the cities they visit. They are and deferential that we just got used to seen walking along the Great Wall of it after a while,” said Gemma Jones, who China and visiting Qatar and Turkey dur- played Queen Margaret. “It was fairly ing the Arab Spring with a suddenly honest, so I can’t really complain.” very relevant story about a power-mad Nathan Darrow, who played Lord Grey dictator. and the Earl of Richmond in the play, was “It is a very intimate, behind-the- happy the cameras showed that actors scenes look. You get to go places that are just regular folks. “That people will you don’t normally ever get to go with a get a window into the backstage is kind camera,” said Spacey of the 90-minute of beautiful and special,” he said. — AP THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Kuwait Tamilosai conducts 96th monthly meet

uwait Tamilosai Poets Association (KTPA) convened Anbarasan delivered a scintillating speech on the biogra- Eezham Ganesan and Makizhan defended well their stance their 96th monthly literary meeting on April 4, at phy and works of Dr. Ambedkar in the event. Brief notes on for linguistic feelings. Tamil quiz competition was conduct- KKohinoor Hail, Souk Sabha area, Fahaheel. The meet the people of remembrance for the month of April, the late ed by KTPA’s Guardian U.K Sivakumar. Honorary President- commenced with the recitation of Tamil Anthem at 10:30. In veteran Tamil Scholars Adikalasiriyar, “Mahavidhvan” Poet Sadhiq Baftha delivered a literary note “Thamizhal the auditorium named as “Arunthondaatriya Athlkaarikal Meenatchl Sundaram Pillai, “Manonmaniyam” Sundaram Pillai, Thamizh Kell” was applauded by all. Tamilosai congratulated Arankam” to honour the late legendary Indian bureaucrats G Subramaniyam Pillai, “Thavathiru” Kundrakudl Adikalar the program sponsors Mr & Mrs. Gangai Gopal for their cum scholars, “Bharat Ratna” Dr B.R. Ambedkar and “Puratchikavi” Bharathidasan and “Makkai KavrPattukkottai wedding anniversary, thanked Singer Ganesh and Educationist N.D Sundaravadivelu for their precious services Kalyana Sundaram, were delivered by KTPA’s orators, one Anbarasan. The vote of thanks was delivered by KTPAs Vice- rendered to Indian society. KTPA’s General Secretary Vittukatti minute silence of homage was observed by KTPA to express President Anbazhakan. Deputy Treasurer Mannai Raja and Masthan presided over the function keeping the Treasurer condolence for the recently deceased Tamil writer cum laure- Master Thalib Rehman effectively made all the arrange- Ajizuddin as front stager on the dais. ate of Sakitya Academy award, T.K. Sivasankaran and the pas- ments for the program. The gathering concluded with a Dr Ilankovan the founder of “Aravanaippu” Association sengers of the collapsed flight of Malaysian Airlines. The chief delicious lunch served to the attendees. catering to poor children’s education, graced the occasion as guest, Dr Ilankovan was honoured by KIPA members. He the chief guest. KTPA’s President Dr Kumar delivered the wel- expressed his wishes, assuring continuous support for KTPA in come address in which he also quoted briefly about the biog- his acknowledging address. raphy of Sundaravadivelu and his contributions to the Tamil An interesting debate on the topic-which does supersede EMBASSY OF INDIA community in India. Poets Yaqoob Ali, writer Vidhyasagar out of the literary works of Puratchikavi & Makkalkavi offered their mind provoking poems, the singers Mrs whether their linguistic obsessions or societal concerns was The Embassy of India will remain closed on 14th MAY, Chellamma Vidhyasagar, Messrs Pandlan, Nelson, Marutham organized during the function. Poet Pattukkottai Sathya 2014 Wednesday, on account of Buddha Purnima. Raja and Ganesh entertained the audience by singing sweet served as the jury for the debate. Singers Kallbullah and Mrs melodies and folk songs. Rani Mohan argued solidly for societal concerns while poets

What to do in Kuwait this summer?

Visit the Sadu House Address: Salmiya, Baghdad St., Building Number: 36, in front works, old English costumes, and musical instruments. His per- Al-Sadu Society is dedicated to preserving, documenting and of Al- Laheeb Mosque sonal collection includes over thirty thousand Islamic treasures promoting the rich and diverse textile heritage of the Kuwaiti Opening Hours: 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm. The muse- that were gathered over the years. The Museum is divided into Bedouin, from the nomadic weaving of the desert to the urban um is closed on Friday and Thursday afternoons. two parts: in Area A, calligraphy, manuscripts, ceramics, metal- weaving of the town. Sadu is a traditional Bedouin art that Contact: 25621119/99770607 work, glass, jade, wood and stone carvings are exhibited. Area B involves weaving geometric designs on dyed and colored wool Website: contains objects such as costumes, textiles, jewellery and musi- that is spun by hand to create magnificent carpets, rugs, and www.boushahrigroup.com/client/PhotoandArt.aspx cal instruments produced in the Islamic world. Bedouin tent screens. Inside the Sadu House, visitors have the Address: Jabriya, near the intersection of the Fifth Ring opportunity to see Bedouin women weaving. Sadu House is Take a break at Al-Khiran Resort Motorway and the Abdulaziz Bin Abdilrahman al-Saud located near the National Museum. It is considered to be the The Al-Khiran resort is a relaxing “get-away” from the may- Expressway (Fahaheel Expressway); Street 5; Block12; House 16 center of Bedouin art aiming at presenting Kuwait’s roots and hem of stressful city life. The resort provides a soothing tranquil Opening Hours: Weekdays from 9 am to 12 pm; Evenings: protecting Bedouin crafts from eradication. environment that includes beautiful green lawns, wide, well- From 4 pm to 7 pm; Fridays: From 9 am to 12 pm. Address: Arabian Gulf Street, Next to the National Museum defined roads, ample parking spaces, and clean well-main- Contact: 25317358/25354916 of Kuwait, Kuwait City tained beaches. It has many chalets that are beautifully fur- Website: www.trmkt.com Opening Hours: Saturdays to Thursdays: Mornings from 08 nished and air-conditioned. The resort also offers a variety of am to 1 pm. Evenings from 4 pm to 8 pm. other facilities such as football and basketball courts, luxurious The Scientific Center, Kuwait Contact: 22432395 restaurants, yacht clubs, an amusement park for children, elec- The Scientific Center is designed to reflect the Islamic arts E-mail: [email protected] tronic computer arcade and the ‘Duza’ ballroom. The resort also and culture. It has three main fascinating attractions: Aquarium, Website: www.alsadu.org.kw provides variety in food as it includes a fast-food counter, and a Discovery Place and IMAX Cinema. The Aquarium presents an counter that offers seafood, Italian and oriental food. ecosystem of desert, sea, and coastal edge. Visitors of the View Boushahri Gallery Address: Gulf Street, Al-Khiran district Aquarium explore the lives of beings and animals in their envi- The Boushahri Art Gallery was established in 1982 by Jawad Contact: 23951122 ronments. When entering the Discovery Place, visitors gain sci- Boushahri, the Chairman of the Boushahri group who is also an E-mail: [email protected] entific experience through educational games. Highly special- acclaimed Kuwaiti sculptor. It is one of the oldest private art gal- Website: www.khiranresort.com ized trainers are assigned to guide visitors through hand-on leries in the Middle East. This long established gallery showcas- playful training. On entering the IMAX Cinema, one can watch es contemporary regional work. In order to create an awareness Stop at the Tareq Rajab Museum 3D movies played on the giant screen. Visitors can enjoy watch- toward art in Kuwait as a community service, the Boushahri Art The Tareq Rajab Museum houses an anthology of over thirty ing educational and documentary presentations and get Gallery educates, supports and sponsors local and international thousand items collected over the last fifty years, of which engaged into a highly imaginative experience. artists, displaying their paintings, potteries, ceramic portrai- approximately ten thousand are on permanent display. Tareq Address: The Scientific Center, Gulf Road tures, designs, photographers, sculptures and much more. To Sayed Rajab was the first Kuwaiti to be sent abroad to study art Contact: 1848888 encourage the Art lovers and educate society, Boushahri Art and archaeology and his collection includes Islamic arts, ceram- E-mail: [email protected] Gallery offers many courses, seminars and lectures about Art. ic, gold and silver jewelry, English manuscripts, metal and glass Website: www.tsck.org.kw WHAT’S ON SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

Anjali School of Dance conducts ‘arangettam’

njali School of Dance, a well known classical dance institute and Coach in spoken Sanskrit. Madhuraj, Vaishnavi Venugopal Warrier, Esther Nina Thomas, Rinnu in Kuwait, has organized another spell binding The program consisted of beautifully choreographed 16 Benny, Rajalaxmi Palavesa Muthu, Saranya Muthumaran, Sowmiya ABharathanatyam recital, which was held at Cambridge Bharathanatyam items which manifested almost all the aspects Nedunchezhian, Shreyashi Bharadwaj, Anakha Amal Siddique, English School, Mangaf on April 11. A bunch of talented and well interwoven in this aesthetically complicated dance form. The par- Oviya Srinivasan, Abithaa Sree Venkatesh, Sruthi Suresh, Alivia trained disciples of Guru Sindhu Madhuraj performed full-fledged ticipants had long years of dedicated training under Sindhu Grace Mathews and Akshaya Babu Mampilly. Bharathanatyam dances to the complete amazement and applause Madhuraj, the teacher and the founder of Anjali school of Dance. The program was compered by the senior students of Anjali of the crowded audience. The program, ‘Natyanjali 2014 Season 2’ The participants of the evening were Durga P Gopakumar, School of Dance. The grand evening of this Indian classical dance was inaugurated by Shyamala Divakaran, Principal of Gulf Indian Meghana Jayachandran, Aishwarya Mariam Ambi, Priyanka Anna program concluded with memento presentation to performers and School and the chief guest was Dr. P. Nandakumar, Master Trainer Ambi, Varsha Elizabeth George, Suhaana Sriram, Thanushri vote of thanks by Sindhu Madhuraj.

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LOS ANGELES: A 9-month-old boxer pup named Duncan barreled down a beach in Oregon, running full tilt on soft Scientists vexed sand into YouTube history and showing more than 4 million viewers that he can revel in a good romp despite lacking in probe of back legs. “It’s a heartwarming, wonderful thing to see,” said Dr Bonnie Beaver, a professor at Texas A&M University’s N American College of Veterinary Medicine and executive director of the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists. “These animals starfish deaths generally look to us as if they are very happy. We don’t know that they are, but they are excited and jumping WASHINGTON: Scientists are struggling to around and doing things that are wonderful to watch.” find the cause of a disease that is killing off More veterinarians are using wheelchairs, orthotics and numerous species of starfish on both the prosthetics to improve the lives of dogs that have lost limbs Pacific and Atlantic coasts of North America, to deformity, infection or accident, experts say. The move is dispatching the five-armed creatures in a par- driven by persistent pet owners who embrace their animals ticularly gruesome way. Researchers said on as family and aren’t deterred by the cost and commitment Thursday they have ruled out some possible of outfitting disabled dogs with the devices. At the same culprits including fungi, some parasites and time, there have been great strides in technology to keep certain other microorganisms and are taking up with US soldiers returning wounded from war, and vet- a hard look at whether viruses or bacteria erinarians have adapted the materials and know-how for may be to blame. The starfish, also called sea the rising demand from clients. “There are so many things stars, are being obliterated by an unexplained we can do to solve mechanical problems. ... If you have bro- wasting disease that causes white lesions to ken parts, we can replace them,” said Martin Kaufmann, co- appear before the animal’s body sags and owner of Veterinary Orthotics and Prosthetics in Denver, ruptures and it spills out its internal organs. also known as OrthoPets, which helps about 2,000 animals a “The magnitude of it is very concerning. year. There’s the potential that some of these Most devices range from $150 to $2,000 but can cost species could actually go extinct,” said Cornell more, Kaufmann said. Besides commercial manufacturers, University ecologist Drew Harvell, one of the there are likely thousands of backyard builders who have scientists involved in the loosely organized created carts, slings or other devices to help their pets get search for a cause. Harvell said she is con- around. The number of pets using artificial limbs will never cerned because the mysterious pathogen is be huge, Beaver said. It takes a dedicated person willing to affecting 18 different West Coast species take the prosthetic on and off, clean it and teach the animal along their entire range. Pathogens that to use it. It will likely mean a lifestyle choice for pet owners. affect an animal’s range in such a way like a With the time and cost required, many wonder why people fungus that has targeted frogs can be particu- spend time on disabled animals when there are so many larly damaging, she said. The disease healthy dogs and cats awaiting homes. The answer, Beaver appeared last year and is showing no indica- said, is “some people want to.” tion of abating. “I wish we had a sign that it No one knows that better than Duncan’s owners, was petering out, but believe me it definitely Amanda Giese and Gary Walters, co-founders of Panda Paws is not,” Harvell said. Rescue for special needs and hospice dogs in Vancouver, The scientists seem to have more ques- Washington. Of the 3,500 dogs they have placed in the last tions than answers. “What is it that has 19 months, 10 were two-legged. Nine of them adapted to ANAHEIM: Torry a one year old chihuahua sits on the head of his friend Duke a caused this? Where did it come from? If it’s wheelchairs and found homes. Only 19-pound (8.6-kilo- 6 year old Mastiff in Anaheim, Calif. Dr Jack Stephens a veterinarian from exotic, how did it get here? Is it something gram) Duncan, whose deformed back legs were amputated, Boise, Idaho, who has the 2-pound, 13-year-old Chihuahua named Torrey says that’s likely to be repeated?” asked Pete refused to take to wheels. Prosthetic legs aren’t an option that many toy dogs have genetic problems with teeth and joints. — AP Raimondi, chairman of the Department of for him because there are no partial limbs strong enough to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the attach them to. The couple often carry Duncan to ease the University of California, Santa Cruz. Raimondi pressure on his front legs. “We are his prosthetics,” Giese Newly arrived virus gains expressed concern that the disease that is said. killing the starfish could be a harbinger of bad There have seen successes even in challenging cases, foothold in the Caribbean things to come for other marine species. “This Kaufmann said. Orthopets helped mixed-breed puppy is a really difficult disease in lots of ways Naki’o after his four legs and tail were frozen in ice. What Virus causes an abrupt onset of high fever because it’s very virulent,” Raimondi said. The researchers noted that starfish were frostbite didn’t do, a surgeon did, amputating all four legs. the victims of previous diseases in past Then, Kaufmann outfitted him with four prosthetics. “To KINGSTON: A recently arrived mosquito- Caribbean in the early 1980s and then decades that reduced their numbers, but the see Naki’o at the beginning, he was protective and guard- borne virus that causes an abrupt onset of spread to numerous other countries current one is more serious. The scientists are ed,” he said. “Six months after all this was done, he was just high fever and intense joint pain is rapidly throughout the hemisphere. Since then, wondering whether the starfish have been a fun-loving guy who likes to socialize.” Now, Naki’o lives gaining a foothold in many spots of the health authorities have not been able to infected by a virus, bacterium or something with the Nebraska couple that found him. Another dog Caribbean, health experts said Thursday. control dengue and it is a leading cause of else unwittingly imported to the region or teaches kids what it means to be different. The Labrador- There are currently more than 4,000 con- serious illness and death among children whether a pathogen already present some- golden retriever mix named Pirelli was destined to be a firmed cases of the fast-spreading chikun- in some spots in Latin America. The US how became more dangerous, Raimondi service dog at Canine Assistants, a training school in gunya virus in the Caribbean, most of Centers for Disease Control and them in the French Caribbean islands of Prevention is closely monitoring the added. Scientists prefer to call the animal a Atlanta, but one back paw never developed. Martinique, Guadeloupe and St Martin. uncontrolled spread of the new vector- sea star rather than a starfish because these Pirelli uses a prosthetic limb, and with it is a “happy, Another 31,000 suspected cases have borne virus in the Caribbean and has been marine creatures are not fish but rather expressive dog, able to run and play, retrieve things and eat been reported across the region of scat- advising travelers about how best to pro- echinoderms, cousins of sand dollars, sea his food,” said Dudley Arnold, Pirelli’s handler. Together, tered islands. tect themselves, such as applying mosqui- cucumbers and sea urchins. Most have five they have visited about 80 schools. “The goal was to help The often painful illness most com- to repellant and sleeping in screened arms, although some have many more. kids understand that just because your body doesn’t work, monly found in Asia and Africa was first rooms. It is also closely watching for any They are remarkably durable creatures, doesn’t mean you aren’t a good person inside,” Arnold said. detected in December in tiny St Martin. It signs of chikungunya in the U.S. and when healthy are able to regenerate lost The rarity of dogs missing limbs varies. Three-legged was the first time that local transmission “To help prepare the United States for limbs. They are predators and use suction to pooches aren’t too uncommon and often make it through of chikungunya had been reported in the possible introduction of the virus, CDC has pull shells apart to get at the soft body life without help. But a dog shouldn’t have to do fine on Americas. Since then, it has spread to been working with state health depart- inside. When the shells are pried opened, three legs when it can thrive pain-free with a prosthetic, nearly a dozen other islands and French ments to increase awareness about chikun- the starfish pushes its stomach out of its Kaufmann said. Guiana, an overseas department of France gunya and to facilitate diagnostic testing body and into the prey, secreting enzymes Dogs missing two limbs are still rare, but rescues and on the north shoulder of South America. It and early detection of any US cases,” said that digest the victim’s soft body parts. They prosthetists are seeing more of them. Giese said she does- is rarely fatal and most chikungunya Dr Erin Staples, a medical epidemiologist are significant predators in their ecosystems, n’t know what’s changed - if more dogs are being born patients rebound within a week, but some with the CDC. In the Caribbean, concern the scientists said. “These animals are really without legs or if the animal welfare movement has people experience joint pain for months about chikungunya is growing as many important ecologically. If they do go extinct, helped them get turned over to rescues more often. After to years. There is no vaccine and it is countries enter their wettest months. The or at least ecologically extinct for some peri- Duncan’s video went viral, 300 people emailed asking to spread by the pervasive Aedes aegypti only way to stop the virus is to contain the od of time, there undoubtedly would be adopt the dog that has a home with Giese. And her Panda mosquito that transmits dengue fever, a population of mosquitoes - a task that some really huge impacts on the ecosys- Paws Rescue got a boost in donations and Facebook fol- similar but often more serious illness with commonly relies on individual efforts such tems that they live in,” said Bruce Menge, a lowers. “He put a smile on people’s faces and was an a deadly hemorrhagic form. as installing screened windows and mak- marine community ecologist at Oregon inspiration to others,” she said. “That’s quite a lot for a Dengue had been largely contained to ing sure mosquitoes are not breeding in State University.— Reuters two-legged dog.”— AP southeast Asia, but reinvaded the stagnant water.—AP health & science SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (01/05/2014 TO 07/05/2014)

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Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Orioles beat Pirates 6-5 for doubleheader sweep

BALTIMORE: Matt Wieters led off the 10th inning with a home run off Stolmy Pimentel to give the Baltimore Orioles a 6-5 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates and a doubleheader sweep Thursday night. In the opener, Steve Pearce had three hits and two RBIs in his return to the Orioles, who got a home run from Nick Markakis in a 5-1 win. The single-admission doubleheader followed consecutive rainouts on Tuesday and Wednesday. The rain lingered long enough to delay the fifth inning of the opener by 21 minutes, and the start of the nightcap was stalled 46 minutes by rain. The second game marked the season debut of Orioles third baseman Manny Machado, who had left knee surgery in October. After sitting out the opener, Machado received a warm ovation from the crowd of 28,290 before the second game and went 0 for 5.

MARINERS 4, YANKEES 2 Robinson Cano doubled and drove in two runs, Roenis Elias struck out 10 in seven impressive innings and Seattle beat New York. Michael Saunders had three hits, including an RBI double, to help the Mariners win for the fifth time in six games following an eight-game skid. Seattle won both games in a rain-shortened series that marked Cano’s return to New York after signing a $240 million, 10-year contract with the Mariners during the offseason. The All-Star second baseman was booed again and finished the series 2 for 9 with three RBIs. Seattle has won four straight at Yankee Stadium dating to last season.

RAYS 2, RED SOX 1, GAME 1; RAYS 6, RED SOX 5, GAME 2 Yunel Escobar homered off closer Koji Uehara lead- ing off the ninth inning to propel Tampa Bay to a 6-5 win and a day-night doubleheader sweep of Boston. Escobar crushed the second pitch from Uehara (0-1) over the Green Monster in left field for his second homer of the year, and Grant Balfour recorded the final three outs for his second save of the day and sixth of the season. Sean Rodriguez and Desmond Jennings also went deep for Tampa Bay, which won for just the third time in nine games. Jake McGee (2-0) earned the win with one inning of scoreless relief. Tampa Bay won the opener, 2-1. David DeJesus had a homer and drew a bases-loaded walk, and the Rays’ bullpen pitched 4 1-3 scoreless innings.

BLUE JAYS 7, ROYALS 3 Mark Buehrle pitched into the seventh inning, Juan Francisco and Colby Rasmus each went deep and Toronto avoided a series sweep. Francisco and Rasmus each drove in a pair of runs for the Blue Jays, as did Anthony Gose, who was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo to start in place of injured outfielder Melky Cabrera. MINNEAPOLIS: Dee Gordon #9 of the Los Angeles Dodgers gets Chris Colabello #20 of the Minnesota Twins out at second base Buehrle (5-1) worked through plenty of trouble to last 6 as Gordon turns a double-play during the sixth inning in game two of a doubleheader on May 1, 2014. —AFP 2-3 innings, allowing two earned runs on seven hits and a pair of walks. It was a solid bounce-back performance after the left-hander was hammered for seven runs last Friday night against Boston. Aaron Loup pitched 2 1-3 Marlins down Braves shutout innings for his third career save. The Royals’ Jeremy Guthrie (2-2) left trailing 4-3 after six innings. INTERLEAGUE GAME for three-game sweep DODGERS 9, TWINS 4 Scott Van Slyke and Drew Butera homered in the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers held on to MIAMI: Giancarlo Stanton and Casey Cishek got four outs for his sixth save. ing with a finger injury, Juan Nicasio beat the Minnesota Twins to earn a sweep of the day- McGehee hit consecutive run-scoring sin- pitched seven scoreless innings and drove night doubleheader on Thursday night. Adrian Gonzalez gles off David Carpenter during a two-run REDS 8, BREWERS 3 in three runs, and Colorado beat New York. rally in the seventh inning as the Miami Brayan Pena’s second career pinch- Corey Dickerson had three hits, including also homered for the Dodgers, who stranded 16 runners Marlins beat the Atlanta Braves 5-4 homer started Cincinnati’s five-run, eighth- an RBI triple and Nolan Arenado singled in the 5 hour, 11-minute game. Yasiel Puig tied a career Thursday for a three-game sweep of the inning rally. Tucker Barnhart led off the fifth leading off the third to extend the majors’ high with four hits in Los Angeles’ Game 1 win and National League East leader. Miami has with his first career homer and Todd Frazier longest active streak to 21 games. He’s tied added two more in the nightcap. Before grounding out won six straight home games for the first added a two-run drive in the sixth off Marco for the fourth-longest hitting streak in in the fifth, Puig had reached base in nine consecutive time at Marlins Park, which opened in Estrada, who gave up six hits and four walks Rockies team history. Gonzalez connected plate appearances. Joe Mauer had three hits for the 2012. It is the longest home winning in six innings. Pena had homered during a for his sixth home run of the season in the Twins, who walked 12 in the second game and 18 in streak for the team since the Marlins won 9-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday first inning, driving a 3-2 offering from both games. Van Slyke led off the 12th and lined a 2-1 eight in a row from June 20 to July 1, 2009. night. He hit for Bailey with the score tied at Bartolo Colon (2-4) off the right-center field pitch from Brian Duensing (0-1) into the bullpen in left- With the Marlins trailing 4-3, pinch-hitter 3 in the eighth and connected on the first facing just below the second deck. center field. Butera hit his first homer since July 12, Reed Johnson singled off Ian Thomas (1-1) pitch from Jim Henderson (2-1) for a two- Gonzalez was lifted in the fourth inning, 2012, two batters later. Jamey Wright (2-1) didn’t allow leading off the seventh and took second run homer. Homer Bailey (2-2) allowed replaced by pinch hitter Brandon Barnes, a run in three innings of relief. Kenley Jansen loaded on Christian Yelich’s single. Derek Dietrich eight hits in a season-high eight innings. because of what the team said was a the bases in the 12th and allowed a Mauer sacrifice fly, lined out, and Carpenter relieved and bruised left index finger. His playing status but got Chris Colabello to line out to first for his 11th gave up the back-to-back hits. Mike Dunn ROCKIES 7, METS 4 was listed as day to day. Nicasio (3-1) got save in 13 chances.— AP (3-3) pitched a hitless seventh, and Steve Carlos Gonzalez homered before leav- the win.—AP SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Mayweather’s best offence is clever defense

LAS VEGAS: Pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather has what he con- siders the ideal strategy when he puts his perfect record on the line today against power-puncher Marcos Maidana. “The game plan is to stay in the pocket. Make the guy miss and make the guy pay,” says Mayweather, who is the highest paid athlete in North American sports, earning an estimated $85 million year according to Forbes Magazine. The 37-year-old undefeated American will be a 12-1 favorite when he defends his World Boxing Council 147-pound crown against the World Boxing Association champ Maidana in a unification bout at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. Mayweather has won championship belts in five divi- sions and remained undefeated in 45 career fights. He is a defensive-minded fighter who beats his opponents with Olympic-style tactics-racking up points with the judges. His counterpunching strategy may not make for exciting knockouts, but it has served him well during his 18-year career. “Is Marcos Maidana one of the LAS VEGAS: Undefeated boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr, gets the crowd laughing during his speech at the AEG and MGM Resorts best in the sport? Absolutely,” International ground breaking VIP/media event on Thursday, May 1, 2014. —AP Mayweather said. “But I am the best there is. We are still wondering who’s going to solve the ‘MayVinci’ Code? Khan ‘hungrier But come today I will find a way to California Chrome buffed to win.” The fight is the third of the 30- than ever’ to step month, six-fight deal worth $200 mil- sparkle at Kentucky Derby back into the ring lion-plus that Mayweather signed with pay-per-view outlet Showtime. LOUISVILLE: California Chrome, winner of his The outside post in the crowded field isn’t all LAS VEGAS: Amir Khan is hungrier than In his last fight, Mayweather last four races, is primed to shine today as the bad news. Big Brown won from the 20 hole in ever to step back into the ring, saying he became the unified super welter- 140th Kentucky Derby kicks off US flat racing’s 2008 and Orb won from the 16th post last year. didn’t want to come off the longest break of weight world champ by dominating Triple Crown. The chestnut colt trained by Art Danza, trained by Todd Pletcher, is a question his career against an easy opponent. The Mexico’s Canelo Alvarez on Sherman was installed as the early 5-2 favorite for mark, but was priced at 10-1 on the strength of 27-year-old Briton will end a 12-month hia- September 14, 2013. His fight against the $2 million, 1 1/4-mile race at Churchill Downs, his stunning victory in the 1 1/8-mile Arkansas tus today when he moves up in weight to Alvarez was the highest grossing pay- where he will break from the fifth post under Derby as a 41-1 underdog. Pletcher was happy face American Luis Collazo in a non-title per-view bout of all-time with rev- jockey Victor Espinoza. with the number four post drawn by Danza, who fight at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. “I enues of more than $150 million. For “I think it’s a perfect spot,” said Sherman. “I will be ridden by Joe Bravo. “He has some experi- fight everyone,” Khan says. “Collazo is a mix- today’s contest, Mayweather is guar- think if we break clean, he’ll get out of a lot of ence from inside, so I don’t think it’s a big disad- ture of a boxer and a fighter. He is slick and anteed a purse of $32 million while trouble.” At 77, Sherman could become the old- vantage,” said Pletcher, who also saddles the 12- he knows how to fight. I am a similar style Maidana will receive $1.5 million. The est trainer to condition a Derby winner. Hall of 1 Intense Holiday-an unlucky second in the so that is what is going to make this fight 30-year-old Maidana (35-3, 31 KOs) Famer Charlie Whittingham, another Californian, Louisiana Derby in his last start. exciting.” will be making the first defense of his won the race at 76. The week in Kentucky has had The unfancied first post was drawn by Vicar’s Khan and Collazo’s 12-round welter- belt. Sherman recalling his only prior trip to the Derby in Trouble, who finished second behind weight fight is on the undercard of the Some boxing purists have a hard 59 years ago-as a stable hand for legendary 1955 California Chrome in the race for Derby qualify- Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana 147- time getting excited for today’s fight. winner Swaps. Despite the pressures that come ing points but was priced at 30-1 after drawing pound (67 kg) world title fight. “He is going Journeyman Maidana earned this shot with saddling a Kentucky Derby favorite, the rail. The last horse to win from the number to give it 100 percent and he is in great by beating Adrien Broner for the WBA Sherman was enjoying the experience. “I’m going one spot was Ferdinand in 1986. “I was kind of shape,” Khan said Thursday at a news con- title in December. But the heavy to go to the parties, relax and have a good time,” shocked,” jockey Rosie Napravnik said of the ference Thursday at the Hollywood Theatre underdog has also lost to one of the he said. draw. “It’s not ideal for anyone, but if I had to in the MGM Grand. “He will be bigger than fighters on the undercard, Amir Khan, The 5-2 odds on California Chrome make him have a horse coming out at number one it would me on the night of the fight and at times I who stopped Maidana in December of one of the strongest pre-race favorites of recent be Vicar. He’s sharp coming out of the hole.” will have to dig deep.” Size and weight will 2010. “Maidana is a predictable fight- years. Orb won as 7-2 early favorite last year. Napravnik, who piloted Vicar’s in Trouble to vic- be crucial for Khan in his first welterweight er,” said Floyd Mayweather Sr., who Hoppertunity, the colt trained by Hall of Famer tory in the Louisiana Derby on March 29, will be bout. trains his son. “When I see Maidana. I Bob Baffert that was made the early second out to make history as the first woman jockey to see someone that Floyd can easily pick choice at 6-1, was taken out of the running with a win the Kentucky Derby. Her fifth-placed finish ‘Trained my way up’ apart. Maidana may be able to punch left front hoof issue on Thursday, Baffert saying on Mylute last year was the best ever for a female “I have not ate my way up to this weight. strong, but here’s the thing-how you he’d point the horse at the Preakness, second leg rider.—AFP I trained my way up to this weight,” Khan going to hit something you can’t of the Triple Crown, on May 17. The series con- said, adding that he’s more comfortable at catch.” cludes with the 1 1/2-mile Belmont Stakes on 147 pounds because he doesn’t have to Today’s undercard features British June 7. The last horse to achieve the coveted tre- starve himself to get down to 140 ahead of superstar Khan squaring off against ble was Affirmed in 1978. Friday’s weigh-in. “I feel so much stronger American Luis Collazo in a non-title and happier at this weight,” he said. “That fight that could put the winner in line Hoppertunity knocks seven pounds makes a big difference and I to fight Mayweather in the fall. Khan California Chrome established himself as the have kept all my power and speed.” Khan’s had thought he was on course to fight stand-out among this year’s crop of three-year- last fight was in April of last year when he Mayweather on this card, but olds with dominant victories in the Grade Two won a 12-round decision over Julio Diaz in Mayweather plumped for Maidana San Felipe and the Grade One Santa Anita Derby, Sheffield, England. instead. The 27-year-old Khan will end dominating fields that included graded stakes Just over a month later Khan got married a 12-month hiatus today when he winners by a combined 12 lengths. With and now the couple are expecting a baby. moves up to the welterweight division Hoppertunity out, the main threats to California After the win over Diaz, Khan took four to face Collazo. “He will be bigger than Chrome include Wicked Strong and Danza. months off from boxing to spend time with me on the night of the fight and at Wicked Strong had been widely expected to be his bride. Khan (28-3, 19 knockouts) says the times I will have to dig deep,” Khan priced as the second choice, but was out at 8-1 time away was good for him mentally and after drawing the outside 20th post. “I’m trying to KENTUCKY: Kentucky Derby contender said. There is also a non-title super California Chrome stands while being bathed physically. “My body needed a break,” he lightweight fight between Americans convince myself that it’s not a bad post,” trainer said. —AFP Jimmy Jerkens said. “But I don’t know if I can.” after working out on the track during early Broner and Carlos Molina.— AFP morning workouts at Churchill Downs. —AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Cook laments ‘tough’ Gooch call

LONDON: Alastair Cook said he’d made one of been one of the most difficult he’d known. me,” the left-hander said. “I know Belly (Ian sion and I respect that. the hardest telephone calls of his career to tell “Everyone knows how close we are-and we’ve Bell) has used him a hell of a lot, and has had “He knows he needs to look at the way he boyhood hero Graham Gooch he was no longer been through quite a lot together,” said Cook. great rewards, and we hope we can continue handles a side and stamp authority on a team needed by England. Cook, the England captain, “To make a decision on a guy I’ve had so much doing that on a one-to-one basis. “I’ve worked and making a decision like this is good for him. was mentored through the ranks at Essex by respect for, and the whole of England has, was with him for 11 years like that, and I know that’s He has to believe in the decisions he makes. Gooch, one of the county’s greatest players and tough. “I was telling a man, who I used to go his greatest strength.” And Cook said being the “We’ll still be friends forever and hopefully I’ll England’s record Test run-scorer, before work- and queue up to get his autograph and hope bearer of bad news had not damaged his rela- still be involved in his game in some way.” ing alongside him at international level. But he’d score runs, that it’s time to move on. I’ll tionship with Gooch. Since the Ashes, the only player whose interna- Thursday saw Gooch become one of the first remember that for a long time.” “But the calibre “We were both very clear we want to remain tional career has been terminated definitively is backroom casualties of Peter Moores’s second of Goochie especially, as a person, he was friends,” he said. “He was immediately talking one-time star batsman Kevin Pietersen, spell as England coach when he was dismissed telling me: ‘I totally understand’. “For him to say about other stuff ... how I can go on in my England’s leading run-scorer across all formats. as batting coach. It appeared the 60-year-old that, when a 29-year-old is telling him ‘we want game. That was quite humbling. “This is profes- Pietersen, however, remains an active player former captain, like Cook an opening batsman, to move on’, shows just why I hold him in such sionalism, and will not affect how we feel about and on Thursday, somewhat sarcastically, vol- was paying the price for England having failed high regard.” each other.” Meanwhile Gooch told BBC Radio unteered via Twitter to succeed Gooch as to make the benchmark total of 400 in a Test Five: “I’m not going to think bad of Alastair England batting coach. Cook, who was a party innings since March 2013 - a key factor in their Greatest strength about this. “Playing for England is bigger than to the decision to ditch Pietersen, said: “The recent 5-0 Ashes whitewash in Australia. However, Cook insisted he would be happy the individual and what’s right for England is Kevin stuff is always going to linger on, Cook, who will captain England in a one-day for anyone in the England side to continue to the way forward. “I think it’s a joint decision-the because of social media and the way that international away to Scotland next week, said use Gooch as a personal batting coach. “I hope captain and coach’s decisions have to be pretty works. “As a side, we have to move on. The his most recent conversation with Gooch had that relationship will continue - not just with much as one. Alastair was in favor of the deci- decision has been made.”—AFP Cabrera in control Brinkmanship, at Quail Hollow pragmatism

CHARLOTTE: Twice major champion Angel Cabrera con- behind SANZAR jured up some of his old magic to seize the first round lead with a six-under-par 66 in the first round of the $6.9 million expansion Wells Fargo Championship on Thursday. The long-hitting WELLINGTON: The location of Super veteran from Argentina reeled off four successive birdies Rugby’s 18th team when the competition around the turn to end the day one stroke in front of expands in two years time should provoke Americans Phil Mickelson and Martin Flores. German Martin some robust debate given the brinkman- Kaymer, Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy and Englishman ship and pragmatic compromise behind Justin Rose are among a group of nine players a further two SANZAR’s realignment plans announced shots back on an impressive leaderboard. Cabrera, 44, has earlier this week. The expansion was hasti- made few headlines since losing a playoff to Adam Scott at ly unveiled on Thursday after Australian last year’s Masters but he is still capable of matching it with Rugby Union chief executive Bill Pulver the game’s best on any given day. appeared to jump the gun by telling local “I played very well on the greens and saved myself on the media about the details before his SAN- holes that I didn’t play so well,” Cabrera, whose only two ZAR partners were ready to release them. PGA Tour victories came at the highest level with the 2007 The competition will expand from 15 teams to 18 in 2016, with South Africa U.S. Open and the 2009 Masters, told reporters. He had two being given a sixth team and a side from birdies and one bogey in the first five holes at Quail Hollow Argentina also joining. An as yet unnamed before kickstarting his move up the leaderboard with a five- 18th team will be added after outside foot birdie putt at the par-five seventh. Cabrera then record- interest is gauged. Pulver’s release of the ed four consecutive birdies from the ninth, three of them details caused some consternation for his from close range, along with a monster 42-foot putt from New Zealand Rugby counterpart Steve the fringe at the 11th. Tew, who said the news prompted a flurry of “quite short” emails between the two Successive eagles organizations. Kaymer, who had consecutive eagles in his round, was Relations between the two unions unable to remember even having previously notched the soured in the past decade over World Cup rare feat. “I don’t think I’ve ever done that before,” said hosting rights in 2003 and Australia back- Kaymer, who sank a 15-footer at the seventh hole and then ing Japan’s bid for the 2011 tournament holed out from 65 yards from the rough at the par-four but Tew denied there was any of the same eighth. He considered his two eagles, which were bookend- bitterness that existed when John O’Neill was in charge of the ARU. “Bill is fine,” Tew ed with bogeys, just reward for an otherwise frustrating day said. “I think there is a big difference on the greens. “I missed a lot of short putts today,” he said. between Bill and John so I wouldn’t see “I stayed in the tournament but overall it would have been anything in the history.” While Tew played nice to get a couple more shots here and there.” Kaymer down any talk of enmity between the two was ranked number one in the world barely three years ago, organizations, they are likely to find them- but has since slipped to 63rd. He has not been playing bad- selves at loggerheads concerning where ly, missing only two cuts worldwide since this event last the 18th team are based. Both want the year, but has not often contended for victory. team to be placed in a ‘non-traditional’ McIlroy, returning after a two-week post-Masters break, rugby market mindful of the commercial looked sharp apart from a couple of wayward drives. “I gave opportunities that exist in Asia, North myself chances for birdies and putted a little better than I America and southern Europe. have in the last few weeks, so that’s a positive,” said the Tew says he has an open mind about 2010 champion, who birdied three of the four par-fives. “I the location, though the NZRU’s strategic played the par fives well, which I wanted to do (because) at alliance with USA Rugby and sponsorship deal with insurance giant AIG could influ- Augusta I didn’t.” This week’s event has attracted a high- ence their thinking. Pulver, however, has quality field, although not quite as strong as it did in its first already said his organization’s preferred few years at Quail Hollow. The course received rave reviews option is Asia. Japan is an established rug- when the event was first held in 2003, but the greens were by nation while the Hong Kong stop is in poor condition last year which perhaps scared off a few considered the jewel in the crown on the players from returning. The greens were subsequently dug CHARLOTTE: Angel Cabrera of Argentina hits his tee shot on the 17th hole IRB’s sevens circuit. Matches in Asia would up and replanted and early reports by the players suggest during the first round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow Club also fall into Australia’s prime time televi- they are in better condition this year.— Reuters on May 1, 2014. — AFP sion viewing hours. — Reuters SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Talaat hopes to fulfill NFL dream

MARTINSVILLE: A little trash talk and some crowd noise when the draft kicks off next week. “The odds were traits,” said Kevin Dunn, owner and CEO of TEST Parisi can be big distractions on a football field. Not for Adham stacked against me since I was born,” Talaat said. Football Academy. “If you could tangibly measure Talaat. The talented defensive end is deaf, though he “Hypothetically, if I went to a BCS school and performed Adham’s will to win, desire to get better and the passion hears just fine with hearing aids. But he didn’t wear them the way I have at Gallaudet, I would be in contention for a and purpose that is inside his heart, it would fill a stadium on the field while he played at Gallaudet University, a first-to-third round pick. It seems fitting because my and add a tremendous amount of good character to any school for the deaf and hard of hearing in Washington, entire life, nothing has ever been handed to me; I’ve market in the NFL.” Talaat has a strong work ethic, a quali- DC. Talaat, a late bloomer in high school, was a standout always been snubbed and overlooked, and every time I ty evident on a Friday afternoon in February when he player in college. Now he’s hoping for a chance in the have made those people regret it. My message to the NFL stayed after practice to get more instruction on running NFL in next week’s draft and wants teams to ignore his office personnel is this: Don’t be the one to overlook me the 40. He doesn’t consider his hearing a handicap and hearing problem. here, or I WILL make you sorry! All I need is the opportuni- never uses it as an excuse. “I don’t view my hearing loss as any detriment or hin- ty to be coached and compete. I will not disappoint!” “We didn’t give him any special treatment, made sure drance at all. I actually feel that it is an advantage for me,” Talaat, who is 6-foot-6, and a lean 271 pounds, had to treat him like everyone else, and I know he appreciated Talaat said in an email to The Associated Press. “Crowd five sacks and 46 tackles while facing mostly double-and that,” said Geir Gudmundsen, the academy’s director of noise and trash talk does not faze me. An important point triple-teams during his senior season. He spent 13 weeks football operations. “He’s the type of kid that will be the to consider is that NFL stadiums are loud. Players can’t training at TEST Sports Clubs this winter to improve his first one to the facility, and the last one to leave. He’s cer- always hear each other, so they use signals or signs on all-around skills. The hard work paid off when Talaat post- tain that he was born to play football. When you hear him the sidelines, which is non-verbal communication. That ed impressive numbers at Gallaudet’s first-ever Pro Day talk, you can feel his passion for the game. When you happens to be my specialty.” Talaat has dreamed of play- last month. Talaat ran a 4.94 40-yard dash, had a 30-inch observe his workouts, you can see that he will not get ing in the NFL since watching John Elway lead the Denver vertical jump and benched 225 pounds 23 times. That’s outworked.” Talaat’s journey has been filled with obsta- Broncos to consecutive Super Bowl titles when he was a two more reps than Jadeveon Clowney, the South cles. He was diagnosed with profound to severe hearing kid. Dominating at the Division III level helped Talaat Carolina defensive end who might be the No. 1 overall loss at 18 months old. After being fitted with hearing aids, draw attention from scouts. More than 25 NFL teams pick. Talaat’s time of 7.28 seconds in the three-cone drill he started preschool early to learn how to speak. It didn’t have met with him or watched him play. was only .01 seconds slower than Clowney. hold him back: He took regular classes and did well aca- Now comes the hard part: waiting for a phone call “His size, speed and wingspan are all NFL-caliber demically.—AP

Cryogenic freezing? ‘Yeah, baby!’ says Date-Krumm

TOKYO: Japan’s Kimiko Date-Krumm has no But the evergreen Date-Krumm, who plans to quit tennis at the ripe old age of 43 but reached her career-high ranking in 1995, ruled told AFP she would have to be cryogenically out retirement, for now, even if she confessed frozen to carry on for too much longer. The for- to doubts sometimes creeping in as to how mer world number four joked that going into a long she can continue. “Next year? That’s still a deep freeze like spoof spy Austin Powers and long way away,” said the world number 84, being defrosted in time for the 2020 Tokyo bursting into a laugh. “I have thought at times Olympics would appeal to her as she battles that enough is enough and wrestled with the minor injuries in the run-up to the French idea (of quitting), but I’ve managed to over- Open. “If I’d just have to sleep and then when I come those feelings so far. “I don’t have any wake up it’s like it’s yesterday, that might work,” problem with people mentioning my age. Of Date-Krumm said in an interview ahead of a course my recovery time after matches is slower workout at a Tokyo gym. “I’m not getting any and I feel the fatigue more the next day. On the younger.” “I did this in Mexico, this in Malaysia way back to the hotel, you feel sore and some- and this in Korea,” she adds, pointing to various times the ice baths don’t work.” minor niggles on both legs. “It gets harder with age.” ‘Few wrinkles’ Dressed in a designer blouse, blue jeans and heels, Date-Krumm is brutally honest about the future. “When I came back at 37 I was way stronger than I am now,” said the Kyoto native, who walked away from tennis in 1996, the year she suffered a controversial defeat by Steffi Graf in the Wimbledon semi-finals. “But I’m not thinking about stopping yet.” There have been fairytale moments since Date-Krumm’s return to the sport in 2008. In 2009 she became the Ronnie OíSullivan second-oldest player in the modern era to win a WTA singles title after Billie Jean King when she claimed the Korea Open, and last year reached Snooker - O’Sullivan stays the third round at Wimbledon, the oldest woman to do so. “There’s no special secret,” on course for another title said Date-Krumm. “Tennis has become more scientific since the 90s. Strengthening core and LONDON: Ronnie O’Sullivan maintained his it was one-way traffic from then on, Hawkins’s back muscles helps maximize my power.” charge towards a third successive World mistakes and O’Sullivan’s skill seeing the cham- However, the appliance of science can only Championship title as he established a 6-2 lead pion, who made a break of 108 in the seventh do so much. “If the Tokyo Olympics were in over Barry Hawkins in the first session of their frame before a missed red from his opponent let 2016, my motivation would be right up there,” semi-final on Thursday. O’Sullivan has been in him take the next, pull ahead. said the eight-times tour singles champion. “It fine form during his pursuit of a sixth world The second semi-final was an Anglo- might be possible.” When talk turns to her gut- crown of his career since coming from behind to Australian clash between Mark Selby and wrenching Wimbledon loss to Graf, when the defeat Joe Perry in the second round at Melbourne-born Neil Robertson, the 2010 world German’s protests about bad light led to play Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre. champion, who in his quarter-final win over Judd being suspended with Date-Krumm clearly on O’Sullivan swept past Shaun Murphy, himself Trump became the first player to make 100 com- top, the Japanese gave a polite shrug. “I could a former world champion, in the quarter-finals petitive century breaks in a tour season. Selby see the ball and wanted to keep playing, and with a session to spare and, in a repeat of last established a 5-3 overnight lead after world maybe I could have won. But it was fate,” she year’s final, wasted little time in establishing a number one Robertson made a break of 130 in said before once more breaking into laughter. four-frame lead in the best of 33 contest. He took the final frame of the day. Robertson came from “What strikes me more than anything when I the first of the semi-final with a break of 63 5-1 down to beat Selby 10-7 in the final of the UK TOKYO: Japanese tennis player Kimiko Date- see re-runs on TV is how few wrinkles I had back before Hawkins levelled with a contribution of Championship, snooker’s second-most impor- Krumm poses for a photo in Tokyo. — AFP then.” — AFP 96 and briefly went ahead with a break of 76. But tant tournament, in December. — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

NBA launches bid to oust Clippers owner

NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association has the San Antonio Spurs, and Phoenix Suns, the Indiana Charles Wang and has had dealings with clients involv- launched its bid to oust Donald Sterling as owner of the Pacers and the Toronto Raptors. ing the NBA, said the league might consider allowing Los Angeles Clippers for racist comments as a panel of In a brief statement, the NBA said the panel dis- Sterling to sell the team himself by a prescribed dead- 10 fellow team owners or their proxies unanimously cussed terminating Sterling’s ownership and “unani- line. But he predicted that, one way or another, Sterling agreed to proceed “as expeditiously as possible,” the mously agreed to move forward as expeditiously as pos- would end up severed from the Clippers and would NBA said. The decision, reached during a telephone sible.” It said the panel would reconvene next week. The realize that “the franchise would not be economically conference call of the NBA Board of Governors’ adviso- committee’s decision was in line with an outpouring of viable if he continues to own it.” ry-finance committee, seemed to indicate a strong base support expressed by the owners as a whole for Silver The scandal sparked outrage from fans and players, of support among Sterling’s fellow owners for his following Tuesday’s announcement of a ban. But and numerous commercial sponsors pulled their sup- removal, as urged by league Commissioner Adam experts have suggested that some of Sterling’s fellow port from the team before and after the NBA moved to Silver. owners might be hesitant to support action they felt expel Sterling. Sterling was banned from any further ties Silver on Tuesday declared Sterling banned from the could set a precedent weakening their own future prop- with his team or professional basketball, and stripped of NBA for life, fined him $2.5 million - the league maxi- erty rights. his seat on the NBA governing board, days after two mum - and called on the 29 other club owners who websites released audio recordings in which a voice make up the governing board to exercise their authority Collision course seen said to be Sterling’s is heard criticizing a female friend to force Sterling to sell the Clippers. The unprecedented Sterling, who bought the Clippers in 1981 for $13 for “associating with black people.” Silver said Tuesday move would require a three-fourths majority vote under million when the team was based in San Diego, has not that Sterling has acknowledged to the NBA that the the league’s constitution and bylaws. If approved, the indicated whether he would relinquish ownership with- recording was authentic but did not apologize. board could then go further still and vote to seize own- out putting up a fight. Experts have estimated that the The sale of the Clippers could take weeks. According ership of the team for the NBA itself to sell, cutting franchise, which moved to Los Angeles in 1984, could to NBA bylaws, Silver must present Sterling a written Sterling out of the negotiations. now be worth as much as $1 billion, posing an enor- copy of any allegations justifying a forced sale within The decision came hours before sports network mous potential capital gains tax liability on Sterling if he three days, and Sterling would have five days to answer. ESPN and other media reported Sterling has been bat- were to sell the team. A number of legal scholars and A special hearing of the Board of Governors, consisting tling prostate cancer. Reuters could not independently sports business analysts have said they expect Sterling of all the owners, would then be held on a date no more confirm the reports. Silver and at least two of the own- and the NBA to be on a collision course that will be than 10 days after Sterling’s reply. The prospect of ers, including the interim chairman of the board, Glen fought out in court. Sterling’s ouster led several luminaries of sports and Taylor of the Minnesota Timberwolves, have expressed “The guy has a reputation for being highly litigious. I show business to signal interest in buying the team. confidence they could muster the votes necessary to just can’t possibly imagine him rolling over and handing Among them were talk show host turned media mogul force a sale. The teams represented in Thursday’s initial the team over and not fighting back,” said Adam Oprah Winfrey, Hollywood executive David Geffen, strategy session were Minnesota Timberwolves, the Schlatner, a sports business attorney and commercial computer technology titan Larry Ellison, former Los Miami Heat, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Los litigator. Schlatner, who handles legal matters for the Angeles Lakers star Earvin “Magic” Johnson and boxing Angeles Lakers, the New York Knicks, the Boston Celtics, National Hockey League’s New York Islanders’ owner promoter Oscar De La Hoya.— Reuters Pacers rally to extend series Durant shines as Thunder stay alive

ATLANTA: David West led Indiana on a 16-4 run to end the game, extending the season for the top-seeded Pacers with a 95-88 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday. Trailing 3-2 after losing at home for the second time in the Eastern Conference series, Indiana was poised for an early summer when the Hawks pushed out to an 84-79 lead with just over 3 minutes remaining, cheered on by a raucous crowd. But, for the fourth time in this back-and-forth affair, the road team won. West seemed to make every big play down the stretch, scoring four straight points and forcing a huge turnover to begin the turnaround. West hit two more baskets in the final minute to wrap things up, finishing with 24 points. Game 7 is today in Indianapolis. Paul George also scored 24 points for the Pacers, making four straight free throws to help finish off the Hawks, trying to become only the sixth No 8 seed to knock off a No 1 seed. Jeff Teague scored 29 points for Atlanta.

THUNDER 104, GRIZZLIES 84 Kevin Durant scored 36 points to break out of a slump as Oklahoma City routed Memphis to force a deciding seventh game in the first-round Western Conference series. Russell Westbrook added 25 points for the Thunder, who haven’t been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs since 2010. They took control early with Durant scoring 14 points in the first quarter, led by 15 at halftime and never let Memphis get closer in the second half in the first game in the series ended in regulation since the opener. Durant also had 10 rebounds and made 14 of 15 free throws. Game 7 is Saturday night in Oklahoma City. Marc Gasol had 17 points and Zach Randolph 16 for Memphis. Guard Mike Conley strained his right hamstring, briefly returned and left for good with 8:48 left.

WARRIORS 100, CLIPPERS 99 Stephen Curry scored 24 points and dished out nine assists, and the Warriors forced a decisive Game 7 by outlasting the Clippers. Andre Iguodala added 15 points and Draymond Green had 14 points and 14 rebounds for the Warriors, handing Los Angeles one more obstacle to overcome in a week full of them after Clippers owner Donald Sterling earned a lifetime ban from the NBA for his racist remarks. The Warriors limited big men Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan even after center Jermaine O’Neal left with a sprained right OAKLAND: Golden State Warriors’ David Lee (right) shoots next to Los Angeles Clippers’ DeAndre Jordan knee in the second quarter. The Clippers simply ran out of time in the closing during the second half in Game 6 of an opening-round NBA basketball playoff series on Thursday, May 1, minute, missing three shots before Matt Barnes made a 3-pointer with 1.1 sec- 2014. — AP onds to play. Game 7 is Saturday in Los Angeles. — Agencies SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014

FRENCH CUP PREVIEW Rennes gunning for Cup final revenge PARIS: French football’s great under- defeat to Guingamp - the club where from that game and it was five years ago. Guingamp’s run to the Stade de France achievers Rennes will look to end a major Didier Drogba shot to prominence from a included a 3-1 extra-time victory against trophy drought of more than four decades town with a population of little more than ‘Context is different’ Monaco in the semi-finals. when they face Brittany rivals Guingamp in 7,000 - five years later is unthinkable. “The context is different and so are the With Rennes beating second-tier today’s Cup final at the Stade de France. However, Rennes coach Philippe teams - Guingamp were in Ligue 2 at the Angers 3-2 in the other semi-final tie, that Rennes’ recent history has been peppered Montanier has played down talk of revenge time. For us it’s more about focusing on a set up a Breton derby at the national stadi- with draining disappointment, none and also insisted that his team should not final than worrying about revenge or what um and French Football Association presi- greater than their defeat in the 2009 feel under too much pressure, pointing to happened five years or 35 years ago. “We dent Noel Le Graet, who hails from French Cup final against the same the fact that Guingamp are now a top-divi- have nothing to lose because if we lose Guingamp, is certain the sell-out 80,000 Guingamp side, albeit one who were then sion side and have already won both people will continue to say that we are a crowd will make it an occasion to remem- in the second tier. On that occasion, league meetings of the teams this season. team that always loses in finals. And if we ber. “This final is for the people of Brittany Rennes took a second-half lead only for a “It’s 15th in the league against 16th,” win we will have ended a wait of 43 years. who are coming back to Paris, and I’m sure brace of goals by Brazilian forward Eduardo said Montanier, who is hoping skipper “It would be a huge disappointment if we we will see the same spectacular show that to give Guingamp the first, and to date Romain Danze will be fit in time to feature. lost, but brilliant if we won.” Both clubs we saw in 2009,” said Le Graet. “The clubs only, major trophy success in their history. “There is no favorite especially as a final is a remain in danger of relegation to Ligue 2 have agreed to both provide traditional Rennes were also beaten by Saint-Etienne one-off occasion. Guingamp maybe have with just three games left in the league Brittany music, with 50 musicians each. in last season’s League Cup final, leaving the psychological advantage because they campaign, but for Guingamp - coached by After that, long live the sport, nothing them still without a major title since beat- have beaten us twice in the league this sea- former Rennes playmaker Jocelyn more.” If Danze does play, the only absen- ing Lyon to lift the Cup back in 1971. son. But it will be an evenly-matched final.” Gourvennec - the knockout competition tee for Rennes will be left-back Cheik Such a record is not good enough for a When asked whether the 2009 final has proved to be a welcome distraction. M’Bengue, who has a thigh problem. club from the capital of the prosperous between the teams would have any bear- Inspired by the goals of Malian internation- Guingamp have a fully-fit squad with region of Brittany and owned by the bil- ing, the former Real Sociedad coach al striker Mustapha Yatabare, who has net- Lionel Mathis - their only survivor from lionaire Francois Pinault, and a second final replied: “I don’t think so. Only Danze is left ted seven in the competition so far, 2009 - available after injury. — AFP

SPANISH LEAGUE PREVIEW GERMAN LEAGUE PREVIEW Real rout boosts Atletico and Real out Hamburg hopes to seal perfect week BERLIN: Rafael van der Vaart says Real Madrid’s 4-0 drubbing of Bayern Munich in the Champions League will boost relega- MADRID: Fresh from reaching a first Champions League final in 40 tion-threatened Hamburg against the Bavarian giants in years on Wednesday, Atletico Madrid insist they are already focussed today’s Bundesliga clash. Hamburg, the only club in on their La Liga title run-in, starting with a trip to Levante tomorrow. Germany’s top flight to have never gone down, sit third from Atletico will face bitter neighbours Real Madrid in a historic bottom in the table and at risk of an historic relegation. A Champions League final in Lisbon next month but in the meantime thousand fans watched the team go through their paces on they are in the driving seat as they need just two wins from their last Thursday and shouts of “never in the second division!” three games to seal their first La Liga title for 18 years. echoed around the training ground. Diego Simeone’s men are on a run of nine straight league wins Hamburg are five points from safety with two games left and another victory away to mid-table Levante will give Los and desperately need points against champions Bayern to Rojiblancos the chance to wrap up the championship at home to climb out of the bottom three. If they finish 16th, they will Malaga next weekend and avoid needing to get something from face a last chance play-off against the third-placed side in the their daunting visit to Barcelona on the final day of the campaign. second division to try to maintain their Bundesliga place. But Even in the wake of his side’s famous 3-1 win over Chelsea, Simeone Bayern’s Champions League exit in Tuesday’s 4-0 semi-final, insisted he was immediately “preparing and focusing on the objec- second-leg drubbing at home to Real has given Hamburg tive of beating Levante.” Full-back Filipe Luis echoed his coach’s sen- hope, says Netherlands star Van der Vaart. “It’s a matter of timents and believes they will have beaten “the best team in Europe” survival and honor for us. If we give our all, then we also have if they go on to win La Liga or the Champions League. “This team a chance against Bayern,” said the 31-year-old, who is hoping never gives up. There are a lot of very important games before Lisbon to play after recovering from a calf injury. and we are going to try and win them all,” said the Brazilian. But the Dutch playmaker says Hamburg must be confi- “Real Madrid are the most difficult opponent you can face, they dent against Bayern. “We need to show some balls, Bayern are the best team in Europe in my opinion, but we always approach won’t give anything away and it would be really bad for them games with humility and try our best to win. There is a long way to to lose two games in a row,” he said. Since being confirmed go though and now Levante is the most important game.” Simeone Bundesliga champions with a record seven games to spare at is expected to make a few changes to the side that started at the end of last month, Bayern have produced some below- Stamford Bridge with captain Gabi back from suspension and the par performances which culminated in their drubbing at the likes of Raul Garcia and David Villa set to feature. However, top scorer hands of Real. “After the defeat to Real, Bayern are sure to Diego Costa should be fit to start despite being withdrawn late on in have no great desire to get on the plane to Hamburg. We midweek due to a knee injury. Real Madrid could be nine points adrift want to annoy them,” said director of sport Oliver Kreuzer in a of Atletico, albeit with two games in hand, by the time they kick-off radio interview. later tomorrow at home to Valencia. The Bavarian giants have wounded pride and will be look- Los Blancos enjoyed a fantastic win in midweek themselves as ing to bounce back at Hamburg ahead of their German Cup they hammered European champions Bayern Munich 4-0 at the final against arch rivals Borussia Dortmund in Berlin on May Allianz Arena to qualify for their first European final for 12 years. 17. “We need to quickly lick our wounds so we put in a better Having already lifted the Copa del Rey, Real could still win an historic performance in the Cup final against Dortmund,” insisted treble this season should Atletico stumble in their final few league chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. Hamburg have suffered games. And coach Carlo Ancelotti is savoring the success of his first some heavy losses to Bayern recently, being routed 5-0 at season in charge. “Obviously I am very happy, you have to enjoy the home in February’s German Cup quarter-finals and humbled good moments because, sooner or later, the bad moments will 9-2 in Munich in the league in March 2013. come,” he told Sky Italia. “It gives me great satisfaction to take Real Hamburg, for whom Mirko Slomka is their third coach this Madrid to the final 12 years later.” Barcelona also maintain a slight season after Thorsten Fink and Bert van Marwijk were both chance of retaining the title, although they need both Atletico and fired, are low on confidence after six defeats in their last ten Real to slip up as well as winning their three remaining games. The games. Even Kreuzer has voiced doubts they will survive. Catalans can close the gap on Atletico to one point when they host “There are legitimate doubts about a positive outcome. I relegation-threatened Getafe earlier tomorrow and, despite looking have been waiting for weeks to see a reaction from the play- like they will miss out on a major trophy for the first time in six years, ers,” he fumed after Hamburg’s lacklustre 3-1 defeat at home midfielder Sergio Busquets insists they have to put the pressure on to mid-table Augsburg last Sunday, their third loss in a row. LONDON: Atletico Madrid’s Turkish midfielder Arda Turan both sides from the capital. “We still have the end of La Liga to come, Hamburg have a few personnel worries with Germany pair celebrates scoring his team’s third goal during the UEFA but it has not been a good season when it comes to results,” he said Heiko Westermann, Marcell Jansen and Turkey midfielder Champions League semi-final second leg football match on Thursday. “We know that we don’t depend on ourselves and that Hakan Calhanoglu all struggling with injuries or illness. —AFP between Chelsea and Atletico Madrid at Stamford Bridge makes it more difficult, but we still have hope. We need to exhaust all in London. — AFP the possibilities.” — AFP SPORTS SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 Giggs relaxed about Old Trafford future

MANCHESTER: Manchester United caretaker manager There is no point in thinking if I want to be an assistant van Persie had returned to training after a knee injury, Ryan Giggs admitted yesterday that his future role at or a manager somewhere else. “There’s so many things although the match against Gus Poyet’s side could Old Trafford will be reviewed at the end of the season. to think about. Like I just said, I’m just concentrating on come too soon for him as United aim to steal a top-six Giggs has taken temporary control of first-team affairs what I am doing at the moment. “We’ll have to wait finish. at United after David Moyes was sacked last month fol- and see. My concentration isn’t on next season - it’s on “Robin has been back training this week and he’s lowing less than a season in charge. There has been this season.” looked good,” Giggs said. “Whether today is too early speculation that current Netherlands coach Louis van for him we’ll just see how he goes. But he’s looked real- Gaal will be installed as the new United manager after Concern for Rooney ly good this week.” Giggs also admitted that despite the World Cup, something which left question marks Giggs’ immediate priority is the visit of relegation the extra responsibilities of interim management he over Giggs’ long-term position at the club. However, battlers Sunderland to Old Trafford today and he con- would still consider playing in the rest of the cam- the 40-year-old veteran midfielder remained relaxed firmed that he will check on the fitness of striker Wayne paign.The winger, who has made 11 Premier League over his future and admitted he had not yet decided Rooney, who has been struggling with a bout of illness appearances this season, did not name himself among whether he will carry on playing. “Nothing’s changed. and a tight groin. “A few of the lads have had a bug,” the matchday squad for his first game in charge - a 4-0 It’s just until the end of the season,” Giggs said. Giggs said. “(Goalkeeper) Anders Lindegaard and win over Norwich City last weekend. He added: “I’m “We’ll chat when that’s over and that’s all. “The way Wayne have both had a bug. Wayne’s also got a tight still training and doing bits and pieces so I’m still in the I’m thinking is I’m enjoying it. My concentration is the groin. “And obviously with a bug you have to be care- frame of maybe playing the remaining games or being match against Sunderland today and the remaining ful with that because the immune system is down a bit. involved in the remaining games. “It’s just a case of two games. Wayne, being Wayne, wants to play and be involved so keeping myself fit (but) win every game and I might “We’ll see what happens at the end of the season - we’ll just monitor him over the next 24 hours.” The not get back in because the lads are doing well. I’ll just I’ve got to decide whether I’m going to play or not. Welshman also revealed that Netherlands striker Robin have to wait and see.”— AFP

EPL PREVIEW MATCHES ON TV Man City lead charge as ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE GERMAN LEAGUE West Ham v Tottenham 14:45 Stuttgart v Wolfsburg 16:30 beIN SPORTS 9 HD Dubai Sports title race nears climax Man United v Sunderland 17:00 Freiburg v Schalke 04 16:30 beIN SPORTS 9 HD Dubai Sports Everton v Man City 19:30 LONDON: The closest English top-flight title race in 33 said Giggs. “It can’t just be for one game. It has to be for beIN SPORTS 9 HD Nuremberg v Hannover 96 16:30 years speeds towards its conclusion this weekend, with longer than that. Every time you play for Manchester Dubai sports Manchester City carrying the advantage ahead of a United you have to stay at that level, and they have to SPANISH LEAGUE Eintracht Frankfurt v Bayer 04 16:30 thorny trip to Everton today. Leaders Liverpool’s 2-0 loss keep to these standards against Sunderland.” While Barcelona v Getafe 17:00 Dubai Sports at home to second-place Chelsea last weekend means Sunderland also have a game in hand to fulfil, at home to beIN SPORTS 2 E Braunschweig v Augsburg 16:30 that City will probably be assured of a second title in West Brom on Wednesday, time is running out for bot- beIN SPORTS 2 HD Dubai Sports Malaga v Elche 19:00 three seasons if they win their three remaining matches. tom club Cardiff City, who are two points from safety Borussia M’bach v Mainz 16:30 City trail Liverpool by three points but have a game in ahead of today’s trip to Newcastle. beIN SPORTS 3 Dubai Sports beIN SPORTS 3 HD hand and a superior goal difference (+58 to +50), and yet Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side could be relegated this Osasuna v Celta de Vigo 21:00 Dortmund v Hoffenheim 16:30 with the teams so tightly bunched, the race is far from weekend if results go against them, while Fulham are also beIN SPORTS 2 Dubai Sports run. Not since 1981 have the top three been so close in a perilous position, just a point better off and facing a beIN SPORTS 2 HD Hamburger v Bayern Munich16:30 together at this stage of the season and only twice in the trip to Stoke City. With an away game at Palace awaiting Real Valladolid v Espanyol 23:00 Dubai Sports Premier League era (1999 and 2008) have three teams on the season’s final day, Fulham manager Felix Magath beIN SPORTS 2 Werder Bremen v Hertha Berlin 16:30 been in mathematical title contention at this point. With has urged his players to take responsibility for their destiny beIN SPORTS 2 HD Dubai Sports Chelsea not hosting Norwich City until Sunday and by winning their last two matches. “I still believe two wins Liverpool visiting Crystal Palace on Monday, City can take will be enough,” he said “There is no doubt, we need three over at the top by prevailing at Goodison Park. points to have the chance to not be relegated. That is the Magath fears for However, while Everton now trail Arsenal by four situation. “The atmosphere is very good and the players points in the race for the fourth and final Champions want to show people we are still alive.”— AFP League place, they have lost at home only twice this sea- Fulham’s future son. “They are at home in front of their fans, and they are English Premier League table always good at home,” City’s Brazilian midfielder Fernandinho told the club website. “The atmosphere is LONDON: Felix Magath admits the knew it was a difficult situation when I LONDON: English Premier League table ahead of thought of relegation is scaring him came here. “I’m confident I can manage also good there, and they will play with a lot of intensity. We have to be ready for that. It will be a very tough the weekend’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, ahead of Fulham’s trip to Stoke City yes- it. I worry a little bit about the last goals for, goals against, points): terday. The second-bottom Cottagers matches but I’m confident. We can game.”Chelsea saw their hopes of a trophy double must win their penultimate match of make it better today. “We need three dashed last Wednesday when they lost 3-1 at home to Liverpool 36 25 5 6 96 46 80 the season at the Britannia Stadium, points to have the chance to not be rel- Atletico Madrid in the Champions League semi-finals. Chelsea 36 24 6 6 69 26 78 according to their German manager, if egated. That is the situation. We know Two points off the summit, Jose Mourinho’s side need they are to avoid bowing out of the Stoke is a very good team at home, but both Liverpool and City to slip up if they are to claim the Man City 35 24 5 6 93 35 77 Premier League. Magath, who has never we are confident that we have devel- title, but goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer says that they have Arsenal 36 22 7 7 65 41 73 dropped down a division in his career, oped in the last weeks and we have no option but to keep on fighting. “We need to put the Everton 36 20 9 7 57 36 69 was brought on board by Fulham with shown against Hull.” others under pressure,” said the Australian, whose side Tottenham 36 20 6 10 52 49 66 just 12 games of the season left in a will go top if they overcome third-bottom Norwich. “We Man Utd 35 18 6 11 60 40 60 desperate bid to preserve the London ‘Not careful enough’ have to pick ourselves up from this disappointment and Southampton 36 14 10 12 52 45 52 club’s top-flight status after they sacked Magath added his side had learnt realise we must keep banging on the door with the game Newcastle 36 14 4 18 39 57 46 former Manchester United coach Rene important lessons from drawing 2-2 against Norwich on Sunday. We must make sure we pick Stoke 36 11 11 14 39 50 44 Meulensteen as their manager.Now for- with Hull a week ago, despite racing up three points so we can capitalise on any slip-ups.” Crystal Palace 36 13 4 19 28 43 43 mer Bayern Munich boss Magath finds into a 2-0 lead. “Things worked well Swansea 36 10 9 17 51 52 39 himself in a charge of a Fulham side against, we were 2-0 ahead and had ‘We are still alive’ Hull 35 10 7 18 36 45 37 who are in 19th place, one point from control over the game and there was Having stretched their lead over Everton with a breezy West Ham 36 10 7 19 38 49 37 safety. maybe one situation that we are not 3-0 success against Newcastle United on Monday, Arsenal West Brom 35 7 15 13 42 54 36 But one of their relegation rivals, careful enough. “Because I had the feel- can rubber-stamp a top-four finish if they win at home to Aston Villa 35 9 8 18 36 53 35 Sunderland, are one point in front with ing that today the players are excited West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. Manchester United’s Sunderland 35 8 8 19 37 57 32 the added bonus of a game in hand. about the result, the crowd and the Champions League ambitions have long faded, but they Norwich 36 8 8 20 28 60 32 And Magath is worried what slipping feeling to lead that they tried to play will look to build on last weekend’s 4-0 win over Norwich Fulham 36 9 4 23 37 79 31 in interim manager Ryan Giggs’s first game in charge out of the Premier League would do to more offensive and score more, but the Cardiff 36 7 9 20 31 6930 west London side Fulham. “I have never best thing was to avoid a goal. “We con- when they host Sunderland. Sunderland, however, are on a run of back-to-back victories that have lifted them been relegated and I am a bit afraid of ceded a goal from nothing then you see Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s out of the bottom three, and having already beaten both the situation, I don’t know how it feels that we are not confident enough to Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for to be relegated,” he said. “I’m afraid for cope with the situation. We let go of the City and Chelsea this season, they have pedigree against the top sides. “We haven’t played to the level that we’re Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to the club not for my personal record. I control of the game, for us it was terri- Championship. have nothing to prove in my career. I ble and not necessary. —AFP capable of this season, but we did that against Norwich,” Durant shines as Thunder SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2014 MAY SATURDAY, SportsSports stay alive 45

VALENCIA: Sevilla’s goalkeeper Beto from Portugal (center) and Fernando Navarro (right) celebrates at the end their Europa League semifinal second leg soccer match against Valencia at the Mestalla stadium on Thursday. — AP Sevilla, Benfica face off in Europa final Mbia’s late strike sinks Valencia

VALENCIA: Sevilla snatched a last-gasp place Federico Fazio flicked on a long throw and scored against us in the last minute,” added what UEFA ruled was an own goal by the in the Europa League final when a 94th- Cameroon midfielder Mbia rose to crash a the Argentine. “We are happy with the work Sevilla goalkeeper. The visitors managed to minute Stephane Mbia header put them header into the net and silence the Valencia we put in but it was pointless in the end.” survive the early onslaught without conced- through on away goals after their semi-final fans packed into the Mestalla. It was a tri- ing again and came close to a goal in the 36th against Valencia ended 3-3 on aggregate on umph for Sevilla coach Unai Emery, who nev- Powerful header when Jose Antonio Reyes met a clever Carlos Thursday. Despite going down 3-1 in their er completely won over the Valencia fans Valencia made an energetic start in front of Bacca backheel at the far post but his close- second leg at Valencia’s Mestalla stadium, when he was in charge there from 2008 to their vociferous supporters while Sevilla had range effort was blocked superbly by Valencia Mbia’s dramatic late strike set up a final show- 2012, and he celebrated Mbia’s goal wildly on clearly opted to play a more patient game keeper Diego Alves. down with Benfica on May 14 after the the side of the pitch. and wait for a chance on the break. The home Both sides showed attacking intent in the Portuguese club eliminated Italian side “This is a unique experience,” Emery said in side forced themselves back into the tie when early stages of the second half before defend- Juventus 2-1 on aggregate following a 0-0 an interview with Spanish television. “We Feghouli received the ball inside the area and er Mathieu was quickest to react when the draw in Turin. don’t care who we are playing in the final, we cut inside his marker and his left-foot strike ball ran loose at a corner and the Frenchman Sevilla were favourites to advance against just have to enjoy this,” added the 42-year-old took a slight deflection off a defender on its left Beto no chance with a powerful shot. their La Liga rivals after winning last week’s former Real Sociedad midfielder. “Now we way into the net. Valencia were moments away from going first leg 2-0 at home but a 14th-minute have to beat a great team (Benfica) because Valencia were level on aggregate in the through when Mbia struck to keep alive Sofiane Feghouli effort, an own goal from they have beaten Juve, who are also a great 26th minute when Jonas made the most of Sevilla’s chances of repeating their successes goalkeeper Beto in the 26th and a Jeremy club.” Valencia forward Pablo Piatti struggled slack marking to send a powerful header in Europe’s second-tier club competition from Mathieu blast 21 minutes from time put for words in a TV interview immediately after towards goal from a Juan Bernat centre. Beto 2006 and 2007, when it was known as the Valencia 3-0 ahead on the night and 3-2 the whistle and said he and his team mates could only palm the ball onto the underside UEFA Cup. Juve, Inter Milan and Liverpool are ahead overall. They were just over a minute were “feeling the pain” and “in a bad way”. of the crossbar and then watch helplessly as it the only three sides to have won the UEFA away from going through to the final when “We tried, we gave it everything and they bounced off his back and into the net for Cup/Europa League three times. — Reuters