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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 THULQADA 17, 1436 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Cabinet Alaska-bound Swift leads Nishikori, officially Obama renames winners but Ivanovic ends offset Mt McKinley West, Cyrus crash at program2 as28 Denali rule38 VMAs US20 Open Whale deaths in Kuwaiti Min 34º Max 47º waters not normal: KEPS High Tide 01:15 & 13:20 Rotting carcass of whale removed off Qarouh Island Low Tide 07:30 & 19:55 40 PAGES NO: 16627 150 FILS Atlas Jewellery By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: The Kuwait Scientific Center’s dive team yester- day recovered the carcass of a dead whale in collabora- in $136m default, tion with several government bodies off Qarouh Island and moved it to the shore for examination. Director of owner arrested marine and environmental sciences department at Kuwait Science Club Mohammed Al-Rashid stated that the Public ABU DHABI/DUBAI: A Dubai-based gold and jew- Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources used ellery retailer has defaulted on loans worth about a large carrier to transport the 500 million dirhams ($136.2 million), with banks whale to keep it intact and considering options including legal action to protect the surrounding envi- retrieve the money, four banking and trade sources ronment from pollution. told Reuters. The non-payment by Atlas Jewellery, The death of the whale and which has more than 50 branches across the Gulf a dolphin a few days earlier and in India, affects at least 15 banks, the sources may be indicative of some said on condition of anonymity because the infor- problems in Kuwait’s regional mation isn’t public. It was not clear why Atlas waters. Kuwait Times inter- Wijdan Al-Egab Jewellery had failed to honor its debts. Company viewed Wijdan Al-Egab, officials declined to comment and Reuters was Secretary General of the Kuwait Environment Protection unable to contact the company’s owner, M M Society (KEPS), to find out more about the deaths of these Ramachandran. sea mammals. Dubai police said the Indian national and his daughter had been arrested in cases relating to Kuwait Times: What is the reason behind the deaths of suspected bounced cheques. Dubai has in recent the whale and dolphin? Is it a normal phenomenon? years joined the likes of London, New York and Wijdan Al-Egab: The death of these creatures is not a Hong Kong as a major gold trading centre thanks normal phenomenon. Usually, it has various reasons. The to its proximity to the world’s largest gold con- reason for the death of the whale is not clear as its carcass sumer, India, and an aggressive drive to become a had decomposed and the tissues had rotted before tak- regional commodities hub. ing the necessary samples to test by the institutions in Continued on Page 13 KUWAIT: The Kuwait Scientific Center’s dive team work to recover the carcass of a dead whale off Qarouh charge. Island yesterday. — KUNA Continued on Page 13 News Qatar reef at risk from warming seas in brief DOHA: High sea temperatures off the week are Safi, an edible local type of rab- Kuwaiti team following coast of Qatar threaten precious coral bitfish, and Jesh, also known as the Gold up Baghli disappearance reef and have caused mass deaths among Spotted Trevally. Less mobile fish which KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti security delegation arrived in some 20 types of fish, Doha-based swim closer to the sea bed are thought to Bucharest yesterday to follow up on the case of missing marine researchers said yesterday. A be most at risk because of changes in Kuwaiti Muhammad Al-Baghli. The delegation was study carried out by experts from Qatar water temperatures. Maslamani said fur- received by Kuwaiti ambassador to University, the environment ministry and ther study was needed to determine just Romania Mubarak Muhammad Al- the interior ministry last week has exactly how many different species of fish Suhaijan and diplomat Saud Al- revealed that water temperatures during perished during the high summer tem- Adwani, a statement by the Kuwaiti the fierce Gulf summer have passed 36 peratures. Embassy said. Romanian officials degrees Celsius. Researchers said there is The work carried out last week from a have set a special program for the a cause for concern to marine life once research vessel included studying sam- Kuwaiti security personnel to follow sea temperatures pass 34 degrees. ples of dead fish as well as monitoring the latest developments on Baghli’s Although the phenomenon can occur the physical characteristics of sea water Al-Baghli case. Baghli, 79, disappeared near his once every two or three years at the to a depth of 29 m. Water salinity and palace in the south-central province of Prahova earlier height of the summer, researchers told purity were among the other factors also this month. Romanian police have mounted an exten- AFP they are especially concerned about tested by the team of researchers. The sive search operation while his family has announced a the potential long-term impact on the study also found that sea bed tempera- large reward for any information leading to the missing coral reef in waters surrounding Qatar. tures reached up to 35.9 degrees Celsius man, who has owned a palace in this European country “I am really worried about the coral in the past week. for nearly 20 years. reef,” said Qatar University marine biology Maslamani’s Qatar University col- professor Ibrahim Al-Maslamani. “The league, professor Ibrahim Mohamed Al- TOKYO: Violinist Ryosuke Suho plays the violin during a ‘Finale Concert’ at coral reef may be affected by the temper- Ansari, said the particularly high sea tem- the main lobby of Hotel Okura yesterday. — AP ature, we don’t know yet. Thirty-six peratures can occur in the region every Facebook mention in degrees, this is really too much. It’s really “two or three years during the last week Lights out for modernist azan sparks outcry sensitive to high temperatures. If the sys- of August and the first week of CAIRO: Egyptians in a Nile Delta province were tem shuts down it will really be a disaster,” September”. Qatar University has been outraged on Sunday after a cleric allegedly he added. There are several areas along monitoring fish mortality since the mid- masterpiece Hotel Okura changed a line in the traditional Islamic call to the Qatari coastline where coral reef can 1990s. Almost two decades ago, Ansari TOKYO: Tokyo’s sixties-era modernist gleaming highrise hotel - the latest prayer to mention Facebook. Instead of saying be found, including the offshore Halul found that high sea temperatures were masterpiece Hotel Okura, which host- heritage building to face demolition “prayer is better than sleep” twice during the Island, which is northeast of the capital the cause for some 40 tonnes of fish ed foreign leaders, royalty, celebrities in the ultra-modern Japanese mega- dawn prayer, Sheikh Mahmoud Maghazi of Doha. As well as the heat’s potential dying in the waters off Qatar. Further and even James Bond, turned off the lopolis. The Okura’s kimono-clad Beheira province allegedly said: “Prayer is better impact on the reef, fish have also been tests are expected to be carried out in lights Monday, more than a half cen- female staff and dated appearance - than Facebook.” The issue drew nationwide atten- affected, said Maslamani. the next few weeks by the same tury after it heralded Japan’s post-war highlighted by the smoky Mad Men- tion when he defended himself against shouted He estimates that fish among “more researchers to determine the potential coming out party. Despite an outcry style Orchid bar and worn mustard- accusations on one of Egypt’s most-watched tele- than 18” different species have been for any long-term damage caused by from preservationists, the prestigious yellow carpets - harks back to a differ- vision talk shows, called 10 PM. Talk show hosts killed by the high temperatures and a low warmer waters. It is expected that water 53-year-old property shuts its doors ent time. play a major role in leading public opinion in level of dissolved oxygen in sea waters. temperatures will fall slightly through for a makeover that will give way to a Continued on Page 13 Egypt, where a quarter of the population is illiter- Among the species impacted in the past September. — AFP ate. The Religious Endowments Ministry ordered an investigation after locals complained last week, senior ministry official Mohamed Abdelrazik said. That prompted Maghazi to go on hunger strike IS burns alive four and deny that he made the reference. “I don’t know what Facebook is and I don’t know how it is Iraqi Shiite fighters spelled,” he swore to the silver-haired host, Wael El-Ibrashy. Maghazi went on to charge his accusers BAGHDAD: The Islamic State group it was produced by the IS media unit with being members of the banned Muslim strung up four Iraqi Shiite fighters with responsible for Iraq’s Anbar province. The Brotherhood group. He said they were trying to chains and burned them alive, according video included a clip said to show a Sunni remove him from the mosque because he would to footage posted online, the latest grue- man suspended over a fire while still alive not allow them to hold protests and organize unli- some execution video from the jihadists. as pro-government forces look on, and censed Islamic lessons there. The victims - identified as fighters in the another of famous Shiite fighter Abu pro-government Popular Mobilisation Azrael (“Father of the Angel of Death”) slic- Obama mulling options forces from southern Iraq -were suspend- ing a piece of flesh off a burned corpse ed from a swingset-like metal structure by with a sword. for closing Guantanamo chains attached to their hands and feet, IS has carried out a slew of atrocities in WASHINGTON: The White House is considering a “wide then set on fire. IS, which overran large territory it controls in Iraq and Syria, such array” of options for closing the US military prison in parts of Iraq last year and still controls as mass executions and a campaign of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, spokesman Josh Earnest said much of the country’s west, said the mur- killings, kidnapping and rape targeting yesterday, declining to rule out executive action as an ders were in revenge for the alleged burn- minorities. It has recorded many killings - option. Earnest said the best route for closing the prison ing of four men by pro-government forces. including beheadings, shootings, drown- would be winning Congressional approval to do so. The “Now retribution has come, for today, ings and burnings - in videos posted White House said last month that it would soon be we will attack them as they attacked us, online. Baghdad’s forces regained signifi- sending a plan to Congress to close the prison, which and punish them as they punished us,” a cant ground from the jihadists in two President Barack Obama has made a priority. Closing masked militant says in the video. The provinces north of the capital with sup- video was not dated and did not give a port from a US-led coalition and Iran, but the prison is likely to involve transferring some JERUSALEM: Palestinian boys play ball near the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the detainees to prisons within the United States. specific location for where the killings took much of western Iraq remains outside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City yesterday. — AP place, but it did carry a tag indicating that government control. — AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 LOCAL Interior, UNHCR discuss deportees’ conditions

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Assistant statement. The meeting came after the Undersecretary for Correctional Facilities commission was given an opportunity and Sentences Implementation Affairs to interview the deportees at the depor- Major General Khalid Abdallah Al-Daeen tation department. Mohialdeen appreci- met representative of the United ated Kuwait’s assistance for the commis- Nations High Commissioner for sion’s humanitarian mission, and men- Refugees (UNHCR) Saher Mohialdeen tioned the upcoming visit of the head of yesterday. the Middle East and Northern Africa KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah The two sides discussed the condi- Region office to thank the Deputy Prime Al-Sabah meets UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Al-Khaled Al-Sabah holds talks with Stephen O’Brien in pres- tions of expatriates held pending depor- Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Affairs Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and ence of Dr Abdullah Al-Maatouq. tation, and whose countries are experi- Mohammad Al-Khaled Al-Sabah for the Emergency Relief Coordinator Stephen O’Brien. —KUNA encing crises and unstable security con- efforts exerted in the field of joint coop- ditions, the Interior Ministry said in a eration between the two sides. Crown Prince receives UN humanitarian official

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs, Advisor Khalid Al- and Yemen, and means to support efforts to pro- Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Fulaij, Amiri Diwan Advisor and Head of the vide humanitarian needs for the displaced and the received at Seif Palace yesterday First Deputy Prime International Islamic Charitable Organization and refugees. Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Sabah representative of the Secretary General of the O’Brien meanwhile expressed gratitude to Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, accompanied by United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs Dr Kuwait for the nation’s support to efforts by the UN’s Stephen O’Brien, the UN Undersecretary-General Abdullah Maatouq Al-Maatouq and Head of His specialized agencies and organizations seeking to for Humanitarian Affairs, Office for the Coordination Highness the Crown Prince’s Diwan Sheikh deaden the sufferings and trouble of people afflict- of Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Mubarak Al-Faisal Al-Saud Al-Sabah. ed by crises. He said that Kuwait has fulfilled its com- Coordinator, and his accompanying delegation. Later, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh mitments to the UN. O’Brien lauded Kuwait for host- O’Brien and his delegation are due to attend the Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received ing three international humanitarian pledging con- fifth meeting for major donors’ group to support the Maatouq who was accompanied by O’Brien. Sheikh ferences for Syria, the last of which was in March. humanitarian situation in Syria to be held in Kuwait Sabah Al-Khaled and Minister of State for Cabinet Also, Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah today. His Highness during the meeting praised the Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak discussed with O’Brien the tragic humanitarian con- United Nations role in providing the necessary aid to Al-Sabah attended the meeting. ditions in Syria and Yemen and the relevant UN alleviate the suffering of the affected people around efforts. The senior UN official appreciated Kuwait’s the world. He also lauded the role of the State of Humanitarian needs efforts providing urgent aid to the two countries Kuwait the leader in humanitarian work through ini- Meanwhile, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and O’Brien and Iraq. He stressed the country’s leading humani- tiatives and assistance provided to relieve people’s held talks that focused on the international efforts tarian role on the regional and the international lev- KUWAIT: Major General Khalid Al-Daeen is seen during his meeting with suffering in the affected countries came from its role to alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted people els. O’Brien also reviewed the UN arrangements for as a member in international community. around the globe, with the Syrian crisis on top. They the first World Humanitarian Summit Turkey will UNHCR representative Saher Mohialdeen. The meeting was also attended by Acting also addressed the humanitarian situation in Iraq host in 2016. —KUNA Cabinet officially ends offset program in Kuwait Electronic media draft bill referred to Deputy Amir KUWAIT: The cabinet yesterday endorsed the liqui- “responsible freedom,” Minister of State for Cabinet Refugees’ crisis as well as regional and international issues of com- Cooperation agreements dation of the National Offset Company, bringing to a Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- The meeting started with a briefing by First mon concern. The cabinet also approved and referred to His full halt the offset program in Kuwait. It entrusted the Sabah said. The bill will later find its way to the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Highness the Deputy Amir a host of draft decrees Direct Investment Promotion Authority with coordi- National Assembly. Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on the current Bahrain’s attack on cooperation agreements between Kuwait and nating with the relevant bodies to fulfill commit- In the meantime, Minister of Education and visit to Kuwait by UN Undersecretary-General for The cabinet condemned the terrorist attack that other countries. These include two agreements for ments of the existing offset projects. Minister of Higher Education Dr Bader Hamad Al- Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief hit Bahrain’s village of Karrana, killing a policeman cultural cooperation with Morocco and Sudan; a During its weekly meeting held at Seif Palace and Essa reviewed a report on the arrangements and Coordinator Stephen O’Brien and his accompanying and injuring seven people. It offered condolences to MoU for exchanging legal and judiciary expertise chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh preparations for the academic year 2015-2016 that delegation. O’Brien is in Kuwait to take part in the the “martyr’s” family and wished the injured speedy with Algeria; a pact on exemption of entry visa for Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the cabinet starts within days. The cabinet also endorsed a deci- fifth meeting of the major donors for supporting the recovery. The cabinet voiced rejection and condem- diplomatic passport holders with Romania and a approved and referred to His Highness the Deputy sion forming a panel for settling disputes of housing humanitarian situation in Syria today. nation of all forms of violence and terrorism that tar- MoU for cooperation in the field of higher educa- Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah a care, for three years. Furthermore, the ministers Then, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah offered the get security and stability in Bahrain. Emerging from tion with Bahrain. The draft decrees will later be draft bill for regulating electronic media. The prime named Minister of Information and Minister of State meeting an account of the visit by the British the meeting, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah said referred to the National Assembly. Concluding the aim of the bill is to cope with the world’s media for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to Kuwait that the ministers reiterated Kuwait’s support to all meeting, the ministers reviewed the political boom, reflecting Kuwait’s keenness on enhancing Humoud Al-Sabah to be in charge of the newly- recently. Hammond ‘s talks addressed means of measures the Kingdom would take to safeguard it developments on the Arab and international freedom of opinion and expression and reinforcing established Public Authority for Sports. enhancing the “historical” bilateral ties in all fields, security and stability and people’s safety. scenes. —KUNA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 LOCAL Citizen compensated KD 1,500 over Instagram fake goods Drug addict attacks

By Meshal Al-Enezi the Egyptian Embassy filed a complaint against Duwaila accusing him of insult- cancer control center KUWAIT: The Civil Court ordered that a ing Egypt because of his condemnation female citizen should be compensated of the overthrowing of President by KD 1,500 in psychological damages Mohammad Morsi and for what Nasser ‘Doctors, nurses regularly face physical assault’ she suffered when she bought a counter- Duwaila said is Sisi’s extortion of Kuwait feit purse through Instagram. The and Gulf countries. By Hanan Al-Saadoun and Meshaal Al-Enezi woman placed an order for an original purse for KD 500 then later discovered it Al-Watan KUWAIT: A suspected drug addict stormed into the was a premium counterfeit. Meanwhile, the court postponed a office of Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi, director for the Kuwait complaint by Major General Abdelfattah Center Control Cancer (KCCC) and caused extensive NA storming Al-Ali against Sheikh Khalifa Al-Ali Al- damage in it, including scattering patients’ reports and The Appeals Court will consider Sabah for consideration and payment of records. The man reportedly became agitated when a tomorrow the case where several people, the civil case fees. Security information doctor refused to prescribe ‘narcotics’ to him because including former MPs, are accused of department at the Interior Ministry said he does not have a file and is not a patient at the cen- storming the National Assembly. The the ministry had three cases against ter. Dr Awadhi avoided contact with the attacker after Criminal Court had earlier exonerated all Editor-in-Chief of Al-Watan newspaper noticing that he was in an abnormal condition, so the accused in the case. Sheikh Ali Al-Khalifa for his resistance police were called and they removed the man from the and insult of a public employee while center. Egypt on duty, while attempting to implement The Health Ministry had been asking the Interior Separately, the Criminal Court post- the public prosecution’s decision to Ministry to provide security in all hospitals, particularly poned a state security case against close down a private print shop in the Sabah health zone, where there is only one secu- rity point though there are more than 20 hospitals and Nasser and Mubark Al-Duwaila and Tariq which used to print Al-Watan news- specialized centers. Security sources later revealed that Al-Suwaidan in which they are accused paper in violation of Information police was present at the scene, but the management of insulting Egypt on Twitter. In the case, Ministry decision. refused to file a complaint against the attacker. The sources also identified the suspect as the brother of a Fish back to pre-boycott prices current parliament member. Series of attacks By Meshaal Al-Enezi Zubaidi (silver pomfret) reached KD 10- Meanwhile, the Kuwait Medical Association (KMA) 11 per kilogram, Hamour (greasy condemned the series of attacks on the medical com- KUWAIT: Local fish prices continued to grouper) reached KD 5-5.5, and Baloul munity and asked the health ministry to increase the The scene inside a house in Salwa after a fire was extinguished there yesterday. rise after the end of the boycott cam- (small greasy grouper) reached KD 7. police presence in ministry hospitals. Kuwait Medical paign last week. Organizers of the public Association Secretary General Dr Mohammad Al-Qinae campaign dubbed ‘Let it Spoil’ accused ‘Meid’ fishing resumed said an increase in police presence will solve the prob- vendors at fish markets around Kuwait of Separately, the Kuwait Fishermen lem until a doctor protection law is approved. Qanae being the reason behind the rise, while Union resumed fishing for ‘Meid’ or mul- asked all doctors who are affected by attacks to resort the Kuwaiti Fishermen Union denied let fish following a decision by the Public to the law to preserve their rights. He said KMA is ready involvement in any artificial increase in Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish to file complaints free of charge on behalf of doctors prices. As of yesterday, the prices of local Resources Affairs. who are attacked. Attacks on doctors and nurses are frequent in Kuwait and typically occur when a patient or a patient’s family are unsatisfied with care or when a patient dies. Only rare do attacks stem from drug Gulf Cup preparations to addicts seeking to rob clinics of narcotics.

be finished on-schedule Salwa fire In other news, the South Salmiya Fire Center By A Saleh state’s general budget and not take responded to a call about a fire in a house in Salwa. The from the citizens’ pockets, Chairman of house was evacuated then fire fighters put out the fire KUWAIT: Kuwait’s preparations to host Legislative Affairs Committee at the which started in the living room. No injuries were the Arabian Gulf 23 Soccer Tournament is National Assembly MP Mubarak Al- reported. In Farwaniya, a fire broke out in commercial compound, prompting Farwaniya firemen to respond. ongoing and will be finished before the Harees said. MP Harees said the Cabinet The firemen faced difficulties in aerating the complex Equipment used to provide international calls illegally busted in Farwaniya yesterday. set date, said Public Authority for Youth will not hesitate to remove all obstacles because windows were shut with wood, bad storage and Sports (PAYS). As for the visit of the in dealing with this problem, provided and random wiring. The firemen evacuated the com- and entered a room where he was caught. The room amphibious boat because of shallow waters. He was in inspection committee that will check the that there is seriousness in stopping plex and fought the fire that spread to neighboring was found equipped with international calls equip- critical condition. playgrounds where the matches will be wastage in many of the state’s sectors. shops. ment and said he runs it. Five land phones, six timers held, PAYS said it was postponed from The lawmaker added they share the and a calculator were found along with internet con- Traffic campaign August 31 to September 13 after coordi- government’s fears about the general Illegal calls nections. Traffic department launched several surprise cam- nating with Kuwait Football Association. budget and the expected deficit, as oil A gang that provides international calls illegally paigns in the six governorates in the period between prices continue to drop, but noted they was arrested by Farwaniya police and confiscated its Boat 23 and 29 of August 2015, resulting in issuing 48,148 Deficit should will not accept dealing with the deficit equipment. Security sources said a patrol noticed a A boat sank in Subbiya bay with an injured person tickets, impounding 431 wanted vehicles, detaining 27 The government should pay atten- by affecting the Kuwaiti citizens’ living Bangladeshi man standing at the door of a room on a on board. Shuwaikh sea rescue center responded and persons while five expatriates were sent for deporta- tion to the anticipated shortage in the or prosperity. side road, then when he was approached, he escaped rescued the injured person and transferred him in an tion for driving without a license. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 LOCAL

In Brief 19th int’l Quran Antiques expo Central banks contest underway committee meets governors meet KUWAIT: The 19th International Quran Competition MUSCAT: The technical committee for the 5th GCC joint RIYADH: The Governors of the Gulf Cooperation Council kicked off yesterday under the patronage of His antiquities exhibition held a preparatory meeting in the (GCC) monetary agencies and central banks committee Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al- Muscat, Oman Sunday. Committee members discussed will hold its 62nd meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Sabah. The competition, which ends on September 26th, a number of issues, including the holding of an exhibi- tomorrow to discuss a number of issues and recommen- aims to establish Islamic values in society, to encourage tion on antiquities, in addition to a visual presentation dations tackling the supervising and monitoring of GCC people to memorize and recite the holy Quran and to by the company in charge of designing and implement- banking system, including recommendations to support those who contribute to achieving these aims, ing the exhibitionís fifth edition. The exhibition would enhance supervision and monitoring of the banking the General Secretariat of Awqaf said in a press release. be held upon decisions adopted by the archaeology system. The committee will also discuss fighting money The competition’s prizes start from KD 6,000 for the first and museums undersecretaries in GCC states, during laundering and preparations for the GCC 12th banking place, KD 5,000 for the second place, KD 4,000 for the their meeting that was hosted by Qatar last June, which conference to be hosted in the Omani capital of Muscat third place and KD 3,000 for the fourth place. — KUNA aimed at boosting joint GCC action. — KUNA in the second half of 2016. — KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Skyscrapers’ lights light up the night sky in Kuwait City. — KUNA Speaker urges students to be good representatives of Kuwait ‘Egypt’s elections important democratic step’

NEW YORK: Speaker of the Kuwaiti National democratic insights and achievements during The conference features participation of 150 Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem urged Kuwaiti the conference. He said that Kuwaiti parliament Speakers. students in the US to be good representatives of was directly chosen by the people, adding that their country. Ghanem made his remarks yester- the Kuwaiti constitution played an integral part Important step day on the fringes of his participation in the in shaping legislations and laws in the country. Separately, Ghanem said he was happy to Fourth World Conference for speakers of parlia- Ghanem is heading a delegation which learn Egypt’s High Election Committee (HEC) ments. Ghanim lauded National Union of includes MPs Dr Yousef Al-Zalzalah, Saif Al- has called for general elections in October. Kuwaiti Students - USA Branch for their efforts Azmi, Abdullah Al-Mayouf and Secretary “Holding the much anticipated parliamentary in connecting students together and discussing General of National Assembly Allam Ali Al- elections is an important step in the process of their issues. He also listened to their problems Kandari. Ghanem will deliver Kuwait’s speech at democratic transformation in Egypt, in the wake in order to find means of solving them. the conference, held every five years at the UN, of the endorsement of constitution and presi- today. dential elections,” said Ghanem, who is also the Democratic experience Ghanem is also set to hold a number of bilat- Arab Parliamentary Union President. Ghanem had stated that Kuwait is keen on eral meetings, on the sidelines of the confer- Ghanem called on the Egyptians to actively sharing its democratic experience during the ence, with his international counterparts to participate in the upcoming elections. He said proceedings of the Fourth World Conference boost bilateral parliamentary ties with Kuwait’s the Arab people were looking forward for the for Speakers of Parliaments. In a statement to National Assembly. The overall theme of the legislative elections in the largest Arab country. Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and Kuwait conference, due until tomorrow, is to focus on HEC announced earlier that elections for the national television upon arrival to New York, peace, democracy, and development, as well as lower house of parliament would be held on NEW YORK: Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and members of the Kuwaiti delegation Ghanem said that Kuwait was eager to share its sustainable development goals beyond 2015. October 18-19. — KUNA meet Kuwaiti students in the United States. — KUNA

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced sponsoring the Pro Sport KUWAIT: Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Dr Fawaz Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met yesterday the newly-elected chairman and board members of the Football Academy. The photo shows Fahad Al-Sour, the academy’s chairman, presenting a Sabah Al-Ahmad City Co-operative Society. The governor reiterated commitment during the meeting towards continuing coordination with state commemorative plaque to Bader Al-Othman, CBK’s Regional Manager, in recognition of departments to complete all services in the new city. the bank’s support. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 LOCAL Recycling in Kuwait: Possible contender to revitalize economy Legislations needed for industry to work as economic tool

KUWAIT: The story of the recycling industry in Kuwait country. Being part of the industrial sector, recycling 4.19 million, produces around 1.5 kilograms of waste for help in setting the plans in motion, said the KU profes- continues to be told in the context of being a challenge could be propelled to the top of the list of revitalizing each individual with most heading to landfills, said sor. both on the socioeconomic and environmental Kuwait’s economy and such action should be done Shimmari. However, the correcting handling of the Contributing to the issue, Kuwait Industrial Union’s domains. However, through the private and public sec- through lessening dependency on landfills and focus- enormous amount of junk will prove to be a key ingre- (KIU) Director General Huda Al-Baqshi said that the tors’ individual and group involvement, this industry ing on building more recycling factories which will pro- dient to utilize recycling as an economic tool. The con- union took steps to encourage recycling in Kuwait, could be a possible contender to further revitalize vide job opportunities and clean energy. cept, on papers, sounds solid, said Shimmari but in launching a program aimed at involving youth in the order to make it work, the state should work out more recycling process. Benefits regulations and legislations that are for recycling and Establishing other source for developing national The numerous economic and environmental benefits not against it. economy is a responsibility that should be carried out coming out of the concept of recycling are endless and by sought a better future for the country, said Baqshi on for such industry to fully exist in Kuwait, there must be a Investors KIU’s focus on youth. She said that KIU welcomed all ini- need to reinforce the concept as a vital option, said Policies should be carried out to make the recycling tiatives to help recycling become on the forefront of the Farah Sha’ban, member of the Ministry of Social Affairs industry a reality and this could be done through Kuwaiti industrial scene, noting that the union had and Labor’s Amina (trustworthy) recycling project. attracting capable and professional foreign investors to issues several recommendation in such regard. — KUNA Sha’ban affirmed that encouraging society to recycle material will indeed help in creating an industry of such magnitude that will help contribute to Kuwait both eco- nomically and environmentally. Regarding the Amina project, she indicated that the venture focused on recy- cling plastic water bottles, adding that volunteers from the project roam Kuwait searching for material where ever possible. After the collecting the bottles, they are processed in a certain way to make sure they were recyclable and then sent to factories, said Sha’ban who noted that the project was now looking for permits to launch its own factory. Arguing the benefits of recycling in Kuwait, Professor of Economics at Kuwait University (KU) Dr Naif Al- national economy. Shimmari said meanwhile that the country being one of As Kuwait set sail for its ambitious development plan, the biggest producer of waste in the world, it was very the industrial sector was one of the main benefactors of important to consider the ‘pros and cons’ of the process. the plan, becoming a second source for income in the On one hand, Kuwait, with its total population of

VIVA hosts Google developers meet-up In cooperation with ‘Coding Campus’

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing would look like if managed under and most developed telecom operator, ‘Scrum.’ announced that The VIVA Coded Abdulrazzaq Bader Al-Essa, Director Academy, the first academy dedicated of Corporate Communications at VIVA, to teaching software programming to said: “As always in the Speaker of the the entire GCC, hosted the “Google Week events, VIVA Coded Academy’s Developers Group” meet-up where students and the attendees had a great Hamad Mufleh gave a talk about discussion with the speaker. There was “Scrum” - the methodology for manag- an interesting argument on the merits ing a technical project. of some the available online frameworks Hamad Mufleh, who is a startup for “Scrum”, as well as on other interest- founder himself at YallaWain, covered ing topics on project management. For the main principles of agile and lean the students, the talk was an important development, and taught attendees step in their education to become tech- about the concept of ‘Scrum’ manage- nical founders in startups, as well as ment. ‘Scrum’ is a management method- becoming effective team members in ology that minimizes the risk of failure startups or large organizations.” by creating a framework for a team to VIVA’s sponsorship of this program work simultaneously on different stems from its belief in investing in the aspects of a project. This is in contrast to intellectual capabilities of young men and conventional ‘waterfall’ management women in Kuwait. Supporting such initia- which is sequential and disengaged at tives is part of VIVA’s relentless efforts to different parts of the project. empower youth in Kuwait with the tools Throughout the talk, Mufleh used they require to build their dreams. examples from his own experience at More information on the course and YallaWain, showing how he and his on ‘The VIVA Coded Academy’ can be team actively use Scrum to make their found on www.joincoded.com and startup as agile as possible. One of the @JoinCoded on Instagram. Any informa- most beneficial parts of the presenta- tion can be found by visiting any of tion was a live demonstration of the VIVA’s 69 branches, authorized distribu- framework his team currently uses to tors, the company’s website at implement ‘Scrum’ methodology where www.viva.com.kw or contact its 24 hour the attendees saw how a real project call center at 102. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 FROM THE ARABIC PRESS

Al-Qabas Al-Jarida Separation The genius of powers of Hamza

By Abdellatif Al-Duaij By Dr Hassan Jouhar

emnants of the Muslim Brotherhood, some amza bin Dallaj is an Algerian young man who members of parliament of the annulled majority is like Robin Hood, but in his own way. He con- Rand some of those who follow ex-MP Musallam Hquered the world of digital data, until he Al-Barrak were able to get at the speaker of the house. became known as the most famous hacker on the face They led a ferocious attack against Marzouq Al- of the earth. Ghanem and the single-vote National Assembly, The Hamza character is not from fiction, as the case demanding that they condemn what they called in of Robin Hood who weaved the grudge of the poor their tweets Iran’s occupation of Durra oilfield. against the rich through his famous stories as a road Ghanem bowed to the banalities of Hirak (opposition mugger of merchants’ convoys, robbing them of their movement) and Brotherhood and demanded an money and goods and then distributing it to the poor explanation from the government to tell the people and destitute. The Algerian youth is a living reality, the truth! even if the information attributed to him is highly Of course we do not blame Ghanem, as the cam- exaggerated as an American court sentenced him to paign was ferocious, ‘patriotic’ and ‘sincere.’ Many of death, the genius man and the holder of the unique those with good intentions participated in it and electronic brain. joined the opposition in whipping the Assembly and Hamza the ‘hacker’ hacked into tens of thousands its speaker. The current Assembly, despite its lack of of electronic sites and bank accounts, and was accused politicians and parliamentary professionals, has made of stealing nearly $4 billion, which he distributed to many achievements, some of which previous assem- NGOs and charitable societies around the world. He blies were not able to do. The Assembly and its speak- did not forget the Palestinian cause that was obliterat- er should have continued the moderate national path Al-Anbaa ed from the agenda of the Arab governments, and the and respected the separation of powers principles, besieged Gaza children and martyrs’ families got a and this is the constitutional principle, which the major share of this money, as the charges against him opposition of previous assemblies thrived on leaping NBK recruits KU, GUST graduates indicate. over it. Hamza also penetrated the most secret and pro- What happened is not the concern of the National KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) organized a con- them to realize their potentials”. tected accounts around the world, especially the Assembly, not in legislation or supervision, and it is tract signing event to recruit a new group of Kuwaiti grad- Ablani added “NBK maintains its leading position as one American, European and Israeli accounts. He traveled noticed that the previous national assemblies placed uates from Kuwait University and Gulf University for of the country’s largest employer in the private sector. We between more than 100 countries within three years all their attention on supervising the government’s Science and Technology (GUST). This initiative comes as a will continue our efforts to provide career opportunities for using different forged passports and names, until he performance and its policies to a point that they failed part of the strategic partnership between NBK and these nationals and to support the country’s aim to encourage was arrested in Thailand and extradited to the USA; notably in legislation. They made ‘prior’ supervision educational institutions in Kuwait. young Kuwaitis to assume roles in the private sector.” but to be sentenced to death in a country that oppos- the basis, especially with regards to public funds-relat- Emad Al-Ablani, NBK General Manager, Human “We believe that our people are our most valuable es the death penalty, then that is the ‘irony’! ed allegations, to a point where development was hin- Resources Group, Nawaf Al-Khalaf, Head of recruitment resource and to that end, we’ve implemented numerous Edward Snowden who leaked millions of secret dered and projects were halted because opponents department at NBK, Dr Abdurrahman Al-Taweel, Assistant professional training programs to continue developing our documents from the CIA and US State Department is were claiming beforehand that there is theft or at least Professor of Finance at Kuwait University and Dr Salah Al- employees while focusing our recruitment efforts on hiring still free, and the same goes for the most ‘dangerous’ suspicion of public funds violation in them. Sharhan, Vice President of Academic Affairs at GUST the country’s best and brightest minds,” noted Al Ablani. hackers on the international list, and only Hamza faces It is not in the Assembly’s specialty to discuss the attended the event. This initiative reflects NBK’s commit- Aiming at developing the skills of young Kuwaitis, NBK death, because he is an Arab and a Muslim, and Iranian tender to explore oil in the Durra field, unless ment to providing distinctive career opportunities to ambi- offers several training and developing programs including refused to be at the service of the Zionist state, and our assembly is Iranian. The government handles this tious young Kuwaitis. NBK Academy, Shabab program, Summer Internship because he brought the Americans to their knees matter, and it announced its summoning of the Iranian Commenting on the occasion, Ablani said “The develop- Program and the first of its kind NBK High Fliers Program. while in their custody by refusing to oversee their spy- representative and handed him Kuwait’s protest over ment of Kuwait’s youth is a long standing and fundamental NBK also organizes executive training programs in line with ing programs! the Iranian intentions - notice there are only ‘inten- pillar of our Corporate Social Responsibility. NBK is commit- the bank’s commitment to developing and investing in its I am not defending the crimes the Algerian youth tions.’ What is more possible for the government to do ted to supporting Kuwaiti graduates and empowering key resources and human capital. committed through only an iPhone 4 and a Samsung more than this, because so far, there is nothing other 1, which children aged six years are refusing to use. than the announcement about the intention to But Hamza, who Israel and the US are dying to recruit resume work in the field. Our government intervened and put at their service, represents an Arab case when immediately and drew the attention of the Iranian side a citizen exploding with genius skills and being ahead to the agreements between the two countries, which of his time, beats the establishments of his country, stipulate informing Kuwait about any intention. This is and so roams the world in search of himself. Hamza all what the government can do at this time. The lived in a poor environment, in an Arab country that is Assembly’s intervention should be after the govern- being shredded like others between tyrant political ment fails in dealing with the matter or if it forfeits religious factions, and this reflects a model that distin- Kuwait’s rights. guished Arab brain was lost in, in the swamps of back- Our government is doing its job in a good manner wardness and destruction. so far, and deals with the Iranian side in a responsible It was possible for Hamza to be another Steve Jobs and diplomatic way. So, we believe that Speaker that the American nation could benefit from. We pray Ghanem should not have intervened and fallen in the that the Algerian youth resists the American tempta- trap of the arrogance of ethnic and sectarian back- tions and threats, as he did with his charming smile! wardness. — Translated by Kuwait Times — Translated by Kuwait Times NBK officials and representatives from Kuwait University and GUST in a group photo with the new recruits. Crime Extended residency visas for violating Syrians Report

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Robberies KIB honors SME, Commercial A Syrian man was arrested for robbing a phone store, tak- ing five phones and KD 70 from the cash register. A Bangladeshi man had told police that a shop he works in Banking’s Senior Manager was broken into so detectives worked on the case and arrested the suspect. Separately, a beauty salon was bro- KUWAIT: Kuwait International Bank celebrat- as the admiration of his subordinates at the staff. We show great interest in maintaining fessional standards of the banking industry. ken into and KD 700 was stolen, reported the legal repre- ed the departure of Riad Al-Awadh, Senior same time,” he continued and commented. the needed progress of our employees, pro- On the other hand and within its CSR pro- sentative of the salon owner to Salmiya police. Criminal Manager of Small and Medium Enterprises- Those who are not thankful for people are not viding the right training and specialized pro- grams, KIB stresses the importance of invest- evidence police went to the salon and took evidence Commercial Banking on the occasion of his thankful for Allah, The Almighty”. “We wish grams to develop their skills, and have them ing on human resources through focusing on including fingerprints. Meanwhile, a citizen in his thirties retirement. Awadh and his family all the best and happi- prepared to offer better service for our cus- the young national competencies and sup- told Riqqa police that KD 1,500 disappeared from a room The event, held in KIB Head Office, was in ness in their future endeavors. KIB highly tomers in their respective fields. This is all in porting them in all fields; from academic, with no sign of forced entry. He accused the maid and driv- recognition of Awadh’s long service marked adheres to policies that support its talented accordance with the highest quality and pro- sports, cultural, intellectual to the economic,” er of stealing the money as both have disappeared. with great loyalty and remarkable achieve- he concluded. Fingerprints were lifted, while detectives are working on ment. Sheikh Mohammed Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, locating them. In another incident, a female citizen want- KIB Chairman, the bank’s leading officials and Gracious Gesture ed on an armed robbery case was arrested and sent to employees were present at the farewell. In turn, Awadh pointed out, saying, “I do Salwa police station. thank and express my gratitude to KIB man- Fulfillment and Appreciation agement for this kind gesture. A step that is ‘IS’ call “This recognition represents KIB’s contin- normal to KIB, a bank of great commitment A citizen who allegedly received a call from the Islamic ued appreciation and commitment to its peo- and dedication to employees. I feel very much State (IS) recruiting him into the organization, in fear, ple for their long service, dedication and per- proud of my long service of almost 27 years in called and gave police his old address instead of the new formance. Outstanding features which con- the banking industry generally, and 17 in KIB one. The citizen called telling them that some IS members tribute to KIB’s leadership and competency in particular. The impact of my KIB experience will kidnap him from his house. When police went to the eternally and externally, not to mention its will always last forever.” address he gave, the person who answered was a achievements of many prestigious awards and “Thanks to everyone who taught me to be Jordanian and told police he did not call anyone. Police application certificates,” said Sheikh a professional staff, thanks to those who sup- then called the citizen who went to the police station. The Mohammed Al-Jarrah, speaking on the occa- ported, trusted and helped me to be responsi- citizen explained he received an international call and the sion. “Awadh sets as a good ideal example of ble for my deeds. Similarly, I thank those who caller told him he is from IS and the organization selected persistency and respect. He earned the praise, disagreed with me making me a good com- him to be a ‘mujahid.’ — Al-Rai, Al-Anbaa trust and confidence of his superiors, as well municator,” he added. Refugee crisis tests Europe’s core ideals

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 Deadly clashes in Kiev over rebel legislation

KIEV: A policeman was killed and dozens injured yesterday apparently killed by a grenade fragment. Police said anoth- he “took a rock” to his face and at least one photographer end the armed conflict in the east that has claimed more in street battles with protesters in Kiev as Ukrainian law- er 90 members of the security forces were injured, while city was lightly injured. The controversial Western-backed than 6,800 lives over the past 16 months. makers gave their initial backing to controversial legislation authorities said medics had identified 56 wounded includ- reforms aim to give greater autonomy to the separatist east The reform bill grants more powers to regional and local granting more autonomy to pro-Kremlin rebels. ing 54 servicemen and two journalists. as part of a February peace deal which called for Kiev to lawmakers including in the eastern areas currently under It was the worst unrest in the capital since a bloody pop- The interior ministry blamed the nationalist Svoboda implement decentralisation” by the end of this year. rebel control. But contrary to the expectations of sepa- ular uprising ousted Moscow-backed Viktor Yanukovych party for the unrest and said those detained included a A total of 265 lawmakers voted in favour of the draft leg- ratists, it does not definitively hand the largely industrial early last year, an event that set in train the separatist insur- member of its paramilitary unit accused of throwing the islation at a stormy session, which saw some MPs try to dis- eastern region the semi-autonomous status that the insur- gency in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland. grenade. “More than 30 people have already been detained. rupt the vote, which they condemned as “anti-Ukrainian” gents are seeking. Ukrainian authorities blamed nationalists for the trouble More to come,” Avakov said on Facebook, adding that peo- and “pro-Vladimir Putin.” Some shouted ‘Shame!’ According to the text of the draft legislation, the region’s and said at least 30 people had been detained. A loud blast ple who threw “several” explosive devices wore T-shirts with status needs to be defined by a separate law. The mostly was heard outside parliament and vast clouds of black the Svoboda logo. More powers for lawmakers Russian-speaking regions-dotted with war-shattered steel smoke billowed into the air as demonstrators fired off what The bill has sparked heated debate in Ukraine where mills and coal mines that once fuelled Ukraine’s economy- security forces said were live grenades. ‘Anti-Ukrainian war’ opponents see it as an “un-Ukrainian” attempt to legalise want their special status spelled out in constitutional The violence flared shortly after MPs backed in their first Avakov said the authorities had confiscated several the de facto rebel control of part of the ex-Soviet country’s amendments that would be enormously difficult to over- reading the constitutional amendments that critics have grenades including an F-1 which Avakov noted had a maxi- territory. Kiev’s Western allies see them as a way of trying to turn. — AFP branded “un-Ukrainian” for giving the insurgents greater mum radius to cause death and injury. powers in the east. “Investigation and punishment will be unavoidable,” he Riot police in helmets and armed with batons were seen said, calling the clashes an “anti-Ukrainian war.” Oksana clashing with the protesters. Some of the injured were Blyshchyk, a spokeswoman for Kiev police, said separately bleeding and lying down on the ground in front of the par- that around 100 police were injured and 10 of them were in liament building. Many suffered injuries to their arms and critical condition. Protesters also fired at least one smoke legs. Most wore uniform. The authorities said a National grenade that sent up a thick cloud of black smoke outside Guard officer, believed to be a conscript aged 24 or 25, died. the building. Tear gas was used by both sides, an AFP corre- Interior Minister Arsen Avakov initially said he died from spondent said. a bullet wound to the heart but later wrote that he was French journalist Antoine Delaunay wrote on Twitter that

KIEV: Smoke rises near the parliament building in Kiev as activists of radical Ukrainian parties, including the Ukrainian nationalist party Svoboda (Freedom), clash with police officers yesterday. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 Battling rebels, IS moves closer to central Damascus

BEIRUT: The Islamic State group battled Syrian rebel A Syrian military official confirmed the clashes and year, IS has used Al-Hajar Al-Aswad as a base for of two remaining regime-held villages in the forces in a Damascus neighbourhood yesterday, said he was “very happy that they are fighting.” “But attacks on the capital. From there, it tried to seize the province. The Observatory said the alliance, a collec- bringing the jihadists closer than ever to the centre of we are ready to react if they try to advance into gov- Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in April, but was tion of Islamist and jihadist groups including Al- the capital, a monitoring group said. IS militants ernment-held territory,” the official told AFP. pushed back. That same month, IS kidnapped two Qaeda’s Syria affiliate, seized the village of Sawaghiya fought street battles against Islamist rebels in Asali, According to the Observatory, opposition-held opposition fighters from Qadam and beheaded them on the southeast edge of Fuaa early Monday after part of the capital’s southern Qadam district, after Qadam has been relatively quiet since a truce in Al-Hajar Al-Aswad. More than 240,000 people have overnight clashes. The fighting left nine fighters from seizing two streets there over the weekend, the between rebel groups and regime forces there a year been killed in Syria’s conflict, which began with popu- both sides and two civilians dead. After capturing Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. ago. It said fighting in the district on Sunday left 15 lar anti-government protests in March 2011 but has the majority of Idlib province, the Army of Conquest “This is the closest IS has ever been to the heart of fighters dead, but it could not specify how many evolved into a complex civil war. The conflict has seen surrounded and began heavily shelling the Shiite Damascus,” Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman were from IS and how many were Islamist rebels. the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad Muslim villages of Fuaa and Kafraya. This month saw said. He said the jihadists had advanced from the Abdel Rahman said the “fierce street battles” had lose swathes of territory across the country. two failed attempts at reaching broad ceasefire deals adjacent Al-Hajar Al-Aswad neighbourhood, where forced civilians to flee the area. Since its expulsion In the northwest province of Idlib, the powerful including Fuaa, Kafraya, and the rebel stronghold of they have been based since July 2014. from the Eastern Ghouta suburb of Damascus last Army of Conquest alliance edged closer to Fuaa, one Zabadani in Damascus province. — AFP Egypt starts dig on border to stop smuggling tunnels

RAFAH: Egyptian military bulldozers are decades and underlined the government’s digging through the sand along Egypt’s failure to stem the insurgency. Last week, border with the Gaza Strip in recent days, three gunmen in a speeding car killed two pressing ahead with what appears to be a policemen in an attack claimed by the renewed campaign to pressure Gaza’s Islamic State group. Hamas rulers and stamp out militant activi- Now Egypt is trying to finish off the tun- ty along the border. nels for good. Egypt’s army began digging The project, billed as an Egyptian mili- last week what officials said will be 18 fish- tary-operated fish farm, effectively would eries along the 9-mile (14-kilometer) bor- fill the border area with water and is der with Gaza to grow mullet fish and designed to put an end to the last remain- shrimps, and to make digging under- ing cross-border underground smuggling ground tunnels impossible. The military tunnels, Egyptian military officials said. officials spoke on condition of anonymity Hamas accuses Egypt of further isolating because they were not authorized to talk to the beleaguered Palestinian territory. the media. The new excavations seem to be “a On Sunday, diggers and bulldozers tightening of the grip of siege on Gaza,” operated in several locations along the bor- Hamas official Mushir al-Masri said. Egypt der. Pairs of 15-inch black steel pipes were “should not slide into this cliff that agrees scattered in the construction area. Previous with the Israeli policies of siege.” Israel and plans to dig a small canal were abandoned Egypt have maintained a blockade of the after studies showed that the water would territory since the Islamic militant group eventually flood the border completely, the Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007. For officials said. several years, Egypt tolerated a smuggling The new construction work has had an industry, allowing hundreds of tunnels to immediate effect on Gaza’s tunnel smug- bring in goods like cigarettes and spare gling trade. One smuggler, who spoke on motorbike parts, as well as weapons. These condition of anonymity because he did not tunnels were a lifeline for Hamas, which want trouble with the Egyptians, said he collected millions of dollars in taxes and bought a shipment of motorbike parts for revenues from the smuggled goods. They $6,000, but paid $10,000 to get it smuggled continued to thrive after longtime autocrat into Gaza because the operation has Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011 and the become very risky. PALMYRA: A picture taken on March 14, 2014 shows a view of the external courtyard of the sanctuary of Baal in the ancient oasis city of Islamist Mohammed Morsi won the coun- Before the excavation began two weeks Palmyra, 215 kilometres northeast of Damascus. The Islamic State jihadist group has reportedly blown up parts of the Temple of Baal in Syria’s try’s first free presidential election. ago, 10 packs of cigarettes smuggled ancient city of Palmyra, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists said yesterday. — AFP But things changed after the Egyptian through the tunnels from Egypt’s Sinai army ousted Morsi, a key ally of Hamas, in Peninsula sold in Gaza for around 110 2013. The military-backed government shekels, or about $28. Now the price has Blast at Syria’s Palmyra accused Islamic militants of using smug- jumped to 125 shekels, or nearly $32. gling tunnels to move between Gaza and Several smugglers told The Associated Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Hamas denies mili- Press they are installing water pumps with tants move in and out of its territory. 200-meter-long (220-yard) hoses to suck prompts fears for temple Last November, after militants killed 31 the water out of the tunnels in case they Egyptian troops in an assault on a check- flood. Hamas-appointed Rafah mayor point 20 miles (30 kilometers) from Rafah, Subhi Radwan said if the Egyptians filled Egypt demolished hundreds of homes and the wells with sea water, it would damage ‘Boxes and barrels’ detonated filled with explosives evicted thousands of residents as it carved the aquifer feeding Gaza, a charge Egyptian out a buffer zone and destroyed more tun- military officials dismissed. Radwan also BEIRUT: A powerful blast in the ruins of Syria’s have damaged the temple significantly. “The Palmyra’s most important site. “It is the best exam- nels. Today, Palestinian smugglers operate said the fisheries would threaten to col- ancient Palmyra raised fears yesterday that the frontal columns and the cella (interior) of the tem- ple of the combination of Oriental and Greco- an estimated 20 tunnels. lapse homes on the Gaza side of the bor- Islamic State group has damaged another of the ple do not appear to have been damaged,” Roman art styles,” he said. But the violence has continued. Last der. “We appeal to our brothers in Egypt to Middle East’s most treasured heritage sites. Both Abdulkarim said on Monday. “According to the “Along with the temple of Baalbek in Lebanon, month, Islamic State-linked militants struck stop the work that endangers the people of Syria’s antiquities chief and a monitor reported information we received from the town, the temple it is the most important temple in the Middle East. Egyptian army outposts in a coordinated Gaza,” Radwan said. “Gaza has enough Sunday’s explosion in the UNESCO World Heritage is still standing, but antiquities staff are not able to It is special because its different features are still wave of suicide bombings and battles. It problems: wars, siege and a difficult eco- site, but there was conflicting information on the enter the site to see close up,” he said. intact. “If its destruction is confirmed, it would be a was some of Sinai’s deadliest fighting in nomic situation.” — AP fate of its famed Temple of Bel. huge loss not only for Syria, but for all the world.” IS destroyed the smaller Baal Shamin temple at ‘Most important’ in Mideast Construction on the temple began in 32 BC and Palmyra last week, confirming the worst fears France condemned the attack. “With this attack ended in the second century and it later served as In war-torn Syria, a garden about their intentions for the site, which they against a UNESCO-recognised archeological jewel... both a church and a mosque. seized from Syrian regime forces in May. Daesh is persisting in its criminal determination to grows for N Korea founder The jihadists have carried out a sustained cam- wipe out the cultural diversity in the Middle East,” Fighting in Damascus DAMASCUS: Syria’s embattled gov- jihadist fighters. The street adjacent to paign of destruction against heritage sites in areas said foreign ministry spokesman Romain Nadal, Before the Syrian conflict erupted 2011, more under their control in Syria and Iraq, and in mid- using an Arabic acronym for the jihadist group. than 150,000 tourists visited Palmyra every year. IS ernment, facing a four-year war that is the park is also named for Kim and August beheaded the 82-year-old former antiqui- There were no immediate images released by IS reportedly mined the ancient site in June before encroaching on the capital, yesterday stretches for one kilometre (less than a ties chief in Palmyra. The extremist group’s harsh of the reported destruction. The reports come a destroying the Lion Statue of Athena outside the inaugurated a park in Damascus to mile). interpretation of Islam considers statues and grave week after IS blew up the Baal Shamin temple, an Palmyra museum. honour North Korea’s founding father North Korea’s ambassador to Syria markers to be idolatrous, but it has also been act the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO called a “war Most of the pieces in the museum were evacu- Kim Il-Sung. The 9,000-square-metre Jang Myong said the park was “an accused of destroying heritage sites to loot items crime”. That destruction was first reported by ated by antiquities staff before IS arrived, though park (about 2.2 acres) lies in the south- expression of the respect and love that for the black market and to gain publicity. The activists and Abdulkarim and was later shown in the jihadists have blown up several historic Muslim western Damascus district of Kafr Syria, as a party, a government, and a Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain- photos released by IS. graves. IS has also executed hundreds of people in Sousa, atop the ruins of recently bull- people have for the great leader Kim Il- based monitor, said late Sunday that IS fighters had The UN training and research agency UNITAR Palmyra and its surroundings, including several dozed homes. The opening ceremony, Sung.” Syria’s conflict is “the result of set off explosives inside the 2,000-year-old Temple said new satellite images of Palmyra confirmed the dozen soldiers in the city’s ancient amphitheatre. which came as Islamic State group mil- the conspiracies and plans of the of Bel, at least partially destroying the centrepiece demolition. IS captured Palmyra on May 21, spark- More than 240,000 people have died in Syria’s con- itants battled rebels in a district in United States... to bring down the legit- of Palmyra’s famed ruins. Mohammad Hassan al- ing international concern about the fate of the her- flict since it began with anti-government protests southern Damascus, was attended by imate and independent regime, and to Homsi, an activist from Palmyra, said the inner part itage site described by UNESCO as of “outstanding in March 2011. deputy Foreign Minister Faisal exert a monopoly over the Middle of the temple was destroyed in the blast. universal value”. The war has evolved into a complex multi-front Moqdad. East,” he said. They detonated “boxes and barrels” that were Known as the “Pearl of the Desert”, Palmyra, fight involving the regime, rebels, Kurds and He called Kim, described by rights Syria’s war began with peaceful anti- filled with explosives and put in place on Sunday, which means City of Palms, lies 210 kilometres (130 jihadists. In Damascus on Monday, IS fighters bat- organisations as a brutal dictator, “a government demonstrations but has he said. “This was the most important temple for miles) northeast of Damascus. Before the arrival of tled Islamist rebels in the Qadam neighbourhood, historic ruler and leader, famous for his spiralled into a brutal civil war, leaving tourists and for the people of Palmyra. They used to Christianity in the second century, Palmyra wor- bringing them closer than ever to the heart of the struggle to liberate and build his coun- more than 240,000 people dead. Kim hold festivals there.” shipped the Semitic god Bel, along with the sun capital. The fighting there began at the weekend, try” . “For this reason, he deserves to be Il-Sung led North Korea from its estab- But Syria’s antiquities chief Maamoun god Yarhibol and lunar god Aglibol. with IS seizing two streets in the area, the honoured in Syria,” Moqdad said. In lishment in 1948 until his death on July Abdulkarim said the explosion did not appear to Abdulkarim said the Temple of Bel was Observatory said. — AFP response to a question about the inter- 8, 1994. national community’s criticism of the North Korea, which has pushed North Korean founder, Moqdad told ahead with its nuclear and missile pro- South Sudan rebels accuse AFP that “whoever criticises (Kim) is grammes, is under multi-layered UN absurd and stupid.” sanctions and diplomatic isolation. It Moqdad also praised North Korea has maintained military ties with Syria’s govt of breaking ceasefire for “standing with Syria against terror- autocratic regime for several years, ism”. The Syrian regime uses the term helping it build a nuclear facility that ADDIS ABABA: South Sudan’s rebel chief yester- has split the impoverished country along ethnic “We question the political will of the govern- “terrorist” to describe all of its oppo- was destroyed by an Israeli raid in day accused the government of breaking a cease- lines. Faced with the threat of international sanc- ment to implement the peace agreement,” Machar nents-from non-violent activists to 2007. — AFP fire, jeopardising a peace agreement aimed to end tions, Kiir finally signed the peace deal but annexed added. The UN Security Council has threatened the country’s 20-month civil war. a list of reservations that he said would have to be sanctions against anyone who undermines the “We have concerns that the ceasefire is not addressed for the deal to take hold. accord. — AFP holding, and this is because the government is unable to control its own troops,” Riek Machar told reporters in the Ethiopian capital. There was no immediate response from South Sudan’s army, but it called similar claims on Sunday a “fabrication”. The reports of clashes were not possi- ble to verify independently. Rebels said an army convoy of river barges had attacked their positions along the White Nile river. “For the government, lauching this convoy on the Nile is a serious viola- tion of the ceasefire,” Machar said. “It provokes our troops that are in control of those areas.” President Salva Kiir on Wednesday signed a peace accord, already signed by Machar. The ceasefire came into effect on Saturday evening, hours after fresh clashes between government forces and rebels. Over two million people have fled their homes in a war marked by ethnic killings, gang rapes and the use of child soldiers. Some 200,000 civilians are sheltering inside UN bases. Ceasefire monitors from the region- al East Africa bloc IGAD, which led efforts to negoti- ate the peace deal, said their teams would investi- DAMASCUS: A young woman holds a North Korean flag during the inauguration gate the claims. “These are serious allegations that BEIRUT: Garbage collectors remove waste from a street in Beirut’s eastern suburb of Dora to a ceremony of a park in the Syrian capital Damascus to honour North Korea’s need verification,” an IGAD spokesman said. temporary location outside of the Lebanese capital yesterday. Pressure is growing on founding father Kim Il-Sung yesterday. The 9,000-square-metre park (about 2.2 The civil war began in December 2013 when Kiir Lebanon’s government after a protest campaign spurred by a trash crisis gave political leaders acres) lies in the southwestern Damascus district of Kafr Sousa, atop the ruins of accused Machar, his former deputy, of planning a a deadline to meet their demands. The ultimatum calls for a sustainable solution to the trash recently bulldozed homes. — AFP coup, setting off a cycle of retaliatory killings that crisis that flared in mid-July, the resignation of Environment Minister Mohammad Mashnuq and new elections to replace a parliament in power since 2009. — AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 US court to rule on California death penalty

LOS ANGELES: A federal appeals court will consider U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney ruled in the n’t create a dysfunctional system resulting in arbi- exceeded that in other states and death row’s con- Monday whether California’s death row is an arbi- case of a Los Angeles rapist and murderer that the trary executions. The case involves a particularly ditions constituted torture. He also said the uncer- trary and unfair system - with years of unpre- state’s death penalty was dysfunctional and offered heinous crime. Paroled rapist Ernest DeWayne Jones tainty of his execution inflicts suffering and, if it ever dictable delays from conviction to execution - an empty promise seldom leading to executions raped and murdered his girlfriend’s mother in 1992. goes forward, it will serve no legitimate purpose for which violates the US Constitution’s amendment while jamming up death row. The body of Julia Miller was bound, gagged and retribution or deterring other criminals. barring cruel and unusual punishment. “Inordinate and unpredictable delay has resulted had been stabbed 14 times, including a chest No executions have been carried out in The hearing at the 9th US Circuit Court of in a death penalty system in which very few of the wound that penetrated to her spine. Two kitchen California since 2006 after another federal judge Appeals in Pasadena, California, comes as support hundreds of individuals sentenced to death have knives were sticking out of her neck and pieces of ordered an overhaul of the state’s procedures for for the death penalty wanes in the US The been, or even will be, executed,” wrote Carney, a three other knives were on or around her body. lethal injection. Connecticut Supreme Court recently ruled that it President George W. Bush appointee. Jones, 51, led police on a chase the next morn- The Department of Corrections and served no legitimate purpose, and Nebraska elimi- While death penalty opponents cheered the rul- ing in Miller’s station wagon and then shot himself Rehabilitation is drafting new lethal-injection regu- nated it this year. ing, Attorney General Kamala Harris appealed. in the chest with a rifle, though he survived. His lations after Gov. Jerry Brown said the state would In California, more prisoners have died of natural Prosecutors argued in court papers that the state DNA connected him to the rape, and he admitted switch from a three-drug mixture to a single-drug causes than have perished in the death chamber. can’t be faulted for having a procedure that pro- stabbing Miller. He’s been in prison for 20 years. lethal injection. No executions can occur until the More than 900 killers have been sentenced to death tects the interest of everyone with a stake in a case. Jones said in his appeal that the state didn’t pro- new rules are adopted and other legal challenges since 1978, but only 13 have been executed. Even if some cases move faster than others, it does- vide a fair and timely review of his case, the delay are resolved. — AP Mourners to pay tribute to slain television cameraman ‘He was truly a Salem Spartan, born and bred’

ROANOKE: Salem High School will open its doors to Parker was considered a rising star at the station and love you. Please watch over me and keep me strong. the community to commemorate the life of an had recently moved in with her boyfriend, WDBJ Enjoy the endless tech games in your heaven. I love alumnus - Adam Ward, the 27-year-old cameraman anchor Chris Hurst. you so much,” Ott wrote in a Facebook post. for a Roanoke television station who was slain on Ward was engaged to morning show producer Pictures of the couple frequently show them at live TV last week. The family of Ward, a 2007 gradu- Melissa Ott, who had recently gotten a job in football games, which Ward loved to attend when ate of the school, has asked visitors to wear colors of Charlotte, North Carolina. She was celebrating her he wasn’t playing tennis. Even when cheering for his favorite teams, Virginia Tech and Salem High, last day working in Roanoke when the shooting Ott’s alma mater, Penn State, pictures show Ward where he played football for the Spartans on two happened. Ward and Ott, of Gibbstown, New Jersey, continued to wear a Virginia Tech hat with a Penn state championship teams. His funeral is set for were planning to get married in July 2016. State shirt. Ward’s obituary notes that he didn’t even today at First Baptist Church in Roanoke. “Adam, I will never find a man so happy, selfless, need clothing to show his Hokie pride. He graduat- “He was truly a Salem Spartan, born and bred. protective, funny, or charming like you. You were the ed from Virginia Tech in 2011 with a degree in com- From childhood, he loved Salem sports, especially one. You understood me. My soulmate. I will always munication. —AP MARACAY: In this Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 photo, people walk near a factory where football,” his obituary says. Aragua State police officers killed four men execution-style in Maracay, Venezuela. A Ward’s father, Charles, is a video secretly recorded that rainy day in early August showed that police officers guidance counselor at the took the man to a concrete alley in the complex where his three companions already school, which Adam chose to attend even though he lay dead, held him in place, and then shot him point blank. — AP lived in another district. The Ward family has Dozens of Venezuelan shot by stayed out of the spotlight since Wednesday when he police amid crime crackdown and reporter Alison Parker were gunned down by a for- mer co-worker. Ward and MARACAY: Workers in the industrial com- than 80 suspected criminals, according to Parker were on an early plex had been hiding in bathrooms and an AP tally based on officials’ statements to morning assignment for closets for hours when the shooting the media. There have been no reports of WDBJ-TV at Smith Mountain stopped. The last of the four suspected police injuries or deaths during the crack- Lake when Vester Lee thieves, a slightly built man in yellow rain down. Human rights groups accuse securi- Flanagan walked up and boots, surrendered on the roof, crying out, ty forces of carrying out summary execu- shot them and Vicki “Jesus saves!” tions. But many here also say the govern- Gardner, a Chamber of Police put him into a truck and drove ment is right to take a more militarized Commerce official, with a away. But then witnesses watched, con- approach to fighting crime. Venezuelans 9mm Glock pistol during a fused, as the truck circled back. A video broadly support iron-fist policing. And it’s live interview. Ward and secretly recorded that rainy day in early the poor- those more likely to be caught in Parker died at the scene and August showed police officers taking the the crossfire- who most want to see greater Gardner is recovering in a man to a concrete alley in the complex use of force, according to national polls. hospital. where his three companions already lay In the case of the four killings, officials The shootings occurred dead. They held him in place, and then shot initially said the men died during a as thousands of viewers him point blank. shootout after they were caught stealing across the central Virginia The video does not show the deaths of from a metalworking shop in the city of community watched and the others, but two witnesses told The Maracay, outside Caracas. the footage quickly spread Associated Press they saw the trio lined up But after the video was leaked to the to millions on social media. Flanagan shot himself as against a wall earlier in the morning, police Miami-based Spanish-language newspaper police pursued his car. He pointing guns at their chests. El Nuevo Herald, eight officers were arrest- died hours later. Tributes to The slayings raised concerns about a ed and charged with homicide. The AP has Parker and Ward quickly recent crime-fighting initiative that aims to not independently verified the authenticity poured in on social media as take back neighborhoods overrun by of the video, but witnesses corroborated heart-breaking details of gangs. The program, officially rolled out in what it shows, and officials acted immedi- their personal lives that July as Operation Liberate the People, ately after its release, apparently in reaction were filled with so much already has seen police shoot and kill more to what it revealed. —AP promise came to light. Hurricane churns, but storm watch ends for Hawaii islands

KAILUA-KONA: Greg Colden, a farmer on Hawaii’s Big Island, said he is most worried about the damage that more rain and sustained winds could do to the area as Hurricane Ignacio passes by this week. “I’m more worried about the rain. We’ve had over 10 inches in August, which is an anomaly for us. The trees are saturated already, and if we get some sustained winds, they could topple. That could cause quite a bit of dam- age,” Colden said. He is one of the owners of Kona Natural Soap Co. in Holualoa, upslope of Kona Village on the west side of the island, and has 450 coffee trees and 1,250 cacao trees. But he’s not overly worried. “We’ve gone through this so many times. Unless it whips around the island and we take a direct hit, we should be OK,” Colden said. Colden and other Hawaii residents were calmly awaiting Ignacio on Sunday as the Category 3 hurricane comes closer to the Big Island and Maui. The islands had been under a tropical storm watch, but the National Weather Service discontinued that Sunday evening, with forecasts saying tropical storm force winds were no longer expected to reach the islands. Several residents said they are treating the storm like business as usual. Capt. Steve Turner, owner of Kohala Sail and Sea, runs sailing and snorkel tours from Kawaihae Harbor on north- west corner of Hawaii Island. He said he has not canceled any appointments. “We’ve had some passengers call inquiring whether the tours are still on,” he said. “Lately we’ve had these storms going all around us, and we haven’t had much of an effect on this side (of the island). I’m not that worried.” The Central Pacific Hurricane Center reported Hurricane Ignacio was on a weakening trend as it moved northeast of Hawaii. Winds dropped from 130 mph to 115 mph and the hurricane was expected to become a tropical storm by today, said Anthony Reynes, a meteorologist with the center. With the storm watch discontinued, the Weather Service said the main impact from Ignacio will be high surf. A high surf advisory for Maui remained in effect until 6 pm today. Ignacio is now scheduled to pass approxi- mately 200 miles northeast of the Big Island and Maui, today. “Mainly the impacts are going to be very high surf and some strong wind gusts over the coastal waters,” said Reynes, speaking a few hours before the watches were discontinued. Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa and Hawaii Gov. David Ige have signed emergency proclamations as the islands prepare for high winds, heavy rain and ocean swells. Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell said at a news con- ference Sunday that city officials were preparing to pre- vent more sewage spills in case the storm touches Oahu, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. A million gallons of treated but not yet disinfected wastewater spilled from the East Honolulu Wastewater Treatment plant, closing Sandy Beach and its surround- ings Thursday. On Monday, 400,000 gallons of wastewater spilled in Ala Moana Beach Park after heavy rains associat- ed with Tropical Storm Kilo inundated the system. —AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Cambodia: No plan to take more refugees from detention camp

PHNOM PENH/SYDNEY: Cambodia said September that some refugees from solution and has committed through a Rights groups have condemned International Organization for Migration yesterday it did not intend to accept any Nauru would be resettled in Cambodia in memorandum of understanding with the Australia for trying to resettle refugees in and funded by Australia. more refugees from a South Pacific exchange for Australian aid, but only four Australian government to resettle some poorer countries like Cambodia, which is The IOM declined to comment on the detention centre under an agreement have arrived since then. asylum seekers who are found to be gen- frequently in the spotlight for human Cambodian government’s statement, with Australia, dealing a blow to the con- “We have no plans to receive more uine refugees,” Bishop told reporters in rights abuses and with an economy less saying the refugees were continuing lan- troversial resettlement scheme criticised refugees from Nauru,” Cambodian Sydney. than one percent the size of Australia’s. guage training and cultural orientation by rights groups. Interior Ministry spokesman General “It wishes to harness the skills of for- A spokesman for Australia opposition, and had asked for privacy. Australia has vowed to stop asylum Khieu Sopheak told Reuters. “With the sit- eign workers and in this way, they can Richard Marles, described the Cambodia Australian Immigration Minister Peter seekers sailing from Indonesia and Sri uation of our country like this, we can’t resettle people into Cambodia and help deal as “an expensive joke”. The three Dutton said he expected the Cambodian Lanka and landing on its shores, instead receive hundreds or thousands of them. boost their GDP.” As part of the deal Iranians and one Rohingya, a mostly agreement to be honoured. “There are intercepting boats and shifting the peo- The less we receive, the better.” announced last year, Cambodia will get stateless Muslim minority from Myanmar, other people in Nauru now who are pre- ple to camps in Papua New Guinea and Australian Foreign Minister Julie A$40 million ($28.56 million) in addition- who travelled to Cambodia in June under pared to go to Cambodia and we’re work- Nauru. Bishop denied the deal had collapsed. al aid regardless of how many asylum the plan, have been living in a villa in ing through the detail of that with the Australia and Cambodia agreed last “Cambodia is committed to a regional seekers it takes in. Phnom Penh provided by the officials.” —Reuters Refugee crisis tests Europe’s core ideals Austria stops migrants at Hungarian border

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela will arise-we do not want that,” she She implicitly criticised coun- a Munich-bound train yesterday Merkel yesterday said the refugee said, referring to the visa-free zone tries including Slovakia that have with several hundreds migrants on crisis facing Europe is testing the covering much of the EU and sever- rejected migrants from Islamic board near the border with core ideals of universal rights at the al neighbouring countries. Merkel countries, saying: “if we start saying Hungary, a police spokesman said, heart of the European Union. expressed confidence that Europe ‘I do not want Muslims’ ... that can- just hours after authorities in “Universal civil rights have been would rise to the challenge, point- not be good”. Budapest let them leave despite closely linked with Europe and its ing to previous issues it had mas- On the spate of hate crimes and many not having the right visas to history as a founding impetus of the tered, such as the 2008 banking cri- attacks against refugee shelters in travel in the EU. European Union,” she said. “If sis, and to problems Germany itself Germany, she vowed that the “full Those migrants who had already DHARWAD: Indian relatives of scholar M.M. Kalburgi sit alongside his coffin Europe fails on the question of has overcome, from the 1990 reuni- force of law” would be brought been registered at refugee process- at Karnataka University in Dharwad yesterday. Indian scholars yesterday refugees, if this close link with uni- fication to its ongoing nuclear down on those who insult, attack or ing centres in Hungary would be condemned the execution-style killing of a leading scholar who had spoken versal civil rights is broken, then it phase-out. launch arson attacks targeting the returned to Budapest, while the out against idol worship and angered hardline Hindu groups in the run-up won’t be the Europe we wished for,” newcomers. “There will be zero tol- others would be allowed to contin- to his death. —AFP she said, urging other EU members ‘We can do this’ erance for those who put in ques- ue their journey, police spokesman to accept their fair share of asylum Germany was economically and tion the dignity of other people,” Roman Haslinger told AFP. seekers. Speaking to foreign jour- politically strong enough to over- she said. “There are roughly 300 to 400 Indian scholar who criticized migrants on board. They are being taken off the train,” he said, and idol worship murdered at home their papers will be checked. The migrants, many from Syria, formed NEW DELHI: Following a knock at his front on Twitter that he was “Shocked at the mur- part of around 2,000 people who door, an Indian scholar greeted two uniden- der of M.M. Kalburgi. Disgusted that his had been stuck for several days in tified visitors and was shot in the head and killers have apologists among us.” makeshift refugee camps at train the chest, becoming the third critic of reli- India has long held secularism to be a stations in Budapest. gious superstition to be killed in the country keystone of its constitution - and a necessity Police had previously prevented in three years. for keeping the peace among its cacophony them from leaving even if they had The attack on Malleshappa M. Kalburgi of cultures defined by caste, clan, tribe or valid train tickets and papers, sent a chill through Indian civil society, stok- religion, including Islam, Christianity, because they did not have the ing worries about religious extremism and Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and required visa to move around the intolerance and prompting an outpouring Buddhism. European Union’s passport-free of condemnation as the 77-year-old author Earlier this year, unknown attackers Schengen zone. and academic was cremated Monday in his gunned down another anti-superstition cru- But on Monday there were no hometown of Dharwad, in the southern sader, Indian writer and communist politi- security forces present as the Indian state of Karnataka. cian Govind Pansare, as he and his wife were migrants rushed to get on trains “This incident should not have hap- taking a walk in western Maharashtra state. leaving for Vienna, Munich and pened. It is highly condemnable,” Karnataka In another daytime attack in 2013, two Berlin from Budapest’s Keleti sta- Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters. assailants gunned down Narendra tion. People were running along Authorities are searching for two men who Dabholkar, a 68-year-old doctor-turned- the platform to catch an Austria- according to Kalburgi’s daughter arrived on activist, while he was out for a walk in the bound train scheduled to leave at a motorcycle at their home Sunday, knocked Maharashtra city of Pune, near Mumbai. 1110 GMT, with some helping to lift on the door and fired two shots that killed Police have arrested two suspects in a woman in a wheelchair into a car- her father, Inspector S.S. Hiremath said. He Dabholkar’s murder. He had received years riage. declined to give further details about the of death threats and demands that he stop There were confusing scenes as attack. giving lectures in villages across a Hungarian railway employee ini- Police are investigating whether Maharashtra state promoting rationalist tially refused to allow the train to Kalburgi’s murder is connected to death thought and discouraging superstitions, reli- leave, saying it was packed beyond threats he received last year from angry gious extremism, black magic and animal or GEVGELIJA: A Macedonian police officer helps a dehydrated migrant, who accompanied by a fel- capacity and some people did not right-wing Hindu groups after he criticized human sacrifice. low migrant try to get to the transit center for migrants, after crossing the border from Greece have the right papers to travel. idol worship and superstitious beliefs by Maharashtra’s government later passed to Macedonia, near southern Macedonian town of Gevgelija, yesterday. Thousands of migrants But the train eventually depart- Hindus. He was provided police security long-stalled legislation that Dabholkar had have poured into Macedonia and board trains and busses that are taking them a step closer to ed with a 20-minute delay. Under after the threats but it was removed about worked on banning religious exploitation the European Union. —AP current EU regulations, known as two weeks ago at the scholar’s request, and fraudulent medical workers. the Dublin provision, asylum-seek- police said. Activists have said the legislation does nalists in Berlin, Merkel said: come the challenge, she insisted, say- Merkel urged citizens to stay ers must remain in the first The attack was widely condemned. not go far enough since it only allows com- “Europe as a whole needs to move. ing: “We can do this”. Merkel said away from far-right and xenopho- European country they enter while “Everyone has the right to express his opin- plaints from victims and their families, not Member states must share responsi- Germany must cut red tape to quickly bic rallies, saying: “don’t follow their their application is being ion,” actor and director Girish Karnad said. “If from third parties, which they say limits the bility for asylum-seeking refugees.” build more shelters and train more leaders” or those who have “preju- processed. Those who travel to this grows in Karnataka, we are in trouble.” law’s effectiveness because most victims are Germany, the union’s most pop- language teachers, saying that while dice, coldness, even hate in their other member states face deporta- Columnist Nitin Pai, who founded a think invested in superstitious beliefs and are not ulous country and biggest econo- German “thoroughness is super... hearts”. tion back to the EU country they tank in the southern city of Bangalore, said likely to complain. —AP my, expects to receive 800,000 asy- what we need now is German flexibil- She thanked the many volun- originally entered. lum seekers this year, four times ity”. Italy especially must be offered teers who have helped welcome Hungary has become a frontline more than in 2014 and more than help from other EU nations as it had refugees, saying that today in much country for migrants arriving via any other EU country. taken in huge numbers of migrants of the world “Germany is seen as a the western Balkans route as they Taleban concealed “If we don’t arrive at a fair distri- arriving via the Mediterranean Sea, country of hope and opportunity”. flee war and unrest in the Middle bution then the issue of Schengen the chancellor said. Austrian security forces stopped East, Africa and Asia. —AFP Omar’s death till Poland backtracks on Nazi ‘gold train’ foreign troops left

WARSAW: A regional governor in claims made over the years,” documents that have been submit- and a Pole-claimed to have found KABUL: The Taleban yesterday admitted cov- inroads into Afghanistan. The Taleban had Poland said yesterday he had seri- Tomasz Smolarz, governor of the ted,” Smolarz said, adding that he an armoured train car buried near ering up longtime leader Mullah Omar’s death continued as recently as July to release offi- ous doubts about the alleged dis- southwestern region of Lower had set up a special unit including the city of Walbrzych. for two years, saying they had wanted to keep cial statements in the name of Omar, lionised covery of a Nazi gold train days Silesia, told reporters. Two anony- historians and geologists to scruti- On Friday, Polish Deputy Culture it secret until foreign forces ended their fight as a “commander of the faithful” who com- after a deputy culture minister mous fortune hunters claim they nise the alleged discovery. Minister Piotr Zuchowski said he against the militants. manded the loyalties of militants across the revealed he was “more than 99 per- have pinpointed the Nazi-era loot. Global media have for days had seen a convincing ground- The group confirmed in July that Omar region. cent sure” one had been found. “It’s impossible to claim that been abuzz with talk of trains full penetrating radar image of the had died without saying when, deepening “The Taleban had to conceal the death of “There is no more proof for this such a find actually exists at the of jewels and gold stolen by the alleged Nazi train. “I’m more than internal divisions with many insurgents accus- a leader who had an uncanny power to rally alleged discovery than for other location indicated based on the Nazis after the two men-a German 99 percent sure such a train exists, ing the leadership of keeping them in the militants around him,” Kabul-based military but the nature of its contents is dark while issuing statements in his name. analyst Atiqullah Amarkhil told AFP. unverifiable at the moment,” The admission of a cover up was buried in “His name was enough to prevent the Zuchowski told reporters, adding a lengthy biography of new Taleban chief Taleban’s disintegration.” that he could make out platforms Mullah Akhtar Mansour, apparently published But the Taleban apparently came under and cannons on the photo. to boost his image and quell the growing pressure to confirm his death after the Smolarz said yesterday he had internal rancour over his appointment. Afghan spy agency said he died two years not seen any such image. “The fact Posted on the Taleban website in five lan- ago in a Karachi hospital. that this train is armoured suggests guages, the biography acknowledged that there could be valuable objects Omar died in April 2013 — as was first ‘Jihadi acumen’ inside” including artworks, archival claimed by Afghan intelligence. The Taleban biography of Mansour lauded documents or treasures, “Several key members of the supreme his “jihadi acumen”, describing him as a pious leading council of the Islamic Emirate and visionary warrior who is “naturally Zuchowski added. The World (Taleban) and authentic religious scholars bequeathed with unique leading and guid- Jewish Congress has asked that together decided on concealing the tragic ing capabilities”. It said his biggest achieve- any valuables found that once news of passing away of (Omar)... and keep ment was revamping Afghanistan’s fledgling belonging to victims of the this secret limited to the very few colleagues air fleet and airports as the civil aviation min- Holocaust should be returned to who were already informed of this incorrigible ister during the Taleban’s 1996-2001 rule. their owners or heirs. loss,” said the biography, which ran to nearly The biography was also peppered with Zuchowski said someone who 5,000 words. “One of the main reasons behind details about his frugal lifestyle, saying “he had been involved in hiding the this decision was... that 2013 was considered likes and wears loose, neat and clean clothes... train, which is over 100 metres (330 the final year of power testing between the (and) dislikes and avoids extravagance”. feet) in length, had disclosed its mujahideen and foreign invaders who... had It added that he “speaks less and tries to lis- location before dying. Rumours of announced that at the end of 2014, all military ten more to other people”. Mansour’s con- two special Nazi trains that disap- operations by foreign troops would be con- tentious rise to power has triggered a power peared in the spring of 1945 have cluded.” struggle within the Taleban, which has suf- been circulating for years, captur- NATO ended its combat mission in fered a string of defections to IS. ing the imagination of countless Afghanistan last December and pulled out the Some top leaders including Omar’s son treasure-hunters. bulk of its troops, although a 13,000-strong and brother have refused to pledge allegiance The lore is fuelled by a massive residual force remains for training and count- to Mansour, saying the process to select him MUMBAI: The daughter of former media executive Indrani Mukherjea, Vidhie Mukerjea, (C), network of secret underground er-terrorism operations. was rushed and biased. and her second husband Sanjeev Khanna are surrounded by media as they leave a court in tunnels near Walbrzych-including Omar, dead or alive, was seen as a unify- The power struggle, observers say, could Mumbai yesterday. A former Indian media executive has been arrested on suspicion of murder- around the massive Ksiaz Castle- ing figurehead who observers say kept the be a very effective recruitment tool for IS, ing her daughter for having an affair with her stepson, Mumbai police said August 28, in a case that Nazi Germany built and where fractious movement from splintering as the potentially helping it attract more Taleban legend has it the Third Reich gripping India. —AFP rival Islamic State (IS) group began making turncoats. —AFP stashed valuables. —AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 INTERNATIONAL

Japan eyes defence budget hike to fortify island chain facing China

TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Defense is ($138.37 billion), the second largest in the from the Japanese mainland almost to over China, which with far fewer islands lion to expand an army base on seeking a fourth straight annual military world after the United States. Japan’s Taiwan. Money would also be allocated under its control in the region would Miyakojima island, 300 km (188 miles) budget hike to help fortify the country’s Defense Ministry will buy AAV7 amphibi- to building and extending military bases have to rely more on naval vessels or east of Yonaguni and $72 million for base far-flung island chain in the East China ous assault vehicles made by BAE Systems, along the island chain, the document ocean platforms. construction on Amami Oshima, an Sea, close to ocean territory claimed by F-35 Stealth warplanes made by Lockheed added. As China’s military power grows, Japan and China contest ownership of island halfway between the main Beijing. In a document submitted to the Martin Corp and Osprey tilt-rotor trans- Japan is shifting from defending its uninhabited islands in the East China Sea Okinawan island, home to the largest government yesterday, the ministry asked port aircraft from Boeing Co under the northern borders from a diminished called the Senkaku by Tokyo and the contingent of US Marines in Asia, and the for a 2.2 percent increase in military budget plan, said the document. Russian threat with tanks and heavy Diaoyu by Beijing. Japan administers the Japanese mainland. spending to 5.09 trillion yen ($42.38 bil- Other purchases would include Global armour to deploying a lighter, more chain. The Osprey troop carrying aircraft, lion) for the year starting in April. If Hawk drones made by Northrop mobile force in the East China Sea and Only 150 km (94 miles) south of the amphibious assault vehicles and new approved, the new defence budget would Grumman Corp, mobile missile batteries, the Western Pacific By bolstering its mili- outcrops, Japan is building a military maneuverable armoured fighting vehicles be Japan’s biggest in 14 years. helicopters and other kit the military tary presence on islands with radar sta- radar station on Yonaguni island, home on Tokyo’s shopping list will bolster a force China’s military budget for this year wants to defend island-dotted ocean ter- tions, troop bases or missile batteries to 1,500 people. In the budget request, including Japan’s first detachment of rose 10.1 percent to 886.9 billion yuan ritory stretching 1,400 km (870 miles) Japan could gain a tactical advantage defence officials have allocated $90 mil- marines since World War Two. —Reuters Thai police award themselves $84K for arrest of suspect Saturday’s arrest was thanks to ‘good police work’

BANGKOK: With much fanfare, two of his friends who wished to ship to the bombing network. hood, and yesterday released Thai police had offered an $84,000 remain nameless had chipped in 2 Police have responded equivo- images of two more suspects: a reward for tips leading to arrests in million baht ($56,000) more. cally when asked whether the photo of a Thai woman identified the Bangkok bombing. Yesterday, man is the main bombing suspect, as 26-year-old Wanna Suansun they handed out the cash - to Breakthrough who was seen on security video and a sketch of a foreign man of themselves. They arrested a sus- Police made a potential break- leaving a backpack at the shrine unknown nationality. pect Saturday, though the man through Saturday when they shortly before the explosion. “He Somyot said he also hoped that has not been charged, let alone arrested a man in the outskirts of is a man in the network,” Somyot turning the reward over to police convicted. He may not even be the Bangkok and found bomb-making said. would help motivate them and prime suspect in the Aug. 17 material including detonators, ball Somyot said the man is in mili- show “that higher ranking officers bombing at Bangkok’s Erawan bearings and a metal pipe at his tary custody for initial interroga- actually give them money.” Police Shrine, which killed 20 people and apartment. tion and will later be turned over in Thailand are notoriously under- injured more than 120. But many questions remain. to police to be charged. The mili- paid and it is common knowledge That was enough for national Police say they are certain the tary has controlled Thailand since that low-ranking officers collect police chief Somyot Poompanmoung: man was part of a network that a May 2014 coup. Police said they bribes to pay-up to senior officers. ISLAMABAD: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (C) and He said he was taking the unusual planned the attack but they have found more bomb-making materi- It was not immediately clear Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz (R) leave after a joint press step of redirecting 3 million baht not revealed his name, nationality, als Sunday in a raid on another how the reward money would be conference at the foreign ministry in Islamabad yesterday. Frank-Walter reward to highlight that Thailand’s motive or his suspected relation- apartment in a nearby neighbor- distributed to police officers. —AP Steinmeier arrived in Islamabad to meet with Pakistani leaders. — AFP police are good at their jobs. Somyot made the announcement at a news Haqqani militants weakened, conference yesterday, saying he had “good news.” “Give me the bag,” he said, turn- despite US concern: Aziz ing to an aide who rushed over with stacks of cash that Somyot ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s foreign policy chief ing communication, has been disrupted,” placed on the podium before him. responded to US concerns that the country Aziz told a joint press briefing with the visit- “This is real money,” the police remains a haven for the feared Haqqani net- ing German foreign minister. chief said with a smile. He went on work, saying yesterday that the militants He also disputed the assertion by US offi- to say that Saturday’s arrest was have been weakened by an army offensive cials that the Haqqanis plan most of their thanks to “good police work” and and now operate mostly out of Afghanistan. Afghanistan attacks from Pakistani soil. “Our had not come from any outside Sartaj Aziz, national adviser for foreign assessment is that their capacity in tips. affairs, spoke a day after US National Afghanistan is much, much bigger - proba- “It is the ability of Thai officials Security Adviser Susan Rice warned leaders bly 80/90 percent compared to what it is that led to the arrest,” he said. “This in Islamabad that attacks in Afghanistan by here. And what is here is also being cleaned money should be given to officials militants based in Pakistani threaten region- out as a part of our operations,” Aziz said. who did their job.” The decision al security. Pakistan has long denied sheltering the quickly added to criticism on US officials particularly expressed con- Haqqani network, despite the top U.S. gen- social media over police handling cern about the Haqqani network, which eral in 2011 calling the militants a “veritable of the bombing investigation. they blamed for several bloody bombings arm” of Pakistani military intelligence. Many Thais have expressed doubt and attacks in the Afghan capital in recent Pakistan’s army has been waging an that the bombing will be solved, weeks. Aziz denied any implication that offensive against the Taliban and other mili- citing a reputation Thai police Pakistan is not targeting the Haqqani net- tants in North Waziristan for more than a have for corruption and forcing work - an Islamist movement allied with year, but some critics question whether the confessions. both al Qaeda and the Taliban - in its military Haqqani leadership was allowed to leave Within days of the blast, offensive in the border region of North ahead of the assault. Monday’s remarks Somyot said he was offering a 1 Waziristan. came amid uncertainty on whether the U.S. million baht ($28,000) reward to “The infrastructure of the Haqqani net- would release $300 million in military aid to BANGKOK: People pray at the reopened Erawan shrine in central Bangkok yesterday. Thai police help find the perpetrators. The work in North Waziristan, which included Pakistan, which is dependent on US govern- said they had found bomb-making materials over the weekend in a second apartment following sum quickly tripled after he said the IED (improvised explosive device) facto- ment certification that Pakistan is targeting the arrest of a suspect over the Bangkok shrine bombing that left 20 people dead. —AFP ries and a number of other capacities includ- the Haqqanis. - Reuters China praises Taiwan war contribution

BEIJING/TAIPEI: A senior Chinese leader Lien that both parties played an important leaders are skipping the parade, along with praised the people of Taiwan for their contri- role in defeating the Japanese. “The majority Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, con- bution to winning World War Two yesterday, as of Taiwan compatriots breathed together with cerned about the message a massive show of a former senior Taiwan official arrived for a mil- the motherland and shared the same destiny. force will send a region already worried by itary parade which has sparked controversy on Their struggle against the Japanese was an China’s growing military assertiveness. the self-ruled democratic island. invaluable part of the whole Chinese people’s The DPP’s Tsai Ing-wen, who is the front- China’s official narrative downplays the struggle,” the official Xinhua news agency cit- runner for the January presidential election, wartime contribution of Nationalist govern- ed Yu as saying. said before Lien left that he should not go. ment troops in battling Japanese occupiers. It Taiwan, which was a Japanese colony dur- “Particularly because China has not renounced focuses instead on Communist forces, who ing the war, has a broadly more positive view the use of military force against Taiwan, Lien’s were also fighting an on-off civil war with the of Japan than the official Chinese line, and attendance at this event runs counter to the Nationalists. Lien’s visit has caused upset with both the rul- feelings of the Taiwanese people,” Tsai said. This has upset the government in Taiwan, ing party and the main opposition Democratic “It also sends the wrong message to the where the same Nationalist party now governs Progressive Party (DPP). international community,” she added, in after its ancestors fled there in 1949, having A spokesman for President Ma Ying-jeou comments made to Taiwan media on Sunday MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, left, presents the Ramon lost the civil war. Former Taiwan vice president said that Ma had reiterated the official and confirmed by an aide yesterday. The DPP, Magsaysay award to Kommaly Chanthavong of Laos during a ceremony yester- Lien Chan, also a former chairman of the Nationalist line that it would be “unsuitable” widely seen as retaking power in January, is day at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila. The Ramon Magsaysay Nationalist Party, will attend the parade in for Lien to attend. far more sceptical of China ties than the Awards is Asia’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize and is given to Asian individuals Beijing on Thursday, but as a private citizen. China still regards Taiwan as a renegade Nationalists, who have signed a number of and organizations “who have achieved distinction in their respective fields and Yu Zhengsheng, the ruling Chinese province which must unify with the mainland, trade deals with the mainland in recent have helped others generously without anticipating public recognition. —AP Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader, told by force if necessary. Most senior Western years. —Reuters

Thousands sign petition to stop rape of Indian sisters

NEW DELHI: An online petition seek- “The family is currently seeking settling rural disputes on everything ing protection and justice for two shelter with their elder son who is a from land and cattle to matrimony low-caste Indian sisters allegedly police constable in Delhi. They are and murder. threatened with rape by a village too afraid to go back to their village But they are coming under grow- council has gathered over 175,000 home as they have received threats ing scrutiny as their punitive edicts signatures in a week, Amnesty and their home has been ransacked,” grow more regressive, ranging from International India said yesterday. Matta told the Thomson Reuters banning girls wearing jeans and The human rights group began Foundation. using mobile phones to supporting the petition last week after 23-year- The petition to Uttar Pradesh’s child marriage and sanctioning the old Meenakshi Kumari, her 15-year- Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has so lynching of couples in “honour old sister and their family were forced far attracted the attention of over killings”. One of the village council to flee their northern India village in 176,000 people, mostly on its British leaders Chaudhary Surendra Singh May after their brother eloped with a website since it was launched on told the local newspaper Mail Today higher caste, married woman. Aug 24. no such diktat was issued. An un-elected village council, “Khap panchayats don’t issue such dominated by upper caste “Jat” men, Caste-discrimination orders. We are supposed to protect in Uttar Pradesh state on July 30 Only 17 people had signed the honour of women. We don’t allegedly ordered the two “Dalit” sis- Amnesty’s India site, said Matta, know if some village rogues have tak- ters be raped and paraded naked attributing this to the family getting en such a decision,” Singh was quoted with their faces blackened as punish- more international media attention as saying. ment for their brother’s actions. than local media coverage. Diktats Police in Baghpat district also dis- Himanshi Matta from Amnesty issued by such kangaroo courts are missed the case, saying there was no International India said the petition not uncommon in rural regions and evidence of the order being passed. called on the government to take all caste-discrimination remains wide- But family members claim they are steps to ensure the safety of the fami- spread, despite being illegal. being influenced by the council ly so they can return home and for an In northern parts of India, these members, whose caste wields consid- investigation into the rape order and village councils known as “Khap erable political and economic power prosecution if necessary. Panchayats” act as de-facto courts in the region. —Reuters

NEWS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

People leave the water of Havel river before sunset at the end of a hot and sunny late summer day in Berlin yesterday. _ AP Lights out for modernist masterpiece... Atlas Jewellery in $136m default, owner... Continued from Page 1 that would prove Japan was once again a good member of the world,” Yamane said. Continued from Page 1 dictions, is treated as a criminal offence in the UAE. When a James Bond was spotted at the Okura in Ian Fleming’s The 510-room new hotel will be set in twin towers - the wave of defaults hit UAE companies at the turn of the novel “You Only Live Twice” and the hotel - just across from highest a 41 storey glass building - to open in spring 2019, This is the second scandal involving Dubai jewellery decade, most banks chose to extend debt maturities the US embassy - has put up a string of foreign leaders and ahead of Tokyo’s Olympic Games the following year. businesses since the city’s rise to prominence as a signifi- rather than initiate proceedings through the courts. US presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama. It is also Commercial tenants will occupy the upper floors of the cant gold trading centre. In March 2010 the Dubai Atlas Jewellery, founded by Ramachandran in Kuwait popular with Japan’s political and cultural elite who were property whose lead architect Yoshio Taniguchi is the son of Financial Services Authority sanctioned three brothers in 1981 but forced to relocate to Dubai after its trading drawn to the Okura’s restaurants and bars, traditional tea the original hotel’s designer. “It is difficult for us now to pro- behind Damas International over unauthorized with- was suspended by the first Gulf War, also has interests in ceremonies and tense competitions of the board game “Go”. vide a top Japanese hotel due to the building’s age,” an drawals from the company of 194 kg of gold and cash real estate and healthcare. It owns and manages two Recognizable by its unique “sea cucumber” tile exterior Okura spokeswoman told AFP. “We will conserve traditional worth about 365 million dirhams. hospitals in Oman’s capital, Muscat. As a last resort, and elegant patterns and latticework inside, the hotel’s Japanese aesthetics but give clients the highest quality The sources said that banks affected by the Atlas allega- banks are hoping they may be able to recover their main lobby is known for its “Okura lanterns” and red lacquer rooms and facilities,” she added. tions - mostly local lenders but also including at least two dues by taking control of Atlas’ healthcare business, a tables surrounded by modernist chairs. “It is a destruction of Petitions to stop the demolition were launched inside Indian banks - met last week to discuss the matter, with second banker who attended the meeting said. “Banks culture - this building is a one and only, which truly inte- and outside Japan, including one by Tomas Maier, creative some banks pushing for a hard line but others willing to are in talks with other senior officials of the group to grates Japanese aesthetics with a Western-style hotel,” said director of Italian luxury goods firm Bottega Veneta. write off the debt. “At the next meeting of banks, a com- find a viable solution,” he said. Tadashi Yamane, professor of urban design at Tokyo City London-based lifestyle magazine Monocle created a “Save mon line of action to recover the money will be decided,” The matter is complicated by the arrest of University. But with its ancient infrastructure and outdated the Okura hotel” campaign soon after the reconstruction one banker who attended the meeting told Reuters, indi- Ramachandran, a popular figure in Dubai’s gold trade and trappings - including a weathered world time clock - the plan was announced last year. “It will be a heartbreaking owners say they need to update the property to keep with and irreparable loss,” Monocle said of the closure. “Of cating that they would meet again in early September. in the south Indian state of Kerala, from where he hails. its five-star reputation - and prices. The cheapest rooms course, redeveloping the Okura makes sense in purely eco- The lack of consensus on how to proceed stems from Dubai police said Ramachandran was arrested on Aug 23 start at about $370 a night with suites going for over nomic terms... And here’s the problem: the vested interests United Arab Emirates’ insolvency laws that make it chal- by order of the prosecutor. “He is arrested and is in our cus- $1,000. of construction and property are too powerful to resist.” lenging for lenders to seek legal redress against defaulters. tody,” a spokesman said, adding that investigations are A closing ceremony was held yesterday. The Okura’s Tokyo City University’s Yamane said that mindset high- Loan default, which is a civil matter in most Western juris- ongoing. — Reuters main building will be torn down next month, although an lights a broader issue with destroying heritage buildings in annex building next door it to remain open. The Okura, a city of around 30 million people. Other properties includ- which was considered an architectural jewel in post-war ing the Palace Hotel and upscale Grand Prince Hotel Japan, opened in 1962, just two years before the Tokyo Akasaka have undergone transformations in recent years, Olympics. “I see the tenacity of the Japanese people more partly due to the need to install updated earthquake tech- than 50 years ago, who were determined to create a hotel nology in the seismically active country. — AFP Whale deaths in Kuwaiti waters not... Continued from Page 1 life in Kuwait and the Gulf region are abandoned fish- ing nets, which can be considered cemeteries for sea KT: Have there been other unusual deaths of sea creatures, especially sharks and turtles. These nets mammals recently in Kuwait’s territorial waters? are usually underwater, so nobody removes them, Egab: A similar incident took place last year when and if the sea creatures get stuck in them, they a whale of another breed died on Failaka Island. It drown. There are also other problems such as acci- was a small female juvenile 14 meters long, and even dents with passing boats. Then there are negative this whale is a juvenile as it is only 11 meters long. behaviors such as abusing or torturing these animals The Failaka whale suffered from parasites in its diges- by beating or harming them in various ways. tive system which may have been the reason behind But there are some positive aspects of these prob- its death and this was mentioned in the previous lems. For instance, we get to know the abilities of the report. participating authorities, till we complete and clear technique to deal with dead whales, especially since KT: What is the situation of Kuwaiti and the Gulf this has only happened twice, which cannot be called territorial waters? a phenomenon. Yet we consider it as a useful and Egab: The territorial waters of Kuwait and GCC valuable experience that shows the preparation of countries in general are narrow and the only gateway the institutions in charge in dealing with these is from the Strait of Hormuz, so the water renews very events. slowly, which makes the water circulation slow. Its An experience, however minor, is useful. We need negative effects are strong, especially since there are to document these experiences, ideas and solutions about eight countries on this gulf and all energy pro- provided by all institutions, so we can have an agen- ducing stations and water desalination plants are by da in the way of dealing with dead whales in the this water body, which as a result is under many envi- future. As a team we are missing a ‘resource manual’, ronmental pressures. which is basic and important for directing any crisis as it makes it easy for a decision maker to choose the KT: What are the most common problems that sea right person and correct authority in doing the work creatures face here? that suit their abilities and resources. It also makes Egab: The most common problems facing marine the work faster and more effective. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 ANALYSIS

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Issues Tsipras still has the edge in pro-euro Greece

By Yannick Pasquet

ith just three weeks to go before Greece’s snap elections, analysts say charismatic ex- Wpremier Alexis Tsipras remains popular with an electorate determined to stay in the euro - even if it means more painful austerity. Opinion polls show Tsipras in first place for the Sept 20 vote, with his far- left Syriza party ahead of its main rivals, the New Democracy conservatives, by between 1 and 3.5 points. Tsipras quit on Aug 20 - triggering the early election - after his decision to sign Greece up for a third huge international bailout sparked a major rebellion within his own party, leaving him barely able to govern. Syriza had stormed to power in January promising Clan warfare trumps diplomacy in Mali an end to the steep spending cuts and tax rises By Emma Farge at International Crisis Group. “They think that rights team backed by MINUSMA aerial demned the occupation of Anefis, it is quite demanded by Athens’ creditors in exchange for two it’s really the force of arms that counts.” footage seen by Reuters show forced dis- happy to allow GATIA to do its dirty work in previous bailouts. It was music to the ears of Greek he United Nations has deployed 10,000 In defiance of the peace agreement, the placements and daylight executions of rival the north. “The government doesn’t want voters exhausted by years of economic hardship. But peacekeepers and poured more than $1 Platform alliance of pro-government militias clansmen by GATIA forces in several villages peace in the north,” said Keenan. “It wants its then Tsipras made an abrupt U-turn, agreeing to Tbillion into Mali but its efforts to end a has been seizing territory in northern Mali and in the Gao region. GATIA’s Secretary General own back on the rebels and is thanking its more tough reforms in exchange for a new 86-billion- three-year conflict are threatened by the taking revenge on its rival while authorities in Fahad Ag Almahoud denies responsibility for lucky stars GATIA is there.” euro ($96-billion) rescue package. reemergence of a centuries-old rivalry Bamako look the other way, security sources the incidents, saying they are due to “inter- For the Syriza rebels, the deal represents an unac- between Tuareg clans. The UN Security Council say. The leader of the main pro-government communal tensions”. “We think the Malian ‘Prisoners in Their Own Villages’ ceptable sacrifice of principles for a party elected to renewed the mandate of its Mali force (MINUS- militia GATIA, General El Hadj Ag Gamou, is a army should hurry up and return and nor- Worsening security in the north is slowing bring an end to austerity. But analysts say Greeks MA) in June in the hope that it could enforce a former mercenary who fought for Libyan malise the situation,” he told Reuters. CMA the return of the army and government offi- have largely accepted Tsipras’ argument that it is the peace deal signed that month in the West leader Muammar Gaddafi and a member of fighters are also accused of arrests and loot- cials who have been forced to leave Kidal. only way to stop Greece from defaulting on its mas- African nation, despite suffering the highest the Imghad clan. ing in the same area before June. MINUSMA, seen as a soft target for Islamist sive debts, crashing out of the eurozone, and tum- rate of losses of any active peacekeeping mis- Power tipped away from the Inghads in Security sources and analysts say old rival- militants, has camps in major towns but a bling into the economic unknown. “Tsipras’ success is sion. The deal, signed by both pro- and anti- favour of the Ifogha clan when fighters from ries are being stirred by competition for con- weak presence in the desert. Aid workers are that he represents pro-European sentiment amongst government Tuareg-led militias, envisaged the Libya returned after the 2011 revolution to trol of trafficking corridors for both cocaine struggling to deliver help to the more than 3 Greeks,” political scientist Georges Sefertzis told AFP. overhaul of the Malian army to incorporate the form a state they call Azawad. Arabs have also and legal goods like food and cigarettes million Malians deemed food insecure, A young leader at 41, he remains Greece’s most pop- militia fighters and its return to the desert picked sides and some former jihadists have north to Algeria and east to Niger. “Gamou including tens of thousands displaced by ular politician, with a 29.5 percent approval rate north, much of which is controlled by the joined them. Clashes broke out between would like to get back the position he had fighting. “People are prisoners in their own ahead of New Democracy leader Vangelis Meimarakis Tuareg groups. Gamou’s militia and the Ifogha-led separatist before the rebellion with control over traf- villages,” said Eric Bertin Mukam, a human on 26 percent. The army’s redeployment is supposed to alliance, the Coordination of Azawad ficking. He wants a fiefdom,” said Profesor rights officer with MINUSMA in Gao. allow it to tackle Islamist militants scattered, Movements (CMA), this month about 80 km Jeremy Keenan, editor of Menas Associates’ Despite more than Ä3 billion in aid but not defeated, by French troops after they southwest of rebel stronghold Kidal, killing at Sahara Focus publication. pledged for reconstruction at Keita’s elec- Painful Sacrifices hijacked a Tuareg rebellion in 2012. Now, a least 20 people. Sources in Kidal have reported Expansion may benefit armed groups if tion in 2013, the streets of Gao are so full of During the months of bitter bailout negotiations resurgence in fighting between the Tuaregs, an influx of fighters in recent days in pick-up the peace deal proceeds as key army posts potholes that cars take a parallel dirt track. with its creditors - the European Union, European who in total represent just 5 percent of Mali’s trucks from Libya and Algeria, resulting in a and development funding are expected to Kidal’s airport runway is shut because it is Central Bank and International Monetary Fund - 15 million people, could wreck everything. possible CMA counter-attack. “We will defend be distributed to Tuareg and Arab communi- heavily mined, security sources say. MINUS- Tsipras’ government frequently wielded threats of a Diplomats say buy-in from the northern armed ourselves and our populations,” CMA leader ties. UN Special Envoy for the Mali mission, MA is implementing a series of “rapid Greek exit from the eurozone, or “Grexit”, if a deal groups was always weak because the Algeria- Bilal Ag Cherif told Reuters this week. Mongi Hamdi, estimates that implementing impact projects” to improve infrastructure, could not be met. No one knew what that would brokered deal, reached after months of shuttle the deal will cost an additional $1-$2 billion access to healthcare and electricity. But have looked like, but the chances are it would have diplomacy, was seen as a foreign imposition. Forced Displacement over two-three years. While Gamou is osten- many are not seeing the effects. “I don’t been chaotic - and Greeks, it seems, are still deter- “The fundamental problem is that participants MINUSMA sources tracking compliance sibly loyal to Bamako, analysts say he is know who my state is,” said Farock Ag mined not to find out. don’t think this agreement can resolve the ten- with the peace deal said they first noticed unlikely to take direct orders. Many believe Foukana, deputy mayor of Talataye, near A poll by Metron Analysis published Saturday sions that have always existed in the north,” GATIA troops moving north towards Kidal in that even though President Ibrahim Gao. “I haven’t seen any authorities. Since found 79 percent wanted to stay in the eurozone - said Jean-Herve Jezequel, senior Sahel analyst early July. Initial findings of the UN human Boubacar Keita’s government has con- 2012, there is nothing.” —Reuters and a majority, 55 percent, thought Tsipras was right to accept the bailout deal. Many seem resigned to the idea that more painful sacrifices - including tax rises and pension cuts - are necessary if Greece is to get its NYC professor sees meaning in garbage much-needed bailout cash and stay in the eurozone. For political scientist Georges Contogeorgis, By Verena Dobnik worker. “She’s part of the family,” says sanitation Assistant roll call. “I get to work with people who make a differ- Tsipras’ ratings remain relatively high because the lat- Chief Keith Mellis. ence every single day.” est austerity measures have yet to really bite. “For the ew York’s sanitation department has its very own Her biggest contribution, as far as the city’s 6,400 Elliot Belnavis, a 27-year-old newcomer, notes that moment Greeks are not really feeling the effects of anthropologist-in-residence, a garbage guru who rank-and-file sanitation workers are concerned, is in while members of the police and fire departments are the new (bailout),” Contogeorgis said. “That’s why Nstudies the refuse along the curbs of the nation’s raising morale for a job that is often overlooked. In treated as heroes, “we’re invisible.” Nagle’s introduction Tsipras has managed to hang on to the popularity he biggest city as a mirror into the lives of its 8.5 million res- talks to new recruits, she spreads a message of pride to his new job left him with a greater appreciation of his has in reserve.” His personal appeal is another factor, idents. “What does trash tell you about us?” asks New that the 134-year-old department nicknamed “New role, he says. “I now definitely feel like sanitation workers noted Sefertzis. “Tsipras is rather charismatic. He is York University professor Robin Nagle, who frequently York’s Strongest” is “the city’s most important uni- are the most important workers that we have in this city,” young, he is charming,” he said. “Besides, he can cast goes out on trucks with garbage-collection crews in formed force,” clearing streets of the refuse that would Belnavis says. “If we don’t pick up the garbage off the himself as someone who was ultimately forced to search of an answer. So, what’s her take on the nearly 3.5 otherwise breed vermin and disease. “I love sanitation,” streets, if we don’t take care of the snow, nobody can bend to the Europeans, but did what he could.” million-ton annual trash pile collected by New York’s Nagle says at a Department of Sanitation garage as she move. It starts with us, and when we do our job, every- Kicking off his electoral campaign on Saturday, Department of Sanitation? exchanges bear hugs with men reporting to morning body else can do their job.” —AP Tsipras insisted that he had not “surrendered” but was “We’re a throwaway culture that’s going too fast,” she ready to “stand up and continue to fight battles” for says. Modern Gotham, she says, tends to treat just about Greeks. Nevertheless, Contogeorgis pointed out that everything - from furniture to electronics to clothing - the Syriza leader has lost “half of his popularity” since like so many paper coffee cups. “We assume that we his election in January, when his party won 36.3 per- don’t need to waste time taking care of mundane, useful cent of the vote - far ahead of New Democracy on objects when we can, with no responsibility, get rid of 27.8 percent. Syriza’s eight months in power have them,” she says. been far from easy, with banks forced to shut to avert Factor in a city of mostly small apartments, where res- a catastrophic bank run, and Greeks struggling under idents are constantly tossing out stuff to make more capital controls, including limits on withdrawals from space, and you get what Nagle considers a gold mine for ATMs. garbage pickers. Many residents furnish their homes And it remains to be seen how much of an impact with other people’s refuse. Some forage for edible food the Syriza rebels - at least 25 of whom have split off to that’s never been cooked, such as bagels, rice and pasta. form a new party, Popular Unity - could have on the And a private wardrobe could be filled with rejected vote. Opinion polls suggest they could manage to clothing, shoes and jewelry, along with sofas, beds, make it into parliament. Their leader Panagiotis domestic appliances, even paintings. “The quantities of Lafazanis, a former communist who believes Greece trash that New Yorkers throw out are dazzling,” Nagle could happily exist outside the euro, enjoys “a big says. “And the quality of goods they put on the street influence within Syriza”, according to Sefertzis. —AFP because they’re done with it and discardable is also very impressive.” On a micro level, Nagle says, sanitation workers get to know the rhythms of the people on their route from the refuse she calls “the physical record of our daily lives”. If All articles appearing on these there’s a divorce, they might find photos of the former spouse thrown out. Or if someone has had a drinking pages are the personal opinion of problem, it’s reflected in the bottles. Or when babies the writers. Kuwait Times takes no arrive, disposable diapers appear. responsibility for views expressed Nagle, 54, lobbied sanitation officials for two years therein. Kuwait Times invites read- before being named to the unpaid position of anthro- pologist-in-residence in 2006. Her research has led to ers to voice their opinions. Please several books, a TED Talk, a New York University course send submissions via email to: opin- she teaches titled “Garbage in Gotham” and a personal [email protected] or via snail campaign to get manufacturers to use more recyclable mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. materials. But Nagle has not been merely an ivory-tower The editor reserves the right to edit scholar. She’s gotten her hands dirty, literally, by going New York University professor and Department of Sanitation of New York anthropologist-in-residence through the training, learning to drive the trucks and Robin Nagle puts some discarded refuse into the truck as she accompanies sanitation worker Joe any submission as necessary. working for almost a year as a regular, salaried sanitation Damiano during his morning rounds on Aug 12, 2015 in New York. —AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 SPORTS

Brady back in court to Weightlifters’ bans upheld Juve suffer side effects fight ‘Deflategate’ SOFIA: Bulgarian weightlifters banned over doping violations will not compete at the world championships after the Court of Arbitration for of dismantling team NEW YORK: New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady returned to court Sport (CAS) upheld the punishments imposed by the sport’s interna- MILAN: Juventus appear to be suffering from a predictable early-season yesterday, just days before a federal judge was expected to rule on whether tional governing body (IWF). to uphold the football superstar’s four-game “Deflategate” suspension. slump in the wake of a summer spent fumbling around the transfer mar- “CAS confirmed the ITF decision,” the Bulgarian federation, which ket in a bid to rebuild a team that had grown to dominate Serie A. Juve The four-time Super Bowl champion and National Football League appealed against the 11 bans hoping that the weightlifters would be Commissioner Roger Goodell had been ordered to attend a court hearing in have captured four straight league titles, including runaway wins in the allowed to compete at the worlds in the United States in November, last two seasons, but have seen their strangehold loosened in just eight New York before U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who could decide the said in a statement yesterday. days with back-to-back losses at the start of the 2015-16 campaign. case but has pushed for a settlement. In March, eight male weightlifters, including three European champi- With dozens of news cameras set up outside the court- ons, and three female athletes, tested positive for the banned anabolic Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at AS Roma was the first time that house, Brady and Goodell arrived within moments of each steroid stanozolol at a training camp for the European championships Juventus have lost two league matches in a row since other around 9:30 a.m. EDT (1330 GMT). in Tbilisi, Georgia. March 2011, the last season before their dominance It is likely the two sides planned to meet with Berman Asen Muradov, Ferdi Nazif, Vladimir Urumov, Stoyan Enev, Deyan began, and the first time they have ever lost their first privately before the 11 a.m. hearing to discuss any progress Minchev as well as female athletes Nadezhda-Mey Tuy Nguen, and two fixtures. The lacklustre start, however, can hardly be toward a deal, although there has been no indication that a Maya Ivanova were suspended for nine months. deemed as that big a surprise following the loss of three settlement is near. Brady was suspended for four games Former European champion Demir Demirev, 2014 European champi- influential players, and the heart of last season’s team, dur- over his alleged role in a scheme to deflate footballs used in ons Ivan Markov and Ivaylo Filev and female weightlifter Milka Maneva ing the summer. the Patriots’ 45-7 victory over the Indianapolis Colts in a were banned for 18 months as they were already suspended for doping. Playmaker Andrea Pirlo, whose arrival in 2011 January playoff game. The Patriots’ win sent the team to the Bulgarian weightlifting has suffered repeated embarrassment due to sparked Juve’s dominant run, decided that at 36, it Super Bowl, where they defeated the Seattle doping cases and the national body was temporarily stripped of its was time to bid farewell to Serie A and ply his Seahawks 28-24. —Reuters license in 2009.—-Reuters trade in North America. —Ruters Yankees down Braves, Tigers stumble

ATLANTA: Rookie pitcher Luis Jean Machi pitched a perfect ninth Severino allowed four hits in six score- for his third save. DeGrom (12-7) less innings to lead the New York rebounded from a bout of food poi- Yankees to a 3-1 victory over Matt soning that perhaps contributed to Wisler and the Atlanta Braves on the worst start of his two-year career Saturday night. Monday at Philadelphia. On Saturday, Severino (3-1) was lifted for pinch- he struck out 10 in six innings, yield- hitter Alex Rodriguez in the seventh. ing two runs and four hits. Soon after Rodriguez was introduced, a fan fell from the upper level deck ROYALS 6, RAYS 3 onto the lower level seats. He was giv- Mike Moustakas had three hits and en emergency treatment and trans- three RBIs, and Kendrys Morales kept ported to a hospital where he was up his torrid two-out hitting for AL pronounced dead. Central-leading Kansas City. The fan, a man believed to be in his Morales had an RBI single and 60s, was not identified by police Moustakas a run-scoring double off pending notification of next of kin. Jake Odorizzi (6-7) as the Royals The Yankees remained 1 1/2 games grabbed a 4-3 lead in the fifth. behind first-place Toronto in the AL Morales leads the majors with 47 RBIs East with their second straight win with two outs this season, breaking over the Braves. The Braves have lost the team record of 46 set by Joe four straight and 11 of 12. The sellout Randa in 2000. crowd of 49,243 was a season-high at Lorenzo Cain had a run-scoring sin- Turner Field. gle in the sixth, and Moustakas added Andrew Miller pitched a perfect an RBI single in the ninth. Kris Medlen ninth for his 28th save. Wisler (5-5), (3-0) allowed three runs and four hits also a rookie right-hander, gave up over 5 1-3 innings in his second start two runs, four hits and four walks in and ninth appearance since returning six-plus innings. from elbow ligament replacement surgery. Wade Davis got the last three BLUE JAYS 15, TIGERS 1 outs for his 13th save. Edwin Encarnacion hit three home runs and equaled a Toronto record NATIONALS 5, MARLINS 1 with nine RBIs. Encarnacion extended Clint Robinson and Ian Desmond his hitting streak to 24 games, the hit back-to-back home runs, and longest in the majors this season, with Jordan Zimmermann pitched seven a three-run homer off Buck Farmer (0- innings for Washington. Ryan 3) in the first inning. Zimmerman also homered for the Encarnacion hit a two-run shot off Nationals, who pulled within 5 1-2 Guido Knudson in the sixth, then con- games of first-place New York in the nected for a grand slam against Alex NL East. Wilson in the seventh. Encarnacion hit Zimmermann (11-8) won his third his third slam of the season, matching straight start. He gave up a run and the club record shared by Carlos seven hits. Justin Bour ended Delgado and Darrin Fletcher. Zimmermann’s shutout bid with his The Blue Jays have scored 10 or 12th homer leading off the seventh. ATLANTA: New York Yankees’ Greg Bird hits a double to bring in a run in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves. — AP more runs in 21 games this year. They Miami starter Tom Koehler (8-13) is have totaled 709 runs this season - the still seeking his first win since July 23. 14-3 in their last 17 games. Mark straight loss. Chicago trailed 7-2 with single with two outs in the sixth were big factors in Oakland’s 6-4 loss Yankees began the day second in the He allowed five runs and nine hits Melancon gave up a two-run homer two outs in the eighth before rallying inning, and Adrian Beltre hit his 13th in the series opener Friday night. majors with 604. Drew Hutchison (13- over six innings in losing his seventh to Nick Hundley in the ninth but hung for four runs. Tom Wilhelmsen got the home run for Texas. The Rangers have Fernando Rodriguez (4-1) pitched 2) won his fourth straight start. straight. He did have two hits. on for his 43rd save. last four outs for his sixth save in six won three straight. The Orioles have two innings for the victory as Oakland Happ (7-7) won his third straight chances. lost 10 of their last 12. In each loss, won at Arizona for the first time since CARDINALS 6, GIANTS 0 PHILLIES 4, PADRES 3 decision after giving up one run and they have scored three runs or fewer. June 17, 2008. Drew Pomeranz struck Lance Lynn pitched into the eighth Adam Morgan pitched six strong five hits in 5 2-3 innings. Ramirez sent REDS 12, BREWERS 9 Wilson snapped a 3-3 tie when he out the side in the ninth for his third inning before leaving with ankle innings and drove in the eventual a breaking ball from Chris Rusin (4-7) Joey Votto put Cincinnati ahead lined Mychal Givens’ first pitch over save as the Diamondbacks fell to 1-5 injury that’s not considered serious winning run, and Darnell Sweeney into the seats in left field in the first with a two-run home run in the ninth third baseman Manny Machado to on their homestand. Andrew Chafin and beat San Francisco for the first homered to lead Philadelphia. The inning for his 13th home run of the inning. Trailing 9-8, Votto hit his 25th score Elvis Andrus, who reached on a (5-1) took the loss. time in his career. Phillies have won all five games season and second since rejoining the homer off Brewers closer Francisco two-out triple. Lynn (11-8) awkwardly came off against San Diego this season and 11 Pirates on July 25. Rodriguez (0-3), whose streak of 35 Rangers left-hander Martin Perez DODGERS 5, CUBS 2 the mound to field Juan Perez’s lead- of 14. Matt Kemp returned to the line- consecutive saves dating to last sea- (2-3) allowed three runs and seven Andre Ethier singled in two runs in off chopper in the eighth and twisted up for San Diego after missing two INDIANS 8, ANGELS 3 son was broken. Todd Frazier hit his hits with no walks in 6 1-3 innings. the seventh inning, helping Los his right ankle trying to throw to first. games due to a sore left shoulder and Yan Gomes’ eighth-inning grand 30th homer for the Reds. Ubaldo Jimenez (9-9) gave up four Angeles rally for its fifth consecutive He gave up six hits, struck out two and extended his streak of safely reaching slam capped a five-run rally for Aroldis Chapman pitched a score- runs in 5 2-3 innings. Shawn Tolleson victory. The Dodgers overcame a balk walked two. He had been 0-4 with a base to 18 straight games with a sixth- Cleveland. Gomes homered to center less ninth to earn his 25th save in 27 earned his 28th save in 30 attempts, by starter Mat Latos that put the Cubs 6.33 ERA in his previous four regular- inning single. The Padres have lost five on the first pitch from Joe Smith (4-4) chances. J.J. Hoover (6-0) got the win. stranding runners at first and third in ahead in the fifth to pound out six of season starts against San Francisco of six. for his first career grand slam, lifting The win ended the Red’s four-game the ninth. their 11 hits in a four-run seventh. and 0-1 in three postseason outings. Morgan (5-4) recovered from the Cleveland to its fourth straight win. losing streak, and the team has won J.P. Howell (5-1) earned the win in The right-hander outpitched Ryan worst outing of his young career by Carlos Santana’s RBI double broke a 3- twice in its last 15 games. ATHLETICS 3, DIAMONDBACKS 2 relief, striking out one in one-third of Vogelsong (9-10). surrendering six hits with three strike- all tie and sent Los Angeles to its sev- Cincinnati starter Matt Garza lasted Stephen Vogt atoned for mistakes an inning. Kenley Jansen pitched the outs and no walks. He gave up two enth loss in nine games. Bryan Shaw just 3 2-3 innings, giving up seven from the previous game, hitting a ninth to earn his 27th save. The Cubs RED SOX 3, METS 1 runs, but neither was earned. (3-2) pitched 1 1-3 scoreless innings runs and 11 hits. Garza has given up splashdown homer into the Chase dropped their fourth straight. Jon Joe Kelly won his sixth straight out- Fellow rookie Colin Rea (2-2) for Cleveland. 19 runs and 27 hits over his last 13 1-3 Field swimming pool and driving in Lester (8-10) gave up five runs and ing by outpitching Jacob deGrom. pitched into the sixth and was tagged Smith entered the game to start innings. three runs for Oakland. eight hits in six-plus innings. The left- Mookie Betts homered and scored for four runs and six hits with four the eighth but didn’t retire a batter, Vogt broke a 2-all tie with a bloop hander struck out seven and walked twice as the last-place Red Sox won strikeouts and two walks in his fourth allowing five runs, four hits and an RANGERS 4, ORIOLES 3 single in the eighth inning. The A’s none in his first road start since July for the eighth time in 11 games. They major-league start. intentional walk. Mike Trout, the Bobby Wilson lined a tie-breaking catcher had two passed balls that 18 at Atlanta. — AP have taken the first two this weekend reigning AL MVP, was 0 for 3 with a at Citi Field after the NL East-leading PIRATES 4, ROCKIES 3 walk and is hitting .194 (18 for 93) in Mets returned from an 8-1 road trip. JA Happ worked into the sixth August. He is 1 for 16 in five games New York has dropped five straight at inning as Aramis Ramirez hit a three- against the Indians this season. Trout home, its worst skid of the season. run homer for Pittsburgh. Happ and hasn’t homered in 21 games, the Kelly (8-6) gave up five hits over 7 Ramirez, both acquired near the trade longest drought of his career. 1-3 innings - matching his previous deadline to give the Pirates needed start for his longest of the year. depth, helped Pittsburgh improve to ASTROS 4, TWINS 1 Mike Fiers followed his no-hitter with another stellar start for Houston, allowing three hits in six-plus innings MLB results/standings for first-place Houston. Fiers (2-0) struck out five while sur- Toronto 9, Detroit 2; NY Mets 5, Boston 4; Tampa Bay 3, Kansas City 2; Cleveland 9, LA rendering one run, on a bases-loaded Angels 2; NY Yankees 20, Atlanta 6; Washington 7, Miami 4; San Diego 9, Philadelphia double-play grounder hit by Trevor 4; Colorado 5, Pittsburgh 0; Milwaukee 4, Cincinnati 1; Minnesota 7, Houston 5; Plouffe in the fourth. He left two on Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 5 (11 innings); Texas 6, Baltimore 0; St. Louis 7, San with no outs in the seventh inning, Francisco 5; Oakland 7, Arizona 4 (11 innings); Chicago Cubs 2, LA Dodgers 0. but Will Harris struck out two of the American League National League next three batters. Eastern Division Eastern Division Luis Valbuena hit a two-run double W L PCT GB NY Mets 72 58 .554 - and Evan Gattis and Jake Marisnick Toronto 74 56 .569 - Washington 66 63 .512 5.5 had RBI singles against Mike Pelfrey NY Yankees 72 57 .558 1.5 Atlanta 54 76 .415 18 (6-8), who has combined for only 13 2- Tampa Bay 64 66 .492 10 Miami 52 79 .397 20.5 3 innings over his last three starts. Baltimore 63 67 .485 11 Philadelphia 52 79 .397 20.5 Luke Gregerson got the last three outs Boston 60 70 .462 14 Central Division for his 25th save. Central Division St. Louis 84 46 .646 - Kansas City 80 50 .615 - Pittsburgh 79 50 .612 4.5 MARINERS 7, WHITE SOX 6 Minnesota 67 63 .515 13 Chicago Cubs 74 55 .574 9.5 Kyle Seager hit a two-run home Cleveland 63 66 .488 16.5 Milwaukee 55 75 .423 29 run in a three-run first inning as Chicago White Sox61 68 .473 18.5 Seattle withstood Chicago’s late rally. Detroit 60 70 .462 20 Cincinnati 53 76 .411 30.5 Western Division Hisashi Iwakuma (6-3) gave up two Western Division runs and seven hits and worked out of Houston 72 59 .550 - LA Dodgers 72 57 .558 - two bases-loaded jams in 5 2-3 Texas 68 61 .527 3 San Francisco 69 61 .531 3.5 LA Angels 65 65 .500 6.5 Arizona 63 67 .485 9.5 innings to get his fourth win in his last Seattle 61 70 .466 11 San Diego 63 67 .485 9.5 five outings. Oakland 57 74 .435 15 Colorado 52 76 .406 19.5 White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija (8-11) took his career-worst sixth TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 SPORTS

CARDIFF: Australia captain Meg Lanning (centre) holds the trophy as Australia players celebrate winning the Women’s Ashes series 2015 in a presentation after the T20 International women’s cricket match between England and Australia. — AP Morgan leads England to T20 win against Australia Tempers flare as

CARDIFF: England captain Eoin Morgan marked his return to cricket by top-scor- ing in a five-run win over Australia in the India eye series win lone Twenty20 international in Cardiff yesterday. Morgan made 74 and shared a third- COLOMBO: Fired-up India eyed their first series wicket stand of 135 with fellow left-han- win in Sri Lanka for 22 years when the home SCOREBOARD der Moeen Ali (72 not out) in a total of team’s top order collapsed during the decisive 182 for five after England, sent into bat, final Test in Colombo yesterday. had slumped to 18 for two. Sri Lanka, set a tough victory target of 386, COLOMBO: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the third and final Test between Sri Lanka His innings was a vindication of the lost three wickets for 21 runs before moving to and India at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo yesterday: month’s break Morgan had from cricket 67 without further loss by stumps on a tense India 1st innings: 312 (C. Pujara 145 not out, (Binny), 7-179 (Ojha), 8-234 (Mishra), 9-269 after being rested by Middlesex-whose fourth day at the Sinhalese Sports Club. A. Mishra 59, D. Prasad 4-100, R. Herath 3-84) (Yadav), 10-274 (Ashwin) director of cricket, Angus Fraser, is also Tempers flared in the final session as Ishant Sri Lanka 1st innings: 201 (K. Perera 55, R. Bowling: Prasad 19-3-69-4 (nb4, w2), Pradeep an England selector-following a poor run Sharma and the Sri Lankan fielders had a heated Herath 49, I. Sharma 5-54, S. Binny 2-24, A. 17-2-62-4 (w1), Herath 22-0-89-1, Mathews 6- of domestic form. Australia, however, exchange after Dhammika Prasad bowled three Mishra 2-25) 3-11-0, Kaushal 12-2-41-0 (nb1) were on course for victory while skipper consecutive bouncers to the Indian tailender. Steven Smith was making a Twenty20 Dinesh Chandimal nudged Sharma with his India 2nd innings (overnight 21-3): Sri Lanka 2nd innings: international best 90. shoulder, forcing umpires Nigel Llong and Rod C. Pujara b Prasad 0 U. Tharanga c Ojha b I. Sharma 0 But they lost five wickets for 16 runs in Tucker to step in to calm down the players. L. Rahul b Pradeep 2 K. Silva not out 24 A. Rahane lbw b Pradeep 4 D. Karunaratne c Ojha b Yadav 0 14 balls and finished on 177 for eight. As Sharma hurried off the field after the Indian innings ended, Prasad sprinted behind V. Kohli c Tharanga b Pradeep 21 D. Chandimal c Kohli b I. Sharma 18 Australia needed 12 to win off the last him and television pictures showed the two R. Sharma c Pradeep b Prasad 50 A. Mathews not out 22 over, bowled by all-rounder Ben Stokes. players speaking to each other outside the S. Binny c Tharanga b Prasad 49 Extras: (lb2, nb1) 3 However, they lost three wickets, two to dressing rooms. N. Ojha c Karunaratne b Herath 35 Total (for 3 wickets, 18.1 overs) 67 run outs, with Stokes also having Nathan Indian batsman Rohit Sharma, who hit a half- A. Mishra run out 39 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Tharanga), 2-2 Coulter-Nile out for a duck when Adil century, played down the on-field tension, say- R. Ashwin c Perera b Prasad 58 (Karunaratne), 3-21 (Chandimal) U. Yadav c Herath b Pradeep 4 Rashid held a skyer at short third man. ing he saw Ishant Sharma and Prasad chatting I. Sharma not out 2 Bowling: I. Sharma 7-2-14-2 (nb1), Yadav 5-1- Stokes conceded just six runs off the over over tea after play. “Such incidents happen,” he and finished with one for 29 in his maxi- Extras: (b1, lb1, w3, nb5) 10 32-1, Binny 4-1-13-0, Mishra 2-0-2-0, Ashwin CARDIFF: Australia’s Glenn Maxwell plays a said. “They are actually very good friends off the Total (all out, 76 overs) 274 0.1-0-4-0 mum four-over stint. Earlier, England lost shot during the T20 International cricket field. I just saw them having tea together after Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Pujara), 2-2 (Rahul), 3-7 Sri Lanka need 319 more runs to win with sev- openers Alex Hales (three) and Jason Roy match between England and Australia. — AP the game, which is good.” (Rahane), 4-64 (Kohli), 5-118 (R. Sharma), 6-160 en wickets in hand. (11) in four balls from paceman Pat Ishant Sharma, who was fined 65 percent of Cummins to be 18 for two in four overs. and Shane Watson dismissed for eight. his match fee for misconduct during the second Morgan, however, struck a superb Left-hander Warner saw a miscued Test, vented his anger with the ball when Sri India have not won a Test series in Sri Lanka six wickets contributing 210 runs after the top straight six off all-rounder Shaun Marsh pull shot off David Willey fly straight to Lanka’s second innings began. since 1993 when Mohammad Azharuddin’s men four had fallen for 64. that sent the ball soaring out of the Finn at third man. Watson’s woeful tour, The lanky seamer had Upul Tharanga edging clinched a 1-0 victory. Rohit Sharma said he The revival began with a 54-run partnership ground and into the River Taff. which saw him dropped from the Test his sixth delivery to wicket-keeper Naman Ojha, hoped India can win, just as they did in the sec- for the fifth wicket between Rohit Sharma (50) England took 19 runs off Cameron side during England’s 3-2 Ashes series and Chandimal was caught by skipper Virat Kohli ond Test where Sri Lanka were bowled out for and Stuart Binny (49) before Ravichandran Boyce’s lone over of the innings.It meant win, continued when he played on to at second slip after the ball bounced out of third 134 chasing a target of 413. Ashwin smashed 58 to boost the total. the leg-spinner, who did not feature in fast bowler Finn, the batsman missing slip Lokesh Rahul’s hands. “We are in a very good position right now,” he Ojha scored 35, but Amit Mishra (39) and said. “Most of the wickets have been taken by Ashwin increased the lead with a 55-run stand the Ashes and has not been included for with a kick at the ball before it trickled In between, Umesh Yadav forced Dimuth onto the stumps. Karunaratne to edge a catch to Ojha. But opener the seamers but the spinners have also done for the eighth wicket. Prasad and Pradeep fin- the five one-day internationals that fol- well. “A target of 380-plus is never easy for any ished with four wickets each on a seaming But Smith and Glenn Maxwell (44) Kaushal Silva and skipper Angelo Mathews low yesterday’s match, was left contem- team and I guess we will just have to come out pitch where 15 wickets had fallen on the third repaired the damage with a third-wicket stemmed the rot with an unbroken 46-run stand plating a round trip of some 20,000 miles for the fourth wicket. Sri Lanka will begin the tomorrow and do what we did in the previous day. Sri Lanka won the opening Test in Galle stand of 112. Maxwell though fell to off- to bowl six balls in international cricket final day’s play on Tuesday needing 319 more to match. One more job, and we are through.” by 63 runs, but India drew level with a 278-run this tour. Morgan also hammered spinner Ali’s first ball when a pull shot win in a minimum of 98 overs, with Silva unbeat- Resolute batting by India’s lower order had win in the second match at the P. Sara Oval in Cummins for two sixes before he was was brilliantly caught by a diving Stokes, en on 24 and Mathews on 22. lifted their second innings to 274, with the last Colombo. — AFP well-caught on the long-on boundary by running round at long-on. Watson off paceman Coulter-Nile. Smith was in sight of a hundred when Former Ireland international Morgan he pulled Willey to Roy at mid-wicket. He faced 39 balls, hitting three fours and faced 53 balls, hitting four sixes and sev- seven sixes. Cummins, however, came en fours. It was Smith’s highest score at back well to finish with two for 25. Man- this level, comfortably surpassing his of-the-match Ali, deprived of the strike previous Twenty20 international best of late on, faced 46 balls and struck six fours 34 against Sri Lanka at Perth in 2010. and two sixes. Australia, as was the case Australia were then 165 for five, needing with England, saw their openers fall 18 to win off nine balls. But from then on, cheaply, with David Warner out for four their innings fell away. — AFP

SCOREBOARD

CARDIFF: Completed scoreboard in the lone Twenty20 international between England and Australia at Cardiff’s Sophia Gardens yesterday: England Australia J. Roy c Coulter-Nile b Cummins 11 D. Warner c Finn b Willey 4 A. Hales b Cummins 3 S. Watson b Finn 8 M. Ali not out 72 S. Smith c Roy b Willey 90 G. Maxwell c Stokes b Ali 44 E. Morgan c Watson b Coulter-Nile 74 M. Marsh b Topley 13 J. Buttler c Cummins b Starc 11 M. Stoinis not out 10 S. Billings run out (Smith/Starc) 2 M. Wade run out (Morgan/Stokes) 2 B. Stokes not out 1 N. Coulter-Nile c Rashid b Stokes 0 Extras (lb3, w5) 8 P. Cummins run out (Roy/Stokes) 0 Total (5 wkts, 20 overs) 182 M. Starc not out 0 Did not bat: A Rashid, D Willey, S Finn, R Extras (lb5, w1) 6 Topley Total (8 wkts, 20 overs) 177 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Hales), 2-18 (Roy), 3- Did not bat: C Boyce Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Warner), 2-12 153 (Morgan), 4-168 (Buttler), 5-180 (Watson), 3-124 (Maxwell), 4-161 (Marsh), (Billings) 5-165 (Smith), 6-172 (Wade), 7-174 Bowling: Starc 4-0-32-1 (4w); Coulter-Nile (Coulter-Nile), 8-175 (Cummins) 4-0-24-1; Cummins 4-0-25-2; Marsh 2-0- Bowling: Willey 4-0-34-2; Finn 4-0-39-1; 21-0; Maxwell 2-0-12-0; Stoinis 1-0-13-0; Topley 4-0-35-1; Rashid 3-0-32-0; Stokes Watson 2-0-33-0 (1w); Boyce 1-0-19-0; 4-0-29-1 (1w); Ali 1-0-3-1 COLOMBO: India’s Umesh Yadav celebrates taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunarathne (unseen) on day four of the third Test cricket match. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 SPORTS Tamulis nabs first LPGA Tour victory

PRATTVILLE: Kris Tamulis counted Ernst shot 68-69 with the weather clear- carrying the score placard. Frank’s down from 29 to 1 during her final-day ing up after delays totaling nearly 7 Houston home was destroyed in a fire in trek at the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic. hours the previous two days. Both April. Tamulis had about 45 minutes to One was definitely the most important parred the final hole with a chance to sweat the win out. Tseng and Ernst both number for the 34-year-old player. force a playoff. had makeable birdie putts on 18, on Tamulis played 29 holes Sunday in Tamulis birdied four of the first six opposite sides of the pin. Ernst’s the twice-delayed tournament before holes in the final round before finally attempt went to the left. Tseng came securing victory No. 1 in the 186th making her only bogey of the last three closer, falling to her knees when her attempt of her LPGA Tour career. She rounds. She hadn’t finished better than putt lipped out. finished a third-round 67 and closed fourth on the tour. “When they both missed I was just shocked,” said Tamulis, who chatted with volunteers and had a snack in air- conditioned comfort instead of watch- ing or practicing for a possible playoff. A friend kept her updated. Tamulis had been fourth last year in Prattville and earlier this year at the Meijer LPGA Classic. She didn’t make the cut at last week’s Canadian Pacific Women’s Open after posting two 73 rounds. Her rounds in Alabama steadily improved from 71 to 68 to 67 and finally 65. It was her first win since Florida State but she had a pair of runners-up finishes in 2004 on the Symetra Tour. Tamulis said she was trying to ignore the leader- board, focusing instead on that count- EDISON: Jason Day of Australia, holds up a trophy after winning The Barclays golf tournament. — AP down from 29 holes with playing part- ners Sei Young Kim and Wei-Ling Hsu. “The last time I actually saw where it Day wins at Barclays was at was by accident on No. 9,” she said. “Then I felt really good and I was just out there trying to have a good EDISON: The toughest challenge As long as he has dreamed of inside 10 feet. “As bad as I putted time. My goal was to come in here have Jason Day faced Sunday at The being No. 1, Day is trying to forget today, I think I made the hardest putt a decent week, play well and secure my Barclays was convincing his peers that about it. “Right now I’m trying to focus today,” Villegas said. spots in Asia.” golf really isn’t this easy. He’s just mak- on getting some rest and going into The Barclays did not end well for She also wanted to ensure she made ing it look that way. Fresh off his first next week, trying to play that golf Stewart Cink and Nick Taylor. Cink the field in her hometown of Naples, major at the PGA Championship, the course, which I absolutely love,” he needed a par on the final hole to Florida, for the season finale, the CME 27-year-old Australian powered and said. “All positive stuff.” Stenson gave it advance, pulled his tee shot left into Group Tour Championship. Her expres- putted his way to another blowout a good shot. He made birdies on the high grass and missed a 15-foot par sion matched the smiley face magnet against a world-class field, capping off 13th and 14th holes to get within two putt for a 72. He finished at No. 102 in affixed to her visor, given to her a cou- an explosive weekend at Plainfield shots, and Day hit a tee shot well to the FedEx Cup. Taylor, the Canadian ple of years ago by an elderly score- with an 8-under 62 for a six-shot vic- the right in the trees in the group rookie who won early in the season keeper in Phoenix. tory over Henrik Stenson. behind on No. 13. There was just last November, took a double bogey Tseng is a 26-year-old Taiwanese It was his third victory in his last enough of an opening for Day to on the 14th hole and then missed a 7- player who ranked No. 1 for 109 weeks four starts dating to another close call pound a gap wedge over the trees foot birdie putt on the final hole that early in her career. She came close to at the British Open, where he left a 30- and onto the green, and then he would have sent him to Boston. snapping an 85-event winless streak foot birdie putt short on the final hole effectively ended the tournament. Day has no such worries. He is in dating to the 2012 Kia Classic, making a at St. Andrews and missed out on a He holed a 30-foot birdie across free flight, even though his week long birdie putt on No. 16. This was Tseng’s second runner-up finish of the playoff by one shot. In his mind, that’s the green on the par-3 14th, and began with some doubt. He was mov- PRATTVILLE: Kris Tamulis kisses the trophy after winning the Yokohama year. where it all changed. rolled in a birdie from 35 feet on the ing a box from under his motor home Tire LPGA Classic golf tournament. — AP “I don’t know where that emotion “Ever since then, I just felt a lot 15th to stretch his lead to five shots. when he felt a twinge in his back, and came from,” she said. “I just feel that I’m more calm on the golf course,” he said. The top 100 in the FedEx Cup Day pulled out of the pro-am to rest with a 65 to beat Yani Tseng and Austin Tamulis was all smiles at the end. She so ready to win.” Tseng said she enjoyed “I felt like it was my time. Mentally I advance to the next playoff event at his back and have tests to check on Ernst by a stroke. made a short birdie putt on the 17th feeling “that pressure, that nerves on felt like, ‘You paid your dues, now it’s the TPC Boston. PGA Tour rookie Zac the structural being of his back. The former Florida State player had a hole, cheerfully telling two fans “28 of the last few holes or on the last group.” time to go out and win tournaments.’ Blair was among eight players who He still felt some pain on Thursday, 17-under 271 total on The Senator 29 completed today.” Then, a long birdie Ernst was seeking her second tour win. I’m not going to say in the future it’s played their way into the top 100, and but the heat helped over the week- Course and didn’t show the strain of putt, hit seemingly perfectly on line, Sydnee Michaels finished with a 67, fin- going to be like this all the time, he did it in a big way. He closed with a end. And nothing was hotter than his being in contention with so little margin stopped inches shy of the final hole. Still ishing in a fourth-place tie with 2011 because it’s very difficult to win.” 66 and tied for fourth, moving him putter. He began the back nine with a for error. “It was amazing,” Tamulis said. “I smiling, she told her caddie Thomas winner Lexi Thompson. Thompson Day shot 63-62 on the weekend from No. 106 to No. 35. 30-foot birdie putt on No. 10 to keep was definitely not expecting this today.” Frank the ball needed just “a little more closed with a 69 and was in the 60s all and finished at 19-under 261. He won Camilo Villegas at No. 123 his margin, and it never looked as Tseng had rounds of 71 and 67, and oomph,” then chatted with the teenager four rounds. — AP two weeks ago at Whistling Straits by appeared to be playing his way out of though anyone else was going to win. three shots over Jordan Spieth with a another week when he made three “It’s been a special summer for me, record score to par at 20-under 268. straight bogeys early on the back and it’s not over,” Day said. “To be able And the week after St. Andrews, he nine. Facing elimination if he failed to to play the way I did over the week- won the Canadian Open by one shot make par on the 18th, he got up-and- end is fantastic. Today was just phe- over Bubba Watson at 17-under 271. down by making a par putt from just nomenal golf.” —AP “Jason is full of confidence, just heating it up, making birdies,” said Stenson, who pulled within two shots at one point and closed with a 66. “It Inkster bags would have taken something really special to challenge him today the way he’s playing at the moment.” The Legends Watson, who birdied the 18th hole for a 69 to finish third, was standing FRENCH LICK: US Solheim Cup cap- a lot better. I had no idea where I on the 15th hole when he said he tain Juli Inkster won The Legends was in the tournament. I just tried to turned to caddie Ted Scott and told Championship on Sunday, finishing keep making birdies. It was good to him, “I’m playing good the last few with a 4-under 68 for a two-stroke win. I feel good.” months, and Jason Day is playing a victory over Trish Johnson. The 31-time LPGA winner earned thousand times better.” Better than “If a 55-year-old can win, they $37,500 for her first Legends Tour anyone? can, too,” Inkster said about her victory. Johnson bogeyed the final The victory, his fourth on the PGA Solheim Cup team that will face hole for a 70. Pat Hurst and Lorie Tour this year, moved him to No. 1 in Europe in Germany on Sept. 18-20. Kane tied for third. Hurst had a 69, the FedEx Cup and assures that Day “This has been a tough year, and I’m and Kane shot 70. will be among the top five who have a really tired right now. I have an out- Jan Stephenson won the Super clear shot at the $10 million bonus at ing Tuesday in Detroit, then I’ll be Legends competition for players 63 home for a week.” and older. The 63-year-old the Tour Championship. More com- The Hall of Famer had a 5-under Australian shot a 71 for an eight- pelling is another race to No. 1. 139 total after opening with a 71 on shot victory over Judy Dickinson. Day remains at No. 3 in the world, SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT: Japan poses for a photo after winning the Little League World Series Championship base- French Lick Resort’s Pete Dye Stephenson finished at even-par but now enters the picture with ball game against Lewisberry. Japan won 18-11. — AP Course. “I wasn’t playing very well 144. “Winning can never get old,” Spieth and Rory McIlroy for golf on the front side, but I birdied 13, Stephenson said. “This was so much supremacy. All three will have a math- 15, 17 and 18,” Inkster said. “That fun, and it was really emotional for Tokyo wins Little League title ematical chance to get to No. 1 at the won the tournament for me. I me. It was for my mom. She passed Deutsche Bank Championship next stayed patient and started hitting it away earlier in the month.” — AP SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT: With more runs in its other tournament games, Lewisberry manager Tom Peifer said. week at the TPC Boston. than 42,000 fans cheering against but Lewisberry scored 10 times and “They hit pitches I’ve never seen kids, them, the Tokyo players found them- sent 14 batters to the plate in the bot- especially 12-year-olds, hit.” selves down eight runs in the first tom of the first after falling behind 2-0. Lewisberry got one back in the bot- inning of the Little League champi- Lewisberry knocked out starting tom of the third. Braden onship game against Lewisberry, pitcher Daiki Fukuyama before an out Kolmansberger hit the ball over the Pennsylvania. was recorded in the first. Dylan head of Japan’s center fielder and That brought out manager Junji Rodenhaber made his first hit of the eventually scored when third baseman Hidaka’s inner Yogi Berra and sparked tournament count, hitting the ball Koki Jo could not handle a slow roller a record rally that saw the Kitasua over the right-field fence for a grand by Henline. The teams broke the previ- Little League pound out 22 hits in an slam. Jaden Henline added a three-run ous Little League record of 23 com- 18-11 comeback victory in a battle of homer, a shot that went deep into the bined runs in a championship game undefeated teams. shrubbery in straightaway center field. — a mark that had stood since 1947. “I told the players it doesn’t end The Red Land Little League, which Lewisberry’s 10-run first inning also until it ends,” Hidaka said through a draws players from several central was a record, as was the teams’ com- translator. Tokyo responded with sev- Pennsylvania towns around bined 30 hits. The eight-run deficit was en runs in the second, four in the third Lewisberry, scored three more times the largest overcome in any Little inning and five in the sixth. Masafuji sending what amounted to a home- League World Series game. Nishijima had four hits and six RBIs, town crowd of more than 42,000 fans Tokyo had not won by more than and Shingo Tomita hit two of Tokyo’s into a frenzy. two runs all tournament and had won five home runs. Fans of the Lewisberry team helped its last two in the team’s final at-bat. It Tokyo’s third pitcher, Nobuyuki set a tournament attendance record of used the final inning in the champi- Kawashima, held Lewisberry in check 499,964, well over the previous mark onship game to add five insurance most of the game, giving up just one of 414,905 set in 2011 when a team runs, highlighted by Kengo Tomita’s run and two hits over five innings. from Keystone, Pennsylvania, was in triple that scored Aoki and opened the “Today my fastball wasn’t going fast the tournament. Tokyo responded floodgates. enough,” said the 12-year-old, who after their manager’s pep talk. Yugo Pennsylvania came in with four lived for four years in California, and Aoki hit a three-run homer in the top World Series titles, but the last was in speaks fluent English. “I knew my of the second, which was followed 1960 when a team from Levittown breaking ball had to be on the corner, with solo shots from twin brothers accomplished that feat. Lewisberry is down low, where the batters can’t Kengo and Shingo Tomita. the first in-state team to win the U.S. reach too far or it just gets them off- Daiki Fukuyama added a two-run title since a team from Shippensburg balance.” double up the middle to bring the did it in 1990. It was the 10th title for Japan, sec- Japanese back within a run. Shingo “There are a lot of tears, even from ond behind Taiwan’s record 17. It’s the Tomita tied it at 10 in the third inning myself, to know that the run is over” third title for the Kitasuna Little with a solo home run to left field. said Peifer. “But we quickly told them, League team, which also took home Three batters later, Masafuji Nishijima ‘When we leave here, let’s get the tears championship pennants in 2001 and hit a three-run homer to make it 13-10. out, because there is nothing to be sad 2012. Tokyo had given up a total of 10 “They just put the bat on the ball,” about.’” —AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 SPORTS Shock, Sparks advance

TULSA: Odyssey Sims scored 30 points, convert- ing six free throws in the final 19 seconds, and the Tulsa Shock held off Indiana 76-70 on Sunday to secure the franchise’s first playoff berth since 2009. The Shock had not reached the playoffs since moving to Tulsa from Detroit in 2010. The fran- chise already has announced that it will relocate to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area for the 2016 season. Tulsa (15-14) led by as many as 17 points in the first quarter after running off a string of 15 unanswered points and snapped a string of four straight home-court losses to Indiana (17-12). Karima Christmas had 18 points and Plenette Pierson added 11 for Tulsa. Tamika Catchings scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds, but was the lone player to reach double figures in either category as Indiana had its club-record streak of four consecutive road victories snapped.

SPARKS 60, STARS 52 Jantel Lavender scored a season-high 24 points as the Sparks kept the Stars winless on the road. The Sparks (12-18) opened a three- game home stand with their fourth win in five games after a 3-1 road trip. Los Angeles main- tained its hold on the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Kristi Toliver scored 15 points for the Sparks and Candace Parker posted her 11th double- double in 14 games with 10 points and 11 rebounds. San Antonio (7-23) pulled within 49- 45 on Jia Perkins’s jumper with 7:20 left, but Toliver knocked down an 18-footer and Alana Beard converted a layup off a Parker feed to push the lead back to 53-45. Perkins finished with 15 points to lead the Stars.

LYNX 71, MERCURY 61 Maya Moore scored 28 points and Sylvia Fowles added 14 points and 13 rebounds to help the Lynx beat the Mercury. Renee Montgomery had 15 points for the Lynx (20-10), who now lead Phoenix by three games in the Western Conference. Minnesota, which was 2-of-10 shooting to open the game and missed 11 straight shots in the second quarter, started the second half with SPAIN: MTN-Qhubeka Italian cyclist Kristian Sbaragli celebrates on the podium after a 10-2 run, including a 3-point play by Fowles winning the10th stage of the 2015 Vuelta Espana cycling tour. — AFP that gave the Lynx their first lead of the game, 41-39. A jumper by Moore with 2:53 to play gave Sbaragli wins Vuelta stage capped a 16-4 spurt and made it 66-56 - the Lynx’s biggest lead of the game. DeWanna CASTELLON: Italian Kristian Sbaragli Henao had been part of a 40-man Bonner scored 15 points, Candice Dupree added claimed his first Grand Tour victory in a breakaway group, but his presence forced 14 and Brittney Griner 13 for Phoenix (17-13). sprint finish to yesterday’s 10th stage of Dumoulin’s Giant-Alpecin team to push the Griner also grabbed seven rebounds and MINNEAPOLIS: Minnesota Lynx forwards Devereaux Peters (left) and Rebekkah Brunson (32) Spain’s Vuelta. pace in the peloton to prevent the break- blocked a season-high nine shots, the most in try to block the shot of Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) during the first half of a The MTN Qhubeka rider beat the pre- away gaining too much ground. the WNBA this season. WNBA basketball game. — AP stage favourite, Germany’s John With the peloton grouped together clinch a berth in the playoffs. Delle Donne, who half and Natasha Cloud’s layup with 5:11 left in Degenkolb, into second place with Spain’s after the day’s major climb up the category SUN 72, SKY 68 sat out her second straight game with an injured the third quarter gave the Mystics (16-12) a 10- Jose Joaquin Rojas third to win the two Alto del Desierto de Las Palmas, the Prelsey Bone scored 25 points and foot, received the WNBA Cares Community point lead. The Storm scored the next 19 points, 146.6km ride from Valencia to Castellon in stage seemed set for Degenkolb, who won Connecticut kept its slim playoff hopes alive by Assist Award for July before the game. Courtney as the Mystics went scoreless for 8 minutes, 20 a time of 3hr 12min 43sec. four stages at last year’s Vuelta. erasing a nine-point, fourth-quarter deficit to Vandersloot picked up some of the offensive seconds, to make it 57-48 with 6:24 to play. There were no major changes in the Australian Caleb Ewan, winner of the earn a win over the short-handed Sky. slack, scoring 18 points, but without Delle An 11-5 run pulled Washington within three fight for the general classification so the fifth stage, had abandoned the race earlier Bone scored seven points in the final six min- Donne the Sky were just 1-for-8 from long range. with 2:34 left, but Seattle made 7 of 8 free Netherlands’ Tom Dumoulin maintains the in the day joining the likes of Nacer utes and Chelsea Gray added another six, includ- throws from there to seal it. The Storm shot 91.2 red jersey by 57 seconds from Spaniard Bouhanni and Peter Sagan as potential ing a big 3-point field goal for a 64-62 lead. STORM 69, MYSTICS 59 percent from the line, setting season highs for Joaquim Rodriguez with Colombia’s threats already to Degenkolb to have Connecticut (13-17) would have been elimi- Jewell Loyd had 18 points, making all 14 of both free throws made (31) and attempted (34). Esteban Chaves two seconds further back already withdrawn. However, Sbaragli held nated from the playoffs with a loss. Chicago (18- her free throw attempts, and Crystal Langhorne Ivory Latta scored 12 points for Washington, in third. “I tried to get in front of Degenkolb off a late push for the line by the German to 12) was without league-leading scorer Elena scored 15 to help the Storm beat the Mystics. which hasn’t won in Seattle in its last 10 tries, because he is stronger and had passed me seal a first win at the Vuelta for MTN Delle Donne and Cappie Pondexter, who had 22 Sue Bird added 12 points for the Storm (9-20). dating to July 13, 2005. Emma Meesseman and on other stages,” said Sbaragli. “I have to Qhubeka to go with their debut win at the points in Saturday’s 98-96 win over Atlanta to Washington led by as many as 13 in the first Kia Vaughn added 10 apiece. — AP take a risk to win and it is a dream for me to Tour de France last month thanks to Steve get the first win of my career.” Cummings. After the first rest day of the Chris Froome, who is aiming to become race on Tuesday, Wednesday’s daunting Dixon wins IndyCar championship just the third man to win the Tour de 138km 11th stage through Andorra France and the Vuelta in the same year, includes six categorised climbs with the SONOMA: Stefan Wilson stood in a circle of crew mem- Dixon made mention of Wilson. “He and Justin were Graham Rahal. Needing to get to fifth to win the title, remains 1min 18sec off the lead in eighth. threat of rain making for an even more bers in front of his brother’s car, the entire group pretty close. I know their families were close,” team he moved up one spot to seventh when he passed However, it wasn’t an easy day for his eventful stage than planned. swathed in T-Shirts commemorating Justin Wilson. owner Chip Ganassi said of Dixon. Dixon was a long- Rahal. He got up to sixth when Bourdais was penalized, Team Sky team-mates as Nicholas Roche “It is maybe the hardest stage I am ever The group spoke softly before Sunday’s season shot to win the title after falling 47 points behind then had five laps to close a 3.5-second deficit on Ryan and Sergio Henao both suffered crashes. going to do,” said Dumoulin. “It will be very finale, then broke by yelling “Justin!” in unison. Then Montoya to third in the standings. Montoya led the Briscoe to move to fifth. Montoya made a hard charge, Roche, though, recovered to remain fourth hard, but I will try my best. I don’t mind the they stood together at the car as Wilson was honored in standings from the season-opener until the final lap of ultimately slicing Briscoe’s lead to 1.6 seconds, but he in the overall standings. rain but hopefully it is not too bad.” — AFP a series of pre-race tributes at Sonoma Raceway. There the year. But in a race worth double points, Dixon domi- ran out of time to grab that final spot. He was pragmat- was a video of him, a moment of silence and “God Save nated. The title went to the New Zealand native based ic after the race. “It doesn’t matter what happened,” the Queen,” England’s national anthem, played as a trib- on number of wins: Sunday was Dixon’s third of the sea- Montoya said. “We had a few ways to win the champi- ute. son, while Montoya has just two. onship and we just threw it away. We didn’t close it.” His US top women’s Finally, the number 25 was written high above the “There was still a chance, and that’s what we were biggest disappointment, it seemed, was from the race raceway during a flyover. Then one of Wilson’s closest hoping for,” Dixon said. “I still can’t believe it. We were being worth double points. It was one of two events champions went out and won the IndyCar champi- such a longshot.” Dixon and Ganassi celebrated by leap- this season worth double points - the Indianapolis 500, volleyball World Cup onship and celebrated in the first joyous moment since ing from the championship stage to crowd surf. The vic- won by Montoya, was the other. OKAYAMA: USA capitalized on a rare form for Serbia - which also dealt USA its the British driver was killed a week earlier. Wilson died tory was the 100th for Chip Ganassi Racing, while a “When you do this and you put double points on Russia defeat to move to the top of the only loss of the tournament so far, back last Monday night of a head injury suffered at Pocono Team Penske driver failed to win a championship in the the last race, it doesn’t matter what you’ve done all rankings at the women’s volleyball World on August 23 - plundering 27 points as Raceway a day earlier when a piece of debris from finale for the ninth time since 2002. It also marked year,” Montoya said. Power, the reigning IndyCar cham- Cup yesterday, beating Argentina 25-16, her team picked up its sixth straight win another car struck his helmet. “We all raced with heavy Chevrolet’s fourth consecutive manufacturer champi- pion, was devastated for Team Penske. The organization 25-19, 25-14 in Okayama. to improve to 16 points. hearts this weekend,” said champion Scott Dixon. “It’s onship since the company returned to IndyCar in 2012. had three shots at the title Sunday as Montoya, Power been a very tough week. It’s such a small community. “I’m shocked,” Ganassi said. “We knew we had a car to and Helio Castroneves were among the six drivers That win - in which Kimberly Hill top- Japan and China remained two points But Justin would have wanted us to go out and race, be at the front, and then a lot of other things had to mathematically still in contention. “I feel so gutted for scored with 13 points - improved the US ahead of Serbia after picking up straight and today I gave it my all from when the green flag happen. And they happened.” the team to not win on a draw there,” said Power, who to 19 points, one ahead of Russia which sets wins. Host Japan beat South Korea dropped. Much love to the Wilson family.” Indeed, Dixon was third in the standings as he complained that race control had too much of an effect lost for the first time at the competition 25-17, 26-24, 25-17 in Sendai to move Dixon won his fourth title Sunday by winning the began the race and everyone assumed it was on the race with long yellow flag periods. Rahal, who to Serbia. second in the rankings - ahead of Russia season finale to snatch the championship from Juan Montoya’s title to lose. And he did. Team Penske was in was wrecked last week at Pocono Raceway to have his “We approach every day like a gold- on points ratio - while China sits fourth - Pablo Montoya. He was a fitting winner at the end of a trouble from the midway point of the race when deficit pushed from nine points to Montoya to 34 head- medal match day,” USA captain Christa behind Russia on sets ratio - after beat- somber week. Dixon remained in Pennsylvania to com- Montoya hit teammate Will Power. It sent the ed into the finale, had an off day as he struggled with Dietzen said. “We’re engaged, we’re ing Kenya 25-7, 25-15, 25-14 in fort Wilson’s family after the accident. In 2011, he quiet- Colombian to pit lane for repairs and he was mired in the handling of his car most of the race. The hit from focused and we don’t take days off.” Okayama. ly relocated his family for a few months to Florida to the middle of the pack for the bulk of the race. Bourdais dropped him to an 18th-place finish and he Russia took the first two sets against Elsewhere, Dominican Republic support Dan Wheldon’s family after he died in the sea- Although he picked off a few positions, his break came fell from second to fourth in the final standings. “Today Serbia in Sendai, but Zoran Terzic’s side downed Peru 25-18, 25-19, 22-25, 25-17, son finale. As soon as he climbed Sunday from the car, eight laps from the end when Sebastien Bourdais spun was a bad day to have our worst day,” he said. — AP battled back to claim the final three sets, and Cuba picked up its second victory of triumphing 22-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-23, the competition, overcoming winless 15-12. Tijana Boskovic was in sensational Algeria 25-17, 25-16, 25-14. — AP Jones wins Truck Series race BOWMANVILLE: Erik Jones won the Xfinity Series victories this year. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Driving Kyle Busch Motorsports’ No. 4 race Sunday at Canadian Tire Motorsport Toyota, Jones took a three-point lead Park to take the series points lead over Crafton. Tyler Reddick, the leader The 19-year-old Jones beat Canadian entering the race, dropped to third - 15 road racer Alex Tagliani to the first turn points back. He finished two laps down off a restart with two laps left on the in 19th after running into the back of 2.459-mile road course and held off two- Gray Gaulding’s truck with 10 laps left. time defending series champion Matt Ben Kennedy was third, followed by Crafton by 1.665 seconds. Tagliani lost a Daniel Hemric, Tagliani, Johnny Sauter, gear and slipped to fifth. Cameron Hayley, Spencer Gallagher, “It was a blast,” Jones said about rac- John Hunter Nemechek and Cole Custer. ing with Tagliani. “It was nerve-racking. Tagliani started from the pole in Brad It’s a little intense when you’ve got a guy Keselowski Racing’s No. 29 Ford. The like that running you down for 15 laps. Quebec driver was second two weeks “We had a pretty long talk about rac- ago in the Xfinity road race at Mid-Ohio. ing people the way you want to be raced. He won a Champ Car race at Road I’ve never been one to want to move America in 2004. “It shredded complete- somebody to win a race, and he hasn’t, ly,” Tagliani said about the broken gear. “It either. It’s nice to see that respect, espe- was pretty much good all race. I felt a cially from a veteran like that to me. It’s couple of times it was kind of scratchy on not something he had to do. It means a the downshift, but no sign it was going lot to me that he did.” to be bad. As soon as I put third gear on Jones raced to his second series victo- the back straight, it just went. I put it in ry of the year and fifth in 32 career starts. fourth and it just kind of limped all the SONOMA: Scott Dixon (center) of New Zealand, holds up his trophy after winning the IndyCar Grand Prix of Sonoma auto race and IndyCar He also won at Iowa in June and has two way back home.” — AP championship. — AP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 SPORTS Monaco puts money first with Martial expected sale

PARIS: Not so long ago, Monaco was splashing cash profile profile player to leave a club that made head- instead. With its highly-praised team of scouts, Jardim Cavaleiro, Malian winger Adama Traore and Croatian to lure football’s biggest stars. In a complete change of lines two years ago when it recruited Radamel Falcao, brilliantly coped with the club’s change of develop- midfielder Mario Pasalic, but the new-look Monaco commercial strategy, it is now getting rid of Anthony James Rodriguez and Joao Moutinho for a combined ment strategy, rebuilding a balanced squad mixing team has been struggling so far. Martial, one of the brightest young players in French fee of 130 million euros ($145.8 million). seasoned veterans and talented youngsters like The club failed to reach the group stage of the football. At the time, the Principality side looked determined Martial. That is why the teenager’s expected sale to Champions League after losing to Valencia in a play-off Hailed as Thierry Henry’s successor, the 19-year-old to fight toe to toe with big spenders Paris Saint- United does not make any sense, at least from a sport- and is already lagging seven points behind PSG in the Martial was granted permission to leave France’s Germain for the domestic supremacy. ing point of view. French league standings after a 3-0 home loss to the national squad to sign a contract with Manchester But facing a UEFA probe for overspending on play- It comes just after the departures of four other key defending champions on Sunday. United on the final day of France’s winter transfer win- er transfers and wages as part of the Financial Fair Play, players (Yannick Ferreira Carrasco to Atletico Madrid, But does it really matter to Rybolovlev? During the dow, which closes late yesterday. Monaco allowed Falcao and Rodriguez to leave a year Geoffrey Kondogbia to Inter Milan, Layvin Kurzawa to summer transfer window, Monaco reportedly spent 67 Gifted with huge physical qualities and technical later. Their departure marked the beginning of a new PSG, Aymen Abdennour to Valencia) which have not million euros ($75.2 million), recouping 124 million skills, the highly-praised Martial was at the heart of era, as owner Dmitry Rybolovlev -the Russian billion- been compensated. ($139 million) in sales. And Martial, who joined from Monaco’s rebuilding project, the lethal weapon in aire who invested millions of euros to bring Monaco The club signed Italy forward Stephan El Shaarawy Lyon at a cut-price of 5 million euros ($5.61 million), is front of the defensive fortress erected by coach back to the topflight in 2013 - made clear the club from AC Milan among the dozen of players recruited expected to bring an extra 36 million pounds ($55.5 Leonardo Jardim. He is set to become the latest high- would focus on the development of young talents this summer, including Portuguese winger Ivan million) in the club’s vaults. A lucrative business. — AP Huge transfer fees spark concerns in Germany

BERLIN: Kevin de Bruyne’s record club record even for Abu Dhabi- of the Volkswagen board. “Even transfer to Manchester City earned backed City. But the deep pockets of Bayern Munich, who were interested Wolfsburg a reported 79.8 million England’s Premier League sides in De Bruyne at one point, said ‘at the euros (58 million, $89.3 million), but means German clubs can expect to end of the day, we can’t currently there are concerns here about the lose more future talent, according to compete against sums like that’.” drain of Bundesliga talent to England. Ralph Hasenhuettl, coach of newly- Winterkorn warns the Bundesliga De Bruyne is just one of several promoted Ingolstadt, who are in their must think carefully about “what can German league stars tempted by debut Bundesliga season. be done to maintain German football Premier League cash before the clo- “It’s unbelievable the sums of and guard against the supposed sure of the transfer window in money which are in play,” said superiority of the English (clubs), who Germany on Monday. Hasenhuettl. “I am happy that my throw a lot of money around in order Son Heung-Min joined Tottenham players aren’t involved, but that will to assert themselves”. Hotspur for 22m from Leverkusen last probably change. “You have to be Wolfsburg’s director of sport Klaus Friday after Liverpool paid happy just to walk into the changing Allofs admitted the week-long saga Hoffenheim 29m for Roberto Firmino rooms and find your flock is all still which preceded De Bruyne’s transfer in June and Germany captain Bastian there.” disrupted the team behind the Schweinsteiger signed for Manchester Wolfsburg, Leverkusen and scenes. United for 14m from Bayern Munich in Hoffenheim are the three Bundesliga Both he and coach Dieter Hecking July. clubs backed respectively by car man- faced a constant barrage of media Those four signings alone com- ufacturers Volkswagen, pharmaceuti- questions for the latest update before the deal was confirmed on Sunday afternoon. Ex-Germany captain Stefan Effenberg felt the speculation also got to De Bruyne on his final below-par appearance in a 1-1 draw at Cologne ten days ago. “It will be interesting to see if he really is worth it,” said Sky expert Effenberg. “His head wasn’t really in his final Bundesliga match. You could see that it (the speculation) ITALY: Roma’s Miralem Pjanic (left) celebrates with teammate Radja Nainggolan after scoring on a free kick during had burdened him. a Serie A soccer match between Roma and Juventus. — AP “I am sure he went to the club after that and made it clear that he wanted to leave.” The disruption caused by De Roma hand Juve second Bruyne and Son’s departures to their respective clubs is something which must not be repeated, according to Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans- successive league defeat Joachim Watzke, who wants the trans- fer window moved back to close here MILAN: After losing only three league games last sea- Roma were on top throughout and unlucky not to be on August 1. son Juventus have now lost the first two of the new ahead at halftime after Pjanic hit a post. The Bosnian’s “It has annoyed me colossally. We Kevin de Bruyne campaign as a deserved 2-1 defeat at AS Roma on radar was better calibrated after the hour when he need the transfer window to be Sunday condemned the champions to their worst-ever curled home an excellent free kick to put Roma ahead. pushed back to August 1. What has Serie A start. Juventus then had defender Evra dismissed for a second bined have earned their former cal company Bayer and billionaire been happening in the last few days is Not since Bologna in 1941 have the champions of booking before another Bosnian Dzeko, newly arrived Bundesliga clubs around 170 million software entrepreneur Dietmar Hopp. horrible,” Watzke told Sky. euros, but there are concerns in But even Wolfsburg stood no chance “What is happening now is that the Italy begun the defence of their title with successive on a season-long loan from Manchester City, rose well Germany’s top flight that the influx of of matching the massive reported really big and rich clubs come in on defeats and Juve, beaten 1-0 at home by Udinese last to head the second. cash will only widen the gap between annual salary of �200,000 per week August 30th or 31st with 20, 30, 40 or week, have never previously suffered such a start. They Dybala pulled one back three minutes from time to the league’s rich and poor. City supposedly offered De Bruyne, a 50 million and shake everything up. can have no complaints about Sunday’s defeat either as set up a frantic finale but Juve could not find the “It means the gap within the price even Bayern Munich refused to “As a coach, you have to ask your- last year’s runners-up struck through Miralem Pjanic equaliser and remain without a point. league will just get wider,” said meet, according to Volkswagen boss self why are we doing pre-season and Edin Dzeko before Paulo Dybala struck late on for Roma move on to four points from two games, trail- Hamburg coach Bruno Labbadia. The Martin Winterkorn. training when you have to give up Juventus who finished with 10 men with Patrice Evra ing early pacesetters Sassuolo who have won their first De Bruyne transfer smashed the “At some point you are powerless four players and introduce four more? having been sent off. two matches. — Reuters Bundesliga’s transfer record and is a against such sums,” said the chairman This is all madness.” — AFP Martial set for big Fonte urges Saints not money United move to sell any more players LONDON: Southampton should not anyone go,” the report quoted Fonte loan. Fonte revealed that he and his PARIS: Monaco forward Anthony Martial “Given the exceptional circum- very high sums of money. let any players leave before the as saying. teammates had spoken to the 24- has been given permission by France stances, the coach has agreed to the “If one exits the football sphere, yes transfer window closes today, the “That would be a help to us once year-old Wanyama, who was coach Didier Deschamps “to travel to request of the player.” Martial is due to the money is out of all proportion, but Premier League club’s captain Jose the transfer window is closed and dropped for Sunday’s 3-0 Premier England to sign a contract with return to the French training base at seeing the means at the disposal of Fonte has said. hopefully no one will leave, and pos- League win over Norwich City. Manchester United”, the French Football Clairefontaine, south of Paris, today, by clubs like Manchester, that doesn’t pose The Portuguese central defender sibly add a couple more, so we will “We all had conversations with Federation announced yesterday. which time he could be a United player. a problem. and his teammates have also urged see.” Southampton have already sold him and try to explain (why he The announcement comes amid Should the transfer fee be as high as has “The French clubs are largely sellers, midfielder Victor Wanyama to stay at midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin to should stay), so now it’s up to the reports in France that the Premier been suggested, the deal could rival the it is all about economic power.” St Mary’s, the Daily Echo reported. Manchester United and full-back club and to him,” the 31-year-old League club are willing to pay a huge fee 75 million euros Real Madrid paid United manager Louis van Gaal has Kenya international Wanyama has Nathaniel Clyne to Liverpool this Fonte said. The win against Norwich, of anywhere between 50 million and 80 Juventus for Martial’s fellow Frenchman been tracking Martial for some time and had a transfer request rejected amid summer. They have released another Southampton’s first of the season, million euros (�36.5m-58.4m; $56m- Zinedine Zidane back in 2001, although made his move after Monaco failed to interest from Tottenham Hotspur, four players and have seen goal- moved them up to 10th in the table 89.6m) to sign the teenager. That would by then the midfield icon had already qualify for the Champions League group while the Saints have reportedly keeper Artur Boruc join on five points. The Saints travel to represent a remarkable sum for a player won both the World Cup and the stage, losing in a play-off to Valencia last rebuffed an approach for forward Bournemouth on a free transfer and West Bromwich Albion on Sept. 12, who cost Monaco around five million European Championship. Deschamps week. Martial had only signed a new Sadio Mane from Manchester 19-year-old forward Sam Gallagher when the league resumes after the euros from Lyon in the summer of 2013, conceded the sums being spent on contract through to 2019 with Monaco United. “The main thing is not letting join Championship side MK Dons on international break. — Reuters and OL president Jean-Michel Aulas said sometimes unproven players were, in June, prompting the club’s vice-presi- his club stand to make around 10 million in the public’s eyes, totally out of pro- dent Vadim Vasilyev to declare the for- euros as part of a sell-on clause agreed portion, but added that such invest- ward as “untransferable”. when that transfer went through. ments could be worthwhile in the long “He was being contacted by some of The 19-year-old striker was given a term. “Transfers are not gambles, they Europe’s biggest clubs but we wanted to full international call-up for the first time are investments,” said Deschamps, who make sure that he continues his devel- by Deschamps for France’s friendly coached Monaco to the 2004 opment with AS Monaco. What Anthony games against Portugal in Lisbon on Champions League final. has been able to achieve at just 19 years Friday and Serbia in Bordeaux on “When Monaco bought Martial for of age is impressive, to say the least, but Monday. A statement on the French five million euros everyone asked why. the best is yet to come,” Vasilyev said. But Football Federation website read: “And now he is worth how much? Clubs, United’s willingness to pay such a large “Anthony Martial requested permission managers, coaches see a player, think fee appears to have persuaded Monaco from Didier Deschamps to travel to that he has potential and the ability to to change their minds. After missing out England to sign a contract with progress that will increase his value. In on Barcelona’s Spain winger Pedro Manchester United. the eyes of public opinion, these are Rodriguez, who snubbed United to join Chelsea recently, van Gaal has set his sights on Martial. And armed with bundles of cash from the lucrative Premier League broadcast deals, United are able to take a gamble on a player whose potential is yet to be fulfilled. Martial netted nine goals in Ligue 1 for Monaco last season, and has 11 in total, while he also showed a glimpse of his talent in the club’s Champions League last-16 win against Arsenal in the spring. Since then, Monaco have already sold Yannick Ferreira Carrasco, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Layvin Kurzawa, Lucas Ocampos and Aymen Abdennour this summer for around 120 million euros. Leaving United yesterday were Mexico striker Javier Hernandez, who has joined Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen on a four-year deal, and Belgian winger Adnan Januzaj, who has moved to Anthony Martial Borussia Dortmund on loan. — AFP Morgan leads Shock, Sparks England to T20 win advance against Australia

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NEW YORK: Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia returns a shot to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament. — AP Nishikori, Ivanovic crash at US Open

NEW YORK: Japanese fourth seed Kei Nishikori, last minutes. “I had a really good serve today,” Paire said. “I year’s runner-up, crashed out in the opening round of saved two match points so I’m really lucky.” the US Open yesterday while Serena Williams lost Nishikori had won three titles this year included a US another high-ranked rival as Serbian seventh seed Ana Open warm-up win at Washington that saw him avenge Ivanovic was also sent packing. last year’s US Open final loss to Croatian Marin Cilic. The year’s final Grand Slam tournament began with Serb star Ivanovic made her first opening-round exit drama on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts as 41st- at the US Open since 2009. “It’s definitely very disap- ranked Frenchman Benoit Paire ripped Nishikori 6-4, 3- pointing with the loss because I felt like I had great 6, 4-6, 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 and Slovakia’s 50th-ranked preparation,” Ivanovic said. “I felt like I’ve been improv- Dominika Cibulkova ousted seventh-seeded Ivanovic 6- ing. That’s why it’s so disappointing. I just have to keep 3, 3-6, 6-3. working.” “To beat Nishikori, for me, it was impossible to imag- Ivanovic, the 2008 French Open champion who was ine this,” Paire said. “I’m really happy.” Paire, who saved a semi-finalist this year at Roland Garros, had been the two match points, fired 21 aces to only three for highest-ranked rival in Williams’s half of the draw fol- Nishikori and blasted 64 winners, 30 more than lowing the injury-enforced withdrawal of Maria Nishikori, with 67 unforced errors, 31 more than the Sharapova. That status now falls to Czech eighth seed Asian number one. Karolina Pliskova with Spanish 10th seed Carla Suarez Nishikori enjoyed his highest seed for any Grand Navarro the highest-rated possible semi-final opponent Slam event all-too briefly, walking off Louis Armstrong for three-time defending champion Williams, who is try- Stadium with his head down after his third first-round ing to complete the first calendar Grand Slam since exit in New York in five years. Steffi Graf in 1988 and win her 22nd major title to match After dropping the first set, Nishikori rallied and Graf’s Open Era record. appeared poised to advance after seizing command of Poland’s 15th-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska the fourth-set tie-breaker, a backhand winner giving remained Williams’s highest-ranked potential foe in the him a 6-4 advantage and two match points. But round of 16 by beating Czech teen Katerina Siniakova 6- Nishikori smacked a forehand long on his first and Paire, 2, 6-3. who won his first ATP title last month at Bastad, Williams will open in the first Ashe night match smashed two service winners to reach set point. against Russia’s 86th-ranked Vitalia Diatchenko. World Nishikori netted a forehand and the match went to a number one Novak Djokovic meets Brazil’s Joao Souza fifth set. while Spanish eighth seed Rafael Nadal, a possible quar- Paire broke Nishikori in the fifth game and held to ter-final foe for Djokovic, faces Croatia’s Borna Coric, the finish, dispatching him after three hours and 14 who won their first meeting last year at Basel. — AFP Kobe, Shaq bury hatchet over legendary feud LOS ANGELES: Former Los Angeles Lakers team- “We had a lot of disagreements, we had a lot of mates and one-time bitter rivals Shaquille O’Neal arguments. But I think it fueled us both.” Bryant, 37, and Kobe Bryant have buried the hatchet in an meanwhile said he wished the frequent rows with online podcast released yesterday where both men O’Neal could have been kept private. addressed their long-running feud. “To me, the most important thing is you keep O’Neal and Bryant’s tense relationship was a sta- your mouth shut. There’s no need to go to the press. ple of NBA debate for years during the Lakers suc- You keep it internal,” Bryant said. “Having our cessful period of dominance in the early 2000s, debates within the press was something I wished when the team won three championships and lost a would been avoided.” Bryant also recalled an fourth. O’Neal eventually moved to the Miami Heat exchange where he almost came to blows as a 21- in 2004 while Bryant remained at the Lakers, where year-old with the older, bigger O’Neal. he continues to play as his career draws to a close. “And I realized that I probably had a couple of In a lengthy discussion on O’Neal’s “The Big screws loose because I nearly got into a fistfight and Podcast with Shaq”, both men expressed regret at I actually was willing to get into a fight with this the way their bickering often spilled into public view. man,” Bryant said. “I went home and I was like, ‘Dude, “I just want people to know that I don’t hate you, I I’ve either got to be the dumbest or the most coura- know you don’t hate me,” O’Neal, 43, told Bryant on geous kid on the face of the Earth.’” O’Neal said he the podcast. “I call it today a ‘work beef,’ is what we had actually been left impressed by Bryant’s nerve in had. I was young, you was young. But then as I look standing up to him. “That just showed me ‘You know at it, we won three (championships) out of four so I what, this kid ain’t going to back down to nobody,” don’t really think a lot was done wrong. O’Neal said. — AFP Kuwait’s banks maintain strong momentum Page 23

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BEIJING: An elderly Chinese man walks past display boards showing the latest stock prices at a brokerage in Beijing yesterday. Asian stocks fell yesterday after a US Federal Reserve official suggested a September interest rate hike still was possible and Japanese factory activity weakened. —AP World stocks plunge on oil, Fed worries US inflation likely to rebound as dollar pressure eases

NEW YORK: World stock indexes fell while oil prices ence in Jackson Hole, Wyoming suggest the Fed could look China is the catalyst, but the real reason for the selloff is the percent, after falling 4 percent at one point. The index was dropped yesterday amid persistent investor concerns beyond a week of stock market turmoil brought on by per- nervousness about the first US rate hike,” KBC senior econ- still down 11.8 percent for August. about slowing growth in China and the prospect of higher sistent fears that China’s economy is faltering. “We can still omist Koen De Leus said. US interest rates. US stocks were poised for their worst expect to see some significant drops in the market till we At 10:30 am (1430 GMT), the Dow Jones industrial aver- FED UNCERTAINTY monthly drop in more than three years on worries about get some direction from the Fed regarding a rate increase,” age was down 114.72 points, or 0.69 percent, to 16,528.29, The uncertainty about when the Fed might raise rates the health of China’s economy and the timing of a US inter- said John DeClue, chief investment officer of US Bank the S&P 500 had lost 13.24 points, or 0.67 percent, to kept yields on German government bonds, the euro-zone est rate hike. Wealth Management. 1,975.63 and the Nasdaq Composite had dropped 28.79 benchmark, close to last week’s highs. Ten-year yields were All three major indexes slipped more than 1 percent The dollar eased as weaker stock markets prompted points, or 0.6 percent, to 4,799.53. marginally higher at 0.74 percent. In the US bond market, yesterday after weekend comments from Federal Reserve investors to trim bets against currencies popularly used to The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 stocks index fell 0.3 benchmark 10-year Treasuries notes were up 9/32 in price Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer appeared to keep the door fund risky carry trades. But the dollar’s losses were limited percent and, even though it has recouped all of last week’s to yield 2.154 percent. open for a rate hike in September. The No 2 Fed official by weekend comments from Federal Reserve policymakers losses, was on track for its worst monthly performance In the oil market, Brent was down $1.07 a barrel at said US inflation would likely rebound as pressure from that left the door open to a US rate rise as soon as next since August 2011. Germany’s DAX was down 0.6 percent. $48.98 and, despite last week’s gains, heading for its fourth the dollar fades, allowing the Fed to raise interest rates month. The US dollar index, which measures the greenback Brent crude oil fell back below $49 a barrel after its biggest consecutive monthly decline. US crude was down 87 cents gradually. against a basket of currencies , was down 0.1 percent. two-day rally in six years last week. Chinese shares had at $44.35. Gold struggled over the Fed outlook, trading Fischer’s remarks at the global central banking confer- “The market turmoil will continue in the near future. another volatile session. The CSI300 index ended up 0.7 around $1,131.80 an ounce. — Reuters Gulf markets fall on oil; Egypt jumps Mideast funds more MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS DUBAI: Most Gulf stock markets fell yesterday, tracking at its Aug. 24 low. positive on stocks volatile oil prices, while Egypt’s bourse jumped after Abu Dhabi’s benchmark, on the other hand, climbed energy major Eni announced a potentially huge natural 0.9 percent yesterday, supported by banks. First Gulf gas discovery off the country’s coast. The main Saudi Bank surged 3.2 percent and Abu Dhabi Commercial DUBAI: Middle East fund managers have investors, but in Dubai, which has the sec- earnings ratio of 11.0 times, down from turned more positive towards equities in ond busiest stock exchange in the Gulf, 16.8 a year earlier. The rally in response to Arabian stock index dropped 2.2 percent, closing August Bank was up 1.8 percent. the region after a plunge in markets institutions were net buyers last week oil’s rebound in the last few days has now with a 17.3 percent loss, its biggest monthly drop since reduced valuations and oil prices while retail investors were net sellers. lifted the ratio to 11.8 times, showing the October 2008. Like other Gulf markets, it swung wildly QATAR, EGYPT rebounded, a monthly Reuters survey “It is difficult to forecast short-term window of opportunity for bargain- during the month in response to oil price changes; at its Qatar’s bourse outperformed the Gulf, gaining 2 per- shows. equity market performance, which is likely hunters is closing. bottom on Aug. 24, the benchmark was 30.9 percent cent thanks to upcoming adjustments to MSCI’s emerg- The survey of 15 leading investment to be affected by global macro variables However, the UAE’s status as the most down month-to-date. The Kuwait index fell 1.4 percent ing markets index. Property developer Ezdan Holding, firms, conducted over the past several such as fluctuating oil prices and China’s diversified economy in the Gulf and its to 5,821 points. one of the stocks whose weighting in the benchmark is days, shows 20 percent expect to raise growth outlook,” said Sachin Mohindra, position as the region’s logistics hub, All sectors fell yesterday as Brent oil dipped back increasing from Sept. 1, surged 7.8 percent. Passively their equity allocations to the Middle East portfolio manager at Abu Dhabi’s Invest which would benefit from the lifting of below $49 a barrel, pressured by a supply glut and managed funds, which replicate indexes, usually adjust in the next three months, while 7 percent AD. “But as long-term investors we would sanctions against Iran, are also important renewed concern about a hard landing for China’s econ- their positions on the last trading day before index expect to reduce them. That is not a partic- like to use the recent sharp fall in valua- positives for the country. omy. Al-Tayyar Travel tumbled 5.7 percent after the firm reviews take effect. ularly bullish ratio by historical standards, tions to gradually and opportunistically In July, the UAE government became said its founder Nasser bin Aqeel Al-Tayyar would resign Commercial Bank of Qatar, another Doha stock but it is a positive shift from last month’s increase our exposure to our favourite the first in the region to abandon fixed and as vice-chairman and managing director from Sept 1. whose weighting is set to increase, gained 4 percent. survey, when only 13 percent expected to stocks, particularly in the United Arab heavily subsidised gasoline prices. The News that Saudi Arabia’s real gross domestic product Egypt’s bourse, which had initially edged down on increase equity allocations and 20 percent Emirates and Saudi Arabia.” move may have spooked some retail growth accelerated to 3.8 percent year-on-year in the Monday in line with other emerging markets, erased its to cut them. investors who were concerned about their second quarter from 2.3 percent in the first, hitting its losses and jumped 2.8 percent. Stock markets in the Gulf hit multi- UAE personal welfare, but it was received posi- fastest rate since the first quarter of 2014, failed to Ezz Steel was the top gainer, surging to its daily 10 month lows in August, tracking oil prices, Fund managers are particularly bullish tively by institutional investors, who saw it improve market sentiment. percent limit after Eni announced the discovery of a nat- which plunged to their lowest levels since on the UAE as 40 percent expect to as fiscally prudent. Analysts expect growth to slow in coming quarters as ural gas field off the Egyptian coast on Sunday, which it 2009 on oversupply and worries about increase their equity allocations there - the there will be relatively little room for further oil output said might prove able to meet the country’s energy China’s economy. But oil has rebounded same percentage as a month ago - and SAUDI, EGYPT increases and consumer spending, boosted by one-off needs for decades. As a major energy consumer, Ezz sharply in the last few days, triggering none plan to cut them, as opposed to 7 Egypt is the second most favorite stock payouts linked to King Salman’s accession to the throne Steel is suffering from gas shortages, and a boost to sup- equity market rallies across the region, percent in July. “The recent correction in market among fund managers after in January, may also cool off. ply could allow it to ramp up production, analysts said. although all markets are still in the red the UAE market provides us with an underperforming the region this year. The Elsewhere in the Gulf, Dubai’s index fell 0.7 percent “We consider this development could potentially month-to-date. opportunity to increase our exposure to main Cairo index has dropped 21 percent with most stocks in the red. But property developer translate into a re-rating of all the major energy-inten- Stock exchange data shows institutions stocks with good dividend yield,” year-to-date while Gulf markets’ losses are DAMAC, the most traded stock, jumped 2.1 percent sive companies in the country,” NBK Capital said in a note stepped in as buyers in August when mar- Mohindra said. “We will also look to all in the single digits. Thirty-three percent ahead of a Sept. 15 shareholder meeting which will vote yesterday. “Over the past two years, gas unavailability kets hit bottom and retail investors were increase our exposure to stocks which of respondents expect to increase alloca- on the firm’s first cash dividend payout since its listing in has translated into significant lower operating rates dumping stocks indiscriminately. Saudi quote at discounts to our stress-tested tions to Egypt and only 7 percent to cut the emirate in January. Dubai’s index closed August 11.6 and/or shrinking margins across the industries, specifi- Arabia’s bourse, the region’s biggest mar- book values.” them. A month ago, 27 percent were bull- percent lower; it was down 17.9 percent month-to-date cally fertilizers, steel and cement.” — Reuters ket, does not provide weekly data on sell- At its five-month low on Aug. 24, ish on the country with all other respon- ing and buying by retail and institutional Dubai’s stock index had a forward price-to- dents neutral. — Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 BUSINESS

Kuwait trade surplus shrinks as oil sinks

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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s trade surplus shrank further 2Q15 given that oil prices improved slightly. on the back of a slight recovery in oil prices in exports inch higher in the near-term thanks to 8 percent y/y in 4Q14. Rising spending on cap- in 1Q15, as oil export revenues continued to Oil export revenues declined by 49 percent 2Q15.Brent averaged $64in 2Q15. a recovery in ethylene prices in the second ital projects appears to be a key factor boost- tumble. The surplus fell to a six year low of KD year-on-year (y/y)in 1Q15 to KD 3.6 billion, Non-oil export growth also contracted in and third quarter of this year. ing import growth. Capital goods imports 1.7 billion in 1Q15, or an annualized 20 per- their lowest level in five years. Oil export earn- 1Q15,declining by 11 percent y/y to KD 0.3 bil- Import growth edged up in 1Q15boosted were up a robust 23 percent y/y in cent of projected GDP in 2015. The fall is main- ings were bruised by lower oil prices. The inter- lion. Non-oil exports were stung bya fall in by growth in capital goods imports. Import 1Q15.Transport equipment imports also wit- ly attributed to the decline in export receipts national oil price benchmark, Brent, slipped by ethylene prices and a stronger Kuwaiti dinar growth has been gradually trending upwards nessed a strong rebound, growing by 6.6 per- as a result of lower oil prices. The trade bal- 50 percent y/y in 1Q15 to $54 per barrel. Oil against most major currencies(with the excep- for almost a year now. In the first quarter of cent y/y after contracting by 5.6 percent y/y in ance is unlikely to have deteriorated further in export receipts may see a slight uptick in 2Q15, tion of the US dollar). We may see non-oil 2015, imports rose by 11 percent y/y, up from the previous quarter. Kuwait’s crude oil News exports to Japan up in brief 4th month in row Aramco sets Sept propane TOKYO: Kuwait’s crude oil exports to Japan grew 6.5 per- price at $315 a ton cent in July from a year earlier to 6.45 million barrels, or ABU DHABI: State-run Saudi Aramco has set its 208,000 barrels per day (bpd), up for the fourth straight September contract price for propane at $315 a ton month, up for the third straight month, government data down $50 from August, it said yesterday. The prices pro- showed yesterday. As Japan’s fifth-biggest oil provider, vide a benchmark against which Middle East sales of liq- Kuwait supplied 6.1 percent of the Asian nation’s total uefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Asia are priced. Saudi crude imports, the Japanese Natural Resources and Energy Aramco’s contract prices for propane and butane per ton Agency said in a preliminary report. in US dollars were set as follows. Japan’s overall imports of crude oil rose 10.9 percent year-on-year to 3.43 million bpd for the first increase in two months. Shipments from the Middle East accounted Saudi Electricity gets nod for 83.9 percent of the total, down 1.1 percentage points for sukuk program from a year before. DUBAI: Saudi Electricity Co (SEC) has received approval Saudi Arabia returned to Japan’s No.1 oil supplier, with from its executive committee to negotiate for loan financing imports from the kingdom expanding 7.8 percent from a worth $2.3 billion and to set up a sukuk program worth as year earlier to 1.13 million bpd, followed by the United much as $1.5 billion, the Gulf’s largest utility said yesterday. Arab Emirates with 1.06 million bpd, up 28.9 percent. The two-part loan, to serve as a back-up facility for the com- Russia ranked third with 239,000 bpd and Qatar fourth pany, would be structured as a revolving credit facility and with 236,000 bpd, respectively. have a lifespan of between three and five years. One tranche Japan is the world’s-third biggest oil consumer after the would be worth up to 3 billion riyals ($800 million) and the US and China, importing virtually all its fossil fuels. Last other would not exceed $1.5 billion. The sukuk program month, Japan’s second-biggest oil wholesaler Idemitsu would be used to fund capital projects, the statement added Kosan Co. announced that it has agreed to buy a 33.24 per- without elaborating. Sources told Reuters in July that the cent stake in the nation’s No. 5 oil wholesaler Showa Shell kingdom’s monopoly utility was in talks with local and inter- Sekiyu from Royal Dutch Shell Plc. The deal is expected to national banks to raise a multi-billion-dollar loan, with narrow the market share gap between Idemitsu and indus- JAKARTA: Indonesian women walk in a shopping mall in Jakarta yesterday. Growth in Indonesia fell to tranches denominated in both US dollars and Saudi riyals. try leader JX Nippon Oil Energy, and to help Idemitsu pro- a six-year low of 4.7 percent in the second quarter, with the slowdown in China and a dip in commodity mote overseas investment, such as the joint Vietnamese prices weighing on the economy. —AFP refinery project with Kuwait. —KUNA Australian wheat lowest in Iraq’s 50,000 T wheat tender HAMBURG: Australian wheat was offered lowest at China oil propels Rising oil output boosts $231.70 a ton c&f free out in a tender by Iraq’s state grains board seeking at least 50,000 tons of hard wheat, Asia crude trade European traders said yesterday. The tender closed on Saudi economic growth Sunday and offers must remain valid up to Thursday, volume to new high Sept. 3, traders said. No purchase had yet been made, SINGAPORE: The number of cargoes traded during a pric- DUBAI: Rising oil output boosted Saudi pumped a record 10.56 million barrels of oil of its huge infrastructure projects to save they said. The Australian offer was made for 50,000 tons, ing process for Middle East crude exports to Asia hit an all- Arabia’s economic growth to its fastest pace in per day in June, up 231,000 bpd from May. money. For example, Spain’s Talgo said in July they said. Russian wheat was offered lowest at $234.00 a time high in August as Chinaoil, the trading arm of over a year in the second quarter of 2015, data This helped the oil sector grow 5.1 percent that Saudi Arabia had cancelled a $201 million ton c&f free out, they said. US wheat was offered lowest PetroChina Co, snapped up a record 36 million barrels showed yesterday, but growth looks likely to from a year ago in the second quarter, acceler- contract for six high-speed trains. “We are like- at $265.00 and Canadian was lowest at $247.20 a ton over the month, traders said. Aggressive trading, with slow in coming months as low oil prices make ating from 1.8 percent in the first. Growth in ly to see a gradual deceleration in growth both c&f free out, they said. The tender sought wheat heavy buying by Chinaoil and selling by Unipec - a unit of themselves felt. Gross domestic product, the non-oil sector was little changed at 3.1 going forward - though it will not be abrupt,” sourced from the United States, Canada, Australia or Asia’s largest refiner Sinopec , has pushed up Middle East adjusted for inflation, expanded 3.8 percent percent against 3.0 percent. said Monica Malik, chief economist at Abu Russia only. Volumes in Iraq’s wheat tenders are nominal crude prices for Asia, even as other grades are being from a year earlier in the second quarter, accel- Analysts think Saudi Arabia can’t escape the Dhabi Commercial Bank. and the country frequently buys more than it tenders for. pressed lower by a global glut. erating from a revised 2.3 percent in the first impact of cheap oil indefinitely, however. Any slowdown may become more pro- Chinaoil bought 72 cargoes this month during the Platts quarter, the state statistics department said. Growing concern among businessmen over the nounced in 2016, as market pressures make it Dubai Market on Close (MoC) process, of which nearly 70 Saudi Al-Tayyar founder It was the fastest growth since 6.4 percent government’s huge budget deficit, expressed in harder for Saudi Arabia to keep raising oil out- to retain stake percent were sold by Unipec, traders said yesterday, sur- in the first quarter of 2014 — showing the the Saudi media over recent weeks, suggests put at such rapid year-on-year rates. State passing its prior record purchase of 55 cargoes in April. economy of the world’s biggest oil exporter is companies and consumers may become more spending may drop as a one-off bonus of two DUBAI: The founder of Saudi Arabia’s Al Tayyar Travel Chinaoil’s August purchases are equivalent to a month’s still coping comfortably with cheap oil, which cautious about spending. months of salary for public employees, paid in Group will retain his stake in the company despite his res- consumption by Australia, based on BP’s data. —Reuters is less than half its mid-2014 price. To defend Meanwhile, there are signs that the gov- early 2015 to mark the accession of King ignation, he was quoted as saying yesterday by Al-Arabiya its share of the global oil market, Saudi Arabia ernment has started slowing or shelving some Salman, is not repeated next year. —Reuters television’s website. EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. GOLD Jordanian Dinar 427.095 US Dollars Mint 0.299500 0.303500 20 gram 226.690 Egyptian Pound 38.597 10 gram 116.040 Asia ASIAN COUNTRIES Sri Lankan Rupees 2.251 5 gram 58.700 Bangladesh Taka 0.003477 0.004077 Japanese Yen 2.491 Indian Rupees 4.565 Chinese Yuan 0.046122 0.049622 Indian Rupees 4.587 Pakistani Rupees 2.912 Hong Kong Dollar 0.037007 0.039757 Pakistani Rupees 2.915 UAE Exchange Centre WLL Bangladesh Taka 3.888 Srilankan Rupees 2.255 Philippines Pesso 6.462 Indian upee 0.004478 0.004868 Nepali Rupees 2.870 Cyprus pound 577.308 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000018 0.000024 Singapore Dollar 216.730 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Japanese Yen 3.495 Japanese Yen 0.002416 0.002596 Hongkong Dollar 39.112 Australian Dollar 199.15 Syrian Pound 2.600 Kenyan Shilling 0.003150 0.003150 Canadian Dollar 231.11 Bangladesh Taka 3.896 Nepalese Rupees 3.850 Korean Won 0.000248 0.000263 Swiss Franc 322.10 Philippine Peso 6.489 Malaysian Ringgit 73.450 Malaysian Ringgit 0.069756 0.075756 Euro 346.37 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 47.820 Nepalese Rupee 0.002964 0.003134 Thai Baht 8.467 US Dollar 302.65 Thai Bhat 9.480 Pakistan Rupee 0.002794 0.003074 Sterling Pound 471.30 Philippine Peso 0.006453 0.006733 GCC COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.56 Turkish Lira 103.960 Saudi Riyal 80.792 Sierra Leone 0.000067 0.000073 Bangladesh Taka 3.885 Singapore Dollar 0.212155 0.218155 Qatari Riyal 83.235 Indian Rupee 4.584 South African Rand 0.017015 0.025575 Omani Riyal 787.030 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.252 Bahrain Exchange Company Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001979 0.002559 Bahraini Dinar 804.700 Nepali Rupee 2.867 Taiwan 0.009686 0.009866 UAE Dirham 82.980 Pakistani Rupee 2.910 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT UAE Dirhams 0.08235 Thai Baht 0.008249 0.008799 ARAB COUNTRIES Bahraini Dinar 0.8043 Europe Egyptian Pound - Cash 40.575 Egyptian Pound 0.03854 Belgian Franc 0.007908 0.008908 Arab Egyptian Pound - Transfer 38.736 Jordanian Dinar 0.4304 British Pound 0.461208 0.470208 Bahraini Dinar 0.796241 0.802421 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.415 Omani Riyal 0.7859 Czech Korune 0.004655 0.016655 Egyptian Pound 0.038172 0.041002 Tunisian Dinar 155.640 Qatari Riyal 0.08345 Danish Krone 0.041611 0.046611 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Jordanian Dinar 427.840 Saudi Riyal 0.08072 Euro 0.334746 0.342746 Iraqi Dinar 0.000198 0.000258 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.161 Norwegian Krone 0.032655 0.037855 Jordanian Dinar 0.423501 0.431001 Syrian Lira 2.161 Romanian Leu 0.086947 0.086947 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Slovakia 0.009039 0.019039 Morocco Dirham 31.738 Lebanese Pound 0.000152 0.000252 Swedish Krona 0.031872 0.036872 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020516 0.044516 Swiss Franc 0.308902 0.319102 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Nigerian Naira 0.001251 0.001868 Turkish Lira 0.104355 0.111355 US Dollar Transfer 303.100 US Dollar 302.800 Omani Riyal 0.780751 0.786431 Euro 342.050 Canadian Dollar 230.960 Qatar Riyal 0.082543 0.083756 Australasia Sterling Pound 469.500 Sterling Pound 468.445 Saudi Riyal 0.080190 0.080890 Euro 342.320 Australian Dollar 0.209516 0.221016 Canadian dollar 231.370 Syrian Pound 0.001285 0.001505 Swiss Frank 291.770 New Zealand Dollar 0.190197 0.199697 Turkish lira 103.690 Tunisian Dinar 0.151684 0.159684 Bahrain Dinar 804.460 Turkish Lira 0.104355 0.111355 Swiss Franc 318.380 UAE Dirhams 82.820 America Australian dollar 220.510 Qatari Riyals 90.805 Canadian Dollar 0.224282 0.232782 UAE Dirhams 0.081542 0.082691 US Dollar Buying 301.900 Saudi Riyals 81.550 US Dollars 0.299000 0.303500 Yemeni Riyal 0.001370 0.001450 BUSINESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 Kuwait’s banks maintain strong momentum

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KUWAIT: With growth in the Kuwaiti bank- also contributed to 2014’s robust growth. Kuwait, said profits in the first half of the Bank. After securing approval from the months of the year, most of which, it said, ing sector hitting double-digit figures in However, the industry also faces head- year climbed 12.8 percent y-o-y to KD Central Bank of Egypt in July, ABK is await- were for energy projects. 2014 - reaching its highest rate in the last winds from the broader economic picture. 163.4 million ($541.6 million) thanks to ing final approval from the Egyptian In its findings, Fitch said the knock-on seven years - momentum is set to continue Kuwait’s continued reliance on oil income improvements in the operating environ- Financial Supervisory Authority. The deal benefits of Kuwait’s infrastructure surge this year, despite uncertainty surrounding represents a major long-term issue that ment and tenders for large infrastructure will enable the bank to expand in the fast- are likely to extend to the financial services the broader economy. has only been exacerbated by the rapid projects. The second largest player, Kuwait growing Egyptian market through PBE’s sector. Corporate lending is set to expand, The total assets of banks in Kuwait rose decline in oil prices since mid-2014, affect- Finance House, reported a 14.1 percent 39-branch network. offering high interest revenues and lower 12.2 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) to KD ing the entire economy. In addition, the rise in net profits to KD 62.3 million ($206.5 loan impairment charges, improving asset 66.4 billion ($220 billion) in 2014, accord- low oil price has the potential to slow for- million) during the same period. Key role for construction quality and providing a high reserve cover- ing to July report from the Central Bank of ward momentum on the government’s In a July report, ratings agency Fitch With the state planning to develop new age ratio. Kuwait (CBK). A major driver of growth was five-year Kuwait Development Plan, which said that a significant increase in public rail links and upgrade its roads, seaports In addition, growth will be bolstered by international activity, which accounted for was passed by parliament in February. infrastructure investment will help drive and airports, construction is set to surge in ongoing diversification strategies and a more than a fifth of business, the CBK not- Meanwhile other challenges in the sec- growth at the country’s eight listed banks. Kuwait over the coming years. Planned greater emphasis on retail lending and ed, helping to reduce reliance on local rev- tor include a lack of placement options for “The rated commercial banks ... are developments are worth an estimated small and medium-sized enterprises enue sources and strengthen overall the large amounts of liquidity currently expanding lending under favorable oper- $123.6bn, according to MEED, outpacing (SMEs). “We also expect stronger margins industry stability. held by most banks, and the unavailability ating conditions as the Kuwaiti govern- Qatar ($113.8 billion), Oman ($29.6 billion) due to more opportunities domestically Governor of the CBK, Mohammad Al- of timely statistics on the market as a ment taps its exceptionally strong fiscal and Bahrain ($25 billion). In an analysis of and the banks’ diversification strategies, Hashel, said that asset quality within the whole. and external position to maintain high lev- the 100-largest construction contracts in mainly targeting growth in the retail and banking system had visibly improved over els of public spending”. the GCC in 2014, Kuwait came in third after SME sectors and regional expansion,” the the last few years, with the gross non-per- Maintaining momentum Rising profitability has also created con- the UAE and Saudi Arabia, based on the ratings agency’s July report said. “Fitch forming loan ratio dropping to a historic Despite broader economic uncertainty, siderable opportunities for expansion. In combined value of projects in the pipeline. believes that the banks’ prospects are low of 2.9 percent in December. momentum has continued in the banking May, ABK announced a $150m deal to Kuwait’s Central Tenders Committee said in brighter compared with the past when The value of credit facilities, which rose sector so far this year. The National Bank of acquire a 98.5 percent stake in Piraeus April that it had awarded an estimated they had typically lagged regional peers in 6.4 percent to KD 30.8 billion ($102 billion), Kuwait, the oldest and largest bank in Bank Egypt (PBE) from Greece’s Piraeus $5bn of new tenders during the first three performance.”

Zain reveals groundbreaking unlimited pre-paid eeZee bundles KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- weekly bundle includes unlimited Zain-to- tions company in Kuwait, announced the Zain calls and 200 local minutes to other net- launch of its new eeZee unlimited prepaid works in addition to unlimited local and bundles, which includes unlimited calls as international SMS and MMS messages as well as 4G LTE Internet services on daily, well as 4GB of 4G LTE Internet at KD5 per weekly, and monthly basis. The new bun- week. The daily bundles are designed to offer dles, allows customers to enjoy more unlimited Zain-to-Zain calls and 100 local mobile and Internet services. minutes to other networks in addition to The company stated that its enhance- unlimited local and international SMS and ment of the prepaid eeZee unlimited bun- MMS messages as well as 1GB of 4G LTE dles is sprung from its strong understanding Internet at KD2 per day. of prepaid customer needs, and to provide Zain expressed its confidence that, with convenience to those wishing to control and its reliable Internet connectivity across choose the package that suits them best. Kuwait and with the recently launched Zain emphasizes its commitment to the affordable plans, it is greatly improving the needs of the largest customer base in value proposition to all of its customers. The Kuwait. The new eeZee 4G LTE Internet inclu- company highlighted that it continuously sive bundles offer daily, weekly, and monthly looks into expanding its horizons o keep its subscription options, where the monthly customers conveniently connected, to bundles includes unlimited Zain-to-Zain download content and stay in touch with calls, 500 local minutes to other networks in their loved ones throughout the day. Zain addition to unlimited local and international priorities their customers and constantly SMS and MMS messages as well as 10GB of provides them with flexible product and 4G LTE Internet at KD12 per month. The service offerings to cater their needs. China state media announce confessions in market probes

SHANGHAI: Chinese state media announced market on a national state television broad- a slew of confessions yesterday following cast yesterday. “I shouldn’t have sought to investigations into dramatic stock market fluc- make a big splash just for the sake of sensa- tuations, including from a reporter who said tionalism,” he said on China Central Television, he had spread false information that had adding that his actions had “brought great caused “panic and disorder”. An official from harm upon the country and investors”. TOKYO: Japanese businessmen walk past a share prices board showing the numbers at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and other regional markets, China’s securities regulator, and four senior It was not possible to verify whether Wang in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP executives from China’s largest brokerage, was forced to make the confession or did so of CITIC Securities , confessed to insider dealing, his own free will. Chinese state media often publish confessions of those detained in high- Rouhani: Foreign investors profile cases before they are tried in court, a practice that rule of law advocates say violates the rights of the accused to due process. Xinhua said Wang had confessed to writing in Iran must share benefits about the Chinese stock market “based on hearsay and his own subjective guesses”. Caijing could not be reached for comment. In a statement last Wednesday, a day after President hints at tough contract terms for investors Xinhua said Wang was being held, Caijing said it had not been given a reason for his deten- DUBAI: Would-be foreign investors in Iran model oil contract would be completed in companies operating in sensitive areas such as tion, adding it would support his actions with- should be prepared to share the benefits of their September and introduced at a London confer- aircraft manufacture might have a higher chance in the normal course of reporting. It was deals, the country’s president said, indicating ence in December. of encountering the IRGC. unclear if Wang had a lawyer. Tehran will impose tough terms that could clash Rouhani’s comments echo those of Reza “The IRGC is known for using front companies Xinhua also said Liu Shufan, an official with with US regulations even after sanctions are lift- Norouzzadeh, the chairman of the Industrial ... businesses have to really always look the China Securities Regulatory Commission ed. Business delegations from around the world Development and Renovation Organization, upstream to see who is beneath the surface,” he (CSRC), had confessed to insider trading, forg- have flocked to Tehran since the July 14 nuclear who earlier this month said companies were said. Handing over US technology to Iranian ing official seals and using his position to agreement, which could see international sanc- “only welcome to Iran’s economy through joint firms could also put companies in breach of US boost a company’s share price in return for tions lifted in early 2016 and open Iran, an ener- investment”. regulations, particularly in the case of so-called several million yuan of bribes. It was unclear if gy exporter with a large middle class, to world Such requirements are typical in developing dual-use technologies with potential military BEIJING: This screen grab taken from a Liu had been detained or had a lawyer. markets. economies, but companies could get into trou- applications. CCTV footage shows Wang Xiaolu, a The CSRC could not be reached for com- But President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday ble in Iran if they accidentally partner with an That could place restrictions on a wide range financial journalist with the respected ment. Xinhua added that Xu Gang, Liu Wei, suggested foreign investors will be welcome entity under non-nuclear sanctions or share of complex manufacturing or industrial activi- business magazine Caijing, confessing Fang Qingli and Chen Rongjie, whom it only if they work with a local partner, hire local technology with potential military applications, ties, many of which use US technology or equip- on China’s main state broadcaster yes- described as senior executives at CITIC workers and transfer technology, in some of the experts said. ment at some point in their supply chain. terday. — AFP Securities, had confessed to insider trading, most explicit comments to date about the obli- “You scratch the surface of a lot of goods and although it gave few details. gations businesses are likely to face. RISKY BUSINESS they’re made with American equipment or the official Xinhua news agency reported. A CITIC Securities spokesman declined to “If foreign companies or countries think they Companies could, for instance, end up linked American-origin technology,” Alavi said. “US-ori- China is trying to restore value to its stock comment. On Sunday, the brokerage said sev- can take control of a market of 80 million peo- to the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps gin high technology has a very wide domain, markets, where shares have lost around 40 eral senior managers had been asked to assist ple, they are mistaken, and we must not allow it,” (IRGC), which controls much of the economy and much of this is considered dual use.” Iran has percent since mid-June on concerns over the with a public security investigation and that Rouhani said at a news conference broadcast on and often hides its financial interests. Much of long been a difficult market for investors. It slowing economy and a devaluation of the the company was actively cooperating with state television on Saturday. “Our policy is that the IRGC will remain under terrorism-linked US attracted an average of only $1.1 billion of for- yuan in mid-August. the request. you bring your investment and technology to sanctions. eign direct investment between 1996 and 2004, Authorities have announced crackdowns It was unclear if the four were being the country and partner with Iranians, and then “The risk of investing in a business in which before major economic sanctions were imposed on fabricated trading information, alleged detained or had legal representation. Eight a part of the Iranian and regional markets will be there is either an overt or hidden IRGC interest is on it, according to the United Nations malicious short selling and other strategies CITIC employees were being investigated for within reach of us both and there will be probably the single greatest risk facing investors Conference on Trade and Development. FDI has seen as weakening confidence in the stock suspected illegal securities trading, Xinhua employment for our youth.” who are exposed to US or EU regulatory increased since then, but it remains far less than market. Wang Xiaolu, a reporter at the has previously said. It has not said if that Iran has not yet revealed any specific contract regimes,” said Nicholas Bortman, partner at risk in fast-growing emerging economies elsewhere, respected Caijing business magazine, read a investigation is linked to the one involving the terms it will impose on foreign investors. Oil consultancy GPW. Farhad Alavi, managing part- because of restrictive labor laws and business confession about his reporting on the stock CSRC official. — Reuters Minister Bijan Zanganeh yesterday said a new ner of Washington-based Akrivis Law Group, said rules, red tape and other obstacles. — Reuters Eni open to selling stake in supergiant Egypt gas find

MILAN: Italy’s Eni is open to selling a stake in another 15 percent. with planned import deals from Israel could its “supergiant” Zohr gas field discovery off of Eni Chief Executive Claudio Descalzi did not potentially allow Egypt to resume some gas Egypt, its chief executive said, as the state-con- rule out also selling a stake in the Egypt find. exports. It follows other significant gas discov- trolled energy company looks for funds to “It’s an open door to give value and solidity eries in the Mediterranean in recent years, bankroll development without sacrificing divi- to Eni’s balance sheet,” Descalzi said in an inter- including off Egypt, Israel and Cyprus. The proj- dends. Eni said on Sunday it had discovered view published on Monday by Italian newspa- ects are seen as a means of lowering Europe’s the largest known gas field in the per La Repubblica. “But it will not be a neces- dependence on Russian gas imports. Eni Mediterranean off Egypt, covering an area of sary outcome. There is much less to spend shares rose as much as 4 percent on Monday. about 100 square kilometres (60 square miles) than in Mozambique and the new gas is aimed By 0817 GMT the stock was up 1.9 percent at and containing a potential 30 trillion cubic feet at the local domestic market with prices dis- 14.68 euros. Israel energy shares fell sharply, (tcf) of gas. connected from those of oil, which today are with Delek Drilling and Avner Oil both down The find could help meet energy-starved at six-year lows,” he said. by more than 13 percent and Ratio Oil Egypt’s gas needs for decades and pose a chal- Once an energy exporter, declining oil and Exploration down 18 percent. Santander ana- lenge to other gas projects in Egypt, Israel and gas production and increasing consumption lyst Jason Kenney said the Egypt discovery was Cyprus. Eni last year was the first oil major to has forced Egypt to divert energy supplies to material and supportive of deep value for Eni. cut its dividend after a plunge in global oil the domestic market, turning it into a net He said Eni was very likely to look at monetis- prices. It has already sold part of its gas discov- importer. It began imports of liquefied natural ing a sizeable stake, possibly 30-40 percent, SAO PAULO: Federal Judge Sergio Moro speaks during an Economic Forum in Sao ery in Mozambique and is seeking to sell gas (LNG) in June. The Zohr discovery along within 3-4 years. — Reuters Paulo, Brazil, yesterday. — AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 BUSINESS

Oil drops below $49 as glut, China weigh Asian imports of Iran LONDON: Oil fell below $49 a barrel yesterday after its Volume is expected to be lower than normal on higher output from members including Saudi Arabia and oil fall slightly in July biggest two-day rally in six years last week, pressured by a Monday because of a British public holiday. Chinese equi- Iraq, and resilient supply from countries outside the supply glut and renewed concern about a hard landing ties fell sharply on Monday before recovering much of group. for China’s economy. International benchmark Brent their losses ahead of a survey expected to point to further Output from OPEC could rise even higher in 2016 if TOKYO: Asian imports of Iranian oil December for the International crude climbed 10 percent last week but was still heading economic weakness. China will release its official reading and when sanctions on Iran are lifted. A possible increase fell slightly from a year ago in July fol- Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “to for its fourth straight monthly decline and has risen in on August factory conditions today, and economists in US interest rates is expected to support the dollar, mak- lowing a landmark agreement on declare compliance and thus fire the only two of the past 14 months. polled by Reuters believe activity likely shrank at its fastest ing dollar-priced commodities including oil more expen- Tehran’s disputed nuclear program starter’s pistol for lifting of sanctions,” At 1052 GMT, Brent was down $1.14 at $48.91 a barrel pace in three years. sive for users of other currencies. Investors are looking that may pave the way for an increase Scott Lucas, professor of International and US crude, which had rallied 12 percent last week, Excess supply is weighing on oil. The Organization of ahead to US business surveys, factory orders, trade data in crude exports as early as next year. Politics at the University of dropped 81 cents to $44.41. “Volatility was high last week, the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which used to adjust and Friday’s nonfarm payrolls this week after comments Imports by Iran’s four biggest buy- Birmingham, England, told the so now we’re seeing some retracement - $50 is proving to its own supply to keep crude above $100, decided in 2014 by a top Federal Reserve official suggested a September ers - China, India, Japan and South Reuters Global Oil Forum. be a resistance level,” said Olivier Jakob, analyst at to let prices fall in order to retain market share. rate rise was more likely than some investors expected. Korea - totalled just over 1 million bar- Getting actual sanctions relief will Petromatrix, referring to Brent. “It is still a market which is OPEC’s forecasts point to an oversupply of more than “We believe that bearishness is still in play,” Phillip Futures rels per day (bpd) last month, down depend on the speed with which Iran very well supplied.” 2 million barrels per day (bpd) on the market because of said in a report. —Reuters 1.3 percent from a year earlier, gov- carries out the removal of centrifuges, ernment and tanker-tracking data he added. President Barack Obama on showed. Sunday was a step closer to having Tehran is eager to recover market sufficient backing to ensure the deal share lost under US and European stands, with another Democrat sena- Union sanctions and boost growth tor supporting the agreement. Obama after decades of diplomatic and eco- needs to muster 34 votes to ensure nomic isolation. The sanctions were lawmakers cannot kill the deal and designed to keep its exports at now has 31 supporters. around 1 million bpd, down from 2.5 Diplomatic ties have been restored million bpd in 2011, and get Tehran to between Britain and Iran and a steady negotiate on the disputed program, stream of diplomats and business which Western powers say was a cov- executives have made the pilgrimage er for building an atomic bomb. Iran to Tehran to prepare for post-sanc- has constantly denied it wants a tions business opportunities.For the nuclear weapon. first seven months of 2015, Asian buy- Under the accord reached in ers took in almost 1.1 million bpd, Vienna on July 14, Iran will be subject down about 8 percent from a year to longer-term restrictions on its earlier. Japan’s purchases rose more nuclear program in return for the than 20 percent in July from a year removal of US, UN and European earlier to 158,60 bpd, trade ministry sanctions. The target date is mid- data showed on Friday. —Reuters TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 BUSINESS

GCC investors send powerful message to property community Cityscape Global as real estate market remains stable

KUWAIT: The upbeat sentiment of the had a productive first half of the year and market there has to be balance between we look forward to showcasing our next year. The most positive news is the extent UAE property sector has been underlined is continuing to reinforce the growth luxury properties and affordable proper- project at Cityscape Global.” of trust investors place in the residential by a new survey conducted by global momentum plans for ongoing develop- ties. Previously developers had tried to Emirates NBD will be joined by four property market, which reveals the high market research company YouGov, which ment. As the progress of construction con- launch affordable properties, however other banks offering competitive mort- potential this sector has and the impor- revealed that 60 percent of investors tinues, we are continuing to partner with due to speculators and high demand gage rates and advice at Cityscape Global. tance of understanding what appeals expect Dubai’s real estate market to grow businesses to ensure our residents are some of these properties appreciated at These include Abu Dhabi Commercial most amongst prospective buyers.” over the next 12 months. provided with the ideal living community.” such high rate that they reached the Bank, First Gulf Bank, Commercial Bank of Welcoming more than 300 exhibitors With over half of home buyers (54 per- from around the world, Cityscape Global cent) feeling positive about the continu- has been extended by two additional ing growth of the Dubai real estate mar- exhibition halls - four more halls since the ket and a further three-fifths (58 percent) 2013 event - covering more than expecting an increase in sales and rental 40,000sqm of exhibition space. prices over the next year, all indications Taking a new format this year, the point towards a buoyancy in the residen- Cityscape Global Conference will be tial market. staged the day before the exhibition at These figures emerge as thousands of Conrad Hotel Dubai. investors from around the world prepare YouGov will be exclusively presenting to descend upon the Middle East’s largest their findings from a 1,500 strong study of property showcase, Cityscape Global, UAE Real Estate Market Sentiment, look- held at the Dubai World Trade Centre ing specifically at the future outlook from from 8 - 10 September. More than 100 investors, real estate professionals and local developers will participate in the potential home buyers during the morn- 14th edition of the event next week to ing of the conference. showcase their latest projects. The new format is expected to facilitate The YouGov survey has shown that more than 800 senior real estate profes- location is a significant factor in determin- sionals and government officials who will ing where investors purchase their prop- explore opportunities and find solutions erties in the Emirates. According to 861 to key challenges affecting the industry UAE residents, properties near public today. Also running in tandem with the transportation are the most attractive and exhibition is the Cityscape Awards for in demand (56 percent), followed by Emerging Markets. The awards program those close to grocery stores (44 percent), attracts hundreds of entries from develop- retail shopping malls (41 percent) and ers and architects behind real estate Mosques (37 percent). developments across emerging markets Conducted exclusively for Informa, the globally. Winners will be announced at an organisers of Cityscape Global, the study elaborate ceremony taking place at the also revealed that studios and one bed- Conrad Hotel, Dubai on 8 September. room apartments are growing in popular- Cityscape Global 2015 returns with ity in the UAE real estate market, with support from Dubai Land Department investors shifting their focus to smaller, and Foundation Partners: Emaar affordable residential options. Showcasing their Botanica Project, same price point as luxury properties. Dubai and National Bank of Abu Dhabi. Properties, Dubai Properties and Nakheel; Jumeriah Golf Estates will be capitalis- located in the popular Jumeriah Village “With new regulations in place, the spec- YouGov’s Head of Real Estate Research, Gold Sponsors: Arma Properties; Garanti ing on this opportunity as they showcase Circle, Sky View Real Estate Brokers and ulation of properties has been controlled Lara Al Barazi commented, “The study Koza and Al Marjan Island; Silver Sponsor their latest development, AlAndalus, Myra Real Estate Development will also and because mortgage LTV has been limit- highlights positive sentiment across the Sobha LLC; District Operator Sponsor: which offers end-users a new definition of be offering end-users and investors an ed at 50 percent for off plan projects, most board. Investors, potential home buyers as Ejadah Asset Management; Project affordable luxury. affordable option. developers are offering easy payment plans well as real estate professionals are Marketing Sponsor: Aqua Properties and Yousuf Kazim, CEO, Jumeirah Golf Kash Kanjwani, Director at Sky View and the right pricing. Demand for afford- expecting growth to continue in the Property Registration Trustee Partner: Estates said: “Jumeirah Golf Estates has Real Estate Brokers said: “For any mature able housing is now greater than ever and Dubai real estate market in the coming Tamleek Property Transfer. India economy grows slower than expected 7.0% in Q1 Pressure on PM to speed up efforts to boost growth

NEW DELHI: India’s economy grew rency and stocks also plunged last Bradstreet, said 7.0 percent was “not India’s government changed the by a slower than expected 7.0 per- week along with those of other that bad” given the government’s way it calculates GDP in January, say- cent in the first quarter, official fig- emerging markets on fears China’s need to pick up the pace of reform ing the new method was closer to ures showed yesterday, adding to economic slowdown is worse than and the fact new investments were international standards. The main pressure on Prime Minister Narendra expected and as the US Federal sluggish. change is that India now measures its Modi to speed up efforts to boost Reserve prepares to move on inter- The figures showed manufactur- economic growth at market prices to growth. est rates. ing, hotels, financial and insurance incorporate “gross value addition” in Growth in the three months through June slowed to 7.0 percent year-on-year from 7.5 percent in the previous quarter, the statistics min- istry data showed. The figures for the first quarter of the financial year were NEW YORK: Pedestrians walk past the New York Stock Exchange. Global lower than the median forecast of 7.4 stocks mostly fell yesterday after a US Federal Reserve official suggested a percent in a survey of economists by September interest rate hike still was possible and weak Japanese factory Bloomberg News.India’s growth activity provided more evidence of a sluggish global economy. —AP overtook that of regional economic powerhouse China in the first three months of 2015, prompting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to announce the World to Fed: We’re prepared economy was in “recovery mode”. But analysts said the latest figures for US rate hike, so don’t delay indicated the right-wing govern- ment’s attempts to revive Asia’s third JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming: Central bankers removed its cap on the franc at 1.20 to the largest economy were faltering. from around the world are telling their euro, sending the currency soaring and put- “The GDP number shows that American counterparts that they are ready for ting a major strain on the export-dependent there is no take-off in any of the key a US interest rate hike and would prefer that Swiss economy. sectors of the economy,” Madan the Federal Reserve make the move without “Latin America has seen a surge of infla- Sabnavis, chief economist at Care further ado. In private and in public at last tion” as countries “internalize” the evolution of Ratings, told AFP. week’s global central banking conference in Fed policy, Central Bank of Chile Governor “The high government spending Jackson Hole, the message from visiting poli- Rodrigo Vergara told the conference. which was expected to provide the cymakers was that the Fed has telegraphed boost is not being reflected in the an initial monetary tightening and, following TWO YEARS OF PREPARATION numbers.” Modi swept to power in a year-long rise in the dollar, financial markets Those sorts of trends have been under May 2014 on a pledge to reform and globally are as ready as they can be. way for some two years, when then Fed chair- revive the economy to help provide HYDERABAD: An Indian worker stitches together bags of onions at a market in Hyderabad. The powerful group gathered at the end man Ben Bernanke set off a global “taper jobs for India’s tens of millions of India’s economy grew by a slower than expected 7.0 percent in the first quarter, official figures of a roller-coaster week in markets in which tantrum” when he suggested the central bank young people. showed yesterday. —AFP the Dow tanked by 1,000 points on Monday was preparing to scale back its bond-buying But many of Modi’s key economic on concerns of a slowdown in China but program. initiatives including a national goods Monday’s figures come after services and real estate were among goods and services as well as indirect recovered to trade higher by the end of the Two years after the taper tantrum, Fed offi- and services tax have stalled in parlia- India’s central bank earlier this month sectors that grew over 7.0 percent, taxes. week. Remarks by Fed officials that liftoff cials say some volatility is unavoidable when ment where his Bharatiya Janata kept interest rates on hold, saying the while agriculture and mining were The base year to calculate India’s could come in September were blamed by the shift in policy occurs. “For emerging mar- Party (BJP) lacks a majority. country’s economic recovery was still among those well below 7.0. The GDP has also been advanced to some for that volatility. kets, the smaller economies, they’re often Modi on Sunday also announced a “work in progress”. numbers were the latest Gross 2011-12 from 2004-05. But analysts But for Agustin Carstens, the top central looking for a weaker currency. So from their he was abandoning land reforms Reserve Bank of India governor Domestic Product data to be say the new data does not correlate banker in Mexico, a rate hike by his neighbor perspective a tightening move by the Fed aimed at speeding up stalled multi- Raghuram Rajan has snipped rates released since the government intro- with some other economic indica- sends an encouraging sign of economic might be helpful to weaken their currency billion dollar infrastructure and other three times this year in a bid to kick- duced a revised formula for calculat- tors, including last year’s industrial health, even if it does force growth-chal- and help them do what they want to do,” St. development projects, after mass start lending and boost growth. Arun ing GDP that some analysts have crit- production figures and corporate lenged Mexico to also raise rates within days. Louis Fed President James Bullard said in an opposition from farmers. India’s cur- Singh, senior economist at Dun & icized. profits. —AFP “If the Fed tightens, it will be due to the interview. fact that they have a perception that inflation There are opponents to a hike - most is drifting up, but more important that unem- notably the People’s Bank of China and the ployment is falling and the economy is recov- International Monetary Fund, which has Low inflation in Europe puts spotlight on ECB ering,” Carstens told Reuters in an interview. urged the Fed to delay until the world econo- “For us, that is very good news,” he added. my is on a stronger footing. BRUSSELS/ FRANKFURT: With low price later this year as the difference between the NOT YET While Yao Yudong, head of the People’s But even frequent Fed critics said at inflation serving as a reminder of the euro- price of oil now and in 2014, when it started For now, the stabilization in inflation in Bank of China Research Institute of Finance Jackson Hole that the time was coming to and Banking, last week blamed the Fed for hike. “It’s a long anticipated event,” Reserve zone’s delicate health, the European Central to fall from June, becomes less stark. August, which follows a dramatic earlier the market turmoil and said a US hike should Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said Bank is having to reassure market investors Nonetheless, the central bank is far off its slump over more than two years, puts the ECB be delayed, most central bankers from on a conference panel, sitting alongside Fed that it can do yet more to help the economy. goal of inflation near 2 percent and it is under no immediate pressure to act when its emerging markets contacted by Reuters at Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer. “It has to hap- Fresh data showed on Monday that infla- expected to pare back its inflation forecasts, governing council meets this week. But its Jackson Hole and over the past month shared pen sometime - everybody knows it has to tion throughout the 19-country bloc was just an admission that the target may slip. president, Mario Draghi, may underscore the Carstens’ view. happen - but pick your time.” Those com- 0.2 percent - illustrating that while the euro “The ECB forecasts must show lower infla- bank’s readiness to act, a message already An end to more than six years of rock bot- ments were supported by central bankers zone’s economy is stabilizing, it is doing so tion. I don’t see how it can be any different,” sent by the ECB’s chief economist Peter Praet, tom US rates will touch off a wave of poten- from Japan, South Korea and Indonesia. only at a very low level. said Carsten Brzeski, an economist with ING. when he said there was “no ambiguity on the tially painful adjustments as countries deal When asked earlier this month whether he The falling cost of oil is driving prices low- “The ECB will prepare markets that it is willing willingness and ability ... to act if needed”. with the likelihood of an even stronger dollar thought the Fed should hike in September, er, with energy costs down 7.1 percent in to step up its efforts.” With interest rates at record lows, most as well as capital outflows from some emerg- Bank Indonesia Senior Deputy Governor August compared with a year ago. Policy-set- One question, though, is how. When asked economists believe this would mean an ing markets and changes in the relative prices Mirza Adityaswara told Reuters in Jakarta: ters in Frankfurt, who warn that falling oil has in a poll by Reuters last week if the ECB had expansion of its money printing program to of traded goods. An end to uncertainty for “The more certainty there is, the better.” skewed this result, point to a measure the any viable alternatives to its current asset- buy chiefly government bonds. The recent policymakers, however, could outweigh those A senior South Korean policymaker ECB calls core inflation as proof that a one- buying scheme if serious economic weakness stock-market crash in China further clouds the difficulties. echoed that sentiment. “A lift at an already Effects of the Fed’s easy money have been expected timing would be better in a sense trillion-euro-plus money printing program is were to reappear, the answer was a resound- picture and may hurt commodity prices, thus felt in countries as diverse as Chile and that it clears up one of the big uncertainties having an impact. ing “No” from 34 of 46 analysts. adding to deflationary pressure. Switzerland. Annual inflation in Chile has con- over the issue and it would mean the US eco- Stripping out energy and unprocessed Those who thought there was an alterna- “The ECB needs to wait for dust to settle in sistently come in above the bank’s target nomic recovery is deemed sustainable,” he food, consumer prices rose 0.9 percent year- tive listed politically difficult things such as order to better read the impact of recent range of 2 percent to 4 percent. said, speaking on condition of anonymity as on-year in August, the same as in July. buying equities, and vague things such as financial market volatility,” said Dominique In Switzerland, the central bank has been he was not authorized to comment publicly Inflation growth rates are also set to change more “forward guidance”. Barbet, economist at BNP Paribas. —Reuters forced to keep rates negative since it by the Bank of Korea. —Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

British Airways launches special fares in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Home to Shakespeare, Bond and the British Royal Kuwait City and London offering our customers excellent tality to our customers. We have received a lot of support Millennium Bridge, the London Eye and the Tate Modern. Family, it is little wonder why London is still a favorite holi- connections to 188 destinations across our network. We from Kuwait over the years as we have grown the British The discounted British Airways air fares will be available day hotspot among Kuwait residents. To encourage resi- hope this latest offer that allows travel until the end of Airways brand in the Middle East. It’s a market that we feel across Club World and World Traveller cabins and allows for dents of Kuwait to explore London and beyond, British March next year, encourages even more people living in very loyal to and we see potential for further growth in the travel until 31 March 2016. Return fares in World Traveller Airways is offering special fares from Kuwait to the British Kuwait to explore their favourite destination or visit some- future.” economy start from as little as KWD 188 per person from capital, which are available to book until the 7 September where new. When planning a holiday to London, visitors from Kuwait Kuwait to London, UK. A full timetable of British Airways’ for travel before 31 March 2016. “We have been flying to Kuwait for over 80 years and it’s could include some of the top 21st century British land- flights to London and beyond is available online at ba.com, Paolo De Renzis, Head of Middle East, Africa and Central still one of our best performing markets in the Middle East marks (as voted for in a recent poll conducted by British where customers can find the lowest fares and book, pay Asia Sales for British Airways said, “We fly daily between and we are committed to offering the best of British hospi- Airways’ High Life magazine) and include a visit to the and check-in online for their flights.

ABK launches new Bahrain to host fifth Arab premium Visa Cards with Emirates Aviation and Media Summit KUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) in partnership with Emirates yesterday announced the launch of two new pre- mium Visa cards, namely the ABK Emirates Visa Infinite and Event to debate status of Arab Aviation and Tourism the ABK Emirates Visa Signature cards. These products are the latest in a series of benefits resulting from the long- DUBAI: The 2015 Arab Aviation and Media Summit (AAMS) every year drawing attention to the host city travel and year’s edition promise to bring together industry experts term commercial partnership between ABK and Emirates. will be held in Bahrain, it was announced yesterday. The tourism experience as well as facilitating for a large audi- to explore the mutual benefits of fostering partnerships Designed to be a travel companion and equipped with event, which is a joint industry initiative by world-leading ence of Governments, decision makers and media to share, between the aviation and tourism industries for sustain- the award-winning Emirates Skywards frequent flyer pro- organizations, will take place on the 7th & 8th of learn and exchange. able economic growth, with the aim of developing and gram, both ABK Emirates Visa Premium Cards will offer December2015 in the Kingdom of Bahrain’s capital, Mohamed Yousif Al-Binfalah, CEO of Bahrain Airport encouraging tourism within the Arab states.” cardholders a variety of benefits including earning Manama. Company said: “We are delighted that Bahrain has been The summit concludes every year with a white paper Skywards Miles for every KD 1 spent on their cards. Running in its fifth edition this year, the Arab Aviation & chosen to host the 5th annual Arab Aviation and Media draft submitted to regulators and decision makers from Additionally, cardholders will receive up to 10,000 bonus Media Summit is an industry initiative committed to Summit, which holds great significance to us on both avia- both public and private sector followed up by a course of Skywards Miles when using their premium cards during the improving the state of Arab Aviation & Tourism. The initia- tion and tourism scales. This step reflects Bahrain’s legacy action. 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We look forward to working with the nomic growth. “LoungeKey” program, which offers travelers unlimited, many supporting partners; and this year’s edition is held in many partners over the coming months to facilitate this Fouad Attar, Managing Director of Airbus Middle East complimentary access to over 550 airport lounges world- partnership with the Kingdom of Bahrain’s Ministry of year’s summit that will further foster the correlation said: “The Arab Aviation and Media Summit with its fifth wide, as well as local and global concierge services, free Transportation and Telecommunications and Bahrain between Arab Aviation & Tourism.” edition will once again bring in-depth analysis and insights travel insurance and other luxury privileges. In addition, the Airport Company. This year’s Summit will bring together an array of inter- to an audience of experts and senior journalists from 15 card features include exclusive dining, shopping, sports, The 2015 edition will discuss the status of Arab aviation national and regional industry experts, as well as media Arab countries. We are proud of our continued partnership entertainment and travel discounts and offers, both locally and tourism under the current political and economic cli- representatives from across the entire Arab World to with Air Arabia on this summit look forward to participate and internationally. mate, and will see industry pioneers from across the region exchange ideas and strategies to address the challenges actively in showcasing Airbus latest market forecast and “ABK’s unique collaboration with the leading airline, come together to discuss the growing significance of the faced by the sector. innovations”. Emirates, powered by Visa’s innovative payment solutions partnerships between tourism and aviation. Adel A. Ali, Group Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia Last year, the event took place in Ras Al-Khaimah under lead to the launch of this premium product offering.” said Described as the ‘voice of the industry’, the Arab said: “The aviation industry continues to be the key con- the patronage and presence of His Highness Sheikh Garry Ceaplen, Assistant General Manager, Retail Banking Aviation and Media Summit is the largest assembly of Arab tributor to Arab economy and the link between aviation Mohammed Bin Saud Bin Saqr Al-Qasimi, Crown Prince of at ABK. media together with top executives from the aviation & and tourism is becoming increasingly significant. We are Ras Al-Khaimah and drew more than 170 participants from “The new ABK Emirates Visa Infinite and Signature cards tourism industry. AAMS takes place in a different Arab city glad to be part of this growing industry forum that this 15 countries. further reflect our shared commitment of delivering excel- lence and premium services to our customers. Our credit cards offer the most rewarding and exclusive products and services in Kuwait, as with the ABK Emirates Skywards Gold falls, awaiting fresh Citi is Bank of the Year at reward program, it is possible for cardholders to spend, earn, redeem and fly with Emirates in seven days” added clues on US rate rise Euromoney Awards 2015 Ceaplen. Commenting on the launch, Mohammed Al-Nahari Al- Hashmi, Emirates Manager Kuwait said: “We are always LONDON: Gold fell yesterday extending last such a move. Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer KUWAIT: Citi was named “Best Global my goals are that Citi become known looking for ways to add value and further improve our week’s slide as indications the Federal Reserve said on Saturday that US inflation was likely to Bank” for 2015 by Euromoney, the pre- for making smart decisions and for Skywards offering, by allowing our passengers the flexibili- may still raise interest rates this year, despite rebound as pressure from the dollar fades, allow- eminent global financial markets maga- being an indisputably strong and stable ty to earn more Miles while using their ABK Visa Premium recent market turmoil, offset a retreat in the dol- ing for a gradual rise in rates. “Last week it was zine, at its annual Awards for Excellence institution. This award shows that we’re cards. These compelling benefits will provide exceptional lar. Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $1,129.01 an felt that maybe the Fed would postpone the dinner in London. well on our way and we have begun to value for our frequent flyers.” ounce by 1348 GMT, while US gold futures for interest rate hike to December, but now, after The top award of the evening was show what our firm can do at its best.” Emirates operate seven daily flights from Kuwait and December delivery dropped $5.50 an ounce to the latest comments, you can say that it’s still one of 13 won by Citi, which also includ- The Euromoney Awards for utilizes its iconic A380. Onboard, passengers can look for- $1,128.50. Gold fell 2.3 percent last week after a possible that it will be in September,” LBBW ana- ed the Best Global Emerging Market Excellence are recognized as among the ward to on-board Wi-Fi on the A380; world-class in-flight slide in Chinese equities rattled wider markets. lyst Thorsten Proettel said. “Of course, that is a Investment Bank. most prestigious in the financial servic- menus and the award-winning ice system with over 2,000 The Federal Reserve left open the possibility of a burden for the gold price.” Euromoney said, “Citi is a much- es industry. channels of entertainment. The airline also offers its passen- September rate rise at a central banking confer- “People are waiting to see what’s going on in changed, smaller, more focused institu- Below is a list of Citi’s Euromoney gers seamless connectivity via its hub in Dubai to over 145 ence at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at the weekend, China. That and the interest rate decision will be tion. But it still has a truly global pres- award wins in all regions except for Asia, though several officials indicated that pro- the most important factors for the gold price global destinations. ence, in both consumer and wholesale which will be announced soon: longed financial market turmoil might delay over the next days and weeks.” —Reuters banking, which competitors will strug- • Best Global Bank gle ever to replicate. Citi’s management • Best Global Emerging Market has taken many of the necessary steps Investment Bank to ensure that a global universal bank- • Best Investment Bank in Africa ing model works. Our belief is that its • Best Investment Bank in Central clients, and its shareholders, will Eastern Europe increasingly see the benefits of its • Best Investment Bank in Latin unique global franchise.” America Citi also won a number of regional • Best Investment Bank in Argentina awards, including Best Investment Bank • Best Investment Bank in Peru in Africa, Best Investment Bank in • Best Equity House in Africa Central and Eastern Europe and Best • Best DCM House in Turkey Investment Bank in Latin America. • Best DCM House in Latin America “By every measure, Citi has become a • Best Equity House in USA simpler, smaller, safer and stronger • Best Transaction Banking House in bank,” said Citi CEO Michael Corbat. “I’ve North America said since I took over as CEO that two of • Best M & A House in the Middle East.

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank representatives along with the Marina FM team after the Red and Salary account draw held live at Marina FM. Gulf Bank announces winners of its monthly draws for salary, Red accounts

KUWAIT: Gulf Bank announced six winners for its late the Bank’s Salary account draw winners, KD 1,500. In addition, the quarterly car draw will monthly Salary and Red account draws. The Huda Merwi Mayyah Khashman (KD1500 winner), be for one lucky winner who will have a chance to draws announcement took place on Wednesday, Majed Aqeel Helal Al-Mutairi (KD800 winner), win a new Cadillac SRX. 26 August 2015, live at Marina FM, and was held Hooreyah Ateya Taha Al-Enezi (KD600 KD), Thani For further information about the, Salary and under the supervision of a Ministry of Commerce Yaqoub Yousef Al-Twaitan (400 KD winner), and Red accounts and prize draws, visit one of Gulf representative. Gulf Bank would like to congratu- Wadha Faisal Abdullah Al-Zobie (KD200 winner). Bank’s 58 branches, or call Gulf Bank’s Customer late Afrah Othman Jassim Al-Othman for winning Customers who open Red Account or Salary Contact Center on 1805805. General information a cash prize of KD1000 as the only winner of the Account and transfer their student allowance or about Gulf Bank’s products and services, can also Mike Corbat receives the Best Global Bank Award during the Euromoney annu- Bank’s Red account draw. monthly salary will be eligible to enter the be found at the Bank’s website at www.e-gulf- al Awards for Excellence dinner. In addition, Gulf Bank would like to congratu- monthly cash draws for a chance to also win up to bank.com technology TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Google wooing iPhone owners with Android watch app

SAN FRANCISCO: Google is intro- enable the latest Android watches es are most likely to appeal to other possibilities with what they ket with a 7.5 percent share. ducing an application that will con- to link with the iPhone so people iPhone owners reluctant to spend a can do with their devices.” Google is hoping the next wave nect Android smartwatches with can quickly glance at their wrists for lot of money on a device that Although Apple was a late of Android Wear watches will help Apple’s iPhone, escalating the rivals’ directions, fitness information and remains more of a novelty than an entrant into the smartwatch market, to shift the tide in its favor. The battle to strap their technology on notifications about events, emails essential gadget. the company quickly surged to the upcoming Android watches that will people’s wrists. and Facebook updates. The devices Google expects the prices of front of the pack after its April work with the iPhone include the The move thrusts Google on to still won’t be able to be tied togeth- Android watches compatible with release. Asus ZenWatch 2 and the Huawei Apple’s turf in an attempt to boost er in a way that will allow the the iPhone to range from $100 to About 4 million Apple Watches Watch. LG Electronics already makes the lackluster sales of watches run- Android watches to communicate $400. Apple, which has a long his- were sold during the three months an Android Watch, the $300 Urbane, ning on its Android Wear software. with all the other apps that a user tory of demanding premium prices ended in June to command three- that’s compatible with the iPhone. The program uniting the devices might have installed on the iPhone. for its products, sells most of its fourths of the worldwide smart- Working with the new app, the running on different operating sys- watches for $350 to $1,000, though watch market, based on estimates Android smartwatches will be com- tems is being released Monday in Roadblock its luxury models cost more than from the research firm Strategy patible with iPhones dating back to Apple’s app store. That roadblock is likely to dis- $10,000. Analytics. The combined sales of the 5, as long as their operating sys- Until now, Android watches only courage many iPhone owners from Android watches aren’t going to Android watches made by various tems have been updated to at least worked with smartphones powered defecting from Apple to buy an be bought by “the fan boys and fan device makers during the same peri- iOS 8.2. by Android software, just as the Android watch unless Google even- girls that have to have absolutely od totaled 600,000 units for an 11 “This is a shrewd move by Google Apple Watch is designed to be teth- tually finds a way to overcome the everything with an Apple logo on it,” percent market share. Samsung to expand its potential market,” ered exclusively to the iPhone. obstacle, said IDC analyst Ramon Llamas said. “We are talking about watches running on Tizen software Llamas said. “There is only so much Google’s new app, though, will Llamas. For now, the Android watch- going after people who are open to grabbed most of the rest of the mar- space available on each wrist.” —AP Boeing uses its global clout to control supplier consolidation

NEW YORK: Berkshire Hathaway Inc’s $37 billion “That part of it was frustrating,” he said. “You deliver premium seats earlier this year, it deal for aerospace supplier Precision Castparts could lose a deal over something like that, delayed delivery of 787s to American Airlines Corp is encouraging investors to consolidate the where the acquirer says, ‘Hey, I’m out of this.’” and hit Boeing with what analysts said were fragmented aircraft components industry, even Liberty Hall declined to comment. It plans to several hundred million dollars in added costs. as Boeing Co uses its clout as the world’s biggest integrate LaCroix into its Irving, Texas-based Boeing said those estimates are overstated. plane maker to put a check on some deals. Accurus Aerospace Corp subsidiary, which also Many experts expect Buffett’s aerospace Berkshire chief Warren Buffett isn’t alone in supplies Boeing. purchase will spur even more consolidation, seeing potential for profits from rising demand LaCroix had already agreed to give Boeing 15 and likely will prompt Boeing to look even for commercial aircraft. Private equity and strate- percent price cuts on existing contracts, starting more closely at deals that affect its suppliers. gic buyers have been pouring into the sector, in 2016. The alternative was slow death by losing Precision Castparts, a 60-year-old firm based and foreign companies such as China’s AVIC and the right to bid on future work, LaCroix said. in Portland, Oregon, locked up key aerospace Senior PLC of the UK have recently been prowl- “Staying in business with Boeing was much products and production capabilities by doing ing for deals, bankers and company executives preferable,” he said, “and still had plenty of profit its own strategic acquisitions. It is now an inte- said. Potentially standing in their way, though, is for us.” Some bankers say they routinely exclude gral supplier of parts for commercial and mili- Boeing, these people said. Boeing is the biggest potential bidders for a company if they know tary aircraft and engines. customer of most aerospace suppliers, and is those won’t pass muster with Boeing, which “Boeing woke up to the fact after the fact,” slowing some acquisitions by using its power to looks at financial strength, track record and said Christian Schiller, a managing director at approve the transfer of its supply contracts from investment intentions of prospective buyers. Cascadia Capital investment bank in Seattle, one owner to another. Some also see the logic of talking with Boeing referring to Precision’s success in achieving ver- Boeing can act like an unofficial regulator on about meeting assignability requirements, and tical integration. “They couldn’t undo it, so aerospace mergers and acquisitions because of understand Boeing’s need to minimize supply they’re making sure they can exert more con- the “assignability clause” inserted in most of its chain risk. trol over the M&A process to make sure a PCC contracts with suppliers. The clause allows Boeing to refuse to transfer the contracts to the new owners, giving it a de facto veto over deals. Boeing said it hasn’t changed the process it uses to scrutinize mergers and acquisitions among suppliers, and that the time taken depends on the size and complexity of the deal. Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, who took over July 1, is continuing predecessor Jim McNerney’s policy of “de-risking.” “We have an ability to have our voice heard in the M&A process and we use that ability,” said Kent Fisher, vice president and general manager of suppliers at Boeing Commercial Airplanes. But bankers and company owners said approvals from Boeing that used to take a cou- ple of weeks now take much longer, putting deals at risk, with no explanation from Boeing for the delay. “Any time you have a pause in a transaction, it increases the risk that it won’t get across the fin- “Reviewing the companies that would doesn’t happen again.” ish line,” said Brian Murphy, a managing director acquire their suppliers is part of that,” said Jet He and other bankers said Boeing has a at Meridian Capital, an investment bank based in Wales, a managing director at Moss Adams legitimate need to protect its interests and Seattle. Capital in Seattle. avoid the rise of another powerful supplier. For example, Boeing took four months to “But Boeing should make it easier for the approve the purchase of a small supplier by MORE INVESTMENT, MORE RISK smaller deals to go forward,” Schiller said. Liberty Hall Capital Partners, a New York private North American aerospace and defense “There’s no need to take really hard looks at $10 equity firm focused on aerospace and defense. deals shot up 17 percent last year and their val- million to $100 million deals.” LaCroix Industries, which has 45 employees ue nearly doubled to about $12 billion, Boeing subjects even small deals to detailed and was founded in Kent, Washington, in 1977, Thomson Reuters data show. Private equity scrutiny, such as the 2013 purchase by Kidd & has long supplied parts directly to Boeing for the buyers are involved in an increasing number of Co and Centerfield Capital Partners of 737, 777 and 787 jets. It earned awards from transactions, according to data from PitchBook, Imaginetics Inc, then a 120-person precision Boeing for near-perfect quality the last seven a Seattle firm that tracks transactions, fueling machining shop in Auburn, Washington, a top years, co-founder Philip LaCroix said. competition for choice targets. supplier to Boeing. Approval took more than a The company began talks with Liberty Hall The big attraction: Boeing’s eight-year back- month, said a source familiar with the deal. last September, and sought Boeing’s blessing in log of commercial jet orders worth $431 billion. Imaginetics declined to comment. April, he said. Boeing took until July to consent, Investors see an assured revenue stream and “Boeing has turned up the heat on who is and the deal closed that month. have bid up the prices of supplier companies to the buyer and is taking longer to decide that lofty levels. Ownership changes can increase a deal is OK,” said Michael Black, a principal TOKYO: These handout pictures released from Japan’s electronics giant Sony MAJOR SLOWDOWN risk, however. A stumble by a key supplier can at Zachary Scott, an investment bank in yesterday show Sony’s smartwatch “Wena wrist”. The smartwatch can con- “The approvals from Boeing were the major disrupt Boeing’s carefully orchestrated factories Seattle. “They’ve got a pretty tough filter and nect with Apple’s iPhone and receive signal of mail and phone call, while it slowdown” and Boeing wouldn’t say what was and run up hefty costs. it’s gotten tougher and I don’t see that has IC chip in the wristband and enables it to pay like a smartcard. —AFP causing the delay, LaCroix said in an interview. When Zodiac Aerospace of France failed to changing.” —Reuters Dating site eHarmony aims New estimate: Apple shipped to mix work with pleasure 3.6m watches last quarter

NEW YORK: As a marriage counselor either as a job-seeker or recruiter. Work on The entire talent acquisition and years ago, Neil Clark Warren saw first- the project has been under way for more staffing market worldwide is worth about SAN FRANCISCO: A new report estimates reports but also gathers data from suppliers, IDC had initially forecast Apple would ship hand how incompatibility led to unhappy than a year. $94 billion, she said. Apple shipped 3.6 million watches in the last distributors and consumers to estimate the about 22 million watches during the calen- matches. So the compatibility factor was “It’s so important that Elevated Careers EHarmony expects “high and double- quarter - more than some analysts have esti- number of units shipped by the Cupertino, dar year. Llamas said that now seems key - even in the name - when he co- is developed to eHarmony standards via digit” revenue growth in percentage mated and enough to change the competi- California, company, not actual retail sales. unlikely. founded online match-making service client feedback,” a spokeswoman said. The terms this year, to between $275 million tive landscape for fitness bands and other IDC also tracks shipments of personal com- Still, he said Apple’s clout in the market- eHarmony in 2000. Now, with surveys new service speaks to eHarmony’s need to and $350 million. Earnings before interest, wearable gadgets. puters, smartphones and other computer place will influence other makers of wearable showing 70 percent of Americans are diversify as IAC/InterActiveCorp bulks up tax, depreciation and amortization (EBIT- Apple shipped enough units of its new products. Its reports on those products, gadgets. Over the next few years, IDC pre- unhappy with their jobs, he thinks the ahead of the planned public listing of DA) are expected to increase by 50-70 smartwatch to nearly overtake market leader along with estimates from rival research dicts, basic fitness bands will lose ground to same focus on matching personalities can Match Group, which will hold the compa- percent both this year and next, said FitBit in the last quarter, according to analysts firm Gartner, are widely cited in the indus- “smart” devices that come with a variety of work in the recruitment industry. ny’s dating businesses. IAC pushed deeper Warren, who turns 81 next month. But he at International Data Corp. Their report warns try. While the IDC figure for the Apple Watch apps and Internet services. That includes the “Nobody has really matched personal- into the mobile-based dating business last said the contribution from Elevated that traditional fitness bands may be losing is higher than other recent estimates, it’s still Apple Watch and other smartwatches that ities in terms of the applicant and the month when it agreed to buy PlentyOfFish. Careers would be “minuscule” as popularity to smartwatches and other lower than many projections made before use competing software from Google or oth- supervisor. That’s not something that Match Group did not respond to requests eHarmony spends heavily to develop the devices that offer more features. Apple started selling the watch in late April. er companies. LinkedIn or Monster do,” Warren said, for comment on whether it plans to launch business. Both employers and job-seekers “People want to get more out of their explaining eHarmony’s plans to get into a recruitment service. will likely pay to use the service, although devices,” said IDC’s Ramon Llamas in an inter- the employment industry. “(The career some features could be free. More than view. “It’s kind of like the way smartphones China to open high-speed market) is such a big market that we do NO IPO FOR NOW 100 variables will be used to match overtook basic phones.” Consumer response rail link to N Korea border expect it to grow faster than our core EHarmony has no plans to go public, clients. Apart from skills and experience, to the Apple Watch has been the subject of product,” the octogenarian clinical psy- Warren said. “We love the position of the algorithm will attempt to match job- intense speculation since the new gadget BEIJING: China will open a high-speed rail between China and North Korea passes chologist and eHarmony CEO said in an being able to manage our own situation seekers and employers based on such went on sale this spring. While Apple is line to the North Korean border today, through Dandong, which is near one of interview. Finding love is not easy, and and not feel pushed by any public variables as personality - as on the known for making popular gadgets, the state news agency Xinhua said, the latest North Korea’s special economic zones on neither is the increasingly crowded online groups,” he said. eHarmony site - as well as work and social watch represents a new category of products effort to boost economic ties despite ten- Hwanggumpyong island. China has match-making industry. “We’re very much on the side of and cultural values. for the company. Critics have questioned sion between the countries. encouraged the development of three spe- The market is dominated by Barry remaining private as of this time.” Daniel Warren retired from eHarmony in whether it’s useful enough for consumers to The line, under construction since cial economic zones in North Korea, hoping Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp, owner of Kurnos, an analyst at brokerage 2007 but came back as CEO after five need or want one on their wrist. 2010, will run 207 km (127 miles) from to tap low labour costs and encourage the Match.com as well as other sites for the Benchmark Co, estimates that eHarmony, years to turn around the business, whose Apple has not revealed how many watch- Shenyang to the border city of Dandong, North to see the benefits of economic lovelorn. IAC has also been gaining mar- whose biggest shareholder is Madrone growth was slowing in the face of es it has sold at prices that start at $350, with which faces North Korea across the Yalu reform, even while publicly rebuking it over ket share through acquisitions, including Capital Partners, has a market value of increasing competition. He cut jobs, luxury models selling for $10,000 or more. River, and will shorten the train journey its nuclear weapons program. dating app Tinder. Los Angeles-based about $1 billion. The US online dating bought back shares from Sequoia After the company issued its last financial from 3-1/2 hours to just over one hour, While there has been little sign of EHarmony plans to launch its recruitment market is worth more than $2 billion Capital and slashed the nine-member report, in which Apple lumped watch sales Xinhua said. progress in the new economic zones, service - Elevated Careers - in 2016, and annually, he said. In comparison, the board to two (now three) - himself and into a broader category it calls “other prod- The new link will “raise the region’s eco- China continues to improve infrastructure expects the business to contribute about online career market - which includes “very close friend” Greg Penner, founder ucts,” many analysts estimated Apple sold nomic competitiveness”, the report cited on its side of the border, including build- 60 percent of the company’s revenue LinkedIn Corp and Monster Worldwide of Madrone Capital and now chairman of between 2 million and 3 million watches dur- an unnamed railway official saying. ing a bridge from Dandong into North within three years. In the meantime, visi- Inc - is worth about $6 billion a year, said Wal-Mart Stores Inc. A compatible ing the quarter that ended in June. As much as 80 percent of trade Korea. —Reuters tors to elevatedcareers.com can sign up Lisa Rowan of market research firm IDC. match, it seems. —Reuters IDC says it starts with Apple’s financial TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

BANKA, INDIA: An Indian tribal silkworm rearer displays silkworms clinging on the branches of Arjuna trees.

BANKA, INDIA: Silkworms cling on the branches of Arjuna trees, in the Banka district of the eastern state of Bihar. —AFP photos

BANKA, INDIA: An Indian tribal silkworm rearer collects moths BANKA, INDIA: An Indian tribal silkworm rearer adjusts strings in a bamboo basket as cocoons hang in the background. of cocoons with clinging moths. BANKA, INDIA: An Indian tribal silkworm rearer shows silkworms clinging India’s tribal communities spin on the branches of Arjuna trees. their way out of poverty

BANKA, INDIA: Pointing to a television in her of a huge metal trunk. Decorated with colourful serve as hosts to the moths,” said Pradan’s recently built mud and brick home, Indian vil- murals of tribal life on the walls, her home also Shamshad Alam. India is the world’s second lager Munia Murmu proudly shows off her new- has a room dedicated to watching TV on the largest producer of all types of silk, including found wealth, thanks to hundreds of squirming new set, along with two toilets and a water tasar, after China, and is its largest consumer. green silkworms. Like thousands of other tribal pump in her front yard. The thriving industry in Bihar supplements villagers in India, Murmu lives in extreme pover- the tribal communities’ traditional rice farming ty and until recently could not afford enough ‘Silkworms have changed our lives’ in a region which lacks irrigation and is at the food for her and her family. But the 40-year-old Members of tribal communities, also known mercy of poor monsoon rains. In a delicate pro- decided to join others in her community rearing as Adivasis, have traditionally been at the bot- cedure, other members of Murmu’s community wild silkworms in the native forests of her home tom of India’s socio-economic ladder, with some extract the silk thread from cocoons spun by the state of eastern Bihar. of the worst rates for poverty, malnutrition and worms by boiling them to make them softer and Along with dozens of other women, Murmu life expectancy. They have long reared silkworms collection easier. It normally takes between 250 nurtures the worms which produce silk threads in the dense forests of Bihar and neighboring and 700 cocoons to make one sari. which are in high demand in India, Europe and Jharkhand states to make tasar, a copper-col- Bhola Tudu, a silkworm rearer, said profits the US for use in saris and other garments and ored silk coveted for its unique texture. But pro- have increased thanks largely to a regular supply home furnishings. The mother of two also sells duction has hiked in recent years, thanks to the of healthy eggs from a cooperative set up by silkworm eggs to other rearers in this remote adoption of modern techniques, attracting new community members in their village. “We do the corner of India. During the breeding season, farmers like Murmu and handing them a way microscopic examination of the eggs ourselves,” which lasts three months of the year, Murmu out of poverty. said Tudu, as he sprayed disinfectant on leaves earns 50,000 rupees ($770) — a relative fortune. Local NGO Pradan has helped train the farm- where the fluorescent green worms were feed- “I used to live in a tiny house with no toilet, ers in several ways, including how to use micro- ing. “We discard the bad ones and then buy the no fans, nothing. Then I started keeping the silk- scopes to examine and discount diseased good eggs at a nominal price which ensures BANKA, INDIA: Indian tribal silkworm rearers make microscopic examina- worms and I haven’t looked back since,” a beam- moths. “We have (also) helped the farmers plant optimum profits. “The silkworms have really tions of the moths for any disease prior to putting them into egg laying ing Murmu told AFP, pulling a shiny laptop out arjuna trees on the wastelands here. These trees changed our lives.” —AFP boxes.

Bayer heart failure drug Obama tries to strike cuts deaths in mid-stage trial WASHINGTON: Bayer will move a Gerasimos Filippatos, the study’s prin- a balance in Alaska heart failure drug into final-stage test- cipal investigator, told the European ing this year, boosting its ambitions in Society of Cardiology’s annual meet- cardiovascular treatments after the ing. experimental medicine showed a ‘What’s happening in Alaska is happening to us’ “striking” reduction in deaths in a mid- Larger tests needed stage trial. Having done well with The greatest relative risk reduction ANCHORAGE: Barack Obama arrived in Alaska lowered Alaska’s credit rating from “stable” to said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska director for the recently launched drugs such as stroke of 44 percent was seen in patients who yesterday for a trip aimed at highlighting the pace “negative.” Governor Bill Walker has warned that Center for Biological Diversity. “The mixed signals prevention pill Xarelto and eye treat- started at 10 mg daily of finerenone, of climate change. But not everyone in this oil-rich he has a clear message for Obama. “We have an that Obama is sending with his energy and cli- ment Eylea, the German company is which Filippatos said appears to be the state is welcoming the US president with open excellent pipeline in Alaska, except that it is three- mate policies are truly baffling,” she added. “It’s eager to show it has another potential optimal dose. “We didn’t expect to see arms. Rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers, melting quarters empty” Walker said last week. “So I’ll talk been frustrating to watch him say eloquent, billion-dollar-plus winner in heart drug these clearly better results already in permafrost: the effects of climate change are stark to him about what we need to do to put more oil inspiring words about addressing climate change, finerenone. Finerenone, which is still Phase II,” said Frank Misselwitz, head of in this vast but sparsely populated state. Obama, in the pipeline.” and then to watch him betray those words with several years from reaching the mar- the therapeutic area cardiovascular who will speak at the closing of an international his actions.” ket, is an improved version of a trou- and coagulation at Bayer. Larger tests conference on the Arctic, wants to shore up public Mount McKinley renamed A less controversial move came Sunday, when blesome class of heart drugs called are now needed to confirm the benefit. support to tackle what he calls “one of the great- Republican Congressman Don Young, who Alaska’s Mount McKinley, the tallest of North mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists A blood reading to measure stress est challenges we face this century.” supports the expansion of drilling areas, also America’s mountains, was officially renamed (MRAs). on the heart, which was the trial’s pri- His visit comes just months before a crucial voiced his concern. “We are not just a fancy photo Denali. The mountain had been named in 1896 Existing MRAs spironolactone and mary efficacy measure, was at levels conference in Paris-known as COP21 — in on a postcard or a green screen backdrop for the for a future US president, William McKinley, but eplerenone, branded as Inspra by comparable to the control group, as December that will aim to cap global temperature anti-resource development agenda; we are a local authorities had worked on the change for Pfizer, are unsuitable for many patients was the level of overall side effects. increases by two degrees Celsius (3.6 degree unique and diverse people that rely upon our years, restoring an Alaska Native name with deep since they can cause abnormally high Bayer will enroll more than 3,600 Fahrenheit) over pre-industrial levels. “What’s hap- lands and our resources to survive,” he wrote in an cultural significance. levels of potassium in the blood, lead- patients with heart failure and dia- pening in Alaska is happening to us,” Obama said “Finalizing a process initiated by the State of ing to irregular heart beat or even car- betes and/or kidney disease in its final- before leaving Washington. “It’s our wakeup call. Alaska in 1975, President Obama is announcing And as long as I’m president, America will lead the that the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell used diac arrest. The two older medicines, stage Phase III study. It has said previ- world to meet the threat of climate change before her authority to rename the mountain as ‘Denali,’” whose patents have expired, are also ously it would also start even bigger it’s too late.” Obama, who will visit glaciers and a White House statement said. “Generally believed linked to kidney problems. Phase III tests of the drug in diabetic also meet fishermen who work the front lines of a to be central to the Athabascan creation story, Bayer’s pill, however, works in a dif- kidney disease. There has been little changing environment, is clearly looking for Denali is a site of significant cultural importance ferent way and appears to avoid these progress for more than a decade in strong images to highlight his message. to many Alaska Natives. The name ‘Denali’ has issues, so cardiologists are watching its treating heart failure where the heart Obama has just imposed, much to the chagrin been used for many years and is widely used development closely. “If you can elimi- fails to pump enough blood around of his Republican opponents in Congress, strict across the state today,” it added. nate hyperkalaemia (high potassium) the body, but competition is starting standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, a that would be a huge benefit to to heat up. from power plants. America is the second-largest Republican, led the effort to make the change patients,” said Mary Norine Walsh, vice Novartis recently won approval for emitter of greenhouse gases behind China and official. “I’d like to thank the president for working president of the American College of its drug Entresto that can cut the risk of has committed to a reduction of 26-28 percent of opinion piece in the Alaska Dispatch News. And with us to achieve this significant change to show Cardiology, who was not involved in cardiovascular death and hospital greenhouse gas emissions by 2025 compared to the Alaska Oil and Gas Association called on honor respect and gratitude to the Athabascan the research. admissions by a fifth, and which is fore- 2005. Alaska is often just a fuel stop for US presi- Obama to “strike a reasonable balance” and people of Alaska,” said Murkowski, referring to Phase II trial data presented in cast by analysts to generate annual dents headed for Asia. But Obama will spend reminded him that the oil and gas sector account- Alaska Natives. The mountain rises about 20,000 London on Monday showed sales of more than $5 billion by 2020. three days in The Last Frontier and become the ed for 110,000 jobs. Only about 737,000 people feet (6,000 meters) above sea level. finerenone led to fewer deaths and Finerenone may only reach the market first sitting US president to visit the Alaskan Arctic. live in Alaska. Obama will spend three days in Alaska and hospital admissions among partici- in 2020 or 2021, according to analysts, Finding a satisfactory balance seems unlikely, become the first sitting US president to visit the pants during 90 days of initial treat- leaving its prospects uncertain, ‘Not just a fancy photo’ as environmental protection groups also make Alaskan Arctic, the setting of the most spectacular ment, when compared to a control although Berenberg and Deutsche Many in Alaska, which became America’s 49th noise. They are furious the Obama administration impacts of climate change. Just three months group on eplerenone. “We were some- Bank have penciled in potential sales state in 1959, fear Obama has forgotten the eco- gave the green light to Shell to drill in the Chukchi ahead of the UN climate conference in Paris, the what surprised by this striking reduc- of $1.8 billion and $2.0 billion respec- nomic difficulties they face. His visit comes as low- Sea, north of Alaska. “If Obama is going to be the US president wants to shore up public support to tion in CV (cardiovascular) events,” tively. —Reuters ered oil prices have eaten into Alaska’s earnings. climate change leader the world needs, he must tackle what he calls “one of the greatest chal- The Standard & Poor’s ratings agency this month revoke Shell’s permits to drill in the Chukchi Sea,” lenges we face this century.” —AFP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 HEALTH & SCIENCE

SIERRA LEONE: Ebola survivor Victoria Yillia, left, passes her son Barnabas to another member of the SIERRA LEONE: A nurse in protective gear hands over to Victoria Yillia, right, her newborn son Barnabas congregation during a church service in Kenema, on the outskirts of Freetown. — AP photos at a maternity ward. Ebola survivor who lost 21 relatives gives birth to baby boy ‘We pray that he will become a success in life’

KENEMA, SIERRA LEONE: Ebola did not take miscarriage. The 20-year-old had Ebola. riages or had stillborn babies, said nurse matron Victoria Yillia’s life. And it could not prevent the Meanwhile, back home in her village other Elizabeth B.M. Kamara at the Kenema hospital. birth of her son. And yet it loomed, even on this, family members began falling sick. “We were at In the end, Victoria’s labor was rather ordinary. WISH presents global research her happiest day. She delivered her child just a few the hospital when we heard that her sister’s baby She started contractions around 9 pm on a minutes’ walk from the ward where just last year boy was dead,” Anthony recalls. “A few minutes lat- Saturday and her son arrived the following at forum 2015 in Manila she had hovered between life and death, and nurs- er they called to say that her mother was sick and evening, a healthy 6 pounds, 3 ounces (2.8 kilo- es and medical staff still wore full protective suits two days later she died.” grams). Like any new mother, she was nervous and masks for fear of any lingering infection. Soon Victoria’s father was feverish and ill. Her about holding her child, all the more so because Doctors gave her formula and told her not to nurse grandmother, her three older sisters, all died as health officials wanted to run more tests before her baby until they ran tests to be sure there were well. Anthony didn’t know how to tell his wife she letting her sleep with the baby or nurse him. On no traces of the virus in her breast milk. was the only survivor, and feared the unrelenting Thursday, she left the hospital and headed to the Her husband Anthony beamed in the materni- grief could take her too. The decision was made to room where she, her husband, her mother-in-law ty ward as they talked about names for the boy wait several weeks until she regained some and little Bintu now live. Sia, who had had nine nestled in a blanket with a yellow knit cap. But strength. “The pastor was called and the trauma children of her own, helped Victoria breastfeed. Victoria burst into tears: Her mother was not here was very high. It took a long time for her to be to help her, to show her what to do with her first consoled,” her husband recalled. “After we told her Extended family child. Nor was her grandmother, or her three older she cried and cried for weeks and days.” The following Sunday morning, Sia made por- sisters. ridge over a coal fire, and hung baby bibs and dia- The couple and their new baby are all that pers on the laundry line as darkening clouds hov- remain: Twenty-one members of her family died ered above. This should have been the child’s of Ebola when the virus ripped through this cor- naming ceremony - an event that takes place on ner of Sierra Leone. “Because I lost all my relatives, the seventh day after birth, typically a joyous God has blessed me and I can start a new family,” occasion bringing together the extended family. she said, softly cradling the boy. “With this baby, But Victoria and Anthony put off the celebration, all I have lost has come back to me.” Victoria is not given their circumstances. just her family’s sole survivor - she was also the Nonetheless, the pastor insisted the baby first person to survive Ebola in Sierra Leone. Her should be blessed. Victoria changed into her Dr Oliver Keown survival was celebrated nationally: She met the Sunday finest - a two-piece ensemble and head president, and the day of her release, June 8, is wrap of bright pink-and-turquoise tones. She DOHA: The World Innovation Summit for Health presented WISH’s GDHI research in a session now National Survivors Day. sidestepped puddles as she brought the little boy (WISH), a global initiative of Qatar Foundation for titled: “From evidence to policy - thinking out- to church for the first time. The pastor gave his Education, Science and Community side the box”to highlight the need for innovation Becoming a teacher sermon in the cinder-block church, as parish- Development (QF), presented its landmark and research to improve economies and popula- If she is the face of survival in Sierra Leone, it is ioners sat on wooden benches and plastic lawn Global Diffusion of Healthcare Innovation tion health. SIERRA LEONE: Victoria Yillia cradles her fitting that her life of hope and sorrow mirrors chairs on dirt floors. Rain rattled on the metal roof (GDHI)research to leading healthcare stakehold- Dr Keown said: ”Our Global Diffusion of that of an Ebola-ravaged country struggling to newborn son Barnabas at a maternity ward. above, muffling the voices as Victoria led the con- ers representing governments, NGOs and the Healthcare Innovation study has delivered move on, despite its anguish. It all began so hap- gregation in “I Have Faith in God.” private sector, at the Global Forum 2015 on invaluable insight to the behaviours and prac- pily. She met Anthony in the village of Koindu The child was passed around by the women of Research and Innovation for Healthin Manila, the tices within healthcare organisations which sup- when she was just 16. He was volunteering at her Nine children the church, and then the pastor blessed him. He Philippines. port the spread of innovation and best practice. school with dreams of becoming a teacher and After her much-publicized discharge from the called the child “Sunday Boy” for now; the couple Organised by the Council on Health Research WISH has been a tremendously powerful plat- couldn’t take his eyes off of her. They married and hospital, she returned to her village to recover already had chosen a name, though it would not for Development (COHRED) in partnership with form for learning from international stakeholders she stayed behind with her family as he complet- away from the attention. With her was Sia, her be announced just yet. They will call the child the Philippine’s Department of Science and as well as broadcasting this evidence-based poli- ed his university studies in Kenema. mother-in-law, who also survived because she Barnabas - a Biblical name that often translates as Technology, Department of Health and the cy to a global audience. We are delighted to have Soon she was expecting, but her first weeks of was in Kenema with Victoria when everyone else the son of encouragement or consolation. Philippine Council for Health Research and shared our research with global healthcare lead- pregnancy were fraught with complications. fell ill. Their reconstituted family also included a 3- “He will be the foundation of our family, and a Development, Forum 2015 brought together ers at Forum 2015, and hope that our findings Victoria had no way of knowing that a nurse who year-old relative named Bintu who had lost her source of comfort to his mother,” the new father high-level representatives from government, inspire them to translate successful practices in treated her had also come into contact with parents and her siblings to Ebola. Victoria looked said proudly. “We pray that he will become a suc- business, non-profits, international organiza- their own systems.” someone who’d attended a funeral in Guinea - after the little girl while Anthony went back to cess in life.” tions, academic and research institutions, and Through its participation in Forum2015, WISH and brought the deadly Ebola virus across the school. They know the path will not be easy without social entrepreneurs. aims to inspire and diffuse healthcare innovation border. She lost the baby in late May 2014 just as When Victoria discovered she was pregnant the support of extended family - no maternal During the conference, Dr Oliver Keown, and best practice, remaining closely aligned to she was nearing the end of her first trimester, and again, she was surprised. Doctors had said there cousins for Barnabas to play with, no maternal Clinical Advisor and Policy Fellow at the Institute the vision and mission of Qatar Foundation to she was sent to the maternity ward in Kenema was no way of knowing if she could even carry a aunts to dote on him. The family will manage, of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College unlock human potential and serve to underscore where her husband studied. It was there doctors child to term after having Ebola. For reasons not Anthony said. For him it is still a miracle: “We are London and Private Secretary to Professor the Qatar’s pioneering role as an emerging centre for determined she was suffering from more than a yet known, other survivors have suffered miscar- here.” — AP Lord Darzi of Denham, Executive Chair of WISH, healthcare innovation. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

2015 Nelson Mandela Day

he Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Kuwait, in collaboration with the TUnited Nations Country Team in Kuwait and the Al Kharafi Kids Activity Centre, will cel- ebrate the legacy of the former South African President, Nelson Mandela, at an event on 2 September 2015 at the Al Kharafi Kids Activity Centre under the theme: “Make everyday a Mandela Day - Contributing 67 minutes of our time to help those in need”. The event aims at celebrating Mandela’s life and legacy, honour his life’s work as well as inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better. Nelson Mandela’s birthday, 18 July, was declared in 2009 by the United Nations as the Nelson Mandela International Day, in recogni- tion of his impressive work throughout the years he spent fighting for peace, freedom, democracy and human rights. He spent 27 years in prison and dedicated 67 years of his life to service to humanity. The 67 minutes rep- resents the number of years Mandela fought to end apartheid in South Africa. The Nelson Mandela Day represents an occasion to remember his contribution to the struggle for democracy internationally and the promotion of a culture of peace throughout the world. The 67 minute campaign encourages indi- viduals, groups and corporates to pledge 67 minutes of their time and everyday thereafter, to performing community work in emulation of the selfless spirit of President Mandela. The day is observed to honour his legacy and val- ues through volunteering and community service. He said at the time of the launch of the 67 minutes initiative of voluntary service that he would be honoured if this day can serve to Movenpick Hotels & Resorts debuts bring people together around the world to fight poverty and promote peace and reconcili- ation. in Riyadh with new landmark property To ensure that our actions have lasting ben- efits, they should always strive to leave behind he brand new Movenpick Hotel Riyadh is officially “We have always felt a strong connection with the sauna, ice room and pool; 12 meeting venues including a not only physical changes, but also a sense of open, marking the debut of the Movenpick Hotels & Riyadh community and are delighted now to have the 1,200-square-metre Grand Ballroom; and a Kids Club. empowerment among individuals and disad- Resorts brand in Saudi Arabia’s dynamic capital city. opportunity to welcome guests to our fantastic new prop- “There will always be something new, lively and inter- vantaged communities, so that they can take T charge of their destinies and change their cir- The hotly anticipated five-star property, the result of a erty, offering them our warm hospitality and a host of esting happening at Movenpick Hotel Riyadh,” said General SAR 800 million (US$213.2 million) investment, features modern facilities, from the spectacular ballroom to signa- Manager Philippe Bonnot. “The property is destined to cumstances. 438 luxury rooms and suites and commands a prime loca- ture dining experiences.” become a local landmark.” As a leader, Nelson Mandela demonstrated tion, based in the business district on King Fahad Road Residents and guests alike will be tempted to savour Mohamed Bin Dawood, the CEO of Manafea Holding greatness through his service to others and opposite the Ministry of Interior and just 30 minutes from Movenpick Hotel Riyadh’s gourmet cuisine, with restau- Co., which owns M?venpick Hotel Riyadh, said the compa- commitment to advancing the cause of justice. Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport. rants including Acacia by Pierre Gagnaire, the highly ny’s partnership with Movenpick Hotels & Resorts was a He has been an inspiration to the world. He left To mark the occasion, a high-profile celebration took acclaimed French Michelin-starred chef, Naya serving “winning formula”. us with three basic principles that could help place at the property under the patronage of HRH Prince Modern Lebanese cuisine, authentic Indian restaurant “Together we have created a distinctive hotel that will guide us in the process of discovering the Faisal Bin Bandar Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the Governor of Anardana, and all-day dining outlet Horizon. For a light mark a new era for Riyadh, introducing a new style of hos- humanness (Ubuntu) within: free yourself, free Riyadh, which was attended by many of the city’s promi- snack, the Rotunda lobby lounge is expected to fast gain pitality and service the local market will highly appreciate,” others and serve every day. The lesson from nent business leaders. local notoriety. he said. Mandela’s life is that regardless of the chal- “We are thrilled to be opening the first Movenpick hotel The hotel also caters to the particular needs of women Movenpick Hotel Riyadh’s debut marks another step lenges that lie in our way, each of us can strive in Saudi’s vibrant capital, which also marks another major guests, teaming up with famous beautician Joelle Mardini towards Movenpick Hotels & Resorts achieving its goal to to improve the conditions of our fellow men milestone as our 10th property in the kingdom,” said to create its all-female Aurora Spa by Joelle. operate at least 15 properties across Saudi Arabia by 2020. and women for the common good. Andreas Mattm¸ller, Chief Operating Officer, Movenpick Additional property features include the Rio Health This latest hotel opening boosts the hospitality firm’s Hotels & Resorts, Middle East and Asia. Club with modern fitness equipment, massage rooms, inventory to 3,894 rooms kingdom wide. The Palms Beach Hotel & Spa wins kick boxing cup

or the third consecutive year, The Health club kick boxing years as a second grade on the third session and stated one time team of the Palms Beach Hotel & Spa knock ousted oppo- a year, finally, (Le Kick tournament) as part of the fourth session Fnents which led on winning the kick boxing Excellent class and stated one time a year organized by Kuwait Kick boxing tournament, coached by Health Club Manager - Fadi Andari. The committee. Furthermore, Andari said that each tournament con- team won by the first, second & third position on this tourna- tains 12 different weights with 16 participant clubs over Kuwait ment for the second time. and all are challenging on the Excellency Grade Trophy, while About the championship seasons & condition, commented the Palms Beach Club team had succeed in to achieve and win Andari, that the championship contains 4 tournaments a year certain martial arts tournaments, which came as a fair result of based on points gathering, as the first tournament (Light the usual efforts and support given by the Palms Beach Hotel & Contac) which is stated in two sessions a year for age under 17 Health club administration team to improve the entire activities years, followed by (Full Contac tournament) for age above 17 and sports level.

Fankaar Arts presents patriotic musical play on Independence Day

ankaar Arts, popular Hindi theater group in depicting India’s journey from struggle for independ- Kuwait, presented a musical play ‘Saare Jahan Se ence to present day events that are still challenging FAchha Hindustan Hamara’ at the Indian Embassy our unity and integrity. on 15th August on the occasion of 69th The play ended with a strong social message by Independence Day of India. director Arif Kazi. The performers were Anwar Kadri, The street play style musical kept the audience Caroline Johnson, George Dsouza, Nabeel Chogle, humming along popular bollywood patriotic songs Cindy Fernandes, Amena Japanwala and Arif Kazi him- sung by the artists with a fast moving storyline self. Kuwait City MarThoma Yuvajana Sakhyam celebrates Independence Day

uwait City MarThoma Yuvajana Sakhyam celebrated India’s 69th Independence Day which included a Kvariety of colourful programs, at Jubilee Hall Abassiya. The celebrations commenced with a prayer, fol- lowed by the welcome speech by the Secretary Anish Thomas. President Rev. Sam Koshy T. hoisted the Indian Flag which was accompanied by National Anthem. Independence Day message was also delivered by Rev. Sam Koshy T. To make the occasion interesting a quiz was conducted by Vinoy Thomas. Kuwait City MarThoma Church Mandalam Representative Mrs Ommana Varghese recited the pledge, which was repeated after her, by all present there. Kumari Megha Sosa Mathew sang a song on Independence day. The programs were co-ordinated by Parimanam Manoj (Vice President), Jijom Issac (Treasurer), Anand Abraham (Jt. Secretary), Mrs Bisha Varghese (Lady Secretary) along with other sakhyam members. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Indulge in summer flavours at Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa

he fun and excitement of summer continues at stays. Inclusive of buffet breakfast for two adults, airport for families. As the summer break comes to an end and activities offered on the hotel’s private beach. Options Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa with the transfers and complimentary wi-fi throughout the prop- the new school term begins, children will be treated to include jet skiing, banana boat rides and parasailing. T‘Summer Flavours’ offer which runs until the end erty. All rates are inclusive of service charge. non-stop fun and excitement at the kids splash pool, Guests can also use the award-winning services at of September 2015. Kuwait’s idyllic resort is also offering a discount of up entertainment at the Sinbad’s Kids club and their own the Talise Spa, a complete destination for relaxation Residents of Kuwait and visitors from the Gulf region to 20% off best available rates on suites and residences cinema experience at The Scene Teens Club. and Jumeirah’s signature approach to health and well- can take advantage of special rates for Deluxe Room to provide a wider choice of luxurious accommodation Adventurous older siblings can try exciting water sports being.

‘Little KUNA’ visits Ibn Sina Hospital

“Little Kuna” visited the children in Ibn Sina hospital and Al-Babtain Burn Center, where children lauded the magazine and its contents.

Useful Household Tips

Make a holder for charing your cell phone from a lotion bottle. Create paint swatch sticks for each room. Use cupcake holder to organise your craft supplies. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 TV PROGRAMS

17:00 Giuliana & Bill 06:30 Wilfred 14:00 Napoleon Dynamite 18:00 The Grace Helbig Show 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 16:00 Doctor Dolittle 18:30 The Comment Section 08:00 My Boys 18:00 Problem Child 19:00 WAGs 08:30 Til Death 20:00 AmeriQua 20:00 Hollywood Cycle 09:00 The Simpsons 22:00 A Haunted House 03:40 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 21:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 09:30 Your Family Or Mine Edition 22:00 Fashion Police: 2015 MTV 10:00 Your Family Or Mine 04:05 Auction Hunters Video Music Awards 10:30 Wilfred 04:30 Savage Family Diggers 23:00 Stewarts And Hamiltons 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 05:00 What Happened Next? Jimmy Fallon 05:30 How Do They Do It? 12:00 My Name Is Earl 06:00 Gold Divers 12:30 My Boys 03:15 Breathe In-PG15 06:50 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 13:00 Til Death 05:00 Phantom-PG15 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 13:30 Wilfred 07:00 Mr. Pip-PG15 08:30 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 14:00 Fresh Off The Boat 09:00 See Girl Run-PG15 Edition 03:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 14:30 Your Family Or Mine 11:00 Phantom-PG15 08:55 Auction Hunters 03:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 15:00 Your Family Or Mine 13:00 Heaven’s Door-PG 09:20 Savage Family Diggers 04:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 15:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 15:00 God Help The Girl-PG15 09:45 What Happened Next? 04:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:00 The Nightly Show With Larry 17:00 See Girl Run-PG15 10:10 How Do They Do It? 05:00 Chopped Wilmore 19:00 The Bag Man-PG15 10:35 Ice Cold Gold 06:00 Food Network Challenge 16:30 My Name Is Earl 21:00 Fruitvale Station-PG15 11:25 Game Of Stones 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 23:00 The Mule-18 12:15 Manhunt With Joel Lambert 07:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 18:00 The Simpsons 13:05 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 08:00 Chopped 18:30 Fresh Off The Boat Edition 09:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 19:00 Your Family Or Mine 13:30 Auction Hunters 10:00 The Kitchen 19:30 Your Family Or Mine 13:55 Savage Family Diggers 11:00 Easy Chinese: San 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 14:20 Gold Divers Francisco Jimmy Fallon 15:10 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 11:30 Easy Chinese: San 21:00 Brooklyn Nine-Nine 16:00 Fast N’ Loud Francisco 21:30 The Nightly Show With Larry 03:00 The Invisible Woman 16:50 What Happened Next? 12:00 Chopped Wilmore 05:00 Serial (Bad) Weddings 17:15 How Do They Do It? 13:00 Guy’s Big Bite 22:00 Louie 07:00 The Way We Were 17:40 The Island With Bear Grylls 13:30 Guy’s Big Bite 22:30 The League 09:30 I Am Ali 18:30 Dual Survival 14:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 23:00 South Park 11:30 Far And Away 19:20 Outback Truckers 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 14:15 My Piece Of The Pie 20:10 Storage Wars Canada 15:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 16:30 The Way We Were 20:35 Savage Family Diggers 15:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 19:00 Collaborator 21:00 The Island With Bear Grylls 16:00 Chopped 21:00 Rushmore 21:50 Dual Survival 17:00 The Kitchen 23:00 Twice Born 22:40 River Monsters 18:00 Easy Chinese: San 23:30 Warlock Rising Francisco 03:00 Salem 18:30 Easy Chinese: San 04:00 Odyssey Francisco 05:00 Switched At Birth 19:00 Chopped 06:00 Perception 03:00 Horizon-PG15 20:00 Food Network Challenge 07:00 Franklin & Bash 04:45 Chef-PG15 21:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 Castle 06:45 The Fifth Estate-PG15 21:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 03:15 The Hive 09:00 Odyssey 09:00 The Signal-PG15 22:00 Man Fire Food 10:00 Once Upon A Time 11:00 The Fault In Our Stars-PG15 03:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 22:30 Man Fire Food Teenage Witch 11:00 Marvel’s Agent Carter 13:15 Big Hero 6-PG 23:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 12:00 Emmerdale 15:00 The Trouble With Bliss-PG15 03:45 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 23:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Teenage Witch 12:30 Coronation Street 17:00 The Signal-PG15 04:10 Wolfblood 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 19:00 Barefoot-PG15 04:35 Wolfblood 14:00 Castle 21:00 Still Mine-PG15 05:00 Violetta 15:00 Once Upon A Time 23:00 Paranormal Activity: The 05:45 The Hive 16:00 Emmerdale Marked Ones-18 05:50 Mouk 16:30 Coronation Street 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 06:00 Lolirock 03:25 Coronation Street 06:25 Hank Zipzer 18:00 Castle 03:50 More Tales From 19:00 Odyssey 06:50 Girl Meets World Northumberland... 07:15 H2O: Just Add Water 20:00 Switched At Birth 04:20 Sunday Night At The 21:00 The Flash 07:40 Jessie Palladium 04:30 Krazzy Planet 08:05 Wizards Of Waverly Place 22:00 White Collar 06:00 Jungle Shuffle 05:15 Murdoch Mysteries 23:00 Salem 08:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:10 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 08:00 Hatching 08:55 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 07:05 Coronation Street 09:45 The 7th Dwarf Teenage Witch 07:30 Coronation Street 11:30 Minuscule: Valley Of The 09:20 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 08:00 More Tales From Lost Ants Teenage Witch Northumberland... 13:15 Back To The Sea 09:45 Austin & Ally 08:25 Sunday Night At The 15:00 Santa’s Magic Crystal 10:10 Austin & Ally Palladium 16:30 Happy Feet 10:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 09:20 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 18:30 The 7th Dwarf 03:00 The Strain 11:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place 10:15 Come Dine With Me Ireland 20:00 Justin And The Knights Of 04:00 Outlander 11:25 Jessie 10:40 The Chase The Valour 05:00 Good Morning America 11:50 Jessie 11:35 Who’s Doing The Dishes? 22:00 Santa’s Magic Crystal 07:00 Emmerdale 12:15 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 12:30 Murdoch Mysteries 23:30 Marvel’s Hulk vs. Thor & 07:30 Coronation Street Teenage Witch 13:25 Emmerdale Wolverine 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 12:40 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 13:50 Come Dine With Me Ireland 09:00 Chicago Fire Teenage Witch 14:15 Coronation Street 10:00 Emmerdale 13:05 Cars Toons Compilation 14:40 The Chase 10:30 Coronation Street 13:55 Dog With A Blog 15:35 The Doctor Blake Mysteries 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:20 H2O: Just Add Water 16:30 Doc Martin 12:00 24 14:50 Lolirock 17:25 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 13:00 Revenge 04:00 Maleficent-PG 15:15 Liv And Maddie 18:20 Murdoch Mysteries 14:00 Live Good Morning America 06:00 Frozen-PG 15:40 Jessie 19:10 Coronation Street 16:00 Chicago Fire 08:00 Mud-PG15 16:10 I Didn’t Do It 19:35 The Doctor Blake Mysteries PARANORMAL ACTIVITY- THE MARKED ONES ON OSN MOVIES HD 17:00 24 10:15 40 Days And Nights-PG15 16:35 Austin & Ally 20:30 Doc Martin 18:00 Revenge 12:00 Getaway-PG15 17:00 The Next Step 21:25 The Trials Of Jimmy Rose 14:00 The Simpsons 19:00 Chicago Fire 13:45 Labor Day-PG15 17:25 Liv And Maddie 22:20 Coronation Street 14:30 The Simpsons 20:00 24 15:45 Mud-PG15 17:50 Jessie 22:50 Emmerdale 15:00 Lost European film industry 21:00 Revenge 18:00 Searching For Sugar Man- 18:15 I Didn’t Do It 23:15 Murdoch Mysteries 16:00 American Idol 22:00 The Strain PG15 18:40 Gravity Falls 17:00 MasterChef - The 23:00 Outlander 20:00 The Other Woman-PG15 focuses on twin threats: Netflix 19:05 H2O: Just Add Water Professionals 22:00 Dumb And Dumber To-18 19:30 Lolirock 18:00 Switched At Birth and digital single market 19:55 Hank Zipzer 19:00 Switched At Birth 20:20 The Next Step 20:00 Bones 20:45 Good Luck Charlie s Netflix the enemy for European film Part of the fear that Netflix engenders is 03:50 Megastructures 21:00 According To Jim 21:10 Good Luck Charlie 21:30 According To Jim industry folk? You could be forgiven for the fact that they do not contribute to the 21:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 04:45 Nordic Wild thinking so after attending a debate on industry levy that 05:40 Python Hunters 22:00 The Simpsons I 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 04:00 Reign Of Fire production staged by the Sarajevo Film helps fund the production subsidies in 06:35 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 22:30 The Simpsons 22:25 Sabrina: Secrets Of A 06:00 Befriend And Betray 03:00 Chimpanzee 23:00 Lost Festival’s industry program, CineLink, earlier many European countries, including two of Teenage Witch 07:30 Traveler’s Guide To The 08:00 Closed Circuit 04:30 The Entitled 22:50 Sabrina: Secrets Of A Planets 10:00 Assassin’s Bullet 06:15 Love Potion No.9 this month. The discussion, which attracted a the main sources of co-production funds, Teenage Witch 08:25 Last War Heroes 12:00 Recoil 08:00 Nuclear Family range of movie biz professionals from across France and Germany, but also other major 23:10 Wolfblood 09:20 Nordic Wild 14:00 Arachnophobia 09:45 Scream 4 South-East Europe, as well as others from fur- producing nations like Poland and Spain. 23:35 Wolfblood 10:15 Ultimate Survival Alaska 16:00 Closed Circuit 11:30 Grave Encounters ther afield, set out to look at the production Andre Lange, an independent expert and for- 11:10 Dead End Express 18:00 Ender’s Game 13:00 Barricade 03:00 Hitler’s Island Madness sector in the region, but seemed magnetical- mer staffer at the European Audiovisual 12:05 Locked Up Abroad 20:00 Assassin’s Bullet 14:30 The King’s Speech 04:00 Shipping Wars 13:00 Last War Heroes 22:00 In The Blood 16:30 The Proposal 04:30 Shipping Wars ly drawn back to the challenges posed by the Observatory, referred to comments he had 14:00 Traveler’s Guide To The 18:15 Beyond A Reasonable Doubt 05:00 American Pickers expansion in Europe of US digital giants, prin- made during a talk at Cannes by Ted Planets 20:00 Love And Other Impossible 06:00 American Restoration cipally Netflix, Amazon and iTunes, rather Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix. 03:15 Escape Club 15:00 Taiwan: Island Of Fish Pursuits 06:30 American Restoration than the opportunities offered by digital dis- Lange had said: “In five, 10, 15 years, you will 04:10 E!ES 16:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 21:45 33 Postcards 07:00 Ice Road Truckers 17:00 Dead End Express tribution. destroy the current ecosystem of film pro- 05:05 Ryan Seacrest With The 23:30 Fifty Pills 08:00 Swamp People This sense of threat has been made more duction in Europe.” Kardashians: An E!... 18:00 Locked Up Abroad 09:00 Duck Dynasty 19:00 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 04:00 Befriend And Betray-PG15 urgent by the proposals tabled by the Lange pointed out that most of the US 06:00 Keeping Up With The 06:00 Closed Circuit-PG15 09:30 Duck Dynasty Kardashians 20:00 Ultimate Survival Alaska 10:00 American Restoration European Union’s executive branch, the digital giants have their European bases in 20:50 Dead End Express 08:00 Assassin’s Bullet-PG15 06:55 Keeping Up With The 10:00 Recoil-PG15 10:30 American Restoration European Commission, to sweep away terri- countries that do not oblige them to con- Kardashians 21:40 Locked Up Abroad 11:00 Counting Cars torial copyright barriers in the movie and TV tribute to production funds, and broadcast- 22:30 Taiwan: Island Of Fish 12:00 Arachnophobia-PG15 07:50 Style Star 14:00 Closed Circuit-PG15 03:00 Private Practice 11:30 Counting Cars 23:20 Python Hunters 12:00 American Pickers business in order to create a single European ers and telcos in countries like France where 08:20 E! News 16:00 Ender’s Game-PG15 04:00 Grey’s Anatomy market. This would prevent producers selling they operate are asking why they have to pay 05:00 Cougar Town 13:00 Storage Wars 09:15 Giuliana & Bill 18:00 Assassin’s Bullet-PG15 the rights to their films territory by territory when Netflix and other digital companies 10:15 Giuliana & Bill 20:00 In The Blood-PG15 05:30 Cougar Town 13:30 Storage Wars 11:10 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 22:00 G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra 06:00 The Simpsons 14:00 Pawn Stars across Europe and - so the argument goes - don’t. Lange said that within 10 years all the 11:35 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 06:30 The Simpsons 14:30 Pawn Stars would destroy the existing model of inde- TV companies and telcos would refuse to pay 12:05 E! News 07:00 Lost 15:00 Shipping Wars pendent film financing as few companies the levy if the multinational digital giants did 15:30 Shipping Wars 13:05 House Of DVF 03:00 The Simpsons 08:00 American Idol 16:00 Pawn Stars would be willing to license an independent not contribute, and this could lead to the col- 14:05 Fashion Bloggers 03:30 Fresh Off The Boat 09:00 MasterChef Australia 16:30 Pawn Stars film for the whole continent and big players lapse of the whole European film funding 14:30 Fashion Bloggers 04:00 My Boys 10:00 Private Practice 04:00 The Pretty One 17:00 American Pickers would undermine small players, lessening system. 15:00 Keeping Up With The 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 11:00 Private Practice 06:00 Major Payne 18:00 American Pickers Kardashians Jimmy Fallon 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy competition. 08:00 Doctor Dolittle 19:00 Storage Wars 16:00 Keeping Up With The 05:30 Til Death 13:00 Cougar Town Faced with this danger, the European film Co-production model 10:00 Mousehunt 19:30 Storage Wars Kardashians 06:00 My Name Is Earl 12:00 Shanghai Calling 13:30 Cougar Town and TV industries are circling their wagons Robert Balinski of the Polish Film Institute and speaking with one voice. The approach added: “There is a lack of awareness about follows the lines expressed in a statement how important the issue is.” The twin threat issued in May by a coalition of international that the Digital Single Market and digital TV and film business organizations. This said players like Netflix posed to the burgeoning that “mandating any form of cross-border co-production scene in Europe, speakers access by EU law in the audiovisual sector claimed. Rabarts said that Europe was trying would not create or increase value, but more to export the European co-production model likely lead to its transfer to the benefit of a to countries outside the continent at a time few big global internet platforms, which will when it was under threat. “We are trying to ultimately reduce consumer choice and cul- expand this model at the same time as being tural diversity.” threatened from within,” he said. Put another way: The enemy is at the gate Lange said that around a quarter of all and some damn fool is about to let them in. European films were co-productions, and “We are facing a cultural and business holo- that the co-productions tended to get wider caust,” said Hrvoje Hribar of the Croatian distribution in foreign markets and bigger Audiovisual Center in the debate on box office on average than films that were European co-productions, referring to the not co-productions - around a third of the European Commission’s Digital Single Market admissions for European films were generat- proposals. Hribar said that the European ed by co-productions. The countries that Commission’s proposals lacked logic, espe- were involved in the most co-productions cially claims that it would benefit the film tended to be the smaller countries, like industry. “We are bewildered, and looking at Ireland and Belgium, because their home this with a chill in our hearts,” he said, adding markets wouldn’t support the films on their that the Digital Single Market plan was a own, and they were most at risk from the “crazy project.” Digital Single Market and increased competi- tion to local players from the multinational Accepting a commission digital giants if the copyright borders are The perceived threat could also be seen removed. as coming from older media congloms, Another complaint directed at digital including US cable companies. Marten companies like Netflix is that they don’t share Rabarts of the Netherlands’ Eye Institute their data. This lack of transparency infuriates mentioned the case of a Dutch film director European film industry players. The debate in who had crossed over to the dark side by Sarajevo questioned whether the underlying accepting a commission to direct a miniseries difficulty with the US companies lay in a dif- for HBO. “Is he a collaborator?” Rabarts asked ference of philosophy or ideology. Rabarts mischievously, yet again evoking the lan- commented: “We don’t work in the same guage of the era of Nazi rule in continental industry.” He argued that in the US filmmak- Europe. Admittedly, Rabarts added that he ing was seen mostly as a business activity, liked to play devil’s advocate, but his ques- while in Europe it was mainly seen as a cul- tion did not seem out of place in the debate. tural activity. — Reuters G.I. JOE- THE RISE OF COBRA ON OSN MOVIES ACTION HD Classifieds

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (27/08/2015 TO 02/09/2015)

SHARQIA-1 SOUTHPAW 1:00 AM SOUTHPAW 12:45 PM FANAR-3 SOUTHPAW 3:15 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 11:30 AM 360º- 2 ANTBOY: REVENGE OF THE RED FURY 5:45 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 2:00 PM NO ESCAPE 12:15 PM SHAD AGZAA 7:45 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 4:15 PM NO ESCAPE 2:30 PM SOUTHPAW 10:00 PM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 6:30 PM STUNG 4:45 PM SOUTHPAW 12:30 AM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 9:30 PM NO ESCAPE 7:00 PM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 12:30 AM NO ESCAPE 9:15 PM SHARQIA-2 NO ESCAPE 11:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 11:30 AM MARINA-1 HITMAN: AGENT 47 1:45 PM THE GAMES MAKER 1:15 PM 360º- 3 HITMAN: AGENT 47 4:00 PM THE GAMES MAKER 3:30 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 12:45 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 6:15 PM THE GAMES MAKER 5:45 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 3:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 8:30 PM THE GAMES MAKER 8:15 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 5:15 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 10:45 PM SHAD AGZAA 10:45 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 7:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 1:00 AM THE GAMES MAKER 1:00 AM STUNG 9:45 PM STUNG 12:05 AM SHARQIA-3 MARINA-2 WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 1:15 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 12:15 PM AL-KOUT.1 THE GAMES MAKER 3:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 2:45 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 11:30 AM BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN -Hindi 6:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 5:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 1:30 PM THE GAMES MAKER 9:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 7:15 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 3:45 PM THE GAMES MAKER 11:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 9:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 6:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 11:45 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 8:15 PM MUHALAB-1 HITMAN: AGENT 47 10:30 PM MATRIMONIAL CHANGE OF NAME THE GAMES MAKER 11:45 AM MARINA-3 HITMAN: AGENT 47 12:45 AM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 2:15 PM SOUTHPAW 12:45 PM Kuwait based Orthodox par- I, Rikshit Anand, holder of THE GAMES MAKER 5:00 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 3:15 PM AL-KOUT.2 THE GAMES MAKER 7:45 PM ANTBOY: REVENGE OF THE RED FURY 5:30 PM FANTASTIC FOUR 11:45 AM ents invite proposals for Indian Passport No. THE GAMES MAKER 10:15 PM SOUTHPAW 7:30 PM THE GAMES MAKER 1:45 PM their son 29 / 177 cm BTech, K7306685 bld. No. 53, Issa THE GAMES MAKER 12:30 AM SOUTHPAW 10:00 PM THE GAMES MAKER 4:15 PM MBA, working in Kuwait Al Qatami Street, Salmiya, SOUTHPAW 12:30 AM THE GAMES MAKER 6:45 PM from professionally qualified Kuwait, have changed my MUHALAB-2 THE GAMES MAKER 9:15 PM Christian girls. Please contact name to Yash Anand. at: [email protected] SOUTHPAW 11:30 AM AVENUES-1 THE GAMES MAKER 11:45 PM (C 5029) WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 2:00 PM NO ESCAPE 1:15 PM (C 5030) WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 4:30 PM NO ESCAPE 3:30 PM AL-KOUT.3 1-9-2015 31-8-2015 SOUTHPAW 6:45 PM OPERATOR 5:45 PM SOUTHPAW 12:00 PM SHAD AGZAA 9:15 PM NO ESCAPE 8:00 PM SOUTHPAW 2:30 PM SOUTHPAW 11:30 PM NO ESCAPE 10:15 PM SOUTHPAW 5:00 PM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY NO ESCAPE 12:30 AM THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E 7:30 PM MUHALAB-3 SOUTHPAW 9:45 PM FOR CIVIL INFORMATION HITMAN: AGENT 47 12:45 PM AVENUES-2 SOUTHPAW 12:15 AM HITMAN: AGENT 47 3:00 PM SHAD AGZAA 12:15 PM Automated enquiry HITMAN: AGENT 47 5:15 PM INSIDE OUT 2:30 PM AL-KOUT.4 about the Civil ID card is HITMAN: AGENT 47 7:30 PM SHAD AGZAA 4:45 PM NO ESCAPE 12:45 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 9:45 PM SHAD AGZAA 7:00 PM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 3:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 12:05 AM SHAD AGZAA 9:15 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 5:45 PM 1889988 SHAD AGZAA 11:30 PM SHAD AGZAA 8:00 PM FANAR-1 NO ESCAPE 10:15 PM THE GAMES MAKER 12:15 PM AVENUES-3 NO ESCAPE 12:30 AM THE GAMES MAKER 2:30 PM THE GAMES MAKER -3D 12:30 PM Prayer timings THE GAMES MAKER 5:00 PM THE GAMES MAKER 3:00 PM BAIRAQ-1 SHAD AGZAA 7:30 PM THE GAMES MAKER -3D 5:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 12:30 PM Fajr: 04:02 THE GAMES MAKER 9:45 PM THE GAMES MAKER 8:00 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 2:45 PM THE GAMES MAKER 12:15 AM THE GAMES MAKER 10:30 PM HITMAN: AGENT 47 5:00 PM Shorook 05:25 THE GAMES MAKER 1:00 AM HITMAN: AGENT 47 7:15 PM FANAR-2 HITMAN: AGENT 47 9:30 PM Duhr: 11:49 NO ESCAPE 1:15 PM 360º- 1 HITMAN: AGENT 47 11:45 PM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION 3:30 PM SOUTHPAW 12:30 PM Asr: 15:22 ANTBOY: REVENGE OF THE RED FURY 6:15 PM SOUTHPAW 3:00 PM BAIRAQ-2 Maghrib: 18:11 NO ESCAPE 8:15 PM SOUTHPAW 5:30 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 12:15 PM THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E 10:30 PM SOUTHPAW 8:00 PM THE GAMES MAKER 2:30 PM Isha: 19:41 NO ESCAPE 12:45 AM SOUTHPAW 10:30 PM WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE 5:15 PM

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526 Chennai/Abu Dhabi 23:00 KAC 541 Cairo 12:05 ETD 310 Abu Dhabi 23:00 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 MSR 614 Cairo 23:30 UAE 874 Dubai 12:10 THY 5581 Bursa 23:00 KAC 620 Doha 13:10 JZR 513 Sharm el-Sheikh 23:30 RBG 554 Alexandria 12:10 KAC 153 Istanbul 23:00 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 FDB 071 Dubai 23:55 JZR 776 Jeddah 12:15 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:05 IZG 4171 Shiraz 13:30 DIAL161 FOR AIRPORT INFORMATION stars34 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 CROSSWORD 1009 STAR TRACK

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

You want to swoop in and heroically save the day as you nego- You are proud of being the uncontested champ of the balanc- tiate for the common good. Nevertheless, you’re not fully prepared to set ing act, yet you’re feeling somewhat unsettled today. The cosmic conflict aside your personal needs now that the sensitive Moon is hanging out in between the willful Sun and surreal Neptune pulls you in two directions. your sign. Walking the fine line between fighting for a cause and honoring Part of you is busy ascending into spiritual realms as another part sticks your own priorities is your number one challenge today. No one expects around to handle the very real limitations of the material world. You may you to drop everything, but taking one for the team demonstrates the gen- idealize the situation, yet it is essential to see things as they truly are now. erosity of your heart and the depth of your character. Honoring the invisible and the tangible ensures that you’ll be ready for whatever happens next.

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

You surprise others by bringing a highly spiritual perspective Although you might not know your exact destination these to your relationships today. Thankfully, you can count on your common days, your role in the outer world is still highly significant to you. You won- sense to keep you grounded while you gather facts and gain much-need- der if you should doggedly pursue your career or focus your efforts on the ed clarity. But don’t pretend you know exactly whats going on now; allow creative dimensions of your life. However, there aren’t any quick and easy yourself to drift in the imaginary dimensions, even if it makes you uneasy. answers to your existential dilemma. Simplify the issues as much as possi- There’s plenty of magic to be found if you can surrender to the unknown. ble and then let yourself feel what it’s like to linger in your own uncertainty. The longer you sustain the mystery, the easier the resolution will be when clarity finally arrives.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) You often gravitate toward the most outrageous projects, since you You may find yourself swinging back and forth like a pendulum enjoy living life on the edge. But the problem is you may not always ACROSS Asia. between the largest possible view of your life and the tiniest of details. Your attend to all the details and sometimes they can come back to haunt you. You 1. The law enforcement agency in the 4. In the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of imagination is soaring, allowing you to see every issue from a global per- don’t have a strong inclination to return from your current dreams yet if you’re Justice Department. the fantastic adventures he had in his voy- spective today. But it’s difficult to act on a grandiose vision while floating up wandering through the outer limits of the universe. However, you might not 4. Any of various plants of the genus ages. in the clouds. Bringing your mental meandering back down to earth is high- have a choice if unexpected changes at work require you to be on your toes. Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flow- 5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made ly advisable now. Find small ways to move toward the big picture and you’ll Everyone will be extremely relieved if you take your cues from reality now; save ers. from aba cloth. be fine. your explorations for another day and choose the responsible path. 12. The syllable naming the first (tonic) 6. A bachelor's degree in science. note of any major scale in solmization. 7. Unhappy in love. 15. A river in north central Switzerland that 8. A blue dye obtained from plants or made runs northeast into the Rhine. synthetically. Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 16. Of or relating to or in the manner of the 9. Harvest flies. You feel the need to change things up in your everyday life but playwright Henrik Ibsen. 10. The United Nations agency concerned You’re not as resistant to change as everyone thinks. After all, you’re clueless on where to begin. Start by pulling away from more practical 17. Any of various primates with short tails with atomic energy. the Crab’s daily rhythms are intimately entangled with the constantly shift- realms since magical Neptune is lifting you into the clouds of illusion now, mak- or no tail at all. 11. The part of the nervous system of verte- ing tides. But as emotional currents finally begin to turn today, it’s challeng- ing it tricky to keep both feet on the ground anyhow. Although others might 18. Doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa brates that controls involuntary actions of ing to tell which way the waters will ultimately flow. Float in place for a little expect you to stick closely to the actual facts, you can easily misunderstand each and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on car- the smooth muscles and heart and glands. while longer; once the confusion clears you can happily set sail while the other if you do. Listening with your heart enables you to read between the lines rion. 12. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow wind is blowing in your direction. Working with the cosmic energy is key to and catch the meaning behind the words. 19. A flowering shrub bearing currants or flowers and flat pods. your success. gooseberries. 13. An organization of countries formed in 20. Goddess of the dead and queen of the 1961 to agree on a common policy for the underworld. sale of petroleum. 21. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of 14. Goddess of the dead and queen of the Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms underworld. Intimate relationships may be the source of great confusion and yielding a yellow dye. 23. A statement (either spoken or written) If a close friend or partner is hard to read, it may be that your 22. Type genus of the Meliaceae. that is made in reply to a question or own confusion is broadcasting mixed messages which now echo back to today, especially if you don’t pay close attention to what your partner is 27. A mishap. request or criticism or accusation. you. If you are uncertain about a relationship, don’t fall into the trap of acting saying. In fact, it could take superhuman effort to hear the truth because 31. Capable of resuming original shape 24. Being three more than fifty. as if everything is okay. By covering up your feelings today, you are setting words can get in the way of the real message. Don’t force your perspective after stretching or compression. 25. (Babylonian) God of wisdom and agri- the stage for more misunderstandings to surface tomorrow. Being honest on anyone else. The solution to the current tension comes from recognizing 36. Of or relating to or characteristic of culture and patron of scribes and schools. about your needs encourages others to do the same. Nevertheless, imagin- multiple points of view and allowing them to coexist side by side now with- Thailand of its people. 26. (Middle East) An ornamental metal cup- ing the best possible outcome opens the door to stronger connections. out panicking. Practicing unconditional love isn’t always easy but it’s the 37. A light strong brittle gray toxic bivalent shaped holder for a hot coffee cup. best use of your heart. metallic element. 28. Thorny shrub or small tree common in 38. Small arctic whale the male having a central Argentina having small orange or long spiral ivory tusk. yellow flowers followed by edible berries. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 39. Tall palm of southern India and Sri 29. West Indian tree having racemes of fra- Lanka with gigantic leaves used as umbrel- grant white flowers and yielding a durable Your spiritual curiosity is growing by leaps and bounds today, Checking off each item on your list of things to do as early as las and fans or cut into strips for writing timber and resinous juice. while your current metaphysical interests take on greater significance. Subtle possible allows you to get down to the important work of the day. The truth paper. 30. Remaining after all deductions. changes are occurring in your energy field now, even if their effects aren’t yet is that you may find it very challenging to maintain focus while the brilliant 42. A metric unit of length equal to one 32. A white soft metallic element that tar- visible. Although there are shifts on the horizon, the transformation is Sun opposes your key planet Neptune. Nevertheless, the cosmic advice is for quadrillionth of a meter. nishes readily. already beginning in your subconscious. Nothing useful comes from worry- you to spend more time daydreaming now rather than overcompensating 43. (Irish) Mother of the ancient Irish gods. 33. A deep pulsating type of pain. ing about things you can’t control. You can fully benefit from what’s transpir- with busy work. Today’s spiritual journey feeds your imagination and nour- 47. Any loose flowing garment. 34. (prosody) Of or consisting of iambs. ing in your imagination if you don’t sweat the small stuff and let the magic ishes your soul. 48. A clique that seeks power usually 35. A person who seeks the advice of a happen. through intrigue. lawyer. 51. A container. 40. Rice cooked in well-seasoned broth WORD SEARCH PUZZLE 52. A small volcanic island in Indonesia with onions or celery and usually poultry or Yesterday’s Solution between Java and Sumatra. game or shellfish and sometimes toma- 54. Large hairy humanoid creature said to toes. live in the Himalayas. 41. Hawaiian dish of taro root pounded to a 57. A New England state. paste and often allowed to ferment. 58. A kind of danceable music popular 44. Any branch of Shinto other than Kokka. among black South Africans. 45. A laminate made of thin layers of wood. 59. A United States youth subculture of the 46. Having a smooth, gleaming surface. 1950s. 49. A town and port in northwestern Israel 61. A small cake leavened with yeast. in the eastern Mediterranean. 64. A metric unit of volume or capacity 50. Port city that is the capital and largest equal to 100 liters. city of Estonia. 68. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- 53. The capital and largest city of Iran. cially in Turkey). 71. Large ornamental tropical American 55. A member of the Pueblo people living tree with bipinnate leaves and globose in northern New Mexico. clusters of flowers with crimson stamens 56. A college town in central New York on and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle. Lake Cayuga. 72. A bachelor's degree in theology. 60. A constitutional monarchy on the west- 73. A cord with an attached hook that is ern part of the islands of Samoa in the used to fire certain types of cannon. South Pacific. 75. An outer garment that has sleeves and 62. Title for a civil or military leader (espe- covers the body from shoulder down. cially in Turkey). 76. Grass mowed and cured for use as fod- 63. Being or befitting or characteristic of an der. infant. 77. Internal organs collectively (especially 65. A period of time containing 365 (or those in the abdominal cavity). 366) days. 78. A river in north central Switzerland that 66. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that runs northeast into the Rhine. was formed by an explosion. 67. (prefix) In front of or before in space. DOWN 69. A user interface in which you type com- 1. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in mands instead of choosing them from a 1922). menu or selecting an icon. 2. Common Indian weaverbird. 70. Type genus of the family Myacidae. 3. A republic in the Middle East in western 74. An honorary degree in science. Yesterday’s Solution

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Gossip Scream director Wes Craven dies irector Wes Craven has died aged 76. The legendary ‘Nightmare kindest most gentle souls, who made great scary films. #RIPWesCraven on Elm Street’ and ‘Scream’ filmmaker passed away at his home in (sic)” ‘Frozen’ star Josh Gad wrote: “#WesCraven was the maestro of my DLos Angeles on Sunday following a battle with brain cancer. The nightmares growing up throughout the 80’s. And those same nightmares director was acclaimed in the horror genre, with his first feature ‘The gave me my passion 4 horror films. RIP (sic)” ‘Scream’ actress Rose House on the Left’ released in 1972. He helped reinvent the genre with McGowan revealed she was “shedding tears”, writing: “Thank you for his Freddy Kruger classic in the 1980s, and again with teen slasher series being the kindest man, the gentlest man, and one of the smartest men ‘Scream’ in the 1990s. Stars including Courteney Cox have paid tribute to I’ve known. Please say there’s a plot twist. #wescraven”Shedding tears Wes on Twitter. The ‘Friends’ actress - who appeared in all four ‘Scream’ now. A giant has left us. #wescraven #always #liveon (sic)” movies - wrote: “Today the world lost a great man, my friend and mentor, Wes Craven. My heart goes out to his family. x (sic)” Sarah Michelle Gellar added: “I had the great privilege of working with #WesCraven one of the

Woody Allen: My Rob posts films aren’t about me oody Allen films aren’t all about him. The his first selfie ‘Irrational Man’ director - whose latest offering fol- Wlows a tormented philosophy professor called Abe (Joaquin Phoenix) who considers murdering a corrupt in months judge to find meaning in his life - says fans have always ob Kardashian has posted his assumed he puts elements of his life into his characters but first selfie in over a year. The that’s simply never been true. He said: “This is the story of Ryoungest Kardashian - who has my life. I spend my whole life saying ‘This is not me’, but largely remained out of the spotlight in audiences don’t like to hear it. When I made Annie Hall, recent years due to his ongoing weight people thought it was an autobiographical film. And I’d battle - has shared a picture of himself say, ‘Well look it’s not. I made it up.’ But they don’t want to on Instagram looking more confident know that. There’s something comforting with people - in and slim. He captioned the snap: thinking that the films are giving them the real story.” “Gnight (sic)” Fans flocked to compli- Though Woody, 29, battled in court in real life for the cus- ment the 28-year-old reality star for tody of his kids, he says he came up with the idea for the sharing the picture, following news film when a friend struggled to sue a dodgy building con- that he has been working hard to shed tractor. However he admitted it was “unfair and frustrating, the excess pounds. One wrote: but so feeble compared to losing your children.” He told “Looking good! Always have!” Another The Daily Telegraph: “If a judge condemns someone to the commenter said: “Look good, I’m proud electric chair, or sends them to jail, there’s nothing you can of u (sic)” One fan also wrote: “don’t let do. But if it’s family related and you could help, you know, the haters bring you down! (sic)” Rob’s that seemed to me to be they very best thing.” mother Kris Jenner recently revealed he’s “doing terrific”. She said: “He’s doing terrific. Robert’s good. He’s work- ing out and eating [well], so he’s on a good path right now. Sister Khloe has Craig influences also been a source of support to Rob as he continues to lose weight, and she recently revealed he’s currently living with her. The 31-year-old beauty said: Bond scripts “Rob lives with me now and I wouldn’t aniel Craig likes to be involved in the writing of the have it any other way. I love having him James Bond scripts. The 47-year-old actor - who is with me. “He’s going through a hard Dabout to return to the big screen for the new Bond time now and it’s behind gates. With movie ‘Spectre’ - has revealed he likes to have some input this crazy lifestyle you have to think of into the writing, even if he ends up upsetting some people places where you can still have your in the process. When asked how involved he gets with the freedom.” scripts, Daniel replied: “As much as I possibly can without treading on toes, although you have to offend some peo- ple sometimes to move on.” Daniel explained that when he was first offered the part of the iconic secret agent in 2005, he was determined to make the role his own by adding his own jokes. Speaking to DuJour magazine, Daniel said: “When I first started, they offered me a blank page, really, and what that means is I was allowed to add my own bits. I wanted there to be gags, and I wanted there to be funny bits, but I wanted them to come from a fresh place.” As the films progressed, Daniel grew in confidence, and didn’t just want to make sure his character’s script was humorous - he even wanted to be involved with the choosing of the direc- tor. He said: “I wanted desperately for Sam Mendes to do this movie, but at the time he had other commitments. I said he’s got to do it. We started something with him on the last movie, the beginning of a relationship with a direc- Diablo Cody: I’m tor I haven’t had in a long time.” ‘obsessed’ with Springfield Nicholson offered iablo Cody is “obsessed” with Rick Springfield. The mainstream movies. She added to The Guardian newspa- ‘Ricki and the Flash’ screenwriter has admitted she per: “I thought to myself, who am I not seeing represented? Princess Margaret Dwas thrilled to work with the rock star as she thinks Being a writer who lives off her ideas, and whose ideas are he has the “charisma” movie stars lack. She said: “I’m just always dwindling, I try to think what hasn’t been done late- cocaine’ book claims obsessed with Rick Springfield! I think everybody was by ly. “I thought I haven’t really seen a lot of romantic stuff the time we wrapped. There’s just something about rock with older performers, older people. So now, thanks to me, ack Nicholson offered Princess Margaret cocaine, stars, they’re way cooler than movie people to me. “He just you can get to see Meryl Streep make out with Rick a new book has claimed. The Hollywood legend exudes the rock-star charisma and I want to be his friend Springfield! That is my gift to the world!” Jallegedly made the illicit drug offer to the British so badly. The guy can really shred!” And Diablo wanted her royal - the sister of Queen Elizabeth - at a party held movie to also bring something new to cinema, insisting in her honor in Los Angeles, according to a new biog- romance between older characters is less prevalent in raphy about the life of top Hollywood agent Sue Mengers. Princess Margaret, who died in February 2002, declined the offer from the Oscar winner and spent much of the night dancing with ‘Grease’ actor Tamara Ecclestone wants another baby John Travolta at the bash hosted by Sue in 1979. In the book ‘Can I Go Now? The Life of Sue Mengers’, author Brian Kellow claims Sue was angered by Jack’s he 30-year-old socialite only gave birth to her first actions as she feared he had ruined his chances of child, daughter Sophia, 15 months ago but is already ever being invited to Buckingham Palace. Sue - who Tthinking about adding to her and husband Jay died in 2011 - is quoted in the book as saying she Rutland’s brood. Speaking to The Sun newspaper’s made a fool of herself in front of the late princess. Fabulous magazine, she said: “I definitely want more chil- She said: “Every time she looked my way I curtsied. I dren, but I’m a little scared that I’ll never love someone as was curtsying all night! She thought I was an idiot.” much as Sophia.” She added: “Having Sophia is everything Princess Margaret died at the age of 71 after suffer- I’ve ever wanted, so life is amazing right now. I feel really ing a stroke in February 2002. Her death was fol- happy, but I hate saying that because I’m afraid I’m going lowed by the death of her mother, the Queen to jinx it.” Meanwhile, the brunette beauty, who uses the Mother, just a few weeks later. attachment parenting method to raise her daughter, recently sparked debate after she shared an intimate pho- tograph online of her breastfeeding little Sophia. She shared recently: “I was on holiday at the time with my hus- band and [daughter] Sophia and I shared so many pictures of Sophia - I’m completely obsessed with my daughter, sor- ry everyone all I do is post pictures of her - and my hus- band took the picture and I loved it. “I thought it was so cute and I didn’t realize that it was going to cause so much controversy, I didn’t realize that people would have so many opinions on it, I just thought it was a beautiful pho- tograph of the person that I love so much and on holiday and it was a special moment and that was really the only reason to share that picture.” lifestyle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

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Eisenberg doesn’t get hassled in public

esse Eisenberg doesn’t get hassled in public. The reap the benefits of having more exposure for some- zine, he explained: “I ride a bicycle. In an urban setting 31-year-old actor - who is known for playing Mark thing that would normally have less exposure.” The like New York, I can live my life. The thing people care JZuckerberg in ‘The Social Network’ in 2010 - may hunk believes part of the reason he doesn’t get less about here is stopping. Who is going to stop you have a string of films and productions under his belt harassed by an adoring following is because he com- on the sidewalk in New York City when everyone is but has admitted he is rarely noticed by fans when he mutes around the city via bicycle and nobody has permanently late for something?” goes about his daily business in New York City. He time to chase after a push bike when their lives are said: “My life is not scrutinised. If anything, I get to busy enough. Speaking to The Sunday Times maga-

Damon ‘waited for thinks her the world to change’ Anderson before Bourne return dog ‘committed suicide’ amela Anderson thinks her dog “committed sui- att Damon had to “wait for the world to change” cide” because he didn’t like her ex-husband Rick before reprising his role in the ‘Bourne’ franchise. The PSalomon. The 47-year-old model was left devas- M44-year-old actor hasn’t appeared on our screens as tated when her pet pooch Jo-Jo passed away a few Jason Bourne since 2007, when he disappeared at the end of months ago and believes her former spouse, whom ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’, but now the Hollywood star is to she divorced in April this year, is to blame for her four- return to his role and has revealed that his long break from legged friends’ unexpected death. She told The the series was because he was waiting for change. Speaking Sunday Times’ Style magazine: “My dog Jo-Jo passed to Buzzfeed News about his long absence, Matt explained: away not long ago. “I think he committed suicide “We always looked at those movies as really about the Bush because he didn’t like my husband. He just looked at presidency, and so we kind of had to wait for the world to me one day and said, ‘I don’t know what you’re doing change.” Matt’s character was absent from 2012’s ‘The Bourne but I can’t do this anymore. I’m out.” The former Legacy’, which instead saw Jeremy Renner introduced as the ‘Baywatch’ actress - who tied the knot with Rick in film’s hero, agent Aaron Cross. Matt explained that while he 2007 before having their marriage annulled two and director Paul Greengrass considered making another months later and then remarrying in 2014 - pulled the ‘Bourne’ movie every few years, they couldn’t think of a new plug on their relationship for a second time earlier this storyline until former US National Security Agency worker year due to their “different philosophies” and lifestyles. Edward Snowden leaked classified information to the media Pamela, who has two children Brandon, 19, and Dylan, in 2013. Of the film, Matt said: “Without giving too much of it 17, with her first husband Tommy Lee, doesn’t feel away, it’s Bourne through an austerity-riddled Europe and in a ready to throw herself into another relationship just post-Snowden world.” He continued: “It seems like enough has yet but hasn’t ruled out finding love again in the near changed, you know? There are all these kinds of arguments future. The blonde beauty - who was also married to about spying and civil liberties and the nature of democracy.” Matt Cardle: Kid Rock - said previously: I’ve said to myself I won’t date anyone till after Christmas. Then, watch out!” ‘Mel C saved me’ att Cardle believes Mel C has saved his life. The 32-year-old singer - who shot to fame Mon ‘The X Factor’ in 2005 - credits the former Spice Girls star for helping him when he spiralled into drugs and alcohol addiction in 2013. He told The Sun newspaper: “Lots of people picked me up from my lowest... that includes my family and Mel. I know where I went wrong and I know I’ll never go there again.” The ‘When We Collide’ hitmaker previously revealed he was just weeks away from death and only realised he needed to seek help for his problems when he collapsed in the street, began stripping on a train and nearly choked on his vomit. He said last year: “I was so out of it - I was like a zombie. “The doc- tor said to me if I’d been left to my own devices for another three or four weeks I might not be here now.” After four weeks in the rehab facility The Priory last year, Matt managed to curb his addiction and is ready to focus on his music career and personal life. Khloe and Kris sued over Gilmour’s son’s fireworks display hloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner are being sued over imprisonment was hard to take a massive fireworks spectacle last week. Twelve resi- avid Gilmour’s son’s incarceration was ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’ singer has Kdents of Marina del Rey, California, have united to “deeply depressing”. The Pink Floyd leant his support to Liberty Choir, an organi- take the Kardashian clan to small claims court after they Dlegend - who has eight children from zation that’s been giving prisoners a chance feared the marina was under attack when Khloe hosted a two marriages - watched his second-born son to perform in a singing group and which 15-minute fireworks display to celebrate boyfriend James Charlie Gilmour sentenced 16 months in Charlie - after joining the group inside - asked Harden’s birthday. Khloe, 29, threw a star-studded yacht prison after he was pictured swinging from a his Dad to help. He told The Independent: party for the Houston Rockets basketball player on August Union Jack flag on a prominent London war “Wandsworth Prison is not a place I ever 25 but the extravagant fireworks show is alleged to have memorial during a student protest. He thought I would willingly return to ... Charlie caused emotional distress to nearby residents, reports revealed: “Whether they deserve to be there had gone in with two guys who had been in TMZ. One resident said her child “freaked out”, while or not, seeing your child in a prison grey the Liberty Choir at Wandsworth and were another claimed her multiple sclerosis had worsened since tracksuit is not something I would recom- now members and supporters. He is still in the spectacle. Each resident is suing for $7,500 — which is mend to any parent. It was a deeply depress- touch with one of them, and he has main- the maximum amount that can be claimed in a small ing experience.” But Charlie, now 29, hid the tained friendships with a lot of the people he claims court-and want to come face-to-face with Khloe stark reality of prison life from his parents. was in prison with. “It was our son, Charlie, and Kris. Khloe hosted a bash for 200 guests aboard the David, 69, said: “While Charlie was there he who persuaded us that it would be really Fantasea yacht to mark James’ 26th birthday. Guests did his best to shield us from the grim reality worthwhile.” included her sister Kim Kardashian West and her husband of the situation. But the sad truth is that for Kanye, Kris and boyfriend Corey Gamble, Tyga, and Kendall many people prison can be a damaging and and Kylie Jenner. dehumanizing experience.” But now the

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Miley Cyrus Host Miley Cyrus poses in the poses for a photo press room. in the press room at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMA), at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. — AP/AFP photos

Another MTV VMAs, another controversial Miley Cyrus

ustin Bieber cried, Taylor Swift won most The cameras cut to Cyrus, who fired back of the awards and Kanye West ranted with “we all know how they manipulate” Jonstage, but Miley Cyrus still owned the words during interviews, referencing a pre- 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. The 22-year- VMAs interview in The New York Times. Then old wild child flashed one of her breasts, Cyrus told the audience about voting for the wore outfits that showed most of her skin artist to watch category, which later was and traded words with Nicki Minaj. She awarded to Fetty Wap. “I lost this award in closed the Sunday show with a performance 2008 and I was fine with it. Whatever! of a new song about marijuana. She posed Because it’s no big deal. It’s just an award for photos clutching a moon man trophy and I persevered,” she yelled, appearing to and passed out avocadoes to photographers look over at Minaj. In the recent interview, and reporters. “I didn’t actually win one of Cyrus criticized Minaj for her “pop star war” these. They just give it to you for free with Swift that began in July. Miley Cyrus performs onstage. because you host, so that I just wanted to clarify,” she said. Energetic and smooth Sunday’s show comes after Cyrus stole “Congratulations Nicki,” Cyrus ended. The the night at the 2013 VMAs after twerking on VMAs, though heavily focused on antics Robin Thicke, causing a frenzy. At last year’s and wild moments, had some memorable show, she won video of the year for musical moments, too. Tori Kelly was a vocal Miley Cyrus performs on stage. “Wrecking Ball.” But at the 2015 VMAs, Cyrus powerhouse during her performance of hit a more controversial stride when she “Should’ve Been Us,” ending in a cappella to revealed one of her breasts. “MTV isn’t under a rousing applause. The Weeknd’s smoky the authority of the FCC (Federal performance of “Can’t Feel My Face” was Communications Commission), so MTV energetic and smooth, and even West, Swift would not be subject to any broadcast and Selena Gomez got out of the chairs to decency fines for that, but if I were a sponsor dance to the upbeat track. And Demi for the VMAs, I’d probably be pretty out- Lovato brought a sexy vibe when she sang raged,” Melissa Henson, director of grass- her anthemic “Cool for the Summer” out- Taylor Swift accepts the award for video of the year for ‘Bad Blood”. roots education and advocacy for the doors with background dancers wearing Parents Television Council, said in a phone bright colors that added to the song’s sum- interview with The Associated Press after the mer-feel. Even Bieber’s return to the big VMAs. “Especially since they labeled it as TV- stage was favorable, and by the end of it he 14, so they’re telling parents, ‘OK, this is OK was emotional onstage and cried. And, sur- for your 14-year-old to watch.’” prisingly, Cyrus ended the night with music Henson added that she wasn’t sure if news: She announced the free release of Cyrus’ breast reveal was “an accident or not, her new album, “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead but it’s pretty clear ... she was certainly walk- Petz.”—AP ing that boundary of getting very close to showing most if not all of her breasts, most if Miley Cyrus speaks at the MTV Video Taylor Swift, right, embraces Kanye not all of her crotch area” with her range of Music Awards. West after presenting him with the outfits. MTV said the clip will be removed video vanguard award. from all future broadcasts. West admitted he “rolled up a little something” before ram- Taylor Swift performs onstage. bling onstage after accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from Swift. He covered a range of topics in nearly 13 minutes: He bashed MTV, apologized to Swift for taking her microphone in 2009 and claimed he would run for president in 2020. He also admitted, “I don’t understand awards shows,” and said he was upset that Justin Timberlake and Gnarls Barkley lost album of the year to the Dixie Chicks at the 2007 Grammy Awards.

Fired back Swift, who won video of the year for “Bad Taylor Swift, left, and Nicki Minaj perform on stage. Blood,” left the awards show drama-free. She was gracious as she handed West his award and stood close to Kim Kardashian as the rapper grew wordy onstage. She also joined Minaj during the rapper’s opening set to sing “The Night Is Still Young” and “Bad Miley Cyrus speaks at the MTV Video Music Nina Chaubal, Greta Gustava Martela, Gigi Loren Lazzarato, Leo Sheng, AJ Blood.” They wore similar red outfits and fin- Awards. Lehman, Tyler Ford, Hailey Jordan, Brenden Jordan, Marianna Marroquin ished with a hug. But Minaj had another and Myles Bradley of Happy Hippie Foundation speak onstage. bone to pick at the show - with Cyrus. Minaj called out the singer after winning best hip- hop video for “Anaconda”: “And now back to this (expletive) that had a lot to say about me a lot in the press. Miley, what’s good?” Recording artist Justin Bieber performs onstage.

Recording artists Kanye West, Big Sean and John Legend The band 5 Seconds of Summer performs on stage. Model Stella Maxwell and fashion TV personality Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber reacts after performing accept the Video with a Social Message award for ‘One designer Jeremy Scott. recording artist Kanye West. at the MTV Video Music Awards. Man Can Change The World’ onstage. lifestyle TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

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Nick Jonas and Big Sean speak onstage.

Actress Rebel Wilson Recording artist Rita Ora and model Singer Z LaLa Recording artist Tori Kelly performs Emily Ratajkowski speak onstage. onstage.

Wale arrives on the red carpet.

Recording Artist ASAP Rocky perfom onstage. Rebel Wilson presents the award for hip-hop video of the year to Nicki Minaj. Actor O’Shea Jackson Jr and Ice Cube speak onstage.

Recording artists Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson accept Singer Justin Bieber arrives at the 2015 MTV Video Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun from the band Twenty A$SAP Rocky, left, and Mike Will Made It shake hands at the MTV Video the Best Male Video award for ‘Uptown Funk’ onstage. Music Awards. One Pilots. Music Awards.

VIDEO OF THE YEAR Taylor Swift ft Kendrick Lamar - “Bad Blood” FEMALE VIDEO Taylor Swift - “Blank Space” ARTIST TO WATCH presented by Taco BellR Fetty Wap - “Trap Queen” HIP-HOP VIDEO Nicki Minaj - “Anaconda” MALE VIDEO Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars - “Uptown Funk” POP VIDEO Taylor Swift - “Blank Space” ROCK VIDEO Fall Out Boy - “Uma Thurman” VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE Big Sean ft Kanye West and John Legend - “One Man Can Change the World” SONG OF THE SUMMER 5 Seconds of Summer - “She’s Kinda Hot”-Reuters

Kris Jenner Musician Pharrell Willimas and his wife Baddie Winkle arrives at the MTV Video Jussie Smollett and Serayah speak Helen Lasichanh. Music Awards. onstage.

Sean Waugaman, from left, Eli Maiman, Nicholas Petricca and Kevin Ray of Walk the Moon.

Martha Hunt, from left, Hailee Steinfeld, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, Serayah, Lily Aldridge, Gigi Hadid and Karlie Kloss arrive at the MTV Video Jared Leto introduces a performance by The Weeknd. Music Awards. Another MTV VMAs, another controversial Miley Cyrus

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A woman poses with her baby among dolls featuring the Japanese animation character Doraemon during an exhibition at a department store in Seoul, South Korea, yesterday. The exhibition is held to celebrate the nine year of opening of the department store, placing about 100 dolls of Doraemon at the mall. — AP In Idaho, Basque culture on a block in Boise

The Basque Center displays both the United States flag and Basque flag in Basque restaurant Leku Ona appears in Boise. Jill Aldape, center right, smiles during the Uztai Handi (Big Hoop) dance during Boise, Idaho. — AP photos the Oinkari Dancers performance at the San Inazio Basque Festival in Boise, Idaho. daho is home to one of the biggest concentrations of For more in-depth history, The Basque Museum and Other Basque eateries include Leku Ona, which in the Basques in the United States and the best way to learn Cultural Center is packed with exhibits that explore the lives of Basque language means “good place,” 117 S Sixth St, offering Imore about that heritage is by visiting the Basque Block, the first Basque sheepherders, including a sheep wagon and casual and formal dining, or Bardenay, a restaurant and distill- tucked in the center of the state’s capital city. Basques began full-size sheepherder’s tent. Between April and September, the ery, at 610 W Grove St Bar Gernika, 202 S Capitol Blvd, is an settling in southwestern Idaho as early as the late 1800s, with museum also offers guided tours of a restored Basque board- old-fashioned pub in a landmark 1948 building where you can many coming from the Basque region on the border of Spain inghouse, which is also Boise’s oldest surviving brick building. get traditional favorites like the lamb grinder and croquetas, and France to work as sheepherders in Idaho. Nearly 8,000 res- Next door, The Basque Center has evolved into a local gather- along with a wide selection of beer. idents of the Gem State identify as Basque today. ing place. The center is home to two traditional dancing The traditional Basque language is classified as a threat- Boise preserved the Basque Block’s rich history with a mas- groups and hosts tournaments for traditional Basque card ened tongue, with fewer than 1 million people able to speak it sive conservation effort during the early 2000s. Green, red and games. worldwide. But it’s easy to learn one term while you’re here: white Basque flags now adorn the streetlights, and the street - At The Basque Market, visitors can find one of the “ongi etorri” (pronounced ohn-gee eh-toh-ree). That’s Basque which lacks raised sidewalks and curbs - is frequently closed Northwest’s largest selections of Spanish and Basque wines for welcome.— AP to cars thanks to festivals celebrating Basque culture. The sin- while shopping for specialty foods from the Iberian Peninsula, gle block offers a crash course in all things Basque. A sprawl- a rarity in landlocked Idaho. The market has become famous ing mural along a brick wall depicts seafaring Basques of the for preparing large portions of paella, served with homemade 1500s as well as traditional dancers in red and white attire. The baked bread every Wednesday and Friday right on the patio A Basque Museum and Cultural Center guide, fore- Basque community is largely Catholic, and the mural also for $8.99.The market also serves a revolving tapas menu every ground, giving a tour outside the museum. depicts Boise’s St John’s Cathedral. day from 11 am.

Aerial view of hundreds of thousands of participants dancing through the streets during the Street Parade, an annual dance music parade, in the city center of Zurich, Switzerland. — AP