SUBSCRIPTION 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.