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TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 SHAABAN 5, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait hopes Celebrations New Nadal shows to benefit as India gets Palestinian no sign of from China’s new state unity govt relinquishing expertise of Telangana sworn in clay crown 3Top Iran11 leader15 urges20 Max 43º Min 27º closer ties with Gulf High Tide 04:12 & 14:25 Khamenei warns Syria rebel supporters • Kuwait eyes Iran gas Low Tide 09:12 & 21:55 40 PAGES NO: 16185 150 FILS TEHRAN: Iran’s top leader called for better ties with Gulf conspiracy theories nations during a rare visit yesterday by the HH the Amir of Kuwait, intensifying a push by Tehran to mend rela- tions with the US-allied countries on the other side of the Arabian Gulf. Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah’s Environment two-day trip, which began Sunday, follows visits by Iran’s foreign minister to Kuwait and other Gulf states in education!! recent months. Moderate Iranian President Hassan Rouhani vowed to improve relations with Arab coun- tries after he came to power in August. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters, sounded a concilia- tory note on the second day of the Kuwaiti leader’s visit. Iranian state TV quoted him as saying that regional security “depends on good relations among all coun- By Badrya Darwish tries of the region”, and that differences between them will only benefit their common enemies. He expressed hope for “a new chapter” of economic relations between Iran and Kuwait. Trade between the two stands at about $220 million, according to state television. [email protected] It was Sheikh Sabah’s first trip to Iran since he became Amir of Kuwait, which has a sizable Shiite minority, in 2006. Kuwait’s first deputy premier and video I saw recently about a poor turtle was Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah, horrific. I cannot describe it more than revolt- described earlier talks between HH the Amir and Aing. The problem is that it was done by two Rouhani as “constructive” and said it was important for young men who looked normal and healthy. The countries in the region to have normal relations with worst part of the video which disturbed me was Iran, according to the official Kuwait News Agency. the way they tortured and killed the turtle. They The Amir is the second Gulf leader to visit Iran since looked like they were enjoying and bragging about Rouhani’s election last summer. Sultan Qaboos bin Said, what they were doing. The audio was not very the ruler of Oman - which has long sought to balance clear, but I could hear some words that showed TEHRAN: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (right) listens to Kuwait’s Amir HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad relations with both Iran and the West - visited in August. enthusiasm in the actions they did. As if they were Al-Sabah (center) while Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends their meeting yesterday. — AP (See Page 3) Continued on Page 15 heroes. Catching a poor turtle and slitting its throat and cheering each other on. Why did they do that? I have no idea. If it’s for Spain king the meat, then it’s not allowed to be eaten by most sects of Islam. Islam prohibits the consumption of any amphibian. And if we’re talking about other religions, there is almost no meat in the abdicates turtle...what meat is there to sacrifice and kill it for? If it’s for the blood, it’s more of a taboo. MADRID: Spanish King Juan Carlos announced yesterday The idea which I’m trying to reach to is why did he will hand the crown to his son Felipe, ending a historic these two young men do this? In fact, I don’t blame 39-year reign that guided Spain to democracy but was these guys totally. I blame them OK, but there is weakened by scandals. The 76-year-old, crowned in Nov also blame on the government and especially the 1975 after the death of General Francisco Franco, said he educational system, which totally lacks anything wanted to hand over to “a younger generation” after several about the environment. We are a seaside country turbulent years. Juan Carlos was widely respected for his since God created Kuwait. So how much environ- role in building modern Spain, but a corruption scandal ment education do we have in our books to guide that struck his family at the height of an economic crisis our people? undermined his popularity. You don’t guide and educate people when they Years of economic crisis “have awakened in us a desire are old. You start in the kindergarten, especially for renewal, to overcome and correct mistakes and open when you want to talk about the environment or the way to a decidedly better future”, the king said in a tele- discipline or whatever. It should start in KG up to vised address. “Today a younger generation deserves to university. What is the environment. How to protect step into the front line, with new energies,” said the it. How to preserve it and why we should preserve monarch, looking relaxed in a grey suit and green tie. “For it. How to care for the sea and its creatures. How to all these reasons... I have decided to end my reign and abdi- respect the flora and fauna of the sea and desert. cate the crown of Spain.” Worse things take place in the desert but Spain’s new king will be his son Felipe de Borbon, Prince nobody reports it. All those shrubs and bushes that of Asturias, a six foot six inch-tall former Olympic yachts- grow naturally, God created for a reason to take man, relatively unscathed by the family’s scandals. The care of us and absorb the heat and lessen sand- future King Felipe VI “has the maturity, the readiness and storms. But is that in our curricula? People don’t the sense of responsibility needed to take on the leader- take care of the desert. They drive with their cars ship of the state and open a new phase of hope,” Juan and buggies and four wheelers and destroy the Carlos said. Experts warned Felipe has a tough job ahead to natural landscape. unite a country suffering from a recession that ended last Worst things happen on the islands. They dam- year, with an unemployment rate still close to 26 percent. age the sea and throw garbage and treat it like a Continued on Page 15 waste bin unfortunately. Really, the seas in Kuwait are garbage dumps. People get in their boats and they throw plastic bags, trash, etc. Leave alone the untreated sewage which is allegedly dumped in the sea. Many say that near the chalets, people are just dumping sewage into the sea openly without shame. So where is environment protection and where is the government? Or are we only excited when these guys made a mistake and posted the video of the turtle killing? Just to show the whole world that we care and then a price is put on these guys’ heads. But why isn’t that the case with our environ- ment all the time, be it the desert or islands. Guys, preserve the environment because it’s the only one MADRID: Spain’s King Juan Carlos addresses the left for us. nation following his abdication at the Zarzuela Palace yesterday. — AFP (See Pages 10 & 14) Macs and iPhones get closer SAN FRANCISCO: Apple yesterday unveiled new operating Apple device and continue them without interruption on software that strengthened ties between its coveted mobile another, the California company unveiled HealthKit and devices and popular Macintosh computers. A next generation HomeKit software that put its hardware at the center of man- Macintosh operating system called “Yosemite” and coming iOS aging personal health care and smart fixtures for home appli- 8 software for iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touch devices were ances. unveiled before 6,000 developers at a sold-out World Wide Yesterday’s event in downtown San Francisco, an annual Developers Conference here. pilgrimage of sorts for the large and growing Apple developer Apple chief Tim Cook starred in a keynote presentation community, was short of major surprises. Apple has one of the that showcased how Apple “devices, platforms and services most dedicated software communities in the tech industry, together create a seamless experience unparalleled in the with more than 9 million registered developers. Every year, the industry.” Cook said the iPhone maker has sold more than 800 iPhone maker and rival Google Inc, whose Android mobile million mobile devices. Some 130 million customers bought devices comprise an estimated four-fifths of all smartphones their first Apple mobile device in the past 12 months, he sold globally, show the latest software enhancements to thou- added. Along with features making it easy to start tasks on one sands of prospective developers. — Agencies TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 LOCAL

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KUWAIT: Despite fears of connections between the MERS coronavirus and camels, the animals continue to be a beloved favorite in Kuwait and the region. — Photo by Joseph Shagra Kuwaiti women hesitant to talk personal health issues

By Ben Garcia they have, the more they are susceptible to geni- dition, the harder it will be for us to solve your tal incontinence,” he added. problem. The treatment is now very easy, so KUWAIT: Approximately 20-25 percent of Incontinence is a common and often embar- come and be treated,” Elmardi asserted. Palestinian ambassador Kuwaiti women aged 18-50 years reportedly suf- rassing problem for women. The severity of fer from genital incontinence. Dr Abubakr incontinence ranges from occasionally leaking Separate clinic lauds national unity govt Elmardi, Head of the Obstetrics & Gynecology Royale Hayat Hospital is also introducing a Department and Consultant Gynecologist and vaginal tightening surgery, a procedure which KUWAIT: The Palestinian Embassy in Urogynecologist at Royale Hayat Hospital told they plan to formally begin on June 26. The pro- Kuwait applauds the declaration made Kuwait Times the problem will continue to cedure is already being done at Royale Hayat, yesterday by President of the State of increase if not treated well and if women here but usually only at the request of their patients. Palestine Mahmoud Abbas, who officially will not seek expert advice on this matter. This time however, Royale Hayat will have a sep- announced the end of the Palestinian “Women are generally silent on their personal arate clinic for vaginal tightening, and they rec- conflict and realizing national unity on health conditions probably because they are ommend the procedure to women one month the occupied land. ashamed to approach doctors when it comes to after giving birth. “I recommend vaginal tighten- The national unity government, head- these issues. At Royale Hyatt Hospital, we will be ing one month after giving birth because this is ed by Prime Minister Dr Rami Hamdallah, hiring some more women specialists by this the right way. There are mothers who want to do swore in before President Abbas, who month to help in the diagnosis since some the procedure immediately after giving birth. It then chaired its first meeting to discuss patients have issues with male doctors,” said can be done but some of these procedures the outline of its work plan. Elmardi. could lead to bigger problems. So, my recom- The new administration will abide by He admitted though that the projected figure mendation is for the woman to wait at least a the principles that President Abbas is was not an official one by the Ministry of Health month after giving birth before undergoing the abided by, in that it will recognize Israel, since they have no particular studies on inconti- tightening procedure. On June 26, we are going achieve security coordination and com- nence in Kuwait. “I based my projection on a to get a vaginal tightening machine. The proce- mit to the two-state solution that allows study conducted in Saudi Arabia-they have an dure will be offered in the cosmetic surgery sec- the establishment of the State of almost similar environment and mortality of Dr Abubakr Elmardi tion but gynecologists will perform the proce- Palestine on the 1967 borders, with East children. The number of children in each family dure,” he said. Another area Dr Elmaradi is pro- Jerusalem as its capital. is the same, so in Saudi Arabia, around 25 per- urine when coughing or sneezing or experienc- moting is the women’s wellness clinic. The clinic On this historic occasion, Palestinian cent of female between the ages 18-50 years old ing prolapsed or the falling down of genital will look upon issues of cervical/breast cancers, Ambassador to Kuwait Rami Tahboub Ambassador Rami Tahboub suffer from incontinence. The rate is highly con- organs like the uterus. “We encourage women to do mammography and advise patients on their expresses gratitude to the State of nected to the number of children-the more kids talk more about it - the longer you hide the con- diet and hormonal problems. Kuwait, led by His Highness the Amir porting reconciliation efforts that was Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, for crowned by the historical announcement their constant commitment towards sup- of national unity on Palestinian land.

Violators of noontime working ban to be prosecuted: Mutairi KUWAIT: Labor inspection teams recently notices, suspending the companies’ files checked various open air working sites to with the MSAL, referral to prosecution and make sure companies and contractors ful- fining the violating company KD 200 per ly observed the noontime work ban in the worker. Mutairi said that the aim of such open between 1 pm and 4 pm from the inspection and measures was to limit vio- beginning of June till the end of August as lations committed against expatriate stipulated by ministerial decree number laborers and refute the accusations lev- 212/2012. eled at Kuwait of violating human or expa- In this regard, team leader Hussein Al- triate labor rights. He also urged employ- Mutairi said that all violating employers ers to abide by the ban for the safety of who force their workers to work during their own laborers during the summer, the ban hours would be subject to restric- especially with the approach of the holy tive measures starting with warning month of Ramadan. NA delegation visits Sri Lanka KUWAIT: A parliamentary delegation order to increase trade, economic, tourist, headed for Sri Lanka on an official visit scientific, and cultural cooperation. within a framework of a tour, which Al-Khurainej also mentioned that the includes Brunei, starting on Monday until Kuwaiti-Sri Lankan relations have always June 8. been distinctive and directed towards their Prior to their departure to Sri Lanka, desired and hoped goals on all levels for head of the delegation, Deputy Parliament the benefit of the people of both coun- Speaker Mubarak Al-Khurainej said, in a tries, adding that the two countries’ bilater- press statement, that their visit comes at al relations are in constant development. the invitation of Sri Lankan Deputy He expressed hope that the bilateral Parliament Speaker Chandima Weerakkody, relations between the two countries would aiming to increase bilateral parliamentary be boosted through “reciprocal visits in cooperation, as well as to coordinate on order to attain current stage’s goals and overall issues of joint interest on regional provide the appropriate environment for and international arenas. establishing a genuine partnership on The visit also falls within the framework ground, stemming from both countries’ of following up on joint relations in various joint interest.” areas and finding ways to strengthening The delegation includes MPs Dr. KUWAIT: The head of Kuwait Red Crescent Society’s field team in Afghanistan, Khaled Al-Mutairi, said that Kuwait was keen on improving the them, the MP said, adding that deepening Mohammad Al-Huwaila, Saleh Ashour, living conditions of those displaced in the Badakhshan region where a mudslide took place in May. He added that KRCS distributed a 41 tons joint cooperation ties with Sri Lanka is one Hamdan Al-Azemi, Majed Al-Mutairi and aid shipment comprising of 500 tents and 10,000 blankets in various villages. of the current stage’s requirements in Mohammad Al-Hadiya. —KUNA p3 COPY_Layout 1 6/2/14 9:48 PM Page 1

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BEIJING: Chinese officials receiving HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his accompanying delegation yesterday. Kuwait hopes to benefit from China’s economic expertise Prime Minister arrives in Beijing

BEIJING: His Highness the Prime Minister interaction in all fields. would see great boom soon and particularly countries in general and in China in particu- Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah His Highness recalled that Kuwait and recalled that the two nations are engaged in lar. The Chinese economy was “rapidly pro- arrived in China yesterday, for a two-day China have signed several cooperation major development projects that promote gressing,” he noted. state visit, accompanied by a delegation of agreements, and share a genuine desire to exchange of investment. He said he would convey greetings of His officials. His Highness was received upon see that they meet objectives. Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad arrival at Beijing International Airport by Following the great boost in bilateral rela- Keenness on openness Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the Chinese President Xi Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for western tions since the visit of His Highness the Amir The premier said yesterday Kuwait could Jinping, who has close relations with His Asia and north Africa Zhang Ming, Chinese Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to benefit from China’s economic expertise to Highness the Amir. officials, Arab Ambassadors in Beijing, China in 2009, there is hope to see even help boost development in Kuwait. The His talks with the Chinese officials will Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Mohammad stronger ties and cooperation to meet the Prime Minister, in a statement before his deal with ways of further cementing bilateral Al-Thuweikh, Kuwait’s Consul General in two peoples’ aspirations, the premier said. departure to Beijing said his visit is “part of relations, as well as regional and internation- Guangzhou Abdelwahhab Al-Saqer, Kuwait’s Kuwait was one of the first Gulf countries Kuwait’s keenness on openness to the world al issues of mutual interest, His Highness Consul General in Hong Kong Khalid Al- to establish diplomatic relations with China and to getting acquainted with, and benefit- Sheikh Jaber said. Mutairi, and members of the Kuwait in recognition of its role in supporting world ting from, China’s economic expertise which His Highness the Prime Minister was seen Embassy in Beijing. peace and stability and the support it could could contribute to boosting development off at the airport by Deputy Prime Minister In press remarks upon arrival, His lend on issues facing Arab countries, he said. in the country.” and Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Highness expressed pleasure to be visiting Moreover, Kuwait admires the Chinese He said Kuwait sould actively interact Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Premier China, noting that the strong relations economic experience where the country with its regional and international surround- and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Jarrah between the two countries and the strong realized great growth in a matter of a few ings, as well as cementing relations with all Al-Sabah, Sheikhs, Ministers, Governors, cooperation in all fields are based on mutual years to become a leading economic power countries. advisors at His Highness the Prime Minister’s respect and common interest. The visit, he in the world, His Highness noted. His Highness the Prime Minister appreci- Diwan, senior commanders of the Army, said, aims to further bolster exchange and The premier expressed confidence ties ated economic experience in the East Asian Police and National Guard. —KUNA Kuwait, Iran vow joint work to develop ties

TEHRAN: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Supreme of Islamic Revolution Ali Khamenei Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Iranian President Dr. Rouhani. and President of the Islamic Republic of Iran “His Highness the Amir’s talks with the Dr Hassan Rouhani vowed yesterday joint two leaders focused on bilateral relations, work to strengthen bilateral relations and issues of common interest, particularly materialize people aspirations. means to develop bilateral cooperation in “The two leaders underlined the need to various fields, as well as important issues rel- continue efforts aiming at further ameliorat- ative to the region, Muslim world and the ing bilateral cooperation and optimal whole world.” exploitation of capabilities to meet The statement described the talks as demands and aspirations of the people of friendly, frank, and transparent. their countries,” reads a joint statement on “President of the Islamic Republic of Iran the occasion of conclusion of His Highness and His Highness the Amir of Kuwait put for- the Amir’s two-day visit to Tehran. wards a number of issues of common con- The statement added that “The two lead- cern-especially bilateral relations, regional ers expressed their satisfaction over the developments and challenges facing the march of bilateral relations and the growing Muslim world.” cooperation between the two countries. “They asserted the need to continue “They consider the positive outcome of bilateral and multilateral consultations to His Highness the Amir of Kuwait’s official vis- address the challenges and resolve the it to Iran as an important turning point in problems of the region as well as overcome the relations between the two nations.” concerns regarding the region’s security and The leaders have agreed on the need to stability. The two leaders voiced concern continue reciprocal visits and hold meetings over the growing threat of extremism, vio- among senior officials of the two countries. lence and sectarian conflicts in the region “The two leaders welcomed the signing of and stressed the need to promote modera- several agreements and memorandums of tion in the region and called for a global understanding for cooperation between commitment to UN resolutions relating to their two governments in various areas. the establishment of a world free from vio- They underscored the importance of put- lence and extremism. ting into effect all the previously-signed The statement pointed out that the bilateral agreements.” Iranian side briefed the Kuwaiti side on the The statement reiterated that the visit of developments of the ongoing negotiations His Highness the Amir to Iran comes within between Iran and Group (5+1) on the the framework of the efforts exerted to Iranian nuclear file. maintain, promote and develop relations “The Iranian leader reiterated his coun- between the two friendly countries in differ- try’s desire to forge ahead with the negotia- ent domains to materialize ambitions of the tion process to reach a final agreement as leaders and the interests of people. per schedule. Meanwhile, the Kuwaiti side It noted that the His Highness the Amir’s expressed satisfaction with the progress of visit came upon an invitation from President the negotiations on this file,” reads the of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Hassan statement. At the end of the visit, His Rouhani. Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad “Dr. Rouhani’s official reception of His Al-Jaber Al-Sabah thanked the Iranian gov- Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber ernment and expressed appreciation of the Al-Sabah and his accompanying delegation warm reception and hospitality. His reflected the great brotherly feelings and Highness the Amir invited President the strong relations between the two coun- Rouhani to visit Kuwait. The invitation was tries,” reads the statement. welcomed by President Rouhani and a time During this visit, His Highness Sheikh would be set for it later through diplomatic Sabah held talks with the Supreme Leader channels. —KUNA Amir-Rouhani talks ‘constructive’ TEHRAN: The talks between His Highness potential and capabilities both countries the Amir and President Rouhani were “con- enjoy. structive” and the outcomes would benefit “The potential and capabilities need to both countries and the region, Kuwait’s be employed soundly in order to benefit First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister both peoples,” Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled not- Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al- ed. Sabah said, yesterday. Underlining its influence, the Kuwaiti “The talks dealt with political, economic, top diplomat stressed necessity for coun- commercial, and environmental issues, as tries in the region to have “normal” rela- well as oil and gas, customs cooperation, tions with Iran. aerial transportation, sports, and tourism,” Yesterday, in presence of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said. the Amir and President Hassan Rouhani, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- several bilateral cooperation agreements Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah concludes his were inked, namely related to security and state visit today. air service and to customs, in addition to “Both His Highness the Amir and MoUs on youth and sports, tourism, and President Rouhani asserted significance of environmental protection and sustainable focusing on these issues considering great development.—KUNA TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 LOCAL

In my view In my view No-man’s land Opportunity near Ramallah to organize

By Linda Gradstein By Labeed Abdal very morning, the children start coming at 6 am. Wearing school uniforms, they board buses paid Efor by the Jerusalem Municipality, cross a check- point to the other side of the security barrier Israel is building in and around the West Bank, and go to school. Some of the schools are close-by, others much further [email protected] away. In some cases, the trip can take more than an hour. The checkpoint, with its barbed wire-topped towers he decision to suspend crackdowns against ille- and flak-jacketed armed Israeli soldiers, looks like any gal residents due to overcrowded detention cen- other checkpoint between the West Bank and Israel. But Tters is very important. Citizens and expatriates this checkpoint divides Jerusalem from Jerusalem - the alike believe that it is a necessary step as it comes fol- part that is behind the large concrete slabs of the barri- lowing a decision to give the Interior Ministry’s under- er, from the rest of the city. About 100,000 Palestinians secretary exclusive powers to make deportation deci- live in these three neighborhoods and one refugee sions in response to complaints of suspected human camp - the only Palestinian refugee camp located inside rights violations in deporting expatriates. the city, as well as another enclave closer to Ramallah. Meanwhile, urgent measures are needed to handle These neighborhoods are part of east Jerusalem, illegal residents arrested recently, and address their situation swiftly and fairly amid fears of the spread of contagious diseases inside overcrowded jail cells dur- Residents here say that although ing the summer. But those steps alone are not they pay municipal taxes and have enough. Kuwait needs comprehensive and studied decisions that prevent violation of people’s freedoms, the same blue ID cards as Jewish rights and dignity during surprise police campaigns residents of Jerusalem, they receive kuwait digest against lawbreakers. The issue bears legal and moral duties locally, in addition to a lot of obligations inter- almost no municipal services. nationally as per treaties pertaining with civil rights, Primary elections and respecting people’s dignity and freedom of which was annexed to the city after Israel took control of movement. it from Jordan in 1967. While most east Jerusalemites Detention of people without legal justification is have been offered Israeli citizenship, they have turned it By Waleed Al-Ghanim unacceptable, and leads to crowding jail cells with down, fearing that accepting it would mean accepting detainees who are kept for prolonged periods of time. wonder why the Interior Ministry ignores primary turned a blind eye on primary elections to ensure high This indicates a direct flaw that negatively affects Israel’s annexation of the part of the city that they elections during campaigns for the upcoming by- voter turnout during by-elections? believe should be the capital of a future Palestinian Kuwait’s human rights record. election, and why it refuses to invoke the law that The situation reflects the government’s double-stan- state. A decade ago, then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon I And speaking of that, we must also consider per- bans this action? As soon as by-elections were dards in dealing with the same issue, which is a key rea- decided to build a barrier to try to stop suicide bombers sonal reasons that leaves detainees jailed for extend- from entering Jerusalem from the West Bank. Since its announced to fill vacant parliamentary posts, primary son for the state of chaos that Kuwait has been going ed periods of times, such as lack of cooperation from construction, terrorist attacks have become almost non- elections started. Interestingly, Al-Qabas daily reported through for years. While the law is sometimes enforced, employers and embassies, as well as legal procedures existent. However, the route of the barrier cuts-off four two stories in a recent the government fails to do that those detainees face. The state cannot be held neighborhoods - Ras Khamis, the Shuafat refugee camp, issue. The first covered the the same some other responsible regarding those cases. Ras Shehade and Dahiyet Al-Salam, from the rest of east Interior Minister’s visit to The situation reflects the government’s times although it is deal- What Kuwait can do on that regard is utilize tech- polling stations, accompa- ing with the same issue. Jerusalem. Another enclave, Kufr Aqab, is closer to double-standards in dealing with the nology to speed up legal procedures in order to Ramallah. nied by senior officials Sometimes it uses vio- reduce the stay of detained expatriates workers inside Residents here say that although they pay municipal who were included in a same issue, which is a key reason for the lence, and at other times it police stations. The state should make sure that police taxes and have the same blue ID cards as Jewish resi- recent reshuffle. state of chaos that Kuwait has been does not give the issue a officers are subjected to extensive training on ways to dents of Jerusalem, they receive almost no municipal The second report cov- good deal of importance. avoid arbitrary arrests, and introduce regulations that services. There is no mail delivery, garbage pickup or ered a story of primary going through for years. This contradiction makes prevent cases in which expatriates are deported with- police presence. In the last few weeks there has been no elections organized in the people confused so as to out a court order. water, either. Residents, who pay Jerusalem municipal second constituency. The determine which is the Coming up with internationally-accepted laws that taxes and fees to the water authority, said they were not two reports were published side by side, as if saying government’s right approach in law enforcement. Who regulate the deportation process through a way that given any reason that the municipal water company has that the primary was held simultaneously with the min- is responsible for setting the law in motion in the coun- maintains national security and human rights at the stopped service. The water company says its infrastruc- ister’s tour. Could the ministry have perhaps learned try - as it is currently activated according to political same time, should be a top priority for Kuwait. ture is not built to handle the large volume needed. from its mistake years ago, when special task forces and bargains and social conditions, not to the general sys- We want to see an end to deportations made by a The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) has armored vehicles stormed a location in the fifth con- tem, justice and the constitution. signed piece of paper, and to complicated procedures appealed to the Supreme Court, demanding that the stituency where a primary election was taking place? The government should enforce the law properly that result in depriving people from their right of free- residents here get their water back. The court gave the Or maybe the ministry is fulfilling the government’s first, so that the people start respecting the law. dom for prolonged periods of time. Those people city 60 days to respond to the petition. wish to support participating in elections organized might include foreigners living legally in Kuwait, “When the route of the wall was decided in a way under the single-vote law. Could the ministry have — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas which they consider their home away from home. that would separate parts of Jerusalem from the rest of the city, the Israeli authorities gave ongoing promises that despite this, the people’s rights would not be harmed and their daily lives would go on as normal,” kuwait digest kuwait digest Ronit Sela, the head of the East Jerusalem Project at ACRI, said. “But these promises have not been fulfilled and the Israeli authorities refuse to take responsibility Step in right What makes Iran for these neighborhoods.” Residents must buy water from private tankers and direction store it in large plastic water tanks on their roof. Jamil important? Sunduqi, the head of the Ras Khamis-Shuafat Local Council, fills up his water tanks once every ten days or By Abdullatif Al-Duaij so, paying more than $70 each time. By Hassan Abbas “My water bill is almost half of my salary,” Sunduqi he parliament’s direction towards amending said. “I tell my wife, ‘don’t use so much water,’ and we the constitutional court’s law to allow citizens is Highness the Amir’s visit to Iran is very important the Iranians, which helped elevate the Islamic Republic’s only take a shower once a week instead of every day. I Tto directly challenge the constitutionality of to the status of the visitor and the visited. HH the status among superpowers in terms of strength and inter- also don’t think the water they bring is that clean so we regulations is a fundamental step and a quantum Amir is known for his wisdom and ability to resolve national presence. Even if Iran spends billions on the buy bottled water for drinking.” H leap in the parliament’s work and priorities of its tensions in the region, which gives importance to his visit media, it would have never gained this reputation - regard- Sunduqi says that as bad as the water issue, is the members. Regardless of the noise created by the in the sense that it signals the beginning of the end of less whether good or bad - that made it stand toe-to-toe growing crime rate. The neighborhood is becoming past parliamentary formations, MPs remained too problems that the region faced. Meanwhile, the Islamic with the strongest empires in human history. known as a drug haven, he says, saying “it’s like a drug hesitant or incapable of addressing the basic leg- Republic of Iran gains its importance from the reality that supermarket here - you can get anything you want.” islative issues that Kuwait and its legal system the region lives in. Over the past few years, regional coun- Theft is skyrocketing. A hair salon near his home was need. tries, international organizations and global forces banded Iran is located in the center, with outlets robbed recently in broad daylight - gunmen stabbed The parliament in the past couple of decades together to weaken Iran, but the republic remained strong the owner in the leg and emptied the cash register. on the Arabian Gulf, the Arabian Sea, focused chiefly on monitoring the government’s and went on to build alliances non-stop. A few weeks ago, two men on motorcycles drove up This progress stems from different reasons, the first of the Caspian Sea and the Strait of next to a Palestinian resident and fired 24 bullets into performance, under the pretext of protecting pub- lic funds. But that monitoring was unproductive in which is that Iran has the world’s third largest oil reserves, Hormuz - a strategic passage that deter- him. The police have never come to investigate, he says. which forces superpowers, especially the European ones, Residents have banded together to install security cam- the sense that it failed to address anything besides mines the fate of the global economy. protecting public funds. Individuals’ rights and to consider their economic interests simultaneously with eras on many of the neighborhood’s buildings, hoping their political positions towards it. The second factor is to stop the crime wave. national issues have meanwhile remained subject to the government’s wish, without the slightest bit Iran’s ability to bring resistance groups around the world The third factor is Iran’s geographical position. It is Sunduqi says he does not allow his four children, together, especially those located around Israel. While located in the center, with outlets on the Arabian Gulf, the of protection. ages 3 to 13, to leave the house after 6:30 p.m. They’re Israel has caused a lot of troubles for Iran, it also brought Arabian Sea, the Caspian Sea and the Strait of Hormuz - a bored, and sometimes fight with each other, he says. But Political forces that advocate backwardness and many advantages that Iran would not have been able to strategic passage that determines the fate of the global he worries about their future and is thinking about leav- underdevelopment made the most out of the lack reach if Israel was out of its area of interest. economy. The Amir’s visit to Iran could be a move to ing the neighborhood. The Israelis are not like any other enemy. The Israeli lob- change history, and we hope that it is a positive change to Police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld said that he had Political forces that advocate back- bies that have strong influence in major industrial coun- end crises and achieve peace in the region. no immediate comment and would need time to “inves- tries around the world, and have given free publicity for — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Rai tigate the situation.” The Jerusalem municipality did not wardness and underdevelopment respond to a request for comment. However, it did made the most out of the lack of respond to a report by ACRI which said that more than monitoring, because it helped them three-quarters of the residents of Jerusalem’s Arab kuwait digest neighborhoods, including Ras Khamis, live below the take over and control the political poverty line. and social scenes in Kuwait. “We regret that ACRI chooses each year to recycle the Filing cases with same report, which is distorted and detached from reali- ty in order to get some media exposure, while ignoring of monitoring, because it helped them take over the deep and broad advances the municipality has and control the political and social scenes in constitutional court made in the east of the city to reduce the gaps created Kuwait. Unfortunately, the only legislations that over the last 40 years,” the municipality said in a state- MPs have worked hard to achieve are laws pertain- ing with salary increases and allowances paid to ment. According to Israeli government statistics, some By Abdulmohsen Jamal 37 percent of the Jerusalem’s residents are Palestinians. Kuwaitis working in the government. According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, 815,000 Public freedoms remain violated as all political ince the constitutional court was established by a law issued uals to the constitutional court to challenge existing regulations. residents live in Jerusalem, making it the largest city in groups focused on public funds. While they raised in 1973, the debate has been ongoing in the parliament on The situation requires proper preparation in order to avoid Israel. Just over 300,000 are Palestinians, meaning that hell over the Interior Ministry’s expenses on elec- Swhether to introduce amendments to allow individuals to exhausting the court with cases - something that should be kept about one-third of Arab Jerusalemites live on the tion billboards, the rights of Kuwaiti women and file cases directly with the court, or keep that right exclusive to the in mind during the amendment discussions. “Palestinian side” of the barrier. newly naturalized citizens remain on shelves to National Assembly and the Cabinet. People supporting the While I support people’s right to litigation as per article 167 of Among them are the 18,000 who live in the crowded gather dust. amendment argue that citizens are directly responsible for law the constitution, I believe that it is important to put regulations to alleyways of the Shuafat refugee camp, the only But it appears now that the so-called ‘single- enforcement, and should have the right to challenge regulations Palestinian refugee camp inside the Jerusalem city lim- vote parliament’ has become the exception to the passed in the parliament, but whose constitutionality are put in its. Here, the United Nations does provide some services rule, and decided to give more attention to the question. An example for this is the law that bans public gather- The situation requires proper prepara- like cleaning the streets, but residents still have to cross parliament’s main duty, which is legislation, plan- ings without a license, which the constitutional court ruled to can- tion in order to avoid exhausting the the barrier for services from education to medical care. ning public policies and determining the system’s cel 15 articles of. court with cases - something that “Israel is not responsible here and the Palestinian attributes. I hope that it goes on to look into all leg- There are other demands to cancel laws that fail to guarantee Authority is not responsible here,” Najib Saleimeh, a resi- islative issues that the old parliaments ignored. equality between male and female citizens, such as the law that should be kept in mind during the dent of the camp told The Media Line. “Nobody does Hopefully, MPs will shift away from filing grillings prevents Kuwaiti women from passing their nationality down to anything to improve the camp.” amendment discussions. and exaggerated supervision, and move towards their children. Others go as far as demanding cancelation of laws He says that nearby Pisgat Ze’ev, which he calls a “set- that are seen to be violating human rights, such as regulations addressing the shortage in legislations, especially tlement” and Jewish Israelis call a “neighborhood,” has that ban a Kuwaiti citizen from changing their religious belief or control the process of filing lawsuits with the constitutional court, green lawns, flowers, and community centers. those that prevent minorities and groups with no gender - two things that international organizations consider as so that these cases do not become a source of disturbance to the “They have 100 percent of everything they need,” he influence, such as female citizens and expatriates, human rights. judiciary, or a door through which religions are ridiculed. I hope said. “We’re not asking for 100 percent, just for ten per- from achieving their rights and enjoying the fair Amending the constitutional court’s law could allow people to that the legal committee of the parliament is keeping these things cent. We just want a steady supply of water and electrici- benefits of our democratic system. challenge regulations that prevent them from obtaining Kuwaiti in mind, and make sure that controls are introduced before ty. Is that too much to ask?” citizenship, build worship places, publish a newspaper, etc. This approving the amendment. — The Media Line — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas would open the gates for a huge flood of lawsuits filed by individ- — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 LOCAL US Army veterinarians work with K’S PATH to address cat crisis Efforts to control epidemic

By Sgt. William White

KUWAIT: Cats! Yes, cats: a common feral mam- mal in and around Kuwait City, whose popula- tion is growing quickly. According to legend, the invasion of Iraq in 1990 left many public services temporarily hindered. After a small buildup of trash, rodents marched in to feast on the extra rubbish and rotten food. The solution, albeit a hasty one, was to bring in cats from Egypt. Though it may have worked to rid the rodents, nomad cats now walk the midnight alleys, meowing, procreating, living among the Kuwaiti populous in the rich and flavorful city. John Peaveler, a supporter of animals’ rights with the Kuwait Society for the Protection of Animals and Their Habitat, and his team of vol- unteers have their work cut out for them. The Kuwait-based animal advocacy organization has partnered with the US Army veterinarian corps to address an issue that plagues both Kuwait and many parts of the world. When a city needs a solution to its solution, the K’S PATH veterinarians are here to spay and KUWAIT: US Army Capt. Natalie Spiliopoulos, a veterinary corps officer, works with Noel neuter these cats into submission. Cadiz, a veterinarian with Kuwait Society for the Protection of Animals and Their Habitats “Our mission is to protect the health of to neuter a feral cat at the Scientific Center in Kuwait City, June 1. humans and their pets,” said Cpt Lynn Miller, a — Photo courtesy US Army veterinarian at Camp Arifjan. “Most diseases K’S PATH is a volunteer organization that the Arabian Gulf, the cats are brought into the these feral animals carry (rabies, ringworm, provides a wide range of services for animals in oceanfront but not-so-spacious operating intestinal parasites) are zoonotic.” Kuwait including companion animal shelter, room. Zoonotic means a disease can be transferred farm and equine sanctuary, wildlife rehabilita- US Army vets introduced the military’s tech- from animals to humans, which is important to tion and sanctuary, wildlife management, stray niques to the newest of the K’S PATH vets, Noel most, barring those die-hard rabies fans. In animal control, environmental cleanup, and Cadiz of the Philippines, who only had short, the vets are working closely with Kuwait- education to name but a few. spay/neuter experience from school. The more based non-military organizations to spay and “The Scientific Center has given us a work- experienced K’S PATH vet, Madhu Villiyatte of neuter more than 50 feral cats in the next few space for an indefinite amount of time so we’re India, had a lifetime of veterinary experience to weeks in order to control the epidemic. setting up here and catching as many strays as share with Cadiz and the Army vets. “The mission is called the Feline Trap Neuter, we can,” said John Peaveler, Managing Director “Our work has an impact on Kuwait through Vaccinate and Return program,” said Miller. “We of K’S PATH. these partnerships with local organizations we just finished the program at the US Embassy. Kuwaiti public elementary school children work with,” said Miller. That area was inundated with diseased stray use the center to burn calories while their That partnership was apparent in the small animals that threaten the US State Department teachers hopelessly try to rally them into a operating room, which compelled the vets to employee’s pets. We cleaned all the nasty dis- straight column. The workspace, which quite literally work side-by-side. Precision and skill prevail for the next few dent in the major obstacle that is the infesta- eased animals out and sterilized/vaccinated the appeared to be converted from a small storage Now the US Army vets and vets from abroad hours until eleven cats begin sobering up and tion of cats in Kuwait, but Peaveler is optimistic. healthy ones who try to defend the territory room for cleaning supplies, is in an odd location team up and go to work sedating, comforting, planning their weekends, which thankfully for “Next week we are looking to do 30 more,” he now.” on the east of the building 20 yards from the removing testicles and telling them everything the city of Kuwait, will no longer involve said. For the US military vets here in Kuwait, this Now, Miller and her partner, Cpt. Natalie Arabic Gulf and 100 yards away from any build- is going to be ok. The cats undergo a sedation unwanted pregnancies. Although they awake mission was one of many. Whether it is control- Spiliopoulos are working with Kuwait Society ing entrance, a previous inconvenience for method involving a needle and some ketamine. short an organ, the greater cause has been ling the feral animal population, diagnosing for the Protection of Animals and their Habitat Scientific Center janitors, but perfect for the Rest assured, the cats feel no pain, less some served. “This will help control the population of injuries on baby ponies or even inspecting the (K’S PATH), to support stray animal manage- cause of neutering cats. dizziness and confusion, which the hardcore feral and unwanted cats,” said Peaveler. “These soldiers’ food supply here in Kuwait, the US ment around Kuwait City. After a morning of feral cat round-up along cats seemed to enjoy. cats will live longer and healthier lives.” A small Army veterinarians are here to protect. Final exams underway amid concern, frustration

KUWAIT: Final exams for primary and mid- Anti-cheating preparations dle stages begin tomorrow amid concern Mariam Al-Wutaid, the Undersecretary and confusion as a result of an unexpected of the Education Ministry, discussed prepa- decision to change the start date. The rations for the finals with senior officials Ministry of Education announced last week during a meeting Sunday. She stressed on advancing the date by one day - to start on the importance of enforcing regulations to Tuesday, June 3 instead of Wednesday, prevent cheating, such as searching stu- June 4. The decision startled schools’ preparations, and raised concerns that not dents for items they might use to cheat, all students might receive text messages and not allowing unauthorized people to sent to their phones about the new date. access control rooms in order to prevent School administrations were also upset leak of exam papers. Ministry officials are because the ministry did not give an expla- worried about a repetition of last year’s nation for the change, nor did it consult exam papers’ leak, which caused the resig- with them before making the decision. nation of a number of officials.

KUWAIT: A health insurance contract for firemen was signed in the presence of State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah, with Taazor Takaful Company, which becomes effective 30 days after the signing. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Municipality, company deny responsibility over ‘sheep scandal’

KUWAIT: The Municipality denied respon- es in Kuwait, said Shaker Awad, the Public sibility over illegal practices taking place Relations Manager. outside the sheep market in Jahra, where Municipal Council members Abdullah infected or dead sheep are allegedly sold Al-Kandari and Ali Mousa visited the mar- to restaurants and butcher shops around ket Sunday to inspect the allegations men- Kuwait. tioned in Al-Rai’s report on the same day. “The municipality’s jurisdiction stops at They said that they spoke with long-time the slaughterhouse’s walls, and what hap- bidders in daily auctions at the sheep mar- pens outside is the responsibility of the ket, who confirmed that sheep infected company that runs the market,” said Khalid with cancer and other diseases are sold for Al-Mutairi, the Jahra slaughterhouse super- as low as KD 2 outside the market. visor. Dr Shehab Al-Muhannadi, the Jahra The National Slaughterhouse Company Hospital Director, raised health concerns in issued a statement insisting that the details this regard, saying that the emergency mentioned and images shown in Al-Rai dai- room receives dozens of food poisoning ly’s investigative report describe activities cases on a regular basis, but admitted that taking place outside the slaughterhouse, the sources of food that patients eat are and out of its responsibilities. not inspected. The case also drew reac- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry tions from the parliament, where MP Faisal sent emergency teams to verify the infor- Al-Shaya called for holding a special ses- mation, said Ahmad Al-Khayyat, the sion to discuss the foul food issue that coin- Commercial Supervision Department cides with the beginning of Ramadan later Director. In the meantime, the Public this month. MP Khalil Al-Saleh hinted Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish meanwhile that ‘bribes’ could be paid to Resources denied a report which suggest- some officials in order to ignore fraudulent ed that it has authority over slaughterhous- operations. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 LOCAL Two expats in custody with 3 kg of marijuana KD 50,000 jewellery stolen from flat

By Hanan Al-Saadoun people beat her son and vandalized a car he was driving. She said her son is receiving treatment at KUWAIT: Narcotics authorities arrested two Adan Hospital. Investigations are underway. Suicidal maid repeatedly expats with three kilos of marijuana along with a seedling of the same plant. Authorities received Fahaheel theft information about an expat trading in drugs, and A pharmacist told police that an unknown raped by her sponsor after investigations, the suspect was arrested person broke into the pharmacy he manages in with the second suspect, a woman. When their Fahaheel and stole KD 1,970, along with med- KUWAIT: A domestic worker said that 35 years of age at the time of death. house was searched, the three kilos and seedling ical equipment worth KD 500. her recent suicide attempt was moti- were found. The second suspect confessed that vated by being raped three times by Contraband she sold the drugs and shared the profits with Jewellery stolen her employer. The Filipina woman was A man was arrested in possession of the first suspect. They were sent to concerned A judge at the court of appeals, an Egyptian, rescued by firefighters on Saturday an AK-47 rifle, ammunition, blood- authorities. told Maidan Hawally police that someone broke after she jumped into the sea near the stained knife, 10 hashish rolls, four Meanwhile, a driver was arrested yesterday at into his flat, but it seems that he left without Kout Sea Club’s marina. She was taken envelopes containing shabu (meth), the Abdaly border (north) for drug trafficking. The taking anything. Meanwhile, an Egyptian expat in an ambulance to Adan Hospital. The drug paraphernalia and a stun gun. Asian man was detained after inspectors found 2 told police that jewllery worth KD 50,000 was woman said during questioning that The arrest came during a campaign for kg of hashish in his vehicle. The offender was tak- stolen from his flat. she was sexually assaulted three times criminal investigators in Farwaniya en to the Drug Control General Department for by her employer, which made her recently. The detectives stopped a further action. The operation is part of campaigns Bag stolen decide to end her life. Investigations man who was driving an old Japanese- led by the Ministry of Interior, which recently In Rumaithiya, a citizen told police that are ongoing. made car, then decided to search the helped bust several drug shipments from abroad someone broke the window of her car while she Separately, a suicide investigation vehicle after noticing that the driver - most recently a shipment from Lebanon. was shopping and stole her bag which con- was nervous. The man, who is in his tained three gold bracelets and KD 50. In south was opened in a case involving a man Cars burnt Surra, a Pakistani expat told police that two per- who reportedly jumped from a fourth twenties, was placed under arrest after Ahmadi detectives are on the lookout for an sons claiming to be detectives stole KD 800 floor apartment in a bid to end his life. the contraband was found, and taken unknown person who burnt two parked cars in from him. He said he works as a contractor. In The Filipino national was rushed to to the Criminal Investigations front of the house of a citizen in Jaber Al-Ali. The Nugra, an Ethiopian expat said she was beaten the Adan Hospital with severe injuries, Department to face charges. owner did not accuse anyone of the act. by a citizen and another Ethiopian woman who KUWAIT: Two expats who were arrested before a preliminary investigation Meanwhile, a citizen told Adan police that two stole KD 150 and a mobile from her. yesterday with 3kg of marijuana. revealed that he was uninjured during Police trainees fired a botched suicide attempt. A case was Two students were dismissed from filed at the Mahboula police station. the Saad Al-Abdullah Police Academy after smart phones were found in Fatal crash their possession during a recent cam- Emerson helps KOC gain benefits A man was killed in a two-vehicle paign. The unscheduled search was collision reported recently at the recently carried out at a dorm for new- Nuwaiseeb Road. Paramedics and ly-recruited Gulf nationals who are of integrated operations police had arrived to the scene in children of Kuwaiti women. The deci- response to an emergency call report- sion to sack them came after inspec- KUWAIT: Emerson Process Management has international oil services company Halliburton, formance, analyze reservoirs, avoid losses, and ing an accident involving an tors found video footage for trainings helped Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) realize its involved instrumenting 49 wells and upgrading allocate production. American-made car and a truck. The in the phones. vision of integrated operations for the Sabriyah the oil field’s power and IT infrastructure. “Emerson and KOC share a vision of the car’s driver, a Kuwaiti man, was pro- oil field in North Kuwait. The project is part of The Emerson automation solution included smart digital oilfield,” said Arif Mustafa, nounced dead on the scene before Harasser caught KOC’s enterprise-wide Kuwait Integrated Digital Rosemount(r) pressure and temperature instru- Emerson’s country manager for Kuwait. “With Nugra police arrested a man Field strategy for enhancing oil production. ments and Roxar multiphase flow meters that integrated operations we can bring the prob- criminal investigators were called. An The strategy is already paying off in the capture real-time wellhead data to give a full lems to the experts, rather than the other way investigation was opened to deter- Sunday, two days after he harassed a Sabriyah field, where integrated process picture of what’s happening in the Sabriyah around. Oil and gas producers gain the ability mine the circumstances behind the pedestrian on a street in the area. In automation and communication solutions field. ROC remote terminal units transmit the to collaborate and share information in real accident. her statements to police, the Asian enable workers to access real-time data from data to a nearby gathering center, where time, address issues before they become major woman said that she was walking throughout the field and then collaborate with Emerson’s OpenEnterprise(tm) supervisory con- problems, and maximize their fields’ productivi- Body found towards her workplace when the man others to make timely, effective production trol and data acquisition system receives, con- ty.” Together with its local business partner A man was found dead inside his grabbed her and tried to sexually decisions. trols, and analyzes the data and sends the infor- Almeer Technical Services Company, Emerson apartment in Mangaf Sunday morn- assault her, but ran away when she “Emerson’s technologies have been one of mation to KOC’s Ahmadi Collaboration Center. operates an office in Kuwait to provide cus- ing. Meanwhile, preliminary investi- screamed for help. Detectives were the key components of this project,” said Ahmed In Ahmadi, this vast array of real time infor- tomers a full range of process automation con- gations indicate that foul play is able to identify the suspect based on Khalid Al Jasmi, team leader - surface for mation from the wells is utilized into compre- sulting, project execution, manufacturing, and suspected in the case. Criminal descriptions given by the janitor of research and technology at KOC. “Their hensible workflows developed by KOV to help lifecycle services. The office is supported by investigators had arrived to the the complainant’s building who saw advanced products and systems and their speed KOC’s decision-making. Users can view Emerson’s regional branch in Doha, Qatar; by scene in response to an emergency the incident. The Indian man was extensive experience in the oil and gas industry real-time alerts, consolidate advisories, and del- the company’s Middle East and Africa head- call made around 6:30am, and reportedly in an inebriated state when make Emerson one of the ideal automation egate tasks to appropriate departments. This quarters in Dubai, UAE; and by a network of oth- found the body in an early state of police arrested him at a location near partner.” integrated operations approach enables them er facilities located near customers in Abu The project, executed in collaboration with to effectively monitor and evaluate well per- Dhabi, Al Khobar, Basrah, Jubail, and Ras Laffen. decomposition. The Indian man was the complainant’s building.

KU holds graduation for 147 financial market traders KUWAIT: In a press conference held yesterday, the College of Business Administration (CBA) at Kuwait University announced the certification of 147 CBA students as Financial Market Traders. This is the fifth batch to complete the CITI-Financial Market Trading Program (CITI-FMTP), funded through a grant from the Citi Foundation, Citi’s social investment arm. The program, first commenced in late 2009, aims at training CBA’s top students on real-life dealing room simulations and ran throughout 2013-2014. With today’s batch of graduates, the total number of students who completed the program over the last 5 years is 538. The rising number of students enrolling in this program year on year reflects the increased interest in programs that enhance graduates’ skills and prepares them to enter the job market in Kuwait The ambassador and his accompanying delegation listen to a demonstration from a and the region. The ambassador and his accompanying delegation inspect some artworks. participating artist. The Citi-FMTP ran ten intensive sessions employ- ing the following tools: • Applied fundamental and technical analysis • Financial and economic indicator for financial market forecasting • Kuwaiti Stock Market Trading rules & regulation • Opening brokerage account, placing order and execution • Strategic investment and short term positioning • Financial modeling & dynamic portfolio using Excel Pro & using Reuters models for stock trading • Complying with Capital Markets Authority rules and regulation • Risk Management Dr Abdullah Alsalman, Founder and Director of Financial Trading Center commented: “Citibank Kuwait’s support towards this program that enhances the skills of students needed for training in the stock markets underscores its role in the local community and the importance of corporate social responsibility. This will give the Kuwaiti human capital the added skills and knowledge needed to enter the job market in Kuwait which is a cornerstone in the Amiri vision of making Kuwait an international commercial and Artworks for Indian artists on display. The ambassador and his accompanying delegation during the inauguration. financial center.”

Active role The Avenues hosts Indian art exhibition “I would like to congratulate the 5th batch of grad- uates from the intensive CITI-Financial Market KUWAIT: The Avenues hosted the first Indian Trading Program (CITI-FMTP). Citi searches for ways to art exhibition inaugurated by Sunil Jain, play an active role in all the countries it operates in Ambassador of India along with accompa- New plans to upgrade China-Arab relations including Kuwait, so as to support financial education nied embassy staff and guests. at top academic institutions like Kuwait University”, “Art for Peace” was the theme setting for TOKYO: China and Arab nations will structure and emerging sectors like Wang also called on the two sides to said Ozgur Kutay, General Manager of Citibank in such a fascinating exhibition featuring more unveil a series of plans to upgrade rela- nuclear energy, space and new energy give mutual support on issues concern- Kuwait. “We will continue partnering with different than 200 arts painting by 35 notable artists tions at an upcoming ministerial meet- with a view to sharing development ing each other’s core and major inter- NGOs and financial institutions in Kuwait to train in India, showcasing various masterpieces in ing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi benefits and promoting common pros- ests, step up coordination and collabo- locals and teach them the hands-on experience to the semi-abstract school of art. said Monday, according to state-run perity,” he said. ration in regional and international develop a more insightful understanding of the The Indian Art Exhibition was also Xinhua News Agency. The minister said Arab states, locat- affairs, and turn the balance of power in important banking and financial sector and become inspired by the authenticity and aesthetic At the sixth ministerial conference of ed at the western end of the economic favor of developing countries. He also leading bankers”. elements that stem from the Indian tradi- the China-Arab Cooperation Forum on belt along the Silk Road and the 21st- expressed the will to intensify the peo- Since the establishment of Citibank Kuwait in tions and heritage encapsulated by contem- porary fine arts elements in order to cultivate Thursday, the two sides will adopt a century maritime Silk Road, are “natural ple-to-people exchanges. 2006, it has imparted certified training on financial India’s brightest side to society, in particular declaration, an action plan for 2014- and important cooperation partners for This year marks the 10th anniversary literacy, life skills and personal economics to about to all patrons and visitors at The Avenues. 2016, and a development plan for China” in creating the belt and the mar- of the establishment of the Forum. 3000 Kuwaitis. Commenting on this occasion, The Avenues 2014-2024, Wang was quoted as saying itime Silk Road. Looking back at the development of Citi has been in the Arab World for nearly 50 years management said it is proud to host the in a bylined article published by “The two sides need to plan for the the ties in the past decade, Wang hailed and continues to view the region as critical to its Indian Art Exhibition, as well as hosting other Xinhua. growth of their relations in the next 10 the two sides “have always treated each global franchise. It is currently present in eleven Arab forms of fine art exhibitions with cultural “China wants to reinforce coopera- years around the priority of building other with sincerity and trust and countries including Kuwait, UAE, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, enrichments with an aim of bridging the gap tion with Arab states in both traditional the economic belt and the maritime stayed the course of strategic coopera- Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco and between cultures as well art appreciation to sectors like energy, trade and infra- Silk Road,” he said. tion.” — KUNA Algeria. all patrons and visitors at The Avenues. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014

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LATAKIA: A rebel fighter loads an anti-tank cannon during fighting against pro-government forces on the outskirts of Syria’s Mediterranean port city of Latakia. — AFP Rebels step up attacks in Aleppo; 54 die Syria set for presidential election as war rages on BEIRUT: Rebels have stepped up attacks on regime-held January, many of them in barrel bomb attacks. “Targeting civil- areas of Aleppo in the run-up to today’s presidential election, ians is a war crime and the fact that the regime uses barrel killing 54 in two days, a monitoring group said. Syrian state bombs to target civilians in rebel areas does not justify target- television, meanwhile, reported that 10 people were killed ing civilians in regime areas,” said Abdel Rahman. yesterday in a truck bomb attack in the central province of State television said the truck bomb attack struck the vil- Homs where government troops have recently made lage of Haraqi in the central province of Homs and was carried advances. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said four out by “terrorists”. Haraqi is a regime-held village and home to people were killed yesterday in rebel mortar and rocket fire a majority of Alawites, the religious community from which on regime-held areas of Aleppo, taking the overall death toll Assad’s clan hails. On Sunday the Observatory reported that a since Saturday to 54. family of Alawites, including an 102-year-old man, were killed Fifty people were killed on the weekend, said the Britain- in central Hama province by fighters of the Islamic State of based monitoring group. “The escalation by rebels against Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).The group is the most radical of regime-held areas is linked to (Tuesday’s) presidential elec- jihadist movements fighting in Syria and has been accused of tion” that is expected keep Assad in power, said Observatory carrying out many atrocities. director Rami Abdel Rahman. The opposition and their Arab The Observatory said among its latest actions ISIL kid- and Western backers have dismissed the election as a sham, napped on Thursday more than 150 Kurdish high school stu- while the rebel Free Syrian Army has called on Syrians to boy- dents along the Aleppo-Minbej road in northern Syria. The cott the poll. teenagers, boys and girls, were abducted as they were return- Assad, is facing two little known candidates, is expected to ing home from the city of Aleppo where they had sat their win a third, seven-year term in office in the election that will end of year exams. ISIL was once welcomed by rebels fighting be held only in regime-controlled areas. Once Syria’s commer- to topple Assad, but gained their wrath because of their quest cial capital, Aleppo has been divided between pro- and anti- for hegemony and systematic abuses. More than 162,000 peo- regime areas since a major rebel offensive in July 2012. Some ple have been killed in Syria since the conflict there broke 2,000 civilians, including more than 500 children, have been three years ago, according to the Observatory, while millions killed in regime air strikes on rebel-held areas of Aleppo since have been forced to flee their homes.— AFP

DAMASCUS: Syrians feed pigeons on a square where giant campaign billboards bearing portraits of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad are displayed in the capital Damascus. — AFP 41 killed in Sudan over oil-rich land

KHARTOUM: At least 41 people have been killed in South Kordofan where Sudanese government forces clashes between rival Sudanese clans over the owner- have been battling rebels for nearly three years. It also ship of land being explored for oil in West Kordofan neighbors the western region of Darfur, where the state, a tribal source said. Another 13 people were seri- army and allied tribes have since 2003 battled rebels ously wounded in the fighting that raged through to demanding an end to economic marginalization and Sunday between the Zurug and Awlad Amran clans of power sharing with the Khartoum government. the powerful Misseriya tribe, the source told AFP. Militias, rebel splinter groups and armed tribes operate Those involved in the clashes used Kalashnikov assault in the region, where gunmen abducted two Chinese rifles and rocket propelled-grenades. A witness, who and an Algerian from an oilfield in April. The three declined to be named, said the fighting broke out as were released in May. But fighting between tribes is each group claimed ownership of a plot of land where frequent in Sudan, and often breaks out over grazing drilling for oil is underway. rights. The Misseriya is a semi-nomadic Arab tribe that Oil-rich West Kordofan state borders the province of raises cattle. — AFP p8_Layout 1 6/2/14 9:48 PM Page 1

TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Syrian babies ‘born refugees’ in Lebanon

ARSAL: Young mothers who fled Syria’s spending countless hours playing in war for dismal refugee camps in Lebanon unhealthy conditions. struggle to imagine a future for their Mothers do their best to provide a babies, even though they find their new- safe space for their babies inside the borns a rare source of joy. “My baby was tents, wrapping them in pink and white born a refugee, and he faces a really blankets, shielding them from the ele- tough future here,” said Umm Khaled, ments. Some, like Umm Mohammed, nursing a newborn baby in a clinic run by fled while they were heavily pregnant. “I Doctors Without Borders (MSF) at the was seven months pregnant when we border town of Arsal. fled Nabuk. A warplane was bombing the “I was happy I had a baby, but these road while we were on our way, but we are really hard conditions to raise a child,” made it,” said the mother of four, whose she said, looked on by another of her husband is jobless. “My baby Uday gives children, a thumb-sucking two-year-old me hope, even if we’ve lost everything. boy. Umm Khaled, who fled the But none of his siblings go to school. I Qalamun area of western Syria as the have no idea how I will provide for any of army evicted rebels from town after town them.” in a winter offensive, considers herself lucky: her husband has a job in Arsal. But ‘Baby is coming’ they struggle to make ends meet and to Studies have shown refugee women cover their children’s needs. “I love my tend to have more babies than their fel- children, but sometimes I look at them low countrywomen, according to Maria and I cry. When I lived in Syria, I had a Luz Ruiz, a nurse and midwife who runs house and a garden where they could the MSF mother and child care centre in play. the Lebanese border town of Arsal. “It’s Here, I have nothing for them,” said very complicated to understand some- Umm Khaled, sadly, looking older than times for us, but yes, it’s part of it,” Ruiz her 25 years. Lebanon is home to more said. The centre opened in March, allow- than a million refugees from Syria’s dev- ing women to deliver for free and provid- astating war. Half of them are children, ing ante and post-natal care. Ruiz said ARSAL: A medic takes care of a newborn Syrian refugee baby at a clinic managed by the French non-governmental the United Nations says, warning they “maternity is very important for Syrian organization, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the Lebanese town of Arsal. — AFP risk becoming a “lost generation”. The women”, helping them to cope with the gastrointestinal disorders”. A young cou- Amal, 22. Amer. The couple fled Yabrud after he population of Arsal alone has exploded distress of their flight from home, family ple who fled former rebel bastion Yabrud, At the MSF clinic for her last pre-natal was wounded in fighting that ended in from some 40,000 residents to more than and friends. The mothers’ troubles are Amal and husband Amer admitted to test, the couple’s eyes filled with wonder March with the town’s capture by the 100,000 over the course of Syria’s war compounded by the endemically poor mixed emotions at having a new baby on as they heard their baby’s heartbeat army. Wearing a silver-colored scarf and which erupted in 2011. Most of the health and economic conditions of life as the way. “When I first became pregnant, through the ultrasound. “I felt so happy. battered sandals, Amal remained defiant refugees in Arsal live in tents scattered a refugee. Ruiz said most of the children Yabrud was just fine. There was no way A baby is coming, thank God, and I will over the future. “I really hope that by the across makeshift camps. Their children, brought in to the MSF facility have “respi- we could have predicted we would become a father. But I am also sad for time my baby grows, Syria is more beau- for the most part, do not go to school, ratory problems, infections and some become refugees,” said brown-eyed him, because we have no home,” said tiful,” she said.—AFP 15 die as Iraq unrest spikes

BAGHDAD: Attacks across Iraq yester- liest month so far this year, with 799 and wounding 18, while one person day targeted commercial areas and Iraqis killed in violence, including 603 died and three were wounded in a Iraqi security forces, killing at least 15 civilians. UNAMI also said that April’s bombing at an outdoor market in the people and wounding dozens, offi- death toll stood at 750, making it the town Mahmoudiyah, 30 kilometers cials said. The deadliest attack was in second deadliest month this year. In south of Baghdad. Medical officials the southern Shiite city of Najaf, about other attacks yesterday, a suicide car confirmed causality figures. All offi- 160 kilometers south of Baghdad, bomber struck an army checkpoint in cials spoke on condition of anonymity where a parked car bomb ripped the northern town Mishahda, 30 kilo- as they were not authorized to release through a commercial area, killing six meters north of the Iraqi capital, information. people, said Maj Gen Emad Al-Taie. killing three soldiers and two civilians, That attack also wounded 13 people, a police officer said. The officer added Unrest in Fallujah said Al-Taie, the provincial police chief. that 14 people were wounded in that Earlier, clashes and shelling on Iraq is going through its worst surge attack. Sunday in and around the conflict-hit in violence since the peak of the sec- In a commercial area in the town of Iraqi city of Fallujah, which lies just a tarian strife in 2006 and 2007, when Iskandariyah, 50 kilometers south of short drive from Baghdad, killed 22 the country was on the brink of civil Baghdad, two people were killed and people, a doctor said. The unrest, which war. The UN says 8,868 people were 10 were wounded in a parked car also left 36 wounded, struck in multiple killed in 2013. bombing, another police officer said. areas of Fallujah and its outskirts, On Sunday, the UN mission in Iraq A car bomb also hit in the southern Doctor Ahmed Shami at the city’s main announced that May was the dead- city of Nasiriyah, killing one civilian hospital said yesterday. —Agencies

BENGHAZI: People gather at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technology following an air-raid, that missed its target, in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. — AFP Fierce fighting leaves 16 dead in Benghazi Violence triggers fears of an all-out war

BENGHAZI: Fierce fighting and businesses were closed as gun- been rocked by lawlessness with between Islamists and a rogue fire rang out and explosions shook near-daily attacks blamed on radi- Libyan general killed 16 people in Benghazi, witnesses said. cal Islamists targeting security Benghazi yesterday, triggering fears They said some families were forces in Benghazi. of an all-out war as hospitals urged trapped in the western neighbor- The interim authorities, caught citizens to donate blood. Officials at hood of Sidi Freij, a stronghold of in their own power struggle, have two hospitals in the eastern city, Ansar Al-Sharia. Haftar spokesman been unable to stamp out the vio- the birthplace of the NATO-backed Mohamed Al-Hijazi called on resi- lence in the absence of a strong uprising that toppled dictator dents in combat zones across army and police force. Ansar Al- Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, said at Benghazi to evacuate, in an appar- Sharia, classified as a terrorist group least 11 soldiers and five civilians ent warning that the fighting could by the United States, was backed by were killed, and 26 people wound- escalate. Colonel Saad Al-Werfelli, the February 17 Brigades of ex- ed. who commands the Benghazi air rebel leader Rafallah al-Sahati and An air force commander said the force base, said the jihadists “bom- the Libya Shield Force Islamist clashes erupted when three Islamist barded base 21 early yesterday, groups, said Werfelli. The powerful groups, including Ansar Al-Sharia, killing and wounding soldiers (from February 17 group of ex-rebels attacked a base of elite forces who the elite unit) who were trapped denied any involvement in yester- support the renegade general, inside”. The air force retaliated by day’s fighting, in a statement posted Khalifa Haftar. Images posted on launching strikes on the assailants, on Facebook. The group of ex-rebels the Internet showed army assault added Werfelli, who along with the is suspected of having strong ties helicopters firing missiles at sus- elite forces backs Haftar’s campaign with Ansar al-Sharia, which has pected Islamist targets. The fighting against Islamists accused of repeat- threatened Haftar that he could end was the bloodiest since 76 people ed violence in Benghazi. up like Kadhafi, killed by rebels were killed in mid-May when Haftar eight months after the 2011 upris- unleashed an offensive dubbed ‘Enemy of Islam’ ing. Haftar, 71, lived in exile in the “Operation Dignity” to purge Libya The latest bloodshed comes a United States before returning of Islamists he brands “terrorists”. day after Haftar’s forces launched home to command ground forces in It triggered panic in Benghazi, fresh air raids on Islamists in the uprising. Last week he said in a Libya’s second city where hospitals Benghazi, with one strike targeting statement read on a private televi- appealed to people to donate a meeting of Ansar Al-Sharia, one of sion that he would not rest until he blood and doctors called on the his aides said. Al-Qaeda in the has purged Libya of Islamists. “No combatants to spare the lives of Islamic Maghreb has urged Libyans steps backwards until the country is civilians. “Benghazi is suffering, to fight Haftar and his so-called liberated, security and stability people are fed up, spare them,” the National Army, labeling the ex-army restored and freedom and democra- head of the Benghazi Medical general an “enemy of Islam”. cy established,” he said. But many in Centre, Doctor Leila Buigiguis, said Authorities have denounced Haftar Libya doubt that he will have any in remarks broadcast on television. as an outlaw, but after thousands of impact on the Islamists and ques- The education ministry closed Libya rallied for his support he said tion his real intentions, with his schools, forcing the postponement he has a mandate from the people detractors claiming on social media of scheduled final exams. Residents to pursue his offensive to crush “ter- forums that he “speaks more than cowered indoors and many shops rorism”. Since the 2011, Libya has he shoots”.— AFP INTERNATIONAL TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Republicans question US-Taleban swap deal ‘US did not negotiate with terrorists - Qatar did’

WASHINGTON: US politicians questioned organizations around the world,” a senior whether the deal that freed Bowe Bergdahl in Afghan intelligence official said. In exchange for five Taleban militants amounted Washington, some Republicans suggested the to a negotiation with terrorists as the US sol- administration had bypassed a legal require- dier was flown out of Afghanistan to a military ment to notify Congress 30 days in advance hospital in Germany on Sunday. Army about prisoner releases from Guantanamo and Sergeant Bergdahl, held for nearly five years in said the deal amounted to a negotiation with Afghanistan, was freed in a deal with the terrorists. Republican Senator Ted Cruz of Taleban brokered by the Qatari government. Texas called it a “dangerous price” to pay. But Five Taleban militants, described by Senator Obama’s national security adviser, Susan Rice, John McCain as the “hardest of the hard core,” said the administration was concerned about were released from the US prison at Bergdahl’s health and upheld a “sacred obliga- Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and flown to Qatar. tion” to return soldiers from the battlefield. While Bergdahl’s released on Saturday was cel- “We had reason to be concerned that this was ebrated by his family and his hometown, and an urgent and an acute situation, that his life could be seen as a coup for President Barack could have been at risk,” Rice said on ABC’s Obama as he winds down America’s longest “This Week.” “We did not have 30 days to wait. war, McCain and other Republicans ques- And had we waited and lost him, I don’t think tioned whether the administration had acted anybody would have forgiven the United properly in releasing the militants. States government.” “These are the highest high-risk people. Others that we have released have gone back ‘High risk’ into the fight,” said McCain, a former prisoner Some members of the US Congress worried of war and Vietnam War veteran. “That’s been even before the prisoner exchange took place documented. So it’s disturbing to me that the over the release of the five, particularly of Taleban are the ones that named the people Mohammed Fazl, a “high-risk” detainee who is to be released.” he said on CBS’s “Face the alleged to be responsible for the killing of Nation.” As the Obama administration sought thousands of Afghanistan’s minority Shiite to counter the criticism, Bergdahl was flown to Muslims between 1998 and 2001. A US Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in defense official, speaking on condition of Germany for medical treatment. After receiv- anonymity, identified the five men as Fazl, ing care he would be transferred to another Mullah Norullah Noori, Mohammed Nabi, facility in San Antonio, Texas, US defense offi- Khairullah Khairkhwa and Abdul Haq Wasiq. cials said, without giving a date for his return Pentagon documents released by the to the United States. WikiLeaks organization said all five were sent US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he HAILEY: A sign announcing the release of Sgt Bowe Bergdahl sits in the window of a thrift store on Main Street in Hailey, Idaho. — AFP to Guantanamo in 2002. They were classified hoped the exchange might lead to break- Slow recovery tants - from power. He was captured in the five released Taleban militants had arrived as “high-risk” and “likely to pose a threat” to throughs in reconciliation with the militants His parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, told a unknown circumstances in eastern on Sunday in Doha, capital of Qatar, the Gulf the United States, its interests and allies. and rejected accusations from Republicans news conference on Sunday they had not yet Afghanistan on June 30, 2009, about two emirate that acted as intermediary in the According to leaked US diplomatic cables, that it resulted from negotiations with terror- spoken to their son and were aware of the months after arriving in the country. Many US negotiations. They would not be permitted to Noori, for example, was a senior Taleban mili- ists, saying the swap had been worked out by long task ahead as he adapts to being free, government officials believe Bergdahl was leave Qatar for a year, the source said, adding tary commander wanted by the UN for possi- the government of Qatar. “We didn’t negotiate saying he needed time to decompress. “It is seized after walking away from his unit in vio- that their families had been flown from ble war crimes and Wasiq was a Taleban with terrorists,” Hagel said in an interview on like a diver going deep on a dive and he has to lation of US military regulations. Afghanistan. deputy minister of intelligence who was a cen- NBC’s “Meet the Press”. “As I said and explained stage back up through recompression to get But US officials have indicated there is little US officials said the restrictions placed on tral figure in the group’s alliance with other before, Sergeant Bergdahl was a prisoner of the nitrogen bubbles out of the system. If he desire to pursue any disciplinary action them included monitoring of their activities. Islamic fundamentalist groups. The prisoner war. That’s a normal process in getting your comes up too fast, it could kill him,” his father against him given what he has been through. Those assurances were greeted with skepti- exchange deal came days after Obama out- prisoners back.” Bergdahl, 28, was handed over said. Bergdahl, from Idaho, was the only His release followed years of on-off negotia- cism by US Republicans and some Afghan offi- lined a plan on Tuesday to withdraw all but on Saturday to US forces who had flown in by known missing US soldier in the Afghan war tions and suddenly became possible after cials, who voiced concerns that the men 9,800 American troops from Afghanistan by helicopter. The Taleban said they had released that began soon after the Sept 11, 2001 harder-line factions of the Afghan Taleban would rejoin the insurgency. “They will be very the end of the year and the remainder by Bergdahl near the border with Pakistan in attacks on the United States to force the shifted course and agreed to back it, US offi- dangerous people, because they have connec- 2016, ending more than a decade of US mili- eastern Afghanistan. Taleban - accused of sheltering Al-Qaeda mili- cials said. A senior Gulf source confirmed that tions with regional and international terror tary engagement. — Reuters For GOP, which Reagan legacy is right for 2016?

NEW ORLEANS: Another prominent Republican He didn’t say it, but the Social Security deal gathering, more evidence of the dueling lega- raised payroll taxes on some workers. The immi- cies of President Ronald Reagan overhanging gration law included provisions many the party as it tries to widen its reach and avoid Republicans now deride as “amnesty.” Other extending its presidential losing streak in 2016. Reagan tax bills included various cuts and There’s Reagan the doctrinaire icon of modern increases. conservatism who declared at his inauguration After leaving office, Reagan also urged that “government isn’t the solution; government Congress to adopt the Brady Bill, which eventu- is the problem.” Then there’s Reagan the prag- ally passed to require a waiting period for cer- matic president who negotiated with Democrats tain gun purchases and a ban on certain mili- and other Republicans on taxes, spending and tary-style rifles. immigration, among other issues. The law was named for a Reagan aide shot in Both Reagans made an appearance at a a 1981 assassination attempt on the new presi- national conservative summit in Louisiana, and dent. Cruz said Saturday: “In Texas, we define the divide is at the core of the GOP’s identity gun control real simple. That’s hittin’ what you search that pits tea party conservatives like aim at.” The senator won the presidential straw Texas Sen Ted Cruz and Utah Sen Mike Lee - they poll at the three-day conference, an annual led a budget fight that sparked a partial govern- gathering where some White House hopefuls ment shutdown last fall - against party establish- make their pitch to some of the party’s most ment figures who say compromise is a necessary conservative activists. Delegates said they’re function of government. Cruz told Republican intent on reclaiming the White House and rec- Leadership Conference delegates Saturday at ognize the necessity of reaching behind the par- the Republican Leadership Conference that ty’s most conservative core, but there’s little con- Reagan was successful because he was unapolo- sensus on how to do it. getically conservative. “Y’all will remember what Cruz told The Associated Press after his speech happened in 1980,” Cruz said. “We saw ... millions that Reagan “unequivocally” would have aligned of Americans across this country rise up and with him last year when he pushed Republicans to become the Reagan revolution.” block budget bills in an effort to repeal President Haley Barbour, the former Republican Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. He conced- national chairman who worked in the Reagan ed that Reagan signed eight deficit-spending White House, delivered a history lecture on the budgets he negotiated with liberals like House same stage as Cruz a day before. “Reagan com- Speaker Tip O’Neill of Massachusetts. But those promised on everything,” he said, adding that deals, Cruz argued, still “slowed the rate of “purity is the enemy of victory” in politics and in growth.” “The difference was he was at least fight- governing. Barbour cited overhauls of Social ing for it,” Cruz said. “Too many Republicans start Security, taxes and immigration that Reagan with surrender and then are surprised when they signed after deals with a Democratic Congress. don’t get anything.” — AP TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Spain and its royals: A volatile history

MADRID: The abdication of King Juan works, either one is good.” Through cen- ularity and their periods of vilification,” Carlos announced yesterday turns a turies of European wars and uprisings, said Zarzalejos. “Fernando VII was wel- page in the volatile history of the monar- different forms of more or less repressive comed as king in 1808, but he ended up chy in Spain, marked by a string of anti- rule have come and gone in Spain. being a delinquent king,” a despot who royalist revolts. Juan Carlos won respect Since the 16th century a series of for- overturned Spain’s treasured 1812 con- for his role in the country’s transition to eign dynasties have ruled the country: stitution, he added. Fernando’s daughter democracy after the death of General Habsburgs, Bourbons, a Savoy and even Isabel II (1833-1868) started out as “the Francisco Franco in 1975. But experts a Bonaparte-Joseph, brother of great liberal queen”, standing up to the warn that for many Spaniards, tolerance Napoleon. “Spain has had many monar- allies of her uncle Carlos, but ended up of his constitutional monarchy does not chies, but they have never been very being chased out by a revolution,” stretch much further. “Beyond regard for close to the population. They have been Zarzalejos added. King Juan Carlos himself, there is no very forced monarchies,” said Fermin Bouza, a Later, the unstable First Republic set deep pro-monarchy feeling in Spain,” sociologist at Madrid’s Complutense up in 1873 lasted less than two years said Jose Antonio Zarzalejos, a former University. When Juan Carlos came to before the Bourbons were restored. “The director of the conservative newspaper power, it was as the appointed successor Republic has always been linked to ABC. of the dictator Franco, who rejected Juan social demands,” gaining favor in times A vein of republicanism pulses in the Carlos’s father as too liberal and of popular unrest and traditionally asso- country, where at anti-government groomed the son to reign. Juan Carlos ciated with left-wing politics, said street demonstrations the red, yellow disappointed Francoists by supporting a Bouza. and purple stripes of the old republican transition to a parliamentary system of But even right-wing thinkers joined flag-a relic of the 1930s-are a common constitutional monarchy, overcoming in the opposition to the current king’s sight. The historian Jose Varela Ortega widespread popular opposition to royal- grandfather, Alfonso XIII, when he sup- says that Spain differs from other monar- ty at the time. “Everything to do with the ported a military dictatorship in 1923, MADRID: Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe, King Juan Carlos (left) and Queen Sofia chies such as Britain in not having a monarchy has been a bit forced, even prompting a surge in republicanism. attend the annual Pascua Militar Epiphany ceremony at the Royal Palace in deeply-rooted attachment to the monar- though at some moments, such as the That uprising spawned a revolt that led Madrid. — AP chy. Long in training to succeed Juan transition, it has served to calm people,” to Spain’s Second Republic, which in Carlos, his son Felipe-military-trained, said Bouza. turn was ended by Francisco Franco’s fraud suspect in January 2014. “reignited a debate that had not arisen internationally-educated and polyglot- victory in the Civil War, ushering in four Cristina, 48, came under suspicion seriously for many years: the question of has a serious image. Monarchy to republic decades of dictatorship. Despite being during a judicial investigation into the a republic”, said Bouza. Historically But he must win over a people tradi- Since the arrival in 1700 of the French chosen by Franco, Juan Carlos cement- business activities of her husband, for- speaking, the shift in attitudes to Juan tionally ambivalent towards the royals. Bourbon kings who centralized power in ed widespread support in Spain by mer Olympic handball player Inaki Carlos in his later years was not so sur- “Most Spanish citizens are neither Spain, the popularity of the royals has helping to foil an attempted military Urdangarin. Juan Carlos himself sparked prising. Looking back in history, the pre- monarchist nor republican,” Varela said. risen and fallen. The Enlightenment ruler coup in 1981. But late in life the king’s an uproar by taking an expensive war republican revolt, for example, “was “They consider that both are forms of Carlos III enjoyed strong support in the popularity slumped as a corruption African elephant-hunting safari in 2012 a foregone conclusion. You could see it government and, pragmatically speak- late 18th century, but overall “the investigation led to his youngest daugh- while Spain struggled through a job- coming,” Bouza said. “And it could hap- ing, they think that if one or the other Bourbons have had their periods of pop- ter Cristina being declared a financial destroying recession. Those scandals pen again at any moment.”— AFP The making of a Spanish king MADRID: Two images stick in the minds of As the deputies hid under their benches, Spaniards from February 23, 1981, the day just three people apart from the soldiers Spain escaped a military coup. The first remained upright, as seen in the grainy pic- shows politicians cowering under their tures of the drama recorded by security benches as armed guards burst into parlia- cameras. One was the deputy prime minis- ment, shooting over their heads. The sec- ter Manuel Gutierrez Mellado, himself a ond is that of King Juan Carlos, on televi- lieutenant colonel. He stayed on his feet sion in his green military uniform hours lat- and squared up to Tejero, who shoved him er, ordering an end to the revolt. “I have about. Another was the outgoing prime ordered the civil authorities and the chiefs minister Adolfo Suarez, and the third was of staff to take the necessary measures to the leader of the Spanish Communist Party, maintain constitutional order,” he said. It Santiago Carrillo, a seasoned political sur- proved to be the making of the king, 43 at vivor-both of whom stayed sitting up in the time and five years into his reign in a their seats. “It was possible they would kill country still wary of him as the late dictator us, but we had to save our honour,” Carrillo Francisco Franco’s chosen successor. said afterwards. They were held there most Spain’s young democracy was put to of the night, uncertain of what was hap- test when 200 Civil Guards, under pening outside. “Two of the deputies had Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Tejero, stormed radios and news passed by word of mouth,” into the lower house of parliament as law- Bono said. “We heard that the king had makers were voting in a new prime minis- spoken, but we heard it very late and it was ter. “The first impression I had was surprise,” very unclear.” said one man who witnessed the assault, Jose Bono, a young lawmaker of 30 at the ‘One long arm-wrestle’ time. “A Civil Guard came in, adjusting his In the Zarzuela palace on the outskirts tricorn hat, and started yelling and shoot- of Madrid, Juan Carlos was undergoing a ing,” Bono, who later served as defense test of his own. Aided by his royal secretary minister said. “Everyone on the floor!” Sabino Fernandez Campos, the king was MADRID: File photo shows Spanish Crown Prince Felipe (right), his wife Princess Letizia and their daughters Sofia (2nd left) and Leonor posing Tejero yelled at the lawmakers. working the telephone, talking with vari- at their official residence in Madrid. — AFP “The most tense moment was when ous military leaders to gauge support for they fired-more than thirty shots,” said the coup. Among those backing Tejero was the military commander of Valencia, Jaime Spain’s Felipe - a new face Milans del Bosch, who sent tanks into the streets of the eastern city. Tejero also want- ed to occupy Madrid, but the commander in the capital, General Guillermo Quintana for a beleaguered monarchy Lacaci, showed allegiance to the king.”The whole evening was one long arm-wrestle, a tough fight in which the king and Sabino Crisis-hit Spain is skeptical of monarchy had to push all the way to get control of the regiments,” the then state security chief MADRID: Spain’s next king, Felipe VI, strikes a low Inaki Urdangarin, and a poll earlier this year No job security? Francisco Laina told El Pais newspaper later. key contrast to his extrovert father, which could showed 66 percent of Spaniards view him in a posi- The Prince has had a lifetime’s training for a Juan Carlos kept his son and heir Prince help him restore popularity to a monarchy bat- tive light. But support for the monarchy has fallen position which has changed dramatically since dic- Felipe, then aged 13, at his side throughout tered by scandal. The 46-year-old, married to a for- and the privileged lifestyle of the royals has irked tator Francisco Franco designated Juan Carlos as the crisis. “I wanted him to see what one mer TV news anchor, has not been implicated in many Spaniards struggling to make ends meet. his successor and put him on the throne, from has to do when one is king,” he said later. the allegations of royal extravagance and corrup- Felipe Juan Pablo y Alfonso de Todos los Santos de where he oversaw the dark years of the transition tion that tarnished the last years of the reign of his Borbon y de Grecia - his full name - lacks the “com- to democracy. But the role has undergone another Named by Franco father Juan Carlos. mon touch” of his father-famous for giving bear huge shift in the past five years as an economic cri- Juan Carlos appeared on television But the legacy of the 39-year reign of the once hugs. But he is far more at ease with people than sis brought free-spending Spain to a grinding halt around 1:00 am on February 24 and his beloved king hangs over him and Spain no longer the British royal family. and now more than one in four are unemployed. stern announcement heralded the begin- needs the monarchy for political stability as it did “Felipe is grounded, well-informed, has good Two thirds of Spaniards thought Juan Carlos ning of the end of the short-lived coup. “I when his father took on the role to oversee the judgment but will follow advice” says Bieito Rubido, should step down in favor of his son, according to a knew that the soldiers were going to agree transition from dictatorship to democracy. Prime editor of monarchist century-old newspaper ABC. poll in newspaper El Mundo in January 2014, and because I had been named by Franco... Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Juan Carlos’s “And something which is very important in Spain- most of those polled said the monarchy could because I had been through the military planned abdication on Monday, saying Prince he’s not earthy but he does know how to connect recover its prestige if Felipe took the throne. The academy and I had won the friendship of Felipe was well prepared to take over. “His prepara- with people.” The soon-to-be-crowned king has led royal source said that was when the king took the most of them,” the king said later. tion, his character and the wide range of experi- a low-key private life with his commoner wife, a decision to abdicate, delaying the announcement Later in the night, the civil guards who ence he has been acquiring in public affairs over divorcee former journalist, and two daughters, so that it did not impact on the European Union had stormed the chamber climbed out of the last 20 years are a solid guarantee that he will often seen at a cinema in central Madrid or taking elections held late last month. Younger Spaniards the windows to give themselves up and be able to carry out his role,” said Rajoy. his daughters to school. are increasingly republican, and a poll at the start Tejero and Milans del Bosch surrendered A royal source said the transition was for politi- Royal observers think his lifestyle is informed by of 2013 showed 57.8 percent of young people within hours. Milans died in 1997 and cal reasons. A wave of scandals has eroded the roy- both his natural character and his awareness of the rejected the monarchy. another of the military leaders jailed for the al family’s credibility, leaving it looking decadent times. “Felipe will have to earn his place in the pub- The younger brother of the Princesses Elena coup, Alfonso Armada, died in 2013. A for- and out of step with a nation which has suffered a lic’s affection starting from a low point, no small and Cristina, Felipe was educated at a middle class mer tutor of Juan Carlos, Armada always prolonged economic crisis. Felipe is very different task,” said a veteran politician who did not want to day school close to his parent’s residence in Prince Juan Carlos of Spain poses in the denied masterminding the uprising. “The from his extravagant 76-year-old father Juan Carlos be named. He has taken pains to position himself Madrid. His daughters, Leonor and Sofia, now both Military Academy of Zaragoza between king had been legitimized in the constitu- I and, while friendly in public, prefers an understat- as a believer in public service rather than one of attend the same school. Keen on sport, particularly 1955-57. — AFP tion, but his legitimacy from a popular ed lifestyle. That may help clean up the royal image the easy-living monarchs of the past. “The current sailing, he went to university in his home city and point of view came from that night, when if the palace is capable of assimilating a level of economic crisis ... requires serious reflection as to like most of Spain’s ruling class studied law. He Bono. “More than 30 bullet holes are still instead of opting for the coup leaders, he scrutiny unknown before the age of online social how the collective spirit can ... recover values that completed military training and then headed to there in the walls of Congress. We decided opted for the people,” said Bono. “In that networks. have, in recent times, gone astray,” Felipe said in a Georgetown, Washington to study international not to get rid of them, so they would sense, he did more for the monarchy than The prince has not been tarnished by a corrup- 2012 speech, referring to “generosity, integrity, relations. The 6 feet 5 inches tall prince was regard- remain as the historic wounds of that coup.” all of his predecessors.”— AFP tion investigation involving his brother-in-law, effort and excellence”. ed as a playboy in his twenties.— Reuters Letizia Ortiz, from TV presenter to queen

MADRID: A former television presen- Bourbon, first wife of Felipe’s great- restored in 1975 on the death of leaving a memorial mass for her sis- Jesus Ortiz has described her as a city of Oviedo, she studied commu- ter from a modest background, grandfather Alfonso XIII, who died in General Francisco Franco. When ter. “Thanks to all who have felt sad- “perfectionist” with “her head well nications at Madrid’s Complutense Letizia Ortiz will break the mould of 1904. Even before joining the royal Felipe interrupted Ortiz at their offi- ness over the death of my little sister,” screwed on”-a view echoed by her University before taking a masters the classic royal when she is crowned family, Ortiz was a well-known face in cial engagement presentation as she said Ortiz as she clung to the arm of mother Paloma Rocasolano, a nurse in broadcast journalism and head- queen of Spain. Ortiz, the grand- her job as evening news presenter for explained how she would gradually Felipe. and union representative at a major ing for Mexico for several months daughter of a taxi driver, got married Spanish national television TVE. leave her job at TVE, the future queen Madrid hospital. Ortiz has provided to work on a newspaper. On return- on May 22, 2004 to Crown Prince Previously, she had worked for a snapped at him: “Let me finish!” ‘She opened Felipe’s spirit’ regular fodder for Spain’s gossip TV ing home she made a name for her- Felipe de Bourbon who is now to Spanish newswire and various news- During her first years as princess, Ortiz met the prince in Galicia in shows, online columns, newspapers self after moving into television take over the throne after the abdica- papers before moving into television. Ortiz struggled to gain the affection November 2002 while she was cov- and magazines, with a big focus on with financial station Bloomberg tion of his father, King Juan Carlos. The bride’s modest background of Spaniards, who often criticized her ering the environmental damage to her clothes and thinness. TV, later becoming a news presen- The couple’s sumptuous and rain- and divorcee status shocked some in as being distant and cold at public the coastline of the northwestern She has had few known health ter with the TVE national network soaked marriage ceremony at Spain. She married former literature events. But public sympathy for Ortiz region by the sinking of the problems, although in August 2008 from 2000. That led to a slew of Madrid’s Almudena Cathedral ended teacher Alonso Guerrero in a civil cer- soared after her 31-year-old sister Prestige oil tanker. “Letizia opened the princess had surgery on her assignments worldwide, covering years of speculation over the love life emony in her mid-20s but the pair Erika committed suicide in February Felipe’s spirit,” author Andrew nose, to straighten the cartilage events ranging from the September of the prince, five years older than split up within months. But her 2007. Dressed in black and pregnant Morton quoted a member of Ortiz’s and fix a breathing problem, 11 attacks in the United States to her. The photogenic 41-year-old will down-to-earth attitude and elegant with her second child, Ortiz broke family as saying, in his book about according to the palace. Born the war in Iraq. She earned several be the first Spanish-born queen since dress style brought a welcome touch down in tears as she briefly Spain’s royal family published in Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano on awards, including one for the best Maria de las Mercedes de Orleans y to the Spanish monarchy, which was addressed a crowd of reporters after April 2013. Ortiz’s journalist father September 15, 1972 in the northern journalist under 30.—AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

Grisly murders highlight social strains in Modi’s India

KATRA SHAHADATGANJ: When a farm Workers from the party accused the laborer in this hardscrabble village in Uttar Pradesh state government, head- northern India went to the police last ed by a rival party, of negligence over week to report that his daughter and the crimes and of being unfit to govern. her cousin had gone missing, a consta- Police fired water cannon at the pro- ble slapped him in the face and sent testers, who were demanding the state him away. Hours later he found the two government be dismissed and the girls, hanging by their necks from a imposition of direct, presidential rule. mango tree. A post-mortem found they Four of the five suspects arrested in last had been raped. week’s case are from the powerful Yadav Three men were arrested for the community, a land-owning Hindu caste crime in Uttar Pradesh state that under- that holds political sway in Uttar scored the enduring culture of sexual Pradesh. Police declined to confirm assault in India and the capacity for reports that three had confessed. The appalling violence between Hindu victims were, like Modi, from a lowly castes. Two policemen were held on caste. They were Shakyas, by tradition suspicion of attempting to cover up the peasant farmers who are often vulnera- killings. One of Modi’s biggest chal- ble to exploitation by the Yadavs. lenges will be making a break from the “The nature of it shouts out caste ineffectual responses of governments to atrocity,” said Kavita Krishnan, a promi- heinous crimes like this and the gang nent women’s rights activist and left- rape and murder in December 2012 of a wing politician. “It’s meant to have a ter- young woman in the capital, which pro- rorizing effect.” Caste divisions, baked voked a rash of street protests, much of into society over generations despite it over the authorities’ apparent indiffer- official efforts to remove them, could be ence. as much a problem for the prime minis- ter as the tensions between Hindus and LUCKNOW: Women activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (flag seen top) face police water cannons as they demonstrate Police cover up minority Muslims that critics fear he outside the office of Uttar Pradesh state chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding that he crack down on an increasing “When these incidents occur, like the could inflame. Critics fault Modi, a number of rape and other attacks on women and girls. — AP one in Delhi in 2012, there is public out- Hindu nationalist, for pursuing a majori- rage,” said Meenakshi Ganguly, South tarian agenda: More than two-thirds of symptom of social oppression, it is also to reinforce caste hierarchies”. After the girls - still roped to sturdy branches, a Asia director of Human Rights Watch. his cabinet ministers belong to a power- a sign of social change as marginalized two young cousins were raped and crowd gathered below - went around “Then the state responds, but it gets left ful Hindu grassroots movement, raising groups seek democratic rights and a strung up in Katra Shahadatganj, vil- the world, transforming what would behind at the level of rhetoric.” doubts that he can close social rifts and share in India’s rising prosperity. “There’s lagers refused to let their bodies be cut have become a forgotten crime into a Yesterday, Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party govern in the interests of all Indians. a sense of changing India,” said down until the men they accuse of the symbol of sexual and caste oppression sought to make political capital. While inter-caste violence is an age-old Krishnan, seeing in the violence “a need killings were arrested. Images of the in India’s most populous state.—Reuters Eyeing Pakistan, China, India’s Pakistan’s police ‘chop Modi bolsters security team More muscular approach to neighbors expected off’ robbers’ left hands NEW DELHI: India’s new Prime Minister impede one other. Singh has declared India says cross from Pakistan, like the BAHAWALPUR: Pakistani police self-inflicted wounds,” Aamir Ahmed, the blades to cut their wrists.” Narendra Modi has chosen a daring for- his priority is to develop the northeast in gunmen who killed 166 people in chopped off the left hands of two men head of the emergency ward said. He In another development, seven bul- mer spy with years of experience in deal- order to narrow the gap with Chinese Mumbai in 2008 in a brazen assault that accused of theft after they refused to said Mustafa arrived with his hand cut let-ridden bodies of suspected mili- ing with Pakistan as his national security investment in roads and railways on its brought tentative peace talks between confess to stealing electrical wire and off completely and that one of the tants were found dumped among adviser, a move officials say signals a side of the frontier. India is also creating the South Asian rivals to a juddering mobile phones, the victims said yester- policemen carried it in a plastic bag. bushes in Pakistan’s port city of more muscular approach to New Delhi’s a new mountain corps and beefing up halt. day. The two men, Ghulam Mustafa, Liaquat’s hand had also been cut but Karachi yesterday, officials said. The traditional enemy. The choice of Ajit border defenses, although that initiative 38, and Liaquat Ali, 42, said that police was still attached to his arm, the doc- deceased appeared to have been Doval, alongside former Indian army has stalled. Carrot and stick approach hacked off their hands with a large tor said. “We have sown Liaquat’s hand brought to the spot in the western chief General VK Singh as a federal min- Modi invited his Pakistani counter- butcher’s knife on Friday. back on but it will take weeks before Manghopir neighborhood of the ister for the northeast region, under- Fears of afghan spillover part, Nawaz Sharif, to his inauguration in “Four or five policemen held me we know if he will ever use it again,” metropolis before being executed, scores plans to revamp national security A secure India is a long-standing goal a calculated sign of reconciliation. But he down and cut my hand. I fainted from Ahmed said. Hacking off thieves’ hands senior police officer Sajid Noor said. that Modi says became weak under the of Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya used stick as well as carrot. During nearly the pain,” Mustafa said in hospital in is consistent with some tenets of “We found blood and empty shells of outgoing government. Janata Party (BJP), and the new prime an hour of talks, he told Sharif Pakistan Bahawalpur in Punjab province. “I and Islamic Sharia law which often holds the bullets around the bodies implying The two top-level appointments, minister himself wants strong borders so must prevent militants on its territory Liaquat were arrested eight days ago sway over constitutional law in parts of they were killed at the spot this morn- reporting directly to Modi, point to a the country can focus fully on giving from attacking India and act speedily desire to address what are arguably economic growth a much-needed boost. against the men India blames for the after local people falsely accused us of rural Pakistan. ing,” he said. India’s two most pressing external secu- He won the election in May in a land- Mumbai massacre. Modi’s assertive stealing and handed us over to the The incident comes days after a He added that police were investi- rity concerns - Pakistan and China, both slide victory largely on economic stance was in keeping with his Hindu police who beat us and tortured us. pregnant woman was killed by sus- gating whether they belonged to the of which, like India, have nuclear arms. pledges that India’s 1.2 billion people nationalist agenda, which makes many Then on Friday, they did this.” Police pected family members for marrying Pakistani Taleban or another group. Doval, a highly decorated officer hope will secure jobs and raise living of India’s 175 million or so Muslims nerv- disputed their version of the story, the man she loved in a story that has “Some of them have been identified renowned for his role in dangerous standards. But with most foreign troops ous, not to mention those in Pakistan telling Reuters the men had cut their drawn condemnation from around the and from their appearance they counter-insurgency missions, has long withdrawing from Afghanistan by the next door. own hands with razor blades in a sui- world. A regional police spokes- looked like Taleban but we don’t have advocated tough action against militant end of this year, India is concerned that The two nations did, however, agree cide attempt, though it was not imme- woman, Nabeela Ghazanfar, denied any record of their affiliation to the groups, although operations he has Islamist militants fighting there will turn to relaunch peace talks. “Terrorism con- diately clear how they could cut their the police had chopped off the hands. banned group,” Noor said. A second been involved in suggest a level of prag- their sights towards the disputed region tinues to be our main concern and we hands off. “They were caught stealing and were police official, Nasir Abbas, confirmed matism. of Kashmir, which is also claimed by have to handle it in a holistic manner,” Medical staff said the men had thrashed by locals but finally rescued that seven bodies had been found-five In the 1980s, he smuggled himself Pakistan. said A S Dulat, a former head of the been brought to the hospital by two by police and admitted to hospital,” who appeared to be in their twenties into the Golden Temple in the city of India and Pakistan have fought two Research and Analysis Wing, which is policemen about eight hours after Ghazanfar said. “Mustafa’s wife and a and two who appeared to be in their Amritsar from where Sikh militants were of three wars since independence over charged with external intelligence gath- their hands were cut off. Both had lost couple of other females came to meet late thirties, along with rounds of a later flushed out, and he infiltrated a the Himalayan territory, and their armed ering. “At the end of the day, war is not a lot of blood. “This looks like the work them at hospital and gave them food, 9mm pistol. The Pakistani Taleban powerful guerrilla group fighting for forces are separated there by a rugged, an option.” of an axe or similar tool. These are not clothes and shaving blades. They used have not yet commented.—Agencies independence from India in the north- mountainous Line of Control which mili- While India will put diplomatic pres- eastern state of Mizoram. The group ulti- tants have the capability to cross. Doval, sure on Pakistan, there is also an accept- mately signed a peace accord. Doval was 69, formerly head of the Intelligence ance that the civilian government in also on the ground in Kandahar, Bureau domestic spy agency, will be Islamabad is not in a position to control India top court stays Afghanistan, when an Indian Airlines National Security Adviser, only the sec- all militant groups and that New Delhi plane from Kathmandu was hijacked by ond officer from the intelligence com- needs to address weaknesses in its Pakistan-based militants on Christmas munity to hold the post. By contrast, homeland security. Eve, 1999. The crisis was resolved when predecessor Shiv Shankar Menon is a “The one thing the new government Memon’s execution top militants were freed in exchange for member of the elite Indian Foreign will focus on is internal security, that’s hostages. Service - an expert on China and nuclear what worries them most. You don’t want NEW DELHI: India’s top court yester- “Doval is an out-of-the-box thinker,” security known for his formidable intel- another Mumbai, you don’t have a lot of day stayed the execution of a key plot- said an Intelligence Bureau officer with lect. Doval did not say what his priorities good options if it happens,” said an offi- ter of the country’s deadliest series of long years of service in Kashmir and oth- would be after his job was announced cial at the Home Ministry. Pakistan said it attacks. Yakub Memon, brother of the er Indian hotspots. “Expect him to shake on Friday, but in conversations with remained committed to improving ties alleged main plotter and fugitive Tiger things up.” The official, who did not want Reuters previously as head of a right- with India and that it had got off to a Memon, had been sentenced to death to be named, said he expected the new wing think tank in New Delhi, he said the good start. “Whoever is appointed by for his role in the 1993 blasts which security team to push for a rapid expan- new government must lay down core Modi in his national security team is his killed 257 people in Mumbai. The sion of border infrastructure and a security policies, one of which was “zero own prerogative, and we will certainly attacks on March 12 that year were streamlining of intelligence services, tolerance” for acts of violence. He was not interfere in that,” said Tariq Azeem, a believed to have been staged by which still function in isolation and often referring to operations by militants who senior official in Sharif’s team. —Reuters Mumbai’s Muslim-dominated under- world in retaliation for anti-Muslim violence that left more than 1,000 dead in the city a few months earlier. A Celebrations erupt as panel of two Supreme Court judges referred Memon’s petition against his sentence to a higher bench of the India gets a new state same court which will decide whether the review should be held in open HYDERABAD: Celebrations erupted in “People of Telangana are looking for- near the historic Charminar monument court, the Press Trust of India news southern India to mark yesterday’s cre- ward to a progressive and develop- and cut a giant cake to mark the “birth- agency reported. ation of the new state of Telangana, the ment-oriented state. We will work in day” of the new state. In the meantime the “execution culmination of a campaign stretching that direction and ensure a transparent The roads leading to the Telangana proceedings will remain stayed”, one back nearly six decades. Kalvakuntla administration,” Rao said, addressing the secretariat in Hyderabad were decorat- of the judges told the court. Yakub Chandrashekar Rao, who at one stage ceremonial parade. He also vowed to ed with cutouts of the new chief minis- Memon, an accountant by profession, went on hunger strike as part of the root out corruption and work for the ter, bright pink bunting and balloons. his brothers Essa and Yusuf and sister- push to create India’s 29th state, was disadvantaged sections of the society. India’s new Prime Minister Narendra in-law Rubina were all convicted of sworn in as chief minister during a Residents began celebrating on the Modi was among the first to congratu- involvement in the blasts at 13 differ- morning ceremony in Hyderabad. Rao stroke of midnight when the state came late Rao, promising his “complete sup- ent locations. He has been in jail for raised the Indian flag, waved to crowds into being, with a fireworks display port to the people & Government of two decades. The Bombay Stock from an open-top jeep and inspected lighting up the skies over the city. Telangana” in a message on Twitter. Exchange, the offices of the national troops during a ceremony at a parade Crowds took to the streets, waving flags “India gets a new state! We welcome carrier Air India and the luxury Sea ground. and cheering. Families also gathered Telangana as our 29th state. Telangana Rock hotel were among the targets. will add strength to our development Tiger Memon and Dawood Ibrahim, journey in the coming years,” Modi the other alleged masterminds of the added. “Telangana’s birth comes after attacks, have been on the run since years of struggle and sacrifices by sever- 1993. Indian investigators say the plot- al people. We pay our respects to them ters were helped by Pakistan’s intelli- today.” gence service, a charge denied by Islamabad. The bombings also MUMBAI: In this March 16, 1993 file photo, a double-decker bus passes the Fears of economic upheaval embroiled Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt crater of the March 12, 1993 bomb blast, one of a series of bombs that Telangana has been carved out of an who was convicted and spent time in rocked this western port city. India’s top court yesterday stayed the execu- impoverished northern area of Andhra jail for buying weapons from gang- tion of a key plotter of the country’s deadliest series of attacks. — AFP Pradesh state. Hyderabad, an IT hub sters accused of orchestrating the home to giants Google and Microsoft, bombings. Memon is challenging a death sentence upheld. The sentences reducing their original punishments. will serve as the capital of both states recent rejection of his mercy petition on the others were commuted to life With more than 400 people on death for the next decade. The campaign to by President Pranab Mukherjee, saying imprisonment. row in India, that ruling is expected to create a separate state in one of India’s others convicted over the blasts have The court’s decision yesterday fol- have consequences for a huge back- most economically deprived regions had their death sentences commuted. lows a landmark ruling in January that log of cases. A Sikh militant, convicted began in the late 1950s, with its champi- The Supreme Court last year rejected places new restrictions on executing of a deadly car bombing two decades ons arguing the region has been neg- Memon’s appeal for clemency. A prisoners in the world’s biggest ago, was spared execution in March lected by successive state governments. judge at the time declared him, his democracy. The Supreme Court in after the court commuted his death However wealthier coastal regions of brother Tiger and Dawood Ibrahim to January commuted the death sen- sentence. India has carried out three Andhra Pradesh fiercely opposed the be “architects of the blasts”. Memon tences of 15 convicts, ruling that “inor- executions in the last decade follow- TELANGANA: People celebrate on the street on the formation of India’s split, fearing that it would trigger eco- was the only one of 11 people convict- dinate and inexplicable” delays in car- ing an eight-year unofficial moratori- 29th state, Telangana, in Hyderabad, India. —AP nomic upheaval.—AFP ed for the 1993 attacks to have his rying out executions were grounds for um from 2004 to 2012.—AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Asylum-seeker sets himself on fire in Australia

SYDNEY: A Sri Lankan asylum-seeker sent back to Sri Lanka, where he community mental health support and Christmas Island-an Australian outpost has died after setting himself on fire believed his life would be in danger. “I his refugee application was still being in the Indian Ocean. Activists said about while awaiting a visa decision in had numerous conversations where he processed, Morrison added. “I can also 400 asylum-seekers were refusing food Australia, Immigration Minister Scott would repeatedly raise concerns about advise that the last case worker contact as part of a protest against the death of Morrison said yesterday, with a Tamil being deported back to Sri Lanka,” with Mr Seemanpillai was on Friday, May Iranian Reza Barati, who was killed in a group claiming he was “living in great Mylvaganam said. 30, and I am advised that there was no riot this year at another Australian fear”. Leorsin Seemanpillai, 29, who was He added that Seemanpillai’s fears concern or indication of any suicidal detention centre on Manus Island in living in Geelong, outside Melbourne, were fuelled by seeing his friends taken intention... at that time,” he said. He Papua New Guinea. after being granted a temporary visa a from communities where they were added that authorities had been in Morrison said that protests were not year ago, suffered burns to 90 percent of placed in detention centres to be touch with his father in India, who uncommon at detention centres and his body after the incident on Saturday deported. “The immigration officials requested a funeral for his son in that the matter was “well in hand”. morning. have been harassing him on many occa- Geelong. While most boatpeople come Under Australia’s tough refugee policy, He died on Sunday in a Melbourne sions where they wanted him to volun- to Australia via Indonesia, many have asylum-seekers who arrived by boat hospital. “This man sadly died as a result tarily leave,” he claimed. “There was no also attempted the difficult trip from Sri after July 2013 have been sent to deten- of a very serious set of injuries that were doubt that the Australian government’s Lanka, where they claim persecution tion centres on Manus Island or Nauru in self-inflicted,” Morrison said. “And I don’t cruel and inhumane policy has pushed over the country’s Tamil separatist con- the Pacific for processing and perma- think we are in any position, and I him to do this. It wasn’t a choice for him.” flict. nent resettlement. According to the frankly don’t think anyone else is any Morrison said Seemanpillai was given Australia has sent back dozens of Sri immigration department, more than position, to draw any conclusions about “no indication that he was being Lankan nationals who tried to enter the 24,000 asylum-seekers are living in what is a person’s mind in that situation.” removed anywhere or that he hadn’t country illegally. Seemanpillai’s death Australia on bridging visas of the type Aran Mylvaganam of the Tamil Refugee been found to be a refugee or for that came as activists said seven Iranian asy- Seemanpillai was on. A further 2,450 Council, who was at Seemanpillai’s bed- matter that he had”. lum-seekers sewed their lips shut on asylum-seekers are being held on Nauru side in hospital and knew him for a year, Seemanpillai, who arrived by boat in Sunday in a mass hunger-strike at an and Manus Island and another 823 are Sri Lankan Tamil asylum-seeker said he was “living in great fear” of being Australia in January 2013, was receiving immigration detention centre on detained on Christmas Island.— AFP Leorsin Seemanpillai News Afghan leader fumes in brief

Seven Cambodians over US-Taleban deal die in well tragedy PHNOM PENH: Seven people including four chil- dren died in a well in Cambodia after trying to res- cue an 11-year-old boy who had climbed in to retrieve the equivalent of 75 cents, police said yes- Karzai angry at being kept in the dark terday. The tragedy, which took place in a remote KABUL: The Afghan president is angry at area of Siem Reap province on Saturday, unfolded being kept in the dark over a deal to free after a 50-year-old man dropped 3,000 riel (75 five Taleban leaders in exchange for a cap- cents) into the five-metre-deep well. The man tured US soldier, and accuses Washington climbed into the well using a ladder, fishing out his of failing to back a peace plan for the war- cigarette lighter but failing to find the money. “He torn country, a senior source said yesterday. did not take the ladder out of the well, and in the The five prisoners were flown to Qatar on evening his 11-year-old son climbed down to Sunday as part of a secret agreement to search for the money, but he passed out because of release Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, who a lack of oxygen at the bottom of the well,” police left Afghanistan for Germany on the same official Muy Norn said. Two of the boy’s elder sib- day. The only known US prisoner of war in lings-aged 13 and 15 - and another 12-year-old rel- Afghanistan, Bergdahl had been held cap- ative then climbed down to help the stricken boy tive for five years. but also passed out. Three adult neighbors then “The president is now even more dis- died in a desperate attempt to rescue the children, trustful of US intentions in the country,” Muy Norn said, adding police later pulled the bod- said the source at President Hamid Karzai’s ies from the well. palace in Kabul, who declined to be identi- fied. “He is asking: How come the prisoner Monsoon kills 13 in exchange worked out so well, when the Sri Lanka’s capital Afghan peace process failed to make any COLOMBO: Unusually heavy monsoon rains have significant progress?” Karzai has backed flooded Sri Lanka’s capital and neighboring districts peace talks with the hardline Islamist where mudslides killed at least 13 people, officials Taleban movement, which ruled said yesterday. The island’s western and southern Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001 and regions experienced heavy rains with more than has fought a bloody insurgency since then 100 millimeters dumped within about one hour on against US-led forces in the country. Sunday, an official at the Disaster Management But they have come to little so far, and Centre (DMC) said. “The weather appears to be get- NANGARHAR: An Afghan morgue worker stands next to the bodies of Turkish engineers killed in a suicide attack in Behsood dis- the group has moved swiftly to dash hopes ting worse and we could have more rain in the trict of Nangarhar province yesterday. A suicide bomber killed three Turkish engineers and wounded another one yesterday in that the prisoner swap would rekindle coming days,” DMC director Sarath Lal Kumara told eastern Afghanistan, the latest attack on foreigners in the war-torn country. —AFP peace talks between it and the Afghan gov- AFP. He said a search was underway for two people ernment. “It won’t help the peace process country as prisoners,” said the statement, “likely to pose a threat” by the Pentagon the fight,” said McCain, a former prisoner of missing after a mudslide in a Colombo suburb on in any way, because we don’t believe in the issued on behalf of the foreign ministry. and held senior positions in the Taleban war and Vietnam War veteran. “That’s been Sunday night. Police and DMC records showed 13 peace process,” Taleban spokesman regime before it was toppled by a US-led documented. So it’s disturbing to me that people had been killed since Sunday evening while Zabihullah Mujahid said on Sunday. The In a hurry to leave? coalition in 2001. At least two of them are the Taleban are the ones that named the at least another two were reported missing. Train palace official also said Karzai was worried The prisoner swap has stoked wide- suspected of committing war-crimes, people to be released,” he said on CBS’ services were disrupted after lightning destroyed a about further deals being cut without his spread anger in Afghanistan, where many including the murder of thousands of “Face the Nation”. signaling system while electricity was cut off in vast knowledge. “It indicates that other deals view it as a sign of a US desire to disengage Afghan Shiites, according to leaked US mili- As the Obama administration sought to areas after trees brought down power lines. could be negotiated behind the president’s from the country as quickly as possible. tary cables. The swap has similarly drawn counter the criticism, Bergdahl was flown back,” he said. Washington has mapped out a plan to fully protest from US Republican politicians who to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Russian copter crashes; Karzai has yet to comment publicly on a withdraw all of its troops by the end of have called it negotiating with terrorists Germany for medical treatment. After 12 dead, three missing swap that is bound to deepen the mistrust 2016. Under the terms of the deal, cut by and warned the freed men will likely return receiving care he would be transferred to MOSCOW: Russian rescuers retrieved 12 bodies of a leader who has been fiercely critical of Qatari intermediaries, the five Taleban to battle. another facility in San Antonio, Texas, US while three remained missing yesterday after a heli- the US administration in recent years. He is detainees were released from Guantanamo While Bergdahl’s release on Saturday defense officials said, without giving a date copter carrying senior regional officials crashed due to step down as president later this Bay, Cuba, where they had been held since was celebrated by his family and his home- for his return to the United States. US into a remote northern lake. The Mi-8 helicopter year, but many Afghans believe Karzai will it opened in 2002, and flown to Qatar town, and could be seen as a coup for Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said he carrying 17 passengers and crew including top continue to wield considerable influence where they must stay for a year. President Barack Obama as he winds down hoped the exchange might lead to break- regional officials and businessmen, crashed into the over policy from behind the scenes. Karzai’s Senior officials at the Afghan intelli- America’s longest war, Senator John throughs in reconciliation with the mili- Munozero lake in the far northern Murmansk press office said in a statement that the US gence agency say they believed the men McCain and other Republicans questioned tants and rejected accusations from region on Saturday. Two survived the crash. “There deal to transfer five Taleban militants from would return to the battlefield and bolster whether the administration had acted Republicans that it resulted from negotia- were 17 people on board. The bodies of 12 dead a Guantanamo Bay jail to Qatar violated the insurgency just as most foreign combat properly in releasing the militants. “These tions with terrorists, saying the swap had have been raised to the surface, the fate of three international law. “No government can troops prepare to exit by the end of this are the highest high-risk people. Others been worked out by the government of people remains unknown,” the head of the emer- transfer citizens of a country to a third year. All five were classed as “high-risk” and that we have released have gone back into Qatar.—Reuters gency ministry’s national crisis management cen- tre, Viktor Yatsutsenko, was quoted as saying by the ITAR-TASS news agency. The two survivors were in a “satisfactory condition” in hospital after being Japan building ice found floating in the lake still strapped to their chairs, Yatsutsenko said. Ten out of the 12 dead have been identified, including the deputy gover- wall at Fukushima nor of the Murmansk region, Sergei Skomorokhov, the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing a law TOKYO: Japan yesterday started work on kilometre frozen wall that will stem the enforcement source. an underground ice wall at the crippled inflow of groundwater. “We plan to end all Fukushima nuclear plant, freezing the soil the construction work in March 2015 under broken reactors to slow the build-up before starting trial operations,” the compa- of radioactive water, officials said. The wall ny official said, adding that the ice wall is intended to block groundwater from could be fully operational several months nearby hillsides that has been flowing after construction was completed. under the plant and mixing with polluted The idea of freezing a section of soil, water already there. The Nuclear which was proposed for Fukushima last Regulation Authority, the national watch- year, has previously been used to build tun- dog, last week authorized construction of nels near watercourses. However, scientists the ice wall at Fukushima Daiichi, owned point out that it has not been done on this and operated by Tokyo Electric Power (TEP- scale before nor for the proposed length of CO). time. Coping with the huge-and growing- Edward Snowden “We started construction of the frozen amount of water at the tsunami-damaged earth wall this afternoon,” a TEPCO official plant is proving to be one of the biggest told a news conference in Tokyo. The gov- challenges for TEPCO, as it tries to clean up Snowden seeks PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (center) visits a Pyongyang orphan- asylum in Brazil age to celebrate International Children’s Day. — AFP ernment-funded scheme will see 1,550 the mess after the worst nuclear disaster in pipes laid deep in the soil through which a generation, in which three reactors went BRASILIA: Former intelligence contractor Edward refrigerant will be piped to create the 1.5- into meltdown.— AFP Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview Sunday that North and South Korea he has applied for asylum in Brazil. “I would love to live in Brazil,” Snowden told Brazil’s Globo TV. in tussle over defectors Tokyo blasts Beijing Snowden’s temporary asylum in Russia expires in August. Washington has revoked his US passport, SEOUL: South Korea rejected North Korea’s other North Koreans had refused to go so his travel options are limited. Snowden, who was request yesterday to send home all three of home in an apparent bid to defect. “The amid tit-for-tat row interviewed with reporter Glenn Greenwald by his its citizens who were found adrift last week two who refused to go back told investiga- side, said that he has formally asked several coun- TOKYO: Japan yesterday hit back at China’s ately made a “strong protest” against the in a small boat across their sea border, offi- tors that they would defect, and our gov- tries for asylum, including Brazil. Greenwald is an cials said. The boat with three North Korean ernment would respect their wish,” a min- denouncement of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s remarks to the Chinese side. speech at a regional security forum, firing the On Friday, Abe had opened the forum by American living in Brazil. He writes for The Guardian men on board was spotted by a South istry official said. South Korea has a policy latest salvo in an ongoing tit-for-tat row. On urging countries to respect the rule of law-an and has published much of the information that Korean coastguard vessel on Saturday off of sending back North Korean fishing boats Sunday, Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong, apparent reference to what rivals consider Snowden has leaked. Brazil’s foreign ministry how- the South’s east coast and the men ques- that stray across the maritime border or deputy chief of the general staff of the People’s aggressive Chinese behavior over disputed ever has said that it has received no formal asylum tioned by security officials, Seoul’s unifica- those rescued from sea accidents, unless Liberation Army, told the Shangri-La dialogue areas in the South China Sea and East China request from Snowden. In the interview Snowden tion ministry said. In a message sent yester- they seek to defect. Hundreds of North in Singapore that the comments made by Abe Sea. Hagel on Saturday warned China against said that he would not offer documents to any day through a cross-border military hotline, Koreans flee hunger and repression in their and US Defense secretary Chuck Hagel at the “destabilizing actions” in the South China Sea country in exchange for a safe haven, because asy- the North called for the immediate return isolated communist homeland each year. conference were “unacceptable”. But Chief and listed a number of alleged infractions, lum should be granted for humanitarian reasons. of the three men and their boat, the min- Most defectors flee to China and then a Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told including against the Philippines and Vietnam, However he said that he had more documents to istry said in a statement. third country such as Thailand before com- reporters in Tokyo: “We believe the Chinese the two most vocal critics of Beijing’s claims. A release relating to US spying on countries that In response, South Korea offered to send ing to the South, but defections across the senior official made claims based on mistake furious Wang accused the two of coordinating include Britain and Brazil. back one man through the border village sea or land border between the two Koreas of facts and defamed our country.” Suga said their remarks and encouraging each other to of Panmunjom this week, saying the two are rare.— AFP the Japanese delegation in Singapore immedi- attack China.— AFP

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ctivists opposed to the Syrian regime have launched campaigns online and on the streets Aagainst Tuesday’s “blood election” which is expected to reaffirm President Bashar Al-Assad’s hold on power. Forced to watch on as the government organised the presidential election to be held only in areas under its control, activists have combined humour with bitter criticism of the vote. In the north- ern city of Aleppo, swathes of which are in ruins after years of heavy fighting, a young artist has painted rub- bish containers in rebel-held areas white, transforming them into mock ballot-boxes. “Cast your vote here,” the artist, Jumaa, sprayed on the metal containers in large, brightly coloured letters. Residents walk past, throwing their rubbish into the dumpsters. On others, he painted: “We throw you Fight for India Sikh homeland fades away, Bashar,” and “Bashar, this is where you belong”. Jumaa is part of a group called the Funny Media By Abhaya Srivastava machine gun. Bhindranwale, a dominant Activist, who aim to paint dumpsters all over Aleppo’s leader who almost ran a parallel state from rebel-held areas before the elections. “Bashar will real- s retailer Sukhdeep Singh visits the within the temple complex at the height of ly be able to see just how successful he is,” Jumaa Golden Temple in northern India, Sikh militancy, was gunned down by Indian deadpanned. ASikhism’s holiest shrine, he laments troops during the 1984 raid. He tapped into Residents of Aleppo’s rebel-held neighbourhoods, the bloodbath 30 years ago that catapulted widespread anger among Sikhs over their who come under daily bombardment by the air force, his religion into controversy. The military’s perceived discrimination by the govern- 1984 assault on the Golden Temple in ment, which he said had refused to recog- seem to have taken to the graffiti. “It’s a truth that Amritsar - called Operation Blue Star - was nise the linguistic, cultural and religious needs to be known: the right place of the criminal aimed at flushing out militants holed up rights of their community. To avenge killer Bashar, who nominated himself to be president inside demanding an independent Sikh Bhindranwale’s killing, Sikh nationalists of this country ... is in this bin,” said Bakri, a Sunni homeland. Thirty years later, support for based in Canada blew up an Air India flight Muslim cleric dressed in traditional white robes. such a homeland is all but dead, with Sikhs, a year later, killing 329 people. particularly younger ones, more interested ‘Propaganda Exercise’ in jobs than a separate nation, according to Sikh Prime Minister It is one of several campaigns denouncing the elec- experts. Analysts say Punjab’s geopolitical signifi- tion, including some that have gone viral online. “I regret the events of 1984,” said Singh, cance - the landlocked region shares bor- Another is called the “Blood Election”. Its logo shows a ahead of the June 6 anniversary of the ders with Pakistan and restive Kashmir - hand casting a vote into a barrel brimming with blood assault that killed at least 400 people. means sovereignty is almost impossible. and daubed with the hazmat symbol, a reference to “People don’t want any more violence and “Also, the Sikhs have integrated nicely with accusations Assad’s forces have used chemical bloodshed,” the 31-year-old, who is based in the Hindus and there is no longer any dis- weapons. Opponents say the vote seeks to legitimise a Melbourne and was visiting his family in crimination against the community,” said Amritsar in Punjab state, said. “I think we are Beer Good Gill, professor of history at regime that has used massive violence to crush dis- In a picture taken on May 29, 2014, Indian Sikh devotees visit the compounds of the better off remaining with India,” he added Amritsar’s Guru Nanak Dev University. “We Golden Temple in Amritsar. —AFP sent, whose air force launches daily barrel bomb as he toured the temple and its museum, have had a Sikh as our prime minister for 10 attacks on rebel areas everywhere. which attract scores of visitors every year. anniversary of the raid is still observed the separatist idea alive, said Kanwar Pal years,” she said referring to Manmohan In Aleppo alone, an air offensive has killed some Sikh hardliners’ struggle for “Khalistan”, or every year with protests, especially in Singh, spokesman of Dal Khalsa group, Singh, who retired at the just-concluded 2,000 people since January. The opposition and the the land of the pure, peaked during the Punjab. “People in Punjab have moved on which is still pushing for the homeland. election. “(Besides) We have already lost United States have also accused the regime of using 1970s with demands for its creation in from 1984,” said Sukhdev Sandhu, a promi- Still-simmering anger over the temple hundreds of our people in mindless killings, chemical weapons to target rebel areas. “Assad has Punjab, between India and Pakistan. The nent Sikh in Punjab opposed to “Khalistan”. raid was evident when Kuldip Singh Brar, we can’t afford to lose another generation.” killed so many people there is absolutely no logic in struggle culminated in the deadly storming “The movement flourished in the past commander of Operation Blue Star, was Gill says in her interactions with students in him remaining president,” said Susan Ahmad, one of of the temple, ordered by the government, because of the support from the youth but attacked on a London street in 2012. A Sikh the last 20 years, “not even one of them had the organisers of the Blood Election campaign. “We which also substantially damaged the now the younger generation has different gang was found guilty of the revenge knife raised the bogey of Khalistan”. priorities,” he told AFP. “They want employ- attack, which the commander survived. created this campaign because we really couldn’t be building. The Sikh community was enraged Sandhu said public opinion in Punjab, ment not guns.” “The aspirations of the diaspora for a Sikh silent while state media uses the election as a major by what it felt was desecration of the where the movement was strongest, turned revered shrine, and later that year India’s Support, however, for the independence country are very strong,” said Singh, whose over the years against the militants who propaganda exercise to make the regime appear legit- movement still exists among the Sikh dias- outfit publishes literature to promote the imate,” she told AFP via the Internet. then-prime minister Indira Gandhi was shot became embroiled in deadly crime. “They dead by her own Sikh bodyguards. The pora in Britain, Canada and the United idea of “Khalistan” and organises June 6 (the public) started informing police of their assassination triggered anti-Sikh riots in States. The overseas population of Sikhs, protests. “They feel history has been unkind presence when they saw they were killing Beyond Rebel Areas which some 3,000 people were killed, many estimated to number between 18 to 30 mil- to Sikhs. While Hindus got India, Muslims their own neighbours,” said Sandhu. “It was Ahmad said the campaign has spread outside rebel of them on the streets of New Delhi. lion, has maintained strong connections got Pakistan, but Sikhs missed the bus.” the beginning of the end of Khalistan. areas, with activists taking huge risks in army-con- with Punjab ever since migrants first left the Singh was speaking at the Amritsar Today it’s been reduced to mere tokenism. trolled areas of Damascus and Hama by distributing ‘Employment not Guns’ subcontinent in the 19th century. The dias- office of the outfit, adorned with posters of “It only exists in pamphlets and slogans flyers. Amateur video purportedly filmed in Hama By the mid-1990s, demands for pora still tries to mobilise support for prominent Sikh figures, including rebel icon raised each year when the Blue Star shows the back of a veiled young woman, leaving fly- “Khalistan” were fading away, although the “Khalistan”, and even provides funds to keep Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale holding a anniversary is observed,” he said.—AFP ers bearing the red and yellow campaign logo at door- ways and on car windows. “It’s a community project. Every day people from all over Syria and other coun- tries are sending in their own videos,” Ahmad said. Old-school to new-wave under Juan Carlos “We even received a poem written by a Syrian refugee By Gabriel Rubio-Giron parliamentary monarchy. Following the long ing, which in Spain was channelled chiefly to system that had allowed the crisis to happen, in Lebanon under the title of ‘Blood Election’”. dictatorship, Spaniards accepted a “constitu- the real estate sector. A decade-long building their anger fanned by corruption scandals. Other activists have used video to get their mes- rom old-school family values to women’s tional and democratic form of monarchy”, boom helped drive down unemployment to a “The social and political effects of an econom- sage across. One group called Dayaa Al-Tase, whose rights and gay marriage, Spanish society said Luis Palacio Banuelos, a historian at record low 8.3 percent in 2007. ic crisis are devastating,” said Fermin Bouza, a name roughly translates into “a crazy situation”, made Fwas transformed in the four decades of Madrid’s King Juan Carlos University. Divorce Many Spaniards had emigrated in the sociologist at Madrid’s Complutense a short film that they posted on YouTube and which King Juan Carlos’s reign. The democratic was legalised in 1981 and gay marriage in 1960s, but the boom of the 2000s drew mil- University. Mass protests filled Spanish streets has been shared widely. The film is called “Together to rebirth he oversaw spawned fast but fragile 2005. lions of immigrants to the country. This “gave in 2011 and 2012, with demonstrators from Death” and shows a young man who lost his leg in economic growth that later plunged Spain With new freedoms came a cultural boom, an impression of solidity and upward mobili- new pressure groups, organised largely via army shelling over Aleppo gather stones and lay them into economic crisis, however. When a 37- symbolised by the so-called “movida” - a new ty”, said Alaminos. Many Spaniards “could new online media, demanding reforms of the out on the ground in a forest. He takes out his Quran, year-old Juan Carlos was crowned on wave of nightlife, music and film centred on consider themselves upper middle class political system. The king’s failing health reads a prayer, and then lies down among the stones, November 22, 1975, he took the throne of a Madrid in the 1980s that nurtured the likes of because they were spending as if they were, raised debate about the future of his reign, as he appears to breathe his last. deeply conservative society. filmmaker Pedro Almodovar. The economy but without assets, savings or fixed work.” The and protesters were already enraged by a cor- Pictured from above, the shape of his body and the After 40 years under the dictator General flourished, particularly after Spain in 1986 boom went bust in 2008, plunging Spain into ruption scandal implicating his relatives. Francisco Franco, Spain was just starting to joined the European Economic Community, its latest crisis: a double-dip recession that “When the veil fell and their obvious prob- stones together spell out the Arabic word “sawa”, reap the fruits of industrial development. the precursor to today’s European Union, threw millions out of work. lems were exposed, this generated discon- which means “together”, the catchphrase of Assad’s Since then, “the main changes have been eco- gaining access to its development funds. Many Spaniards started to question the tent,” Alaminos said. — AFP electoral campaign. Syria’s civil war has ravaged the nomic growth, immigration, women joining country for some three years, killing more than the job market and public life, and an interna- Property Boom 162,000 people since March 2011 when the regime tional openness,” said Maria Angeles Duran of A threat to the Transition showed its face unleashed a massive crackdown against a pro-reform the state research body CSIC. Annual per on Feb 23, 1981, when soldiers burst into par- protest movement. The protests later morphed into a capita income in Spain soared from Ä12,600 liament shooting in an attempted coup that nationwide insurgency. — AFP ($17,170) to Ä22,700 between 1980 and 2011, Juan Carlos is largely credited with putting according to adjusted data from Spain’s cen- down. “His legitimacy from a popular point of tral bank. view came from that night, when instead of Former defence minister Jose Bono opting for the coup leaders, he opted for the All articles appearing on these recalled how relatively undeveloped the people,” said Bono. A year later, the Socialist Castile-La Mancha region was when he party won a general election, ushering in a pages are the personal opinion of became its president in 1983. “There were period of political stability that saw it govern the writers. Kuwait Times takes no 80,000 homes that had no indoor bathrooms, until 1996 when it paid the price of an eco- responsibility for views expressed 108 villages that had no electricity, there was nomic crisis and corruption scandals. not one single kilometre of highway,” he said. The conservative Popular Party took over therein. Kuwait Times invites read- “Now we have some of the most advanced under Jose Maria Aznar, who lowered taxes ers to voice their opinions. Please infrastructure on the planet.” After Franco’s and privatised a string of big state companies send submissions via email to: opin- death in 1975, Spanish leaders overseen by such as airline Iberia and oil driller Repsol. In [email protected] or via snail Juan Carlos thrashed out a new political sys- 2002, Spain switched currencies from the tem in a historic process known as the peseta to the euro. That gave Spaniards “a mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. Transition. strong injection of self-confidence and hope The editor reserves the right to edit Opposition political parties were legalised for the future”, wrote researchers in the Social any submission as necessary. and a constitution passed in 1978, granting Development Review, a specialist journal. A file photo taken on Oct 31, 1975 shows Prince Juan Carlos of Spain playing with his new freedoms to Spaniards under a system of Lower interest rates followed, spurring lend- son Don Felipe, driving a cart, in the gardens of Zarzuela Palace in Madrid. — AFP NEWS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014

Spain king abdicates Continued from Page 1 Juan Carlos shaped Spain’s modern history after taking MP calls to lift beard the throne as the dictator Franco’s appointed successor. A corruption scandal implicating the king’s youngest Defying Franco’s supporters, he oversaw the creation of a daughter Cristina and her husband Inaki Urdangarin has parliamentary monarchy, with a new constitution curbs for servicemen plunged the palace into a crisis of its own. approved by referendum in 1978. He was credited with “It is a very difficult moment to come to the throne,” seeing off an attempted coup in Feb 1981 when soldiers By B Izzak heavily-subsidized diesel, the Russian loan and others. said Jose Apezarana, author of several books on the roy- stormed into parliament shooting and held lawmakers Omar said that the committee will vote on the reports als. “We have a country that is in an economic crisis and hostage. KUWAIT: Islamist Salafist MP Abdulrahman Al-Jeeran sub- after finalizing them and then will be sent to the house the Urdangarin case has not yet been resolved,” he told Juan Carlos said yesterday he had worked to make “citi- mitted a proposal to allow servicemen to grow beards with- which will decide their fate. He added that the Assembly AFP. “The Urdangarin case is from now on going to wear zens the masters of their own destiny and our nation a out any restrictions, saying that the proposal should apply to may vote on the reports before the end of the current term down Felipe, not Juan Carlos.” An act of parliament is modern democracy”. “When I look back, I can only feel the army, police and the national guard, in addition to stu- in late June or early July or leave them until the next term needed to bring the abdication into force. Prime Minister pride and gratitude towards you,” he told the nation. dents of military academies. Under existing rules, service- starting late October. A group of MPs had said that they will Mariano Rajoy called a cabinet meeting today to draw up “Pride for the many good things we have achieved men can grow their beards a little with some exceptions in submit a motion during the next session on June 10 to hold the required legislation. The prime minister said he hoped together over the years, and gratitude for the support you the national guard, where soldiers can wear long beards. a special session to debate the issue of Jaber Stadium. Felipe would be proclaimed king “very soon”. have given me.” This issue has been repeatedly contested and criticized Construction on the 65,000-seat stadium began in 2005 The prospect of the king’s son Prince Felipe, 46, taking But he was undermined late in his reign by the scandal by hardline Islamists who insist that growing a beard is a reli- and ended in 2009 but its opening has been repeatedly over seemed like a fresh start to passers-by on the streets centring on Urdangarin’s business affairs, which broke out gious duty that must be respected. Jeeran’s proposal stipu- delayed because of reported structural defects in the con- of Madrid yesterday. “It was something that clearly had to in 2011 and has also dragged in Cristina. Juan Carlos fur- lates that servicemen should have full freedom to grow their struction. The Assembly will decide whether the violations in happen,” said Maria Jose Gonzalez, 55. “The king is elderly. ther angered Spaniards by going on a luxury elephant- beards and any provisions forcing them to trim their beards the stadium should be sent to the public prosecution for a Felipe is very prepared and will do very well.” Felipe’s suc- hunting safari to Botswana in April 2012 as his subjects or shave them are null and void. The lawmaker said that per- criminal investigation with the contractors who were cession also means Spain will have its first “commoner” struggled in the recession. His ailing health also raised sonal freedom is guaranteed under the Kuwaiti constitution. involved. Meanwhile, head of the National Assembly’s public funds The Interior Ministry meanwhile is expected to scrap the queen: Felipe’s wife Princess Letizia, a former newsreader. questions about his future. Between May 2010 and protection committee MP Jamal Al-Omar said yesterday that candidacy of a number of candidates who are contesting In a poll by Sigma Dos in Jan 2014, the number of peo- November 2013, he had surgery nine times, including five the panel has completed investigations into a number of the five seats in the June 26 by-election. Among the top can- ple with a high opinion of the king fell nine percentage hip operations. Juan Carlos was the third European issues, including alleged violations in the Jaber Stadium, and didates to be disqualified is the so-called green candidate points over 2013 to 41 percent. Those wanting him to monarch of his generation to abdicate in just over a year, will be voting on them in the next meeting before sending Waleed Al-Nasser who arrived at the election department in abdicate in favour of Felipe surged by 17 percentage after King Albert II of Belgium in July and Queen Beatrix of them to the Assembly. Besides the stadium, the issues a green bisht and called for allowing alcohol and gambling points to 62 percent. Some would prefer no king at all, the Netherlands in April 2013. include the Shell contract with Kuwait Oil Co, smuggling of in the country. however, and Twitter buzzed with irreverent messages Among tributes to the Spanish king, German chancel- about Juan Carlos and calls for a referendum on the lor Angela Merkel said her “numerous meetings with him monarchy. “I would like for us Spanish people to be able were always very deep and constructive”. Spanish tennis to choose whether we want a monarchy or a republic. The star Rafael Nadal at the French Open called him “a won- New Palestinian unity monarchy is obsolete,” Alejandro Ricas, a 19-year-old stu- derful person who was a great representative of our dent, told AFP. country”. — AFP government sworn in Top Iran leader urges closer ties with Gulf RAMALLAH: A Palestinian unity government was sworn in either a Koran or a Bible to take the oath of office as Abbas Continued from Page 1 supporting their massacres and crimes in Syria,” said yesterday after a landmark reconciliation deal with the stood by. It is the first Palestinian unity government for Khamenei. “Eventually these countries will be forced to Islamist movement Hamas that Israel plans to boycott but seven years, and the first concrete outcome of the land- Rouhani reciprocated the gesture earlier this year. eradicate these extremists, with a high price,” Khamenei Washington said it will work with. President Mahmoud mark April reconciliation deal. “Today, with the formation Iranian officials have invited other Arab leaders to visit added. Abbas, following a ceremony at the Muqataa presidential of a national consensus government, we announce the as well. Saudi Arabia last month extended an offer for Separately, Kuwait’s oil minister said his country was compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, hailed “the end of a Palestinian division that has greatly damaged our Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to visit looking to sign an agreement with Iran to secure much- end” of a bitter and sometimes bloody divide between his national case,” Abbas said. “This black page in history has the kingdom, though no trip has been confirmed. needed natural gas supplies. “Iran has large quantities Fatah movement and rival Hamas, which rules Gaza. been turned forever,” he said in remarks echoed by the out- Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia and its smaller of gas and Kuwait is in need of Iranian gas through Hamas applauded the new government as represent- going Hamas government in Gaza. “We hail the national Gulf neighbors long have been wary of Tehran’s influ- cooperation between the two countries,” KUNA quoted ing “all Palestinians,” saying it was a “turning point” in its consensus government, which represents all the ence in the region, and like their Western allies are con- Ali Saleh Al-Omair as saying while in Tehran. Kuwait relations with Fatah, which dominates Abbas’s Palestinian Palestinian people,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri cerned that the Islamic Republic’s nuclear ambitions lined up $15 billion worth of gas supply from BP and Authority (PA). The long-awaited new cabinet was the told AFP. could lead to the development of atomic weapons. Iran Royal Dutch Shell last month to help meet soaring product of an internal agreement between Fatah and says its nuclear program has only peaceful aims. demand. Kuwait also signed a contract to import liqui- Hamas, which has been blacklisted by Washington and the ‘Government of One People’ Relations between Shiite powerhouse Iran and the Gulf fied natural gas (LNG) from fellow Gulf state Qatar to European Union as a “terror organisation”. Hours earlier, a dispute over the prisoners’ ministry states have been further strained by the civil war in help meet its energy needs to the end of 2014 in April. In an early boost for the new team, Washington said threatened to delay the swearing in, but both sides agreed Syria. Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-ruled Gulf states Iran sealed a preliminary agreement to export gas to yesterday it will work with the unity government and the portfolio would be held by premier Rami Hamdallah. have thrown their support behind the rebels fighting to Oman in March, after an agreement dating back to 2005 maintain aid, while “watching closely” to ensure it respects Hamdallah later temporarily handed responsibility for the topple President Bashar Al-Assad’s government, which was revived during a visit of Rouhani to the capital the principle of non-violence. State Department spokes- prisoners file to the agriculture ministry, the official WAFA is supported by Tehran. Muscat. Demand for gas in the Gulf Cooperation woman Jen Psaki said Washington believes Abbas has news agency said, without elaborating. Khamenei warned regional countries of the “high Council (GCC) states is rising on the back of growing “formed an interim technocratic government... that does The new cabinet pieced together by Fatah and Hamas price” they would eventually pay for supporting extrem- populations and an industrial boom. Still, some analysts not include members affiliated with Hamas.” “With what counts 17 ministers, all of them political independents. ist Sunni Muslim groups fighting Syria. “Unfortunately, have said that Iran, which holds the world’s largest gas we know now, we will work with this government,” Psaki Technocratic in nature, it includes five ministers from Gaza, some regional countries do not take heed of the danger reserves, is unlikely to provide a quick supply fix for gas- said. The United States “will be watching closely to ensure and will not have a political mandate. Shortly after the cer- of takfiri groups which will threaten them in future and hungry Gulf states, even if it reaches a deal with world that it upholds principles” of non-violence and recognition emony, Gaza’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya and his they are still backing these groups,” the leader’s website powers over its nuclear program and sanctions are lift- of the state of Israel, she warned, while confirming that cabinet resigned. “We’re leaving the ministries but not the khamenei.ir reported. Takfiri is a synonymous term ed. Iran has been prevented from exporting much of its millions of dollars in US aid to the PA would continue. question of the nation,” Haniya said in a televised speech, Iranian officials use for Sunni extremists. “Some of the natural gas because of Western sanctions over its con- Standing on a red carpet lined with Palestinian flags, describing the cabinet as “a government of one people regional countries are backing the Takfiri groups and tested nuclear program. — Agencies the new ministers filed past, each laying their hand on and one political system.” — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 SPORTS

Pernice wins Charity Classic Villa signs with MLS NY S Africa fire coach Igesund DES MOINES: For the second time in less than a year, Tom Pernice Jr. hit a crucial NEW YORK: David Villa, who helped Spain capture the 2010 World JOHANNESBURG: South Africa coach Gordon Igesund was fired yesterday for shot on the 17th hole on his way to a victory. This time, Pernice needed one more Cup and Atletico Madrid win this year’s La Liga crown, has signed a poor results during his two-year contract, the national football association big shot to secure the win. three-year deal with Major League Soccer’s New York expansion announced in Johannesburg. Pernice birdied the second hole of a sudden-death playoff with Doug team. New York City FC announced the signing Monday, giving the The 57-year-old failed to meet mandates requiring him to reach the 2013 Garwood on Sunday to win the Champions Tour’s Principal Charity Classic. new club its first-ever player and star power for its 2015 debut. Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals and to qualify for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. “I was calm all day. I played it with the right edge and I stroked it and it went Villa will keep the number seven jersey he has worn for most of Portuguese Carlos Queiroz and Nigerian Stephen Keshi, who will coach Iran right in the hole,” Pernice said. Pernice won for the third time on the 50-and-over his career, including a stint at Barcelona where he won La Liga and Nigeria respectively at the World Cup, have been linked with the post. tour, closing with a 3-under 69 to match Garwood at 12-under 204 at Wakonda crowns in 2011 and 2013 and a 2011 Champions League title. Former Real Madrid manager and Manchester United assistant manager Club. Garwood, making only his fourth start of the season, birdied the “I’m keen to do the best I can, take on board that extra responsi- Queiroz had a heart-breaking previous spell in charge of South Africa. final two holes of regulation for a 71. They played the par-4 18th hole bility and prove my worth by repaying the confidence they have He successfully guided the country through a 2002 World Cup shown in me,” Villa said. twice in the playoff. Pernice won with a putt from roughly 8 feet qualifying campaign only to be axed after a Cup of Nations quar- The New York MLS team is owned by English Premier League side after they opened the playoff with matching pars. Manchester City and Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees. It ter-finals loss a few months before the global showpiece. Pernice’s performance was reminiscent of the 3M Championship will call Yankee Stadium home where a new stadium for the club is A former coach of Mali and Togo, Keshi exceeded expecta- last August in Minnesota, when he made a 45-foot putt on No. 17 constructed. “This is a historic and exciting moment,” said New York tions last year when he steered Nigeria to the Cup of Nations to win. He chipped in from roughly 30 feet out to take the lead on FC chief executive Ferran Soriano. title in South Africa. “The contract of Gordon Igesund will not be Sunday, though Garwood matched that birdie and later forced a “He is one of the best footballers in the world, a true winner and renewed when it expires on August 31,” national football associa- playoff. “I really hit the ball good all week and really kept the in an outstanding moment of his career. I’m sure New Yorkers will tion president Danny Jordaan told a Soweto press conference. ball in play in the fairway when I needed to and holed some enjoy watching him play for their city.” Villa is the Spanish team’s all- “The search for the new coach will commence now and we key shots at key times,” Pernice said. time top scorer. He netted four goals in Spain’s 2008 European title are looking for a candidate who will take Bafana Bafana (The Bill Glasson, Jay Haas, Mark Calcavecchia and Michael campaign and five goals in Spain’s run to the World Cup crown in Boys) back to the glory days. Allen finished a shot back. Glasson shot 64, Haas 67, 2010 and will play in his third World Cup on the squad that defends “He should be someone who takes us to the next level,” Calcavecchia 70, and Allen 71. —AP the trophy starting later this month in Brazil. —AFP added Jordaan. —AFP Indians see off Rockies

CLEVELAND: Michael Bourn’s two-run homer in the ninth inning gave the Cleveland Indians a 6-4 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday and a sweep of their three-game series. Bourn hit an 0-1 pitch into the right-field seats off Adam Ottavino (0-2). Mike Aviles singled and took second on George Kottaras’ sacrifice before Bourn hit his second home run of the season. Bourn raced around the bases and threw his helmet into the air as he was mobbed by his team- mates at home plate. The walk-off win was Cleveland’s fourth of the season. Scott Atchison (2- 0) worked around a two-out double in the ninth by striking out Charlie Blackmon to end the inning. Colorado completed a 2-7 road trip and has lost four straight for the first time since last September.

TWINS 7, YANKEES 2 LOS ANGELES: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Russell Martin grimaces after getting hist in the Phil Hughes pitched eight poised innings in his arm by a pitch during sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles return to New York and wound up a winner when Dodgers. — AP the Twins rallied past the Yankees behind big hits from Josh Willingham and Brian Dozier in a six-run ninth. Willingham belted a tying homer on the first Reds and Pirates roll pitch from closer David Robertson, denying rookie CLEVELAND: Colorado Rockies’ Brandon Barnes (left) scores ahead of the tag by Cleveland Chase Whitley his first major league victory. Indians catcher George Kottaras in the seventh inning of a baseball game. — AP PHOENIX: Chris Heisey hit a go-ahead homer in he retired Christian Yelich with two on for the Robertson (0-2) then walked two batters and gave the fifth inning as the Cincinnati Reds connect- final out. Closer Craig Kimbrel was given the day up Dozier’s two-out double, putting the Twins on ed four times in all, beating Arizona 4-3 on off because of a heavy recent workload. The top 3-2. MLB results/standings Sunday to take three of four from the Braves pulled off the sweep after losing four Eduardo Nunez, also let go by the Yankees, Diamondbacks. consecutive games to Boston. Miami, which lined a two-run double on Matt Daley’s first pitch. Cleveland 6, Colorado 4; Minnesota 7, NY Yankees 2; Toronto 4, Kansas City 0; Atlanta 4, Miami Cincinnati led 3-0 after homers by Zack began the series tied with Atlanta atop the NL Oswaldo Arcia added a two-run single off Matt 2; Boston 4, Tampa Bay 0; Texas 2, Washington 0; NY Mets 4, Philadelphia 3 (11 Innings); Cozart and Todd Frazier in the third and by Ryan East, fell three games back. The Marlins have lost Thornton to make it 7-2, all but sealing Chicago White Sox 4, San Diego 1; Milwaukee 9, Chicago Cubs 0; Baltimore 9, Houston 4; San Ludwick in the fourth. Arizona tied it with a four home games in a row but are still 20-11 at Minnesota’s second victory in the three-game three-run fourth, then Heisey’s second home Marlins Park. Francisco 8, St. Louis 0; Oakland 6, LA Angels 3; Seattle 4, Detroit 0; Cincinnati 4, Arizona 3; series. Hughes (6-1) held his former team to three run of the season put the Reds on top for good. Pittsburgh 5, LA Dodgers 3. hits - all in a row to begin the fourth - and retired Alfredo Simon (7-3) gave up three runs in 6 1-3 METS 4, PHILLIES 3 his final 15 batters during his sixth straight win. American League National League innings. Aroldis Chapman hit 103 mph on the Lucas Duda hit a two-run homer with two Eastern Division Eastern Division Chase Field radar gun in a perfect ninth, earning outs in the 11th, lifting the Mets over the Phillies W L PCT GB Atlanta 31 25 .554 - his seventh save in eight opportunities. Wade in the third straight extra-innings game BLUE JAYS 4, ROYALS 0 Mark Buehrle pitched eight sharp innings to Toronto 34 24 .586 - Miami 28 28 .500 3 Miley (3-6) allowed four home runs in a game for between the teams. NY Yankees 29 26 .527 3.5 The Mets and Phillies split a pair of 14-inning become baseball’s first 10-game winner and Edwin Washington 27 28 .491 3.5 the first time in his career. David Peralta singled Baltimore 28 27 .509 4.5 twice in his major league debut for the games the previous two days. Duda came off Encarnacion homered again as the Blue Jays beat NY Mets 27 29 .482 4 Boston 27 29 .482 6 Diamondbacks. the bench in the 10th to play first base, then the Royals. Buehrle (10-1) won his sixth straight Philadelphia 24 30 .444 6 connected in the 11th as the Mets won for the decision. He gave up six hits, walked one and Tampa Bay 23 34 .404 10.5 Central Division PIRATES 5, DODGERS 3 fifth time in six games. The teams conclude their struck out three. Central Division Milwaukee 34 23 .596 - Detroit 31 22 .585 - Slumping Andrew McCutchen hit his first rare five-game series on Monday night. He lowered his ERA to 2.10, second-best in the St. Louis 30 27 .526 4 Chicago White Sox 29 29 .500 4.5 home run in over a month, doubled twice and Ryan Howard hit an early two-run homer for AL to New York’s Masahiro Tanaka, and improved Cincinnati 26 29 .473 7 scored two runs to help the Pirates beat the the Phillies. Marlon Byrd hit a solo shot in the to 25-12 lifetime against the Royals. Encarnacion, Minnesota 26 28 .481 5.5 Cleveland 27 30 .474 6 Pittsburgh 26 30 .464 7.5 Dodgers and take three of four from the defend- 11th. Josh Edgin (1-0) struck out the side in the who matched Mickey Mantle’s AL record with 16 Chicago Cubs 20 34 .370 12.5 ing NL West champions. Josh Harrison also 10th. Jenrry Mejia held on for his sixth save in six Kansas City 26 30 .464 6.5 home runs in May, started off a new month with Western Division homered and Pedro Alvarez drove in three runs, chances. Phillippe Aumont (0-1), called up prior another drive. He hit a two-run shot off Aaron Western Division helping the Pirates win for the eighth time in 12 to the game to provide relief to the tired Oakland 35 22 .614 - San Francisco 37 20 .649 - Crow in the eighth for his 19th homer of the sea- LA Dodgers 30 28 .517 7.5 games. Edinson Volquez (3-4) allowed two runs Philadelphia bullpen, walked Travis d’Arnaud son. Jeremy Guthrie (2-5) lost his fifth straight LA Angels 30 26 .536 4.5 Colorado 28 28 .500 8.5 and five hits over five innings, striking out six with two outs and Duda homered. decision. Texas 29 28 .509 6 and walking one. Seattle 28 28 .500 6.5 San Diego 26 31 .456 11 Jason Grilli, the fifth Pirates pitcher, got three GIANTS 8, CARDINALS 0 Houston 24 34 .414 11.5 Arizona 23 36 .390 15 outs for his eighth save and third of the series Tim Hudson threw seven shutout innings RED SOX 4, RAYS 0 after giving up a pair of two-out walks and an and Joaquin Arias keyed a four-run first inning Jon Lester pitched seven shutout innings and RBI single by pinch-hitter Scott Van Slyke. It was with a two-run single to lead the Giants to a win Brock Holt drove in two runs with one of his four year-old Machado missed the first month after off- MARINERS 4, TIGERS 0 the Dodgers only hit after Justin Turner’s solo over the Cardinals. The Giants have won five of doubles to lift the Red Sox to their seventh straight season knee surgery and has struggled since his Rookie Roenis Elias pitched a three-hitter for homer with one out in the fourth. Zack Greinke six and have the best record in the NL at 37-20. win, completing a three-game sweep over the return, prompting manager Buck Showalter to the first complete game of his career, leading the (8-2) gave up a season-worst four runs and five St. Louis has lost four of five. The Cardinals man- reeling Rays. Boston’s streak follows a 10-game move him from the second spot to seventh in the Mariners over the Tigers. Elias (4-4) struck out hits in seven innings and struck out seven. aged just four hits. Hudson (6-2) gave up three skid, its longest in 20 years. batting order. He was back to batting second on eight and walked one in his 12th major league hits, struck out six, and walked two in improving The Red Sox said that matches a major league Sunday and had two hits for the second straight start, and the first one to last longer than seven BREWERS 9, CUBS 0 to 4-4 against St. Louis. Hudson’s previous win record for consecutive wins after a double-digit game, raising his average to .230. Wei-Yin Chen (6- innings. The 25-year-old left-hander from Cuba Kyle Lohse allowed only three hits and Ryan against the Cardinals came on July 19, 2007, as a losing stretch, according to research by the Elias 2) got the win. Feldman (3-3) allowed nine runs in kept Detroit off balance with his curve, striking out Braun had a two-run homer to lead the Brewers member of the Atlanta Braves. He retired the last Sports Bureau. The 1989 Detroit Tigers did it after 5 1-3 innings. five with the breaking ball. The Tigers only put one to a rout of the Cubs. Milwaukee pounded Cubs 11 batters he faced. losing 12 in a row, and the 1942 Pittsburgh Pirates runner in scoring position, and Elias matched a ace Jeff Samardzija (1-5) for eight earned runs in also did it after dropping 10 straight. Holt had his ATHLETICS 6, ANGELS 3 career high with 111 pitches. Max Scherzer (6-2) three innings, raising his ERA from 1.68 to 2.54. INTERLEAGUE big day after hitting his first major league homer Jed Lowrie homered and drove in two runs gave up four runs and nine hits in 6 2-3 innings. Braun homered to left on the first pitch he saw RANGERS 2, NATIONALS 0 in Saturday night’s win. Garin Cecchini added an against Oakland nemesis Jered Weaver as the from Samardzija, and the Brewers rolled from Yu Darvish struck out 12 over eight innings RBI double for his first major league hit. Athletics completed a three-game sweep of the INTERLEAGUE there with Samardzija having trouble locating and Leonys Martin broke open a scoreless duel Evan Longoria had a pair of singles for the Rays, Angels. WHITE SOX 4, PADRES 1 his fastball. Lyle Overbay broke the game open with a homer in the seventh and the Rangers who dropped their season-high sixth straight. with a three-run double in the third. beat the Nationals to avert a three-game sweep. Josh Donaldson hit a two-run single and Coco Chris Sale pitched a two-hitter and Paul Tampa Bay owns the AL’s worst record at 23-34. Lohse’s RBI single drove in Overbay to make Pitching for the first time since May 22 after Crisp and Lowrie added RBI hits in a four-run third Konerko homered as the White Sox defeated the it 8-0 for the pitcher’s second run-scoring hit of missing his last turn with a stiff neck, Darvish (5- inning against Weaver (6-4) to give the A’s their Padres. Sale (5-0) struck out nine, walked none and the game. Lohse (7-1) struck out six in 2) gave up five hits and walked two in dropping ORIOLES 9, ASTROS 4 first home sweep of at least three games against threw 100 pitches. He froze Everth Cabrera for a Milwaukee’s first complete game shutout this his ERA to 2.08. Manny Machado hit his first career grand slam, the Angels since June 29-July 1, 2004. called strike three to end the game, lowering his season. The right-hander matched his season high in and David Lough homered and drove in three runs Oakland leads the AL West by 41/2 games over ERA to 1.59 ERA in seven starts. Sale has allowed strikeouts and overpowered a team that as the Orioles beat the Astros. Los Angeles, its largest pre-All-Star break lead just one earned run in his last 25 innings, a span of BRAVES 4, MARLINS 2 amassed 19 runs in the first two games of the Orioles slugger Nelson Cruz, leading the majors since being 51/2 up in 1990. The big inning was four starts. The lefty was on the disabled list in late Evan Gattis broke a ninth-inning tie with a series. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth to with 20 home runs and 52 RBIs, left in the third more than enough support for Sonny Gray (6-1), April because of a strained muscle in his pitching two-run homer as the Braves completed a three- earn his 11th save and seal Texas’ major league- inning with a bruised left hand after being hit by a who allowed a pair of sacrifice flies and an RBI arm. Konerko had two hits and drove in three runs game sweep by beating the Marlins. leading 11th shutout. Martin hit an 0-1 pitch pitch from Scott Feldman. X-rays were negative double by Erick Aybar in 6 2-3 innings to rebound as the White Sox won for the eighth time in 13 Shae Simmons, pitching in his second big from Tanner Roark (3-4) into the Washington and Cruz was listed as day to day. Machado’s tow- from a rare rough start. Gray has 11 quality starts games. Eric Stults (2-6) gave up four runs and five league game, earned his first career save when bullpen beyond the right-field wall. — AP ering shot capped a six-run sixth inning. The 21- in 12 outings this season for a 2.45 ERA. hits in six innings. — AP Lynx hold Stars Storm advance

SAN ANTONIO: Seimone Augustus had 25 points Tulsa (0-5), the only winless team in the WNBA. ended it with a three-point play to give Connecticut as the Minnesota Lynx remained unbeaten, hold- Skylar Diggins scored on a drive to cut the a 31-20 lead with 6:38 left in the half. The Sun never ing off the San Antonio Stars 87-79 on Sunday. lead to 62-60 with 33 seconds left after Bird had trailed again. Bone’s putback gave them their Maya Moore had 18 points, Tan White added missed a 3-pointer. Camille Little missed a shot biggest lead, 78-57 with over 5 minutes left. 17 and Lindsay Whalen had 11 points and 10 with 13.9 seconds left that Langhorne rebounded rebounds to help Minnesota (7-0) sweep the only to have Diggins steal the ball. Tulsa called MYSTICS 92, SPARKS 84 home-and-home series with San Antonio (3-4). timeout to set up a play for Diggins, but Little tied Ivory Latta scored 14 points and hit vital shots Jia Perkins scored 16 points, Becky Hammon her up for a jump ball with 5.1 seconds left. Little in all three overtime sessions as the Mystics sur- added 15 points, Jayne Appel 11 and Danielle won the jump, Bird grabbed the loose ball and vived 31 turnovers for a victory over the Sparks on Robinson had 11 assists as the Stars suffered their ran out the clock. Sunday. first home loss. Appel’s layup pulled San Antonio Bria Hartley paced four double-digit scorers off to 82-79 with a minute remaining, but White fol- SUN 85, DREAM 76 the bench with a season-high 20 points for the lowed with an alley-oop layup 16 seconds later on Rookie Chiney Ogwumike had 18 points and Mystics (3-2). Candace Parker had 32 points and Augustus’ assist to regain a five-point lead. 10 rebounds, and Renee Montgomery also had 18 12 rebounds for the Sparks (2-2), who had won points to help the Sun beat the Dream. five straight over Washington. STORM 62, SHOCK 60 Allison Hightower added 13 points and six After missing a potential winning jumper in Crystal Langhorne scored a season-high 23 rebounds, and Kelsey Bone had 12 points for the regulation, Latta sank an off-balance 3-pointer for points and helped the Seattle Storm beat Tulsa, Sun (2-5). Tiffany Hayes led Atlanta (3-3) with 17 a 66-66 tie with 5.9 seconds remaining in the first keeping the Shock winless on the season. points, and Erika de Souza had 15 points and eight overtime. She also tied it at 78 on two free throws Sue Bird and Tanisha Wright added 11 points rebounds. Angel McCoughtry, the Dream’s leading with 5 seconds left in the second overtime. apiece for Seattle (2-5), which snapped a two- scorer, was 2 of 14 from the field and had seven Latta finished 4 of 17 from the field. Her fourth game losing streak in its first home game since the points. The Sun pulled away with a 16-4 run in the 3-pointer gave Washington an 86-84 lead with season opener Glory Johnson scored a season- first half. Hightower began the run with a 3-pointer, 1:11 remaining in the third overtime. The Sparks UNCASVILLE: Connecticut’s Katie Douglas (left) tangles with Atlanta’s Swin Cash (right) during high 21 points and had nine rebounds to lead followed by two free throws. Rookie Alex Thomas shot 33 percent from the field. —AP the first half of a WNBA basketball game. — AP TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 SPORTS Trainer revels in California Chrome’s Crown bid LOS ANGELES: Triple Crown contender California the inevitable injuries-a broken ankle, broken collar- markings has a chance to become just the 12th In keeping with his training philosophy, Sherman Chrome is taking trainer Art Sherman on the ride of bone, fractured cheekbone. horse to capture US flat racing’s coveted Triple raced California Chrome relatively frequently as a his life, 59 years after his prior brush with racing Along the way he met his wife, Faye, while riding Crown of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and two-year-old, his seven starts last year including two greatness as a teenage stable hand. in Chicago, and in 1980 he became a trainer, plying Belmont Stakes. wins in his first six races before jockey Victor “If this is my fate, I’m all for it,” the 77-year-old his trade at tracks around California near The last to achieve the feat was Affirmed in 1978, Espinoza climbed aboard for a December 22 stakes Sherman said after California Chrome made him the Sacramento, San Francisco and now at Los Alamitos, and since then a dozen horses have won both the race at Hollywood Park in Los Angeles. oldest trainer to saddle a Kentucky Derby winner in a Southern California track better known for quarter- Kentucky Derby and Preakness, only to come up California Chrome won that race by six lengths May. That Run for the Roses had Sherman recalling horse racing. Sherman, who is assisted by his son empty at the 1 1/2-mile Belmont, dubbed The Test of and hasn’t been beaten since. That success had his only previous trip to Kentucky’s Churchill Downs, Alan, has saddled more than 2,000 winners and won the Champion. “It’d be great to win the Belmont,” thrust Sherman into the spotlight going into the in 1955 when the 18-year-old Sherman rode in a $38 million, but until this year the best horse to pass Sherman said. “Believe me, it’s everybody’s dream.” Kentucky Derby. That spotlight has become white- train box car to Louisville with Swaps, the California- through his hands was gelding Lykatill Hill, who won California Chrome’s everyman owners Perry hot heading to Belmont Park. bred colt who defeated favored Nashua in a show- back-to-back Governor’s Handicaps in 1996 and Martin and Steve Coburn entrusted their horse to The genial, down-to-earth Sherman insists he’s down of equine giants. 1997 during the California State Fair. Sherman because, according to Coburn, “he’s old enjoying it. “I just didn’t think something like this Sherman, just a stable hand and exercise rider at It wasn’t until California Chrome landed in his school.” “He’s a regular guy,” Coburn said before the would happen to me, at this stage of my career,” the time, went home to California and embarked on barn that Sherman found himself on the road to rac- Kentucky Derby. “He doesn’t have a huge barn. He Sherman said as he was courted at Pimlico prior to a career as a jockey that lasted more than two ing’s big time. In the Belmont Stakes on June 7, the can spend quality time with every horse. You can tell the Preakness. “I rode for 23 years and loved it. Now decades. He rode some 1,600 winners and endured modestly bred chestnut colt with splashy white Chrome likes him, and he really loves this horse.” this.” — AFP Kings beat Blackhawks

CHICAGO: Alec Martinez scored at 5:47 in overtime as the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals Sunday and advance to the Stanley Cup finals. Martinez’s shot went off Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy and over goalie Corey Crawford, stun- ning the sellout crowd at the United Center and leading to wild on-ice celebration for Los Angeles. Leddy was disconsolate as the Kings gathered in a big huddle along the boards. Los Angeles improved to 7-0 in elimination games with its third Game 7 win on the road this postseason. It will host the New York Rangers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday night. “We’ve battled back so many DUBLIN: Hideki Matsuyama of Japan, holds the trophy after winning the Memorial times this year and so many times in these golf tournament on the first playoff hole. — AP playoffs, we said, ‘Why not again today?’” said Justin Williams, who had a goal and an assist. Matsuyama wins Memorial “It was a total team effort, every single guy here giving everything they’ve got.” DUBLIN: Hideki Matsuyama earned his first vic- par-5 15th that it went over the trees and into a The Kings became the first team to play 21 tory in America and validation as one of golf’s neighborhood, far out-of-bounds. That led to games through the first three rounds of the young stars Sunday with birdie on the 18th hole double bogey and he never recovered. Watson playoffs and make it to the NHL finals. The 2002 to force a playoff and a 10-foot par putt on the closed with a 72 and finished one shot out of Avalanche and 1993 Maple Leafs also played first extra hole to win the Memorial. the playoff. the maximum amount of games through three In a tournament that Masters champions “It’s tough,” said Watson, who was going for series, but they lost in Game 7 of the confer- Bubba Watson and Adam Scott threw away on a his third win of the year. “I made one bad deci- ence championships. wild back nine, Matsuyama looked certain to sion. If I hit 4-wood off the tee instead of driver Los Angeles is the only team to play all join them. He lost the lead by dropping three on the par 5, we make 5 and we win by one. But three of those Game 7s on the road. “You need shots on two holes, and he didn’t look like a win- I made double, so we lost by one.” everybody when you get to Game 7. You’re not ner when he pushed his drive toward the Scott had a share of the lead after 11 holes into the individual part of it,” Kings coach bunkers on the final hole. Lightly slamming his and was poised for his second straight PGA Tour Darryl Sutter said. “There’s always guys that CHICAGO: Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick (32) blocks a shot by Chicago Blackhawks driver to the turf in disgust, the head broke off. win. But he put his tee shot into the water on right wing Marian Hossa (81) as Los Angeles Kings defenseman Jake Muzzin (6) defends dur- score big goals, make big plays. But you need But the 22-year-old from Japan followed the par-3 12th for double bogey, took two shots ing the third period in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. — AP with an approach to just outside 5 feet for birdie to get out of a bunker on the 14th for bogey, everybody in your lineup.” formance for Sutter’s team. Los Angeles trailed most coaching wins in Game 7s. and a 3-under 69. That forced a playoff with and then dropped another shot at the 15th Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist for the Kevin Na, who finished his round of 64 about when his wedge hit the pin and caromed back Kings, who once held a 3-1 lead in the series, San Jose 3-0 in its first-round series and was Sharp sent a big power-play drive past two hours earlier. into the fairway. He closed with a 71 and tied for only to have the defending champion down 3-2 to top-seeded Anaheim in the sec- Quick to give the Blackhawks a 4-3 lead at Matsuyama chose not to replace his broken fourth with Chris Kirk (68). Blackhawks come back to force Game 7. ond round before rallying each time. 18:25 of the second. But Gaborik responded driver in the playoff, and his 3-wood on the 18th “The whole thing is frustrating as I stand here Marian Gaborik had the tying score midway “It’s just a great group to be part of,” Quick with his NHL-best 12th playoff goal at 7:17 of hole went into the bunker. Na drove left into the right now,” the Australian said. “But everyone is through the third period. Patrick Sharp scored said. “I feel very fortunate to be with the guys. the third, setting the stage for a frantic finish to creek and still had about 10 feet for bogey when going to feel like that. We all could have done two goals for the Blackhawks, who blew a 2-0 Obviously our journey’s not done yet and regulation. Matsuyama made his par putt. something different. If we all did, who knows lead. Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist, we’ve got a lot of work here coming up. New Quick turned away prime opportunities for “Right from the 15th hole, I had a lot of what the result would be?” Na was in the club- and Patrick Kane had two more assists. York’s an awesome team. They beat great Sharp and Bryan Bickell before he made a ter- missed shots,” Matsuyama said. “The double house at Muirfield Village, leaning against two Chicago’s loss means Detroit remains the teams, so they’re battle-tested as well so we’ve rific save on Andrew Shaw in the final seconds. bogey at 16, bogey at 17, not a real good tee pillows watching this collection of errors, even last NHL team to win consecutive titles in 1997 got a lot to get ready for.” Gaborik, Williams and Dustin Brown had a great rush to the net for shot - I thought - at 18. But when I saw the ball joking that he might win by sitting on a couch. and 1998. “I’ve lost some tough games but Mike Richards each improved to 7-0 in Game Los Angeles that he nearly completed for a on the fairway on the 18th hole there, that’s He finally headed out to the range, but one nothing like tonight,” Blackhawks coach Joel 7s. Sutter moved to 7-3 in such games, break- breathtaking score. Jonathan Toews also when I was able to think I still have a chance. swing into the water was too much to over- ing a tie with Blackhawks adviser Scotty scored for the Blackhawks, and Crawford fin- He pumped his fist as the ball was a few come. The only consolation for Na was that his Quenneville said. The Kings also got 37 saves inches from dropping. “I’m really, really happy. runner-up finish moved him high enough in the from Jonathan Quick in another resilient per- Bowman and Pat Burns for the NHL record for ished with 27 saves. — AP It’s a dream come true to win at Mr. Nicklaus’ world rankings that he will be exempt for the US course,” Matsuyama said through his interpreter, Open. He had planned on going through 36- referring to tournament host Jack Nicklaus. hole qualifying Monday. Matsuyama won for the sixth time in his Matsuyama was able to replace his driver career, with all of the rest of his victories coming because the playoff is not part of the final round. on the Japan Golf Tour. He had a pair of top 10s Instead, he chose to take 3-wood. It looked as if in the majors last year. Nicklaus greeted him it might cost him when the shot was well back behind the 18th green after spending much of and caught the bunker, but Na helped by find- the back nine in the broadcast booth. It was a ing the water. Matsuyama’s approach hit a fan brand of golf that was unfamiliar to golf’s great- left of the green, but he played a good chip and est champion as the Memorial became only the made the most important putt of his young latest event where proven players faltered badly. career. Matsuyama should rise to about No. 13 in Watson, who started the final round with a one- the world rankings after the victory. “I just think shot lead, was still in control until a couple of you’ve just seen the start of what’s going to be wild tee shots - one into deep rough on the 14th truly one of your world’s great players over the that led to bogey, and one so far right on the next 10 to 15 years,” Nicklaus said. —AP Qatar to host FIA meeting

KUWAIT: The General Assembly of Federation implemented through fruitful cooperation Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) unani- with more than 20 associations and clubs rec- mously agreed on selecting Doha, Qatar to ognized by FIA. host the next General Assembly in Dec 2014. Attiya said that coordination is being Qatar beat Australia, Mexico and other made to hold the FIA MENA meeting in European countries that wanted to host this Kuwait due to its role in supporting mechani- important meeting, as it concludes the annu- cal sports through efforts made by Kuwait al closing ceremony of the sports season dur- International Automobile Club (KT). He said ing which world champions in all categories there are decisions and recommendations are honored, be it in rallies, carting, formula, being implemented related to the future of mountain climbing, cross country and other automobile sport in the region. Al-Zayani: Bentley Continental Gt3 events. Attiya said there is serious activity in order This shows that Qatar, through the efforts to enhance the meaning of motorsports in of Qatar automobile and motorcycles associa- the Middle East in cooperation with area storms to victory at Silverstone tion has made achievements and is still mak- associations under the umbrella of FIA, most ing more achievements in motorsports notably the return of Oman to the agenda of KUWAIT: Sport Bentley writes a new piece of adds: “That was a hard-fought race. When Guy through a clear strategy by the QAA, headed Middle East rallies after a six-year absence. Bentley history at Silverstone with a stunning took the drive-through penalty in the first hour, by Nasser bin Khalifa Al-Attiya, who is also FIA Attiya was pleased with having Kuwait’s victory at the second round of the Blancpain we knew we had the pace to get back on the vice president. Osama Al-Mansour approved by FIA as the Endurance Series. In only the second competi- podium, and we were determined to do so. The Attiya said that the MENA region is under first Arab, Gulf and Kuwaiti media personality. tion event for both the Continental GT3 and the car was very strong, the drivers were impeccable FIA as an international association and “we He said that Mansour is considered one of the new race team, the #7 car driven by Guy Smith, and the pit stop crew recorded their best ever seek to activate motorsports in all its forms in outstanding Kuwaitis in the field of sports Andy Meyrick and Steven Kane drove an aston- times - including their practices over the last order to have a good future for this sport”. He media, especially in motorsports with over 15 ishing race to take the chequered flag in first month! The Continental GT3’s strength is in long, said there are plans and strategies that were years of experience. place. fast corners, and our pace here will hopefully After recovering from a drive-through penalty translate in to good speed at the other rounds of in the first stint that left car #7 in 7th place, a the championship. In the meantime, a maiden combination of flawless driving and perfect pit- victory at the home of British motorsport feels stops allowed Steven Kane to take the lead with fantastic.” just 15 minutes of the three-hour race left. He Steven Kane was behind the wheel for the was then able to manage the pace and maintain final stint and took the chequered flag. He said a two-second gap to the #99 McLaren of Andy “Today has been epic. We didn’t get any real dry Soucek, eventually leading him across the line to running done yesterday because of the weather, take the chequered flag to the delight of the M- so we were relieved when we set good times in Sport Bentley team and the British fans gathered qualifying this morning. In the race, the car was at the track. fantastic, especially with how well it looked after Rolf Frech, Member of the Board for its tyres. That gave me the grip and traction I Engineering at Bentley, comments: “We knew our needed to take the lead in to Brooklands, and Continental GT3 was a potential race winner, but after that we knew we could hold first place. to finish first in only the car’s second race in the Standing on the top step of the podium with series feels very special. Bentley has a history of Guy and Andy was a very, very special moment winning, and today we’ve written the start of the and I now know I can call myself a true Bentley next chapter in our long history. The victory Boy.” The second M-Sport Bentley Continental today is the result of an outstanding effort by the GT3 of JÈrÙme D’Ambrosio, Duncan Tappy and ing a puncture. The ensuing pit stop dropped whole team, and is the reward for a great deal of Antoine Leclerc had a tougher afternoon. the No. 8 Bentley to 42nd place, but over the rest hard work since the first round at Monza.” Starting from P14, JÈrÙme was hit by another car of the race the car was able to recover to finish in Bentley’s Director of Motorsport, Brian Gush, and forced off the track on the third lap, sustain- 15th — a great result given the poor start. Naser Al-Attiya and Osama Mansour TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 SPORTS Johnson builds track Photo of the day record with Dover win

DOVER: Jimmie Johnson handled the pothole at checkered flag celebrations at Dover have seem- team testing time. Dover the same way he disposed of a rough ingly become a rite of the NASCAR season. He “We felt like it was time to shut things down patch to start the season. He won. A week after became Dover’s career leader in laps led when and let the team kind of recoup,” he said. shaking off a lengthy winless streak by his cham- he hit the 2,802 mark, and again stamped him- Johnson never left any doubt his No. 48 pionship standards, Johnson raced his way to self as contender for a series-tying seventh Chevrolet was the car to beat, the only drama another routine romp at Dover International championship. coming when the race was stopped 160 laps Speedway. He followed last week’s victory in the “It’s amazing that we can stay on top of into the race after Ryan Newman’s car pulled up Coca-Cola 600 with another sensational run at things here with the different generation car, dif- chunks of the track that kicked back and dam- Dover, extending his track victory record to nine. ferent rules, different tires,” Johnson said. “This aged Jamie McMurray’s car. The race was soon stopped and crews weren’t allowed to work on the cars. McMurray’s plea for an exception was denied. “It killed the front-end,” he said. “Our guys did a really good job recovering here putting all the stuff on and we salvaged what we could.” More pieces of the track flew up and cracked a window on the pedestrian crossover bridge. NASCAR officials and safety crews went to work on the potholes and applied a quick-drying con- crete mix. Cup races were infamously delayed by potholes at Martinsville in 2004 and the 2010 Daytona 500. McMurray won at Daytona in 2010. “It started to come back up at the end, but I didn’t think it was a major issue,” Keselowski said. “It was definitely a major issue at first when it happened. I could feel it when I was driving over it, and you knew it was only going to get worse.” Kevin Harvick might have wished for a longer delay. Harvick’s lead at the red flag evaporated because of a flat tire not long after racing resumed and he fell two laps behind Johnson. Harvick worked his way back into a 17th-place finish. Kyle Busch led the first 81 laps before Johnson passed him. Busch’s bid for a triple- header sweep at Dover would soon end when the No. 18 Toyota slammed into the outside wall. Bowyer moved into Busch’s line, which caused him to wreck 124 laps into the race. “It was one of those deals where I thought I was clear, obviously, and wasn’t and ruined his DOVER: Jimmie Johnson (left) celebrates winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at day and certainly didn’t help mine,” Bowyer said. Dover International Speedway. — AP Busch, who became the 15th driver to pass 10,000 career laps led, won the Truck Series race Johnson was the class of the field in a race place just fits my style and (crew chief) Chad Friday and the Nationwide race Saturday. He has red-flagged for 22 minutes to repair a pothole in Knaus’ style.” the only three-race sweep since NASCAR Mohammed Al Attar performs in Kuwait City, Kuwait. — www.redbull.com the concrete track. “Whatever they put in the His lone regret, that owner Rick Hendrick was expanded to three national series in 1995, pothole, it worked awfully well,” Johnson said. not at the track. Johnson is heating up right as accomplishing the feat in 2010 at Bristol. His No. 48 Chevrolet was even better. the NASCAR heads into its summer schedule. Up Busch, who did not talk to the media, is 1 for Johnson led 272 of 400 laps, and won consec- next, Pocono, where Johnson won last season 9 in Cup races after winning the first two in the Barbarians star Gear utive races for the 13th time. The six-time Cup and has two other wins. “We can get on a roll,” he same weekend. Busch had some company in the champion swept Dover in 2002 and 2009 and said. “We’ve got some good tracks ahead of us.” garage. AJ Allmendinger turned into Greg Biffle eyes All Blacks return won races in 2005, 2010, 2012 and 2013. Johnson had some wondering what was and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. on Lap 135, which Brad Keselowski was second, followed by wrong after an 0 for 11 start to the season. knocked out the Roush Fenway Racing team- Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer and Denny Hamlin. Turned out, it was nothing racing at some of his mates. Biffle, though, later returned to finish. LONDON: Hosea Gear had set his sights playing in New Zealand.” “For sure, when you come to Dover, it’s always favorite tracks couldn’t fix. But Johnson also “They were racing hard back there and he stuck on making a return to New Zealand duty As for his own future, the globe-trot- the 48,” Kenseth said. “We’ve got to figure out revealed he had surgery to repair three hernias it into a hole that maybe there wasn’t room for,” at next year’s World Cup in England after ting Gear added: “From here I’m headed how to get ahead of him.” Good luck. Johnson’s at the end of last season, which cost the No. 48 Biffle said. — AP helping the Barbarians restore their credi- to Japan for one season. Their season bility at Twickenham on Sunday. starts in August and runs through to The 30-year-old wing scored two tries February. in the Barbarians 39-29 victory over a “Then I am heading home to play Russia’s swimming body novice England side which went sone Super Rugby to give myself the opportu- some way to dousing the criticism that nity to make the All Blacks for the World had come the invitational side’s way fol- Cup.” Asked why he’d left New Zealand to at risk after doping cases lowing heavy defeats last year. join Toulouse, Gear replied: “For me it was Gear, who is set to leave French giants difficult. I’d been in and out of the All MOSCOW: Russia is at risk of being suspended from doping scandals. He did not name any others. and of Mr. (Rustam) Minnikhanov, President of Toulouse for Japanese second tier side Blacks, mentally I was a little bit frustrated. international swimming competition following a According to the statutes of swimming’s world Tatarstan, are strong guarantees that FINA’s major Honda heat before taking up a Super “I wanted to head away and experi- series of positive doping tests, the country’s sports governing body FINA, a member federation receives event will be a success.” The world championships Rugby contract in New Zealand, accepted ence playing against some of the top minister said yesterday. a two-year ban if four of its competitors in the same will be held at venues from last year’s World he faced a “massive challenge” in trying to players, the best players in the world, in Last month, world record-holder Yuliya Efimova discipline commit doping offenses within 12 University Games, including the Kazan Arena, which add to his tally of 14 caps with the world the northern hemisphere. was banned for 16 months after testing positive for a months, with certain exemptions. will also serve as one of the stadiums for the 2018 champion All Blacks. “I think for my family as well, I have banned steroid. Two other Russians are serving sus- FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu told World Cup. Efimova will be eligible to complete in pensions after failing drug tests and at least five The Associated Press that Russia is not currently in Kazan because her ban for testing positive for the But he insisted it was one he was rel- three young children, and when you are were banned last year, mostly for domestic viola- that category. “I will not further comment on this steroid DHEA expires next Feb. 28. Two Russian ishing after bolstering the Barbarians playing rugby back in New Zealand, you tions. The cases come as Russia prepares to host next possibility,” he said. Marculescu said that he and swimmers are currently awaiting verdicts in their modern-day reputation. “This is a unique spend a lot of time away so it was a good year’s world swimming championships in Kazan. FINA remained “fully confident” in Russia’s ability to own doping cases in international competition. side, a side that’s very difficult to put opportunity to spend more time at home “The number of breaches of anti-doping rules in host the world championships. “The facilities are Sergei Makov tested positive for the banned together, considering the seasons in dif- with them. “I got asked a few months ago the international arena is on the brink,” Mutko told amazing and FINA is receiving a great support from muscle-building substance ostarine at a World Cup ferent countries, and just trying to field an (to play for the Barbarians) and I think Russian media. “One or two more breaches and the the authorities of the Russian Federation and of the event in Moscow in October. Vitalii Melnikov tested international side,” said Gear. there were questions of ‘wouldn’t you federation could be suspended altogether.” Mutko Republic of Tatarstan,” he said, referring to the positive for the blood-boosting hormone EPO at last “One thing we spoke about as soon as rather take a break?’ because I played in said the Russian Swimming Federation is one of “sev- Russian region where Kazan is located. “The personal year’s European short course championships in we got together was that we needed to 33 matches and played 80 minutes in eral” Russian sports bodies at risk of suspension over commitment of Mr. Mutko, Russian Minister of Sport, December.— AP win, and that the way the public were each one. “But for me, looking ahead perceiving the side was that it could have towards the World Cup, I think I needed gone either way-if we’d continued to lose some sort of top-level football, interna- Sri Lanka’s Senanayake it’s almost a waste of time having a tional class rugby. reported over Barbarians side. “I’m feeling good, I feel like I don’t need “So for us it was really important to a rest.” “I spoke to Steve Hansen (New bowling action win. That’s what we set out to do, to try to Zealand’s coach) before I left and I men- keep the Barbarians club alive.” England tioned there was a possibility I could LONDON: Sri Lanka off-spinner Sachithra Senanayake has will begin a three-Test series against New come back and he was all for that. “At the been reported for a suspected illegal bowling action, the Zealand this Saturday without players same time I think it will probably help cre- International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed yesterday. who took part in the May 31 English ate a little bit more depth in New Zealand Senanayake, who has twice recorded career-best figures Premiership final between Northampton rugby for that World Cup effort.” in the ongoing Royal London series against England, was and Saracens at Twickenham. Gear, while However, Gear conceded breaking into reported by umpires Ian Gould and Marais Erasmus at the sympathising with the predicament of a back three featuring the likes of Julian end of his team’s victory at Lord’s on Saturday. England coach Stuart Lancaster, said he Savea, Cory Jane and Israel Dagg would He will be free to bowl again in the fifth and final Royal expected the All Blacks to approach the be no easy task. “It is going to be a mas- London one-day international series at Edgbaston today, clash at Auckland’s Eden Park with typical sive challenge, the outside backs they’ve but will face further scrutiny under ICC regulations. ruthlessness. got at the moment have been doing an “The umpires’ report cited concerns over a number of “They’ve got some new guys just com- awesome job and there’s probably no rea- deliveries that were considered to be suspect,” an ICC press ing into the side who have been in really, son to leave anyone of them out. “It’s a release read. “Senanayake’s bowling action will now be really top form. “I think it is going to be massive challenge but one I’m looking scrutinised further under the ICC process relating to very difficult (for England) as it always is forward to.” — AFP bowlers reported in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. “The off-spinner is required to undergo testing within The winner of the grand prize receives his prize from Ahmed Al Khader, NBK’s 21 days, and, during this period, he is permitted to contin- Assistant General Manager, Consumer Banking Group. ue bowling in international cricket until the results of the testing are known.” NBK announces last 12 winners Sri Lanka Cricket chiefs were shocked by the accusa- tions and released a statement which refused to condemn of travel packages to World Cup their player. 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NBK Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene, travel package for two to the 2014 FIFA Credit Cards are accepted worldwide and Dinesh Chandimal, Rangana Herath, Dilruwan Perera, World Cup semifinals including two match are the safest, most convenient and Shaminda Eranga, Nuwan Kulasekara, Nuwan Pradeep, tickets, round trip airline tickets, hotel rewarding way to pay. Chanaka Welagedara, Dhammika Prasad. — AFP Hosea Gear SPORTS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Ronaldo looks to avoid Ballon d’Or curse

PARIS: When Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo was short. Take Barcelona star Lionel Messi, who won the Footballer of the Year, as the award was also referred their way to the final and seemed destined to be awarded last year’s Ballon d’Or in recognition of his first of his four consecutive Ballon d’Or awards in 2009, to prior to merging with the FIFA World Player of the crowned champions after an early penalty put them dazzling achievements over the course of 2013 he nat- for example. An Argentina side with an embarrass- Year accolade in 2010 to become the FIFA Ballon d’Or, ahead against West Germany. urally had plenty of reason to celebrate although one ment of attacking riches breezed through to the quar- didn’t appear at the global showcase was in 1978 However, the Dutch came unstuck and would lose could forgive him for feeling apprehensive about his ter-finals at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa despite when Danish striker Allan Simonsen, a European Cup 2-1. Italy’s Gianna Rivera (1970), West Germany striker country’s hopes at the World Cup in Brazil. Portugal Messi not contributing a single goal. However, when finalist with Borussia Moenchengladbach the previous Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1982) and Brazilian forward will go the tournament as dark horses heavily reliant they needed him most he was unable to deliver as year, saw his nation’s hopes dashed in qualifying. Ronaldo (1998) also fell a win shy of the Ballon d’Or- on their captain and talisman Ronaldo, who will need Maradona’s shellshocked Argentine team were ruth- However, there have been five teams featuring the World Cup double. Three-time reigning European to defy the odds if he is to avoid becoming another lessly torn apart by Germany 4-0 in the last eight. reigning Ballon d’Or winner to reach the final. Perhaps Footballer of the Year Michel Platini saw his France side footnote in a cautionary tale. Since the inception of That provided merely just the latest chapter of a no player has come quite as close nor suffered a fate knocked out in the last four of the 1986 edition, while the Ballon d’Or, conceived by France Football maga- World Cup campaign ending in disappointment for so cruel as the one that befell Italy’s Roberto Baggio at Eusebio, despite a sparkling performance at the 1966 zine in 1956 to recognise Europe, and then latterly, the the world’s leading player, a story that dates back to USA ‘94. Baggio netted all five of his goals in the tournament where he scored nine times to claim the world’s most outstanding player each year, of the 14 1957 Ballon d’Or recipient and Real Madrid legend knockout rounds, including two in the semi-finals Golden Boot, was part of the Portugal side dumped players in possession of the prize heading into a World Alfredo Di Stefano. against Bulgaria, to send the Azzurri into the final out by hosts England in the semi-finals. Cup none have achieved ultimate success on the glob- For Argentine-born Di Stefano, who acquired against Brazil. But after a goalless 120 minutes in 2001 award winner Michael Owen could only help al stage. Spanish citizenship in time for the 1958 qualifiers Pasadena, the Juventus forward blazed his penalty England as far as the quarter-finals the following year Granted the facts are skewed to an extent given despite previously representing his homeland as well over the bar in the shootout to hand Brazil their fourth before they were dispatched by Brazil, while a sub-par only European players were eligible for the prize prior as Colombia, his adopted nation fell short in their world title. Ronaldinho was helpless to save his country from a to 1995, ruling out the likes of three-time World Cup quest to reach the finals leaving one of the world’s Before that Johan Cruyff and the Dutch appeared last-eight exit the following tournament. The winner Pele and Diego Maradona, who was central to greatest players to ultimately finish his career without most likely to put an end to the curse at the 1974 tour- Netherlands’ Marco van Basten (1990) and Italy’s Omar Argentina’s 1986 triumph, but that still leaves some of ever appearing at the World Cup. nament. The Netherlands and their revolutionary Sivori (1962) fared even worse, also succumbing to the the game’s most decorated players who have fallen The only other time the reigning European brand of “Total Football” conquered all before them on mysterious jinx of the Ballon d’Or. — AFP Germany, France held, Belgium see off Sweden

PARIS: Germany and France were held to draws while Chelsea duo Eden Hazard and Romelu Lukaku scored for Belgium in the latest batch of World Cup warm-ups on Sunday. Fellow Brazil-bound Cameroon came from behind to claim a 2-2 draw against Germany. All four goals came in an entertaining second-half as Cameroon, coached by German Volker Finke, came within a whisker of a historic first win over Germany. The Africans took a shock lead through another Chelsea player, Samuel Eto’o, on 62 min- utes only for Germany to equalise four minutes later through Thomas Mueller. German replacement Andre Schuerrle then gave the hosts the lead before Cameroon left- HARRISON: United States’ Julian Green (16) goes down while trying to score on wing Eric Choupo-Moting, who plies his trade in Turkey goalkeeper Onur Recep Kivrak (left) in the second half of an international the Bundesliga for Mainz 05, popped up with soccer friendly match. — AP the 78th-minute equaliser. Germany coach Joachim Loew was unimpressed with his side’s US down Turkey 2-1 display, especially from Arsenal’s midfielder Mesut Ozil, who produced a low-key perform- ance. “On the one hand they were a good oppo- in World Cup tune-up nent and a real test of our endurance,” said Loew. “But you could see that the freshness was miss- HARRISON: The United States continued opening half as the US defence struggled to ing from our game. “Our passing game was not their World Cup preparations with a 2-1 tri- get organized. The best opportunity came in good and we made many, many mistakes. umph over Turkey on Sunday. German-born the 12th minute when Nuri Sahin found “Mesut Ozil did not have one of his best days, he Fabien Johnson, one of US manager Jurgen space 16 yards from goal and fired a low shot needs two more weeks, then we’ll see a strong Klinsmann’s army of young, dual-citizenship off the outside of the post. Mesut at the World Cup.” GERMANY: Cameroon’s Alexandre Song (right) and Germany’s Marco Reus challenge for the footballers, made his first strike for the Stars But the American attack gathered steam Down on a rainy Cote d’Azur Franck Ribery ball during a friendly WCup preparation soccer match. — AP and Stripes an impressive one, combining and produced a quality opening goal. started on the bench in France’s 1-1 stalemate We’ll do everything so he’s ready for next Coming after last week’s 5-1 drubbing of with US veteran Michael Bradley for a superb Johnson played the ball to Bradley, whose with Paraguay. Substitute Antoine Griezman had Sunday,” Desachamps said when quizzed about Luxembourg the result offered further proof of 26th-minute goal that gave the United States chip released Johnson into the area and appeared to give the French victory when he his key player’s fitness. the side’s wellbeing ahead of their Group H a 1-0 lead. allowed him to fire a shot just inside the left curled home an 82nd right foot shot before “We can’t win every match 4-0 but there were assignment in Brazil against Algeria, Russia and American veteran Clint Dempsey exploit- post. Dempsey made Turkey pay in the sec- Victor Caceres silenced the partisan crownd in a lot of good things tonight,” added Deschamps. South Korea. Against a Swedish side missing ed a lapse in the Turkish defense to double ond half when they failed to clear Timmy Nice, flicking home an 89th minute equaliser. “On the free kick at the end, we probably retreat- their emblematic striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic the score in the 52nd minute. Klinsmann took Chandler’s left-wing cross, tapping in from a The match was the second Brazil buildup for ed too much into our own box but we were play- Belgium dominated throughout. Lukaku, on advantage of the match to give Brad Guzan, few yards out. Turkey did find the net, howev- Deschamps’ side after they brushed aside ing a good team who know how to defend. loan to Everton last season, set Marc Wilmots’ backup to starting keeper Tim Howard, some er, after Geoff Cameron’s handball on his own Norway 4-0 last Tuesday. Ribery, recovering from “We were not at full strength but we had side on the path to victory in the 34th minute, time on the pitch. goal line gave Inan the chance from the spot. a back injury, is due to play some part in France’s good intentions and there were positives.” with Hazard doubling up after the break. Guzan was in front of goal for the second In addition to Guzan, Klinsmann brought in final tune-up against Jamaica. “I’ve already spo- Hazard and Lukaku were on the mark in Belgium have one final warm-up scheduled, period, and when Turkey pulled one goal John Brooks and Kyle Beckerman at halftime. ken about it and I have nothing new to add. Belgium’s 2-0 win over Sweden. against Tunisia in Brussels next Saturday. —AFP back in the 90th minute with a penalty by He praised Jermaine Jones’ effort in the Selcuk Inan. “Overall what we expected - a defensive midfield role, but said the starting Turkish side that can create problems for you lineup left Turkey too much room to maneu- any time,” Klinsmann said. “Already in the first ver. “We need to close the gaps up better, so Rush to finish stadiums half, they exploited us here and there. But we still have a lot of work ahead of us to overall I think it was a good game. It was become more compact, more connected quite an open game.” between the players to make it more difficult ten days from World Cup The match was the United States’ second for the opponents to come through there,” friendly since Klinsmann announced his 23- Klinsmann said. man squad for the World Cup finals in Brazil- Added Howard: “They spread us out. BRASILIA: With 10 days until the World Cup begins, Blatter yesterday afternoon at a ceremony to present completed. shocking many by the omission of all-time Obviously we defended narrow and they Brazil was rushing yesterday to finish installing seats in the World Cup trophy. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes warned tourists not to leading US scorer Landon Donovan. They spread us out so we had to make some stadiums and to deal with threats ranging from vio- The world football body was meanwhile under expect Brazil to be like home. “People who arrive in defeated Azerbaijan 2-0 last Tuesday and will adjustments. “To have those changes in the lent protests to dengue fever. The count-down to kick fresh scrutiny over new allegations its officials took Brazil imagining they’re in England or who arrive in take on Nigeria in Jacksonville, Florida, next back-line at halftime is never easy, but I off has been marred by protests-from striking drivers bribes to name Qatar the 2022 World Cup hosts. But Rio imagining they’re in London will have a frustrating Saturday before departing for Brazil. thought (John Brooks) came in and played who abandoned their buses mid-route to indigenous FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke dodged ques- experience in terms of development,” he said. “Rio is a The United States are drawn in Group G really well,” Howard added. leaders in bright-feathered headdresses shooting tions on the controversy as he launched the TV broad- city that doesn’t hide its poorest people like other along with Ghana, who reached the quarter- “We almost had a clean sheet, and the arrows at police. cast center for the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. “No places.” finals in the 2010 edition, Euro 2012 semi- penalty takes the gloss off it a little bit, but I Anger over the more than $11 billion being spent answer, no question,” he said. Valcke has had a rocky Brazil will have 157,000 police and soldiers provid- finalists Portugal and one of the favorites for thought we played well.” US striker Jozy on the event has raised fears of a return to the vio- relationship with Brazil, whose preparations have run ing security during the tournament. But recent police the trophy-Klinsmann’s native Germany. Altidore’s goal drought continued, but lence seen last year during the Confederation Cup, a chronically behind schedule. strikes-and threats of more during the tournament- Turkey didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but Klinsmann said he was pleased with his World Cup dress rehearsal. The host stadiums in Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Cuiaba, have raised security fears in a country with one of the Klinsmann said they were a talented side that aggression. “It is the Jozy that we want to see,” Then, clashes erupted as a million people flooded Natal and Porto Alegre are all unfinished to varying world’s worst crime rates. The stakes are high for the streets calling for more money for social programs degrees. The Corinthians Arena in Sao Paulo, which Rousseff, who is up for reelection in October. The left- offered a good “benchmark” for his team Klinsmann said. “He will, sooner or later, break and less for stadiums. But recent protests have been will host the opening ceremony and first match ist leader is leading in the polls, but her top rivals have heading into the global football showcase. through with goals. It’s just you’ve got to smaller, with journalists and street vendors sometimes between Brazil and Croatia, held a hastily scheduled been consolidating their support. The visitors, who beat World Cup-bound work for it and stay hungry and grind it out, outnumbering the crowds of anti-government second test event Sunday but is still under construc- Analysts say the results on the pitch will probably Honduras 2-0 in a friendly in Washington on and sooner or later it’s time and ‘boom’ it’s in demonstrators chanting: “There won’t be a World tion. Temporary seating areas for 20,000 fans-delayed not affect her chances. But if the Brazilian team loses Thursday, had a few good chances in the the net.” — AFP Cup!” In a country that takes pride in its five World Cup after a worker fell to his death, one of eight construc- the tournament may do little to lessen public anger titles, the tournament is starting to unleash growing tion accident fatalities at stadiums-have still not over the money spent hosting it. Public health officials excitement, with media providing exhaustive cover- received safety clearance from firefighters. The origi- are meanwhile scrambling to fend off a threat to Stars hope to avoid age of the Brazilian team’s training camp. nal deadline for all 12 host stadiums was December Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal and John Mikel Obi’s That national ambivalence is the target of a viral 31. Organizers have shelved much of the other infra- Nigeria, whose base camps will be in Campinas. social network joke. “I see you! You write on Facebook structure they had promised, from roadworks to a The southeastern city is in the middle of the worst Montolivo WCup woe that ‘There won’t be a World Cup,’ but you’ve planned high-speed train to subway and monorail lines. dengue fever outbreak in its history. Sanitation work- a barbecue with your friends on game day,” says a cap- Football legend Ronaldo, a member of Brazil’s ers are spraying for mosquitos, which carry the tropi- PARIS: Italy midfielder Riccardo Montolivo doubts over Montolivo’s replacement tion above a photo of President Dilma Rousseff. World Cup organizing committee, admitted last week cal virus.But health officials recommend players cover saw his dreams of World Cup glory ended Alberto Aquilani who went off injured in The real Rousseff was due to meet FIFA chief Sepp that only 30 percent of the planned projects would be up and wear insect repellant just in case. — AFP cruelly in a nondescript friendly against the first-half-highlighted after the 0-0 draw Ireland and he may not be the last big star with the Irish. “We saw the players inside. to suffer a similar fate. Everyone is broken and really sad about Colombia are praying that their talis- what happened. manic striker Radamel Falcao will win his “Montolivo is a key player for this squad. battle to be fit, Spain have concerns over He is a point of reference not only on the their Brazil-born marksman Diego Costa, pitch but off it for his behavior. “He has Uruguay too are waiting on last season’s such a good attitude. I think all the lads leading scorer in the English Premier were really shocked by what happened.” League Luis Suarez and France on winger The same could be said for the morale Franck Ribery. Montolivo was joined on the of the other injury doubts. While Falcao has sidelines of football’s global showpiece by been a major doubt since January his two other players as Mexico midfielder Luis absence would be a major blow also to Montes went from the joy of scoring in the morale for his team-mates. friendly against Ecuador to the despair The 28-year-old is so pivotal to minutes later of suffering a serious leg frac- Colombia’s hopes-though they have a rela- ture. Ghanaian central defender Jerry tively weak group with goalshy Greece, Asaminko will also have to sit at home and Japan and the ageing but talented Ivory watch his compatriots perform after the Coast-that coach Jose Pekerman has said term ‘play to the final whistle’ came agonis- they will wait till the last minute to see if he ingly true as he broke an ankle in the third makes it. Frustrating for both country and minute of time added on of their 1-0 defeat player is that Falcao, who has scored 20 by Holland. However, while the respective goals in 51 international appearances, tore injuries are devastating for the players, who his cruciate ligaments in a game he could may never again get another chance to easily have been allowed to miss by Ligue 1 play in the finals, it can equally be so for side Monaco, a French Cup game against their team-mates and their morale. an amateur side. “We will wait until the last Montolivo’s was a case in point as Italy minute of the last day,” said Pekerman earli- coach Cesare Prandelli-who also has er this week. —AFP AZADI: Iranian national football team players attend a farewell ceremony, at Tehran’s Azadi sport hall, yesterday, before their departure for Brazil. The upcoming FIFA 2014 World Cup in Brazil starts on June 12. — AFP Reds and Germany, Pirates roll France held, Belgium see off Sweden

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PARIS: Spain’s Rafael Nadal serves the ball during the fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic at the Roland Garros stadium. — AP Rafa sets up Ferrer clash

PARIS: Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal stormed into a French tion of avoiding the worst Roland Garros rout handed out by with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 6-1 win over South Africa’s Kevin the two were children playing in Les Petits As tournament in the Open quarter-final showdown against compatriot David Ferrer Nadal. Anderson. French town of Tarbres. yesterday while Andy Murray will face childhood friend Gael That unwanted record belongs to Juan Monaco who won just Ferrer had beaten Anderson, who was hoping to be the first “I first played Gael when I was 10 and he was 11. He’s an unbe- Monfils, France’s last man standing. two games in a fourth round drubbing in 2012. Such was the South African man in the last eight since Cliff Drysdale in 1967, at lievable entertainer and fun to watch,” said Murray. With rock star Prince in the stands and the abdication of King ease of Nadal’s latest Paris win that he spent most of his time at the same stage of the tournament last year. “He’s a great athlete and a nice guy. It should be a tough Juan Carlos on his mind, world number one Nadal, who turns 28 his post-match news conference discussing the abdication of “Tactically, I will have to be perfect against Rafa,” said Ferrer. “I match but with some fun points because of the way we both on Tuesday, brushed aside outclassed Dusan Lajovic, the world King Juan Carlos of Spain. hope that I will instill some doubts in Rafa’s mind. I will pull out all play.” Monfils reached his fourth Roland Garros quarter-final with 83 from Serbia, 6-1, 6-2, 6-1. “He is a wonderful person who was a great representative of of the stops to play well without making errors, and we’ll see a 6-0, 6-2, 7-5 win over unseeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia- He was at his ruthless, efficient best against Lajovic who our country and Spain should thank him,” said Nadal whose what’s gonna happen.” Lopez, the man who put out third-seeded Australian Open cham- claimed a paltry 15 points off the champion’s serve. Watched by record in Paris now reads 63 wins and one defeat. British seventh seed Murray defeated Spain’s Fernando pion Stan Wawrinka. US rocker Prince, who played a concert in the French capital on “I had the opportunity to meet him on quite a few occasions. Verdasco 6-4, 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) to reach the quarter-finals for the Monfils, 27, who made the semi-finals in 2008, trails Murray 3- Sunday night, Nadal, seeking to become the first man to win five He was always very nice and warm towards me. He made me feel fourth time. 2 in their senior careers but the pair have not met since 2010 French Opens in a row, needed just 93 minutes to go through to very comfortable every time we met.” Wimbledon champion Murray, whose best run in Paris was a when the flamboyant French player won at the Paris Masters. a last-eight showdown with Ferrer. Nadal holds a 21-6 advantage over Ferrer in their career meet- semi-final spot in 2011, will face French 23rd seed Monfils after The Frenchman also came out on top in the first round of the The two men met in last year’s final where Nadal allowed his ings but it was his compatriot who won their most recent clash in extending his record over Verdasco to 10-1. 2006 French Open in five sets. “I think Andy has changed. He won 32-year-old Davis Cup teammate just eight games. Despite his the Monte Carlo quarter-finals in April. “I’m looking forward to the next match with Gael, it should be Wimbledon, he’s a good player. After his back injury he is more Philippe Chatrier court mauling, Lajovic at least had the consola- Ferrer reached his 10th successive Grand Slam quarter-final a great atmosphere,” said Murray of a rivalry which began when solid. He’s proved on clay that he’s also a tough opponent.” — AFP

Lampard to leave Chelsea World Cup probe due as

LONDON: Chelsea legend Frank Lampard yesterday on everyone. Qatar pressure mounts brought down the curtain on his glittering career at “All the managers and coaches who have helped Stamford Bridge as he announced he will leave the me develop my game during the time I have been PARIS: FIFA announced yesterday its probe contest to the Gulf state. Qatar has strongly west London club when his contract expires at the here. I have learnt from every one of them. into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup host bids denied the allegations and vowed to “defend end of June. “All the brilliant team-mates who I have been would be completed by June 9 as the cor- the integrity” of its bid. Some reports have Lampard had reportedly been offered a new deal lucky enough to train and play alongside for so long. ruption row over Qatar’s controversial win- said Garcia was to meet Qatari officials in on reduced terms by Chelsea, but he has opted to Not just their football qualities but also the friend- ning bid intensified. Oman on Monday. The encounter has not bring an end to his 13-year spell with the Premier ships I have gained along the way. Confirmation that the long awaited been officially confirmed however. League team. “I’d also like to give a special mention to all the report was imminent came against a mount- Football Federation Australia (FFA) said Several reports earlier yesterday claimed staff and people behind the scenes at the club who ing clamour to hold a new bid for 2022 after Monday it may re-submit its bid to host the Lampard’s representative has held talks with New do not receive the glory but without them the club accusations that a top Qatari official made 2022 tournament after the corruption allega- slush fund payments to secure support. The tions. Australia was one of the defeated can- York City over a prospective move to Major League would simply not function.” chorus for a revote was led by Australia, who didates, along with South Korea, Japan and Soccer’s new franchise next March. The 35-year-old’s long and successful stay in west lost out to Qatar, who declared that corrup- United States at the FIFA vote in December At least 10 other clubs, including newly-promoted London has left him well established as a Chelsea leg- tion accusations against Qatar were a “seri- 2010. “It’s a serious development, they’re seri- QPR, are believed to have registered their interest in end after winning three Premier League titles, the ous development”. British government and ous allegations and we’re looking to see what signing the star. Champions League, the Europa League, four FA Cups football officials have also said a new vote the response to that will be,” FFA chief execu- Lampard scored 211 goals in 649 appearances for and two League Cups. should be held if the accusations in The tive David Gallop told Australian radio. the Blues, making him the club’s all-time record goal- Despite his age, Lampard remained a key member Sunday Times newspaper were proved accu- Gallop said the FFA had been “heavily scorer. He admitted it was a wrench to leave Chelsea of Jose Mourinho’s squad this season and made 40 rate. involved” in FIFA’s corruption investigation after so many happy memories and he paid tribute to appearances, scoring eight goals in all competitions. The 2018/2022 World Cup bid probe is and had provided documents and interviews former chairman Ken Bates, who was in charge when He is currently in Miami with the England squad being chaired by Michael J. Garcia. The for- to Garcia. In the first FIFA executive vote on he was signed from West Ham in 2001, and current preparing for friendlies against Ecuador and mer United States attorney confirmed: “After the 2022 contest, Qatar received 11 votes, owner Roman Abramovich, whose huge cash injec- Honduras ahead of their World Cup campaign in months of interviewing witnesses and gath- South Korea four, the United States and tion transformed the team into a European super- Brazil and it is believed he will wait until after the tour- LONDON: In a file picture taken on April 28, ering materials, we intend to complete that Japan three each and Australia one. Qatar power. nament to decide his future. 2013 Chelsea’s English midfielder Frank phase of our investigation by June 9, 2014, went on to beat the United States 14 votes to “When I arrived at this fantastic club 13 years ago I Lampard’s exit is likely to signal the end of an era Lampard runs with the ball during the English and to submit a report to the Adjudicatory eight in the fourth round. would never have believed that I would be fortunate for Chelsea, with long-serving left-back Ashley Cole Premier League football match. Frank Lampard Chamber approximately six weeks thereafter.” US officials have not yet commented. enough to play so many games and enjoy sharing in also set to leave when his contract expires. will leave Chelsea when his contract expires at “The report will consider all evidence South Korea said it would wait for “confirmed so much success,” Lampard said in a statement At the end of Chelsea’s last home game of the sea- the end of June. — AFP potentially related to the bidding process, facts” before deciding its position. released by his agent. son, a 0-0 draw with Norwich in May, Lampard stood arrived. Not only on the pitch, but in difficult including evidence collected from prior Asia Football Confederation (AFC) “This club has become part of my life and I have so in front of Chelsea’s fans in the Matthew Harding moments in my personal life off the pitch. I will never investigations,” his statement on FIFA’s official President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al website added. Khalifa, meanwhile, expressed his grave con- many people to thank for the opportunity. Firstly, Ken Stand along Cole to take a last emotional bow. forget. “I feel honored to have shared so many special FIFA has not yet commented on reports cern over the media reports calling into ques- Bates, who put his neck on the line to sign me as a Lampard, whose finest moment in a Chelsea shirt times with you. Bolton, Amsterdam, Munich, the list by the Sunday Times newspaper that tion Qatar’s hosting of the 2022 tournament. young player and without him I would not have even arguably came in 2012 when his superb display goes on and on. I, and we as a team, could not have begun this experience. helped seal Champions League final victory over Mohamed bin Hammam, a former FIFA vice “The Asian Football Confederation stands by achieved those moments without your support. president from Qatar, paid more than $5 mil- Qatar when it defends its rights to host the “Roman Abramovich, the man who saved our club Bayern Munich in the German club’s Allianz Arena, “Whatever the next challenge is for me I will always lion to football officials around the world World Cup of 2022,” Sheikh Salman told jour- and took us all to new levels. His desire to push the was quick to thank the Blues supporters. be amongst you and have Chelsea in my home and in before the 2010 vote that awarded the 2022 nalists in Manama. — AFP club to the top of the football world has rubbed off “You have supported me from the moment I my heart.” — AFP Egypt waters down stock market tax after plunge

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BRUSSELS: EU commissioner Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud Algirdas Semeta (left), EU commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn (center) and EU commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Laszlo Andor (R) give a press conference yesterday at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. — AFP China accelerates as EU, US stumble France falling short on budget, Italy asked to rein in debt LONDON/BEIJING: Signs of an economic revival in China the program is only partly in line with the requirements of Minister Matteo Renzi, who has already cut income tax on quarter and is on track to post the weakest annual showing have raised hopes that Beijing’s targeted measures to bol- the Stability and Growth Pact,” European Commission head low earners over the second half of this year. The Commission in 24 years. ster growth are having an impact but a slowdown in the Jose Manuel Barroso said on releasing policy recommenda- called on Italy to “reinforce the budgetary measures for 2014 “The slowdown in euro-zone manufacturing activity in euro-zone will increase expectations of policy easing there. tions for the EU’s 28 member states. in the light of the emerging gap relative to the Stability and May reinforces belief that the ECB will deliver a package of Chinese factory activity expanded at the fastest pace in France, like six other member states, will remain under Growth Pact requirement, namely the debt reduction rule.” measures at its 5 June policy meeting,” said Howard Archer at five months in May but euro-zone manufacturing growth close supervision by the EU Commission after Paris again IHS Global Insight. To spur growth, boost lending and drive up slowed more than initially thought, fuelling expectations missed Brussels-imposed budget targets. Under EU rules, China regaining inflation the ECB is widely expected to cut its deposit rate to that the European Central Bank will ease policy this week. budget deficits-the shortfall between income and spending- “The Chinese numbers were fractionally higher. We are below zero, reduce its main borrowing rate and launch a refi- The US manufacturing activity meanwhile slowed last should not be more than 3.0 percent of annual gross domes- beginning to make some progress but it is consistent with nancing operation aimed at businesses when it meets on month and construction spending rose less than expected tic product. Paris has promised 50 billion euros ($70 billion) of this story that the Chinese economy is not going to grow as Thursday. Inflation in the 18 nations using the euro is predict- in April, which could temper hopes of a sharp pick-up in budget cuts and reforms to get back in the EU’s good graces fast as it has in the past,” said Peter Dixon at Commerzbank. ed to have held steady at just 0.7 percent in May, well within economic growth this quarter. and Brussels yesterday recognized that effort. “The European numbers were in and around the ballpark. It’s the ECB’s “danger zone” of below 1 percent and also below its The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) yesterday Barroso said the reforms “head in the right direction and not the kind of data the ECB is going to react to instantly but preferred 2 percent ceiling. said its index of national factory activity fell to 53.2 in May were in line with recommendation made by the it is part of a bigger puzzle that says we need more growth in In a separate report, the US Commerce Department said from April’s reading of 54.9. A reading above 50 indicates Commission”. But he added that it was “essential that France Europe.” China’s official PMI, which is geared towards bigger, construction spending increased 0.2 percent to an annual rate expansion. The slowdown reflected some cooling in new pursue the reforms with determination in the coming state-owned firms, rose to 50.8 in May, from April’s 50.4, the of $953.5 billion, the highest level since March 2009. The order growth, production and hiring. months” by getting a better handle on spending, instead of National Bureau of Statistics said on Sunday, beating market increase was less than economists’ expectations for a 0.6 per- “It looks softer across the board. All the components raising taxes. expectations of 50.6. cent gain. March’s construction spending was revised to show grew at a slower pace. I don’t think this signifies a big con- While all 28 member states receive policy advice from the “Recent pro-growth measures, which were stepped-up a 0.6 percent rise instead of the previously reported 0.2 per- cern but manufacturing won’t be leading the economy,” EU, the bloc’s second biggest economy France is being close- further last Friday, may have lent a helping hand here,” said cent advance. said Gus Faucher, senior economist at PNC Financial ly watched due to concerns it could fall into recession and Nikolaus Keis at UniCredit. China’s manufacturing data bol- Coming on the heels of weak consumer spending data Services in Pittsburgh. fears of the rise of the country’s nationalist far-right. stered market expectations that the world’s second-largest for April, the reports could cast doubts on the economy’s The Commission asked Italy to tighten its budget this year economy is regaining strength as the government’s pro- ability to reach a 4 percent growth pace in the second French concern to rein in an excessive public debt but fell short of opening a growth measures kick in. quarter as some economists anticipate. The economy Meanwhile, the European Union’s executive warned disciplinary procedure against the euro zone’s third largest Beijing stepped up policy fine-tuning in recent weeks and shrank at a 1.0 percent rate in the first quarter, largely France yesterday that its efforts to fix public finances were economy. The Commission’s request for additional budget has unveiled a slew of measures this year to help shore up reflecting a brutally cold winter and a slow pace of restock- falling short. “Overall, the budgetary strategy outlined in tightening removes any room for fiscal easing for Prime the economy, which dipped to an 18-month low in the first ing by businesses. — Agencies Qatar slips on WC concern IATA says airline profits

MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS to hit $18bn in 2014 DUBAI: Qatar’s bourse fell because of profit-taking and soc- Abu Dhabi slid 1.6 percent, First Gulf Bank fell 1.1 percent DOHA: The International Air Transport Association the global consolidation that has happened in other cer World Cup concerns yesterday, while property stocks lift- and Aldar Properties was down 0.2 percent. said yesterday it expects airline companies to record industries,” Tyler said. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar al- ed Dubai and Egypt partially rebounded after a sharp drop Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, however, rose 1.4 percent. combined net profits of $18 billion (13 billion euros) Baker, who headed IATA’s general assembly this year, caused by the government’s plans to tax stock market In contrast to Abu Dhabi, Dubai rose 1.9 percent, largely on this year. Revenues were forecast to reach $746 billion, also stressed the importance of the sector for develop- investors. The Doha index fell 1.1 percent from Sunday’s all- the back of Emaar Properties, which added 3.5 percent. Real IATA director general Tony Tyler said in Doha, pointing ment in certain countries. time closing high, underperforming the region. Stocks that estate developers Union Properties and Deyaar rose 6.7 and out that net margins stood to average 2.4 percent He urged the newly elected Indian government “to had jumped as they became part of MSCI’s emerging market 3.8 percent respectively, while builder Arabtec gained 0.9 only. see aviation as a very important tool for economic index last week were among the main drags. percent. “It sounds impressive. But the brutal economic real- growth in India”. IATA said in March that some 240 car- Islamic lender Masraf Al-Rayan dropped 3.9 percent, ity is on revenues of $746 billion dollars we will earn riers representing 84 percent of global air traffic had Qatar Islamic Bank fell 3.7 percent and Qatar National Bank Egypt, Saudi an average net margin of just 2.4 percent,” he said. This revised down their profit forecast for 2014 to $18.7 bil- was down 1.4 percent. “The market had gone up because of Egypt’s market rebounded 1.5 percent after losing 8 per- amounted to less than $6 per passenger, added Tyler, lion from $19.7 billion. the MSCI inclusion and there is profit-taking now,” said cent in the previous two sessions as local investors reacted who was speaking at an IATA-organized annual confer- Tyler stressed the need to work on security in the Shakeel Sarwar, head of asset management at Securities & to the planned introduction of a 10 percent tax on capital ence of the airline industry in the Qatari capital. “The industry, particularly in the wake of the disappearance Investment Co (SICO) in Bahrain. “The other reason could be gains and dividends. Investors were not only upset about good news is that airline profits are improving. The of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. MH370 disappeared the negative sentiment related to the news regarding the losing some of their profits, but also confused about the average return on invested capital today is 5.4 per- on March 8 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing FIFA World Cup.” way the tax will be implemented. Seeking to calm the mar- cent-up from 1.4 percent in 2008,” said Tyler. with 239 people aboard. An extensive search in the Qatari organizers of the 2022 World Cup on Sunday ket, the government slightly watered down the tax yester- “But we are still far from earning the 7-8 percent Indian Ocean has found no trace of the plane. “A large denied accusations their successful bid was corrupt, saying day. cost of capital that investors would expect,” he added. commercial airliner going missing without a trace for their lawyers were looking into claims made by a British “We saw an over-reaction yesterday from retail investors, He said there was still huge potential for development so long is unprecedented in modern aviation. And it Sunday newspaper. I think,” said Sebastien Henin, head of asset management at in the sector, saying that easing certain regulations must not happen again,” Tyler said. IATA and “experts The Qataris issued the denial after Jim Boyce, a vice-pres- The National Investor in Abu Dhabi. “Foreign investors could help. IATA has long complained of the difficulty from around the world are working together to agree ident of soccer’s world governing body FIFA, said he would realised it was a good entry point into the market.” of consolidating the sector, as some countries have on the best options to improve global tracking capa- be in favor of re-running the vote for the 2022 host nation, if “In a country like Egypt, with such big public deficit, it placed restrictions on investing in European and bilities,” he added. Tyler said the industry was celebrat- the allegations in the Sunday Times were proved. Sarwar makes sense to collect taxes from as many sources as possi- American companies. ing 100 years of aviation this year, and was expecting said, however, it was “very premature to speculate” on the ble,” he added. Saudi Arabia’s main index ended flat at its six- Carriers have managed to partially get around the to carry 3.3 billion passengers and transport 52 million fate of the World Cup. “I don’t think the market is going to year closing high of 9,865 points as mobile phone operator problem by creating alliances such as Skyteam, tons of cargo this year. In total, some 50,000 destina- price it into valuations,” he said. Mobily dropped 4.3 percent, becoming the main drag on Oneworld and Star Alliance, although the industry is tions are linked through around 100,000 daily flights, Abu Dhabi’s bourse also retreated 0.5 percent as most of the benchmark and offsetting all gains made by other still fragmented. “Our customers expect efficient glob- while the industry generates more than 58 million job its MSCI components pulled back. Shares in National Bank of stocks. — Reuters al connectivity. But the regulatory structure prevents opportunities worldwide. — AFP TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 BUSINESS Saudi to raise July crude OSPs

SINGAPORE: Top oil exporter Saudi demand. Compared with the heavy Arabia is expected to raise the official grades, the light crudes will not gain as selling prices (OSPs) for all its crude much, because the distillates cracks were grades going to Asia in July, up from the weaker, said a trader with a Western firm. previous month in line with a stronger That should narrow the light-heavy Dubai market, trade sources said yester- spread, he said. day. Physical gasoil cracks averaged at Saudi Arabia could raise prices for all $17.30 a barrel in May, closing the month grades by 20 cents a barrel to more than at below $15, down from an average of $1, with medium and heavy grades rising $17.77 in April, Reuters data showed. the most due to improved fuel oil cracks, Some traders expect Saudi Aramco to according to a survey of four refiners and take weak refining margins into account a trader who has handled Saudi crude and raise July OSPs by a smaller margin. before. Saudi crude OSPs usually come “I trust Aramco is also in a dilemma,” out around the fifth of each month, and said one of the refining sources said. “If set the trend for Iranian, Kuwaiti and Iraqi you look solely at the July crude market, prices. it seems to have traded in positive senti- Another key factor supporting higher ment, but then the product cracks are prices is a widening of the Dubai cash not strong enough to support demand.” spread between the first and third State oil giant Saudi Aramco sets its months, the trade sources said. The inter- crude prices based on recommendations month spread widened by 50-60 cents a from customers and after calculating the barrel in backwardation at the end of change in the value of its oil over the May compared with the start of the past month, based on yields and product month, signalling stronger prompt prices. — Reuters Russia’s Alfa Group seeks to pour ALEXANDRIA: An Egyptian cotton candy vendor looks for clients on beach of Alexandria. Egypt’s economy has been hit hard by the instability billions into Europe that has followed the 2011 uprising that forced longtime autocratic ruler Hosni Mubarak from power. Egypt has watered down a tax on stock market gains it announced last week after the country’s bourse recorded its biggest daily drop in almost a year yesterday. —AP MOSCOW: Russian billionaire Mikhail which he said also tend to give preference Fridman’s Alfa-Group wants to invest bil- to local players. lions of dollars of proceeds from the sale European consolidation Egypt waters down stock of oil firm TNK-BP into telecoms assets in Europe, looking to capitalize as the indus- Fridman’s interest in the challenging try consolidates. Fridman has one of the European telecoms market comes after most international portfolios of Russia’s another billionaire, Mexico’s Carlos Slim, market tax after plunge tycoons and has already invested in tele- made a similar bet on the sector in 2012 coms, including Amsterdam-based by buying stakes in Dutch operator KPN Vimpelcom and Turkey’s Turkcell. His ener- and Telekom Austria. Slim has lost money gy fund also recently struck a $7 billion on his stakes so far but his lieutenants Some assets exempted, threshold raised on cash dividends deal for Germany’s RWE’s oil and gas pro- have said he will stay for the long-term CAIRO: Egypt has watered down a tax on stock tax-exempt. duction arm. and believes in a rebound of the sector market gains it announced last week as part of Ahmed Hafez, co-head of equity research at Alexei Reznikovich, in charge of man- which has yet to find a way to return mas- Mobily cuts efforts to trim a high budget deficit, after the HC Brokerage in Cairo, said the announcement aging Fridman’s telecoms assets, said he sive investments in high-speed mobile country’s bourse recorded its biggest daily of the new tax had lacked clarity. “What exactly was looking at telecoms deals worth “one internet. profit after drop in almost a year yesterday. Beset by more the tax will look like has led to confusion billion plus” dollars primarily in Europe, as Europe’s telecom companies have been than three years of economic and political tur- among market participants in general,” he said. well as smaller deals - worth around $20 hit by five straight years of revenue rival scraps tie-up moil since a popular uprising ousted Hosni Dimian estimated late on Saturday that the tax million-$200 million - in the United States declines because of tough price competi- Mubarak in 2011, Egyptian authorities are try- would raise between 3.5 and 4.5 billion in adjacent sectors, such as building data tion everywhere from Britain to Italy. DUBAI: Mobily, Saudi Arabia’s No 2 mobile operator by ing to steer a course between boosting state Egyptian pounds. centres. “We think that Europe is currently Revenue has also been hit by regulatory subscriber numbers, has cut its stated first-quarter profit revenues while not discouraging investment. It is part of a broader package of fiscal most attractive because of the consolida- limits on the “termination fees” providers by 338.7 million riyals ($90.3 million) after fixed-line rival Finance Minister Hany Dimian announced reforms announced in conjunction with last tion processes that are gathering strength charge for incoming calls from other Etihad Atheeb scrapped a deal between the two com- the new 10 percent tax on dividends and on week’s presidential election. Abdel Fattah Al- there... The time is right (to invest),” he told providers, and on roaming charges. To panies, it said yesterday. The announcement to the gains on share transactions on Thursday , draw- Sisi, the general who toppled the country’s first Reuters. cope, some carriers, including Telefonica Riyadh bourse sent Mobily’s shares down by 4.1 percent ing an uneasy initial response from the market. freely elected leader - Islamist Mohammad Reznikovich, CEO of Alfa’s telecoms and Vodafone, have sought scale via to a 16-week low. Mobily’s quarterly profit will drop to The main share index closed down 3.5 per- Morsi - following mass protests, has taken more vehicle LetterOne Telecom, said he was mergers. But competition regulators have 1.06 billion riyals from 1.4 billion riyals, according to cent on that day and, after the two-day market than 90 percent of the vote, according to interested in up to five possible acquisi- been wary to ensure that customers do Reuters calculations. break, it fell a further 4.2 percent on Sunday. results that are still provisional. tion targets in Europe, declining to give not face higher prices. Mobily and Atheeb concluded a so-called “They are increasing budget revenues, (and Profits from stock market transactions in more specifics. “I think that in all (European) markets Indefeasible Rights of Use (IRU) agreement on March 30 the) initial reaction from investors is largely Egypt are currently tax-free, a situation Allen “We are looking at Russia and south- consolidation will take place, including that would enable Atheeb to use Mobily data subsidiary negative. (But) fiscal sustainability and govern- Sandeep, head of research at Naeem capital, east Asia, too, but we think that Europe is Italy. Intensified competition, reduction of Bayanat’s fibre network. But Atheeb has now exercised a ment efforts to balance the budget ... will be said could not last forever. “The timing might the most obvious candidate given the termination fees have resulted in the mar- clause to cancel the deal, Atheeb said in a separate positive in the long term,” said Moheb Malak, not have been ideal... but a capital gains tax dynamic of the sector’s development,” he ket falling by around a third in several bourse statement, “due to some technical and logistical economist at Prime Securities. was bound to happen like in any other market,” added. years, it’s a catastrophe and it happens in difficulties”. The statements imply that Mobily has The budget deficit hit 14 percent of eco- he said. Alfa Group is flush with cash from last every (European) country,” said reversed a profit gain of 338.7 million riyals from the nomic output in the last fiscal year and it is set “It might affect investments from (the Arab year’s sale of its $14 billion stake in TNK-BP Reznikovich. The European Commission’s deal that it booked in the first three months of 2014. to stay high at around 12 percent in the current Gulf). They might be a little bit disappointed to state major Rosneft. After the deal, antitrust regulators last Wednesday Mobily did not immediately respond to a request for and the coming fiscal year starting on July 1. with the capital gains tax,” Sandeep said, President Vladimir Putin said he hoped the approved Hutchison Whampoa’s $1 billion comment. A separate agreement that allows Mobily to “They should be panicking about the deficit, it adding any negative impact would likely be tycoons would invest the proceeds into bid for Telefonica’s Irish unit, yet imposed include Atheeb’s voice lines in its fixed data and voice deserves panicking, but it’s good that they’re temporary. Russia. However, tensions between Russia remedies to protect competition that ana- packages remains in place, Atheeb’s chief executive taking action. Nobody expected steps to lower Gulf investors repatriating such profits gen- and the West over the Ukraine crisis this lysts characterized as tough. Ahmad Maali told Reuters. Such bundled services are the deficit to be popular,” Malak said. erally do not have to pay tax at home. Several year have seen billions of dollars in capital By July 10, the commission must also considered an important means to attract and retain Gulf governments have helped prop up Egypt’s leave Russia despite Putin’s calls for decide whether to approve a much larger customers. ‘Bound to happen’ finances during the political crisis with aid and investors to keep their funds at home. deal in Germany and investors and tele- Last week Mobily and some of Atheeb’s founding Authorities have now sugared the fiscal pill soft loans. Reznikovich said the Ukraine crisis had com executives see the review - specifical- shareholders ended talks over Mobily buying a 20 per- slightly, helping the market recoup some of its After news of the amendments to the tax, no impact yet on the business, which has ly how hard a line regulators take on cent stake in Atheeb, which has about 200,000 cus- losses yesterday. The finance ministry had ini- Egyptian shares were up as much as 2.8 per- over the past few years diversified outside remedies - as crucial to future deal-mak- tomers, according to its website. tially set an annual tax-free limit of 10,000 cent on Monday. According to bourse data, of Russia. The telecom holding firm is ing. Reznikovich declined to comment on Atheeb has struggled to compete against former Egyptian pounds ($1,400) on cash dividend local and retail investors were net sellers while incorporated in Luxembourg with head- rumors that Vimpelcom has been seeking monopoly Saudi Telecom Co and made a loss of 249 payments for individuals resident in Egypt. institutions and foreigners were net buyers. quarters in London. While the company a merger of Italian unit Wind with million riyals for the 12 months to March 31. Analysts Financial Supervisory Authority head Sherif Investment and Industry Minister Mounir has not yet asked for any regulatory Hutchison Whampoa’s 3 Italia. He said any say the main attraction for Mobily, an affiliate of the Samy told Reuters late on Sunday the tax Fakhry Abdel Nour told reporters the draft tax approvals in Europe, Reznikovich said new deals by LetterOne Telecom would be United Arab Emirates’ Etisalat, was to acquire Atheeb’s threshold would be raised to 15,000 pounds. In bill had been sent to the presidency for Russia’s tensions with the West could com- independent, parallel projects to existing landline call license. — Reuters another, earlier amendment, Finance Minister approval and was expected to be signed into plicate getting clearance from regulators investments. — Reuters Dimian said dividends paid in shares would be law yesterday. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Japanese Yen 3.750 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Syrian Pound 2.900 Singapore Dollar 0.222132 0.228132 South African Rand 0.021088 0.029588 ASIAN COUNTRIES Nepalese Rupees 3.880 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Malaysian Ringgit 87.040 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001870 0.002450 Japanese Yen 2.772 Australian Dollar 267.50 264.50 Indian Rupees 4.785 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.395 Taiwan 0.009269 0.009449 Canadian Dollar 262.65 265.65 Thai Bhat 9.680 Thai Baht 0.008314 0.008864 Pakistani Rupees 2.865 Swiss Franc 320.80 318.80 Srilankan Rupees 2.166 Turkish Lira 134.045 Euro 388.78 389.78 Nepali Rupees 3.007 Arab US Dollar 282.10 285.10 Singapore Dollar 225.800 Bahrain Exchange Company Bahraini Dinar 0.743411 0.751411 Hongkong Dollar 36.463 Sterling Pound 476.98 479.98 Egyptian Pound 0.036425 0.039525 Bangladesh Taka 3.636 Japanese Yen 2.83 2.85 Iranian Riyal 0.000086 0.000086 CURRENCY BUY SELL Philippine Peso 6.454 Bangladesh Taka 3.631 3.901 Iraqi Dinar 0.000181 0.000241 Thai Baht 8.625 Indian Rupee 4.787 5.087 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.394509 0.402009 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.163 2.598 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.996 3.531 British Pound 0.467563 0.476563 Lebanese Pound 0.000138 0.000238 Pakistani Rupee 2.863 2.790 Czech Korune 0.006203 0.018203 Moroccan Dirhams 0.025351 0.049351 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 76.87 77.34 Danish Krone 0.047582 0.052582 Nigerian Naira 0.001195 0.001830 Saudi Riyal 75.417 Bahraini Dinar 750.84 752.91 Euro 0.380353 0.388353 Omani Riyal 0.728253 0.733933 Qatari Riyal 77.708 Egyptian Pound 39.44 40.04 Norwegian Krone 0.043329 0.048529 Qatar Riyal 0.076941 0.0781254 Omani Riyal 734.670 Jordanian Dinar 401.50 407.15 Romanian Leu 0.081572 0.81572 Saudi Riyal 0.074750 0.075450 Bahraini Dinar 751.160 Omani Riyal 733.64 740.94 Slovakia 0.008092 0.018092 Syrian Pound 0.001753 0.001973 UAE Dirham 77.019 Qatari Riyal 77.90 78.45 Swedish Krona 0.038494 0.043494 Tunisian Dinar 0.169074 0.177074 Saudi Riyal 75.36 75.76 Swiss Franc 0.309436 0.319636 Turkish Lira 0.139149 0.146149 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.139149 0.146149 UAE Dirhams 0.075987 0.077136 Egyptian Pound - Cash 38.601 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Yemeni Riyal 0.001275 0.001355 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.535 Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.320 Australian Dollar 0.255106 0.266606 Tunisian Dinar 174.400 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.234123 0.243623 Jordanian Dinar 399.380 Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 281.500 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.897 Canadian Dollar 259.510 Canadian Dollar 0.255508 0.264008 Syrian Lira 2.016 US Dollars 0.278600 0.282950 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 35.249 Sterling Pound 475.750 Euro 391.810 US Dollars Mint 0.279100 0.282950 US Dollar 282.200 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 320.975 Euro 385.900 US Dollar Transfer 282.700 Bahrain Dinar 749.235 Asia Pound Sterlng 474.100 Euro 386.870 UAE Dirhams 76.620 Bangladesh Taka 0.003335 0.003935 Canadian Dollar 261.250 Sterling Pound 476.790 Qatari Riyals 78.200 Chinese Yuan 0.044057 0.047557 Indian Rupee 4.775 Canadian dollar 261.520 Saudi Riyals 75.340 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034375 0.037125 Egyptian Pound 39.450 Turkish lira 134.940 Jordanian Dinar 396.715 Indian Rupee 0.004452 0.004853 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.163 Swiss Franc 316.930 Egyptian Pound 40.115 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Bangladesh Taka 3.635 Australian Dollar 262.910 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.154 Japanese Yen 0.002699 0.002879 Philippines Peso 6.635 US Dollar Buying 281.500 Indian Rupees 4.679 Kenyan Shilling 0.003294 0.003294 Pakistan Rupee 2.865 Korean Won 0.000266 0.000281 Pakistani Rupees 2.852 Bahraini Dinar 751.300 GOLD Malaysian Ringgit 0.083850 0.089850 Bangladesh Taka 3.622 UAE Dirham 76.850 20 Gram 245.000 Nepalese Rupee 0.003007 0.003177 Philippines Pesso 6.322 Saudi Riyal 75.350 10 Gram 124.000 Cyprus pound 691.420 Pakistan Rupee 0.002661 0.002941 5 Gram 64.000 Philippine Peso 0.006342 0.006622 •Rates are subject to change BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Indonesia’s trade deficit raises risks ahead of polls

JAKARTA: Sliding exports pushed against expectations in a Reuters poll of Indonesia’s trade balance into its second 3.50 percent growth. Imports slipped 1.26 biggest monthly deficit in five years in percent versus expectations for a bigger April, a surprise that renewed pressure on 7.7 percent fall. the fragile rupiah. A shrinking current- Analysts attributed import strength to account gap and moderating inflation had an increase in shopping and purchases, as only recently boosted investor confidence Indonesians prepare for celebrations after in Southeast Asia’s largest economy ahead the Ramadan fasting month. Wellian of presidential polls in July, making the Wiranto, economist at OCBC Bank, said it rupiah Asia’s best performing currency ear- underlines how import-intensive the lier this year. Indonesian consumption story remains. But with data on Monday showing “Against a backdrop whereby political exports slipping due to softness in com- uncertainties build up ahead of the July modity prices, and further aggravated by 9th presidential election especially with the raw mineral export ban that went into the narrowing lead of Jokowi over effect in January, analysts say the possibili- Prabowo, today’s trade data is not helpful ty of any policy easing has diminished. “We to market sentiment towards Indonesia.” had expected a sharp deterioration in Next month, Indonesians will choose Indonesia’s trade balance over April but between Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” DOHA: IATA director Tony Tyler speaks during the the IATA’s annual meeting held this year in Doha yesterday. The director of the the actual deterioration was truly shock- Widodo and former army general Prabowo International Air Transport Association says the group will prepare a draft of new recommendations in September to improve global ing,” said ANZ’s Asia chief economist, Glenn Subianto to be president for five years, tracking capabilities in the aftermath of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. —AP Maguire. starting in July. Earlier, Jokowi was viewed He said export growth remained weak as highly likely to win, but the contest has due to softer prices for key commodity and tightened and become heated. manufactured exports. And firm imports The rupiah hit its weakest in more than 100 years on, airlines may be due to a combination of lagged three months on Monday, falling as much foreign exchange effects and foreign direct as 1 percent to 11,785 per dollar. investment inflows from a build-up in capacity. “The external position is likely to Deficit unnerves hampered by history remain negatively pressured in coming Gundy Cahyadi, an economist with DBS, months if our assessment of these dynam- said import growth was stronger than ics proves true,” Maguire said. expected, suggesting the current account The G20 economy has kept policy tight may continue to remain under pressure, IATA chief calls for easing of ownership rules and taken steps to dampen imports to although it still looked like the gap could shrink the current-account deficit, which still come in below 3 percent of GDP this DOHA: On New Year’s Day, 1914, Abe Pheil original plane make the first scheduled flight, “There are quite a few airlines here that just had ballooned last year and sparked capi- year. Annual inflation in May picked up to squeezed into the open cockpit of a Benoist which took place a long way from the storm shouldn’t be around,” one delegate said, ask- tal outflows. 7.32 percent from 7.25 percent in April due Type XIV boatplane in St Petersburg, Florida, clouds of conflict gathering in Europe. But ing not to be named. Inflation picked up in May but largely to higher food costs, the data showed, but and became the world’s first airline passenger, experts say the background to today’s owner- met forecasts, underlining expectations was near forecasts for 7.30 percent. On a flying 20 miles in 23 minutes for a specially ship debate lies in decisions taken after the ‘I just see airlines’ that Bank Indonesia will likely leave inter- month-on-month basis, CPI was up 0.16 auctioned fare of $400. Last year three billion last century’s wars, when airspace was Some IATA members are fighting to repel est rates unchanged at its meeting on June percent. people followed in his footsteps. deemed sovereign partly due to fears of mili- incursions by foreign airlines into their mar- 12 to continue bolstering the economy as Analysts mostly expect Bank Indonesia But while the first century of paid flight has tarization. The alternative, treating the sky like kets through subsidiaries. Still, airlines have growth slows. Indonesia’s trade balance to keep rates on hold but maintain a hawk- transformed the passenger experience from a the high seas, was rejected. been creative about getting around the for- slipped to a $1.97 billion deficit in April, ish bias as it stays watchful of inflation. bone-shaking wooden biplane to frills such as Those fears have retreated but the bureau- eign ownership curbs that exist in most of the after two straight months of surpluses, Bank Indonesia has indicated that it will world’s markets, forging global alliances and confounding analysts’ expectations for a continue to adopt a tight monetary policy flat beds, for many investors it provides the cratic landscape remains, with the industry $220 million surplus. The trade deficit was this year to help stabilize the rupiah and to same risk of getting wet as the original hop ruled by bilateral traffic rights limiting market setting up powerful revenue-sharing ventures larger in July last year when it was $2.3 bil- lower the current-account deficit to under across Tampa Bay. access, and backed up by ownership restric- on key markets such as the Atlantic. lion. 3 percent of gross domestic product from Global airlines made $13 billion last year, tions that help to preserve more than 1,000 Abu Dhabi’s Etihad took a step towards Exports in April dropped 3.16 percent 3.3 percent in 2013. — Reuters but a centennial gathering in Doha this week airlines. Despite extensive deregulation and expanding an alternative model based on will hear that margins remain thin, and the consolidation in the United States and building minority equity stakes and sharing industry has rarely if ever covered its cost of Europe, airline leaders say ownership barriers procurement decisions when it offered a long- capital since the original St Petersburg-Tampa are hampering efforts to cope with high fixed awaited tie-up on Sunday with Italian carrier Airboat Line. At the heart of the problem is a costs. Alitalia. Others such as Asia’s largest low-cost debate about whether a unique system of “It is a very fragmented industry because airline AirAsia , which is not a member of IATA, ownership controls and bilateral agreements, you can’t consolidate across political borders,” opt to franchise a single brand through which make it hard for airlines to combine, Tyler said. “If you take the rules that run air- numerous loosely controlled affiliates. should be relaxed. lines and translate them into another indus- Tyler said the cost structures of low-cost “We as an industry wish that we were treat- try, you do get some pretty funny ideas. The airlines and the traditional network carriers ed like any other industry and were able to consequences seem bizarre, yet those are the would converge, especially when the time buy and sell across borders, and merge and ones we work in.” The sheer scale of the IATA comes to share the cost of new airport infra- do business like any other business,” said Tony event staged each year is proof of the indus- structure, and that more non-traditional air- Tyler, director general of the International Air try’s dispersal. Without foreign ownership lines would be welcome in IATA. “I see the Transport Association, whose more than 200 controls, such a summit of industry leaders world differently: I just see airlines,” he said. members are meeting in Doha until June 3. might look rather different. “You could have ICAO, the United Nations aviation agency, “After 100 years, we haven’t found a way of five, 10 or 20 big global brands competing which oversees rules dating back to the 1944 doing that and governments haven’t found a with each other wherever they go, possibly Chicago Convention, last year called for looser way of letting us do it - not yet,” he told with differing regional strengths in different control of ownership and more liberalization. Reuters ahead of IATA’s annual meeting, parts of the world,” Tyler said, asked what the But analysts say that could take decades where a replica of the first boatplane has industry would look like with free ownership. to achieve. “Until the laws are changed, JAKARTA: Workers carry merchandise at the Tanah Abang market in Jakarta yes- been given pride of place. “I am sure you would still find regional air- which is very unlikely, the industry is not terday as Indonesia prepares for Ramadan. Indonesia unexpectedly posted a lines would make a tidy living as specialists in going to change in the way it operates,” said huge trade deficit in April as a controversial ban on mineral ore exports weighed Evolution particular regions.” Privately, some airline UK-based aviation consultant James on Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. — AFP About 3,000 people gathered to watch the chiefs put it more bluntly. Halstead. — Reuters Spanish children face worsening poverty Gazprom gives Kiev extension MADRID: Even before Spain’s economic crisis engulfed her The number of children at risk of poverty in the country home, Patricia Martin struggled to provide for her three chil- has jumped by half a million since 2007, before the start of the into next week in gas dispute dren on her husband’s street sweeper salary of around 900 economic crisis, to 2.5 million, according to a study by Spanish euros ($1,200) a month. But after his hours were slashed and children’s charity Educo. his income halved two years ago, the family has slipped dan- Schools are facing the brunt of the rise in child poverty. At MOSCOW: Russia’s Gazprom gave owes it more than $5 billion in unpaid Poroshenko - are in France this week for gerously towards a life of destitution in their tiny flat in the San Pedro and San Felices school in Burgos in northern Ukraine yesterday an extension into next bills and is running up more debt at a events commemorating the allied forces’ Vallecas, a working class neighborhood in southern Madrid. Spain, a Catholic charter school, teachers say more children week to resolve a gas price dispute at the rate of more than $1 billion per month. “D-Day” landings in Normandy during The couple is facing eviction for not paying their rent for are coming to class without having showered because the heart of the two countries’ confrontation, Moscow had previously threatened to World War Two. over a year and relies on food banks to feed their children. water has been turned off at home due to unpaid bills, the a day before Moscow was due to switch switch off Ukraine’s gas as soon as this The Kremlin has announced no plans When it rains, Martin keeps her children at home instead of school’s director, Father Modesto Diez, said. off the gas unless Kiev paid in advance. Tuesday unless it began paying up front for talks with Poroshenko or US President having them walk one hour to school because they cannot “They lack electricity and water at home, they live in defi- The argument over prices for natural for supplies, a measure that could poten- Barack Obama during Putin’s visit on afford the bus fare. cient housing, their basic needs are not met. They come to gas has quietly simmered in the back- tially have also hit European supplies Thursday and Friday but has said it can- “If I don’t have a snack to send with them I pretend I forgot class badly dressed and without eating properly,” he said. ground even as the two countries have shipped through Ukrainian pipes. not rule out the possibility of informal to prepare it,” the 30-year-old said as her son, aged seven, and Tensions are rising as a result. Children’s charities say the squared off over Moscow’s seizure of But after Kiev paid some of its gas meetings. They are all due to attend a two daughters, aged eight and 10, played in a playground economic downturn has caused cases of child abuse to soar. Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula and over a debt, Gazprom announced a six-day lunch on June 6. Putin has pulled back near their home. A nationwide youth hotline run by the ANAR Foundation on pro-Russian rebel uprising in eastern extension of the deadline until June 9. some of the tens of thousands of troops “They don’t say anything but it’s very hard,” she added, her Tuesday reported a “worrying” rise in the number of calls it Ukraine. Since a pro-Moscow president Gazprom also said that it would not sue he had massed on Ukraine’s border and eyes swelling with tears. “I try to make the difficult situation received last year from children suffering physical or psycho- was toppled in Ukraine in February, Ukraine’s gas supplier Naftogaz over says he is prepared to work with they are living as easy to take as possible.” Six years after a logical abuse at home. “We believe one of the reasons for this Russia has demanded a sharp increase unpaid bills during the coming week. Poroshenko, who won a landslide presi- massive property boom went bust, wiping out millions of increase in abuse is unemployment and the economic difficul- in the price Ukraine pays for gas. Kiev “Payment for May should be done dential election a week ago. But the past jobs, Spain is facing a sharp rise in child poverty as govern- ties faced by families, which heightens tensions and increases says it cannot afford it and wants to pay before June 9,” Gazprom CEO Alexei week has also seen a sharp increase in ment spending cuts and sky-high unemployment take their aggression in families,” the group’s program director, Benjamin a discounted price which it negotiated Miller said in a statement. That means violence in eastern Ukraine, with dozens toll. Ballesteros, told a news conference. — AP in the past. gas will continue to flow to Ukraine and of pro-Moscow rebel fighters killed in a While the dispute has gone on, Europe while President Vladimir Putin government assault, most of them Gazprom has continued billing Kiev at and other world leaders - including Russians whose bodies were sent back Weather favors Black Sea grain the higher rate. It says Ukraine already Ukraine’s new president-elect Petro across the border. — Reuters crops, brightens forecasts MOSCOW/KIEV: Favorable weather in May has brightened ministry. Ukraine grain traders’ union UZA estimated its prospects for the 2014 grain harvest in Russia and Ukraine, grain exports at 30 million to 32 million tons. easing risks related to the lack of financing available for Russia’s Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR) sowing, analysts and traders said yesterday. The neighbor- has slightly raised its 2014 grain crop forecast to 95 million ing countries are both large grain exporters via the Black tons from 94.5 million thanks to last week’s rain. Sea, shipping grain to North Africa and the Middle East. “There was rain in some regions, but it’s still needed in Despite limited lending for farmers due to Ukraine’s politi- other regions,” Dmitry Rylko, the head of IKAR, the Moscow- cal crisis, spring grain sowing has gone ahead at a normal based agricultural consultancy, said. pace. Russia’s Volga Federal district is likely to face a lack of soil “The situation is close to ideal,” said a Kiev-based trader. moisture, the Russian state weather forecaster said last He saw the potential for Ukraine’s crop at 60 million tons or week. According to the Moscow-based trader, however, the more. “We need some rain in June, and that would guaran- district did receive rain during the weekend. Weather in the tee a record harvest.” According to a Moscow-based trader, major growing regions of Russia is expected to be warmer rain late last week has improved the condition of crops in than usual in June with a normal level of precipitation. several Russian regions from normal to good and has eased Dry weather in some regions in recent weeks will not the situation in a few regions from difficult to normal. have a significant effect on the winter grain crop, another “The overall mood (of farmers) is very positive,” he said. Moscow-based consulting firm SovEcon said in a note. Russia’s agriculture ministry forecast the 2014 grain crop “There are risks for the spring grain crop, but they are would be the largest in six years at 100 million tons, up from already taken into account in our forecast.” 92 million a year ago. Ukraine’s 2014 grain harvest may SovEcon has kept its forecast for the 2014 grain crop exceed last year’s record output of 63 million tons, accord- unchanged at 90 million tons, including 50 million tons of ing to Ukraine’s state weather forecasting centre. wheat. Russia’s southern and central regions, vital for wheat “So far, the conditions have been favorable, and if there exports, are growing mainly winter wheat. According to is more rain in June, then I would call the condition as bril- SovEcon’s index, the condition of winter grains plantings liant for further improvement of the crop size estimates,” last week was slightly better than the average of recent another Kiev-based trader said. Russia is expected to export years, while spring grains were doing slightly worse than in BERLIN: Alexey Miller, CEO of the Russian energy supplier Gazprom, listens during a press conference as 25 million tons of grain during the 2014/15 marketing year, recent years. Winter wheat accounts for around 95 percent part of a meeting of the European Union energy commissioner Guenther Oettinger and Russia’s energy min- which starts on July 1, flat year-on-year, according to the of Ukraine’s overall wheat production. — Reuters ister Alexander Novak and Ukraine’s energy minister Yuri Prodan in Berlin. — AP BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Asia shares up after Wall Street highs

HONG KONG: Asian markets rose yester- trading clues, as well as the European day, buoyed by record closes on Wall Street, Central Bank meeting on Thursday. as investors await US employment figures US employment data, including initial this week and possible European easing jobless claims, non-farm payrolls data and measures. the latest unemployment rate will be The dollar gained in Asia while weak released Thursday and Friday. “Thursday’s Japanese data weighed on the yen. The ECB meeting and Friday’s US payrolls report euro continued to face pressure before this dominate the international skyline,” week’s European Central Bank board meet- National Australia Bank said. Financial mar- ing, which many expect will see an easing kets are betting on an interest rate cut from of monetary policy. Tokyo closed up 2.07 the ECB as low inflation, the strong euro percent, or 303.54 points, to finish at a two- and anaemic credit finally spur it into month high of 14,935.92, while Seoul action. In foreign exchange trading, the climbed 0.35 percent, or 7.04 points, to greenback fetched 102.02 yen compared 2,002.00. with 101.75 yen in New York on Friday after- Sydney rose 0.47 percent, or 25.95 points, noon. to 5,518.5. Financial markets in Hong Kong, The euro rose to 139.01 yen from 138.75 China, Taiwan and New Zealand were closed yen, but weakened to $1.3626 against for public holidays. The jump in Tokyo came $1.3630 in US trade. On Friday weaker after record finishes on Wall Street Friday fol- Japanese household spending and factory lowing a flurry of merger and acquisition output highlighted the negative impact of activity, and China’s release of positive man- last month’s sales tax rise, raising the possi- ufacturing data over the weekend. bility of further action by the Bank of Japan The Dow Jones Industrial Average to counter any downturn. advanced 0.67 percent, or 110.90 points, Bangkok rose 1.78 percent or 25.21 over the week to 16,717.17 Friday, setting a points to 1,440.94. Siam Cement gained fresh record. The broad-based S&P 500 3.83 percent to 434.00 baht, while telecoms tacked on 23.04 (1.21 percent) over the company True Corporation soared 6.34 per- week to 1,923.57, also a new record, while cent to 7.55 baht. the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index rose Jakarta ended up 0.37 percent, or 18.18 56.81 (1.36 percent) to 4,242.62. points, to close at 4,912.09. Bank Central Canadian pharmaceutical firm Valeant Asia gained 3.48 percent to 11,150 rupiah, Pharmaceuticals International raised its bid while retailer Matahari Department Store on Wednesday for Botox-maker Allergan slipped 4.30 percent to 13,900 rupiah. and then raised it again on Friday to about Kuala Lumpur fell 0.49 percent or 9.13 $53.5 billion. The food industry was also in points to 1,864.25. Petronas Gas ended 2.8 focus as US meat processing giant Tyson percent lower at 23.82 ringgit, while Top Foods and Brazilian heavyweight JBS both Glove fell 0.8 percent to 4.80. Genting launched unsolicited takeover campaigns Malaysia soared 3.7 percent to 4.22 ringgit. for Hillshire Brands. Manila closed up 0.94 percent, or 62.75 points, at 6,710.40. Philippine Long Positive China data Distance Telephone gained 2.06 percent to There was some regional cheer after fig- close at 2,878 pesos. Ayala Corp rose 1.54 ures released by China on Sunday showed percent to 672.50 pesos. manufacturing activity strengthening to a five-month high in May. The official pur- Mumbai rose 1.93 percent to 467.51 chasing managers index reached 50.8 in points, ending at 24,684.85 points. May, the National Bureau of Statistics said, Syndicate Bank surged 12.13 percent to up from 50.4 in March. 158.10 rupees while Reliance Capital The index tracks manufacturing activity gained 11.19 percent to 585.25 rupees. and is a closely watched indicator of the Singapore closed 0.19 percent higher, health of the economy. A reading above 50 gaining 6.39 points, to 3,302.24. Oil rig indicates growth. With few other catalysts maker Keppel Corp gained 0.38 percent to driving action, investors in Asia are awaiting Sg$10.67 while United Overseas Bank also data including US jobs figures this week for rose 0.58 percent to reach Sg$22.70. — AFP

TOKYO: A woman looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo yes- terday. Share prices rose cautiously in Asia yesterday after the Dow Jones index closed last week at a record high and market players waited for a US jobs report later in the week for confirmation of such optimism about the American economy. — AP Brent rises towards $110, China data revives hopes

LONDON: Brent oil futures climbed US importers. Brent is expected to towards $110 a barrel yesterday as break support at $109.41 soon and data showing China’s factory activity then fall further to $108.43, while US expanded at its quickest pace in five oil is expected to end its current weak months in May revived hopes of rebound around resistance at $103.14 healthy demand growth in the world’s and then drop to support at $102.30, second-biggest oil consumer. according to Reuters technical analyst The strong data reinforced views Wang Tao. While oil prices drew sup- that China is regaining momentum in port from worries over Ukraine and the second quarter and added to a Libya’s repeated failure to ramp up recent string of positive indicators exports, rising supplies from other pro- from the United States that have sug- ducing countries kept a lid on gains. gested an improvement in the global OPEC’s oil output rose to a three- economic outlook. Brent gained 21 month high in May, a Reuters survey cents to $109.62 a barrel by 1005 GMT, found on Friday, as increased supplies after settling 56 cents down on Friday from Angola and a further gain in to end the week 1 percent lower. U.S. exports from southern Iraq out- oil increased 44 cents to $103.15 a bar- weighed worsening unrest in Libya. rel, after ending the week 1.6 percent Supply from the Organization of the lower. Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) China’s official Purchasing averaged 30.02 million barrels per day Managers’ Index rose to 50.8 in May (bpd), up from 29.68 million bpd in from April’s 50.4, the National Bureau April, according to the survey based on of Statistics said on Sunday, beating shipping data and information from market expectations of 50.6. “Anything sources at oil companies, OPEC and over 50 is good news and is supportive consultants. of prices, but this ... is not a bolt from Iraq’s oil exports rose by 8 percent in the blue so, to some extent is priced May, and a floating terminal was inau- in,” Gareth Lewis-Davies, a senior ener- gurated that will expand shipping gy analyst at BNP Paribas, said. capacity from its southern ports by “Overall, it looks like Brent and WTI, 800,000 bpd, the oil ministry said on though zigzagging, are in a downward Sunday. trend. Gold has followed the same “Looking forward, as OPEC prepare trend as the dollar has strengthened.” A to meet here in Vienna on 11 June, we stronger dollar tends to put pressure see practically no chances that the cur- on commodities including oil, which rent overall target of 30 million barrels are priced in the greenback, as it per day is changed,” JBC analysts said makes them more expensive for non- in a note to clients. — Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Kuwait real estate sales hit record in April

NBK ECONOMIC REPORT KUWAIT: Real estate activity hit a new his- Ahmadi continues to dominate with 38 sector. Individual apartments came in sec- toric record in April, further confirming the percent of transactions, followed by ond, contributing 38 percent of all transac- strengthening of the market thus far in Mubarak Al-Kabeer with 25 percent. Sales of tions in the investment sector - the majority 2014. Sales were up across all sectors with vacant plots, as opposed to finished build- in Mahboula - followed by vacant plots, with an exceptional performance by the residen- ings, accounted for 58 percent of all residen- a 15 percent share. tial sector. Sales totaled KD 447 million, up tial transactions in April. Specifically, 23 per- Sales in the commercial sector soared to 60 percent year-on-year (y/y) and breaking cent of the purchases of vacant plots took KD 37 million in April, more than tripling the 400 million mark for a second time in place in Sabah Al-Ahmed Sea City, followed from a year ago. The sector recorded 12 less than a year. by Abu Futaira and Funaitees, which com- transactions, with two of them worth more Sales in the residential sector reached KD bined accounted for another 20 percent. than KD 7 million each. Sales in this sector 220 million in April, a 45 percent y/y Sales in the investment sector stood at can be relatively volatile month-to-month. increase. Although there was a 20 percent KD 189 million in April, up 63 percent y/y. While the sector’s performance in the first y/y decline in the number of transactions to The sector also saw a small 2 percent y/y two months of 2014 seemed to be cooling, 476, this was more than offset by a rise in increase in the number of transactions, March and April sales confirmed a strong the average transaction value, up 80 percent recording 186 transactions by the end of bounce back. y/y. One single large transaction, worth KD April. As a result of the increases, the aver- Kuwait Credit Bank approved KD 30 mil- 40 million, skewed the numbers upward. It age size of transaction rose by 50 percent lion in loans in April, down 17 percent from is worth noting that despite strong year-on- y/y, to KD 1.019 million. The sector wit- a year ago. The past year has nevertheless year increases in sales, the number of trans- nessed three fairly large transactions, all for been a very active year for the bank. The actions has been dropping (year-on-year) in vacant plots in Salmiya, totaling a combined slowdown in the past couple of months may past months, a possible reflection of the KD 23 million. be linked to a slowdown in the distribution short supply of residential properties avail- Whole buildings accounted for 46 per- of plots. The Bank also disbursed KD 20 mil- able on the market. cent of all transactions in the investment lion in loans. India’s factory orders hit three-month peak Inflation risk remains high on eve of CB meeting NEW DELHI: Indian manufacturing orders hit a three-week peak of 24,684.85 points. But the ing traction. Industry has been clamoring for a three-month high in May, according to a HSBC survey also highlighted inflation worries. India’s central bank to cut interest rates from business survey yesterday that also flagged While factory input price pressures eased, an 18-month high of eight percent to spur stubborn inflation risks on the eve of a key it showed output prices rising, meaning the growth that is around half the level of that monetary policy-setting meeting. The HSBC central bank cannot lower its inflation guard during the country’s boom years. Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) survey, when it holds its first policy-setting meeting But with consumer inflation near double- keenly watched as a portent of industrial yesterday since Modi took office, economists digits, the hawkish central bank was expected expansion and overall economic health, said. Government data Friday showed the today to leave its benchmark lending rate comes as India looks to new Prime Minister economy stuck in low gear, growing by 4.7 unchanged. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, Narendra Modi to engineer a growth rebound percent year-on-year in the 12 months to which in opposition also demanded lower in Asia’s third-largest economy. March 2014 — the second consecutive year of rates, appeared to be toning down its stance. “The momentum in the manufacturing sec- sub-five percent expansion. Analysts said the “We must move towards an era of fiscal disci- tor improved at the margin, thanks to higher data was a reminder of the stark challenges pline where we can reduce the fiscal deficit, domestic and export order flows,” said Frederic facing the new pro-business government. contain inflation and improve our growth Neumann, HSBC co-head of Asian economics. “The election was clearly a game-changer. rates,” Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a The PMI showed new orders, an important for- Still, it’s important to remain realistic about Facebook post. ward-looking indicator, jumped a full point to how quickly things will improve,” Neumann There are also forecasts that the monsoon, 53.2 from 52.5 in April while overall manufac- said, adding even if “the low point may be India’s crop lifeline, may be weak which could turing output edged up to 51.4 in May from past us, recovery will likely prove only grad- further fuel food price rises. The Association of 51.3 the previous month, the seventh straight ual”. Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India monthly rise. India’s PMI figures were more downbeat said the central bank might cut rates by a A reading of over 50 points indicates than HSBC’s China PMI released Sunday. These “symbolic” 25-basis points but economists dis- KARACHI: A Pakistani laborer sorts onions at a vegetable market in Karachi yes- expansion, below 50 a contraction. The survey showed factory activity expanded in May at agreed. “I strongly feel the central bank will terday. Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will present the country’s annual propelled the Bombay Stock Exchange’s the fastest rate in five months, stoking hopes hold rates steady,” said Bank of Baroda chief budget for FY 2014-2015 in the National Assembly today. — AFP benchmark index nearly two percent higher to the world’s second-largest economy is regain- economist Rupa Rege Nitsure. — AFP

Malawi’s new Abe’s reform plan shows many tough calls deferred president aims to TOKYO: A draft plan to boost Japanese growth promis- rations will be allowed to own farmland and whether also has a more immediate target: lifting investor senti- es to overhaul corporate governance, promote technol- the government will back easier visa access for some ment at a time when confidence in “Abenomics” has rebuild economy ogy and attract private investment, but it leaves many domestic workers - both controversial issues are marked been fading and the Nikkei stock average is down 8 per- of the toughest questions unanswered as the country as “pending” in the still-evolving policy draft. cent since the start of the year. BLANTYRE: Malawi President Peter Mutharika seeks to claw its way out of a crippling cycle of defla- The document also does not mention whether Abe’s The Abe policy draft entitled “Japan Industrial Revival said yesterday economic stability and national tion. government will push for legalizing casino gambling in Plan” paints a vision of an innovative Japanese economy unity would be the focus of his government as The 60-page draft outline of Prime Minister Shinzo Japan, a step that proponents say could drive up that would also be more transparent, more open to he became the fifth leader of the southern Abe’s growth strategy reviewed by Reuters, which has tourism and tax revenues in Tokyo and elsewhere. The women in the workplace and friendlier to foreign African state following a disputed election. not been made public, gives no details of how and draft plan was compiled by government ministries and investors. Most of the policy commitments are broad Mutharika, declared the winner of the May 20 whether the government would cut the corporate tax will form the basis of Abe’s “third arrow” reform update and lack detail on funding or related legislation, howev- election last week, said his administration would rate. Nor does it detail plans to overhaul the nation’s due to be announced later this month. er. The draft growth plan offers a range of “key perform- target annual economic growth of 7 percent and public pension fund, known as GPIF, another of the Abe’s growth plan is aimed at lifting the potential ance indicators” to measure whether the plan is suc- promised a lean cabinet of 20, including deputy most closely watched policy measures for investors in output of an economy that has been mired in deflation ceeding in lifting Japan’s potential growth rate, but ministers - half the size of previous governments. Japan’s stock market. since the late 1990s, coupled with an aggressive pro- many are set for 2020 or beyond. The next general elec- “We are determined to change the direction of Other unanswered questions include whether corpo- gram of quantitative easing by the Bank of Japan. But it tion is due by December 2016. — Reuters the economy. This is why ...I chose a running mate outside of political ranks,” Mutharika said in his inauguration speech. UK manufacturing, Thailand rulers draw up The new vice president, Saulos Chilima, is an mortgage data point economist and former Managing Director of telecommunications firm Airtel, a local unit of to balanced recovery new economic measures Bharti Airtel. Mutharika, a former law professor, LONDON: Britain’s economic recovery is showing signs of a also sought to mend fences with his predecessor healthier balance after data yesterday suggested some of the BANGKOK: The military junta running Thailand has structure and report to him next week. Joyce Banda, who at one point disputed the heat is coming out of the housing market while manufactur- drawn up a list of emergency measures such as price caps validity of the vote and demanded a re-run. ing remains strong. Mortgage approvals fell to a nine-month on fuel and loan guarantees for small firms to kick-start State enterprises Banda did not attend Mutharika’s inauguration in low in April, the Bank of England said, suggesting new meas- an economy threatened by recession after months of The Nation newspaper said state enterprises, including Thai Airways International Pcl and the State Railway of the commercial capital, Blantyre. ures to control mortgage lending were leaving their mark. political turmoil. The plans, outlined by Air Chief Marshal Prajin Juntong Thailand, would put investment plans to Prajin yesterday and “I look forward to shaking hands with her to A separate survey showed that growth in the manufactur- late on Sunday after a meeting with officials at economic these would also be discussed with Prayuth this week. TMB bury the past. I come to her with an olive ing sector dipped only slightly in May and was still robust. ministries, take in longer-term measures such as the Bank said the economy should pick up under the new gov- “The UK’s economic rebound looks an awful lot healthier after branch. Don’t let it drop,” Mutharika said. The development of special economic zones on the borders ernment and it expected its loan book to grow 10 percent today’s data, with more evidence that this is no credit-fuelled poll, which was plagued by logistical problems with Myanmar, Laos and Malaysia. The military toppled this year rather than 6 to 8 percent. It used to be known as bubble,” said Rob Wood, an economist at Berenberg bank. and followed by sporadic protests, was declared the remnants of former Prime Minister Yingluck Thai Military Bank and the armed forces retain a small stake, generally “free, peaceful and credible” by a But with business investment still lagging, Britain may Shinawatra’s administration on May 22 after months of with Prayuth sitting on its board. Southern African Development Community struggle to move away from consumer-led growth any time protests that had forced government ministries to close, Moody’s Investors Service affirmed Thailand’s Baa1 credit observer mission. soon. Britain’s surprisingly fast economic revival since last year hurt business confidence and caused the economy to rating yesterday with a stable outlook, based on the coun- has been driven largely by consumer spending and an upturn Mutharika, 74, is the brother of president shrink. try’s manageable debt profile, its fiscal controls, the strength in the housing market, underpinned by record low interest Bingu wa Mutharika, who died in office in April The coup was the latest convulsion in a decade-long of economic bodies such as the Bank of Thailand and a likely rates. Policymakers have long wanted to see a stronger contri- conflict that pits the Bangkok-based royalist establish- current account surplus this year. 2012. bution from manufacturing and business investment and the Banda took over after his death and tried to ment, dominated by the military, old-money families and In a commentary on May 26, it had expressed concern Bank of England has sounded increasingly concerned in the bureaucracy, against supporters of Yingluck’s elder about the repeated political disruption in Thailand, saying it rebuild an economy hammered by fuel and dol- recent weeks about the risk of the housing market overheat- brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, who is adored by the poor in had held back economic development over the longer term. lar shortages, but prices have soared since she ing. the north and northeast. Prayuth, in a televised address on Friday, said the military devalued the kwacha currency on the advice of The BoE data showed lenders approved 62,918 mortgages Yingluck herself was ordered to step down two weeks would need time to reconcile Thailand’s antagonistic political the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In in April, the fewest since last July and 17 percent below a six- before the coup when a court found her guilty of abuse of forces and push through reforms, indicating there would be January, the IMF rated Malawi’s economic per- year high in January. It was the third consecutive monthly power. Considered the power behind Yingluck’s govern- no general election for about 15 months. formance “broadly satisfactory” after completing slowdown and below the 64,750 forecast in a Reuters poll. ment, former telecommunications tycoon Thaksin was The United States, European Union countries and others its third and fourth reviews under a credit facili- At the same time, the Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing ousted as prime minister in a coup in 2006 and has lived in have called for the military to restore democracy quickly, ty, enabling the Fund to disburse around $20 Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) inched down in May to self-imposed exile since fleeing a 2008 conviction for release political detainees and end censorship. As well as million. But recent revelations of corruption - 57.0, as expected in a Reuters poll but stayed far above the 50 abuse of power. working to revive the economy, the military council has line that divides growth from contraction. New orders piled in dubbed ‘Cashgate’ in the Malawi media - led key Air Chief Marshal Prajin, who is overseeing economic moved to suppress criticism of the coup and nip protests in at a healthy rate and manufacturers took on more staff, albeit matters for the junta, said 30 urgent proposals on the the bud. Yingluck, as well as prominent supporters of the donors to withhold millions of dollars in budget at a slightly slower pace than in April. economy would be discussed with coup leader General Shinawatras, have been briefly detained and warned against support to a country that has traditionally relied The BoE said yesterday that lending to non-financial busi- Prayuth Chan-ocha today and tomorrow. Among them, any anti-military activities. on foreign aid for around 40 percent of its budg- nesses shrank by 2.4 billion pounds in April on top of a fall of Prajin mentioned a form of price insurance for rice farm- On Sunday, the army council sent 5,700 troops and et. “The scandal is evidence that we had lost our 2.5 billion pounds in March. Lending to small businesses ers. This would replace a costly buying scheme run under police into central Bangkok to stop anti-coup protests, moral compass. We need new morality,” alone also contracted, down 0.6 billion pounds. The data was Yingluck that collapsed when her caretaker government which were mostly limited to small gatherings held around Mutharika said. He added that his administration unlikely to alter expectations that the BoE is likely to raise was unable to find funding, leaving hundreds of thou- shopping malls. The military has banned political gather- would pursue a foreign policy that was in the interest rates in the second quarter of 2015 and that it will try sands of farmers unpaid for months. ings of five or more people and protests that have taken best interest of the country. other measures to head off the risk of a bubble in the housing The military rulers said they would also tackle the prob- place in Bangkok since the May 22 putsch have been small “Let me assure the West that we’ll maintain market, possibly as soon as this month. lem of loan sharks, made worse by the hardship suffered and brief. On Saturday, as on the two previous days, the traditional ties, but we now also have new Berenberg’s Wood said “tighter mortgage regulations are by farmers because of the rice fiasco, and are looking at authorities closed normally busy roads around Victory low-cost home loans to be offered through the Monument, which was becoming a focal point for opposi- friends,” he said, citing in particular China, Brazil more a speed bump than a road block for the housing mar- ket”, where house prices have grown around 10 percent over Government Housing Bank. Prajin said he had told the tion to the coup. The area was flooded with police and and India. — Reuters the past year. — Reuters Finance Ministry to look at a complete overhaul of the tax troops but no protesters turned up. — Reuters BUSINESS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Good deals are here making it a great time to buy your home Home loans at just 6.99% on all Puravankara Homes

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KUWAIT: Eurotech for training and consulting has made Kuwait proud again, having been selected by the world confederation of business (Worldcob) to receive the most important busi- ness award in the world “The Bizz 2014“. This award was given out at gala ceremony at Hilton Molino stucky , Venice, Italy recently . The World Confederation of Businesses (Worldcob), an international organization head- quartered in Houston, Texas (USA) has awarded Eurotech with The Bizz trophy under the catego- ry of “The Most Inspirational Company “. Worldcob is a leading business organization dedicated to fostering the development and growth over 3,000 companies from 120 coun- X-cite by Alghanim Electronics tries. It recognizes and boosts the growth of the world’s most outstanding companies and busi- wins ‘Best Retailer’ and ‘Kuwait nessmen, as well as promoting corporate social responsibility Retail Executive of the Year’ “After careful evaluation of managerial lead- ership, management systems, product and serv- KUWAIT: For the sixth time in a row, X-cite by ogy products within a world class retail envi- ice quality, managerial creativity, managerial Alghanim Electronics won the “Kuwait Retailer ronment. innovation, social support, and results obtained, of the Year” award from Middle East Retail In addition, Joel Hanson, X-cite’s IT & the evaluation committee appreciatively reward- Academy (MERA). The award ceremony was Gaming Category Head, also took home for the ed Eurotech as the “ Most Inspirational to continuously improve on our initiatives. This year adds color to this exceptional achievement. part of the annual 2014 DISTREE channel net- 2nd year in a row, the “Kuwait Retail Executive Company” in the Middle East. Through their supports the vision that has been set by the Winning this award is a testament to our per- working event held at Abu Dhabi, UAE. The of the Year” award. This is attributed to the managerial excellence they have become lead- management for the progress of Eurotech. The formance which is underpinned by best practice, award is granted to international retailers for effective promotions and creative ideas in ers and have demonstrated market superiority”, year has been a challenging one for everyone in integrity, innovation and our dedication to cus- excellence in retailing across a range of criteria offering the latest technology and most inno- said Jesus J Moran, President of Worldcob. the training industry and it is pleasing to note tomer care. that includes successful channel engagement vative products to customers. It is also a reflec- The Bizz Awards Committee had a distin- that our efforts to improve our customer experi- This award will help Eurotech continue to strategy, implementation of best business tion of the positive work environment, numer- guished panel of judges who took into account ence have been appreciated and recognized grow as a company increasing its commercial practice in retailing and in being able to pro- ous talents, and promising leadership develop- a number of key features of the organization across the region as well as globally. At Eurotech, relations generating more business, and adding vide its customers access to the latest technol- ment opportunities at Alghanim Industries. before reaching their decision. Eurotech scored we have always put our customers first and a shine to its corporate image consistently high on all parameters to emerge as would continue to do so in the future. Being at Last year’s winners in the Middle East include: a winner in the Most Inspirational Company cat- the forefront with advancements in every sphere the National Bank of Bahrain, Doha Bank, Qatar egory for Middle East. has been a key priority for Eurotech and would Airways, Karabuk University - Turkey, Oman CEO Fadi Jawad said: “This is the third consec- remain so in the years to come.” Arab Bank, Credit Libanais Bank, and Saudi utive award that Eurotech has won, This award is Moreover, to be chosen for the Bizz award Telecom Company - STC, among other great a significant validation of our concerted efforts while we celebrate our 15th Anniversary this companies. Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Leadership Program extends application deadline to June 7

KUWAIT: The Abdulaziz Bin Humaid Leadership The next step in selecting candidates will be Program, a first-of-its-kind program that aims to the interview process, which will commence in empower talented young individuals with essen- June after the application window closes. Each tial leadership qualities, has extended the dead- interview will personally be conducted by two line for applicants to its 2014/15 edition by one ALP committee members, lasting around 30 min- week, to 7th June. utes per candidate. As of 1st June, 165 GCC nationals - 96 men The ALP’s main sponsor is Ajman Holding, and 69 women - have applied for a place on the which consolidates the various large scale infra- ALP. That number includes 51 applicants from structure and investment projects that con- the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 59 from the United tribute towards the Emirate’s economic, social Arab Emirates, 30 from Oman, 15 from Bahrain, and industrial development. The group is looking Etihad Airways offers and 10 from Kuwait. Faisal Al-Nuaimi, Head of to forge partnerships with other organizations the committee at ALP said, “We are delighted that shares its vision of empowering young lead- enhanced access to India that the ALP has attracted such strong interest ers through the ALP. from potential candidates thus far, and are The Ajman Holding Group takes advantage of extending the registration period to enable as a strategic location at the crossroads of trade Codeshare with Jet Airways expanded many young GCC nationals as possible to take between the East and West, offering the latest advantage of this unique opportunity.” lifestyle standards that reflect its contemporary ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kozhikode, “The benefits of undertaking the ALP are vision. Its core values encompass accountability, national airline of the United Arab Mumbai, New Delhi and Trivandrum, is unparalleled: delegates will learn the science of Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi efficiency, transparency, objectivity, professional- Emirates, has announced a major further supported by the relationship effective leadership, be taught by and network Application is open to all GCC nationals ism, integrity and quality - all integral values for expansion of its codeshare agreement we have developed with our equity with the best and brightest people, and improve between the ages of 25 and 35 who have at least effective leadership. A total of 109 candidates with Jet Airways, offering travellers alliance partner Jet Airways. their soft skills and confidence -in a Program a higher diploma, a minimum of two years’ work applied for the ALP’s pilot scheme last year. Of enhanced connections throughout “This codeshare expansion is a mile- which Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Humaid Al-Nuaimi is experience, are currently employed and satisfy a these, 78 were invited to complete interviews, India, and linking India with even more stone development for both airlines. In committed to taking a close and personal inter- minimal English skills standard. The Program will and 61 passed through to the next stage. On 26 destinations worldwide. addition to placing our ‘EY’ code on est in. I would urge any person who aspires to be be spread over six months between September September 2013, following a psychometric test, The two airlines have obtained regu- domestic flights within India for the a leader of the future and meets the entrance 2014 and February 2015, encompassing 180 16 candidates were accepted onto the ALP - all of latory approval to codeshare on 43 first time, the agreement now covers all requirements to strongly consider applying if direct learning hours - six hours per day for five whom ultimately completed the Program suc- additional routes, bringing the total six of Jet Airways’ services to Abu they have not done so already.” working days per month. cessfully. number of services in their codeshare Dhabi. This has multiple benefits for agreement to 71. travellers, such as expanded network As part of the expansion, Etihad reach, more frequent services, and Airways has placed its ‘EY’ code on increased convenience. Jet Airways’ domestic services in India for the first guests also benefit from seamless con- time, with the codeshare agreement nections to more destinations globally, now including 31 Jet Airways routes with the airline’s ‘9W’ code placed on from hubs in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai almost 20 per cent more Etihad Airways and Bangalore to regional centres in routes than previously offered.” Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa, Hyderabad, The new codeshare routes are now Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, available for sale and enable members Mangalore, Patna, Trivandrum and of the integrated Etihad Guest and Vadodara. JetPrivilege frequent flyer programs to The codeshare agreement has also earn and redeem miles, while also ben- been updated to incorporate Jet efiting from reciprocal tier level recog- Airways’ international connections from nition across the global networks of Mumbai and Delhi to the Asian tourism both airlines. and economic hubs of Singapore, Hong Prior to this expansion,Etihad Kong and Bangkok, together with serv- Airwayscodeshared on seven routes ices linking Chennai to Abu Dhabi and operated by Jet Airways, with the Burgan Bank provides facilities Singapore. agreement covering flights between Furthermore, Jet Airways has Abu Dhabi and Mumbai, Delhi, Cochin, worth $190 million to UASC strengthened its offering to the US and Bangalore and Hyderabad, together Europe by codesharing on additional with connections from Brussels to KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday that the expand its finance deals with its corporate clients to tion of UASC ‘s financial strategy and expansion plans Etihad Airways routes between Abu Newark and Toronto. bank’s Corporate Banking Group has successfully support them in executing their strategic plans at to offer comprehensive and cost competitive ship- Dhabi and Chicago,New York, Dublin In addition, Jet Airways codeshared completed a bilateral finance deal with United Arab every stage of the business cycle.” Basil Al-Zaid, Chief ping solutions to clients worldwide.” and Milan. on 21 Etihad Airways routes to India Shipping Company (UASC), the largest shipping com- Financial Officer of UASC , commented on the trans- Jorn Hinge, UASC President and Chief Executive James Hogan, President and Chief (Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, pany in the Middle East. The $190 million loan will be action, “Our established strategic relationship with Officer, also remarked, “In an environment where fuel Executive Officer of Etihad Airways, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kozhikode, Mumbai, used for financing the acquisition of two 14,000 TEU Burgan Bank , further cemented through this transac- oil remains the largest cost driver in the industry, our said: “As one of the world’s fastest- New Delhi and Trivandrum), Europe vessels from among UASC ‘s new building order of tion, demonstrates the close co-operation between cutting-edge vessel designs have been developed growing travel markets, India has (Amsterdam, Brussels, Dusseldorf, seventeen vessels comprised of eleven 14,000 TEU UASC and Burgan Bank . with a clear focus on improving cost efficiency and become increasingly important to Frankfurt, Geneva, Manchester, Munich vessels and six 18,000 TEU vessels. As the UASC vision is ‘Linking the Middle East to enhancing environmental friendliness. We are first- Raed Al-Haqhaq, Burgan Bank ‘s Chief Banking the World’ we appreciate Burgan Bank for supporting movers with these ‘Green’ new buildings that will be Etihad Airways. Our current network of and Paris), the US (Washington DC), Officer - Senior General Manager, commented, “We at, this facility. equipped for LNG duel fuel for the first time in the Indian destinations, consisting of Australia (Brisbane), and Africa Burgan Bank, are committed to support a reliable Burgan Bank has showed strong support for the long haul container trades.” UASC is owned by six Gulf Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, (Johannesburg and Nairobi). partner such as UASC on their growth journey. project from the initial stages working alongside oth- countries, namely Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Burgan Bank ‘s corporate banking group continues to er stakeholders to ensure the successful implementa- Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Iraq. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 technology

Maximum performance, maximum value: HTC Desire 310 now in Kuwait KUWAIT: HTC, a global leader in mobile use your phone. Whether you want fast, plan. Simply add up to 120 articles to your innovation and design, has unveiled the responsive web browsing, silky-smooth reading list when connected to WiFi and new HTC Desire 310, bringing seamless graphics when watching videos or play- access them later to enjoy data-free read- multi-tasking, smooth browsing and ing games, or simply the ability to juggle ing on the move. effortless video creation to the entry-level multiple apps, exceptional performance market. Fusing a sophisticated navy blue comes as standard with this device. 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Asus launches ‘world first’ ‘five-mode’ hybrid laptop Acer to unveil new devices at Computex TAIPEI: Leading Taiwanese tech firm Asus unveiled a hybrid device which combines a lap- top, tablet and mobile phone yesterday in what it hailed as a “world first”. The launch came the day before Computex- Asia’s biggest technology trade show-opens its doors in the capital Taipei. Asus chief Jonney Shih showed off the Transformer Book V in front PAYERNE: German test pilot Markus Scherdel lands the new experimental aircraft of a packed house of hundreds of industry lead- “Solar Impulse 2”, after its first flight at the airbase in Payerne, Switzerland, yester- ers, experts and media from around the world. day. The aircraft, which was unveiled April 9, 2014 weighs 2.4 tons with a wingspan “In each of the modes, we offer an uncompro- of 72 meters and more than 17,000 solar cells. The attempt to fly around the world in mised experience, no matter whether for com- stages using only solar energy will be made in 2015. — AFP munication, productivity or entertainment,” Shih said. In a further attempt by the company to diversify into the mobile market, the device has Solar plane makes debut five modes-as a laptop and detachable tablet running both Android and Windows operating with eye on global trip systems, and as an Android phone. The five-inch phone docks into the tablet and PAYERNE: A sun-powered plane made a suc- Atlantic legs of its global mission. promises speeds up to four times faster than 3G. cessful test flight yesterday, clearing a vital hur- The operation in March 2015 will circle the As a laptop, one “hardware button” switches dle towards its goal of a round-the-world trip globe eastwards, making numerous stops on between the two operating systems. next year, its pilot and mission chiefs said. the way. It will start in the Gulf, to benefit from Asus made its name making motherboards Solar Impulse 2 carried out a flight lasting the Middle East’s low-cloud conditions. The but is now the world’s number three tablet sell- two hours and 15 minutes, half an hour longer plane will head over the Arabian Sea to India, er, with a five percent share, and fifth in the PC than scheduled, German test pilot Markus Myanmar and China, then cross the Pacific rankings. Scherdel said. “Everything worked as expected,” Ocean, the United States, the Atlantic, southern The Transformer Book V was met with TAIPEI: Jonney Shih (L), the chairman of Taiwanese electronics company ASUS, introduces the Scherdel told a press conference at an air base Europe and finally North Africa before returning applause from the audience. “I like that it’s a company’s new product called the “ASUS Transformer Book T300 Chi” during a press confer- in Payerne, central Switzerland. to its point of departure. five-in-one-it’s a case of convenience, having ence ahead of the Computex tech show in Taipei yesterday. More than 1,500 exhibitors, includ- “Of course, we have to do more testing, but Speed at night will be limited to 46 kilome- everything in one device,” said Antonin Lee of ing some of the world’s leading technology brands, will set out their stalls at Computex from it’s a good start and I’m looking forward to fly- tres (28.75 miles) per hour to prevent the batter- Taipei-based YouTube channel Techalook. But it June 3, in the capital Taipei, with 130,000 visitors expected for the five-day event. — AFP ing the airplane the next time.” Built from car- ies from being run down too quickly. The pilot also has its limitations, Lee said. year’s Computex is reflecting the surging market waves. “Wearable technology is this year’s bon fibre, the 2.3-tonne plane has four 17.5- sits on a “business class” seat where he can take “It’s not for someone who wants a high-end for smart gadgets, with a new SmarTech area fastest growing category with 59 exhibitors from horsepower electrical motors powered by short naps, although lavatory conditions are smartphone or hardcore gamers who would including sections devoted to wearables, intelli- abroad and Taiwan,” he told a pre-show press 17,248 solar cells studding its fuselage and 72- described as basic. need something more powerful-it’s more for the gent vehicle systems and security. conference yesterday. metre (234-feet) wingspan-as long as that of an He will be helped by a virtual co-pilot that mid-range user. It’s about convenience rather “In recent years technology has shifted drasti- There’s also growing faith among Taiwanese Airbus A380. It is the successor of Solar Impulse, will wake him up and report back any problems than performance.” cally, especially in the field of the Internet of firms, said Li Chang of the Taipei Computer a record-breaking craft that in 2010 notched up to mission control in Switzerland. The master- Things-this year the hottest technology for Association, as exports of ICT products grew 8.6 a 26-hour flight, proving its ability to store minds of the project are Bertrand Piccard, the Drastic shift Computex is IoT,” said Walter Yeh, executive vice percent year on year in the first four months of enough power in lithium batteries during the scion of a dynasty of Swiss scientists-cum- The Asus launch followed Taiwanese rival president of Taiwan External Trade Development 2014. “We polled around 350 exhibitors and their day to keep flying at night. adventurers, and Andre Borschberg, a former Acer’s announcement of its first smart wearable Council (TAITRA), which co-organises the show. confidence in the outlook for the industry is ris- The forerunner was put through its paces in Swiss airforce pilot. Friday, the Liquid Leap wristband with fitness IoT sees everyday objects from home appli- ing, and that’s based on concrete export figures,” Europe, crossed the Mediterranean to reach Piccard made history in 1999 by becoming tracking, phone and SMS notification and music ances to cars linked to the Internet and able to Chang told AFP. Computex is set to attract Morocco and traversed the United States last the first person to fly around the world in a hot- control, which will be sold together with its communicate with other devices, providing an 130,000 visitors over four days and will see the year without using a drop of fossil fuel. air balloon. He and Borschberg founded Solar Liquid Jade smartphone. extensive flow of personal data. launch of 40 new products this year, with The goal with Solar Impulse 2 is to fly non- Impulse a dozen years ago, frustrated with tradi- Acer will also unveil these new devices at A fifth of exhibitors will be from the IoT sec- Microsoft, Intel and Ford among the leading stop for more than 120 hours-five days and five tional airplane makers who refused to take Computex. Traditionally a PC-focused show, this tor, said Yeh, with wearables making the biggest global brands attending. — AFP nights-enabling it to cross the Pacific and them seriously. — AFP

Ismaeel Horani during his inspiring speech Loyola and Farees revealing the new product Nasser Odeh with one of the event winners Samsung helps survive this summer’s heat

KUWAIT: Andalus Trading Co. the exclusive distributor clean air throughout the entire room by eliminating for Samsung home appliances in Kuwait has announced dust, air -born virus and allergens. In addition, the launch of a new range of smart home appliances Samsung’s air conditioner is equipped with a triple-pro- under the name Giant of the Global Industry. tector feature that ensures long lasting protection and The announcement was made during a ceremony performance even in the challenging climatic condi- held by the company at the Symphony Style Hotel, in tions in Kuwait. the presence of some of its important clients as well as a Ismail Al-Hawarni, General Manager of Andalus group journalists and press specialists to reveal the new Trading Company ensured the fact that the new model range of products. of Samsung air condition is a great addition to the pres- Samsung brings the solution with the Samsung’s lat- ent models of air conditions. “We are keen to meet the est addition in its air conditioning range, the innovative expectations of our customers, who are used to find A3050, thanks to its “Triangle Design”, “Easy Filter” and best quality air conditions for competitive prices,” he “Virus Doctor” features, which makes the environment noted. comfortable while keeping energy consumption levels “Most of us have experienced air conditioning dis- low, helping to keep the planet green and reduce your agreements at the office, which in many cases have monthly electricity expenses. turned into a battle between employees with women The A3050 air conditioner with its innovative 2-step usually complaining more about the cool temperature cooling technology cools the room quickly and offers due to the AC at the office. And Samsung A3050 air con- comfort cooling without giving you chills. At the same ditioner brings the solution through its innovative tech- time, the “Double Virus Care “ feature offers fresh and nology,” stressed Al-Hawarni. Ashraf Abdulsalam, Ismail Al-Hawarni, Mohammed Gharaybe & Ghassan Rababaa. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

In climate change fight, Obama gets tough on coal

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama is doubling down in the into account as they consider what to operate and what to shut down launched in California. fight against climate change. With Congress refusing to budge, he is going forward.” Obama, who made the battle against climate change a core promise poised to unveil sweeping new limits on carbon emissions. of this 2008 election campaign, tried but failed to implement this quota On Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected Sensitive issue system on a federal level due to opposition from lawmakers. to unveil proposals for drastic cuts in carbon emissions from power Climate change is a hot-button issue in American politics. Republicans, In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama defended his regulatory plants, which account for 40 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the who control the House of Representatives, are against any new law approach, stressing that climate change was “no longer a distant threat” United States. touching on it, with some even disputing the existence of global warm- but a reality. “The shift to a cleaner energy economy won’t happen overnight, and ing. Others cast doubt on whether humans are to blame for the phe- “We limit the amount of toxic chemicals like mercury, sulfur, and it will require tough choices along the way,” Obama said Saturday in his nomenon. arsenic that power plants put in our air and water. But they can dump weekly radio and Internet address. Stymied on the legislative front, the White House is now poised to act unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into the air,” he said. “It’s not smart, “But a low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth on a regulatory level via the EPA by evoking the Clean Air Act-an it’s not safe, and it doesn’t make sense.” for decades to come.” Even as natural gas gains in popularity, coal remains approach criticized by some industry advocates who warn such action a key component in the American energy landscape. Wyoming leads the could lead to major job losses. ‘Killing American jobs’ pack of 25 states that mine the fossil fuel, followed by West Virginia, This new initiative-which also aims to promote renewable energy Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists said the setting of Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Illinois. sources such as solar and wind, as well as energy efficiency-is part of a standards for coal-fired power plants is the “centerpiece” of Obama’s cli- Hundreds of coal-fired power plants dotted across the country pro- larger climate action plan announced by Obama a year ago. mate action plan and will be closely eyed abroad ahead of an internation- vide about 37 percent of the US electricity supply, ahead of natural gas In 2009, the US leader pledged to reduce the country’s greenhouse al climate conference to be held in Paris in late 2015. (30 percent) and nuclear reactors (19 percent). While the extent of the gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 compared to 2005 levels. “Other countries will be watching quite closely and they will also be measures have yet to be disclosed, the main outlines are clear: the admin- waiting to see what the political reaction is: Will it survive the attacks in istration will set emissions reduction targets for each state and then give Cap-and-trade courts or in Congress to try to block it? Will it be continued by the next them leeway in meeting those caps. Among the paths being pursued is the putting in place of cap-and- president?” Meyer said. On Sunday, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing trade programs at the state level to encourage energy companies to Republican House Speaker John Boehner, when asked about the sources briefed on the plan, said the EPA would seek a 30 percent cut in invest in alternative energy or technology that produces less pollution. pending administration announcement, didn’t hide his displeasure. carbon emissions by 2030, as compared with 2005 levels. Those whose emissions surpass the fixed ceiling will have to buy addi- “I’m not qualified to debate the science over climate change. But I am States would be given several options for how to achieve the cuts, the tional quotas, while those whose emissions come in below the threshold astute enough to understand that every proposal that has come out of reports said. “There are a lot of very old and inefficient coal power plants,” can sell their leftover capacity. this administration to deal with climate change involves hurting our said Kevin Kennedy of the World Resources Institute in Washington. A regional market of this type already exists in the US Northeast, tak- economy and killing American jobs,” he said. “That can’t be the prescrip- “This will be another factor in decisions that utilities will need to take ing in a dozen states from Maine to Maryland. A similar initiative has been tion for dealing with changes in our climate.” — AFP Drug helps breast cancer patients keep fertility Might even improve survival: Study

CHICAGO: Doctors may have found a way to help young breast cancer patients avoid infertility caused by chemotherapy. Giving a drug to shut down the ovaries temporarily seems to boost the odds they will work after treatment ends, and it might even improve survival, a study found. “They’re really exciting findings” that could help thousands of women each year in the United States alone, said the study’s leader, Dr Halle Moore of the Cleveland Clinic. “This has implications far beyond breast cancer,” for young women with other types of tumors, too, added Dr. Clifford Hudis, breast cancer chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. He is president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which featured the study at its annual conference in Chicago on Friday. More than 30,000 BETHESDA: Aricca Wallace speaks about beating cervical cancer through advanced, cancer specialists from around the world are attend- cutting-edge procedures during an interview with AFP at the National Institutes of ing. Health (NIH) in Bethesda. — AFP Chemotherapy often causes premature ovarian failure, or early menopause. Doctors think that active ovaries are more susceptible to chemo damage, and FDA calculates costs of lost that making them go dormant and stopping a woman’s monthly cycles might help shield them enjoyment in new e-cig rules from harm. “It’s basically a temporary menopause to prevent NEW YORK: As US health regulators consider ducted by in-house economists with no input permanent menopause,” Moore explained. The study what rules to impose on electronic cigarettes, from political appointees. involved 257 women around the world under age 50 in their tally of costs and benefits they have As to whether using such a large lost-plea- with breast cancers whose growth is not fueled by placed a value on the lost pleasure con- sure factor could weaken regulations, the estrogen. They all had standard chemo and half also sumers may suffer if they used the products spokeswoman said, “We will not prejudge had monthly shots of goserelin, a drug to lower less or not at all. any potential regulatory action.” FDA econo- estrogen and temporarily put the ovaries at rest. Its The U.S. Food and Drug Administration mists have previously hinted that the agency BETHESDA: Dr Christian Hinrichs, assistant clinical investigator at the Center for Cancer main side effects are menopause symptoms - hot Research at the National Cancer Institute, works in his lab where he helped develop advanced, says in a little-noticed document released should apply the idea of lost enjoyment in flashes and vaginal dryness. alongside its proposals for regulations in April areas beyond tobacco. cutting-edge procedures to cure 2 women of a rare form of cervical cancer, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. — AFP that the projected benefits of the new rules, In a paper published online this year in the Pregnancies which also apply to cigars, hookahs and other journal Health Economics, they argued that Doctors then tracked the women to see how the vapor products, should be cut by 70 percent guilty pleasures like junk food and alcohol are treatments affected fertility. After two years, full to account for the deprivation consumers so enjoyable the benefits of reducing their results were available on 135 participants. Only 8 Docs use immune therapy would suffer. use through regulation should be discounted percent of those given the shots became That means if the agency puts a value of by up to 99 percent. menopausal versus 22 percent of the others who against cervical cancer $100,000 on the longer and improved life The authors were FDA economists Clark didn’t get them. There were 22 pregnancies in the that might be achieved by deterring some- Nardinelli and Rosemarie Lavaty, as well as drug group versus 12 in the other one. That’s encour- one from smoking, then it would cut that Elizabeth Ashley from the White House Office aging, but firm comparisons can’t really be made CHICAGO: Doctors are reporting their first recently in the hunt for ways to boost the benefit assessment to $30,000 because of the of Management and Budget. The cost-benefit because not all women may have been trying to con- success using immune therapy against cervi- body’s natural ability to fight cancer. The most pleasure they lost. analysis of the FDA’s e-cigarette proposal was ceive, and other factors such as a partner’s fertility cal cancer, a disease caused by the virus HPV. success so far has been against the skin cancer The approach is regarded as radical written by the agency’s economics staff, play a role. In a pilot study at the National Cancer melanoma and certain kinds of leukemia. among those who have done cost-benefit which Nardinelli heads. Nardinelli and Lavaty Still, “the difference was enough that in spite of all Institute, the tumors of two out of nine The second woman to have a complete studies for regulators. declined to comment. the limitations in the study, we were pretty convinc- women completely disappeared and those response has been cancer-free for 15 months Some public health advocates warn it will Ashley referred a request for an interview ingly able to see an effect,” Moore said. The benefits women remain cancer-free more than a year so far, said a study leader, Dr. Christian help the tobacco industry argue that the cost to the OMB press office, which said in a state- go beyond preserving fertility, said Dr. Kathy Albain, later. One of the women whose tumors disap- Hinrichs of the Cancer Institute. “There’s no of complying with restrictions on new nico- ment that “the economics profession is still in a breast cancer specialist at Chicago’s Loyola peared is Arrica Wallace, of Manhattan, Kansas, way to know” if the results will be permanent, tine products exceeds any benefit to the pub- the process of determining appropriate data University and one of the study leaders. “Some west of Topeka. She was 35 when her cancer he said. A third woman had tumor shrinkage lic, making it easier to scuttle those rules. and methods that would allow for estimation women don’t care about having children” after breast was discovered in 2011. It spread widely, with that lasted only three months. The other six They also fear it could be applied more of consumer surplus in the context of tobacco.” cancer, but would like to avoid “being jolted into ear- one tumor so large that it blocked half of her women did not respond to treatment and broadly to regulation of products, such as E-cigarette makers are not focusing on ly menopause” by chemo treatment, she said. windpipe. The strongest chemotherapy and researchers are trying to determine why. The food and alcoholic beverages, that is meant FDA’s lost-pleasure calculation, said Ray Story, Surprisingly, doctors also saw better survival among radiation failed to help, and doctors gave her cervical cancer treatment in the institute’s to protect public health. chief executive of the Tobacco Vapor women given goserelin. About four years after treat- less than a year to live. pilot study involved sampling a woman’s “This makes it a lot harder to justify regula- Electronic Cigarette Association, an industry ment, 92 percent of them were alive versus 82 per- “I couldn’t give up,” said Wallace, who has tumor, isolating special immune system cells tions on cost-benefit grounds,” said Dr group. Lorillard, the biggest seller of e-ciga- cent of the others. Again, an encouraging result, but sons aged 8 and 12. Her doctor heard about that were attacking it, multiplying them in the Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine and a rettes in the U.S. with its blu brand, did not the study was too small to determine whether ovari- the immune therapy trial at the Cancer lab and giving them back to the patient in a tobacco control expert at the University of return calls seeking comment. A spokesman an suppression truly affects survival. Institute and got her enrolled.”It’s been 22 one-time infusion. California, San Francisco, who favors tough for Altria, which owns Philip Morris USA, did The National Institutes of Health sponsored the months since treatment and 17 months of Researchers also are testing the treatment regulation of e-cigarettes and cigars. “It will not provide a comment from the company study and researchers originally aimed to enroll 400 completely clean scans” that show no sign of against throat, anal and other cancers caused undermine anything they try to do about when contacted on Friday. women but had to scale back because of govern- cancer, Wallace said. by HPV, the human papillomavirus but do not anything.” ment budget cuts. — AP Researchers have made great strides have results yet. — AP Under a 1993 executive order signed by A novel formula then President Bill Clinton, US regulators are John Graham, who headed the White required to show the benefit of a regulation House Office of Information and Regulatory would exceed its costs. A proposal that would Affairs, which vets agencies’ cost-benefit Second Komodo make a manufacturer spend $1 billion to analyses, under President George W. Bush, avert $100 million in pollution costs, for said he could “not recall a specific instance” instance, would likely not see the light of day. during his 2001-to-2006 tenure “where lost dragon dies at But with novel tobacco and nicotine prod- enjoyment played a significant analytical role.” ucts, the FDA is putting its thumb on the Loss of pleasure had occasionally been Indonesian zoo cost-benefit scale in a way no other agency used when analyzing proposals to ban prod- has before, according to current and former ucts, Graham said, but was not treated as a SURABAYA: A Komodo dragon died yesterday at an regulators and economists who specialize in deduction from benefits, as the FDA is doing. Indonesian zoo infamous for hundreds of animal deaths in such studies. The US Environmental Protection Agency, recent years, an official said. for instance, has incorporated the concept to It was the second of the creatures-which — are the Lost pleasure reflect that people value things like clean air world’s largest living lizards and have a venomous bite — In its proposed rules, the FDA has already in ways the market does not always capture, to die this year at Surabaya zoo, on the main island of Java. treaded lightly. It would ban the sale of e-cig- officials said. Zoo official Liang Kaspe said the lizard was found dead arettes to anyone under 18, but would not The EPA has also used lost pleasure when in its cage in the morning and it was still unclear what the This product image provided by Merck shows the packaging for newly FDA- restrict flavored products, online sales or calculating the costs of pesticide regulations cause was, adding that it may have ingested some kind of approved allergy medications Grastek, left, and Ragwitek. Grastek is used in the advertising. The FDA used the same lost-plea- to account for the possibility that the price of poison. treatment of diagnosed Timothy grass pollen induced allergic rhinitis, with or with- sure analysis when it assessed the costs and apples may rise if growers have to switch to Surabaya zoo, Indonesia’s largest, has been dubbed out conjunctivitis, in adults and children 5 years of age and older. — AP benefits of requiring graphic warning labels using more expensive chemicals or lose more “death zoo” because so many animals have perished there on tobacco products - regulations the indus- of their crop to pests. Consumers would lose prematurely in recent years owing to neglect, including Allergy tablets offer alternative try opposes and that have been blocked by a some pleasure if they could afford to buy orangutans, a tiger and a giraffe. federal court. That was also little noticed out- fewer apples. yesterday’s death came after a Komodo dragon died at TRENTON: For decades, seasonal allergy ance to grass or ragweed pollen. side a small group of public health advocates In such cases, former officials said, the the zoo in February. The management of the zoo has been sufferers had two therapy options to ease The downside: The pills, from drugmak- and other policy experts. adjustment was relatively small, much less taken over by the Surabaya city administration, but the the misery of hay fever. They could swallow ers Merck and Stallergenes, must be started In response to questions from Reuters, an than FDA’s 70 percent. To be sure, the pleas- deaths have not stopped and animal welfare groups con- pills or squirt nasal sprays every day for brief a few months before the grass or ragweed FDA spokeswoman said that even with the ure factor is a well-established concept in tinue to call for its closure. reprieves from the sneezing and itchy eyes. pollen season. That means it’s too late for inclusion of the lost-pleasure factor, the ben- economics, dating back half a century. Komodo dragons can grow up to three metres (10 feet) Or they could get allergy shots for years. people with grass allergies, but the time is efits of its proposed e-cigarette regulations Known as the “consumer surplus,” it is the dif- long and weigh up to 70 kilograms (154 pounds). They are Now patients can try another type of now for ragweed allergy sufferers. will still exceed the costs. She also said the ference between what people pay for a prod- classified as a vulnerable species. The lizards, native to sev- therapy to train their immune system, new Meanwhile, new treatments for other aller- tobacco industry did not pressure the agency uct and the maximum they would be willing eral islands in central Indonesia, are also popular with once-a-day tablets that dissolve quickly gies, including to peanuts and eggs, are in to include it in the analysis, which was con- to pay. — Reuters tourists. — AFP under the tongue and steadily raise toler- testing. — AP

WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014

Greetings GUST HR awards ‘e-learning champions’

he Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST) Kappen. input on next steps with the E-Learning initiatives, and Human Resources Department conducted an E- The “Potentials”: Ghada Yassine, Hanan Ahmad, Fadwa tackle any challenges faced. TLearning Champions Event to honor employees who Noury, Ousmane Camara, Hazel Delsi, Ahmad Mahmoud, In addition, the HR department suggested discussing completed their assigned courses based on their fields and Aman Tahhan, Ahmad Ali, Saleh Ghaleb, Sarah El the possibility of providing specialized courses in different development needs assigned by their direct managers. The Ghandour, Hiba Kaouri, Mohamed Khan, Mohamed Uddin, fields that would comply with the GUST environment and purpose of this ceremony was to honor those who have Fahad Al Rafidi, Rafat Odeh, Lina Irshaid, Mohammed nature of work with the Track LS providers. The department completed their courses. Hameedullah, Wilma Abdul Wahed, Siraj Mossakoya, will ensure that training needs identified by the direct As part of the ongoing commitment to the continuing Mathews Alexander, Tarek Abdul Salam and Suhair Mokhal. manager are openly discussed with the employee, as development of the employees, the Training & Muhammad Al-Nasiri, HR Director expressed his thanks he/she might have some input; and finally this will ensure Development unit at GUST introduced the E-Learning sys- for the employee’s active participation in the E-Learning that the employees have the full support of their direct tem as a developmental tool that can be utilized in the initiative and at the event. He gave special thanks to Prof. managers, in terms of allocating time on a weekly basis for employee’s flexible time and pace, with a comprehensive Donald Bates, GUST President, for honoring our ceremony personal development and reduce work interruptions. program of 155 online courses inclusive of simulations, job and to HR Development Employee, Mona Youssef, for her Assistant General Manager of Track Learning Solutions, aids, and skill briefs within a timeframe of six months. efforts in the event and the whole process. Fouad Mohsen, appreciated the thriving interaction The “Stars “category represents who have completed He said: “I was so happy with all the friendly faces and between the GUST Human Resources Department. He In a special ceremony organized by Abdullah Al- their assigned courses within a timeframe of 0 - 3 months the exchange of encouragements. This is a true exhibition acknowledges HR department in GUST made every possi- Assousi Secondary School for Boys at the and the “Potentials” category are those who have complet- of the essence of our relationships at GUST, as one big hap- ble effort to automate its various sections and transactions, Movenpick Hotel, Hassan Hani Hassan was ed their assigned courses within a timeframe of 4 - 6 py and productive family, with an edge in continuous providing a thrilling learning experience and creating long- recently awarded for his excellent performance months. development and learning! Hopefully next year’s E- term plans for its employees. during his final high school year. Hassan received Congratulations to GUST employees on attaining these Learning activity will be more focused, enriching and chal- He further said GUST HR department deserves to be felicitations from his mum, dad and little sister awards and completing their courses: lenging, and we’ll have more honored stars and champi- congratulated for such an achievement. Track LS is looking then spent the whole night partying and dancing The “Stars”: Noura Ali Alenzy, Maria Fernandes, Lamees ons.” forward to witnessing more and more success in the years with his schoolmates. Congratulations Hassan Muammar, Sujata Joshi, Amna Al Shamlan, Samera Akbar, A survey was given to all the users to get a clear feed- to come. and keep up the good work. Lina Abdulaziz, Khaled Bahrami, Yasmeen Abdul Rahim, back on the online training courses and the HR developed Fatemah Al Fadhli, Perihan Abdelziz, Maram Abdl El Kader, several ways to apply the feedback such as conducting an Siddiqa Hussain, Noha Madbouly, Doaa Al Dorry, Rakesh E-Learning Committee with chosen employees to get their

Ahmed and Doa’a recently got engaged in Egypt. Parents, relatives and friends wish them both happiness and true lasting love. Best wishes also come from Sherif Ismail.

Hani Omar cele- brated his 24th birthday with his friends on May 28th at the Jumeirah Hotel & Resorts. They wished him higher success in his life.

Annie presented at Kuwait Bilingual School

bout 50 students presented Annie the Lee and Rebecca made Annie the biggest hit Abdulrahman Al-Sulaili, Tamara Al-Enezi, Saeedi, Awatif Salhuddin, Julunar Al-Afghani, Keraides, Hanin Ahmed, Maryam Al_Enizi, musical on Tuesday, May 27 at 7pm in of the year at KBS. Nour Oqlah, Manar Al-Shammari, Dima Mofeedah Al-Hijriff, Layan Al-Thallab, Mohammed Ahmed Aref, Rawan Al-Enizi, Athe school multipurpose hall. A team Students Nouran Lafi, Asmaa Al-Busairi, Nasser, Maryam Al-Enizi, Rahaf Al-Saidi, Aisha Othman Al-Shammari, Sara Al-Busairi, Moon Abdullah Al-Thaher, gave brilliant perform- of over 10 teachers led by teachers Sarah, Fahed Al-Shammari, Noor Malloh, Al-Saeed, Nourah Al-Mutairi, Lulwah Al- Mohammed, Manayer Al-Khaledi, Amna ances. WHAT’S ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 Sebamed sponsors lectures on adolescence

By Abdellatif Sharaa moves towards full growth and attempt to be to take care of his psychological needs, and be loved, they also need to be respected as a per- stage. You as a parent should get the trust of self-reliant. encouraged not discouraged, and finally the son, opinions and beliefs, even if we do not the adolescent and deal with him as a friend ducational instructor on adjusting the The lecture eluded to what the adolescents adolescent wants his behavior to be con- like them as parents. They look for someone while remembering that he is not in need of a child’s behavior, Latifa Al-Thaher and want from their own point of view and men- trolled, yet not to lead his life without a per- who appreciates them and listen to their opin- teacher or leader to give him orders. You Einstructor on the adolescence phase tioned things such as love and emotion from mit. ions and ideas, and “we should remember that should help your adolescent child to select his Shaima Al-Atram organized a lecture at the parents and surrounding society, wants to be The lecture spoke about the basic needs of the problem is linked to his needs, as there is friends while at the same time encourage his International Islamic Charity Organization in appreciated by people because that gives con- adolescents, such as the physiological needs no problem without a need.” skills. You should not scream and beat him, south Surra on Thursday. fidence and comfort. It also said adolescents (food, drink, rest, sleep and sex). They also Parents, meanwhile should realize that they rather use the method of lauding and praising The lectures spoke about the adolescence want the world to admit their existence as need safety and security, and those should must work seriously towards meeting the while you try to convince him. stage and described it as a transient period human beings who has rights and duties, and come from home, school and his teachers, and needs of children’s psychological needs, at the Al-Sanabel Al-Thahabiya, and Sebamed through which the child, who is not fully still wants those who take care of his affairs that students should not be beaten by his par- same level physiological needs are fulfilled. sponsored the event, and distributed skincare grown physically, mentally, and socially, and care for him. ents or teachers or be thrown out of the We as parents should realize the growing products to attendees. becomes a human being who gradually It said that an adolescent wants his father house. An adolescent person needs to be stages and changes that occur during this

KSNA Kuwait honors award winners and drama troupes

erala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi (KSNA) Kuwait Chapter honored three Akademi Kaward winners from Kuwait and five amateur drama troupes that participated in the KSNA theatre festival ‘KELI 2014’ held in February this year. At a function held at the Indian Community School (Senior), Salmiya on Thursday evening, KSNA Kuwait Chapter Chairman Vijay Karayil honoured Babu Chakola for bagging the Kalashri Award, K K Shemejkumar and Sunil K Cherian, winner of the best director award and the best script writer award respectively in the Gulf pravasi amateur theatre competition organized by KSNA. He also honored five troupes by present- ing mementos to the leaders. Usha Dileep received memento for Thanima Kuwait, Sajeev Abraham for KALA Kuwait, Kumar Trithala for KALPAK, Nayana Santhosh for Nirbhaya Theatre and Praveen Aduthila received memento for Future Eye Theatre, Kuwait. KSNA Kuwait Chapter Ad-Hoc committee members K P Balakrishnan, Babu Chakola, Johney Kunnil, Nixon George, T V Jayan, Iqbal Kuttamangalam and Chessil Ramapuram distributed certificates to all the participants in the theatre festival. Earlier, KSNA Kuwait Chapter Chairman Vijay Karayil delivered presidential address and Coordinator Sajeev K Peter gave the welcome address. Ad-Hoc Committee members Iqabal Kuttamangalam gave a felicitation speech and Chessil Ramapuram proposed a vote of thanks. Shilpa Sajeev anchored the event.

The PGA Everton Summer Soccer and Basketball Camp is now underway at Bayan from Sunday to Wednesday 5.30 - 7 pm throughout June. TV PROGRAMS TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014

06:10 Come Dine With Me 05:15 The Jonathan Ross Show 07:00 Antiques Roadshow 06:05 Dancing On Ice 08:45 Suite Life On Deck 07:55 Bargain Hunt 07:30 Shetland 09:05 Dog With A Blog 08:40 Beat My Build 08:25 Seven Dwarves 09:30 Shake It Up 09:55 Austin & Ally 00:45 Great White Invasion 09:30 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 09:20 Take On The Twisters 00:10 Hoarding: Buried Alive 10:15 A.N.T. Farm 01:35 Untamed & Uncut Notebook: Cosmo Cook 10:15 Murdoch Mysteries 01:00 Iyanla, Fix My Life 10:40 Good Luck Charlie 02:25 Animal Kingdom 09:55 Come Dine With Me 11:10 Emmerdale 01:50 Breaking Amish: The 11:05 Suite Life On Deck 03:15 Too Cute! 10:45 Come Dine With Me 12:00 Coronation Street Shunning Truth 11:25 Jessie 04:05 Preposterous Pets 11:35 Antiques Roadshow 12:30 The Jonathan Ross Show 02:40 My Teen Is Pregnant And So 11:50 That’s So Raven 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 12:30 Bargain Hunt 13:20 Dancing On Ice Am I 12:15 Hannah Montana 05:45 Bondi Vet 14:45 Murdoch Mysteries 03:30 I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant 12:35 Hannah Montana 06:35 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 15:35 Take On The Twisters 03:55 Long Island Medium 13:00 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:00 Animal Airport 16:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 04:20 Say Yes To The Dress 13:25 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:25 Must Love Cats 18:20 Murdoch Mysteries 04:45 Say Yes To The Dress 13:45 A.N.T. Farm 08:15 Mutant Planet 19:10 Coronation Street 05:10 Toddlers & Tiaras 14:10 Jessie 09:10 Baboons With Bill Bailey 19:35 Take On The Twisters 06:00 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 14:35 Dog With A Blog 10:05 Animal Kingdom 00:20 How Tech Works 20:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 07:00 What Not To Wear 15:00 Good Luck Charlie 11:00 Animal Precinct 00:45 Things That Move 22:20 Coronation Street 07:50 Bling It On 15:25 Liv And Maddie 11:55 Animal Airport 01:10 World’s Top 5 22:50 Emmerdale 08:40 Craft Wars 15:50 Gravity Falls 12:20 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 02:00 Nyc: Inside Out 23:45 Murdoch Mysteries 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras 16:10 Mako Mermaids 12:50 Animal Maternity Ward 02:45 Mythbusters 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress 16:35 Mako Mermaids 13:45 The Jeff Corwin Experience 03:35 You Have Been Warned 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 17:00 Dog With A Blog 14:40 Animal Kingdom 04:30 Through The Wormhole With 11:10 Cake Boss 17:20 Good Luck Charlie 15:05 Animal Kingdom Morgan Freeman 11:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 17:45 Liv And Maddie 15:30 Treehouse Masters 05:20 Prototype This 12:00 Little People, Big World 16:30 Mutant Planet 06:10 Food Factory 18:10 Jessie 00:00 Megacities 12:25 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 17:25 Crocodile Hunter 07:00 Sci-Fi Saved My Life 18:30 Austin & Ally 01:00 Big Cat Odyssey 13:15 Oprah’s Next Chapter 18:20 Animal Battlegrounds 07:55 How Techies Changed The 18:55 Mako Mermaids 02:00 Dogtown 14:05 Oprah’s Next Chapter 19:15 Animal Clinic World 19:20 Violetta 03:00 Bob Ballard Specials 14:55 Extreme Couponing 20:10 Dog Rescuers 08:45 You Have Been Warned 20:05 Liv And Maddie 04:00 Big, Bigger, Biggest 15:20 Cake Boss 21:05 Animal Kingdom 09:40 Food Factory 20:30 Jessie 05:00 Street Monkeys 15:45 What Not To Wear 22:00 Animal Clinic 10:05 Food Factory 20:50 Dog With A Blog 06:00 Salvage Code Red 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 22:55 Dog Rescuers 10:30 Kings Of Construction 21:15 Mako Mermaids 07:00 Convoy: War For The Atlantic 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 23:25 Dog Rescuers 11:20 Through The Wormhole With 21:40 Austin & Ally 08:00 Megacities 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 23:50 Animal Cops Houston Morgan Freeman 22:00 Shake It Up 09:00 Big Cat Odyssey 18:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 12:10 Prototype This 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 10:00 Dogtown 18:40 Little People, Big World 13:00 Things That Move 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 11:00 Adventure Wanted 19:10 Oprah: Behind The Scenes 13:30 You Have Been Warned 23:10 Wolfblood 12:00 Somewhere In China 20:05 Extreme Couponing 14:20 Mythbusters 23:35 Wolfblood 13:00 Street Monkeys 20:30 Cake Boss 15:10 Junkyard Wars 00:25 Doctors 14:00 Salvage Code Red 16:00 Kings Of Construction 00:55 The Weakest Link 15:00 Close Quarter Battle 16:50 Food Factory 01:40 Waking The Dead 15:30 Close Quarter Battle 17:15 Food Factory 02:35 The Fixer 16:00 Megacities Music industry optimistic 17:40 Nyc: Inside Out 03:20 Spooks 17:00 Brilliant Beasts 18:30 World’s Top 5 04:15 The Weakest Link 18:00 Dogtown about Apple-Beats deal 19:20 How Tech Works 05:00 Nina And The Neurons 19:00 Into The Crystal Cave 19:45 Things That Move 05:15 Little Human Planet 20:00 Mega Breakdown 20:10 Mythbusters hen Cortez Bryant decided to negotiate a head- 05:20 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 21:00 Engineering Connections 21:00 Da Vinci’s Machines phones marketing deal for his clients Lil Wayne 05:40 Jollywobbles 22:00 Air Crash Investigation 21:50 Rocket City Rednecks Wand Nicki Minaj a few years ago, he turned down 05:50 The Green Balloon Club 23:00 Lords of War 22:15 Rocket City Rednecks more money from other more established companies to 06:15 Nina And The Neurons 23:30 Mystery Files sign with Beats By Dre for a simple reason. “There was a 06:30 Little Human Planet 22:40 You Have Been Warned 23:30 NASA’s Greatest Missions bunch of history there, so at the end of the day I took less 06:35 Mr Bloom’s Nursery upfront money to be part of this deal with people who 06:55 Jollywobbles understood pop culture” Bryant said. “I try to stick to that 07:05 The Green Balloon Club because if I lose touch with pop culture, then I’m out of the 07:30 Big Bear Diary MIDNIGHT IN PARIS ON OSN MOVIES HD music business.” 08:00 Gavin & Stacey 00:00 Parks And Recreation A day after the sale of Beats By Dre on Wednesday to 08:30 As Time Goes By Stewart 13:00 Bobby Fischer Against The 02:00 IPL Highlights tech giant Apple Inc, members of the music industry were 00:00 Chelsea Lately 00:30 The Daily Show Global 09:00 Eastenders 21:30 The Colbert Report World 03:00 ICC Cricket 360 abuzz about what the $3 billion deal might mean for an 00:30 Opening Act Edition 09:30 Doctors 22:30 Web Therapy 15:00 Radio 03:30 IPL Highlights area thought to be in an irreversible decline. Label execu- 01:25 Style Star 01:00 The Colbert Report Global 10:00 The Mystery Of Edwin Drood 23:00 South Park 17:00 Falling In Love 06:30 ICC Cricket 360 tive Jimmy Iovine and business partner Dr Dre’s move to 02:20 E! Investigates Edition 10:50 Lark Rise To Candleford 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 19:00 The Tall Man 07:00 IPL Highlights Apple has those who make their money on music expect- 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 02:00 Silicon Valley 11:45 Roger & Val Have Just Got In 21:00 No Country For Old Men 11:00 ICC Cricket 360 ing changes that are generally positive for the overall busi- 04:10 E!ES 02:30 South Park 12:15 Gavin & Stacey 23:00 Stop-Loss 11:30 IPL Highlights ness - though maybe not for every artist trying to make a 06:00 THS 03:00 Community 12:45 As Time Goes By 15:30 ICC Cricket 360 living. “It’s all wins,” said Daniel Glass, owner of Mumford & 07:50 Style Star 04:00 Seinfeld 13:15 Eastenders 16:00 Live England v Srilanka ODI Sons label Glassnote Records. “It’s a win for everybody and 08:20 E! News 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 13:45 Doctors 00:00 The Glades the fact is the value of a copyright, a master, went up a lot. 09:15 Giuliana & Bill Jimmy Fallon 14:15 The Mystery Of Edwin Drood 01:00 Game Of Thrones Think about it: The perception and value of music went up 11:10 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 05:30 Two And A Half Men 15:10 The Weakest Link 02:00 Dracula because of the amount of hands this will be in.” The indus- 12:05 E! News 06:00 Better Off Ted 01:00 Drift-PG15 15:55 Gavin & Stacey 03:00 Nip/Tuck try inadvertently opened the door for file sharing when it 13:05 Extreme Close-Up 06:30 Friends 03:00 Hyde Park On Hudson-PG15 16:25 Lark Rise To Candleford 04:00 Royal Pains refused to sign a deal with 13:35 E!ES 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 05:00 Prosecuting Casey Anthony 17:15 Eastenders 05:00 Drop Dead Diva Napster at the turn of the century. Few people pay for 14:30 Style Star 08:00 Seinfeld 07:00 All In Good Time-PG15 00:05 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 17:45 Doctors 06:00 The Glades music, and with physical and digital sales declining, the val- 15:00 Keeping Up With The 08:30 Two And A Half Men 09:00 42-PG15 00:55 Charly’s Cake Angels 18:15 32 Brinkburn Street 07:00 The Mob Doctor ue of music has continued to decrease as members of the Kardashians 09:00 Community 11:15 Midnight In Paris-PG15 01:20 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 19:00 The Old Guys 08:00 Warehouse 13 industry resisted the new - but different - revenue model 16:00 Keeping Up With The 09:30 Last Man Standing 13:00 Muhammad Ali’s Greatest 01:45 Andy Bates Brazilian Street 19:30 Hunderby 10:00 Drop Dead Diva from streaming. In the confusion, some forgot the power of Kardashians 10:00 Hot In Cleveland Fight-PG15 Feasts 20:00 The Mystery Of Edwin Drood 11:00 Royal Pains music. It’s now about more than the song, something inno- 17:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 10:30 Friends 15:00 The Iron Lady-PG15 02:10 Andy Bates Brazilian Street 20:50 Scott & Bailey 12:00 Emmerdale vative thinkers like Iovine and Dre have never forgotten. 17:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 16:45 42-PG15 Feasts 21:40 The Job Lot 12:30 Coronation Street 18:00 The Drama Queen Jimmy Fallon 19:00 Friends With Kids-PG15 02:35 Jenny Morris Cooks The 22:05 Mistresses 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ‘Game-changer’ 19:00 E!ES 12:00 Better Off Ted 21:00 Lovelace-18 Riviera 22:55 Lark Rise To Candleford 14:00 Warehouse 13 “Apple wouldn’t have been built, at least not the way it 20:00 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills 12:30 Seinfeld 23:00 The Sessions-R 03:25 Andy Bates American Street 23:45 Eastenders 15:00 Suits was, without music, without the iPod, without iTunes and 20:30 Giuliana & Bill 13:00 Two And A Half Men Feasts 16:00 Emmerdale everything else that follows since then,” said Billboard 21:30 Giuliana & Bill 13:30 Friends 03:50 Iron Chef America 16:30 Coronation Street deputy editor Yinka Adegoke. “We shouldn’t forget that. It’s 22:30 Fashion Police 14:30 Last Man Standing 04:40 Chopped 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show quite clear Apple didn’t forget that. There is great value to 23:30 Chelsea Lately 15:00 Hot In Cleveland 05:30 Unwrapped 18:00 Warehouse 13 music and this deal is a great reminder of that. Even if you 16:00 The Colbert Report Global 00:00 Freeloaders-18 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown don’t buy music directly, this shows the importance of Edition 19:00 Once Upon A Time In 02:00 Jesse Stone: Benefit Of The 06:10 The Next Food Network Star Wonderland music in the modern world.” 00:15 Come Dine With Me 16:30 Better Off Ted Doubt-PG15 07:00 Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam 20:00 Perception The deal, which Adegoke calls a “game-changer,” hap- 01:05 Come Dine With Me 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 04:00 The Wishing Well-PG15 07:25 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 21:00 24: Live Another Day pens at a time of great movement in the business. Only 01:55 Antiques Roadshow 18:00 Cougar Town 06:00 Three Investigators And The 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives recently have record labels, artists and managers started to 18:30 Raising Hope 22:00 Justified Secret Of Terror...-PG 08:15 Iron Chef America 02:50 Bargain Hunt CHOICE HD accept the subscription streaming model, which pays 19:00 About A Boy 23:00 Nip/Tuck 08:00 Battlestar Galactica: Blood & 09:05 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 03:35 Beat My Build 00:35 Dancing On Ice artists per track play rather than in a lump sum when an 19:30 Hot In Cleveland Chrome-PG15 Basics 04:25 Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen 02:00 Emmerdale album or track is sold. With digital sales starting to decline, 20:00 The Tonight Show Starring 10:00 Dr Seuss’ Cat In The Hat-PG 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes Notebook: Cosmo Cook 02:55 Coronation Street Apple added a streaming radio component to its digital Jimmy Fallon 12:00 Shadow Dancer-PG15 10:20 Easy Chinese 04:50 Come Dine With Me 03:25 Shetland sales catalog, but was still left out of the subscription mar- 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 14:00 The Arrangement-PG15 10:45 Andy Bates Street Feasts 05:40 The Boss Is Coming To Dinner 04:20 Seven Dwarves ket. The addition of Beats not only gives the company cool 00:00 Billy Bathgate-18 16:00 Battlestar Galactica: Blood & 11:10 Tastiest Places To Chowdown hardware to package with its devices, but also gives it a 02:00 Resident Evil: Damnation-18 Chrome-PG15 11:35 Grill It! With Bobby Flay streaming service, recently launched with much media 03:45 Prometheus-PG15 17:45 Fast & Furious 6-PG15 12:00 Reza, Spice Prince Of India attention, without building one from scratch. 06:00 Sins Expiation-PG15 20:00 The Expendables 2-PG15 12:25 Charly’s Cake Angels Spotify’s success - the streamer recently announced it 08:00 Unbreakable-PG15 22:00 Evil Dead-R 12:50 Siba’s Table had reached 10 million paid subscribers - the Beats-Apple 10:00 Terminal Velocity-PG15 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The deal and YouTube’s impending entry into the market have 12:00 Absolute Fear-PG15 Riviera insiders looking differently at the inevitability of streaming. 14:00 Unbreakable-PG15 13:40 Andy Bates Brazilian Street Doc McGhee, manager for Kiss and Darius Rucker, said the 16:00 Ong Bak 3-PG15 00:00 PGA Tour Highlights Feasts movement has changed the minds of many label execu- 18:00 Absolute Fear-PG15 01:00 PGA European Tour 14:05 The Next Food Network Star tives, something akin to “turning a 700 -foot ship.” 20:00 In The Name Of The King: Highlights 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin It might be scary to throw your lot in with a startup, but Two Worlds-PG15 02:00 NRL Premiership 15:20 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Apple brings a long track record of success. As McGhee 22:00 Ong Bak 3-PG15 04:00 AFL Premiership 15:45 Chopped puts it, “They’re the Tiger Woods of tech. They’re not win- 06:30 ICC Cricket 360 16:35 Tastiest Places To Chowdown ning as much, but they’re still winning more than every- 07:00 Golfing World 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The body else.” Apple has the track record - and current cus- 08:00 PGA Tour Highlights Riviera tomer base - to engender trust as its current and future 00:00 A Very Harold And Kumar 09:00 PGA European Tour 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives partners navigate the new music world. Christmas-18 Highlights 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:00 Teen Wolf Too-PG15 10:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 18:40 Siba’s Table Big deal 04:00 10 Things I Hate About You- 11:00 NRL Premiership 19:05 Reza’s African Kitchen “This deal will make music streaming go mainstream,” PG15 15:00 IRB Junior World 19:30 Andy Bates Brazilian Street Adegoke said. “You just have to think about Apple’s access 06:00 Mad Buddies-PG15 Championship Feasts to 800 million credit card accounts, hundreds of millions of 08:00 Snowmen-PG 19:00 Golfing World 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin devices, the IOS ecosystem. We knew this was coming, that 10:00 Problem Child-PG 20:00 NRL Full Time 20:20 Chopped streaming would be the access for music, but we needed 12:00 10 Things I Hate About You 20:30 Futbol Mundial 21:10 The Next Food Network Star something like this to happen so the average person will see that actually paying $10 a month for music isn’t that 14:00 Muppets From Space-FAM 21:00 Champions Tour Highlights 22:00 The Next Food Network Star big of a deal.” Many expect a rapid consolidation or change 16:00 Problem Child-PG 22:00 IRB Junior World 22:50 Unique Eats in the music world as the giants take the field. For some, 18:00 Splash-PG Championship 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives the decision on where to place your trust - or your bet - got 20:00 The Hot Potato-PG15 a lot easier Wednesday. “I think this tips it Apple’s way 22:00 A Very Harold And Kumar because over the years iTunes has been known as the plat- Christmas-18 form to go access music and to get it digitally,” Bryant said. 02:00 AFL Premiership Highlights “I think they’re just going to add on to what they’ve already 03:00 PGA Tour Highlights 00:00 Violetta accomplished, taking people away from physical sales, 04:00 PGA European Tour 00:45 The Hive being ahead of the game with their devices and linking it Highlights 00:50 Art Attack to the iTunes store so you can purchase music and movies, 01:00 The Entitled-PG15 05:00 IRB Junior World 01:15 Art Attack and I think this will just add to the portfolio. I think the 03:00 50/50-PG15 Championship 01:40 Wolfblood Apple brand, because it’s so strong, will knock those guys 04:45 Hold Fast-PG15 07:00 Super Rugby 02:05 Wolfblood out.”Bryant believes the deal will allow independent and 06:30 The Flowers Of War-PG15 09:00 Super Rugby 02:30 Violetta boutique labels more access to the playing field, but others 09:00 The Entitled-PG15 11:00 ITU World Triathlon Series 03:15 The Hive think the move may help stabilize the major labels. “People 11:00 Reviving Ophelia-PG15 14:00 PGA Tour Highlights 03:20 Art Attack are beginning to understand this new valuation of music, 13:00 A Christmas Kiss-PG15 15:00 PGA European Tour 03:45 Art Attack that it’s not all about how many records you sell,” Adegoke 15:00 The Woman In The Fifth Highlights 04:10 Jungle Junction said. “It’s really about being smart and leveraging your rela- 17:00 Between Us-PG15 16:00 IndyCar Series 04:25 Jungle Junction tionships in the music business, which is basically what 19:00 The Tall Man-PG15 18:30 AFL Premiership Highlights 04:35 Jungle Junction Jimmy Iovine and Dr Dre have done.” 21:00 Another Happy Day-18 19:30 Trans World Sport 04:45 Jungle Junction McGhee said the deal doesn’t solve a basic problem in 23:00 White Irish Drinkers-18 20:30 Challenge Series Golf 05:00 Art Attack the music industry: Streaming revenues aren’t always mak- Highlights 05:25 Art Attack ing it to the artists in significant ways. He says 10 million 21:00 IndyCar Highlights 05:50 Mouk streams bring a songwriter about $300 in royalties. If that 23:00 Champions Tour Highlights 06:00 Austin & Ally keeps up, there will be dire trickle-down consequences. 06:25 Dog With A Blog “What I believe is going to have to happen is if artists 06:45 Mako Mermaids and writers cannot make any money, they will go to a dif- 00:00 Vampire ferent field to make money and we’re going to lose a lot of 02:00 Birdsong 07:10 Mako Mermaids 07:35 Jessie creative people, a lot of songwriters,” he said. “... They’re 05:00 Hamlet teaching the world to stream and not to buy. —AP 09:00 Falling In Love 00:30 ICC Cricket 360 07:55 Good Luck Charlie TERMINAL VELOCITY ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 10:45 The Rainmaker 01:00 IPL Highlights 08:20 That’s So Raven Classifieds

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Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (29/05/2014 TO 04/06/2014)

SHARQIA-1 CRUSH (DIG) 3:30 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:30 PM CRUSH (DIG) 5:30 PM AVENUES-3 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 2:30 PM CHEF (DIG) 7:30 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 1:45 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 5:00 PM CRUSH (DIG) 9:45 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 4:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 7:30 PM ELISA KHATAFHA JAMEEL (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 11:45 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 7:00 PM EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 8:00 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 9:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 10:00 PM FANAR-4 EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 9:45 PM EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 10:30 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 1:30 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 12:05 AM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 12:30 AM MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 4:00 PM LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG) 6:00 PM AVENUES-4 SHARQIA-2 MALEFICENT (DIG) 8:00 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 1:15 PM MATRIMONIAL FOR SALE LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 10:00 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 4:00 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 2:30 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:05 AM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 6:30 PM Proposals are invited for a Sofa Al Wahab 7 pc 150 LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG) 4:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 9:00 PM RCSC girl, fair, 33, 165 cms, KD, 3 pcs 100 KD, D bed set GODZILLA (DIG) 6:30 PM FANAR-5 EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 9:00 PM MBA Finance working in Middas 125/-, IKEA 100/-, MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 9:00 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 2:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 12:05 AM Kuwait as accountant in a TV-60 LCD 42” & 32”, fridge MALEFICENT (DIG) 11:00 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 5:00 PM reputed company. Email: LG 75, washing machine MALEFICENT (DIG) 1:00 AM ELISA KHATAFHA JAMEEL (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 7:30 PM 360º- 1 50/- cooker 40/-. Tel: EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 8:00 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 1:30 PM [email protected] (C 4735) 66055084. (C 4733) SHARQIA-3 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 10:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 3:45 PM 29-5-2014 CHEF (DIG) 2:00 PM EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 10:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 6:00 PM 1-6-2014 THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 4:15 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 12:45 AM MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 8:15 PM Toyota Yaris - 2011, white JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 6:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 10:30 PM color, excellent condition, JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 8:30 PM MARINA-1 EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG-3D) 10:30 PM CHANGE OF NAME KD 2,200. Tel: 50994848. THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 10:45 PM THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 1:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:45 AM (C 4729) THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 12:45 AM CHEF (DIG) 3:15 PM I Dahodwala Husain holder NO SUN+TUE+WED 360º- 2 of passport No. K3652329 MUHALAB-1 THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 3:30 PM CHEF (DIG) 1:45 PM Mitsubishi Lancer 2011 - hereby chnge my surname THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 1:30 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 5:30 PM CHEF (DIG) 4:30 PM GLX - maroon color, sun- JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 3:30 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 7:45 PM CHEF (DIG) 7:00 PM to Bhabhrawala Husain roof, spoiler + wheel cap, LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG) 5:45 PM THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 10:00 PM CHEF (DIG) 9:30 PM Joharbhai km 64,000, KD 1,950. Tel: THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 8:00 PM THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 12:05 AM CHEF (DIG) 12:05 AM (C 4734) 66729295. 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(C 4732) MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:45 AM MARINA-3 MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:30 PM 29-5-2014 112 MALEFICENT (DIG) 2:00 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 2:30 PM MUHALAB-3 NO THU+ FRI MALEFICENT (DIG) 4:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 2:00 PM LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG-3D) 2:00 PM LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG) 6:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG-3D) 4:30 PM LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S RETURN (DIG-3D) 4:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 8:30 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 7:00 PM MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 6:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 10:30 PM THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY FOR X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG-3D) 9:30 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 8:15 PM MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:30 AM CIVIL INFORMATION EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG-3D) 9:30 PM MALEFICENT (DIG-3D) 10:45 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 12:05 AM MALEFICENT (DIG) 12:45 AM AL-KOUT.2 Automated enquiry aboutthe JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 12:30 PM FANAR-1 AVENUES-1 JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 2:45 PM Civil ID card is GODZILLA (DIG) 1:00 PM CRUSH (DIG) 12:30 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 5:00 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 3:30 PM CRUSH (DIG) 2:30 PM ELISA KHATAFHA JAMEEL (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 7:30 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 5:45 PM CRUSH (DIG) 4:30 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 10:15 PM 1889988 JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 8:15 PM CRUSH (DIG) 6:30 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 12:30 AM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 10:30 PM CRUSH (DIG) 8:30 PM GODZILLA (DIG) 12:45 AM CRUSH (DIG) 10:30 PM AL-KOUT.3 EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 10:45 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 2:15 PM FANAR-2 CRUSH (DIG) 12:30 AM CHEF (DIG) 4:45 PM Prayer timings THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 1:45 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 7:00 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 3:45 PM AVENUES-2 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 9:30 PM Fajr: 03:15 THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 6:30 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 2:00 PM EDGE OF TOMORROW (DIG) 9:30 PM Shorook 04:49 THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 8:30 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 4:15 PM X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST (DIG) 12:05 AM THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 10:30 PM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 6:30 PM Duhr: 11:46 THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 12:30 AM JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 8:45 PM AL-KOUT.4 Asr: 15:20 JIRAN AL SAAD (DIG) 11:00 PM THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 2:00 PM FANAR-3 MALEFICENT (DIG) 1:15 AM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 4:00 PM Maghrib: 18:44 CRUSH (DIG) 1:30 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED THE ANGRIEST MAN IN BROOKLYN (DIG) 6:45 PM Isha: 20:15

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

You are friendly and encouraging today. You somehow manage to find a This is a good time for promoting yourself and for letting others know what creative environment or the creative in any environment, so as to provide you have to offer. Right now, the key to career moves involves attending to the most beneficial area in which to work or play. Others want to join you in this project. nagging details-whatever you have neglected before. This is a time during which you may You have a built-in sense of what the public wants and can always come up with just the be able to move ahead with your ambition and general life’s purpose. You would make an right image. You find it easy to work with the emotions and feelings of others and with excellent teacher of philosophy or religion-you cannot help but communicate these sub- great imagination. You are great with kids and big on animals, sports and the outdoors. jects to others and enchant all who come to know you. Your understanding of the unity You are an instant umbrella of warmth, friendship and self-expression. Clear decisions behind appearances, along with the ability to put these thoughts into words, is a rare and affecting others could be made easily at this time. These are the attitudes and circum- valuable gift. You would make a good director, photographer, choreographer, etc. You like stances in which you find yourself teaching others today. working with mental images.

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

There are lots of energy and action this day. Your dreams and imaginings You might like to ignore responsibilities and do some socializing, but reali- keep bumping into the real and the actual. You quickly pick up on what is expected of ties demand you tend to business and forget your friends for the moment. you, and you are accountable. You are learning to plan ahead as you see your goals begin This is one of the best times to make progress, push forward and rise to prominence. It will to develop. You do the best you can in every situation that you experience. It takes judg- be hard for you to do wrong-all the cycles are working in your favor. Your career seems to ment to make the choices that best benefit a situation. Consider this: your powers of per- get the support you need and this is one area of life that runs smoothly. You seem to ception are particularly sharp at this time, and you would do well now to work out the understand what the public wants and mass marketing could be a natural for you. This is details of any plans that you have previously made. This evening, you may feel focused also a time when you may marry or take on a new role in the community or with other and even a bit radiant. You are either entertaining company or being entertained yourself people. Your mind is ever on communication, how you present yourself, especially when tonight. The snacks are low calorie and nutritional-good for you! negotiating. Enjoy cooking a new recipe tonight.

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

You are upbeat, energetic and ready to start your day. Whether you have a Independence on the part of people or events somehow challenges your new job, a promotion or will be meeting new people, your attitude is one of authority today. Even so, the forces of change assert themselves now and again, managing to overrule and overturn whatever you have managed to secure. ACROSS stems and roots and leaves. joyful anticipation. People are happy to see you walk into a room; you have a good sense of humor and will usually lighten the mood of all around you-particularly today. You like Observing others, you will find that some people just naturally deal well with upheavals 1. Angular distance above the horizon 2. A light springing movement upwards or to learn new techniques in order to enhance your position or the position of your compa- and adjustments-yet others may find much difficulty. You have great discipline and may (especially of a celestial object). forwards. ny. You respect people and teach others through your actions. Focus now on what you find it enjoyable to teach young people how to solve difficulties they may uncover. You can demonstrate a good sensitivity and understanding to the needs of others. You know 4. Increase in size, volume or significance. 3. Eurasian perennial bulbous herbs. like and how you can get it this year. You do so many things for other people, now is the time for you, perhaps not today, but certainly this birth year. Set your goals and schedule just the right words that will communicate positive messages. This could involve political 11. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neu- 4. Fruit of the oak tree. up so that you can review them and stay focused. Happy birthday! issues. If not community politics, possibly club politics. tralizing. 5. A dark region of considerable extent on 15. The basic unit of money in Romania. the surface of the moon. 16. An instrument for measuring the dis- 6. Appeal or request earnestly. ) tance between two points. 7. A category in some early taxonomies. Cancer (June 21-July 22 Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. 8. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to Before work begins this morning, conversations with co-workers could be in Opportunities may go against your own sense of responsibility. Career 18. United States liquid unit equal to 4 the public. the religious realm or at least, spiritual. You have little interest in spirituality choices may require that you temporarily neglect the home. This is a tough quarts or 3.785 liters. 9. 100 fen equal 1 yuan. that is rampant these days. You could probably bring imagination and religious under- call, and some compromise is perhaps the best way to a workable solution. This is a per- standing to physical and scientific studies. Opportunity for further thought regarding the fect time to be assertive and to move forward in your career decisions. You have all the 19. A state in northwestern United States 10. A period of time containing 365 (or spirit tends to crop up during the day-you are open to new ways of thinking. Continued energy you could want and it should be easy to channel it. You are driven when it comes on the Pacific. 366) days. success on the career level may point to your abandoning some of your dreams. This after- to fulfilling your ambitions and carving out a career. There is no lack of energy or drive 21. Relating to bees or beekeeping. 11. Surveying instrument consisting of the noon, family matters tend to take precedence and you may have to help a young person here, and nothing can stand in your way. Everything is poured into making the right 24. An analgesic for mild pain. to understand the word-concentration. You may even think of some fun exercise or game moves-the correct decisions. You are outgoing, enthusiastic and always diplomatic-every- upper movable part of a theodolite includ- to do that will help the kids to recognize a good concentration level. body’s favorite. Politics or some other public career seems inevitable this year. 26. Type genus of the Alaudidae. ing the telescope and its attachments. 27. Indicating the most important per- 12. Smaller of two tall fast-running flight- former or role. less birds similar to ostriches but three- Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 29. Flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing toed. You enjoy working with whatever is psychological-the hidden, vulnerable, up to 2 pounds. You enjoy working hard and being organized and you exercise skill and dis- 13. Forced to turn and face attackers. sensitive areas of the mind and self. You can handle material that is sensi- cipline in anything that affects your career and reputation. You have the perfect combina- 31. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 14. (prefix) Within. tive or taboo without batting an eye. This interest in all that is psychological makes you an tion to be in a management position at this time. If you think you are ready, this time may 32. Hormone produced early in pregnancy excellent teacher in the field. You have a natural grasp for the political-for handling the 20. Divided into two lobes. be best for pushing through any changes you may want to make in your career. You have public-and you know how to get your way and do a good job of it. Your drive in these by the placenta. 22. Port city of Denmark in eastern good insights into all social activities that are around you and if you are not careful, you areas amounts to a passion and you use your talents for the good of all today. At home may find yourself involved in many club or social group responsibilities. You like to facili- 35. A rapid bustling commotion. Jutland. you are totally relaxed and may enjoy entering a phase of romance. If you are married or tate, compromise and otherwise show your talents-like a coat of many colors. New and 39. French inventor of the first practical have a permanent mate you will enjoy the captivating games that gain you attention. If 23. A room or establishment where alco- creative projects help you to change that feeling of being in a rut. Chatting with neigh- you are not with a mate, this may be a time you will meet someone very special. photographic process, the daguerreotype holic drinks are served over a counter. bors or siblings this evening will help you to relax. (1789-1851). 25. A digital display that uses liquid crystal 41. Tropical American plants with basal cells that change reflectivity in an applied rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves electric field. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) and flowers in tall spikes. 28. Derived by copying something else. 43. The district occupied entirely by the 30. A blind god. An emphasis on discipline with regard to work and health is a keynote of Work seems intense today but you possess a powerful, persistent drive and city of Washington. the cycle now dawning in your life. Procedures, scheduling, details: you’re may be weak in are a hard, steady worker. Some people find you deep, with a sense of mys- 33. Italian sculptor (1500-1571). some areas unless you take steps to correct any deficiencies. Deficiencies may only be tery. You are willing to do work today that others would not go near, quietly putting an 44. Wild plum of northeastern United 34. A small growth of trees without under- when you delay work and fail to meet a deadline. You can do this . . . You will be pleased end to some difficult problems. Later today you might be helping others to learn technical States having dark purple fruits with yel- brush. with your progress. Otherwise, you will have to run faster just to avoid falling behind. 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Stone didn’t host awards

haron Stone didn’t host the World Music a personal cheque.” Melissa went on to claim a wire Awards because she wasn’t paid. The ‘Fading transfer of funds didn’t go through because SGigolo’ actress pulled out of hosting last “Mercury is in retrograde.” She added: “Do you know week’s ceremony in Monte Carlo just a few hours astrology? Everything gets lost, everything is late.” before she was due to take to the stage as her pay ‘Baywatch’ star Pamela Anderson stepped in at the cheque for the event failed to arrive. A source told last minute to front the glitzy ceremony. Speaking the New York Post newspaper’s Page Six column: on the red carpet before the event, she said: “Sharon “[Sharon arrived for the show] but when she didn’t Stone has pulled out last minute and I’ve just been get paid, she got on her tender back to a yacht she asked to stand in, its crazy. They’ve just asked me to was staying on.” A spokesperson for the 56-year-old read through the script right now, just as I actress confirmed the report to be “true and cor- arrived.”—Bang Showbiz rect”. Meanwhile, World Music Awards organizers claim Sharon rejected their preferred form of pay- ment. Producer Melissa Corken said: “She was get- ting paid, but she didn’t accept the form of payment we wanted to give her. “One of our private board members was going to pay her-Sharon didn’t want

Lambert Jimmy Page: wouldn’t admit pregnancy Led Zep could play Glasto iranda Lambert wouldn’t tell anyone if she was pregnant. The country singer and her husband immy Page hasn’t ruled out Led Zeppelin headlining MBlake Shelton are tired of constant speculation Glastonbury Festival in the future. The guitarist has about their relationship, in particular whether they plan to Jresponded to comments made by festival boss Michael start a family, so she says people will only know they are Eavis, who claimed he was “sure” the band would one day head- having children after she has given birth. She said: “The line the event Worthy Farm. Jimmy told BBC 6 Music: “I haven’t only way that anybody will actually know I’m pregnant is heard about anything since the 2007 O2 gig, but you never when you see a child.” The 30-year-old beauty admitted she know do you... you never know what’s going to happen tomor- constantly notices people looking for clues as to whether row, do you?” This year’s festival will be headlined by Arcade she is expecting a baby whenever she and her spouse go Fire, Metallica and Kasabian, after fans speculated Led Zeppelin out for dinner. She told USA Today newspaper: “I can see could play the event. people staring at me if we go to a restaurant.” Explaining Meanwhile, Jimmy, 70, recently said he decided to reissue she watches people studying her stomach and her drinks, the band’s first three albums to remind people what a “good she added: “I just want to be like, ‘It’s alcohol! I’m not preg- band” they were. He said: “I hope young musicians find it a nant.’ You know what I mean? ‘You want to smell it? It’s source of inspiration. That’s how I learned, and that’s what’s so clear, but it ain’t water.’ “ The ‘Automatic’ singer laughed off seductive about this nerdish thing. Led Zeppelin have real seri- claims she and Blake have alcohol problems - but admitted ous musical mastery and this is passing it on. It’s a cool thing to she gets “mad” if he fails to make her a drink when he pre- do.” Speaking about what made Led Zeppelin so special, he also pares one for himself. ` claims he has his own theory. He said: “You had superstars in other bands at that time. But you didn’t have four who were real masters of their craft, who could play as a band like that. “Not at this time. We were an amazing live band from the start and I don’t mean that in an arrogant way. We were on top of the game. Anybody’s game.” The reissues will be released on CD and vinyl as well as digitally today with all tracks remastered by Jimmy and accompanied by previously unheard songs. Hammer to become a father rmie Hammer is to become a knot he had never expected to settle father for the first time. The ‘Lone down. He said: “I was always the guy ARanger’ actor and his wife who thought I’d never get married Elizabeth Chambers will welcome their because [I thought], ‘There’s never first child into the world later this year, going to be one woman worth giving his representative confirmed to People up all the others.’ But she knocked me magazine. The 27-year-old hunk mar- off my feet.” Armie has previously ried the TV presenter four years ago, praised Elizabeth as his “best friend” and admitted shortly after they tied the and spoke of how he loves being affec- tionate towards her when they are out together. He said: “I like the idea of mar- riage. I like the idea that I have a best friend. It’s comforting. “I have no qualms about kissing her in public. I know some guys are like, ‘Stop, there’s people around.’ There’s such a big part of our culture, the male psyche-you don’t cry, you don’t show weakness. “I mean, guys are just as emotionally complicated as women. We just play dumb better.”

Williams unconvinced by fan reaction obbie Williams was convinced fans ing and gratifying in equal measure. “At the weren’t enjoying his ‘Swings Both start of the tour I thought people weren’t RWays’ tour. The ‘Angels’ hitmaker has enjoying it... But such is the distorted view Scherzinger found performing a much more stripped- of me, mine and what I have to offer.” back set in support of his latest swing Robbie - whose wife Ayda Field is expect- ‘nervous’ meeting Pope album an “exhilarating [but] terrifying ing their second child, a sibling for 20- icole Scherzinger was “nervous” when she met experience” and was initially unsure of month-old daughter Teddy - himself is Turlington Pope Francis. The ‘Your Love’ singer went on a whether or not his European audiences enjoying the gigs so much, he is already romantic trip to Italy with boyfriend Lewis were having a good time at the gigs. He planning his next tour, despite his current N Hamilton recently and was lucky enough to meet with wrote on his blog: “The ‘Swings Both Ways’ run of shows not coming to an end until the head of the Catholic church in the Vatican City but tour is a different animal than anything that late September. He added: “I’m enjoying doesn’t identify admits she found it difficult to work out what he was I’ve done before... “Therefore the audience myself so much I just want to be able to do saying. She told the new issue of HELLO! Magazine: is different than anything I’ve had before... it again (on this scale) somewhere down with ‘supermodel’ label “That was emotional for me because my grandfather is “This has proven to be exhilarating, terrify- the line.” hristy Turlington says being a supermodel isn’t part of her identity. The 45-year-old a priest. And even though I had no idea what he was star doesn’t identify with the label, which was coined in the 90s with the rise of the saying, it was beautiful. It was like a song. “I think Pope Coriginal supers including Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Linda Evangelista, and Francis is a pretty special Pope. To have been able to claims her job has never defined who she is as a person. She told British VOGUE magazine: just meet him? Wow. I got so nervous.” The 35-year-old “I was a young woman who had been given this identity as a supermodel, but that was not beauty, who reconciled with racing driver Lewis follow- my identity. It was like, wait a minute, before I did that job nobody treated me with kids ing a split in July, has had an on/off relationship with gloves. “It still feels sort of silly trying to justify how normal one’s life is, but that’s kind of the hunk for six years but insists she’s now in a great what happens when you are in this profession, it creates something that really isn’t all that. place now. She said: “What I’m going through right Or maybe it is for some people, but it certainly never has been for me.” Christy graces the now is about, ‘Don’t hold back anything and don’t let cover of the fashion bible’s Ageless Style issue, marking 28 years since she first posed for anybody steal your happiness. Don’t jeopardize or British VOGUE and her fifteenth time covering the magazine in total. The former face of compromise yourself. Just jump and go for it’.” Calvin Klein, who set up non-profit organization Every Mother Counts in 2010, started out Meanwhile, the star revealed she also writes life affir- in the industry aged 14 and can still remember the prolific ‘serial modeliser’ types who mations for herself and puts them around her home. used to lurk around the girls in the 80s. She reminisced: “Oh god. I actually dated one for She said: “I forget everything, [so] I write down little six years. A horrible guy! But I was lucky in that when I first came to New York I stayed with mantras to myself. “And I don’t know if it’s because of my agent and those predator types, luckily they weren’t interested in me. “I do remember the Pope, but I’m finding that I’m gravitating more them, though, on their motorcycles and always being backstage... like why were they towards peace.” backstage? Who had invited them there?” lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014

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Iranians bathe at a hot mineral water spring on the slopes of Iran’s Sabalan Mountain, in the northwestern town of Sarein.

mineral baths offer relief

pring-fed mineral baths on the slopes of relief to patients suffering from joint pain and ming pools, hotels and restaurants, according Iran’s Sabalan mountain draw patients some skin diseases. The hot springs, in the to local media reports. Others bathe in out- Sseeking traditional hydrotherapy and northwestern town of Sarein, also offer an door natural springs on grassy hillsides as ani- tourists seeking a relaxing getaway. The affordable getaway for Iranians from all walks mals graze in the background. Here’s a gallery steamy waters emanating from the depths of of life. of images from Associated Press photographer the earth are rich in sulfur, calcium, lithium The region welcomes more than 8 million Ebrahim Noroozi of the hot springs at and other minerals, and are believed to offer tourists annually, who flock to its many swim- Sarein.—AP

Iranian men enjoy (top, above and below) a hot mineral pool, in the northwest- ern town of Sarein, Iran

An Iranian man jumps into a hot mineral pool. Iranian men relax in a hot mineral water spring as snow falls lightly, in the northwestern town of Sarein, Iran.

Iranian men shower at a hot mineral pool. Iranians wash each other with cloths at a hot mineral pool.

King Richard III maligned as hunchback

e may have had a twisted spine, but one of the study’s authors. He said it was also found that his scoliosis developed during have gone mostly unnoticed, because many keep his throne safe. England’s King Richard III was no technically inaccurate to describe Richard III adolescence and as a result he was a few people in the 15th century had physical But the king’s supporters say his reputa- Hhunchback, according to a new analy- as a hunchback because his spine was bent inches shorter than he otherwise would have imperfections such as bowed legs from rick- tion was tarnished by the rival Tudor dynasty; sis of the medieval king’s skeleton. After the sideways rather than forward. “Unless you been. Richard III died in 1485, the last English ets, prominent war injuries or scars from dis- portraits of Richard painted during his life- bones of the 15th-century king were discov- were pretty close to him, it’s unlikely you king killed on a battlefield. The new study eases. time were later altered to include a deformed ered under a parking lot in central England in would have noticed anything very wrong was published online Thursday in the journal These days, someone with a similar severe shoulder. “There just isn’t any evidence that 2012, scientists scanned the remains of with him,” Mitchell said. He said the king’s Lancet. case of scoliosis would probably have surgery Richard was the villain that he has been made Richard III’s back and created replicas of each head and neck were straight, but his right Some historians say the finding confirms to correct it - as did Princess Eugenie, the out to be,” said Phil Stone, chairman of the bone to reconstruct his spine. The researchers shoulder was higher than his left and his contemporary accounts suggesting that daughter of Prince Andrew. In 2002, Eugenie, Richard III Society. “He had a curved back, but said while Richard III had a severe case of sco- upper body was relatively short compared to Richard III had only a slight deformity. “There seventh in line to the British throne, had tita- so what? That doesn’t mean he was a mon- liosis, he was far from the limping “hunch- his limbs. are some people who referred to Richard’s nium rods inserted into her spine and screws ster.”—AP backed toad” with a withered arm depicted in “With some padded shoulders or if the ‘crooked back’ but others are polite enough put into her neck to fix her curved spine. William Shakespeare’s play. height of his trousers was adjusted, a sympa- to ignore it,” said Steven Gunn, an associate Richard III enthusiasts hope the new research “Richard had a very squishy spine but it thetic tailor could have hidden Richard’s professor of history at Oxford University who will prompt more people to reconsider the wouldn’t have stuck out that obviously,” said twisted back,” Mitchell said. By analyzing the was not part of the new research. Gunn much-maligned king. Some believe Richard III Piers Mitchell of the University of Cambridge, king’s remains, Mitchell and his colleagues added that Richard’s uneven posture may had his two young nephews murdered to lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 FEATURES School proms in Bulgaria, a vanity fair in EU’s poorest country onking limousines and cheerful shouts said in her splendid hairdo and strapless went into all that but it is a very serious of their prom money to good causes. “We went heading to Britain for her studies. by boys in suits resound across down- sequin dress one recent evening. “I would not expense, to be frank.” It is easier with the boys. to our last-day-of-school ceremony in white T- “Whatever it costs, my prom is worth it. Htown Sofia as girls in lush evening have minded wearing a T-shirt but that would “One suit will do and they can wear it after- shirts and donated the money to ‘butterfly chil- After that I’ll earn my living all by myself,” said gowns totter around on high heels or dance to have made sense only if it was done by every- wards,” said Todor Todorov, adding he was hap- dren’,” said Ivan Todorov, a student at the Nikoleta Kirilova, although she looked a little loud music. At the end of May, thousands of one,” said Hristina, wearing a studded silver- py his son Ivan had chosen to walk to his prom, French language school in Sofia. Other schools embarrassed in her long dress garnished with graduating high-school students, aged 18 to and-blue bodice that glittered in the evening instead of renting an expensive ride. in the capital also joined the initiative to help a huge ribbon. For now, the usual emotions 19, hold their extravagant proms-a vanity fair sun. Preparations for the prom start early in the Rows of retro convertibles, huge limousines, children suffering from epidermolysis bullosa-a that come with the end of schooldays were on in the EU’s poorest country. Bulgaria’s average school year. “The restaurant has been booked SUVs and even trucks decorated with bunches rare genetic skin disease. display. As well as joy and excitement, there monthly salary stands at about 400 euros since last October, dresses dominate all talk of balloons make traffic and noise on Sofia’s But the tradition of the “big night out” were tears and uncertainty as most students ($545) and over 12-percent unemployment has and as the feast draws nearer, girls have hair- streets unbearable on prom evenings, almost remains a beloved one, as a symbolic break said they would apply to universities abroad left many families struggling to make ends style and make-up trials to avoid any fault on all held in one week at the end of May. Police between the carelessness of the high-school and may not see their friends again for a while. meet. D-Day,” Rositsa Lozanova, a high-school litera- warnings are also repeatedly broadcast on the years and the responsibilities of early adult- “I do not know if I will return to live in But even the poorest make sure to put ture teacher, told AFP. radio and in the media ahead of the event, as hood. “There is no other night like this one and Bulgaria,” said Maria Yanakieva in a solemn something aside-often two or three months’ students lean out of car windows and sunroofs, I hope we’ll black lace dress. — AFP salary-for this expensive tradition. Parents ‘More and more exotic’ counting to 12 at the top of their lungs to mark have a great often go into debt ensuring the children get to The prom tradition dates back to the days of the end of their 12 years in school. time,” said enjoy their “big night out”, as well as the tradi- communism but is becoming “more and more But many feel the spending sprees have Bogdana, who tional, wedding-like reception for their rela- exotic” with every passing year, said Nikolay grown out of hand, and for the first time this will soon be tives that goes with it. “It’s terribly overdone Ovcharov, casting a proud glance at his daugh- year, campaigns have appeared calling for but everyone does it,” student Stefka Drenova ter standing nearby in a bright yellow tulle students to donate part dress. “I lost count of how much money

High school students celebrate their graduation with musicians in front of the golden-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia. — AFP photos

Cute and prickly: What you need to know about pet hedgehogs

growing number of American homes are Hedgehogs finding homes as pets keeping African pygmy hedgehogs as Apets. Here are some questions and answers about the small animals whose backs hey are tiny animals with cute faces. They’re covered in installed in their cages. “Well, 19 years later, I have a waiting list of and sides are covered with about 6,000 quills quills. They roll into prickly balls when they are scared. The 500 people.” that are considerably shorter, but harder and Tideal pet? Hedgehogs are steadily growing in popularity Breeders typically begin holding hedgehog offspring in their sharper, than those of a porcupine. across the United States, despite laws in at least six states ban- hands for a short time each day beginning a few days after their Where do they come from? ning or restricting them as pets. Breeders say the trend is partly birth, in an effort to get them accustomed to humans. That helps The breed is a hybrid of the four-toed fueled by the fact that hedgehogs require less maintenance than make pet hedgehogs bond with their owners, said Warnick, who hedgehog or African white-bellied hedgehog dogs and cats, and because they emit little odor - in sharp con- has sold about 350 hedgehogs. The animals are banned in six and the Algerian hedgehog. The scientific name trast with rodents and rabbits. They are largely hypoallergenic states and Washington, DC, for reasons ranging from being non- is Atelerix Albiventris. Its natural habitat is cen- and are solitary, making them ideal for those with a busy lifestyle. native species to concerns that they could set up a wild popula- tral, eastern and southern Africa. It is now illegal “A hedgehog can hang out all day while you are at work, you tion. Hedgehogs can also shed the salmonella bacterium, which to import them into the United States, meaning can come home, hang out with it for a couple of hours or, you represents a health risk to young children and older people with the current breeding stock cannot be expanded. know, put it away,” said Massachusetts-based hedgehog breeder weakened immune systems. What do they look like? Jennifer Crespo. Crespo’s 4-year-old son, Wyatt, sat on the sofa in Pet owners can minimize that risk by washing their hands An adult African pygmy hedgehog is 6 to 11 their home recently, his arm wrapped around the neck of a immediately after handling hedgehogs, cleaning their cages or inches long and weighs 1 to 2 pounds. A relaxed German shepherd named Ares while an African pygmy hedgehog feeding them, said Sarah McCormack, a veterinarian at Fresh one is generally oval, with a very short tail and named Jambalaya clambered across his legs. Pond Animal Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. — AP short limbs that keep the body close to the Photo shows hedgehog breeder and trainer Jennifer Crespo ground. When threatened or disturbed, it con- The attraction to the animals may have started with a video holds a pet hedgehog at her home in Gardner, Mass. game - “Sonic” is a blue hedgehog who runs at supersonic speeds tracts a series of muscles, rolls into a ball and forces its quills out in all directions. Female and curls into a ball to attack its enemies - but it has grown hedgehogs are slightly larger than males. The through people sharing pictures of their pets on social media and face and underside are covered with a soft, elsewhere online. An Instagram account set up by the owners of a white fur. hedgehog named Biddy in Oregon has nearly 370,000 followers, What do they eat? while National Geographic Magazine put a hedgehog on the cov- In the wild, the hedgehog feeds mainly on er of its April edition to illustrate a trend of people owning exotic insects. It also eats earthworms, snails and slugs, animals. as well as small snakes and frogs. Pet owners feed cat food to domesticated hedgehogs. Waiting list How long does it take for them to repro- The US Department of Agriculture, which requires anyone duce? breeding at least three hedgehogs to get a license, says it has no Their gestation period is about 35 days. data on hedgehog ownership. But Jill Warnick, a breeder in Hedgehogs are born in litters of two to 10, each Brookline, Massachusetts, said demand for hedgehogs has grown bearing soft white quills that do not injure the so much over the years that potential pet owners have to fill out mother during birth. The US Department of an application form and then wait for their turn to buy the Agriculture requires anyone breeding at least weaned offspring. “When I first started I might have a waiting list ‘Jambalaya,’ a six-month-old pet hedgehog, left, and ìAres,’ a three hedgehogs to get a license. — AP of five people,” Warnick said, as hedgehogs slept in hiding spots Toy hedgehogs rest on top of a video case. German Shepherd, right, face one another. lifestyle TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2014 MUSIC & MOVIES Charles Aznavour dazzles London at 90

In this April 14, 2007, file photo, Florence Henderson, from left, Susan Olsen, Maureen McCormick, Lloyd Schwartz and Ann B Davis of the television show ‘The Brady Bunch’ accept Charles Aznavour the Pop Culture Award during the 5th Annual TV Land egendary French-Armenian singer and pained lament. Awards in Santa Charles Aznavour, who celebrated Aznavour recently said he still “writes Monica, Calif. —AP Lhis 90th birthday on stage in Berlin every day, often a song a day”, and last month, defied the years to charm revealed the secrets of his success. “I try 5,500 spectators at London’s prestigious to be free with respect to music, and to Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. Taking the find a good melody that is easy to limelight to a standing ovation, the remember,” he explained. The audience- ‘Brady Bunch’ actress activist-singer promised the audience: made up of many French and Armenians- “I’ll sing half in English, half in heard many of Aznavour’s best-known French...tonight is about Entente cor- songs, including “Mes Emmerdes”, “She” diale”. Surrounded by seven musicians and “Take Me Along”, but it was his gyp- and two singers, the giant of French song sy-inspired “Les deux guitares” and “La Ann B Davis dies in Texas began his set with “Les emigrants”, in trib- Boheme” that ignited the grand old ven- ute to the world’s migrants. ue. Bouquets of flowers rained down on mmy-winning actress Ann B Davis, who “Gilligan’s Island,” it has lived on in reruns and Good ones were taken Looking relaxed in a dark suit, blue the stage as the crowd stood for a became the country’s favorite and most sequels. As “The Brady Bunch” theme song Older TV viewers remember Davis for another shirt with Mao collar and red braces, minute-long ovation, but their pleas for Efamous housekeeper as the devoted Alice reminded viewers each week, the Bradys com- non-glamorous role, on “The Bob Cummings Aznavour made light his 90 years-an age an encore went unheeded. Nelson of “The Brady Bunch,” died Sunday at a bined two families into one. Florence Henderson Show,” also known as “Love That Bob.” She played when “one sees badly and hears badly”- So it was without “La Mama”, “Pour San Antonio hospital. She was 88. Bexar County, played a widow raising three daughters when Schultzy, the assistant to Cummings’ character, a but warned the audience he needed a faire une Jam” and “Les Comediens” that Texas, medical examiner’s investigator Sara she met her TV husband, Robert Reed, a widow- handsome, swinging bachelor photographer teleprompter in case of memory lapse. the concert ended after nearly two hours. Horne said Davis died Sunday morning at er with three boys. In her blue and white maid’s always chasing beautiful women. It brought Despite frequently resting on a high Aznavour will play Barcelona on June 26, University Hospital. Horne said no cause of uniform, Davis’ character, Alice Nelson, was con- Davis supporting actress Emmy Awards in 1958 chair, the entertainer’s well-honed show- Rome on July 1, Los Angeles on death was available and that an autopsy was stantly cleaning up messes large and small, and and 1959. manship commanded the stage, with the September 13, Geneva on October 10 planned yesterday. Bill Frey, a retired bishop and she was a mainstay of stability for the family. After the series ended in 1959, Davis audience reacting to every clenched fist and Antwerp on November 22. — AFP a longtime friend of Davis, said she suffered a fall “I think I’m lovable. That’s the gift God gave appeared in such movies as “A Man Called Peter,” Saturday at her San Antonio home and never me,” Davis told The Associated Press in a 1993 “Lover Come Back” and “All Hands on Deck.” recovered. Frey said Davis had lived with him interview. “I don’t do anything to be lovable. I During layoffs she played in summer stock. and his wife, Barbara, since 1976. have no control.” Between her two better-known shows, she More than a decade before scoring as the Davis’ face occupied the center square during played a gym teacher at an exclusive girls’ school Bradys’ loyal Alice, Davis was the razor-tongued the show’s opening credits. Her love interest was in 1965-66 in “The John Forsythe Show.” During secretary on another stalwart TV sitcom, “The Sam the Butcher, played by Allan Melvin. “I’m her stints in “The Bob Cummings Show” and “The Bob Cummings Show,” which brought her two shocked and saddened! I’ve lost a wonderful Brady Bunch,” she used the layoffs to appear in Hollywood hosts Emmys. Over the years, she also appeared on friend and colleague,” Henderson said in a state- summer theater with such shows as “Three on a Broadway and in occasional movies. Davis con- ment Sunday. Honeymoon.” She also toured with the USO to sidered her ordinary look an asset. “I know at “The Brady Bunch” had a successful run until entertain US troops in Korea and elsewhere. China’s Huading Film Awards least a couple hundred glamour gals who are 1974, but it didn’t die then. It returned as “The She was born Ann Bradford Davis in 1926, in starving in this town,” she told the Brady Bunch Hour” (1977), “The Brady Brides” Schenectady, New York, and grew up in Erie, Los Angeles Times in 1955, the year the (1981), “The Bradys” (1990). It even appeared as a Pennsylvania. She said she took to using her Cummings show began its four-year run. “I’d Saturday morning spinoff (1972-1974). “The middle initial because “just plain Ann Davis goes rather be myself and eating.” She said she told Brady Bunch Movie,” with Shelley Long and Gary by pretty fast.” Davis never married, saying she NBC photographers not to retouch their pictures Cole as the parents, was a surprise box-office hit never found a man who was more interesting of her, but they ignored her request and “gave in 1995. It had another actress as Alice, but Davis than her career. “By the time I started to get me eyebrows.” Producer Sherwood Schwartz’s appeared in a bit part as a trucker. It was fol- interested (in finding someone),” she told the “The Brady Bunch” debuted in 1969 and aired for lowed the next year - without Davis - by a less Chicago Sun-Times, “all the good ones were tak- five years. But like Schwartz’s other hit, successful “A Very Brady Sequel.” en.” Elber reported from Los Angeles. — AP Chris Brown released from jail inger Chris Brown was released early yester- day from a Los Angeles County jail, authori- Sties said. Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputy Tony Moore told The Associated Press that Brown was released at 12:01 am yesterday, but he didn’t have any more details. Brown had been in custody since mid-March, when he was arrested after Actress Halle Berry being expelled from a court-ordered rehab sen- accepts the Global tence for violating its rules. Movie Icon Award And a judge last month ordered the R&B onstage at the 2014 singer to remain in jail after he admitted he vio- Huading Film Awards at lated his probation by getting into an altercation The Montalban Theatre outside a hotel in Washington, DC, last year. In his on June 1, 2014 in Los May 9 decision, Superior Court Judge James R. Angeles, California. Brandlin sentenced the singer to serve an addi- Bryan Cranston poses with his award for ‘Outstanding Actor in a Play’ at the Drama Desk tional 131 days in jail, but he had been expected Awards on Sunday in New York. (Left) Hosts Olivia Xu to get out much sooner. and Lucy Liu arrive at Brandlin had sentenced Brown to serve a year China’s first Film in county jail but gave him credit for nearly eight ‘All the Way,’ ‘Gentleman’s Awards, Huading Film months. The credits include time that the singer Awards. has spent in rehab and jail, as well as credits for good behavior while behind bars. Officials said at Guide’ win Drama Desk the time that Brown’s time in jail could be cut hina’s Huading Film Award cere- as he accepted his award. Orlando mony was held for the first time in Bloom won the Best Global Movie Star Cthe United States on Sunday, with award thanks to his appearance in hits he Drama Desk Awards have been Hollywood celebrities like Halle Berry like “The Hobbit: The Desolation of handed out to Robert Schenkkan’s and Orlando Bloom receiving honors. Smaug,” and “The Lord of the Rings” and T“All the Way” for outstanding play While the Chinese awards are little “Pirates of the Caribbean” trilogies. and to “A Gentleman’s Guide to Love & known in the United States, western film “Thanks to the fans that took time to Murder” for outstanding musical. “Twelfth celebrities understand the importance of see my movies,” he said, as he held up his Night’ won for outstanding play revival the burgeoning Chinese market and award. “Hurt Locker” Oscar-winner on Sunday and “Hedwig and the Angry many were present at the event. Jeremy Renner-who was not at the Inch” won for most outstanding musical. The bilingual show, hosted by event-won the Best Global Supporting Bryan Cranston won best actor in a Chinese TV personality Olivia Xu and Actor award for his role in 2013’s play, Audra McDonald won best actress in Chinese-American actress Lucy Liu, was “American Hustle,” while Briton Charlie a play, Jessie Mueller won best actress in held in the city’s Ricardo Montalban the- Hunnam won the award for Best Global a musical, and Neil Patrick Harris from ater and broadcast to millions of viewers Emerging Actor for his role as Jackson “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and across the Chinese-speaking world. “Jax” Teller in the TV motorcycle gang Jefferson Mays from “A Gentleman’s Winners were chosen by some 80 million series “Sons of Anarchy.” Guide” tied for best actor in a musical. members of the Chinese public who par- down even more drastically once sheriff’s officials Overall, “A Gentleman’s Guide” won a ticipated via surveys and Internet polling, More winners start tallying his sentence and determine whether leading six awards and “Beautiful: The according to the Beijing-based Global Chinese viewers also chose “The he’s eligible for early release. Carole King Musical” won a next-best Talents Media Group, which has organ- Croods” as the Best Global Animated The Grammy-winning singer was on proba- three awards. Seven other productions This May 8, 2014, file photo shows Bryan Cranston ized the annual awards event since 2007. Movie, and honored German film com- tion after he attacked pop singer Rihanna, his shared two awards each. — AP at the premiere of ‘Godzilla’ in Los Angeles. — AP poser Hans Zimmer for a career that then-girlfriend, hours before the 2009 Grammy Hollywood A-listers win awards includes composing music for dozens of Awards. In October, while on probation, Brown Halle Berry-who plays the role of movies like “The Lion King,” “Sherlock was accused of attacking a man outside a hotel in Storm in the “X-Men” film saga and won Holmes” and “Pirates of the Caribbean.” the nation’s capital in October. He was charged Bieber apologizes for racial slur joke an Oscar in 2002 for her work in In 2013, eleven of the 20 top grossing with misdemeanor assault. During his May 9 court appearance, Brown ustin Bieber is apologizing someone warns him not to - but “Monster’s Ball”-won the top honor, the movies in China were Hollywood pro- after a years-old video surfaced he says it anyway amid laughter. Global Icon Award. “No one is ready to ductions. At the same time, China’s mar- admitted he committed a crime in that case and waived his rights to an evidentiary hearing in Jshowing the then-teenager “I thought it was ok to repeat receive a global icon award,” said Berry, ket for movies grew at a stunning 35 per- telling a racist joke with the N-word. hurtful words and jokes, but I did- which prosecutors would have to prove that who appeared flustered, as she received cent last year. In a statement Sunday to The n’t realize at the time that it Brown violated his probation. Brandlin had said her award. She added that she was “hap- Other celebrities at the event includ- Associated Press, Bieber said when wasn’t funny and that in fact my Brown will have to complete the remainder of his py for the better interpersonal relation- ed Taiwanese actress Josephine he was a kid he didn’t realize how actions were continuing the igno- 1,000 hours of community labor once he is certain words could hurt. He says he rance,” the statement said. ship” between the Chinese public and Blankstein, who appeared in the 2000 released from jail. As of early February, Brown had Hollywood stars. Chinese voters chose Taiwanese movie “Yi Yi,” Summer learned from his mistakes and apol- “Thanks to friends and family I 800 hours of community labor remaining. ogized for them, and now is apolo- learned from my mistakes and last year’s “Fast and Furious 6,” starring Jikejunyi from “The Voice of China” talent The judge said he took into account that Vin Diesel and the late Paul Walker, as show, and Chinese-Americans Jessika gizing again because they have grew up and apologized for those Brown was relatively young when he attacked become public. “I’m very sorry,” wrongs. Now that these mistakes the Best Global Movie of the Year. Van from the MTV series “Awkward” and Rihanna, and that he had a previously undiag- Bieber said. “I take all my friendships from the past have become pub- Mexico’s Guillermo del Toro won the Brian Yang from the TV police series nosed mental illness before the case began. with people of all cultures very seriously and I apol- lic I need to apologize again to all of those who I top director award for his giant robot- “Hawaii Five-O.” Brandlin ordered Brown into rehab in November ogize for offending or hurting anyone with my have offended.” It’s the latest controversy for Bieber, and-monster movie “Pacific Rim” (2013), Last year’s ceremony was held in and the singer was receiving treatment for anger childish and inexcusable behavior.” who over the past couple of years has dealt with in which Asian cities and actors are October in Macao, where Australian management, substance abuse and issues The British tabloid The Sun first published the brushes with the law and other problems that have prominent even though the movie was Nicole Kidman, actors Nicolas Cage and related to bipolar disorder before he was video, which is five years old. In it, a then 15-year- dealt a blow to his once wholesome image. The filmed in Canada. “China was very impor- Matthew Perry, and director Quentin dismissed in March. — AP old Bieber tells a joke about black people that has video was taken when Bieber was just emerging as tant to me as a kid. It captured my imagi- Tarantino were among the Hollywood the racial epithet as the punchline. Before he says it, a pop sensation. nation with its landscapes,” Del Toro said gliteratti winning awards. —AFP Charles Aznavour dazzles London at 90

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group of guys dreamt one day of forming a Latin jazz band and being the first in Kuwait to sing this Astyle of music, but they didn’t expect their dream would come true. ‘Stylus Band’ consists of thirteen musi- cians from different backgrounds and nationalities. Not knowing that one day they will end up as a Latin band, they started with all types of music such as Arabic, English, classical, blues and Latin. Latin music was a risk they had to take, but with the love and joy of music they spread and the support of their fans, the road to success wasn’t long as they thought it would be. Kuwait Times spoke with ‘Stylus Band’. Some excerpts: ‘Stylus Band’ lights up the floor First Kuwaiti band to perform Latin jazz in Kuwait

By Sahar Moussa of different sounds called stylus rehearsals more spontaneous? KT: Where have you performed? What KT: Do you have any upcoming shows? remix, and that defined our band Stylus: Our rehearsals are usually twice a are your favorite and least favorite What are your future plans? Kuwait Times: When did you form your ‘Stylus Band’. week and daily when we are asked for venues? Stylus: We have been asked to perform band? What inspired you to make shows. Stylus: In Kuwait, we’ve performed in in upcoming festivals and private par- music together? KT: What are your songs about? What many private parties and exhibitions. ties. In mid-August, we will perform in Stylus: ‘Stylus Band’ was formed as a would you classify your music as? KT: What has been your biggest chal- Bahrain. complete band in 2009. In 2009 we Stylus: Just like any other music genre, lenge as a band? Have you been KT: What are some of your passions took a trip to Bahrain and that trip our music is about love, hate, life, able to overcome that challenge? If outside of music? KT: Can each member of the band give changed our lives. When we watched instruments, fun and comedy, and we so, how? Stylus: Our passion out of music would me one word that describes Stylus La Movida, a Bahraini Latin jazz band are classified as a Latin jazz band. Stylus: It is very easy holding the band be all the way from dancing, video Band? performing, that made us want to together because we were friends games, playing cards, sports, travel- Stylus: Coming from all the band mem- take that style of music and move it to KT: What message are you trying to before forming the band. So you can ing, and PERFORM, PERFORM, PER- bers, Stylus Band is our second home Kuwait. send with your music? say that friendship holds us together. FORM!!! because it brings us together. Stylus: Our message would be to spread KT: How long have you all known each happiness though our music and to KT: What are the challenges that you KT: Where do you think you will be one KT: If you could send one message to other? How did you meet? prove to everyone that nothing is have faced being in Kuwait? year from now? your audience in Kuwait, what Stylus: We’ve all known each other impossible. Stylus: There aren’t as many occasions in Stylus: A year from now we hope we can would it be? Kuwait as you would find in many perform in Cuba. Stylus: A message to our fans would be KT: Was it hard to play your kind of that without them, we wouldn’t be music (Latin) in Kuwait? How does KT: What advice do you have for peo- who we are today. So we thank them the Kuwaiti audience respond to it? ple who want to form their own very much for trusting us and believ- Stylus: At the beginning, it was very bands? ing that we can make it. hard to sing this style of music Hadi Khamis because in Kuwait English and Arabic

Ahmad Al-Qattan Abdullah Haji Abdullah Khalid Blooshi Ghanim Faraj other countries, so in Kuwait you basi- through the musical institute. Some cally have to invent an occasion. studied there and some had friends

that knew other musicians. KT: Where will you be touring? Farisi Al- Muntaser Stylus: We’ve already started a tour in KT: How many members does the Al-Salem Faisal Fujairah and now moving in to Stylus: Our message would be to people band consist of? Can you name Bahrain, Dubai, Oman, Cyprus and who want to form a band is that they them please? music are the two types of styles Morocco. shouldn’t treat the band as a band, Stylus: We are thirteen members. known. But getting people to adapt friendship is what keeps the boat Abdullah Blooshi, Khalid Blooshi, was easy because we work very hard KT: If you could tour with any band, going. Mohammad Blooshi, Faisal Al-Salem, in what we do and the crowd saw it in who would it be? Ghanim Faraj, Saoud Al-Saad, Ahmad our eyes. Stylus: If we had to choose a band to KT: How do you balance your music Al-Qattan, Abbas Ali, Abdullah Haji, tour with, we would choose Poncho with other obligations like family, Mohammad Mitib, Salem Al-Ghanim, KT: What’s the most bizarre thing to Sanchez’s band. children and job? Muntaser Al-Farisi and Hadi Khamis. happen onstage? Stylus: What we do is choose four hours Stylus: The most bizarre thing that hap- KT: Do you have any funny tour sto- a week that would suit the band and KT: Who was your biggest inspiration? pened to us onstage was when the ries? these four hours are strictly for music Stylus: Tito Puente is our inspiration. drums got ripped at the beginning of Stylus: A funny tour story would be and only music. Abdullah Blooshi Abdullah the show. when we went to Fujairah with our Ali Abbas KT: How did you come up with the instruments, a group of people came KT: What age group is your music name of your band? KT: What are your rehearsals generally to us and asked if we were here to aimed towards? Stylus: There is a very well known pro- like? Do you have a set time each sing “Miami band” songs. Stylus: Our music is aimed for all ages Saoud Al-Saad gram known for having a big variety week in which you practice or are and our fans are of all ages.