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A Palestinian child, wound- ed in an Israeli strike on a UN school in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, cries in the emergency room of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya yes- terday. — AP

Local FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Kaffeeklatsch Trapped in in the grid

By Shakir Reshamwala

shared links, from irreverent top ten lists to gruesome [email protected] images of war. In this too, there’s a constant battle to win the hearts and minds of users, most of whom now What is this life if, full of care, consume news only on social media. We have no time to stand and stare. Everybody from your grandpa and his cat to the so- - Leisure by W H Davies (1911) called millennials are on social media, their fingers (and paws?) flicking away at the screens of their smartphones e have become slaves to social media. at family gatherings, mealtimes, traffic lights, bus stops, Everyone seems to have their faces glued to boardrooms, streets, you name it. While walking, driving, Wtheir smartphones, oblivious of the world commuting, working, eating and even sleeping, as the around them. I wanted to say we have become slaves to mobile is the last thing that is seen before hitting the technology or the Internet, but that wouldn’t be true. sack and the first thing squinted at after awaking. After all, you wouldn’t surf the Net for hours on a mobile So how would it be to drop off social media? Quit cold device. The emergence of smartphones, tablets, turkey? A fellow journalist recently did just that - or went phablets and their cousins have made access to your off the grid as he put it, because it took up too much of online social world much easier. Your phone is now a hi- his time. He was back soon, but the break must’ve been res camera and powerful computer rolled into one, and therapeutic, freed from the pressure of constantly check- broadcasting to the world how great your existence is is ing for updates, posting every detail of your life online just a few clicks away. and exposure to corny memes, animal videos and dead There are also the elements of envy, curiosity and children. But information is too addictive and narcissism one-upmanship involved - a hunger to know what your and navel-gazing too ingrained in us to stay away for friends (some of whom you haven’t met personally for long. years) are doing professionally and socially, and more It seems everyone nowadays has the time to stare - at importantly, how are they ageing. Then there’s also the their smartphones, that is. KUWAIT: Worshippers supplicate during Ramadan qiyaam prayers at the Grand Mosque. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Local FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Local Spotlight Lack of morals

By Muna Al-Fuzai

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friend called me asking to write about a lack of Amorals among people as they call for good manners, while they fail to show any in their everyday life. He was referring to the spread of cheating, hypocrisy, lying and dishonestly. I couldn’t agree more that is it a shame that many people think that being born a Muslim is enough in life. I believe we have a moral problem in the Islamic world. There is a lack of proper understanding of the meaning of morality. Religious rituals are something between you and Allah - it is no one else’s business or interest. But your man- ners are something you are forced to share with everyone every day. It is common in the Muslim world to see people praising and applauding dictators. Officials who are supposed to enforce the law only do it on strangers and not their fami- lies. You go to an official department to process paperwork, but the corrupt system forces you to pay some money to speed it up. Isn’t this a bribe? You may take a wrong turn on the road and someone can easily curse you and say bad words to you. Humans make mistakes, so why saying sorry is not enough? You meet strangers in the elevator or at the door and when you politely hold the door for them, they simply pass with no word of thanks. These little acts are called manners. I don’t see much of them! The more we compare how the West is managing their life and how the Muslim world is surviving, it is a slap, but let’s not forget that it is we who made all these bad morals acceptable. Muhammad Abduh was an Islamic thinker and liberal who was born in 1849 and died in 1905. His thoughts, books and calls are still alive until today. He is the man behind this well known saying, “I went to the West and saw Islam, but no Muslims; I got back to the East and saw Muslims, but not Islam.” I wish Muhammad Abduh was still alive to witness the transformation of some educated Muslims into terrorists specialized in sowing chaos and murder in the name of Islam. This man encouraged unity with all religious tradi- tions. He believed that the Torah, Bible and Quran comple- ment one another, being read everywhere and respected by every nation. He was “looking to seeing Muslims read the Torah and the Bible”. Morals are not excusive to one religion or nation. It is for mankind to upgrade itself from animalism. I believe educa- tion is a tool that we fail to use in proper way. We need to consider having good morals in our life.

27- Who was the first to draw a sword for the sake of Allah?

- Zubayr ibn Al-Awam

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KUWAIT: A minaret of a mosque soars into the skies. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Local6 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Deliverymen race against time

By Nawara Fattahova

ost families choose at least once during Ramadan to order iftar from a restaurant, and some families do so more frequently. So if the deliveryman arrives late with the order, this may cause a serious problem - even more than during regular days. Restaurants start work- ing two or three hours before iftar to prepare the food. Most restaurants have a de- livery service, which should be very Mpunctual. Newspapers regularly publish stories of fights and injuries over delays in de- liveries of iftar orders.

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Ali, a deliveryman at a pizzeria in Mansouriya, noted that work in Ramadan is less hectic than the rest of the year. “I work from 5:30 pm until 2:30 am. The peak time for orders is between 12:30 am and 2:30 am, as mostly people order suhoor rather than iftar. In general, work in Ramadan is much easier as we work less, and in this hot weather we only begin work in the late afternoon, when the weather is pleasant,” he told Kuwait Times. He is satisfied with his work, but sometimes faces uncomfortable situations. “Once I delivered an order to a customer that cost about KD 7 or 8, and he sent the maid out with KD 20 to pay me. I gave her the change and left. After about half an hour, he called me and said I hadn’t returned the change. I told him I gave the maid the change. He called me again after he checked and apologized. I know that people are edgy when they are waiting for the iftar meal as they are fasting the whole day, so we have to deliver their orders on time,” noted Ali. Ali’s restaurant has a policy that if the customer receives his order more than 30 minutes late, he will get it for free. “This policy is followed at branches all over the world. This makes us more during this month I delivered five minutes late and the customer careful to meet the timings otherwise the restaurant will have to was angry and demanded it for free. I spoke to him nicely and pay it and may deduct it from our salary if it was our fault. Once explained the rule, but added if he wanted it he could take it for free. But he paid up and the problem was resolved peacefully,” he said. Hosni, another deliveryman at an Iranian restaurant in Jabriya, noted that he always reaches on time during Ramadan. “I leave early to reach on time, and traffic is minimal during iftar time as the streets are almost empty. Our work is easier compared to the rest of the year, and picks up in the night from 11:30 pm,” he noted. He too is satisfied with his work, and is punctual in delivering. “Once I was late for some customers because the first customer made me wait in front of his house for more than 20 minutes to pay me. I had three other orders with me and my time for delivery is calculated to reach all customers on time, and in this way I was late for the other three customers who got mad at me. I apologized and had to explain to each of them that it wasn’t my fault,” stressed Hosni. Local FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Iraq instability may delay Kuwait MIA files NEW YORK: UN Special Representative for “I wish to assure them (Kuwaiti govern- ready to assist Iraqi efforts in this direction.” of Karbala and Muthanna, he added. Iraq Nickolay Mladenov on Wednesday said ment) that our commitment to this humani- Mladenov also said that UNAMI is trying “Although no remnants have been found the Iraq-Kuwait relations continue to show tarian endeavor remains clear and that Iraq to improve relations between the two coun- yet, Iraq is still keen to achieve tangible “strong signs of improvement”, but warned remains devoted to implementing its obli- tries not just politically, but also culturally. results in this respect,” he said. He that the current instability in Iraq could pre- gations,” Mladenov stressed. “UNAMI is not “Iraqi-Kuwaiti relations are excellent at a announced that Secretary-General Ban Ki- vent these relations from reaching their full only keeping the issue at the forefront, but governmental level. moon will visit Baghdad from Saudi Arabia. potential and close the humanitarian files of also coming-up with new ideas” to see how It is time that these inter-governmental On the security situation in Iraq, Mladenov Kuwaiti missing in action (MIA) and stolen we could move together on a subject that relations trickle down to a people-to-people said the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant property. has eluded closure for a decade now in rela- level,” adding that the Kuwaiti leadership has (ISIL) today has grown from a splinter group Presenting to the Security Council the tion to the missing persons and since 1990 reiterated its desire to broaden and deepen of Al-Qaeda to a “complex threat to peace Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s reports on in relation to the national archives, he said. its relationship with Iraq. He said the UN pro- and security in Iraq, the entire region and the situation in Iraq and the status of the two “We believe that cost-effective scientific and posal of a joint meeting of young Iraqi and beyond”. Kuwaiti humanitarian files, Mladenov said technological means could help overcome Kuwaiti artists to meet in Kuwait and exhibit He said although ISIL poses a “direct the normalization of relations between the many of the challenges in the search for their talents together as part of the UN Day threat” to vital Iraqi infrastructure, including two countries is on “a strong footing” but as missing persons. It is my hope that the situa- celebrations on Oct 24 was “enthusiastically the Beiji Refinery and a number of air bases, long as turmoil continues, “decisions on mat- tion in Iraq will stabilize to enable govern- welcomed by the Kuwaiti leadership.” “the solution to the crisis cannot be found in ters such as the missing Kuwaiti persons and mental consideration of such proposals so Security situation in Iraq permitting, he said, the toolbox of military operations”. “We property are likely to take more time and that new means and techniques can be UNAMI, with the cooperation of UNDP and must be absolutely clear - a military solution effort. employed in the search operations,” he said. the two governments, will pursue this idea is not enough and alone will certainly not be “The major element standing in the way Mladenov was also pleased that an Iraqi wit- further when he visits Kuwait after the Eid effective. In fact, it will be impossible without of these relations reaching their full potential ness approached UNAMI to identify a festivities. addressing the root causes of violence and is the current instability in Iraq,” he warned, gravesite in Kuwait, adding: “UNAMI will Iraqi Ambassador Mohammed Al-Hakim implementing a political and social package expressing hope that the two countries “will work closely with the relevant Iraqi authori- also told the Council that Iraq has enhanced that addresses concerns of all communities only draw more closely towards each other, ties to take the witness to the site. It is our its relations with the “brotherly” of Kuwait by without exception,” he stressed. thus benefiting mutually from this increased hope that these efforts might lead to tangi- a number of agreements, and diplomatic He warned that Iraq cannot face alone closeness.” He said the Kuwaiti government ble progress.” relations are being restored by opening the current challenges without substantial is “understandably anxious” that the security He expressed satisfaction that Iraq and news consulates in various Iraqi cities. Iraq is support from its allies, the region and the situation and the political stalemate in Iraq Kuwait have agreed that the property com- exerting utmost effort in order to find the international community. “The threat of ISIL would leave the UN Assistance Mission in mittee will meet twice a year, adding that remnants of missing Kuwaiti persons and the is not and will not be limited to Iraq. Iraq (UNAMI) with “little time or space for its Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki “made it national archives, indicating that the Ministry Therefore, serious engagement among vari- mandated role on the missing Kuwaiti per- clear to me that Iraq will act on any new of Human Rights and Cooperation is carrying ous stakeholders is urgently needed,” he sons and property. information on the archives. UNAMI stands out exploration activities in the governorates added. Rush to book tickets for 9-day Eid break Expats planning to visit Holy Land cancel bookings By Ben Garcia Kuwait Times compiled a list of top ten destinations by travelers from Kuwait KUWAIT: Since the start of Ramadan, for the Eid holidays: Kuwaitis and expatriates alike are rushing to travel agencies to book tickets for the upcoming Eid holidays. The government Country Ticket price Off season has declared a nine-day public holiday, giv- during Eid ing them enough time to celebrate Eid Al- Istanbul KD 325-400 KD100 Fitr, the festival that ends the month of London KD 350-450 KD 200-250 KUWAIT: Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al- fasting. Many airlines have already Sabah exchanges documents after receiving a tanker from Hyundai Heavy Industry informed their customers that most of their Frankfurt KD 300-350 KD 200 below Shipyards. — KUNA flights to some destinations are fully New York KD 500-800 KD 300 plus booked, as many bought tickets even Sharm Al-Sheikh KD 300-400 KD100 plus KOTC takes delivery of tanker before Ramadan. Kuala Lumpur KD 350-400 KD 200 plus “I think the nine-day holiday was expect- Bangkok KD 250-350 KD 150-170 KUWAIT: The Kuwait Oil Tanker Company By taking Kaifan, KOTC now has a fleet of 27 ed by many, so lots of Kuwaitis and expatri- (KOTC) has taken delivery of a tanker with a tankers of various sizes and purposes. ates booked their tickets even before the Greece KD 300-400 KD 200 plus capacity to carry petroleum products, named Sheikh Talal added that following the first start of Ramadan,” said Hossam, a travel Maldives KD 350-450 KD 200 plus Kaifan. and second phases of upgrading the KOTC fleet, agency officer in Kuwait City. But there China KD 280-350 KD 200 plus The KOTC said in a statement yesterday that as well as the start of the third stage in 2012, the have been cancelations of bookings to Chief Executive Officer Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al- company has achieved its objectives, namely Amman, especially by expatriates who Sabah signed the contract for receiving the securing crude and the derivatives’ transporta- planned to visit the Holy Land via Jordan. explained. Egypt is gaining momentum tanker, produced by Hyundai Heavy Industry tion and backing up Kuwait Petroleum Shipyards at the company’s headquarters in Corporation’s strategy till 2030. The recently- The cancellations are mostly related to the this year. “Flights to Egypt, especially Kuwait. acquired tankers are specially equipped to treat continuing assault by Israel on the Gaza Sharm Al-Sheikh, are fully booked. They The 186-m-long Kaifan has a cargo capacity gas emissions and some materials deemed Strip. “I planned to visit the Holy Land this are expensive, but many Kuwaitis have of 47,000 tons and speed of 15.2 knots per hour. harmful to the environment. — KUNA summer, but the prevailing situation in booked for Sharm this summer,” said Gaza is very alarming. Besides, our govern- Hossam mentioned. ment has already announced travel restric- “At our travel agency, Turkey is among 3 collection centres to be built tions to Gaza, so I think we just have to the top choice of many in Kuwait followed abide by it. Perhaps it’s not our time yet to by Britain and Germany. KUWAIT: The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) yes- third contract was awarded to Dodsal to set up visit the Holy Land,” said a Filipino expat This year there are countries that were terday signed contracts worth KD 662 million collection centre 31, a project worth KD 228 who was planning to visit biblical sites with not in the top ten list last year, like the US ($2.342 billion) to build three collection cen- million. and Egypt. Visitors to Egypt were declining tres in the company’s areas of operations north CEO of KOC Hashem Hashem stressed in a his family. of Kuwait, to increase oil production in the press statement the importance of the three Dubai and Lebanon did not make it to because of the political crisis, but they are northern fields from 700,000 million barrels vital projects for increasing productivity of the the top ten destinations this year. “Last now coming back,” Hossam explained. daily at present to a million barrels over the Kuwaiti northern fields. Hashem underlined year they were in the top ten. Perhaps Tickets for Dubai cost KD 150-200 plus coming years. KOC signed the first contract, the necessity of adhering to the criteria and because flights to Dubai and Lebanon are during Eid, but only KD 50-100 during the worth KD 194 million, with Petrofac to build conditions of health, safety and the environ- frequent, so they don’t bother book their off season. There are few bookings by collection centre 29. A second contract, worth ment in the implementation of the three cen- tickets ahead of time. There are flights Kuwaitis to destinations like Sri Lanka, about KD 240 million, was signed with Larsen tres, expressing hope that they will stick to available almost every hour,” Hossam India, Vietnam and the Philippines. and Toubro to build collection centre 30. The schedule and the set budget. —KUNA Local FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Former MPs condemn ‘political vengeance’ Adasani takes ‘bribery’ case to Audit Bureau

By B Izzak brothers and a sister along with their family members. It including Israel. The Public Authority for Combating also revoked the citizenship of Ahmad Jabr Al-Shemmari, Corruption, established just recently, said yesterday that it KUWAIT: An opposition group comprising of former MPs who owns the pro-opposition satellite channel Al-Youm has launched an investigation into the allegations which said yesterday that the revoking of citizenship of opponents and daily newspaper Alam Al-Youm, the licenses of which raise suspicions of corruption. It said that it has formed a is a breach of the constitution and the law, calling the were revoked on Thursday. “These measures are purely specialized team to follow the case and the team has actions “political vengeance”. “The recent decisions of the political vengeance that have no relation to the constitu- already started contacts with authorities in the United Cabinet represent a new flagrant violation of citizens’ rights tion, the principles of the law and the norms of the society,” Kingdom and Switzerland to seek legal assistance over the and a transgression on the margin of freedoms which the said the statement. case. It provided no further details. government has been reducing,” said a statement by the The former MPs also charged that the real aim of the In another development, former MP Riyadh Al-Adasani former parliamentarians’ group headed by veteran opposi- “repressive acts is an attempt by the government and the yesterday filed a complaint to the Audit Bureau about the tion leader Ahmad Al-Saadoun. It also said that the actions single-vote Assembly to cover up corruption cases that investigation conducted by the Assembly over allegations constitute a “serious breach of international human rights have been on the rise recently”. The group recalled the that 13 former MPs had accepted millions of dinars in treaties” signed by Kuwait. recent allegations of a major corruption scam in which for- bribes. Adasani provided the bureau with some documents The comments came after the government on Monday mer senior officials are accused of huge money laundering showing that bank accounts of the former MPs received revoked the citizenship of former opposition MP Abdullah operations worth tens of billions of dollars in addition to millions of dinars in illegal deposits and believed to be polit- Al-Barghash, who is a member of the group and two of his transferring tens of billions of dollars to foreign banks ical corruption. News Film looks at Kuwait in brief

Interior Ministry renames through int’l eyes Immigration Department KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of KUWAIT: The past, present and future of Kuwait Interior and acting Minister of Awqaf and Islamic will be emphasized in a high quality feature film Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al- shown to millions of British Airways passengers Sabah issued Wednesday a ministerial resolution around the globe. From pearl diving and to change the name of General Department of diwaniya hospitality to multimillion-dollar busi- Immigration to General Department of Residence nesses and young Instagram entrepreneurs - Affairs. Also under this resolution, the depart- these are just some of the characteristics of the ments of immigration in all provinces nationwide nation that are featured in this film, due to be are to be replaced by the departments of resi- shown in August onboard more than 3,000 dence affairs. The ministry’s department of infor- flights around the world. mation security said in a press statement “Go on a journey through this unique country, Wednesday that the resolution also includes the steeped in history, driven by innovation and establishment of a technical bureau department made strong by tradition,” says the narrator of to be affiliated to the General Department of the informative 40-minute long series in four Citizenship and Travel Documents (GDCTC). The parts titled “Kuwait: Through Our Eyes”. The work statement said that the resolution sets special was carried out thanks to the combined efforts of content-driven audiovisual providing company conceptions of required needs of manpower QCPTV, contracted by BA, and the Kuwait according to the annual plan of the GDCTC and in Ministry of Information’s External Media consultation with concerned parties at the min- Department. The ministry’s media office said that istry. Preparing the budget of the GDCTC and it was proud at the country being the first in the referring it to the general manager were also Middle East to be featured in one of only 20 such Kuwait was chosen as an ideal destination for and mitigate the impact of diabetes and related included in the resolution. international works. “Produced in full HD, it one of BA’s customised programs due to its posi- conditions in Kuwait through effective programs reflects an enlightening image of Kuwait and its tion as “an advanced modern Arab democracy of research, training, education, and health pro- Moon-sighting committee legacy, and it is a bonus that the film will be fea- that has a number of unique features, like the motion. The first episode will be featured on BA’s tured onboard the airline during peak summer diwaniya,” he said. The diwaniya is a meeting in-flight entertainment screens for the entire to meet Sunday evening place where men of all ages get together to dis- month of August, immediately after the Eid Al- KUWAIT: The moon-sighting committee of the months,” said a ministry statement. In addition to its worldwide appeal, the state- cuss affairs that affect their lives, like politics, the Fitr holidays, with a link to the program found on Ministry of Justice will meet Sunday evening at economy or the everyday goings on in the neigh- the opening page. Kuwait Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies to ment also hailed the contribution of the work on the local scale. “We all know that Kuwait is a bourhood, and Ireton views this as one of the On a final note, Ireton explained how the film determine the start of Shawwal. In a press release beautiful nation, but we have not reflected this signs of the democratic rights the people of could have further positive implications, saying on Wednesday, the Ministry invited anybody image through hi-tech capabilities.” The film also Kuwait enjoy. “The aim of the film is to exemplify “technology is a major driving force behind glob- who may sight the crescent of the lunar month does not carry any cost burden whatsoever on Kuwait through an international perspective and al integration, and nowhere is this more apparent at that time to contact the committee and testify the ministry as it was co-funded by local spon- to enlighten the people of the world as to what than in Kuwait, with some businesses running to that. sors, with the ministry’s only contribution Kuwait really looks like,” he added. solely through Instagram for example. “With this through facilitating information and contacts for During shooting, he spoke of aspects of breed of techno-savvy global citizens comes a Polish envoy lauds the production crew. Kuwait he was impressed with, which are fea- need for 21st century informative campaigns, The External Media Department saw the tured in the film, like the youth initiative Injaz and nothing, at the moment, is better than audio ties with Kuwait that aims to encourage and support young visual technology, because it is the most illustra- KUWAIT: Polish Ambassador to Kuwait Grzegorz potential of the film and its positive implications for the country, and that was the driving force Kuwaiti entrepreneurs. Others are the Dasman tive medium and can be transported instantly Olszak lauded yesterday historical relations with Diabetes Institute, which aims to prevent, control around the world. — KUNA Kuwait, affirming that both countries were seek- behind its approval. The ministry has plans to ing to further bolster ties in all possible domains. produce similar works in the future, aimed at identifying its regional and international accom- In an interview with Kuwait News Agency plishments also in full HD capabilities. The filming (KUNA), Ambassador Olszak said that the over 50 of the program started in late April, with its first years of strong ties between Kuwait and Poland draft out in June, according to QCPTV executive needed to be further bolstered to achieve the director Lawrence Ireton, who oversaw the proj- interests of both nations. He indicated that the ect from start to finish. strong relations with Kuwait led to Poland to “When we arrived in Kuwait in March our ini- condemn the Iraqi invasion of the country in Aug tial idea was to create just a 10 minute program, 1990 despite good commercial ties between his however due to the overwhelming appeal and country and Iraq back then. On commercial ties, demand for our work, we have agreed to create a the ambassador revealed that commercial prolonged and sustained campaign on the coun- exchange between Kuwait and Poland had been try through the creation of a TV series.” The topics on an increase, noting that in 2004 the volume of covered in the first episode are the history and trade was $15 million, a figure which jumped to culture of Kuwait, its infrastructure development $50 million in recent years. and youth and healthcare, with topics such as the economy and social aspects covered in the rest. FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Israel hits UN Iraq gets new Ukraine fighting school in Gaza, president, UN rages as EU mulls killing11 15 chief12 visits Russia14 sanctions

PARIS: Passersby walk past the Air Algerie company office, on the Opera Avenue in Paris yesterday. A flight operated by Air Algerie has disappeared from radar while traveling from Burkina Faso in West Africa to Algiers. (Inset) An MD-83 aircraft in the livery of Swiftair landing at Zaventem Airport Brussels.— AP Air Algerie flight ‘crashes’ over Mali Plane with 116 on board drops off radar 50 minutes after takeoff

ALGIERS: An Air Algerie flight carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso ished over northern Mali. He spoke yesterday from a crisis center set public. It wasn’t immediately clear why airline or government officials to Algeria’s capital disappeared from radar early yesterday over north- up in the French Foreign Ministry. Cuvillier didn’t specify exactly didn’t make it public earlier. Air Algerie Flight 5017 was being operat- ern Mali and “probably crashed,” according to the plane’s owner and where the plane disappeared over Mali, or whether it was in an area ed by Spanish airline Swiftair, the company said in a statement. The government officials in France and Burkina Faso. Air navigation servic- controlled by rebels. “What we know is that it was an Air Algerie flight Spanish pilots’ union said the plane belonged to Swiftair. es lost track of the MD-83 about 50 minutes after takeoff from that was likely carrying many French people,” he said. France has sent The flight path of the plane from Ouagadougou to Algiers wasn’t Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, at 0155 GMT (9:55 pm EDT two Mirage 2000 jets to look for the plane that went missing less than immediately clear. Ouagadougou is in a nearly straight line south of Wednesday), the official Algerian news agency APS said. an hour after takeoff from Ouagadougou. Algiers, passing over Mali where unrest continues in the north. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Air Algerie Flight 5017 At least 22 of the passengers were due to fly into France from had “probably crashed.” Fabius said “no trace” of the plane had been Algiers, according to airport sources and border police. Fifteen were Terror fear found. Two French fighter jets are among aircraft scouring the rugged due to fly to Paris and seven to Marseille.An Air Algerie source said Northern Mali fell under control of ethnic Tuareg separatists and north of Mali for the plane, which was traveling from Burkina Faso’s there were about 110 people on board. then Al-Qaeda-linked Islamic extremists following a military coup in capital, Ouagadougou, to Algiers, the Algerian capital. A source in Mali said that contact with the McDonnell Douglas 2012. A French-led intervention last year scattered the extremists, but The list of passengers includes 51 French, 27 Burkina Faso nation- MD-83 was lost over Gao in north Mali, a region that was seized by the Tuaregs have pushed back against the authority of the Bamako- als, eight Lebanese, six Algerians, five Canadians, four Germans, two jihadists groups for several months in 2012 and that remains very based government. A senior French official said it seems unlikely that Luxemburg nationals, one Swiss, one Belgium, one Egyptian, one unstable despite the Islamists being driven out in a French-led offen- fighters in Mali had the kind of weaponry that could shoot down a Ukrainian, one Nigerian, one Cameroonian and one Malian, Burkina sive. France’s civil aviation body said crisis cells had been set up at the plane. The official, not authorized to speak publicly, said on condition Faso Transport Minister Jean Bertin Ouedraogo said. The six crew airports of Paris and Marseille. But Algerian Prime Minister of anonymity that they primarily have shoulder-fired weapons - not members are Spanish, according to the Spanish pilots’ union. The Abdelmalek Sellal said on Algerian state television said that 10 min- enough to hit a passenger plane flying at cruising altitude. plane sent its last message around 0130 GMT (9:30 pm EDT), asking utes before disappearing, it was in contact with air traffic controllers in Swiftair, a private Spanish airline, said the plane was carrying 110 Niger air control to change its route because of heavy rains in the area, Gao, a city essentially under the control of the Malian government, passengers and six crew, and left Burkina Faso for Algiers at 0117 GMT Ouedraogo said. though it has seen lingering separatist violence. yesterday (9:17 p..EDT Wednesday), but had not arrived at the sched- French Transport Minister Frederic Cuvillier said the plane van- The plane had been missing for hours before the news was made uled time of 0510 GMT (1:10 am EDT yesterday).—AP International FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Clashes in Libya’s Benghazi kill nine

BENGHAZI: At least nine people were killed and 19 Two main rival militias in Tripoli exchanged fire with Brega oil port after a deal with protesters to end a block- wounded, mostly civilians, in heavy clashes overnight in Grad rockets, shells and anti-aircraft cannons for control ade there. Reopening Brega would help increase crude Benghazi as government forces tried to oust Islamist mili- of the main airport, shutting down most international output by bringing the stalled Sirte oil operations back tants holed up in Libya’s eastern port city, medical flights and prompting the United Nations to pull its staff into production. The North African OPEC oil producer’s sources said yesterday. The fighting late on Wednesday out of Libya. Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoglu petroleum industry has been a prime target for block- involved aircraft and ground troops and followed more said yesterday Turkey may evacuate its embassy in ades by militias and other armed groups looking to pres- than a week of the fiercest clashes between militants, for- Tripoli, a day after his ministry advised all Turkish citizens sure the central government for financial or political gain. mer rebel fighters and government forces in Benghazi to leave the North African country due to the worsening Libya’s western partners fear the country is becom- and the capital Tripoli since the 2011 war against security situation. ing increasingly polarized between two main factions of Muammar Gaddafi. competing militia brigades and their political allies, Sporadic shelling continued in parts of Tripoli early Militia blockades whose battle is shaping the country’s transition. One yesterday though there were no immediate reports of The fighting has also taken a toll on Libya’s fragile oil side is grouped around the western town of Zintan and any casualties after heavy clashes a day earlier. More than industry. The significant El-Feel oil field has reduced pro- their Tripoli allies who are loosely tied to the National 50 people have died so far in the violence that started ten duction due to the clashes and total output slipped Forces Alliance political movement in the parliament. days ago and that has deepened fears post-war Libya is around 20 percent to 450,000 barrels per day on Monday. The other faction centers on the more Islamist-leaning slipping further into lawlessness, with its government A spokesman for the state-run National Oil Corporation Misrata brigades and allied militias who side with unable to control heavily armed brigades of former rebel said yesterday production had risen to 500,000 bpd, but Justice and Construction Party, a wing of the Muslim fighters battling for power. he said there was still no progress on reopening the Brotherhood.—Reuters

Purge of minorities re-draws Iraq map

KABERLI, Iraq: A new map is being drawn across the plains of northern Iraq as Sunni militants of the Islamic State purge the rural landscape of religious and ethnic minorities that have co- existed for hundreds of years. More than half a million people have been displaced across Iraq since June, when the north’s biggest city, Mosul, fell to Sunni insurgents who have harried Shiite Turkmen and Shabaks, Yezidis and Christians. Even before the fall of Mosul, Yezidis, who follow an ancient monotheistic religion with elements of nature worship and are branded devil worshippers by the hardline Islamists, hardly dared set foot in the city, which has been a nerve centre for the Sunni insurgency since 2003. Now the Islamic State’s cleansing campaign has rid farm- land and villages in the surrounding Nineveh province and beyond of longtime minority inhabitants, leaving the country’s north segregated along clear sectarian and ethnic lines. Much of the north is now divided between the Islamic State and the Kurds, who have expanded their autonomous region by as much as 40 percent as the central government’s presence has crumbled. Minorities are being forced to choose which part of Iraq BEIT LAHIYA: Palestinian children, wounded in an Israeli strike on a compound housing a UN school in Beit Hanoun, in the northern they belong to, hastening the country’s de-facto partition and Gaza Strip, cry as they lay on the floor of the emergency room of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahiya, yesterday. — AP transforming its demography, perhaps irreversibly. For many Shiites - the majority in Iraq overall but outnum- bered by Sunnis in the north - the obvious refuge is south, Israel hits UN school where their sect predominates. “We want to get out of Kurdistan and Sunnistan, and go to Shiistan,” said a man from the city of Tal Afar, 70 kilometres (44 in Gaza, killing 15 miles) west of Mosul, which was overrun by insurgents last month, driving out Shiite Turkmen like him en masse. At a camp in the disused hangar of a construction company on the Airstrike in Abassan kills 5 of Palestinian family outskirts of Arbil, thousands of Turkmen, who have close cul- tural and linguistic links to Turkey, wait their turn to be bused GAZA CITY: Israeli tank shells hit a compound housing a UN school in the early morning hours, according to Gaza police and health officials. to the airport and flown down to Baghdad and the Shiite cities the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, killing at least 15 people and Twenty others were injured in the strike, they said, and rescuers were of Najaf and Kerbala. wounding dozens who were seeking shelter from fierce clashes on digging through the rubble of flattened homes, looking for survivors. The flights have been chartered by Iraq’s Shiite-led govern- the streets outside. An airstrike on a home in the southern Gaza town of Abassan ment because most of the roads leading south from Kurdistan Pools of blood soiled the school courtyard, amid scattered books killed five members of another family, said Gaza health official Ashraf run through territory controlled by Sunni insurgents who have and belongings. There was a large scorch mark in the courtyard mark- Al-Kidra. Abassan is near Khan Younis, in an area that saw intense proclaimed a caliphate straddling the border with Syria. As ing the place where one of the tank shells hit. The strike occurred dur- fighting on Wednesday. The 16-day conflict has claimed the lives of many as 15,000 Shiite Turkmen have been transported south ing a day of heavy fighting throughout the coastal territory as Israel more than 700 Palestinians, most of them civilians, Palestinian health by air or escorted in convoy across the only strip of border the pressed ahead with its operation to halt rocket fire from Gaza and officials say. Israel has lost 32 soldiers, all since July 17, when it Kurds still share with federal government forces - just 15 kilo- destroy a sophisticated network of cross-border tunnels. widened its air campaign into a full-scale ground operation it says is metres along a 1,000-km frontier. Gaza health official Ashraf Al-Kidra says the dead and injured in aimed at halting rocket fire from Gaza and destroying a sophisticated At the Arbil airport, Shiite Turkmen - carrying the few the school compound were among hundreds of people seeking shel- network of cross-border tunnels. belongings they managed to snatch up as they fled - wait to ter from heavy fighting in the area. Two Israeli civilians and a Thai worker in Israel have also been board a plane. One 35-year-old said most of his community It was the fourth time a UN facility has been hit in fighting killed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made no reference would never come back here: “The north will be emptied of between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, since the Israeli oper- to the cease-fire efforts in underscoring his determination to neutral- ation began July 8. UNRWA, the Palestinian refugee agency, has said it ize the rocket and tunnel threats. More than 2,000 rockets have been Shiites, the south will be emptied of Sunnis, (and) it will lead to has found militant rockets inside two vacant schools. The strike came fired at Israel from Gaza since July 8, and the Israeli military says it has the partition of Iraq. This is the new map of the Middle East.” on a day of heavy fighting throughout the Gaza Strip as Hamas mili- uncovered more than 30 tunnels leading from Gaza to Israel, some of The map is being traced through villages such as Omarkan, tants stuck to their demand for the lifting of an Israeli and Egyptian which have been used by Hamas to carry out attacks. “We started this until recently home to both Sunnis and Shiites from the coun- blockade amid international efforts to broker a cease-fire. operation to return peace and quiet to Israel... And we shall return it,” try’s small Shabak minority, a group that dwells in a triangle Six members of the same family and an 18-month-old infant boy Netanyahu said at a joint appearance with visiting British Foreign bounded by the Tigris and Greater Zab rivers to the east of were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit the Jebaliya refugee camp in Secretary Philip Hammond. Enav reported from Jerusalem. — AP Mosul.—Reuters International FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Iraqi jihadists order Iraq gets new president, genital mutilation of all women UN chief urges urgency GENEVA: Jihadists in Iraq have ordered that all women between the ages of 11 and 46 must undergo female gen- 60 killed as prison convoy ambushed ital mutilation, which could affect up to four million women and girls in the war-ravaged country, a UN official said yesterday. BAGHDAD: Kurdish politician Fuad Masum the need for a broad-based government to The UN’s second most senior official in Iraq, Jacqueline became the new president of Iraq yesterday, be formed as soon as possible to save the Badcock, said, “It is a fatwa (or religious edict) from ISIS, we in a step towards forming a new govern- country from collapse. “Iraq is facing an exis- learnt about it this morning. We have no precise num- ment that visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon said tential threat but it can be overcome by the bers.” The Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic must be inclusive for the country to survive. formation of a thoroughly inclusive govern- State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), took over large swathes A June onslaught on Sunni Arab areas ment,” he said at a joint news conference of the country last month and has begun imposing its north and west of Baghdad led by the with Maliki. “It is critical that all political lead- extreme Salafist interpretation of Islam. jihadist Islamic State group has brought Iraq ers fulfil their responsibilities to ensure that Badcock said that if you took UN population figures as to the brink of breakup, with the govern- the government formation process falls a guide, around “four million girls and women could be ment struggling to assert any authority within the constitutional timetable,” he said. affected”. Female genital mutilation is unusual in Iraq and beyond its Shiite power base. Parliament The Shiite premier has accused mainstream is only practiced in “certain isolated pockets of the coun- politicians from the Sunni Arab minority of try”, she added. She said only 20 families from the ancient condoning the IS offensive and of “dancing Christian minority now remain in Mosul, the northern Iraq in the blood” of the onslaught’s victims. city which ISIS has taken as the capital of its Islamic state. But many retort it was Maliki’s own Most have reportedly fled north into Kurdish-controlled brand of sectarian politics that brought the territory. Badcock said some Christians have converted to country to the brink of collapse, and he now Islam, while others have opted to stay and pay the jiyza, faces intense domestic and foreign pressure the tax on non-Muslim’s ISIS has imposed. — AFP to step aside. He was also criticized over the army’s poor performance in the face of the lightning offensive launched in second city Islamists seize part Mosul on June 9. Fuad Masum, the new president of Iraq and a veteran Kurdish politician, Prison convoy attacked speaks during a press conference in of Syrian army base Insurgents launched a spectacular pre- Baghdad yesterday. — AFP dawn assault yesterday on a convoy trans- BEIRUT: Fighters from the extremist Islamic group yesterday ferring inmates convicted of terrorism past week saw IS spark a new international overran part of an army base in northern Syria, which has been charges in Taji, only 25 kilometres (15 miles) outcry with an ultimatum that purged under the militants’ siege for months, in ferocious battles that NAJAF: United Nations Chief Ban Ki- north of Baghdad. According to police and Mosul of its centuries-old Christian commu- killed or wounded dozens on both sides, activists said. The bat- moon gives a press conference yes- medical sources, at least 60 people died in nity. Despite the billions of dollars spent on tle over the base is the latest in the Islamic State’s push to cap- terday in the Iraqi central shrine city the attack, which saw militants ram a securi- training and equipment by the United ture as much of Syrian territory as it can. Since June, the group of Najaf, after a meeting with Iraq’s ty convoy with a suicide car bomb before States during its eight-year occupation, has seized a huge chunk of territory straddling the Iraq-Syria top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali detonating other bombs and raking it with Iraq’s million-strong army completely fold- border, where they have declared a self-styled caliphate. Al-Sistani. — AFP gunfire. ed when the insurgents attacked last The base lies in Raqqa province, where much of the territory Nearly all of the 60 prisoners believed to month. They have since received the sup- fell to the Syrian opposition last year. Earlier this year, the elected Masum, who served as the first be on the bus died. It was not immediately port of thousands of Shiite volunteers and Islamic State, which sided with the rebels at the start of the prime minister of Iraq’s autonomous clear how many attackers died nor how the some foreign military assistance but the Syrian conflict three years ago, captured much of Raqqa and Kurdish region more than two decades ago, prisoners they were apparently trying to government has so far proved unable to has tried to capture the base several times. by an overwhelming majority of 211 votes free were killed. claw back any lost ground. The assault on the base began around midnight on to 17. He had been almost guaranteed the Human rights watchdogs have accused Maliki has complained the world is not Wednesday with two suicide car bombs, said the Britain-based job after Kurdish parties struck a late-night retreating Iraqi troops of having executed doing enough to help him tackle IS, an Al- Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Syrian army helicopters deal to support him. more than 250 prisoners since June 9 in an Qaeda offshoot which appears to be out- fought back, targeting jihadi positions around the base, the Under an unofficial power-sharing deal, apparent bid to prevent them from joining growing the network founded by Osama activist group said. The Observatory said 35 Islamic State fight- Iraq’s Kurds traditionally get the post of the ranks of advancing IS fighters. But Ban’s bin Laden. As the premier met the head of ers died and that dozens of government troops were killed or president. The move could pave the way for speech focused on Iraq’s “struggle against the US Central Command, General Lloyd wounded, including six soldiers who were beheaded. It said a deal on the much more powerful post of terrorism” and condemned the IS offensive, Austin, in Baghdad yesterday, his defense both sides exchanged mortar and artillery fire. The Syrian air prime minister. The UN chief met current which has forced more than 600,000 people minister was in Moscow with a wish list of force carried out 12 raids around Division 17 and the nearby Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki and stressed from their homes in a matter of weeks. The military equipment. — AFP provincial capital of Raqqa, which is also controlled by the Islamic State, said the Local Coordination Committees, another activist group. It said army helicopters were dropping barrel bombs around the base. Elsewhere yesterday, Islamic State fighters stormed the headquarters of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s ruling Baath party in the northeastern city of Hassakeh in the predominantly Kurdish province that carries the same name, activists said. Black banners of the Islamic State were seen raised over the Baath party building, the Observatory said. Juan Mohammed, a Kurdish official in Hassakeh, said there were two explosions near the building but he added that he had no immediate information about whether the Islamic State had stormed the Baath headquarters. In their push, the Islamic State fighters have also captured much of Syria’s oil- rich eastern province of Deir el-Zour, which borders Iraq. Last week, the jihadis captured a gas field in the central province of Homs, an attack that left more than 200 people dead. Clashes between government forces and Islamic State fight- ers have been rare until after the group’s blitz advance in northern and western Iraq in June. Since then, violence between the two intensified as jihadis try to remove all rival groups from areas under their control. Assad’s forces have fought back, but for now appear mostly intent on consolidating the territory firmly under their control in his powerbase, the capital of Damascus, and in his Allawite heartland to the west. The Syrian conflict has killed at least BAGHDAD: An Iraqi man inspects a destroyed prisoner transport bus in the town of Taji, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) 170,000 people, a third of them civilians, and displaced some 9 north of Baghdad yesterday. Gunmen attacked a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad yesterday, setting off a gunbattle million, a third of the country’s pre-war population, according with troops in which scores of prisoners and several soldiers were killed, brutally underscoring Iraq’s instability as law- to activists. —AP makers convened to elect a new president. —AP International FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Star witness in UK hacking trial spared jail

LONDON: The British tabloid journalist whose was also given 200 hours’ community service. Saunders said he was lenient because the jour- tales of phone hacking were key to the convic- Evans was a star witness in the recent high-pro- nalist was one of only two people who agreed tion of former News of the World editor Andy file hacking trial, claiming to have played to testify about voicemail interception at the Coulson was yesterday spared jail for his own Coulson a voicemail from James Bond actor News of the World, which was shut down in involvement in the scandal. Dan Evans had Daniel Craig’s phone and telling jurors that hack- disgrace in 2011. “It became clear in the trial admitted hacking phones while working for the ing was so rife at the News of the World that that I have just completed, that getting people Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid and its rival, the “even the office cat” knew about it. who work in newspapers to give evidence of Sunday Mirror, as well as lying about his activities Coulson, who was editor of the Sunday phone hacking is extremely difficult, if not during a civil lawsuit and paying public officials tabloid at the time and went on to work as impossible,” said Saunders, who had presided But at the Old Bailey court in London, the 38- media chief for Prime Minister David Cameron, over the hacking trial. “The undisputed evi- year-old received a 10-month prison term sus- was jailed for 18 months earlier this month after dence in the trial was that between 2004 and A photo from files showing former tabloid pended for a year, meaning he will not serve any being found guilty of hacking. 2006, there was a great deal of phone hacking journalist Dan Evans as he leaves The Old jail time unless he breaches his probation. He Sentencing Evans yesterday, Judge John at the News of the World. —AFP Bailey law court in London. — AP International14 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Russia convicts protest leader Udaltsov of fomenting ‘mass riots’ MOSCOW: A Russian court yesterday convicted an opposition leader and his colleague of organizing “mass riots” ahead of Vladimir Putin’s inauguration as president in 2012. Judge Alexander Zamashnyuk said the guilt of protest leader Sergei Udaltsov and his ally Leonid Razvozzhayev in preparing unrest in Moscow and in other regions of Russia has been “totally proven”, an AFP correspondent in the courtroom reported. Prosecutors have requested Udaltsov and Razvozzhayev be sentenced to eight years in a penal colony for organising the rally on May 6, 2012, which the government has described as a “riot”, as well as plotting further unrest across Russia. As the entire verdict is read out in court, it may be several hours before the judge announces the sentence. Supporters of the two men gathered near the courthouse with signs protesting the trial and chanted protest slogans. Udaltsov, 37, was one of the more radical opposition leaders during the wave of mass rallies against Vladimir Putin which swept Moscow in 2011-2012. He was put under house arrest in February 2013 after being charged with fomenting mass disorder and accused of KIEV: Dutch ambassador to Ukraine Kees Klompenhouwer (third left) looks on as Dutch Foreign Minister Frans attempting to overthrow the government. His co-defendant Timmermans (second right) and his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop (right) shake hands at the Netherlands’ embassy Leonid Razvozzhayev, 41, was an aide to a Russian opposition in Kiev yesterday. Dozens more bodies from the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 are set to arrive in the lawmaker. He was put under pre-trial arrest in October 2012, Netherlands yesterday as the EU prepares to hit Russia with fresh sanctions. — AFP accusing Russia’s security services of abducting him from Ukraine where he was applying for asylum, and smuggling him across the border. Ukraine fighting rages as The two men were charged in the wake of a mass rally in Moscow on May 6, 2012, when tens of thousands of people marched in protest against Putin’s inauguration to a historic EU mulls Russia sanctions third presidential term, only to clash with police cordons around the central Bolotnaya square. Human rights organisations have protested the charges as Experts begin analyzing data from crashed jet’s black boxes disproportionate and said that police provoked the clashes by blocking the path of the crowd.—AFP DONETSK, Ukraine: Fighting between Ukrainian troops and it accuses of fanning the rebellion in Ukraine’s east by arming rebels raged yesterday near the crash site of Malaysian flight the separatists. The bloc said Tuesday it will decide on a list of MH17, as experts in Britain begin analyzing crucial data from Russian individuals and entities which it would sanction for Ex-Murdoch reporter the downed airliner’s black boxes. providing “material or financial support” to those responsible A Dutch team leading the probe into the downing of for the March annexation of Ukraine’s Crimea territory and escapes jail over UK MH17 was stuck in Kiev, unable to join a handful of interna- destabilising the east of the country, where MH17 came tional investigators at the site, after two warplanes were shot down. Putin is staring down fresh European sanctions just a phone-hacking crimes down Wednesday just 45 kilometres from the impact scene in week after the last round was unveiled over Moscow’s role in insurgent-held territory. As the EU prepares to hit Russia with the Ukraine crisis, which has seen East-West tensions spike to LONDON: A former tabloid reporter who admitted hacking further sanctions over allegations it is arming the separatists their highest point in years. US intelligence officials have said hundreds of phones to find stories for two Sunday newspa- accused of downing MH17, dozens more bodies are to be they believe the rebels mistakenly shot down the doomed pers was spared jail yesterday for helping secure the convic- flown to the Netherlands, a day after the first 40 corpses Malaysia Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur tion of Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief Andy arrived in the grieving nation. with a surface-to-air missile provided by Russia. Coulson. Experts say many remains are still lying in the vast crash British experts succeeded in downloading the data from Dan Evans gave evidence for the prosecution during the site where recovery work has grounded to a halt a week after the black boxes-handed over by the rebels following intense eight-month trial of Coulson, who was jailed for 18 months the disaster, with Dutch authorities saying they can only be international pressure-and are set to start examining the vital earlier in July for his role in widespread phone-hacking at sure that 200 corpses have been recovered from the 298 peo- contents.—AFP Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World title. Shortly before the ple killed on board. trial, Evans made a deal with prosecutors and admitted he had Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that there was carried out more than 1,000 hacks involving some 200 victims still a need for a rigorous search of the debris zone. “On the - mainly celebrities but also sports stars and politicians - while site it is still clear that nothing is happening without the working for the now defunct Murdoch title and its rival, the approval of the armed rebels who brought the plane down in Sunday Mirror. the first place,” he said. “There has still not been anything like He also admitted lying about hacking in a legal action a thorough professional search of the area where the plane brought by one of his victims, and illegally paying a prison went down, and there can’t be while the site is controlled by officer and a policeman for information. Giving evidence, armed men with vested interest in the outcome of the inves- Evans said his targets included the likes of James Bond actor tigation.” Daniel Craig, and he said “even the office cat” knew that Rebels and government forces have declared a ceasefire in phone-hacking was rife at the News of the World under the immediate vicinity of the site, but just beyond, fierce Coulson. fighting was ongoing. Ukrainian military said that rockets The judge, John Saunders, said his crimes warranted 10 were being fired “from the Russian side,” hitting locations months in prison but he suspended the jail term because of close to Lugansk airport and in several areas in the Donetsk the help Evans had given and might give in future trials. “I region. would not have done that had Mr Evans not made a clean Mortar shells also rained down on Avdiyika in Donetsk region, the army said, without giving details of casualties. An breast of his involvement in these offences,” he told London’s AFP crew seeking to access one of these combat hotspots Old Bailey court, adding the lack of witnesses prepared to tes- Wednesday was turned back by rebels, who fired at their car. tify about hacking made Evans’s position unique. Kiev said the missiles that downed two fighter jets were fired He said: “It became clear in the trial that I have just com- from Russian territory, and that while the pilots ejected safely, pleted, that getting people who work in newspapers to give there was no information about their whereabouts. evidence of phone-hacking is extremely difficult, if not impos- As government troops push on with their offensive to sible.” Two other former senior journalists who admitted car- wrest control of east Ukraine’s industrial heartland from the SEVESTOPOL: Local residents take photos of a of Russian rying out extensive hacking on behalf of the paper have been pro-Moscow separatists, the Red Cross warned both sides to naval infantry soldier (marine) climbing up the rope dur- jailed as well as Coulson, while a private detective and anoth- abide by the Geneva Conventions, declaring that it consid- ing a rehearsal of Navy Day celebrations in the Crimean er ex-journalist also pleaded guilty to roles in the activity. ered the country to be in a state of civil war. city of Sevastopol yesterday. Crimea’s largely Russian- Evans began his hacking activities at the Sunday Mirror, speaking residents voted in March to become part of learning from a senior executive, and it became a major part EU weighs tighter sanctions Russia, in a hastily organised referendum held as Russian of his job, his lawyer Jonathan Turner said.— Reuters In Brussels, the EU was looking at punishing Russia, which troops patrolled the region. — AFP International15 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 CAR rivals ink ceasefire Political future to be mapped out in further dialogue

BRAZZAVILLE: Central African Republic’s boring country’s crisis, which has forced a mil- “We have signed this ceasefire agreement of the anti-balaka militia. Cycles of tit-for-tat mainly Muslim Seleka rebels signed a cease- lion people, or about a quarter of the CAR today in front of everyone. Our commitment violence have continued despite Seleka’s fire with the “anti-balaka” Christian militia on population, to flee their homes. “We have tak- is firm and irreversible,” said Mohamed leaders stepping down from power in Wednesday, after having dropped their en the first step today. The journey is long, Moussa Dhaffane, head of the Seleka delega- January. About 2,000 French and another demand for the country to be split in two but we have made promises. After what has tion at the talks. Patrick Edouard Ngaissona, 6,000 African peacekeepers have been along religious lines. Seleka’s call for the happened here, I am confident,” Sassou head of the anti-balaka delegation, echoed deployed to Central African Republic, but country to be officially partitioned into a N’Guesso said at the signing ceremony. The the pledges of peace, saying anyone caught they have struggled to help the weak transi- Muslim north and a Christian south risked Brazzaville talks have involved dozens of breaking the ceasefire would be arrested. The tional government stamp its authority on the derailing talks in Congo Republic aimed at members of armed groups, the transitional former French colony has been gripped by mineral-rich country. Most Muslims have fled ending religious violence that has killed thou- government and civil society members. violence since Seleka, a coalition of rebels the south of the country, creating a de facto sands of people. Further negotiations will now be held in centred around northerners and some fight- partition, but Seleka’s Dhaffane had pushed The ceasefire was signed in Brazzaville Central African Republic to hammer out ers from neighboring Chad and Sudan, seized for this to be formalized. The demand was after three days of talks hosted by President details over disarmament and mapping out power in March 2013. Seleka’s rule was dropped after hours with talks with Sassou Denis Sassou N’Guesso, mediator in his neigh- the country’s political future. marked by abuses that prompted the creation N’Guesso earlier on Wednesday. — Reuters Christians face ‘growing Death, displacement harassment’ in Sudan mar Eid in Darfur KHARTOUM: Shafia Abdullah’s Sudanese family is consumed with thoughts of vengeance after militia shot him dead dur- KHARTOUM: Church properties have been ing the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, ending his advocacy bulldozed and seized in a climate of grow- for Darfur’s displaced people. Abdullah’s murder is only one ing harassment of minority Christians in among many in Darfur’s years of war but it symbolises what Islamist-run Sudan since the south’s 2011 residents say is a worsening security situation, leaving little to independence, its council of churches said. celebrate as the Eid Al-Fitr festival approaches next week. Kori Elramla Kori Kuku, general secretary of Abdullah, 35, lived in Central Darfur’s Hassa Issa camp for the the Sudan Council of Churches, told AFP displaced and was gunned down on July 5, a relative said. that harassment has been on the rise ever “Militia stopped him and asked him to hand over his since the separation three years ago of phone. When he refused, they shot him and took it,” said the South Sudan, whose population follow family member who asked not to be named. Relatives sus- mainly Christian and traditional beliefs. pect the murder is linked to his work on behalf of others who A death sentence issued in May to a have been uprooted in the region. “Our family won’t experi- pregnant Sudanese Christian woman con- ence the joy of Eid. But we are committed to taking revenge victed of apostasy from Islam drew world- against those who killed him,” the relative said from Hassa wide attention to the issue of religious Issa, where they have lived for 10 years after escaping unrest freedom in Sudan. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim in Darfur’s East Jebel Marra. Ishag took refuge at the US embassy in Violence throughout Darfur has been as bad this year as it Khartoum after a higher court annulled her was then. At its worst level in a decade, the 2014 unrest has conviction. On Thursday, the Italian gov- left about 257,000 people homeless. That has helped push to ernment flew her and her family out to around 2.2 million the number uprooted and living in camps Rome. Away from the limelight, Kuku said in Darfur, where the United Nations says new arrivals are at in an interview Wednesday, churches have risk of disease because of over-stretched water and sanitation faced numerous challenges and threats services. Though they fled in search of security, they haven’t from Sudanese authorities. “The situation is found it. “I don’t feel safe here,” said Hassan Haroun, 27, who very bad,” he said. “After separation, every- will spend his first Eid in a camp, after running from this year’s thing changed completely. The freedom violence in which paramilitary troops were accused of attack- we used to have now is denied.” He said ing villages. the Council is concerned after a Sudanese “Sometimes we hear gunfire, and people are kidnapped or newspaper report that the religious affairs shot,” Haroun said from Zam Zam camp near the North ministry will no longer allow the building Darfur capital, El Fasher. Residents of Zam Zam and other of new churches, since most Christians camps rely on aid from the UN World Food Programme were Southerners who had left. But a sen- (WFP). Most get monthly handouts of sorghum, salt, sugar ior ruling party official, Rabbie Abdelatti and oil. Some, including those in Zam Zam, receive vouchers Ebaid, told AFP he was unaware of any which can be exchanged for a wider variety of market goods. such decision. “There’s nothing to do here, only collect donated foods,” In practice, churches have already faced Haroun complains. “Ramadan here is completely different obstacles, according to Kuku. The Sudan from in our village.” Church of Christ in North Khartoum was “bulldozed” because, according to officials, VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis speaks with Sudanese Christian Meriam Yahia ‘Increasingly bad’ it lacked legal title to the land, he said. Ibrahim Ishag, her children Maya and Martin, and her husband Daniel Wani Eid won’t be the same either. “I should buy new clothes Authorities have also confiscated a build- during a private audience at the Vatican. — AFP for my children but this year I can’t because I don’t have a ing housing the Sudan Interior Church in job,” Haroun says. “I really want to go back to my village said. “What is wrong if we read the Bible?” in a low-rise building which carries no sign, because the rainy season is starting. If things were secure I the central Khartoum Two district, Kuku Deportations, confiscation and destruction only a small cross in the metal grillwork said at his office. And state security agents could be cultivating my farm. But that seems impossible.” The of church property, and other anti- above an open door. He agreed, however, inability of displaced villagers to plant “will have an impact last week halted a workshop organized by Christian actions have increased since that worship itself takes place unhindered, ALARM, the African Leadership and on food insecurity”, or shortages, says WFP’s Amor Almagro. December 2012, Christian Solidarity although security agents monitor the serv- “We used to be farmers and now we depend on NGO aid,” Reconciliation Ministries, Kuku said. The Worldwide, a British-based group, said in ices. Ebaid of the ruling National Congress peace-building group had invited Muslims said Mohammed Eshaq, spending his 10th Ramadan at Abu May. A dozen denominations including Party said that even if something is consti- Shouk on the edge of El Fasher. After so long, Abu Shouk and Christians from Sudan’s war zones of Catholic and Coptic Orthodox officially tutionally guaranteed, “you have to follow Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan. resembles not so much a “camp” but an urban community of belong to his Council, but Kuku says he the procedures and the steps” laid down in mud-brick buildings.Once a secure refuge, it no longer feels also has a responsibility toward more than associated laws. There is no clear data on safe and the situation “has been getting increasingly bad” ‘What is wrong?’ 12 other denominations. how many Christians remain in Sudan, but over the past year, Eshaq said. President Omar al-Bashir and Kuku said security agents intervened “We feel our rights are not respected Ebaid said “they have economic weight, Defence Minister Abdelrahim Mohammed Hussein are both shortly after the workshop opened with even though the constitution is good,” they have intellectual weight and even wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court for readings from both the Koran and the guaranteeing religious freedom, said Kuku, their opinion is respected”. They were not alleged war crimes in Darfur. —AFP Bible. “We are not forcing anybody,” he interviewed at the Council’s headquarters “in the margin” of society. —AFP International16 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Gunmen kill 2 Finnish women in Afghanistan

HEART: Two Finnish female aid workers were shot dead by unknown gunmen while travelling in a taxi in western Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, the latest killings in a recent spate of attacks on foreigners. It came as Afghanistan undertakes a massive audit of its recently concluded presi- dential vote to avert an impasse threatening to plunge the country into an ethnic conflict as foreign troops prepare to depart after more than a decade of war. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the killings in Herat city, but the Christian medical charity the women worked for was targeted by the Taleban four years ago in an attack that killed eight foreigners. The militants claimed at the time the medics were “missionaries”. Sayed Fazullah Wahidy, governor of Herat province said: “This morning at around 11:30am (0700 GMT) gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire at two foreigners riding in a taxi and killed them.”Interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi confirmed the attack and said the perpetrators had escaped. “One per- son was detained at the scene but the two gunmen escaped and the police are searching the area,” he said. The Interaional Assistance Mission, a Christian medical charity said the victims were Finnish expatriate employees. “With deep sadness we confirm that today... two Finnish expatriate female staff members of IAM have been killed in MEDAK: An Indian mother grieves over the bodies of her two children at the site of the collision between a school bus Herat,” said a statement signed by the group’s acting execu- and a train at Thoopran Mandal of Medak District, about 58 kilometers from Hyderabad yesterday. — AFP tive director Heini Makila. “We are in the process of informing the relatives and therefore cannot confirm any other details. Our prayers are with their relatives, friends, Afghan and inter- India train hits school bus national colleagues,” it added. The Finnish foreign ministry also confirmed the women’s nationality. killing 20, mostly children Foreigners targeted Foreigners have increasingly become victims of violence in recent months raising questions over whether it is a new Latest fatal accident on the rail network Taleban tactic, a series of random incidents or rising xeno- phobia. In April, a police commander killed an Associated Press photographer and badly injured a journalist as they HYDERABAD: A passenger train rammed small crane and a digger tried to lift wreck- cause of the accident and whose mistake it covered election preparations in the eastern province of into a school bus in southern India yester- age, while school bags were seen stacked is we are investigating,” he said. However Khost. Later the same month a police officer shot dead three day killing 20 people, mostly young chil- alongside the tracks. railway official Rao said 20 people were Americans including a doctor at the CURE International hos- dren, officials said in the latest fatal acci- Grieving and angry parents also gath- confirmed dead, a figure backed up by an pital in Kabul. Aid workers, particularly those working for dent on the country’s rail network. The ered outside a nearby hospital where the unnamed official from the school. “We Christian non-government organizations, have also come train collided with the bus carrying about injured children, some in a critical condi- know for a fact that 20 children have died under fire since the US-led invasion to oust the Taleban in 30 children as it drove across an tion, were taken. Some parents called for so far. The children were very young, from 2001. Last month, an Indian aid worker for a Christian charity unmanned level crossing in the state of the sacking of senior railway officials over the nursery level to the sixth standard,” the was abducted in the same province. Telangana, dragging the mangled vehicle the tragedy. Railways minister Sadanand official told AFP from the site, his voice In August 2010, the Taleban claimed responsibility for down the tracks, officials said. “There are Gowda blamed the bus driver for the breaking. killing a group of eight IAM medics-six Americans, a German 20 confirmed dead based on railway tragedy, saying it appeared he did not stop Students in sixth standard are normally and a Briton in a remote Afghan forest, claiming they were inputs. A lot of people who are critically at the crossing to check for trains. “As per aged nine or ten in India. “The train “Christian missionaries”. And in October 2008, a British aid injured were shifted to different hospitals,” the preliminary information received, the dragged the bus for 100 yards after the col- worker was gunned down in Kabul as she walked to work at K Samba Siva Rao, a spokesman for South incident occurred due to the negligent lision,” he added. The train was travelling SERVE Afghanistan, a British-based Christian charity that Central Railway said. driving by the driver of the school bus,” he from the city of Nanded in Maharashtra helps disabled people. The bus had been travelling to school told parliament. state to Hyderabad in neighboring Yesterday’s shootings came hours after a suicide bomber when the accident occurred in the village Telangana. No one on the train was badly detonated his explosive-packed motorcycle in northern of Masaipet about 62 kilometers from state Train dragged bus injured, officials said. Prime Minister Takhar province, killing six civilians and wounding more than capital Hyderabad. Large crowds poured The children went to Kakatiya Techno Narendra Modi’s office expressed his con- 20 in a crowded market as shoppers bought supplies for the over the accident site in Medak district try- School, in the nearby town of Toopran. The dolences to the families of those killed, upcoming Islamic festival of Eid-ul-Fitr. Afghanistan is on ing to move twisted metal to retrieve small school teaches children as young as two adding in a tweet that he “prays for the edge as the election dispute between poll rivals Ashraf Ghani bodies trapped inside, television footage and a half years old, according to its web- speedy recovery of those injured.”Railways and Abdullah Abdullah threatens to trigger instability and showed. Parents who reached the site site. Local police deputy inspector general minister Gowda announced 200,000 revive ethnic tensions that ravaged the country during the were seen wailing, crouched next to their N Suryanaarayana said “12 students along rupees ($3,300) in compensation for the 1992-1996 civil war. —AFP dead children drapped in white sheets. A with the driver died on the spot.” “The families of those killed. —AFP Surgeons remove 232 teeth from India teen

MUMBAI: Surgeons in Mumbai have thought it may be a simple surgery to be cancer so I brought him to removed 232 teeth from the mouth of but once we opened it there were Mumbai,” Gavai told the Mumbai an Indian teenager in what they multiple pearl-like teeth inside the jaw Mirror newspaper. believe may be a world-record opera- bone,” she said. Dhivare-Palwankar said the litera- tion, the hospital said Thursday. Ashik After removing those they also ture they had come across on the con- Gavai, 17, sought medical help for a found a larger “marble-like” structure dition showed a maximum of 37 teeth swelling on the right side of his lower which they struggled to shift and being removed in such a procedure, jaw and the case was referred to the eventually had to “chisel out” and whereas she and her team had counted city’s JJ Hospital, where they found he remove in fragments, she added. The more than 232 taken from Gavai’s was suffering from a condition known youngster’s father, Suresh Gavai, said mouth. “I think it could be a world as complex odontoma, head of den- that the family had been worried that record,” she said. Gavai’s jawbone tistry Sunanda Dhivare-Palwankar Ashik’s swelling was a cancerous structure was maintained during the MUMBAI: Indian dentists display teeth removed after operat- said. “We operated on Monday and it growth. operation so it should heal without any ing on seventeen year old Ashik Gavai at JJ Hospital in took us almost seven hours. We “I was worried that it may turn out deformities, the surgeon added. — AFP Mumbai. — AFP International FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Aboard ‘The Beast,’ migrants fear Texas crackdown

APIZACO: Texas Governor Rick Perry’s plan to send troops the desert,” said Edwin, 36, who lived for years in Dallas and provide them food and shelter along their journey. “If they to reinforce the Mexican border was enough to deter has done this all before. take us off the train, we’ll lose everything: the shelters. We’ll Salvadoran couple Edwin and Sandra, who decided to Sandra said she was more worried about the more have to stay in the hills, there will be a lot more deaths,” make a difficult trek through New Mexico instead. The immediate danger they faced: a long row of concrete barri- said Peralta, who had a sling around his chest and shoulder young couple, who are expecting a baby in six months, are ers set up along the train tracks in 2012 in the town of after falling off the train. The trip is already full of dangers crossing Mexico aboard an infamous freight train known as Apizaco. The barriers are part of the Mexican government’s as it is. Criminal groups such as the Zetas, a violent gang “The Beast,” which tens of thousands of Latin Americans efforts to stop migrants from riding The Beast, where, offi- formed by ex-soldiers who deserted from the army, hop each year to make their way to the US border. Carrying cials say, they risk falling off or being assaulted by criminal finances itself in part by robbing, kidnapping or shaking two small backpacks, the pair had jumped off The Beast- gangs that target the trains. But the barriers are a danger down undocumented migrants. Nine travelers who arrived actually a network of trains crossing Mexico from south to themselves. Eight people have lost one or both legs at the Tuesday at Christ the King said they had been assaulted. In north-to stop for the night at Christ the King, a shelter in barriers, according to Martin Morales, who runs the Christ front of the rail line’s own guards, a group of tattoo-cov- the central Mexican town of Apizaco that provides rooms the King shelter. “People are going to have to find other ered armed men made them get off the train, demanding to migrants hoping to sneak into the United States. means of transport-either by bus or walking,” Morales said, they hire one of their “polleros,” or human traffickers, who The couple had been on the road for 18 days since leav- saying gangs would just target migrants elsewhere and charged them $7,000 to continue their trip, they said. ing El Salvador, but when they heard the news about presi- increase the “fees” they charge them. Unable or unwilling to pay, most of the victims returned dential prospect Perry’s move to send 1,000 National home. “But we decided to go around through the hills. The Guard reservists to the already tightly guarded border, they Tattooed attackers first night we had to hide in the bush (because) they were decided to ditch their plan to cross at Eagle Pass, Texas, Enrique Peralta, a 39-year-old from Honduras, worried chasing us with lanterns across the mountain,” said Edwin, and take an even longer route. “A friend told me he that if migrants could not ride The Beast, they would no one of the group. He and eight companions managed to crossed in New Mexico. Nobody goes there. It’s very far, longer be able to access the network of charitable hostels make it to Apizaco. But there are still many dangers very high and you have to walk about three days through like Christ the King, where activists and religious workers between there and a new life in the United States. — AFP

Outrage after execution lasts nearly 2 hours in US

WASHINGTON: America’s death penalty gasping for air. I don’t believe he was suf- debate raged yesterday after it took near- fering. Sounded to me as though he was ly two hours for Arizona to execute a pris- snoring.” oner who lost a Supreme Court battle challenging the experimental lethal drug ‘Bungled’ execution cocktail. Convicted killer Joseph Wood “Arizona appears to have joined sever- gasped and snorted during the 117 min- al other states who have been responsi- utes it took him to die Wednesday after ble for an entirely preventable horror-a he was injected with a relatively untested bungled execution,” Baich said in a state- combination of the sedative midazolam ment. Just a day before he was finally put and painkiller hydromorphone, witnesses to death, the US Supreme Court had and his lawyers said. It marked the third denied Wood’s request to halt the execu- time so far this year that a US inmate took tion because of the state’s secrecy over more than the usual 10 minutes to die by the nature and origin of the drug cocktail. lethal injection. Wood “gasped and strug- Cassandra Stubbs of the American gled to breathe,” his attorney Dale Baich Civil Liberties Union said “it’s time for said after the execution in the southwest- Arizona and the other states still using ern US state. lethal injection to admit that this experi- So drawn out was the procedure that ment with unreliable drugs is a failure.” SZYMANY: Photo shows the runway and control tower of the airport in Szymany, in northeastern Poland. Wood’s lawyers fielded an emergency She said executions should be put on Europe’s top human rights court ruled yesterday that Poland violated the rights of two terror suspects by motion during the execution to try to cut hold until states reveal the origins and allowing the CIA to secretly imprison them on Polish soil from 2002-2003 and facilitating the conditions under it short and revive their client. Wood, who effectiveness of the lethal drugs. Witness which they were subject to torture. - AP was convicted for the 1989 murders of his Michael Kiefer, a reporter for The Arizona girlfriend Debbie Dietz and her father Republic, said Wood gasped more than Gene, finally died at 3:49 pm. But the vic- 640 times. “It was very disturbing to CIA ran secret jail in tims’ family rejected claims that Wood watch... At a certain point, you wondered had died an agonizing death. “You don’t if he was ever going to die,” local Fox know what excruciating is. What’s excru- News affiliate news anchor Troy Hayden ciating is seeing your dad lying there in a said.But medical observers said Wood did Polish forest: Court pool of blood, seeing your sister lying not suffer. Capital punishment oppo- there in a pool of blood,” Jeanne Brown nents vowed to redouble their efforts to told reporters. “That’s excruciating. This outlaw the practice, which most other Polish officials deny they hosted CIA ‘black site’ man deserved it. I don’t believe he was countries have abandoned. —AFP WARSAW: The CIA ran a secret jail on Polish soil, the the CIA-facility near the village of Stare Kiejkuty where they European Court of Human Rights ruled yesterday, piling were subject to treatment they said amounted to torture. pressure on Poland, one of Washington’s closest allies, to Lawyers for Nashiri said one on occasion he was forced to break its long silence about the global program for detaining stand naked and hooded in his cell while his interrogator Al-Qaeda suspects. The court said it had been established operated a power drill, making the detainee believe he that the CIA used a facility in a northern Polish forest, code would be harmed. In another incident, the lawyers said, an named “Quartz”, as a hub in its network for interrogating sus- interrogator cocked a pistol next to Nashiri’s head. pected al Qaeda operatives rounded up after the Sept 11, The court ruled that, despite the wall of secrecy around 2001 attacks. the US-led “extraordinary rendition” program, there was Poland has always denied that the CIA had a jail on its ter- enough circumstantial evidence to say beyond reasonable ritory, even as leaks from former US intelligence officials, and doubt that both men were held at a CIA-run facility in a Senate investigation, brought more and more details of the Poland. It said Poland knew about their detention and program into the open. Yesterday’s ruling was the first time should have known they were at risk of ill-treatment. The that a court in Europe had said that the CIA operated one of court found Poland violated its obligations under the the secret jails - often referred to as “black sites” -on the con- European Convention on Human Rights to prevent torture, tinent. Amrit Singh, a lawyer with the Open Society Justice ensure the right to liberty, and properly investigate allega- Initiative who acted for one of the men who brought the tions a crime had been committed on its territory. case, told Reuters both Poland and the United States would It ordered Poland to pay Al-Nashiri 100,000 euros in have to take note of what she called an historic ruling. “It’s damages and 130,000 euros to Zubaydah. “The ruling of time for them to own up to the truth,” she said. the tribunal in Strasbourg on CIA jails is embarrassing for The court case was brought by lawyers for two men, Poland and is a burden both in terms of our country’s Saudi-born Abu Zubaydah, and Saudi national Abd Al-Rahim finances as well as its image,” said Joanna Trzaska- ARIZONA: John Zemblidge (right) of Phoenix, leads a group of death penalty Al-Nashiri, who are now both inmates at Guantanamo Bay, Wieczorek, a spokeswoman for the Polish president. opponents in prayer as they protest the execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood the US military’s prison on Cuba. They alleged they were Poland’s foreign ministry said a decision had not yet been at the state prison in Florence, Ariz on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. — AP flown in secret to a remote Polish airfield, then transferred to taken about an appeal. —Reuters International FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 18

China billionaires criticized for giving Harvard $15m

BEIJING: A Chinese billionaire couple has students, according to the Institute of to people who are able to study in America- with some Internet users questioning the faced a deluge of criticism for donating $15 International Education. Many of those young what a great definition of ‘poverty’!” Others extravagant purchase as well as Wang’s patri- million to one of the richest and most presti- people’s studies are funded by their families, defended the decision by the couple, who otism. “Why not purchase Chinese paintings? gious universities in the US, with Internet users but Zhang told the Wall Street Journal that the have also established a foundation to support What happened to passing on our own her- saying it would be better spent on students in firm’s “SOHO China Scholarships” would be education in rural areas of China. “A lot of peo- itage?” one microblog user asked at the time. China. Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, the husband- aimed at encouraging less-well-off Chinese ple are saying Pan Shiyi and his wife spent $15 Added another: “You can buy back China’s and-wife duo behind real estate giant Bi SOHO students to apply to study abroad. million to buy their son a ticket to Harvard. lost treasures first if you have so much money China, are giving $100 million to fund disad- Nonetheless some users of Sina Weibo sharply However, we shouldn’t find fault with how to burn.” For his part, Pan has previously driven vantaged Chinese students at top universities criticized Pan and Zhang, questioning the cou- they decide to spend their own money,” wrote public opinion online on a variety of issues, across the globe. The first stage of the program ple’s motives and arguing that disadvantaged one. and incurred the government’s wrath by post- was last week’s gift to the Ivy League institu- students within China are more deserving of Zhang responded to the criticism on her ing details of Beijing’s dirty air levels, which at tion, widely regarded as one of the world’s help. own Weibo account, writing that without fund- the time were not officially released. At a meet- best universities. Pan is not only one of China’s ing for poor students, good education would ing in mid-August, one of China’s top officials wealthiest people but also one of the country’s ‘They despise their country’ be reserved for the wealthy. “Our scholarships responsible for Internet censorship, told Pan most-celebrated “Big V” bloggers, with nearly “They despise their own country and peo- will change this phenomenon,” she wrote. It is and other well-known bloggers to be “more 17 million followers on the microblogging site ple,” one Sina Weibo user wrote yesterday. “It not the first time wealthy Chinese have faced positive and constructive” in their online com- Sina Weibo, at times drawing attention from doesn’t matter... the rise of China and Chinese nationalism-fuelled criticism of their philan- ments, according to the state-run Xinhua news the authorities. higher education is historically inevitable,” thropic decisions. Last year, China’s richest agency. Pan was later shown in an interview China is the largest single source country added the poster, who uses the name “Boycott man, Wang Jianlin, came under fire after his with state broadcaster CCTV, where he for international students in the United States, Japanese goods forever”. Another user added: company Wanda Group spent $28 million on a appeared contrite and warned of the dangers providing more than a quarter of all foreign “Taking Chinese people’s money and giving it painting by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, of “casual” online posts.— AFP More than 2.2 billion ‘poor or near-poor’ Growing inequality remains a serious threat

TOKYO: More than 2.2 billion people are “poor or near-poor”, with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said yesterday. While poverty is in decline worldwide, growing inequality and “structural vulner- abilities” remain a serious threat, said the report by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), released in Tokyo. Nearly 1.5 billion people in 91 developing states live in pover- ty while another 800 million are teetering on the edge, it found. “Eliminating extreme poverty is not just about ‘getting to zero’; it is also about staying there,” said the agency’s 2014 Human Development Report. “Those most vulnerable to natu- ral disasters, climate change and financial setbacks must be specifically empowered and protected. “Making vulnerability reduction central in future develop- ment agendas is the only way to ensure that progress is resilient and sustainable,” it added. UNDP chief Helen Clark said this was the first time that the annual study looked at vul- nerability and resilience jointly “through a human develop- ment lens”. “If life-cycle and structural vulnerability are addressed, and conscious efforts are made to lift resilience to crisis and disaster, then I have no doubt that many of the kind of setbacks we see today to human development can be averted in future,” Clark said at an event for the report’s PENGHU: Rescue workers and firefighters search through the wreckage where TransAsia Airways flight GE222 crashed release. the night before near the airport at Magong on the Penghu island chain yesterday. — AFP The study, entitled “Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience”, called for making basic social services available to all and putting full employ- Taiwan finds black boxes ment at the top of the development agenda. “Providing basic social security benefits to the world’s poor would cost less than two percent of global GDP (gross domestic product),” it after plane crash kills 48 said. “A basic social protection package is affordable so long as low-income countries reallocate funds and raise domestic MAGONG: Rescuers said yesterday aborting the first attempt during thun- requirements,” transport minister Yeh resources, coupled with support by the international donor they had recovered black boxes from der and heavy rain as Typhoon Matmo Kuang-shih told reporters. Two planes community.”—AFP the Taiwanese aircraft which crashed in pounded Taiwan. Investigators are had landed safely at Magong airport torrential rain killing 48 people, as looking into the cause of the crash, shortly before the disaster, officials angry relatives blamed authorities for including why the plane was cleared to said. the worst air disaster in a decade. The fly in bad weather. “The airline should discovery of the black boxes-which not let the plane take off in such bad Bodies cleared from site record cockpit voice and other in-flight weather,” a man who gave his family More than 100 rescuers, including data-raised hopes of an answer to what name as Hsu, whose 28-year-old son firefighters and soldiers, worked to caused the domestic TransAsia Airways was killed in the crash, told AFP outside remove bodies and scattered debris flight to crash in Magong in the Penghu a funeral home in Penghu. from the site Thursday with a crane island chain Wednesday, with just 10 “The weather was so terrible and brought in to lift the plane wreckage. survivors. Taiwan was still under the typhoon’s Most of the bodies had been removed The ATR 72-500 propeller plane was influence, (the plane) shouldn’t have from the crash site, officials said, where carrying 54 passengers and four crew taken off,” the daughter of pilot Lee Yi- a religious ceremony was held to members when it plunged into eight liang, who also died, told FTV cable appease the spirits of the victims. “A- houses in Magong on its way from news channel. But Taiwanese officials Lung, mama is here,” an elderly woman Kaohsiung in southwestern Taiwan, defended the decision to allow the wailed, calling for her son’s spirit to fol- injuring five people on the ground, offi- flight to go ahead. “Many people were low her home and not to linger at the cials said. Two French medical students questioning why the plane took off in site. Officials said 31 of the victims had TOKYO: UN Development Program Administrator Helen were among the dead, the foreign min- typhoon weather... according to my been identified but warned some of Clark of New Zealand gestures while speaking during an istry in Paris said. Flight GE222 was try- understanding the meteorology data the bodies were so badly injured that interview in Tokyo. — AP ing to land for the second time after showed that it met the aviation safety DNA testing would be needed.—AFP FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

‘ Pirates of the Carribean 5’ gets 2017 release date Page 21

“Cyclone Twist (2013)” an aluminum sculpture by Alice Aycock on Park Av- enue July 16, 2014 in New York. “Park Avenue Paper Chase” is an exhibition of 7 large scale works by Aycock presented by The Sculpture Committee of The Fund for Park Avenue and the New York City Public Art Program.—AFP Lifestyle FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

This image released by Paramount Pictures shows Dwayne Johnson as Hercules in a scene This image released by Universal Pictures shows Scarlett Johansson in a scene from from ‘Hercules.’ — AP ‘Lucy.’ —AP Will Johansson’s ‘Lucy’ spank The Rock’s ‘Hercules’ at box office? he question isn’t whether Scarlett Johansson’s “Lucy” is going to $29 million in June. And it was handily leading advance sales at Lionsgate’s “The Legend of Hercules” bombed in January and Sony’s to beat up Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s “Hercules” at the box online ticket broker Fandango on Wednesday morning. pricey “Pompeii” was puny in February. Warner Bros.’ “300: Rise of an Toffice this weekend, but rather how badly. Universal’s sci-fi “It’s one of the those movies that just looks like fun,” said Exhibitor Empire” couldn’t match its budget with $106 million domestically in action film, written, directed and produced by Luc Besson, is heading Relations vice-president and senior analyst Jeff Bock. “The first trailer March, but has brought in $330 million worldwide. for an opening in the $35 million range and will unseat two-time was really good, and the buzz has been building since.” Johnson is a global box-office force, unlike Kellan Lutz, Kit champ “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” say the analysts. That Johansson has burnished her action credentials playing the Black Harington and Sullivan Stapleton, who starred in those films. His last should easily top Paramount and MGM’s Brett Ratner-directed Widow in “Iron Man 2,” “The Avengers” and “Captain America: The movie was Universal’s ensemble blockbuster “Fast & Furious 6,” and sword-and-sandals epic, which is projected to land in the $25 million Winter Soldier.” This role - for which Angelina Jolie was considered at his last starring role was the action sequel “G.I. Joe: Retaliation,” range. one point - should cement her status as the genre’s new leading lady. which debuted to $40.5 million in March of 2013 and went on to take The weekend’s other wide opener - the Michael Douglas-Diane A good comp for “Lucy” might be Jolie’s 2010 action thriller “Salt,” in $375 million for Paramount. Keaton comedy-drama “And So It Goes” - is in far fewer theaters and which opened to $36 million and went on to take in $294 million for But he’s had his misses, too. Last year’s “Snitch” was a disappoint- will do well to get to $10 million. The price tags of the two leading Sony. It will be in roughly 3,200 theaters. If the PG-13 “Hercules” can ment, and 2010’s “Faster” and the kids film “Tooth Fairy” failed to films make the impending beat-down all the more embarrassing for open to $25 million domestically, it will be a testament to Johnson’s connect. The PG-13-rated “Hercules” will be in roughly 3,600 the- the Greek demi-god: the production budget on “Hercules” is $100 star power. “Lucy” is formidable competition, and the well-reviewed aters, including IMAX. “And So It Goes” marks the first wide release million, while “Lucy” cost about $40 million. “Lucy” is going to be a hit “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” will draw from the same target film for director Rob Reiner since “The Bucket List” in 2007, and will for Universal and Besson’s EuropaCorp, but “Hercules” looks like a audience. target an older audience. very long shot to launch a franchise and will need to score big over- The script follows self-centered realtor (Douglas) who enlists the seas if it is going to recoup its costs. It’s opening in 19 foreign markets Tyrannical warlord help of his neighbor (Keaton) when he’s suddenly left in charge of this weekend, including Russia, the UK and Australia. Ian McShane, Rufus Sewell, Joseph Fiennes and John Hurt co-star the granddaughter (Sterling Jerins) he never knew existed. It’s by In the R-rated “Lucy,” Johansson plays a woman who develops in “Hercules.” The script, from Ryan Condal and Evan Spiliotopoulos, Mark Andrus, who co-wrote “As Good as It Gets” with James L Brooks. superhuman powers after a drug implanted in her body by the mob has the Greek strongman coming to the aid of his daughter and the Distributor Clarius Entertainment will have it in roughly 1,800 the- accidentally leaks into her system, allowing her to use more than the King of Thrace who are threatened by a tyrannical warlord. aters. It’s rated PG-13. — Reuters normal 10 percent of her brain’s capacity. Morgan Freeman and Its social media indicators are OK. On both Twitter and Facebook, Analeigh Tipton co-star. It’s been tracking strongly for weeks, and the it’s just behind “Noah,” the Biblical epic that debuted to $43 million other vital signs are positive as well. Its Facebook “likes” are triple against a weaker field in March for Paramount. those of “Edge of Tomorrow,” the Tom Cruise sci-fi tale that debuted This hasn’t been a great year for sword-and-sandals epics. Musician Nas finds his family tree in PBS series hen Nas became the first rapper invited to trace his family accused him of racism for his singular focus. “I thought white people tree through the PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” he wel- had more access to knowledge about their family tree than we did,” Wcomed the opportunity. But it hit him hard when he saw said Gates, an African American. But he realized that’s untrue and 1859 documentation of an ancestor being sold as a slave, he said that people of every ethnicity share the same “cultural amnesia,” he during a panel discussion Wednesday. “First I was enraged when I said. —AP looked at the bill of sale,” Nas said. “I was like, that guy that owned property owes me some cash. My people made him really wealthy, so maybe I should find his family and talk.” The unearthed information made him think about his ancestors’ contribution to America, he said, “and now I’m on a mission to find out more.” His family’s story is among those told on season two of “Finding Your Roots,” hosted by Harvard University scholar, author and filmmaker Henry Louis Gates Jr. and debuting Sept. 23. The 10-part series that traces celebrities’ ancestry will focus on, among others, Ben Affleck, Jessica Alba, Tina Fey, Sting, Stephen King, Billie Jean King, Derek Jeter and chef Ming Tsai. Others taking part include Courtney Vance, Khandi Alexander and writer and actress Anna Deavere Smith. They joined Nas and Gates on the Television Critics Association panel. Research on each person begins with DNA testing of a saliva sample and eventually results in a detailed family history that Gates presents on-camera to the subject. “I feel like Santa Claus giving people a gift,” Gates said. In this Wednesday, July 23, 2014 photo released by PBS, from The results can be surprising. Alba’s background was traced to left, actor Courtney B Vance, actor and playwright Anna Deavere the ancient Mayans, while Affleck’s great-great-great-grandfather Smith, recording artist Nas, actor Khandi Alexander and was among 19th-century spiritualists who claimed to connect Civil host/executive producer/writer/presenter Henry Louis Gates Jr War dead with their grieving survivors, he said. Gates, who has done discuss uncovering family histories during PBS’ ‘Finding Your This undated photo released by PBS shows hip-hop artist, a variety of PBS specials about African Americans and their history Roots,’ 2 session at the Television Critics Association Summer Nas. and experiences, recalled getting a letter from a white woman who Press Tour in Beverley Hills, Calif. — AP photos Lifestyle FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Film charts Detroit’s ‘slow motion catastrophe’ hen film director Steve Faigenbaum announced he would pay workers $5 per day, grew up in Detroit, the city pulsated double the going rate, and people flooded Wto the sound of Motown and car into the city in search of work. manufacturing. Today, the once mighty city, By 1950 the population stood at two mil- which declared bankruptcy in 2013, is a night- lion and the city was the centre of the US marish vision of urban decay that draws automotive industry. But just as the automo- young people from all over the world to buy a bile helped make Detroit, it also helped to house for $1,000. With the highest violent destroy it. “At the same time as the car comes crime rate of any large US city, Detroit has lost along, they’re building more roads,” 63 percent of its population since 1950. At Faigenbaum said. “The reality of the way it least 78,000 buildings stand abandoned and played out was that it was the escape route there is enough once-inhabited empty land for all the white folks who could get out.” to fit a city the size of Paris. “It’s just hard to imagine the scale of ‘Amazing spirit’ destruction,” said Faigenbaum, whose film Land was cheap and tension between “City of Dreams” about what he calls Detroit’s whites and blacks accelerated the exodus of “slow motion catastrophe” has just been whites towards newly built suburbs. released in France. “Almost anywhere you go Meanwhile, the introduction of automated there are these houses that are just falling production in car factories sowed the seeds of apart. Big houses, just totally left, just aban- future unemployment. Faigenbaum notes doned,” he said. The grandson of Jewish that Detroit’s urban decay was already well immigrants from eastern Europe, advanced in the 1980s when “devil’s night”- Faigenbaum, 64, who now lives in Paris, the night before Halloween-would regularly moved away from the city in the late 1960s. see up to 800 empty properties burned down. ‘Pirates of the Carribean 5’ Years later, however, following his father’s While making the film, Faigenbaum found death he found himself back in Detroit. himself back at his grandparents’ house, now Stunned by the apocalyptic landscape, he set derelict and daubed with the letters R.I.P., out to try and make sense of it all. “Growing indicating that someone had been murdered gets 2017 release date up there, there was always this enormous there. In the basement, he found his long- sense of possibility, that whoever or whatever dead grandfather’s old work bench. Later he isney has given “Pirates of the Caribbean Ted Sarandos described it as one of the stream- you were you could make something of your- watched as the bulldozers moved in and 5” a July 7, 2017 release date. The first ing services most ambitious projects on an earn- self and do something,” he told AFP in an reduced the house to rubble. Faigenbaum Dfour films in the franchise, which starred ings call Monday, as they are shooting in several interview in Paris. warns that Detroit’s demise is a reminder that Johnny Depp and were produced by Jerry countries across the globe. even apparently thriving cities are not Bruckheimer, have scored a booty of $3.7 billion Depp, who will be 54 by the time of the Nightmarish vision “immortal”. Today, despite all its woes, young worldwide. The fifth film was originally to have movie’s new release date, will reprise his role as “Even as a student you could get a sum- people still come to the city in search of a been released on July 10, 2015, but Disney Jack Sparrow, the temperamental captain who mer job and make a lot of money. There were cheap property. announced a delay in September. Studio insid- has led every film. The role earned him an Oscar jobs. You didn’t need much of an education, “It’s hard to rain on anyone’s sense of opti- ers told TheWrap at the time they were hoping nomination in 2004. Disney will be handing a you just needed to have the will to work,” he mism but there’s still such violence. All these for a 2016 release. massive budget to two directors whose previ- said. The music-blues and Motown-for which kids come here with the dream... until their Bruckheimer and Depp misfired on last sum- ous movie cost little to make and a star whose Detroit is now famous was also a constant friends get carjacked or someone is held up at mer’s “The Lone Ranger,” resulting in a $190 mil- last few movies have tanked at the box office. presence. “There was all this amazing music. gunpoint,” Faigenbaum said. Nonetheless, he lion write-down for Disney. “Kon-Tiki” directors But then again, how can you blame them given On every street corner... and it kind of said he was struck by the “amazing spirit” the Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg inherited the global gross of the series?—Reuters expressed everything that needed to be place still had. “One guy said to me ‘OK, it’s the “Pirates” franchise last year, but are spend- expressed. “Now it seems quite remarkable, the murder capital of the world, but it’s a real- ing this summer shooting the pilot for Netflix’s but it was just what was happening.” ly friendly place!’ and it’s true, it’s really true,” “Marco Polo” series. Netflix chief content officer Mixing his own family history with up-to- he said. “People will talk to you and they look date reportage and archive footage, you right in the eye, but they probably have a Faigenbaum’s film aims to show “how the gun in their pocket too,” he added. — AFP choices people make play out over 100 years”. In particular, he highlights the “Wild West capitalism” of Ford Motor Company DiCaprio raises $25 mln owner Henry Ford, whose Model T-the first affordable car for the masses-revolutionized the automobile industry. In 1914, Henry Ford at French charity gala ollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has Len Blavatnik, while South African tycoon raised more than $25 million (18 mil- Patrice Motsepe paid $1 million for a Hlion euros) at a charity gala in France Picasso drawing. — AFP for his foundation which aims at protecting the environment and endangered species. The fundraiser late Wednesday in the chic Riviera seaside resort of Saint-Tropez included an auction of Hollywood and rock and roll memorabilia and works by Damien Hirst and Pablo Picasso. It also included DiCaprio’s Harley Davidson motorbike bearing the signatures of Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro and a guitar belonging to U2 frontman Bono. DiCaprio told the 500 guests-who included stars ranging from US soap star Joan Collins to French actress Marion Cotillard-that ani- mal and flora species were rapidly disap- pearing on a scale last seen when dinosaurs roamed the earth. Guests shelled out between $7,000 and $130,000 to attend the event. A sculpture by British artist Damien Hirst was snapped A file photo taken on June 15, 2005 shows abandoned homes in what was once a thriving up for $6 million by Russian-born billionaire middle class area in Detroit. — AFP Lifestyle FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 China’s love and dating scene laid out on stage or many of today’s Chinese youth looking for a partner, love takes second place to parental Fpressure, moving up the social ladder and a heavy dose of fear drummed into women that they will end up as “leftover.” These aspects and others relating to love, dating and women’s status in the Middle Kingdom will be examined on Saturday. In “The Leftover Monologues,” Chinese and for- eign women - and a few men - will tell their own stories of searching for a partner, their observa- tions of love and sex, and the panic aroused by the thought of becoming a “leftover woman” - defined by a women’s agency linked to the Communist Party as a single urban female over 27. Wang Anqi is only 23 and already worried. “People start to use ‘leftover’ to somehow remind us to lower our criteria, be realistic, be practical and go out and find somebody,” said Wang, who will talk about how the term has knocked her self-con- fidence. “They will say, ‘Time flies, now you think you are excellent, young, you can find any guy you like, but in just a blink you will be 30.’” The play has been performed in Chinese universities but its first professional performance in Shanghai was stopped the day before it was to open in 2004, reportedly because of sensitive content. Its Chinese sister is an amateur production to be held at a central Beijing arts venue; 16 people In this photo Wang Anqi, wearing glasses, takes part in a game to warmup before rehearsing for ‘The Leftover Monologues’ at a cafe in are to deliver monologues. It is the brainchild of Beijing.—AP photos Roseann Lake, an American journalist who has just year’s most important holiday, when parents - and rather clinical approach is buoyed by family and nant factor,” he said. finished writing a book about love in China. “I sometimes relatives and neighbors - often ask why social pressure. When friends set Song up on a would really like if these monologues somehow they aren’t married yet. Song Yanyan, 35, was sur- blind date, they will tell her whether the man owns Insulting women forced a reappraisal of Chinese women in society,” prised this year when after dinner her father’s an apartment and about his financial status and The pressure on women in particular has grown Lake said. “They are constantly being tallied, and friend called her over for a talk and, in a grave tone, educational background rather than what he is like as the phrase “leftover woman,” or “shengnu” in their value on the marriage market is always fluctu- asked her if she was planning on being single her as a person, she said. Chinese, gets flung around. The term was defined ating depending on age and on looks and on color whole life. She returned from working in the US a Sometimes, when you first meet your in 2007 by the All-China Women’s Federation, an of skin and size of eyes.” year and a half ago and, after trying to find a boyfriend’s parents or grandparents, they will “ask organization that promotes government policies boyfriend through her friends and friends’ friends, about your family background rather than your- on women, as an unmarried urban professional Planning on being single signed up for an online dating service. Her experi- self,” said Wang, the 23-year-old. She says often woman over the age of 27. This came on the heels The financial stakes of marrying well have risen ence with the service, and her surprise at the cus- worries she may not be “good enough” to meet of a government policy goal of “upgrading popula- following China’s economic boom and the devel- tomer service center’s offer to find her a man earn- their expectations. Liu Chang, a 27-year-old engi- tion quality,” suggesting it wants smart women to opment of its private property market. In decades ing more than 500,000 yuan ($80,000) a year if she neer, says his friends would never consider a pass on their genes to children, said Leta Hong past, people were assigned residences by their paid more than 10,000 RMB ($1,600), is the subject woman without a Beijing hukou as a long-term Fincher, who has written a book called “Leftover workers’ unit. Now many young people and their of her monologue. prospect, mainly because of pressure from their Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in parents view marriage as a way to gain something parents. They worry that while she would receive China.” The subsequent promotion in state media - an apartment, a car or a coveted Beijing residence Negotiating dating the same benefits as her Beijing husband, her par- of the “leftover” label is intended to put pressure on permit, or “hukou,” which brings local health and “Dating here is more like a negotiation,” Song ents wouldn’t and are a potential burden, Liu said. women to hurry up and get married and bear chil- education benefits. Many young Chinese are only said. “You know this person not by who they are Many people are looking to get ahead by mar- dren, she said. Ironically, that phrase is statistically children because of the government’s birth limits, but by what they have,” such as their own apart- riage, such as tying the knot with someone who is inaccurate because there are more men than so they also feel the full weight of their parents’ ment and a Beijing hukou. “If those criteria fit, then richer, said Liu, whose monologue is about his women in China, Hong Fincher points out. “The fact hopes and fears and pressure to deliver a grand- they start to talk about whether they should be gradual realization that love is a selfless thing and that this campaign is stigmatizing and insulting child. That means many women and some men boyfriend and girlfriend, and then they talk about not as transactional as society would have many women on one level illustrates the widespread sex- dread going home for Chinese New Year, the if they have some intimacy or not,” she said. This believe. For many people, “love is not a determi- ism in Chinese society,” she said.—AP

Roseann Lake takes part in a game to warm up before rehearsing for ‘The Leftover Liu Chang, second from left, takes part in a game with Roseann Lake, third from left, and Monologues’ at a cafe in Beijing. others before rehearsing for ‘The Leftover Monologues’ at a cafe in Beijing. Lifestyle FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

The Homestead National Monument of America, located near Beatrice, Nebraska, about 40 The Pioneer Park Nature Center in Lincoln, Nebraska. miles south of Lincoln. 5 free things to do in Lincoln, Nebraska

incoln may be famous for Husker football, but Nebraska’s building over the courtyard. The larger, 35-by-15-foot (10-by-5- Or swing by the National Museum of Roller Skating, which capital city also welcomes visitors with free attractions for his- meter) screen faces the courtyard, while a second 14-by-15-foot chronicles the history of skates from the 1800s to modern roller Ltory buffs and families on a budget. Here are five free things (4-by-5-meter) screen faces Canopy Street. derby. The American Historical Society of Germans from Russia to see and do in Lincoln. The Railyard sits across the street from the new Pinnacle Bank provides a look into the lives of German settlers in the Russian Arena, in the city’s popular Haymarket District. The Haymarket also empire and their descendants. The Nebraska Capitol hosts a regular Farmers’ Market on Saturday mornings, usually Few places speak to Nebraska’s independent spirit as well as from May to mid-October. It’s all less than a mile from the Homestead National Monument of America the state Capitol. Home to the nation’s only one-house, nonparti- University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s main campus and Memorial The Homestead National Monument of America pays tribute to san Legislature, the Capitol is famous for its unusual design: It was Stadium, where the Husker football team plays. the 1862 law that helped populate the western United States. the first to break from the traditional, “federal dome” look that Located near Beatrice, Nebraska, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) most state capitols adopted. The 400-foot (122-meter) tower Pioneers Park Nature Center south of Lincoln, the monument includes some of the first acres stands high over the Plains, with an observation deck that offers Bison, elk and white-tailed deer roam the grounds at the successfully claimed under the law. The site also offers a heritage sweeping views of Lincoln. It’s the second-tallest state capitol in Pioneers Park Nature Center. The 668-acre (270-hectare) park in center that explores the law’s impact on America, a tall grass the nation, behind Louisiana’s. southwest Lincoln surrounds visitors with nature and a sense of prairie, a restored cabin from 1867 and the Freeman School, which The Capitol was built in stages between 1922 and 1932, but the life on the Plains: Eight miles (13 kilometers) of hiking trails weave provides a look at historic schools on the frontier. — AP work was halted because of the Depression. Just this year, law- through a mixture of prairie, woodlands, wetlands and streams. A makers approved $2.5 million to place a fountain in each of the wildlife preserve gives visitors the chance to see owls, wild turkeys, Capitol’s four open-air courtyards - the final, unfinished feature a bald eagle, and other animals. envisioned by architect Bertram Goodhue. The project is set for The park also includes hands-on exhibits for children and a vari- completion by 2017, when Nebraska celebrates its 150th anniver- ety of gardens. Admission is free, but donations are encouraged. sary a state. Fees are charged for birthday parties and special events.

The Railyard Niche Museums Amid the restaurants and bars, Lincoln’s new entertainment Lincoln offers a surprising mix of free museums, exploring district offers free entertainment for families and young profes- everything from roller skates to the history of Germans from sionals. Admission is free for the district’s new, outdoor ice-skating Russia. Consider the Frank H Woods Telephone Museum, which rink that’s open during the winter months (there’s a fee to rent appeared briefly in the 2008 movie, “Yes Man,” with Jim Carrey skates). In warmer seasons, the rink is converted into a public and Zooey Deschanel. The museum features more than 500 tele- courtyard. Visitors can watch movies, television shows and sport- phones and related items, in a collection that stretches back to the ing events on the Cube - a set of digital screens perched on a early 1900s.

One of the courtyards at the Nebraska Capitol where fountains are proposed to be built is seen in Lincoln. People walking by the State Capitol. 24 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Enjoy variety during

iftaro help you with your iftar meal planning, we offer you a special collection of tasty and healthy Ramadan recipes that will add Tvariety, color and nutrition to your iftar table. Shorbat Adas (Middle Eastern Lentil Soup)

Ingredients: 8 cups water 1 1/2 cups small red lentils 3 Maggi chicken cubes 1/2 cup finely diced onion 1 garlic clove (grated) 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh parsley 3/4 teaspoon cumin 1/2-1 teaspoon turmeric

Directions:

1 Wash and drain lentils. 2 In a large pot, combine all ingredients. 3 Bring to a boil, then let simmer on medium/low for about 35 minutes. 4 Make sure to stir occasionally to avoid the lentils burn or sticking to the pot. 5 Serve in with lemon wedges, on side.

Quick Tahini Salad

Ingredients: 1 (8 ounce) can chickpeas (garbanzo beans) 3 medium tomatoes 2 tablespoons tahini 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Salt

Directions: 1 Strain the chick peas and rinse in cold water. 2 Chop the tomatoes. 3 Mix together the chick peas, tomatoes, tahini and lemon juice. 4 Add salt to taste and adjust the lemon and tahini to your liking. 25 Yogurt Salad (Jajeek) Ingredients: 1 cup plain balkan yogurt (thick yogurt, though you could use regular if you wish to) 1 cup cucumber, finely diced 1 garlic clove, minced and crushed sea salt, to taste 1 tablespoon mint, finely chopped

Directions: 1 In a bowl stir yogurt until creamy. Add finely diced cucumber, minced and crushed garlic, sea salt to taste, and optional mint. Stir well and re- frigerate for about 30 minutes before serving but not too much longer or cucumbers will lose their crunch.

Hummus Bi Tamar Ingredients: 2 cups canned chick-peas, rinsed (or cook your own) 3 tablespoons tahini 2 tablespoons tamarind paste (or to taste, no seeds!) 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh ginger (or to taste) Sea salt Fresh ground black pepper Fresh lemon juice, to taste Minced garlic, to taste 1 tablespoon cilantro leaves (fresh coriander) or 1 tablespoon flat leaf parsley 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

Directions: 1 Place all ingredients, except coriander or parsley and olive oil, in a food processor and process into a somewhat thick paste, adding a little water as necessary. 2 Taste and adjust flavors to taste. 3 Place on a serving platter and sprinkle with fresh coriander or chopped parsley and extra virgin olive oil just before serving. Spicy Lamb Shish Kebabs With Greek Pita Bread Ingredients: 1/4 cup fat-free plain Greek yogurt 3/4 tablespoon hot paprika 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper 2 lbs trimmed lean leg of lamb, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 lb small zucchini, halved lengthwise and cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces Greek pita bread, warmed for serving

Directions: 1 In a large bowl, whisk the yogurt with the paprika, cumin, allspice, garlic and the 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons of kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper. 2 Add the lamb and stir until evenly coated. 3 Let stand at room temperature for 1 hour or refrigerate for up to 3 hours. 4 Light a grill or preheat a grill pan. Thread the lamb and zucchini onto 12 long metal skewers and brush with oil. 5 Season lightly with salt and pepper. 6 Grill the kebabs over moderately high heat, turning, until the lamb is browned outside and medium-rare inside, 6 minutes. 7 Serve the lamb kebabs with Warm Greek pita bread.

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celebrations ne of the most joyous Muslim occasions, Eid-Al- around the OFitr is widely celebrated in all those nations wherever there is a presence of a Mus- lim community. It is believed by some scholars that fasting is done to extol fundamental distinctions, praising the power of the spiritual realm, simultane- ously acknowledging the subor- world dination of the physical realm.

Egypt In Egypt, Eid Al-Fitr is a three-day feast and an official holiday, with vacations for, universities, schools and government offices. Several stores and restaurants are also closed during Eid. Eid day begins with a small snack which is followed by Eid prayers in assemblage attended by children, men and women in which the Egyptians are reminded by the sermon, of the good deeds and virtues they should practice unto others, even strangers, during Eid and also throughout the year. Friends, relatives and neighbors start greeting one another afterwards. The most popular greeting is “Eid Mubarak.” Family visits are considered mandatory on the first day of the Eid, so they can enjoy the other two days to enjoy by going to cinemas, parks, theatres or the beaches. Some like to go on a Nile cruise or on tours. One favorite spot popularly considered for spending holidays in Egypt is Sharm El Sheikh. Children are normally gifted new clothes to wear throughout the Eid. Also, women, especially mothers, wives, sisters and daughters are generally gifted special gifts by their loved ones. It is compulsory for children to also receive, from their adult relatives, an Eid-ey-yah. This is a minor amount of money that the children are given and is utilized to spend on all their activi- ties throughout the Eid. Children will put on their new clothes and go out to gardens, amusement parks or public courtyards based on how much their Eid-ey-yah can afford. The amusement parks can range from the huge ones on the outskirts of Cairo-Nile, Felucca Nile rides being a common feature of Eid celebration in Egyptian towns, villages and cities. The family gatherings include preparing and eating all kinds of Egyptian food like Fata, but Kahk, which are cookies with nut fillings and covered with powdered sugar is the item most associated with Eid Al-Fitr. Egyp- tians either buy it in the bakery or bake it at home. A bakery crowded in the concluding few days of Rama- dan with Kahk buyers is thus a common scene. The Eid celebration also means small mobile neighborhood rides for a lot of families from working neighborhoods, similar to a neighborhood carnival. Kids also gather around a puppeteer, a storyteller, in a lot of neighbor- hood courtyards, mesmerized by a grown-up’s sleight Traditions FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 27

of hand or Egyptian folktales. It is also mandatory for kids to rent adorned as Eidi to the children. Family members will also typically have a particular bikes to ride around town. Egyptians prefer to celebrate with others so the time where they will distribute gift bags to the children. These bags are often streets are always crowded during the nights and days of Eid. wonderfully decorated and contain toys and candies. Many shopkeepers will express their generosity during Eid by providing free Eid gifts with each India purchase. For example, many of the chocolate shops will offer each customer, The night before Eid, on the Indian subcontinent, is called Chaand Raat, who buys a certain selection of candies, a free crystal candy dish along with meaning, “Night of the Moon.” Muslims in these countries will often visit shop- their purchase. ping malls and bazaars with their families for Eid shopping. Females, especially Many Saudis go out of their way to show their kindness and generosity in younger girls, will often apply the traditional henna or mehndi, on their hands the spirit of Eid. It is common for even complete strangers to greet each other and feet and wear vibrant bangles. The customary Eid greeting is Eid Mubarak, randomly, even by occupants of vehicles halted at stop lights. Sometimes even and it is often followed by a formal embrace. Gifts are given frequently, new gifts and toys will be distributed to children by complete strangers. It is also clothes being part of the tradition, and it is also popular for children to be common in some areas for Saudi men to go and purchase large quantities of gifted small amounts of money or Eidi by their elders. It is customary for chil- rice and other staples and then anonymously leave them at the doors of those dren to offer salam to adult relatives parents. who are needy and less fortunate. In some areas in the middle of Saudi Arabia, It is traditional for some families to go to graveyards and pray for the salva- for instance Al-Qassim, it is a common tradition during Eid that on the morn- tion of deceased family members after the Eid prayers. It is also traditional to ing and after the Eid prayer, people will put large rugs on one of the streets of visit neighbors and family members, especially elder relatives named Murub- their neighborhood and each household will cook a large meal where these bis to get together to share snacks, sweets, and special meals which include meals will be shared by all neighbors. It is also a common practice that people some special dishes that are prepared specifically on Eid. On Eid day, people will exchange places to try more than a particular kind of meal. donate a charity commonly known as fitra before prayers. Many people also —www.theholidayspot.com utilize this opportunity to distribute an Islamic obligatory alms tax of 2.5 percent of one’s annual savings, known as Zakat, to the poor. Zakat is often distributed in the form of new clothes and food.

Saudi Arabia Eid Al-Fitr is celebrated with great affectation in Saudi Arabia. Saudis prepare sumptuous meals for family and friends and decorate their homes. In Saudi Arabia, Eid festivities may vary culturally depending on the region, but one common tie in all celebrations is of hospitality and generosity. Firstly, to gather at the patriarchal home after the Eid prayers, is common Saudi tradition for families. Young children will line up in front of each adult family member before the special Eid meal is served, who will dispense Riyals, Saudi currency, 28

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Introducing

ith the oil predicted to run out sometime after 2100 AD, Wyou’d forgive Abu Dhabi for wanting to just sit pretty and count the money. But this attractive, green and distinctly Arab city just appears to be hitting its stride. While not as cosmo- politan or as sophisticated as Dubai, Abu Dhabi also lacks traffic jams and the poseurs that plague its neighbor, making it a much more livable city if you don’t crave clubbing. After closely watching Dubai’s phenomenal growth, Abu Dhabi has chosen its development projects wisely, and while the laid-back feel might eventually change, the lo- cal Emirati flavor of the capital appears certain to remain. Travel FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 29

The emirate of Abu Dhabi is huge by comparison to the other emirates, the cultural district of Saadiyat Island to the Bedouin history of the Heritage comprising almost 87 percent percent of the country’s total area. Just as 50 Village. Included with your ticket is a shuttle bus to Yas Island, located 17 miles years ago Abu Dhabi was little more than a fishing village comprising a fort, a (30 km) from central Abu Dhabi and home to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Yas few coral buildings and a smattering of barasti huts, the rest of the emirate is Island is the city’s main entertainment center, home to the Ferrari World exhibi- very ‘Arabian Sands’ with its enigmatic empty desert, dotted with oases such as tion, an indoor theme park with golf courses (own expense), and food and Al-Ain and Liwa. While the ruling Al-Nahyan family may have become rich from beverage outlets. what lies beneath, you get the sense that their connection to the desert and Also included is entry to the Sky Tower at Marina Mall, a glass viewing plat- the sea is something that remains more important than petrodollars. Ready to go? form that offers wonderful views of Abu Dhabi, Corniche, Emirates Palace Hotel and the Arabian Gulf. At the Marina Mall, you may go shopping—there are Big Bus Abu Dhabi Hop-On Hop-Off Tour more than 250 stores, from high street to high-end fashion—go to the cinema Explore the United Arab Emirates city of Abu Dhabi at your own pace, with or have a bite at one of the numerous restaurants or cafes. a 24-hour hop-on hop-off bus ticket. The air-conditioned double-decker coach includes commentary in your choice of languages, providing background to Abu Dhabi’s culture, history and modern-day architecture. With a free shuttle to the entertainment hub of Yas Island included, along with free entrance to the Sky Tower at Marina Mall, your hop-on hop-off ticket shows you the very best of Abu Dhabi. The splendor of Abu Dhabi’s modern architecture is breathtaking, and you’ll have the best views with your hop-on hop-off tour, where you’ll sit in air-condi- tioned comfort on board an open-top double-decker bus. It’s the perfect way to explore the city at your own pace and see the attractions you want to see! The Abu Dhabi hop-on hop-off tour takes in all the sights, from the seafront Corniche to the dazzling white marble of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Travel FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 30

4x4 Dubai Desert Safari the world’s largest mosques. Take a 4x4 adventure across the sands on an afternoon and evening safari from Abu Dhabi to Dubai, where you’ll catch a spectacular desert sunset and Hop back inside your minivan and travel the short distance to the Women’s enjoy dinner around a campfire. Along the way, go on a camel ride, experience Handicraft Centre, where local arts and crafts are showcased. Watch local the adrenaline of sandboarding and get a henna tattoo. Traditional Bedouin ladies making traditional handicrafts, and hear how the center was established folk dancing, a barbecue dinner and belly dancing complete your evening to provide job opportunities for women in the region as well as to preserve under Dubai’s desert stars. local heritage. After pickup at your centrally located Abu Dhabi hotel in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle, take in views of the beautiful countryside landscape After exploring the center, travel through the streets to one of Abu Dhabi’s during the 1.5-hour drive to Dubai. En route to your desert rendezvous, stop oldest buildings, Qasr Al-Husn. Built in the 18th century, the eye-catching off at a camel farm to see camels big and small. Try to master the art of riding white palace was the setting for the city’s governance until as recently as the a camel, go sandboarding down dunes and have a henna design painted on 1960s. Stop for photos outside Qasr Al-Husn, and then continue along the your hands or feet. waterfront Corniche with its famous white-sand beach.

Continue your drive across the sand, watching the beautiful sunset and Enjoy a break for lunch (own expense) before heading to Abu Dhabi Heri- arriving at your campsite in time for more desert activities and dinner. After tage Village, an open-air museum that showcases everyday life in the city prior watching a mesmerizing performance of the traditional folk dance Tanoura, to the discovery of oil. Stroll around at leisure and admire recreated souks and you’ll have worked up the appetite to feast on the delicious barbecue dinner a traditional Bedouin camp complete with goat-hair tents. Finish your tour provided. Next, try smoking a shisha (an Arabic water pipe) and watch as a with a drive past the Dhow Yard where wooden ships are built using time-hon- belly dancer performs around the campfire under a canopy of twinkling stars ored methods, and then head back to Dubai where you will say your goodbyes straight out of One Thousand and One Nights. to your guide at the start point.

Abu Dhabi City Sightseeing Tour - The Arabian Jewel Emirates Palace See Abu Dhabi’s top city sights on a full-day sightseeing tour of the United You don’t have to check in to check out this over-the-top glam hotel. It was Arab Emirates’ capital city! With a knowledgeable guide, visit impressive monu- built at the cost of a cool Dh11 billion, which explains the mindboggling use of ments such as Sheikh Zayed Mosque, and learn all about the city’s culture, marble, gold and crystal (1,002 Swarovski chandeliers!) throughout as well as history and attractions. Walk around the Women’s Handicraft Centre, see Qasr the ATM that dispenses solid gold bars. With nearly 400 rooms and suites, 114 Al-Husn palace and explore Abu Dhabi Heritage Village — home to recreated domes and a 1.3km private beach it is as intriguingly colossal as it is swish. Emirati souks and a Bedouin camp. Enjoy classic English afternoon tea (Dh225) or, at the very least, have a good Leave your centrally located Dubai hotel with your guide, and then travel wander around the lobby, perhaps ogling ancient art from China, Egypt, Africa, to Abu Dhabi, roughly 1.5 hours away. Capital of the UAE, Abu Dhabi is often Greece and Rome on display at the world-renowned Barakat Gallery. Also stop called the ‘Arabian Jewel,’ a name that testifies to its lavish monuments and by the Saadiyat Island Cultural District Exhibition, which provides an overview flashy modern architecture. As you travel around town, listen to stories about of the museum cluster taking shape off the shore of Abu Dhabi. the city and its sights such as Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan Mosque, or ­—www.lonelyplanet.com the grand mosque, as it’s more simply known. Head inside to learn about the monument and marvel at its sheer size and grandeur. The stunning building can accommodate some 40,000 worshipers inside its walls, making it one of Experience a speed rush at Ferrari World errari World Abu Dhabi is the largest indoor and the only Ferrari branded theme park in the world, with 20 Ferrari inspired rides and Fattractions and a priceless collection of more than 30 vintage and contemporary Ferraris. Featuring high adrenaline rides, fun learning attrac- tions suitable for guests of all ages and a unique taste of Italy through its authentic dining experiences, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is the premier family entertainment centre in the region. Every ride incorporates Ferrari design and technology, offering an engaging and interactive multisensory experi- ence that truly brings the Ferrari story to life. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is one of the signature features of Yas Island, a 2,500 hectare island dedicated to leisure, entertainment and lifestyle. Leisure FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

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06:00 Gold Rush 01:10 Sci-Fi Science 12:15 Jessie 12:50 Siba’s Table 07:00 Dual Survival 01:35 Sci-Fi Science 12:35 Jessie 13:15 Jenny Morris Cooks The Riviera 07:50 Alaska: The Last Frontier 02:00 Close Encounters 13:00 African Cats 13:40 Guy’s Big Bite 08:40 Fast N’ Loud 02:25 Close Encounters 13:25 Austin & Ally 14:05 The Next Food Network Star 00:45 Whale Wars 09:30 Storage Hunters 02:45 Mythbusters 13:45 Good Luck Charlie 14:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 09:55 Container Wars 00:00 Violetta 03:35 What’s That About? 14:10 Good Luck Charlie 15:20 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:25 Shamwari: A Wild Life 10:20 Savage Family Diggers 00:45 The Hive 14:35 Dog With A Blog 15:45 Chopped 10:45 How It’s Made 04:30 Moon Machines 02:50 Shamwari: A Wild Life 00:50 Art Attack 15:00 Dog With A Blog 16:35 Fast Food Gone Global 11:10 How Stuff’s Made 05:20 Unchained Reaction 03:15 Gator Boys 01:15 Art Attack 15:25 Liv And Maddie 17:25 Jenny Morris Cooks The Riviera 11:35 Street Outlaws 06:10 Science Of The Movies 04:05 Deadly Islands 01:40 Wolfblood 15:50 Liv And Maddie 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 12:25 American Chopper: Senior vs 07:00 Stephen Hawking’s Grand 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 02:05 Wolfblood 16:10 Mako Mermaids 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Junior Design 05:45 Clinically Wild: Alaska 02:30 Violetta 16:35 Win, Lose Or Draw 18:40 Siba’s Table 13:15 American Chopper: Senior vs 07:55 The Unexplained Files 03:10 The Hive 06:10 Clinically Wild: Alaska Junior 17:00 Herbie: Fully Loaded 19:05 Reza’s African Kitchen 08:45 What’s That About? 03:20 Art Attack 06:35 Breed All About It 14:05 Storage Hunters 18:40 Get Frozen 19:30 Guy’s Big Bite 03:45 Art Attack 07:00 Animal Airport 14:30 Container Wars 09:40 Science Of The Movies 18:55 Mako Mermaids 19:55 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 07:25 Mutant Planet 14:55 Savage Family Diggers 10:30 X-Machines 04:10 Jungle Junction 19:20 Violetta 20:20 Chopped 08:15 The Magic Of The Big Blue 15:20 Dual Survival 11:20 Moon Machines 04:20 Jungle Junction 20:05 African Cats 21:10 Chopped 09:10 Treehouse Masters 16:10 Alaska: The Last Frontier 12:10 Unchained Reaction 04:35 Jungle Junction 20:30 Jessie 22:00 Throwdown With Bobby Flay 10:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 17:00 Fast N’ Loud 13:00 How Does That Work? 04:50 Jungle Junction 20:50 Dog With A Blog 22:25 Throwdown With Bobby Flay 10:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 17:50 Idris Elba: King Of Speed 13:30 What’s That About? 05:00 Art Attack 21:15 Mako Mermaids 22:50 Pizza Cuz 11:00 Animal Precinct 18:40 Fifth Gear 14:20 Mythbusters 05:25 Art Attack 21:40 Austin & Ally 23:15 Pizza Cuz 19:30 Gold Rush 05:50 Mouk 11:55 Animal Airport 15:10 Scrapheap Challenge 22:00 Good Luck Charlie 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:20 How It’s Made 06:00 Austin & Ally 12:20 Breed All About It 16:00 X-Machines 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 20:45 How Stuff’s Made 06:25 Austin & Ally 12:50 Bondi Vet 16:50 Science Of The Movies 22:50 Shake It Up 13:15 Bondi Vet 21:10 Container Wars 06:45 Mako Mermaids 21:35 Savage Family Diggers 17:40 Sci-Fi Science 23:10 Wolfblood 13:45 Rogue Nature With Dave 07:10 Mako Mermaids 22:00 Idris Elba: King Of Speed 18:05 Sci-Fi Science 23:35 Wolfblood Salmoni 07:35 Jessie 22:50 Fifth Gear 18:30 Close Encounters 07:55 Jessie 14:40 Shamwari: A Wild Life 23:40 Car Chasers 00:00 Diggers 18:55 Close Encounters 08:20 Win, Lose Or Draw 15:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 00:30 Diggers 19:20 The Gadget Show 08:45 Good Luck Charlie 15:30 Treehouse Masters 01:00 Dangerous Encounters 19:45 How Does That Work? 09:05 Dog With A Blog 16:30 The Magic Of The Big Blue 02:00 Britain’s Underworld 20:10 Mythbusters 09:30 The Wizards Return: Alex vs. 00:00 Keeping Up With The 17:25 Too Cute! 03:00 Mega Bridges 21:00 The Future Of... Alex. Kardashians 18:20 Bad Dog 04:00 Killing Lincoln 19:15 Tanked 21:50 Alien Mysteries 10:15 Liv And Maddie 00:55 Chelsea Lately 00:20 The Gadget Show 06:00 Family Guns 22:40 Human Nature 10:40 Meet The Robinsons 01:25 Style Star 20:10 Treehouse Masters 07:00 Brain Games 00:45 How Does That Work? 23:30 Moon Machines 01:50 Style Star 21:05 Shamwari: A Wild Life 07:30 Brain Games 02:20 Keeping Up With The 21:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 08:00 Diggers Kardashians 22:00 Tanked 08:30 Diggers 03:15 Extreme Close-Up 22:55 Treehouse Masters 09:00 Dangerous Encounters 03:40 Extreme Close-Up 23:50 Animal Cops Miami 10:00 Britain’s Underworld 04:10 E!ES 11:00 Predator CSI 05:05 E!ES 12:00 A Traveler’s Guide To The 06:00 E! Entertainment Special Planets 07:50 Style Star 13:00 Air Crash Investigation 08:20 E! 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01:00 The Colbert Report Stewart 03:00 Rescue Me 19:30 Armageddon-PG15 08:00 Trouble With The Curve-PG15 10:00 Pawn Stars 01:30 Seinfeld 21:30 The Colbert Report 04:00 House Of Cards 22:00 Transformers-PG15 10:00 Marvel’s The Invincible Iron 10:30 Pawn Stars 02:00 Seinfeld 22:00 Wilfred 05:00 Good Morning America Man-PG 11:00 Storage Wars 02:30 The Mindy Project 22:30 2 Broke Girls 07:00 Emmerdale 12:00 G.I. Joe: Retaliation-PG15 11:30 Storage Wars 03:00 Baby Daddy 23:00 The Mindy Project 08:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 14:00 Too Late To Say Goodbye-PG15 12:00 Counting Cars 03:30 Parks And Recreation 23:30 Late Night With Seth Meyers 16:00 Trouble With The Curve-PG15 12:30 Counting Cars 09:00 Almost Human 00:00 Here Comes The Boom-PG15 04:00 My Boys 18:00 The Guilt Trip-PG15 13:00 Mountain Men 10:00 Emmerdale 02:00 Beauty Shop-PG15 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 20:00 Taken 2-PG15 14:00 Counting Cars 11:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 04:00 Drop Dead Fred-PG Jimmy Fallon 22:00 The Awakening-18 14:30 Counting Cars 12:00 Grey’s Anatomy 06:00 Ski Patrol-PG15 05:30 My Name Is Earl 00:00 The Carrie Diaries 15:00 Counting Cars 13:00 The Blacklist 08:00 Here Comes The Boom-PG15 06:00 The War At Home 01:00 Chicago Fire 15:30 Counting Cars 14:00 Live Good Morning America 10:00 Coneheads-PG 06:30 Friends 02:00 The Newsroom 16:00 American Restoration 16:00 Almost Human 12:00 The New Guy-PG15 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 03:00 C.S.I. 17:00 Pawn Stars 08:00 My Boys 17:00 Grey’s Anatomy 14:00 Beauty Shop-PG15 04:00 Covert Affairs 02:00 Trans World 17:30 Pawn Stars 08:30 My Name Is Earl 16:00 Drop Dead Fred-PG 05:00 Switched At Birth 18:00 The Blacklist 03:00 Super Rugby 18:00 Storage Wars 09:00 Baby Daddy 18:00 Stop! 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BEIJING: As she nears retirement along with them while caregivers are either unaffordable die they cannot do anything for you,” she after their ageing parents, though the idea is millions of other Chinese, He Xiangying is too or unavailable-prompting a scramble for said, as fellow nannies manned other losing sway under the pressure of modern life. busy sending her son money and raising a solutions, even ones bucking age-old tradi- pushchairs nearby. China is still only piloting On the outskirts of Beijing, a three-star hotel stranger’s child to worry about who will tions that families should care for their own schemes, such as care homes and financial has been converted into the Yiyangnian nurs- eventually look after her. The nanny’s plan is across the generations. Projections show that products, to provide care for the elderly and ing home, a 300-bed complex of plain rooms to work until her health fails, then go back to 350 million Chinese-one in four of the popu- help them pay for it-at present the country and quiet hallways, where residents occupy her home village in the Chinese countryside lation will be aged 60 or older by 2030, has only 25 care beds for every 1,000 senior themselves playing mahjong and cards. “If I and grow vegetables to save money. She almost twice as many as now. That monu- citizens, civil affairs minister Li Liguo said this were living at home it would be so lonely,” holds out little hope of help from her jobless mental shift, fuelled by the one-child policy, week. said Zhou Chuanxun, who has been living at son. “If he isn’t doing well for himself then will impose a huge burden on the country, “This will be an era of a great institutional the facility for two years. “Here at least I can why would he support his ageing parent?” shrink the labor force that has fuelled its experiment for facing China’s ageing chal- have conversations with other people. It’s said He, a 51-year-old widow, tearing up growth, and put the responsibility for multi- lenge,” said Wang Feng, a demographics better here. Time passes quicker.” His son and while her charge rested in a stroller under the ple grandparents onto a single grandchild. expert with the Brookings Institution. “This is daughter “both have good jobs” and are too shade in a Beijing park. “I will take care of Many of those young adults are-like He’s not something China has encountered in the busy to look after him, he added. The home myself.” son-already struggling with sky-high housing past,” he said. “The pressure is building up. charges up to 8,000 yuan a month, says own- China’s elderly population is expanding so prices and slowing economic growth. “Those It’s just going to get greater and greater.” er Wang Yun-far beyond the budgets of most quickly that children struggle to look after children who are poor, whether you live or In Chinese culture children should look Chinese families. — AFP FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Kuwait CHANGE OF NAME Prayer timings KNCC PROGRAMME FROM LAST DAY OF I, Mallala Ramanjaneyulu, RAMADAN TO WEDNESDAY (06/08/2014) holder of Indian Passport No J2022846 resident of Tirupati, Andra Pradesh, have SHARQIA-1 changed my name to Cheerla PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 11:30 AM FANAR-4 Bhaskar Naidu. PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 1:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 11:30 AM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 3:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:45 PM 25-7-2014 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 5:15 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 4:00 PM KAN RAFEEJI (DIG) (Kuwaiti Film) 8:00 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 6:15 PM I, Ibrahim Navabjan holder A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 10:15 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:30 PM of Indian Passport No. Fajr: 03:33 DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 12:15 AM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:45 PM F0497541 hereby change my NO SUN+TUE+WED( 03, 05 & 06/08/2014) SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:00 AM name to Ibrahim Nawabjaan Shorook 05:04 NO SUN+TUE+WED( 03, 05 &06/08/2014) Shaikh Thiruchirapalle T.N. Duhr: 11:54 SHARQIA-2 Mumbai. A-Sector C-Line SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 11:15 AM FANAR-5 R.No. 11. Cheeta camp, Asr: 15:30 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:30 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 11:00 AM Trombay Mumbai 400088 Maghrib: 18:44 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 3:45 PM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 2:15 PM MS. SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 6:00 PM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 4:15 PM (C 4815) Isha: 20:13 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 8:15 PM KICK (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM 17-7-2014 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 10:30 PM KICK (DIG) (HINDI) 9:30 PM SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 12:45 AM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 12:30 AM NO SUN+TUE+WED(03, 05 & 06/08/2014) NO SUN+TUE+WED( 03, 05 &06/08/2014) Last Day of Ramadan, No Show before 9.00 pm SHARQIA-3 On Friday & 1st day of Eid no show before 1.30 pm Sabah Hospital 24812000 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 11:00 AM A LONG WAY DOWN (DIG) 2:15 PM MARINA-1 Amiri Hospital 22450005 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 4:15 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 12:15 PM Maternity Hospital 24843100 THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 7:30 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 2:15 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 9:45 PM PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 4:15 PM Mubarak Al-Kabir Hospital 25312700 THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 1:00 AM THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 6:15 PM Chest Hospital 24849400 NO SUN+TUE+WED( 03, 05 & 06/08/2014) 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11:15 AM Adaliya 22517144 THE PURGE: ANARCHY (DIG) 2:30 PM MARINA-3 Khaldiya 24848075 PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE(DIG) 4:30 PM DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG-3D) 12:00 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 6:30 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG-3D) 3:00 PM Kaifan 24849807 NO MON+TUE ( 28 & 29/07/2014) DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 6:15 PM Shamiya 24848913 KICK (DIG) (HINDI) 6:30 PM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG-3D) 9:00 PM MON+TUE ( 28 & 29/07/2014) DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (DIG) 12:15 AM Shuwaikh 24814507 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 9:45 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED( 03, 05 &06/08/2014) Abdullah Salem 22549134 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION (DIG) 12:05 AM Last Day of Ramadan, No Show before 9.00 pm NO SUN+TUE+WED( 03, 05 &06/08/2014) On Friday & 1st day of Eid no show before 1.30 pm Nuzha 22526804 Industrial Shuwaikh 24814764 MUHALAB-3 AVENUES-1 PLANES: FIRE & RESCUE (DIG-3D) 11:00 AM KAN RAFEEJI DIG) Kuwaiti Film) 1:00 PM Qadsiya 22515088 SONE3A FI MASR (DIG) 1:00 PM KAN 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FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Japan trade deficit surges Sluggish US economy may now be sturdier to record on weak exports PAGE 40 PAGE 39

PUDONG: A worker cleans the prome- nade on the Bund along the Huangpu River against the sky- line of the Lujiazui Financial District in Pudong in Shanghai yesterday. — AFP

Global economy starts H1 on solid footing

LONDON: China’s factory activity expanded at gested China will struggle to maintain these its fastest in 18 months in July as new orders rates of growth into next year, partly because surged while the euro-zone’s private sector of risks a property market downturn might ABK continues its chari- also perked up, suggesting the global economy threaten the economy. Analysts polled by started the second half of 2014 on a solid foot- Reuters expect the world’s No. 2 economy to ing. While China is relying on increased govern- expand by 7.4 percent this year, slightly below ty initiative in Ramadan ment stimulus to steer its economy away from the last reported rate of 7.5 percent. That reliance on exports and towards consumer would be its weakest growth in nearly a quarter KUWAIT: Like every year at this time, charity activities for the distribution to spending, Europe has taken the opposite of a century. during the holy month of Ramadan, Al reach those who need it the most. Ms. Al approach, combining fiscal austerity with near- Some analysts say that more stimulus may Ahli Bank of Kuwait under its corporate Khurafi is well known for her exemplary zero interest rates. The latest HSBC/Markit Flash be needed to offset any downdraft from falling social responsibility banner does its bit work in charity, and for reaching help to China Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ property prices and activity. There are also to provide relief to the underprivileged the most deprived. It was an honor and Index suggested that government stimulus increasing risks in the financial system, such as segment. Each year, ABK provides assis- privilege to channel ABK’s help through was working, rising to 52 in July from 50.7 in deteriorating credit quality. tance to lesser privileged families in Ms. Mariam Al Khurafi, we are indeed June, and beating the consensus forecast of 51 Mainland China stocks jumped after the PMI Kuwait, especially during Ramadan, a grateful for her involvement.” in a Reuters poll. report while shares in the rest of Asia edged month which symbolises the meaning Ms. Al Therban added that this chari- That was the highest reading since January higher. The Australian dollar hit a three-week and essence of goodness and giving. table innovation came about because, 2013, and well above the 50-point level that high on prospects of stronger exports to China. Assistance is provided in the form of “At ABK we work to support constructive separates growth from contraction for the sec- For the euro zone, where forecasters are relief packages that contain basic food interaction with the community, and the ond consecutive month. A comparable survey even more gloomy about growth prospects, essentials to tide over any shortages that holy month of Ramadan is considered of private sector activity in the euro-zone also the latest PMI data were a bright spot and trig- may occur during the month of fasting the most auspicious for charitable work, rose more than expected, to 54.0 from 52.8, gered a rally in the euro from an eight-month and prayer. Ms. Sahar Al Therban, Public due to its significance in promoting the even without signs of the resurgence in infla- low. Relations Manager said, “ This year the concept of solidarity and social coopera- tion from dangerously low levels that the Markit said the data suggest quarterly eco- European Central Bank is trying to engineer. nomic growth of 0.4 percent in the current activity took on an even more special tion. ABK holds a strong belief in service Taken together with data pointing to a solid quarter if a similar pace is maintained over the meaning as we worked with Ms. Mariam to society, and will continue providing expansion for the United States, and with most next two months. Lagging economies like Al Khurafi, the founder of OneKuwait, a humanitarian aid as a confirmation of stock markets rallying or near record highs, the Spain performed even better, with the largest volunteer organisation specialised in the same.” reports suggest the world economy is in a monthly increase in business activity recorded brighter spot. “The strength of this morning’s since August 2007 accompanied by a similar data from China and the euro-zone offers some surge in new orders growth. encouragement that there is some momentum Separate official data showed Spain’s job- building for the global economy at the start of less rate tumbled to its lowest in two years, the third quarter,” said Mark Wall, European although nearly a quarter of the labor force is economist at Deutsche Bank. “We still don’t still out of work. And while euro zone services have second quarter growth numbers for the business expanded at its fastest pace since May US or euro-zone. And although the 2011 - the PMI rose to 54.4 - the index measur- Bundesbank said earlier this week that German ing output price changes fell to 48.3, suggest- growth could stagnate in the second quarter, ing downward pressure on inflation, despite what’s at least encouraging from the PMI data high raw materials costs. is it seems any disappointment yet to be pub- With inflation stuck at 0.5 percent in June, lished might well be temporary.” far into the ECB’s “danger zone” below 1 per- Markit’s manufacturing PMI for the United cent, and well short of its 2 percent target, that States is due later on Thursday and is also suggests policymakers still face a tough task to expected to show improving activity, rising to thwart the threat of deflation. “There’s so much 57.5 from 57.3 last month. spare capacity that deflation remains a bigger risk at the moment,” said Chris Williamson, China outlook shaky Markit’s chief economist. “Companies simply The PMI data coincided with the latest cannot push through cost increases to con- Reuters poll on the outlook for Asia, which sug- sumers at this point.”— Reuters Business38 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Wataniya Telecom (Ooredoo) Posts KD 196.7 Million Revenue for the First Half 2014 Continued Growth in Customers and Revenue

Kuwait: Wataniya Telecom (Ooredoo) were KD 84.5 million (USD 300.1 mil- million) compared to an EBITDA of KD od of 2013. Revenues for H1 2014 (K.S.C.P – Ticker: OOREDOO) yesterday lion), a decrease of 19.1% compared 1.0 million (USD 3.5 million) for the were KD 7.5 million (USD 26.7 million) announced its financial results for the to 2013 of KD 104.6 million (USD same period in 2013. The total Net compared to KD 6.4 million (USD 22.7 first Half 2014: 371.1 million). EBITDA was KD 18.2 Loss for H1 2014 was KD 2.3 million million) for the same period 2013. million (USD 64.5 million) versus EBIT- (USD 8.2 million) compared to a total EBITDA for the first Half of 2014 was Financial Highlights: DA for H1 2013 of KD 32.1 million Net Loss of KD 3.3 million (USD 11.7 KD 2.4 million (USD 8.5 million) com- Operational Highlights (USD 113.9 million), a decrease by million) for the same period in 2013. pared to an EBITDA of KD 1.8 million Total customer base increased to 21.6 43.4%. Net Profit was at KD 4.6 million The Net Attributable Loss for the first (USD 6.3 million) for the same period million at the close of H1 2014, versus (USD 16.4 million), compared to Net Half of 2014 was KD 1.1 million (USD in 2013. The Net Attributable Profit 19.6 million at the same period in Profit for the same period in 2013 of 4.0 million) compared to a Net for 2014 was KD 0.1 million (USD 0.5 2013, amounting to growth of 10.2%. KD 13.5 million (USD 47.9 million). Attributable Loss of KD 1.6 million million) compared to the Net Revenues for H1 2014 amounted to (USD 5.7 million) for the same period Attributable Loss of KD 0.8 million KD 379.4 million (USD 1,346.8 million), Ooredoo - Tunisia in 2013 (USD 2.8 million) for the same period compared with KD 370.1 million (USD The Ooredoo customer base at the in 2013. 1,313.8 million) for the same period in end H1 2014 stood at 7.37 million cus- Ooredoo - Maldives The KD to USD conversion rate 2013, equal to growth of 2.5%. tomers, an increase of 1.0% compared Ooredoo’s total customer base at used is 0.28173 as of 30 June 2014. EBITDA for H12014 was KD 138.0 to 2013. Revenues for H1 2014 were end of H1 2014 was 0.27 million, an For more information please visit million (USD 490.0 million), compared KD 92.7 million (USD 329.1 million), increase of 22.5% from the same peri- www.ooredoo.com.kw to EBITDA of KD 147.2 million (USD compared to revenues for the same 522.5 million) for the same period in period in 2013 of KD 97.9 million (USD 2013. The consolidated Net Profit for 347.5 million). EBITDA was KD 43.5 H1 2014 was at KD 48.4 million (USD million (USD 154.6 million) compared 171.8 million), compared to Net Profit to KD 51.0 million (USD 181.0 million) for the same period in 2013 of KD 52.2 for the same period last year repre- million (USD 185.3 million).The net senting a decrease of 14.6%. The - Net attributable profit to Ooredoo in H1 Profit stood at KD 14.2 million (USD 2014 was KD 37.9 million (USD 134.4 50.4 million) a decrease of 17.6% million) compared with a net attribut- when compared with KD 17.2 million able profit of KD 42.4 million (USD (USD 61.1 million) for the same period 150.5 million) for the same period of in 2013. The Net Attributable Profit to 2013. Ooredoo for H1 2014 was KD 10.6 mil- The consolidated Earnings per lion (USD 37.8 million), compared to Share was 76 fils (USD 27 cents), com- KD 12.9 million (USD 45.9 million) for pared to 85 fils (USD 30 cents) per the same period in 2013. share earned for the same period last year. Ooredoo – Algeria H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Ooredoo’s customer base in Algeria Mohammed Bin Saud Al Thani, at the end of H1 2014 was 10.93 mil- Chairman of Ooredoo commented: lion customers, an increase of 17.2% “The first Half generated not only a compared to the same period last broadly positive start to the year for year. Revenues for H1 2014 were KD Ooredoo but also provided further evi- 182.6 million (USD 648.1 million), an dence of the success of our strategic ini- increase of 22.8% compared with rev- tiatives across its businesses. Ooredoo enues of KD 148.7 million (USD 527.9 Algeria continues to capture market million) for the same period in 2013. share, driving revenue and profit EBITDA for H1 2014 was KD 73.2 mil- growth. Despite the continued chal- lion (USD 260.0 million), an increase lenging market conditions of Tunisia, of 17.7% on KD 62.2 million (USD Ooredoo Tunisiana has delivered solid 220.9 million) for the same period in half year performance. Wataniya 2013. The total Net Profit for the first Telecom (Ooredoo) Kuwait is delivering Half of 2014 was KD 29.5 million (USD against its recovery strategy, capturing 104.7 million) compared to a total Net back market share as the business tar- Profit of KD 26.7 million (USD 94.7 gets a return to revenue growth having million) for the same period in 2013. invested in developing the country’s The Net Attributable Profit to leading broadband network. Our mar- Ooredoo for H1 2014 was KD 20.9 mil- kets continue to be highly competitive lion (USD 74.4 million) compared to a but we are making good progress in Net Attributable Profit of KD 18.9 mil- executing our long-term growth strate- lion (USD 67.2 million) for the same gy.” period in 2013.

Review of Operations Wataniya - Palestine The Group’s operational perform- The total customer base for ance can be summarized as follows: Wataniya Mobile Palestine at the end of H1 2014 was 0.68 million, an Wataniya Telecom increase of 8.3% from the same peri- (Ooredoo) - Kuwait od of 2013. Revenues for H1 2014 Wataniya Telecom (Ooredoo) were KD 12.1 million (USD 42.8 mil- Kuwait’s customer base was 2.33 mil- lion), a decrease of 4.1% compared to lion customers at the end of H1 2014, the revenues of KD 12.6 million (USD an increase of 19.9% on the same 44.6 million) in H1 2013. EBITDA for period in 2013. Revenues for H1 2014 H1 2014 was KD 1.8 million (USD 6.3 Business FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 39 British retail sales hit 10-year high in Q2 June sales disappoint

LONDON: British retail sales rose weather. With retail sales accounting for power. Wage growth, however, remains between April and June at the fastest just under 6 percent of British economic very weak. Economists expect Friday’s pace for a calendar quarter in 10 years output, economists said the quarterly GDP numbers to show the economy despite stagnating last month, bolster- figure boded well for a first reading of grew 0.8 percent from April through ing expectations that the economy has Britain’s gross domestic product in the June, the same pace of growth as in the sustained its swift pace of recovery. April-June period, which is due today. first quarter. There is a risk that growth TOKYO: Shipping containers are moved at a port in Tokyo Retail sales volumes rose 1.6 percent in “The meager growth in the official could be slower than that after industri- yesterday. Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record in the second quarter compared with the measure of UK retail sales volumes in al output figures were weaker than the first half of the year as exports fell further in June, previous three months, a latest sign of June probably understates the underly- expected in May and as wage growth data showed, ramping up pressure on the central bank to strength in Britain’s economy which has ing strength of the consumer recovery,” continues to lag inflation - a crucial issue unveil fresh measures to boost the economy. — AFP put a first interest rate hike on the agen- said Samuel Tombs, senior UK econo- for the Bank of England as it gauges da of the Bank of England. mist at Capital Economics. when to raise interest rates. Still, retail sales growth for June Tombs said the soccer World Cup Some business surveys and housing Japan trade deficit alone disappointed, rising just 0.1 per- was likely to have distracted many con- market reports over the last month have cent from May and by 3.6 percent com- sumers from shopping last month and given tentative signs that the strong surges to record pared with a year ago, according to the the previous six World Cup years have pace of economic growth might cool in Office for National Statistics. shown sales usually pick up again in the second half of the year. on weak exports That was weaker than Reuters poll July. Sterling fell to a four-week low “The broad trend for the quarter is forecasts for increases of 0.3 percent against the dollar following the weaker- still strong and the (retail) surveys sug- TOKYO: Japan’s trade deficit ballooned to a record in the first and 3.9 percent. The ONS said a fall in than-expected monthly figures. Britain’s gest a good rebound in July. However, half of the year as exports fell further in June, data showed clothing sales during the month was consumers have been the main driver of we do expect some softening in the UK yesterday, ramping up pressure on the central bank to unveil probably the result of delayed price-cut- the country’s economic recovery which consumption story in the second half,” fresh measures to boost the economy. ting on summer clothes by retailers who began last year. Low levels of inflation - said Liz Martins, economist at HSBC. The The figures come days after the government cut its fiscal normally hold sales in June but may despite a surprise surge last month - has ONS said second-quarter retail sales year growth forecasts, blaming weak exports and a jump in have held off this year due to good eased the pressure on their spending were boosted by a 1 percent. —Reuters imports as well as the negative impact of an April sales tax hike on consumer spending and business confidence. Japan has seen widening trade deficits since the Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011 forced it to switch off its atomic reactors and turn to pricey fossil fuel imports to plug the energy gap. The price of imports has surged thanks to a slide in the yen since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged in late 2012 to launch a spending and monetary easing drive to kickstart growth and defeat deflation. However, the weaker yen-which has lost about a fifth of its value against the dollar since late 2012 — has not had the desired effect on exports, leading to ever-widening trade gaps. Yesterday’s data from the finance ministry showed the country logged a record 7.60 trillion yen ($74.7 billion) deficit for the first six months of the year, expanding 58 percent from a year earlier. The half-year figures were released with June data that showed the monthly deficit more than quadrupled to 822.2 billion yen from 180.5 billion yen a year earlier and blowing past market expectations of 684.7 billion yen. Japan has now logged 24 consecutive monthly trade deficits. Last month, exports fell 2.0 percent year on year to 5.94 trillion yen while imports rose 8.4 percent to 6.76 trillion yen. The data showed that shipments to the key US market turned down, while demand for Japanese products in Asia also fell, despite a slight uptick in China. SEOUL: Shoppers look around a clothing shop near sale signs at Seoul shopping district, South Korea yesterday. South Focus on central bank Korea’s government unveiled stimulus plans yesterday after the shock of a deadly ferry sinking slowed economic The lackluster figures will likely turn the focus on the Bank growth to the lowest level in three quarters. —AP of Japan, which is undertaking a multi-billion-dollar monetary easing program to stimulate the economy. At its most recent S Korea offers $11bn in stimulus spending policy meeting this month the central bank said the economy was still holding up despite April’s sales tax rise and a closely SEOUL: South Korea offered billions of Analysts said the support package as a potential revival of home prices watched report showing business confidence in April-June dollars in stimulus spending and proper- was likely to give at least a short-term could help spur household income. suffered its first deterioration in six quarters. ty market-boosting steps yesterday to boost to consumer spending, but The economy grew 0.6 percent in the The BoJ’s asset-purchasing scheme is a key plank of Abe’s shore up demand after reporting its warned it could add to household debt April-June period over the prior quarter, three-pronged plan to kickstart the economy-dubbed weakest economic growth in more than levels, already among the highest in the the weakest since the first quarter of “Abenomics”-that also includes huge government spending, a year. world. 2013 and below expectations for 0.7 largely on public works. The drive has given a jolt to the Exports in Asia’s fourth-largest econ- “This is surprising to us in that it percent growth, data earlier yesterday insipid economy and drove a stock market rally last year, but omy have benefited less than expected marks a shift in policy stance toward showed. The ministry cut its 2014 Abe has so far made little progress on the so-called third from a pick-up in the global economy debt-driven growth from what was growth forecast to 3.7 percent from 4.1 prong-promised economic reforms, including shaking up rigid this year, but domestic demand has focused more on containing debt,” said percent. The latest stimulus package labor markets. There is growing speculation that the BoJ- been fragile since a mid-April ferry acci- Young Sun Kwon, economist at Nomura appeared focused on shoring up con- which recently cut its own growth forecasts-will have to dent hit tourism and its services indus- in Hong Kong. President Park Geun-hye sumer and corporate sentiment and launch further easing measures to prop up the economy later try. The government rolled out an addi- has called for all-out efforts to boost the reviving the property market, compared in the year. However, analysts said there were some positives tional 11.7 trillion won ($11.4 billion) in economy and Finance Minister Choi with the previous one in early 2013, from Thursday’s data. Despite the weak figures, the deficit for spending and 26 trillion won of loans or Kyung-hwan promised to take massive when the government introduced a $5 June was down from May’s shortfall, and below levels seen other financial support, and loosened action, which investors believe will pres- billion supplementary budget that was before Japan’s consumption tax hike on April 1. mortgage borrowing restrictions. The sure the central bank to cut interest targeted at more directly lifting growth. “Net trade has been a drag on GDP growth ever since the central bank separately offered banks rates as soon as next month. The government in a statement launch of Abenomics, but the sharp narrowing of the trade up to 3 trillion won to encourage them The finance ministry said the stimu- insisted the economy was recovering, deficit after the sales tax hike suggests that it should finally to expand lending at low interest rates lus spending would lift this year’s eco- but warned that households and com- add to growth in the second quarter,” said Marcel Thieliant of to companies that build factories in the nomic growth by 0.1 percentage point, panies were in a “serious lethargy” that Capital Economics. country or buy machinery. but economists said indirect effects such could become permanent.— Reuters Business40 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Brent dips below $108, market well-supplied LONDON: Brent crude dipped below $108 a barrel yesterday as unseasonably weak demand from European refiners and plentiful supplies offset strong Chinese factory data. Brent for September delivery was down 31 cents at $107.72 a barrel by 0909 GMT, after closing 70 cents higher on Wednesday. US crude was down 33 cents at $102.79 a barrel, after gaining 73 cents in the previous session. “Oil is moving in a small range. It opened relatively high and was supported in Asia on the back of the Chinese/HSBC data,” said Ole Hansen, senior commodity strategist at Saxo Bank. “But Brent is in contango, reflecting weak demand from European refiners,” Hansen added. Contango is a situation in which the price of oil for near-term delivery is cheaper than that for delivery further into the future. China’s factory activity expanded at its fastest in 18 months in July as new orders surged, a preliminary HSBC survey showed. China is the world’s second- biggest oil consumer, so the data is positive for demand. However, the picture in Europe is more sobering as refiners remain under pressure due to an influx of oil products from the United States. European refiners have been cutting runs at what should be one of the busiest times of the year, or idling plants altogether. “The market is comfortably supplied with seasonal demand in Europe still slackening despite a slight improvement to refinery margins,” said Andrey Kryuchenkov, oil analyst at VTB Capital. Physical crude prices are under pressure as a result, with West African and North Sea barrels selling slowly even at bargain lev- els. These weak fundamentals filtered through to the futures mar- ket earlier this month, triggering heavy liquidation of hedge funds’ long positions. Analysts and traders said the market was NEW YORK: The New York Stock Exchange. Out of a seemingly hollow recovery from the Great Recession, a more durable now in a consolidation phase, moving sideways. if still slow-growing US economy has emerged.—AP “The longs liquidation in London drove the market to three- month lows earlier this month and it is only natural for the mar- ket to take a breather,” Kryuchenkov said. Sluggish US economy Prices had pushed higher on Wednesday after data from the US Energy Information Administration showed that US crude stocks fell by 4 million barrels last week. Analysts had expected a decrease of just 2.8 million barrels. may now be sturdier Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma delivery hub for U.S. benchmark oil fell by 1.5 million barrels. Conflicts in Eastern Europe and the Middle East are also keep- Newfound strengths replace critical weaknesses ing a floor under prices, but crude supply from Iraq remains unaf- fected by fighting in the country. Analysts foresee no sustained WASHINGTON: Out of a seemingly hol- term, these same trends have prevented The American Bankers Association gains in oil prices unless supply is disrupted.—Reuters low recovery from the Great Recession, a the economy from accelerating. When says card debt as a share of people’s more durable if still slow-growing US consumers borrow and spend less income has reached its lowest level in economy has emerged. That conclusion, freely, for example, they restrain growth. more than a decade. People increasingly one held by a growing number of econ- And when people seek to work pay off balances each month. And just Bentley sees 2014 omists, might surprise many people. longer or become more educated, often 2.44 percent of card accounts are delin- After all, in the five years since the there aren’t enough jobs for all of them, quent, compared with the 15-year aver- sales growing less recession officially ended, Americans’ at least not right away. People with age of 3.82 percent. pay has basically stagnated. Millions advanced degrees can often find lower- Researchers at the Cleveland Fed than forecast remain unemployed or have abandoned paying jobs that don’t require much found that after adjusting for inflation, their job searches. Economic growth is education. But when they do, they tend debt from mortgage and auto loans LONDON: Luxury carmaker Bentley, part of Germany’s merely plodding along. Yet as the econ- to push some people with only a high remains below pre-recession levels. Volkswagen, expects to increase sales volumes this year by omy has slowly healed, analysts say it school education into unemployment. Applications for credit by “deep sub- less than previously forecast, Chief Executive Wolfgang has replaced some critical weaknesses One of the most striking trends in the prime” borrowers - those most at risk of Duerheimer said yesterday. with newfound strengths. Among the recovery has been an aversion to per- defaulting - have dropped 36 percent Duerheimer, who took the helm at Bentley on June 1, told trends: sonal debt. A typical US household owes from pre-recession highs. reporters in London that previous estimates had proved to be Fewer people are piling up credit $7,122 in credit card debt, $1,618 less Because people are taking on less too optimistic. “Maybe the forecast from last year and the card debt or taking on risky mortgages. than at the start of the recession, debt, they’re also spending less. That beginning of this year was too aggressive, but I still predict This should make growth more sustain- according to analysis of New York phenomenon has slowed growth double-digit (sales volume) growth in 2014,” he said, adding able and avoid a cycle of extreme Federal Reserve data by the firm Nerd because consumers fuel most of the US that the first half of the year’s 61 percent sales growth in booms and busts. Wallet. (After factoring in inflation, the economy. Consumer spending has risen China, Daimler’s second-biggest market, was always going to Banks are more profitable and hold- balance is $2,900 lower.) just 10.8 percent during the five-year be difficult to maintain. ing additional cash to help protect Kevin Quigley, a massage therapist, recovery - the smallest increase among Bentley had said that 2014 was on course to be the brand’s against a repeat of the 2008 market found that by the time the recession expansions in the last 55 years, said Carl best year after first-half sales rose by almost a quarter to 5,254 meltdown. More workers hold advanced struck, his card balance had ballooned Tannenbaum, chief economist at saloons, coupes and convertibles, thanks to demand from degrees. Education typically leads to to as much as $35,000. The 33-year old Northern Trust. China and the Middle East. Though the carmaker has not higher wages and greater job security, from University City, Missouri ascribed But after the frugality of the past half- made public its previous production forecast, it has said it reducing the likelihood of unemploy- that to “thinking that I needed a lot of decade, money that once went to repay- expected sales to reach 15,000 in 2018, including a new sport- ment. Inflation is under control. things.” ing credit cards can now be spent in utility vehicle that Bentley plans to launch in 2016. Runaway price increases would be Beginning in 2010, he consolidated ways that boost growth. “There are Factors behind the lowering of expectations for this year destructive. Low inflation can lay a foun- his card debt and reduced it by $300 a some families who can contemplate include a smaller increase in demand from China and the dation for growth. Millions who have month until it disappeared. vacations for the first time in a while, impact from the crisis in Ukraine and Russia, Duerheimer said. reached retirement age are staying on who can contemplate replacing their But the former R&D chief at VW’s Audi and Porsche premi- the job. This lessens the economic drag Lending trends jalopies,” Tannenbaum said. Declining um divisions, now in his second stint at Britain-based Bentley, from retiring baby boomers and helps “Peace of mind became more impor- debt loads have coincided with stronger said that full-year volumes, turnover and profit would still be sustain consumer spending. tant to me than stuff,” Quigley said. Two cash buffers that banks have built up to up on 2013, which saw the carmaker post the highest sales Over the long run, such trends could primary factors explain the decline in protect against possible losses. More and profit in its 95-year history. Duerheimer said that about help produce a sturdier economy, one card debt: Lending standards were than 30 percent of banks were unprof- 700 of Bentley’s 3,700 workers at a factory in Crewe, central less prone to the kind of runaway tightened, and consumers “just kind of itable in 2009, a share that sank to 7.28 England, would not work on Fridays for several weeks from growth that often ends in a steep and froze in place,” said Jelena Ewart, gener- percent through the first three months the autumn until Christmas to reflect the projected cut in vol- sudden slump. al manager of credit cards and banking of 2014, according to the Federal umes on the Continental model line. —Reuters The downside? At least in the short at Nerd Wallet. Deposit Insurance Corporation.—AP Business41 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 LG Electronics Q2 profit more than doubled

SEOUL: LG Electronics Inc reported a forecast-beating quar- terly profit yesterday and gave an upbeat outlook for smart- phone profitability as its mobile division ended a streak of losses. Like other South Korean exporters, LG Electronics said the strength of the country’s currency, the won, eroded its oversea profits. Still, the company’s profit was better than expected as smartphone sales jumped to a record high and TV sales recovered ahead of the World Cup. LG executives said solid sales of handset devices will help its mobile division stay profitable during the fall and winter, even as Apple Inc. is expected to unveil a bigger iPhone and Samsung Electronics Co. is likely to release new models. “Even if we spend more on marketing expenses, profitability is expected to improve,” chief financial officer David Jung told investors. The South Korean consumer electronics company said its net income for the April-June quarter was 411.8 billion won ($400 million), compared with 155.5 billion won a year earlier. The figure was more than a fourfold increase from the first quarter and also beat expectations. Analysts polled by finan- cial data provider FactSet forecast 300.9 billion won income. Operating profit rose 27 percent to 606.2 billion won while sales inched up 1 percent to 15.4 trillion won. LG said its mobile division was profitable for the first time in a year thanks to strong sales of its flagship G3 smartphones and cheaper L-series phones in North America. In China, Apple’s focus pays It sold a record 14.5 million smartphones during the latest quarter. About one third of those were devices that run on advanced wireless networks known as LTE, which were more off as Samsung feels pinch profitable for the handset maker.

Turnaround plan 4G network touted as booster for smartphone makers LG brought forward the global release dates of its new phones as part of efforts to turn around the performance of its BEIJING: The mobile industry has long accounted for just a quarter of its For Samsung, the widely anticipated smartphone business. held that Samsung’s broad range of January-March sales volume in China, 4G roll-out has delivered a mixed result. The G3 smartphone was launched in South Korea at the mobile devices makes it nimble in while devices priced below 500 yuan “The roll-out of 4G helped both end of May. Four major carriers in the US began selling the changing markets, while Apple loses out ($80.75) made up the vast majority, Samsung and Apple initially, but the Android-based smartphone last week after its rollout in Asia, by rigidly sticking to its high-end gadg- according to data firm Canalys. operator and regulatory body’s ... poli- Europe and Latin America. Yoo Bu-hyun, head of financial ets. But manufacturers’ recent earnings At the same time, Samsung has come cies had recently been unfavorable planning at LG’s mobile division, said mobile carriers in the US reports challenge those assumptions, at under pressure from the rise of Chinese towards Samsung as the 3G demand have responded very positively to the G3 and have become least in China, the world’s biggest budget handset makers like Xiaomi, and subsidy dropped,” said more willing to promote LG devices in their stores. mobile market - where the roll-out of which this week released the Mi 4, its Counterpoint’s Kang. “Samsung had “I see no problem in reaching 10 million sales” of the G3, the next-generation 4G wireless net- new 1,999 yuan 4G handset. been selling quite a lot of volume of 3G Yoo told an investor meeting. LG’s mobile division suffered work has been touted as a booster for Underscoring the challenges phones to Chinese operators but that losses during the second half of last year as it boosted market- smartphone makers seeking growth as Samsung faces, it had just one model in demand dropped sharply. The recent ing costs to burnish its brand and attract consumers from demand in advanced countries falters. China’s top-5 best sellers in May and pro-4G policies that penalized 3G ven- Samsung and Apple. LG expressed confidence Thursday that Apple Inc’s latest quarterly results June - with its big-screen Galaxy Note 3 dors ... was not favorable to Samsung.” its smartphone business will remain profitable. The recovery showed sales of its high-end phones in tied in fifth place with a Lenovo Group Samsung said earlier this month its comes as Samsung Electronics is expected to report poor China grew at nearly twice the pace ana- phone, according to Counterpoint. China sales were hurt by price competi- financial results as the explosive growth of its smartphone lysts had expected. Meanwhile, budget tion in the low- to mid-tier sectors as sales slows. LG also expanded its lineup of both cheaper offerings from Chinese firms won at the CHINA SURPRISES well as tepid sales of 3G devices, as buy- phones and high-end handsets such as the G-Pro smartphone cheaper end, effectively squeezing Apple said this week its third-quarter ers wait to buy high-end 4G phones. series that features a giant screen. LG Electronics has tried to industry leader Samsung Electronics Co revenue was buoyed by unexpectedly differentiate its products from those of Apple and Samsung Ltd. Even as Apple posted strong China strong results in China, where iPhone IPHONE 6 DUE Electronics, which capture most of the profit in the global sales, the South Korean tech giant sales jumped nearly 50 percent in April- As China Mobile expands services smartphone market.—AP warned this month that quarterly earn- June. “China, honestly, was surprising to and smaller rivals China Unicom and ings could drop 25 percent due to an us ... we thought it would be strong, but China Telecom prepare to launch their inventory build-up of cheaper phones it went well past what we thought. The preferred competing 4G technology, and weaker demand for 3G products in unit growth was really off the charts handset makers are bracing for more China. That could suggest that across the board,” CEO Tim Cook told surprises - with new product plans Samsung’s strategy of offering every- analysts on Tuesday. including Apple’s widely expected big- thing to counter every price point may China Mobile Ltd’s 4G customer ger-screen iPhone. actually have left it stranded between growth has been accelerating after a “Right now, what we’ve seen is just a being a price competitive brand and a tepid start in February. The number of small part of the users who want to premium gadget seller. By contrast, 4G subscribers rose to nearly 14 million upgrade to 4G,” said Lu. “The broader Apple has studiously cultivated its high- in June, up from just 1.3 million at the set of consumers, the relatively main- end aura, and its iPhones and iPads con- end of February. “A lot of China Mobile stream ones who want a large screen, tinue to command a higher price tag on customers have been holding on to old are still waiting for the iPhone 6. So average than its rivals. phones, so when the high-speed 4G when that comes, the effect on high- Samsung has strong brand loyalty in came out they naturally switched to a 5S end brands like Samsung will be even China, but charges 60-100 percent more or 5C and upgraded. This trend will only bigger.” Kang at Counterpoint also said than Chinese-made phones with similar become more apparent with the iPhone an iPhone with a large screen would “go features, said Tom Kang, an analyst at 6’s release,” said C K Lu, an analyst at directly into Samsung’s territory” and BERLIN: People wearing 3D glasses as they look at a video Counterpoint Research in Seoul. “Even Gartner. Samsung may respond with something wall at the booth of South Korean electronics giant LG at though they have a brand premium, China Mobile, the world’s biggest unique, such as a curved display. Apple the 53rd IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung) electronics that’s a bit too much.” carrier by subscribers, declined to dis- is confident it can gain further traction trade fair in Berlin. LG Electronics posted yesterday a sec- Samsung declined to comment for close the current breakdown of its 4G in China thanks to its relationship with ond-quarter net profit that jumped 165 percent from a this article. Samsung’s high-end smart- subscribers, but its chairman, Xi Guohua, China Mobile and an army of some year ago thanks to solid TV sales and a dramatic turn- phones and tablets such as its Galaxy S said in March that “most of our 1.34 mil- 150,000 Chinese developers making around of its long-troubled mobile unit. — AFP range, its answer to the iPhone and iPad, lion 4G users are using an iPhone.” apps for the local App Store.—Reuters Sports42 FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 Mets overcome Seattle Mariners

SEATTLE: Bartolo Colon came within seven outs of of the season. Rickie Weeks was on with a double first-place San Francisco, which moved two games fourth time he has thrown at least seven innings a perfect game, giving up a single to Robinson to start the sixth. Reynolds’ second home run came ahead of Los Angeles in the NL West. One night without an earned run this season. Cobb missed Cano with two outs in the seventh inning as the off reliever Jumbo Diaz in the eighth. after blowing just his third save in 26 chances, clos- 50 games last season with a concussion after he New York Mets held off a late rally to beat the er Jonathan Papelbon (2-2) took the loss. The was hit near the right ear by a line drive off the bat Seattle Mariners 3-2 on Wednesday. The 41-year- YANKEES 2, RANGERS 1, 5 innings Phillies managed just seven hits. They lost their of Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer. Jake McGee pitched old Colon retired the first 20 batters he faced Brett Gardner hit a tiebreaking homer off All- fourth straight and seventh of eight. Pence broke a the ninth inning for his ninth save in 10 opportuni- before Cano lined a 2-2 pitch into left field. Colon Star ace Yu Darvish as New York won the rain- scoreless tie with a softly hit blooper down the ties. The Rays have won 25 of their last 36 games (9-8) improved to 13-1 all-time at Safeco Field. shortened game called in the fifth inning under right-field line off Papelbon on a full count with and are 13-4 in July. On June 29, they had the Seattle had no answers for the rotund right-han- bizarre circumstances. David Phelps (5-4) pitched two outs. Marlon Byrd drove in Philadelphia’s run worst record in the majors and have passed 11 der, who gave up two runs and three hits in 7 1-3 out of a jam just before the storm, and Francisco in the ninth off Santiago Casilla, who converted his teams since. Tampa Bay completed its road trip at innings. Taijuan Walker (1-2) walked six and struck Cervelli doubled twice to help the Yankees win for seventh save in 10 chances. 5-0 and its eight-game road winning streak ties the out five in his first start in the majors since July 7. the fifth time in six games on a 10-game homes- franchise record set twice. The loss was the third tand. Phelps gave up five hits in his first career BLUE JAYS 6, RED SOX 4 straight for the Cardinals. St Louis starter Lance TIGERS 11, DIAMONDBACKS 5 complete game. After a one-out triple by Leonys Jose Bautista homered and drove in two runs, Lynn (11-7) had won three straight and was 4-1 in Miguel Cabrera hit a three-run homer and Martin in the fifth, the right-hander retired Chris and R A Dickey won for the first time in three starts his last five home starts. He struck out seven and Austin Jackson had a three-run double as the Gimenez on a foul popup and struck out Rougned for Toronto. Bautista hit an RBI double in the first gave up six hits in 6 1-3 innings. Tigers wore out the Diamondbacks in a slugfest. Odor. Play was halted with one out in the bottom inning and added a leadoff homer in the seventh, Detroit roughed up Trevor Cahill (1-7), going up 7- of the fifth, and the game was called after a delay his first since July 2. David Ortiz hit a three-run PADRES 8, CUBS 3 0 after four innings behind Jackson’s big hit and of 1 hour, 49 minutes. It appeared the teams were homer for the Red Sox, his fourth in three games, Tommy Medica hit a go-ahead RBI double in three RBIs by Alex Avila. Arizona clawed its way the fifth inning and Ian Kennedy pitched six strong back against Anibal Sanchez (7-4), scoring three innings for San Diego. Kennedy (8-9) won his third runs off him in the fifth and two more over the straight decision. He allowed three runs and three next two innings. Joba Chamberlain needed one hits, while striking out six and pitching around a pitch to escape a jam created by Sanchez in the season-high five walks. He worked out of a bases seventh inning and Cabrera put the Tigers up 11-5 loaded jam in the fifth inning. Medica finished with in the eighth, hitting his 15th homer off the foul three hits and drove in two runs for the Padres, pole in left. Didi Gregorius homered and had two who came into the game with baseball’s worst bat- RBIs for the Diamondbacks. ting average at .215. Luis Valbuena hit a three- homer for the Cubs, who have lost 12 of 15. Cubs TWINS 3, INDIANS 1 starter Tsuyoshi Wada (0-1) allowed five runs, five Anthony Swarzak pitched five sharp innings in hits and four walks in four-plus innings. It was his a fill-in start and Oswaldo Arcia homered as the second career start after a no-decision against the Twins beat Cleveland. Danny Santana scored after Reds on July 8. After a leadoff walk in the first two of his three hits for the Twins, and five relievers inning, Yangervis Solarte hit an RBI triple to right. totaled six strikeouts over four scoreless innings. Solarte then scored on Carlos Quentin’s sacrifice fly Glen Perkins finished up in the ninth for his 24th to give the Padres a 2-0 lead. save in 27 tries. When Kyle Gibson developed a sore back the day before, Swarzak (2-0) was sum- ANGELS 3, ORIOLES 2 moned from the bullpen to replace him in the Kole Calhoun drew a bases-loaded walk from rotation. He threw 75 pitches and allowed just two reliever Brian Matusz in the eighth inning after a hits and one walk while striking out three. Trevor tying RBI double by Erick Aybar for Los Angeles. Bauer (4-5) finished six innings for the 11th time in Jered Weaver (11-6) allowed two runs and six hits 14 starts this season for the Indians. through eight innings, striking out six and walking SEATTLE: New York Mets starting pitcher Bartolo Colon throws in the eighth inning none before the Angels recorded their major ROYALS 2, WHITE SOX 1 against the Seattle Mariners in a baseball game on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. — AP league-best 31st come-from-behind win. Orioles Mike Moustakas scored the tiebreaking run in right-hander Chris Tillman allowed a run and five the top of the ninth inning when White Sox catch- ready to resume at one point, but managers Joe but Boston lost its second straight after winning hits over six innings, stranded seven runners in er Tyler Flowers couldn’t handle a throw home, as Girardi and Ron Washington expressed concern the previous five. Dickey (8-10) allowed four runs scoring position and picked off another at second Kansas City beat Chicago 2-1 in the rubber game about the dangers of a soft, wet field. After much and nine hits in six innings, walked one and struck base before handing a 2-1 lead to Tommy Hunter. of a three-game series. Moustakas triggered the discussion, a light rain returned and the tarp was out five. Rookie Aaron Sanchez, selected from Josh Hamilton led off the eighth with a bloop sin- decisive rally with a lead-off single off Zach put back on the field. Less than 10 minutes later, Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, made his debut with gle off Hunter (2-2) and came around on Aybar’s Putnam (3-2), the last of four White Sox pitchers. the game was stopped for good - giving the two perfect innings and Casey Janssen finished for double to left-center. A two-out intentional walk to Alcides Escobar bunted Moustakas over before Yankees the victory. Darvish (9-6) allowed four hits his 15th save in 17 chances. Ortiz’s 455th homer Efren Navarro and another walk to Chris Iannetta Nori Aoki flared a single to center field. Adam over 4 1-3 innings. He struck out five and walked tied him with Adam Dunn of the Chicago White loaded the bases for Calhoun, who walked on a 3-1 Eaton’s strong throw beat Moustakas to the plate, none. It took 13 minutes and three tries for the Sox for 35th on the career list. Ortiz’s drive was his pitch. The Angels, who came in leading the majors but Flowers lost control of the ball when the run- grounds crew to pull the soaked tarp over a 37th at Rogers Centre, breaking a tie with Alex in runs scored, stranded two runners in scoring ner slid into him. Wade Davis (6-2) pitched a score- drenched infield. Rodriguez for the most by a visiting player. The position in the first, fifth and sixth innings. The less inning and Greg Holland retired the side in three RBIs gave Ortiz 1,501 for his career, making Angels were 0 for 12 in those situations order in the ninth inning for his 26th save. PIRATES 6, DODGERS 1 him the 53rd player in major league history with Wednesday, and 3 for 25 during the three-game Josh Harrison had two hits with two RBIs as 1,500 or more. series. Huston Street pitched a hitless ninth for his ROCKIES 6, NATIONALS 4 Pittsburgh jumped on Dan Haren early in the win. first save since joining the Angels last Friday in a Jorge De La Rosa struck out a season-high 11 as Harrison’s two-run double capped a four-run out- BRAVES 6, MARLINS 1 trade with the San Diego Padres. he pitched efficiently into the eighth inning and burst in the first against Haren (8-8). Pittsburgh Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer and the wobbly Colorado bullpen held off has won five of six since the All-Star break to move Ervin Santana won his second straight start for ATHLETICS 9, ASTROS 7 Washington’s late rally, helping the Rockies snap a a season-high seven games over .500 (54-47). Atlanta. Freeman, an All-Star first baseman, broke Oakland’s Yoenis Cespedes homered twice and seven-game. LaTroy Hawkins got out of a bases Travis Snider added two hits, including his fifth out of a slump in the season series against the tied a career high with five RBIs before leaving with loaded jam in the ninth to protect De La Rosa’s fine homer, for the Pirates. Francisco Liriano (2-7) Marlins, ending a 2-for-44 stretch by hitting his an apparent right thumb injury. Cespedes hit a effort. De La Rosa (11-6) was one strikeout away allowed one run and four hits over seven innings 14th homer as the Braves took a 5-0 lead in the three-run homer in the second inning and a two- from matching his career high set in 2009. The to pick up his first victory since May 30. Pittsburgh four-run third inning. Santana (9-6) won for third run shot in the fourth off Brad Peacock (3-7), his hard-throwing lefty allowed two runs - one earned batted around in the first against Haren, who has time in four starts, giving up six hits and one run 15th and 16th this season. Cespedes was replaced - before being lifted for a reliever with one out in lost four consecutive starts. The right-hander set- with three walks and 10 strikeouts in 7 1-3 innings. in left field with the A’s leading 8-1 in the seventh. the eighth. Stephen Strasburg (7-8) settled in after tled down to get through five innings. Los Angeles Santana registered double-digit strikeouts for the But the Astros almost pulled off an improbable a shaky start, giving up four runs - three of which didn’t collect a hit until Miguel Rojas doubled with second time this year and the 13th time in his 10- comeback, scoring five runs in the eighth before were in the first - and nine hits over 5 1-3 innings. one out in the fifth. Haren retired the last 10 bat- year career. Nathan Eovaldi (5-6) failed to win for the back of Oakland’s bullpen shut them down. ters he faced but fell to 0-4 with a 9.47 ERA in July. his fifth straight start after allowing six hits, five Jesse Chavez (8-6) allowed two runs and four hits BREWERS 5, REDS 1 runs and two walks in seven innings. He struck out in 5 2-3 innings to help the A’s (62-38) extend the Mark Reynolds homered twice as the Brewers GIANTS 3, PHILLIES 1 two. best record in baseball. He struck out seven and completed a three-game sweep of the Reds. Kyle Hunter Pence drove in all of San Francisco’s walked two. Struggling reliever Jim Johnson gave Lohse pitched 6 2-3 innings to hand the Reds their runs with a double in the ninth and Madison RAYS 3, CARDINALS 0 up four runs - three earned - without recording an sixth straight loss since the All-Star break. Lohse Bumgarner pitched eight scoreless innings. Alex Cobb struck out 10 and drove in a run with out to spark Houston’s eighth. Luke Gregerson (11-4) walked two, struck out three and allowed Bumgarner (12-7) gave up five hits while striking his first major league hit, leading Tampa Bay to its stranded two runners on base in the inning, and four hits. Reynolds connected on a 1-1 pitch from out six and walking none in a pitchers’ duel with AJ seventh straight win. Cobb (6-6) blanked the Sean Doolittle recorded his 15th save in 18 tries Reds starter Mike Leake (7-9) for his 15th home run Burnett. It was the sixth win in seven games for Cardinals on five hits over seven innings. It was the with a perfect ninth.—AP Sports FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Nibali says he’s riding within himself

PAU: Vincenzo Nibali is winning the Tour de France so easi- good and I’m ready to push right to the end but when I get the workplace but as friends and that’s our strong point.” ly that the Italian admitted he is actually riding within him- to the end of a stage I’m not giving everything because I Another team working well together is Contador’s Tinkoff- self. Since all three past winners of the world’s greatest don’t have to, and I’ve also had an eye on the next stage,” Saxo. Despite their leader crashing out they have won the bicycle race crashed out earlier during the Grand Boucle, he said. However, he admitted it would have been differ- last three mountain stages. Young Pole Rafal Majka Nibali has been in a class of his own. ent had the best riders been there. claimed victory in the Pyrenees on Wednesday, just four Reigning champion Chris Froome crashed out on the days after his success in the Alps. fifth stage with a broken hand and wrist while two-time More explosive In between, Australian Michael Rogers took Tuesday’s former winner Alberto Contador broke his shinbone in a “If Chris Froome or Alberto were riding I would need to mammoth 237.5km stage from Carcassonne to Bagneres fall on the 10th stage on Bastille Day. Andy Schleck, the push much more but then I would also have to manage de Luchon. “We had bad luck on the 10th stage (when 2010 champion who was never a serious contender this the race differently and play more of a waiting game,” he Contador crashed) but after that stage we had a rest day year, didn’t even ride on French territory having quit fol- added. “When they attack they are more explosive so I and (manager) Bjarne (Riis) and (owner) Oleg (Tinkov) told lowing the opening three stages in Britain after he too hit would have to be careful. “I have a lot of respect for these the guys we needed to fight and win a stage,” said Majka. the deck. Nibali extended his overall lead to Spaniard riders.” Nibali put his success at this Tour down to the long- “We didn’t win one, we’ve won three and I feel good for Alejandro Valverde to 5min 26sec after finishing third on term planning of his Astana team. “It’s due to the work that Paris.” The 24-year-old also took the polkadot jersey for Wednesday’s 17th stage from Saint-Gaudens to Saint-Lary- we did with the whole team because we prepared for the best climber from Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez Tuesday Soulan. As he had done in every other mountain stage, and Tour,” he said. “We didn’t pick the best riders for the Tour and extended his lead by 30 points on Wednesday. He has indeed every stage with an uphill finish, he put time into at de France, we picked a group and worked together. been the only rider to show signs that he can beat Nibali in least some of his nearest rivals. “My objective since the beginning of the year was to be the mountains but Majka, who was sixth at May’s Giro Afterwards, the 29-year-old Sicilian admitted he wasn’t ready for the Tour de France and everything we did, we did d’Italia, stopped short of setting lofty Tour objectives in the even pushing himself to his limits. “My condition is very it together. “We created a good group not just in terms of future. —AFP

Hamilton looks for Budapest bounce

BUDAPEST: Less than a week after his back-to-front charge through the field at the German Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton will be hoping for a more straightforward task in this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Despite finishing third after starting from 20th place on the grid, the 29-year-old Briton was still disappoint- ed to allow his Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg complete a perfect week by winning on home soil and extending his lead to 14 points in the title race. Hamilton has four pole positions and four victories so far at the slow and challenging Hungaroring, but a high-speed brakes failure in qualifying undid his best efforts at Hockenheim. Bruises and soreness notwithstanding, he will hope to return to his best at one of his favorite venues for what promises to be an intrigu- ing contest in very hot conditions. For the Mercedes team, Hamilton will not be the only one nursing injuries on arrival. Both team chief Toto Wolff and technical boss Paddy Lowe were involved in a cycle crash during a team outing in Austria, on Tuesday, with Wolff suffering significant injuries. Commercial boss Wolff was admitted to hospital overnight for treatment to a broken wrist, elbow, shoulder and collarbone, but insisted he will be in Hungary this weekend for the 11th race of the 19-race sea- son. Mercedes should dominate again, Rosberg and Hamilton having won nine of this year’s races to sit first and second in the drivers’ championship. In the constructors’ title race, they have 366 points already-nearly twice as many as their nearest rivals. As Mercedes bid to stay ahead, the revitalized Williams team Jamaica’s Usain Bolt will arrive in Hungary after the 800km trip from Hockenheim with a major update package in the hope that they can hunt down Red Bull for second place in the teams’ title race. Three consecu- tive podium positions enabled them to overhaul Ferrari last My best is yet weekend and they are now seeking to cut Red Bull’s 67-points advantage over them and add consistency to the clear speed they have demonstrated. Williams’ performance boss Rob Smedley said the team’s upgrade was designed to help them at the high-downforce Hungaroring circuit. to come: Bolt “We identified what sort of improvement we would need to make to keep it competitive in Budapest,” he said. “Now we have met all the development targets that we are going to get on the KINGSTON: Six-times Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt and his coach and to be focused.” Coach Mills, who has guided Bolt to his six car. “It will improve the car and will be very specific for Budapest, Glen Mills believe the Jamaican sprinter can run even faster as he tar- Olympic golds and a record 10 world championships medals since so I believe that we will go there and be able to maintain a gets the 2015 world championships and the 2016 Summer Games in 2007, also believes the sprinter is capable of running faster. “I wouldn’t decent pace.”While Williams and particularly their rising Finnish Rio de Janeiro. It has been five years since Bolt set the 100m world say that we have seen the best of him,” Mills told Reuters after putting star Valtteri Bottas are in buoyant mood, Ferrari head towards record of 9.58 seconds and the 200m best of 19.19 at the Berlin world Bolt through a sprint workout. “I think that he’s capable of more Hungary and the now-traditional August break in reflective, if not championships, and this season began late for him as he recovered (speed), if he has (injury) uninterrupted preparation.” Bolt appeared to sombre, mood as they continue to struggle to find a way to end from minor foot surgery and a hamstring injury. rule out the chance of a mouth-watering duel this year with in-form their poor form this year. The lanky Jamaican missed nine weeks of training after having sur- American Justin Gatlin. Two-time champion Fernando Alonso indicated he was less gery on his left foot in March but shrugged off any suggestion that he “I don’t think the clash will happen,” Bolt said. “I’m just coming than impressed by a demonstration of the team’s future plans might be past his best as prepares for the sprint relay at the back, so I’m just trying to get myself into shape and run a few races, when he went to the Maranello base before the German race. Commonwealth Games in Glasgow next month. “Personally I don’t just for the fans.” US world silver medalist Gatlin, who is undefeated “Mercedes showed us this year that some teams in this new era of think so,” Bolt, 27, told Reuters at his training base in Kingston when this year, owns the season’s best 100m in 9.80 seconds and has also Formula One can be dominant,” said the Spaniard. “We didn’t asked if his fastest times were now behind him. “It’s all about just clocked a world-leading 19.68 seconds for the 200m. “I don’t really make a good enough job with these new rules and there is a lot being dedicated. Every year I’ve been injured at some part of the sea- worry, I guess he’s doing his thing,” said Bolt. “I’m just trying to get of room to improve-it’s not like other years where everything was son, so the key thing is try to stay injury-free, try to be more focused back and focus on what I need to get done for this season, and then more or less at the limit. “The step between 2014 and 2015 cars on track and field and not be distracted by other things. just look forward to next season.” Bolt is scheduled to leave Jamaica will be a lot bigger than what we saw in the past, so that’s the “Try to cut down a little on the sponsor-duty things and stuff like on Friday to begin his injury-shortened season at the Commonwealth hope we have and I think everyone will have the same, because that for the upcoming season, try to limit it as much as possible. Then I Games with the 4x100m relay set for Aug. 1 in Glasgow. He has then everyone has very good prospects for the future in July.”— AFP can put in a lot more work and I’ll have more time to work and stay fit penciled in four 100m races over the next six weeks. — Reuters Sports FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 India sports minister irked by turban row

MUMBAI: Basketball’s no-headgear rule and Amjyot Singh told local media they lines/instructions to international sports requires followers to grow their hair and has irked the Indian sports minister who never had to remove turban until the July federations so that such incidents do not wear a turban, while children must wear has reacted with anger after two Sikh 12 match against Japan in Wuhan. take place again,” he said. traditional Sikh headgear called the “pat- members of the men’s national team had “We are shocked and outraged. We FIBA officials were not immediately ka” or “dastaar” in school. Sonowal said to remove their turbans before they were have spoken to Basketball Federation of available for comment. “Wearing turban is turbans posed no threats to other players. allowed to play in the recent Asia Cup in India and sought a detailed report from a part of me. When they told us we “Wearing a turban does not affect fair play China. Players are not allowed “Headgear, them,” sports minister Sarbananda couldn’t play with one it felt very awk- and has not been objected to in interna- hair accessories and jewelry” under the Sonowal said in a statement. “We have ward,” Amjyot told the Times of India tional sports championships. Therefore, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) also asked International Olympic newspaper. “But for the team we decided the latest incident has surprised and rules but the Indian duo of Amritpal Singh Committee (IOC) to issue necessary guide- to play without turbans.” The Sikh religion shocked us,” the minister said. — Reuters Snedeker boosted by coach change for the title defense

MONTREAL: Invigorated by his new swing coach Butch Harmon, Brandt Snedeker believes he is on the “right path” as he bids to return to the winner’s circle at this week’s Canadian Open in Montreal where he will defend the title. American Snedeker has not triumphed anywhere since he clinched last year’s Canadian Open by three shots in Ontario but says he has renewed his appetite for the game over the past month while working with Harmon. “It’s been a good switch,” the fast-talking Snedeker told reporters while preparing for the opening round at Royal Montreal about his decision to part company with his previous swing coach, Todd Anderson. “Butch is very, very easy to work with. He’s very, very simple. He’s not into overhauling golf swings and changing anything that I’ve done my whole career, so it was a very easy transition for me.” A six-times winner on the PGA Tour, Snedeker has recorded only two top-10s in 19 starts during his 2013-14 campaign but has been encouraged by his improving form since linking up with Harmon. “I feel like my game is finally back to where I know I can compete again and play again,” said the 33-year-old, who tied for WASHINGTON: Washington Mystics guard Ivory Latta (left) and Emma Meesseman (33) (right) fight for possession with Connecticut ninth in last month’s US Open at Pinehurst. “Not that it was ever Sun guard Renee Montgomery (21) in the second half of a WNBA basketball game on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. — AP that far off, but I’ve got the confidence back and I know what I am doing. (It) has been great the last three weeks that I’ve worked WNBA CAPSULES with him (Harmon) and I feel like I’m on the right path.”

Strong appreciation Though Snedeker has never previously played at Royal Liberty stop Sparks Montreal, he gained a strong appreciation for the par-70 layout while watching the Presidents Cup held there in 2007. “I’ve heard LOS ANGELES: Tina Charles had 31 Kristi Toliver missed a 3-point attempt figures for the Mystics (11-13), who last great things about it,” said Snedeker. “I remember watching the points and 15 rebounds to lead the New and Lavender missed the putback. played a home game July 2. They then Presidents Cup on TV and seeing a great finishing stretch of holes York Liberty to a 66-64 win against the Ogwumike led the Sparks (10-13) with 23 had five consecutive road games, win- and realizing it probably is going to be the determining factor this Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night, points and eight rebounds and Lavender ning three of the last four. Chiney week on who wins. spoiling the coach debut of Penny Toler. had 16 points and eight rebounds. Toler Ogwumike had 18 points and 10 “So I’m excited about getting out there and trying to defend Cappie Pondexter scored 16 points as was named interim coach in addition to rebounds for the Sun (10-15). my championship.” World number seven Matt Kuchar and fellow the Liberty (9-13) snapped an eight- her general manager duties Sunday after Connecticut has lost nine of its last 11 American Jim Furyk, a twice former Canadian Open champion game road losing streak. Charles scored former coach Carol Ross was fired. games. Latta’s 3-pointer with 6:52 who is ranked 10th, head a strong field at Royal Montreal this on a jumper to give the Liberty a 66-62 remaining during a 19-4 run gave week. Once again, there will be the usual weight of expectation lead and blocked Jantel Lavender on the MYSTICS 89, SUN 75 Washington the lead for good. from Canadian fans who have waited patiently for the tourna- Sparks’ next possession. The Sparks All-Star Ivory Latta scored 23 points Washington is 3-0 against Connecticut ment’s first home-grown winner since Pat Fletcher at Vancouver’s pulled to 66-64 when Nneka Ogwumike and Monique Currie had 17 as the this year and has won six of seven since Point Grey Golf and Country Club in 1954. Canadian Graeme scored on a baseline jumper. Plenette Washington Mystics returned home for a the start of the 2013 season, when coach DeLaet, who has yet to win on the PGA Tour, is looking forward to Pierson missed two free throws to give victory over the Sun. Stefanie Dolson Mike Thibault joined the Mystics after being roared on by local supporters this week, regardless of how the Sparks a chance to win or tie, but and Bria Hartley also scored in double being dismissed by the Sun. — AP well he and his compatriots fare. —Reuters Crown will give clues on 2016 Olympic gold fight

BALTIMORE: Rivals at the LPGA International Crown see this Creamer acknowledged the tough fight to make the US team, at stake, while also noting that such an Olympic event could week’s global team matches as a sneak peek at the fight for which can include no more than the four top-ranked American evolve in the future, perhaps as early as 2020 in Tokyo. “I was gold in golf’s 2016 Olympic return in Rio de Janeiro. “This is women. “You can’t get too far out of the race for it to get in,” definitely disappointed to not see any kind of team format,” definitely the best preview we have ever had of the Olympics,” Creamer said. “The criteria is pretty tough. You want to be Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist said. “I think stroke play is fair. It world number one Stacy Lewis said. “I know we got a long within the mix. You don’t ever want to feel like you need to brings out the best game in everyone. But when I watched ways to go before Rio, but this is certainly a really good pre- push a little bit harder and focus too much on it.” Thailand’s the Olympics, a lot of things I relate to is seeing the team for- view to see what we’re going to have in Rio.” After years of Onnarin Sattayabanphot hopes the Crown, which pits eight mat and playing for your country.” watching the Olympics with no chance of playing, the US star teams of four women in match play to decide global bragging Australia’s Karrie Webb, a seven-time major champion, marveled at the opportunity she now enjoys. rights ahead of the Olympics, will provide a sense of the does not want match play in the Games, however. “I wish “It’s a bit surreal. To think that you could be a part of the national pride and pressures that will come in Brazil in 2016. “I there was a team component to it. I don’t wish that it was a opening ceremonies and the closing ceremonies, those kind of think that this week will really help get our team ready for the match play,” she said. “Stroke play brings out the best play- things that you see on TV, just to be a part of that and to stay Olympics,” she said. “The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime expe- ers at the end of the week. You could have had individual with all the other athletes, it’s hard to really even imagine it, rience, so I think this week will definitely help to get us pre- medals and also a team component medal.” Spain’s Beatriz because obviously we never have been there,” she said. “But pared for the Olympics.” Recari figures this week will help her efforts to reach Rio. at the same time, you don’t want to think about it too much “Every time you watch the Olympics it’s like, ‘My God, I real- because then you start putting too much pressure on your- Players seek team event ly want to be there,’” Recari said. “I’m really excited. I think self.” With just over two years remaining before the Olympics Many players expressed disappointment that there was this week is going to be a huge boost towards the and the qualifying period just under way, 12th-ranked Paula only an individual Olympic gold medal, and no team contest, Olympics.”— AFP Sports FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 45

GLASGOW: England’s Jodie Stimpson (left) leads the pack as they finish the cycling phase of the Women’s Triathlon during the 2014 Commonwealth Games at Strathclyde Country Park yesterday.—AFP Tartan-tastic ceremony opens Glasgow Games

GLASGOW: Glasgow welcomed a large part of the world and remem- bered recent tragedies as a diverse and colorful opening ceremony sig- naled the start of the 20th Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on Wednesday. As the sun set on the hottest day of the year in Scotland’s With 6 years to go, Tokyo biggest city, a vibrant display of tartan-clad dancers, pipe bands and kilted entertainers kicked off 11 days of sporting endeavor. Famed hopes for 2020 alchemy singers Rod Stewart and Susan Boyle, along with over 3,000 volunteers, helped provide the entertainment for a packed stadium as they wel- comed the 6,500 athletes from 71 mostly former British colonies. The TOKYO: Six years to the day before the start of the IOC warning opening ceremony drew to a close after two hours when the Queen’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics, its top brass predict the Games Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe recently ordered Baton Relay entered the stadium at the end of its 190,000-km journey will have as significant an impact as those of 1964, a review of the building plans due to concerns about around the Commonwealth. which marked Japan’s emergence as an economic costs, but IOC vice-president John Coates warned “The baton relay represents a calling together of people from every power. After hosting the Games 50 years ago, Tokyo’s Japanese officials that any changes would first need part of the Commonwealth and serves as a reminder of our shared second Olympics will begin on July 24, 2020 with committee approval. One of the venues set to be ideals and ambitions,” said Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the head of the organizers hoping to recreate the same alchemy fol- moved is the canoe slalom course at a seaside park Commonwealth. “And now, that baton has arrived here in Glasgow, a lowing two decades of stagnant growth and three after opposition from environmental groups, while city renowned for its dynamic cultural and sporting achievements, for years after a deadly tsunami and nuclear crisis. “The basketball and badminton could also be bumped the warmth of its people, for this opening ceremony of the friendly 1964 Games left countless invaluable legacies-still well outside the main waterfront area near the games.” Scotland is hosting the multi-sport event for the third time after 1970 and 1986, when they were held in Edinburgh, but this edition cherished half a century later,” Tokyo 2020 chief Olympic village. of the gathering will be the biggest sporting event ever held in the executive officer Toshiro Muto told AFP. “Achieving Tokyo beat Madrid and Istanbul for the 2020 host- country. the same level of environmental, social and econom- ing rights in last September’s International Olympic Celtic Park, more usually decked out in green and white of one of the ic legacy is our ultimate aim for 2020,” he added. Committee (IOC) vote, having lost out to Rio in the city’s two major football clubs, was awash with the sights, sounds and When Tokyo staged Asia’s first Olympics five race for the 2016 Games. For a nation which also colors of the Commonwealth as the athletes entered the arena. India, decades ago, the Japanese government’s unveiling staged the Winter Olympics in 1972 and 1998, the home to more than half of the people in the Commonwealth, led the of the iconic Bullet Train symbolized the country’s Games have come to represent the revitalization of parade of nations and each contingent was guided around the stadium rise from humiliating defeat in World War II to its Japan as it tackles challenges domestically and over- by their own Scottish terrier dog. To honor to the victims of their emergence as a major international player. The 2020 seas. They include rising government debt, the spiral- national airline’s two recent tragedies, Malaysian athletes wore black Olympics is expected to boost the Japanese econo- ing social welfare costs of its rapidly ageing popula- armbands and carried their nation’s flag at half staff. The 298 people who died when flight MH17 crashed in Ukraine on July. 17 were also my by an estimated three trillion yen ($30 billion) as tion, as well as economic and territorial rivalries with remembered with an impeccably observed minute of silence. building and tourism-related stimulus power growth, China. Meanwhile, fears over the safety and long- with about half the bonanza enjoyed by Tokyo. The term effects of the nuclear meltdown at the Good wishes 1964 Games were also a catalyst for other huge infra- Fukushima power plant in March 2011 still linger, as Images of great athletes from competing nations such as Scotland’s structure projects such as Tokyo’s motorway system, communities devastated by the tsunami which trig- six-time Olympic champion cyclist Chris Hoy and Indian cricketer Sachin while many of the venues still look as modern today gered the crisis struggle to rebuild. Tendulkar flashed up on a 100-metre wide screen - the largest in Europe and, more importantly, remain in regular use. “During the efforts toward recovery and recon- - urging spectators to make donations to the charity Unicef. The biggest Muto insisted a similar template would be fol- struction from the earthquake and tsunami the peo- cheer of the night came unsurprisingly for the 310 Scottish athletes, lowed for 2020, despite a row over designs for the ple of Japan once again realized the power and value who marched into the stadium behind the Cross of St Andrew kitted rebuilding of Tokyo’s National Stadium, which critics of sport,” said Muto. “Many athletes have visited the out in their controversial pastel tartan kilts and shawls. Malaysia’s Prince Tunku Imran, President of the Commonwealth Games Federation, slammed as too expensive and a potential eyesore affected areas, interacted with the local children and brought a temporary halt to proceedings and much amusement to the on the vast city’s skyline. “The world has changed gradually brought smiles back to their faces.” crowd when he struggled to open the baton, which contained the beyond recognition since 1964,” he said in an e-mail. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe flew to Buenos Queen’s speech. “But constants remain. Japan has something unique Aires for the IOC vote to personally assure members Goodwill was the overriding sentiment of the evening, though, and in its culture to offer the world. “The building of per- Tokyo was not at risk of radiation leaks, considered a loud cheers from the crowd greeted the baton’s eventual opening manent sports venues will contribute to the future key factor in sealing the vote. However, Coates before the British monarch declared the Games open. “To you, the enrichment of lifestyles in Tokyo... and become sym- refused to be drawn on reports that Tokyo Olympic Commonwealth athlete, I send my good wishes for success in your bolic legacies of the Games.” Tokyo officials estimate organizing president Yoshiro Mori wanted overseas endeavours,” she said. “Your accomplishments over the coming days the cost of venues at around 150 billion yen, includ- athletes to set up training camps near Fukushima, will encourage us all to strengthen the bonds that unite us.” After an ing the construction of 10 new facilities, although saying: “I’m sure national Olympic committees would opening night of celebration, the sporting action began yesterday with the first gold of the Games up for grabs in the women’s triathlon. The some assembly members fear the price could double. be mindful of that.”— AFP closing ceremony will be held at Hampden Park on Aug 3.—Reuters Sports FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014

Borini injury fear Saints eye Libertadores final for Liverpool after crushing Bolivar 5-0

in Roma loss BUENOS AIRES: San Lorenzo took a giant stride towards their quarter-final against Cruzeiro had not been lifted after CON- first Libertadores Cup final with a thumping 5-0 home victory MEBOL ruled there had been a refereeing error. Bolivar went close BOSTON: A 90th-minute own goal Wednesday cost over Bolivar in the first leg of their semi-final at the Nuevo with two chances early in the second half but midfielder Juan Liverpool a 1-0 loss to AS Roma but an early spill left striker Gasometro on Wednesday. The Argentine side’s finishing was Mercier made it 3-0 on 70 minutes after a run from inside his own Fabio Borini with a much more worrisome right shoulder brilliant with five goals from seven shots on target as they sought half. Right back Julio Buffarini struck a brilliant fourth goal four injury. The 23-year-old Italian striker, a former Roma stand- a decisive win before facing the Bolivians at high altitude in next minutes later, controlling a high clearance, advancing 10 metres out before coming to Liverpool, fell on an early tackle and week’s second leg in La Paz. Striker Mauro Matos put the Saints in and firing the ball home from outside the box. came up holding his shoulder. Liverpool said during the front after six minutes when he rose unchallenged to head play- Mas completed the rout in the 87th minute with his second match that Borini’s shoulder was not dislocated but further maker Leandro Romagnoli’s free kick past static goalkeeper goal, a header from a cross swung in by substitute midfielder examination was needed in a tough setback during the Romel Quinonez. “We were looking for a big lead at home to be Pablo Barrientos, back at the club after leaving Italy’s Catania. opening minutes of the English Premier League side’s pre- able to travel calmly to Bolivia, where it’s very tough because of Nacional of Paraguay beat Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting 2-0 in season US tour. the altitude. We had a more than excellent match,” Matos told Tuesday’s first leg of the other semi-final at the Defensores del The only goal of the match came in the dying seconds of Fox Sports. Chaco in Asuncion. None of the four semi-finalists have reached regular time when Roma’s Marco Borriello bent his right leg Left back Emmanuel Mas increased the lead before half an the final before but San Lorenzo are looking to add South and redirected a corner kick off Danish Liverpool defender hour was up, heading home another free kick from Romagnoli, America’s top prize to the Copa Sudamericana, the region’s equiv- Daniel Agger and into the net. Borriello, a 32-year-old Italian who would not have been playing if his ban for a red card in the alent of the Europa League, which they won in 2002. — Reuters striker, has been on loan to Juventus, Genoa and West Ham United over the past three seasons. In other North American pre-season friendlies involving English clubs and Major League Soccer clubs Wednesday, Tottenham edged host Toronto 3-2, Aston Villa blanked Dallas 2-0, Manchester City beat Sporting Kansas City 4-1 and Manchester United was playing the Los Angeles Galaxy at the Rose Bowl. Liverpool’s Steven Gerrard played his first match since announcing Monday he was retiring from international play for England after serving as English cap- tain at the World Cup last month. Roma has signed England’s Ashley Cole, who said he had US offers but “I’m not ready to relax on a beach yet.” Liverpool, who inserted teen Adam Phillips in the final minutes and saw him receive a yellow card for a rough tack- le, played for the second time in three years at Fenway Park, the iconic 102-year-old stadium that serves as home to baseball’s Boston Red Sox. John Henry, the American who owns the Red Sox and Liverpool, watched his football club walk onto the pitch to “You’ll Never Walk Alone.” Henry said to NBC at half-time that this year’s UEFA Champions League “is a huge focus for us and we brought in a lot of depth to compete in both arenas.” Liverpool also parted ways with 27-year-old Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez after his infamous World Cup bite of Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini, the latest in a seri- ous of controversial moves for the Premier League Golden Boot winner. Suarez will resume his career with Barcelona once his ban from the sport ends in October. “It was time for Luis and time for the club to make a break,” Henry said. “He brought so much to the club but we brought a lot to Luis. I think you will still see a very explosive Liverpool offense.” At Toronto, Tottenham took a 2-0 half-time edge on goals by Erik Lamela in the 16th and 40th minutes. Andrew Wiedeman put Toronto on the board in the 65th minute and 18-year-old Jordan Hamilton netted the equalizer in the 72nd minute, only to see Andros Townsend put the winner in the upper right corner the for Spurs in the 85th minute.—AFP BUENOS AIRES: Emmanuel Mas of Argentina’s San Lorenzo heads the ball to score against Bolivia’s Bolivar during the Copa Libertadores semifinal, first-leg, soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, July 23, 2014. — AP CAF baptism of fire for the ‘white witchdoctor’

JOHANNESBURG: No-nonsense French coach Philippe Troussier Krol was axed after Esperance suffered shock losses to Algerians Oussama Darragi cancelled the lead Maher Hannachi gave Sfaxien, returns to African combat this weekend after a six-year absence Entente Setif and Libyans Al-Ahly Benghazi, Desabre took charge. and Idriss Mhirssi snatched the match-winner. Ongoing lawlessness when he leads CS Sfaxien against fellow Tunisians Esperance in the The 37-year-old rising star among Africa-based coaches stopped the in Libya means Benghazi must continue to play ‘home’ fixtures in CAF Champions League. Since quitting as Morocco coach in 2008 rot by plotting a come-from-behind 2-1 early June victory over neighboring Tunisia and a win over Setif would leave them well just weeks after taking over, the ‘White Witchdoctor’ has worked Sfaxien in Tunis. This result coupled with the failure of Setif to build placed to reach the semi-finals. The potent mix of Libyan, Egyptian, with Japanese and Chinese clubs. But the desire to be close to his on a winning start, means only two points separate the table-top- Nigerian and Zimbabwean stars has already exceeded expectations Rabat-based family led 59-year-old Troussier to sign a two-contract ping Algerians from bottom club Esperance. by eliminating title-holders Al-Ahly from Egypt in a qualifier. Group with the four-time CAF title winners. Were Setif and Benghazi to draw Friday-as they did last month- A is almost as tight with four-time champions TP Mazembe on six Sfaxien chairman Lotfi Abdennadher was thrilled at capturing a Esperance would rise from the bottom of the table to the top with a points, fellow Democratic Republic of Congo club Vita and coach who rose to prominence by winning three consecutive two-goal victory over Sfaxien. Troussier is renowned as a strict disci- Sudanese El-Hilal on four and Egyptians Zamalek on three. Ivorian titles from 1990 for ASEC Mimosas. “We have never had a plinarian and an early victim of his approach was highly-rated 20- There could be a dramatic swing here, too, with Zamalek going coach of his level, experience, ability and vision. Talking with year-old midfielder Ibrahim Ndong. The Gabonese was kicked out from the bottom to the top if they defeat Mazembe in Alexandria Philippe I quickly realized we were on the same wavelength.” of a training camp because he “lacked rigor and discipline” and a and Vita and Hilal draw in Kinshasa. Mazembe pipped Zamalek 1-0 Troussier succeeds out-of-contract Hammadi Daou, who spend a couple of fringe players suffered a similar fate. Sfaxien won all four last month in a bad-tempered clash that led to a three-match ban short time in charge when Dutch coach Ruud Krol moved to Champions League qualifiers with star striker Fakreddine Ben for visiting striker Dominique da Silva, who assaulted the referee. Esperance. He could not have got a tougher baptism with Sfaxien Youssef scoring in each game before defeating Benghazi at home “We have three group matches to play-two at home-and positive than a Group B clash at home against bitter domestic rivals and holding Setif away. results in all of them will guarantee us a semi-finals place,” stressed Esperance. But the loss at Esperance left them second on the standings, one Zamalek coach Ahmed ‘Mido’ Hossam. A concern for Brazil-born Opposing former Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Burkina Faso and South point behind Setif, level with Benghazi, and one point ahead of the Hilal coach Paulo Campos will be that the Omdurman club have not Africa coach Troussier will be compatriot Sebastien Desabre. When ‘Blood and Gold’. The first Tunisian derby turned in 60 seconds as won away in 13 group games spanning eight years. — AFP Sports FRIDAY, JULY 25 , 2014 Premier League set for US big screens

LOS ANGELES: US fans will have a new venue to satisfy their growing appetite for football when selected 2014-15 English Premier League matches hit movie screens across the country. NBC Sports, which holds Premier League broadcast rights in the United States, is teaming up with entertainment company Fathom Events to show live matches on Saturday mornings in selected American cinemas. The “Barclays Premier League LIVE” in-theater series was announced on Wednesday, and will kick off on Saturday, August 16. In order to ensure that the highest profile fixtures are featured in theaters, each week’s game will be announced the Tuesday before. According to Fathom, fans who buy tick- ets will also be treated to “specially produced half-time breaks” featuring interviews, analysis and “‘theater-only’ insights live from England.” A record 32 million Americans tuned in to NBC Sports Group’s 2013-14 Premier League coverage - more than dou- bling the 13.3 million who watched the previous season on ESPN, ESPN2 and Fox Soccer, according to The Nielsen Company that compiles viewership ratings. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil also drew record television audiences Stateside. “It’s clear from the recent nationwide outpouring of support for team USA in the World Cup that more and more Americans are embracing and following this remarkable sport,” said Fathom Events chief executive John Rubey. “In this ‘first-ever’ cinema sports series partnership with NBC Sports Group, fans in theaters can expect to get the full Barclays Premier League experience as though they were at one of the famed stadiums in the United Kingdom.”— AFP Singaporean jailed for three years in sex-for-fixing case

SINGAPORE: A Singaporean businessman was sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for providing prostitutes to PASADENA: Rob Friend #16 of the Los Angeles Galaxy goes airborne over Raphael #2 of Manchester United at the Rose three Lebanese football referees in an attempt to rig future Bowl on July 23, 2014 in Pasadena, California. Manchester United won 7-0. — AFP matches. Nightclub owner Eric Ding Si Yang, 32, was jailed on corruption charges following revelations that Singapore has become a centre of gambling-linked match-fixing for Man United bury Galaxy games as far away as Europe. He was found guilty on July 1 of bribing referee Ali Sabbagh, 35 and assistant referees Ali Eid, 34, and Abdallah Taleb, 38, before a match last year in Singapore. 7-0 in Van Gaal’s debut District Judge Toh Yung Cheong said as he handed down the jail sentence that Singapore’s reputation had been tar- PASADENA: Louis van Gaal’s reign as manager of Manchester also beautiful goals. We scored out of beautiful attacks.” The nished by the match-fixing. He earlier ruled that the prosecu- United got off to a rousing start on Wednesday with a 7-0 62-year-old Dutchman is tasked with restoring United to their tion had proven beyond reasonable doubt that Ding offered friendly victory over Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles position as the Premier League’s preeminent force after they the Lebanese match officials sexual services to “induce the Galaxy. England striker Wayne Rooney scored twice in the first endured a miserable campaign last season that saw them fin- three of them to agree to getting involved in match-fixing”. half, while 20-year-old Reece James and Ashley Young also ish seventh and fail to qualify for the Champions League. Van “The ultimate objective was to get the match officials to contributed two goals apiece and Danny Welbeck scored to Gaal was particularly pleased at a result that will give his play- make decisions on the pitch that were incorrect in order to make van Gaal’s first match at the helm a resounding triumph. ers confidence in the new system he is instituting, which he benefit the match-fixers,” Toh said. “It’s fantastic how they played today,” said van Gaal, who believes will let him make better use of his depth of striker tal- The three Lebanese were arrested in April 2013 before was tapped two months ago to replace the sacked David ent. “I think always the results do matter,” he said. “When I am they could officiate at an Asian Football Confederation Cup Moyes at the English Premier League club, but took the reins introducing a new system then every good result helps... it match between Singapore-based club Tampines Rovers and only after guiding the Netherlands to a third-place finish at the helps build confidence in the new system.” India’s East Bengal. All three subsequently pleaded guilty. World Cup. After Welbeck opened the scoring in the 13th While van Gaal has expressed doubts that a North Sabbagh was jailed for six months while Ali Eid and Abdallah minute with a 25-yard strike that crashed in off the post, American tour of more than two weeks is the best way to pre- Taleb served three-month sentences. When he convicted Rooney doubled the score when he converted a penalty in the pare for the upcoming season, there was no question that Ding on July 1, the judge dismissed as “far-fetched” the busi- 42nd minute after Galaxy midfielder AJ Delagarza handled a California fans were thrilled to get a chance to see Manchester nessman’s argument that he was not a match-fixer but a cross from Antonio Valencia. United in action. The picturesque Rose Bowl stadium, site of freelance journalist with a local tabloid who had an “interest Three minutes later, Los Angeles defender Tommy Meyer the 1994 World Cup final, drew a crowd of 86,432 and was in writing about match-fixing”. State prosecutors had asked failed to intercept Welbeck’s cross, giving Rooney another awash in red. United now move on to the International the court to hand down a stiff sentence of up to six years in chance to beat Jaime Penedo and he tapped home his second Champions Cup, a collection of pre-season matches featuring jail and a maximum Sg$300,000 ($242,000) fine. of the night. With a 3-0 lead over a Galaxy team currently lying eight European clubs all preparing for the start of their domes- “This court can show the international community our fourth in Major League Soccer’s Western Conference, van Gaal tic campaigns. collective disdain for match-fixing with a severe sentence made nine changes to his side at halftime. The only two Manchester United will play AS Roma on Saturday in that would make a powerful and unambiguous statement starters to remain in the game were recent signing Ander Denver, meet Inter Milan on July 29 in Washington and face that match-fixing and corruption in sport has no place in Herrera and Darren Fletcher, who was given the captain’s arm- Real Madrid on August 2 in suburban Detroit where a sold-out Singapore,” they said in their written submission. band as van Gaal ponders who will be take that role full-time Michigan Stadium crowd will number some 110,000 - project- Prosecutors said they will appeal the sentence and seek a after the departure of Nemanja Vidic for Inter Milan. James ed to be the largest US crowd ever for the sport. Galaxy coach stiffer punishment for Ding, who in turn was seeking bail made it 4-0 in the 62nd minute, seizing on a cross from Young Bruce Arena will now have to get his team over the lopsided pending his own appeal. The case is a colorful addition to and firing home. He added a second goal in the 84th, putting defeat and ready to take on MLS rivals Seattle on Monday as Singapore’s long history of match-fixing scandals. In away the rebound of a shot by Young. their regular season continues. “I have nothing but the great- September last year, Singapore police nabbed 14 people est respect for the show that Man U put on,” Arena said. “First believed to be members of a global match-fixing syndicate Beautiful goals half I don’t think was a 3-0 game but being as professional as including the suspected mastermind Dan Tan.- AFP “When you see us train, you can expect something, but not they are and the quality that they had they punished us on 7-0,” van Gaal said. “That was, for me a surprise. And they were every mistake. So it’s a good lesson for all players.”— AFP July 23,2014.-— AFP Pasadena, California on match attheRoseBowlin during theirChevroletCup Leonardo oftheLAGalaxy vies fortheballwith United’s DannyWelbeck PASADENA: Manchester FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2014 www.kuwaittimes.net United United crush Galaxy7-0 crush Galaxy7-0 Page 47