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SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 RAJAB 16, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait’s Africa marks 16 children Santos accept development progress and killed in Barca, Madrid role part of 50 years Pak school bids for WEF: Shamali3 of ‘unity’7 bus15 fire Neymar20 Traffic chief defends Max 42º Min 31º crackdown on expats High Tide 00:59 & 11:44 MoI: Deportees had record of repeated serious violations Low Tide 06:22 & 19:20 40 PAGES NO: 15820 150 FILS KUWAIT: Kuwait has deported a number of foreigners conspiracy theories in the past few weeks for traffic violations, but only in Bayern crowned champs cases in which the violator was caught red-handed while committing a serious violation, and after verifica- Give, give, give tion revealed a record for repeated lawbreaking behav- ior on the road, a senior Ministry of Interior official said in a statement yesterday. Kuwait has recently been the subject of criticism both internally and from outside following reports indi- cating that more than 1,200 people were deported dur- By Badrya Darwish ing traffic crackdowns in the past month. “First of all, the Ministry of Interior would like to reiterate respect and appreciation to all the honorable residents in our coun- try, and we would also like to assert our full commit- ment to the principles of human rights whether in [email protected] regards to citizens or expatriates,” said Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs Maj Gen Abdulfattah Al-Ali. He added that while have heard about financial help and assistance the ministry appreciates for unemployed women around the world. the role of human rights IMommies with children and divorced or single organizations and mothers get social assistance around the world. The activists with regards to money in their case is for a specified time and is not bringing up the subject in much. the press and social net- The most recent decision in Kuwait is to give works, claims of deport- unemployed women older than 55 who do not ing expatriates for com- have a source of income a monthly allowance of KD mon traffic violations as 559. The announcement came from the Ministry of mentioned in some criti- Social Affairs and Labour this week. Already 7,000 cisms are inaccurate. “Not applicants have submitted their requests. It would only are such claims unre- be interesting to know from which constituencies alistic, but are refuted by the majority of these 7,000 applicants come from. field operations seeking to restore discipline on Let’s face it. Most women in Kuwait are working. Maj Gen Abdulfattah Al-Ali By the time they reach 55, they have already retired public roads,” Ali said. He and receive pensions. Many have their own busi- explained that traffic police officers during patrol opera- nesses or at least have commercial licenses in their tions around the country have caught violators red- names. Either they work with their licenses or rent handed and issued tickets on the spot, which helped to improve the process of detecting violations which are them out to others. In either way they are making also detected by advanced cameras recently installed. money. According to the senior official, the people who were Actually this decision has many pros and cons. As deported have only been drivers that were caught by I see it, the minuses are more than the pluses. For traffic police and patrol officers and received tickets one, this is a burden for the government. It is quite a directly. Ali insisted that no driver caught by cameras handsome amount. It is nearly the size of a salary of has been deported. “As we look to restore order in the a fresh Kuwaiti graduate in any bank or private streets, we will not hesitate to enforce the law and exer- organization. Why the sudden sympathy from the cise procedures authorized by the law to deport an Minister of Social Affairs towards luring women with expatriate violator with repeated violations committed more money to sit at home? It makes you doubt the on purpose, thus posing a serious threat to the safety of reasons behind it. others,” he said. The traffic records of all deported peo- Nowadays, we in Kuwait are used to having deci- ple show repeated incidents of overspeeding and reck- sions of MPs or ministers targeted to get some inter- less driving which show a level of indifference to the est in return. They gain popularity, maybe even law that according to Ali ‘needs to be addressed’. votes in elections etc. How come that bill was not “Unfortunate accidents in which young people, chil- studied thoroughly? It is a miracle how this bill dren, mothers, fathers and families fall victim adds to passed so fast and was approved. Nothing goes our responsibility to exert all efforts to maintain control through lawmakers that fast. LONDON: Bayern's Philipp Lahm holds up the trophy after winning the Champions League Final football over the streets,” he asserted. match against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium yesterday. —AP (See Page 20) Such kind of a decision, for some women Continued on Page 15 activists, is an “insult”. They say that this would dis- courage women from staying in the workforce and have them rushing to relax at home. Nasrallah vows ‘victory’ in Syria We are becoming a society that is super depend- ent on the government. All what we hear is parlia- mentarians asking for more social benefits for kids, cutting the debts, higher salaries for retirees. Now State slaps 2-child limit more money for women sitting at home? All we hear from the government is “give, give, give” to the on Muslims in Myanmar people, but there is no “give, give, give” back to our country. YANGON: Authorities in Myanmar’s such a restriction on a religious group, western Rakhine state have imposed a and is likely to fuel further criticism that We are becoming a sluggish independent nation. two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya Muslims are being discriminated families, a policy that does not apply to against in the Buddhist-majority coun- Buddhists in the area and comes amid try. accusations of ethnic cleansing in the China has a one-child policy, but it is aftermath of sectarian violence. Local not based on religion and exceptions officials said yesterday that the new apply to minority ethnic groups. India measure would be applied to two briefly practiced forced sterilization of Rakhine townships that border men in a bid to control the population Bangladesh and have the highest in the mid-1970s when civil liberties Muslim populations in the state. The were suspended during a period of townships, Buthidaung and Maundaw, emergency rule, but a nationwide out- are about 95 percent Muslim. The cry quickly shut down the program. unusual order makes Myanmar perhaps Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing MASHGHARA, Lebanon: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah delivers a broadcast the only country in the world to impose Continued on Page 15 speech during a rally in this village in the Bekaa Valley yesterday. — AP BEIRUT: Hezbollah chief Hassan bear the responsibilities and the sacri- Nasrallah yesterday vowed “victory” in fices,” he said in a videolink of a speech British spies ‘tried Syria, where militants of his powerful delivered live on a huge screen. “This Lebanese Shiite movement are fighting battle is ours... and I promise you victory,” alongside regular troops against rebels he said. “Syria is the rear guard of the to recruit’ attacker trying to topple the regime. “I say to all resistance (Hezbollah’s fight with Israel), the honourable people, to the muja- its backbone, and the resistance cannot LONDON: Britain’s intelligence agencies tensions following the murder of 25- hedeen, to the heroes: I have always stay with its arms folded when its rear came under fresh scrutiny yesterday fol- year-old Lee Rigby outside a barracks in promised you a victory and now I pledge guard is exposed. “We are idiots if we do lowing claims that MI5 had tried to Woolwich, southeast London, on to you a new one” in Syria, he said at a not act,” said Nasrallah who avoids recruit one of two Islamists accused of Wednesday afternoon by two men ceremony marking the 13th anniversary appearing in public for security reasons. butchering a soldier in London. Abu spouting Islamist rants. of Israel’s military withdrawal from The intervention of hundreds of fight- Nusaybah, who says he is a childhood An inter-faith group reported a large Lebanon. ers of Hezbollah has given the regime Emirati sailors sail in their traditional dhows from friend of murder suspect Michael spike in anti-Muslim incidents, while up Nasrallah said Hezbollah would the upper hand in Qusair, a strategic cen- the island of Sir Bu Nair off the coast of Sharjah yes- Adebolajo, was arrested by counter-ter- to 2,000 members of the far-right English always stand by its allies in the Syrian tral town in Syria across the border with terday at the start of the 23rd annual dhow race rorism police shortly after making the Defence League (EDL) staged a protest in regime of President Bashar Al-Assad, Lebanon, that had been in rebel hands. known as the Gaffal, which has a total of 10 million claims on BBC television on Friday night. the northeastern city of Newcastle. stressing that its own interests were at Syrian forces launched an assault on dirhams ($272,000) in prizes. — AFP His comments come amid community Continued on Page 15 stake. “We will continue along the road... Continued on Page 15 SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 LOCAL 286 more arrested in Mubarakiya raid Crackdown in Wafra chalets KUWAIT: The Capital governorate Five of them were arrested on cooperate and report any violation General Ayadh Al-Otaibi and Wafra Amash Al-Mutairi also joined in. security carried out a campaign on account of expired of residency per- noticed in their areas. area director Colonel Salem Al- The campaign in Wafra resulted Friday afternoon covering Al- mits, three had earlier been report- At the same time, another cam- Azemi. in the detention of 29 buggies while Mubarakiya area, Fahad Al-Salem ed absent, one was found wanted in paign was carried out in Al-Wafra The second route that the cam- 54 persons were found without Street, Mirqab and Souq Sharq. a civil case while 277 persons were area, chalet areas and along the paign followed was the Coastal identification papers. Officers also Supervised by capital security direc- found without proper identification southern coast, in coordination with Road. This was under the supervi- caught 11 jargon of gasoline, while tor Lt General Tareq Hamada, the papers or with their residency per- the Coast Guards and Kuwait munic- sion of Assistant Undersecretary Lt. coastal area campaign resulted in campaign saw participation by mits expired. Security officers ipality. The campaign began from General Mohammad Al-Yousuf. The the detention of 12 Jet Skis. The police stations and patrols of capital emphasized that the campaigns will the paved roads leading to Wafra municipality transport department Ahmadi police emphasized that the governorate, and resulted in the remain on round the clock in all the under the supervision of Ahmadi under the supervision of Nawaf campaigns will continue to check all arrest of 286 persons. areas and called upon everyone to governorate security director Lt. Nahar Al-Mutairi and Mohammad violations. Labor union seeks to enter politics

By Nawara Fattahova law to be passed and, in the meantime, we are political issues as part of our activities,” he focusing on the upcoming political body and pointed out. Bader Al-Anezi, President of the KUWAIT: Earlier this month, the National setting the rules for becoming its member, Union of Ministry of Interior Employees, is Union for Kuwait Laborers and Employees among other things,” he added. completely against the idea of founding the (NUKLE) announced its intention to enter the The workers are part of the political scene. political party. “The Kuwaiti Constitution for- political scene through the declaration of the “The political environment is reflected in the bids the interference of labor unions in poli- founding of the Labor Party. The president of laborers, who are affected by negative politi- tics. We are totally against using labor unions NUKLE, Abdulrahman Al-Sumait, noted that cal situations. For instance, when the parlia- for political affairs and are against politicizing the Ministry of Social Affairs was trying to ment was dissolved, the recruitment of union activities. A labor union should only repress the union movement by banning employees was stopped in different min- care about protecting labor rights,” he stated. labor unions and associated NGOs from con- istries. Through the Labor Party, we aim to Fnees Al-Ajmi, Secretary General of the ducting out political campaigns, and by temper the government’s power over some Union of Applied Education Employees, threatening to dissolve those unions that unions. Laborers across professions have their expressed support for the party, which he engaged in any kind of political activity. respective unions that defend theirsocial and sees as a part of democracy. “Founding this Some unions completely support the idea of financial rights and voice their demands. The party will provide more freedoms. I complete- establishing the Labor Party, while others par- Party will focus on the political issues,” he not- ly agree with the idea of having new political tially agree with it, and some unions are ed.”When some employees went on strike parties in Kuwait, but everything should be against the idea. Adel Al-Hajb, President of demanding a salary increase, many MPs done according to the law. After the Arab the Union of Workers at the Ministry of Oil joined them to support them. Then, the gov- Spring, the laborers are aware of their impor- and the head of the founding committee of ernment contacted these MPs and struck a tant role, and they need a party now to repre- the Labor Party, said the Labor Party would deal with them, as a result of which the sent them,” he explained.The Labor Party will add value to the political movement. “Article demands were either met or denied. And with be participating in the elections as well. “I 104 of Labor Law No. 6/2010 bans labor the Labor Party, we can directly enforce our think that the ways of thinking are improving unions from engaging in political activities, views and opinions,” concluded Al-Hajb. and the country is developing. I think the due to which the unions were not doing so. Abdullah Al-Mutairi, President of the Union laborers will select the correct candidates But, after some recent political events, when of National Assembly Employees, agreed with from the Party rather than just vote based on many MPs invited the labor union representa- the decision to form the Labor Party but was their tribal connection,” stressed Al-Ajmi. tives to join their meetings and protests, we against the idea of the party interfering in the Ali Al-Tuweijry, President of the Union of felt the importance of founding this party,” he unions’ political activities. “We need a union Civil Service Employees, pointed out that the told the Kuwait Times yesterday. According to that will take up all the issues and needs of union aims to fulfil labor demands through Al-Hajb, many labor issues have been neglect- the workers. According to the law, we can politics but it does not aim to participate in ed by the government as well as the parlia- only have one labor union, but we demand political issues that are not related to labor ment. “This was the reason behind our deci- having more than one. We need to protect the affairs or help its candidates reach the parlia- sion to found the party. That way, we will be rights of workers, including their right to seek ment. “We want to declare the Labor Party to able to express our opinions on different higher salaries, among other things, but these work on certain political issues related to issues, especially labor problems. We have should be kept far from politics. It’s true that labor, such as equalising the salaries, but we formed the founding committee of the Labor we need to communicate with political lead- are not connected to other political issues. We Minister of Health Mohammad Al-Haifi represented Kuwait in the 2nd Annual Party, as we don’t have a law organizing politi- ers in the government regarding these issues, are against the exploiting of party position for Conference of the Egyptian Chapter of the American College of Surgeons which took cal parties in Kuwait. We are waiting for the but it’s not acceptable and it’s illegal to adopt election purposes and benefits,” he added. place recently in Cairo Egypt. Minister Al-Haifi underlined during the event Kuwait’s efforts in tackling obesity which enabled the country to become “among the most advanced worldwide in tackling obesity and cancer”. —KUNA Kuwait to need 1m oil barrels for power purposes by 2023

KUWAIT: Kuwait may need to pump a mil- strategy, based on the future plans of the said MEW insiders, who were contacted by lion barrels of oil every day into its power Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), Al-Anba to comment on the subject. The plants after a decade in order to produce indicates that the production rate needs to sources, who spoke on the condition of enough electricity for its energy consump- be increased to 28,000 megawatts per day anonymity, called for a clear vision to tion requirements, which are set to more by 2023, when at least one million barrels ensure better demand management, than double over the next 10 years, accord- will be needed every day to keep the gener- including the finding of alternative sources ing to a recent study. Approximately ators running. “Kuwait has one of the of power. In that regard, they pointed out 450,000 barrels are used every day today to world’s highest electricity consumption the government’s plan to have alternative produce a little more than 12,000 rates, which continues to increase rapidly, energy account for 15 percent of total pow- megawatts of electricity. However, a recent along with the oil used in power plants,” er production by 2030. — Al-Anba

KUWAIT: The fast-paced developments of our modern times require from journalists to update their skills continuously in order to relate news more efficiently, said an Egyptian media personnel here Saturday. At the conclusion of the six-day training course for a number of new corre- spondents at Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) here, Chairman of the Board for Akhbar El-Yom Dr. Ahmed Sameh said that journalists have a respon- sibility to further develop their skills to keep up with the latest happenings in the world. Sameh took the chance to laud the commitment shown by KUNA’s correspondents during the training course, affirming that his institution would always be glad to assist KUNA in developing the skills of its staff. Akhbar El-Yom is an Egyptian weekly-newspaper founded in 1944. The newspaper, which is published every Saturday, ash a daily edition called Al-Akhbar. It is owned by the Egyptian Shura Council and considered a semi-official newspaper.—KUNA Plan won’t include ‘inhuman deportations’: Ministry insider

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s plan to organize the labor insider who spoke to Al-Watan on the condi- to discuss Kuwait’s demographic structure. market and reduce the number of foreigners tion of anonymity. Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Thekra in the Gulf state will not witness introduction There are nearly 40 fields that are currently Al-Rashidi announced two months ago a plan of any new regulations pertaining to issuing excluded from a decision to allow work per- to deport 100,000 foreigners every year as of work permits, nor will it lead to expatriates mits only for businesses in vital sectors, part of a strategy to slash the Gulf state’s being deported in ways that violate interna- including journalism, schools, hospitals, uni- expatriate community by one million in ten tional standards and human rights, a local versities, companies participating in tenders, years. As no details about the proposed plan newspaper reported yesterday. international suppliers, as well as sharehold- were available, it led to criticisms from with- This was revealed by a source familiar with ing and holding companies. This stipulation in and outside Kuwait regarding the nature a strategy that the Ministry of Social Affairs aims at reducing the number of unproductive of the strategy. The minister clarified later and Labor has reportedly finalized regarding laborers as well as the number of marginal that the plan target illegal residents who the plan to organize the labor market. “The laborers, the source explained. make up for 93,000 people as per official process of issuing work permits is not includ- According to the sources, the new strategy statistics released last year. Kuwait is home ed in the strategy as these are already organ- will soon be presented to the cabinet for to 2.6 million expatriates who form 68 per- ized as per the government’s work program approval and will then be sent to the parlia- cent of the country’s 3.8 million strong pop- regarding the development plan,” said an ment for a debate during a session allocated ulation. — Al-Watan SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 LOCAL Municipality raids beauty salons 98 citations issued for violations

KUWAIT: The Kuwait municipality began its campaigns to check out women’s beauty salons across all governorates that started at the same time as per the summer pro- gram prepared by public relations. The campaign resulted in 98 cita- tions being handed out, the highest number, 34, in Ahmadi governorate and the lowest in Hawally gover- norate where only two citations were issued. The campaigns were organized by the Kuwait municipality regard- ing these activities and were aimed to ensure implementation of regula- tions as far as health and hygiene conditions were concerned. It was the duty of the municipality to pro- tect public health at all levels. In the capital governorate, Ben Lami Al-Mutairi issued the neces- sary instructions to the teams sary health papers. He said the resulted in 34 citations handed out ing without getting necessary in handing out 22 citations for fail- citations were handed out for lack before proceeding to the women saloons were subject to periodic which covered saloons in Fahaheel health papers or working with ure to implement hygiene norms of health papers and for not wear- beauty saloons to check whether inspections and the frequency of area. Most violations were for expired papers. and employing workers before ing the specified uniform. the workers in these saloons were these inspections is increased employing laborers before getting At Mubarak Al-Kabeer gover- obtaining necessary health papers. The head of the public relations, having necessary papers for their before any occasions and weekends necessary health papers. norate, the campaign was headed In the Hawally governorate, the Mohammad Al-Mutairi, said that the jobs. since this is when the demand for In Farwaniya, the campaign was by Daidhan Al-Adwani and covered least number of citations were administration was keen to develop Ben Lami said that the campaign their services rises. carried out under the supervision of Sabah Al-Salem area and Al- issued. Only two citations handed a supervision mechanism to check resulted in eight citations being In the Ahmadi governorate, the Mohammad Al-Azemi and officers Maseela. The emphasis was on the out were on account of employing all activities and ensure that health handed out, including working in campaign was carried out under the visited saloons in Raqie area. A total importance of implementing health laborers without health certificates. related norms were fully complied the saloons before obtaining neces- supervision of Jaza Al-Deehani and of 25 citations were issued for work- regulations. The campaign resulted In the Jahra governorate, seven with. Kuwait’s development work on WEF agenda: Al-Shamali DEAD SEA, Jordan: Kuwait’s devel- would also be featured in the partici- that the ministry was keen on partici- opment work on the regional and pation as a step to encourage other pating in WEF as to showcase global arenas will be one of the dis- nations to pursue investments in Kuwait’s role in global development. cussion items of the World Economic Kuwait. Also the role of Kuwait He affirmed that WEF would provide Forum (WEF), said Kuwaiti Deputy Investment Authority (KIA) and its the perfect platform to encourage Prime Minister and Minister of USD 48 billion investments and con- others to pursue Kuwait’s path in Finance Mustafa Al-Shamali here yes- tributions within the Arab world Arab and world development. terday. would be focused upon during the Jordanian figures lauded the Kuwaiti Minister Al-Shamali said that the participation, said Al-Shamali who participation in the event, affirming Kuwaiti participation in the WEF stressed it was important to show- that WEF was very interested to view meeting would highlight the coun- case Kuwait’s efforts during the WEF Kuwait’s role in development. The try’s role in the economic and social event which is expected to gather two-day WEF event will focus on development of Arab and third world 900 international figures from 23 three core areas: new partnerships countries through the efforts of countries. for employment, entrepreneurship Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic On his part, Head of the Economic and infrastructure; strengthening Development (KFAED). He added Department of the Foreign Ministry economic governance; and advanc- that Kuwait’s development plan Sheikh Ali Al-Khaled Al-Sabah said ing regional cooperation. — KUNA Special group to track down traffic violators

By Hanan Al-Saadoun came in addition to various campaigns radars at the Wafra Road resulted in that peaked on Thursday evening. 140 direct traffic citations, apart from KUWAIT: Security sources said that Sources said that as a result of the 10 vehicles being detained. One the ministry of Interior continued with campaign, 400 traffic citations were Kuwaiti man was arrested at the Al- its security campaigns and has formed handed out while another campaign Wafra stables when he collided with a a special group to track down those at Wafra road resulted in 60 direct traf- police patrol vehicle during a bid to roaming around wedding halls in the fic citations. A campaign to track over run away. Two Kuwaitis, along with Ahmadi governorate area. The step speeding vehicles with the help of their vehicles, were detained as well. 76 arrested from beach chalet By Hanan Al-Saadoun

KUWAIT: Security sources revealed that police arrested about 76 men and women of different nationalities, including Kuwaitis. A total of 49 men and 27 women, including some from European nationalities, were arrested during this campaign. The sources said that those arrested were engaged in illegal activities and had held a dancing party in the open air at a beach chalet in the south- ern part of the state. Police reached the site after receiving com- plaints from different families stating that the neighboring chalets were subleased to certain boys and girls who hold all night long parties and disturb the neighborhood, in addition of indulging in immoral acts and drinking liquor in the open.

Smuggling bid Sources revealed that customs officers at the Shuwaikh Port successfully foiled an attempt to smuggle oil products and diesel subsidized by the government. The consignment was destined for Iran. Sources added that the shipment consisted of 24 containers. The export related papers were forged and mentioned the contents of the contain- KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait presented a finan- ers as scrap material in an attempt to smuggle the cial contribution to the Public Authority for Industry in order shipment out of the port. However, customs to support the PAI’s football team which finished second in inspectors proved to be alert and foiled the Ministry’s League season this year. attempt. SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 LOCAL

Local Spotlight In my view A discussion with New decision on my grandson iqama transfer on the Gulf confederation

By Muna Al-Fuzai

By Sheikh Sultan bin [email protected] Salman bin Hethleen

he Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor will start working on The Amir of the Ajman tribe new regulations about transferring expatriates workers from Tone sponsor to another. The decision is aimed at restricting the number of expat workers in Kuwait as it will prohibit them from seeking to transfer from one sponsor to another more than twice. Any worker would have to leave the country if they wanted hat are you thinking about, grandpa?” my to shift from their second sponsor also, and then find a new spon- grandson, Falah, asked me once when he sor to call them back with a new work permit or entry visa. “Wsaw me distracted. I looked at him with The period granted for making the transition will be based on sympathy, wondering how I was going to explain the the agreement between the old and new sponsors but the expa- great things that were going through my mind at the triate workers will not be allowed to transfer for a third time. time. Now, as per some news reports, this decision will bring down “Son, I was wondering when are we finally going to the number of expats. I personally cannot see the extent to which see the Gulf union become a reality, and when will the such a move can help. Now, I think when anyone goes to a coun- try for work, he should be free to decide whether he wanted to long overdue step forward towards a confederation will be achieved,” I answered. work at a certain place or not, and if for any reason he felt this was kuwait digest not what he was looking for, then he should be entitled to find I am very optimistic that the Gulf unity is going to be another sponsor. If even then, he is not satisfied, a reasonable achieved, because it is one of the main foundations time period should be allowed. All this should be feasible as long towards securing joint Arabian Gulf safety, and because as no one is breaking any law or regulations and trying to manip- The Kuwaiti minority it meets the ambition of the people of the Arabian Gulf ulate things. countries who are bound by blood, linage, interests and I also wonder if this decision of not allowing someone to see history. Moreover, it is necessary, given the increasing to move to a third sponsor was in contradiction with the interna- By Nabila Al-Anjari number of looming challenges that we need to stay alert tional labor rights and human rights agreements. In fact, we have towards. banned the people to bring their kin belonging to any of the six uring a gathering back in the early 90s, a fami- numbers, expatriates transferred around $49.5 billion My dear grandson, since the Custodian of the Holy specified nationalities into Kuwait, even though we hardly have ly friend made a statement jokingly referring in the past six years. Foreigners’ transfers reached Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi any case to justify it. Why don’t we let these people come to to the “Kuwaiti minority” beginning to grow nearly KD4.4 billion in 2012, while it reached KD3.6 Arabia announced the initiative to move from the Gulf Kuwait? After all, we can always shunt them out if they ever violat- D Cooperation Council phase to the Gulf Confederation ed our country’s laws. steadily. While our Egyptian friend’s remarks could billion in 2011. This means that expats’ transfers have never have been more than a joke, given his love for increased by 20 percent in one year. stage, I along with all Gulf communities was filled with I know that the Ministry of Social Affairs may, and rather joy because we are eager to become part of a unified Kuwait where was born and brought up since the six- Perhaps the largest threat that can be felt when would, claim that this decision is being taken to restrict and body after the achievements so far realized by the coop- reduce the number of marginal workers. But it will not help ties and where his father had lived since the fifties, it reading through similar statistics is when we read fig- eration council. While there are people who question our because those workers are poor and can barely cover the expens- comes to my mind these days ures that indicate that more ability to realize the confederation idea, I can say that the es for their daily needs. Moving from one sponsor to another whenever the subject of than 62 percent of expatri- majority in the Gulf region are in favor of this concept means paying money and there are not many who can individual- Kuwait’s demographic imbal- ates in Kuwait make less ly afford to do that. The fact that Kuwaitis have which we believe can be the shield protecting the GCC ance is discussed. than KD180 a month and countries from all risks. I pray to God that leaders of the If the plan is to control the demographic structure and to limit, During the nineties of the become a minority in their own that 7.3 percent of the peo- if not eliminate, the number of unskilled foreign workers, then we GCC find a way to take steps towards achieving that goal. should be digging into the history of the companies who hold past century, Kuwait did not land is heartbreaking; and even ple earn less than KD60. We can move towards a confederation gradually, labor contracts and check why they have problems with the spon- have an excess of marginal more as we suffer hard, and Does the government have starting with joint subjects of public approval, before sor. Also, no country can manage the population by tracking labor forces as it does today. sometimes depressing situations any study which tackles the moving towards unifying the currency, embassies and those who enter with work permit. Countries can do that by for- The alarming level of demo- security, economic and military. A confederation between GCC countries takes mulating certain rules applicable to everyone and then it is up to graphic imbalance in Kuwait when it comes to public hospitals, social risks facing the society into account the complete particularity of each member the newcomers to decide whether to stay or not. leaves the door open to many roads and schools. Kuwait can as a result of that? Is there a nation; which is unlike opinions that suggest that each Another issue here is about the number of Bedouins here in risks for the security, economy strategy in place to face a country would lose its sovereignty with such step on the Kuwait. How many of them are actually entitled legally to stay in and society. Compared to never accept the demographic movement by any group basis that a federal union can only be established in one Kuwait and how many are not telling the truth about their real cit- nearly 1.185 million Kuwaitis imbalance to continue at a time with an ill intention? country with different states. izenship, keeping it under wraps to get the Kuwaiti citizenship to I call for steps to be taken in order to continue this avail of the benefits of both? Are such people not harming the or 31.9 percent of the state’s when the unemployment rate has The fact that Kuwaitis population, there are more have become a minority in blessed process that is going to save us from troubles demographic structure? Why do we have to bear the cost of their reached 4.5 percent and is rising. and tensions we suffer from today. I have faith in the GCC life time accommodation without any benefits accruing to than 2.534 million foreigners their own land is heartbreak- or 68.1 percent, according to a An urgent strategy is needed to ing; and even more as we leaders that they have enough wisdom and foresight to Kuwait? At least, in the case of expat workers, they are only doing undertake serious efforts in order to realize the ambi- real work. I am not against any decision to regulate the lives of Ministry of Health report suffer hard, and sometimes address the problem through a tions of their people regarding moving towards full uni- people but I need these laws to simply be within the framework released last March. This is a depressing, situations when of international laws and human rights. plan that takes into account ty. Once they take these steps, I am certain that their very serious state of affairs, it comes to public hospitals, people are going to stand by their side and work hard to especially when we also con- Kuwait’s actual need for labor roads and schools. There are ensure that a united entity in which each country main- sider numbers which indicate forces in accordance with its many expatriate labor forces tains its particularity, political system and legal structure kuwait digest that members of one coun- future goals. who have greatly con- is achieved. As I waved goodbye to my grandson, I felt try’s community is more than tributed to Kuwait’s devel- even more confident after our conversation that the GCC half of the number of opment, including doctors, unity goal will eventually be achieved. I hope that we Luxurious jihad Kuwaitis, and that more than 18 percent of expatri- engineers, teachers, and others. However, Kuwait can hear the efforts that have been done so far to put these ates are under the age of 30 while 65 percent are never accept the demographic imbalance to continue plans into effect. aged between 30 and 45 years. at a time when the unemployment rate has reached By Thaar Al-Rashidi In addition to the social risks that a small society 4.5 percent and is rising. An urgent strategy is needed like ours faces as a result of the demographic imbal- to address the demographic imbalance problem logical rule says: “He who calls for killing is not a religious kuwait digest man.” I don’t know of one logical reason that makes a ance, we also find that Kuwait loses millions of dinars through a plan that takes into account Kuwait’s actual Areligious man call for killing someone without knowing every month as a result of the huge numbers of mar- need for labor forces in accordance with its future that such a call is the beginning of sedition. The disaster is that ginal labor forces living here. According to official goals. —Al-Qabas those who call for killing and those who instigate others are sit- Retirement ting behind TV channels in air conditioned studios, while our sons and the sons of those who listen to them are the ones who leave their homes to court death for something that covers kuwait digest for all more than it reveals. This will be proven in the coming days. If you believe in such a cause and in Jihad in any country, By Ahmad M Al-Fahad why don’t you leave this life and shun the limelight of the stu- A Kuwaiti tale! dios, pickup a gun, wrap a shroud around your shoulders and uring my university years, I studied Juridical Science leave for that land where you can do your Jihad. In such a case, I as a subject under a university professor who had will be the first one to follow you. By Ali Mahmoud Khajah Dstarted his practical life as a judge, then headed a But while you are sitting in a cool A/C studio and making court in his country before becoming a university profes- sure that you come across well dressed, that your clothes are all sor. He was over 65 years of age, but was no less healthy ironed and crisp, and your face all bright after a meal which was n order to invest his money, a businessperson who grilling platform despite all the support he had at the than any young man. He was always alert, and displayed a enough to feed ten families in the Syrian camps, and everything owns a fortune hired some specialized highly time. He ignored all the specialized studies and pro- good memory. around you is safe and secure, our sons who believed in you Iqualified staff to select and execute profitable fessional opinions from people paid to tender these, The late Dr Ahmad Al-Rubei, who was the education and your colleagues are dying of hunger and are scared to projects for him. He explained to them their tasks, simply to avoid an interpellation. On top of that, he minister at the time, used to give him extensions to enable death as bullets whiz past all around them, their clothes torn as starting with thinking of ways to invest his money could not survive the grilling motion that followed him to continue to contribute towards teaching at the uni- they continuously crawl across abandoned cities whose names and ending with selecting and executing projects. and declared a ‘lack of cooperation’ state in the coun- versity. I recalled all of this as I followed the news reports they had never heard before they went there. The problem is They took the lead and carried out their jobs as try that led to dissolution of the parliament. about sending many leaders in the oil sector into retire- that some people who preach for courting death outside planned. However, he had to respond to another grilling in the ment just because they have already served for more than Kuwait themselves ride in luxury cars. Some of them own one 35 years. It all seems more like whale hunting in Japan or two commercial complexes and have a bank balance that The experts chose a gigantic financial project following parliament, which means that we paid where they catch these gigantic mammals by cornering runs into sometimes six or seven digits in KD, Dirhams and which they found feasible and KD600 million because he Riyals, and in some cases, US Dollars. All this when our sons are started executing it as per a refused the grilling in them towards the beach. dying, taking a bullet that does not cost more than 5 fils, and all ‘road map’ drawn by the busi- A child is born, receives state- December and still yielded I am personally in favor of this method, although our for illogical reasons, though these may seem very rational at nessman. He suddenly can- funded education, specializes in to a few months later. wise government does not like the methods that the rest face value. celled the project and suffers The result today is that of the world follows currently. Even now, it has belatedly They call others to court death and choose for themselves considerable losses for the some major, is recruited in a gov- some employees who had understood this after taking a “beating” from Dow and their relatives a rather nice life. I have never seen one of cancellation. Consequently, he ernment sector job, carries out nothing to do with stopping Chemicals to whom it had to pay a huge penal fine. As the them taking up the cause himself or sending his sons or his first suspended his staff because or cancelling the deal stand saying goes, “it is better to arrive later than not arriving at his duties, is appointed in a sen- all.” I hope that this remains our wise government’s policy degree relatives anywhere near the land where they send our his own decision cost him suspended and referred to youth. Why, they would not even send their mother-in-law ior position where he practices for the next five years, and is applied to each ministry, be it considerable losses. the prosecution while HH a service oriented ministry like the communications, interi- there, for all they care! This is broadly how the last the former PM escaped the Never mind the fact that you enjoy life and the leisure it pro- his specialty and decides and or, public works, municipality etc, or others like the finance, consequences of his own vides, but let others, too, enjoy their life. Call upon them to pro- episode of the Dow series approves something within his planning and foreign ministry. These leaders gave to our happened and how Kuwait and his ministers’ decisions. tect their country instead of dying for a distant land, all for the area of expertise that later on is country whatever they had in the form of ideas and pro- sake of a cause that they have nothing to do with, for a project tackled it regardless of its eco- That’s how we manage our posals, attended committee meetings, participated in sub- that is not theirs. If, as you claim, it was Jihad to travel to any of nomic feasibility. However, canceled by someone his senior crises and then go to the committees, except that the country “remains the same.” It the Muslim countries to defend the nation, I would have what the petrochemicals sec- but not an expert. All this while, wrong place to resolve is time to inject some young blood to develop the services believed you. But I challenge you to explain to me the meaning tor did regarding that deal them, which never works. and review certain policies. Yet, there remain two impor- of “Nation” as understood and as practiced in reality. Ask any was completely legal and we the senior responsible for the A child is born, receives tant comments to be made. The first is that the decision to one of these people who preach death to explain the meaning never heard any of the pro- predicament remains in office. state-funded education, retire employees should apply as much to non-Kuwaitis of “Nation” as per their realistic understanding today. ject’s opponents mentioning This is the pure Kuwaiti tale that specializes in some major, is also and should not be only applied to Kuwaitis. The They will not be able to answer you or explain the rather any legal violations in the recruited in a government “Pheros” who sat in the back offices of the ministers ever flexible meaning of the term. I asked one of those preachers, past. we have been living in. sector job, carries out his since the first cabinet was formed after independence and “Why don’t you go yourself?” He said, “Then who will take my The whole issue is that duties, is appointed in a sen- who are still ensconced there till date, should not be left place? My work is to exhort the people and issue warnings.” This some thought the deal was profitable and those ior position where he practices his specialty and alone. The second comment is that the cut-off age for is how he simply put himself at a pedestal higher than the mar- retirement should remain in the hands of the cabinet. tyrs whom he had sent to death with his calls. One of those against thought it was not. In either case, no one was decides and approves something within his area of to be blamed for the deal as long as it was all legal. In expertise that later on is canceled by someone his There are doctors, professors, intellectuals and adminis- preachers in Kuwait who sent our sons around the world to trators, who have been in the service for more than 30 make Jihad through his sermons and lectures calling for death fact, it was the job of the state-hired experts to senior but not an expert. This happens because the decide about the project’s feasibility and they must senior is either afraid or acts out of certain other years, and are currently above 70 years of age but are still was seen at around the same time when we received the news active and in prime health. They have immense experience of the death of three of our sons, at the traffic department. He be administratively held accountable if they failed to interest which leads to punishment for the employ- that should be utilized, and if I were not afraid to jinx them, was there to make “Wasta” to get released his son’s motorcycle do so. Those who hired unsuitable people must be ee. All this while, the senior responsible for the I would have mentioned their names in this column. that was detained by traffic policemen for over speeding. held accountable as well. predicament remains in office. This is the pure I would, for example, mention the names of profession- The story is simple and cost us only KD600 million Kuwaiti tale that we have been living in, across all als like Dr Ameen Maarafi and Dr Fuad Al-Falah, but I fear NOTE: What is happening in Syria is much bigger and larger because the prime minister refused to respond to a domains.— Al-Jarida than the several Fatwas being issued by both parties. —Al-Anbaa for them. —Al-Watan SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 LOCAL Four clash with police to rescue fleeing motorist Man with shotgun arrested in Hawally KUWAIT: Four people who resisted the police cide. Police accompanied by crime scene police station after police confirmed that he officers trying to arrest their cousin were later investigators reached the house shortly after was not wanted for questioning. When he let off after they admitted their fault and the incident was reported. They found the returned to his vehicle, he found that KD1000 police agreed to drop the charges even as man hanging dead from a rope tied to the that he had kept there was missing. He they agreed that legal action against the fugi- ceiling in his room. His employers told the returned to the police station and filed a case tive they were trying to save would go ahead. police that they found the body in that state of theft against the police officers, accusing Traffic police officers had chased a man and decided to make the emergency call. The them of conspiring to steal his money. The who broke through a checkpoint in Jahra, and body was referred to the forensic department case was referred to the proper authorities for eventually ended up at a house where the after investigators examined the scene. A case further investigations. Wataniya Telecom suspect has taken shelter. The officers ended was filed for investigations. up in a scuffle with four people who had came Man hurt in failed mugging embraces Turtle out to confront them. As back-up police force Thieves held A senior citizen was seriously wounded arrived soon afterwards and arrested the sus- Ahmadi police arrested two people when a group of miscreants unsuccessfully Conservation Project pects, the detainees admitted that they had responsible for 12 thefts reported by car own- tried to mug him late Thursday night in scuffled with the policemen to stop them ers in the area recently. A security officers’ Farwaniya. According to the police report, the KUWAIT: Wataniya Telecom has locations across long distances, which from arresting their cousin. The officers even- team was assigned to monitor activity at a 58-year-old Kuwaiti man was making his way announced its sponsorship of the Kuwait keeps and maintains the various forms of tually dropped the charges after the settle- mall’s parking lot where 12 people had out of a coffee shop when he was stopped by Turtle Conservation Project (KTCP), 2013 life in the sporadic habitats of turtles. ment was reached. reported that unidentified thieves broke into a group which demanded that he hand over which will take place at the islands of Four types of turtles have been observed their cars to steal their belongings. Police his cell phone and cash at knifepoint. The man Qaru and Umm Almardim starting from in Kuwait in the last three years; Kuwait Man with gun held were able to arrest two men, a Kuwaiti and a tried to resist but was attacked. As he suffered May until September, 2013. Wataniya’s Turtle Conservation Project has studied Hawally police arrested a man for possess- Syrian, who were caught red-handed while a deep stab wound to the neck, the suspects sponsorship of this project stems from its two types; Hawksbill and Green turtles. ing an unlicensed firearm while search was on trying to break into a car whose owner had ran away. He was admitted to the intensive keenness to create environmental aware- On behalf of Wataniya, The Public for his accomplice who managed to escape left her handbag lying on the passenger’s care unit of the Farwaniya Hospital while a ness amongst Kuwait’s Relations Manager, arrest. Traffic officers had pulled over the sus- seat. The two were taken in for questioning case was filed for investigations. society on the impor- Fatemah Dashti stated: pects’ vehicle and found out that the id pro- during which they admitted their involve- tance of protecting “Wataniya Telecom is very duced by one of them was a fake one. Officers ment in the 12 thefts reported in two weeks. Unlucky pedestrian nature, in particular the proud to have been searched the car and found a handgun and a They were referred to the proper authorities A man was mugged in the area falling importance of turtles to involved in this project, dagger lying on the backseat. They appre- to face charges. under the Farwaniya police station, the sec- sea habitat and corals which makes an important hended one of the suspects while the other ond time that he went through the harrowing life. The project is con- contribution to the preser- was able to escape in the meantime. The man Man accuses police of theft experience this year. The case was filed late ducted by Biodiversity vation of Kuwait’s marine was taken to the proper authorities for further A man accused no less than two police offi- Thursday night when the Asian man was East Organization and biodiversity as it is a priori- action while investigations were on for the cers of stealing KD1000 from him. As per his reportedly accosted by an unknown assailant will include monthly vis- ty within our social its to the islands - the responsibility program.” second suspect. —Watan statements, the Kuwaiti man was stopped by who stole his cell phone and KD30 at knife- first visit was made on Adding: “Wataniya is aim- two security officers who ordered him to get point. The man told officers that the recent 29th of April and lasted ing towards spreading Suicide inside the patrol vehicle driven by one of incident was the second mugging crime that for 4 nights. This organi- awareness of the impor- A domestic worker was found dead inside them while the second followed in his car. He he fell victim to this year only. Investigations zation which is com- tance of turtles to the sea a Fahaheel house in a case of apparent sui- was later released from the Fahad Al-Ahmad were on to identify and arrest the suspect. posed of environmental habitat and corals life.” scientists and experts will be studying Commenting on this, Project Manager turtles’ nesting and hatching by using var- and an expert in environmental law, GCC chief salutes leaders on GCC anniversary ious research techniques such as satellite Nancy Papathanasopoulou said: “Many tracking. It also utilizes developed action people don’t know how diverse and beau- RIYADH: Secretary General of bloc. Al-Zayani commended sectors of education, health, with states of the globe, con- plans to protect turtle habitat and pro- tiful Kuwait’s natural environment is. motes local conservation awareness. Marine turtles especially are prehistoric the Gulf Cooperation Council for efforts of leaders and late insurance, pension, trade, agri- tributed to resolving a large Through previous scientific studies it has animals (the oldest in the sea along with Arab States (GCC) saluted efforts founders of the GCC that laid its culture, industry, investment, number of international crises been proven that turtles face a number of sharks) which are now critically endan- of GCC leaders on the occasion foundations, also hailing their transaction of shares, legal and and issues, in a positive and threats in the country due to change in gered by the challenges the planet faces. of the bloc 32nd anniversary, determination that impacted justice fields and ownership of effective manner. their habitat caused by pollution, climate There is a lack of information and aware- according to a statement positively on GCC, Arab and properties, Al-Zayani explained. The GCC chief re-affirmed change, reclamation of nesting grounds ness on their true ecological value. Turtles released yesterday. Islamic countries. The GCC has The GCC, due to the political that strategists’ focus would and accidental capture in fishing gears. are not only fascinating and beautiful, Dr. Abdul-Latif Al-Zayani attained numerous achieve- awareness of leaders of the remain on upgrading skills of The existence of these turtles in the they are an important part of marine added in the statement on the ments and has taken joint politi- council states, has succeeded in the GCC citizen, as the core of marine environment has a significant ecosystems and their extinction would occasion, “This dear occasion is cal stances at international overcoming multiple difficulties development and advancement impact on its wellbeing as they have a mean a grave deterioration of the quality in the heart of every GCC citizen. forums regarding issues, adopt- and survived regional complex at various levels, expressing major role in maintaining the health of of the seas of Kuwait as well. We need to It boosts our pride for the great ed by the GCC states. circumstances and turbulence hope that the council states coral reef and regulating sea-grass beds respect and protect them at all costs, in achievements, development, Furthermore, the bloc has for over 30 years. Furthermore, it would jointly succeed in achiev- thus ensuring the reproduction of fish order to preserve our natural heritage for cohesion and solidarity” among made development in the mem- has made landmark accomplish- ing further progress, develop- properly. Turtles also help in transferring a future generations through diverse and the six member states of the ber states’ security systems, laws, ments, established solid bonds ment and prosperity. — KUNA large number of micro-organisms to other healthy seas.” NBK welcomes students from Al-Hashimiyah high school

KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait to-day work of the bank’s various general and the role of media and (NBK) recently hosted students departments. NBK Public Relations public relations within the bank. from Fatimah Al-Hashimiyah High officers accompanied the students The students had the chance to School for Girls, who toured the on their tour of the bank’s various learn about the broad range of bank’s head office to learn about departments and gave them a NBK financial and banking prod- the banking industry and the day- brief presentation about NBK in ucts and services and were particu- larly interested in the multi-benefit Al-Azraq and Al-Shabab accounts, exclusively designed for high school, college and university stu- dents. NBK supports fresh gradu- ates and Kuwait’s youth, listens to their interests and issues and offers a range of products and services to satisfy their needs. The tour is part of NBK’s ongo- ing commitment to its corporate social responsibility program and to promoting the education and development of the country’s youth. Other initiatives include providing summer training pro- grams for students, hiring fresh graduates and offering profes- sional development programs for Fatimah Al Hashimiyah High School students in a group picture. new hires. KFAS concludes seminar in US

KUWAIT: A seminar on debate and 19th and featured 29 participants place between some institutions as negotiations skills for Kuwaiti leaders from the Kuwaiti public and private well as others among countries, said concluded on Friday at Harvard sectors, covered skills of debating the statement, adding that the semi- University in the US, said a statement and means to overcome difficulties nar was part of a signed agreement by Kuwait Foundation for the faced by the parties during negotia- between KFAS and Harvard Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) tions. Participants were put into University. The agreement was here yesterday. groups to study cases of negotia- renewed at the end of last year and The seminar, which began on May tions that have previously taken would be effective till 2017. —KUNA Kuwait envoy to Bahrain for empowering youth

MANAMA: Kuwait supports all youth in related fields to boost their capabili- ties for brighter future, noted the Kuwait’s Ambassador to Bahrain Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah yes- terday. The future of Kuwait is in the hands of the youth, who have qualifi- cation and energies to achieve pros- perity and serve the country in various fields, the ambassador said after being honored by the Kuwaiti Organizing Committee of the “Ahl Al-Gaseed” Poetry Festival that ended here today. For his part, the Chairman of the festi- val, Bandar Al-Saeed, expressed appre- ciation to the Kuwaiti ambassador in MANAMA: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Bahrain Sheikh Azzam Mubarak aiding Kuwaiti activities in Bahrain, Al-Sabah with Chairman of the poetry festival Bandar Al-Saeed yes- which represents inventiveness of citi- terday.—KUNA zens of Kuwait. — KUNA SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 LOCAL 7,200 state employees eligible for retirement Kuwait paving way for smooth retirement KUWAIT: More than 7,200 employees work- The sources, however, suggested that an sources quoted anonymously by Al-Rai yes- a country where job creation is considered a ing in the state departments, including 297 undersecretary who earned a KD12,000 annu- terday revealed that six assistant undersecre- constitutional right of citizens. Minister of senior officials, qualify for retirement, accord- al bonus, and an assistant undersecretary taries have already filed for retirement so that Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Al- ing to a recent report which came even as entitled to a KD8,000 annual bonus was likely they do not miss out on the recently awarded Abdullah Al-Sabah said earlier this month Kuwait launched efforts to facilitate the exit to pass on an incentive in the range of an incentive. that there were 19,400 Kuwaitis waiting for of public sector employees who have reached average of KD750 for undersecretaries and One senior official who spoke to Al-Rai on jobs in the public sector. Kuwait envoy opens the retirement age. KD500 for assistant undersecretaries. the condition of anonymity argued in the In other news, Al-Qabas reported yester- A majority of these employees have Meanwhile, the sources expressed concern meantime that the government’s retirement day that Minister of Electricity and Water library for special served for at least 30 years in the Ministry of that easing out senior officials including assis- decision was in contradiction with the Civil Abdul-Aziz Al-Ibrahim had asked 18 state needs in Sarajevo Education. Their number was pegged at 1100, tant undersecretaries, directors and supervi- Service Commission’s regulations which set departments to provide details about ener- said the sources who spoke to Al-Qabas on sors could leave huge gaps in certain depart- the retirement age at 65. gy saving steps undertaken by each of them the condition of anonymity. They further indi- ments which lack qualified candidates to fill “There are officials aged 50 years, and within the next two weeks, otherwise he SARAJEVO: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Bosnia and cated that the retirement cases of 110 senior the voids thus created. even 48 years, amongst us who have served planned to coordinate with the cabinet to Herzegovina Mohammed Fadel Khalaf inaugurated on officials were already settled “while those The concern was most serious perhaps in for over 30 years... Retirement is going to impose penalties. According to sources Friday a library specialized in educating children with spe- related to 187 others remain pending.” the Ministry of Education, which has a long deprive the ministry of the long experience of familiar with the case, the departments cial needs that was fully funded by Kuwait. The cabinet recently approved a decision list of senior officials eligible for retirement officials who still have a lot to give,” the offi- accused of electricity and water wastage Khalaf expressed his pride in this humanitarian work stipulating immediate retirement for senior including recently appointed undersecretary cial said. included the ministries of interior, health, that was financed by Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic officials serving for long years after offering Mariyam Al-Wutaid. Education Minister Nayef The new stipulations came as efforts were defense, municipality, public works and Affairs, stressing importance of the library in educating them incentives in the form of half of their Al-Hajraf had recently explained that the being made to keep in check the soaring commerce, in addition to public authorities kids with special needs here in the Bosnian capital. Also, he monthly salary for each year in service for retirement decision remains optional “and it unemployment rates which have reached 4.9 of youth and sports, industry and agricultur- asserted Kuwaiti Embassy’s determination to follow the those who retire before the end of June. was up to the senior officials to make,” but percent of the national labor force in Kuwait, al affairs.—Al-Qabas & Al-Rai library’s activities in order to support children with special needs through assisting in development of the depart- ment of education for children with special needs, and pro- Special offer for viding necessary requirements for success of this institu- tion that helps in rehabilitate children. Burgan Bank For his part, the director of department of children with special needs expressed his gratitude to Kuwaiti Ministry of BuBa holders Awqaf and Islamic Affairs for this humanitarian initiative which left a good impression in the hearts of citizens here KUWAIT: Burgan Bank announced yesterday that it is sponsor- in Sarajevo. —KUNA ing the fun packed musical that takes a journey through the world of Dr Seuss. The event will be held at the live theatre in Discovery Mall from the 5th-8th June, 2013. As part of its spon- Sheikh Salman sorship, Burgan Bank is inviting its BuBa Kids Account holders to benefit from an exciting and unique 35 percent discount on underlines special entrance tickets, and enjoy the new musical performance. BuBa account customers need to apply online through the ties with S Arabia website www.stagedinkuwait.com The BuBa Kids Account is a savings account, with the mini- KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for mum opening balance of KD10. Children, up to 14 years old, Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah yes- will also be entitled to a free branded ATM VISA Electron card terday affirmed depth of the bilateral relations bounding that can be used at any ATM or point of sale (POS) in Kuwait Kuwait with Saudi Arabia. and around the world. Established in 1977, Burgan Bank is the These relations are historic and deeply rooted with “uni- youngest commercial Bank and third largest by assets in ty of the ranks and joint destiny” of the two Gulf states and Kuwait, with a significant focus on the corporate and financial peoples, said the minister, during a meeting with the visit- institutions sectors, as well as having a growing retail and pri- Kuwaiti pledges continuous ing member of the Saudi Shura Council, Dr Salwa Al-Hazza. vate bank customer base. Burgan Bank has five majority Sheikh Salman praised decision by the Custodian of the owned subsidiaries, which include Gulf Bank Algeria - AGB support to patients abroad Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, naming (Algeria), Bank of Baghdad - BOB (Iraq & Lebanon), Jordan an eminent Saudi woman to serve as member of the coun- Kuwait Bank - JKB (Jordan) Tunis International Bank - TIB LONDON: A visiting Kuwaiti official ber of hospitals, inquiring about con- to employ British medical specialists cil. Dr. Al-Hazzaa expressed gratitude to the Kuwaiti (Tunisia), and fully owned Burgan Bank - Turkey, (collectively has affirmed keenness on providing dition of the patients and their to serve at the military hospital, either Ministry of Information for hosting her and giving her the known as the “Burgan Bank Group”). The Bank has continu- citizens undergoing treatment abroad queries. Deputy Prime Minister and on permanent or temporary bases, he chance to interact with the Kuwaiti people. ously improved its performance over the years through an with all possible facilities. Dr Yousef Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Al- said, affirming that this approach was Praising the Kuwaiti democratic experience, the emi- expanded revenue structure, diversified funding sources, and Al-Nisef, in charge of medical services Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and Kuwait intended to minimize number of the nent professor said it enabled the Kuwaiti woman to take a strong capital base. The adoption of state-of-the-art services of the Ministry of Defense, made the Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant- Kuwaiti patients seeking treatment and technology has positioned it as a trendsetter in the part in making of decisions. The minister also received the affirmation in a statement on sidelines General Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- abroad and follow up on condition of domestic market and within the MENA region. Burgan Bank’s of his inspection of the military Sabah, have issued instructions to those who receive treatment in the director general of Al-Jazeera Media Training and brand has been created on a foundation of real values - of Development Center, Muneer Al-Daemi, the director of trust, commitment, excellence and progression, to remind us bureau in London, indicating that his give all available facilities for the UK. British specialists can also help in marketing at the center, Talal Abdul-Karim, and the Kuwaiti of the high standards to which we aspire. ‘People come first’ is delegation came to the UK to examine patients, Dr Al-Nisef said, adding that training Kuwaiti doctors and cadres representative in it, Ali Abdullah Shedad. Discussions dealt the foundation on which its products and services are devel- the services given to the Kuwaiti he held talks with managers of the serving at the national hospitals. Al- with the center programs and methods of work. The meet- oped. Earlier this year, ‘Brand Finance’ - the international brand patients, undergoing treatment here British hospitals for establishing coop- Nisef’s delegation is currently inspect- ing was attended by Board Chairman and Director General valuation company- rated Burgan Bank brand as AA with posi- with financial support by the Kuwaiti eration with the Military Jaber Al- ing Kuwaiti military health centers in of KUNA Sheikh Mubarak Al-Duaij Al-Ibrahim Al-Sabah, and tive outlook. The rating places Burgan Bank Brand at 2nd Ministries of Defense and Interior. Ahmad Hospital in Kuwait. Europe. London is the last leg of the the Assistant Undersecretary for Television Affairs, Sheikh amongst the most valuable banking brands in Kuwait. Al-Nisef’s delegation visited a num- The Ministry of Defense is seeking tour that began in Paris. —KUNA Fahad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. —KUNA

Celebrate summer with Lu&Lu Hypermarket’s Mango Mania 2013

KUWAIT: Lu&Lu Hypermarket, the presence of Hohamed Haris, Regional mangoes from places across the globe, the promotion, which include desserts fy it as a model ‘super-fruit’. Mango region’s largest retail group, is marking Director, Sreejith K.S, Regional Manager, including India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, such as mango cream muffins, mango Mania is expected to draw a huge and the onset of summer with their annual Antony, General Manager of Al-Qurain Indonesia, Kenya, Yemen, Brazil, and glass cake, mango custard doughnuts enthusiastic response from shoppers Mango Mania festival at both their out- Branch Abdul Khadar, General Manager Mexico to name a few. and mango cheese cake. With a widest who eagerly look forward to this excep- lets - Al-Rai and Al-Qurain. of Al-Rai Branch and a large gathering of Lu&Lu Hypermarket is running their range of mango products including tional annual food event at Lu&Lu Mango Mania 2013 which showcases shoppers and well-wishers, all of whom highly successful annual Mango Mania jams, pickles, hot foods and juices, Hypermarket. “This is yet another initia- more than 100 varieties of delicious were treated to succulent samples of dif- festival for the sixth consecutive year, by Lu&Lu Hypermarket delivers on its com- tive where we bring the best of the mango from around the world is one of ferent mango varieties. ringing in the hot summer with cold, mitment to bring the best variety to its world for the benefit of our loyal shop- the most anticipated festivals in Kuwait The ten-day festival will run until mouth-watering mangoes and mango customers. Mango Mania 2013 also touts pers,” said a representative of Lu&Lu and was inaugurated on Thursday, 23 Saturday, 1st June 2013 and is a wonder- delicacies. Innovative forms of mango the health benefits of mangoes. Mango’s Hypermarket management. “It truly is a May, by His Excellency Satish C. Mehta, ful opportunity for mango lovers in derived and mango flavored dishes are rich content, full of essential vitamins, festival you would love to experience the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, in the Kuwait to taste delicious and exotic also available at special prices as part of dietary minerals and antioxidants, quali- with your families and friends.” SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

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ADDIS ABABA: African leaders yesterday celebrated the African Union’s 50th birthday against a backdrop of economic growth but also awareness of the armed con- flicts and the other myriad problems faced by the conti- nent. AU Chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn set a tone of optimism when he launched extravagant celebrations by urging leaders to “create a continent free from poverty and conflict, and an Africa whose citizens enjoy a middle income status.” But yesterday’s party in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa will be followed by a more sobering two-day AU summit meeting to tackle the range of crises facing the continent. Today’s 54-member AU is the successor of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), established in 1963 in the heady days when independence from colo- nial rule was sweeping the continent. African leaders were joined by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, French President Francois Hollande, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, US Secretary of State John Kerry and European Commission head Jose Manuel Barroso. China’s Vice Premier Wang Yang was also reported to be in attendance. Africa remains the world’s poorest continent and its most war-prone but development indicators there-including health, educa- tion, infant mortality, economic growth and democracy- have improved steadily in the past 50 years. Africa is home to some of the fastest-growing economies in the world, according to the International Monetary Fund, and has attracted huge amounts of for- eign investment in recent years. Brazil announced yes- terday it was cancelling $900 million (700 million euro) worth of debt in 12 African countries-with Congo- Brazzaville the highest with $352 million written off-as part of a broader strategy to boost ties with the conti- nent. Hailemariam singled out Beijing for its massive wave of investment on the continent, expressing his “deepest appreciation to China for investing billions... to assist our infrastructure endeavours.” Despite the celebration, 24 out of the 25 nations at the bottom of the UN’s human development index are in Africa, with several of those suffering from unrest or conflict. Hollande warned of “the scourge of terrorism” faced on the continent, as he invited leaders to December summit in Paris to boost “peace and security”. Leaders, who said the celebrations would promote pan- Africanism and help unify the often divided continent, nodded their heads as the classic reggae hit “you’re an African” by late Jamaican singer Peter Tosh boomed out in the crowded hall. “When we therefore talk about African solutions to African problems, it is because we know that we can only permanently silence the guns if we act in solidarity and unity,” said Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, head of the ADDIS ABABA: A South Sudanese traditional dancer entertains guests during the celebrations of the 50th African Union Summit yesterday. — AFP AU Commission, the organisation’s executive arm. But while speaking optimistically in the AU’s modern Mali’s Salif Keita were due to play later yesterday. The has shown it can take concrete action, even if the fund- include the ongoing crisis in Mali, which is preparing to Chinese-built headquarters about “the bright future of AU has budgeted $1.27 million for yesterday’s celebra- ing for that mission comes mainly from Western back- receive a UN peacekeeping force to support French sol- Africa”, she also noted that “the self-reliance and eco- tions, according to official documents seen by South ers. But at the same time, the splits revealed by the 2011 diers fighting Islamist rebels in the desert north since nomic independence that our founders spoke of Africa’s Institute for Security Studies (ISS). AU conflict in Libya-when AU members squabbled January. Leaders are also tipped to endorse a motion to remains a bit elusive and social inequalities remain.” Commission deputy chief Erastus Mwencha said he did between those wanting to recognise rebels and those urge the International Criminal Court to refer crimes Drummers, dancers and musicians later performed not have the exact figure but that some $3 million backing Muammar Gaddafi-showed its disunity and against humanity trials for Kenya’s leaders back to their to a packed crowd including leaders in a giant hall, would be spent on yesterday’s festivities and other lack of global clout. Gaddafi’s death also stripped the country, after foreign ministers agreed a draft proposal telling the history of Africa through song, dance and a events over the coming year. AU of a major source of funding. Leaders will discuss on Friday. Conflict in Somalia, violence in Nigeria and flashing light show. In recent years, the AU’s role in combat-such as its finding backers for the cash-strapped body at the sum- rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are also Music legends including Congo’s Papa Wemba and mission in Somalia to battle Al-Qaeda linked Islamists- mit meeting opening today. The agenda will also likely expected to be discussed. — AFP Toronto mayor denies smoking crack cocaine TORONTO: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told “the whole truth” and another calling on him to resign. The mayor of Canada’s largest city did not say whether he has ever used crack. He did not take questions from reporters at a news conference at City Hall, held after close allies released a letter urging him to address the reports of the video. “I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine,” Ford said. “As for a video, I cannot comment on a video that I have never seen, or does not exist.” Ford had been ducking the media and his only comments before Friday on the scandal came a week ago, a day after the story broke, when he called the crack smoking allegations “ridiculous” and said the Toronto Star newspaper was out to get him. Ford said he had kept quiet because his lawyer advised him “not to say a word.” The video has not been released publicly and its authenticity has not been verified. Reports on gossip website Gawker and in the Toronto Star claimed it was taken by men who said they had sold the drug to Ford. The Associated Press hasn’t seen the video. The Star reported that two journalists had watched a video that appears to show Ford, sitting in a chair, inhaling from what appears to be a glass crack pipe. The Star said it did not obtain the video or pay to watch it. Gawker and the Star said the video was shown to them by a drug dealer who had been trying to sell it for a six-figure sum. The Star also reported that Ford allegedly made a racist remark about the high school football students he coached. Ford criticized the media for judging him. “It is most unfortu- nate, very unfortunate, that my colleagues and the great people of this city have been exposed to the fact that I’ve been judged by the media without any evidence,” Ford said. City Councillor Glenn De Baeremaeker said he was profoundly disappointed in the mayor’s statement and called on Ford to resign. De Baeremaeker said he believes the reports about Ford’s alleged drug use and believes Ford’s tenure is over. “I don’t believe the mayor,” he said. “He should resign and then go seek help.” De Baeremaeker said he’s observed erratic behav- ior from the mayor. “The mayor is just imploding,” he said. —AP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 Guantanamo’s Yemenis may see light at the end of tunnel

WASHINGTON: Weakened by a prolonged Hamiri-my client who is Yemeni and cleared for Several of Remes’s clients, on hunger strike hunger strike, Yemeni detainees who have lan- release and has been for many years-are imme- since February 6, have told him their recent guished at Guantanamo Bay for years see grow- diately processed for transfer and reunited with treatment at the prison is inhumane, deteriorat- ing hope of finally returning home after a ban their families,” he said. Obama’s move came amid ing to levels seen during their first years in on transfers to Yemen was lifted. If fulfilled, a widespread hunger strike at Guantanamo. detention, under then-president George W Bush. President Barack Obama’s pledge Thursday to More than two thirds of the prison’s 166 remain- “I don’t know why I’m being punished, I didn’t end a moratorium on sending prisoners to the ing detainees have refused food in a strike that even kill a chicken,” detainee Yasin Ismail said, Gulf state would remove a key hurdle in closing began nearly four months ago to protest their according to the lawyer. the US military detention center for good. indefinite jailing without charge. He reported freezing temperatures in the Of the 86 inmates who have been cleared for Andrea Prasow, a Human Rights Watch expert cells and force-feeding using tubes inserted release, most — 56 — are from Yemen, where Al- on Guantanamo, also called the announcement through the nose into the stomach. “I don’t want Qaeda has established a foothold. Overall, a total an “important promise” of a “recommitment” to to be force-fed, but if you do force-feed me, at of 84 Yemenis currently live at the jail in south- make good on Obama’s years-old pledge to least do it humanely,” said fellow inmate Uthman ern Cuba, making them the largest group by shutter the prison. “Obama’s decision to lift the Abd Al-Rahim Muhammad Uthman, according SALON-DE-PROVENCE: Alphajet aircrafts from the French elite acrobatic flying team nationality. And most were captured more than ban on transfers to Yemen is an important one, it to Remes. A third, the lawyer recounted, begged “Patrouille de France” (PAF) perform aerobatics and release trails of blue, white and a decade ago. signals his intention to go forward with to be treated “as well as iguanas, even as well as red smokes representing the French national flag’s colors, as they fly over the 701 Air “More than a third of the entire Guantanamo detainees transfers,” Prasow told AFP. insects.” Iguanas are a protected species in Base in Salon-de-Provence, southern France, yesterday during the celebration of the population are cleared Yemeni men, men that But it remains to be seen if and when the Guantanamo and killing one is punishable by a 60th anniversary of the PAF. — AFP the government itself says do not need to be in transfers will take place. “He needs not to say, six $10,000 fine. Of the 103 prisoners on hunger Guantanamo,” lawyer Omar Farah of the Center months down the road, that there’s no official strike, 32 were being force-fed as of Friday, two for Constitutional Rights told AFP. Their return ban on transfers to Yemen but no one can go of whom were hospitalized, according to prison Pair grilled after UK fighter was halted after a Nigerian man trained in back there anyway for security reasons,” Prasow spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House. Yemen tried to detonate explosives in his under- said. David Remes, who represents fifteen of the Farah said those figures were unlikely to change jets escort Pakistani plane wear on a flight to Detroit on Christmas Day Yemenis, said his clients “hope against hope that because of the president’s announcement. “It’s 2009. The incident triggered fears that returned something positive will come out of this.” But the prisoner’s protest, their hunger strike, that LONDON: Two men arrested on a Pakistan interview by detectives”, the local Essex detainees could be tempted to join radical “every time we think there’d be lights at the end created the urgency that compelled President International Airlines plane after fighter jets Police force said. The remaining passengers movements. of the tunnel, it’s been the headlight of an Obama to speak about Guantanamo,” Farah said. were scrambled to escort it to a London air- disembarked under police escort and were Farah said ending the ban is a step in the approaching train,” said Remes, expressing hope “It has to be that same urgency that guides his port remained in custody yesterday for taken to the terminal building for a debrief- right direction, but Obama will have to pair that Obama’s announcement would deliver action,” he added. “I don’t expect the hunger questioning by the police. The men were ing. “The plane will remain at its current words with action. “Lifting the moratorium is an more than just “the illusion of forward move- strike to end until the president begins the detained on suspicion of endangering an location and will be subject to forensic important step only if men like Mohammed Al- ment.” immediate resumption of transfers.” —AFP aircraft after the plane, which was carrying examination by specialist officers,” the 300 passengers from the Pakistani city of police said. “At this point in time no suspi- Lahore to Manchester in northwest cious items have been recovered. England, was diverted to Stansted airport “This incident is being treated as a crimi- Qatar abandons bid to outside London. nal offence.” A Ministry of Defence Armed police officers boarded the spokesman said that Typhoon fighter jets Boeing 777 and arrested two male British had been launched from a Royal Air Force relocate UN agency nationals, aged 30 and 41. The incident was base after the incident was signalled by the not believed to be terror-related. An airline plane’s crew. “Typhoon aircraft from RAF TORONTO: Qatar has abandoned its bid to relocate in 2022 and is looking to host the 2020 summer Montreal’s cold winters. Baird later took a jab at the source told AFP the incident had stemmed Coningsby have been launched to investi- the United Nations civil aviation agency from Olympic games. Gulf country’s climate, saying he’d rather have four from a family row on board. “There was a gate an incident involving an aircraft in UK Canada to the tiny emirate, ending a bitter fight Losing ICAO would have been a blow for seasons rather than a crushing humid temperature family of eight to 10 people on the plane airspace,” the MoD spokesman said. between the two nations, both countries said Canada and Montreal, the hub of Canada’s aviation of more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and they were quarrelling among each oth- Typhoons can be scrambled if the pilot Friday. Canada had accused Qatar, which has been industry. ICAO employs 534 people and says it gen- 12 months a year. er,” the PIA source said. or crew of a passenger aircraft sends out a trying to burnish its international presence, of try- erates about $80 million annually for Montreal’s ICAO said the offer would have to be considered “When PIA staff approached them and passenger signal, he added. “The purpose ing to buy the UN agency located in Montreal. economy. Its current headquarters were built in the at the agency’s triennial assembly meeting Sept asked them to calm down, they told them of going up is to investigate what the situa- Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said he 1990s at a cost of $100 million. 24-Oct 4, where 60 percent of its 191 member to go away otherwise they would blow up tion is,” he said. “Often when a Quick received a call from Qatar’s prime minister on International Civil Aviation Organization states would have had to vote favor of it for Qatar’s the plane. “PIA staff became scared and Reaction Alert aircraft is launched the Thursday. “I’m going to be generous. I appreciate spokesman Anthony Philbin said Qatar sent ICAO’s proposal to become reality. Asked if Qatar dropped they raised the alarm to avoid any unto- details are not known, but it is known that the call,” Baird told The Associated Press in a tele- secretary general a letter Thursday night saying the bid because they felt they would lose, Baird ward situation.” Police said they were alert- a signal has been sent.” phone interview. “We were prepared to fight tooth they would like to withdraw their offer. He said no said: “I will just say this. We’re very pleased with the ed 10 minutes before the plane was due to Typhoons patrolled over London last and nail on this.” explanation was provided. ICAO has been in strong support we received from around the land in Manchester at 1:30pm (1230 GMT) year when the city hosted the 2012 Qatar’s embassy in Ottawa said in a statement Montreal since its founding in 1946. Qatar present- world.” on Friday. Olympic Games. By strange coincidence, that considering the “keenness” of Qatar to “pre- ed ICAO with an unsolicited offer in April to serve Baird said Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad They were told a threat had been made the PIA plane diverted to Stansted was the serve the close and historic friendship” between as the new permanent seat of the organization bin Jassim bin Jaber Al-Thani values the relation- to the safety of an aircraft. Fighter jets were very same plane on the very same route- the countries and the importance that Canada beginning in 2016. ship with Canada and that was one of the factors. scrambled to escort flight PK709 into Lahore to Manchester-that was diverted to attaches to keeping ICAO’s headquarters in The proposal included construction of new ICAO Secretary General, Raymond Benjamin noted Stansted, London’s third-biggest airport, Stansted in September 2011 due to a bomb Montreal, Qatar decided to withdraw its offer. premises, paying to move materials and staffers, MontrÈal has been ICAO’s home for decades. where it touched down at 2:15pm (1315 scare. Friday’s incident came just hours Qatar, one of the world’s richest countries with vast and paying for all costs of staff terminations and “While the offer to move us to Doha was extremely GMT). It halted in a designated safe loca- after a British Airways plane was forced to oil and gas reserves, has been pushing to become a severance packages, according to the UN agency. generous, ICAO is also very pleased to continue its tion away from the terminal building. The make an emergency landing at London major player on the global stage in the last few Canadian officials said Qatar did not inform Baird global mission with the support and cooperation arrested men were taken to a police station Heathrow Airport with smoke billowing years. It shocked the sporting world by beating out about the bid despite him being Qatar just days of the Canadian and local governments,” Benjamin “where they will remain in custody pending from an engine. — AFP the United States and others to host the World Cup before. Qatar argued it would be nice to escape said in a statement.— AP Regional power games stall meeting: Syria oppn

ISTANBUL: Regional bids for influ- ence over Syria’s divided opposition have stalled progress at a key meet- ing of the war-torn country’s main opposition group, blocking discus- sions on whether to hold peace talks with the regime, opposition members told AFP yesterday. The Syrian National Coalition is sup- posed to decide during its three- day meeting in Istanbul whether to accept a proposal from the United States and Russia to participate in a peace conference aimed at ending the raging civil war, which in two years has killed more than 90,000 people. But opposition figures say the meeting has not been able to tackle that question because demands from foreign countries to expand the number of members in the Coalition has divided the group and TRIPOLI: A Lebanese gunman stands guard behind a barricade in the Sunni blocked progress on the rest of the district of Bab Al-Tabbaneh following overnight clashes with the Alawite agenda. “You have Saudi Arabia and neighbourhood of Jabal Mohsen in the northern Lebanese port city of the United Arab Emirates pushing Tripoli yesterday. —AFP to include up to 30 new members in Coalition, which depends on foreign gious minorities. the National Coalition. Their goal is backing, has long been marred by The Coalition has long been to downsize the Muslim regional rivalries that play out accused by Syrian opponents of Brotherhood’s influence over the through disagreements among its having a poor record of inclusive- group,” a Coalition member said on members. Qatar supports the ness. “We definitely need to include condition of anonymity. Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist more women. Right now, only three “On the other hand you have group, while conservative Saudi of our members are women, and Turkey, Qatar and to an extent Arabia is seeking to reclaim its his- that is not right,” said Coalition France backing the Coalition as it toric role of regional powerhouse, member Samir Nashar. “Of course stands,” he added, describing per- opposition figures say. The National we need to expand. But the regional ceptions that Islamists control the Coalition began its meeting fights for influence and over who Coalition as “exaggerated”. Referring Thursday with four thorny items on gets to go to Geneva 2 is the real to Saudi Arabia and the United the agenda. It must decide how to issue here,” said one of the Coalition States, another Coalition member expand the group and choose a members who spoke on condition told AFP: “We are being threatened new president to replace Ahmad of anonymity. that they will not give us any money Moaz Al-Khatib, who resigned in The Coalition in its current shape or even weapons, and even that March. is dominated by main opposition (Syrian President) Bashar Al-Assad It must also discuss the US- bloc the Syrian National Council, in will stay in power if we don’t allow Russian peace conference, dubbed which the Muslim Brotherhood this expansion. “Geneva 2”, and decide the fate of a plays a key role. “If Kilo’s list gets “This is scandalous. This competi- new interim government. But by accepted, then it will dominate the tion for power is killing the Syrian yesterday, despite countless hours Coalition. The reason for this dead- opposition,” he said on condition of of official and sideline meetings, lock is because everyone wants to anonymity. Russia, a key backer of members were still deadlocked over call the shots when the Geneva 2 Assad, said Friday the regime had whether or not to expand the negotiations start,” said a dissident agreed “in principle” to attend the group. from northern Syria who is not a proposed peace conference. But the Though several lists of some 200 member of the Coalition. Coalition expressed scepticism, say- dissidents’ names have been pro- He described the infighting as a ing it wanted to hear from the posed, the one with the strongest “reflection of what is happening in Syrian government itself. backing is a 25-member list pro- Syria now, a sectarian war. It is a war Some rebel leaders have said posed by veteran secular dissident for dominance now between the that no negotiations are possible Michel Kilo. Dissidents say Saudi Sunni majority and the minorities.” with Assad remaining in power. The Arabia and its ally the United States Asked why conservative Saudi Damascus government counters want Kilo’s list to join the group. The Arabia was supporting a more liber- that it wants assurances that the list reportedly includes several al list, he said: “They don’t care president’s role will not be a subject women as well as members of about ideology. They’re just looking of debate at any peace talks. The Syria’s numerous ethnic and reli- for a way to exert influence.” —AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Thousands attend mass for Italy’s first mafia martyr Puglisi’s killing turns public opinion against mafia PALERMO: Tens of thousands of Catholic faithful home in the Brancaccio quarter in Palermo. He Puglisi was turning young people away from a attended a mass yesterday putting on the path was approached by a kill team of four people and life of crime and was openly critical of their to sainthood a priest shot dead by the mafia 20 initially thought it was an armed robbery. When power. years ago, the first victim of organised crime to he realised who the criminals were, he smiled “If God is with us, who will be against us! I am be declared a martyr. The open-air service for and told them: “I have been expecting you.” Two not afraid of dying if what I say is the truth,” Father Pino Puglisi was held in a stadium on the of the perpetrators, who were all caught and giv- Puglisi once said in a homily. The killing of a waterfront of Palermo, the regional capital of en life sentences, later turned against the mafia priest was particularly shocking in a society Sicily, where he worked in a crime-heavy work- and became key witnesses in trials that put where known gangsters attend mass and are ing-class neighbourhood. dozens of gangsters behind bars. often benefactors of their local churches. “There Puglisi’s killing shocked the nation, helping One of the two is now a devout Catholic and were churchmen who colluded with the mafia turn public opinion in Sicily against the mafia the second, the trigger man, told investigators but then there were those like Puglisi who and leading to a clear rejection by the Catholic he has been haunted by Puglisi’s smile ever fought against it,” said Palermo mayor Leoluca Church of the pious gestures made by mobsters. since. The killing was ordered by the then god- Orlando. The proponent of Puglisi’s beatification, Palermo archbishop Paolo Romeo presided at fathers of Brancaccio, the Graviano brothers, archbishop Vincenzo Bertolone, said: “The mafia MAIDUGURI: Nigerian army soldiers are driven in a pickup truck as they patrol the beatification with dozens of priests and offi- who are also serving life sentences for the mur- is a religion and not just a criminal phenomenon the streets of Maiduguri, capital of the Borno state. — AFP cials-in contrast to when Puglisi’s pleas for help der. The Gravianos were reportedly angry that and it does not allow other faiths.” —AFP were ignored by religious and political leaders. “Mafiosi often say and show they are believ- US urges Nigeria army ers, but they are behind mechanisms of exploita- tion and injustice, of hatred and bitterness, of to avoid rights abuses violence and death,” Romeo said in his homily. “Killings by mafiosi reveal their true nature. They ADDIS ABABA: US Secretary of State John excuse another’s.” reject the God of life and love,” he said. Salvatore Kerry yesterday renewed a plea to Nigerian So far the United States has not officially De Giorgi, cardinal emeritus of Palermo, said: authorities to ensure the military does not designated Boko Haram a foreign terrorist “Twenty years after his murder, Don Puglisi is carry out atrocities against civilians in its organisation, but has blacklisted three of its speaking again and louder than ever.” clampdown on Islamic militants. Nigeria top leaders, accusing them of close links to But his brother Gaetano was quoted as saying declared a state of emergency in three north- Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). in recent book about Puglisi’s life: “I would have eastern states on May 14 as it launched a mili- Kerry, who was hoping to meet with Nigerian preferred him alive instead of blessed. “The tary offensive to end Boko Haram’s four-year President Goodluck Jonathan later Saturday Church is beatifying him now but when he need- insurgency. in Ethiopia, insisted the authorities should ed help, no one helped Pino,” he said. Interior “Boko Haram is a terrorist organisation not seek revenge for atrocities carried out by Minister Angelino Alfano and Justice Minister and they have killed wantonly and upset the Boko Haram. Annamaria Cancellieri were also at the mass, normal governance of Nigeria in fundamental The best way forward was “good gover- which revived memories of high-profile mafia ways that are unacceptable,” Kerry told nance, it’s ridding yourself of the terrorist killings and bomb attacks in the early 1990s. reporters on the sidelines of an African Union organisations so you can establish a standard The community centre that Puglisi founded is summit. “We defend the right completely of of law that others can respect,” he said. A May still regularly targeted by criminals. Last month the government of Nigeria to defend itself 7 attack in northern Bama saw insurgents dis- there was an arson attack on the site where it is and to fight back against terrorists. That said, I guised in military uniforms break into a planning to build a new church in his honour. have raised the issue of humans rights with prison and attack several government build- Puglisi is the first mafia victim to be declared by the government,” he stressed. ings, leaving 55 people dead. The women and the Vatican a “martyr of the faith”-which makes Activists as well as the United States have children were around the sites at the moment him beatified, or blessed, and is the first step to voiced concerns over the fighting, with of the attack and were taken hostage and official sainthood for the Church. Nigeria’s military regularly criticised over its only finally released on Friday. The conflict is Puglisi was shot in the street on his 56th birth- PALERMO: A nun shows a portrait of Father Giuseppe “Pino” Puglisi, an outspoken anti- response to the insurgency due to allegations estimated to have cost 3,600 lives since 2009, day on September 15, 1993 as he was returning Mafia advocate, during the beatification ceremony in Palermo yesterday. — AFP of major abuses. “We all of us try to hold to including killings by the security services. the highest standards of behaviour,” Kerry Kerry added that “to their credit the govern- said in a joint press conference with Ethiopian ment has acknowledged that there have Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom been some problems, they’re working to try Ukraine gay rights activists Ghebreyesus. “One person’s atrocity does not to control it.” — AFP With phones cut, Nigerians hold first ever formal march caught in conflict and hope KIEV: Around a hundred gay and June. A Ukrainian court on Transgender) paraphernalia. The a senior official from the Munich rights activists marched in Thursday ruled that no events organisers advised participants to City Hall Josef “Hep” Monatzeder MAIDUGURI: Balama Mali Gubio lost phone outside of the city in more remote areas, with Ukraine yesterday despite fears of could be staged in the centre of eschew any earrings or other carried a placard “Munich wel- contact with his relatives 10 days ago, like the military claiming in particular to have violence, marking the first gay Kiev yesterday because of City accessories and put on comfort- comes its sister city Kiev.” “I am many residents in this region of Nigeria caught destroyed Boko Haram camps in a forested pride event in the ex-Soviet coun- Day celebrations so the march able clothes and flat shoes that surprised by such a strong police between a military offensive and Islamist area some 60 kilometres (40 miles) away. The try, where homophobia is wide- organisers had opted for a small- could help them escape quickly presence,” Monatzeder said in tel- extremist attacks. “I don’t know what is hap- military has described the insurgents as being spread and socially accepted. er gathering far from the city cen- in case of a sudden attack or scuf- evised remarks. Western support- pening to my parents, my brothers, my sister,” in “disarray”, but the claims have been impossi- “This can be considered a historic tre. Lesbian and gay rights fle. ers at the march also included the 62-year-old spokesman for a forum of ble to verify. day,” Elena Semyonova, a repre- activists, holding rainbow flags Security was so tight that Marije Cornelissen, a European prominent local elders told AFP in the garden Rescue organisations like the Red Cross sentative of the organisers, said and placards, held a brief, 20- police, journalists and anti-gay Parliament lawmaker. of his expansive home in the city of Maiduguri. have not yet visited affected areas. With the after the event. “We felt like we minute-long march along a Kiev activists were essentially the only Religious activists sought to The military cut mobile phone service more phone network shut down, civilians impacted thwart the procession and two of than a week ago in much of the country’s by the fighting have been unreachable. them managed to breach a police northeast, where it has launched an offensive “Nobody can tell what is happening,” said cordon as they tried to attack the against Islamist insurgents, leaving families out Gubio, who said many of his relatives live in an gay activists but were detained. of touch and forcing hospitals to buy radios. A area south of Maiduguri where the military Some fell to their knees as they senior security source told AFP the phone net- reportedly carried out air strikes on Boko cried out “Gays out of Ukraine!” work was frozen as part of “the operational Haram camps. Around a dozen anti-gay activists strategy” to defeat Islamist extremist group The chief medical director of the University were detained in total. According Boko Haram, known to coordinate attacks by of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Abdurrahman to the organisers of the march, phone and text message. Tahir, said he has seen no rise in the number there are between one and two While the mobile cut has presented hard- of casualties brought to the hospital since the million gays and lesbians in ships, with landline service nearly non-existent offensive was launched, suggesting the con- Ukraine, which has a population in Nigeria, Gubio and others said they can cope flict has been concentrated far from the city. of some 45 million. if it leads to peace. “If it can help, let it continue, But the communication breakdown has made As in neighbouring Russia, the even for three months. I don’t care,” said Gubio, running a hospital more difficult, especially an influence of the dominant who has previously been a fierce critic of tactics emergency service which relies heavily on Orthodox Church is strong and used in the northeast by Nigeria’s military, mobile phones in an area with almost no homophobia remains widespread. accused of major abuses in its fight against functioning land lines, Tahir said. In Russia, gay rights activists also Boko Haram. Maiduguri residents have grown “We are in the process of acquiring radios,” attempted to hold unsanctioned accustomed to life amid conflict, which has he told AFP, saying the hospital was “coping” rallies outside the parliament crippled commerce and led to rolling curfews. well enough under emergency rule. With the building in Moscow and near the Suicide blasts, gun attacks, roadside bombs state of emergency imposed, activity in mayor’s office, but were detained and soldiers’ heavy-handed raids have become Maiduguri has slowed in places, including the by police. A police spokesman almost routine. The conflict is estimated to normally bustling Kolo market, a popular spot told AFP that 30 people were have left some 3,600 people dead since 2009, to eat chips and grilled fish. But life carried on detained including anti-gay including killings by the security forces. Boko with apparent calm in other neighbourhoods, activists who turned out in Haram’s insurgency has been under way since with crowds pouring towards a mosque in the protest against the rallies. Russian then, and Maiduguri was its initial home base. densely populated Post Office neighbour- gay rights activist Nikolai Bayev Recent attacks in other areas of the region hood for midday Friday prayers. praised Ukrainian authorities for led to warnings that Boko Haram had become The military had briefly imposed a 24-hour KIEV: An activist’s silhouette is seen through a rainbow flag during a gay parade yesterday. — AFP allowing the march to go ahead further emboldened, claiming control in remote curfew in parts of Maiduguri considered Boko in Kiev. “It is of course a more pro- parts of the northeast near the borders with Haram strongholds. It was later relaxed, allow- were full-fledged citizens whose street amid a heavy police pres- witnesses of the event. “Human gressive country than Russia,” he Cameroon, Chad and Niger. On May 14, ing residents to venture out in daytime hours. rights are respected,” she told ence. rights are my pride,” chanted the told AFP, adding that Russian President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state While the phone shutdown has affected AFP. The march went ahead The activists were far outnum- activists who included a delega- authorities effectively introduced of emergency in three states-Adamawa, Borno everyone, Haruna Mamuda, 30, has perhaps despite strong public resistance. bered by several hundred police tion from the southern German a blanket ban on all gay pride and Yobe. Maiduguri is the capital of Borno. His felt the impact most directly: he sells mobile City authorities had said they had and some 400-500 opponents of city of Munich, as well as gays and events. Also yesterday, activists in declaration led to the ongoing offensive, involv- phone recharge cards and, not surprisingly, received more than 500 com- the event who included religious lesbians from Denmark, Sweden, the ex-Soviet country of Georgia ing air strikes and several thousand ground the market has dried up. He said life was diffi- plaints from members of the pub- activists seeking to disrupt the Norway and the Netherlands. held a small rally outside the troops. It is aimed at re-establishing Nigeria’s cult as a result, but, like Gubio, added that he lic ahead of the planned gay march. Unlike gay pride events in “Homosexuality is not an illness” prosecutors office demanding “territorial integrity”, the military has said. was willing to make the sacrifice. “If it helps pride march, while more than 60 the West, the Kiev march was and “LGBT rights are human prosecutions for those behind the end the insurgency, I am happy with it,” he parliamentary lawmakers signed low-key and did not feature any rights” read the slogans they car- disruption of a gay rally by thou- ‘Nobody can tell what is happening’ said in the Hausa language used widely in the a letter calling for a blanket ban provocative clothing or LGBT ried. sands of ultra-conservative It seems to have so far been concentrated region. — AFP on all gay pride events in May (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and The Munich delegation led by believers last Friday. — AFP Hagel: Cadets must stamp out sex assault scourge

WEST POINT: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel America. We cannot fail each other and we can- told cadets at the US Military Academy at West not fail the men and women that we lead.” Point yesterday that they must stamp out the Hagel, who served in the Army in Vietnam, scourge of sexual assault in the military. A day took the opportunity to reflect on his own time after President Barack Obama delivered a similar in uniform and the lessons that he said must res- edict to US Naval Academy graduates, Hagel’s onate as the soldiers take on the job of helping message comes amid a series of widespread to transform the military. It was his first gradua- incidents of sexual misconduct across the armed tion address as defense chief. The graduates, he services in recent months and a new report said, must be the generation of leaders who will showing that the problem is growing. The chal- stop the debilitating and insidious threats of sui- lenge is particularly poignant for the West Point cide, sexual assault and drug and alcohol abuse crowd, since earlier in the week an Army ser- that are hurting the all-volunteer force. geant was charged with secretly photographing Wounded twice during his roughly one year and videotaping at least a dozen women at the at war, Hagel has two Purple Hearts and is the upper New York state academy, including in a first man to become secretary of defense after bathroom. “Sexual harassment and sexual serving only in the enlisted corps. Reflecting on assault in the military are a profound betrayal - a his military service, Hagel said his time in the profound betrayal - of sacred oaths and sacred Army shaped him forever. “In Vietnam, I learned trusts,” Hagel told 1,007 graduating cadets dur- that combat is a furnace that can consume you, ing a cold, rainy outdoor ceremony. “This or it can forge you into something better and scourge must be stamped out. We are all stronger than you were before,” said Hagel, who accountable and responsible for ensuring that took over the job as Pentagon chief at the end of this happens. We cannot fail the Army or February.— AP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 INTERNATIONAL ‘Black widow’ injures 18 in Russia

MAKHACHKALA: A female suicide shootout with police days after the Madina Alieva, 25, who married an the widows, or other relatives, of mili- Although Chechen separatists were bomber blew herself up in the south- April 15 bombings, spent six months in Islamist who was killed in 2009 and tants killed by security forces. Islamic battered almost a decade ago, Islamists ern Russian region of Dagestan yester- Dagestan in 2012. then wedded another Islamic radical militants are believed to convince continue to move through the region’s day injuring at least 18, including two Dagestan remains an epicenter of who was gunned down last year, police “black widows” that a suicide bombing mountains and forests with compara- children and five police officers, police violence in the confrontation between spokeswoman Fatina Ubaidatova said. will reunite them with their dead rela- tive ease despite security sweeps by said. The attacker was later identified Islamic radicals and federal forces. Since 2000, at least two dozen women, tives beyond the grave. Police said two federal forces and police under the as a widow of two Islamic radicals Islamic extremists strive to create an most of them from the Caucasus, have of the people injured in the attack were control of local leaders loyal to the killed by security forces. It was the first independent Muslim state, or “emirate,” carried out suicide bombings in in critical condition. There were no Kremlin. Human rights groups say that suicide bombing in Dagestan since the in the Caucasus and parts of southern Russian cities and aboard trains and details about the injured children. abductions, torture and extrajudicial Boston Marathon bombings last Russia with a sizable Muslim popula- planes. All were linked to an Islamic This week, a double explosion in killings of young men suspected of mil- month. The Tsarnaev brothers suspect- tion. In yesterday’s attack, the bomber insurgency that spread throughout Makhachkala killed four civilians and itant links by Russian security forces ed of carrying out those attacks are detonated an explosives-laden belt in Dagestan and the predominantly left 44 injured, while three security offi- have helped swell the rebels’ ranks. ethnic Chechens who lived in this tur- the central square in the provincial Muslim Caucasus region after two sep- cers and three suspected militants Caucasus experts say that Islamists rou- bulent Caucasus province before mov- capital, Makhachkala, Dagestan’s police aratist wars in neighboring Chechnya. have been killed in other incidents. tinely extort money from government ing to the US Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the spokesman Vyacheslav Gasanov said. The bombers are often called “black One of the devices was in a parked car officials and businessmen and attack or elder brother who was killed a The woman was identified as widows” in Russia because many are and the other was placed in a trash bin. kill those who refuse to pay. — AP Swedish riots spread beyond capital Cars, buildings torched overnight

STOCKHOLM: Riots in Sweden spread beyond the capital on yes- terday, the sixth straight night of unrest that flared in Stockholm’s immigrant-dominated suburbs and has sparked a debate over integra- tion in a country long seen as an oasis of peace. Cars and buildings were torched overnight in the medium-sized towns of Oerebro, Uppsala and Linkoeping, though tensions showed signs of easing in Stockholm’s suburbs. The unrest has sparked a debate among Swedes over the integration of immigrants, many of whom arrived GITEGA: Photo shows members of the youth league Inbonerakure during a congress under the country’s generous asy- meeting in Gitega, Burundi. —AFP lum policies, and who now make up about 15 percent of the popula- tion. Burundi’s ruling party youth Firefighters responded to about 30 or 40 incidents in the greater wing, acting with impunity Stockholm area overnight, down from 70 the night before and 90 BUJUMBURA: The tens of thousands of ment as a whole,” Interior Minister Edouard the night prior to that. “The past young men from Burundi’s ruling party, Nduwimana told civil society groups. “The night was the calmest we’ve seen notorious for their nocturnal “security Imbonerakure are affiliated to Cndd-FDD so far,” Stockholm police patrols” countrywide, are increasingly a law and as a general rule they do a very good spokesman Kjell Lindgren said. unto themselves. Overcoats draped over job in helping maintain order and security,” Police reinforcements were called STOCKHOLM: Firemen extinguish a burning car in the Stockholm suburb of Tensta after youths rioted in their shoulders hide the clubs, machetes Nduwimana said. in from Sweden’s second and third few different suburbs around Stockholm and Sweden on May 24, 2013.—AFP and rifles they carry as they patrol towns The Imbonerakure have taken on an biggest cities, Gothenburg and and villages, checking an identification ever-bigger policing role since the 2010 Malmoe-which have both experi- number of vehicles were incinerat- veillance prevented any kind of because now people know what card here, closing down a bar there. The elections, won by the Cndd-FDD and boy- enced riots in the past decade-and ed, and a nursery and a primary serious violence. The nightly riots Husby is... This is the only way to youth wing of the ruling Cndd-FDD counts cotted by the opposition. The violence that volunteers patrolling the streets to school were both set on fire. And have prompted Britain’s Foreign be heard,” said the rioter, identified tens of thousands of members who enjoy followed the elections sparked fears that restore calm had had a deterring in Uppsala, 70 kilometres north of Office and the US embassy in only by the pseudonym Kim. But a impunity even as they beat up opponents, Burundi could sink back into all out civil effect and helped reduce the vio- Stockholm, a school and a car Stockholm to issue warnings to 25-year-old who grew up in Husby run extortion rackets and engage in deadly war. But the defence and security forces, lence, Lindgren said. were set ablaze and a pharmacy their nationals, urging them to said he didn’t think the riots had vendettas. backed by the Imbonerakure, snuffed out “With the strong presence on was vandalised. avoid the affected suburbs. The anything to do with the shooting. The Imbonerakure, as the members of the fledgling rebellions before they got off the streets of the good forces, and It remained unclear whether troubles began in the suburb of “I’m not saying there are no the youth wing are known, even also act in the ground. the police reinforcements, I think the cause of the unrest in the oth- Husby, where 80 percent of inhabi- problems... but people are glorify- broad daylight-banning opposition meet- Cndd-FDD has so far refused to say how we are well on our way towards er towns was, as in Stockholm, tants are immigrants, believed to ing this a little bit,” said the man, ings, destroying opposition party flags- many men are enrolled in the calmer times in the coming days,” immigrants’ discontent, or merely be triggered by the fatal police who declined to be named, adding under the approving eye of Burundi’s Imbonerakure, which opponents call a mili- he said. Police arrested one person copycat vandalism. But Oerebro shooting of a 69-year-old Husby that many of the rioters were aged police and administration. “In some parts of tia group. The group’s members are for attempted assault and about police spokesman said he believed resident last week after the man 12 to 17. “I can imagine they get a the country the Imbonerakure are a law thought to run into the tens of thousands. 20 others were briefly detained it was the latter. wielded a machete in public. big kick out of seeing themselves unto themselves,” said Vital Nshimirimana, “Don’t be deceived. There’s nothing gratu- and then released for disturbing “I think some people are just Local activists said the shooting on TV,” he said. Due to its liberal co-ordinator of the civil society coalition itous about the Imbonerakure violence,” the peace, Lindgren said. In the taking advantage of the situation sparked anger among youths who immigration policy, Sweden has in Forsc. said Frederic Banvuginyumvira, deputy town of Oerebro, 160 kilometers to commit these crimes as a result claim to have suffered from police recent decades become one of “They have replaced the judicial authori- chairman of the Frodebu opposition party. (100 miles) west of Stockholm, of what has happened in brutality and racism. One of the Europe’s top destinations for immi- ties and the police and have taken it upon “It contributes to creating a climate of police reported a fire at a school as Stockholm and the attention that rioters in Husby told Swedish grants, both in absolute numbers themselves to ensure security, a role on terror, particularly in the countryside ahead well as several cars ablaze. A police has received,” he told TT. About Radio that racism was rampant and relative to its size. But many of which the defence and security forces are of the 2015 elections, just like what we saw officer was injured by a thrown 200 right-wing extremists were where he lived, and that violence them struggle to learn the lan- supposed to have a monopoly.” in Ivory Coast.” For him, the fact that the stone and a police station was van- reported to cruise around was his only way of being noticed. guage and find employment, Nshimirimana, whose Forsc platform Imbonerakure enjoy impunity backs up the dalised. In Linkoeping, 235 kilome- Stockholm suburbs in their cars “We burned cars, threw rocks at despite numerous government groups together more than 200 organisa- theory that they are part of an election tres southwest of the capital, a late Friday, but intense police sur- police, at police cars. But it’s good, programmes.—AFP tions, was speaking at a press conference strategy for 2015. earlier this month aimed at kickstarting a The ruling party dismisses such theories. “campaign against political intolerance in “If the Imbonerakure go unpunished, the Burundi.” blame lies with the administrative or judi- Dead baby’s dad believes in ‘divine healing’ Forsc slammed “intimidation, kidnap- cial officials whose role it is to crack down pings, assassinations, torture and other on abuses but who don’t,” said Pascal PHILADELPHIA: After their 2-year-old son died said he worried that might change amid the terms of the 10-year probation, which included abuses” perpetrated notably “by the ruling Nyabenda, the chairman of the ruling of untreated pneumonia in 2009, faith-healing more serious charges. And he feared they may an order to get their children regular checkups party youth wing”. Stung by a public outcry Cndd-FDD. “We don’t need a militia to get advocates Herbert and Catherine Schaible have supporters who would harbor them. and sick visits as needed. Catherine Schaible, 43, over recent blunders committed by the elected. The people love us and they’re promised a judge they would not let another “Throughout this country ... there are churches let her husband speak for her and never Imbonerakure, the Burundian authorities behind us all the way,” he said. But the offi- sick child go without medical care. But now like the Schaibles’ whose members and leaders addressed the judge. “It’s very clear that the law earlier this month came out in defence of cials whose job it would be to crack down they’ve lost an 8-month-old to what a prosecu- probably don’t think they did anything wrong says that religious freedom is trumped by the the youth wing. on the militia say it is not that simple. “If you tor called “eerily similar” circumstances. And and might be willing - to paraphrase the safety of a child,” Common Pleas Judge Carolyn “I call on you not to use the blunders we meddle in the affairs of the Imbonerakure instead of another involuntary manslaughter Schaibles’ pastor - to put their interpretation of Engel Temin explained. have seen to gain a political advantage, for you get transferred to the back of beyond,” charge, they’re now charged with third-degree God’s will above the law,” Common Pleas Judge But a transcript of a later probation hearing such mistakes are the fault of an individual a police officer told AFP. “We have no choice murder. Benjamin Lerner said. that year shows probation officers were con- and should not be held against the move- but to turn a blind eye.” — AFP “We believe in divine healing, that Jesus shed About a dozen children die each year in the fused by their mandate to oversee the required blood for our healing and that he died on the US when parents turn to faith healing instead of medical care and felt powerless to carry it out. cross to break the devil’s power,” Herbert medicine, typically from highly treatable prob- The family was not being monitored by child- Schaible, 44, told Philadelphia homicide detec- lems, said Shawn Francis Peters, a University of welfare workers, who are more accustomed to Trucker bumps I-5 bridge, tives after their ninth child, Brandon, died in Wisconsin lecturer who has studied faith-healing dealing with medical compliance. “I think that April. Medicine, he said, “is against our religious deaths. In Oregon, four couples from a faith- we all on the jury thought that it would not hap- sees horror behind him beliefs.” The Schaibles were ordered held without healing church have been prosecuted, the most pen again, that whatever social and legal institu- bail Friday, two days after their arrest, although recent in 2011 when a couple was sentenced to tions needed to be involved in their situation MOUNT VERNON: The trucker was hauling a was just horrified.” The truck driver works for defense lawyers argued that they are neither a more than six years in prison for manslaughter in would just take over ... and that the mandated load of drilling equipment when his load Mullen Trucking in Alberta, the Washington flight risk nor a danger to the community. the death of their newborn son. visits would be robust enough that they would bumped against the steel framework over an State Patrol said. The tractor-trailer was haul- “He is incarcerated because of his faith,” said The state legislature that year removed faith not be able to do this again,” Vincent Bertolini, a Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview ing a housing for drilling equipment south- lawyer Bobby Hoof, who described client healing as a defense to murder charges. former college professor who served as jury mirror and watched in horror as the span col- bound when the top right front corner of the Herbert Schaible’s mindset as resolute. “He’s Members of the Followers of Christ have consis- foreman at the Schaibles’ first trial, said Friday. lapsed into the water behind him. Two vehi- load struck several of the bridge’s trusses, the strong willed,” Hoof said. “(Yet) he’s mourning tently refused to speak with journalists. Defense That jury convicted the couple of involuntary cles fell into the icy Skagit River. Amazingly, patrol said. this son. He’s hurting as any dad would.” The only lawyer Mark Cogan declined to comment Friday manslaughter and child endangerment. Like nobody was killed. The three people who fell Scott, 41, remained at the scene and coop- people theoretically at risk are the couple’s sev- on whether the legal actions have changed the other cases Peters has studied, the Schaibles into the water escaped with only minor erated with investigators. He voluntarily gave en surviving children, who are now in foster practice of any church members. Some testified belong to a small, insular circle of believers. Both injuries. Officials are trying to find out a blood sample for an alcohol test and was care, the lawyers said. at the 2011 trial that they do get medical care. are third-generation members and former teach- whether the spectacular collapse of a bridge not arrested. Scott has been driving truck for A judge acknowledged that the couple had At the Schaibles’ sentencing in February 2011 ers at their fundamentalist Christian church, the on one of the West’s most important road- 20 years and hauling specialized loads for never missed a court date in the first case but in their son Kent’s death, they agreed to follow First Century Gospel Church in northeast ways was a fluke - or a sign of a bigger prob- more than 10. “He gets safety awards, safety Philadelphia. lem with thousands of bridges across the US. bonuses ... for doing all these checks, for hir- Their pastor, Nelson Clark, has said the Authorities focused first on trying to find a ing the right pilot cars and pole cars,” his wife Schaibles lost their sons because of a “spiritual temporary span for the Skagit, although it said. Initially, it wasn’t clear if the bridge just lack” in their lives and insisted they would not won’t come in time for the tens of thousands gave way on its own. But Washington State seek medical care even if another child of Memorial Day vacationers who would trav- Patrol Chief John Batiste blamed it on the appeared near death. He did not return phone el between Canada and Seattle. “You cannot too-tall load. The vertical clearance from the messages this month, but he told The overstate the importance of this corridor to roadway to the beam is 14.6 feet. Associated Press in 2011 that his church is not a Washington state,” Gov Jay Inslee said. Traffic The truck made it off the bridge, but two cult, and he faulted officials for trying to force his on I-5 and surrounding roads was backed up other vehicles went into the water about 25 members into “the flawed medical system,” for miles, a situation the governor said would feet below as the structure crumbled. Dan which he blamed for 100,000 deaths a year. continue indefinitely. Sligh and his wife were in their pickup head- Officials were looking for a temporary, pre- ing to a camping trip when he said the bridge “These are people who have been brought fabricated bridge to replace the 160-foot sec- before them disappeared in a “big puff of up in these communities; their beliefs are rein- tion that failed, Inslee said Friday. If one is dust.” “I hit the brakes and we went off,” Sligh forced every day,” Peters said. “They’re not found, it could be in place in weeks. If not, it told reporters from a hospital. Bryce Kenning, trained intellectually to question these doc- could be months before a replacement can of Mount Vernon, said the bridge seemed to trines, where the rest of us might engage in criti- be built, the governor said. The spectacular explode in front of him. The 20-year-old cal inquiry, weighing the benefits of medicine collapse unfolded about 7 pm Thursday on slammed the brakes and could see the edge versus the benefits of prayer.” A handful of fami- the north end of the four-lane bridge near of the pavement approaching, but there was lies, including one in western Pennsylvania, have Mount Vernon, about 60 miles north of nothing he could do. “It was like time was lost two children after attempts at faith healing, Seattle and 40 miles south of the Canada bor- frozen - like a roller coaster where you’re not according to Peters, who wrote “When Prayer der. attached to the tracks,” Kenning said in a Fails: Faith Healing, Children and the Law.” Peters “He looked in the mirrors and it just phone interview. “I’m sure it was just one of isn’t sure that courts have the means to prevent dropped out of sight,” Cynthia Scott, the wife the loudest sounds ever to hear this thing the problem, since such people don’t fear legal of truck driver William Scott, said from the explode and fall into the water like that, but I punishment, only Judgment Day. Some believe couple’s home near Spruce Grove, Alberta. “I didn’t hear a thing. I just witnessed it happen- This undated file photo combination provided by the Philadelphia Police Department shows death “is a good outcome,” given their belief in spoke to him seconds after it happened. He ing in front of me.” —AP Herbert and Catherine Schaible. — AP the afterlife, he said.—AP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

MOORE: Teachers and students at Plaza school were ages 8 and 9. “These kids are uation. Then attention turned to the sky. School counselor Kristin Atchley said sur- out,” Atchley said. Simpson, sobbing, said Towers Elementary School hunkered down close. They grew up in one neighborhood. When the sirens blared, the principal viving class members could tell while still she had already been to three funerals and against the storm just as they had been They play in the streets. They play in the walked the school to make sure everyone trapped in the rubble who wasn’t going to will have gone to four more by the end of taught in countless tornado drills, their creek. They have their own little communi- was prepared. “Teachers were rubbing kids make it. “They knew before they got pulled the week. —AP principal said Friday, recounting how she ty, even more so in the classroom,” second- on the back, singing songs,” while the stu- walked the halls until the twister was on grade teacher Amy Eischen said. dents were crouched with their hands the doorstep, then announced on the The Moore School District canceled its behind their necks, Simpson said. When intercom, “It’s here.” In a pause-filled recol- school year after the tornado hit Plaza Simpson got to her office, a fifth-grade lection that left many weeping, Amy Towers and the Briarwood school, where teacher told her the storm was just south- Simpson said at a news conference that all students survived. District officials and west of the school. “I got on the intercom her teachers emerged battered after doing teachers met with pupils and their parents and said, ‘It’s here,’” Simpson said. what they could to save every child in the Thursday to give everyone a chance to say She rode out the storm in a bathroom. Oklahoma school. Still, seven second- and goodbye before heading into summer “You feel things trickling down on you third-graders were among the 24 killed vacation. Simpson said that, having been from the ceiling, then those things when the top-of-the scale EF5 tornado born and raised in Oklahoma, she knew become chunks of things,” Simpson said. “I with 210 mph winds struck Moore on what it meant to deal with tornadoes. The yelled and said, ‘In God’s name, go away!’ I Monday. state, in the heart of Tornado Alley, has yelled it about four times. And then it was “The teachers covered themselves in averaged more than 50 tornadoes per year gone.” While debris was still flying, debris while they were covering their since record-keeping began in 1950. Simpson said, she told others, “I’ve got to babies. And I believe that is why so many “Not one parent blamed us because get to the kids. I got out of the bathroom of us survived that day, because the teach- they’re Oklahomans, too, and they know and the whole neighborhood was gone.” ers were able to act quickly, stay calm and what a tornado means and they know She quickly tended to the younger stu- take literally the weight of a wall onto their what it means in school,” Simpson said. dents then saw that students in grades 4, 5 bodies to save those that were under “We practice our procedures. We get in our and 6 were heading to a nearby church. them,” said Simpson, a native of the city of safest places.” Simpson said teachers and She asked her husband to help the sec- MOORE: Ashlyn Kelley, age eleven, who is in the fifth grade and was in about 56,000. The tornado was on the students had spent much of Monday ond- and third-graders - she hadn’t seen the Plaza Towers elementary school when the Moore tornado hit, ties ground for 40 minutes and left a 17-mile morning celebrating their achievements any of them yet. They were in a part of the stuffed animals to the perimeter fence as a memorial to the seven stu- path of destruction. Its victims at the and practicing this year’s sixth-grade grad- school that was particularly hard-hit. dents who died, at the school in Moore, Okla.— AP Argentina marks ten Mexico: Far fewer people years of Kirchner rule BUENOS AIRES: The “Era K,” as the decade- street riots and led to a historic default on its disappeared than feared old rule of Cristina Kirchner and her late hus- $132 billion foreign debt. band Nestor is known in Argentina, is show- As president, Nestor Kirchner responded ing its age. Together the couple have domi- by slashing deficits through aggressive tax Mexico fears immigrants lured by drug cartels nated Argentina since Nestor Kirchner was collection and controlling government first elected president on May 25, 2003, with spending, while at the same time rejecting MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s top security official said same period of 2012. He said figures show flying deportees to their home cities rather Cristina by his side, leading the country out IMF austerity plans and pouring funds into Friday that far fewer people disappeared dur- about 34 drug-related killings per day so far in than releasing them in border towns where of a devastating economic crisis to a heady social welfare programs. The economy took ing Mexico’s drug war than were feared when May, down from 41 in the same period in 2012. they could be targets for recruitment by drug period of surging growth. off, with annual growth rates of 8.9 percent the government released a list of about 26,000 However, experts have questioned what gangs. “If you send people back, at least give Cristina, who succeeded Nestor in 2007, in the early years, said Roberto Lavagna, cases. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio they say is atypical behavior in the statistics. me minimal information to know who you’re has had a more turbulent ride, weathering Kirchner’s economy minister and a key fig- Chong said federal and state governments are The Interior Department reported in April that deporting, and send them where I ask you to,” her husband’s death of a heart attack in ure in the turnaround. But after 2007 growth working to weed out people who have been drug-related deaths fell 14 percent from said Osorio Chong. He said that if they’re simply 2010 as she presided over a flagging econo- subsided to 3.8 percent. located. He noted that many of those included December to March, as compared to the same dumped at the border, “the drug cartels are my that now appears threatened by high “There is no such thing as the on the original list of 26,121 released earlier period a year earlier. But non-drug-related going to grab them. They (the migrants) are inflation. Rising corruption, crime, and her Kirchnerista decade, except on the calendar,” this year had left home for personal reasons or deaths rose by 6.8 percent during the same going to try to cross again, or they’re going to increasingly authoritarian tone are addition- said Lavagna, a centrist who now opposes emigrated. He says a new list will be released period, raising the question of whether some join organized crime.” al signs that the country may be nearing the President Cristina Kirchner. “The fact is there with a few months and “it will be much lower.” deaths were reclassified to improve the coun- The interior minister also defended Mexico’s end of a major political cycle, critics say. “It were two very distinct periods, with very dif- The list was compiled by the administration of try’s image and to help President Enrique Pena new policy of channeling all cross-border intel- was extraordinary what they did in human ferent policies and also results,” he said. In a former President Felipe Calderon, and largely Nieto appear to meet a key campaign pledge: ligence sharing through a single office, rather rights and economics,” said sociologist Jorge recent report, the consulting firm covers disappearance reports from his 2006- to reduce drug-related violence. than allowing each Mexican agency to commu- Giacobbe, who also consults for corruption Abeceb.com said the high growth, low infla- 2102 term. Osorio Chong said some of the peo- Osorio Chong responded to those doubts by nicate with its US counterpart, as in the past. watchdog Transparency International. tion of the first stage has given way to a peri- ple on the list had returned to their families, saying “we don’t make up statistics,” and offered Osorio Chong said the previous policy had “But in speeches, Cristina offends people, od of “scarcity” marked by currency controls, but relatives never bothered to cancel the origi- to arrange a meeting between reporters and encouraged organizational infighting in the she is abusive, she fights against farmers import restrictions and high inflation. nal missing person report. experts who compiled the death tolls, to dis- Mexican government. “It looked like a big dis- and the press, and she does not tolerate crit- Polls show that inflation is the biggest The issue has become a sensitive one in cuss the methodology used. He also said pute, with agencies fighting among them- icism,” he added. It’s a long way from 2003, issue for voters ahead of mid-term elections Mexico, where kidnappings are rife and thou- Mexico had requested changes both in the way selves.” “Now, we are being more effective than when Nestor Kirchner and his wife-onetime in October. The inflation rate is around 20 sands of people say their relatives have been it shares intelligence with the United States, ever, the United States has more information leftist Peronist activists-appeared on the percent, among the highest in Latin abducted by drug gangs. Osorio Chong also and the way the US deports migrants. Mexico than it did before,” he said. “Ask them. Ask them scene at a low point in Argentine history. America-or half of that, if government statis- claimed that the number of deaths related to has requested the United States no longer just if we’re not being faster, more agile in informa- The country had had three presidents in two tics are to be believed. The fallout from infla- the drug war has been steadily dropping, and dump migrants at the border, but rather advise tion sharing.” The US embassy had no immedi- years amid an economic crisis that ignited tion is evident everywhere. — AFP he expects that by the end of the month, fig- Mexico about who is being deported, and in ate response to the interior minister’s state- ures would be about 20 percent lower than the some cases arrange for “interior deportation,” ments. — AP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital Afghan security forces hailed after Kabul attack KABUL: A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives- rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan’s capital yesterday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taleban assault on an inter- national compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers. Another blast in the country’s east killed 12 people at a mosque during evening prayers late Friday. Authorities in Ghazni province say explosives transported by suspect- ed Taleban fighters accidentally detonated while they were stopped at a mosque. In Kabul, a man wearing an explosives-filled vest died when the vest went off as he left a home in the capital’s southeast, police spokesman KABUL: Afghan volunteers and Yazmany Arboleda (right) the organizer for “We Hashmatullah Stanekzai said. No Believe In Balloons” pose for a group picture during the preparation yesterday.— AFP one else was killed or wounded, but the accidental detonation may have averted another attack in the After Kabul attacks, city, which has seen two deadly suicide attacks in just over a week. On Friday afternoon, a suicide 10,000 peace balloons car bomber kicked off an assault KABUL: An Afghan police officer investigates the site of an attack yesterday. — AP targeting a guest house for aid US-led military coalition will leave Taleban insurgency as NATO-led said that doubts remained whether KABUL: After a day of explosions and gunfire, ing-the start of the Afghan working week- workers with the International by the end of next year, more than troops withdraw by the end of it was the specific target of the residents of Kabul woke up yesterday morn- more than 100 young Kabul artists and stu- Organization for Migration. Kabul a dozen years after launching the 2014. The police, army and special attack. “It could have been an NDS ing to be greeted by a public art project in dents distributed the bright pink balloons to police yesterday raised the siege war to topple the Taleban regime forces are being trained up by the (National Directorate of Security which volunteers handed out 10,000 neon- workers, shoppers and families living in the death toll from two to four, includ- over its sheltering of Al-Qaeda’s international coalition, but there spy agency) building next door,” pink “peace” balloons. Organised by Yazmany dusty capital. ing a 6-year-old child, two com- leadership. are widespread fears that they will IOM spokesman Richard Danziger Arboleda, a 31-year-old conceptual artist At distribution points in the city centre pound guards and one policeman. In the eastern province of not be able to impose security told AFP. from the United States, the project was an beginning at 07:00 am, adults were given one All six of the attackers were killed, Ghazni, another explosion at a after 12 years of war. The Taleban claimed the attack unusual attempt to bring a dose of creativity balloon each and encouraged to keep them one in the bomb and five more in local mosque killed four civilians “The fact that our special force was against a guesthouse allegedly and fun to the Afghan capital, which has been until the end of the day. “The balloons are not an hours-long shootout with police and eight militants during Friday police kept the civilian casualties to used by Afghan and US intelli- wrecked by decades of war. The timing of the worth any money but they are distributed in in the upscale neighborhood that night prayers, local official Qasim a minimum was a great success,” gence staff. Danziger added that event, which had been kept secret, came just the cause of peace so we admire this initia- is home to the United Nations’ Desewal said yesterday. He said interior ministry spokesman Sediq one Italian female staff member hours after Taleban militants had launched a tive,” said Waheedullah Nizami, a soldier who office as well as the headquarters that the Taleban had apparently Sediqqi told a news conference in badly wounded by a grenade blast major suicide and gun attack on a compound received a balloon. of the Afghan Public Protection stopped at the mosque in Andar Kabul. “The attackers were brain- was evacuated to Europe of the International Organization for But Haji Mohammad Khan, 62, selling Force and a hospital run by the district while traveling and the washed to kill our people... but our overnight. Migration (IOM) in central Kabul. bananas on the street, dismissed the idea, National Directorate for Security. explosives they were carrying went forces contained and killed them. A total of 17 people were One police officer was killed and five gun- saying: “What’s the benefit of this? It is not Four IOM workers were wound- off while they were inside. There were four attackers with wounded, including seven men were shot dead in several hours of vio- going to help bring peace here.” Arboleda, ed including an Italian woman Meanwhile, the Afghan govern- heavy and light weapons.” Nepalese guards and one eight- lence as security forces hunted down the who is based in New York, has arranged simi- badly burned by a grenade, the aid ment lauded its security forces yes- Sediqqi said one insurgent det- year-old Afghan boy. Also on attackers, with bursts of gunfire and grenade lar balloon projects in Nairobi in Kenya, group said. The siege came eight terday for beating back a Taleban onated himself at the entrance of Friday evening, a large explosion blasts heard across the city late into the Bangalore in India and Yamaguchi in Japan. days after another suicide car assault on central Kabul that left the IOM compound at the start of inside a mosque in Ghazni evening. “I did think of calling it off last night Called “We Believe In Balloons”, the event bomb hit a US military convoy, one policeman, two civilians and fighting, which eventually left sev- province killed eight Taleban and but all the volunteers insisted it continued,” was paid for by individuals and groups killing two US soldiers, four all four militants dead. Explosions eral buildings destroyed or dam- three civilians. The provincial gov- Arboleda said. “I could hear explosions from around the world sponsoring each balloon American contractors and nine rocked the city for several hours on aged by rocket-propelled ernment said the bomb, hidden in my house but everyone was just ignoring for $1. “I tell people that this balloon is to Afghan bystanders. Friday after insurgents launched a grenades, gunfire and explosions. fuel jugs, exploded accidentally them and doing the last-minute preparations bring a smile to your face,” said Nargis Protecting major population coordinated suicide and gun attack “The gunmen moved to four other when insurgents were praying with unaffected.” Azaryoon, one of the volunteers. “I want to centers like Kabul is one of the centred on a compound of the buildings. The fight continued till villagers. The continuing threat to “They said that this is what happens in see my people happy.” The continuing threat most visible tests for Afghan secu- International Organization for 11:00 pm, and the three remaining Kabul was underlined yesterday their city, and they have to get on with their in Kabul was underlined when a suicide rity forces’ ability to keep security Migration (IOM). attackers were killed,” he said. when a suicide bomber killed him- lives. How people have embraced this shows bomber killed himself in the south of the city now that international combat The effectiveness of Afghan The IOM, a UN-affiliated body self in the south of the city as he how much creativity, positivity and love there yesterday morning when he was preparing forces are pulling back ahead of security forces is crucial to the gov- that works to improve manage- was preparing explosives, police is here despite everything.” Yesterday morn- explosives, police said.— AFP the 2014 withdrawal. Most of the ernment’s ability to defeat the ment of cross-border migration, said.—Agencies Foreign workers’ spouses often get stuck in limbo

SEATTLE: Looking back now, Pallavi Dua admits with an MBA I’d be able to find work,” she said. But nonimmigrant visa that allows them to work, such she wasn’t prepared for the frustration of being once she was here, the idea of taking it easy went as an F-1 student visa or even their own H-1B. But surrounded by jobs for which she easily qualified out the window as boredom set in. The few people sponsoring foreign workers for employment visas but which were off-limits to her under US immi- she knew in the Seattle area - including her hus- is a huge effort on the part of the employer, is gration laws. The wife of a Microsoft software engi- band - had jobs to go to each day. And her lack of costly and complex. And while an American hired neer here on an H-1B visa, Dua’s status as an H-4 a driver’s license and unfamiliarity with the area today can start work tomorrow, an H-1B hire visa spouse did not permit her to work in the US or meant there was little to keep her occupied. “I requires an application fee that typically costs get a Social Security number - leaving her finan- went from this mode of getting married and all about $2,300, plus attorney fees. What’s more, with cially dependent on her husband. the attention that goes with that to being stuck in demand high, there are no guarantees they’ll get a It’s a reality for the 27-year-old, who holds an the house where all you do is wait for your hus- visa once they submit their application in April MBA and for three years worked as a business ana- band to come home. and employers can’t bring the employee onboard lyst in New Delhi before joining her husband here “I didn’t think it would be this bad.” Advocates until October of that year. two years ago. Dua is part of a select group of for- have long fretted that the legal restrictions on H- Gaining work authorization through her hus- eign residents, almost all of them women, more 4s turn spouses into involuntary housewives. band’s green card petition is at least six years than half, like her, South Asian, and many of them “Individuals on H-4 visas pay a heavy price for the away, she predicts. She had tried, without success, holding at least one advanced degree. While they privilege of living in the US and being with their to find an employer willing to sponsor her for an wait, a lucky few persuade US employers to apply spouses,” said Tahmina Watson, an immigration H-1B visa. “The first question (employers) ask is ‘are on their behalf for an H-1B visa. Many others, like attorney in Seattle. “The restrictions on their daily you authorized to work in the US?’ “ she said. Dua, take college courses, adding to the degrees lives are almost oppressive.” But Ira Mehlman, “Sometimes the application gets rejected right they already have. Still others do volunteer work, spokesman for the Federation for American there and then. I got one or two companies that start families or simply stay home. Immigration Reform, characterizes this as “back- were ready to talk to me but said they don’t spon- There’s some hope for them in a sweeping and door expansion, where you get two for the price of sor H-1Bs.” controversial immigration bill introduced in one.” “The condition under which you agree to In January 2012, five months after she arrived, Congress last month that would grant work come to this country is that you can bring your she began taking courses toward a master’s authorization to those whose home countries offer spouse but they’re not eligible to work,” he said. degree in information systems at a university in reciprocal treatment to the spouses of US citizen “We need to hold people to the bargains they Seattle. Another master’s degree, she admits, was- workers. make.” Each year, US employers use nonimmigrant n’t in the cards. “When I completed my master’s in In Dua’s case, India is not one of them. The 844- H-1B visas to hire 85,000 foreign workers into spe- India, I thought that was it. I feel working gives you page bill, which covers issues ranging from legal cialty jobs. The visa is good for three years and more experience than studying. But there was status for those in the country unlawfully to dou- renewable for another three, with most workers nothing better to do so I had no choice but to bling the number of H-1B visas for skilled workers, applying during that six-year window for perma- study.” KANDY: In this photograph taken on May 24, 2013, Sri Lankan Buddhist monk is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary nent residency, or green cards. Recognizing the H-4’s restrictions, Ananya Bowatte Indaratna is engulfed in flames after he set himself on fire in the central Committee this week. Testifying on the bill last Green cards are distributed on a per-country Rabeya considered it her last resort in a race town of Kandy. — AFP month, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said basis and because of the large number of appli- against time to remain legally in the US. The 29- H-4 spouses tend to be “well-educated ... and able cants from places such as China and India, the year-old Bangladeshi met her husband online in to contribute productively to the economy.” backlog for visas coming available for applicants 2007 when he was working as a software engineer Lanka monk fights for Prohibiting them from working, he said, causes from those countries can stretch for years, even on an H-1B visa in Seattle and she had just gradu- “financial, personal and other hardships for decades. H-1B workers are allowed under law to ated from the University of Central Oklahoma. She employees and causes recruitment and retention bring their spouses and children, estimated at moved to Washington to be closer to him, life after suicide bid problems for employers.” When she was planning about 1.1 dependents per H-1B candidate. They enrolling at Eastern Washington University to pur- her move to the US, Dua said, she envisioned tak- can apply for a work permit only when a green sue a master’s degree in mathematics and taking a COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan monk was outside the Temple of the Tooth in ing a year off to relax, even as her husband urged card becomes available for the H-1B worker and graduate instructor position. fighting for his life yesterday, a day after Kandy, 72 miles (115 kilometres) east of her to do more to prepare - like looking into they obtain permanent residency at the same time During the summers, she taught math at setting himself on fire to protest the the capital Colombo, the monk said he potential jobs or taking the GMAT for graduate the H-1B holder does. Lakeside School. And for a year after she graduat- slaughter of cattle, an official said. was also against proselytising by school. To overcome the employment ban, many try to ed from EWU in 2011, she taught at The Northwest Bowatte Indaratna, 30, was flown to the Christian groups. His unannounced “In the back of my mind, I was confident that change their status from H-4 to another type of School, which she’d hoped would sponsor her for main National Hospital in Colombo from protest came as the country celebrated an H-1B visa. “For me working was crucial,” Rabeya the pilgrim town of Kandy where he Wesak, the commemoration of the birth, said. “We are a family of two ... with pretty strong doused himself with gasoline and set enlightenment and the death of the family ties back in Bangladesh and family mem- himself alight on Friday in front of Buddha, in the Buddhist-majority coun- bers who depend on us. There’s no way I could stunned Buddhist devotees. “He is in a try which marks the occasion with two afford to sit around and not work.” very serious condition with 95 percent days of holidays. But after the H-1B option at Northwest fell burns,” hospital spokeswoman Pushpa Eating meat is common in Buddhist through, Rabeya began a frantic search for an Soysa told AFP. “We have sedated him Sri Lanka, although according to the reli- employer to sponsor her for an H-1B visa. In cover and he is fighting for his life.” gion killing animals is a sin. Animal letters, she disclosed her need for H-1B sponsor- A local television channel showed the rights groups have tried unsuccessfully ship. She knew she was asking a lot - trying to per- dramatic images of the monk using a to secure a ban on meat eating in Sri suade private schools and community colleges to cigarette lighter to set himself ablaze Lanka. An animal rights activist said she sponsor her for an employment visa without hav- and bystanders, including police throw- did not condone the monk’s action, but ing seen her work. ing buckets of water to put out the she added that the unprecedented She married in 2011 and by September the fol- lowing year, with no employment in the offing and flames. “This is a sacrifice of a life. This is move demonstrated the anger towards her time to remain legally running out, Rabeya not a suicide,” the monk told the local the inhuman treatment of animals. The switched to H-4. It will take at least four years Swarnavahini television cameraman monk’s attempt at immolation came before she’ll be able to apply for work authoriza- minutes before the self-immolation bid. amid rising religious tensions after tion through her husband’s employment-based “There are over 5,000 cattle slaughtered Buddhist extremists campaigned to boy- green-card petition. “Everything is so uncertain,” in Sri Lanka each morning and it must cott halal-slaughtered meat as well as she said. “Now I’m waiting for that to come stop.” other products that carry a halal certifi- WASHINGTON: Pallavi Dua, 27, is photographed in her home, in Issaquah, Washington. —MCT through so I can start working.”—MCT In a leaflet distributed to devotees cate. —AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Ex-Guatemala prez extradited to US Portillo faces laundering charges of $70m

GUATEMALA CITY: Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laun- dering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through US bank accounts. The former president was taken from a military hospital where he was recov- ering from liver surgery and a heart condition and put on a plane, accord- ing to his lawyer Mauricio Berreondo. He said the plane was bound for New York, where he is also charged with embezzling $1.5 million in foreign donations intended to buy school library books in Guatemala. “I blame the government for what MASINLOC: Fishermen Richard Caneda (background) and Julius Sumaling in front of could happen to him,” Berreondo said. Sumaling’s fishing ship in Masinloc, Philippines.— MCT “Portillo is sick and there are several pending appeals.” He said one appeal had to do with establishing the state In a disputed reef, Philippines of Portillo’s health. Deputy Foreign Minister Rita Claverie said that both sees face of Chinese dominance the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court had notified the MASINLOC: The fishermen were sailing the lights shining, it looked like an illuminated government there are no pending azure waters off the Philippine coast when city at sea. Fishermen say the shoal was appeals in his case. Portillo, who was Richard Caneda saw the morning sunlight where they went to get the biggest and best Guatemala’s president from 2000 to glinting off a vessel “bigger than the biggest fish: Spanish mackerel, Pacific cod, tuna and 2004, was taken out of the hospital on GUATEMALA: A man holds a portrait of Juan Perez who disappeared during the internal armed conflict, ship in the Philippine navy.” Caneda could see lapu lapu, a giant grouper. A 25-man ship orders of Interior Secretary Mauricio during a protest against the quashing of the 80-year sentence for genocide of former Guatemalan dictator a red Chinese flag. The words “Chinese could bring back $17,000 worth of fish in a Lopez Bonilla, Berreondo said. General Efrain Rios Montt outside Constitutional Court (CC) of Guatemala on May 24, 2013 in Guatemala Maritime Surveillance” were written on the single trip. An Associated Press reporter saw a city.— AFP ship’s side. The ship came close enough that “The income from fishing is cut in half,” small white jet carrying Portillo, 61, Caneda could see crew members on deck said Julius Sumaling, a fishing boat captain dressed in a black sweatshirt take off to the government. “It comes at Human rights activist Claudia leaving office in 2004, Portillo fled to making hand gestures as though to shoo who says it’s not worth the gas anymore to go late morning local time. “This decision moment when the government is Samayoa said the extradition comes Mexico, where he began working as a away a fly. Caneda, who had moved from the out with his ship, the San Pedro, now docked is an important affirmation of the rule under a lot of criticism and this is as a distraction away from the case of financial adviser for a construction fishing boat to a tiny skiff to haul in nets left south of Masinloc, a town of 51,000 on the of law and due process in Guatemala,” something they can point to as an Rios Montt. Samayoa was one of materials company. out overnight, soon saw a large gun mounted coast. Joseph Morate, who sells squid at the the US Embassy in Guatemala said in example of them being serious about about 2,000 people who marched He was extradited from Mexico to on the ship’s deck pivoting directly toward main market in Masinloc, said he took his 15- a statement. “We commend the fighting crime and adhering to the Friday to protest the annulment of Guatemala in 2008 to face embezzle- him. A helicopter whirred overhead. year-old daughter out of school because he Guatemalan authorities in the rule of law,” Shifter said. Guatemala Rios Montt’s conviction. “Extraditing ment charges at home. Portillo was The fishermen fled, leaving their nets and could no longer afford the $4 a day in trans- strengthening of rule of law and the has been struggling to build a credi- him today was to distract people from found not guilty in 2011 in Guatemala catch behind. “We were scared. We were portation costs and needed her to baby-sit fight against organized crime and cor- ble justice system, including with the (Rios Montt’s) trial, which has been in of charges that he stole $15 million angry. We were frustrated. That is our liveli- younger children. ruption.” In brief remarks to a local help of a U.N.-sanctioned team of the news for weeks,” she said. from the country’s Defense hood,” Caneda, 34, a now-unemployed father “All I have to sell is squid because the radio station, Portillo said his extradi- international prosecutors. In the US case, Portillo allegedly Department during his presidency. of three who lives in a shantytown in Chinese are chasing us away from the quality tion was illegal. For Oscar Vasquez, director of the deposited the money in Miami and In 2010, police captured Portillo at Masinloc, said of the November encounter. It fish,” Morate said. At the main market, many “This is a kidnapping,” he said. non-governmental organization transferred it to a Paris account in the a beach preparing to flee Guatemala happened near the reef known as of the white tile tables where fish used to be Portillo was turned over to US author- Citizen Action, Portillo’s extradition name of his ex-wife and daughter. by boat, a day after US authorities Scarborough Shoal, 130 miles off the coast of displayed are now mostly empty or used by ities in the same week that the high shows the difficulties the country’s Guatemala’s highest court upheld the charged him with laundering money. the Philippines’ largest island, Luzon, and vendors selling meat. court threw out a genocide convic- justice system is facing. “As in the case extradition last August after it was While running for president in barely 200 miles from Manila, the Philippine Luz Farones Macario, whose husband runs tion in another high-profile case of genocide in Guatemala, the justice granted by former President Alvaro Guatemala in 1999, Portillo acknowl- capital. Claimed by both China and the one of the biggest fishing fleets in Masinloc, against an ex-president, former dicta- system shows signs of chaos, confu- Colom as he left office in 2011. edged he had killed two of his former Philippines, the mostly underwater reef has with three large boats, now sells frozen chick- tor Efrain Rios Montt. That decision sion and disorder, given that we no Portillo has called the proceedings students while a professor in the come to represent the dangers of Chinese en legs. that has been widely questioned and longer know who is right, the state for a political reprisal by powerful Mexican state of Guerrero in 1982. He expansionism. “All of these aisles were full of fish. Now, no criticized, including in the United extraditing him or his defense Guatemalan businessmen and the US said the killings were in self-defense “Scarborough today - tomorrow the more,” she said. “Why are the Chinese being States. For Michael Shifter, president lawyers,” Vasquez said. government for not bending to their and he fled the state because he could world,” read banners at an anti-China demon- so selfish when there is so much fish in the of the Inter-American Dialogue, a “It seems that we are left to rely on interests. He has also said the court not get a fair trial. The case has since stration last year in Manila. In its quest to sea?” According to Filipinos, the generations Washington-based think tank, the justice of others,” he added, refer- agreeing to his extradition constitutes been closed, and he can no longer be become a maritime power and to tap poten- of fishing at the shoal were interrupted only Portillo’s extradition comes as a relief ring to the United States. a violation of his human rights. Upon charged in those killings. —AP tial undersea oil and gas reserves, China is when the reef was used as a firing range. It is asserting sovereignty over various islands, more than 500 miles from the southern tip of rocks and reefs dangerously close to the China’s southernmost island, Hainan. Seoul press wary shores of Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Beijing, however, has produced records Brunei, Vietnam, Indonesia and the showing that the territory was explored and over N Korea Philippines. Beijing and Taipei, Taiwan, con- charted as far back as 1279 by the 13th centu- demned the Philippines last Friday for the ry astronomer Guo Shoujing, who surveyed dialogue offer shooting death of a Taiwanese fisherman in the region for the emperor Kublai Khan. the disputed waters of the South China Sea. China has produced a U-shaped map that SEOUL: South Korea’s press yesterday expressed skepti- Philippine authorities said a coast guard ship gives it sovereignty over almost all the South cism over an apparent offer by North Korea that it was fired on the Taiwanese vessel a day earlier, China Sea up to the borders of Vietnam, willing to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks. but only in an attempt to disable the engine Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia. North Korean special envoy Choe Ryong-Hae met Chinese to prevent being rammed. Shen Dingli, an international relations President Xi Jinping on Friday and reportedly handed him Along with Japan’s Senkaku islands expert at Shanghai’s Fudan University, says a letter from leader Kim Jong-Un in a sign Pyongyang (known as Diaoyu to the Chinese), the the Philippines did not actively assert its may be backing away from confrontation with the inter- Scarborough Shoal is the area’s most hotly claim to the shoal until 1992. “For a long time, national community. contested territory, the scene of dozens of China has claimed all rocks in the entire South Choe told Xi that North Korea was willing to take posi- too-close calls during the last year. For more China Sea,” Shen said, speaking at an interna- tive actions to solve problems through dialogue, China’s than a year, Chinese ships have patrolled tional conference last week in Seoul. “Prior to official Xinhua news agency said, after months of high Scarborough Shoal, chasing away Philippine 1992, the Philippines made no official dis- tensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile tests. Choe fisherman and maintaining what Philippine agreement, so we view it as a virtual admis- was quoted as saying dialogue included the long-stalled Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario calls “a sion of China’s claim.” six-party talks aimed at persuading Pyongyang to aban- de facto occupation.” The Chinese have also denied using force, don its nuclear programme, chaired by China and also Despite pledges of neutrality from saying the ships it dispatches belong only to attended by South Korea, the United States, Russia and Washington, the dispute could easily entan- China Marine Surveillance and the Fisheries OSAKA: South Korean former sex slaves Kim Bok-dong (center left) and Kil Won-ok Japan. gle the United States, resurrecting Cold War Law Enforcement Command, civilian agencies (center right) arrive for a meeting with supporters yesterday. — AP “North Korea appears to be backing away from alliances and putting to the test the Obama that are not supposed to carry weapons. provocative acts and extending an olive branch,” South administration’s so-called pivot toward Asia. Photographs in Chinese state media, howev- Korea’s largest circulation daily Chosun Ilbo said in an edi- For most of the 20th century, the US Navy er, clearly show some of the marine surveil- Japan mayor to apologise torial. “But we must not leap to a conclusion that North had its largest overseas base at nearby Subic lance ships with guns mounted on their Korea is seriously minded to come to the dialogue table Bay in the Philippines, and the Navy used to decks. Experts in maritime law say part of the to US over brothels advice for denuclearisation. It is more interested in mollifying an conduct firing exercises at Scarborough issue is that China is a much older country angry China. Shoal. Feeling that the Americans had worn than its neighbors, with a more meticulous OSAKA: A Japanese politician who drew fire from countries under Japan’s rule in the 1930s “North Korea has offered talks for talks’ sake and it has out their welcome, Manila asked the Navy to system of record-keeping. for calling “comfort women” a wartime neces- and 1940s as well as from the US. Most histo- no intention to disarm. No matter what kind of dialogue leave in 1992. But last year, a few U.S. vessels “The Philippines didn’t even have a central sity has been forced to apologise for suggest- rians agree the Asian women were pressed may take place down the road, the North must not be were readmitted on a rotating basis, and government until Spanish colonial times,” said ing US soldiers in Okinawa visit brothels to into sexual slavery for the Japanese imperial allowed to play for time.” There was no comment from the Filipinos increasingly are expressing regret Carlyle Thayer, professor emeritus at the vent their violent frustrations. Osaka Mayor army. South Korean government but Yonhap news agency said about the American departure. “If the Australian Defense Force Academy. “The local Toru Hashimoto had suggested that US ser- Hashimoto has insisted Japan’s soldiers officials were mostly sceptical. “Who would believe what Americans were still at Subic Bay, the Chinese Malay people didn’t keep records the way the vicemen in the southern prefecture of were not unique in brutalising women. He the North said now after it said so many times it will push wouldn’t dare do this to us,” Caneda said. In Chinese did. “But the fact that you have Okinawa, where relations are frequently test- was scheduled to meet a pair of former so- through with a policy of promoting both nuclear buildup January, the Philippines asked a United records doesn’t extinguish the rights of the ed by violent crimes including rapes and called comfort women on Friday, but the eld- and economic development?” said one government offi- Nations tribunal to determine the status of native people,” Thayer said. assaults, patronise legal sex businesses there. erly South Korean women cancelled over cial quoted by Yonhap. The Joongang Ilbo also said it the reef. But the process could take years, and The name Scarborough comes from a boat As the remark triggered disgust in the fears of becoming political pawns in a long- remained unclear whether North Korea would come back China has indicated it will not abide by the that was shipwrecked there in 1784. Filipinos United States and outrage in Okinawa, running diplomatic dispute that has stoked to the six-party dialogue but its latest gesture meant it decision. also call it the Bajo de Masinloc - a name that Hashimoto said he would retract it at a press tensions between Tokyo and Seoul. “You has “not lost touch with reality to step back when neces- In the meantime, the Philippines finds dates to Spanish colonial times - while the conference scheduled tomorrow at the should choose your politicians more wisely,” sary”. itself outgunned, outmaneuvered and out- Chinese have named it Huangyan, or “Yellow Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Tokyo. “The said Kim Bok-dong, one of the two elderly “Since it detonated a nuclear device in February, spent. The Chinese have run a rope across the Rock.” phrase ‘sex businesses’ was inappropriate,” he women speaking at a meeting with support- North Korea said it won’t discuss denuclearisation and mouth of a lagoon inside the triangular- By many accounts, the reef was a favorite said in a programme by YTV broadcaster. “I ers yesterday. that any future talks with the US would be strictly about shaped shoal, where Filipinos have fished for fishing spot for numerous groups for years, must apologise to the US military and “It is strange that such a man could mutual disarmament.” The United States and its allies generations, and in recent weeks have and relations were friendly enough that fish- American people and retract my comment” at become a mayor,” she said to a crowd of demand the North should make a clearcut commitment declared a 15-mile fishing ban around the ermen often bartered goods - Chinese liquor the Monday press conference. around 500 South Korean and Japanese in to ending its nuclear programmes before such talks may reef. and instant noodles for Philippine mangoes But Hashimoto said he has no intention of the western city of Osaka. On Friday, resume. “Talks for the sake of talks are meaningless. They The dispute has devastated the fragile and papaya. The current spat dates to April retracting his other controversial comment Hashimoto said his original remarks were mis- are meaningful only when they are intended to denu- economy of the fishing communities in 11, 2012, when Chinese fishermen were that “comfort women” served a “necessary” interpreted. “I happen to have used the word clearise North Korea. Yet Pyongyang has not shown any coastal Luzon. The shoal used to attract so accused of poaching giant clams and sharks, role during World War II in keeping soldiers in ‘necessity’ but it doesn’t mean I personally intention of giving up its nuclear programmes”, the Korea many fishing boats that at night with their protected species. — MCT line, a remark that set off a volley of criticism meant it was necessary,” he said. —AFP Herald said editorially. — AP US push on Myanmar enters a new phase

WASHINGTON: After a landmark visit by Mitch McConnell, who long spearheaded economic opportunity and illustrate to Myanmar including improving the plight under years of house arrest after her Myanmar’s leader, the United States is economic sanctions on Myanmar, said he the Burmese the benefits of continuing of minorities such as Rohingya Muslims, National League for Democracy swept looking to a new phase of greater coop- would let them lapse because a renewal reform and strengthening civil society,” who were targeted in recent violence elections in 1990. A senior US official, eration to encourage reform with the for- would be a “slap in the face” to State Department spokesman Patrick allegedly abetted by security forces. speaking on condition of anonymity, mer pariah state as it runs out of major reformists. Ventrell said after McConnell’s Some human rights activists charge that said that the administration was likely to symbolic steps. President Thein Sein, a The Obama administration, which announcement. a greater normalization with Myanmar is speak less of an “action-for-action” former general who startled observers launched a diplomatic drive in 2009 But both lawmakers and the adminis- premature before 2015 when the coun- approach and instead termed the policy by ushering in a wave of change when aimed at a new relationship with the tration support keeping a ban on gems, try is set to hold elections, when the mili- as “calibrated.” “There’s not a specific quid he took office in 2011, met with country formerly known as Burma, has seen as a key source of funding for the tary may have to consider ceding true pro quo roadmap, but it’s quite under- President Barack Obama on a four-day already waived most sanctions as part of military which has long played a domi- power. stood that we need, on our side, to see trip that would have been unimaginable an “action-for-action” approach of nant role in Myanmar and is accused of Opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi- further progress before we are in a posi- just a few years ago. In a sign of growing rewarding reforms. “The administration widespread abuse. Officials acknowl- who has become a member of parlia- tion of a completely normalized relation- normalization, Senate Republican leader supports measures that create greater edge that far more needs to be done in ment under the recent reforms-was put ship,” he told AFP.—AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 ANALYSIS14

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Washington Watch Forgotten people: Palestinian refugees from Syria

By Dr James J Zogby

Secretary of State John Kerry is in the Middle East with a rather full plate. I don’t want to pile on USmore but there is an issue connected to both the Syrian civil war and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that must not be ignored. While significant political and press attention has been focused on the growing humanitarian crisis facing the more than one million souls who have been forced to flee Syria, one sub-group of refugees has largely been ignored. American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) has just issued a most valuable report on the newly combined plights of the Palestinian refugee communities in Syria and Lebanon - whom ANERA correctly refers to as “the forgotten people”. Before Syria imploded into civil war, the half-million Palestinian refugees in Syria lived under fairly good condi- tions. They were not entitled to citizenship, but were permit- Challenge of budgets, bureaucracy ted to work and own businesses and were provided the same access to education and universal health care as Syrians. By Jenny Vaughan prompting a French military intervention in January. officers to UN missions are African. Many achieved some success and were able to move out of “Where was the PSC in Mali, for example, where France However, some say the AU’s labyrinthine bureaucra- their camps, build homes, and plan a future for their families. Today, all that has changed. With many Palestinians hav- he African Union, celebrating this weekend 50 intervened militarily earlier this year?” asked Liesl cy - which with 54 members has double the number of ing lost their jobs and their homes in Syria, they have been years since the launch of a continental bloc, regu- Louw-Vaudran, writing for South Africa’s Institute for the European Union - hampers a rapid response to a forced to flee the fighting that has engulfed the country. For Tlarly repeats the mantra: African solutions to Security Studies (ISS). crisis. “There is a management structure within the AU example, according to the ANERA report, 85 percent of the African problems. But AU efforts to tackle those prob- Divisions revealed by the recent conflict in Libya - that shies away from delegation and seeks to micro- Palestinians who once lived in Yarmouk Camp have been lems - especially the conflicts that plague the continent when members squabbled between those wanting to manage...this makes responding to rapidly changing forced into exile - becoming refugees for the second time. - are strained by a shortage of cash, poor organisation, recognise rebels and those backing Muammar Gaddafi events difficult,” Alex Vines, from Britain’s Chatham More than one-half have reported that their homes have lack of capacity and often reluctance to get involved, - showed its disunity. “Its sidelining during the Libyan House, wrote in a recent report. The AU’s “African been destroyed, with one in five reporting that a member of analysts warn. The key AU policy of intervening in the crisis in 2011 and almost total absence that year during Standby Brigade” to intervene in sudden crises - a pro- their family had perished in the fighting. internal affairs of member states emerged in the wake the Arab Spring that engulfed North Africa indicated posed force of 32,500 troops and civilians drawn from These Palestinians, because of their special non-citizen of Rwanda’s 1994 genocide, as the international com- the limits of the AU’s capacity to play a role in conflicts,” five regions of the continent - has made little headway status, have had difficulty entering Turkey and Jordan. As a munity recoiled at its own failure to intervene. Louw-Vaudran added. since preparations for it started a decade ago. “The result, many have crowded into Lebanon. Again, because Set up in 2002, the AU adopted a firm policy of find- Nevertheless, AU leaders themselves are keen to Malian crisis, for example, is over a year old....and we they are Palestinians they have been compelled to find ing internal solutions to African problems, and gave take the praise for achievements in Africa, which, are still scrambling to cobble together some peace- refuge in Lebanon’s already crowded and desperately poor itself the mandate to intervene in the case of “grave cir- despite still being riddled with troubles, has seen a keeping force for when the French draw out,” Pham camps. When I spoke with ANERA’s President, Bill Corcoran, cumstances, namely war crimes, genocide and crimes decline in major conflicts in recent years. “Africa has said. last week he described the horrible living conditions these against humanity”. The AU is the successor to the made remarkable progress over the last decade in Regional politics can hamper efforts too, with small- Palestinians are now facing. They are crammed into unsani- Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which held its terms of promoting peace and stability on our conti- er or weaker nations eyeing sometimes resentfully the tary and decrepit living quarters, with 60 percent of all house- founding congress in May 1963. The original goals of nent,” said Teodros Gebreyesus, the foreign minister of lead taken by more powerful neighbours, such as holds living in one space, sometimes a garage with no win- the OAU were to rid the continent of the remaining Ethiopia, the current AU chair, praising the bloc for its South Africa, or in the west, Nigeria. Adding to the chal- dows or doors. In some cases, as many as 20 members of an vestiges of colonization and apartheid and to promote efforts. Key achievements include the force in Somalia, lenge of any would-be response is that the nature of extended family have been jammed into a single room. These Palestinians from Syria do not have the right to work in solidarity and development among African States. where 17,700 AU troops from five nations are fighting conflict is also changing. While the number of wars Lebanon. As a result, 90 percent are unemployed. But today the AU’s Peace and Security Council (PSC), to claw back territory from Al-Qaeda linked Shabab have dramatically dropped - there were 11 wars in The United Nations Welfare Relief Agency (UNWRA) has the bloc’s body for tackling conflict, remains hampered insurgents from the government. High casualty rates - 2000, and four in 2012, Chatham House calculates - the responsibility for the care and support of the Palestinian by financial constraints, with military missions largely one senior UN official recently estimated as many as numbers of small scale insurgent groups often operat- community in Lebanon. Already suffering from underfund- funded by western donors. “It wants control of the mis- 3,000 African troops had been killed since 2007, similar ing across borders have grown. “Today conflict in Africa ing, UNWRA’s resources are already overstretched. As a result, sion, but it doesn’t bring the resources to the table to to the numbers of UN peacekeepers killed worldwide is increasingly fragmented, tending to be fought on a three-quarters of the Palestinian children coming from Syria do so,” said J. Peter Pham, from the US-based Atlantic since 1948 - show the AU force’s willingness to take the smaller scale and on the peripheries of states,” said ISS are not in school and disease among them is rampant. Council, adding that even when member states have risk of active combat roles, but also reflect the cost of analyst Jakkie Cilliers. One example is the AU force in Almost 40 percent have a form of influenza, and almost 20 the resources, the willingness to chip in is limited. The success. central Africa hunting down the Ugandan-led Lord’s percent are suffering from diarrhea. An additional problem is AU “doesn’t want to bear the cost of ownership, and I Although funding for that mission comes mainly Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, supported by US special that like all refugees fleeing horrific conflict, there are mental think you can’t have your cake and eat it,” Pham added. from Western backers, its role in Somalia shows the forces in their efforts to end the decades-long insur- health needs - dealing with loss, trauma, and fear - that are Some analysts say this impedes its ability to respond potential for an AU force. The commitment of African gency. International terrorism has also added to securi- not being met. ANERA is right to point out that there are to crises efficiently and compromises the AU’s authority nations to peacekeeping roles is clear: the peacekeep- ty threats, boosting the need for African nations to seek several reasons why the international community must pay on peacekeeping missions. The AU was criticised for ing mission in Sudan’s war-torn western Darfur region outside support. The AU “needs intelligence, it needs attention to the special situation of this group of refugees. not responding fast enough in Mali, when after rebels is a hybrid AU-UN force, while Mali now has a - belated- cooperation, and it can’t just be done at the domestic Ignoring them will only mean that the disastrous conditions took over in a coup in March 2012, rapidly crumbling ly deployed - African-led international support mission. level,” Vines said. “Sometimes you need international they are currently facing will grow and deepen - for them and one of Africa’s longest standing democracies and Five of the top ten contributors of soldiers and police solution to global problems.” — AFP for those who will be joining them as the war in Syria shows no sign of letting up. These Palestinians are, after all, vulnera- ble human beings and they have needs which cry out for our attention. Additionally, should the diseases they have con- Iran stacks poll with safe Khamenei men tracted continue to go untreated, they will spread. And dis- ease does not respect boundaries. Epidemics in the camps By Mohammad Davari campaign to discredit his candidacy. grip on power could become complete. ‘zero risk’, the supreme leader chose the lat- will spread beyond the camps, with potentially devastating Rafsanjani’s exclusion shows that the “Iran’s most powerful political institutions, ter,” said the diplomat. Another Tehran- consequences for the entire region. Equally important to con- ran’s ruling establishment has moved to regime’s inner circle, stacked with the Revolutionary Guards, the judiciary, the based diplomat, also speaking not for attri- sider is the stress this influx of refugees is placing on the prevent infighting by allowing only a Khamenei loyalists, is diminishing in size, Guardian(s) Council, the Experts Assembly, bution, said: “The regime does not want to already unstable and intolerable circumstances found in Ihandful of conservatives loyal to the all- observers say. and the parliament are (already) controlled take any chances. The list of eight poses the Lebanon’s Palestinian camps. Continued impoverishment of powerful supreme leader to contest next “The political spectrum in Iran continues by individuals hand-picked by slightest possible this community will only lead to growing despair and anger, month’s presidential election, analysts say. to shrink and shift to the right,” Trita Parsi of Khamenei or obsequious to him,” risk.” — AFP which could fuel extremist and potentially violent currents This paves the way for the most powerful the National Iranian American Council he said. which will prove difficult to contain. ANERA’s report has pro- political institutions to be completely run advocacy organisation in Washington told Rafsanjani’s exclusion has vided us with an important reminder of this too-long ignored by individuals hand-picked by Ayatollah Ali AFP. Khamenei is now tightening his grip eclipsed the disqualifica- consequence of the Syrian civil war. It is right for the interna- Khamenei, the country’s ultimate decision and eliminating “any potential internal com- tion of another would- tional community to address the needs of Syria’s displaced and refugee population because it is a true humanitarian dis- maker, or by those obedient to him. The petition” ahead of a new government be frontrunner: aster. And they are right to search for a way forward to help attempt to consolidate more power comes expected in early August, Parsi said. For Mashaie, whose poor end the conflict and put Syria on the path to transition to a at a time when Iran, at loggerheads with years Rafsanjani was considered a kingmak- reputation among peaceful and democratic future. But the international com- world powers over its nuclear ambitions, is er because of his vast political sway. But his regime insiders would munity must also recognize the plight of the “forgotten peo- struggling to cope with harsh economic stock plummeted in 2005 when his botched be unrivalled if it were ple” - the Palestinian refugees from Syria and those in sanctions targeting its vital oil income. “All attempt for the highest elected office was not for his main ally, Lebanon. Political efforts to resolve the Syrian war and the candidates with a chance of winning are thwarted by Ahmadinejad. Ahmadinejad. Israeli/Palestinian conflict must include a political solution to either related to the leader or to the securi- Four years later, as he navigated the Mashaie - the bane of the six and one-half decade old Palestinian refugee problem. ty apparatus,” one Western diplomat, speak- aftermath of Ahmadinejad’s 2009 re-elec- conservatives for Their needs and their rights must be considered front and ing not for attribution, told AFP. “It is not in tion, Rafsanjani fell from grace after siding views seen as too liber- center in all our calculations. shades of grey, but all black.” with the pro-reform movement that staged al and his alleged intent The Guardians Council - conservatives massive street protests alleging electoral to erode the influence of NOTE: Dr James J Zogby is the President of the Arab appointed directly or indirectly by fraud. The protests provoked a heavy-hand- clergy on decision making American Institute Khamenei - on Tuesday revealed a list of ed state crackdown leaving dozens dead in the Islamic republic - eight candidates cleared to stand for presi- and hundreds behind bars, shaking the could have gained traction, dent on June 14, after vetting their creden- foundations of the Islamic regime and deliv- campaigning alongside tials and loyalty to the revolution and its ering a blow to the prestige of Khamenei Ahmadinejad. All articles appearing on these leader. Many had correctly anticipated the who threw his support behind Unlike Rafsanjani, who pages are the personal opinion of exclusion of Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a Ahmadinejad and publicly shunned has vowed not to protest, the writers. Kuwait Times takes no divisive figure close to incumbent President Rafsanjani. Ahmadinejad on Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But what shocked Khamenei then called on the opposition Wednesday said he would responsibility for views expressed most people was the one name not on it: to accept the election result, which the so- fight Mashaie’s disqualifica- therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a called Green Movement and its leaders - Mir tion through Khamenei, ers to voice their opinions. Please pragmatist two-time president from 1989 Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, now who has in the past issued send submissions via email to: opin- to 1997. both under house arrest - had rejected. decrees reinstating presi- [email protected] or via snail Rafsanjani, 78, as a founder had been in “Given what happened in 2009, they’re try- dential candidates. But ana- the echelons of power since the Islamic ing to make this election more predictable,” lysts say the exclusions pose mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. regime’s inception. His decision to enter the Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert and senior a lesser threat to the regime The editor reserves the right to edit race had polarised Iran’s political system, associate with the Carnegie Endowment for than allowing heavyweights any submission as necessary. with marginalised reformists backing him International Peace, told AFP. Sadjadpour to challenge the hardliners. and hardline conservatives launching a said that with a loyal president, Khamenei’s “Between an open ballot and NEWS SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

Boats moored at the Souq Sharq marina are seen at sunset yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

State slaps 2-child limit on Muslims... Nasrallah vows ‘victory’ in Syria

Continued from Page 1 after nearly half a century of harsh military rule. It has Continued from Page 1 Nasrallah ruled out any alliance with the mostly Sunni Muslim rebels battling the Syrian regime. “Hezbollah cannot also tarnished the image of opposition leader Aung San Qusair almost a week ago but are still meeting with be in the same trench as the United States, Israel, the tak- said the new program was meant to stem rapid pop- Suu Kyi, who has been criticized for failing to speak out fierce resistance from the rebels, for the town provides an firist (radical Muslims)... who disembowel, behead and des- ulation growth in the Muslim community, which a gov- strongly in defense of the country’s embattled Muslim important supply line for arms and volunteers from ecrate tombs,” he said of reports that rebels had vandalised ernment-appointed commission identified as one of the community. Lebanon. Qusair is a key prize for Assad’s forces because of the shrine of a venerated Shiite saint. Yesterday marked the causes of the sectarian violence. The central government has not made any statement its strategic location between Damascus and the 13th anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from south Lebanon Although Muslims are the majority in the two town- about the two-child policy, which was introduced at a Mediterranean coast, the Alawite heartland of the embat- after 22 years of occupation, which Hezbollah considers ships in which the new policy applies, they account for local level. Calls seeking comment yesterday from two tled president’s regime. one of its victories over the Jewish state. — AFP only about 4 percent of Myanmar’s roughly 60 million government spokesmen were not immediately people. The measure was enacted a week ago after the returned, but Rakhine state official Myo Than said all commission recommended family planning programs local policies require “consent from the central govern- British spies ‘tried to recruit’ attacker to stem population growth among Muslims, Win ment”. Win Myaing said authorities had not yet deter- Myaing said. The commission also recommended dou- mined how the measures - which include a ban on Continued from Page 1 said, for a long-planned rally given added impetus by bling the number of security forces in the volatile polygamy - will be enforced. The policy will not apply the soldier’s murder. They sang “RIP Lee Rigby” and region. “The population growth of Rohingya Muslims is yet to other parts of Rakhine state, which have smaller Adebolajo, 28, was captured on film after the murder chanted “Whose streets? Our streets”, while some people 10 times higher than that of the Rakhine (Buddhists),” Muslim populations. brandishing a bloodied knife and meat cleaver and waved British flags. Up to 400 of their opponents staged Win Myaing said. “Overpopulation is one of the causes In its report issued last month, the government- claiming he had killed the soldier because British forces a counter-protest, but the day passed off without major of tension.” appointed commission wrote: “One factor that has killed Muslims every day. He had reportedly tried and incident. A small impromptu protest also took place in Sectarian violence in Myanmar first flared nearly a fueled tensions between the Rakhine public and failed to previously travel to Somalia to fight alongside Manchester, northwest England, while another demon- year ago in Rakhine state between the region’s Rakhine (Rohingya) populations relates to the sense of insecurity Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents. stration is planned for outside Prime Minister David Buddhists and Muslim Rohingya. Mobs of Buddhists among many Rakhines stemming from the rapid popu- Abu Nasaybah said his friend had recently travelled Cameron’s Downing Street office tomorrow. armed with machetes razed thousands of Muslim lation growth of the (Rohingya), which they view as a homes, leaving hundreds of people dead and forcing serious threat.” to Kenya, where he said he was rounded up and physi- Both murder suspects were known to the intelli- 125,000 to flee, mostly Muslims. Witnesses and human Predominantly Buddhist Myanmar does not include cally and sexually abused by local security services. On gence services and Adebolajo had links to the banned rights groups say riot police stood by as crowds the Rohingya as one of its 135 recognized ethnicities. It his return Adebolajo appeared changed, his friend said, radical Al-Muhajiroun movement, but ministers and attacked Muslims and burned their villages. New York- considers them to be illegal immigrants from while he had also attracted the attention of Britain’s security experts have warned of the difficulty in keep- based Human Rights Watch has accused authorities in Bangladesh and denies them citizenship. Bangladesh security services, who called at his home several times. ing track of everybody with extreme views. In his BBC Rakhine of fomenting an organized campaign of “ethnic says the Rohingya have been living in Myanmar for cen- He was “basically being harassed by MI5, this is some- interview, Abu Nusaybah admitted he had toyed with cleansing” against the Rohingya. turies and should be recognized there as citizens. China thing that he specifically mentioned to me” when they radical Islamism himself but was appalled at his friend’s Since the violence, religious unrest has morphed into has been carrying out a planned birth policy since the spoke six months ago, Abu Nusaybah said. He added: actions. He was arrested at the BBC on suspicion of a campaign against the country’s Muslim communities late 1970s, generally limiting one child to urban couples “He was explicit in that he refused to work for them but “commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terror- in other regions. Containing the strife has posed a seri- and no more than two to rural families, to stem rapid he did confirm that he didn’t know the individuals” they ism”, police said. The arrest is not thought to be linked ous challenge to President Thein Sein’s reformist gov- population growth that Beijing believes is not sustain- were asking about. Adebolajo and his alleged co-con- directly to Wednesday’s murder. ernment as it attempts to make democratic reforms able economically and environmentally. — AP spirator Michael Adebowale, 22, remain under armed The backgrounds of the two murder suspects are guard in separate hospitals after being shot by police remarkably similar. Both were brought up by Nigerian during their arrest at the scene of the grisly murder. Christians and converted to Islam in their teens, and Traffic chief defends crackdown on expats Faith Matters, a state-funded organisation which recently were seen handing out extremist literature in Continued from Page 1 place and nature of the area of jumping red lights, other violations works to reduce extremism, said it has recorded a huge the streets - to the concern of their families. operation”. He further demanded included in records of deported increase in anti-Muslim incidents reported to its Adebowale’s mother, Juliet Obasuyi, sought help from Ali indicated that the General cooperation from “public and pri- drivers include ferrying passengers helpline since the attack. “It’s a hugely worrying devel- friends and an imam after growing increasingly con- Traffic Department plans to contin- vate institutions and for drivers to illegally, driving with an expired car opment,” director Fiyaz Mughal told AFP, saying the cerned about her son, particularly when he dropped ue field operations across the coun- follow traffic laws and regulations”. registration and driving without a organisation had been informed of 162 incidents in the out of university nine months ago. “He is from a strong try in places like crossroads, main Since the beginning of the cam- driver’s license. “What hurts us the past 48 hours, compared to a daily average of four to Christian family but he is turning to Islam and turning streets, bystreets, bridges and com- paign last month, 75,026 traffic vio- most is when a family loses its six. They were mainly verbal attacks on women wearing against the family,” she was quoted in newspapers as mercial locations. “The plan is going lations have been detected includ- provider, when a family loses its the Islamic headscarf in the street, he said, but there telling a Muslim neighbour. “He needs spiritual guid- through a complete and systematic ing 42,854 for breaking the speed mother, when parents lose their were also online attacks and some violence. A woman ance before he radicalises himself.” operation which aims to tackle traf- limit and 10,412 for jumping the red children and when in some cases, in her 50s had been punched unconscious on the out- The University of Greenwich, near Woolwich, mean- fic problems both on the short and light. “This proves how serious the an entire family is lost,” Ali said. “We skirts of Oldham, near Manchester in northwest while confirmed Adebolajo was a student for two years long terms,” he said. “It is not a tem- operations are to address all irregu- are determined to continue field England, while two mosques had been attacked in the but said his work was “unsatisfactory” and he was not porary mission with a deadline, but larities in their various shapes and campaigns against reckless driving south of the country. permitted to finish his course. Vice-chancellor David will continue while taking into forms,” he said. and violations which result in such Between 1,500 and 2,000 members of the anti-Islam Maguire said the university had launched an investiga- account the circumstances of the In addition to overspeeding and unfortunate events”. EDL gathered in Newcastle yesterday afternoon, police tion into any potential links to extremism. — AFP 16 children die in Pakistan bus fire

LAHORE: Sixteen children and a said. Initial information said the driver teacher were killed when their school had also kept petrol in a plastic bottle, bus caught fire in central Pakistan yes- as reserve fuel for emergency use, terday, police said. Seven other chil- which may have contributed in intensi- dren were injured in the blaze which fying the fire, he added. destroyed the vehicle. The van was car- The dead included three children of rying 24 children to a private school in police constable Mohammad Riaz, and Gujrat, about 112 km north of the east- the dead teacher was their aunt, resi- ern city on Lahore, when it caught fire, dents said, adding that thousands of local police chief Dar Ali Khattak told people attended their funeral. “We told AFP. “The fire erupted in the vehicle the driver there was a very bad smell when the children were only a few kilo- of gas leakage. But he did not listen metres from their school,” he said. and soon after the fire erupted,” a 10- The blaze was apparently caused by year boy who survived the blaze told a spark when the driver of the dual-fuel the private Geo television. Five of the van switched from gas to petrol, he injured children were in serious condi- said, adding that the fuel gas cylinder tion, hospital officials said. Vehicles in was intact. The children were aged Pakistan mostly run on both petrol and between five and 15 years, he said, natural gas. Pakistan has one of the adding that a female teacher also died. world’s worst records for fatal traffic The driver, who fled and left the van in accidents, blamed on poor roads, bad- flames, has been arrested in the nearby ly maintained vehicles and reckless city of Kharian, police official Abid Khan driving. — AFP GUJRAT, Pakistan: Pakistani women mourn next to the bodies of children who were killed in gas cylinder explosion on a minibus yesterday. — AP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 SPORTS

Beckham’s retirement starts IPL official arrested Umpire Rauf will fight FRANCE: David Beckham was not included in Paris St Germain’s squad for their NEW DELHI: Mumbai Police apprehended a key official of the Indian to clear name — family final Ligue 1 game of the season at Lorient yesterday as the former England cap- Premier League’s (IPL) Chennai franchise late on Friday in connection with a tain headed into retirement. spot-fixing scandal that has also led to the arrest of three cricketers. KARACHI: Troubled Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will fight to clear his name in an ongoing spot-fix- The 38-year-old midfielder had expected as much after his special send-off in Former India test bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and two other local ing scandal in India, family sources told AFP yesterday, saying he had returned to his home in Lahore. The International Cricket Council (ICC) this week withdrew the 57-year-old umpire from Paris last weekend, saying he did not think he would play on the artificial pitch at cricketers were arrested last week on suspicion of taking money to concede next month’s Champions Trophy in England in the wake of media reports that he was under police the Brittany side because the surface could aggravate previous Achilles injury a fixed number of runs and police have intensified investigations to discover investigation. Mumbai police on Friday refused to confirm whether Rauf would be called in for problems. Beckham was not among the 19-man squad named the extent of the scandal. questioning, as media outlets in India and Pakistan tried to track the umpire down. The scandal by manager Carlo Ancelotti on Saturday on the Ligue 1 Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board (BCCI) president broke last week when Delhi police arrested three cricketers, accusing champions’ website (www.psg.fr). N Srinivasan, was arrested after being quizzed for hours by Mumbai Police probing illegal betting on the Twenty20 league. “We have gone through them of deliberately bowling badly in exchange for tens of thousands The Englishman had been made captain for what questioning him in detail and after due deliberation, we’ve come to the con- of dollars during the ongoing Twenty20 league in India. Rauf’s family turned out to be his final game in last week’s 3-1 vic- clusion that there is evidence of his involvement in this offence that we are said he returned to his home in Lahore a few days ago. tory over Stade Brest and he had wiped away tears investigating...” joint commissioner of Mumbai Police Himanshu Roy told “Rauf has nothing to hide, he reached Lahore after complet- when he was substituted in the 81st minute in front reporters on Friday. ing his matches in the league (in India),” a family of a packed Parc des Princes. That was his 10th “... therefore he has been placed under arrest and will be produced in source told AFP without elaborating. The ICC has Ligue 1 appearance and brought the curtain down court within 24 hours as per the law.” Local media claimed Meiyappan was said it felt it was in “Asad’s best interests as well as those on a career that has taken him from Manchester chief executive of the Chennai Super Kings but India Cements, the company of the sport and the event itself” for him to no longer partici- United to Real Madrid to Los Angeles Galaxy to PSG, that owns the franchise, said he was merely a member of team manage- pate in the Champions Trophy. winning league titles at all four clubs. He also had loan ment. Rauf, who has overseen 48 Tests and 98 one-day internationals, spells at AC Milan. Beckham, who earned 115 caps for Sreesanth has denied any role in spot-fixing. India’s film industry also got was one of the umpires during the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the England, a record for an outfield player, announced mixed up in the controversy when Mumbai Police arrested Bollywood actor centre of the corruption probe. Family sources said the umpire will his retirement on May 16. —Reuters Vindu Dara Singh on Tuesday for alleged links to a bookmaker. —Reuters fight to clear his name.—AFP Tigers blank Twins

DETROIT: Anibal Sanchez took a no-hitter Young. He turned on a curveball to put into the ninth inning before Minnesota’s Oakland up 6-5. Young stood at the plate Joe Mauer broke it up with a one-out sin- for a couple of seconds admiring the tow- gle, and that was the only hit the Detroit ering shot before heading to first base. right-hander allowed in the Tigers’ 6-0 vic- Seth Smith had a solo pinch-hit tory over the Twins on Friday night. homer for Oakland in the sixth inning. Pat Sanchez fell two outs shy of his second Neshek (1-0) pitched a scoreless eighth career no-hitter, but it was his second gem for the win and Grant Balfour walked two in about a month - he set a franchise in the ninth before getting his 10th save. record with 17 strikeouts in eight mar- He has converted 28 straight save oppor- velous innings against Atlanta on April 26. tunities since last season. Sanchez (5-4) struck out 12 on Friday and allowed three walks. ANGELS 5, ROYALS 2 The home crowd gave him a standing In Kansas City, Mike Trout had his 21st ovation when he came out to start the multi-hit game and Jason Vargas pitched ninth, and he immediately struck out into the eighth inning. Trout had two hits, Jamey Carroll. Mauer, followed with a stole his 11th base and scored two runs, clean line drive up the middle - to almost including one on a wild pitch. He is hit- the same spot where Pittsburgh’s Josh ting .366 in May. WASHINGTON: Ben Revere No. 2 of the Philadelphia Phillies fails to catch a RBI Harrison’s hit landed last year when he Vargas (4-3) allowed two runs and five hits over 7 1-3 innings to win is fourth triple hit by Adam LaRoche No. 25 of the Washington Nationals in the fifth broke up a no-hit bid by Detroit’s Justin Verlander, also with two outs to go. straight decision in five May starts. He is inning. —AFP Minnesota’s Samuel Deduno (0-1) allowed 12-4 in May since the start of the 2009 six runs and nine hits in 5 1-3 innings. season. Nationals roll over Phillies Luke Hochevar (0-1), who replaced RED SOX 8, INDIANS 1 Mendoza, could not keep the 2-1 lead for WASHINGTON: Jordan Zimmermann became the the top of the ninth inning on Saturday at 6:10 p.m. In Boston, John Lackey allowed two long. Chris Iannetta homered for the sec- National League’s first eight-game winner, and the The regularly scheduled game is set to start 7:15 hits in seven innings and Mike Carp hit a ond straight night to tie it 2-2 before the Washington Nationals followed a calamitous road p.m. three-run homer. It was the second Angels broke it open in the seventh. trip with a winning start to a homestand, beating With rain starting to fall heavily, Gattis put straight strong performance by Lackey, the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Friday night. Atlanta up 5-3 with a bases-loaded single off Greg who missed all last season following INTERLEAGUE Zimmermann (8-2) allowed two runs and six Burke. The Mets tied it in a wet and wild bottom elbow surgery. Last Sunday he gave up WHITE SOX 4, MARLINS 3 hits with no walks over seven innings - actually rais- half, taking advantage of center fielder B.J. Upton’s one hit and one unearned run in six In Chicago, Jeff Keppinger drove in innings of a 5-1 win at Minnesota. He left DETROIT: Ryan Pressly No. 57 of the Minnesota Twins pitches against the winning run on a single in the 11th ing his ERA to 1.71 - on an unseasonably chilly and error on Daniel Murphy’s RBI single and scoring on the Detroit Tigers in the sixth inning.—AFP windy night in the nation’s capital. There was at a wild pitch by Anthony Varvaro. The game was that game after a three-hour rain delay. and John Danks was solid in his season least a bit of heat from the Nationals’ bats, which suspended after a 75-minute delay. After a 44-minute delay before Friday’s the Mariners lost their seventh straight. debut and the Chicago White Sox beat have been going through such a cold spell that game, Lackey (3-4) struck out eight, RANGERS 9, MARINERS 5 Texas starter Justin Grimm (4-3) over- the Miami Marlins 4-3 on Friday night. manager Davey Johnson said before the game he ROCKIES 5, GIANTS 0 walked three and gave up an unearned In Seattle, Jeff Baker hit a two-run came a rough first few innings to pitch Paul Konerko started the rally with a wouldn’t shave again until his lineup started hit- In San Francisco, Michael Cuddyer homered run while pitching through a steady rain. homer and Lance Berkman added a into the seventh despite giving up 10 hits. one-out single. Pinch runner Tyler Greene ting. and hit a two-run double after coming off the dis- He allowed only two of the 25 batters he three-run shot, both off Seattle starter Joe Grimm avoided a big inning, didn’t walk a moved to third when Dayan Viciedo sin- As it turned out, the Nationals scored their most abled list, Tyler Chatwood beat San Francisco for faced to hit the ball out of the infield. Saunders. batter and struck out five in beating the gled off the glove of second baseman runs in a week, and they got four or more in the the second time in seven days and the Rockies Lackey finished his night by striking out Baker’s shot in the second inning gave Mariners for the second time this season. Derek Dietrich. same inning for the first time in almost a month. blanked the Giants. Carlos Gonzalez also hit a solo Jason Giambi and Mark Reynolds to end Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick (4-3) had his shortest homer and D.J. LeMahieu added an RBI single as the seventh. outing of the season. the Rockies beat two-time NL Cy Young Award MLB results/standings winner Tim Lincecum (3-4) for the second time in a ORIOLES 10, BLUE JAYS 6 REDS 7, CUBS 4 week. In Toronto, Chris Davis hit his major Washington 5, Philadelphia 2; Baltimore 10, Toronto 6; Detroit 6, Minnesota 0; Boston 8, Cleveland 1; Cincinnati In Cincinnati, Joey Votto extended his hitting The Rockies, swept in a three-game series at league-leading 16th home run and Nick 7, Chicago Cubs 4; NY Yankees 9, Tampa Bay 4; Chicago White Sox 4, Miami 3 (11 innings); LA Angels 5, Kansas streak to 12 games with a homer, and Ryan AT&T Park last month, won their fourth in a row in Markakis had three hits and three RBIs. JJ Hanigan and Brandon Phillips also homered, pow- the rivalry for the first time since 2006. Chatwood Hardy, Danny Valencia and Adam Jones all City 2; Milwaukee 2, Pittsburgh 1; Oakland 6, Houston 5; Arizona 5, San Diego 2; Texas 9, Seattle 5; St. Louis 7, LA ering the Reds to their fourth straight win. (3-0) allowed four hits in six scoreless innings. went deep as the Orioles matched a sea- Dodgers 0; Colorado 5, San Francisco 0. The Reds have won 12 of their past 15 games, son high in runs and set a season high American League National League surging to a season-high 12 games over .500. DIAMONDBACKS 5, PADRES 2 with four home runs. Baltimore has hit an Eastern Division Eastern Division They’ve dominated the Cubs, winning 15 of their In Phoenix, Brandon McCarthy pitched seven ML-best 66 homers this season. Melky W L PCT GB Atlanta 28 18 .609 - past 17 in the series. effective innings for his second straight win and Cabrera, Brett Lawrie and Adam Lind all NY Yankees 29 18 .617 - Washington 25 23 .521 4 Chicago is last in the NL Central, having lost a Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run double to cap hit solo homers for the Blue Jays. Boston 29 20 .592 1 Philadelphia 23 25 .479 6 season-high five straight. The Cubs (18-29) slid a Arizona’s five-run seventh inning, lifting the Chris Tillman (4-2) allowed three runs season-low 11 games under .500. Diamondbacks to a victory over the Padres. Baltimore 26 22 .542 3.5 NY Mets 17 27 .386 10 and a season-high 10 hits in five innings to Tampa Bay 24 23 .511 5 Votto and Hanigan homered in the fourth Arizona managed two hits over the first six win for the fourth time in six starts. He Miami 13 35 .271 16 Toronto 20 28 .417 9.5 inning off Scott Feldman (4-4). Phillips connected innings against Eric Stults (4-4) before breaking it walked none and matched a season high off Hector Rondon in the eighth. Bronson Arroyo open in the seventh. with seven strikeouts. Central Division (5-4) gave up three runs in six innings, including Martin Prado had a run-scoring double, pinch- Brian Matusz got two outs in the sixth, Central Division St. Louis 31 16 .660 - Feldman’s first career homer. hitter Wil Nieves followed with another and A.J. Tommy Hunter pitched 2 1-3 innings and Detroit 27 19 .587 - Cincinnati 30 18 .625 1.5 Pollock added an RBI single for his third hit. Darren O’Day finished in the ninth. Cleveland 27 20 .574 0.5 Pittsburgh 29 19 .604 2.5 BREWERS 2, PIRATES 1 Goldschmidt capped it with a double off Anthony Chicago White Sox 22 24 .478 5 Blue Jays left-hander Sean Nolin had Milwaukee 19 27 .413 11.5 In Milwaukee, Marco Estrada gave up one run Bass to put Arizona up 5-1. his his first loss since Aug. 27, 2011, when Kansas City 21 24 .467 5.5 over seven innings and Alex Gonzalez had a two- McCarthy (2-3) allowed a run and five hits and Chicago Cubs 18 29 .383 13 he was pitching for Class A Lansing. It was Minnesota 18 27 .400 8.5 run double, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a Heath Bell worked around two runners in the ninth his major league debut. victory over the Pirates. for his seven save. Everth Cabrera led off the eighth Western Division Estrada (4-2) retired the first 14 Pittsburgh bat- inning with a homer off David Hernandez for the Western Division YANKEES 9, RAYS 4 Arizona 27 21 .563 - ters he faced before a two-out single to left field by Padres, who have lost three straight. Texas 31 17 .646 - In St. Petersburg, Brett Gardner, Lyle Colorado 27 21 .563 - Neil Walker in the fifth inning gave the Pirates their Oakland 26 23 .531 5.5 San Francisco 26 22 .542 1 first base runner. CARDINALS 7, DODGERS 0 Overbay and Jayson Nix each drove in LA Angels 21 27 .438 10 Estrada struck out eight and didn’t walk a bat- In Los Angeles, Lance Lynn pitched two-hit ball two runs. Gardner made it 5-0 with a two- Seattle 20 28 .417 11 San Diego 21 26 .447 5.5 ter. He fanned eight of 12 Pittsburgh batters at one over six innings, and David Freese and Allen Craig run homer off Roberto Hernandez (2-5) Houston 14 34 .292 17 LA Dodgers 19 27 .413 7 point and improved his career record to 5-0 against each homered and drove in three runs, helping the during the fourth. The Yankees took a 3-0 the Pirates, including eight starts. Cardinals beat the Dodgers for its third win in a lead in the second on Overbay’s two-run Four Brewers relievers combined to record the row. double and an RBI single by Nix. After Ryan Webb (1-2) intentionally the Rangers the lead, but it was Berkman’s ATHLETICS 6, ASTROS 5 final six outs. Francisco Rodriguez retired the final The last-place Dodgers’ fifth loss in seven David Phelps (3-2), who retired his first walked Conor Gillaspie, Keppinger sin- fourth homer of the season into the left- In Houston, Chris Young connected batter to record his first save of the season and games came a few hours after team president Stan 13 batters before James Loney hit a one- gled to left field. Nate Jones (1-4) pitched 295th of his career. Kasten said manager Don Mattingly was not in out double in the fifth, allowed four runs field seats that broke the game open in on a three-run homer in the ninth inning. two-thirds of an inning for the win. immediate danger of being fired. and six hits in 7 2-3 innings. He left in the the third and sent Saunders to his first Young, who grew up in Houston, is hit- Danks allowed three runs and four METS 5, BRAVES 5 Lynn (7-1) struck out nine and walked one for eighth after it appeared he was hit on the career loss at Safeco Field. It was the first ting just .189 this season. But he’s a career hits in six innings in his first start since In New York, Evan Gattis had a two-run, pinch- the NL Central leaders. The only hits he gave up right arm by a drive up the middle by Ben homer for Baker since May 10 and first for .418 hitter at Minute Maid Park with sev- undergoing shoulder surgery in August hit single in the top of the eighth, then the Mets ral- were a single to Carl Crawford to open the game Zobrist. Berkman since May 11. Saunders (3-5) en home runs and 27 RBIs in 19 games in to repair a capsule tear and remove lied to tie it in a downpour in the bottom half and a double to Juan Uribe in the third. New York right fielder Curtis entered the night 9-0 at Safeco Field, his hometown. debris in his rotator cuff and biceps. He before rain suspended the Atlanta Braves and New Chris Capuano (1-3) allowed six runs - five Granderson broke the knuckle of his left including a 3-0 mark with a 0.94 ERA this The A’s trailed 5-3 before closer Jose struck out five, walked none and hit a York tussle at 5-5 on Friday night. earned - and six hits in five-plus innings. The left- pinkie finger after getting hit by Cesar season. But Saunders gave up six earned Veras (0-3) walked two of the first three batter in the opener of the interleague The teams will resume play with none out in hander struck out four and walked three. —AP Ramos’ pitch in the fifth. runs and eight hits in just five innings and batters of the inning to set the table for series. —AP Penguins rip Ottawa

PITTSBURGH: Eight playoff wins down, eight to go for Instead, the Senators offered only resignation. Pittsburgh’s Matt Cooke beat a Senator to a loose Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. James Neal Outskated, outshot and outworked from the open- puck along the halfboards then zipped a cross-ice pass had a hat trick and the Penguins finished off the lifeless ing faceoff, Ottawa put up little resistance as Pittsburgh to defenseman Mark Eaton. Morrow skated to the net Ottawa Senators 6-2 on Friday night in Game 5 of the moved on to the conference finals for the first time and lifted his stick up to draw Eaton’s attention. Eaton Eastern conference semifinals to take the best-of-seven since 2009, when the franchise won its third Stanley patiently waited for Morrow to get in front of the crease series 4-1. Cup. before throwing a puck toward the net that deflected Kris Letang, Evgeni Malkin and Brenden Morrow Sluggish from the opening faceoff, the Senators off Morrow’s skate and into the net. also scored, and Tomas Vokoun made 29 saves as top- slogged through the game’s first 10 minutes, long Neal scored for the third time in two games when seeded Pittsburgh strolled to the next round. The enough for Morrow to pay immediate dividends in his he poked in an idle rebound on the power play to put Penguins will face Boston or the New York Rangers in return to the lineup. Pittsburgh up 2-0 7:38 into the second period. Letang the conference finals. The veteran forward was scratched from Game 4 in followed with a wrist shot over Anderson’s glove at the Milan Michalek and Kyle Turris scored for Ottawa. favor of rookie Beau Bennett but appeared re-ener- end of a 3-on-2 break to make it 3-0. Craig Anderson stopped 27 shots, but the Senators sim- gized after the night off. He scored his second goal of Michalek briefly made it competitive with a beauti- ply couldn’t keep up as the Penguins ended the the playoffs 6:25 into the first period while scoring the ful deke around Vokoun to pull the Senators to 3-1 with Ottawa’s season for the third time in the last five years. kind of goal the Penguins expected out of him when 3:48 left in the second but Malkin scored his fourth goal PITTSBURGH: Craig Anderson No. 41 of the Ottawa Senators allows a third goal by The Penguins expected desperation from a team trying they acquired the 34-year-old from Dallas just before of the playoffs on a breakaway just before the intermis- James Neal No. 18 (not pictured) of the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game Five of the to extend its season for at least another 48 hours. the trade deadline. sion to restore the three-goal lead. —AP Eastern Conference Semifinals during the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. —AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 SPORTS Pacers steal game from Heat

MIAMI: Roy Hibbert scored 29 points, West knocked away two passes by LeBron James for huge turnovers in the final minute, and the Pacers evened the East title series with a 97-93 victory over the Miami Heat in Game 2 of the series on Friday night. Paul George scored 22 points, George Hill added 18 and West finished with 13 for the Pacers, who handed the Heat just their fourth loss in their last 50 games. The series resumes with Game 3 todayin Indianapolis. James scored 36 points for the Heat, who got 17 points from Chris Bosh and 14 from Dwyane Wade. The Heat led 88-84 in the fourth quarter, then were outscored 13-5 the rest of the way. And West was the biggest reason. With Indiana up 95-93, West intercepted a pass that James was throwing to Ray Allen with 43 seconds left, but the Pacers didn’t even get a shot off on the ensu- ing possession. In fact, Indiana may have gotten a bit lucky that the shot clock expired with the ball rolling around - if Wade had collected the ball in time, he had Mario Chalmers all alone at the other end in position to almost certainly tie the game. On the next Miami possession, James drove to the right block, spun and tried passing out toward the perimeter. He released the ball, and West got his right hand on it to knock it off- course. Immediately afterward, West took that same hand and extended it skyward in celebra- tion. The Heat trailed for virtually all of the game’s first 30 minutes, then tied the game three times in the third quarter - but Indiana always had a response. When the game was tied at 60, the Pacers scored seven of the next 10 points. Tied at Gregory Gaultier 67, George quickly had a layup to put the Pacers back on top. Tied at 69, George struck again, this time with a jumper. Gaultier ends Matthew’s With 5.1 seconds left in the third, George drove the lane and finished a highlight-reel dunk over Miami’s Chris Andersen while getting fouled, British Open record the free throw putting the Pacers up by five. James connected on a long 3-pointer to close the HULL: Gregory Gaultier, the unpredictably bril- well prevail. quarter. liant former world number one from France, pro- But Gaultier continued to choose his Hibbert was creating one problem after anoth- duced one of his finest performances to end the moments to unleash his attacking flair, and after er for Miami, so James took it upon himself to find British Open defence of the record-breaking Nick he had moved into the third game on level terms a solution in the fourth. And with about 8 min- Matthew. he tore the match dramatically away from the utes left, he swatted a putback attempt away The only Englishman ever to have won the champion. from the 7-foot-2 Indiana center, starting a play sport’s oldest title three times was beaten 9-11, By the fourth the outcome was becoming evi- that ended with Chalmers scoring at the other 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 in a semi-final which had a mar- dent, so judiciously was the Frenchman selecting end to give Miami an 85-84 lead. vellous contrast of styles and a compelling mix- his attacks. Although Matthew fought with typi- On the next possession, James tied up a ture of good sportsmanship and feisty emotion. cal obstinacy and courage, edging from 4-7 to 6- rebound with Hibbert, then won the ensuing Gaultier controlled the ball and his sometimes 7, Gaultier ignored all distractions and completed jump ball. Not long afterward, Bosh made a 3- wayward feelings superbly, while Matthew his triumph with a penalty point as the champion pointer and Miami’s lead was up to 88-84 - its became increasingly upset by the direction of the mistimed a drive, obscuring his view of the ball. It biggest of the night. match, by refereeing decisions, and apparently was a bitter conclusion for the 32-year-old Indiana scored the next five points to reclaim also by his opponent, too. Matthew, who in recent months has also lost his the lead. James’ three-point play with 3:32 left put The champion argued repeatedly in the final world title and world number one ranking. the Heat on top 91-89, and Hibbert answered that MIAMI: David West No. 21 of the Indiana Pacers handles the ball against Chris game with referee John Massarella, a fellow “Nick really wanted to do well to help pro- with a jump hook over the reigning MVP to tie the Andersen No. 11 of the Miami Heat in the second half during Game Two of the Yorkshireman, who twice told him to stop argu- mote this pioneering event, and he will be disap- game for the 10th time. —AP Eastern Conference Finals. —AFP ing and return to the court, and Matthew also pointed with that as much as the result,” had harsh words for Gaultier. Matthew’s manager Paul Walters said. He appeared to call the Frenchman a cheat Gaultier, who became the only Frenchman to before Gaultier served at the start of the final ral- win the British Open six years ago, now has a ly, and later Gaultier had his own description of chance of doing it again, even though his oppo- Sunshine comes in time what had passed between them. nent in the final will be the brilliant Ramy Ashour, “He started from the beginning to try to get who has gone a year unbeaten. under my skin, playing a bit physical and also The top-seeded world champion extended talking to me, but I didn’t care what he was his winning streak to 40 matches as he overcame as Rose blooms with 69 doing,” Gaultier said. “I was able to stay focussed James Willstrop, another former world number which I haven’t always done before. I was just try- one from Yorkshire, 11-2, 11-9, 13-11, advancing ing to play my game.” his hopes of becoming the first Egyptian in nearly VIRGINIA WATER: Britain’s Justin Rose was relieved hit some better shots today,” the Englishman Tour Championship in Dubai. “Instead of thinking about the finishing line I 50 years to win the British Open. to feel the sun on his back again at the PGA added. “Hopefully that will give me a little more He also played a key role in Europe’s victorious tried to stay calm and play the right shot at the Earlier, world number one Nicol David earned Championship yesterday and the world number confidence to go out there tomorrow and shoot Ryder Cup campaign in Illinois in September, right time, and play my tactics.” Gaultier knew herself a chance of a topical revenge with an four took advantage with a three-under-par 69. up the leaderboard. rolling in a snaking 35-foot putt at the 17th on that the cool court would provide him with impressively adaptive performance which carried Most of the players contesting the European “It was a hard day on Friday especially. When the way to beating Phil Mickelson in the final-day opportunities to score well with his flicks, slices, her defence of the women’s title into the final. Tour’s flagship event at Wentworth struggled to the wind is howling you try to trap the ball low singles. and disguises and clever changes of direction - David’s 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 win over Alison Waters cope with wintry conditions on the first two days. and move the weight down more on your left “My game feels okay right now and I just feel provided he was patient with his line and length earned her another meeting with Laura Massaro, The eight-degree temperatures and winds side and you can get into some bad habits. as though I’m waiting for a spark,” said Rose. “I’m before an opening emerged. whose two victories over the record-breaking gusting up to 20-mph finally gave way to blue “I had a nice warm up on the practice range not really scoring very well at the moment, I’m However he started slowly, losing the first five Malaysian in Kuala Lumpur this year brought a skies and warm sunshine in the third round and this morning. I went back to basics, checked my hitting some good shots and not really capitalis- points, and then saw a five-point lead in the sec- shocked reaction and claims that the legend was Rose blossomed as four birdies helped him glide alignment, posture, setup, all those sorts of ing. ond game cut to three, when it seemed that the “in the twilight of her career.” Today the sun shone gently through the field. things, and played better.” “I’m close to playing well, I think I just need a well-organised and tenacious Matthew might brightly on it. —AFP “It’s nice to play golf in decent weather again,” Rose came close to winning the European tiny bit of confidence. I birdied three of the four the 32-year-old told Reuters in an interview after Tour’s Abu Dhabi Championship in January, end- par-fives today, just missed out on the 17th. returning a one-under aggregate of 215. “I hit the ing up tied second to fellow Briton Jamie “They were all pretty solid birdies, up and Kuchar ahead at Colonial ball a lot better today than I did the first couple of Donaldson after missing a 12-foot putt at the last around the green in two shots, and I also hit it to days. “When you are wearing four or five layers of hole that would have set up a playoff. one foot from the pin for a two at the 14th,” said TEXAS: American Matt Kuchar held a one-shot the clubhouse, having succumbed to the infa- clothing, and waterproofs, it’s hard to get a feel for He has also achieved three top-10 finishes in Rose. lead at 10 under par after 15 holes when the mous “Horrible Horseshoe” before rebounding your swing.” the United States this year without finding that “The whole field is closely bunched together weather-hit second round was suspended for the with two closing birdies to grab the early spot- The so-called British summer hampers Rose breakthrough victory. this week and I’m far enough up the leader- day at the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, light. more than most because these days he is a resi- Rose was in the form of his life in 2012, win- board where a great round tomorrow can help Texas on Friday. In pursuit of his first PGA Tour victory, the 31- dent of Florida where the weather is perfect for ning his first World Golf Championship title at the me work my way through the field into the top Kuchar, who clinched his fifth PGA Tour title at year-old from Saskatchewan put a welcome golf all year round. Cadillac event in Florida and taking second place 10 or even the top five with an exceptional the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in smile back on his face as he carded a three- “I definitely lost my swing a bit yesterday but I in the European circuit’s season-ending DP World round.” —Reuters February, will line up a 40-foot birdie putt at the under-par 67 in overcast conditions to post a nine-under total of 131. Americans Josh Teater (67), Jordan Spieth (67) and 2004 champion Steve Flesch (64) were tied for second, with Swede Fredrik Jacobson (67) and American Chris Stroud (66) a further stroke back at seven under. DeLaet completed his 67 before the siren sounded to halt the action, and was delighted with his overall position after going bogey- bogey-bogey on his back nine over the “Horrible Horseshoe” stretch of holes from the par-four third to the par-four fifth. “It was disappointing to make those three bogeys in a row,” DeLaet told Golf Channel after ending the day with a total of seven birdies and four bogeys. “We got to the sixth hole and I just wanted to get the ball in the fairway and hit it in the middle of the green. I had a pretty reasonable short iron in there but I just wanted to make sure I didn’t make another bogey. “I parred six and seven, then had great birdies on eight and nine to finish and just kind of calm FORT WORTH: Jordan Spieth hits his my nerves a little bit. I knew I was in contention approach shot on the first hole dur- ... it was definitely a great finish.” ing the third round of the Crowne DeLaet, whose best PGA Tour finish was a tie Plaza Invitational at Colonial. —AFP for third at the 2010 Houston Open in his rookie season, drained a 28-footer at the par-three par-three 16th when play resumes late yesterday. eighth and a 12-footer at the par-four ninth to World number 13 Kuchar, the highest-ranked take over at the top of the leaderboard. player in this week’s field, raced to the turn in four- “I got myself right back in it,” he said. “My under 31 before recording his fifth birdie of the game feels good and I’m making some putts round at the par-four 14th to take over at the top. here the last couple of days, which always helps.” The second round had already been suspend- DeLaet, a three-times winner on the ed for just over two hours earlier in the day due to Canadian Tour where he clinched the order of the threat of lightning at Colonial Country Club, merit title in 2009, has recorded three top-10s in giving the late starters no chance of completing 14 starts on the 2013 PGA Tour as he seeks a the full 18 holes. Overnight pacesetter Ryan breakthrough victory on the ultra competitive Palmer, who tied the tournament record low for US circuit. the opening round after a flawless 62 on The cut was projected to fall at one-under Thursday, was at eight under with six holes to play 139 with 2011 Masters champion Charl after mixing three birdies with one bogey and a Schwartzel of South Africa and former major WENTWORTH: Northern-Irish golfer Darren Clarke drives the ball on the 3rd hole during the third round of the PGA double-bogey. winners David Toms and Davis Love III among Canadian Graham DeLaet was the leader in those in danger of missing out. —Reuters Championship at Wentworth Golf Club. —AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 SPORTS Root puts England on top Photo of the day

LEEDS: Joe Root’s maiden Test centu- Yorkshire batsman in the county’s off left-arm seamer Neil Wagner. ry, on his Yorkshire home ground, left 150-year history to make his first Test And next ball left-hander Cook flat- England well-placed in the second hundred at Headingley. footedly edged recalled paceman and final Test against New Zealand at It was another composed display Doug Bracewell, part of a four-man Headingley yesterday. by Root following his 71 in England’s seam attack with spinners Bruce England were 337 for seven at 170-run first win in the first of this Martin (injured) and Daniel Vettori stumps on the second day after Root two-Test series at Lord’s last week and (unfit), to Brownlie as 67 for two made 104, having come in with means he has now scored 861 first- became 67 for three. England in trouble on 67 for three fol- class runs in seven innings this sea- At lunch, both Ian Bell and Root lowing Friday’s first day wash-out. son. were nought not out. Conditions Together with Yorkshire colleague Earlier, England captain Alastair became tougher for New Zealand’s Jonny Bairstow (64), Root shared a Cook won the toss with the sunny seamers but occasional off-spinner Kane Williamson lived up to his repu- tation as a partnership breaker when he had Bell, carelessly caught behind for 30 by McCullum, keeping wicket after BJ Watling was ruled out with a knee injury he suffered at Lord’s. It was the end of a stand worth 79 and, at tea England were 178 for four with Root 61 not out and Bairstow 13 not out. Root then surpassed his previous Test best of 73, made on his debut against India at Nagpur in December, with three fours in as many balls off Williamson a drive and a sweep fol- lowed by a cheeky reverse sweep. Meanwhile Bairstow’s seventh four, an on-drive off Wagner, saw the son of Competitors perform at the Red Bull Hangtown Motocross Classic at the AMA Pro Motocross late Yorkshire and England wicket- Series in Sacramento, California, USA. —www.redbullcontentpool.com keeper David Bairstow, to a 73-ball fifty and also raised a century stand with Root. Such was the crowd’s nervous expectancy regarding Root’s progress Nibali battles through LEEDS: England batsman Joe Root (left) celebrates his century (100 that even Headingley’s usually rau- runs) during the second day’s play in the second cricket Test match cous Western Terrace was subdued. between England and New Zealand. —AFP But the silence was well and truly snow to close on win broken when Root’s steer for four fifth-wicket stand of 124. However, blue skies overhead providing seem- through the slips off Bracewell saw left-arm quick Trent Boult brought ingly ideal conditions for batting. him complete a 156-ball century, ITALY: Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali all but my way of doing that,” Nibali added. achieved,” the Sky rider told reporters. New Zealand back into the match But Tim Southee, who took 10 including nine boundaries. sealed overall victory in the Giro “I was worried about the fans get- Nibali, meanwhile, is poised to with a new-ball burst of three wickets wickets at Lord’s, had a static Nick However, New Zealand took the d’Italia after battling through a snow- ting so close to me, though, they claim the second Grand Tour of for three runs in 13 deliveries to Compton excellently caught head- new ball as soon as it was available storm and sub-zero temperatures to could have knocked me off, but fortu- his career after winning the Tour remove both Yorkshiremen and Stuart high by third slip Dean Brownlie for and Boult’s first delivery with it saw take his second stage win of the race Broad. one. Root caught behind off a loose shot, deep in the Dolomite mountains yes- But Matt Prior, dropped on 21, was England then made largely untrou- the century-maker swishing his bat in terday. 38 not out at the close, and Graeme bled progress during a second-wicket disgust. Bairstow, also playing a poor His helmet, bike and race clothes Swann, who survived the hat-trick stand of 56 between Cook (34) and stroke, went the same way as did caked in snow, Nibali raised first his chance, 21 not out with their partner- Jonathan Trott (28). Broad to give McCullum his fifth catch right arm and then his left, kissing his ship so far worth 51 in just 59 balls. But Trott, driving well away from of the innings. However, when Prior wedding ring as he crossed the line in The 22-year-old Root, in his sixth his body, was caught behind by New clipped Southee to mid-wicket, blizzard-like conditions 17 seconds match at this level, was the first Zealand captain Brendon McCullum Bracewell dropped the chance. —AFP ahead of Colombia’s Fabio Duarte. Colombian Rigoberto Uran in third in Stage 20 of the race. SCOREBOARD The winner of Thursday’s 20 kilo- metre uphill time-trial, Nibali attacked LEEDS, United Kingdom: Scoreboard at stumps on the second day of the second Test between England and New Zealand with 2.5 kilometres to go, pounding at Headingley yesterday: past snowdrifts lying a metre deep at England: 1st Innings Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Compton), 2-67 (Trott), 3-67 (Cook), 4- the side of the narrow road leading to A. Cook c Brownlie b Bracewell 34 146 (Bell), 5-270 (Root), 6-279 (Bairstow), 7-286 (Broad) the Tre Cime ski station and brushing N. Compton c Brownlie b Southee 1 To bat: S Finn, J Anderson aside fans who came perilously close J. Trott c McCullum b Wagner 28 Bowling: Boult 19-4-48-3 (2w); Southee 24-6-72-1 (1w); as they tried to run alongside him. I. Bell c McCullum b Williamson 30 Wagner 23-4-73-1 (1nb, 1w); Bracewell 19-3-83-1; Williamson “I attacked a little early because I J. Root c McCullum b Boult 104 9-0-49-1. knew the last two kilometres were J. Bairstow c McCullum b Boult 64 hard, but I had no idea they were that M. Prior not out 38 New Zealand: Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane hard,” Nibali told reporters as snow S. Broad c McCullum b Boult 0 Williamson, Ross Taylor, continued to fall heavily. G. Swann not out 21 Doug Brownlie, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum “The last part of the climb seemed Extras (b5, lb7, w4, nb1) 17 (capt/wkt), Tim Southee, Neil interminable. But this victory gives me Total (7 wkts, 94 overs, 425 mins) 337 Wagner, Doug Bracewell, Trent Boult. a real sense of joy, the snow gave it a kind of epic feeling. “I wanted to finish off the moun- tain stages and the race in a good way, leave it all on a high note, and Rudisha resists quick buck that’s what I’ve done.” With one flat straightforward stage ITALY: Italian Vincenzo Nibali celebrates with the pink jersey on the remaining on Sunday, the 28-year-old podium after winning the 20th stage and penultimate stage of the for gold rush in Rio Sicilian’s solo win also increased his overall lead to four minutes and 43 96th Giro d’Italia. —AFP NEW YORK: David Rudisha was hailed son is to defend his world title in line of athletes who have turned seconds on Uran, with Australia’s nately I could get through.” of Spain in 2010. as a super-runner after his world- Moscow in August. down the chance of making a quick Cadel Evans, who struggled on the Seventh in last year’s Giro and “This is a much more important record breaking victory in the 800 His long-term goal is to win anoth- buck to focus on their sporting final climb, dropping back to third. almost certain to finish second overall moment for me than when I won the metres at last year’s London Olympics. er Olympic gold medal at Rio in 2016, careers. “After what happened yesterday on Sunday, Uran said that he was Vuelta,” Nibali said. “But if it wasn’t for The Kenyan’s name was added to which remains the main reason he He already has some marquee (when the stage was cancelled due to delighted with the prospect of taking the Vuelta, and my third place here (in track and field’s A-list alongside Usain chose to escape the spotlight and sponsors including Adidas and snow) I wanted to say thank you to his first Grand Tour podium finish. the Giro in 2010), I would never have Bolt and Mo Farah. Suddenly, every- remain in Kenya, where he trains Templeton said the 6ft 3in (1.90m) the fans for coming to today’s stage “It was a very difficult course today, realised what I could achieve in Grand one wanted a piece of Rudisha. under the guidance of legendary Irish Kenyan would benefit in the long run. and waiting for hours in the snow to the cold and snow made it really hard, Tours.” The Giro d’Italia finishes today Politicians wanted to be pho- support us. Attacking like that was but I’m very satisfied with what I in Brescia. —Reuters tographed with him, talk show hosts wanted to interview him and promot- ers were dreaming up ways to get him and Bolt to race each other. Jimmie chasing NASCAR history For a fleeting moment, the notori- ously shy and humble Rudisha lapped CONCORD: Jimmie Johnson is Johnson’s numbers at Charlotte five-hundreths of a second for the top up the attention. Then, he disappeared focused on chasing victory at the speak very loudly, too. He won three spot. Kurt Busch led 69 of the first 73 from the limelight, retreating to his Coca-Cola 600. He says he’s not think- straight Coca-Cola 600s from 2003 laps at Darlington before fading to homeland. ing about his championship legacy. through 2005, a stretch that also 14th. He’ll give it another go Sunday Rudisha was feted as a hero there A win Sunday night would be included victories in the fall races in night. too. Cattle were slaughtered in his Johnson’s fourth in NASCAR’s longest 2004 and 2005. Johnson won here in “We know we’ve got some good honor, a tradition for his Maasai tribe. race, trailing only Darrell Waltrip’s five October 2009, tying Waltrip and things going right now,” he said. Dale He became an instant celebrity to the spring victories at Charlotte Motor Bobby Allison for the all-time mark of Earnhardt Jr. will start at No. 11. He next generation of Kenyan middle-dis- Speedway. Johnson could also six Charlotte victories. “How do I was on his way to victory in this race tance runners, in the same way that he strengthen his series points lead with describe his career? Do we have that two years ago when he famously ran had been inspired by Wilson Kipketer. his third win this season as he chases much time?” said Matt Kesenth, who out of gas on the final lap and got Then it was back to work. The his fifth Sprint Cup title. And a win leads the series with three victories passed by winner Kevin Harvick. temptation to cash in on his fame was would be a record seventh at this season. Johnson believes his suc- Danica Patrick is running her sec- rejected. The lure of money and offers Charlotte. It’s a resume already wor- cess in the non-points all-star race ond Sprint Cup race at Charlotte. She to fly around the world were turned thy of NASCAR’s Hall of Fame- per- gives him confidence for Sunday. His finished 30th in 2012 and hoped to down for a more noble goal. haps even in the running for winning All-Star car is still in build on that in his first full season in “I just want to run,” Rudisha told NASCAR’s greatest driver - but that is NASCAR’s technical section and the the series. However, her engine was reporters on Friday on the eve of the not something the 37-year-old team couldn’t get it back in time to leaking oil during Saturday’s first Adidas Grand Prix, the New York leg of Johnson is ready to think about. run in the 600. practice session and her team was track and field’s Diamond League “I just don’t pay attention to it all,” “We have a lot to work from, but going to change it out, moving her series. “I want to run the perfect race.” Johnson said. “It’s very difficult to it’s still a new weekend,” Johnson said. to the back of the field for Sunday Many thought he ran the perfect think about where I fit in while I’m still “(The) race is much different than night. Johnson can’t escape some race in London, when he won the 800 racing. I think of drivers’ careers end- before. We feel like we have a good critics. He jokingly took aim at them in one minute 40.91 seconds, becom- ing mid 40s. I still have 10 years or so direction and we’ll see where things after his all-star win, saying he was ing the first man to get under 1:41.00. to even think about that.” He’s got stack up at the end of the night on simply “lucky.” “That’s what people But no sooner had he crossed the plenty of others thinking about it as Sunday.” say. There’s no talent involved, we line, than the speculation began on Johnson’s milestones pile up. He cap- Expect Johnson to get pressured just got lucky tonight,” he said back how much faster he could go. The tured his fourth Sprint All-Star race at from many fronts during the race. on May 17. If Johnson won’t tout his once-unimaginable 1:40.00 became Charlotte last week, a record. Sprint Cup super power Joe Gibbs achievements, others in the garage the new barrier. Hendrick Motorsports teammate Racing has three cars among the top are happy to do it. It is a topic that routinely comes up Jeff Gordon, a four-time Sprint Cup eight starters, including pole sitter “People can say whatever they in Rudisha’s rare public appearances. champion, called Johnson’s career Denny Hamlin, who led qualifying want about him, but I don’t know The 24-year-old remains reluctant to phenomenal. with a track record of 195.624 mph how you can’t say that he’s not the talk about his chances, sticking to the Johnson had won several off-road Thursday night. Kenseth, who won at best ever,” Kenseth said. sportsman’s mantra that nothing is racing titles when Gordon backed Darlington two weeks ago, will start Johnson will think about those impossible. David Rudisha him to team owner Rick Hendrick. third while Kyle Busch starts eighth. sorts of accolades later on when he’s “I don’t want to say what is possi- Johnson drove his first Sprint Cup Busch has won 11 times at Charlotte finished winning races. There are too ble,” he said. “I think maybe, for myself, race for the team in 2001 and joined in the Nationwide and Truck series, many standouts through the years, 1:40.5 is possible but I don’t know coach, Brother Colm O’Connell. “Athletes are making more and the series full time the next season. but never on NASCAR’s biggest stage. Johnson says, who have had wonder- about 1:40.00 because you have to “We’ve had a lot of requests, from more money, that sort of thing takes Combine Johnson’s talent with Defending champion Kasey Kahne, ful careers and he’s simply happy that average 49 (seconds per lap). “The all over the world, but we’ve said no care of itself,” Templeton said. “Brother Hendrick’s resources and the skill of Johnson’s teammate, will start near his name is mentioned among them. most important thing is to stay to most things,” Rudisha’s manager Colm and I think he will be a super- crew chief Chad Knaus and “the rest is the front in sixth. “We just have the questions and focused and keep training. With time, James Templeton told Reuters. star in 2016, and there will be oppor- really history in what his career has Kurt Busch of Furniture Row the conversations” about who’s the anything is possible.” “We try to limit that sort of thing, tunities before then. “But we don’t been and the numbers that he has Racing looked like he had taken his greatest driver, Johnson said. “I’m While Rudisha is an overwhelming and minimalise all those distractions think too much about the commercial put up I think speak for themselves,” second straight pole after Darlington glad we have those conversations in favourite to win Saturday’s 800m race in your life and disruptions to train- side. We don’t want too many distrac- Gordon said. before Hamlin caught him by about our sport.” —AP in Manhattan, his major goal this sea- ing.” Rudisha is just the latest in a long tions.” —Reuters SPORTS SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 Force hold off Highlanders

PERTH: The Western Force continued their Highlanders held firm in defence. recent dominance of the Otago But in the 17th minute Hayward made a Highlanders with a thrilling 19-18 win in break down the right side line and the ball their Super 15 rugby clash in Perth yester- ended up with Sias Ebersohn, who dived day. over in the corner for his first try since 2011. In the battle of the competition’s cellar Hayward converted to give the home dwellers, with just three wins before them side a 7-0 lead and reward them for their for the season, the Force made it their fifth early energy. The two sides then traded straight win against the embattled penalties, the Force leading 10-6 at the Highlanders and notched their third victory break, until the final 20 minutes saw the for the season. For the New Zealand side, Highlanders finally click into gear and pro- the result means they are almost certain to duce their most cohesive rugby of the claim the wooden spoon this year. match. Although the Force only ran in the only They were narrowly denied a try in the try in a match dominated by the kicking 62nd minute, when Ma’a Nonu slid in games of both sides, the boot of Jayden against the post and the video referee was Hayward held the Highlanders at bay. called upon, but it was impossible to be Hayward scored 14 points and also set certain he grounded the ball, and it was up the game’s only try. After the ruled to have been held up. Highlanders hit the lead through a Colin The Highlanders had a last gasp chance Slade long-range penalty in the 76th to snatch the win, but Slade knocked on. minute, Hayward won a penalty 60 seconds Force captain Matt Hodgson said his team later when he was taken out by substitute showed great resilience to hang on for the Tino Nemani after kicking the ball. win. “I’m proud of the boys,” he said. Hayward stepped up and cooly slotted “It was not the prettiest of games in the MONACO: Mercedes’ German driver Nico Rosberg drives during the qualifying session at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo ahead of the the penalty to put the Force back in front. second half, but we didn’t let a try in. “If we Monaco Formula One Grand Prix.—AFP The Force had generally looked the best get our attack to match our defence we will side for most of the match, dominating be a great side.” Highlanders skipper Brad possession but struggling to crack the Thorn lamented errors from his side.”It was Rosberg on pole in Monaco defence of the Highlanders. another disappointing one,” he said. They looked certain to score early in the “It was just the little things, they are match when they put together 23 phases hard lessons and hopefully (at) some stage MONACO: Germany’s Nico Rosberg scorched to “It’s always nice to hear statistics like that but ment for me.” A light shower before qualifying as they camped on the try line, but the this year we will learn them.”—AFP his third successive Formula One pole position it doesn’t change much for tomorrow,” said the threw an element of uncertainty into the mix, with team mate Lewis Hamilton completing a Monaco resident who grew up in the with Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado fastest for front row lockout for Mercedes at the Monaco Mediterranean principality and had dominated Williams at the end of the first phase on a drying Grand Prix yesterday. every practice session through the treacherous track that caught out Force India’s Paul Di Resta. The pole was the fourth in a row for metal-fenced streets. Ferrari’s Felipe Massa did not set a time after Mercedes, whose qualifying form has faded in “In Barcelona we were struggling a lot in the crashing in final practice, leaving his mechanics the races so far this season, and second succes- race and I finished 70 seconds behind the win- with too much to fix and not enough time to do sive sweep of the top two places. ner. We’re improving step by step, but there are it. The Brazilian will start last. Red Bull’s triple world champion Sebastian still a lot of questions remaining. It (the tyre Frenchman Romain Grosjean was also racing Vettel qualified third, on a drying track after a wear) is still our weakness but we’ll make the against time after also hitting the barriers in the damp session, with Australian team mate and best of it and who knows.” morning but the Lotus driver managed to get last year’s winner Mark Webber lining up along- Hamilton, 0.91 slower than his team mate, out of the pits and into the second phase before side. was happy to overcome the problems he experi- complaining that he had been held up by a Toro Title contender Kimi Raikkonen, four points enced in practice and to qualify second for a Rosso. With Massa and Di Resta out, Caterham’s behind Vettel after five races, starts fifth for Lotus race that should see just two pitstops rather Dutch rookie Giedo van der Garde made it into with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso in sixth place for than the average of four witnessed in Spain. the second phase for the first time. a race where overtaking can be extremely tricky. “I’ve been struggling all weekend and my Vettel was quickest in the second phase but Rosberg could become the first son of a pace has been slacking. I’ve struggled with the could not match the Mercedes when it mattered Monaco Grand Prix winner to win the most car and this is the first time that’s happened most. “It was very close. Mercedes were very glamorous race on the calendar - 30 years on since 2005,” the 2008 winner said, referring to his quick all weekend. We know they’re quick over from his world champion father Keke’s 1983 vic- pre-F1 days. “It’s been a difficult weekend so I’m one lap but I don’t want that to sound like an tory for Williams - but he was not about to get happy to have been able to lock out the front excuse,” said the German. “If anyone is to blame, Dylan Hartley ahead of himself. row for the team. It’s been a massive improve- then it’s me. The car was very good.”—Reuters Leicester crowned champions

LONDON: England hooker Dylan Hartley could Leicester’s first try to give them an 8-0 advan- Djokovic and cold weather be out of the British and Irish Lions tour to tage - before Stephen Myler replied with a Australia after being sent off in Northampton’s touch down of his own for Northampton. 37-17 defeat by Leicester in the English Then the fireworks started with England threaten Nadal’s Paris bid Premiership final here at Twickenham yester- second row Courtney Lawes hitting Flood with day. Hooker Hartley saw red when he allegedly a late tackle. The tackle was not high but PARIS: Old foe Novak Djokovic and his opener against Belgian David accused referee Wayne Barnes of cheating as a Flood’s head bounced off the turf and off Dan damp weather conditions are the Goffin. fractious match neared half-time and the inci- Cole’s knee and he was prone on the pitch for most likely obstacles to claycourt Djokovic, who lost early in Rome dent overshadowed Leicester’s first title since five minutes before staggering to his feet. machine Rafael Nadal’s bid for a and Madrid, could meet Nadal in 2010. Barnes had previously warned Hartley A second Lawes hit finished Flood’s contri- record-extending eighth French the semi-finals of a tournament about inappropriate language but when the bution to the game and he was replaced by Open title over the next two weeks. deprived of world number two Northampton captain apparently accused the George Ford who slotted a penalty ahead of a Nadal, who last year beat Bjorn Andy Murray, who pulled out official of favouring Leicester he was sent off. disallowed effort by Ben Foden, who was held Borg’s record of six Roland Garros because of back problems. Hartley, who faces a Rugby Union (RFU) dis- up over the line. crowns, has lost only one match on “This is the tournament that is ciplinary hearing today, could be banned for up Hartley was then warned for talking back to the Paris clay and has already won the number one priority of my year, to a year. The Lions fly to Hong Kong tomorrow the referee and Soane Tonga’uiha was five titles on the slow surface this of my season. This is where I want and a spokesman for the tourists indicated to penalised for an early engagement at the year. to win and I’m going to go for it,” reporters at Twickenham that coach Warren scrum, meaning more points to Leicester as However, Serbia’s Djokovic end- Djokovic, who beat Nadal in the Gatland wanted all players to be available for they went to the break 16-5 in front.—AFP ed the Spaniard’s eight-year reign Monte Carlo final, told a news con- the match in Perth against the Force on June 5, at the Monte Carlo Masters to show ference. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and the second of the trip after the first game he is beatable on the red dust after Richard Gasquet, seeded sixth and against the Barbarians in the Far East next all. seventh respectively, will be out to week. Hartley’s track record may count against Matches on TV Cold and wet weather could also end France’s 30-year drought for a him - he has been banned three times since (Local Timings) threaten Nadal, whose devastating men’s grand slam champion. 2007, twice for gouging - and although the top spin works best on dry courts. The last Frenchman to win a Lions emphasised the matter was out their Italian Cup Temperatures are set to barely major tournament was Yannick hands for the time being, any suspension of reach 15 degrees Celsius in the first Noah, who beat Swede Mats two weeks or more would rule him out of the Roma v Lazio 19:00 week of the French Open, with rain Wilander in the final at Roland entire trip. The rumpus overshadowed a see- Al Jazeera Sport +1 showers forecast every day from Garros in 1983. saw match between two local rivals with Tuesday onwards, conditions remi- In Tsonga’s way stands second Leicester bidding to win the title after being Spanish League Premier niscent of 2009 when the Spaniard seed Roger Federer, who has a runners-up for the last two years. lost to Robin Soderling in the smooth-looking draw until a poten- Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill Valencia v Granada 21:00 fourth round. tial quarter-final clash with his said: “You know how Wayne Barnes referees Al Jazeera Sport +10 “The only negative thing is this sometime nemesis. and we spoke the whole week about discipline Sociedad v Real Madrid 21:00 cold,” Nadal, who came back this World number one Serena because we have been stung in finals with ear- year from a seven-month knee Williams is the top favorite in the ly yellow cards. He likes to be treated with Al Jazeera Sport +2 injury layoff, told a news confer- women’s draw although defending respect. “In a game as big as this you would Malaga v Coruna 21:00 ence on Friday. champion Maria Sharapova of imagine Wayne Barnes would be 100 per cent Al Jazeera Sport +5 Nadal, with 11 grand slam titles Russia is also a natural candidate in what he is thinking. I don’t want players sent on all surfaces to his name, is just for a second Roland Garros title. Atletico v Mallorca 21:00 off. “But Barnes is a very experienced referee, happy to be back playing and win- Once a self-described “cow on one of the top two or three in the world. That’s Al Jazeera Sport +9 ning at Roland Garros again this ice” on clay, Sharapova now feels at why he gets these games. There’s enough his- Betis v Zaragoza 21:00 year is not the be-all and end-all. home on the slowest surface. “It tory between Northampton and Leicester to Al Jazeera Sport +8 “If you can ask me if I win one never came easy for me to play on know that discipline is going to be a key part of grand slam during the whole year the clay and that’s why it took the game.” Espanyol v Barcelona 21:00 or win six tournaments like I many years. But yet I felt like with Northampton director of rugby Jim Al Jazeera Sport +6 already did, I will choose to win six every year I was getting closer,” she Mallinder added: “We don’t know what is going tournaments,” said the third seed, told a news conference. on the field. I asked Dylan what he said and he French League who first meets Germany’s Daniel Eleven years after winning her said he was talking to Ben Youngs. There is a Brands. only French Open, Serena is also lot worse than that going on the field.” Lorient v Paris Saint 22:00 World number one Djokovic, in feeling sharp as she bids for a 16th This was Leicester’s ninth successive Al Jazeera Sport +4 contrast, has put a lot of pressure grand slam singles title. “Just look- Premiership final and they came out of the Marseille v Stade Reims 22:00 on his shoulders having yet to tri- ing back at a few of my matches blocks sharply after spending the time since umph at the French Open. years ago and looking now, I defi- their semi-final win over Harlequins emphasis- Al Jazeera Sport +1 He has asked his support team nitely feel like I’m getting into that ing how important it was to win the title again. Lyon v Stade Rennes 22:00 and reporters not to tell him who zone that I have always wanted to FRANCE : Serbia’s Novak Djokovic practices during a training session Toby Flood opened the scoring with a Al Jazeera Sport +7 his potential second or third round be in and I feel a lot better about it,” on the eve of the start of the French Tennis Open tournament at the penalty before Niall Morris crossed for opponents are so he can focus on the American said.—Reuters Roland Garros stadium. —AFP Fernley says costs threaten some F1 teams MONACO: Some Formula One teams face a Under a now-lapsed Resource Restriction Mercedes and McLaren would get a bigger from his business empire as a privately- Williams are firmly opposed to. Fernley said fight for survival next season when engine Agreement (RRA) between teams, the V8 share of revenues under a deal with Bernie owned entity. “CVC have got an agenda as Force India were in the Williams camp. costs more than double, Force India deputy was priced at around 9 million euros ($11.64 Ecclestone, who represents commercial bankers to make as much money out of “It’s not just Frank. Once you bring in principal Bob Fernley said yesterday. million) a season. The new engine will cost rights holder CVC, but that was of no help to their investment as they possibly can and ‘customer teams’ you’ve lost the identity of “You shouldn’t underestimate the more than 20 million. those further down the pecking order. “How that involves minimal investment. And that Formula One. And you as a team have lost resolve of Formula One teams, they are In-season testing could also be reintro- much money is being put into the sport and is not in the sport’s interests. It’s the worst your identity. So you’re now just an incredibly resilient and probably will come duced next year and teams also face a hike how much money is being taken out of the combination that you can have,” Fernley appendage,” he declared. “There are four through,” the Briton told Reuters in an inter- in entry fees. McLaren team principal Martin sport?,” asked Fernley, whose team is owned added. “I only question the logic of it. Are we teams that have been given special privilege view at the Monaco Grand Prix. Whitmarsh said the teams must also shoul- by Indian liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya and the actually trying to stack it in a way that is to and those four teams would be the ones “But to add to the level of costs to the der some of the blame: “F1 badly misman- Sahara Group. Both Mallya and Sahara have get rid of teams so they can bring customer that are likely to supply the customer teams. teams at this time in an economic cycle, one aged the cost of the development and sup- been regularly in the financial headlines teams in maybe?” So everything is now moving in the way of has to question whether they can all sur- ply of those new power plants,” the with the former’s Kingfisher airline ground- CVC could not be contacted immediately the four teams.” vive.” Guardian newspaper quoted him as saying. ed by debts of $2.5 billion. for comment. Ecclestone recently revived The confidential Concorde Agreement Formula One is introducing a new 1.6 “We allowed the engineers to be unfet- Unlisted Sahara has been ordered by the talk of top teams being able to provide oth- that has governed the sport expired at the litre V6 turbocharged unit with energy tered in dreaming up the regulations, which Indian supreme court to repay billions of ers with cars, something that Ferrari presi- end of last year and a new one is still being recovery systems in 2014 to replace the means teams are now facing big bills.” dollars it raised from millions of small dent Luca di Montezemolo has long been pored over by lawyers with no indication existing 2.4 litre V8. Fernley said champions Red Bull, Ferrari, investors. Mallya insists the team is separate pushing for and others such as Frank that any signing is imminent.—Reuters Gaultier ends Rosberg on Matthew’s British pole in Open record Monaco

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LONDON: Bayern’s Philipp Lahm holds up the trophy after his side won the Champions League Final soccer match against Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium. — AP Robben gives Bayern Euro crown

LONDON: Arjen Robben scored a heart-stopping 89th- for incoming successor Pep Guardiola. Bender, before Bayern finally came to life when Weidenfeller ing the opening goal. minute winner to earn Bayern Munich a dramatic 2-1 win over Having already claimed the German title, Bayern will now tipped a Mandzukic header onto the bar. Ribery rolled a pass towards the byline and Robben evad- German rivals Borussia Dortmund yesterday after a thrilling look to complete an unprecedented treble by beating Javi Martinez sent a header onto the roof of the net from ed the offside trap by a matter of inches before nudging the Champions League final at London’s Wembley Stadium. Stuttgart in the German Cup final next weekend. the resulting corner, but the best chances of the first half both ball beyond Weidenfeller and crossing for Mandzukic to hook With extra time beckoning, Robben collected a back-heel There was no second title for 1997 winners Dortmund, but fell to Robben. the ball home from a yard. Dortmund might have been for- from Franck Ribery, eluded the challenge of Mats Hummels Jurgen Klopp’s side more than played their part on a night of On the half hour, Thomas Mueller’s pass sent him clean given for feeling deflated given their first-half exertions, but and rolled a delicate shot past Roman Weidenfeller to give gripping drama in front of 86,298 fans at the home of English through on goal, but the angle was prohibitive for a left-foot- instead they drew level. Bayern their fifth European crown. It was a moment of long- football. ed player and Weidenfeller rushed out swiftly to make a Dante was penalised for an untidy high foul on Reus inside awaited deliverance for both Bayern and Robben, after The player who had generated the most column inches in sprawling save. the area and Gundogan steered his penalty into the bottom- defeats for the Bavarians in the final of the competition in the weeks leading up to the game was in the stands for kick- The Dutchman found himself with only the goalkeeper to right corner to send the hordes of yellow-shirted fans behind 2010 and again in 2012, when they lost a cruel penalty shoot- off; a hamstring injury having denied Mario Goetze a farewell beat again moments before half-time when the ball fell kindly Neuer’s goal leaping from their seats. out to Chelsea on home soil. appearance for Dortmund before his 37 million euros (£31.7 for him in a tussle with Hummels, but Weidenfeller stood up Moments later, Dortmund were indebted to a breathtak- Robben had set Bayern on the way to victory after an hour million, $47.8 million) move to Bayern. bravely and blocked with his face. ing piece of defending from Neven Subotic, who slid in to of the first all-German final when he teed up Mario His transfer was the latest show of strength from a side In between, Neuer produced a superb last-ditch block to hook Mueller’s goal-bound shot off the line as Robben closed Mandzukic for the opener, only for Ilkay Gundogan to who romped to the Bundesliga title by a record-breaking 25- thwart Lewandowski, who had deftly rolled Jerome Boateng in for a tap-in. equalise from the penalty spot in the 68th minute. point margin, but Bayern were left looking like the underdogs from a Reus pass, as the play passed from one end to the oth- But Bayern continued to push, Weidenfeller repelling Victory made Bayern coach Jupp Heynckes only the fourth as Dortmund flew out of the blocks. er at breathless speed. fierce strikes from David Alaba and Bastian Schweinsteiger, manager to win the trophy with two different clubs, after a Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer had to save from Robert It looked as if another major final was set to pass Robben before Robben tiptoed through the Dortmund defence to 1998 triumph with Real Madrid, as he prepares to step aside Lewandowski, Jakub Blaszczykowski, Marco Reus and Sven by, but on the hour he atoned for his earlier misses by creat- score a famous late winner. — AFP Gay roars to 100m win

NEW YORK: Tyson Gay roared to a 100- season’s world best. “I’m a little surprised (at meter victory while Sanya Richards-Ross my time),” Montsho said. “I knew I had been withdrew and high jumper Blanka Vlasic training well.” made an emotional comeback triumph in Instead of Richards-Ross’s return, the yesterday’s New York Diamond League ath- stunning comeback story was left to letics meet. Croatia’s Vlasic, a four-time world champion Cold, windy and rainy conditions and the 2008 Olympic runner-up who won dimmed bids for spectacular performances by clearing 1.94m. at the third of 14 stops in the global series, It was her first competition after a 16- making health issues a concern as athletes month layoff due to complications following look to the world championships in August Achilles tendon surgery. “I can’t explain to at Moscow. you how scared I was before this competi- “I felt with the weather the way it was, it tion,” Vlasic said. “I didn’t know if I was ready was important to leave here healthy,” Gay or not. I was still feeling a lot of pain. said. “I wanted to try not to push it. I’m glad I “This is just a dream come true, to come won the race.” back and win the competition under these Gay won in 10.02 seconds with US com- circumstances.” Reigning Olympic champion patriot Ryan Bailey second in 10.15sec and David Rudisha of Kenya won the 800m in Keston Bledman of Trinidad and Tobago 1:45.14. third in 10.16sec. “Today’s race was a little bit tough Gay, a former 100m and 200m world because of the weather but it was a good BOLIVIA: A file picture taken on April 6, 2013 shows Brazilian national football team player Neymar celebrating after scoring against Bolivia. — AFP champion who won the Jamaica Invitational run,” he said. “I was expecting something earlier this month in a world-leading 9.86 better than that but I knew the weather was seconds, is pondering a 100m-200m world going to be tough.” Santos to let Neymar go double bid if he can qualify at next month’s Rudisha is less concerned with chasing US nationals. his world record, 1:40.91 set last year at “I’m satisfied. I have some sharpening to London, than he is with winning at Moscow. RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil’s Neymar is on the verge of choosing one of two offers two seasons. do,” Gay said. “I’ll probably pick it up this “I don’t think I have more pressure break- from un-named clubs, reported to be Spanish suitors Barcelona and Real Neymar, regarded as former Santos great Pele’s heir, was the only non week or next. I’ve been trying to take it easy ing the world record,” he said. “I think the Madrid, after Santos agreed on Friday to transfer him. European-based player among the 23 finalists for FIFA’s player of the year on my body.” pressure this year is to win the world cham- Santos said they had ended a three-year fight to keep the 21-year-old, award in 2012 and has been a target of top European sides for at least three At this point, he has no other races pionship.” Brazil’s big hope for next year’s World Cup finals, and agreed to a transfer, giv- years, including Chelsea in 2010. planned until the world meet trials. “My Two-time Olympic champion and 2011 ing him the right to choose which offer to accept, though a decision was not So far Santos had rejected all offers and improved his contract, which coaches want me to train all the way world champion Veronica Campbell-Brown imminent. included sponsorships, to stay at the club and he often attended marketing through so we will see how it goes,” Gay said. of Jamaica won the 200m in 22.53sec. “In the face of the offers and the player’s contract, the management com- events. The ready smiling Neymar became a celebrity, had a part in a televi- Richards-Ross was a no-show at the “It’s not the type of weather sprinters like mittee of the club decided to sell the player,” Santos said in a statement on sion soap opera and admirers imitated his Mohican style haircut. 400m start line and explained her absence but I can’t complain,” said Campbell-Brown. their website (www.santosfc.com.br). In November 2011 he said he had signed for Santos until after next year’s in a Twitter posting, saying she was not yet “I just need to continue to improve and stay “At a meeting with the representatives of Santos FC’s management com- World Cup tournament but has often said he favored a move to Barcelona. fully recovered from right big toe surgery. healthy and I think I’ll have a good season.” mittee, the forward Neymar Jr was informed about the proposals received by However, since the middle of last year a move had become increasingly She had planned for this to be her first race Ethiopia’s Hagos Gebrhiwet won the the club and will analyse them in the coming days before making a definitive possible for the current South American player of the year as Santos lost form since winning London Olympic 400m gold. men’s 5,000m in a season world best of decision,” Santos added in a later statement. and he demanded improvements in the squad. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t able to compete 13:10.03 while Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic won “I’m happy by the interest from both clubs, it makes me proud, but now I’m The subject of whether Neymar should go to Europe or not became a top- going home because my mother’s waiting,” Neymar was quoted by Gazeta ic of debate within the national team given how important some players today. I want to be back on the track more the women’s discus with a season world best Esportiva (www.gazetaesportiva.net) as saying as he left Vila Belmiro with his believed it was for him to get experience of facing the world’s top defenders. than anything but my foot isn’t ready. It’s of 68.48m. father. Gazeta said Neymar would turn out for Santos in their opening match Neymar made his debut for Santos aged 17 in 2009 and the following year tough,” Richards-Ross posted. Reigning Olympic women’s pole vault of the Brazilian championship against Flamengo in Brasilia today. helped the team win the Paulista (Sao Paulo) state championship and Copa “As an athlete it’s always difficult to know champion Jenn Suhr won on 4.63m with Representatives of Spain’s two leading clubs were in Brazil and Folha de Sao Brasil knockout tournament. when to push it and when to be patient. It’s world champion Fabiana Murer of Brazil sec- Paulo newspaper put the latest offer from Barcelona at 74 million Brazilian Real Such was his impact playing alongside creative midfielder Paulo Henrique a long season and I want to be ready for ond and 2012 Olympic runner-up Yarisley ($36.12 million). Ganso that fans and media wanted to see them both included in Brazil’s 2010 Worlds. But trust me.... It is hard. Staying Silva of Cuba third, both at 4.53m. Should Neymar go for the most likely option of moving to Barcelona, he World Cup squad in South Africa but coach Dunga resisted the calls. optimistic and getting ready for next week!” American Ryan Whiting, the reigning will play alongside Argentine Lionel Messi, Golden Ball winner for the last four Neymar confirmed his qualities as a match winner with his brilliant drib- In her absence, reigning world champion world indoor champion, won the shot put at years. The Spanish champions are looking to revamp their stellar squad after bling and finishing as Santos were crowned South American champions with Amantle Montsho of Botswana won the 21.27m with former world champion Reese what by their high standards is a slump during which they have been eliminat- their third Libertadores Cup title, the first since Pele’s heyday in the early women’s 400m in 49.91sec, 0.03sec off her Hoffa second on 20.69m. — AFP ed from the European Champions League at the semi-final stage for the last 1960s. — -Reuters House-hunting Chinese send wealth to Seattle Page 25

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ATHENS: A homeless man sleeps under a road bridge in Athens. Greece’s deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country’s international debt inspectors said. (Inset) An elderly man walks past a homeless man begging for money, in Milan, Italy. Italy must continue to bring down its public debt, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said, even as the country’s new premier seeks a greater focus on economic growth instead. — AP EU tackles youth unemployment Euro-zone unemployment hit record 12.1%

BRUSSELS: European leaders have decided youth unemploy- the guarantee that they will be either in training, further edu- expressed a concern about a lack of urgency and have thrown For the European Union as a whole, unemployment is 10.9 ment and the risk of social breakdown are among the toughest cation or employment within four months of leaving school.” their weight behind bilateral deals to solve the problem. percent and in the 17-member euro zone, it reached a record challenges they face and finding solutions will be a top priority EU ministers agreed earlier this year on steps to ensure people The dominant EU state says it is experienced in dealing with 12.1 percent of the working population in March, the latest for the coming months. In a letter released late on Friday, under the age of 25 receive an offer of work or work-related unemployment and is hosting talks on July 3 in Berlin to follow public figures. In the United States it is 7.6 percent. Among EU European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said youth training as part of a 6 billion euro ($8 billion)initiative on youth up on the June EU talks. It thinks the 6 billion euros of EU mon- member states, the lowest unemployment rates are in Austria unemployment was one of the most pressing issues for the 27- unemployment in the worst-hit corners of Europe. ey should be spent upfront, rather over the seven years of the (4.7 percent), Germany (5.4 percent) and Luxembourg (5.7 per- member European Union. Social unrest is rumbling and research has warned of “lost gen- next multi-annual budget (2014-2020). It also has said some cent), while the highest are in Greece (27.2 percent), Spain “The June European Council will be an opportunity to erations” of unemployed people and their children. Van Rompuy funds could pay for the early retirement of older people to (26.7 percent) and Portugal (17.5 percent), according to mobilize efforts at all levels around one shared objective: to said in his public letter preparatory work needed to be carried out, make way for the next generation. Van Rompuy’s letter notes Eurostat data issued at the end of April. The EU jobs crisis has get motivated young people back to work or education,” he so schemes to help young people could be “fully operational” by unemployment levels vary greatly across the European Union, stoked debate on how tough economic policies need to be to said, referring to upcoming summit talks. “We must give them January next year. In Germany, policy-makers have in private underlining the case for sharing best practice. fix the EU economy.— Reuters IMF chief avoids charges Japan PM vows ‘all possible’ in French payout scandal help for Myanmar economy PARIS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde avoided immediate charges on Friday but was named an “assisted witness” after French prosecutors grilled her for two days over a state payout to YANGON: Japan’s premier yesterday pledged “all Abe said his government “is ready to provide all pos- in the relationship between the two governments a disgraced tycoon when she was finance possible assistance” to kick-start Myanmar’s ailing sible assistance” as Myanmar edges towards democ- and the private sector,” said Set Aung, Myanmar’s minister. Lagarde was questioned for a total economy, hailing a major industrial zone near racy. deputy minister of National Planning and Economic of 24 hours by prosecutors working for a Yangon as a symbol of development for the impov- “Japan is happy to support nation-building in Development. court that probes cases of ministerial miscon- erished nation. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is Myanmar,” he added, according to an official transla- “This will create quick wins for the people of duct over her 2007 handling of a row that touting the potential of Japanese businesses to tion of comments made after his visit to Thilawa. Myanmar and Japanese businessmen,” in terms of resulted in 400 million euros ($515 million) boost the once junta-ruled nation’s economy, visit- During his trip Abe is pushing the expertise of jobs and much-needed “technical assistance”, he being paid to controversial business figure ed the Thilawa project-a 2,400 hectare site which Japanese firms-in particular in infrastructure build- added. An environmental impact assessment of the Bernard Tapie. “My status as assisted witness will include a port and industrial park. Praising the ing-to Myanmar, which desperately needs invest- site will be completed in August, he said. Japan and is not a surprise,” she told reporters as she left jointly-developed scheme as a symbol of “bi-lateral ment to drive a much-anticipated economic revival. Myanmar in December agreed to start work this the Paris courthouse late on Friday. co-operation” which will create badly needed jobs, “Thilawa SEZ (special economic zone) is a milestone year on the Thilawa project with the zone due to be “I have always acted in the best public up and running in 2015. Abe follows in the foot- interest and in accordance with the law,” said steps of other world leaders who have flocked to Lagarde, 57, who has consistently denied any the former pariah state since it was welcomed back wrongdoing. “My explanations came as a to the international community after a nominally response to the doubts that had been civilian government was installed in 2011. brought up regarding the decisions I had tak- In the first visit by a Japanese premier since en at the time,” she added. While Lagarde 1977, Abe is seeking to cement a role for his country Head of the International Monetary Fund avoided being placed under formal investiga- in resource-rich and strategically key Myanmar, (IMF), France’s Christine Lagarde tion-the closest equivalent in French law to whose untouched markets have caught the eye of being charged-her “assisted witness” status in the coming days,” IMF spokesman Gerry global investors. Unlike its Western allies, Japan means she could still face further questions- Rice said in a statement on Friday. “The maintained trade ties and dialogue with Myanmar and possibly charges-at a later stage. Executive Board has been briefed on this mat- during junta rule which ended in 2011, saying a Lagarde said she would now return to ter several times and on each occasion hard line could push it closer to China. During his Washington and report to the board of the expressed confidence in the managing direc- trip Abe is also expected to unveil almost $1 billion International Monetary Fund, which again tor’s ability to effectively carry out her duties,” in development aid and a plan for a nationwide expressed confidence in its first woman he added. electricity grid as part of a strategy to tout Japanese leader after learning of the court’s decision. The investigation concerns Tapie, a former infrastructure firms around the world. “Now it’s time for me to return to Washington politician, who went to prison for match-fix- He is being accompanied by a 40-strong busi- to pursue my mission as managing director of ing during his time as president of French ness delegation bosses of some of Japan’s top com- the IMF,” she said outside the court. The chic football club Olympique de Marseille. panies including trading houses Mitsubishi, Mitsui Lagarde, considered one of the world’s most Prosecutors working for the Court of Justice and infrastructure firms Taisei and JGC. Before the powerful women, won respect as France’s first of the Republic (CJR) suspect he received signing ceremony Abe laid wreaths at Yangon’s female finance minister for her no-nonsense favorable treatment in return for supporting Martyrs’ mausoleum where the tombs of independ- attitude, intellect and style. Nicolas Sarkozy in the 2007 presidential elec- ence leaders including General Aung San-Aung San Criminal charges against Lagarde would tion. They have suggested Lagarde-who at Suu Kyi’s father-who were assassinated in 1947. He YANGON: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd right) visits the Myanmar International have been an embarrassment for the IMF, the time was finance minister-was partly was due to meet democracy champion Suu Kyi Terminals Thilawa (MITT) port yesterday. Abe, whose approval ratings at home are sky-high after her predecessor Dominique Strauss- responsible for “numerous anomalies and before travelling to the capital Naypyidaw for a sum- on the back of encouraging economic figures and healthy stock market gains, is on a three Kahn, also from France, resigned in disgrace irregularities” which could lead to charges for mit with President Thein Sein on Sunday. — AFP day visit to Myanmar. — AFP in 2011 over an alleged assault on a New York complicity in fraud and misappropriation of hotel maid. “The board will be briefed again public funds.—AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 BUSINESS

Mexico’s telecoms law to rebuild industry ‘brick by brick’ MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s new telecommunica- used to fight regulators’ attempts to open up been created it would become apparent Failure to address the concentration of infrastructure with rivals to improve their tions law aims to break the hold of dominant the marketplace. whether the regulator would use its power power in few hands had created an “anom- access. Slim has sought to expand his busi- players that have made the country’s industry “If the telecommunications sector was a to force firms to sell off assets. “What we can alous situation” in Mexico, Peralta said. ness into other sectors as regulatory pressure an anomaly on the global map and rebuild it building, that building is going to be com- evaluate at the moment is that the constitu- “Extremely so, in a way not seen in any coun- on his firm has built up in the last few years. “brick by brick,” a senior government official pletely demolished and we have to recon- tional reform contains (that power). This sent try,” he said. Despite the government’s insis- However, he has failed repeatedly to per- said. The law, approved by Mexico’s states this struct it stone by stone, brick by brick,” Jose out a very strong message about what the tence that the telecoms law will shake up the suade the government to let him enter the month, gives the government sweeping pow- Ignacio Peralta, deputy minister of communi- will and the intention of the president and industry, doubts persist. “Despite the pas- lucrative pay-television market. ers to break up companies controlling more cations and transport, told the Reuters Latin Congress is,” Peralta said. sage of reform, we expect that the Mexican Competitors say the economic might of than 50 percent of the market, thereby chal- America Summit. He said it would be up to “I personally am very optimistic, in the telecommunications market will continue to Slim, who topped the Forbes list of the lenging the might of telecoms tycoon Carlos the new regulator, known as Ifetel, to decide sense that if a dominant player shows anti- be dominated by a few players for the fore- world’s richest people for a fourth straight Slim and broadcaster Televisa. whether the government would forcibly competitive behavior, and, in accordance seeable future,” credit ratings agency year in March, could allow him to crush the Slim’s company America Movil has about break up America Movil or Televisa to spur with the law, it leads to a measure of this Moody’s said in a research note published competition. Peralta said any companies try- 70 percent of Mexico’s mobile phone business competition. kind, I’m optimistic there won’t be any doubt this week. ing to enter the television market would and 80 percent of the fixed line market. But he offered the strongest hints to date about taking this decision,” he said, referring The telecoms law aims to open up tele- need to be carefully vetted. “In the case of Televisa has more than 60 percent of the tele- that the government would not hesitate to to a potential break-up of firms. Mexico has phone networks to smaller players, and someone seeking the concession ... being a vision industry. The new legislation, whose do so to open up the industry. Mexico has been pilloried by think thanks for failing to could force a dominant player to charge dif- dominant player, the criteria that the Ifetel implementing laws must still be drawn up, changed the constitution to give it more open up its economy to boost competition ferent rates compared to competitors to lev- will impose will have to consider elements so aims to foster more competition and put an leverage to rein in America Movil and and the telecoms sector has become the el the playing field. The law can also be used that the structure of the market is not affect- end to the legal stalling Slim and Televisa have Televisa, and Peralta said that once Ifetel had most potent symbol of that. to force Slim’s America Movil to share its ed,” he said. —Reuters US investors look for signs in rally’s break

WALL STREET WEEK AHEAD NEW YORK: The US stock market’s break in its then you throw in the ‘sell in May and go away’ phi- a while,” said Frank Gretz, market analyst and tech- recent rally last week left investors wondering if losophy, well, here we are Memorial Day weekend.” nician for brokerage Shields & Co in New York. they’re seeing a turning point or just a blip in the The pickup in volume suggested to some a shift in But he said the market’s up trend has mostly upward path. Next week could make it harder to sentiment, though activity has been below-aver- been orderly, with little divergent action. Other figure out, considering that the long Memorial Day age throughout the rally, which has taken the Dow analysts see some of the market’s strong momen- weekend typically signals the start of the summer. and the S&P 500 to record highs. Much of that rally tum finally waning. This week’s decline caused the The three major US stock indexes posted a decline has been driven by the Fed’s continued economic S&P 500 to trade below its 14-day moving average, for the week on Friday, their first weekly loss since stimulus. but the index managed to close above the level. In mid-April, raising some fresh worries that this year’s another possible sign of weakening sentiment: rally may be weakening. SHORT PULLBACKS Two massive blocks of puts were bought on Friday WASHINGTON: House Speaker John Boehner speaks during a news confer- Among the biggest concerns for investors right The duration and the scope of the rally have on the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Fund and ence at the US Capitol in Washington. Alleged misbehavior by the Internal now is how soon the Federal Reserve may be end- surprised even veteran market watchers, many of the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Fund, Revenue Service and other federal agencies gives the GOP something else ing its stimulus program. The minutes released this whom have been expecting a reversal in the trend according to options strategists. to talk about and investigate as the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on The move suggests investors are hedging President Barack Obama’s watch and robs Republicans of a central argu- against a possible decline in emerging markets in ment against Democrats. —AP the weeks and months ahead. “Buyers can only take stocks so far. There’s certainly a little bit of buy- Improving economy alters ers’ fatigue setting in, and with the market being as extended as it is, it’s certainly not unrealistic to the US political landscape think sellers will start to come in and take advan- tage of the strength we’ve had,” said Michael WASHINGTON: Alleged misbehavior by the Benghazi, Libya; and for secretly seizing records James, managing director of equity trading at Internal Revenue Service and other federal of journalists from The Associated Press and Fox Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles. That’s not to agencies gives the opposition Republican Party News. Obama and Democrats are naturally talk- say the up trend is over, he said. something else to talk about and investigate as ing up the recent economic gains and the presi- the economy clearly, if slowly, recovers on dent’s efforts to promote more jobs. He’s been BOND YIELDS AND EQUITY GAINS President Barack Obama’s watch and robs trying to draw attention to his job-creation ideas Some of the recent rally has reflected a push Republicans of a central argument against in a series of out-of-town events before audi- out of bonds and into stocks. Equity valuations Democrats. Amid a series of recent positive eco- ences of workers. tend to be lower when real 10-year US Treasury nomic reports, Republicans are revving up their As a result of fiscal improvements, the annual note yields are above 4 percent or below 2 percent, portrayal of the Obama administration as scan- federal budget deficit will drop this year to $642 Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a recent research dal-ridden and inept, while largely abandoning billion after four straight years of $1 trillion-plus note. “We expect both real and nominal bond the party’s where-is-the-recovery criticism. annual shortfalls, the bipartisan Congressional yields to gradually rise from current low levels,” the Republicans had little choice, given that the Budget Office reported this past week. The analysts wrote. The benchmark 10-year US Treasury economy has gained considerable strength over Treasury says it will pay down a small portion of note’s yield rose on Friday above the key 2 percent the past 18 months. Today, the federal budget the national debt this quarter for the first time in level - the highest in two months. Treasury yields deficit is shrinking rapidly and tax receipts are six years. As the rebound gains steam, rose this week after the Fed added to bond rising. Consumer confidence and spending are Republicans stand to lose what had been one of investors’ fears that the US central bank might slow up, as are auto and housing sales. Stocks are their strongest hands for the 2014 elections: NEW YORK: Trader David O’Day works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at its bond purchases later this year if the economy near all-time highs. Such improvements give US asserting ineffective economic stewardship the close of trading. Stocks ended the day slightly lower after recouping a big loss improves further. policymakers some rare breathing room, even if from the Democrat in the White House and early on. —AP Investors are trying to determine if yields are the nearly 12 million people still out of work those on Capitol Hill. likely to climb on stronger growth and a more don’t discern the brighter picture. While unem- But they pick up another compelling issue, week from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting for several weeks. The market has managed to hawkish stance by the Fed. Economic data has ployment is at 7.5 percent, it’s down from the 10 one that touches directly on Obama’s core 2008 showed some officials were open to tapering avoid any significant pullback since November, and remained mixed, adding further uncertainty to percent of October 2009. Also, recent job cre- campaign promise to restore public confidence large-scale asset purchases as early as at the June dips have been used as buying opportunities. market projections. Next week brings May con- ation in the private sector has been relatively in the ability of government to produce results meeting. Volume picked up sharply in the last two Even with the week’s 1.1 percent loss, the S&P 500 sumer confidence data on Tuesday and prelimi- strong. in an effective and evenhanded way. There’s “no days following Wednesday’s release of the Fed’s remains up 15.7 percent for the year. nary data for first-quarter gross domestic product Republicans, who earlier stressed the weak question” that the alleged scandals are taking minutes. Volatility has also not been a problem. That’s on Thursday. On Friday, personal income and con- recovery and what they depict as Obama’s eco- the attention of many politicians away from eco- “We should have already been prepared for” the why Wednesday’s reversal - where the Dow and sumption data for April is set for release, along with nomic mismanagement, are now denouncing nomic concerns, said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a for- Fed’s eventual tapering of stimulus measures, said the S&P 500 both rose more than 1 percent during the final reading on consumer sentiment for May his administration on several fronts: for allowing mer director of the Congressional Budget Office Bryant Evans, investment adviser and portfolio the morning, but fell more than 1 percent in the from Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan, and the Internal Revenue Service to target conserva- and top economic adviser to Republican Sen. manager at Cozad Asset Management, in afternoon - caused many investors to take notice. the ISM-Chicago business survey, also known as tive groups for extra tax scrutiny; for engaging in John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign. Champaign, Illinois. “The market is perhaps just “That’s a change. Historically, when you get that the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, for an alleged cover-up on the nature of a deadly “Both sides were tired of the budget battle,” he looking for an excuse to sell off some gains. And kind of a reversal day, it kind of stalls things out for May.—Reuters terrorist attack on a US post last September in said.—AP

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Canadian Dollar 279.550 US Dollar 286.40 287.500 Australasia Australian Dollar 0.2677639 0.2797639 Japanese Yen 2.875 Sterling Pound 440.36 439.500 New Zealand Dollar 0.2246165 0.2346165 Indian Rupee 5.162 ASIAN COUNTRIES Japanese Yen 2.86 3.300 Uganda Shilling 0.0001140 0.0001140 Egyptian Pound 40.435 Japanese Yen 2.837 Bangladesh Taka 3.689 3.720 America Sri Lankan Rupee 2.272 Indian Rupees 5.168 Indian Rupee 5.186 5.380 Canadian Dollar 0.2713010 0.2803010 Bangladesh Taka 3.678 Pakistani Rupees 2.918 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.268 2.460 Colombian Peso 0.0001462 0.0001642 Philippines Peso 6.895 Srilankan Rupees 2.272 Nepali Rupee 3.258 3.400 US Dollars 0.2850000 0.2871500 Pakistan Rupee 2.917 Nepali Rupees 3.286 Pakistani Rupee 2.910 2.960 Asia Bahraini Dinar 763.550 Singapore Dollar 229.200 UAE Dirhams 78.04 78.700 Bangladesh Taka 0.0036421 0.0036971 UAE Dirham 78.150 Hongkong Dollar 37.017 Bahraini Dinar 762.27 762.000 Cape Vrde Escudo 0.0031866 0.0034166 Saudi Riyal 76.600 Bangladesh Taka 3.679 Egyptian Pound 40.40 40.000 Chinese Yuan 0.0457618 0.0507618 *Rates are subject to change Philippine Peso 6.906 Jordanian Dinar 407.61 410.000 Eritrea-Nakfa 0.0166100 0.0197100 SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 BUSINESS Senator urges ‘caution’ on SoftBank-Sprint deal Deal could expose US to Chinese cyber attacks

WASHINGTON: An influential US senator has been trying to stop because it wants to buy offer in April and quickly launched an offensive expressed strong concerns on Friday about Sprint. Dish ramped up a public relations offen- to undermine SoftBank’s standing with regula- Japanese company SoftBank Corp’s plan to buy sive in Washington this week against SoftBank, tors and the public. In his letter to Lew and 70 percent of Sprint Nextel, warning it could meeting with staffers on Capitol Hill and taking Clyburn, Schumer said the SoftBank-Sprint deal expose the United States to Chinese cyber out full-page ads in Washington newspapers. raised national security concerns because Sprint, attacks. “I have real concerns that this deal, if The satellite company has been trying to together with its affiliate Clearwire Corp, con- approved, could make American industry and draw parallels to the 2006 Dubai Ports World trolled more broadband spectrum than any oth- government agencies far more susceptible to controversy, when a political storm disrupted a er company. cyber attacks from China and the People’s deal by the United Arab Emirates company to As part of the deal, SoftBank has promised to Liberation Army,” Senator Charles Schumer of buy several US ports even after it was approved remove Huawei equipment from Clearwire’s sys- New York said in a statement. by national security reviewers. Schumer was also tems. “Unlike Dish, SoftBank has publicly com- “We must proceed with extreme caution involved in bringing attention to that deal. Matt mitted to removing equipment already located LISBON: A man is restrained by Portuguese police officers as he inter- before allowing something as vital as our com- House, a spokesman for Schumer, confirmed the inside a US network that the government has rupts Portugal’s Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho (not pictured) munications and Internet infrastructure from senator had discussed the issue with Jessica national security concerns about. SoftBank’s pro- during a fortnightly debate at the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon, falling into the hands of a foreign company with Straus, his former campaign finance director posal therefore, enhances US national security,” Friday, May 24, 2013. Portugal pledged to cut its heavy debt load in reported ties to China,” said Schumer, the third- who now works for Dish as its government rela- said Jim Barron, managing director of Sard ranking Senate Democrat. Schumer elaborated tions manager. But Schumer decided he had Verbinnen & Co in New York, a public relations return for a 78 billion euro ($101 billion) financial rescue two years on his concerns in a letter to US Treasury concerns about the SoftBank-Sprint deal before firm working for SoftBank. ago, but tax hikes and pay cuts have contributed to a sharp economic Secretary Jack Lew and acting Federal his conversation with Straus, House said. “Dish has made no such commitment to downturn, and the country is forecast to post a third straight year of Communications Commission Chairwoman remove this network equipment and to do so recession in 2013. Unemployment has climbed to 17.7 percent and is Mignon Clyburn. ‘SIDESHOW’ would require Dish to further increase the widely expected to keep rising. —AP SoftBank owns nearly a third of the Chinese Questions about Straus’ ties to Schumer are “a amount of debt it will need to complete any e-commerce company Alibaba and uses equip- sideshow that fails to address the serious nation- transaction,” Barron said. While Dish has not ment manufactured by Chinese telecommunica- al security concerns raised by a SoftBank-Sprint committed to removing Clearwire’s Huawei Unemployment giving tions companies Huawei and ZTE. Both the FCC deal that have been recognized by a chorus of equipment if it buys Sprint, Toevs, the Dish and the Committee on Foreign Investment in leaders on both sides of the aisle,” Dish spokesman, pointed to a Dish statement on the United States, an interagency panel chaired spokesman Bob Toevs said. SoftBank bid $20.1 Thursday saying the satellite company was “com- way to political crisis by the US Treasury, have to sign off on the pro- billion last October for a 70 percent stake in mitted to working with the appropriate agencies posed deal, which US-based Dish Network Corp Sprint. Dish countered with its own $25.5 billion to meet national security goals.” —Reuters MADRID: The global financial crisis has slowly Thus, if you look at the map, the southern tier of yielded to a global unemployment crisis. This Europe has been hit extraordinarily hard with unemployment crisis will, fairly quickly, give way unemployment, and Eastern Europe not quite as to a political crisis. The crisis involves all three of badly, but Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Chile’s Indians take on the the major pillars of the global system-Europe, Luxembourg have been left relatively unscathed. China and the United States. The level of intensity How long this will last, given the recession in differs, the political response differs and the rela- Germany, is another matter, but the contrast tells tionship to the financial crisis differs. But there is a us a great deal about the emerging geopolitics of World’s largest gold miner common element, which is that unemployment is the region. EL CORRAL: The Diaguita Indians live in silver are on the Chilean side. The plan has toxic waste that must be contained for block construction despite the company’s increasingly replacing finance as the central prob- Portugal, Spain and Greece are in a depres- the foothills of the Andes, just down- been to extract it from huge open pits generations to come on ever-moving denials that it caused any pollution or lem of the financial system. sion. Their unemployment rate is roughly that of stream from the world’s highest gold and carry it through a tunnel for process- slopes between melting glaciers and health problems. The company’s Europe is the focal point of this crisis. Last the United States in the midst of the Great mine, where for as long as anyone can ing in Argentina. Rockfalls are just one of snowy peaks. “I’m so angry at this compa- response to the environmental regulator week Italy held elections, and the party that won Depression. A rule I use is that for each person remember they’ve drunk straight from the threats to building anything in the ny,” said Meri del Rosario, 42, of El Corral, was much more conciliatory: Faced with the most votes-with about a quarter of the total- unemployed, three others are affected, whether the glacier-fed river that irrigates their high Andes, where gale-force winds have Chile. She has thyroid cancer; two cysts 23 violations, Barrick accepted nearly all of was a brand-new group called the Five Star spouses, children or whomever. That means that orchards and vineyards with its clear coated glaciers with construction dust for were removed from her throat last year. them, and obtained permission to make Movement that is led by a professional comedian. when you hit 25 percent unemployment virtually water. Then thousands of mine workers miles around and groundwater expands She blames water pollution from Pascua- urgent repairs. Two things are of interest about this movement. everyone is affected. At 11 percent unemploy- and their huge machines moved in, build- and contracts with each freeze and thaw. Lama. The violations include building some First, one of its central pillars is the call for default- ment about 44 percent are affected. ing a road alongside the river that reaches To refine ore into gold bullion, the “If they keep working the valley will earthworks without approval, while fail- ing on a part of Italy’s debt as the lesser of evils. It can be argued that the numbers are not all the way up to Pascua-Lama, a gold company must transport thousands of end up completely dry, and we’ll have to ing to build others that were supposed to The second is that Italy, with 11.2 percent unem- quite as bad as they seem since people are work- mine being built along both sides of the tons of cyanide, mercury and other toxic go, and where? I think it’s Barrick that has be in place before construction began so ployment, is far from the worst case of unemploy- ing in the informal economy. That may be true, Chile-Argentine border at a lung-busting that rainfall wouldn’t increase the runoff ment in the European Union. Nevertheless, Italy is but in Greece, for example, pharmaceuticals are 16,400-feet above sea level. from mineral acids naturally released breeding radical parties deeply opposed to the now in short supply since cash for importing The crews moved mountaintops in when rocks are broken. Instead, Barrick austerity policies currently in place. goods has dried up. Spain’s local governments are preparation for 25 years of gold and silver went ahead and moved mountaintops in The core debate in Europe has been how to about to lay off more employees. These countries production, breaking rocks and allowing preparation for 25 years of gold and silver solve the sovereign debt crisis and the resulting have reached a tipping point from which it is diffi- mineral acids that include arsenic, alu- production. Barrick also acknowledged threat to Europe’s banks. The issue was who would cult to imagine recovering. In the rest of Europe’s minum and sulfates to flow into the making an “unjustified discharge coming bear the burden of stabilizing the system. The periphery, the unemployment crisis is intensifying. headwaters feeding Atacama desert from the acid treatment plant to the argument that won the day, particularly among The precise numbers matter far less than the visi- communities down below. River levels Estrecho river” that was “neither declared Europe’s elites, was that what Europe needed was ble impact of societies that are tottering. dropped, the water is murky in places and nor monitored.” austerity, that government spending had to be the Indians now complain of cancerous The company persuaded the regula- dramatically restrained so that sovereign debt- POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES growths and aching stomachs. There’s no tor to withdraw an allegation that it had however restructured it might be-would not It is important to understand the conse- way to prove or disprove it, but villagers not properly built a huge, impermeable default. quences of this kind of unemployment. There is are convinced Barrick Gold Corp is to wall that stretches deep below ground One of the consequences of austerity is reces- the long-term unemployment of the underclass. blame for their health problems. and all the way across the top of the Rio sion. The economies of many European countries, This wave of unemployment has hit middle and “We don’t know how much contami- del Estrecho valley. Barrick said the wall especially those in the euro-zone, are now con- upper-middle class workers. Consider an architect nation the fruit and vegetables we eat stretches for 676 feet (206 meters) across tracting, since austerity obviously means that less I know in Spain who lost his job. Married with chil- may have,” complained Diaguita leader the valley and reaches down as much as money will be available to purchase goods and dren, he has been unemployed for so long that he Yovana Paredes Paez. “They’re drying up 200 feet (62 meters) below the surface, services. If the primary goal is to stabilize the has plunged into a totally different and unexpect- EL CORRAL: This photo shows El Corral, a village of 200 inhabi- the river, our farms aren’t the same. The with sealants injected nearly 100 feet (30 financial system, it makes sense. But whether ed lifestyle. Poverty is hard enough to manage, tants, mostly from the Diaguita ethnic group, located just animals are dying of hunger. Now there’s meters) deeper still into fissures in the financial stability can remain the primary goal but when it is also linked to loss of status, the pain downstream from the world’s highest gold mine, Barrick Gold no cheese or meat. It’s changed com- bedrock. It meets US Environmental depends on a consensus involving broad sectors is compounded and a politically potent power Corp’s Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile. —AP pletely.” Acting independently, Chile’s Protection Agency standards and beats of society. When unemployment emerges, that arises. newly empowered environmental regula- industry standards, the company said. consensus shifts and the focus shifts with it. When The idea that the Germany-mandated austeri- tor on Friday confirmed nearly two dozen Despite all this work, inspectors found unemployment becomes intense, then the entire ty regime will be able to survive politically is diffi- violations of Barrick’s environmental acid in five test wells below the wall. political system can shift. From my point of view, cult to imagine. In Italy, with “only” 11.7 percent impact agreement, blocking construction Barrick challenged the methodology and the Italian election was the first, but expected, unemployment, the success of the Five Star on the $8.5 billion project until the claimed the acid was there naturally, but tremor. Movement represents an inevitable response to Canadian company keeps its promises to after the regulator agreed that the wall the crisis. Until recently, default was the primary prevent water contamination. met requirements, the company agreed A PATTERN EMERGES fear of Europeans, at least of the financial, political The Environmental Superintendent, to fortify several wells downstream to col- Consider the geography of unemployment. and journalistic elite. They have come a long way Juan Carlos Monckeberg, also fined lect contaminated water. Chile’s environ- Only four countries in Europe are at or below 6 toward solving the banking problem. Barrick $16.4 million, the highest environ- mentalists, farmers and indigenous com- percent unemployment: the geographically con- But they have done it by generating a massive mental fine in Chile’s history, saying munities were thrilled with Friday’s ruling, tiguous countries of Germany, Austria, the social crisis. That social crisis generates a political agency inspectors found the company saying it shows only strong oversight can Netherlands and Luxembourg. The immediate backlash that will prevent the German strategy hadn’t told the full truth when it reported force Barrick to keep its promises. periphery has much higher unemployment; from being carried out. For Southern Europe, failures. “We found that the acts described “One of the concerns we’ve always Denmark at 7.4 percent, the United Kingdom at where the social crisis is settling in for the long weren’t correct, truthful or provable. And had is that they are going to work with an 7.7 percent, France at 10.6 percent and Poland at term, as well as for Eastern Europe, it is not clear there were other failures of Pascua Lama’s enormous quantity of cyanide,” said 10.6 percent. In the far periphery, Italy is at 11.7 how paying off their debt benefits them. They environmental permit as well,” Leonel Rivera Zuleta, 56, a farmer and percent, Lithuania is at 13.3 percent, Ireland is at may be frozen out of the capital markets, but the Monckeberg said. member of the Diaguita community of 14.7 percent, Portugal is at 17.6 percent, Spain is cost of remaining in it is shared so unequally that Barrick promised $30 million in fixes Chipasse Tamaricunga. “Who will assure at 26.2 percent and Greece is at 27 percent. the political base in favor of austerity is dissolving. EL CORRAL: A chicken carcass lies on top of a tank found by and said it remains committed to meet- us that there won’t be some kind of acci- Germany, the world’s fourth-largest economy, This is compounded by deepening hostility to grape grower Pascual Abalos Godoy on his morning rounds, ing the highest standards and causing no dent with this element so poisonous to is at the center of gravity of Europe. Exports of Germany. Germany sees itself as virtuous for its pollution. But Chile seems determined to who believes the chicken died from drinking contaminated nature and man?” Living in adobe homes goods and services are the equivalent of 51 per- frugality. Others see it as rapacious in its aggres- minimize the dangers of digging huge water, in El Corral, near the facilities of Barrick Gold Corp’s or concrete houses in the narrow Huasco cent of Germany’s gross domestic product, and sive exporting, with the most important export pits and processing ore with toxic chemi- Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile. —AP valley, they tend “the garden of the more than half of Germany’s exports go to other now being unemployment. Which one is right is cals along the spine of the Andes, causing Atacama,” where the river enables them European countries. Germany sees the European immaterial. The fact that we are seeing growing delays that threaten the future of this top chemicals to the mountaintop. Once the to go,” she said. Some 500 Diaguita have to grow oranges, apples, grapes and veg- Union’s free trade zone as essential for its survival. differentiation between the German bloc and the priority for the world’s largest gold-min- precious metals are gone, Chile will be left joined a civil lawsuit against Barrick, per- etables in landscape so barren it’s been Without free access to these markets, its exports rest of Europe is one of the most significant devel- ing company. with huge rock piles and Argentina with suading an appellate court last month to compared to the surface of Mars. —AP would contract dramatically and unemployment opments since the crisis began. “We’re profoundly sorry that Pascua- would soar. The euro is a tool that Germany, with The growing tension between France and Lama has suffered obstacles in its con- its outsized influence, uses to manage its trade Germany is particularly important. Franco-German struction and we’ll make our best efforts relations-and this management puts other mem- relations were not only one of the founding princi- to get back on track and meet the condi- How to convince a great bers of the euro-zone at a disadvantage. Countries ples of the European Union but one of the reasons tions stipulated in the approved project,” with relatively low wages ought to have a compet- the union exists. After the two world wars, it was Eduardo Flores Zelaya, president of itive advantage over German exports. However, understood that the peace of Europe depended candidate to join for less Barrick Sudamerica, said Friday. “We are many have negative balances of trade. Thus, when on unity between France and Germany. The rela- respectful of the institutions in the coun- the financial crisis hit, their ability to manage was tionship is far from shattered, but it is strained. As a recruiter, it is always an exhilarating feeling when to help you carry out a successful salary negotiation: tries where we operate, and as a conse- insufficient and led to sovereign debt crises, which Germany wants to see the European Central Bank you realize that you have found that perfect match in a 1. Try to be as clear in your job description as possible quence we will follow the resolution.” in turn further undermined their position via aus- continue its policy of focusing on controlling infla- candidate. However, before you start celebrating the and mention the relevant targets so that the candi- Monckeberg said Barrick caused perma- terity, especially as their membership in the euro- tion. This is in Germany’s interest. new hire, remember that the last and sometimes trickiest date has a clear understanding of what your compa- nent damage by failing to properly con- zone doesn’t allow them to apply their own mon- France, with close to 11 percent unemploy- hurdle to pass is salary negotiation. From the employer ny expects. With these key deliverables and targets struct a diversionary canal, triggering a etary policies. ment, needs the European Central Bank to stimu- side, salary negotiation means getting the candidate to clearly mentioned, the candidate would have a gen- rockfall that covered a field down below This doesn’t mean that they were not profli- late the European economy in order to reduce agree on a figure that is within their budget. Employers eral idea of the salary figure even before you with waste rock. gate in their social spending, but the underlying unemployment. This is not an arcane debate. It is a also have to make sure that the candidate finds the offer approach the subject. “I don’t believe there’s any way of cause of their failure was much more complex. debate over who controls the European Central lucrative. Salary negotiation is not about winning- if 2. Determine the salary range and know your negotia- repairing it,” he told a news conference in Ultimately it was rooted in the rare case of a free Bank, what the priorities of Europe are and, ulti- either party feels they have bent down to the other, both tion limits. When setting the salary range consider Santiago. Barrick had hoped to begin pro- trade zone being built around a massive economy mately, how Europe can exist with such vast differ- parties lose. your internal salary levels, market salary for similar duction in early 2014, and warned share- that depended on exports. (Germany is the third- ences in unemployment. For some positions (for example, senior level posi- positions (check Bayt.com Salaries), the state of the holders that it might abandon Pascua, the largest exporter in the world, ranking after China One answer may be that Germany’s unem- tions or those requiring specialized skill-sets), you may job market, and the profitability of your company. To Chilean side, if construction delays keep and the United States.) The North American Free ployment rate will surge. That might mitigate anti- be tempted to go over your salary range to get a particu- make sure that your offer is competitive in the indus- the mine from opening this year. Trade Agreement is built around a net importer. German feeling, but it won’t solve the problem. lar candidate on-board. However, this would result in a try, you can also take a look at the published Argentine authorities, meanwhile, have Britain was a net importer from the Empire. Unemployment at the levels many countries are disproportionate salary matrix, when compared to the Bayt.com’s Salary survey results. insisted that Lama will proceed with or German power unbalances the entire system. reaching and appear to be remaining at under- pay ranges of your current employees, causing discom- 3. Even if your basic salary figure is non-negotiable, sea- without Chile, taking advantage of near- Comparing the unemployment rate of the mines the political power of the governments to fort for both parties; the work of the new hire might be soned candidates will negotiate with you in other by infrastructure used for Barrick’s German bloc with that of Southern Europe, it is pursue policies needed to manage the financial placed under excessive scrutiny, and resentment maybe areas that may be negotiable. These include benefits, Veladero mine, which produces ore just difficult to imagine these countries are members system. The Five Star Movement’s argument in felt among fellow employees. bonus pay, commissions, car allowance, paid cell downhill. of the same trade group. favor of default is not coming from a marginal par- Meanwhile, from the candidate’s side, successfully phone and relocation expenses, etc., thus, you might Together, the two projects employ Even France, which has a relatively low unem- ty. The elite may hold the movement in contempt, negotiating their salary allows them to display their want to explain the career growth plan clearly to the thousands of workers, fuel a third of the ployment rate, has a more complex story. but it won 25 percent of the vote. And recall that negotiation skills - which are a requirement for most candidate and let them know how much they will be provincial San Juan economy, and prom- Unemployment in France is concentrated in two the hero of the Europhiles, Mario Monti, barely positions. Candidates very rarely have a ‘take it or leave it’ making in bonus pay as they progress. Remember, a ise millions in revenue for a country sorely major poles in the north and the south, with the won 10 percent of the vote just a year after Europe approach to their salary figure which means that they are successful salary negotiation is when both the in need of hard currency. But more than southeast of France being the largest of them. celebrated him. —Stratfor always willing to negotiate. Below are a few pointers by employer and employee leave the table feeling like 70 percent of Pascua-Lama’s 18 million the HR experts at Bayt.com, the Middle East’s #1 Jobsite, they’ve got a good deal. ounces of gold and 676 million ounces of SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 BUSINESS

KSE ends in the green zone

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the green zone. The price index ended last week with an increase amounted to 3.19%, and the weighted index advanced by 1.21% compared to the closings of the week before. In addi- tion KSX-15 index increased by 0.80%. Furthermore, last week’s aver- age daily turnover increased by 28%, compared to the preceding week, reaching KD 111.32 million, whereas trading volume average was 1.30 bil- lion shares, recording increase of 15%. Kuwait Stock Exchange indica- tors continued its green closing for the second consecutive week, in light of the continuing trend of purchas- sector was the least growing as its ing and quick speculation operations index closed at 1,126.74 points with a on many listed stocks, specially the 0.68% increase. On the other hand, small-cap stocks, which positively the Oil & Gas sector headed the losers impacted the Price Index and list as its index declined by 2.60% to reached record levels since year end the week’s activity at 1,240.06 2009. In addition, the blue chip points. The Technology sector was stocks performance was improved second on the losers’ list, which index during the week, especially some list- declined by 2.54%, closing at 1,171.25 ed banks and a number of the rela- points. tively large-cap stocks, which posi- tively influenced the Weighted Index SECTORS’ ACTIVITY and KSX-15 Index performance, The Real Estate sector dominated where both were able to realize good total trade volume during last week increases despite the profit collection with 2.38 billion shares changing operations performed on the same hands, representing 36.52% of the stocks thereafter. total market trading volume. The Moreover, the market was subject Financial Services sector was second to selling pressures by the end of the in terms of trading volume as the sec- week, for profit collection purposes, tor’s traded shares were 30.57% of last however, it did not cause the market week’s total trading volume, with a to loose its large gains realized in the total of 1.99 billion shares. On the earlier sessions, but succeeded in other hand, the Real Estate sector’s limiting it. Furthermore, the wit- stocks were the highest traded in nessed profit collection operations terms of value; with a turnover of KD were logic and expected in light of For the annual performance, the index closed at 8,154.19 points, up by SECTORS’ INDICES Whereas, in the second place, the 190.94 million or 34.30% of last week’s the continuous increases of the price index ended last week record- 3.19% from the week before closing, Ten of KSE’s sectors ended last Consumer Goods sector’s index total market trading value. The stocks, which made the correction ing 37.41% annual gain compared to whereas the weighted index regis- week in the green zone, while the oth- closed at 1,212.23 points recording Financial Services sector took the sec- operations a must action for such its closing in 2012, while the weight- tered a 1.21% weekly gain after clos- er two recorded declines. Last week’s 4.71% increase. The Financial Services ond place as the sector’s last week stocks to establish new price levels ed index increased by 12.39%, and ing at 469.39 points. Moreover, the highest gainer was the Industrials sec- sector came in third as its index turnover of KD151.39 million repre- and then continue its upward direc- the KSX-15 recorded 8.54% increase. KSX-15 index closed at 1,095.30 tor, achieving 7.07% growth rate as its achieved 3.34% growth, ending the sented 27.20% of the total market tion for the next period. By the end of the week, the price points, increasing with 0.80%. index closed at 1,224.68 points. week at 1,207.01 points. The Banks trading value. Market ends week with loss Stocks barely budge

NEW YORK: Major stock indexes closed CEO, AG Lafley, to run the company. The $1,386.60 an ounce. Trading was light maker of robotic medical equipment in plunged 9 percent. The company, which out their first weekly loss in a month in world’s largest consumer-products maker, ahead of the long weekend. US financial the first of many lawsuits filed against the deals in agricultural and construction quiet trading. The Standard & Poor’s 500 whose brands include Tide and Crest, is markets will be closed Monday for company. The plaintiffs argued that equipment, said late Thursday that weaker index dropped 0.91 of a point to close at trying to increase sales in the face of Memorial Day. Among other stocks in the Intuitive was negligent in training doctors revenue will lead it to a wider quarterly 1,649.60. The Dow Jones industrial aver- tough competition. P&G rose $3.18 to news Friday: Intuitive Surgical gained 5 to use its equipment. Intuitive’s stock rose loss than it had expected. Titan’s stock lost age rose 8.60 points to 15,303, a gain of $81.88. Sears plunged 14 percent after the percent after a jury decided in favor of the $23.07 to $501.53. Titan Machinery $2.10 to $20.40.— AP 0.1 percent. Procter & Gamble supported department-store chain reported a steep the Dow with an increase of 4 percent. quarterly loss and slumping sales after the Both indexes had their first weekly losses market closed Thursday. Sears lost $7.92 since the week ending April 19. to $50.25. The Nasdaq composite slipped A disappointing manufacturing report 0.27 of a point to 3,459.14. Eight of the 10 out of China and a sharp fall in Japan’s industry groups in the S&P 500 fell. Only stock market rattled investors’ nerves this financial stocks and consumer staples week. But anxiety over the Federal makers rose. Reserve’s bond-buying program was the The stock market slipped Friday main culprit. Some investors interpreted despite an encouraging report on US comments from Fed officials to mean that manufacturing. The government said the bank may start pulling its support for orders for long-lasting goods rebounded the economy sooner than they expected. in April, helped by demand for aircraft and The S&P 500, widely used by mutual funds stronger business spending. The report as a proxy for the stock market, lost 1.1 suggests economic growth may hold percent for the week. It’s still up 15.7 per- steady this spring. Until this week, signs of cent for the year. slow but steady economic growth and Marty Leclerc, the managing partner of record profits for big companies had pro- Barrack Yard Advisors, an investment firm pelled stock-market indexes to all-time in Bryn Mawr, Pa., said the weekly drop highs. All but 11 companies in the S&P 500 wasn’t cause for concern. Even market ral- have posted their first-quarter earnings, lies have to take the occasional break, he and the results have turned out much bet- said. “It’s up like a rocket blast this year,” ter than expected. Nearly seven of 10 Leclerc said of the stock market. “For there have reported higher earnings than ana- to be a little bit of a pullback is perfectly lysts had estimated. Overall profits in the understandable.” The market headed low- first quarter are on track to climb 5 per- er at the start of trading on Friday, then cent over the year before. In the market spent the rest of the day slowly recovering for US government bonds, the yield on the ground. By the closing bell, market index- 10-year Treasury note dipped to 2.01 per- es were roughly back to where they start- cent from 2.02 percent late Thursday. The ed. price of crude oil slipped 10 cents to settle TOKYO: A general view shows a market center at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo. Tokyo stocks surged Procter & Gamble announced late at $94.15 a barrel, ending with a drop of more than three percent in opening trade on May 24, staging a rebound from the previous day’s seven-per- Thursday that it’s bringing back its former $1.87 for the week. Gold lost $5.20 to cent dive.— AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 BUSINESS

New BMW Z4 -More desirable than ever The most attractive roadster goes on sale in Mideast

KUWAIT: Arriving in the region this month, the third generation BMW Z4 reinforces BMW Group’s position as the world’s leading premium automotive manufacturer by offer- ing all the driving pleasure of a BMW Roadster. Armed with innovative new exteri- or features, a refined interior, advanced ConnectedDrive technology and a new entry-level sDrive18i engine. For over a decade, the BMW Z4 has been the most emotionally appealing way to experience BMW open-top driving. Now the successful roadster is even more desirable. Its classical proportions and unmistakable road- ster character have been complemented by new powertrain and equipment innovations such as the new entry-level engine, and new BMW ConnectedDrive options that will make the modern two-seater even more attractive to customers.

CLASSICAL DESIGNS The distinctive new twin circular head- BMW Z4 is the only open-top two seater to Control and breaking functionality to the high-gloss Black, Black Leather or Alcantara driving pleasure and fuel consumption lights join the broad BMW kidney grille to feature classic roadster proportions com- High Beam Assist which automatically seats with Orange stitching. In addition, two throughout the output range. The BMW Z4 form a roadster-specific interpretation of the bined with an automatically retractable hard- switches the lights between high and low other new exterior colours have been includ- sDrive18i takes to the race track as the entry- brand’s signature look. The bi-xenon head- top which takes just 19 seconds to transform beam at night, to the striking high-gloss fin- ed: Mineral Grey and Glacier Silver. level model. lights of the new BMW Z4 feature LED light from a convertible open-air driving machine ish which surrounds the central air vents and Powered by a 2.0-litre engine with BMW rings which emit daytime driving light. From to a sporting coupÈ. iDrive control system - this dynamic new BMW TWINPOWER TURBO TwinPower Turbo technology, which devel- the side, exterior changes include the iconic model provides a range of new driver assis- TECHNOLOGY ops maximum output of 156 hp at 5,000 A-pillars which underline the low-slung sil- CRAFTSMANSHIP tance systems to ensure sheer driving pleas- To ensure sheer driving pleasure at all rpm, and goes from 0-100 in 7.9 seconds. It is houette of the new BMW Z4 with their Offering the same low seating position ure. times, the new BMW Z4 comes with a range fitted with a six-speed manual gearbox, but understated Black colouring. On the body- as its predecessor, the cockpit of this techno- Additional interior options can be found of five engines, and customers will be able an eight-speed sports automatic can also be work, tapered side indicators add a dynamic logically advanced model connects the driv- as part of the model’s new Design Pure to choose from three four-cylinder and two ordered as an option. The existing engine sweep to the gills on the front of the model, er with the road while embodying beautiful- Traction package, which includes a new six-cylinder powerplants. Their most signifi- variants: sDrive20i, sDrive28i, sDrive35i and and the newly designed optional 17-inch ly embellished finishing and redefined fea- exclusive Valencia Orange metallic exterior cant shared feature is the BMW TwinPower sDrive25i retain their places in the range. The and 18-inch wheels in V-spoke design rede- tures. From the advanced BMW colour, Alcantara door trim inserts in Orange, Turbo technology, which ensures and new BMW Z4 is available from BMW Group fine the model from the wheelbase up. The ConnectedDrive functionality with Cruise door opening and gearshift lever trim in exceptionally effective balance between importers throughout the Middle East. House-hunting Chinese send wealth to Seattle China’s super-rich accelerating US real-estate recovery SEATTLE: Real-estate agent Joseph Ho climbed the American to serve as US Commerce secretary in Canada and the United States that allow them to gilded staircase of a Hunts Point, Wash, mansion list- 2009. Locke became ambassador to China in 2011. move their families here in exchange for investing ed for almost $5 million, shooting video on his In addition, a recent Chinese romantic comedy, in job-creating projects. In 2012, about 80 percent Apple iPad tablet and narrating in Chinese. Buyers “Finding Mr Right” - or titled “Beijing Meets Seattle” of such investor visas issued by the US government from China have inquired about the 5,540-square- in Chinese - is giving Seattle a media splash in were to Chinese nationals. foot house. Ho made sure to capture a blue-sky fres- China. To be sure, buyers from around the globe are co in the formal dining room - “It’ll remind them of “We’re not the end of the Earth anymore,” said shopping for homes in the US market: International Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas” and a yacht-ready dock. Joe Borich, president of the Washington State China sales totaled $82.5 billion in 2012, up from $66.4 bil- “Water features are important for Chinese feng Relations Council. Circumstances in China also are lion in 2011 and $53.4 billion the year before that, shui,” Ho said. “When you have 1.4 billion Chinese, driving wealthy Chinese to look abroad. “It’s only according to the National Association of Realtors. many of whom are millionaires, somebody will like natural that they want to be part of a better envi- International buyers who want to buy homes in the it.” China’s super-rich, who have historically been ronment - clean water, clean air, less density of peo- US market can have trouble getting loans from US drawn to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Vancouver, ple,” said attorney Leo Peng, who manages the banks, experts say, because of cultural barriers and BC, are investing in Seattle-area real estate in grow- Beijing office of law firm Garvey Schubert Barer. not having an established credit history here. ing numbers, buying multimillion-dollar homes, Moreover, investment opportunities in China are Complicating matters, China restricts individuals rent-producing properties and land for commercial development. In the process, they are accelerating SEATTLE: Real estate agent Joseph Ho takes video of a home in Seattle, the real-estate market’s recovery, sometimes edging Washington. Ho will provide the video to potential buyers in China. —MCT out other buyers with all-cash offers, and deepening ties between Seattle and China. While exact numbers are hard to obtain, Seattle- Tiger Global invests $50m in area real-estate agents, bankers and China experts say there’s been a definite increase in the past year Automattic’s WordPress.com of rich Chinese nationals shopping for homes. Citi Private Bank, for instance, reports it’s seen about a SAN FRANCISCO: Automattic, the company 2012 study conducted by Kingdom, a web- 30 percent increase over the past 12 months in the that operates blogging service site monitoring service. Blogs it cited in the volume of mortgages involving buyers from Asia in WordPress.com, announced a $50 million study include technology sites such as Tech the Seattle area. The buyers have several motives: investment from hedge fund and private- Crunch and Boingboing and Hollywood Some want a safe place to invest and diversify their equity investor Tiger Global on Friday. The news site Deadline. While many organizations fortunes. Others want their children to start school investment comes on the heels of Yahoo’s use Tumblr, it is heavily associated with indi- or university studies here. And some want to launch $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging company viduals updating friends and others on their businesses here. Tumblr, showing the high prices fast-growing activities and interests, social-media style. There are at least a few who are buying property services that targeting Internet users can And while Tumblr’s revenue is advertising without setting foot on it. “We’ve had several proj- command. The valuation for Automattic was based, the bulk of WordPress’s revenue ects come in here where the person purchasing similar, Fortune reported. A spokeswoman for comes from fees to users who upgrade from China bought it without ever seeing the prop- WordPress declined to comment. beyond its basic free service. erty,” said Robert Grumbach, who oversees develop- WordPress powers the blogs at companies It also derives significant revenue from ment for the city of Medina, Wash., home to such as CNN.com and Techcrunch, a spokes- charging large media companies to host their Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates. One of Ho’s woman said. The investment bought out entire blogging platforms, said Automattic clients in China bought a Hunts Point mansion last shares of existing shareholders, including ear- Chief Financial Officer Stuart West in a tele- year for almost $7 million and decided to tear it SEATTLE: Real estate agent tours a mansion and takes video in Seattle, Washington. ly employees, rather than directly funding the phone interview. He declined to disclose fig- down to build a new home. The client, who thought —MCT company, wrote WordPress founder Matt ures. Like Tumblr, WordPress is growing fast, he could get it built in three months, was shocked to Mullenweg in a blog post. “Allowing early with 50 million users today compared with 4 learn it would take two to three years. limited. Some wealthy families also may want to from taking more than $50,000 out of the country investors to lock in some returns releases any million five years ago, the company said. Though some may buy based on just a video, protect their assets by stashing some abroad. per year. Citi Private Bank has helped Asian clients short-term pressure there might be on the Tumblr launched five years ago and today Ho says, it’s more common for the rich buyer from “This is pretty much identical to what happened buy real estate in their own name or through a for- company for a liquidity event and allows us has more than 100 million blogs in its net- China to hop on a plane to Seattle as part of a US to Vancouver (British Columbia) in 1997,” Wen said. eign corporation or through a trust, said Ida Liu, to focus fully on the long road ahead,” he work. The largest single audience group for tour. The buyers have cash to spend and are eager That year, the British transferred control of capitalis- who oversees the Asian Clients Group in North wrote in his post. WordPress is users aged 25-34, according to to close a deal, said Ho, of Prudential Northwest tic Hong Kong to communist China. “Vancouver America. “Our team in Asia can underwrite the The investment is part of a crop of financ- consultancy comScore. For Tumblr, the Realty Associates in Bellevue, Wash. “They want to became a haven for people moving money out of mortgage for a house in the US,” she said. “It’s really ing where nontraditional investors make bets largest group is users aged 18-24. negotiate, but if you don’t engage, they’re gone” to Hong Kong.” Two other recent trends contributed to seamless.” on venture-capital backed companies. They Earlier this year, Tiger led a $444 million San Francisco; Malibu, Calif.; or other West Coast the current wave of superrich China buyers coming Peng, who lived in Seattle and now practices law include private-equity firms such as Rizvi equity investment in online survey company cities, he said. While San Francisco has long been a to the US: The rise of China’s currency against the in Beijing, said some of the affluent Chinese nation- Traverse Management, which last year led a SurveyMonkey as part of a financing round destination for Chinese investors, tourists and stu- US dollar and the run-up in China’s property values als buying houses in the US made their money in $200 million funding round in payments that also allowed early investors and employ- dents, Seattle’s star has been rising. that made many millionaires, said Tom Chang, who real estate and intend to develop apartments, service Square, and mutual funds such as T ees to cash out. Tiger partner Lee Fixel han- The Chinese began paying more attention after oversees the Pacific Northwest for California-based offices and shopping malls here. “This is just the Rowe Price, which has invested in companies dled his firm’s investment in both President Hu Jintao visited in 2006 as part of his first East-West Bank, the largest Chinese-American bank beginning of a huge wave of investment,” he said. including micro blog service Twitter. Many of SurveyMonkey and Automattic. Tiger extend- state visit to the United States, said Mark Wen, presi- in the United States. “We’ve had several projects come in here where the these investors “come in with the ability to ed its offer to WordPress in April, before dent of the Washington State China Chamber of In 2011, China had more than 1.4 million million- person purchasing from China bought it without write checks larger than the entire size of Yahoo’s acquisition of Tumblr was announced, Commerce. Direct flight service starting in 2008 aires, ranking it third globally, and 648 households ever seeing the property.”We’ve had several proj- most VC funds,” wrote Mullenweg. West said. Automattic’s venture backers made traveling from China quicker. And then for- with more than $100 million in wealth, according to ects come in here where the person purchasing More top blogs run Word Press than any include Polaris Partners, True Ventures, and mer Washington Gov Gary Locke, the first Chinese- a study by Boston Consulting Group. Some of these from China bought it without ever seeing the prop- other publishing platform, according to a the New York Times Co. —Reuters American US governor, became the first Chinese- Chinese investors are obtaining investor visas from erty.” —MCT BUSINESS SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 US trade with Colombia grows; Anxiety mounts The balance of trade remains out of whack

WASHINGTON: At the Colombian Embassy in Washington, States in the past year, including photographic equipment, pact in 2011, remains a sore spot. Public Citizen’s Global Ambassador Carlos Urrutia says there’s no doubt that his anti-inflammatory drugs, tropical fruit juices with sugar, and Trade Watch, a nonprofit consumer group based in country’s trade deal with the US has paid off: Colombian electrical transformers. He said 775 Colombian companies Washington, said Colombia remained the deadliest country businesses are sending more socks and cosmetics to had shipped products to the United States for the first time for union members, with 471 unionists receiving death California, beet sugar to New York and glass to Florida to in the past year, with 23 states getting at least one new threats since the trade agreement took effect and at least help with hurricane repairs. US officials are equally excited, Colombian product. 20 unionists reported assassinated. saying US businesses have improved their sales to the While the Colombian government doesn’t track how Lori Wallach, the group’s director, said many opponents South American country by 20 percent. many new jobs have been produced as a result of the trade were shocked that Obama had pushed the Colombian deal Manufacturers are exporting more transportation equip- pact, he estimated them to be in the thousands, adding given the country’s widespread record of violence. “Now ment, petroleum and coal products, processed foods and a that the unemployment rate in the country is declining. It that the Obama administration is responsible for passing long list of farm products, including soybeans, pork, wheat, stood at 10 percent in March, after averaging more than 12 this agreement, the question is: What will it do to reverse grapes and dairy goods. But a year after the agreement percent for the past dozen years. “We’ve been looking at this horrible trend?” she said. Dr Ahmed Heikal took effect, the growth in trade is producing mounting anx- the figures. What we see is encouraging. We’re quite satis- Urrutia said the issue had the attention of the iety in some quarters. fied,” Urrutia said. Colombian government “at the highest level” and that plans Egypt Minister, In California, for example, progress has come with a To mark the one-year anniversary, Obama and his team were in place to provide union leaders with armored vehi- price for the once-dominant flower industry: Colombian have been busy touting the deal, too. In an opinion piece cles, bodyguards and police protection. “The facts are that Citadel Capital imports have jumped 7 percent in the past year. Less than 3 published two weeks ago in The Miami Herald, which is Colombia has made a lot of progress,” he said. “We still have percent of the Valentine’s Day roses sold in this country owned by McClatchy, the president called the deal “a problems. Any attack against a labor leader, a union leader, were grown here. On New Year’s Day, just two of the 41 moment of great promise for our hemisphere,” saying it had is one attack too many.” chairman meet floats in the popular Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif, fea- created new markets for US businesses while the fast-grow- He acknowledged the situation that US flower growers tured flowers grown in the Golden State. “People don’t ing economies of Latin America have helped people escape face while offering little sympathy. “They’re very unhappy; I KUWAIT: Egypt’s new Minister of Investment, HE think about where their flowers come from, like they do poverty. Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank took a can imagine,” he said. “But you know, the problem is this is Yehia Hamed, conducted a meeting with Ahmed their food,” said Kasey Cronquist, the CEO of the California delegation of 20 US companies on a trade mission to global trade. I think protectionism is no longer acceptable Heikal, Founder and Chairman of Citadel Capital, the Cut Flower Commission. Colombia last week. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, anywhere you go, including Colombia. ... This is good for leading investment company in Africa and the Jill, are expected to arrive in Colombia on Sunday as part of American consumers because they get first-quality flowers Middle East, on Monday May 21st during which they The unhappiness extends well beyond flowers. discussed several topics of importance including the Opponents note that the balance of trade between the a weeklong trip that also will take them to Trinidad, Tobago at cheaper prices.” Moreover, he said: “If Colombia were not firm’s evolution into an investment company and its countries remains out of whack: The United States import- and Brazil. involved, the US market would be absorbing fresh-cut flow- related capital increase. ed nearly $25 billion in goods from Colombia last year, In a speech in Bogota last week, Blank said trade mis- ers being exported from Holland and Ecuador. We’re not to Potential solutions to the major hurdles impeding while it exported only $16 billion. In Washington, the trade sions between Colombia and the US had become increas- blame.” private sector investment in Egypt were also dis- agreement is under increased attack from critics who want ingly common. In 2007, she said, there were none, but there Cronquist said there was no way US producers could cussed during the meeting. The Minister vowed to President Barack Obama to do more to reverse the violence have been 13 in the past year. “Tractors from a company in compete with the planeloads of flowers that entered the address the most pressing issues quickly in order to that persists in Colombia, where at least 20 unionists were Texas now enter Colombia duty-free, a bath and body prod- US from Colombia each day through Miami. He’s con- pave the way for more private sector investment. assassinated last year. ucts maker in Florida made her first export sale to Colombia vinced that more people would buy American-grown Heikal came out of the meeting with a positive Despite the complaints, Urrutia said the agreement was in January, and Colombians can now more easily buy an flowers if all blooms had country-of-origin labels. “There’s impression of the Minister’s commitment to solve clearly benefiting US consumers by giving them more prod- iconic American product - a Harley-Davidson motorcycle - a lot of good buzz about buying local,” he said. “It’s not as current challenges confronting serious private sec- ucts from which to choose. Overall, he said, two-way trade because the 15 percent tariff has been dropped,” Blank said. much an issue about protectionism at all. It’s more of an tor investors. between the countries is up by 5 percent, and Colombian Colombia’s human-rights record, which emerged as an issue about patriotism and supporting our own farmers In support of the government’s renewed effort to companies have sent 187 new products to the United issue on Capitol Hill before Congress approved the trade here at home.”— MCT address Egypt’s economic challenges, Heikal assured Minister Hamed that after the conclusion of Citadel Capital’s capital increase the firm will begin investing $4 billion, distributed between debt and equity from Gulf Bank announces winners Citadel Capital and its investment partners, in its existing projects, particularly in the energy sector. Among Citadel Capital’s projects that will benefit of the Al Danah daily draws from the capital increase is Mashreq, which has just signed a 25-year concession agreement to build and KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al Danah daily draws on May (KD500,000, KD125,000, and KD25,000) and the final draw operate the first tank terminal and logistics hub of its 19th 2013, announcing the names of its winners for the held on 9 January, 2014 announcing winners of KD50,000, kind on the Suez Canal in East Port Said. The project week of May 19th to May 23rd. The Al Danah daily draws KD250,000 and the Al Danah Millionaire. was given the green light last week in a ceremony include draws each working day for two prizes of KD1000 Gulf Bank’s Al Danah allows customers to win cash attended by HE Prime Minister Hisham Qandil. per winner. The winners are: (Sunday 19/5): Ghassan Khalil prizes and simultaneously encourages them to save mon- Further investments are necessary in order to Al-Haddad, Nora Marzouq Ali Al-Bahar, (Monday 20/5): ey. Chances increase the more money is deposited and the finance the execution of Mashreq as the project Abrar Mohammed Abdullah Al Shammari, Nouri Danah longer it is kept in the account. Al Danah also offers a num- moves into the implementation phase. TAQA Arabia, Owaijan (Tuesday 21/5): Nida Shabab Muslih Al-Daihani, ber of unique services including the Al Danah Deposit Only Citadel Capital’s full service energy distribution plat- form, will also benefit from investments to finance Mousa Husain Mohammed Dashti, (Wednesday 22/5) ATM card which helps account holders deposit their mon- expansion plans that will allow the company to dis- Hasan Ali Hussain Abdullah, Mustafa Ali Ahmed Bash ey at their convenience; as well as the Al Danah calculator tribute natural gas to one million residential units (Thursday 23/5) Nedal Gamal Saad Eldin, Fahad Yousef to help customers calculate their chances of becoming an and establish a 750 MW power plant to help offset Salih Al-Fadala. Al Danah winner. To be part of the Al Danah draws, cus- the nationwide power shortages. Gulf Bank’s Al Danah 2013 draw lineup includes daily tomers can visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, transfer on Another benefactor of these new investments draws (2 winners per working day each receive KD1000), as line, or call the Customer Contact Center on 1805805 for will be Citadel Capital’s Dina Farms, Egypt’s largest well as three draw prizes per quarter. Al Danah’s 2nd assistance and guidance. Customers can also log on to privately owned dairy farm which has plans to Quarterly draw will be held on 27 June (KD250,000, www.e-gulfbank.com/aldanahwinners, to find out more expand its arable land capacity by 2,500 acres, dou- KD125,000, and KD25,000), 3rd Quarter - 26 September about Al Danah and who the winners are. bling the plots that are currently allocated for wheat production. In order to provide an additional 100,000 micro loans, Citadel Capital’s microfinance company, Tanmeyah, will also receive an injection of funds after the conclusion of the capital increase. India’s House of Hiranandani to showcase residential projects

KUWAIT: House of Hiranandani (HoH) a leading business Bangalore that are enroute to witnessing significant urban conglomerate and a pioneer of developing noteworthy growth and transformation, best compared to Mumbai a destination projects in India, will be showcasing a variety decade ago. of residential properties in Chennai and Bangalore, as part Says Mr. Prashant Mirkar, General Manager - Marketing, of an exclusive road show in Kuwait from 27th May to House of Hiranandani, “Through all our projects, HoH is 30th May, 2013, at Aashiaana Real Estate Services, Al taking forward the company’s vision to create imagina- Wataniya Tower, Office 4, 4th Floor, Fahad Al Salem Street, tive, sophisticated and environment friendly spaces, Kuwait City, Kuwait. developed with the objective of creating sustainable com- HoH has created a unique position within the Indian munities. The Hiranandani Group’s architectural legacy is real estate industry being highly acknowledged for creat- acknowledged for transforming the landscape of ing well planned communities across segments, that are Mumbai. Taking this legacy forward, HoH is committed to productive and value creating. Every House of creating landmark destinations in cities such as Bangalore, Citroen launches Hiranandani (HoH) project is a result of the company’s Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai by creating integrated intense research & development, meticulous planning, community replete with best in class amenities.’ Projects superb engineering and contemporary architecture and being showcased in the following locations: Egattur, OMR, ‘Peace of Mind’ design. The Road show will allow potential buyers to Chennai; Thaiyur, Chennai; Bannerghatta, Bangalore; explore the HoH legacy and its projects in Chennai and Devanahalli, Bangalore and Hebbal Bangalore. checkup campaign

KUWAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Co launched its summer checkup campaign “Peace of Mind” for Citroen cars from the 12th May till 5th June 2013, which will includes - 13 free check points, 15% discount on Labor and 30% on the spare parts. Citroen believes that with the harsh temperatures and long summer drives are hard on the vehicle, so it needs to be protected by trusting factory-trained technicians and Citroen Genuine parts. Citroen provides a range of mod- els to suit various commercial and personal driving needs. Citroen robust range of LCVs can provide solu- tions for the issues facing transportation in today’s busi- ness world. Citroen Al - Babtain Co service center and spare parts 3 winners in NBK’s facility is conveniently located to ensure easy access to renowned Citroen customer service representatives and Al-Jawhara draws automotive technicians. It is worthy to mention that Al- Babtain is eager to offer its Citroen customers with con- KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced the three tinuous offers, added value service and promotions to lucky winners in Al-Jawhara weekly draws during the month meet their aspirations, demands and to maintain their of May. Ali Yahya Al Fadhli, Saleh Ayesh Ayed Al Reshedi and cars in good condition. Al - Babtain Co always recom- Magda Lamie Fekry Mosad each won KD5,000. The winners mends its Citroen clients to use Citroen genuine parts expressed their gratitude and thanked NBK for its great servic- and regularly check up there car in the service centre. es and promotions. NBK has re-launched Al-Jawhara account by offering customers more chances to win bigger prizes; KD5,000 weekly, KD125,000 monthly and a grand prize of KD250,000 quarterly. Al-Jawhara is one of Kuwait’s leading cash prize accounts Pay-TV companies ‘losing customers’ offering numerous benefits to its customers. Not only is it an interest-free account with regular deposit and withdrawal PHILADELPHIA: One of pay-TV’s top trend analysts, Bruce service, seeking more profitable subscribers. was completed in June 2009. During this transition, over-the- privileges, it also entitles account holders to enter the weekly, Leichtman, says the biggest pay-TV companies lost 80,000 TV Leichtman cautioned against a “knee-jerk” reaction that air TV networks upgraded their transmission signals to digital monthly and quarterly Al-Jawhara draws. Each KD50 in an Al subscribers over four quarters, a first in his research over more the Internet was killing the pay-TV business with the 80,000 technology from analog, forcing residents to purchase new Jawhara account entitles the customer to one chance in any of than a decade. He attributed the decline to slow housing, a satu- aggregate loss. “It’s not swirling down the toilet bowl,” he TVs or obtain government-financed digital adapters. The the draws. All prizes are automatically credited to the winners’ rated pay-TV market, and some cord-cutting. The loss was about said, describing the industry as flat. Leichtman, who runs transition, Leichtman said, forced many pay-TV holdouts to accounts the day after the draw. The more money held in Al- 0.1 percent of the 95-million subscriber TV market. He calculated Leichtman Research Group Inc, estimated that 87 percent of subscribe to cable- or satellite-TV because of hassles related Jawhara account, the greater the chances of winning. Al- the subscriber numbers for the second, third and fourth quarters US households subscribe to a TV service and that future TV to the transition - a last burst of new TV subscribers for the Jawhara account is available to both Kuwaitis and expats and of 2012 and the first quarter of 2013, a period that captured sea- growth is likely to be dependent on new-home construction. industry. Leichtman does not see the broad threat to the pay- can be opened at any of NBK’s branches in Kuwait. For further sonal swings in subscriber gains and losses. Cable- and satellite- Though this was the first four-quarter period he recorded a TV business that others see, noting that when one talks information visit www.nbk.com , or call Hala Watani at TV companies, Leichtman noted, also seem to be de-emphasiz- subscriber loss over pay-TV subscriber cycles, Leichtman said about Internet video providers they are mostly talking about 1801801. ing the marketing of services to customers who may drop the TV the industry has been flat since the “digital transition,” which Netflix Inc. — Agencies SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 technology

Most companies fail to control applications used by employees

DUBAI: Restricting the launch of third- the whole infrastructure is compro- carriers: Only 44 percent of companies The use of endpoint control scan be on sites which are not work related, and party applications enhances the security mised. To prevent such incidents, com- pay enough attention to this issue and highly beneficial to any business. can also add extra protection against of corporate workstations and increases panies need to develop and enforce deploy device control tools, while 17 Application control provides additional malware and fraudulent websites. employee efficiency. However, 57 per- security policies specifically addressing percent of companies aren’t aware of protection from malware and restricts The Kaspersky Endpoint Security for cent of companies do not use any specif- the installation and launch of applica- device control tools or have no interest the use of leisure applications such as Business platform incorporates all three ic tools for application control, according tions; but not all are doing so. According in using them. Meanwhile, malware dis- games or torrent clients. Control over control technologies into the Endpoint to a survey conducted by Kaspersky Lab to the survey, the majority of companies tributed through USB carriers represents portable external devices prohibits Controls feature. This enables businesses in collaboration with B2B International in have no means of controlling applica- a continuous threat: in 2012 alone, unauthorized connections, lowers the to tackle all the issues described above, November, 2012. tions and 17 percent of companies have Kaspersky Lab security solutions pre- probability of data leakage and helps offering many important benefits. The Cybercriminals have plenty of tricks no interest in using new application con- vented more than 3 billion local infec- prevent workstation infection through controls are easy to configure and are up their sleeves for infecting a system. trol technologies or even aren’t aware of tion attempts. Moreover, giving employ- inappropriate devices. Finally, web con- centrally managed, allowing administra- Passing malware off as a popular appli- them. ees total freedom to connect any exter- trol allows either a total ban on, or time tors to create and apply flexible security cation, for example-so that when an It’s a similar story when it comes to nal device to the corporate network limitations on visiting, certain websites. policies simultaneously across any num- employee tries to run the application, connecting external devices and data increases the probability of data leakage. This may stop employees wasting time ber of corporate endpoints. Germany must spread cost of energy shift fairly BERLIN: The International Energy Agency the report said. It also pointed to the geo- said Friday that Germany must shield its con- graphic spread between the renewables’ sup- sumers from paying too much of the cost of ply and demand. While most wind farms are its ambitious switch from nuclear power and in Germany’s coastal north, the highest fossil fuels toward renewable energy. demand is in the industrial south and west. The IEA also said Europe’s biggest econo- Germany is planning to massively expand my should make greater use of natural gas to its transmission and distribution networks, a smoothe the transition and reduce the use of costly process complicated by local opposi- coal to meet its carbon reduction targets to tion in many places to the new power infra- combat climate change. structure. Given the scale of the “Energiewende” or “To date, Germany’s record with regard to energy shift, the size of the German economy the construction of new grid infrastructure is and its location at the heart of Europe, the patchy and planning and consenting proce- agency said in a regular review that further dures present a major stumbling block,” said steps are needed “to maintain a balance the IEA. between sustainability, affordability and In the global effort to halt climate change, competitiveness”. melting ice caps and rising seas, Germany has Chancellor Angela Merkel decided after pledged to cut its carbon emissions by 40 Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident to percent below 1990 levels by 2020 — and by phase out nuclear power by 2022, an about- 95 percent by 2050. turn that started with the immediate closure Ironically, a drop in the price of coal, one of the eight oldest plants. of the biggest polluters, along with the rise of Since then Germany has accelerated a cheap renewables, has seen coal make a boom in wind farms, solar power and biofu- comeback at the expense of cleaner-burning els, promoted by subsidies and legal reforms, natural gas. with the goal of gaining half of its electricity “As a result of weak carbon prices and from renewables by 2030. high gas prices in Europe, existing gas-fired Legal reform in 2000 “has proven very plants have lost competitiveness, and evi- DUNHUANG: A photo taken on May 12, 2013 shows a group of tourists outside the Mogao caves in Dunhuang, northwestern effective in introducing renewable energies; dence suggests that some are being taken China’s Gansu province. From the fourth century onwards the 492 largely hand-dug caves near Dunhuang, a desert oasis and notably electricity generation from biomass, off-line,” said the report. crossroads on the Silk Road, acted as a depository for Buddhist art for around a millennium. —AFP wind energy and solar photovoltaics,” the The IEA said gas plants now “struggle to report said. make a return despite the flexibility they offer However, the Paris-based IEA pointed to a to the market” in terms of quickly evening out political debate in Germany about discounts troughs in the fickle supply of weather- Digital reincarnation for given to industry, which have been financed dependent renewables. in part by higher power bills for consumers “The strategic role of natural gas in the and a tax surcharge. Energiewende needs further clarification,” Dunhuang’s Buddhist art “The costs and benefits need to be allocat- said the IEA, “and greater thought should be ed in a fair and transparent way among all given to its use and place in the electricity market participants, especially households,” supply mix of the future.” —AFP DUNHUANG: Inching their cameras along a rail are taken of each chamber, using specialised inside of the chambers, before taking a glimpse inside the chamber, specialists use powerful flash- lights to avoid damage, and then laboriously inside the real thing-but only for a limited time. es to light up paintings of female Buddhist spirits computer-processed to create a precise cyber “The typical tour might be 10 caves, and of drawn more than 1,400 years ago. One click after replica. “Digitising the caves is very difficult,” said those 10 caves there would be two or three of another illuminates colourful scenes of hunters, Wang. “We began in the 1990s but at the time it these so-called must-see caves,” says Agnew. Buddhas, flying deities, Bodhisattvas and cara- was a failure. We continued in the year 2000 Long after Dunhuang’s heyday, the Silk Road vanserais painted on the walls of the Mogao caves thanks to technological advances.” eventually fell into disuse and it was largely for- in northwest China, considered the epitome of The key challenge is capturing the freshness of gotten by the outside world, with most of the Buddhist art-and now in existential danger. the colours, particularly natural pigments such as caves abandoned. In 1907 Hungarian-British From the fourth century onwards the 492 large- vermilion and malachite green, as well as any archaeologist Aurel Stein led an expedition to the ly hand-dug caves near Dunhuang, a desert oasis and crossroads on the Silk Road, acted as a deposi- tory for Buddhist art for around a millennium. Unesco describes the World Heritage Site as “the largest, most richly endowed, and longest used treasure house of Buddhist art in the world”. “Dunhuang is where Chinese, Greek and Roman, Islamic and Indian arts meet,” says Mimi Gates, a former director of the Seattle Art Museum who is helping to preserve the caves, and step- mother to Microsoft founder Bill. But their unique appeal is the very thing that is REDMOND: Kareem Choudhry, left, development manager for Microsoft’s putting them under threat, with every visitor’s entrance, body and breathing altering the delicate Kinect motion-sensing device for the Xbox, demonstrates how the new Kinect environmental balance inside the chambers. The for the next-generation Xbox One entertainment and gaming console system remote site in Gansu province saw 800,000 visitors reads facial features and other visual indications to approximate the heart in 2012, up 20 percent in a year. The recommended rate of a user during a demonstration, in Redmond, Washington. —AP daily maximum is 3,000, but as many as 18,000 arrived on one public holiday last October. “When tourists enter the caves, the humidity, US trade panel rejects the temperature and the carbon dioxide increase abruptly,” said Wang Xudong, director general of the Dunhuang Academy. The wall paintings them- Motorola bid to selves contain “a lot of natural salts that have come out of the rocks over 1,200, 1,500 years, the age of block Xbox imports these wall paintings”, he explained. If the humidity goes above a critical value, “then SAN FRANCISCO: The US International Trade explore its options. Xbox consoles are at the the salts can suck the moisture out of the air and Commission sided with Microsoft on Thursday in heart of Microsoft’s push to lay claim to Internet start the deterioration process”. But authorities a patent dispute with Google-owned Motorola Age living rooms. must strike a difficult balance between limiting Mobility that could have gotten Xbox 360 On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled a new-gener- access to visitors and avoiding alienating them, videogame consoles banned from import. “The ation Xbox One console touted as a home enter- particularly the hundreds of thousands of primarily Chinese tourists whose numbers are steadily rising. DUNHUANG: A technician works to restore one of the Mogao caves in Dunhuang, north- investigation is terminated,” the ITC said in a tainment hub that goes far beyond games. The western China’s Gansu province. —AFP notice announcing it was rejecting a Motorola beefed-up hardware is powered by software “Every child in China in growing up learns Mobility patent complaint dating back to late that allows for instant switching between about Dunhuang. It is one of the great sites, so 2010. games, television, and Internet browsing. when they grow up they want to come here, and areas that are not flat, such as corners and sculp- area and paid to remove large numbers of manu- Motorola Mobility had argued that Xbox 360 Microsoft-owned Skype was also integrated for they do now that they have the money to,” says tures. “We have six working teams here on a very scripts, paintings and textiles. A French mission consoles infringed on patent technology for online group video calls. Kinect motion and Neville Agnew, a project specialist at the Getty intense schedule. Each team must digitise three under Paul Pelliot acquired thousands of items wirelessly transmitting data. sound-sensing accessories accompanying the Conservation Institute who has worked with the to four caves a year,” said Wang. “Our goal is to the following year, and Japanese and Russian If the ITC had sided with Motorola Mobility, consoles recognize users, respond instantly to academy for 25 years. reduce the amount of time that tourists spend in expeditions soon followed in their footsteps. which was acquired by Google in a $12.5 billion commands spoken in natural language and The digitisation project-which has been run- the caves, to minimise the damage that they But the latest collaboration will preserve deal in 2012, it could have resulted in a ban on even detect a person’s pulse. Xbox One consoles ning for decades-is part of the solution, a grand cause.” Dunhuang for future generations, say those importing Xbox 360 consoles, which are manu- are set to hit the market later this year. project to transform the way visitors are received Once the new system goes into effect next involved, and make the masterpieces available to factured in China. “This is the beginning of a new generation and cut the time they spend inside, even as num- year visitors will be overseen as soon as they academics and amateurs around the world “This is a win for Xbox customers and con- of games and entertainment and a new gener- bers rise. reach the airport-essentially the only convenient online. “The painting is superb, the painting is firms our view that Google had no grounds to ation of smart TV,” Microsoft entertainment unit It is an immense task. The paintings cover entry point for Dunhuang-and have to stick to a unbelievable, the paintings are just masterworks block our products,” Microsoft said in a state- executive Yusuf Mehdi said during an event at 45,000 square metres (485,000 square feet) — if tightly controlled sightseeing circuit. of paintings, and in a variety of styles over the ment. Motorola Mobility countered that it was the technology giant’s headquarters in the set in a single mural three metres high, it would In a domed theatre currently under construc- dynasties as they changed,” said Agnew. “History “disappointed” with the ITC decision and would northwestern state of Washington. —AFP stretch for 15 kilometres. Thousands of images tion they will view high-definition images of the is here, art is here.” —AFP Google team captures Galapagos Island beauty for maps SAN FRANCISCO: Google has followed in the foot- The Street View team spent 10 days on the Catlin Seaview Survey used special photogra- its free online mapping service later this year, the steps of Charles Darwin to gather images of the islands working with the nonprofit Charles Darwin phy gear to collect high-definition, panoramic company said in a blog post Thursday describing beauty and biological diversity of the Galapagos Foundation (CDF); Galapagos National Park images in the waters of the archipelago, which is the project. Islands for the Internet titan’s online maps. Directorate, and Catlin Seaview Survey. listed as a United Nations World Heritage Site. “They picked a very diverse set of places, from A Google Maps team toting 360-degree cam- The CDF had reached out to California-based “We have compiled an amazing portfolio of some that tourists visit quite often to locations eras sticking from backpacks hiked trails, hills, and Google to add images from the Galapagos Islands 360-degree images that will allow the world to that are off-limits,” Seamster said. even into a live volcano to take Street View pic- to Google Maps to let people virtually explore take ‘virtual dives’ in the Galapagos Marine “We had to hike across four kilometers of lava tures of the precious environment where Darwin without treading on the fragile ecosystem and as Reserve’s unique ecosystems,” said Darwin fields to get to a spot where land iguana restora- gleaned insights for his theory of evolution. resources for research and education. Foundation head of fisheries Pelayo Salinas de tion was going on,” she continued. “We were in a boat on choppy waves; clamber- “This is a unique opportunity to spearhead Leon. “We were able to get very close to animals.” ing over lava rocks, and on horseback up the side technology science for conservation and public Underwater images will also be used as base- The project marked the first collection of Street of a volcano,” Google Maps project lead Raleigh awareness about the importance of Galapagos lines for gauging the health of the marine system View images in Ecuador, according to Google, Seamster told AFP on Thursday. ecosystems in a changing world,” CDF head of and the effect of climate change. which has ranged to places such as the Amazon in “There were a lot of adventurous times. It was research on human systems Daniel Orellana said in Google engineers are weaving imagery into Brazil and the Canadian Arctic to get pictures for very inspiring.” a release. immersive Street View scenes that will be added to online maps. —AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts to combat virus

GENEVA: International efforts to combat a taken by Saudi microbiologist Ali said his agency also has been “struggling to everyone around the world who asked cluster of cases reported in the eastern part new pneumonia-like virus that has now Mohamed Zaki that he mailed last year to with diagnostics” because of property rights for them,” Fouchier added. “We have not of the country. killed 22 people are being slowed by virologist Ron Fouchier at the Erasmus concerns and ill-defined international rules denied access to the virus to any research Most of the confirmed cases involved unclear rules and competition for the Medical Center in the Netherlands. for sharing such materials. and public health laboratory with the men, and the patients’ average age is 56, potentially profitable rights to disease sam- Fouchier tested, sequenced and identified Chan railed against any arrangement appropriate facilities to handle this virus said WHO officials, citing information that ples, the head of the World Health it last September as a new virus. Then his that could prevent rapid sharing of informa- safely.” comes in part from Saudi health authori- Organization warned recently. private medical center patented how it tion or that would enable individual scien- The World Health Assembly, the deci- ties. The outbreak began at a Saudi health Dr. Margaret Chan, in a blunt warning to synthesized the germ and required other tists or private labs to profit. WHO officials sion-making body of WHO, meets from care facility in April, WHO officials said. the UN agency’s annual global assembly, researchers who wanted samples to first say the delays involve blood and other tests May 20-28. Indonesia has previously Fukuda said evidence in some of the dis- portrayed a previously little-known flap sign an agreement that could trigger a pay- though a few other facilities in Canada, refused to share samples of the bird flu ease clusters points to limited spread over who owns a sample of the virus as a ment. Britain and Germany have samples. virus that has been seen in Southeast Asia between people. Last week, WHO said global game-changer that could put peo- Saudi Arabia, which had the first case, Fouchier, however, said the agreements for several years. That country claimed vac- some cases suggest the virus may already ple’s lives at risk. The virus, which first said the patenting delayed its development between individual countries are similar to cines made from those samples would be be spreading in the community. emerged in Saudi Arabia where most cases of diagnostic kits and blood tests. “There those within WHO’s networks. “There are too expensive for developing countries to Many health officials have been frustrat- have arisen, is called MERS for Middle East was a lag of three months where we were no restrictions to the use of the virus for afford. That dispute led to a protracted ed at the lack of detail coming out of Saudi respiratory syndrome. not aware of the discovery of the virus,” research and public health purposes. series of negotiations with WHO and others Arabia about the virus and its spread. In a “Please, I’m very strong on this point, Deputy Health Minister Ziad Memish told There are only restrictions for commer- to ensure poor nations would have access speech on Monday, Chan publicly praised and I want you to excuse me,” she said. “Tell the Geneva assembly. He said the sample cial exploitation and forwarding virus to to vaccines in a global epidemic. China for its rapid sharing of information your scientists in your country, because was sent to the Dutch lab without official third parties,” he wrote in an email, At the assembly, Fukuda said the new on the new bird flu, H7N9. She said noth- you’re the boss. You’re the national authori- permission. responding to questions from The MERS virus has now claimed 22 lives out of ing about Saudi Arabia and reminded ty. Why would your scientists send speci- So far there is no blood test for detecting Associated Press. Any delays claimed by 44 cases, mostly in Saudi Arabia. The latest countries of the importance of “fully trans- mens out to other laboratories on a bilater- infection in communities. Memish said that WHO are a misconception, he said. “After fatal case involves a 63-year-old man in parent reporting to WHO.” al manner and allow other people to take patients need to be isolated because in the first identification of the virus, diagnos- central Saudi Arabia with an underlying Fukuda said officials do “not know the intellectual property rights on a new dis- some cases, diarrhea or vomiting may help tic tests were developed in collaboration health condition who died Monday, five full geographic spread” of MERS. He said ease?” spread the germ. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, WHO’s with several public health laboratories, and days after being hospitalized. WHO officials the incubation period seems to be any- The controversy stems from a sample assistant director-general for health security, these tests were distributed free of charge say they do not believe it is related to a where from 2 1/2 to 14 days. —AP Workplace wellness fails bottom line, waistlines

NEW YORK: A long-awaited report on workplace scratches the surface,” said Keith Lemer, presi- rolled out at the same time that premiums or wellness programs, which has still not been pub- dent of WellNet, which provides programs to deductibles are increased.” licly released, delivers a blow to the increasingly Cumulus Media, Viking Range Corp and the Workplace wellness is a $6 billion industry in popular efforts, Reuters has learned, casting Charlie Palmer Group of restaurants, among oth- the United States, with an estimated 500 ven- doubt on a pillar of the Affordable Care Act and ers. “Done right, (the program) requires the inte- dors now selling the programs. Fifty-one per- a favorite of the business community. gration of clinical data, wellness, health coach- cent of employers with 50 or more workers offer According to a report by researchers at the ing, and work flow.” The initiatives succeed if one, the RAND report found. Medium-to-large RAND Corp, programs that try to get employees they have “senior level support and a high- companies now spend an average of $521 per to become healthier and reduce medical costs degree of employee engagement in healthy employee per year on wellness incentives (gift have only a modest effect. Those findings run behaviors,” he said. cards for losing weight, for instance), double the contrary to claims by the mostly small firms that The report’s conclusions about the financial $260 in 2009, according to a survey by Fidelity sell workplace wellness to companies ranging benefits of workplace wellness programs are Investments and the National Business Group on from corporate titans to mom-and-pop opera- also grim. In theory, the programs should reduce Health released in February. tions. medical spending as employees become health- For many employers, wellness programs are RAND delivered the congressionally mandat- ier and thereby avoid expensive conditions such a recruiting and retention tool, attracting the ed analysis to the US Department of Labor and as heart disease, cancer and stroke. health-conscious employees they prefer. The LOS ANGELES: Glass water pipes or bongs or on display at the HempCon the Department of Health and Human Services In fact, workers who participated in a well- programs also promise to control an employer’s medical marijuana show, Friday at the Los Angeles Convention Center. last fall. The report found, for instance, that peo- ness program had healthcare costs averaging healthcare spending. By getting workers to stop Thousands of marijuana enthusiasts gathered for the three-day event for ple who participate in such programs lose an $2.38 less per month than non-participants in smoking they should reduce expensive emphy- exhibits of medical marijuana dispensaries, collectives, evaluation services, average of only one pound a year for three years. the first year of the program and $3.46 less in sema treatments, for instance, and by nudging legal services and equipment and accessories. Under California state law, In addition, participation “was not associated the fifth year. Those modest savings were not workers to get annual physicals they are expect- people suffering from chronic diseases have the right to grow, buy and use with significant reductions in total cholesterol statistically significant, meaning they could have ed to help companies avoid such financial black marijuana for medical purposes when recommended by a doctor. —AFP level.” And while there is some evidence that been due to chance and not to the program. holes as cancer treatment and stroke rehabilita- smoking-cessation programs work, they do so More surprisingly, workplace wellness did not tion. only “in the short term.” catch warning signs of disease or improve health Although the RAND report’s conclusions Most large US employers believe the pro- enough to prevent emergencies. “We do not seem counterintuitive how can wellness pro- Feds fight morning-after grams improve workers’ health and reduce or at detect statistically significant decreases in cost grams not improve health? - other recent stud- least keep the lid on medical spending. and use of emergency department and hospital ies agree. This year researchers at the University pill age ruling in NY “Companies from the CEO on down feel that care” as a result of the programs, RAND found. of California conducted an analysis of dozens of these programs are bringing value,” said Maria The RAND report was mandated by the existing studies of workplace wellness programs NEW YORK: Department of Justice lawyers sales of Plan B One-Step a “sweetheart Ghazal, a vice president at the Business Affordable Care Act, the healthcare reform law at the behest of the California state senate. filed court papers again asking a federal agreement” for the medication’s manufac- Roundtable, the association of chief executives known as Obamacare. Two sources close to the Based on gold-standard studies, similar to those appeals court to delay lifting age restric- turer, Teva Pharmaceuticals. of big companies. “The criticism is surprising, report expected it to be released publicly this that evaluate a new drug, participating in work- tions and prescription requirements on an He noted that it would continue to because companies are not hearing that inter- past winter. Reuters read the report when it was based wellness programs does not lower blood emergency contraceptive popularly known restrict access to cheaper brands of the nally.” briefly posted online by RAND on Friday before pressure, blood sugar or cholesterol and rarely as the morning-after pill. drug and be a hardship to the many young Some experts not involved with the new being taken down because the federal agencies leads to weight loss, said Janet Coffman, a The papers seek to delay implementa- people who don’t have driver’s licenses. report say even the modest benefits RAND were not ready to release it, said a third source health policy expert at the University of tion of a judge’s April 5 ruling lifting restric- The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, in New found need qualification. with knowledge of the analysis. California, San Francisco, Institute for Health tions on the drugs, including the medica- York, is scheduled to begin considering on “The strongest predictor of whether some- Starting next year, the healthcare reform law Policy Studies. tions sold under the brand name Plan B, Tuesday whether to allow the judge’s ruling one will lose weight or stop smoking is how allows employers to reward employees who par- “Even in studies that found statistically signif- setting the stage for another court show- to take effect immediately or delay it while motivated they are,” said Al Lewis, founder and ticipate in workplace wellness programs with icant weight loss, it was not always sustained,” down between President Barack Obama’s further appeals are pending. president of the Disease Management subsidies equal to 30 percent of the cost of she said. administration and women’s health The Department of Justice, in its motion Purchasing Consortium International, which insurance premiums, or about $1,620 annually Similarly, after years in which vendors and activists over access to the contraceptive. for a stay, argued that the judge over- helps self-insured employers and state programs per worker. others claimed that the programs return $3, $9 Currently, only people age 17 or older stepped his authority in ordering the drugs reduce healthcare costs. “Since the programs are If wellness programs do not reduce health- and more for every $1 invested, rigorous studies can buy the contraceptive without a pre- to be made available. It also said that main- usually voluntary, the most motivated employ- care spending, some employees could suffer have found the opposite, also providing sup- scription, although the Food and Drug taining the status quo while the case is on ees sign up. That makes it impossible to credit financially. If an employer is subsidizing employ- port for the RAND findings. Administration announced in late April that appeal would prevent market confusion the programs with success in smoking cessation ees who use its program but is not reaping lower Earlier this year, economist Gautam it would begin allowing one newer version over the status of the drugs. or weight loss rather than the employees’ moti- healthcare costs, it has three choices. It can Gowrisankaran of the University of Arizona and of the drug, Plan B One-Step, to be sold Lawyers for a group of women and par- vation.” absorb the costs, perhaps figuring it helps colleagues found that employees who partici- over the counter to people as young as 15 ents who have sued to broaden access to For its report, RAND collected information recruit or retain valued employees. It can raise pated in the wellness program at BJC as long as they present photo ID. the contraceptives said in court papers that about wellness programs from about 600 busi- healthcare premiums across the board. Or it can Healthcare, a St. Louis, Missouri-based hospital That accommodation only further agi- any further delay in their availability would nesses with at least 50 employees and analyzed raise costs only to workers who do not partici- system, had fewer hospitalizations for illnesses tated US District Court Judge Edward harm “countless” women by leaving medical claims collected by the Care Continuum pate, through higher deductibles or premiums, such as heart disease and diabetes. But their Korman, who in his opinion on April 5 said obstructions in place. Alliance, a trade association for the health and by at least that $1,620. overall spending did not decrease, the that U.S. Secretary of Health and Human While the case is ostensibly about rules wellness industry. Cost-shifting seems especially unfair if well- researchers reported in the journal Health Services Kathleen Sebelius had wrongly let limiting the access of teenagers to the Industry experts noted that whenever ness programs don’t deliver medically or finan- Affairs. politics trump science when she overruled drug, it has a practical impact on older researchers analyze hundreds of programs, there cially, said senior counsel Dania Palanker of the The main reasons, said Gowrisankaran, were an FDA decision in 2011 that emergency women as well because the age restrictions are inevitably more effective and less effective National Women’s Law Center, which generally that employees who fill out company surveys contraception based on the hormone lev- mean that the contraceptives must be kept ones. supports the programs: “We’ve seen plans that assessing their health risks (“what is your blood onorgestrel could be sold safely to people behind locked pharmacy counters and “Traditional workplace wellness barely appear to cost-shift, with wellness programs pressure?”) or get health screenings at compa- of all ages without a prescription. therefore aren’t always available in the ny-sponsored health fairs (“you better see a In a follow-up ruling, the judge said that emergencies for which they are intended. doctor about that”) led to more office visits and the contraceptive “would be among the The drugs can prevent pregnancy if medication use. In-patient costs fell $22 per safest drugs available to children and taken within 72 hours of sex, but they employee per month, on average, but other adults on any drugstore shelf.” He called the are more effective the sooner they are costs rose $19. The program cost $500,000 per FDA’s deal to allow some over-the-counter taken. —AP year. “The wellness program just didn’t save money,” Gowrisankaran said. To understand how that can be, experts offer the example of what happens when a work- place wellness program identifies hypertension (by requiring participants to get a physical) in someone who never suspected she had it. That might keep her from having a stroke in 20 years, but in the meantime it leads to physician visits and drugs to manage a condition that had gone untreated - and that therefore had previously cost the company or its insurer nothing, explained Vik Khanna, a benefits consultant in St. Louis. Employers told RAND they were “overwhelm- ingly” confident that workplace wellness reduces medical costs. Yet only 44 percent have actually evaluated their efforts, and only 2 per- cent had precise savings estimates. Most leave those calculations to companies that sell them the programs, or to consultants, opening the door to creative accounting, say skeptics. Tom Emerick, president of Emerick Consulting and former vice president of global benefits at Walmart, is one of them: “Many of the vendors reporting savings are making it up.” Ghazal of the Business Roundtable acknowledged that calcu- lating savings from wellness programs is tricky: “Sometimes the benefits are way down the road, when the person is not at that employer any- more.” On the bright side, the RAND report says healthcare costs and use of expensive medical WASHINGTON: An HIV blood test is administered in a mobile testing facility services rose more slowly for program partici- outside the Benning Stoddert Recreation Center in Washington. AIDS pants than nonparticipants. That offers hope Healthcare Foundation Staff and volunteers handed out free condoms and ASUNCION: Men chat outside Kuimba’e Clinic, a health centre for men opened by the “that a reduction in direct medical costs would provided a free HIV test as a part of the Condom Nation Big Rig Tour which Paraguayan organization Somos Gay (We Are Gay) in Asuncion, on the day of its materialize if employees continued to partici- has the goal of distributing 50 million condoms throughout the United inauguration on Friday. —AFP pate.” —Reuters States. —AFP SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Healthy 5-pound gorilla born FDA warns of infections at central Ohio zoo

tied to Tennessee pharmacy COLUMBUS: A baby gorilla has been born to first-time parents at an Ohio zoo. The WASHINGTON: Health officials are investigating cas- infections in 2012,” Dreyzehner said. But he added second state, there was no clear indication we might healthy 5-pound male gorilla es involving patients who suffered complications after that it is still “very early in a rapidly evolving investiga- be dealing with a contaminated product,” he said. The arrived Thursday at the being injected with potentially contaminated medica- tion.” FDA recommends doctors stop using any sterile Columbus Zoo and tions made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy. Main Street Family Pharmacy said that it supports drugs distributed by the pharmacy immediately. Aquarium, joining 16 other The Food and Drug Administration said Friday the the FDA’s recommendation that patients not be Main Street Family Pharmacy is a compounding gorillas there. problems involve seven patients who received injected with the medications until the investigation pharmacy, which means it mixes custom formula- It’s the first offspring for steroid injections from Main Street Family Pharmacy, is finished. “In its more than 17 years of operation, tions of drugs based on doctors’ specifications. mother Kambera (kam-BEHR’- a compounding pharmacy in Newbern, Tenn. patient safety has always been and will always be Compounding pharmacies have long operated in a uh), who has displayed a lack Tennessee health officials said the pharmacy has Main Street Family Pharmacy’s top priority,” it said in a legal gray area between state and federal regulations. of maternal skills.Animal care agreed to recall all of its sterile products, which are statement. Since last year’s outbreak, the FDA has stepped up experts are raising the baby in generally injectable prescription drugs. Officials from Federal authorities have identified five cases in inspections of compounding pharmacies across the an environment that provides the FDA and the Tennessee Department of Health Illinois and two more in North Carolina. The Illinois country, triggering several national recalls of poten- around-the-clock neonatal have been inspecting the Newbern pharmacy since patients received injections at the Logan Primary tially contaminated medications. care. They stay close to the Wednesday. Care clinic in the town of Herrin between Jan 3 and The Tennessee Department of Health said it’s too mother, with the hope of Officials have not confirmed that the products are Feb. 21, according to Illinois health officials. All five early to tell how many people may have received the reuniting the pair. contaminated, but they are being treated as though patients from Illinois had skin infections in the hips injections under scrutiny. According to pharmacy The father is Oliver, who is they are, Tennessee Health Commissioner John and buttocks while at least one patient in North records the drug was shipped to medical facilities in deaf and is believed to have Dreyzehner said in a Friday conference call. Carolina appears to have a fungal infection, accord- 13 states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Florida, lost his hearing when very The injections contain methylprednisolone ing to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Kentucky, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, young. Zoo staff members say acetate, the same drug at the center of last year’s “There’s no indication at this time of meningitis or North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas it’s unknown when visitors deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis. More than 55 other life threatening infection,” said Joseph Perz, a The Main Street Family Pharmacy was licensed by the will be able to see the baby. people have died and over 740 others have been health-care epidemiologist helping to lead the CDC’s Tennessee board of Pharmacy in 1985, and later There have been 31 gorillas sickened after receiving contaminated injections investigation. Dreyzehner said the initial cluster of licensed as a manufacturer and distributor in 2010. COLUMBUS: This Thursday, May 23, 2013 photo born at the Columbus zoo, from a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy. The five cases involved injections into a muscular area The pharmacy’s licenses were placed on a 3-year released by the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium including Colo in 1956. That steroids are typically used to treat pain. and there were questions about whether they might probation on March 31 and it was assessed a $25,600 shows a gorilla baby. The gorilla baby was born female western lowland goril- “Based on everything we know right now, this sit- have been done incorrectly. fine after a pair of inspections found various prob- Thursday at the zoo and will be joining 16 other la is believed to be the oldest uation does not approach the severity of the fungal “Until we discovered the additional two cases in a lems with the facility. —AP of the large primates. —AP gorilla in any zoo. —AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 FOCC organizes DNV CRYcket 2013

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he 16th children’s cricket event were kept by experts in this field, and intense & quality cricket, the Cricket the 15 glorious years of FOCC’s existence “DNV CRYcket 2013” organized by FOCC duly wish to acknowledge the per- Coaching Club (CCC) emerged as win- was also released which included a moti- appy birthday to our dear daughter Esther TFriends of CRY Club - Kuwait sistent contribution of Cry Buddies ners and bagged the DNV CRYcket tro- vating message from Susan Varghese, Ifedolapo. We wish you faith and determi- (FOCC-Kuwait) was held on April 12th, Keerthini, Zainab, Mohammed, Ali Raza, phies in both the Under-14 & the Under- Head of Global Operations-CRY, a brief Hnation to succeed in all walks of life. May where Cricket Coaching Club (CCC) won Aditya, Kynara, Amina, Qaisarali and 12 categories. on the FOCC supported project “Manav God guide you as you grow to be a blessing to our both the trophies (U-14 & U-12). Enaam (children who devoted their time The runner-up trophy was taken by Ashrita Sansthan (MAS)” in India, insights family Amen. Greetings from dad, mom, brother, “CRYcket” is an annual softball cricket for the event) as well as friends on the Eleven Golds in the U-14 category and into FOCC’s activities as well as names of friends and well-wishers. tournament, for children under 14, spot. played in 7-over match format, and com- The festivities at the grounds included pleted in a single day. The tournament is the KIDS corner offering great amuse- open to all children, who may organize ment through some exciting games. A Announcements themselves in teams with participants drawing competition as well as an essay from any school, nationality or locality. competition were held for children in Classical music at AUK This year’s new venue at “Fahaheel various age categories in which they he Department of Music and Drama is hosting a Sports Club” wore a festive look on the enthusiastically participated. Winners of demonstration/ masterclass with the German clas- day, as in the tournaments over the the Drawing Competition were Sanjana sical guitarist Friedemann at the American years, where the children and adults Rajkumar (Age Under 6 group), T sported colorful team dresses and bright Vidhyavathi (Age group 7-10), Zainab University of Kuwait (AUK), 28 May 3 pm, Liberal Arts Building, room 205. Wuttke is a gifted performer, having clothes. Besides it was heartening to see Solanki (Age group 14-16) and Selvi played with major ensembles and orchestras. Besides the enthusiasm of children and parents Velavan (Age group 16 & above). Winners various concerts in Germany, he has toured in the alike, despite initial hiccups in getting of the Essay Competition were Adnan United States and South East Asia, as well as several the venue functioning up to the desired (Age group - 11 years to 13 years), European metropolises. This, his first visit to the Gulf standard. Everyone displayed spirit of Apoorva Rao (Age group - 14 years to 16 region, has been realized with the support of the friendship, competition and above all years) and Vidhya Anand (Age group 16 German Embassy in Kuwait, in cooperation with the Dar true sportsmanship. Although the tour- & above). The usual Buy for CRY stall, al Athar al Islamiyyah. The AUK performance is free and nament had to be pushed into April, for where articles donated by good open to the public. technical reasons, thankfully the weather Samaritans through FOCC’s efforts could was really good throughout the day. In be picked up at unbelievable prices had the Wataniya Best Player trophy was all the participants. The drive for all, more than 310 children participated variety of articles on display. The Raffle awarded to Abhishai Alan Jacob of “Associate Membership” which was intro- AIP shaam-e ghazal this year, consisting of 21 teams - eleven draw was again hugely successful with Eleven Golds team. duced in 2009, continued this year as he Association of Indian Professionals (AIP), teams in the Under-14 category and ten 15 fabulous prizes for the grabbing. In the U-12 category, the runner-up well, where anyone from the society can Kuwait, forthcoming event has been scheduled for teams in the Under-12 category - all The participating teams in the “DNV trophy went to DPS Red Titans and the feel attached to the FOCC & CRY mission. Tthe evening of May 25, 2013 at 6 pm at the audito- vying for the glittering winner’s “DNV CRYcket 2013” tournament were: Under- Wataniya Best Player award was bagged Our sincere thanks to the support rium of Indian Community Senior School, Salmiya and is CRYcket 2013” trophy in their respective 14 by Chinmaya Kulkarni of DPS Red Titans extended by news publishers Kuwait titled as AIP Shaam-e-Ghazal. We have invited age group. M/s Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Category: Dynamic Sixers, Eleven team. The Wataniya Youngest Player of Times, Arab Times, Q8india.com, Indians Raghuram Krishnan, a Ghazal singer from Cochin, India - Kuwait Branch, sponsored the event. Golds, Salwa Sandstorm, Young Strikers, the tournament trophy went to Kurian in Kuwait.com, goa-world.com, manga- to make this evening more melodious and vibrant. He Wataniya Telecom were the co-sponsors Carmel Supers, Cricket Coaching Club Thomas Mattom from CETA-XI. lorean.com, canaraworld.com, abroadin- will be supported by few local musicians also. of the event and 5 special prizes. The (CCC), Gladiators, NCC’s Pace-XI, Riggae Country Manager for DNV, Mr. Gireesh dians.com, daijiworld.com and Ambassador of India, Satish C. Mehta will be the Chief event was also sponsored by Payal Cricket Coaching (RCC), DPS Spartans Sriraman graced the occasion as Chief goanet.org. It was exciting all the way Guest. Admission is by invitation and children below 10 Jewellers, Raja Company, Career Hunters, and CETA XI; whereas Under-12 Category Guest. He congratulated all the partici- and everything done at the event was for years of age will not be allowed. Bank Muscat, Kapico, Royal Kwality had DPS Red Titans, NCC’s Pace-XI pants and presented the winners and the a noble cause - to help the underprivi- Sweets and Snacks, Mr. Malek Al-Ajeel & Juniors A , Riggae Cricket Coaching runner-up team captains with the tro- leged children in India. Those interested The TIES Center’s ‘trip’ Dr. Hind Al-Bahar, Kuwait Cricket and Hamsters, Cricket Coaching Club, phies to a thunderous applause from all. in joining hands with FOCC may please he TIES Center cordially invites those who are Well wishers. The event would not have Gladiators, NCC’s Pace-XI Juniors B, DPS Medals and certificates from CRY, India visit www.focckwt.org. interested in its trip to the Historical, Vintage and seen the light of the day without the Blue Warriors, Riggae Cricket Coaching were also presented to all 310 partici- Classic Car Museum, which is the first museum in T support of Kuwait Cricket Association Juniors, Al Bader Super Tots XI and pants. Kuwait specializing in old cars on May 30th at 6:00 pm. Revisit past memories or learn something new. If you who provided the Umpires. The scores Desert Stars. After the day long, tough, A colourful Souvenir commemorating love cars then this is the trip for you. Even if you don’t love cars, come anyway; you will enjoy the trip. For more information/registration, log onto: www.tiescen- ter.net.

Photography exhibition he Embassy of India, Kuwait in association with National Council of Arts, Culture & Letters is organiz- Ting an exhibition of photographs of Islamic monu- ments of India by Benoy K Behl, Art - Historian & Photographer at Al-Edwani Hall, Dahiyat Abdullah Al- Salem. The exhibition is being inaugurated at 1900 hrs tomorrow 21 May, 2013. The exhibition shall be kept open till 27 May 2013 from 0900 hrs to 1230 hrs and 1700 hrs to 2100 hrs. All are cordially invited to the exhibition. IMAX

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EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: info.aus- [email protected] (VFS) [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc-com for more informa- tion. Kuwait citizens can apply for tourist visas on-line at www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm. n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF CANADA The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration depart- ment. All processing of visa and immi- gration matters including enquiries is conduct- ed by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Individuals who are interested in working, studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.going- tocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi-im- [email protected]. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al-Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens Kuwait Pavendar are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday Khazhagam celebrates through Wednesday. n n n n n n n its 8th Kalam EMBASSY OF CYPRUS uwait Pavendar Khazhagam celebrated its 8th Kalam In its capacity as EU Local Presidency in on May 3 at Mangaf. The program started with the State of Kuwait, the Embassy of the Kprayer song by Selvi Jeya Parvathi & Selvi, Anu Republic of Cyprus, on behalf of the Sowndarya & Selvi, Subhashree and was anchored by Member States of the EU and associated Kavisekaran, executive Member of PVKK. One Thirkkural States participating in the Schengen cooper- was described by ation, would like to announce that as from Vaijeyanthimaalaa. PVKK Kalapaadal was sung by Kavi 2nd October 2012 all Schengen States’ Sekaran. Rajaamani, Manager, Warba Insurance was the Consulates in Kuwait will use the Visa chief guest for the day and was introduced to the PVKK Information System (VIS). The VIS is a central members and audiences by K. Natarajan, Treasurer of PVKK. database for the exchange of data on short- The event under the title “NinaithuNinaithu” was per- Music at ESF stay (up to three months) visas between formed by Rajaththi Ramesh. Theevent under the title ‘Mann Isai “was performed by Anushiya, Manjula and Selvi. Schengen States. The main objectives of the Jeya Parvathi. The new office-bearers of PVKK were unani- he English School Fahaheel This year the Music Department to a close. The Drama Department VIS are to facilitate visa application proce- mously elected in the executive committee meeting and offers a comprehensive was very active with three major was also very active this year with dures and checks at external border as well announced to the members in the Kalam-8. TPerforming Arts programme Concerts. The Upper School con- the winter musical Hans Christian as to enhance security. The VIS will contain all Kaviarangam was performed by under the leadership of including an IGCSE in Music and cert kicked off the musical season Andersen’s “ The Snow Queen” and the Schengen visa applications lodged by an B. Sekar and other participants in Kaviarangamwere Abu Drama. It is one of the few schools at ESF. This was followed by the the IGCSE and Upper School pro- applicant over five years and the decisions Thakir, Murugesan, Thandayuthapani, & Naga Devanthi. in Kuwait that offer this education- “Spring Concert”. The Middle duction of Charles Dickens Great taken by any Schengen State’s consulate. This The event under title “KalaththuMedu” was performed by al programme. School concert brought the season Expectations” will allow applicants to establish more easily Selvan. Sanjeev, Selvi, SubhaSree & Selvan Ajay Joyal, the lawful use of previous visas and their Ramesh Kumar & Devi Ravispoke about Thozhilalar Thinam bona fide status. For the purpose of the VIS, and “Pengal Samuthayaththin Kangal” respectively under Scientific Center, Kuwait applicants will be required to provide their title of “Karuththarangam”. The special speech was given by biometric data (fingerprints and digital pho- Pazha Krishna Moorhy. TamizQuiz was conducted by Ravi, executive member of PVKK. The winner was Veiavan and University cooperation tos) when applying for a Schengen visa. It is a who was awarded with a prize by chief guest Rajaamani. simple and discreet procedure that only takes The motivational speech was given by Ravanan, a few minutes. Biometric data, along with the he Scientific Center is coordinating with Dr. Widad Al-Naqeeb, assistant dean in data provided in the Schengen visa applica- Ex.President of PVKK. The program was organized by office the Faculty of Medicine in the Kuwait University, in order to help students coor- bearers and executive members. The main sponsor for the tion form, will be recorded in the VIS central dinate with specialists in the facility with matters pertaining with their studies. Lunch for Kalam-8 was Murugesan. Vote of thank was T database. Therefore, as from 2nd October delivered by Rajasekar, President of PVKK. The Program was This was announced by CEO and Managing Director, Mejbel Al-Mutawa, who said that 2012, first-time applicants will have to appear concluded with national anthem by Devi Ravi, Jt Secretary this cooperation comes as part of the Scientific Center’s efforts to encourage scientific in person when lodging the application, in research. of PVKK. Mejbel Al-Mutawa order to provide their fingerprints. For subse- quent applications within 5 years the finger- prints can be copied from the previous appli- FAIPS- DPS reap glory at the French Olympiad ‘13 cation file in the VIS. The Cypriot Presidency would like to assure the people of Kuwait and all its permanent citizens that the Member States and associated States participating in the Schengen cooperation, have taken all necessary technical measures to facilitate the rapid examination and the efficient process- ing of visa applications and to ensure a quick and discreet procedure for the implementa- tion of the new VIS.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF ITALY The Board of the Kuwait Italian Business Group (KIBG), will unveil the KIBG website on 28 May 2013. The event starts at 18:00 with registration and socialization and includes a wel- come address at 19:00 by the Ambassador of Italy to Kuwait followed by the formal presentation of the KIBG website. The event will end at 20.00. Event Location Italian Embassy Jabriya Block 9 Street 1 Villa 84. Valet service will be provided . No mobiles nor equivalent devices are allowed in the Embassy. he name says it all. The French stu- dents of grades 6-10 of FAIPS-DPS n n n n n n n Tregistered an amazing record of EMBASSY GREECE winning medals in all the four categories The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the at the French Olympiad ‘13 conducted by Silverzone Foundation, India. It was a pleasure to announce that visa applica- worldwide event in which more than tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa 7,000 schools from all over the world Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th participated. The students of FAIPS floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- exhibited outstanding French language Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For skills, bagging gold, silver and bronze information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to medals in all the categories. 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: FAIPS students once again proved Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- that when it comes to competing and tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications winning, they are second to none. Kudos please visit the following website to all the teachers and the winners who www.mfa.gr/kuwait. keep the FAIPS flag flying high. Following students brought laurels in n n n n n n n different categories: Level -I - Anand Krishnakumar EMBASSY OF SOUTH KOREA bagged Gold Medal while Kaushik The Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Damle secured Silver and Aishwarya Kuwait will organize 2013 K-POP Contest on Shaji- Bronze medal Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 6:00 pm. The aim Level -II - Namrata Mahesh won the of the contest is to provide an opportunity to the Gold, Athul Suresh Krishnan - Silver participants to showcase their exciting talents to the medal while Sukanya V. Subramaniyam audience. Everyone is encouraged to participate in clinched the Bronze medal. the contest. Application forms can be downloaded Level -III - Farah Khalid bagged the from the Embassy’s website: http://kwt.mofa.go.kr Gold, Swetha Krishnan Silver and Pranjal (Select English from the menu at the top of the Goal won Bronze medal. page then Bilateral Relations) or visit the “Korean Level -IV - Lakshmy Krishnan secured Culture Diwaniya” Facebook Group. Interested appli- Gold medal while Arundhati Taduri and cants must send their application forms to Shaunak Ray took home the Silver and [email protected] by 24 May 2013. Bronze medals respectively. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

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Band Of Misfits 04:55 The Clock-FAM 19:40 Good Luck Charlie 11:45 Lonely Planet: Roads Less 01:00 The Client List 20:00 Flicka 3 07:00 Texas Carnival-FAM 20:05 Wizards Of Waverly Place Travelled 02:00 Castle 22:00 Arrietty 08:15 Rebel Without A Cause-PG 20:30 Wizards Of Waverly Place 12:40 Long Way Down 04:00 Bones 23:45 Supertramps 10:05 Robin And The Seven Hoods- 20:50 Wizards Of Waverly Place 13:35 Gone to save the planet 05:00 Castle FAM 21:15 So Random 14:00 Market Values 06:00 Eureka 12:05 They Drive By Night-FAM 21:40 Hannah Montana 14:30 The Frankincense Trail 07:00 Emmerdale 13:45 The Prize-PG 22:00 Jonas 15:25 Around The World For Free 07:30 Coronation Street 00:00 Prime Mover-PG15 16:00 The Honeymoon Machine-FAM 22:25 Sonny With A Chance 16:20 Deadliest Journeys 08:00 C.S.I. New York 02:00 Last Holiday-PG15 17:25 Quo Vadis-PG 16:45 The Best Job In The World 22:50 Sonny With A Chance 09:00 Bones 04:00 Chronicle-PG15 20:10 Roberta-FAM 17:15 Bondi Rescue 23:10 Suite Life On Deck 10:00 Castle 06:00 Butter-PG15 22:00 The V.I.P.S-FAM 17:40 Bondi Rescue THE CORRUPTOR ON OSN ACTION HD 23:35 Suite Life On Deck 11:00 Touch 08:00 Rio-FAM 23:55 The Dirty Dozen Classifieds

SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY (23/05/2013 TO 29/05/2013)

SHARQIA-1 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 9:15 PM IRON MAN 3 (DIG-3D) 12:30 AM PHANTOM (DIG) 1:00 PM PHANTOM (DIG) 12:05 AM NO SUN+ TUE+WED PHANTOM (DIG) 3:00 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED AT ANY PRICE (DIG) :00 PM AL-KOUT.2 AT ANY PRICE (DIG) :00 PM MARINA-2 AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 12:30 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 9:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:30 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 2:30 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 11:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 3:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 4:30 PM PHANTOM (DIG) 1:00 AM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:15 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 6:45 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 7:45 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 8:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:00 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 11:00 PM SHARQIA-2 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:30 AM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 1:00 AM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:30 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED NO SUN+ TUE+WED DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 3:00 PM THE GREAT GATSBY (DIG-3D) 5:00 PM MARINA-3 AL-KOUT.3 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 7:45 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 1:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 2:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:15 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 3:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:45 AM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 5:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 7:45 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED THE GREAT GATSBY (DIG-3D) 7:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:15 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 10:15 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:45 AM SHARQIA-3 AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 12:15 AM NO SUN+ TUE+WED THE CALL (DIG) 12:30 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 2:30 PM BAIRAQ-1 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 4:45 PM AVENUES-1 DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 12:30 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 7:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 2:30 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 9:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 3:30 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 5:00 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 12:05 AM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 6:15 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 7:00 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 9:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 9:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 11:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:30 AM MUHALAB-1 NO SUN+ TUE+WED NO SUN+ TUE+WED THE GREAT GATSBY (DIG) 1:30 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 4:15 PM AVENUES-2 BAIRAQ-2 AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 6:15 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 1:00 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 1:30 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 8:15 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 3:45 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 3:45 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 10:15 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 6:30 PM THE GREAT GATSBY (DIG) 6:00 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 9:15 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 8:45 PM MUHALAB-2 STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 12:05 AM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 11:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 12:30 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 1:00 AM PHANTOM (DIG) 2:45 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED CHANGE OF NAME SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 4:45 PM AVENUES-3 SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 7:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 1:30 PM BAIRAQ-3 I, Moidin Kunhi Badiyar STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 9:15 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 3:45 PM THE CALL (DIG) 1:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 6:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 3:00 PM Husan, S/o Husan Kunhi MUHALAB-3 SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 8:15 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 5:15 PM Urmene Moidin holder of DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 12:45 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 10:30 PM THE CALL (DIG) 7:30 PM Indian Passport No. FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 2:45 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 12:45 AM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 9:30 PM F4932532 have changed DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 5:15 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 11:45 PM my name to Mohammed FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 7:15 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 9:45 PM 360º- 1 Mohideen for all purposes. FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 12:30 PM PLAZA (C 4427) FANAR-1 FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 3:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 5:45 PM 26-5-2013 SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 1:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 6:00 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 8:15 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 3:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 8:45 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:45 PM THE CALL (DIG) 5:45 PM NO THU SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 7:45 PM Special Show “FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG)” 8:45 PM LAILA FOR SALE SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 10:00 PM THU IRON MAN 3 (DIG) 5:30 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 12:15 AM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 11:30 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 8:00 PM NO SUN+ TUE+WED NO SUN+ TUE+WED KIA Mohave jeep, full option, FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:30 PM silver color for sale. (2011 FANAR-2 360º- 2 AJIAL.1 model - 47,000 kilometers). PHANTOM (DIG) 1:30 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 2:00 PM Please contact 66399051 IRON MAN 3 (DIG) 3:30 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 4:45 PM LADIES & GENTLEMAN (DIG) (MALAYALAM) 6:30 PM PHANTOM (DIG) 6:00 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 7:30 PM LADIES & GENTLEMAN (DIG) (MALAYALAM) 9:30 PM 23-5-2013 IRON MAN 3 (DIG) 8:00 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 10:15 PM PHANTOM (DIG) 10:30 PM PHANTOM (DIG) 1:00 AM AJIAL.2 IRON MAN 3 (DIG) 12:30 AM NO SUN+ TUE+WED AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 6:00 PM LOST NO SUN+ TUE+WED SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 8:30 PM AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 10:45 PM 360º- 3 Original document Policy FANAR-3 DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 2:15 PM STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 1:15 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 4:15 PM AJIAL.3 No. 633002599 of LIAQAT AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 4:00 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 6:15 PM ISHKQ IN PARIS (DIG) (HINDI) 5:30 PM ALI by the state Life STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (DIG) 6:00 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 8:15 PM ISHKQ IN PARIS (DIG) (HINDI) 7:45 PM Insurance Corporation of AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 8:45 PM DINO TIME (DIG-3D) 10:15 PM ISHKQ IN PARIS (DIG) (HINDI) 10:00 PM Pakistan, Gulf Zone is AT ANY PRICE (DIG) 10:45 PM SAMEER ABOO ELNEEL (DIG) 12:15 AM reported to have been lost. 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CROSSWORD 201 STAR TRACK

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

Professional associates push you to be the best you can be. You surpass the This may be a day of a sudden change of fortune for the better. This day is competition easily. The focus today is on your goals and the goal is one that is considered to be one of your lucky days. This day may also manifest as a need for inner search, for the benefit of many and not the few. You have far-reaching visions with worldviews and for meaning. There could be changes in your daily activities. If an unusual opportunity presents group participation of all kinds. You carry a lot of power with your words today. With a real itself, go for it right away. You will help someone find a job today. You may also try to help your determination to get things accomplished—you are successful. There is a tendency to give up neighbors understand that the more involved they are with each other, the fewer problems much superficiality in favor of in-depth learning and self-discipline. This could mean you are they have with vandalism or thieves. There is a great deal of laughter and fun times this after- making great headway in teaching, lecturing or some sort of work that puts you in the driver’s noon. You may find that by enjoying the evening meal with your loved one, the two of you seat, so to speak. You may be hard pressed to stick to a budget just now, so plan ahead when it enjoy a wonderfully relaxed time. You can catch up on your reading, writing or communication comes to expenses. later tonight.

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

You have cleared the struggles and are coming in to the last little bit of push Your sharp mind today will give you a quick understanding of a business in order to make your sale or to complete the tasks for this day. You can manage to get yourself opportunity. You are able to grasp the main idea quickly and respond accordingly. Perhaps installed in a job that is full of competitive people and time elements but this shows off all your a news story is in need of compiling and completing before a deadline. Emotional serious- wise professional abilities. The bottom line here is your success. A high-stress job may not be ness, a sober orientation and a practical awareness of the nature of time are keynotes to what you want forever, but it is certainly proving worthwhile for now. This afternoon you may your deepest feelings. Your ambition is intensified and exchanging information takes on find yourself visiting with co-workers away from the workplace. Although you like to avoid per- more emotional significance. You are innovative but you could meet with an irresistible sonal issues, your interest in probing the secrets of others is very energetic. You have many force at this time. There is a lot of force available for disciplined work, but push too hard and friends that enjoy your friendship as well as your guidance. Fill the air with music tonight, per- you could break something. Breathe and enjoy the fresh air this evening. This would be a haps a duet. good time to begin or nurture a garden.

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

You may race ahead of others today with a determination to get things Your imagination can be a wonderfully positive influence for you, but you accomplished. Avoid making impulsive decisions. You are at your most practical can also worry unnecessarily about the smallest things. Make the old saying of when it comes to dealing and working with others. You know just what to do and can act with- turning lemons into lemonade work for you by turning any negatives in your life around to out haste. You are very motivated when it comes to philosophies, religion and all things essen- positives; you set good examples. The energies are also positive for a new avenue of work . . . ACROSS 2. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. tial. With no superficiality, you find new ways to get past the fluff and into what is really impor- Meaning different responsibilities. Today you try your authority out on your team to see if you tant. Your insights into truth and the eternal make you independent and somewhat of a lon- can handle the work. There is a tendency to dismiss frustrations but it would be good to keep 1. (Scotland) A small loaf or roll of soft bread. 3. The head of the Roman Catholic Church. notes for review later. Financial savvy and a practical turn of mind are qualities that take on a 4. A man-made object taken as a whole. 4. Relating to or containing the azo radical. er—also a little psychic. If money is available, you will find yourself planning to travel. An inner urge to find the very heart of truth in all things may propel you endlessly. Laughter with chil- greater importance in your life. You have a knack for knowing how to put people, ideas and 12. Large brownish-green New Zealand par- 5. Being or dressed in clothes that are worn or dren this afternoon is beneficial. things together profitably today. rot. torn. 15. A rapid bustling commotion. 6. A state in east central United States. 16. An island in the Indian Ocean off the east 7. A port city in western Turkey. coast of Africa. 8. A legally binding command or decision Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 17. Consisting of or made of wood of the oak entered on the court record (as if issued by a CAPRICORN tree. court or judge). It is usually easy for you to work with those in authority—those older and more You are able to cut through and get at what is beneath and behind a prob- 18. A dog small and tame enough to be held 9. A dark-skinned member of a race of people experienced than you. However, do not be surprised if you are not in top mental gear lem today. Solving problems seems an easy task. Be resolved that overstate- ments, overdoing and overconfidence are outdated. Your flamboyant personality expresses in the lap. living in Australia when Europeans arrived. this morning. You could find yourself struggling to communicate until the noon hour. By the after- noon, your distractions are solved and you are accomplishing much more than you thought you itself in your work—allow yourself time to play and enjoy your favorite hobby or creative 20. The Oceanic language spoken by the 10. 4-wheeled motor vehicle. would as this day began. You make headway in the fashion industry and may be able to advise the endeavor after the workday is over. There are opportunities to talk about psychological and Maori people in New Zealand. 11. Relating to or characteristic of a tribe. most outstanding and unusual personalities with new styles or different combinations. Easy does it. spiritual matters. The idea of a little personal self-analysis on the deepest possible level could be 21. (Judaism) Sacred chest where the ancient 12. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal mar- This afternoon you and your friends can relax and enjoy each other’s company. You are very much a exciting to you. Carl jung enjoyed discovering things about the personality. It will give you Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the supial with gray furry ears and coat. social animal. You are gregarious, even to the point of bringing out the performer in others. opportunities for personal expression. Lovers, children and other people or things dear to your Ten Commandments. 13. A British peer ranking below a Marquess heart are emphasized. 22. The content of cognition. and above a Viscount. 23. A hard coarse-grained siliceous sand- 14. A town and port in northwestern Israel in stone. the eastern Mediterranean. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 25. (pathology) An elevation of the skin filled 19. Covered patchily. You will enjoy being the center of attention today, as others will compli- There are hard work and responsibility, both in salvaging some endeavors with serous fluid. 24. An intensely radioactive metallic element ment you on your recent good works. Your creative accomplishments will put you in the that appear to be failing and in branching out in new directions. Others may try to tempt you 27. Tired to the point of exhaustion. that occurs in minute amounts in uranium spotlight. You should enjoy great success through your profession. Outshining your fellow to work for someone other than your present employer and you may find many interruptions, workers may instill a humble mood. You take the time to see where work can best help oth- 31. Capable of wounding. ores. keeping you distracted. You do not seem to lose your sense of humor through all of this and ers. You may also spend a great deal of time communicating with co-workers and people 37. Heal or recover. 26. Of or relating to the uvea of the eye. you may want create some witty ditty. Everything points to your taking the initiative to com- apart from work this afternoon. You may be sought after for your advice regarding some 40. On or toward the lee. 28. A chronic inflammatory collagen disease plete projects and find answers to the subject of these interruptions. You have lots of drive to very personal and emotional issues as well as work issues. The people you support and accomplish just about anything; do not overextend yourself. Someone is counting on you to 42. (prefix) In front of or before in space. affecting connective tissue (skin or joints). encourage show you respect. General good feelings and a sense of support and harmony fulfill a promise this evening. You run close to the time schedule but follow through with your 43. Talks a great deal about uninteresting top- 29. The capital of Turkey. make this a happy time. responsibilities successfully ics. 30. 40th President of the United States (1911- 44. Acquire or gain knowledge or skills. ). 45. A notable achievement. 32. An epic in Latin by Virgil. 46. A drama set to music. 33. Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wood- Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 47. Any of various coarse shrubby plants of ed regions of Africa and southern Asia. the genus Iva with small greenish flowers. 34. A French abbot. Your essence gives off the feeling of inner peace. Rely on your own abili- Be wise in the use of your time while helping someone today. Sometimes one can overdo the generosity of time and effort and perhaps money. There 48. A slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable 35. Slender long-legged African wildcat hav- ties now to succeed without pulling in the assistance of someone that could end up doing most of your work. The flow of work progresses well with little or no problems today. Don’t are lessons to learn. You may have problems holding on to your money today. Be cautious substance not miscible with water. ing large untufted ears and tawny black-spot- be too surprised when an old school friend shows up this afternoon. Lots can be talked during the next few days and carefully determine what you might need to help you move 49. A compartment in front of a motor vehicle ted coat. about and fond memories relived. You may have become quite active in your community forward. You may be able to enjoy and value your own life situation or feel especially kind where driver sits. 36. Assign a new name to. and topics such as newcomers’ day or plant-a-flower-day may be talked about and planned. towards a friend or loved one. If you have young people in your family you may want to 51. A word or phrase spelled by rearranging 38. African tree having an exceedingly thick You could come up with new ideas of how to encourage neighbors to participate in local create some fun time around the family dinner table that will encourage talking. Youngsters learn almost as much at the dinner table as they do in school—particularly the letters of another word or phrase. trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and activities or neighborhood improvements. You show your cheerful self to all and are very popular. A love relationship deepens. manners, communication skills and ethics. 54. A yellow trivalent metallic element of the has an edible pulp called monkey bread. rare earth group. 39. Of southern Europe. 56. A vigorous blow. 41. (Scotland) A landowner. 58. A spoon-shaped vessel with a long han- 50. A loose sleeveless outer garment made Word Search Yesterday’s Solution dle. from aba cloth. 61. A viewer who gives a flirtatious or lewd 52. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to look at another person. but heavier than beer. 64. (biology) Having or resembling wings. 53. United States film actress (born in 67. Any of numerous local fertility and nature Sweden) known for her reclusiveness (1905- deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peo- 1990). ples. 55. Of or relating to herbs. 71. One of the persons who compose a social 57. A (usually canopied) seat for riding on the group (especially individuals who have joined back of a camel or elephant. and participates in a group organization). 59. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba 73. Chief port of Yemen. people in Kenya. 74. Long green edible beaked pods of the 60. Minor or subordinate. okra plant. 62. Made the first orbital rocket-powered 75. A small cake leavened with yeast. flight by a United States astronaut in 1962. 76. An annual publication including weather 63. An island of central Hawaii. forecasts and other miscellaneous informa- 65. A light springing movement upwards or tion arranged according to the calendar of a forwards. given year. 66. (British) Colloquial terms for an umbrella. 79. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). 68. A Loloish language. 80. A translucent mineral consisting of 69. The biblical name for ancient Syria. hydrated silica of variable color. 70. An artificial source of visible illumination. 81. Minute freshwater crustacean having a 72. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation round body enclosed in a transparent shell. equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated 82. The basic unit of electric current adopted material. under the System International d'Unites. 77. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- es readily. DOWN 78. A white metallic element that burns with 1. An island in Indonesia east of Java. a brilliant light. Yesterday’s Solution

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ilmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised mid- Mulvany starting a foundation to raise scholarship possible and wants part of the money to go toward dle school students in Ohio by showing up at a money to cover fees. South-Western schools earned Finland and some to the foundation. Mulvany says Fmusical concert and donating $100,000 to help national attention when athletics and extra-curricular hundreds of children will be helped by Perry’s contri- student athletes in the city’s South-Western schools. activities were eliminated after a failed levy in 2009. bution. The Columbus Dispatch (http://bit.ly/13Qe0uR ) The ballot request was later approved by voters, and reports that Perry was drawn to Finland Middle School sports, clubs and other activities were resurrected for a on Friday after seeing a TV report about teacher Mary fee. Perry says he wants to sponsor as many children as

ne Direction will donate £200,000 from ticket sales to a cancer charity. The pop superstars Ohave announced 50p from each ticket sold for their 2014 UK stadium tour - with dates in Dublin, Sunderland, Manchester, Edinburgh and London - will go to Stand Up To Cancer. The ‘Little Thing’ hitmakers - made up of Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik - also plan to add more dates if the first ones sell out, meaning more money for the charity. Liam said: “We’re so proud to be supporting Stand Up To Cancer while touring the UK and Ireland. “Cancer affects nearly everyone at some point in their lives so we all need to do what we can to bring forward the day when all cancers are cured. “Stand Up To Cancer is all about bringing people together as a att Bellamy says his family has put collective force and we hope our fans will get life into “perspective”. The Muse involved too.” Meanwhile, the charity’s director Mrocker - who has 22-month-old Claire Rowney thanked the band and said she was son Bingham with girlfriend Kate Hudson - delighted to have them on board. She added: “We’re has revealed the band has had to become over the moon that One Direction have chosen to more sensible because of the “healthy” support Stand Up To Cancer. “The money raised will effect of having a child. He told The Sun help fund groundbreaking research specifically newspaper: “You have to put others before designed to have an impact within just a few years, you - especially when you have kids. You bringing new and kinder treatments to patients focus on the needs of a child being in front sooner. “We want to thank them and their fans for of your own, and that’s an amazing experi- their support .” ence. “When you’re flitting about all over the world you can get caught up a bit in your own needs and wants. “But as soon as there is someone else there, it puts it into perspective. It’s a really healthy thing. Family life is all about love.” The 24-year- old musician revealed Katie’s love for “trav- elling” makes things easier and explained he and the actress both make time to visit ulisa Contostavlos has reportedly split from has already planned the next stage of her career. The the other while they work. He said: “I think boyfriend Danny Simpson. The former ‘X Factor’ UK source added: “She wasn’t upset about ‘X Factor’. She is I am very lucky because my partner, my Tjudge’s relationship with the soccer star has come to feeling good about moving on.” There were reports earlier girlfriend - she loves travelling. She was an end after six months following talks about their future this week about the demise of their relationship, which raised in a family where there was a lot of earlier this week. An insider told The Sun newspaper: both parties denied - and it was claimed while they still travelling and upheaval going on all the “Tulisa and Danny have been having problems for a while spoke their romance was over. It was said: “Danny and time. “She is really open to us being on the now and have been arguing a lot. “They have been trying Tulisa’s relationship became public very quickly and was road and because of that we haven’t really to work things out but Tulisa decided she’d had enough very full-on. “They’ve had a lot of stress and it has caused been apart for anything more than a week and didn’t want to fight for the relationship anymore. “It’s a few bust-ups. They still talk but aren’t together at the since our baby was born. “A lot of the time, a 100 per cent amicable split with no hard feelings.” moment.” if she is working, I will go to where she is - Although there was speculation the break-up was in part and it works both ways. She comes to see due to her being dropped from her role as a judge on ‘The us all the time. You balance a little bit, X Factor’, it is said she wasn’t bothered by the news and especially with two working people.”

he 38-year-old actress - who split from her second husband, basketball player Tony TParker, in 2010 after three years of marriage - insists she is “busy” making the most of free- dom in her life while not in a relationship and has poured her focus into other areas. She said: “I’m happily single right now, very busy enjoying life.” One of the reasons Eva is so content without a man in her life is down to her friends, who she can always rely on to cheer her up when feeling down as they are inseparable. The former ‘Desperate Housewives’ star - whose most recent relationship, with Eduardo Cruz, ended last June - added in an interview with Britain’s HELLO! magazine: “My friends are always there for me. We’ve known each other for 20 years and I still see them almost every day because they live with me in LA. “They’re amazing. We cook together, laugh together; it’s just always nice to come home to a home that is always full.”

he Jonas Brothers singer tied the knot with hris Brown has renamed his new puppy Danielle Deleasa in December2009 and their rela- ita Ora finally feels like a “proper adult”. after his new album ‘X’. The ‘Fine China’ Ttionship is chronicled in TV show ‘Married to The 22-year-old singer - who is believed Csinger - who debuted his 13-week old Jonas’, and he is thankful the program gives the couple to be dating Calvin Harris - recently English bulldog earlier this week - has decided the opportunity to review their points of view after a R to change the dog’s name from Chief to X. The splashed out on a new house for her parents, fight. He said: “The other night we had an argument. and says moving into the property market has 24-year-old singer revealed his pet’s new Sometimes you say things you don’t necessarily mean stopped her feeling like a child. She said: “I name in a video posted on his website on or can be misconstrued. All you want is for the person signed the contract to buy my mum and dad Friday saying: “Right now I’m just chilling with to be with you. It came across as me never wanting her their first house yesterday, so now I’m officially this little guy. His name’s X. “This is also my to get a job and that I think her place is in the house, a homeowner, like a proper adult.” Rita is close album title so make sure you go get it. It’s and that wasn’t my opinion at all. It had to do with me friends with a host of famous stars, including coming out real soon.” The newly single singer wanting her to be on the road with me. “It was a selfish model Cara Delevingne and DJ Nick - who recently split from his on/off girlfriend moment for sure, but at the end of the day you look Grimshaw, but she admits she forgets about Rihanna, who he is still on probation for beat- back and think, ‘Wow’. Don’t you wish you had that their talent and success when they get togeth- ing in 2009 - splashed out on the new puppy option in a relationship to be able to watch back your er. She told Grazia magazine: “It’s weird to keep him company. The singer, who has arguments so you can see who was right and who was because when I’m with my friends, I never previously owned a pitbull, got the dog from wrong? “[Can it be like therapy?] Yeah!” However, Kevin think about how talented they are but they Los Angeles-based breeders Shrinkabulls, admits the cameras can be equally problematic as his are all amazing in their own right. “When Cara which has helped a number of high profile words will always be there to haunt him. He added to and I are together, we always get ready stars including Cher Lloyd, Joe Jonas and Britain’s OK! magazine: “It takes a toll. You have to be together. At fashion week, I saw in Cara’s cup- Randy Jackson adopt bulldog puppies in the open and that’s why a lot of people have issues I think. board a T-shirt with her face on it and I ended past. The R&B star will unveil his new single Because you sometimes let things go under, but when up wearing it to the Burberry show. Cara was ‘They Don’t Know’, featuring the late singer you’re doing a show like this it’s all out there. “So when like, ‘You have to do it.’ Aaliyah, on Monday and claims: “It’s going to you say something you don’t mean, these things are be amazing.”—Bangshowbiz lasting. Therefore, we have to work through that as a couple to be as strong as we can.” lifestyle SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

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By Sunil Cherian Mitali is much more surprising than that. Crossing cal and religiously harmonious atmosphere. Her the borders of state, language, culture and religion, Brahmin father had Muslim friends whom Mitali he is known as Mitali Mukherjee in her birth Mitali is a sub continental singer. Born as an upper called uncles. “Later, marrying a Sikh was not much of country Bangladesh. But she has made India caste Hindu woman, she learnt Rabindra and Nazrul a problem for me”, Mitali said. “I was more keen on Sher home after marrying Punjabi ghazal singer music, the classical forms of Bengali music, at a music”. Bhupinder Singh and is better known in India as young age and went to India to pursue her music Together Mitali and Bhupi released several ghazal Mitali Singh. The Bangladesh national award winning studies, took a master degree and M Phil in music, albums, notably Aksar (Often..). Their latest album, singer - for her song ‘Ei Duniya Akhon To Aar’ in the began her solo performances in Urdu and was titled Surmayi Raat, penned by Gulzar and composed 1981 movie ‘Dui Poishar Alta’ - was in Kuwait this noticed by the industry and married Bhupinder by Bhupi, is expected to hit the stores in July. past weekend at Marina Hall, Jleeb where she sent Singh, ace guitarist and ghazal singer. (Bhupinder And one more surprise many of her Bangla-Urdu the audience, mostly Bangladeshis, wild with joy by played guitar for the RD Burman song Dum Maro fans may not know: Mitali sang the Tamil song her film songs and ghazals. The Bangladeshi musical Dum for Hare Rama Hare Krishna. Bhupi first time Yamuna aatrile for the Mani Ratnam film Thalapathi. event organized by Al-Mulla Exchange on Friday and played the 12-string guitar for music directors like yesterday, saw the audience surprised by her deft Jaydev and RD Burman). Born in Mymensingh, 120 handling of both Hindi and Bangla songs. km from Dhaka, Mitali had an upbringing in a musi-

he Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott band mates shouldn’t call themselves Stone Temple Pilots a Los Angeles modern rock station, and said if the station Weiland of misusing the band’s name to further his either. “First of all they don’t have the legal right to call played “Out of Time” it would be infringing on Weiland’s Tsolo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his themselves STP because I’m still a member of the band,” he rights. ability to use the group’s name or songs. A lawsuit filed said. “And more importantly, they don’t have the ethical “Enough is enough,” the band’s lawsuit states. “Without Friday in Los Angeles accuses Weiland of being chronically right to call themselves Stone Temple Pilots because it’s relief from the court, Weiland will continue violating STP’s late to concerts while the group was together and having misleading and dishonest to the millions of fans that have rights, misappropriating STP assets and interfering with his lawyer attempt to interfere with the airplay of the followed us for so many years.” the band’s livelihood.” The lawsuit states the band entered group’s new single “Out of Time.” The suit claims the band owns the rights to the name into agreements in 1996 and 2010 that state that no former Weiland and Stone Temple Pilots parted ways in Stone Temple Pilots, and the band’s songs, copyrights and members can use the Stone Temple Pilots name. The ctress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a February, and the 45-year-old singer said at the time that trademarks. Weiland has used many of the band’s hits in his band’s hits include “Vasoline,” “Interstate Love Song” and long blond wig and sweats Friday in a criminal he learned of his ouster from a statement released to the solo shows, the lawsuit states. The band wants a judge to “Plush,” which won a Grammy in 1993 for best hard rock Acourt where she was charged with reckless media. The lawsuit sheds light on the band’s breakup, block him from even calling himself a former member of performance with vocal. Weiland alluded to lawyers get- endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana accusing Weiland of interacting with band mates only the band. The band has been reconstituted with Chester ting involved when the band’s statement about his depar- bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan through lawyers or managers and showing up late to the Bennington of Linkin Park taking the frontman role. ture was released. Phone messages left for Weiland’s man- apartment. The 27-year-old former child star was arrest- group’s 2012 shows. It cites Weiland’s addiction struggles Although he did not mention the lawsuit, Weiland dis- ager Andrea Pett-Joseph and lawyer Gary Stiffelman were ed Thursday evening, after building officials at her mid- and poor performances as detriments to the band’s earn- puted that he is using the band’s name to promote his new not immediately returned Friday. — AP town apartment called police to complain she was ing potential. shows. “When I tour on my own, it’s never as Stone Temple rolling a joint and smoking pot in the lobby. The officers “The band endured much strife and lost significant Pilots. It’s as Scott Weiland,” he wrote. “The fans deserve to went to her apartment where they said they saw heavy opportunities because of Weiland,” the suit states. In a mes- know what they’re getting.” The lawsuit claims that smoke and a bong sitting on the kitchen counter. They sage posted to his website Friday, Weiland said his former Weiland’s lawyer called the head of programming at KROQ, said she tossed the bong out the window in front of them, prosecutors said. She then said to police: “It was just a vase,” according to Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Chikaelo Ibeabuchi. “My client completely denies illegally throw- ing anything out of her window,” said Andrew Friedman, her attorney for the arraignment. The judge released her on her own recognizance and gave her a July 9 court date. On Thursday, Bynes was held overnight at a police precinct. She pulled up to court Friday morning in a squad car where she was greeted by a crush of media. She was also charged with attempted tampering with evidence and unlawful possession of marijuana, all misdemeanors. “I’m asking you I don’t want any pic- tures,” she said to a photographer. “I don’t want any photos. No press are allowed in here,” she announced to the public courtroom. Bynes rose to fame starring in Nickelodeon’s “All That” and has also starred in several films, including 2010’s “Easy A.” But she has been in the news more recently because of several scrapes with the law and bizarre public behav- ior. Her lawyer said she had no record in New York, but the judge noted she had several out-of-state cases. In California in December, the former “Hairspray” star resolved a misdemeanor hit-and-run case after entering This April 30, 2010 file photo shows the Stone Temple Pilots, from left, Dean Deleo, Eric Kretz, File photo shows Stone Temple Pilots performs at the 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast at into a civil settlement with other drivers. Also in Robert Deleo, and Scott Weiland from the band Stone Temple Pilots, pose for a portrait in the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. California, she was charged last fall with driving on a Santa Monica, Calif. — AP photos suspended license after it was temporarily taken away from her following two hit-and-run cases where she was accused of leaving the scene without providing proper information. She has also pleaded not guilty to drunken driving in a separate case. Palme d’Or race wide In releasing her, Chief New York County Judge Neil Ross gave her a stern warning not to make trouble or open at Cannes Film Festival miss any court dates. “I do want to make sure you n avenging Venus settling the psycho- Kawase, Nicole Kidman and Cristian Mungiu understand,” he said. “If you get arrested again ... I’m logical and sexual score is the star of will hand out the top prize and a slate of other fter two weeks, 20 films and parade after Palme d’Or oddsmaker Neil Young currently has going to be setting very, very significant bail.” “OK,” she acclaimed director Roman Polanski’s “La directing and acting awards yesterday. parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Farhadi in the lead with 5-to-2 odds to win. replied. “You’re in a very, very challenging situation right A now,” he said. Prosecutors had asked for $1,000 bail. Venus a la Fourrure” (“Venus in Fur”), one of the US director Steven Soderbergh’s “Behind AFilm Festival has not produced a clear-cut The Iranian director, whose film is in French, Cannes film festival’s two final movies in main the Candelabra” starring Michael Douglas as frontrunner for the Palme d’Or. The prestigious was honored as the best foreign language film Ibeabuchi said no bong was recovered from the street competition to premiere yesterday. The French- pianist Liberace was an opulent, rhinestone- award, given to the best film in competition, two years ago at the Academy Awards for anoth- below - a sign, her attorney said, that Bynes was telling Polish director is one of 20 vying for the top encrusted spectacle while the most decided upon by a jury headed by Steven er domestic drama, “A Separation.” Having grown the truth. Palme d’Or prize to be handed out at the festi- unabashedly political film this year was director Spielberg. And while this year’s festival has into an internationally renowned filmmaker, “There was nothing recovered from the sidewalk, val on Sunday by a jury led by Steven Jia Zhangke’s critical look at modern China, “A boasted a cinematic feast, no single film is Farhadi could be in position for the Palme. But clearly a search was made for the bag,” said Friedman of Spielberg. Polanski won the prize in 2002 for Touch of Sin”. Polanski, whose 1974 film believed to have clearly set itself apart from the some found his film, with its succession of the New York County Defender Services. He said she “The Pianist”, his semi-autobiographical drama “Chinatown” established him as one of the pack. At least half a dozen films seem to have a reveals of past misdeeds, more a feat of mystery was followed illegally into her apartment and has made about the Warsaw Ghetto, for which he also world’s great directors, remains controversial realistic chance of winning Cannes’ top prize, novel-like plotting than revealing drama. a complaint about police wrongfully entering. As the won an Oscar for best director. “I think when after his 1977 flight from the United States after including the Coen brothers’ 1960s folk tale Certainly, its star, Berenice Bejo (“The Artist”), as a judge dispensed with her case, she said, “Thank you sir, you show a film here, you have to be in the serving time for unlawful sexual intercourse “Inside Llewyn Davis,” Paolo Sorrentino’s rollick- single-mother balancing an ex-husband and a have a nice day.” The star then got into a waiting yellow competition, you have to be a sport,” Polanski with a 13-year-old girl. ing Roman party “The Great Beauty,” Asghar new fiancÈ, is a possible best actress winner. So, cab ringed with photographers and TV cameras and told journalists before the official screening. Farhadi’s domestic drama “The Past,” James too, is the star of “Blue is the Warmest Color,” left. — AP “And even if I don’t get anything I can say, ‘Well, Role reversal Gray’s 1920s Ellis Island melodrama “The Adele Exarchopoulos. The 19-year-old actress I got it already.’” Also screening on Saturday is “Venus in Fur” stars Polanski’s wife, Immigrant” and Abdellatif Kechiche’s lesbian was one of the breakout stars of the festival in “Only Lovers Left Alive,” US director Jim Emmanuelle Seigner, as brash actress Vanda coming-of-age tale “Blue is the Warmest Color.” the three-hour French film. But the American Jarmusch’s languorous retro-cool vampire film. who crashes an audition to convince writer Consensus is always hard to come by in entries this year have been very strong. Perhaps Frontrunners for top prize at the end of the Thomas, played by Mathieu Amalric, to cast her Cannes, but it does happen. Last year, Michael no film was better received at Cannes than 12-day festival include French director as the lead in his new play. Soon, the roles in Haneke’s “Amour” was the far-and-away favorite, “Inside Llewyn Davis,” along with its newcomer Abdellatif Kechiche’s love story “Blue is the the play are being acted out by Vanda and and went on to win best foreign language film star, Oscar Isaac, who performed live songs for Warmest Colour” - whose no-holds-barred les- Thomas, and as the themes of domination and at the Oscars and earn the rare best picture the film. The Coens won the Palme in 1991 for bian sex had audiences buzzing - and “Inside submission come into focus, roles become nomination for a non-English film. In 2011, “Barton Fink.” —AP Llewyn Davis”, US directors Ethan and Joel reversed and reality is blurred. The Guardian’s Terrence Malick’s cosmic rumination “The Tree of Coen’s story of a struggling singer trying to Peter Bradshaw called Polanski’s first French- Life” too was obvious Palme material. But the make it as a folk singer in the 1960s. Also on the language film a “playful if occasionally heavy- year before, Cannes was fairly shocked when short list is “The Great Beauty” from Italy’s Paolo handed jeu d’Èsprit on the subject of sexual Tim Burton’s jury picked the existential Thai film Sorrentino, a heady, magical ode to the deca- role-play, the games we all play, illusion and “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.” dence of Rome, and “The Past” a tension-filled reality, and directing as a sexual act.”—Reuters psychological drama from Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. A list of previous Palme d’Or winners at Cannes The jury of Ang Lee, Vidya Balan, Daniel Ahead of today’s presentation of this year’s Palme d’Or, here are the last 20 years of Auteuil, Lynn Ramsay, Christoph Waltz, Naomi Cannes’ Palme winners:

2012 “Amour,” Michael Haneke 2011 “The Tree of Life,” Terrence Malick 2010 “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives,” Apichatpong Weerasethakul 2009 “The White Ribbon,” Michael Haneke 2008 “The Class,” Laurent Cantet 2007 “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,” Cristian Mungiu 2006 “The Wind That Shakes The Barley,” Ken Loach 2005 “L’Enfant,” Jean-Pierre Dardenne 2004 “Fahrenheit 9/11,” Michael Moore 2003 “Elephant,” Gus Van Sant 2002 “The Pianist,” Roman Polanski 2001 “La Stanza del Figlio,” Nanni Moretti 2000 “Dancer in the Dark,” Lars Von Trier 1999 “Rosetta,” Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne 1998 “Eternity and a Day,” Theo Angelopoulos 1997 “The Eel,” Shohei Imamura; and “Taste of Cherry,” Abbas Kiarostami 1996 “Secrets & Lies,” Mike Leigh Amanda Bynes 1995 “Underground,” Emir Kusturica Actress Zhang Ziyi poses for photographers as she arrives for the screening of Only God 1994 “Pulp Fiction,” Quentin Tarantino Forgives at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Wednesday.—AP 1993 “Farewell My Concubine,” Kaige Chen; and “The Piano,” Jane Campion. — AP lifestyle SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013 Features

Brazilian chef Alex Atala speaks as he cooks during a conference at ‘Mesaamerica’gastronomy congress in Mexico Catalan chef Jordi Roca speaks during a conference. City. — AFP photos

he world’s top chefs say it’s only a matter of time City this week, which gathered six of the world’s best chefs, The region will reach the top of international cuisine before Latin America, home to Brazil’s black bean including Brazil’s Alex Atala. thanks to “a diversity of tastes with hundreds of thousands Tstew “feijoada,” Peru’s refreshing raw fish “ceviche” The attendance of culinary talent at such events “reaf- of years of history” but also its search for something new. and Mexico’s street tacos, cooks its way into gastronomy’s firms that Latin America is a world power,” said Roca. Atala’s “You just have to wait because the time will come,” he said elite. Spanish pastry king Jordi Roca and Danish chef Rene D.O.M. restaurant in Sao Paulo is in sixth place in with a smile. Redzepi had a good review for the Mexico Redzepi, who runs the kitchen of Copenhagen’s famed Restaurant’s top 50 list, making him the best ranked Latin City restaurant Pujol, which was Noma restaurant, praised the growing recognition of the American chef. Two Peruvian restaurants, two from Mexico Number 17 on the British magazine’s list, saying he region’s diverse cuisine. “It’s a question of time for (Latin and one more from Brazil made the list. “Today we must could not remember having eaten so well. “For me it is at American chefs) to reach the top because, to me, they feel grown-up and know that we are no longer the ugly another level,” the Dane said after eating there this week. already are at the same level as Europe,” Roca, whose El ducklings,” Atala said. “We are living a historic moment, a “Sometimes in Europe there can be a cheap or simple idea Celler de Can Roca was named the world’s best restaurant process of change.” about Latin American cuisine,” he said. “But there are many by British magazine Restaurant, told AFP. Redzepi, whose Noma restaurant was dethroned by restaurants here that are more developed than many in Latin America is at the “vanguard” of cuisine, with Roca this year after a three-year reign, said such lists can be Denmark.” — AFP Mexico, Brazil and Peru leading this culinary boom in a criticized but it has opened Latin American cuisine to the region where “popular food is deeply rooted and very rich,” rest of the world. “Now it is not impossible to think that the he said. For the Spanish chef, Latin Americans are mixing best restaurant can be from Mexico, Brazil, Peru or history, tradition and indigenous tastes with creativity and Denmark,” he told a news conference. “This was totally cutting edge techniques. The use of cilantro or acidic and impossible 10 years ago.” Redzepi, who has adapted spicy flavors give it another edge. Mexico’s “mole” sauce for one of his trademark dishes, also Roca and Redzepi were among the star attractions at predicted that a Latin American restaurant would soon be Danish chef Rene Redzepi speaks during a conference. the 2013 Mesoamerican gastronomy congress in Mexico Number 1.

A woman shows a frog at ‘Mesaamerica’ gastronomy congress. Grasshoppers are sold at ‘Mesaamerica’ gastronomy congress. Frogs are sold at ‘Mesaamerica’ gastronomy congress.

In this image provided by Metropolis Collectibles/ComicCon nect, Corp, shows the t’s considered the Holy Grail of comic books: Because of the damage, New York-based front and back cover of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, featuring online auctioneer ComicConnect.com graded ‘Action Comics No. 1’ Ithe debut of Superman. David Gonzales the book a 1.5 on a 10-point scale. By compari- from 1938, featuring found one mixed in with old newspapers insu- son, an Action Comics No. 1 that was graded a the debut of Superman lating the ceiling of a house he was renovating 9 recently fetched $2.16 million. Bidding on that was found by in a small town in Minnesota. Gonzales did Gonzales’ find was up to $137,000 as of Friday David Gonzales mixed some research that confirmed the comic was afternoon. Bidding closes June 11. — AP in with old newspapers valuable, though not as much as it could have insulating a wall in a been. He got into a heated discussion with a house he was renovat- relative about its value, and the back cover got ing in a small town in ripped. Minnesota. — AP

Reinhard Kleindl, professional slackliner from Austria, walks on a 185 m (606 ft) high rope between the double-towers A Base jumper jumps off the Main tower (200m, 656 feet) during the skyscraper festival. of the ‘Tower 185’ during the skyscraper festival in Frankfurt, Germany, yesterday. Several hundred thousand visitors are expected to come to the two-day spectacle. — AP photos lifestyle SUNDAY, MAY 26, 2013

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Southern California teenager turned heads at his After Upton declined because of a scheduling conflict, prom when he showed up with a Danish model as his Agdal volunteered to go, saying she never got to attend her Adate. Sports Illustrated model Nina Agdal agreed to own prom. The Danish model is better known as the bikini- step in as Jake Davidson’s date for the traditional high clad sunbather in a Carl’s Jr ad. Davidson told the Los school dance Thursday night after he got turned down by Angeles Daily News (http://bit.ly/173eVPS) he had an supermodel Kate Upton. The teenager appeared in a incredible night and said Agdal was down to earth. — AP YouTube video that was viewed more than 2.5 million times Nina Agdal and asking Upton to be his date. Jake Davidson

esidents of this picturesque Lake Michigan community are known to quip, “The view of the bay is half your pay.” RIt’s a sardonic commentary on the local wage scale, but also a tribute to the stunning scenery and small-town quality of life that have lured many a newcomer from the big city - and make the area one of the Midwest’s top tourist draws. Perched at the southern end of Grand Traverse Bay some 250 miles (400 kilometers) northwest of Detroit, Traverse City is prized for its trails, beaches, cherry orchards, a burgeoning arts scene and nearby Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. In recent years, the area has developed a nation- wide reputation as a foodie haven for farm-to-table restau- rants featuring local fruits, veggies, cheeses and drinks. You’ll need money for all those meals and a comfy room in a hotel or B&B, of course. But there are plenty of ways to have fun without dropping a dime. Here are a few:

Hit the beach ... The Grand Traverse region has over 180 miles (290 kilome- ters) of shoreline, much of which is privately owned, but there are many public parks with wide, sandy beaches. In the heart of downtown is Clinch Park - a nice family spot, with rest- rooms, picnic tables and lifeguards on duty from mid-June through August. Nearby is West End Beach, with a volleyball court. They’re divided by the municipal marina and a large bayfront greenway where folks toss Frisbees, fly kites and strum guitars. For something more isolated, drive up Old Mission Peninsula, which divides the east and west arms of Grand Traverse Bay. This narrow, rolling spit of land some 20 miles (32 kilometers) long offers some of the region’s best views - orchards, vineyards, sparkling waters. Or head to Lighthouse Park near the tip of the peninsula, where there’s a mile-long (1.6-kilometer) stretch of sand that never feels crowded. Nearby villages within a half-hour’s drive- Acme, Suttons Bay, Elk Rapids among them - also have bayfront parks with beaches.

this year’s lineup includes ZZ Top, Josh Groban and Harry Bay, but beautiful nonetheless, is the Boardman River, which Connick Jr. But most of the roughly 400 concerts cost nothing. meanders through town before flowing into the lake. File photo shows a fisher- Don’t be fooled by that; many of these recitals feature Boardwalks and parks adjoin sections of the river, where you man sitting near the extraordinarily gifted young people and visiting faculty from can watch anglers land brook trout or ducks peck for food in Boardman River dam in leading music schools. You can spend a delightful couple of the shallows. A few blocks south of downtown, the river Traverse City, Mich. hours on the Interlochen campus about 15 miles (24 kilome- widens into Boardman Lake, with a two-mile-long (3.2-kilo- —AP photos ters) south of Traverse City wandering the pine-studded meter) paved and dirt trail. — AP grounds and listening to impromptu student performances. If your heart is set on a big name and tickets are too pricey, don’t despair. Those shows are held in an open-sided amphithe- ater, so find a grassy spot outside and spread a blanket. You won’t see what’s happening, but you’ll hear it. “We don’t chase anyone away,” Interlochen spokesman Steve Hoffman said.

Festivals Hardly a summer week goes by without a festival some- where in the area. Many charge admission to at least some events, but freebies aren’t hard to find. The Suttons Bay Arts Festival and Elk Rapids’ Harbor Days in late July and early August are two among many. The National Cherry Festival in Traverse City, June 29-July 6, Cherries from Edmondson Or hit the trail pays homage to the region’s signature fruit. Michigan is the Orchards are sold near the Urban pathways and countryside trails of varying lengths nation’s top producer of tart cherries - the ones used for pie fill- Open Space during the await the hiker and biker. The TART (Traverse Area Recreational ing. If your budget’s tight, forgo the midway and evening rock opening day of the Trail) and the connected Leelanau Trail offer a 26-mile (42-kilo- concerts. Instead, take in the air and fireworks shows, enter your National Cherry Festival in meter) journey from Acme Township east of Traverse City north kids in the turtle race (live turtles are provided), watch a parade Traverse City. to Suttons Bay. This is a paved, converted railroad corridor and or test your skills in - what else? - the cherry pit-spitting contest. the terrain is mostly flat, making it easy going for all ages and The Traverse City Film Festival, co-founded by filmmaker and skill levels. Michigan native Michael Moore, runs July 30-Aug. 4. It features The landscape ranges from swampland to historic down- foreign, independent and documentary movies, with $10 tick- town neighborhoods to woods and fields. In-town sections can ets for most showings. But it also has free attractions, including be busy as joggers and bikers weave around people walking nightly classics shown on a giant inflatable screen by the water- dogs and pushing strollers. If it’s speed you crave, bide your front and panel discussions with directors and producers. time until the Leelanau portion of the trail, where the crowds thin. For a cross-country experience, try the Vasa Pathway. Downtown Winding through the Pere Marquette State Forest, it includes For bargain-basement enjoyment, nothing beats strolling loop trails ranging from one to 16 miles (three to 25 kilometers). downtown on a sunny day. Begin on Front Street, the main drag a two-minute walk from the bayfront. In addition to souvenir In this undated photo released by Interlochen Center for the Arts, an audience watches a It doubles as a ski trail in winter and offers some challenging summer orchestra and dance concert at Interlochen Center for the Arts near Traverse climbs. and T-shirt shops and more upscale boutiques, you can explore art galleries, browse in bookstores, tour the historic City Opera City, Mich. Face the music House and try free samples of cherry jam and other local treats Free musical shows, poetry readings and painting displays at Cherry Republic, American Spoon and other shops. abound in northwestern Michigan. The crown jewel is A number of downtown parks have picnic tables, merry- Interlochen Center for the Arts, a year-round academy and sum- go-rounds, benches and shade trees. Nearby historical neigh- mer camp. You must buy tickets to attend star performances; borhoods have well-kept homes and gardens, many dating back more than a century. Overshadowed by Grand Traverse

Bicyclists cruise along the Leelanau Trail near Traverse City. This undated photo released by the Traverse City Convention & Visitors Bureau shows West End Beach in Traverse City, one of many free-of-charge beaches on Lake Michiganís Grand Traverse Bay. US teen takes Danish supermodel to prom

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Visitors walk past the ‘Beetle Sphere’ by Ichwan Noor at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair in Hong Kong. — AFP photos A visitor walks past the PixCell-Deer #32 (front) by Kohei Nawa.

aving taken five Volkswagen Beetles and com- three-dimensional installations using day-to-day items pressed them into spheres, artist Ichwan Noor by Lam’s compatriot Tang Kwok Hin. “I’m here to see if Hwas always going to grab attention at the inau- there’s anything new to pick up, maybe Asian artists that gural Hong Kong Art Basel. Noor is known in his native I’m not so familiar with or we don’t see as much in Indonesia but is hoping the glittering, drinks-soaked art Europe or in the States,” said Garance Massart, who fair will give him further recognition beyond his home directs a Switzerland-based art consultancy. “You have borders. Such are the opportunities that await emerging emerging artists, you have very established impression- and lesser-known artists at the fair, which aims to high- ists, modern Picassos for multimillion dollar numbers light Hong Kong’s growing role as a global arts hub. and maybe five stands behind you’ll have a 15,000 euro Soon after the event opened to guests on artist that’s not as famous,” Massart said of the fair’s selec- Wednesday, Noor saw one of his $88,000 “Beetle tion. Spheres” snapped up. “Events like Hong Kong Art Basel With its international status, convenient location as will provide him (Noor) with the needed exposure,” an Asian hub and a large selection of leading galleries Jakarta-based art museum and gallery Art:1 deputy compared to other city centres in Asia, “it makes sense” director Monica Gunawan, told AFP. “He is quite well to have the fair in Hong Kong, said Massart. “I think the known in Jakarta, but not so much in the international wealth is growing and so is the market,” she said. The for- art market.” Works from more than 3,000 international mer British colony has surged to third place in the global artists have been exhibited through 245 of the world’s art auction market behind New York and London. The leading galleries, more than half of which are from Asia. boom in Hong Kong’s international art market is largely Visitors walk past an artwork exhibited at the Yamamoto Gendai booth. Buoyed by the arrival of so many well-heeled interna- a result of the fast-growing wealth of mainland Chinese, tional collectors, galleries have competed with each oth- some of whom are investing heavily in art. There has also er to hold lavish parties in the hope of attracting big- been a growing interest among Chinese and Asian col- spending buyers. At one event earlier this week super- lectors for different types of international art aside from model Kate Moss was photographed sipping drinks with traditional works. the likes Rupert Murdoch’s wife Wendi and Dasha “Just seeing the growth in China of the new collec- Zhukova, the art collecting wife of billionaire Chelsea FC tors... it’s just good that they are starting to open them- owner Roman Abramovich. Henrietta Tsui, owner of selves to art,” said Melanie Ouyang Lum, an art consult- local specialists Gallerie Ora-Ora and founder of the ant based in Los Angeles looking for up and coming Hong Kong Art Gallery Association, has even taken works at the fair. “There’s a lot of Chinese collectors who guests out into Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour on the are going abroad now and going to a lot of the fairs...and family’s 80-foot yacht. She initially planned to hold a sin- starting to educate themselves about art,” Lum, who has gle event on the boat but had to make multiple trips been working extensively with Chinese artists for the because of demand. past five years, said. “I think that’s a springboard and they “The response has been overwhelming, we were five will influence the younger generation,” she said. With a times oversubscribed and we couldn’t accommodate all younger and more affluent generation of Chinese collec- of them,” she said, adding that buyers came from all tors being more involved in the art scene, the Asian art across the globe. “It’s been fun at the back of the (exhibi- market could become very lucrative, Lum said. “I think tion) room trying to figure out all the different credit the sky’s the limit.”— AFP Visitors look at exhibits at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair. cards from around the world - that’s quite an indication of the kind of turnout,” she said. The four-day annual An artwork by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. show, which ends on Sunday, has until now only been held in Switzerland and the United States and has made a dazzling debut in a city better known as a fast-paced financial hub. Art:1, which is exhibiting in Hong Kong for the first time, is aiming to match up its artists with collectors who show long-term interest, Gunawan said. “If we can get a good collector from here and maintain a long-term international relationship, it would be very good,” she said. Collectors new to Hong Kong are looking to tap into the growing Asian market. Gagosian, White Cube, Acquavella, Lehmann Maupin and Galerie Perrotin are just some of the big-name galleries to have arrived in the city in the past two years despite sky-high rents. Art Basel replaces Art HK, Hong Kong’s former art fair which was set up in 2008. It was recently taken over by the high-profile Swiss Art Basel franchise, which has been showcasing modern and contemporary art since 1970. The event also featured local Hong Kong artists such as Lam Tung Pang who showcased his “One-Two- World”, an installation where scale models, plants and drawings were projected on paper. A woman stands by ‘Cheval de Turin’ by Adel Abdessemed. Also on display were five works including video and A man walks past artworks at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair.

A woman holds the hand of a child at the Art Basel Hong Kong fair. A ‘Portrait Officiel Rouge’ by Yan Pei-Ming.