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THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 SHAABAN 7, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Amir graces HK rallies for Iran seeking No excuses: teachers’ Tiananmen new role Players helped society as Beijing 25 years after develop World ceremony3 clamps7 down Khomeini14 death Cup15 ball Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee Max 43º Min 27º faces transfer hearing High Tide 05:27 & 16:01 Kuwait has given security assurances to US on Odah Low Tide 10:42 & 23:05 40 PAGES NO: 16187 150 FILS ARLINGTON, Virginia: A Kuwaiti held at the conspiracy theories Guantanamo Bay US military prison since 2002 faced a parole-style hearing yesterday on whether he should be transferred home following Kuwait’s security assurances. Islamicity Index Although the US military contends Fawzi Khalid Abdullah Al-Odah, 37, may have fought alongside Al-Qaeda and the Taleban, his lawyer Eric Lewis told the hearing he was not a threat to the United States. Odah’s appearance before the Periodic Review Board was to re-examine By Badrya Darwish whether he should still be held without charge at the US military’s prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, or be transferred to Kuwait. [email protected] Kuwait and the United States have set out commit- ments for Odah that include t was interesting to hear a debate on the radio on a rehabilitation program of at my way to work today about research done by least one year at a Kuwaiti Fawzi Al-Odah Itwo Muslim scholars in the US, Scheherazde S prison and security monitor- Rehman and Hossein Askari, both professors with ing, Lewis said in a statement he read during the hearing. PhDs at George Washington University School of “All prerequisites for his transfer to government of Kuwait Business. These two doctors have built their research are now in place,” he said. Odah wants to return to upon the criteria of the fundamental tenets of Islam Kuwait, reunite with his family, marry and enter the fami- in the social, economic and political spheres. ly plumbing supply business, he said. They created something called the Islamicity A US Defense Department profile read at the hearing Index, which ranks countries around the world said Odah probably attended extremist training camp based on how closely they adhere to basic Islamic BEIJING: Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah meets Chinese President Xi Jinping and may have fought in Afghanistan. He has been at principles, laws and rules with regards to social, eco- at the Great Hall of the People yesterday. Sheikh Jaber delivered a written message to the president from Guantanamo Bay since February 2002 and has been a nomic, political and human rights. The shocking HH the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, extending an invitation to the president to visit leader among the prisoners, it said. results, guys... none of our Arab countries were even Kuwait. The message also dealt with bilateral relations and means to improve them. — AP Continued on Page 15 ranked within the top 50. After that, I gave up look- ing because it sounded ridiculous to me. Actually in fact, none of the Islamic countries met the criteria based on the Quran and Islam. Qatar to benefit from mediator role In fact, I did not need these two professors to tell me that. But it also reaffirmed my thoughts and the DUBAI: Qatar’s behind-the-scenes role in Qatar to an “Arab Switzerland” and thoughts of millions of other Muslims. We all believe helping secure the release of US Army doesn’t see a contradiction in it cultivat- that Islam exists in the West more than the Arab or Sgt Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for five ing relationships with both the US and Islamic world. Since I was young, many famous writ- Taleban operatives was a classic move by Islamist groups. “They’ve always tried to ers have said that Islam exists in the West. One of a tiny but natural gas-rich Gulf state with keep a foot in both camps,” he said. “It’s a them, the famous Islamic scholar Mohammad outsize ambitions that extend to hosting way of having a response to accusations Abduh, said: “I visited Western Europe and saw Islam football’s World Cup in eight years’ time. that Qatar is un-Islamic. ... It can always there but I didn’t see Muslims.” The OPEC member has shown a knack pull out of the bag that it’s one of the few What he meant was that he saw justice, democra- for keeping channels to conservative states that have a direct line to Kandahar cy, rule of law, human rights, equality, etc. Which Islamists open while it curries favor with or Kabul or wherever else.” actually are the basic pillars of Islam. Not only an array of world powers. For Qatar’s rul- Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammed Abduh said this, but many other Islamic ing Al-Thani family, it is a hedge that Mohammed Al-Attiyah described his scholars and writers who went to the West to study ensures influence and security in a country’s role in the lengthy negotiations and were surprised to find the principles of Islam, volatile part of the world. as a humanitarian gesture when asked their religion, applied and implemented - be it in In this case, Qatar was able to act as a about it at a press conference this week. economics, society, security, equality, democracy, broker because of longstanding links to He gave away few details, saying only rule of law, environment, welfare, sharing, fairness, the Taleban. The Islamist militant move- that the trust Qatar enjoys with both justice, judicial integrity, sanctity of contracts, natu- ment last year opened a representative sides helped smooth the process along. ral resource management, good governance, control office in Qatar, but effectively shut it American officials have since told AP that This screen grab shows US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl sitting in a pick-up of corruption, alms to the poor and human and civil weeks later following a dispute over its Qatari intermediaries acted as go- truck at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan before his handover to US rights for both men and women. use of the name “Islamic Emirate of betweens for months, including during forces after five years in captivity. — AFP Beautiful. But if you come and visit the Islamic Afghanistan” and of a flag flown when it the final days of negotiations that led to world, you will be shocked to find the contra of what ruled Afghanistan beginning in the the detainee swap. Islam calls for. That’s why it was easy for the enemies 1990s. It is unclear how many of the The deal that eventually emerged led Taleban video shows of Islam to brand it as a terrorist religion, of course Taleban envoys ever left Qatar - but the to the Taleban leaders’ quiet arrival in for their political gains. It was a shame to see none of foundation had been laid for ongoing Qatar as an international aviation confer- Bergdahl handover the Arab or Islamic countries ranked well in this talks. ence was getting underway following report. But at least the two professors were honest in “It’s really a continuation of Qatar’s the opening of a sleek new airport in KABUL: A dazed Bowe Bergdahl is led Saturday in exchange for five senior their report. I salute them. strategy of making itself useful to other Doha - and as the country was coming by two militants, one carrying a insurgent leaders, who had been held Imagine if these two professors were professors at powerful countries, and helping them under renewed international scrutiny makeshift white flag on a stick, to a in a US prison at Guantanamo Bay, any university in the Arab world. Let’s see how they sort out their problems,” said Christopher over its winning but controversial bid to Blackhawk helicopter in eastern Cuba, since it opened in 2002. Before would write it then and what integrity it would have. Davidson, a specialist in Gulf affairs at host the World Cup in 2022. Afghanistan ending his five years’ in his rescue, Bergdahl is seen sitting in Britain’s Durham University. He likened Continued on Page 15 captivity, a video released by the the rear seat of a 4-wheel-drive truck, Taleban showed yesterday. In the first blinking rapidly, apparently either publicly aired footage of Bergdahl’s dazed by the light or anxious about the Fingerprint dating riddle cracked dramatic handover to the US military at events unfolding around him. the weekend, the clip shows Taleban A plane and helicopters are seen cir- cadres dotted on nearby hills armed cling overhead as fighters chant “long THE HAGUE: Criminals’ days may be amino acids and proteins. “The chemi- with rocket launchers watching the live our mujahideen” and “long live the numbered after Dutch forensic experts cals in these fingerprints can be ana- transfer. The operation, from the spiritual leader”, referring to the discovered how to accurately date fin- lyzed,” said De Puit. “Some disappear gerprints, a breakthrough that could over time and it’s the relative propor- moment the helicopter touched the Taleban’s reclusive Mullah Mohammad one day let police date crime scene tions of these chemicals that allow us ground amid a cloud of dust to take- Omar. As the Blackhawk lands, two of prints from years ago. “It’s not quite the to date a fingerprint.” off, was all over in a minute. the militants approach the helicopter, Holy Grail of fingerprinting, but it’s a Previous attempts to crack the for- “Do not panic,” the militants shout as one carrying a white cloth crudely tied very important discovery,” Marcel de mula for dating fingerprints failed the Blackhawk lands in the barren val- to a stick and the other leading Puit, fingerprint researcher at the Dutch because they focused on the amounts ley deep in Khost province, close to the Bergdahl by the hand. Three men walk Forensic Institute (NFI), told AFP yester- of chemicals, rather than their relative border with Pakistan. Bergdahl, a US from the American chopper. day, hailing what he said was a world’s proportions, De Puit said. Taking into army sergeant, was released on Continued on Page 15 first. “Police regularly ask us if we can account the temperature of the original date crime scene fingerprints,” he said, prints’ surroundings, which affects the for instance a neighbor’s prints found at speed of deterioration, forensic experts the scene of a burglary. Were they left can now date fingerprints to within the last time the neighbor came round “one or two days”, up to 15 days. The for coffee or from the night of the new technique needs to be extensively crime? tested on real crimes scenes, leading to “Being able to date the prints means the creation of a database, before it can you can determine when a potential be used in prosecutions, hopefully suspect was at the crime scene or “within a year”, De Puit said. which fingerprints are relevant for the As the database expands, so should investigation,” De Puit said. Fingerprints the technique’s reliability, allowing leave nearly-unique marks on a surface police to date fingerprints from several that can be copied and compared to a years before. In the meantime, De Puit database to identify a suspect, a police and his team are working on another technique that rose to prominence in revolutionary analysis technique: PARIS: A file photo taken on Feb 14, 2012 shows a police officer the early 1900s. The prints themselves Analyzing fingerprint chemicals to of the scientific (ANPT) police explaining how to verify the are made up of sweat and grease, determine a suspect’s drug or food founded fingerprints through a magnifying glass. — AFP including a complex mix of cholesterol, consumption. — AFP THURS DAY, JUNE 5, 2014 LOCAL Ministry considers foreign management for Jaber Hospital KUWAIT: Mubarak Al-Kabeer health zone director Dr Soud Farhoud Al-Darah said that his zone is the most recent health zone that was recently founded to serve the residents of Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate and the areas under it. Darah added that the health zone was still in the process of being formed in terms of administrative and financial depart- ments and staff. He added that, in collaboration with the CSC, the zone was currently concerned with preparing the needs of Jaber Al- Ahmed Hospital of doctors, nurses and technicians, starting with determining the vacancies CSC would approve for hiring expatriate staff members, their countries and the formation of committees to interview them. “This phase is expected to take three months followed by six months for the second phase during which the hired staff will be brought to Kuwait,” he explained, noting that the third phase of ending recruitment procedures and issuing practice licenses and training would take two more months. Darah stressed that hiring a foreign management to run Jaber hospi- tal was still being considered by MoH senior officials. He explained that once opened, Jaber Hospital would be located in South Surra to provide both public and specialized health services including all medical specialties with a capacity of 1,166 beds including 196 ICU beds. Ramadan charity collection pending approval

KUWAIT: Well-informed sources at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MSAL) said that the charity collection department has prepared the charity collection project for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan and that the project was now pending final approval of MSAL officials. The sources added that the project allows cash donations to be only collected at charities’ headquarters in return for officially approved receipts. The sources added that charity collection in mosques would be done through bank deduc- tions and that MSAL was currently considering using K-Net in mosques. Further, the sources said that inspection teams KUWAIT: The ambassador of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to Kuwait Mohammed Al-Kayed held a reception on Tuesday in Sheraton hotel on the occasion of the National would follow up all authorized charities’ works throughout Day of his country. It was attended by diplomats and other dignitaries. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat Kuwait through intensified inspection campaigns. No plans yet to refer fake companies to prosecution Decision on Ramadan working hours soon

KUWAIT: The Labor Public Authority has no prosecution during the first half of 2014, while years and life in prison. Violations classified as labor law in the private sector, Al-Jarida to transfer a visit visa issued for a company to plans to refer companies to the public prose- only around 250 companies were questioned misdemeanor are referred to the Criminal reported. In other news, the Labor Public a work visa of the same company, while the cution for violating labor regulations or on in the past few years. Investigations Department, while forgery cas- Authority decided to allow companies with firm would be required to pay a KD 200 addi- human trafficking charges, pending investiga- The legal action followed inspections es are referred directly to the public persecu- contracts with the United States Army to tional fee. tions in similar cases filed since the beginning which revealed companies that have employ- tion as felonies, according to sources in the recruit labor forces from outside Kuwait as per Hiring labor forces from abroad in the pri- of the year. The public prosecution had made ees registered in their respective files, but do Labor Public Authority. certain conditions. vate sector is currently suspended as the that request, requesting time to question indi- not have existing offices. Separately, the government is expected According to the law issued by Abdullah Public Labor Authority prepares to become viduals involved in the fake companies cases. If convicted of human trafficking, the soon to announce reducing working hours Al-Mutawtah, the Deputy Director for Human fully operational sometime this summer, Nearly 2,500 companies were referred to employers face jail terms ranging between 15 during Ramadan to 36 a week, as per the and Financial Resources, a worker is allowed according to local newspaper reports. p3.e$S_Layout 1 6/4/14 8:51 PM Page 1

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, ministers, senior sheikhs and other dignitaries at the Kuwait Teachers Society’s Golden Jubilee ceremony at the Basic Education College auditorium in Shamiya yesterday. Amir graces teachers’ society ceremony

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday patron- ized Kuwait Teachers Society’s Golden Jubilee ceremony, held at the Basic Education College auditorium in Shamiya district. His Highness the Amir arrived at the ceremo- ny venue to a warm welcome by the Minister of Health and the Acting Minister of Higher Education, Ali Al-Obaidi, the society board chair- man, Met’eb Al-Otaibi, and members of the cer- emony’s steering committee. The ceremonial gathering was attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem, the Holy Quran, followed by a statement by acknowledgement of the teachers’ role for senior sheikhs, the Acting Prime Minister, Minister Al-Obaidi who greeted His Highness teaching the generations; armed with knowl- Minister of Interior and the Acting Minister of the Amir, His Highness the Crown Prince and the edge, faith and patriotism. Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, Sheikh Mohammad attending senior officials and dignitaries. Expressing the teachers’ gratitude to His Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Minister Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad, the minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah Best investment cited His Highness the Amir’s well-known state- and senior State officials. Minister Al-Obaidi said the teachers were ment, “Our children are the most precious The ceremony commenced with the playing honored with His Highness the Amir’s atten- wealth and our best investment is in the of National Anthem, recitation of verses from dance of the ceremony which signaled his upgrading their skills and talents. “They are the axis of development; such development cannot be genuine unless it is based on knowledge.” Minister Al-Obaidi boasted of the State spe- cial care for scholars and students and vowed to work hard for service of the dear homeland for its development in various spheres, “so we may be eligible for belonging to this good land, under the sagacious leadership.” the Amir and the attending leaders. educate the young natives to remain adherent He congratulated the teachers on the happy He indicated that the ceremony was held in to national, Islamic values and good customs. occasion and thanked them for their efforts for honor of leading figures in the teaching sector, Chairman Al-Otaibi expressed gratitude to sound upbringing of the youth. including the society’s current and former board His Highness the Amir and His Highness the For his part, the society chairman, Met’eb Al- members, and pledged to His Highness the Crown Prince for their attendance of the cere- Otaibi, welcomed in his statement His Highness Amir to promote the educational sector further, monial gathering. —KUNA THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 LOCAL

In my view Local Spotlight Kuwait is a Al-Sisi for green oasis Egypt

By Labeed Abdal

By Muna Al-Fuzai

[email protected] [email protected] he title of this column is the name of an aware- ness campaign announced recently to carry out a Twide plantation operation around Kuwait; a bdel Fattah Al-Sisi is now the new president of blessed step in service of our generous country. Egypt. He told Egyptians that it is time to work We are in need for an active role from the civil socie- Afor a “better tomorrow”. The future - something ty, combined with participation and support from the Egyptians need to consider more than ever to safe relevant state departments such as the Ministry of guard and protect their country . Health, Ministry of Electricity and Water, Environment I never doubted that Al-Sisi would win and even Public Authority, Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs congratulated him earlier last week in a previous arti- and Fish Resources and Kuwait Fire Services Directorate. cle. It was expected that Islamist supporters of former Yes, Kuwait must turn green. We must work together President Mohamed Morsi would boycott the polls. Al- to achieve that goal, protect our environment and keep Sisi in power means an end to all their hopes for a it green, especially that this issue has been the desire of kuwait digest return to Brotherhood rule. the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah since the So what will be his priorities? I believe Al-Sisi is the 1980s. Not only are the public and private sectors right man to lead Egypt, to shape a new foreign policy required to cooperate on that regard, but citizens must Resignations crisis and build a new strategy taking into account all for- participate as well. Kuwaitis must be encouraged to eign challenges. There is no doubt that Egypt’s econo- play an active role in national work, and translate the my and security are the biggest challenges and will be true meaning of good citizenship on the ground. Not By Thaar Al-Rasheedi the first tests of his rule. only that, but expatriates should also be encouraged to Conservative media channels run by supporters of participate in keeping the environment green. ith the resignation of two ministers and five law- resuming the current Cabinet’s work. It is rather a bet on the Muslim Brotherhood are already out of business The more state departments, public organizations makers so far, and the possibility of a third min- the whole political situation that requires the presence of and will no longer have much influence on the public. and social categories participate in this campaign, the Wister’s resignation and that of further lawmakers both powers for as long as possible. Security has been an issue in Egypt, especially with more environmental awareness among citizens and who are still considering it, it seems that the political situ- By-elections may be done here or there and limited small daily demonstrations by members of the Muslim expatriates is increased. These efforts need to continue, ation is falling apart in both powers. This is what is clearly reshuffles may be done, especially in view of negotia- Brotherhood. But now everyone is waiting to see how especially as Kuwait prepares to enter the hottest evident before our eyes needless to speak about what is tions that are being quietly done to convince one of the the new president will deal with this particular chal- months of the summer, July and August, requiring extra happening in the backstage of our political life. There is lawmakers to take a portfolio, which might be done lenge. agricultural efforts to prevent droughts and harmful so much dissatisfaction with the political situation that before the end of next month. Such a step might be seen As for the economy, Egypt is not a rich country. But environmental effects. what is being said is already harsher than what is hap- by both powers as a logical solution for the resignations it has many resources and can rebuild its economy and Improving environmental awareness locally helps pening behind the scene. crisis. encourage foreign investments by making use of local Kuwait focus on cooperation with Gulf Cooperation The truth is that if this evident situation would even- The opposition is betting on dismantling both pow- labor and reactivating the tourism sector, which was hit Council countries in this field. This is necessary especial- tually lead to a Cabinet resignation and dissolving the ers, but in view of the current situations, this a losing bet badly by the Arab Spring. ly as the region is going through a breakthrough fol- parliament, things do not necessarily happen logically in because there is no urgent political desire to change any In fact, the rate of unemployment remained lowing the successful Geneva negotiations between Kuwait when it comes to politics. I expect this illogical sit- of them at the time being and this can be confirmed by unchanged at 13.40 percent in the first quarter of 2014 Iran and P5+1 states regarding the Islamic Republic’s uation to go on at least till the end of the year. To be the both powers’ leaders’ handling of the current inci- from 13.40 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013. The nuclear program, which resulted in eliminating the fear more precise, both the parliament and the government dents. fall in the Egyptian Stock Exchange is a problem too of military conflict. will complete their tenures even if one or two more min- As I said, the only way out of the current resignations and so the economic challenge must be an immediate isters resign because summer is approaching and the crisis lies in appointing one or two lawmakers as minis- priority. government may have to be a caretaker one. ters, which is very likely to happen in view of the clear I wonder how the western world will respond now The parliament will go on with five new members by cooperation between both powers. Of course, this is with the military firmly entrenched and the kuwait digest the beginning of the next term. The government can mere analysis of the current political situation and it does Brotherhood challenge neutralized? I think a country constitutionally keep functioning with the present num- not mean that I am for such a solution, yet this is the logi- like Germany can play a role to help bring Egypt and ber of ministers and even if a reshuffle is made, it will be cal one through which both powers can get out of the other countries like the US back in tune. It is the right ‘We and them’ so limited to fill in vacancies, but the government will not resignations crisis! time for the US State Department to correct the mis- resign. This is not due to the prime minister’s bet on — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa takes they committed over the last three years. The opportunity is being served on a golden platter now. mentality There is a lesson learnt in Egypt. This country can only be led by the military. There’s no space for others to kuwait digest dream or fool the people, not for long. By Hamad Nayef Al-Enezi For a better tomorrow. n the eve of April 4, 1968, Jane Elliott, a primary Regulate our donations school teacher in Iowa was watching TV when Oshe was shocked by the news of the assassination kuwait digest of the black leader Martin Luther King by a fanatic racist By Waleed Al-Ghanim named James Earl Ray who was a prisoner convicted to 20 years in prison and who had escaped a few days earli- he Kuwaiti people are known for their generosity in cash, and overcrowding at some sites. In addition, the We insist on er to commit his crime. What hatred and malevolence! and non-stop competition in charity. We thank their government should focus on important issues, like Like millions of others, Jane felt very sad and angry Teffort to help people inside and outside the country, choosing qualified donation collectors and organizing but she believed that she had a role to play towards the since the establishment of the Kuwaiti state on the banks the process of delivering sermons after Asr and Isha optimism kids she taught in order to help them grow up into of the Arabian Gulf, and during the times when Kuwaitis prayer daily in mosques. Because currently, the speeches adults who denounced hatred and treated people earned their living though working in the sea and after equally regardless of their color, race and belief. She had the discovery of oil. By Abdellatif Al-Duaij an idea which she implemented the following morning The presence of charities and voluntary organizations We must support these efforts as long in class. is good for the country, and the government’s efforts to as it aims to protect charity, in addi- here is a realistic possibility that the initiative All her third-grade pupils were Christian Caucasians. establish legal and official ones is appreciated. We must tion to make philanthropists, includ- of the National Assembly to amend the con- In fact there were no other races in the whole school and support these efforts as long as it aims to protect charity, Tstitutional court’s law is an original one, and none of them knew anybody belonging to any different in addition to make philanthropists, including families ing families and institutions, more a new legislative direction towards committing to race or religion. She tried to explain how horrible, cruel and institutions, more reassured. reassured. the true and necessary role of the Assembly, but and stupid the incident was, and asked, “Do you know In Ramadan, charitable activity, including donations despite our overwhelming and optimistic wish for how a person feels injustice when judged according to and handouts, increases. The process of collecting dona- the matter to be so, objective circumstances and his color?” “Yes, we do,” they replied. “I don’t think you do. tions should be regulated through collaboration are repetitive, and sometimes bother worshippers who logic propose that we put our hopes and optimism between the Ministry of Social Affairs and Ministry of stay back for prayers or reading the Holy Quran. In the You will never know until you experience it yourselves!” aside, and deal with matters as they are and not Awqaf and Islamic Affairs on one hand, and between end, I would like to thank all those in charge of these she exclaimed. the way we wish them to be. The following day, she decided to run an experiment licensed organizations and the Zakat House on the other. charities. May God bless Kuwait and its people. The current Assembly is the “graduate” of the that taught her pupils a great deal. She selected a group I hope that the government helps prevent violations same voters, and the fruit of the awareness and of kids according to a common feature on which they detected in previous years, such as collecting donations — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas had no control and which they shared and said, “You will beliefs of the same Kuwaiti citizen who elected for- mer national assemblies. It is certain that a quality change took place in voters and their thinking Racism is not about different colors. kuwait digest because of the boycott of some, which means a change has taken place in the inclinations of the There is racism over origin, belief, Kuwaiti voter, and a change in his priorities and his religion, doctrine and financial level. views on the role and performance of two national Guantanamo hearings assemblies. We do not have a doubt in that, and be classified according to the color of your eyes. Do you despite that the voter remains the prisoner of want to try that?” Yes, yes,” they said. “Well, to tell you the objective circumstances and his awareness is the truth, blue-eyed people are the best in this room!” she By Prof Ghanim Al-Najjar result of one Kuwaiti direction and culture. said. “No, no,” the students cried. “Yes, that is true; they So the voter remains the same and his motives hearing was be held in Washington DC by the and the prison became symbolic of such a conflict are better, more intelligent and beautiful than brown- and standards to elect today’s candidates are the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) council for the because the prison is not a mere geographic spot. It is eyed people. Therefore, brown-eyed people will remain same over which he voted for yesterday’s candi- Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainee Fawzi Al-Odah fol- rather forms a methodology and concept of what to pri- in class, will not take part in school activities and they A dates, and may be tomorrow’s candidates too. In lowed by another for the other Kuwaiti detainee Fayez oritize - security or justice. This concept actually prevails will not be allowed to drink from this water cooler or fact, objectivity pushes us to suggest that the vot- Al-Kandari on June 12. Odah’s hearing was the fifth since in our region where we have the likes of Guantanamo or play with blue-eyed ones. They are not as good or as er who boycotted is the “aware” voter, and who has the new UPR system was put into practice as the first one even worse. intelligent!” the political and legal views required for any devel- was held last January for a Yemeni detainee called As a concept, the Guantanamo prison is a sheer viola- The reaction was very strong as the brown-eyed Mohammed Abdul Aziz Al-Mujahid. tion of international human rights laws. Therefore, many opment of National Assembly performance, or at pupils got angry, confused, sad and isolated. Blue-eyed The UPR has so far held four hearing sessions for four human right organizations criticized and demanded clos- least this is how things seem, because the political ones rejoiced and acted snobbishly as they felt superior Yemeni detainees and came out with positive recom- ing it down and bringing all detainees before civil federal groups and those dealing in politics among peo- to others and only mingled with one another. They were mendations for three of them and negative ones for the courts. In this regard, Amnesty International and Human ple, are ones who urged the boycott of elections. mean to brown-eyed classmates though they had been fourth detainee. I sincerely hope to be wrong, and my pessimism good friends just the previous day. UPR hearings are not judicial ones and they do not is not justified, because it is difficult to overlook When two of them fought, Jane asked, “What hap- discuss the legality of the detention or whether it By meticulous reading of Obama’s basic issues that were neglected by national pened, John?” “Lance called me names so I kicked him in matched rights and justice standards because it is defi- assemblies during the past years, while there are the belly.” “What did Lance call you?” “Brown-eyed!” statements in 2009 or 2011, we realize nite that the continuation of detention so far forms a issues and demands, rather constitutional legiti- “What’s wrong in that?” “He implied that we are less clear violation of law sovereignty, including the American how the Guantanamo prison issue has mate rights. But former assemblies and those who intelligent. Yes, we are, but are we so bad?” (A neutral constitution. UPR looks into only two possibilities. The turned into a domestic political con- elected them got used to ignoring those demands pupil interjects) “That is exactly what whites are doing to first one is whether the Gitmo detainee posses any threat and rights because of the lack of democratic the black people!” flict within America. to the US, and thus it recommends keeping him under awareness and the genuine belief in freedom, jus- Jane was stunned by how fast her third-graders real- detention. tice and equality principles. The rights of Kuwaiti ized the meaning of racism and segregation and how The second recommends a detainee’s transfer if he Rights Watch took the lead in launching continuous cam- citizenry in housing, naturalization and equal treat- destructive these two traits can be to any society, even if does not pose a threat, and this transfer would be the paigns that helped create a counter international public it was as small as a 20-pupil primary school class. Thirty ment were ignored all those past years, exactly like first positive step towards releasing him. Consequently, opinion. Independent UN experts also acted and formed years later, Jane used the same experiment with her uni- oppression and discrimination Kuwaitis born to a and in view of the nature of how the UPR council is a team that kept pressuring the US government in this versity students and reactions were the same. naturalized father face, and the same with expat formed, the decision will be more security and political direction and holding constant meetings with US offi- Racism is not about different colors. There is racism laborers and the discrimination against non- than being a legal and lawful one. cials. Being a follower and participant in some of those over origin, belief, religion, doctrine and financial level. Kuwaitis. Though this measure is far less than expected in terms meetings, the Americans looked more embarrassed and Many civil wars erupted by arguments about ‘We and We are still hoping and still optimistic for good of its commitment to human rights standards, it took 12 their speech was more apologizing than defending and Them’ and by demonizing others, which is the favorite things. People’s rights cannot be ignored, and dis- years to reach such a step, which was only taken into that may be the reason why Obama’s speeches referred policy tyrants use to ‘divide and rule’ in order to remain crimination being practiced against innocent peo- consideration and studied in 2009 when brought up by to closing down the prison. in power by having social sects busy fighting and ple is difficult to forget, so we insist on optimism, US president Barack Obama and took five years to be put He even described the UPR formation as one of the assaulting each other whenever one sect objected or and hope the National Assembly is up to its into practice. means that would lead to closing the prison forever, and crossed red lines that are too short and narrow in most responsibility and more democratic than previous By meticulous reading of Obama’s statements in 2009 this might be true. cases!! assemblies. or 2011, we realize how the Guantanamo prison issue has — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida turned into a domestic political conflict within America — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 LOCAL

Zain, Huawei sign MoU on enhancing strategic partnership KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommu- ing between the two partners. During nications company in Kuwait, the meeting, Zain and Huawei discussed KUWAIT: Director General of the supervision and inspection department at the Interior Ministry Maj Gen Shihab Hamad Al-Shimmari decorated announced yesterday that it has entered the latest state-of-the-art mobile tech- several officers and policemen from the department with service medals as ordered by His Highness the Amir and handed them their certifi- into a Memorandum of Understanding nologies that are been rolled-out and cates. (MoU) with its technology partner tested by Zain. Huawei-a leading global information Discussion also centered on the and communications technology (ICT) potential of several dynamic business solutions provider - to further extend practices to further extend the strategic Increase in malicious and enhance both companies’ strategic partnership and better keep up with the partnership in the fields of telecommu- fast-paced changes that are taking place nications and information technology. in the IT and telecom sectors. Strategies The MoU was signed as part of His to reduce churn and improve customer Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh retention in hyper-competitive markets acts by cyber hackers Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah’s were also discussed during the meet- recent state visit to the People’s ings. Zain strongly believes that effective Republic of China to discuss mutual eco- communication is a key ingredient to a Interior plans new campaign nomic developments. successful relationship between part- Zain Group Chairman Asaad Ahmad ners, and the signing of this latest MoU is KUWAIT: The Ministry of Interior is of their programs for four days begin- Al-Banwan and Huawei’s Vice President part of the company’s ongoing efforts to launching a campaign to draw attention ning today, said a ministry statement of Middle East Region He Tao, signed the better advance its services and provide Rapist policeman of citizens and residents to malicious yesterday. MoU following a comprehensive meet- the market with the very best products. acts by cyber hackers, said Col Adel Al- The suspension order is in keeping Hashash, MoI’s Director of Public with an existing law no. 61 for 2007 sentenced to death Relations and Morale Guidance yester- regarding government overseeing of KUWAIT: A policeman was sentenced to death Tuesday for raping a Braille brochures for day. the media, said the statement. The TV woman he kidnapped and then stabbed repeatedly with the intention Deceptive and fraudulent acts have programs in question have been sus- to kill her. The criminal court found the lance corporal guilty of kidnap, recently increased on the internet “reach- pended because they dealt with infor- rape and attempted murder of a Filipina in the crime that took place in energy rationalization ing professional level where international mation having to do with case no. 1241 October 2012. The traffic police officer had stopped a taxi carrying the gangs have been formed hunting for vic- for 2013 which is being looked into by victim and another woman late at night, and asked to see their IDs. He By A Saleh the Central Tenders Committee for a tender tims in various countries of the world,” Col the public prosecutor, the latter having placed the victim under arrest after discovering that her visa was to buy a Braille embosser to print Al-Hashash warned in a press statement. ordered all media to refrain from dis- expired, then sent her companion back to the taxi and ordered the KUWAIT: The Ministry of Electricity and brochures and bills. The brochures will con- The ministry is launching the campaign cussing this case. cabby to drive away. Instead of taking the woman to the police station, Water plans to print brochures to spread tain information about ways to save energy via various means, such as distribution of A number of newspapers have been the officer drove to a remote location in Mishref, where he ordered her awareness among people with visual dis- in Braille for blind consumers. Companies brochures, online social media and adver- referred to the public prosecutor to step outside the patrol vehicle and ordered that she complies to his abilities about rationalization of electricity specialized in importing Braille embossers tisement. Suspicious and anonymous because they violated the prosecutor’s sexual demands. The policeman then threatened the woman with a and water. have until July 13, 2014 to submit their sites must be skipped, he said, affirming gag order regarding this case. The case knife after she showed resistance and pled with him that he take her to The ministry submitted a request with bids, the ministry announced. the ministry’s readiness to receive com- no. 1214 for 2013 is currently in the the police station or her country’s embassy to be deported. He then plaints and track down the hackers. hands of the public prosecutor pend- stabbed her in the neck, raped her and went back to his car. Before he ing its ultimate resolution, said the left the scene, the man went back to the victim and stabbed her three Suspension order statement. The statement urged all times, on her neck, chest and back, after noticing that she was still Meanwhile, the Ministry of media to abide by ministry instructions alive, then hid her body behind earthworks. The woman made her way Information has decided to ask the pub- without fail and anyone who did not to the main street after regaining consciousness, and a passerby lic prosecutor to order a number of pri- would be accountable before a court rushed her to the hospital. vate sector TV stations to suspend some of law. —KUNA

Sri Lanka visit successful COLOMBO: In addition to helping further relations between Kuwait and Sri Lanka, the visit by Deputy National Assembly Speaker MP Mubarak Al-Khurainij and an accompanying delegation yielded positive develop- ments on many fronts, MPs said during their visit yester- day. Al-Khurainij and delega- tion members met with Sri Lankan Deputy Parliament Speaker Chandima Weerakkody, Minister of External Affairs Gamini Lakshman Peiris, and KUWAIT: The Public Relations Department at Kuwait Municipality said that Ahmadi Minister of Foreign governorate branch confiscated various types of food products from a basement in Employment Promotion and Fintas. Inspectors found 36 grapevine containers, 33 containers of pickled turnips, 4 Welfare Dilan Perera. gallons of olive oil and 36 cans of sliced mushrooms. They were sent for destruction MP Saleh Ashour as they were not fit for consumption because of the high storage temperature. expressed confidence the —By Hanan Al-Saadoun talks and meetings would result in a real boost to coop- eration and interaction in both direction in the near future, while MP Hamdan Al- Azmi noted the talks were conducted within an atmos- phere of transparency and revealed agreement on an array of regional and interna- tional dossiers of interest to the two friendly nations. MP Majid Moussa for his part remarked that exchange of visits by officials of both countries play a great role in furthering cooperation, stressing the two nations already have distinguished relations with a sizable Sri Lankan community in Kuwait. Fellow lawmaker Mohammad Al-Hadiya meanwhile praised the warm hospitality of the Sri Lankan officials and also expressed gratitude for the good plan- ning and cooperation of the Kuwaiti Embassy with the delegation. ‘We hope to see further cooperation after this visit, most particularly in the field of parliamentary action,’ he noted. MP Mohammad Al- Huwailah noted such visits are of great importance to coordination between the two countries, and added the issue of Sri Lankan labor in Kuwait and difficulties they face was among topics dis- cussed with senior officials during the visit.—KUNA THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 LOCAL

‘Africa Day’ showcases culture, investment opportunities

By Chidi Emmanuel to acknowledge the achievements of the Africans they are our brothers,” some of the top diplomats and their governments and to reaffirm the support acknowledged as the thanked Kuwaiti leaders for KUWAIT: It was glamorous moment yesterday at the of the United Nations in fostering peace in the promoting peace and stability in Africa. The program Regency Hotel as Africans, Kuwaitis and expatriates region. There are lots of investment opportunities attracted many dignitaries including top diplomats celebrated Africa Day. African Day is an annual com- and untapped resources in Africa - we used this and government officials in Kuwait. memoration of the 1963 founding of the event to promote and lure investments too,” Burkina Africa Day is an annual commemoration every Organization of African Unity (OAU), presently known Faso’s Ambassador to Kuwait Aboubakar Kote May 25. However, the name and date of Africa Day as the African Union (AU). Celebrations were held in explained. has been retained as a celebration of African unity. many countries across the globe. The event in Kuwait “Our aim is to showcase Africa’s culture, tradition On the 25th of May, 1963, African leaders created an was organized by African ambassadors in Kuwait. It and its hospitality. The global community has com- umbrella union called Organization of African Unity featured lots of cultural displays - with each African mended Africa’s efforts in consolidating its peace (OAU). On this day, leaders of 30 of the 32 independ- nation showcasing its tradition and cultural heritage and security architecture, thus rejecting unconstitu- ent African states signed a founding charter in Addis in their respective booths. The event also featured a tional changes of power. We the African people will Ababa, Ethiopia. In 1991, the OAU established the food fair, bonanza, free gifts and traditional dances. continue to work on building durable peace, ending African Economic Community, and in 2002 it meta- “On this day, we celebrate our African diversity armed conflicts, boosting democracy and promoting morphosed to the African Union (AU). The African and success - and also highlight the tourism and human rights,” Hammawa added. Union, comprised of 53 member states, has brought economic potentials in African continent,” the Head On Africa-Kuwait relations, the African top diplo- together the continent of Africa to collectively of Chancery at the Nigerian Embassy Bunuyaminu mats said that Kuwait and African countries enjoy address the challenges it has faced, such as armed Hammawa said. “The event provides an opportunity good bilateral ties. “Kuwaitis are not only friends, conflict, climate change and poverty.

Photos show some of the African diplomats, top government offi- cials and Africans during the African Day celebration at the Regency Hotel. — Photos by Joseph Shagra Sandstorm killed old man in Subbiya Missing girl found in fiance’s house KUWAIT: A senior citizen died during a according to preliminary investigations. attempt inside a Wafra camp, according sandstorm that hit the desert west of Criminal investigators had found a to investigations. Paramedics and the country last Monday. The 67-year- small plastic bag containing drugs police rushed to the scene in response old Kuwaiti man was reportedly inside inside the car. to an emergency call, reporting that a a travel trailer in Subbiya, when strong worker collapsed. The medical person- winds knocked the trailer upside down. Infant death nel performed CPR on the man after Paramedics pronounced the man dead Investigations are ongoing to deter- discovering that his heartbeat had on the scene, and an examination mine the circumstances behind a stopped. They managed to revive his revealed that he sustained a head baby’s death reported recently in pulse, then rushed him to the Adan injury. Criminal investigators found a Mahboula. The infant was found to be Hospital where he was admitted inside sports utility vehicle and four dead dead on arrival at a private hospital in the intensive care unit. Medical tests camels at the scene. An Asian man at Ahmadi where he was rushed by his revealed that the man suffered from the site, who identified himself as the mother. The Canadian woman said that ingesting large amounts of pesticides. victim’s employee, blamed the sand- she left her child with his grandmother A case was filed for investigation. storm for the carnage there. but when she came back, she found him in a seizure. Missing girl Drugs deaths A man faces charges, including har- A homicide investigation was Detective charged boring a fugitive, following his arrest opened in an unemployed man’s death A police detective faces charges when police found a woman reported in Salmiya after evidence of foul play after he accidently hit a pedestrian in missing by her family inside his house. was found in the scene. Police arrived at Mahboula but drove away and left the Mubarak Al-Kabeer police began inves- the building in the area after the janitor woman to die. Investigations had been tigations after a Kuwaiti man reported reported in an emergency call that a ongoing since Sunday when the his 20-year-old daughter missing. tenant had not left his apartment for Egyptian woman succumbed to injuries Detectives were able to detect the girl’s three days and was not answering the sustained after she was hit by a sports phone signal inside a Syrian man’s door. The officers obtained a warrant to utility vehicle (SUV). On Tuesday, a house in Ali Sabah Al-Salem area, and raid the apartment after no answer Mubarak Al-Kabeer detective turned went there with a warrant in hand. came when they knocked on the door, himself in and said that the accident Police arrested the man who showed then found the man lying motionless. was unintentional, and that he fled the strong resistance, then escorted him The victim was pronounced dead on scene afterwards on a spur-of-the- and the girl back to the police station the scene; where drug paraphernalia moment decision. The man was for questioning. Investigations revealed and narcotics were found as well. The charged with manslaughter and sent to that the two are romantically involved, body was taken to the forensic depart- the Public Prosecution for further and that the girl agreed to leave her ment for an autopsy. action. family’s house based on the man’s Separately, a 50-year-old Kuwaiti requests, and after he promised her man was found dead inside his car in Suicide attempt with marriage and offered her a shelter. Salmiya around an estimated eight A man was hospitalized in a critical Investigations further revealed that the hours after he took a drug overdose, condition following a botched suicide man lived alone in the house. Kuwaiti tourists urged to obey Australian regulations

KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwaitis wishing to od not exceeding three months, provid- Travelers must also declare any food visit Australia and New Zealand during ed they keep their travel tickets, itiner- items or wood products they are taking the holiday season are strongly urged to ary documentation, and proof of finan- along as well as any plant or animal mind regulations and laws of the two cial ability to cover cost of stay with based products such as incense and countries to guarantee a pleasant vaca- them at all times. Oud perfume oils and like. tion and avoid problems during their An Australian crossing permit is The travelers are also required to trip, the Kuwaiti ambassador to Australia required for those who are to go declare it if they are carrying along sums reiterated here, yesterday. through Australian ports en route to over $9,255, or equivalent sum in any Ambassador Khalid Al-Shaibani said New Zealand, he added. currency both upon arrival and depar- it is vital for those wishing to visit the The ambassador also noted the ture through answering the correspon- two countries to get their visas from the importance of keeping passports in ding question on the crossing permit Australian embassy back home under safe-keeping and taking along photo- papers. the appropriate category meeting copies of them and any other important Should they face difficulties or in case objective of their travel. documents for use in the unfortunate of emergency, Kuwaiti travelers to Those wishing to visit New Zealand event of them getting lost or somehow Australia and New Zealand can contact in particular are exempted from the visa damaged. Passports, he said, should be the embassy on the hotline 047407677, requirement if they intend to stay a peri- valid for no less than six months. Al-Shaibani remarked. —KUNA THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

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TAIPEI: Local universities and colleges students hold a candlelight vigil during the 25th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown yesterday. — AFP Beijing clamps down on Tiananmen ’versary Mourning, tight security as 180,000 march HONG KONG: Tens of thousands gathered in Hong yesterday morning. Kong yesterday to remember the dead on the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, the ‘Serious consequences’ only major commemoration in China as authorities In 1989 the demonstrations and subsequent crack- clamped tight security on Beijing. The White House down played out on television screens across the world, called for China’s Communist authorities to account for and Beijing briefly became a pariah in the West. But 25 those killed, detained or missing in connection with the years later, the Communist Party’s authority is intact June 1989 assault, still a taboo topic for a nation that and its global clout continues to rise in line with its rap- bars political reform despite its dramatic economic id growth to become the world’s second biggest econo- transformation. my. Among the crowds in Hong Kong were many from “Vindicate 6/4!” crowds shouted, waving banners, as the Chinese mainland. the initially somber candlelit vigil began in Hong Kong’s “I came here to take part in this vigil, because in Victoria Park. Organizers said a record 180,000 attended China we don’t have any rights or freedoms... so to the vigil while police put the estimate at 99,500 — a sig- express my views I have to come to Hong Kong,” 35- nificantly higher number than last year’s police estimate year-old Huang Waicheng, an engineer from the neigh- of 54,000. boring city of Shenzhen, told AFP. “In China, there are Lights were turned out as old and young alike raised too few people that know about (the crackdown).” their candles in the dark. The names of those who died Under the agreement governing Hong Kong’s han- in Beijing on June 4, 1989 were read out over loud- dover to China in 1997, the semi-autonomous city has speakers. People bowed to pay their respects as footage far greater civil liberties than the mainland. A 52-year- of the clampdown was shown on large screens. “This old businessman from China’s neighboring Guangdong event must be instilled in everyone’s heart. We can’t let province brought his son. “Freedom for the whole time dilute this, said 19-year-old student Anna Lau. “Let Chinese nation ought to be the country’s ultimate goal. Xi Jinping see the lights of the candles,” chief organizer It’s a good thing that some people still remember (the Lee Cheuk-Yan told the crowd, referring to the Chinese movement),” he said. Meanwhile on Hong Kong’s harbor President. “I don’t know what the (Chinese) government front a handful of pro-Beijing supporters were involved fears, banning all discussion about June 4. But in Hong in angry confrontations yesterday evening with a much Kong, we will keep fighting until the end.” larger crowd of those commemorating the Tiananmen crackdown. ‘Historical wound’ In the Taiwanese capital Taipei, exiled Chinese dissi- Social networks scrubbed dents and witnesses to the crackdown addressed a UN human rights chief Navi Pillay on Tuesday called crowd of about 500. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou on China to “finally establish the facts surrounding the separately described the events of 25 years ago as an Tiananmen Square incidents”. China has worked hard to “enormous historical wound”. Ma called on Beijing to erase public memories of the bloodshed, censoring any “speedily redress the wrongs to ensure that such a mention from social networks and detaining scores of tragedy will never happen again”. activists, lawyers, artists and relatives of victims in Likewise, the United States will continue to “urge the recent weeks. Among them is prominent human rights Chinese government to guarantee the universal rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who along with four others was tak- and fundamental freedoms that are the birthright of all en away last month after attending a private seminar Chinese citizens”, a White House statement said. discussing the crackdown. Hundreds of unarmed civilians-by some estimates, Around 80 academics from 12 countries penned an more than 1,000 — were killed during the June 3-4 open letter to Xi yesterday pressing for the release of crackdown of 1989, when soldiers on foot and in tanks the five. Many foreign news outlets have received warn- crushed months of peaceful protests by students ings from police and the foreign ministry against news- demanding political liberties to match China’s nascent gathering related to the anniversary-or risk “serious con- economic opening up. sequences” including possible revocation of their visas. Thousands of police and other security forces, some Under pressure from authorities, Chinese online armed with automatic rifles, have been deployed across social networks quickly deleted any perceived refer- the Chinese capital this week. There were numerous ences to the crackdown. A handful of mentions slipped police trucks on and around Tiananmen Square yester- past the censors, including one posting that showed an day. Tourists and vendors criss-crossed the vast public image of a candle and the date June 4, 1989. Asked square in the heart of the city, but uniformed and plain- about the anniversary, university students declined to clothes officers were stationed at every corner and be interviewed or suggested they did not know much checking ID cards. An AFP journalist was ordered to about it. “I know about it but I don’t really understand delete photos of scuffles between police and frustrated what it is,” said a student near Peking University. “At this pedestrians waiting to enter the main part of the square time, we were not even born,” she added.— AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Cracks in US-Israel ties widening

WASHINGTON: A row over the new Palestinian merely rushed into “a sophisticated trap” laid by And she repeatedly stressed that Washington’s In a sign of a possible new fight with lawmakers, government is driving yet another wedge into Abbas in the hopes of driving Israel and the US fur- position on Hamas, which is outlawed as a terrorist Republican Senator Marco Rubio told AFP Tuesday: already shaky ties between Israel and the US as the ther apart, and should have just waited to see what organization, has not changed. “The United States “They’re making a mistake... I’m very disappointed once sacrosanct relationship comes under severe happened as Palestinian elections loom. does not and will not provide it assistance per long- with the administration’s position on this.” “I think strain, analysts say. Barely had the State Ties between the two countries have frayed standing US policy,” she told reporters. “We do not we should follow the law and cut off aid. The law is Department said it would work with the new “inter- under the administration of President Barack have any contact with Hamas. No members of pretty clear: they don’t recognize Israel’s right to im technocratic government,” just hours after it was Obama. He and Netanyahu have had a notably Hamas and no ministers affiliated with Hamas, as I exist, they shouldn’t be receiving US aid.” sworn in Monday by Palestinian president Mahmud frosty personal rapport despite a fence-mending said, are part of this government.” Democratic Representative Eliot Engel agreed, Abbas, when Israeli rage roared across from the visit to Israel by the US president last year. The col- saying: “The United States is under no obligation to Levant. lapse of the latest US bid to broker peace between Fight brewing in Congress give a dime to the PA as it reconciles with a known In what has become a predictable pattern of Israel and the Palestinians left Washington bloodied But Middle East expert Marina Ottaway said the terrorist group.” Israel was already infuriated by emotional and angry invective in recent weeks, the and frustrated, and even warier of wading back into US decision to work with the new Palestinian gov- Washington’s decision to press ahead with negotia- Israeli government said it was “deeply disappointed” the Middle East quagmire. ernment just drove “another wedge” into the rela- tions with Iran to try to rein in its nuclear ambitions, by the US decision, which means aid will also keep For their part, Israelis were deeply angered when tionship. “The Obama administration is showing yet warning loudly that the regime of President Hassan flowing to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Prime media reports quoting an unnamed US official- again that it is essentially willing to challenge Israel Rouhani was just a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was feeling “betrayed widely believed to be chief US negotiator Martin on certain issues,” Ottaway, senior scholar on the And Kerry has been the target of bitter insults by and deceived,” Israeli public radio said, as Secretary Indyk laid the blame for the failure of Kerry’s peace Middle East at the Wilson Center, told AFP. Israeli ministers for suggesting that without a peace of State John Kerry had promised him Washington quest squarely at Israel’s door. State Department The question was whether Obama would be deal, Israel could see itself increasingly isolated on would not recognize the new Palestinian govern- deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf sought to temper “able to stick to his guns” with a furor already build- the international stage. He was forced to backtrack ment right away. the angry reaction Tuesday, saying “the United ing in Congress, she said. “There’s no guarantee that in April when he was caught warning that Israel Another Israeli official was quoted by the Israel States and Israel have a long, historic and unshak- Obama is going to have the last word on this,” she could become “an apartheid state with second-class Hayom freesheet as saying it was “like a knife in the able friendship, period, over many, many decades, said, predicting the powerful American Jewish lob- citizens.” Tellingly while he admitted he had used a back.” But one Israeli commentator writing in over many administrations, through a lot of difficult by would be going into overdrive to whip up a cam- poor choice of words, he did not publicly apologize Haaretz daily suggested the Israeli cabinet had times.” paign in Congress. for what he said. — AFP Turkish security forces, Kurds clash

DIYARBAKIR: Turkish security forces fired back up another early morning operation tear gas and water cannon in dawn opera- against some 1,000 demonstrators who tions yesterday against Kurdish demonstra- clashed with security forces there. Local vil- tors blocking highways in southeast Turkey, lagers joined the protest, setting up in an effort to end protests which have makeshift barricades and throwing stones spread across the region over the last 12 at armored vehicles travelling through, days. The unrest presents a challenge for security sources said. Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, who hopes Despite the unrest, the government and to win Kurdish support for his expected bid pro-Kurdish politicians said this week the for Turkey’s presidency in an August elec- peace talks were advancing. Ocalan himself tion. The protests also highlight the fragility said the process had reached a new stage. of peace talks launched by Erdogan in 2012 The PKK is designated a terrorist group by with jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ankara, the United States and the European Ocalan that aim to end a 30-year-old insur- Union and Ocalan remains widely reviled gency which has killed an estimated 40,000 among Turks. people. Erdogan, who has invested significant In the Lice district of Diyarbakir province, political capital in the peace efforts, faces a dozens of protesters hurled petrol bombs, hard balancing act to win the backing of fireworks and stones in response to the Kurdish voters for his presidency bid with- gendarmerie police intervention, security out scaring away nationalist-minded Turks sources said. The protests, in which the who loathe Ocalan and remain highly skep- youth wing of Ocalan’s Kurdistan Workers tical of the Kurds’ push for more autonomy. Party (PKK) has played a prominent role, are He would need a simple majority to win in aimed at halting the construction of mili- the first round of the August presidential tary outposts to tighten security and have election. His ruling AK Party secured sup- spread to other provinces in recent days. port of around 43 percent nationwide in In the province of Mus, helicopters set municipal elections at the end of March, down soldiers and special forces teams to suggesting every vote will count. — Reuters

Conflicting reports on CAIRO: An Egyptian woman celebrates in front of the presidential palace of Ethadya.— AFP death row woman reflect Rocky road ahead for Sudan ‘confusion’ KHARTOUM: Conflicting comments by taken out of context and that Ishag’s Egypt president-elect Sudanese officials over whether a Christian release depended on whether a court woman sentenced to hang for apostasy accepted an appeal request by her defense will be freed reflect confusion within the team. Nur attributes the about-turn to the Islamist government, hit by international “confusion” that typifies the government’s ‘Restrictive political environment’ concerns US outrage over the verdict, analysts say. policies and reflects the country’s diplo- Khartoum is torn between hardline matic strategy. “At the foreign ministry, they CAIRO: Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, who romped home deposed Morsi. left Egypt’s economy in a shambles. “Sisi will Islamists, who demand the execution of operate as if they were in a mine field... in Egypt’s presidential election after crushing Ahead of the presidential election, rights have to take tough decisions... such as subsidy the 27-year-old mother of two, who just where explosions lead to a change of Islamists, faces a tough task to restore stability group Amnesty International had said the vote cuts, but the military has no tradition of taking gave birth to a daughter in prison, and for- mind,” Nur said. “Some religious extremist and revive a battered economy amid fears of a did not mean the slate would be wiped “clean... such decisions,” said James Dorsey of the eign pressure to free her, Sudanese analyst groups are exerting pressure on the gov- return to autocracy. On Tuesday, the electoral of gross human rights violations”. Since Morsi’s Singapore-based S Rajaratnam School of Khaled Al-Tijani Al-Nur says. ernment in the case of Meriam Ishag.” commission declared Sisi won 96.91 percent of ouster in July 2013, a government crackdown International Studies. Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, who was But when foreign pressure started to the vote on turnout of 47.5 percent, nearly a targeting the Brotherhood has killed more than Egypt’s foreign exchange reserves have born to a Muslim father, was sentenced to grow, the government wanted to resolve year after he toppled the country’s first freely 1,400 people and jailed over 15,000. halved since 2011 to $17 billion in April, despite death on May 15 under the Islamic sharia the problem by freeing the woman, he elected leader, Islamist Mohamed Morsi. The The authorities have also sentenced hun- receiving almost $13 billion from Gulf allies in law that has been in place since 1983, and added. A government source supported crushing victory over leftist leader Hamdeen dreds of Morsi supporters to death after speedy aid since Morsi’s ouster. External debt has risen which outlaws conversions under pain of his interpretation of what happened. Sabbahi had never been in doubt, with many trials which United Nations Secretary General to $45 billion as of December, while revenues death. Ishag was raised an Orthodox “Some in the government had decided lauding the retired field marshal as a hero for Ban Ki-moon expressed “alarm” over. Several of from the tourism sector, which employs more Christian, her mother’s religion, married a to resolve the matter after the strong inter- ending Morsi’s year of divisive rule 11 months the revolutionary youth leaders who spearhead- than four million people, slipped to $5.8 billion Christian man originally from South Sudan national reactions. But the leaks to the ago. ed the 2011 revolt against longtime autocrat in 2013 from $12.5 billion in 2010. and already had a 20-month-old son media (of this initiative) showed that the But global rights watchdogs, international Hosni Mubarak have also been jailed for break- Foreign direct investment has also dried up, before she gave birth last week. She denied government interferes in the decisions of leaders and experts have warned that real chal- ing what the authorities say was a law banning official estimates show. Before Mubarak’s over- ever committing apostasy. Her judge the judiciary,” said the source, who request- lenges now face Sisi as he inherits a deeply all but police-sanctioned protests. throw they stood at $12 billion but have since showed no mercy, also sentencing her to ed anonymity. “The ministry then wanted polarized country. The United States said it looks Analysts say it will be tough for the Egyptian fallen to about $2 billion annually. During cam- 100 lashes for adultery, as marriage to stop it (under pressure from) internal forward to working with Sisi but expressed con- authorities to restore stability amid the prevail- paigning, Sisi had called for “strengthening the between a Muslim woman and a non- forces who were angered” by the cerns about the “restrictive political environ- ing polarization across the country. “The role of the state” to implement projects that Muslim man is considered adulterous announcement of Ishag’s imminent ment” in which last week’s vote took place. The Brotherhood and the revolutionaries consider would kick-start the fledgling economy propped under Sudan’s interpretation of sharia law. release. May 26-28 election was boycotted by Morsi’s him (Sisi) as an enemy,” said Ahmed Abd Rabou, up by Gulf funds. A former Sudanese diplomat, Rachid Muslim Brotherhood and youth groups of the political science professor at Cairo University, Sisi also said that for him, “national security” Diplomatic mine field Abu Shama, said these contradictions 2011 popular uprising, after both were targeted indicating that there was little hope of dialogue takes precedence over democratic freedoms, On Saturday, Abdullah al-Azraq, a for- were explained by “the state’s political in a withering crackdown on dissent. with youth movements. and such remarks have sparked concerns of a eign ministry undersecretary, told AFP and confusion, which results in these equally “We urge the president-elect and the govern- “He has a military background. He is not a return to autocracy. On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s other media during a visit to London that confused declarations, to the point where ment to adopt the reforms that are needed to man of negotiation. He is a man of orders that King Abdullah, who opposes the Muslim Ishag would be “freed within days in line some officials pronounce on a subject govern with accountability and transparency, must be obeyed.” On Tuesday, Sisi attempted to Brotherhood, called for a donors’ conference to with legal procedure that will be taken by they are not responsible for.” “The foreign ensure justice for every individual, and demon- ease concerns as he echoed the slogans of the aid Egypt’s economy as he congratulated Sisi on the judiciary and the ministry of justice.” ministry undersecretary was abroad for strate a commitment to the protection of the 2011 uprising, urging Egyptians to work for his “historic” victory. “The Saudis and the UAE But the following day, Sudan’s foreign min- health treatment,” when he said that Ishag universal rights of all Egyptians,” said the White “bread, freedom, human dignity, social justice”. (United Arab Emirates) want this government to istry denied that she would be freed soon. would be freed, “which the judiciary had House. It was only in April that Washington par- remain in power. But if the government does not It said quotes attributed to Azraq had been not decided on.” — AFP tially lifted its annual aid to Egypt worth around ‘Money into black hole’ turn around the economy, they would be pour- $1.5 billion, which it had frozen after the military More than three years of political unrest has ing money into a black hole,” said Dorsey — AFP Kerry arrives in Beirut on unannounced visit

BEIRUT: US Secretary of State John Kerry is on an Lebanon requires a “fully functioning” presiden- Suleiman, a former army commander, was elected unannounced trip to Lebanon to bring Obama cy in order to cope with tremendous challenges it in 2008. The absence of a president is chiefly a set- administration support to the country’s govern- faces, the official said, adding that although back for Lebanon’s Christian community, whose ment as it confronts severe difficulties, with an Washington has no favored candidate, the US influence has significantly waned since the coun- influx of refugees from next door in Syria and a would like to see a new president in office as soon try’s 1975-90 war. It also erodes fragile institutions political stalemate at home. Kerry arrived in Beirut as possible. Kerry is the first secretary of state to that keep the country of several Christian and on to meet with Lebanese officials and others as visit Lebanon in five years; Hillary Rodham Clinton Muslim sects together. they deal with both the fallout from the conflict in traveled there in April 2009. Kerry traveled to Under Lebanon’s power-sharing system, the Syria and a seemingly intractable dispute over who Lebanon at least four times as a senator since 2006, president must be a Maronite Christian, the prime will become the next Lebanese president. Kerry is the last time in November 2010. minister a Sunni Muslim and the parliament speak- expected to announce another $290 million in aid The Lebanese are deeply split over the civil war er a Shiite Muslim. For a parliament to elect the for United Nations agencies working on the Syrian in neighboring Syria and have lined up behind president, a two-thirds quorum - 85 of the legisla- refugee issue throughout the region. opposing sides in that conflict. Those deep divi- ture’s 128 members - is needed, but none of the Lebanon, home to 4.5 million people, is strug- sions are among the reasons for the lack of agree- sessions to choose Suleiman’s successor met that gling to cope with the presence of more than a ment on a consensus candidate for the country’s requirement. million Syrian and Palestinian refugees in desper- next president. Michel Suleiman’s six-year term Consensus has been near impossible. The Shiite ate need of housing, education and medical care. A ended last month but Lebanese politicians have group Hezbollah has been fighting alongside senior US official traveling with Kerry said that in not been able to agree on a successor. Five parlia- Syrian President Bashar Assad’s forces, while most addition to discussing the refugee issue with ment sessions over several weeks have failed to Lebanese Sunnis broadly support the armed upris- Lebanese officials, including Prime Minister elect a president because lawmakers allied with ing to overturn his rule. Although he was elected Tammam Salam and Parliament Speaker Nabih the militant Hezbollah group boycotted the meet- six years ago as a consensus president, Suleiman Berri, the secretary would also press them to deal ings. became a harsh critic of Hezbollah’s involvement in with the political crisis that has left the country Lebanon is accustomed to political crisis. It Syria and called on the group’s fighters to with- BEIRUT: Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Tammam without a president since last month. went for months without a president before draw from the neighboring country. — AP Salam at the government palace yesterday. — AP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Spain’s future king Felipe urges nation to unite

MADRID: Spain’s new king-in-waiting, Prince Felipe, united and diverse social and political community that urged Spaniards to unite for a better future yesterday has its roots in a millennium-long history”. His com- in his first public remarks since King Juan Carlos ments resonated at a time when Catalonia’s political announced an end to his 39-year reign. The tall, 46- chief Artur Mas is pushing ahead with plans to hold a year-old former Olympic yachtsman ascends to the vote on independence from Spain on November 9, throne as his nation struggles with a towering 26-per- defying fierce opposition from Madrid. cent jobless rate, smouldering republican sentiment A growing number of Catalonia’s 7.5 million citi- and a growing independence movement in the north- zens resent the redistribution of their taxes to other eastern region of Catalonia. parts of Spain and believe the region would be better “In difficult periods such as these we are going off on its own. Juan Carlos was cheered with cries of through, past experience in history shows us that only “Long live the king” at a separate prize ceremony he by uniting our desires, putting the common good presided at yesterday with business representatives. ahead of individual interests and promoting the initia- But many Spaniards, especially the young, would pre- tive, curiosity and creativity of each person, can we fer to abolish the monarchy. manage to advance to better scenarios,” Felipe said. Thousands of anti-royalist protesters massed in the “This is the spirit that everyone-institutional heads, streets after Juan Carlos’s abdication announcement. social and economic agents, organizations and citi- A group of small leftist parties also backed a referen- zens-should have so as to decisively confront the dum on the future of the monarchy. Spain’s ruling future and broaden the field of hope that opens up Popular Party and the main opposition Socialists both before us.” The future King Felipe VI, wearing a navy- support the monarchy, however, ensuring Felipe’s suc- blue suit, stressed Spain’s 1,000-year history of unity cession will be approved by parliament, possibly as and diversity as he appeared with his elegant wife soon as June 18. Letizia, 41, wearing a pink jacket, at a cultural awards Juan Carlos was widely respected for smoothing ceremony in northern Spain’s Monastery of Leyre. Spain’s transition to democracy after the death of General Francisco Franco in 1975, in particular for PAMPLONA: Prince Felipe talks with Princess Letizia during the Prince’s Viana Award, at the ‘Our dear Spain’ appearing on national television to thwart an attempt- Monastery of Leyre yesterday. — AP It was the royal couple’s first joint appearance in ed military coup in February 1981. public since the 76-year-old Juan Carlos announced Many Spaniards were outraged to hear the king ly, however. Speaking to reporters during a United on Monday he would abdicate to pass the crown to “a ‘No problem with change’ took a luxury elephant-hunting trip to Botswana in Nations event in New York, Spain’s Queen Sofia said younger generation”. Felipe said he would keep his But in a study by pollster Sigma Dos published in 2012 as they struggled to find jobs in a recession. The the changeover to Felipe’s reign would be smooth. remarks short out of respect for parliament, which has January, support for the king, who has been troubled king’s youngest daughter Cristina was named as a sus- “My son represents continuity. There will be no prob- the duty of proclaiming the new monarch in line with by ill health, gaffes and family scandals, fell to 41 per- pect this year in connection with her husband Inaki lem with the change,” she said. Asked what advice she the Spanish constitution of 1978. cent. Those wanting him to abdicate in favour of Urdangarin’s allegedly corrupt business dealings. could give Letizia, the queen replied: “That she be her- Yet he promised to devote all his strength to serv- Felipe surged to 62 percent. Only 49 percent approved Felipe and Letizia have largely avoided being tainted self. She is very competent, charming and I love her ing the Spanish people and “our dear Spain-a nation, a of the monarchy itself. by the scandals dogging other members of their fami- very much.” — AFP Obama and Putin spar as rebels battle in Ukraine Artillery shelling continues in key town WARSAW: President Barack Obama yesterday con- tyranny of the 20th century. days of empires and spheres of influence are over.” demned Russia’s “dark tactics” and bullying in Ukraine Obama will come face-to-face with Putin tomor- “Bigger nations must not be allowed to bully the and President Vladimir Putin hit back at American row in France. Though several European leaders are small, or impose their will at the barrel of a gun or “aggression,” as new venom deepened the worst US- meeting the Russian leader and hope to pursue dia- with masked men taking over buildings.” Putin said Russia clash in decades. Obama met Ukraine’s presi- logue to ease the Ukraine crisis-which saw hundreds he could not understand why Obama, who has spent dent-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw and prom- of rebels battle government forces yesterday- months trying to isolate him over Ukraine, would not ised years of US support, then blasted Russia and Washington remains to be convinced. “We will not hold a formal meeting with him during 70th anniver- vowed to protect ex-Soviet states in NATO in a hawk- accept Russia’s occupation of Crimea or its violations sary commemorations of the Normandy landings in ish speech marking 25 years of Polish democracy. of Ukraine’s sovereignty,” Obama said, as Defense World War II. “How can we allow the dark tactics of the 20th Secretary Chuck Hagel announced in Brussels a “It is his choice, I am ready for dialogue,” Putin century to define this new century?” Obama asked, review of “the US force presence in Europe” amid the said in an interview with French broadcasters as he adopted the mantle of ‘leader of the West’ worn Ukraine crisis. Europe1 and TF1 conducted at his dacha in the by previous presidents during the Cold War. “As we’ve “Our free nations will stand united so that further Black Sea resort of Sochi. The Russian leader accused been reminded by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, our Russian provocations will only mean more isolation the United States of hypocrisy in its “aggressive” free nations cannot be complacent in pursuit of the and costs for Russia,” Obama said in Warsaw, hours attempts to punish Russia over Ukraine. “We have WARSAW: US President Barack Obama (center) and Poland’s President Bronislaw vision we share-a Europe that is whole and free and before arriving in Belgium later yesterday for a G7 almost no military forces abroad yet look: every- Komorowski (left) speak with Ukraine new president-elect Petro Poroshenko (right) at peace,” said Obama who spoke behind bullet proof summit dedicated to coordinating policy towards where in the world there are American military during the main celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of first partly free elections glass in front of the Royal Castle in Warsaw-a rebuilt Moscow. In a clear reference to Russia’s action in bases, American troops thousands of kilometers yesterday. — AP symbol of Polish triumph over the destruction and Crimea and wider Ukraine, Obama warned that “the from their borders. — AFP Venice mayor arrested in corruption scandal

VENICE: Venice’s mayor and more than 30 other people were arrested yesterday in a sweeping corruption scandal in which politicians are accused of financing election campaigns with Cameroon students some 25 million euros ($34 million) in bribes from the consor- caught in Boko tium building underwater barriers to protect the lagoon city from flooding. One of a series of bribery probes into major pub- Haram crossfire lic works projects in Italy, the web of alleged bribery revealed in Venice has many of the same characteristics as Italy’s “Kickback FOTOKOL: Stray bullets regularly whizz through the court- City” scandal of 20 years ago that toppled an entire political yard of the Fotokol high school in northern Cameroon, a ter- class. rifying reminder of the Boko Haram gunmen carrying out deadly raids just across the border with Nigeria. Their insides “There are even some of the same players,” prosecutor Carlo cramped with fear, pupils’ eyes dart from their teacher Nordio, who was involved in the 1990s investigations, told a towards the windows during class, unable to concentrate on news conference. “This system, however, is much more sophisti- their lessons. “We have a phobia, the danger is always there,” cated and much more difficult to discover.” The head of the con- said Boris Bouba, a 20-year-old student at the school. “When sortium building the so-called Moses barriers was placed under we are in class, we are always keeping watch on the windows. house arrest last year in an earlier phase of the investigation. He We can never fully concentrate because we are afraid.” along with others created a 25 million euro slush fund abroad As the school year wraps up, pupils gathering in the tree- that was used to bribe politicians, who then used the money for lined courtyard appear impatient to get their reports and election campaigns as well as personal gain, Nordio said. leave as soon as possible. “We are always on the alert,” school The illicit funding was at the city, regional and national level, headmaster Jean Felix Nyioto told AFP, seated behind his prosecutors said. Mayor Giorgio Orsoni was placed under desk in a cramped office. “At any moment gunfire crackles on house arrest, accused of illegally financing political parties, the other side, but also from time to time here” in Fotokol. prosecutors said. The more than 30 others were accused of illicit The other side refers to Gamboru, a Nigerian village party financing, corruption and fiscal fraud, among other descended upon by swarms of Boko Haram fighters in May. charges. Orsoni’s lawyer released a statement denying wrong- The extremists opened fire on residents in an attack which doing. local sources say left at least 300 people dead. The Fotokol Two others, including former Agriculture Minister Giancarlo highschool is just 300 metres (nearly 1,000 feet) away from Galan, are lawmakers and procedure requires a parliamentary Gamboru, separated by only a small river. However there is vote before they can be arrested. The slush fund was created no fence or security for the nearly 600 uniformed youngsters through a system of overbilling, often for nonexistent services, who file into its classrooms every day. ultimately paid for by taxpayers who are funding the construc- tion of the ambitious and long-delayed system of barriers. Threats to burn down school “It is doubly serious because in the end it was citizens who His expression taut, Nyioto describes how bullets from paid the bribes,” Nordio said. The cost of the Moses project, now Gamboru regularly zing through the high school, and mortar running at 5 billion euros, has run well above initial estimates. shells fall nearby. However the headmaster is currently more But Nordio said the investigation would have no impact on anxious about flyers that recently appeared on the streets of Fotokol, threatening direct attacks on the school and its construction, 80 percent of which is now completed. The proj- teachers. ect was launched with great fanfare more than a decade ago, “Boko Haram has threatened to burn down the school, and the first barrier was installed only last summer. customs and government buildings. We are so scared of Current plans call for it to be operational by 2016. The arrests being targeted,” said another student, Ali Abba. Boko Haram, marked the most high-profile of a spate of unrelated corruption which has been waging a violent insurgency in Nigeria’s investigations, mostly involving bribery or embezzlement accu- north since 2009, loosely translates as “Western education is sations, that have implicated public officials and former high- forbidden”. The hardline Islamists have burned down many ranking government ministers. They have revolved around schools, often massacring students in their sleep. In February some of the biggest Italian public works projects, including the nearly 60 Nigerian pupils were killed in an attack on their dor- Milan world’s fair, Expo 2015, and an Italian-funded water proj- mitory before it was razed to the ground. ect in Iraq. While these recent cases have involved individuals Their deadly insurgency hit international headlines in allegedly enriching themselves, the Venice investigation April when 219 schoolgirls were taken hostage in the remote allegedly involves the illicit financing of political parties, draw- northeastern town of Chibok. Cameroon, which shares 2,000 ing immediate comparisons to the “Clean Hands” anti-corrup- kilometers (1,250 miles) of border with Nigeria, is increasingly tion investigations of the 1990s. Those probes uncovered sys- targeted by Boko Haram. The Islamist militants have already tematic kickbacks from businessmen to Italian politicians and kidnapped several foreigners there. In mid-May suspected other public officials. gunmen from the group took 10 Chinese road workers cap- Yesterday’s arrests put more pressure on Premier Matteo tive in an attack which left a Cameroonian soldier dead. Renzi to take action, after his appointment of an anti-corruption The girls at Fotokol high school are particularly afraid of czar earlier this year. Over the weekend, the European what Boko Haram may have in store for them. “I am so scared Commission flagged the deep-rooted problem of corruption as Boko Haram will come to our school and kidnap us,” said an issue hampering investment and economic renewal in Italy, Sidonie Dimissigue, 15, a Christian who says she has been which ranked 69th in Transparency International’s perceived wracked with anxiety and unable to concentrate in class level of public sector corruption last year - behind Montenegro since hearing of the Chibok attack. “Thoughts are racing and just ahead of Kuwait. Named after the biblical figure who through my head. I speak to Daddy about them to try and parted the Red Sea, the Moses barriers are designed to be calm down,” she said. Alice Kouvou, 20, said she decided to raised to prevent flooding of Venice’s architectural treasures, stay in school despite efforts by her parents to get her to including St Mark’s Square, during frequent high tides. — AP leave Fotokol. — AFP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Spinoff takes Time back to the future

WASHINGTON: Storied magazine publisher Time a chance to refocus with an improved strategy for veteran executive Joe Ripp is leaving the Time & Life space,” he said, adding that the formula for doing Inc gets a fresh start with its upcoming spinoff as an the magazines and their integration with online building in midtown New York, where it has been that is not yet clear-”there’s no secret sauce.” independent company in a challenging and fast- services. “I would expect some selling of assets, and since 1959, for Lower Manhattan. It also agreed to Samir Husni, director of the Magazine Innovation changing media landscape. The split highlights the maybe some buying,” Doctor told AFP. acquire technology firm Cozi this week to help opti- Center at the University of Mississippi’s journalism woes of print journalism, which has been suffering He said the flagship weekly Time magazine is mize its websites. Time Inc has “one of the strongest school, said the spinoff can help the division for years from a move to digital news. The June 6 “largely anachronistic” and that it’s not clear how it collections of media brands,” reaching some 100 mil- emerge from being a “poor stepchild” of a large move split the magazine arm-including the famed can compete in the fast-moving world of journalism. lion US consumers in print and 70 million online conglomerate. Time newsweekly, Fortune, People and Sport The new company, he added, must decide whether each month, according to company documents. “The best thing that’s happening is putting the Illustrated-from media giant Time Warner, ending a it wants to focus on breaking news and long-form magazines back in the hands of people who marriage that merged the two firms in 1990. journalism, or “lifestyle” titles such as Food & Wine No ‘secret sauce’ know and care about them,” said Husni. Contrary The new firm is the latest publishing spinoff from and Travel & Leisure. Properties include iconic titles like Fortune, to popular belief, Husni said Americans still read a a big conglomerate. It comes on the heels of Rupert begun in 1929; Sports Illustrated, launched in large number of magazines and some publishers, Murdoch’s News Corp splitting its entertainment Leaving home 1954; and People, which premiered in 1974, as such as Hearst, have successfully launched new and publishing segments, and a similar action “The early magazines created by Henry Luce may well as some 50 international editions for print or titles and kept existing ones healthy. planned by Tribune Co. Time Warner “is dumping be the least valuable,” he said. “So Time may want to digital. When its finances are calculated inde- He said he sees Time Inc returning to its roots the magazines to save themselves from continual go the lifestyle route.” Usher said that if the new firm pendently, the unit showed a modest net profit of with high-quality journalism, adding that losses year after year,” said Nikki Usher, a George wants to compete in daily journalism, it needs to $201 million on revenues of $3.35 billion in 2013. “nobody does weeklies the way Time Inc. does Washington University professor specializing in new invest more to cover breaking news for its digital “This is a very challenging environment for the weeklies.” “I truly believe this is a new spin on life media. clients and long-form journalism for print. “A lot of magazine industry,” said Mark Jurkowitz at the for Time Inc. and all the magazines,” he told AFP. Ken Doctor, analyst at the research firm Outsell, the best writers are producing for the weekly cycle Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project, whose “You can see the excitement. There is some nerv- agreed, saying “this is an affirmation that print- but there is a need to fill that 24/7 Web environ- recent study showed single-copy magazine sales ousness but, they know if they fail they will fail based publishing assets have no growth prospects.” ment,” she told AFP. down 43 percent since 2008. doing something they love, rather than being But analysts said an independent Time Inc will have In a symbolic move, the new company headed by “These magazines have to monetize the digital pushed to do something they hate.” — AFP White House apologizes to lawmakers for prisoner swap Congress ‘dismayed’ at lack of prior information WASHINGTON: The White House apologized for National Deputy Security Advisor Tony Blinken, no soldier behind, they agree that securing keeping lawmakers in the dark regarding the who offered his apology. Lawmakers have Bergdahl’s release after five years in Taleban cap- exchange of an American soldier for five Taleban pounced on Obama for not giving Congress 30 tivity was admirable. fighters, senators said Tuesday, as controversy days notice before releasing any detainee at the But lawmakers have blasted the swap for grew over the issue. Administration officials Guantanamo Bay military prison, as required in a appearing to violate the principal of not negoti- planned a classified briefing for the full 100- law signed in December. ating with terrorists. “I am concerned about what member chamber yesterday, with lawmakers Chambliss and Feinstein pointed to such precedents we set here for exchanges, because I from both parties fuming over the trade, which assurances made in 2012 by then-Secretary of don’t want the message to be, you can go ahead saw captured soldier Bowe Bergdahl released State Hillary Clinton when a similar swap for and capture Americans and use them to barter Saturday to US special forces in Afghanistan. Bergdahl was mulled. Senate Democrat Carl for others,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Levin said Obama put Congress “on notice” last chairman Robert Menendez told reporters. Feinstein, a senior member of President Barack December in a signing statement saying he has And lawmakers Tuesday seized on adminis- Obama’s Democratic Party, said the White House constitutional authority to move quickly on tration rationale that the swap was rushed breached US law when it failed to alert Congress detainees. because Bergdahl’s health had deteriorated to the proposed trade. “It comes with some sur- And Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said sharply and his life was in immediate danger. “I prise and dismay that the transfers went ahead he was told of the swap Friday and that he sup- have heard no evidence that that is the case,” with no consultation, totally not following the ported the exchange. But few others openly said Senate Intelligence Committee member law,” she told reporters. backed the president. House Speaker John Susan Collins. Meanwhile, CNN reported “We’re very dismayed about it.” Feinstein Boehner said the only reason Obama did not Tuesday that a US Army fact-finding investiga- reflected mounting bipartisan concern as law- give the necessary notice “is because the admin- tion conducted in the months after Bergdahl’s makers questioned the merits of releasing from istration knew it faced serious and sober biparti- 2009 disappearance concluded that he left his Guantanamo five hardened Taleban fighters and san concern and opposition.” post deliberately, according to an official famil- officials in exchange for Bergdahl. Seeking to iar with the probe who spoke with the network mop up the political fallout, a senior White Lawmakers put in tricky spot on condition of anonymity. The official said House official called Senator Saxby Chambliss, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin called the there was no definitive finding Bergdahl had the Intelligence Committee’s top Republican, affair “very disturbing.”The swap will be debated deserted because that would have required late Monday “apologizing for not giving us in an open House hearing next week, with knowing his intent. The probe also interviewed WILMINGTON: A worker inspects the underside of the Interstate 495 bridge over the advance warning,” Chambliss said. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel invited to testify. members of Bergdahl’s unit, none of whom Christina River near Wilmington, Delaware. — AP Congress ‘on notice’ The controversy puts lawmakers in a tricky spot. reported seeing him go, according to the offi- Feinstein said she too was called Monday, by Cognizant of the American military code to leave cial. — AFP East Coast highway bridge stays closed

WILMINGTON: Underneath a now-silent to be partly in the transportation depart- interstate bridge over which 90,000 trac- ment’s right of way, could be a factor. tor-trailers and cars normally rumble “We don’t know what the effect of that every day, engineers and workers in hard weight is” underground, he said. Officials hats are using shovels and high-tech sen- are trying to determine where the dirt sors to figure out how and why the pile came from, how long it’s been there ground has shifted. The Interstate 495 and how much it weighs. Engineers will bridge in Wilmington, Delaware, was use real-time data from tilt sensors closed Monday after four pairs of sup- placed on the bridge to see if they port pillars were found to be tilting. respond to removal of the dirt pile, but Officials do not know when it will Bhatt said there could be other under- reopen. ground issues in the heavily industrial- Engineers are hoping to unearth clues ized area, such as deterioration of giant that will help them determine how to steel pilings driven deep into bedrock to shore up the bridge over the Christina support the bridge. River, a process officials say is going to take considerable time. “Anything that’s ‘Structurally deficient’ buried is a lot more difficult to deal with “There could be an issue with corro- than anything that’s above ground,” not- sion under there a hundred feet down ed Delaware Transportation Secretary that we don’t know yet. I actually have a Shailen Bhatt. lot more questions now than I have “This is a really serious situation that answers,” he said. Four pairs of 50-foot- we’re very lucky we caught in time,” Bhatt tall columns that are 5 feet in diameter NEBRASKA: Large storm clouds roll through near West Point, Tuesday, June 3, 2014. — AP added. “We don’t know what could have are leaning, with the top of one roughly happened. We’re going to take every 2 feet out of line with the bottom. They step to make sure things are safe before are tilting by as much as 2.4 degrees, or 4 we reopen.” Still, the transportation percent, from vertical. Hail, tornadoes reported department’s chief engineer stressed Out of concern for public safety, offi- that officials didn’t believe a collapse was cials do not want to allow traffic back on imminent. the bridge until they find out more about as storms cross Midwest what caused the pillars to shift, and Process to take weeks whether they are still moving. “We never said that it was ready to fail. Authorities said that in a worst-case sce- We were concerned about the tilt nario, such as a crash that forced traffic Police use boats to assist stranded drivers because that was abnormal behavior for to back up and stall in both directions on DES MOINES: Baseball-sized hail pummeled threat has pushed further south into northern Council Bluffs in western Iowa, more than 25 that structure,” Rob McCleary said. the bridge, certain parts of it might not homes and cars in Nebraska and Iowa on Missouri, the strongest of the storms,” she said. vehicles had their windows shattered by hail, Meanwhile, the six-lane, 11-mile-long I- be able to handle the weight load within Tuesday as powerful thunderstorms moved said Terry Landsvork, an observation program 495 bypass from south of Wilmington to acceptable safety standards. through a swath of Midwest states, also causing Completely flooded leader for the National Weather Service in Valley, the Pennsylvania line remains closed “If all the traffic was stopped and you severe flooding and prompting reports of torna- Heavy rain and flooding were reported in the Nebraska. were directing maximum stress and load indefinitely, with motorists being shunt- does. The National Weather Service said reports Omaha area of Nebraska, where dozens of resi- ed onto nearby Interstate 95 through on that bridge, you could get overload... of extensive hail damage and flooding trickled in dents were evacuated from low-lying homes on Storms impact primary polls downtown Wilmington, further over- that could potentially lead to failure,” as storms pushed into Nebraska and moved into the northeast side of the city. The Eppley Airfield “They were driving along Interstate 29, had no loading one of the most crowded arter- Bhatt said. The closing of the bridge is neighboring Iowa, where winds of up to 85 mph airport closed for several hours. “It’s just com- place to go, and whether they were driving or ies in America. the latest crisis involving the half-centu- were recorded. Up to 4 inches of rain was pletely flooded these areas, and these homes are pulled over, they just didn’t escape the hail,” he McCleary said a system to shore up ry-old interstate system. expected in parts those states, which were the now filling up with water in their basement said. The storms impacted primary elections in and brace the bridge will have to be An AP analysis of more than 600,000 hardest hit. The storm also tracked across parts areas, so we’re pulling people out,” said Omaha Iowa and South Dakota. Officials in Pottawattamie designed, a process that will take weeks, bridges last year showed that more than of Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota and Illinois. police spokesman James Shade, noting a 95- and Montgomery counties in Iowa, where polls not days. “It’s not going to be open any- 65,000 were classified as “structurally “This is one of these days we can’t let our year-old woman in a wheelchair was rescued. closed at 9 pm CDT, reported closing some time soon,” Bhatt said. The problem was deficient” and more than 20,000 as “frac- guard down,” said Bill Bunting, forecast opera- Police also used boats to assist dozens of driv- precincts temporarily due to poor weather. first discovered by crews working on an ture critical.” Of those, nearly 8,000 were tions chief at the Storm Prediction Center in ers stranded in floodwaters around the city. “It’s nasty here. You can’t imagine,” said unrelated project. Two employees of pri- both - a combination of red flags that Norman, Oklahoma. Bunting said several trained Shade said many cars remain stuck on those Pottawattamie County Auditor Mary Jo Drake. vate geoscience consulting company experts say indicates significant disre- spotters reported tornadoes in central and flooded streets. Iowa Gov Terry Branstad issued “It’s as black as the ace of spades.” In South Duffield Associates saw some cracking in pair and risk of collapse. The main span southwest Iowa, and at least one report came in Tuesday night a proclamation of disaster emer- Dakota, where polls closed at 8 pm CDT, a the soil around a large dirt pile dumped of the Delaware bridge is considered from southwest Kansas. Reports will not be con- gency for Pottawattamie County in the western morning thunderstorm forced Senate candi- on the east side of the bridge - the direc- fracture critical, meaning it is at risk of firmed until damage can be assessed part of the state, which will allow officials to use date Mike Rounds, who was flying to Rapid tion in which the columns are tilting. collapse if a single, vital component fails. Wednesday morning. state resources to respond to the effects of the City, to land in Pierre. The severe weather They then looked at the leaning columns But officials say the span where the Becky Kern, a meteorologist with the National storms. threat arrives amid an unusually quiet late and contacted transportation officials, columns are tilting is not considered Weather Service in Valley, Nebraska, said the sys- In the northeast Nebraska cities of Norfolk spring, with far fewer documented tornados said the firm’s chairman, Jeff Bross. fracture critical. The bridge’s superstruc- tem has involved a “training” of thunderstorms, and Blair, residents reported shattered windows in May than in many recent years. Bunting “They were significant cracks,” Bross ture, which supports the deck over which involves a series of thunderstorms follow- in homes and vehicles after baseball-sized hail said the main concern Tuesday night was said. Bhatt said engineers are looking at which vehicles travel, was deemed struc- ing one after another. The system will move to passed through. The weather service received widespread straight-line winds. “As we like to all geotechnical issues and have deter- turally deficient in 1994 but no longer the southeast early Wednesday, toward parts of reports of two motels with roofs torn in western say, it doesn’t have to rotate to be dangerous,” mined that the dirt pile, which appears carries that rating. -— AP Missouri and Illinois, she said. “It looks like the Iowa’s Missouri Valley. On Interstate 29 north of he said. — AP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Karachi shuts down Protests over politician’s UK arrest spread

KARACHI: For more than two decades, Altaf Hussain has wielded control of this freewheeling, violent city of 20 million half a world away from his drab London suburb home. His arrest on Tuesday by British police has left Pakistan’s biggest city on edge and fuelled questions about the future of his political machine. The 60-year-old is revered by his fiercely loyal supporters- mainly ethnic Mohajirs who migrat- ed from India at the time of parti- MCLEOD GANJ: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama (center) is seen with other tion, while critics accuse him of run- officials observing a minute of silence to mourn the death of Tibetans due to Chinese ning his party as a violent mafia-like crackdowns in Tibet in McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala. — AFP organization. Party workers appeared to be in a state of shock yesterday at a Tibet leaders bid to resurrect protest rally organized on the main thoroughfare of this city and attend- drive for autonomy from China ed by thousands. Kashif Ahmed NEW DELHI: Senior Tibetan exiles will meet Talks impasse Shaikh, a die-hard party supporter, showed off razor-blade cuts on his revered spiritual leader the Dalai Lama this Beijing broke off talks with the Dalai upper arms. “I wasn’t able to vent week to kick-start a new push for greater Lama’s envoys in 2010, and refuses to deal my anger on anyone so I did this for autonomy from China as they try to halt a with his administration, including Tibet’s prime minister-in-exile Lobsang Sangay. It my leader,” said the 32-year-old at a horrific string of self-immolations. Exiles in protest rally over Hussain’s arrest in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala has issued no comment on this week’s meet- ing. Sangay was elected to the new position London on money-laundering will launch a media campaign today in a bid charges. to pile global pressure on Beijing to resume in 2011 after the Dalai Lama gave up political duties, but the Harvard-educated scholar “He has done a lot for us and talks on the issue of autonomy. these wounds are just a humble way The campaign includes a website and lacks the spiritual leader’s high profile. Despite his political retirement, the Dalai to express our love and reverence social media sites to improve understanding for him. We can even lay down our KARACHI: Kashif Ahmed Shaikh, a supporter of Pakistan’s Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), holds a of the “Middle Way” approach for autonomy Lama is likely to take centre-stage today for photograph of MQM party leader Altaf Hussain as razor blade cuts - self-inflicted in reaction to his leader’s the launch in Dharamsala as organizers seek lives for him,” he added. The senti- which the Dalai Lama has long advocated, arrest - are seen on his forearm during a protest yesterday. —AFP to generate maximum publicity for their ments are indicative of how deep rather than independence. The move comes cause. The “Middle Way” includes handing passion for politics runs in Karachi, “The rhetoric was that they try’s feared Inter Services Centre for International Studies and amid a growing sense of desperation among Tibetans decision-making positions in the which grew from a small fishing struggled, they sacrificed to come to Intelligence agency, the British gov- Research (CERI) in Paris. Tibetans against what they view as Chinese region. Sangay says it does not pose a threat town in the 19th century to Pakistan and that’s why they should ernment confirmed two years ago. “Are they capable? That’s the key oppression of their religion and culture in to the Chinese Communist Party’s rule. The Pakistan’s economic hub. have rights. They believed their question,” said Gayer, who will this their homeland. approach was endorsed by US President It is home to large numbers of all migration justified the creation of What next for Karachi? week launch a book on the city, More than 100 Tibetans have set them- Barack Obama in February when he met the the country’s religious and ethnic Pakistan,” she said. Despite the Following his arrest in London, “Karachi Ordered Disorder and the selves on fire since 2009, with most dying of Dalai Lama in Washington, a move that groups, whose political parties MQM’s early successes in bringing MQM leaders made several appeals Struggle for the City”. “I remember their injuries, in a gruesome protest against angered Beijing. Robbie Barnett, a professor developed armed wings during the development and assistance to for calm. There have been scattered the words of a friend in Karachi a Chinese rule of the isolated territory. “We of modern Tibetan studies at Columbia 1980s. The MQM was founded by Mohajirs, the turbulent city contin- outbreaks of violence, the peace has few years ago: the decline of the have appealed to Tibetans not to resort to University, said the approach has not made Hussain in 1984 in response to the ued to see violent clashes resulting thus far held-but analysts question MQM could be as violent as its self-immolation and appealed to the Chinese major progress since the Dalai Lama retired marginalization of Mohajirs- in a military operation in the city in how long it will last. “Unfortunately emergence. Have we arrived at that government to listen to the people and not from his political position, despite its backing migrants who fled India amid the 1992. Hussain fled the country say- in Pakistan all political parties, with moment yet? I don’t know.” respond with more repressive policies,” Dicki from the US and other Western governments. violence of the sub-continent’s par- ing he feared his life to settle in the exception of a few, are one- Ahmed, the Pakistani analyst, tition. Chhoyang, information minister for the exiled Barnett said Tibetan leaders have failed to London, where he began to address leader dominated parties and once said in the short-term, the MQM had Tibetan government, said. appease vocal critics within the exile commu- thousands of supporters in Pakistan that leader is not there the party probably made contingency plans Turbulent city “This is a campaign to show that there is a nity who call for Tibetans to push for total by videoconference or simply by suffers,” said Jaffar Ahmed, a long- for who would lead after Hussain, They are mainly concentrated in reasonable solution on the table,” she told independence and who argue that Beijing will phone. Despite being repeatedly time MQM observer in Karachi. given that the British investigation the cities of the southern Sindh AFP. China has ruled Tibet since 1951, a year never agree to any concessions on autonomy accused of inciting violence during “Altaf Hussain is a father figure began some years ago. But over the province, especially Karachi where after invading, and considers the Himalayan and the return of exiles. “Talks are always pos- his speeches, British authorities and he cannot be substituted at any long run, demographic changes- they form a majority. Nida Kirmani, region an integral part of its territory. Beijing sible, but any positive outcome would require awarded him with a passport in cost,” Farooq Sattar, MQM’s leader in particularly the arrival of Pasthuns an academic at the Lahore says it has brought economic development to exceptional skill and patience on the Tibetan 2002 — partly due to his party’s sec- Pakistan said. If Hussain is eventual- from the country’s restive northwest University of Management Sciences, Tibet and has questioned the sincerity of the side, and a shift in policy direction by the ular, anti-Taleban outlook. ly removed from politics senior fig- who are denounced by the MQM for said the Mohajir community felt Dalai Lama, who fled for India after a failed Chinese side,” he said. China held nine rounds Hussain wrote to former British ures like Sattar could find their abili- their “Talebanization” of the city- aggrieved by quota systems and uprising in 1959. Beijing accuses the Nobel of dialogue with the Dalai Lama’s envoys from prime minister Tony Blair in 2001 ty to maintain control over local-lev- together with internal dissent could preferential treatment for other Peace Prize winner of supporting separatism 2002 to 2010 before they stalled, and the offering help against Al-Qaeda in el party leaders in Karachi tested, threaten the party’s hegemony, he groups. and violence in the region. process produced no visible results.—AFP return for the abolition of the coun- said Laurent Gayer, an analyst at the added. —AFP India parliament adjourns

NEW DELHI: The first session of India’s India’s five-week general election was accident in New Delhi, barely a week newly elected parliament lasted only supposed to have begun yesterday after taking up his post as rural affairs minutes yesterday as lawmakers morning. minister in new Prime Minister immediately adjourned in a mark of However, it has been pushed to Narendra Modi’s right-wing cabinet. respect for a government minister today as members of the ruling Interim speaker Kamal Nath read a who died in a car crash. The process of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attend brief tribute to Munde before mem- swearing-in the 543 members of the Gopinath Munde’s funeral. Munde bers then observed a two-minute Lok Sabha who won their seats in was killed on Tuesday morning in an silence. “The house stands adjourned to meet tomorrow on June 5 at 11:00 am,” Nath then said. In brief comments before he entered parliament, Modi promised to “fulfill the dreams” of the people of India who have given his party the first parliamentary majority for 30 years. “I assure the people of this country that in the temple of democ- racy we will work hard to fulfill the dreams and aspirations of the com- mon man in India,” said Modi. It is the first time Modi has been elected to parliament, as the repre- sentative of the holy city of Varanasi. The oath-taking process is expected to last until tomorrow afternoon when a vote will be held to elect a new speaker of the lower house, with veteran BJP representative Sumitra Mahajan seen as the frontrunner. President Pranab Mukherjee is expected to address a combined ses- sion of the two houses of parliament NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) arrives with on Monday. Parliament is expected to Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Urban Development, Venkaiah Naidu be adjourned on June 11 for several (right) for the first session of India’s newly elected parliament yesterday.—AFP weeks as the Modi government draws up a new budget. — AFP Underwater sound probed for links to missing jet SYDNEY: A team of Australian all to fit together but it really doesn’t,” event that would have produced a low- researchers looking into the disappear- said Duncan, senior research fellow with frequency sound that can travel thou- ance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Curtin’s Center for Marine Science and sands of kilometers (miles) under the released data yesterday about an Technology. “I’d love to be able to sit right conditions, Duncan said. unusual underwater sound recorded here and say, ‘Yeah, we’ve found this The team then checked data from around the time the plane vanished, thing and it’s from the plane’ - but the underwater recorders off the southwest though the lead scientist acknowledged reality is, there’s a lot of things that tip of Australia that are run by the the chances it is linked to the jet are make noise in the ocean.” United Nations’ Comprehensive Nuclear slim. The low-frequency sound was Test Ban Treaty Organization in Vienna. picked up by underwater listening Environment research One of the recorders had picked up a devices in the Indian Ocean off the west The noise could have come from a sound consistent with the original sig- coast of Australia on March 8, the same natural event, such as a small earth- nal. That allowed the team to determine day the Boeing 777 disappeared on a quake, Duncan said. He put the chances which direction the sound came from - flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to of it being linked to Flight 370 at less though not its precise location. Beijing with 239 people on board. than 20 percent. Soon after the search Researchers at Curtin University in for the plane moved to the southern Triple checking calculations Western Australia have been analyzing Indian Ocean, scientists from Curtin The scientists then refined the data the signal to see if it may be the sound decided to check the data from their further and realized the sound originat- of the plane crashing into the ocean. underwater acoustic recorders off ed somewhere south of India - an area But Alec Duncan, who’s heading up Rottnest Island, near Perth, to see if well outside the arc of ocean where offi- the research, said the sound appears to they’d picked up anything of interest. cials have determined the plane proba- have originated well outside the jet’s The scientists normally use the bly crashed. “It’s now looking as if it’s projected flight path that officials deter- recorders for environmental research, unlikely to be due to the aircraft mined based on satellite and radar data, such as studying whale sounds. This because it seems to be too far out into and is therefore unlikely to have come time, however, the data showed a signal the ocean,” Duncan said, though his from the plane. “It’s one of these situa- that they initially thought might be the team was triple-checking their calcula- tions where you find yourself willing it aircraft crashing into the ocean - an tions just to be sure.—AP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Campaigning kicks off for Indonesian election

JAKARTA: Campaigning for Indonesia’s Muslim, a potentially serious charge in aloof elites. “I will vote for Jokowi as he is July presidential election officially kicked the world’s most populous Muslim- humble and close to ordinary people,” off yesterday, with favorite Joko Widodo majority country. His only opponent, ex- said Suradi, 60, a motorized rickshaw facing a tough challenge from a Suharto- general Prabowo Subianto, headed to driver in the capital who like many era former general with a chequered Bandung, in the west of the main island Indonesians goes by one name. human rights record. Widodo, who won of Java, to begin campaigning yesterday In contrast, Prabowo was a leading fig- legions of fans during his time as Jakarta evening. ure in the military who commanded the governor, started the campaign period Voters face a stark choice between army’s special forces in the dying days of with a ceremony at his Indonesian Widodo, seen as a fresh face in a country the Suharto era in the late 1990s and has Democratic Party of Struggle’s headquar- still dominated by figures from the three- admitted ordering the abduction of ters in the capital. decade Suharto dictatorship, and democracy activists. But rights issues The party head handed him a cone of Prabowo, who has deep roots in the past. have taken a back seat in the local rice, a traditional gift in Indonesian cul- Widodo, known universally by his nick- media’s coverage of the elections, and ture to mark important events. He was name of “Jokowi”, has enjoyed a a mete- Prabowo has played up his military back- due to set off in the evening to the east- oric rise, from small town mayor on Java, ground in a country where many have a ern region of Papua, his first stop on a to Jakarta governor, and now the likely yearning for a strong leader. mammoth tour round the archipelago to next president of Indonesia. Despite Widodo’s huge popularity-he win votes for the July 9 poll. “The party has been leading in surveys to become machinery has moved up a gear from Dying days Indonesia’s next leader for months- today,” he told reporters. “We have dis- The 52-year-old’s humble background Prabowo has narrowed the gap dramati- JAKARTA: A vendor displays T-shirts bearing images of Indonesian presidential tributed all our ammunition-banners, T- and common touch-he regularly tours cally since legislative polls in April, and candidate Joko Widodo yesterday.— AP shirts, stickers.” the sprawling city’s slums in casual analysts predict a tight race. Whoever ing stability and overseeing a boom in ble to vote in the election across the He called for a “peaceful election with clothes-has made him popular in a coun- wins will take power after the decade- Southeast Asia’s top economy but criti- sprawling Indonesian archipelago, which integrity” following recent personal try where leaders have typically come long rule of President Susilo Bambang cised in recent years for indecisive leader- is the world’s fourth most populous attacks, including a false claim he is not a from the ranks of the military or wealthy, Yudhoyono, who was praised for bring- ship. Some 186 million people are eligi- country. — AFP

Strengthen forum construction and build ‘upgraded version’ of China-Arab relations

oday, we welcome delegates from together with the cooperation commit- Arab countries and the League of tee of Arab countries in the Gulf, has also TArab States in Beijing, as we pre- established the China-Gulf Cooperation pare to hold the Sixth Ministerial Council (GCC) strategic dialogue mecha- Meeting of the China-Arab Cooperation nism. China will unswervingly support Forum, and in the process celebrate the Arab countries’ self-directed exploration ten-year anniversary of the forum. The for the development road which is in line meeting represents the Chinese govern- with their national conditions. China will ment’s significant diplomatic action also support Arab countries to restore toward the Arab world in the modern their legitimate rights which include the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. Arab countries have offered precious support to China con- cerning China’s core interests and major concerns, and donate generously during times when China was stricken by disas- ters such as the Wenchuan earthquake. In the past decade, the council of foreign ministers at the League of Arab States has passed a number of resolutions on strengthening Arab-China friendly rela- tions across various areas. Developing the level of cooperation with China has become the common consensus among Arabic countries.

Major partner in energy resources This decade, economic and trade cooperation between China and Arab Wang Yi countries has seen a leap. Mutual trade BANGKOK: A woman waves as she passes Thai soldiers standing guard at Bangkok’s Victory Monument in Thailand yesterday. — AP between China and Arab states has context, which marks an important event climbed from $25.5 billion to $238.9 bil- in the history of China-Arab relations. lion, a 25 percent increase year-on-year; The event is of great significance in and Crude oil imported from Arab coun- Thai junta eyes help regards to linking the past with the tries to China rose from 40.58 million future and helping all sides continue to tons to 133 million tons, an annual forge ahead. increase of over 12 percent. The contract In January 2004, focusing on the long- value that Chinese enterprises recently from China, Vietnam term development of China-Arab rela- signed for construction projects within tions in the new century, China and the Arab countries has soared from $2.6 bil- Arab states jointly announced the estab- lion to $29.1 billion, a 27 percent lishment of the China-Arab forum at the increase year-on-year. Currently, China Australia downgrades ties with Thailand headquarters of the League of Arab has become the second largest trade States in Cairo. It was the result of new partner for Arab nations as a bloc and BANGKOK: China and Vietnam have expressed demonstrators gathered outside the Australian cent in the first quarter as political turmoil demands within the continuous devel- the largest partner for nine of these Arab support for Thailand’s new military government, Embassy yesterday to protest against what they depressed demand. The junta lifted a curfew on opment of political mutual trust and the countries. Meanwhile, Arab countries an army spokesman said yesterday, as pro-army see as foreign meddling in Thailand’s internal Tuesday in the resorts of Pattaya, Phuket and increasing maturity of pragmatic cooper- have become China’s seventh largest supporters held a small gathering at the affairs. Some handed roses to police guarding Samui, in order to “relieve areas that are peaceful ation between the two sides. It’s very trade partner, China’s major partner in Australian Embassy in protest against down- the embassy. The coup was the latest convulsion and free from political protests” and to support true to say that success is assured when energy resources and an important mar- grading of relations after last month’s coup. in a decade-long conflict between the Bangkok- Thailand’s vital tourism sector. the conditions are ripe. The forum was ket for contracted projects and overseas Several foreign governments have voiced disap- based royalist establishment, dominated by the The midnight to 4 am curfew has not been also a new measure taken by the two investment. In recent years, the momen- proval of the coup, which saw General Prayuth military, old-money families and the bureaucra- lifted in Bangkok but the junta seems deter- mined to win over hearts and minds in the capi- sides to conform to the wave of global- tum of China-Arab cooperation in new Chan-ocha take power after months of political cy, and supporters of Yingluck and her brother, unrest that undermined the government of Thaksin Shinawatra, who are adored by the poor tal. Supporters of the military are trying to hijack ization and the trend of regional cooper- areas including finance, aerospace and Yingluck Shinawatra. in the north and northeast. a gesture used by demonstrators opposed to the ation, which emerged as a result of mod- new energy has become increasingly “China’s and Vietnam’s ambassadors to “Friends not foes” coup, saying the three-fingered salute signifies ern times. The establishment of the more vigorous. Thailand met Supreme Commander General The army is determined to silence dissent and the ills of the deposed government, and not forum was based on a traditional friend- This decade, cultural exchanges Thanasak Patimaprakorn yesterday and assured has summoned around 300 activists, journalists, resistance to the takeover. The salute, inspired ship; driven by mutual cooperation; and between China and Arab countries have us that they still have a good relationship with academics and politicians since taking power by the hit film “The Hunger Games”, has been aimed towards common development, been splendid. At present, over 20 uni- Thailand and that they hope the situation will two weeks ago. Many have been detained for flashed as a symbol of defiance at street protests reflecting the strategic will and common versities in China have designed Arabic- return to normal quickly,” Yongyuth Mayalarp, a varying periods of time and, in order to be in Bangkok since the weekend. The military has choice of China and Arabic countries. related majors. A total of 11 Confucius spokesman for the military’s National Council for released, have had to sign statements that they warned demonstrators against making the institutes and one on-air Confucius class- Peace and Order, told reporters. Myanmar’s for- will step away from politics and halt anti-coup salute. Co-hosting cultural festivals room have been set up in eight Arab eign affairs ministry said it recognized Thailand’s activities. The junta has deployed thousands of Security forces detained at least seven people A decade of spring blossom and countries. The number of Arab students new military rulers. security forces across the country to search for who joined flash mob protests over the week- autumn harvest has been accompanied studying in China has exceeded more “Thailand is a sovereign state and the military weapons in a bid to crack down on armed end and held up three fingers against the junta, by trials and hardships. The China-Arab than 10,000 annually. Eight Arab coun- government has been endorsed by their king,” groups on both sides of the political divide. It according to the ruling National Council for Cooperation forum managed to establish tries have become the principal destina- Aung Linn, a director-general at Myanmar’s for- has ordered Thais who have “war weapons”, Peace and Order. “We are monitoring those who a cooperation mechanism by holding a tion countries for Chinese tourists. About eign affairs ministry, told Reuters yesterday. “Of including explosives and grenade launchers, to use this signal but have no plans to ban it yet,” series of activities which include ministe- 145 regular flights journey between course we do recognize them.” China’s foreign hand them in before June 10. deputy army spokesman Winthai Suvaree told ministry had no immediate response to the The order did not include registered hand- Reuters. rial conferences, senior officials’ meet- China and Arab nations every week, and report. The United States scrapped joint military guns. On a per capita basis, Thailand has more “But if there are gatherings of five people or ings, entrepreneur meetings and invest- the personnel exchange between the programs with Thailand days after the May 22 guns than most countries in the world. However, more doing this salute, then we will make arrests ment workshops, China-Arab relations two sides has exceeded more than coup while the European Union has urged the the country in general has remained calm since in some cases.” In its latest charm offensive, the and culture dialogue seminars, informal 830,000 individuals. In the past decade, military to free political detainees and end cen- the bloodless coup. There is little military pres- army is putting on a concert yesterday evening meetings, energy cooperation meetings, China has trained 15,676 professional sorship. ence on the streets and resistance to military at Victory Monument, one of Bangkok’s busiest press cooperation forums, meetings personnel in various fields, dispatched Australia downgraded its ties with Thailand rule has so far been peaceful. junctions and briefly the focus of protests after between senior officials in public health 5,338 staff members with medical on Saturday, imposed a travel ban on junta lead- In May, Thailand’s consumer confidence index the coup. “We want to show the public that the sectors, and the co-hosting of cultural expertise, and provided strong intellec- ers and cut defense cooperation, the toughest hit its highest level since January on hopes the military is here to protect the people and will do festivals. These activities have greatly tual support for the all-round develop- measures taken by a foreign government since military can bring the economy back from the its utmost to ensure stability,” Winthai said. enriched the contents of friendly ment of various social undertakings in the change of regime. A handful of pro-military brink of recession. The economy shrank 2.1 per- “Soldiers are friends not foes.” —Reuters exchange between the two sides, and Arab countries. China-Arab friendship, so strongly expanded the cooperation to speak, has been deeply implanted in mode of mutual benefit, which has the hearts of the people and has won become an important brand in leading popular support. Japan to act on child porn possession the development of China-Arab rela- Drawing from the decade-long expe- tions. rience of the China-Arab cooperation TOKYO: Japan edged closer to banning the pos- tographs and videos depicting real children, but imprisonment of up to one year, or fines of up to The past decade has seen the level of forum and China-Arab relations develop- session of child pornography yesterday, the last would exclude “manga” comics and “anime” one million yen ($9,800). In order to encourage political mutual trust between China and ment, the two sides always persist in major developed country to do so, but video, following calls to protect freedom of disposal of material, the penalties would be Arab states moving towards maturity. In treating one another with sincerity and pedophilia portrayed in the country’s popular expression. “The primary reason (for the new delayed for one year after the revised law comes 2010, the Fourth Ministerial Meeting of mutual trust, and maintain the overall anime comics will be exempt. Under Japan’s cur- rule) is to protect the rights of real children. So- into force. Those who were sent child porn mate- the China-Arab Cooperation Forum direction of strategic cooperation; rent legislation, only the production and distri- called mangas, animes and computer graphics rials by others without asking would be exempt released the “Tianjin Communique”, adhere to the values of pragmatic and bution of child pornography are banned, a situa- are outside its scope,” said an official at the leg- but keeping them and looking at them repeat- tion that campaigners say is damaging to chil- islative bureau of the house. edly could be penalized. which announced the establishment of a efficient cooperation with beneficial and dren. The move comes after the Tokyo strategic cooperation relationship reciprocal principles; achieve common Yesterday the lower-house Committee on Metropolitan Government last month said it was Global source between China and Arab countries in development by sharing opportunities; Judicial Affairs unanimously decided to expand banning sales to children of a manga depicting Campaigners against child porn have long order to achieve all-round cooperation stay open and inclusive, seek common the scope of the legislation. A new bill, agreed incestuous relationships. “Little Sisters Paradise! urged Japan to outlaw the possession of sexual- and common development; pushing the ground while reserving differences, and upon by the ruling coalition and three opposi- 2”, which was published in April, was set to be ly explicit images of children. Japan is the only level of collective dialogue between get emotionally close by learning from tion parties, will be submitted to the main cham- classified as an “unhealthy publication” that must member of the G7 group of industrialized China and Arab nations to a new level. each other; keep pace with the times, ber shortly, a parliament official said. The legisla- be kept out of children’s reach. nations where the possession of child porn Aside from this, China has also estab- and make pioneering efforts to advance tion is expected to be quickly passed and sent to The draft law that moved through committee remains legal, while it is banned and subject to lished strategic relations with countries and achieve the mutual promotion and the upper house before the current parliament yesterday says anyone who “possesses child penalties in more than 70 countries. It is seen as including Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, integrated development of bilateral and session ends on June 22. pornography for the purpose of satisfying a major global source of child pornography in and the United Arab Emirates. China, collective cooperation. A revised law would ban possession of pho- his/her sexual interest” could be punished with photo and video form.—AFP

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By Charles Babington

he US Republican Party continues its disciplined march toward an impressive lineup of candidates this fall, Twhen it hopes to wrest the Senate majority from Democrats and control both chambers of Congress during President Barack Obama’s final two years. Tuesday’s primar- ies produced another batch of Senate nominees who seem about as promising as party leaders could have hoped for. There’s still plenty of time for stumbles, of course. But so far, the GOP appears to be sidestepping the type of gaffe-prone and fiercely ideological candidates who blundered into excruciating losses in 2010 and 2012. Tiananmen: The night dreams became nightmares As they did Tuesday in Iowa, Republican activists have accomplished this by blurring the differences between tea By Patrick Lescot Troops, Tanks and Terror singing the Internationale anthem and raising their hands in a defi- party enthusiasts and the party’s corporate and “country Last hopes for a peaceful solution are extinguished in the early ant “V” for victory. A dozen of them will die later when a tank rolls club” wings. Tea partyers are largely justified in saying hey’re shooting!” The cry spreads through the Beijing hours of Saturday, June 3 when between 20,000 and 30,000 ill-pre- over their procession back to their campus. From a balcony of the they’re winning the larger ideological struggle by pulling crowd at 11:30 pm, as the first clicks from the army’s AK- pared soldiers are sent marching towards Tiananmen. The crowd Beijing Hotel - where a clutch of journalists, including this corre- the entire party rightward. But establishment Republicans “T47s ring out into the darkness. On the Avenue of Eternal soon disperses the soldiers, beating some of them. Humiliated, the spondent, have taken refuge - the scene before us in the early are happy to be called “nominee”. Suspenseful or not, Peace, the wide street running north of Tiananmen Square, one military are forced to retreat. But it proves to be only the authorities’ hours of Sunday is hellish. Shots can still be heard across the capital, Tuesday’s results confirmed that Republicans will have top- protester refuses to believe it. “No, no, they wouldn’t shoot,” he opening salvo. On the Saturday evening, at the Muxidi crossroads, and smoke rises from burning vehicles. More protesting civilians insists, stripped to the waist on this humid June night. “They’re tanks break through the line of buses that had blocked their tier nominees in South Dakota and Montana, where long- are mown down on Sunday morning by tank machine guns, some the people’s army.” But a moment later there is no doubt. A tricy- entry.With heavy helmets on their heads, the soldiers open fire at as they try to collect the dead and injured littering the streets. By time Democratic senators are departing or have already left. cle cuts through the throngs of protesters. It’s an ambulance now. close range on the tightly packed crowd. Terrified protesters now, Tiananmen Square itself is the heart of a military camp, with Former Gov Mike Rounds’ primary win in South Dakota Slumped on a plank of wood behind is the bloodied body of a respond with a volley of projectiles. The gunfire rains down under hundreds of tanks and army vehicles on standby. But towards mid- puts him in a category with Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, who student, his stomach ripped by several bullets. skies lit up by thousands of tracer bullets and burning vehicles. day on Monday, under the windows of the Beijing Hotel, a young won the GOP Senate nomination last month in West For 50 days, the symbolic heart of the Chinese state had Swarming in from all sides, the troops finally reach Tiananmen man in a white shirt walks calmly into the Avenue of Eternal Peace Virginia. Both are well-established politicians favored to pick become a huge and peaceful experiment - hundreds of thou- around 2:00 am on Sunday, June 4. Armoured vehicles charge full- and stops in front of a column of tanks, halting them in their tracks. up Democratic-held Senate seats in states Obama lost bad- sands of people, dreaming of democracy and freedom, as the throttle into the crowd. They flatten everything in their path, people His identity remains unknown, but he will forever be known as ly. Businessman Rick Weiland was unopposed in South Cold War wound down. Day and night, Chinese citizens from all included. Several tanks are burned, their crews beaten to death. “Tank Man”, a world-famous symbol of the courage and defiance of Dakota’s Democratic Senate primary. Republicans need six walks of life imagined a different future - one that was not dictat- Other soldiers are saved by the students. In the capital’s 20 or so the Tiananmen protesters 25 years ago. Fast-forward to the China of new seats overall to control the Senate. ed by the Communist Party. But the discussions they sought with hospitals, distraught medics struggle with the influx of dead and today and I see a country transformed at a pace never before seen Rep Steve Daines’ win in Montana on Tuesday gives authorities turned into a dialogue of the deaf. wounded crammed into blood-stained corridors. Now totally encir- in history. But the Communist Party remains in control, its power Republicans strong hopes for yet another Democratic-held In front of the world’s cameramen - who had gathered here to cled, Tiananmen Square plunges into darkness at 4:00 am, all the reinforced by an emphatic declaration of might that sweltering seat in a state that Obama lost. Daines will face Sen John cover a reconciliation summit between Chinese leader Deng street lights switched off. By now, there are no more than a few June night - an event that has been virtually erased from the coun- Walsh, a former lieutenant governor appointed in February Xiaoping and the Soviet Union’s Mikhail Gorbachev on May 15 - thousand protesters left gathered around charismatic student try’s official history. to replace six-term Democratic Sen Max Baucus, now the horror unfolded. Massed ranks of soldiers drafted in from out- leader Chai Ling. The Goddess of Democracy, a towering replica of ambassador to China. Walsh will enjoy some benefits of side Beijing - whose city forces were deemed too sympathetic to the Statue of Liberty fashioned by art students, is felled by a tank. NOTE: In 1989, AFP’s current Beijing bureau chief Patrick Lescot incumbency. But he’s not nearly as well-known as Baucus. the protesters - launched an operation to take back control of was a reporter covering the Tiananmen Square protests. Here, on the And since Montana has only one House seat, Daines already Tiananmen Square on the night of June 3-4. Martial law had been Defiance in Defeat 25th anniversary of their bloody climax, he reflects on the night in has been elected statewide to Congress. declared two weeks earlier, but did not have the government’s Under the eyes of paratroopers with fixed bayonets, the remain- June when the youthful optimism of the demonstrations turned to The Republicans’ impressive streak is hardly accidental. desired effect - merely swelling the numbers of protesters. ing students leave the square at 5:00 am. Many of them are in tears, blind terror — AFP Waking from their 2010 and 2012 slumbers, mainstream Republicans this year steered money, smart advisers and key endorsements to carefully recruited candidates. Sometimes brutally, they brushed aside ideological purists Iran seeks new role 25 years after Khomeini who tend to thrill tea partyers but repel moderates. They spent heavily in Kentucky to batter tea party upstart Matt By Mohammad Davari ise of more social freedom, which helped him win the presidency values of their society. Bevin. In Colorado they cut a backroom deal to clear the last summer. While Khomeini long rejected the technical means The Internet, which remains heavily censored in Iran, is a focus way for Rep Cory Gardner, a prized Senate recruit. quarter of a century after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s of Western civilisation, Khamenei is wary of a “cultural invasion” of such concern, despite a large youthful and educated popula- Iowa is the latest example of such pragmatic efforts. death, Iran is still struggling to navigate its way out of eco- from abroad that Iranian authorities fear is targeting the Islamic tion that is well acquainted with technology. — AFP Although state Sen Joni Ernst is largely unproven, Anomic and diplomatic isolation - against a backdrop of Republicans of all stripes settled on her as their best hope to political infighting. Yesterday marked 25 years of the Islamic win retiring Democratic Sen Tom Harkin’s seat. Groups rang- republic without its founder, the charismatic spiritual and political ing in ideology from the Chamber of Commerce to tea party leader who remains ever-present on bank notes, portraits in pub- chapters, and individuals as diverse as Sarah Palin and Mitt lic offices and countless street posters. Khomeini is held in awe by Romney, put aside differences to rally around Ernst. She’s an the revolutionaries for toppling a US-backed dynasty, with the Iraq war veteran best known for her TV ad boasting of cas- stated mission of ridding Iran of what he deemed Western deca- trating hogs as a farm girl. She held off businessman Mark dence and poisonous government corruption. Jacobs and will face Rep Bruce Braley, the Democratic nomi- The Islamic state established in 1979 on a vision of a Muslim nee. Hours after polls closed Tuesday, the day’s noisiest democracy lives on but faces daunting challenges, analysts say, as Senate primary remained too close to call. In Mississippi, six- it grapples with major economic pain. Dina Esfandiary, an Iran term Republican Sen Thad Cochran faced tea party-backed expert at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, believes challenger Chris McDaniel. Whoever prevails will be favored Tehran’s regional influence has taken a beating, with support for this fall over Democratic nominee Travis Childers.The GOP its traditional ally Syria, which is engulfed in a civil war, proving now has solid nominees - backed in most cases by establish- exhausting. Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas is also distanc- ment Republicans and hardcore conservatives alike - for five ing itself, she said. Democratic-held seats in states the president lost: South Iran’s power in the Middle East stemmed from its steady eco- Dakota, Montana, West Virginia, North Carolina and nomic growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s, the fruit of poli- Arkansas. It’s unclear whether they can achieve the same cies implemented by the two presidents before Mahmoud feat in Louisiana and Alaska, whose primaries lie ahead. The Ahmadinejad. Accused of economic mismanagement, Republicans’ track record is equally impressive in several Ahmadinejad, in office from 2005 to 2013, wrenched backwards. states, besides Iowa, that Obama carried. They have nomi- His populist policies and distribution of Iran’s wealth took the nated or cleared the path for seasoned, widely supported form of cash handouts in a controversial scheme that slashed sub- Senate candidates in Oregon, New Hampshire, Colorado sidies. That practice severely weakened the economy, Tehran- and Virginia. based analyst Saeed Laylaz said, prior to the strengthening of a To be sure, Democratic senators seek re-election in those harsh sanctions regime by world powers designed to coerce Iran In this June 1, 2014 photo, an Iranian police officer stands behind drugs which were seized from smugglers four states, and Republicans probably face uphill climbs. into curbing its disputed nuclear drive. “With no strong economy on display in a border police base in Taibad, on the border with Afghanistan, in eastern Iran. — AP Still, they can force Democrats to spend money in places comes no geopolitical influence,” said Laylaz, while arguing that they’d rather not, and they broaden the GOP’s image as a despite its declining sway, Iran would stay a regional power. party that can compete almost anywhere. These Republican Iran tries to block Afghan opium boom successes shouldn’t obscure the scrappy and seasoned Fixing the Economy By Ali Akbar Dareini nature of Democratic senators battling to hold their seats, When Khomeini died in 1989, the country was grappling with The UN estimates the potential gross value of Afghan opiates last year was around $3 billion - equal to 15 percent of the even in states where Obama and his healthcare law are the aftermath of an eight-year war with Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, n the face of Afghanistan’s unprecedented boom in opium country’s gross domestic product. unpopular. during which Iran’s economy was isolated. Tehran was also trying to find a role on the international stage after embarking on a path production, neighboring Iran is trying to batten down its “In 2013, we confiscated 573 tons of various kinds of nar- Sens Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana, hostile to Western countries, particularly the United States, which border to slow down smuggling, building moats, walls and cotics from drug smugglers, showing a 14 percent increase Mark Begich of Alaska, Kay Hagan of North Carolina and I had backed Saddam militarily. Today, President Hassan Rouhani other large-scale projects. Iran spent more than $26 million last compared to 2012,” Ali Reza Jazini, a senior Iranian counter-nar- Mark Warner of Virginia have shown they can win in toss-up faces a similar task in mending fences with the world after year alone on the border projects, which also include large cotics official, told foreign diplomats as they visited Iran’s bor- or Republican-leaning states. These senators are campaign- Ahmadinejad’s destructive foreign policy, which drove Iran into embankments, new border posts and lengths of barbed wire der with Afghanistan. The tour, including Tehran-based diplo- ing hard, and it’s possible all of them will survive and keep diplomatic wilderness and close to the edge of war. along parts of its 2,000-km border with Afghanistan and mats from 14 countries and the UN, was part of an effort by their party in control of the Senate. But Republicans thus far Rouhani says the solution to Iran’s woes lies in bolstering a Pakistan. “The transit of narcotics is a complicated issue. Iran to demonstrate the effort it is making in the fight against are doing almost everything they can to push these con- stagnant economy, which is struggling with high inflation and Smugglers are wealthy. They change tactics and use modern drug smuggling. tests to the limit. And that gives them multiple paths to the double-digit unemployment, by resolving the decade-long equipment that makes it more and more difficult to discover. Iran lies on a major drug route between Afghanistan, six net seats they need for the majority. — AP nuclear standoff and proving to the world that Tehran’s atomic We need new, modern equipment to combat drugs effectively,” Europe and Gulf states. Every year, it burns about 100 tons of program is peaceful. “Inflation has steadily slowed down and Gen Ali Moayedi, Iran’s anti-narcotics police chief, said during a seized narcotics as a symbol of its determination to fight drugs. Rouhani’s technocratic government is... tackling the task at hand. recent tour of the border. Gen Mohammad Kazem Taqavi, the local border police chief, But he will need to secure significant sanctions relief for his poli- Neighboring Afghanistan has all the makings of a narco- said his forces clashed with armed drug smugglers the day All articles appearing on these cies to work,” Esfandiary said. Iran’s self-declared moderate presi- state and is the main source of drugs coming into Iran and before the tour in this border town. “Some 50 kilograms of nar- dent must also overcome domestic critics of reconciliation with headed to other markets in Europe and the United States. Last cotics were seized, one of the smugglers was killed and their pages are the personal opinion of the West and those who view any sort of compromise on what year, 209,000 hectares of poppies were planted across weapons and equipment were confiscated,” he said. the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Tehran says are its nuclear rights as a red line. In a state-organised Afghanistan, up 36 percent over the year before. They pro- In the past 30 years, 3,734 Iranian border guards have been responsibility for views expressed gathering to commemorate Khomeini, supporters gathered at his duced an estimated 5,500 metric tons of opium, according to killed and more than 12,000 wounded in clashes with smug- shrine south of Tehran yesterday to listen to his successor, the United Nations drug agency. By comparison, only a little glers. The UN provided special equipment to Iran to detect therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. over 7,000 hectares of poppy field were eradicated. drugs hidden in tight and closed spaces like a vehicle’s fuel ers to voice their opinions. Please Setting the course Iran takes and holding the final say on The 2014 harvest is expected to match or even exceed last tank. Taqavi said more equipment was needed, along with send submissions via email to: opin- major state affairs, Khamenei warned against internal disputes he year’s record. In coming years, opium will grab an even larger more international help. said were exacerbated by American efforts to “sow discord among share of Afghanistan’s already troubled economy, as money Iran has also complained that it is being accused of violating [email protected] or via snail leaderships.” Although he did not refer to ongoing nuclear negoti- from US military contracts and aid work dries up. The UN esti- human rights by hanging convicted drug smugglers, who make mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. ations he said the US would not launch a new military interven- mates that some 200,000 families in Afghanistan are involved up 73 percent of those executed annually in Iran. Some Iranian The editor reserves the right to edit tion, a reference to an American threat that all options remain on in opium production already and that the country has some 1 officials have suggested that the Islamic Republic should allow the table in case diplomacy fails to curb Iran’s nuclear drive. As million addicts. transit of narcotics through its territory if it is going to be criti- any submission as necessary. well as navigating frictions within Iran’s multifaceted political sys- As a share of Afghanistan’s economy, opium looms large: cized for hanging convicted drug smugglers. —AP tem, Rouhani is also treading a fine path in implementing a prom- NEWS THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

No excuses: Players helped Taleban video shows Bergdahl handover Continued from Page 1 released leaders in Qatar after more than a decade spent in Guantanamo Bay, where they are received to develop World Cup ball One is an interpreter, the Taleban’s reporter says in with warm embraces. The video’s authenticity could the clip. One of Bergdahl’s escorts has his faced cov- not be independently verified. The Pentagon said it BERLIN: Players were consulted exten- ered by a checkered scarf and in the cloud of dust had no reason to doubt its authenticity, but was sively in the development of the World thrown up by the Blackhawk, the tension is clear. reviewing it. Cup ball, meaning they should be less Soldiers dressed in military fatigue stand by the heli- Bergdahl was captured by the Taleban after leaving likely to commit on-pitch blunders in copter observing the handover. One of the American his base in unclear circumstances and spent five years Brazil. German manufacturer Adidas team steps forward to shake their hands, keeping as in captivity, learning Pashto and taking an interest in says the “Brazuca” was tested by more wide a distance as possible as though worried the mili- Islamic books, according to the Taleban. The 28-year- than 600 of the world’s top players, tants might blow themselves up. He quickly offers his old is now in a military hospital in Germany, undergo- and 30 teams in 10 countries over two right hand to one, his left hand to the other and simul- ing physical and mental assessments. Bergdahl appears and a half years. “This is by far the most taneously grabs Bergdahl by the arm. In the same clean-shaven, in a traditional, white salwar kameez as tested ball we’ve ever produced,” movement, he sweeps his hand across to Bergdahl’s he squints at the Taleban militants outside leaning in to Adidas business director for football back. talk to him. His head is also shaved. They tell him: Next hardware Matthias Mecking told AP in “We told them: if he is not in good health, please tell time you come back to Afghanistan, you will not leave a telephone interview yesterday. us. We tried to communicate with them through their alive. Eighteen fighters, the Taleban’s reporter explains, Among the players involved in the interpreter, but they did not wait,” the Taleban reporter dot the hills around the valley as agreed with the testing process were Lionel Messi, Iker says in the clip. As the first man leads the freed prisoner Americans, including some armed with rocket-launch- Casillas, Bastian Schweinsteiger, and to the aircraft, the interpreter waves and the second ers. 1998 World Cup winner Zinedine man steps backwards, his eyes still trained on the The initial euphoria over Bergdahl’s release has Zidane. “For us the most important Taleban. A careful but rapid body search is performed been clouded by claims by fellow soldiers who say thing is what the players tell us, what before Bergdahl is helped aboard the Blackhawk. Then, the US sergeant deserted his post in 2009 and too the players want. The players will tell with each panel exactly the same “We wanted to make sure we had they take position with their legs dangling and lift off. many lives were lost in the manhunt that followed. you they want a ‘reliable and fair’ ball. shape or geometry. This means the ball real-life tests and not only tests in The video plays a Taleban victory song and the mes- Some members of Congress also say the president One statement nearly all players make is much more accurate, much more training,” Mecking said. The ball’s sage in English flashes up: “Don’ come back to broke the law by not giving them advance notice of is, ‘I want the ball to do what I plan to consistent, and should allow for fewer design has been inspired by the host Afghanistan”. Then, it cuts to the arrival of the five the swap.— Reuters do with it,’” Mecking said. “The feed- mistakes,” Mecking said. The star or country. Brazuca is used as a term for back has been very positive.” propeller shaped panels interlock per- Brazilians living abroad - like many of Adidas also manufactured the 2010 fectly, and seams all over the ball give its footballers - and as slang to Qatar to benefit from mediator role World Cup ball, named Jabulani, but it it added stability in the air. “It helps describe national pride or anything Continued from Page 1 allowing America to exit to Afghanistan ... that strikes me received heavy criticism from many with overall consistency and accuracy,” Brazilian. “We wanted to make sure the as an enormous carrot,” said David Roberts, a Qatar- players before the tournament. They Mecking said. ball becomes the icon of the tourna- The role of mediator is not new for Qatar. The emirate based Gulf expert at King’s College London. said it was too unpredictable. Casillas, The Brazuca, like its predecessors, is ment. It’s obviously inspired by the was the site of peace talks between Sudanese officials Qatar’s actions haven’t always been greeted warmly one of the ball’s most vocal critics, then made of three different levels, with a vibrancy, the rhythm, the color of and Darfur rebel groups, and it more recently has hosted in Washington. The US government, like many Arab went on to win the World Cup with bladder made of butyl, a rubber com- Brazil,” said Mecking, who denied a gatherings of Syrian opposition groups - of which it is a regimes, has had an uneasy relationship with the Qatar- Spain, and Mecking said much of the pound, surrounded by patch carcass researcher’s claim it may have been major backer - fighting to oust President Bashar Al- backed pan-Arab TV news network Al-Jazeera. Critics see feedback from players after the tourna- made using textile material. The outer inspired by ninja knowledge. “It might Assad. At one point it even allowed an Israeli trade office its coverage as biased and anti-American - charges the ment in South Africa was quite posi- shell is a polyurethane (PU) material be an interpretation but it wasn’t to operate - before ordering it closed following Israel’s network denies. Despite its dalliance with Israel, Qatar tive. “We’re still very proud of that ball. made of plastic and foam. Around planned by us,” he said. 2008 mini-war with the Islamic militant Hamas that ruled has supported the Jewish state’s arch-enemy, Hamas. At the time it was our most advanced 4,000 will be provided to teams at the Instead, the ball’s design, its ribbons the Gaza Strip. The former Qatari emir two years ago became the first ball technically and it was our most World Cup for training purposes, and in shades of blue, gold and green, sym- Qatar has worked hard to strengthen its ties to the head of state to visit Gaza since Hamas took over the successful World Cup ball to date,” for the games. Last December, the ball bolize the traditional Bahia bands or US, including a $100 million pledge in 2005 to help strip in 2007, and Qatar continues to host Hamas leader Mecking said. was distributed to all the countries tak- “wish bracelets” popular in Brazil. Americans recover from Hurricane Katrina. It was one of Khaled Mashaal. When it came to developing the ing part in the tournament to give “Ahead of a big tournament, people the only Arab countries to provide active military assis- Other controversial figures who have taken up resi- Brazuca, however, Adidas used the them time to train with it. The Brazuca use those bands to make a wish for tance to NATO-led attacks against the regime of Libyan dence in Qatar over the years include the Egyptian-born Euro 2012 ball, the Tango, and the pop- has also been used in Major League their country to succeed,” Mecking leader Moammar Gadhafi, deploying warplanes while cleric Youssef Al-Qaradawi, whose fiery sermons have ular Champions League ball as its Soccer, at the Under-20 World Cup, said. The ball makes its proper debut in simultaneously shipping cash and weapons to the rebels irked Gulf neighbors such as the United Arab Emirates, benchmark. “The key new part is in the Club World Cup, Spanish Cup, German the opening game on June 12 in Sao who eventually toppled him. The desert outside the cap- and Gadhafi’s former spy chief Moussa Koussa. The construction of the outer layer, made Cup final and several international Paulo, and will be used through to the ital Doha is home to Al-Udeid Air Base, which serves as a country in recent months has been sidelined regionally of six panels - fewer than ever before - friendlies. final on July 13 in Rio de Janeiro. — AP major command and logistics hub for American air pow- over its strong support for Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. er in the region. American oil companies including Many of its neighbors, like the new government in Egypt Kuwaiti Gitmo detainee faces transfer... Exxon Mobil have large investments in Qatar’s energy itself, see the Islamist group as a threat. Qatar pumped industry. billions of dollars in aid to Brotherhood-backed Egyptian Continued from Page 1 President Barack Obama. The number of prisoners at Former Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani President Mohammed Morsi before his ouster last year. Guantanamo Bay has fallen to 149 with the swap of five wasn’t shy about at least part of his country’s rationale Qatar is also dogged by questions over its World Cup The non-classified part of the hearing lasted about 28 Taleban detainees for US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl on for cultivating American friendship. According to a 2009 plans. Britain’s Sunday Times reported over the weekend minutes and was transmitted by closed-circuit television to Saturday. The Periodic Review Board has determined that diplomatic cable exposed by Wikileaks, he responded to that it had evidence of $5 million in alleged payoffs by a a viewing site near the Pentagon just outside Washington. It three Yemenis are eligible for transfer. The most recent American thanks for the Hurricane Katrina donation by Qatari official to football officials in support of the bid. showed the bearded and bespectacled Odah in prison garb transfer ruling came last month for Ghaleb Nassar Al-Bihani, noting “we might have our own Katrina” - apparently The Qatar 2022 organizing committee denied the allega- sitting at a table with Lewis and his military representatives. after his defenders contended he had been a cook in suggesting a possible quid pro quo should disaster tions. The country has also had to fend off charges that Odah is the seventh Guantanamo Bay prisoner to Afghanistan and was not a threat to the United States. The strike. Providing a venue for the Americans to negotiate its vast numbers of migrant workers face exploitation appear before the national security panel. The board was panel has found that a fourth Yemeni should remain in cus- with the Taleban is another way to help a powerful and dangerous work conditions, and recently outlined established to speed up the prison’s closing as ordered by tody. — Reuters friend in need. “If they can play an important role in plans for labor reforms. — AP LENIN

THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 SPORTS

Carcillo has ban cut Belgium replace keeper Hazard gets No. 10 shirt LOS ANGELES: New York Rangers forward Daniel Carcillo will be eligible to play in Game BRUSSELS: Belgium have replaced their third-choice World LONDON: Chelsea have announced Eden Hazard is to wear the number Four of the Stanley Cup Finals after the National Hockey League reduced his original 10- Cup goalkeeper after a scan revealed their initial pick had 10 shirt next term, effectively scotching media reports that the Belgium game ban to six on Tuesday. Carcillo was suspended last month for physically abusing an not sufficiently recovered from breaking his shin in April. World Cup winger could be leaving the club in the close season. Hazard official during a playoff game but NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman decided to reduce Koen Casteels of German side Hoffenheim had been had been tipped to join team mate David Luiz at Paris St Germain. Terms the penalty after holding a hearing with the player in New York on Friday. selected in the 23-strong party to go to Brazil, but his place have been agreed between the clubs and the Brazil World Cup defender is “I’m just happy I could say my piece and be a part of it, say my side of the story,” will instead go to Sammy Bossut, who plays for Belgian side on the brink of completing a move to the Ligue 1 champions. Carcillo told reporters at Staples Center on Tuesday ahead of late yesterday’s Game One Zulte Waregem. “I am very pleased to be able to wear the number 10 for Chelsea,” of the Stanley Cup Finals against the Los Angeles Kings. Bossut can consider himself lucky because he owes his Hazard told the club’s website (www.chelseafc.com) on “I think he took it into account, and Gary was great. The league was great.” selection not only to Casteels’ injury but also to the broken Tuesday. Carcillo’s initial ban resulted after he was assessed a game misconduct arm suffered by Anderlecht’s Silvio Proto, who had previ- penalty under Rule 40.3, “Physical Abuse of Officials,” the league said in “It is my favorite number and is one I am used to ously been called up as cover for Casteels. wearing for the national team, as well as the one worn a statement. The 29-year-old left wing physically applied force to lines- Bossut will be on the plane to Brazil, but is unlikely to man Scott Driscoll while being escorted to the penalty box late in the by some of my heroes from when I was a kid, like (for- first period of New York’s 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens add to his single cap from a friendly against Luxembourg mer France playmaker) Zinedine Zidane. on May 22. “Any player who deliberately applies physical force to an last week. “I hope it brings me a lot of luck in the future and I look official in any manner ... without intent to injure, or who spits on an Chelsea’s Thibaut Courtois, loaned out to Spanish cham- forward to the fans seeing me in it next season,” added official, shall be automatically suspended for not less than 10 games,” pions Atletico Madrid for the past three seasons, is Hazard after taking over the number 10 shirt from Juan the NHL said at the time. However, Bettman on Tuesday ruled that Belgium’s clear number one, with Liverpool’s Simon Mata who was sold to Manchester United in January. Carcillo’s actions “were more appropriately deemed a violation Mignolet the number two. Belgium face Tunisia on June 7 Belgium have been drawn in Group H for the of Rule 40.4 for deliberately applying physical force to an in a final warm-up before opening their Group H campaign World Cup in Brazil later this month, alongside against Algeria on June 17. Russia and South Korea are the official for the sole purpose of getting free of such official Algeria, Russia and South Korea. —Reuters during or immediately following an altercation”.—Reuters other group rivals. —Reuters

Cup rules allow Oracle to sail with challengers

SAN DIEGO: The America’s Cup has shaken and stirred the rules for the 2017 regatta. They’re radi- cal, ambitious and sure to set off debates in yacht club bars from Sydney to San Diego, andSan Francisco to Southampton. Defending champion Oracle Team USA will race against challengers in early elimination rounds. It can build two 62-foot, wing-sailed foiling catamarans - insurance against a catastrophic failure - while challengers will be limit- ed to one, a clause that’s sure to be controversial. In another twist, either Oracle Team USA or a challenger could start the best-of-13 America’s Cup match with a one-point lead, depending on results from the qualifying rounds. The 78-page protocol for the 35th America’s Cup was released Tuesday, more than seven months after Oracle Team USA staged one of the greatest comebacks in sports to beat Emirates Team New Zealand and retain the oldest trophy in international sports. The rules were published even though organiz- ers haven’t decided whether San Francisco, San Diego, Bermuda or Chicago will be the main ven- ue. It’s expected that the early qualifying rounds will be held in a different venue than the chal- lenger semifinals and finals, and America’s Cup match. The new rules are designed to cut costs. The ARLINGTON: Baltimore Oriolesí Nelson Cruz (23) swings on a grand slam against the Texas Rangers in the eighth inning of a baseball game. — AP catamarans will be 10 feet shorter than before, requiring a crew of eight rather than 11, and smaller shore crews and design teams. Orioles thrash Rangers It’s not cheap to enter, though - that fee is $2 million, payable in two installments. There could be six to eight challengers. Next Tuesday in ARLINGTON: Nelson Cruz hit a towering three- Cardinals ahead 7-6 in the sixth. Alcides Escobar’s dling starts that had raised his usually impecca- the Cubs. Curtis Granderson had three hits for Greenwich, Olympic star Ben Ainslie - who sailed run homer in his return to Texas and the bloop RBI single off Pat Neshek tied it in the ble ERA to 4.07. He got all the support he needed the Mets and drove in their run with a sacrifice fly for Oracle in the last cup - will launch a British Baltimore Orioles won their third straight game, eighth. Omar Infante doubled off Rosenthal (0-3) when the Nationals scored three in the third in the first inning. The Mets failed to win a sea- challenge. Other teams are expected from New 8-3 over the Rangers on Tuesday night. with one out in the ninth ahead of Hosmer’s hit. inning off David Buchanan (1-2), making his third son-high four straight games. Zealand, Italy, Sweden, Australia and maybe China Cruz drove the first pitch from Shawn Wade Davis (5-1) got the win and Greg Holland career start. Zimmerman went 2 for 4 with one Hector Rondon (1-1) pitched a scoreless ninth and France. Tolleson deep into the left-field seats, capping a worked the ninth for his 16th save in 17 chances. RBI after being reinstated before the game fol- for the win. Anthony Rizzo led off the bottom of The challengers seem relieved the contentious six-run Orioles outburst in the eighth. The slug- lowing 44 games on the disabled list with a bro- the ninth with a single off Scott Rice (1-2). After ger, who spent the previous eight seasons in BLUE JAYS 5, TIGERS 3 ken right thumb. New York third baseman David Wright was rules-writing process is over. Jimmy Spithill, who Texas, is hitting .313 and leads the majors with 21 Brett Lawrie’s three-run homer highlighted a unable to turn a hard-hit grounder into a double has skippered Oracle Team USA to consecutive homers and 55 RBIs. big burst for Toronto. After eight scoreless REDS 8, GIANTS 3 play, Schierholtz pulled a liner into the right-field America’s Cup wins, said he’s excited with the way Adam Jones matched a career high with four innings between the AL East and AL Central lead- Devin Mesoraco hit a two-run homer and Jay corner. the early rounds, starting in 2015, are structured. hits, including a homer off the right-field pole ers, both bullpens came unglued in the ninth. Bruce emerged from a slump by driving in a pair “This is the first time all of the racing before- leading off the Baltimore fourth. Rookie catcher The Blue Jays broke through against Joe Nathan of runs, leading Cincinnati to a season-high DIAMONDBACKS 4, ROCKIES 2 hand counts,” Spithill said in a phone interview Caleb Johnson had a tiebreaking RBI double in (2-2). fourth straight win. Nick Evans and Chris Owings hit back-to-back from San Francisco. “It’s meaningful racing. The the eighth. J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer with two Mesoraco hit his ninth homer off Tim homers for Arizona, and rookie Chase Anderson whole way, there is always something on the line. Brian Matusz (2-1) went 1 2-3 innings in relief outs in the ninth for the Tigers. Casey Janssen Lincecum (4-5), who has beaten the Reds during won his fourth straight start. To me that makes it way more compelling.” of Ubaldo Jimenez, who held Texas to one run came on and struck out Don Kelly for his ninth the playoffs but never during the regular season. Evans’ solo shot in the fourth was his first and four hits while striking out five over 5 2-3 Unlike in previous America’s Cup regattas, the save in 10 chances. Bruce, who spent time on the disabled list fol- homer since Sept. 3, 2011, when he was with the innings. Alexi Ogando (2-3), the second Texas Detroit’s Anibal Sanchez and Toronto’s Drew lowing surgery for torn knee cartilage, knocked New York Mets. Four pitches later, Owings hit defender will be allowed to sail against chal- reliever, got a popup to start the eighth before Hutchison each pitched seven impressive inning. in his first run since April 25. another off Jorge De La Rosa (6-4). lengers in the elimination series. An America’s Cup allowing three straight Orioles to reach. Dustin McGowan (3-2) worked the eighth for the Homer Bailey (6-3) went six innings in his first Anderson (4-0) didn’t overpower the Rockies World Series in 45-foot catamarans in 2015 and win. In his first season with the Tigers, Nathan’s game against the Giants since his no-hitter so much as keep them guessing, throwing six 2016 will be used to seed the America’s Cup WHITE SOX 4, DODGERS 1 ERA is now an unsightly 6.86 after he was against them last July 2 at Great American Ball effective innings in his longest outing since he Qualifiers, a double-round robin event. The winner Jose Abreu homered for the second straight charged with four runs Tuesday. Park. The right-hander gave up three runs and was recalled from Triple-A Reno on May 6. He of the qualifiers - whether it’s Oracle or a chal- game and Tyler Flowers also went deep to lead five hits, including Hunter Pence’s homer, double becomes the fifth rookie since 1998 to win his lenger - will get a bonus point in the America’s Chicago. Yasiel Puig went 2 for 4 with a double PIRATES 4, PADRES 1 and single. opening four starts. Addison Reed pitched a Cup match. for the Dodgers on the one-year anniversary of Pedro Alvarez and Neil Walker hit home runs wobbly ninth - surrendering a solo homer to Troy The top four challengers will race in the his major league debut. Hector Noesi (1-3) ended to back Gerrit Cole’s solid outing for Pittsburgh. ASTROS 7, ANGELS 2 Tulowitzki - for his 15th save. a stretch of 19 winless starts, winning as a starter Cole (6-3) limited the Padres to one run and four Jon Singleton homered in his major league America’s Cup Playoffs - the semifinals and finals - for the first time since May 6, 2012 with Seattle, hits while striking out six in 5 2-3 innings as the debut for Houston. Jason Castro and Robbie MARLINS 1, RAYS 0 with the winner facing Oracle in the match. after going 0-12 with a 5.42 ERA. The 27-year-old Pirates went to 6-1 in his last seven starts. Grossman drove in two runs apiece as the Astros Henderson Alvarez needed only 88 pitches to However, the challenger that earns the bonus right-hander allowed a run and five hits over six Pittsburgh won its third straight game and 10th took the lead with a five-run third inning. toss an eight-hitter for his third shutout this year, point for the America’s Cup match could be elimi- inning with six strikeouts. in its last 14. Jason Grilli pitched a scoreless ninth The Angels were done in by C.J. Wilson’s lack and Miami sent reeling Tampa Bay home after a nated before reaching the ultimate round. Former Dodgers reliever Ronald Belisario inning for his ninth save. Jesse Hahn (0-1) lasted of control. Wilson (6-5) walked a season-high five winless eight-game trip. Owned by software tycoon Larry Ellison, Oracle pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save. Dan 2 2-3 innings in his major league debut. He batters, including four in the third, in just 2 2-3 The only run scored when Christian Yelich Team USA started the last America’s Cup match Haren (5-4) gave up four runs on six hits through allowed four runs on six hits, including the innings. Josh Hamilton had a solo homer in the walked on a full-count pitch with two out and with a two-point penalty for illegally modifying six innings. homers by Alvarez and Walker, striking out five eighth inning in his return from the disabled list the bases loaded in the fifth inning. boats in warmup regattas. After Team New with two walks. The Padres lost for the third con- after breaking his left thumb on April 8. Fellow Alvarez (3-3) struck out five and walked none Zealand reached match point, Oracle won the last ATHLETICS 5, YANKEES 2 secutive time and sunk a season-high seven Angels outfielder Mike Trout was back after miss- in his third consecutive scoreless outing, a Brandon Moss hit his second homer of the games under .500. ing two games with a stiff back, but left in the stretch covering 19 innings. He retired his last eight races to keep the Auld Mug. game leading off the 10th inning, and Oakland second inning with more back trouble. Collin five batters to close out the win in 2 hours, 10 “I think there needs to be something on the rallied for the road win. Returning to the lineup NATIONALS 7, PHILLIES 0 Cowgill replaced Trout and homered in the minutes. The right-hander’s three shutouts lead line, something more compelling that’s worth after missing two games with a strained right Jordan Zimmermann rebounded from a mini- eighth. Houston starter Collin McHugh (4-3) the majors. The Rays went 0 for 3 with runners in fighting for,” Spithill said. “After starting the last calf, Moss drilled a full-count pitch from Adam slump to throw eight crisp innings for allowed two hits over five scoreless innings to scoring position and are hitless in their past 22 match down two-nil, I’d rather sail from one ahead Warren (1-3) into the second deck down the Washington, and Ryan Zimmerman hit a pair of lower his ERA to 2.52. at-bats in those situations. They’ve scored six than two behind. From Day One it will be a fight right field line for his 15th homer. That gave the doubles and handled two chances with aplomb runs in their past six games. because teams want to start that match one point AL West-leading A’s their first lead in a game that in his debut in left field. METS 2, CUBS 1 ahead.” was delayed more than an hour at the start by Zimmermann (4-2) allowed five hits and Chris Coghlan homered in the eighth and MARINERS 7, BRAVES 5 Oracle will be allowed to build two 62-foot cats. rain. Dan Otero (5-1) pitched an inning and Sean struck out four, recovering well from four mid- Nate Schierholtz hit a game-ending RBI single for John Buck had three hits, including a Doolittle finished off the A’s fourth straight win It can conduct two-boat training during the tiebreaking two run homer in the seventh inning with a perfect 10th for his sixth save. Mark that helped Seattle rally for its fourth straight America’s Cup Playoffs for the challengers, but Teixeira hit his 10th homer for the Yankees. MLB results/standings win. The Braves led 4-0 in the first inning and 5-2 then must sail its first boat in the match. If there’s in the second before falling to the Mariners’ a catastrophic failure, it can use its second boat in TWINS 6, BREWERS 4 comeback. Buck’s first homer of the season came the match. If the winner of the challenger series Josh Willingham hit a three-run homer and Cleveland 5, Boston 3; Oakland 5, NY Yankees 2 (10 Innings); Washington 7, Philadelphia off Alex Wood (5-6). has a serious breakdown and can’t sail in the Minnesota beat Milwaukee in a game delayed 0; Toronto 5, Detroit 3; Seattle 7, Atlanta 5; Cincinnati 8, San Francisco 3; Miami 1, Tampa The Turner Field air, normally thick with match, the runner-up will advance. when a fan fell into the Brewers’ bullpen. The Bay 0; Kansas City 8, St. Louis 7; Baltimore 8, Texas 3; Chicago Cubs 2, NY Mets 1; humidity, was unusually dry and that helped the “This was quite a big argument,” said Iain game was held up at the start of the eighth Minnesota 6, Milwaukee 4; Houston 7, LA Angels 2; Arizona 4, Colorado 2; Chicago teams combine for four homers. Seattle pinch- White Sox 4, LA Dodgers 1; Pittsburgh 4, San Diego 1. Murray, who heads Team Australia, the Challenger inning after the man fell. He was carried on a hitter Stefen Romero hit a three-run homer in of Record that helped set the rules. Murray said stretcher out of the bullpen in left-center field, American League National League the fourth that tied it at 5. Evan Gattis and BJ and the Brewers said he was conscious and alert. Eastern Division Eastern Division Upton homered for the Braves. Dominic Leone the challengers are just happy to have rules so The man had a brace around his neck as he (2-0) had four strikeouts in two perfect innings they can raise money and go sailing. W L PCT GB Atlanta 31 26 .544 - was put on a cart on the warning track. He was Toronto 35 24 .593 - for the win. “I’m sure there are some things people proba- Miami 30 28 .517 1.5 wheeled off and taken to a hospital. Willingham Baltimore 29 27 .518 4.5 Washington 28 28 .500 2.5 bly would prefer would be different, and there are connected in the third off Yovani Gallardo (3-4) NY Yankees 29 28 .509 5 NY Mets 28 30 .483 3.5 INDIANS 5, RED SOX 3 for a 4-1 lead. Samuel Deduno (2-3) got the win a lot of things that are going to be quite new,” Boston 27 31 .466 7.5 Philadelphia 24 32 .429 6.5 Michael Bourn hit a tiebreaking two-run dou- and Glen Perkins earned his 15th save. ble in the seventh inning, helping Cleveland to Murray said from Australia. “The event’s changed a Tampa Bay 23 36 .390 12 Central Division lot in a short period of time. There are probably a Central Division its season-high fifth straight win. Bourn’s double ROYALS 8, CARDINALS 7 Milwaukee 35 24 .593 - off Andrew Miller sent the Red Sox to their sec- lot of different circumstances going forward in Detroit 31 23 .574 - St. Louis 30 29 .508 5 this event.” Eric Hosmer hit a tiebreaking single off closer Chicago W Sox 30 30 .500 4 ond straight loss after winning seven consecu- Trevor Rosenthal in the ninth inning and Kansas Pittsburgh 28 30 .483 6.5 New nationality rules require two of the eight Cleveland 29 30 .492 4.5 tive games. City earned its second straight road victory in the Cincinnati 27 29 .482 6.5 Nick Hagadone (1-0) struck out three in 1 1-3 crew on the 62-footers and one of the five crew on Kansas City 28 30 .483 5 four-game, two-city series. Minnesota 27 29 .482 5 Chicago Cubs 21 34 .382 12 innings. Cody Allen recorded the final four outs the 45-footers be from the home country of a Rookie Kolten Wong’s first career home run Western Division Western Division for his fifth save, striking out former Indians All- team’s backing yacht club. Oracle Team USA was a grand slam in the second that ended the Oakland 36 22 .621 - San Francisco 37 21 .638 - Star Grady Sizemore to end the game. began the last America’s Cup with two of 11 Cardinals’ 20-inning scoreless drought and gave LA Angels 30 27 .526 5.5 LA Dodgers 31 29 .517 7 Jake Peavy (1-3) allowed five runs in 6 1-3 sailors from the United States and finished with them an early four-run cushion. The defending Seattle 30 28 .517 6 Colorado 28 29 .491 8.5 innings for Boston. The right-hander, who just one. —AP National League champions finished a dismal 2-7 Texas 29 29 .500 7 San Diego 26 33 .441 11.5 hasn’t won since April 25, gave up three runs in homestand when their pitchers faltered. Houston 25 34 .424 11.5 Arizona 24 36 .400 14 the first, but held the Indians scoreless until the Peter Bourjos’ 422-foot homer put the seventh. — AP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 SPORTS

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NAIROBI: Kenya’s athletics trials for next month’s Commonwealth Games get under way today without some top stars amid uncertainty over their fitness. Athletics Kenya warned that any athlete who skipped the three-day competition would not be granted automatic selection for the July 23 to August 3 Commonwealths in Glasgow, Scotland. Some of the athletes, including Olympic and world 1500m champion Asbel Kiprop, will face a race against time to return home before the end of the trials on Saturday after defying orders to skip the Rome Diamond League meeting in the Italian cap- ital today. Kiprop and seven other runners were ordered by the Athletics Kenya to return home from the Rome meet to avoid being burned out ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The federation also expressed concern at the current form of the athletes following a string of poor results in the ongoing Diamond League series. However world 800m record-holder David Rudisha, who finished seventh on his comeback from a long injury lay-off in Eugene, Oregon, last Saturday, is reported to have sought permission from the author- ities to be away. The 25-year-old Olympic Alexis Godbout performs at the Red Bull Fort Urbaine at Place Deslauriers in Tremblant, Canada. champion opted to remain in the United — www.redbull.com States to prepare for the New York Grand Prix on June 14. “We are aware that Rudisha will not take part in the trials,” Athletics Kenya vice-presi- Steady Spurs built for dent in charge of competitions, David Okeyo, told AFP.“But the decision on whether or not he will be included in the team for the Commonwealth Games will be revenge against Heat made later,” he added. Rudisha, who is bat- tling to regain race fitness after one year on the sidelines, has already made known his OKLAHOMA: Smart, sharing, versatile, story for the only original American In 1996-97 a spate of injuries led to intention to compete in his first deep and most of all consistent are the Basketball Association (ABA) team to San Antonio’s worst season ever, 20-62, Commonwealth Games, after missing the San Antonio Spurs, who hunger for win an NBA title. but it brought them another number 2010 championships in New Delhi. —AP revenge against the Miami Heat in the one pick in the NBA Draft and they hit NBA Finals. BORN CHAPARRALS the jackpot again by taking Duncan out Leading by five points with 30 sec- The franchise was born in 1967 with of Wake Forest. In Duncan’s second sea- onds to go in a potential Game Six the upstart rival league to the NBA as son with the team, the so-called “Twin clincher in Miami last year, the Heat the Dallas Chaparrals, a nickname relat- Towers” of Duncan and Robinson com- rose up to send the game to overtime, ed to drought-tolerant scrub plants, but bined for San Antonio’s first NBA title force a Game Seven and prevail to dash the team did not flourish. and launched, with Parker and Ginobili San Antonio’s hopes for a fifth NBA In 1973 a group of 36 San Antonio joining in, a stretch of four champi- crown. businessmen leased the team for three onships in nine seasons. “It’s unbelievable to regain that years to move it to their city and agreed focus after that devastating loss that we to return the team to Dallas if they could THE FORMULA had last year,” said Spurs’ future Hall of not arrange a purchase. Under Popovich, a disciple of long- Famer Tim Duncan after beating The team was renamed the San time former NBA coach Larry Brown, the Oklahoma City to reach another NBA Antonio Gunslingers, but by the time Spurs stressed ball movement, unselfish- final. “But we’re back here. “We’re happy they played their first game in San ness and defense. it’s the Heat again. We’ve got that bad Antonio the name was changed to The Spurs amassed a team with a dis- taste in our mouths still.” Spurs. The city embraced its only profes- tinctly international flavor including In an NBA where the cult of person- sional sports team, the purchase was France’s Boris Diaw, Italy’s Marco ality has dominated in recent decades made and the club was folded into the Belinelli, Australian guard Patty Mills and from Magic Johnson to Michael Jordan NBA in June 1976 when four ABA teams Brazilian Tiago Splitter. to Kobe Bryant to LeBron James, the merged into the NBA. San Antonio’s best Another key piece is third-year for- low-key Spurs have thrived the old known player in the early years was ward Kawhi Leonard, who last year fashioned way - through teamwork, high-scoring guard George “Iceman” played nagging defense on James and is dedication and stability. And talent, of Gervin. Gervin, a 6-foot-7 run-and-gun considered by Popovich to be the future course. scorer, won three NBA scoring titles in a face of the team. Duncan, their stabilizing, stoic pres- row from 1978 and added a fourth in “He’s gaining confidence ... starting to ence in the middle, dazzling French 1982, compiling a 26.3 average in his figure out that he’s a hell of a player,” the point guard Tony Parker and all-pur- dozen seasons with the Spurs. Although coach said. “He’s probably the future of pose Manu Ginobili of Argentina have the team consistently made the playoffs, the Spurs, partially because everybody formed a core four with cerebral coach they were not able to break through to a else is older than dirt, and somebody Gregg Popovich for an unprecedented championship and after Gervin left San younger has got to take over eventually.” run of 17 seasons in the playoffs. Antonio in 1985 the team struggled. Popovich said there is no secret for- San Antonio won their first NBA Their fortunes changed when first mula to their success. “Every coach in the crown in 1999 and their last of four overall draft pick David Robinson joined league is trying to get his guys to go titles in 2007 with a four-game sweep the team for the 1989-90 season. US good to great, and hit the open man, so over the Cleveland Cavaliers, who were Naval Academy graduate Robinson, that’s not unique with us. I happen to be led by 22-year-old LeBron James. nicknamed “The Admiral,” lifted the fortunate enough to have some players It has been an unquestioned success Spurs back into a perennial playoff team. that are built that way.” — Reuters

OKLAHOMA: (From left) San Antonio Spurs’ Danny Green, Patty Mills, and Boris Diaw celebrate in this file photo. — AP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 SPORTS Misbah wants PCB to start grooming future captain

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq experience you can give them this (captaincy) about it.” Misbah was the oldest player of around thing that central contracts are being attached with wants the national board to start searching for responsibility.” Misbah has been the mainstay of a 40-odd players who attended a recent month-long our fitness level, only then will we have profession- future skippers to groom. Misbah turned 40 last brittle Pakistan batting lineup, and was the top- training camp in Lahore. alism,” he said. month, but on and off the field he remains the scorer in one-dayers in 2013. Along with Younis Khan, Misbah was one of the Misbah was also heartened by news that fast undoubted leader of the Test and one-day interna- The Pakistan Cricket Board has already indicated fittest senior players in the camp, which Misbah said bowler Mohammad Irfan, sidelined for seven tional sides since taking over after the infamous that Misbah could lead the team at least until the should be organized at least once a year to keep a months by a hip fracture, was recovering well. spot-fixing scandal. “The important thing is that the World Cup next year in Australia and New Zealand, close watch on players’ fitness. “Irfan is an exceptional bowler, he is totally differ- board and management should give confidence to but Misbah said his prime objective was to keep on “The biggest motivation is your passion about ent from other bowlers in the world,” he said. “He is whichever player they want to be groomed (as cap- scoring prolifically and stay fit. this game ... when you have passion you try to be your lethal weapon, his four, five overs could win tain),” Misbah said on Wednesday. “I have always said that captaincy is in the hands the best,” he said. “Not only me, all the senior players you any match.” Pakistan’s next international com- “There are lots of players ... Azhar Ali and Umar of the cricket board,” he said. “My focus is to perform have worked hard by trying to push themselves.” mitment was in Sri Lanka in August, then hosting Akmal are captaining their teams in domestic crick- according to the best of my abilities ... the rest of the The PCB will be issuing central contracts after Australia and New Zealand in the United Arab et ... they have cricketing sense and if they get some things are not in your control, and I don’t even think assessing fitness reports from the camp. “It is a good Emirates. — AP Wayne Rooney to start WCup warm-up match

MIAMI GARDENS: Struggling up front for in a tetchy exchange with reporters. “You England, Wayne Rooney is set to be shunt- make him exceptional or, after the last ed to the left wing as coach Roy Hodgson game I understand, quite a few people experiments ahead of the World Cup in the made him less than exceptional. They criti- team’s penultimate warm-up game. cized his performance. That’s your decision He was unimpressive against Ecuador in ... I’m not saying if he’s exceptional or not. I Miami Gardens yesterday, as he was in have picked him because he is a very good Friday’s 3-0 victory over Peru at Wembley player.” Stadium, and there will be rising reserva- Needing to prove his sharpness, Rooney tions about Rooney’s right to start in Brazil. is set to be the only player retained from The Manchester United striker has now the Peru game when England was far from gone four matches without scoring for convincing against a team that didn’t quali- England, although he was returning from a fy for the World Cup. month out with a groin injury against Peru. “We think that he’s recovering his match Now is Rooney’s chance to show his ver- fitness,” Hodgson said. “We think that start- satility, even if it is out on the left flank ing a game will be to his advantage to play where he complained previously he can’t a part tomorrow, and we’ll see how long he express himself as much, with Rickie plays and that will be based on how we Lambert in line to lead the attack. think his fitness is progressing.” “He can do that (role), absolutely,” In front of a likely crowd of 20,000 at the Hodgson said Tuesday at the Sun Life home of the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, Frank Stadium where England plays Ecuador. “I Lampard will take over the captain’s arm- think Wayne’s a very useful player in the band from Steven Gerrard as the Liverpool sense you don’t have to pin him down and midfielder is rested from the starting line- say this is the only position he can play. up. Jack Wilshere, who recently returned “He can play center forward, behind the after breaking his right foot, is set to start center forward and wide. If he’s done all of alongside Lampard in midfield. Ross those things at the very top level for Barkley and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are Manchester United, there is no reason why also in line to play. I can’t use him in those positions as well.” The team features back-up goalkeeper Hodgson is growing increasingly exacer- Ben Foster with Chris Smalling and Phil bated about the level of scrutiny Rooney is Jones likely to be in central defense, Luke under. It’s little surprise though when Shaw earning his second cap at left back Rooney, who can be so explosive for and midfielder James Milner being tested Manchester United where he earns more at right back as cover for Glen Johnson. than $400,000 a week, too often disap- “He’s got the qualities to play there,” points on international duty. Particularly at Hodgson said of Manchester City’s Milner. World Cups where Rooney failed to score at “There may be moments in the World Cup BIRMINGHAM: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews (center) leads celebrations with the trophy after winning the One Day Series cricket match the 2006 and 2010 tournaments. where we’d like to use him there. This will against England. — AP “You decide the epithets,” Hodgson said give him some experience.”— AP Sri Lanka clinch series 3-2 amid controversial run out

BIRMINGHAM: Sri Lanka won the final one-day you wouldn’t do it but until you’re put in that sit- ished with three for 50 from 9.1 overs. international in Birmingham by six wickets on uation you don’t know how you’d handle it.” The tourists began their reply in explosive Tuesday, a game that will be remembered for England coach Peter Moores was also “disap- fashion with Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kusul the controversial run-out of England’s Jos pointed” with the Sri Lanka appeal. “Angelo Perera bludgeoning 49 runs from six overs. Buttler, to triumph 3-2 in the five-match series. made his decision and it’s not for me to com- England took three quick wickets to reduce After winning the toss England labored to ment on why he did it,” said Moores. “He’s made Sri Lanka to 62 for three before Mahela 199 for six but had the dangerous Buttler, who his choice and obviously he’s happy with it Jayawardene (53) and Lahiru Thirimanne (60 not made a brilliant 121 in the fourth game at Lord’s because that’s what he said at the end of the out) shared a stand of 98 for the fourth wicket to on Saturday, at the crease on 21. game. “We would discuss it with Alastair [in a set up the victory charge. Mathews (42 not out) The wicketkeeper-batsman was then dis- similar scenario). That’s Angelo’s choice and struck the winning runs before raising his bat to missed at the non-striker’s end by Sachithra that’s what he thought was the right decision at the visiting dressing room and pointing to his Senanayake who took the bails off when Buttler the time. I might disagree but it’s not my deci- straightened arm in probable support of strayed out of his crease as the off-spinner was sion, it’s his.” Led by an opening stand of 76 Senanayake’s action. about to deliver the ball. Buttler had already between Cook (56) and Ian Bell (37), England The 29-year-old spinner must undergo ICC MIAMI GARDENS: England players Wayne Rooney (left) Daniel Sturridge (second received several warnings in this game, and at were bowled out for 219 after electing to bat testing but can continue playing until the results from left) Rickie Lambert (second from right) and Gary Cahill (right) warm-up during Lord’s, for backing up too far but umpire Michael first. Paceman Lasith Malinga was, as usual, the are likely to be known ahead of the first test at practice. — AP Gough asked Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews most dangerous Sri Lankan bowler as he fin- Lord’s on June 12. — Reuters if he was sure that he wanted Senanayake’s appeal to stand. Football in spotlight Mathews replied in the affirmative and the SCOREBOARD batsman had to make his way back to the pavil- 20 years after WCup ion. The run out had added significance with Senanayake the subject of an International BIRMINGHAM: Final scoreboard in the fifth one-day international between England and Sri LOS ANGELES: Two decades after hosting Beckenbauer and Dutchman Johan Cruyff, Cricket Council (ICC) investigation for a suspi- Lanka at Edgbaston on Tuesday: the World Cup final between Brazil and one of the stars attracted to the United cious bowling action. England 50-2 (1nb, 3w); Dilshan 5-0-17-0; Priyanjan 4-0- Italy, Los Angeles is paying tribute to the States to try to popularize the sport and When the teams shook hands after Tuesday’s A. Cook c Sangakkara b Senanayake 56 18-1 (1w); Mathews 6-0-23-1 (5w) global game in a show celebrating football the North American Soccer League (NASL) game at Edgbaston, clearly disgruntled England I. Bell c and b Mendis 37 greats like Pele, Zidane and Eto’o. in a country obsessed with baseball and skipper Alastair Cook exchanged words with G. Ballance c and b Malinga 10 Sri Lanka “Futbol: the Beautiful Game” at the LA American football. Mathews. J. Root c Sangakkara b Priyanjan 10 T. Dilshan c Root b Tredwell 28 County Museum of Art (LACMA) uses pho- The effort was a fiasco-the league, creat- “He has been taking unfair starts, not just in E. Morgan c Jayawardene b Mathews 17 K. Perera lbw b Anderson 19 tos, paintings and videos to explore the fan ed in 1968, disappeared ignominiously in this game but in the last game as well,” the Sri R. Bopara b Mendis 17 K. Sangakkara c Jordan b Tredwell 2 worship of the sport’s biggest stars, as well 1984 — but football’s governing body FIFA Lanka captain told Sky Sports after his side J. Buttler run out (Senanayake) 21 M. Jayawardene c Anderson b Jordan 53 as its economic power and social and cul- gave the United States another chance by reached their target of 220 with 10 balls to spare. C. Jordan run out (Perera) 30 L. Thirimanne not out 60 tural impact. letting them stage the 1994 World Cup. “We gave him two warnings in the spirit of J. Tredwell b Malinga 0 A. Mathews not out 42 One of the most arresting pieces is an Despite initial criticism, the competition cricket. I actually don’t know how to stop a bats- J. Anderson b Malinga 5 Extras (lb6, w12) 18 Total (4 wkts, 48.2 overs) 222 Andy Warhol painting of Pele, which the was a huge success, with full stadiums, man doing that continuously so we had to go for H. Gurney not out 0 Did not bat: A Priyanjan, N Kulasekara, S it. I would stick by [the decision] because what artist dedicated to the Brazilian icon in well-functioning infrastructure and clear Extras (lb3, w12, nb1) 16 Senanayake, A Mendis, L Malinga 1978, three years after he joined the New signs that Americans were actually embrac- we did was completely within the rules.” Total (all out, 48.1 overs) 219 Fall of wickets: 1-55 (Dilshan), 2-59 York Cosmos, his last club. ing a sport that had long struggled to catch Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Bell), 2-98 (Ballance), 3- (Sangakkara), 3-62 (Perera), 4-160 For Warhol, “it was about that concept of on here. UNHAPPY ENGLAND 116 (Root), 4-136 (Cook), 5-142 (Morgan), 6- (Jayawardene) celebrity, in the same way that he would be A year later, Major League Soccer (MLS) Cook said he was “obviously disappointed” 170 (Bopara), 7-199 (Buttler), 8-201 (Tredwell), Bowling: Anderson 10-1-33-1 (5w); Gurney 10- looking at Mick Jagger or Elizabeth Taylor,” was born. The professional league has gone with the Sri Lanka appeal. “You’re going to have 9-218 (Jordan), 10-219 (Anderson) 1-46-0 (2w); Jordan 8-0-55-1 (5w); Tredwell 10- the show’s curator Franklin Sirmans told from strength to strength in the two to ask Angelo why he did it,” added Cook. “I hope Bowling: Kulasekara 5-0-22-0; Malinga 9.1-0- 2-30-2; Root 6-0-25-0; Bopara 4.2-0-27-0 AFP. Pele was, along with Germany’s Franz decades since then. —AFP I wouldn’t do it. 50-3 (3w); Senanayake 10-0-36-1; Mendis 9-0- Result: Sri Lanka won by six wickets “Emotion can get the better of you. You hope

DUBAI: Adidas ambassador former Spanish international Michel Salgado, Ayad Hamo (left) in action during a match. as well as Ahli Club star Gravity attend the Adidas World Cup campaign. Adidas kick off World Cup campaign in Dubai

DUBAI: Adidas invited media representative to follow up Adidas, the official sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, and Atletico Madrid. with preparations in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for gave media representative the opportunity to participate Adidas ambassador, former Spanish international the ‘Give It All You Got’ campaign which takes place next in a football match at the Dubain Sports City, and watch Michel Salgado, as well as Ahli Club star Gravity, attended month in Brazil. the UEFA Champions League final between Real Madrid the activities. SPORTS THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 Brazil’s president defends World Cup preparations

BRASILIA: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has host countries to “be very careful about the ‘responsi- a shadow over the tournament and raising fears of a to keep her fingers crossed-said she was confident in defended her government’s preparations to host the bility matrix’” they sign with FIFA. But she insisted that repeat this year. Looking relaxed as she had dinner Brazil’s chances at the World Cup. World Cup, the target of criticism over chronic delays the vast majority of public spending related to the with journalists, Rousseff said protests would be Her government meanwhile appeared to have and soaring costs. tournament was “for Brazil” over the long-term and not allowed during the World Cup as long as they were staved off the threat of a strike by federal police during As Brazil rushes to finish stadiums and deal with a limited to the World Cup. She said hosting the tourna- peaceful and did not interfere with the event. “We fully the tournament. Recent police strikes-and the threat wave of protests ahead of the June 12 kick-off, ment had spurred many cities to undertake badly guarantee people’s security,” she said. of more during the World Cup-have been among the Rousseff partly blamed FIFA for the spiralling World needed public transport projects-though she Brazil is still scrambling to finish five of the 12 host government’s biggest headaches. Cup bill but said the money spent would leave a posi- acknowledged many of them would not be completed stadiums, including Sao Paulo’s Corinthians Arena, But federal police announced they had reached a tive legacy. The leftist leader, who is seeking re-elec- before the World Cup. The Brazilian government has which will host the opening match but still has not deal for a 15.8-percent raise in exchange for a promise tion in October, said FIFA had assured Brazil that host faced a wave of protests over more than $11 billion it had all its seats installed. And organizers have shelved not to strike in the coming months. stadiums would be built with private money. is spending on the tournament, money critics say much of the other infrastructure they had originally Police in the capital Brasilia have accepted the offer, But the government eventually realized private- should have been used to address urgent needs in promised, from roadworks to a high-speed train to which will be put to a vote in each of Brazil’s 26 states sector investment would not even cover “half a stadi- areas such as education, health care and transport. subway and monorail lines. But on the pitch, Brazil in the coming days, the federal police union said. um,” and provided most of the financing itself, Rousseff A year ago, a million protesters flooded the streets were looking ready for kick-off Tuesday, routing Teachers in Sao Paulo also ended a 42-day strike told journalists at a dinner Tuesday at the presidential during the Confederations Cup, a World Cup dress Panama 4-0 in a friendly. Rousseff, 66, was clearly after winning a 15.4-percent raise from May 2015, their residence in Brasilia. She said she would advise future rehearsal. The protests turned violent at times, casting pleased with the win, and-touching wood and vowing unions said Tuesday evening. — AFP Greece labor to 0-0 draw with Nigeria

PHILADELPHIA: Greece were held to a from 30 yards out was superbly saved by goalless draw by Nigeria in a friendly Greece’s substitute keeper Stephanos between the two World Cup teams in Kapinos and then in the final moments Philadelphia on Tuesday in which both Victor Moses drove a low shot just wide. sides created chances but lacked the clin- Nigeria will face the United States in ical edge. Jacksonville on Saturday while Greece Greece’s Ioannis Fetfatzidis twice take on Bolivia in New Jersey on Friday. In forced good saves out of Nigeria keeper Brazil, Greece face Colombia, Ivory Coast Vincent Enyeama in the first half but it and Japan in Group C while Nigeria are was the African side who finished up against Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina stronger. Ogenyi Onazi’s powerful effort and Argentina. — Reuters Bosnia defeat Mexico

CHICAGO: Izet Hajrovic’s first half goal gave scoring three times in the opening eight Bosnia and Herzegovina a deserved 1-0 win minutes. After forcing Alfredo Talavera into over Mexico in an international friendly a save with a low shot in the fourth minute, between two World Cup-bound sides at Dzeko twice fired just over the bar as Soldier Field in Chicago on Tuesday, ending Bosnia’s midfield, prompted by the classy ‘El Tri’s’ eight-game unbeaten run. Miralem Pjanic, took control. Bosnia dominated the first half and Mexico’s first real chance came in the could easily have gone to the break with a 24th minute with Javier Hernandez, given a bigger advantage but, in the end, had goal- start in attack, latching on to a fine ball keeper Asmir Begovic to thank for two from Miguel Layun and striking the outside great saves to deny Mexico an equaliser. of the post with a low shot. Mexico coach Miguel Herrera experiment- However, Bosnia’s deserved lead came, ed with his line-up but the performance of four minutes before the break, when Sejad his team will have disappointed an over- Salihovic whipped in a ball from the byline whelmingly Mexican capacity crowd of and Hajrovic met it with a confident first- 60,707. time strike. Edin Dzeko, whose two goals gave Bosnia a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast on BEGOVIC SAVES GOIANIA: Brazil’s Neymar (center) fights for the ball with Panama’s Nahil Carroll (left) and Felipe Baloy (right) during a friendly soccer match. — AP Saturday, was a menace to the Mexican A series of substitutions disrupted the defence from the outset and went close to game in the second half but Mexico began to pile on the pressure in the closing minutes as they sought to defend coach Miguel Neymar helps Brazil ease Herrera’s unbeaten record. Francisco Rodriguez’s glancing header from an inswinging free-kick forced a great save out of Begovic and the Bosnia keeper to victory over Panama was at full stretch again moments later to push a fierce Miguel Ponce long-range effort around the post. Mexico, who face hosts GOIANIA: Brazil beat Panama 4-0 in their penul- when he fired home from inside the penalty area booing us at the start,” he said. “Once we picked Brazil, Cameroon and Croatia in World Cup timate friendly before hosting the World Cup, after more good work by Neymar. up the pace of the game, and we got used to the Group A, will wrap up their preparations with with Neymar, Dani Alves, Hulk and Willian scoring “I think the result wasn’t the important thing pitch we got better and we imposed our rhythm a friendly against Portugal in Foxborough on the goals in a leisurely but convincing perform- today, the important thing was playing, getting on them and got goals.” Friday. Bosnia, who are featuring in their first ance. Panama showed plenty of adventure but the team together again and getting back into After Neymar’s goal calmed the home side World Cup as an independent nation, will they could not make any clear cut chances and form so that we’re ready to get a result in the and their fans, it was all Brazil. The Panamanians, now head to Brazil, where they are drawn in the home side took the lead in the 27th minute opening match,” Dani Alves said. who narrowly missed qualifying for their first Group F with Argentina, Iran and Nigeria. when Neymar’s sweetly-struck free kick beat the “Everyone did their thing today, everyone did World Cup, rarely troubled the hosts with “This is good for our confidence to beat diving keeper from 20 metres. Thirteen minutes their bit, and that is what makes our group Neymar and Hulk showing fine form as the start Ivory Coast and then to beat Mexico in front later his Barcelona team mate Dani Alves dou- strong, everyone is there to help each other.” of the World Cup looms. of their great fans,” Manchester City striker bled the lead with a low right-foot shot from just Despite a run of 13 wins in their previous 14 Brazil are hosting the World Cup for the first Dzeko told ESPN. “We are prepared well for outside the box. Hulk scored the third within sec- matches going into the game, the home fans since 1950 and open the month-long tourna- the World Cup. This is an amazing thing for onds of the re-start after running on to a brilliant were not impressed in the early stages, barrack- ment against Croatia in Sao Paulo on June 12. our team and our small country, we have wait- Neymar backheel and slotting the ball home ing their side as Panama began in lively fashion. They also play Mexico and Cameroon in Group A. ed over 20 years for this and we want to do with the outside of his left foot. Neymar called for a little more patience. “We They face a final warm up against Serbia on CHICAGO: Bosnia-Herzegovina defender our best to make the second round - and then Substitute Willian concluded the scoring need the fans to be a bit more patient, they were Friday. — Reuters Sead Kolasinac (left) collides with we will see.” Brazil face Croatia in the opening Mexico defender Andres Guardado match of the tournament in Sao Paulo on (right) while battling for the ball during June 12 with the final taking place in Rio de the second half of an international Janeiro on July 13. — Reuters friendly soccer match. — AP Swiss struggle to beat experimental Peru

LUCERNE: Switzerland left it late as they Forsyth. Peru, who last qualified for the struggled to a 2-0 win over a defensive, World Cup in 1982, were confident in pos- experimental Peru on Tuesday in their final session but only threatened once in the friendly before the World Cup in Brazil. first half when Paolo Hurtado’s side-footed Right back Stephan Lichtsteiner broke shot was tipped past the post by Diego the deadlock with a looping header in the Benaglio. There was little change in the sec- 78th minute and Xherdan Shaqiri, who sat ond half as the Swiss continued to labour out the first hour, added the second five while a noisy continent of around 1,000 minutes later. Until then, the Swiss had Peruvian fans, armed with bicycle horns carved out precious few chances against and drums, made more noise than the the South Americans who came without 14,000 home supporters. top players such as Bundesliga-based However, the hosts finally broke Claudio Pizarro, Jefferson Farfan and Carlos through when Rodriguez crossed from the Ford brings F5WC finals to Dubai Zambrano. left and Lichtsteiner headed into the top Ricardo Rodriguez was Switzerland’s corner. Six minutes later, a long ball was DUBAI: Ford Middle East yesterday announced tive values, such as loyalty, commitment, team- Council director of Marketing and Promotion, most lively player in the first half and the floated over the Peru defence to Shaqiri its partnership with Football Five’s World work, and respect for others. Rashid Al Kamali. left back’s pile-driver free kick was parried and he scored with a shot that went Championship (F5WC) to bring this global ini- “Ford Middle East is delighted to partner James Davies-Yandle, director at F5WC, said, from under the bar by goalkeeper George through Forsyth’s legs. —Reuters tiative to Dubai for the first time. F5WC aims for with the Football Five’s World Championship “We are excited to hold the F5WC finals in mass participation amongst amateur football and bring the finals to Dubai on its inaugural Dubai, as this city is one of the best in hosting players, who play in 5-a-side games for fun round,” Anderson added. world-class events of this calibre. We hope for a whilst bringing together countries to celebrate “This is a great competition for young ama- fun and successful event and are confident that the beautiful game. teur teams from around the world as they get the players who are some of the world’s best The Championship kicked off earlier this the chance to showcase their talents to profes- amateur players will have a great tournament. year with knock out games in 32 participating sional scouts from some of the best clubs in We thank Ford Middle East for taking F5WC countries across 6 continents. And with 100,000 Europe. Ford is very active in engaging with the under its wings.” amateur teams from around the globe having youth as evidenced by the range of activations taken part in a 6-month long exhilarating and and associations we hold in the region.” FUN FOR FOOTIE FANS exciting qualifying campaign, 32 finalist teams As the F5WC finals bring 32 of the best 5-a- The F5WC is not just a football competition will fight it off for the Championship title in side teams from around the globe to one ven- but also a fun weekend for the whole family. Dubai, courtesy of Ford Middle East, on the ue, multiple scouts from Manchester United, There will be half time entertainment from foot- 13th and 14th of June at the Dubai World Trade Real Madrid, Chelsea, Liverpool, Barcelona, ball freestylers, face painting, Electronic Arts (EA) and Convention Center. Hamburg and Juventus are expected to attend Sports, a PlayStation4 (PS4) gaming zone, live DJ Football analysts say the Middle East and the finals. Hosting the F5WC in Dubai is in line as well as plenty of giveaways for the crowds. Asia are the future of Football with more with the Dubai Sports Council’s mandate to The Ford fan zone promises exciting activities younger amateurs and active players than ever, provide a comprehensive sports environment for everyone. The Ford Raptor Simulator will defi- and Ford wants to be part of this promising rise as well as pave the way for the youth to culti- nitely raise the adrenalin level as participants race of Football and sports in general in the Middle vate their sporting and cultural talents and apti- to beat each other’s scores. For audiences who East, according to Paul Anderson, Ford Middle tudes in a way that leads them to achieving love to strike a pose, a special and fun 3D mirror East’s director of Marketing. national, regional, and international tangible will be in place, giving unique angles to the sub- “Ford believes in the universal language of results. “Football has a huge following in Dubai ject as image is captured. Football fanatics also football to instill values in the youth and to help and we have many talented players that we will get a chance to score solid goals as they them in their development, be it on the pitch or must nurture. We are pleased to host F5WC in shoot four footballs into a hole and get extra balls in their communities,” he said. “Through Dubai and show the world that we have some if they answer a question on Ford Fusion correct- Switzerland’s Josip Drmic (left) challenges Peru’s Alexander Callens (center) and Football, the youth can learn a number of posi- of the best talents right here,” said Dubai Sports ly. Special Ford prizes await the challengers. Yoshimar Yotun for the ball during their international friendly soccer match. — AP THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

PARIS: Germany’s Andrea Petkovic returns the ball to Italy’s Sara Errani during their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium. — AP Petkovic crush Errani

PARIS: Andrea Petkovic kept her remarkable run at the Behind a first serve percentage of 91 per cent, the 26- French Open on track yesterday as she crushed Italian year-old broke Errani’s serve seven times in total. She fired tenth seed Sara Errani to set up a last four clash against 26 winners against Errani’s 11 while the Italian won just Simona Halep. two of 12 points on her second serve and 39 per cent of The German, who slumped to 177 in the world follow- her first serves. ing a spate of injuries that almost forced her to give up the Halep had never previously got beyond the second game and fell in qualifying at Roland Garros 12 months round in the French capital but overpowered the 27th seed ago, sailed past 2012 finalist Errani 6-2, 6-2 in just over an Kuznetsova, who has not reached a Grand Slam semi-final hour. since winning in Paris in 2009. Halep, the highest seed remaining in the draw at num- Kuznetsova was never able to sustain a serious chal- ber four, also reached her first Grand Slam semi-final as she lenge after having her left thigh heavily strapped at the brushed aside 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of end of the first set. Russia by the same 6-2, 6-2 scoreline. Petkovic becomes Halep, who was the 2008 junior champion at Roland the first German woman to reach the French Open semi- Garros, is bidding to become just the second Romanian finals since 1999 when Steffi Graf went on to win the last of woman to triumph in Paris after her manager Virginia her Open era record of 22 Grand Slams. Ruzici took the 1978 title. Her delight after sealing the match was obvious as the “I was very relaxed. Was a tough day because I had to ball sailed out. “I saw the ball, and it was so slow. I just wait a few hours to play because of the rain, but still was a prayed to God that it went out, because I didn’t want to perfect day,” said Halep. smash that ball,” she said. “I stayed with my team and we spoke about other “I thought about, Should I take it as a drive volley or things. Not about the match and about the tennis. So I’m should I smash it? I was just praying that it went out. I was really happy that I could pass this level, this quarter-final like, please, please, please, please, please’”. “I had a very and really happy to enjoy the next match because is the good game plan from my coach but it didn’t work in the best result.” beginning, so I was getting a little, not panicked, but when In a match delayed by three hours because of heavy you have a certain game plan and you lose the first two rain, Halep broke for 2-0 in the first set and although games and it’s not working, so I was kind of getting a little Kuznetsova evened the contest at 2-2, that was as good as worried. “But, I trust my coach a great deal, so I told myself, it got for the Russian. Stick with it for this set. If it doesn’t work out, you can still Halep reeled off the next four games to take the first set change something. So I was lucky that I started playing and from 1-0 down in the second, she stretched out to a 5- better and that I was putting more balls into play. And 2 lead. then the game plan started working out better.” She overcame a nervy final service game where she It is Petkovic’s first ever appearance in the last four of a served up two double faults, before coming through when major, although she did reach three quarter-finals at Kuznetsova netted a forehand return. The other semi-final Australia, the French and the US Open during her finest today will feature Maria Sharapova, the 2012 champion, season in 2011 when she peaked at world number nine. against Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard. — AFP Nadal beats Ferrer and darkness to make semis PARIS: Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated com- complete his quarter-final ahead of a Friday semi-final. patriot David Ferrer as well as the Paris gloom to reach But after losing the first set, firing twice as many errors his ninth French Open semi-final yesterday. against the man he defeated for the loss of just eight The world number one recovered from dropping his games in last year’s final, the world number one carved first set of the tournament to record a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1 the only break of the second to level the contest. Nadal win and set-up a clash with either British Wimbledon raced through the third set as the sun started to fade champion Andy Murray or Gael Monfils of France for a courtesy of three breaks of serve and no unforced errors. place in Sunday’s title match. He was 3-0 up in the fourth, a run of 10 straight The win took the 28-year-old Spaniard’s record in Paris games, before Ferrer stopped the rot. It was a brief to 64 victories and just one loss and extended his mas- respite however as back came Nadal with another break tery over his 32-year-old Davis Cup teammate to 22 vic- and a 4-1 lead. He held comfortably before breaking a tories against just six defeats. dispirited Ferrer for the ninth time of the match. The sta- He did it in some style, reeling off 13 of the last 14 tistics were telling. Nadal ended with 20 unforced errors games before the sun set. “When you play David on any but just three of those came in the last two sets while surface, it’s always tough and he’s having a great season,” Ferrer, who hit a meagre six errors in the opening set said Nadal of a man who beat him in Monte Carlo in ended the contest with 42. April, one of three losses the top seed suffered on The Spaniard, who is bidding to be the first man to European clay this spring in a 10-year low. “But I was win five French Opens in succession, has 14-5 career lead more aggressive after the first set and maybe he did not over Murray and stands at 10-2 against Monfils. have the best of matches as it went on.” The other semi-final on Friday will feature world num- After not getting on court until just before 1900 local ber two Novak Djokovic, who needs a Roland Garros title time (1700GMT) as rain delayed the programme by three to complete a career Grand Slam, against Latvia’s Ernests hours, Nadal looked doomed to have to return today to Gulbis. — AFP Federal Reserve may shun global risk rules Page 22

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CAIRO: Egyptian traders work on the floor of the stock market in Cairo, Egypt. — AP Egypt’s currency black market under threat Pound rises on hopes of Gulf aid to Sisi

CAIRO: Egypt’s currency black market is under threat that three of the world’s richest countries, Saudi Arabia, from two directions, as aid from wealthy Gulf states the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, view stabilizing promises to ease a dollar shortage and an increasingly Egypt as a geopolitical imperative. The three govern- confident central bank engineers a gradual depreciation ments have already pledged at least $12 billion in aid - of the Egyptian pound. Since the 2011 revolution ush- and delivered most of it - since the Egyptian army ousted ered in three years of political and economic turmoil, a president Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, gap has opened up between the pound’s official market whom Gulf states viewed as an ideological arch-enemy, rate and the weaker rate at which it trades in illicit mon- last July. Similar or larger aid amounts are possible in ey changing shops and back alleys. coming months or years as the Gulf shores up Sisi. The The gap is a symbol of Egypt’s economic weakness as Gulf is also encouraging its state-owned companies to it struggles to attract hard currency. Now, however, the make big investments in Egypt, in areas from housing to pound is rising on the black market as traders anticipate energy. “The expectation is that Sisi will fix the country fresh inflows of cash from Gulf Arabs who backed last and will bring in investments,” said another Cairo black year’s military move to end Islamist rule. Gulf states have market trader, declining to be named because he did not welcomed the election as president last week of former want to attract the attention of authorities. He and oth- army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. ers said the pound was now trading at around 7.35 to Meanwhile, the central bank has been guiding the the dollar, much stronger than its rate of 7.50 just last pound lower in the official market, apparently judging week, and lows of near 8.00 during Morsi’s rule. that the economy has stabilized enough for it to under- take this process without triggering an uncontrollable Official market run on the currency. The result, black market dealers and As long as Egypt’s tourism industry and overall econ- bank economists say, is that the gap between the two omy remain weak, Gulf money looks unlikely by itself to rates may vanish as early as the end of this year, making supply enough dollars to close the black market entirely. back-street trading all but superfluous. The spread was The country posted a huge trade deficit of $15.4 billion NEW DELHI: A visitor browses through books of Indian online retailer Flipkart on a screen at the New Delhi World Book Fair in 2.7 percent on Wednesday, down from 4.7 percent last between last July and December, and as tourism rev- New Delhi. India’s online retailers are bulking up on acquisitions and funding as they battle the world’s biggest Internet shop- week and over 10 percent early last year. enues were hit by security fears, its services surplus ping giant, Amazon, for supremacy in the hyper-competitive domestic market.— AFP “If there’s more money coming in from the Gulf, there almost disappeared. Gulf aid received so far has halted a won’t be a thing called the black market,” a middle-aged slide in the central bank’s foreign reserves but has not trader, dressed in a worn-out grey sweater and black boosted them significantly. That is where central bank Flipkart battles Amazon for trousers, said in a luggage shop in Cairo’s crowded Ataba policy comes in. Since the end of March, when the offi- district where he conducts his illicit - and anonymous - cial exchange rate was at 6.97, the central bank has been currency business. Simon Williams, chief Middle East choosing cut-off prices in its dollar auctions that have India e-shopping dominance economist for HSBC in Dubai, said he suspected had the effect of pushing the pound down very slowly. Egyptian authorities believed the country could now This appears to be a major shift in policy - not con- NEW DELHI: India’s online retailers are bulking e-commerce sector is still puny compared with scale, not profits” and investing for the longhaul, afford to let the pound fall in the official market to levels firmed by officials - since restoring currency stability was up on acquisitions and funding as they battle China, where business-to-consumer Internet said Jhalani. “This sector used to be for the which attract healthy supplies of dollars. “It’s a sign of a priority and a major achievement for authorities after the world’s biggest Internet shopping giant, sales are expected to top $180 billion this year. brave-pocketed but it’s becoming viable and confidence - they think they can loosen their grip now the pound’s wild depreciation under Mursi. That alarmed Amazon, for supremacy in the hyper-competi- But like China, India is home to a billion-strong the profit light can be seen at the end of the and return to a normal regime.” investors and caused them to send hundreds of millions tive domestic market. Late last month, Flipkart, and increasingly tech-savvy population-and tunnel,” he said. The world’s biggest bricks-and- of dollars out of the country. An informal Reuters survey India’s largest e-shopping portal, announced analysts say Flipkart’s Alibaba ambitions are not mortar retailer Walmart now is reportedly also Black market of 10 traders, fund managers and economists in Egypt the takeover of rival Myntra in a deal analysts so far-fetched. eyeing the market and adding to competition. The pound is officially trading between banks at 7.15 and abroad found eight of them predicting the pound’s estimated at $330 million-the largest of a string Flipkart’s merger with Myntra created an Flipkart’s nearest domestic rival Snapdeal has to the dollar, some 15 percent weaker than it was near official rate would fall further by the end of this year, to of transactions in the sector over the past two entity with annual sales of $1.5 billion-over half just raised $100 million, its latest fund infusion, the end of 2012, when the central bank introduced an an average rate of 7.35; that would mean a total depreci- years. “With Amazon entering the fray, it’s forc- of the country’s nascent online shopping mar- from investors such as Singapore’s state-run auction system for dollars in order to ration hard curren- ation of 5.4 percent during 2014. Further moderate ing domestic players to get critical mass to com- ket, estimated at $2.3 billion by Indian consul- Temasek. Technopak estimates e-merchandise cy and protect its reserves. Banks must trade dollars depreciation is seen as possible next year. pete,” Ashish Jhalani, founder of Indian consul- tancy Technopak. Online retail sales have been sales will climb as high as $38 billion represent- within ranges around the central bank’s auction cut-off So far, central bank officials have not commented tancy eTailing said. “It’s still a fragmented sector “growing in excess of 60 percent a year, mirror- ing up to four percent of India’s total retail sales- prices for interbank, commercial and retail transactions, publicly on the reasons for the policy change, and offi- and there’s more consolidation to come. It’s ing how e-commerce has grown in China”, in five years. giving authorities effective control over the official cials familiar with currency policy could not be reached becoming a battle for survival,” he said. Ankur Bisen, retail vice president at Technopak, Amazon has been setting a blistering pace exchange rate. However, monthly demand for dollars in for comment. But many private economists think For Flipkart, founded by two ex-Amazon told AFP. Venture capitalists have been pouring since its Indian website launch last June. Egypt is over half a billion dollars greater than the authorities have two goals in mind. One is to boost eco- employees, the game’s not just about beating money into the sector, scenting potential. So far, Product categories have mushroomed and it amount supplied by the official market, economists esti- nomic growth, a priority for Sisi to keep popular support, their former Seattle-based employer on Indian $497 million worth of deals have been struck was the first to introduce same and next day mate. The black market has sprung up to satisfy this by stimulating exports; trade minister Mounir Fakhry turf. Flipkart wants to become the Indian ver- this year, compared with $592 for all of last year. delivery, with Flipkart and Snapdeal following demand. There are now expectations that aid and invest- Abdel Nour has said Egypt wants non-oil exports to rise sion of the Chinese online shopping juggernaut Most are small in value but important stepping suit. Bansal established Flipkart in 2007 with ex- ment from the Gulf may shift the supply-demand bal- 15 percent this year, after 11 percent in 2013. Trade is Alibaba. “Our role model is Alibaba,” Flipkart’s stones as retailers build critical mass. Amazon colleague Binny Bansal. The pair, who ance in the black market considerably - expectations unlikely to be the main motive for the policy change. co-founder Sachin Bansal told reporters, adding share a last name but are not related, sold music fuelled by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, who said on Egypt’s export sector accounts for only slightly more there’s “a lot of similarity between the Chinese Investing for the longhaul and books and expanded rapidly into mobiles, Tuesday that countries should hold an aid donors’ con- than 10 percent of the economy, and if a weak currency and Indian online retail markets”. “What’s hap- Players in the emerging Indian e-shopping appliances and other goods. “This (Myntra) ference for Egypt. It is not clear how much money Egypt pushes up food price inflation, support for the govern- pening in China is inspiring-it’s bigger than any- market are still losing money. But that’s acquisition is all about scaling up fast,” said will get or when. But the statement was a fresh signal ment could suffer.—Reuters thing in the US,” Bansal said. India’s electronic or because “they’re concentrating on building Binny Bansal. —AFP BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

UK Workspace Group shares rise 6 percent

LONDON: Britain’s Workspace Group Plc reported a 43 percent jump in full-year net asset value as the landlord saw an increase in occupancy and charged higher rates in a recovering commercial property market. Shares in the company rose as much as 6 percent, making the stock the top per- centage gainer on the FTSE-250 Midcap index on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The real estate investment trust, which provides office spaces to small businesses, said EPRA net asset value (NAV) - a key measure of industry perform- ance - rose to 496 pence per share in the year to March 31 from 348 pence a year earlier. EPRA (European Public Real Estate Association) net asset value excludes market adjustments of effective cash flow hedges, deferred tax relating to revaluation movements and capital allowances and derivatives. “(Full year 2014) may be hard to repeat but we still forecast Workspace to deliver the leading total returns among UK REITs on a 12- month view,” analysts at Liberum Securities said in a note. “Trading at a 6 percent discount to one- year forward NAV, we see this as a compelling entry point for a stock still in its mid-cycle.” PROVIDENCE: The Bank of America Building (center) also known as the Superman building, stands among other buildings in downtown Providence, RI. The Art Deco-style Last year, growth in the UK commercial proper- skyscraper is the tallest in the state. A state Senate panel heard a testimony on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 on whether to provide $39 million in state aid for a developer’s renova- ty business climbed to its highest level since 2010, tion of the building into apartments. — AP with income returns from commercial assets rising to 6.8 percent, data from real estate benchmark provider Investment Property Databank Ltd showed. (http://link.reuters.com/gum36v) The Federal Reserve may growth due to historically low interest rates and a general economic recovery has also helped Britain’s two biggest REITs, Land Securities Group Plc and British Land Co Plc, post a sharp rise in full- year net asset value. Workspace’s focus on refurbishment and rede- shun global risk rules velopment drove up rents during the period, Chief Executive Jamie Hopkins said in a statement. The company charged like-for-like rent per square foot Officials concerned about ‘Basel III capital rules’ of 15.28 pounds, up 8.5 percent from a year earlier. Brixton Road, London-based Workspace refurbish- es and redevelops properties where clients such NEW YORK: The Federal Reserve may scrap international meas- said at a recent conference that it is holding more capital in large global regulators have been discussing and refining for a decade. as Ralph Lauren Corp and Britain’s Metropolitan ures aimed at assessing bank health in favor of imposing its own part because of the Fed’s stress test. Many regulators have little The central bank has added its own rules to a separate part of the Police have taken up space. The REIT raised its final rules, frustrating bankers who have spent billions of dollars retool- patience with these complaints. In the run-up to the financial cri- Basel capital requirements, known as the leverage ratios, which do dividend to 7.09 pence per share from 6.45 pence ing their books to meet global standards. Fed officials are con- sis, banks succumbed to the temptation to boost earnings by bor- not consider the riskiness of assets. a year earlier. — Reuters cerned that parts of a key tool that regulators have developed to rowing more money to fund their assets. If a bank has too much Tarullo’s harsh criticism of the Basel risk measures came in a measure banks’ riskiness-known as “Basel III capital rules”-are debt, even slight declines in the value of its assets can put it out of May 8 speech. Referring to bank models for calculating asset risk, flawed and can be gamed by the companies. Under Basel, banks business, a lesson that Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc learned the called the “internal-ratings-based approach,” he said, the “com- can determine how much debt they can take on by using their hard way. bined complexity and opacity of risk weights generated by each own models and computer systems to calculate how risky their banking organization for purposes of its regulatory capital Monitise names assets are, among other methods. The higher the risk, the less Other regulators requirement create manifold risks of gaming, mistake, and moni- money banks can borrow and lend, in turn cutting income banks The Fed and other regulators are charged with maintaining toring difficulty.” Later, he said, “in light of all that has happened in former Visa can earn. In other words, the Basel rules give banks a chance to the health of the financial system, not maximizing bank profits. the last decade, I see little reason to maintain the requirements of monkey with their risk models to boost profit. Regulators may have reason to be alarmed about the way banks the IRB approach for our largest banks.” Fed staffers interviewed executive as co-CEO In a May speech, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo condemned the are measuring asset risk. Last year, the Basel Committee, which is by Reuters said Tarullo’s tone and timing were surprising, given latitude that Basel III gives banks to use their own models. While refining the current generation of Basel rules, said it found wide the amount of energy that both US regulators and the banks have NEW YORK: Monitise Plc, a provider of mobile banking and pay- he was expressing his own views, a source familiar with the matter variance in how banks assessed the riskiness of hypothetical port- put into adopting the third generation of Basel rules, which must ment systems, has hired a former Visa Inc executive to co-run the told Reuters that Tarullo’s opinion is held by other governors. folios of loans and trading assets. A Barclays Capital survey in 2012 be fully implemented by the beginning of 2019. “They’ve invested company as it pursues a sevenfold increase in users by 2018. Instead of the Basel rules, Tarullo promoted the use of the Fed’s found that half of investors distrust banks’ assessments of the riski- so much time and effort into that process, and it’s an international Shares of Monitise rose more than 7 percent yesterday morning own yardstick of bank health, a test of how bank assets would per- ness of their assets. Banks rarely confess to changing their risk agreed-upon standard, so to say to scrap it - it’s a pretty bold state- after the company announced the appointment of Elizabeth Buse form during market turmoil or an economic slump. That process, models to reduce their capital requirements, but evidence of its ment,” said an employee at a regional Federal Reserve bank who as co-chief executive. Buse, 53, will work alongside Monitise’s which the Fed has developed separately from the Basel regula- happening came to light last year, when a US Senate subcommit- did not want to be identified. Federal Reserve spokeswoman founder and current chief executive, Alastair Lukies. Her appoint- tions, is known as the “stress test.” tee released e-mails in which JPMorgan Chase & Co executives Barbara Hagenbaugh declined to comment. ment is effective immediately. “Her joining gives a lot of credibility discussed how they were changing their models to reduce the to Monitise as a business and to their claim of gaining market Evaluating risk apparent riskiness of their assets. Policing banks’ models is labor Crisis aftermath share in the business in the US,” said Ali Khwaja, analyst at “As a practical matter, it is our binding capital standard,” said intensive, and regulators are finding their staff and resources Regulators have been working on the third set of Basel rules Berenberg bank. John Dugan, former US Comptroller of the Currency and now a stretched. Even the head of the Basel Committee acknowledged for a decade, but the effort gained extra momentum after the Founded in 2003, Monitise says it processes mobile payments, partner at the law firm of Covington & Burling in Washington. The in March that adjusting assets for risk poses difficulties for regula- financial crisis, when investors and depositors feared that banks purchases and transfers to the value of $71 billion annually. Its Fed’s decision to emphasize a different process for evaluating risk tors. “The message I would like to leave you with today is that had too much debt and too little equity, or capital, funding their customers include Telefonica SA, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, is maddening to banks, who complain that the Fed’s tests are there is one (a problem), and we plan to do something about it,” assets. Capital represents a cushion that banks have against their MasterCard Inc and Visa. The company, which has a market capi- opaque. The regulator fears that banks would find ways to cheat said Basel Committee Chairman Stefan Ingves in a speech in New assets losing value during times of stress-maintaining enough of a talization of 1.17 billion pounds ($1.96 billion), this year unveiled the tests if they knew too much about the methodology, so it York. The Federal Reserve is not inclined to wait to fix rules that buffer is critical to preventing runs on banks during crises. When plans to increase the number of its registered users to 200 million gives them little detail about it. Every year, the Fed can also investors and depositors lost faith in banks, governments and cen- by 2018 from 28 million. Buse, a US national, will take over the run- change the stressful situations it tests for. tral banks globally had to pump trillions of dollars into the finan- ning of Monitise’s day-to-day operations and will oversee technol- Wall Street says it’s getting mixed signals about Basel III from cial system to bail out lenders. The Fed developed the stress tests ogy, sales and marketing. Lukies will focus on corporate develop- the Fed. Tarullo’s remarks come less than three months after US in 2009 in part to restore trust in the financial system. Investors ment and key relationships with partners and major shareholders. regulators gave the green light to eight big US banks to use their unsure about bank-asset values took comfort that regulators were “The co-CEO approach has been more successful when there own risk models. One senior bank executive who refused to be checking that banks would be solvent during a crisis. is a clear separation of areas of responsibility,” Mark Palmer, ana- named complained that the regulator wants “a private playbook” These tests, combined with the Fed’s decisions about whether lyst at BTIG, wrote in a note. “(Monitise) appears to have created which it can redesign every year. Another called the stress test banks can afford to buy back more shares and increase their divi- such a clear separation between the roles.” Buse was on process “arbitrary and scary.” The world’s biggest banks have prob- dends, have become increasingly important to the regulator, Monitise’s board from July 2010 until October 2012. She joined ably spent billions of dollars in recent years building computer sources said. The European Central Bank, which will become the Visa in 1998 and held several senior positions at the company models, hiring staff and selling assets to comply with Basel III, ana- continent’s bank supervisor before the end of the year, is also before stepping down as executive vice-president of solutions in lysts said. An executive at a major bank told Reuters last year that developing its own stress tests known as the asset quality review. March. She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration his firm had spent $500 million on models and systems alone. Banks including Citigroup Inc and Bank of America Corp have from the Haas School at the University of California Berkeley. She Without more detail about the Fed’s rules, banks must hold been embarrassed to have had capital plans rejected by the Fed. has been granted 5 million share options with an exercise price of more capital, possibly constraining their lending and global Their failures have encouraged others to be more cautious man- 1 pence. Monitise’s shares were up 3.6 percent at 66.88 pence at growth, bankers said. Wells Fargo & Co, the fourth-largest US bank, Fed Governor Daniel Tarullo aging their capital, analysts said.—Reuters 1135 GMT. — Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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Honda Alghanim launches the All New 2014 Honda CITY in Kuwait

ollowing the announcement made by Honda package. It has a completely new design, high balance Motor Co. (Middle East Office) on the launch of the chassis system which offers comfort with safety. The car FNew 2014 model Honda CITY for the Middle East has new geometry MacPherson Strut front suspension and Africa market at a press event in Dubai, Honda and High rigidity H shaped twist beam rear suspension Alghanim launched the all new CITY, which has been for operational stability and comfortable ride. CITY developed as a global sedan, encompassing the best of adopts a High rigidity & new controlled electronic pow- Honda’s technologies to deliver Advanced Sporty er steering which delivers a high quality steering feel. Design, Best Comfort and Best Fuel Efficiency in the cat- The All New CITY’s Advanced Compatibility egory. Engineering (tm) (ACE (tm)) body enhances self-protec- Compared to the previous Generation CITY which tion while mitigating damage to other vehicles in the was launched in 2009, the all new 2014 Honda CITY has event of a collision. The CITY features host of Honda’s undergone a complete design change based on a grand active and passive safety technologies including concept of an “Advanced Cool Sporty Car” that has a Pedestrian injury mitigation technology, Driver and stunning presence with its dynamic stance, outstanding Front passenger SRS airbags, Anti-Lock Brake System fuel efficiency, comfortable and spacious interiors. It (ABS) which prevents wheel locking, Electronic Brake aims to reflect sophistication and vigor while in motion Distribution (EBD) which enhances braking perform- and a striking charisma when stationary. ance and impact mitigating headrests reducing possi- The All New 2014 Honda CITY lineup features three bility of neck injury in rear impacts. grades with an introduction of a new base grade name- New CITY offers a host of advanced interior equip- ly, DX followed by LX and the top of the line EX. All the ment, equipped for the first time in its class. Cruise con- three grades are powered with a 1.5L i-VTEC Petrol trol and Bluetooth HFT phone controls are standard fea- engine which delivers a maximum power of 115 hp @ tures on the New City. The advanced Display Audio 6600 rpm and a maximum torque of 14.8 kg-m @ 4600 equipped on LX/ EX grades with a 7” TFT touch screen rpm. This engine is mated to the next-generation CVT seamlessly integrates some Smartphone features. Aside transmission. from Smartphone integration, the 7” Display Audio Packaging is one of the most attractive point of the plays multi-functional roles like Bluetooth Hands-free new CITY. The All New CITY delivers cleverly generated Telephone connectivity, audio system with AM/FM, USB, interior space that exceeds its class by further evolving Bluetooth streaming channels and detailed trip com- Honda’s “man maximum machine minimum” philoso- puter information. Another first in its class feature is an phy which aims at maximizing space available for peo- available Auto Air-Conditioning system on the EX grade ple and minimizing the space required for mechanical with Touch screen control panel and available rear AC components. This design philosophy has enabled new vents which enhances HVAC efficiency. The top of the CITY to achieve class leading rear legroom, superior line EX grade is also equipped with Smart Entry with head clearance and knee room. The trunk space is again one-push engine Start/Stop button and “Paddle Shift” fog lamps are equipped on EX grade, shark fin antenna colors - White Orchid Pearl, Alabaster Silver Metallic, class leading with a large space of 538 liters. option which can be operated in both D and S mode on the LX /EX grade and sleek turn indicators on the Modern Steel Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, Carnelian Red The All New CITY uses high tensile steel along with and allows driver to enjoy a manual transmission-like door mirrors as standard equipment, positions the new Pearl and newly introduced Golden Brown Metallic. new body structure to achieve lightweight and high driving feel. Honda CITY a class above the rest. It is also worth mentioning, new CITY comes with a 3 rigidity sedan body structure to support driving and On the exterior, 16” sporty alloy wheels and stylish Honda CITY will be available in six exciting range of years or 100,000 KM warranty as standard. BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 Euro dips in pre-ECB jockeying Nikkei bucks trend in Asia

LONDON: The dollar was bobbing near a 3- percent to about $1.3611 in early trading, US Treasury yields since the end of last week. leading to a consolidation,” Jonathan Sudaria, 218,000 jobs, according to the median esti- 1/2 month high and shares dipped for a sec- while shares steadied and the region’s main Treasuries tend to be a benchmark for global a dealer at London Capital Group, said in a mate of 105 economists polled by Reuters. ond day yesterday, as the recent jump in US bond markets clawed back some of the borrowing costs so movements tend to be felt note to clients. The dollar index, which tracks the greenback borrowing costs weighed on markets before ground they had conceded on Tuesday fol- in virtually all parts financial markets. against a basket of six major rivals, added what is set to be an action-packed ECB meet- lowing the rise in US rates. In Asian trading, shares on Tokyo’s Nikkei US jobs data about 0.1 percent on the day to 80.653, not ing. Safe-haven gold was stuck near a four- “What is interesting across the market is had hit a fresh 2-month high on a weaker yen On Wall Street overnight, shares edged far from Monday’s high of 80.681, which was month low while there were also signs pres- that US rates are higher,” said John Hardy, and pension reforms, though action else- lower but remained close to multi-year highs, its best level since mid-February. sure was building again on emerging market head of FX strategy for Saxo bank in where in the region was muted. European with the benchmark S&P 500 ending less It put the squeeze on emerging markets. assets that suffered badly earlier in the year Copenhagen. “We’ve seen the 10 year shares dipped in opening trading, though than a point off Monday’s record close, and The Indonesian rupiah led a wave of Asian from rising US rates. Treasury yield zip back above the 2.5 percent they had mostly recovered by 0800 GMT, with helping to push benchmark US bond yields currencies down as it hit a near four-month Investors were already beginning to move level and it has been quite a significant move the main markets in London , Frankfurt and to three-week highs. In early European trad- low, while further south, the Australian dollar to the sidelines before Thursday’s ECB meet- these last few days.” “Emerging market curren- Paris virtually unchanged. “With no one in a ing, the yield on 10-year notes was at 2.575 leapt a quarter of a U.S. cent after it first quar- ing, where expectations are intense that the cies backing up again and it is also pushing rush to do anything, markets are still hovering percent, slightly down from its US close but ter growth figures beat forecasts. In com- bank will respond to the euro zone’s low infla- dollar/yen higher so there is a very interesting- near their recent highs but with no one willing well above last week’s 11-month lows. modities trading, gold was steady at tion and sluggish growth with an aggressive sub plot developing outside of the ECB.” There to bet big ahead of the central bank meetings German Bunds were at 1.354 percent. $1,245.90 an ounce after plumbing a four- set of easing measures. The euro sagged 0.1 has been a near 20 basis points rise in 10-year and payrolls, the natural position squaring is US economic data on Tuesday showed month low of $1,240.61 on Tuesday. Oil new orders for factory goods rose for a third added about 0.2 percent to $102.83 a barrel, straight month in April and automakers after industry data showed a bigger-than- recorded solid vehicle sales in May, adding expected fall in US crude stockpiles. “I think more evidence to support market expecta- prices will stabilize here for a short while tions of an improved second quarter per- around $1,245 before making another big formance. US jobs data tomorrow could help jump either way,” said a gold trader in Hong determine whether the rise in yields will con- Kong. “People are mostly waiting for tomor- tinue. The US nonfarm payrolls report for May row’s payrolls data before taking any big posi- is expected to show that employers added tions.”— Reuters

MIAMI: A construction worker works on the site of the SoMa at Brickell apartment building in downtown Miami. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing man- agers, issued its index of non-manufacturing activity for May yesterday. — AP Gold edges up

LONDON: Gold edged up yesterday, but was still ing six months. In other markets, the euro near a four-month low hit in the previous session sagged 0.2 percent and European shares fell as the dollar and US bond yields rose, while before Thursday’s ECB meeting. The central bank investors awaited US economic data and easing is widely expected to cut interest rates, including measures from the European Central Bank. lowering the rate banks are charged for deposit- Markets focused on US private hiring data later ing funds with the central bank to below zero. on and the nonfarm payrolls report tomorrow to gauge economic strength. Physical demand lacking Spot gold rose 0.1 percent to $1,245.90 an As a gauge of investor interest, holdings of ounce by 0954 GMT. The metal hit a four-month the SPDR Gold Trust, the world’s largest gold- low of $1,240.61 on Tuesday, before closing flat, backed exchange-traded fund, rose 1.8 tons to snapping a five-day losing streak. US gold 787.08 tons on Tuesday. The inflow could be sup- futures for June delivery were up $1.50 an ounce portive in the near term, but the fund’s overall at $1,246.00. The dollar was up 0.1 percent holdings are still near 5-year lows, indicating against a basket of currencies, benefitting from bearish sentiment, analysts said. “A resumption rising US borrowing costs. The US 10-year of (gold) downward trend has seen net holdings Treasury yields steadied above 2.57 percent, hav- in gold ETFs decline by 39 metric tons in the ing climbed almost 20 basis points over the past year-to-date,” ANZ said in a note. “We expect three sessions. Returns on US bonds are closely steady net redemptions of ETF gold to become watched by the gold market, given that the met- the norm for at least the next 12 months, though al pays no interest. “The stronger data in the US the threat of geo-political risk remains ever pres- has already improved markets’ sentiment,” ABN ent.” The bank sees gold ending the year at Amro analyst Georgette Boele said. $1,180 an ounce, down from a previous forecast “In general, I expect weaker prices for gold, if of $1,450 an ounce, as China demand response data continues to be better on the US side and to the 10-percent decline in gold prices since triggers higher US yields, gold will move lower.” March has been weak in comparison to last year. Employers probably added 218,000 jobs to their Asian physical demand, which tends to pro- payrolls last month, according to a Reuters sur- vide a floor to prices during sharp losses, has vey of economists. While that would be step been weak as many expect gold to go lower. down from April’s robust 288,000 job gain, it Asia is home to major gold consumers, China would still be above the average for the preced- and India. —Reuters Oil rises above $109 Libya’s Hariga oil port stays closed

LONDON: Brent crude rose above $109 a barrel this week after slipping 1-1.5 percent in the last yesterday following a sharper-than-expected week of May as traders booked profits on an drop in US oil inventories and as the euro-zone expected rise in OPEC supply to the highest in eyed policies that may spur growth and boost three months in May. the region’s energy demand. The European Central Bank will meet on Thursday to discuss Libya and Ukraine measures aimed at stimulating the economy Simmering tensions between Russia and after inflation in the region dropped to record Western powers over Ukraine and the political lows in May. turmoil in Libya that has curbed the OPEC mem- Brent oil for July delivery was up 50 cents at ber’s crude output have been underpinning oil $109.32 a barrel by 1037 GMT, after settling prices. US President Barack Obama unveiled down 1 cent the previous day. US crude, or West plans to spend up to $1 billion to beef up mili- Texas Intermediate (WTI), for July delivery gained tary support for eastern European members of 70 cents to $103.36 a barrel. Traders were waiting the NATO alliance while fighting raged in eastern for government data on US oil inventories due at Ukraine for a second day. 1430 GMT after industry statistics showed a big- In Libya, the eastern Hariga oil port remained ger-than-expected fall in crude stockpiles. Crude closed on Tuesday as protesting security guards inventories fell 1.4 million barrels in the week have not been paid, state oil firm AGOCO said. ended May 30 to 382.5 million barrels, data from “There are a lot of impediments to any return to the American Petroleum Institute (API) showed, full production in Libya,” said Michael McCarthy, compared with analyst expectations for a chief strategist at CMC Markets in Sydney. “It’s decrease of 300,000 barrels. not just the disruption to operations, but also Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, WTI issues around control of ports. These problems delivery hub fell 300,000 barrels, the API said, but are a part of a larger political issue in Libya and a analysts said there may need to be a bigger resolution appears to be a long way away,” he decline reported by the US Energy Information said. Traders are also watching the results of Administration (EIA) to spur further price gains. wage talks between oil companies and the “The inventory reduction would have to be more largest union in Norway, after a fourth round of marked than that reported by the API to drive oil negotiations failed. Two years ago about 10 per- prices up any further, for the global oil market is cent of Norway’s offshore workers went on strike amply supplied at present,” Commerzbank ana- for 16 days, cutting oil output by 13 percent and lyst Carsten Fritsch said. Oil prices have stabilized gas by 4 percent. — Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 BUSINESS Greeks hope for a bumper season Tourists coming back; economy picks up ATHENS: Greece is hoping for a new tourism record this year, with arrivals likely to exceed 20 million, in a new sign that the country is winning back foreigners as the economy gets back on its feet. After a poor season in 2012 - a year marked by back-to-back elections, political instability, and anti-austerity protests-the tourism industry seems finally to be getting its swagger back. Last LONDON: Photo shows a Tesco’s store in south London. Supermarket group Tesco, year saw a record 20 million foreign tourists visit- Britain’s biggest retailer yesterday posted sliding first-quarter sales, hit by intense ing the country, as fears of a Greek exit from the competition from foreign-owned outlets and restructuring costs.—AFP euro receded. The new forecast from officials is that this will be another record year, a welcome piece of good news in a country in a country looking to exit a six-year economic slump and Tesco suffers ‘worst’ where tourism is a big employer. Greeks desperately need the cash injections sales slump in 40 years brought by tourists looking for sunshine and to spend their holidays visiting ancient monu- LONDON: Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco suf- yesterday’s earnings release. ments. Their living standards have plunged, fered its largest quarterly drop in sales for “The first quarter has also seen a continua- many cannot pay their taxes, the unemployment four decades, it said yesterday, hit by super- tion of the challenging consumer trends in rate exceeds 26 percent, and more than half of market price wars and the rising popularity of the UK, reflecting still subdued levels of all young people cannot find work. So a bumper German-owned discounters. Tesco, the spending in addition to the more structural year for tourists would be welcome. “2013 was a world’s third biggest supermarket group, is changes taking place across the retail indus- record year. In 2014, every indication shows that facing fierce competition from Lidl and Aldi, try.” He added that acceleration of the group’s we are going to break this record,” Prime Minister as well as from traditional supermarket rivals own restructuring would impact its headline Antonis Samaras told a tourism conference last ATHENS: Tourists sunbath at the island of Santorini. Greece is about to set a new record in comprising Wal-Mart division Asda, performance in coming quarters. Clarke said month. “Get ready for over 20 million visitors,” he tourism this year with the expected arrival of more than 21 million visitors. —AFP Sainsbury’s, William Morrison and Waitrose. the retail sector was suffering owing to years said. All of Greece’s main airports are expected to tourists away. Repeated strikes and animosity British sales excluding petrol in stores of falling wages among customers, once A move to reduce tax on food services by 10 handle increased traffic this year, with the towards Germany for its role in the debt negotia- open at least a year sank 3.7 percent in the changes to inflation were taken into account. percentage points is thought to have helped, islands of Mykonos, Skiathos, Cephalonia and tions did not help. Alongside shipping, tourism three months to May 24 from a year earlier, He added that despite signs of economic while the culture ministry said last week that Samos gaining prominently. is the main contributor to Greece’s debt-wracked Tesco said in a gloomy trading update. That optimism, “for the majority of customers it is longer operating hours introduced on a trial But the biggest flight increase — 122 per- economy, so a drop-off in tourists was of major was the third successive quarterly drop and not getting into their pockets”. Industry data basis at 33 museums and sites were already pay- cent-is expected at the airport of Kalamata in concern. The sector accounts for about 15 per- sent the company’s share price falling on the on Tuesday revealed that Tesco’s overall gro- ing off. “The data shows a major revenue the Peloponnese, which was recently added to cent of the economy’s output, and 20 million London stock market. Chief executive Philip cery market share in Britain had fallen sharply increase,” said culture minister Panos the destinations of budget airline Ryanair. tourists amounts to nearly double the popula- Clarke, who began working at Tesco as a shelf in recent months. Panagiotopoulos. The number of visitors to two Overall, on average, airline bookings are up 25 tion. With things looking up last year, the sector stacker 40 years ago, described the sales per- of Greece’s most popular island sites-the Bronze percent this year with the biggest increases from contributed 34 billion euros to national output, formance as the worst he had ever seen. ‘Losing market share’ Age settlement of Akrotiri on Santorini, and the Britain, Russia, Germany and Italy. “There are an Andreadis said. “There hasn’t been a quarter of like-for-like Data from Kantar Worldpanel showed that Archaeological Museum of Heraklion on Crete- additional four million flight bookings this year,” And as the culture ministry points out, that sales like this before that I can remember, but Tesco’s share of the British grocery market fell more than doubled in April, compared to the Andreas Andreadis, the head of SETE, said. money also brings employment. “Every addition- I’ve never seen a period of such intense trans- to 29 percent in the 12 weeks to May 25, level a year earlier, the ministry said. “Greece (previously) found itself at the centre of al 1.0 million arrivals means 50,000 jobs,” the cul- formation for the industry,” Clarke said. compared with 30.5 percent in the same Visitors to ancient Olympia, the birthplace of negative publicity. With the return of political ture minister said. With new business activity still period a year earlier. Tesco yesterday added the Olympics, the Bronze Age stronghold of stability... negative publicity became positive,” he strongly orientated towards cafes and restau- Discount chains flourish that the group’s total sales including petrol Mycenae and the Minoan palace of Knossos also said. “This usually happens. Like a spring, when rants, the sector and related services are still Discount chains flourished in Britain dur- also slid 3.7 percent in first quarter. increased by over 40 percent, the ministry said. the pressure is released, it swiftly bounces back.” very much pulling the economy. But some econ- ing the recession, as consumers tightened Yesterday’s news sent Tesco’s share price slip- Last week, the association of Greek tourism omists say the country may return to over- their belts to save cash, and still remain pop- ping 0.59 percent to 295.75 pence on enterprises (SETE), a leading industry group, Return of good times? dependence on its traditional sectors. Greece ular despite the economy’s strong recovery London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies, increased its visitor estimate for the year from At the worst point of the nation’s debt crisis, also still lags behind regional rivals in terms of this year. Supermarket price wars in Britain which was down 0.31 percent at 6,815.40 18.5 million to 19 million tourists, based on a rise which came after the International Monetary average spending per tourist. Average daily have meanwhile pushed the annual inflation points around midday. “Tesco results... con- in flight bookings. That figure does not include Fund and European Union provided rescue spending is 146 euros ($199) compared to 162 rate lower, weighing on the retail sector’s firm how difficult the changing landscape is another 2.2 million estimated arrivals from cruise funding tied to radical reforms in 2010, pictures euros in Turkey and 200 in Italy, according to the performance. Clarke added that Tesco was for the beleaguered brand,” said Rebecca ship packages, which are calculated separately. of rioting and fires in Athens frightened many government.— AFP “more competitive than we have been for O’Keeffe, head of investment at stockbroker many years” but warned that intensifying Interactive Investor. “Tesco is still struggling efforts on price-cutting and store refurbish- to work out where it fits in a world of dis- ment would continue to weigh. “As expect- count supermarkets and high-end grocery ed, the acceleration of our plans is impacting shops, and as a consequence it is losing mar- our near-term sales performance,” he said in ket share to both.” —AFP Bank of England set to sit tight on rates

LONDON: The Bank of England is likely to more than five years to aid economic keep its main interest rate at a record-low recovery from the global financial crisis of level today, but is slowly moving towards 2008. The economy powered ahead in the raising borrowing costs after a years-long first quarter of this year with gross domes- pause. The institution’s Monetary Policy tic product growth of 0.8 percent, but there Committee (MPC) is odds-on to keep the remain stubborn concerns about a robust rate frozen at 0.50 percent at the conclu- housing market amid signs of a potential sion of a two-day meeting as low inflation bubble in London. In another bright spot, in Britain offsets the country’s solid eco- British retail sales surged 6.9 percent in nomic growth and falling unemployment, April compared with a year earlier, recent according to analysts. official data showed. That was the fastest The Bank of England (BoE) is forecast rate for a decade and persuaded HSBC also to maintain its quantitative easing (QE) bank to lift its second-quarter growth fore- cash stimulus program at £375 billion cast to 0.9 percent from 0.7 percent. ($628 billion, 461 billion euros). “Views among MPC members appear to be diverg- Britain vs euro-zone ing. Bank rate is set to remain on hold this Although Britain is a member of the month, but the chances of a split vote European Union, it is not part of the euro- sometime in the next few months are zone, whose interest rates are set by the growing,” said analyst Martin Beck at con- European Central Bank. Financial markets sultancy Oxford Economics. Policymaker are betting on an interest rate cut from the Martin Weale last week broke ranks to ECB today as low inflation, a strong euro declare that Britain needed to start raising and anaemic credit finally spur it into rates gradually to avoid sharp and painful action. The ECB has held its key interest SYDNEY: Photo shows a view of the central business district of Sydney from the top of Sydney Harbour Bridge. Surging mining exports powered hikes in the future. Minutes from the MPC’s rates steady at their current all-time lows the Australian economy to better-than-expected 1.1 percent growth in the first quarter of the year, data showed yesterday. — AFP May gathering showed that the decision to since November, repeatedly promising to keep rates on hold was “becoming more act if necessary to avert deflation in the 18 balanced” for some members of the nine- countries that share the euro. Inflation in strong committee panel. Analysts saw this the euro-zone slowed last month to finan- Mining exports drive as a signal of an increase in support cial crisis levels, putting extra pressure on towards tightening borrowing costs amid the ECB to act to fight a growing threat of the nation’s brightening economic outlook. deflation, data showed on Tuesday. Euro- “If you want to have baby steps you do zone inflation fell to 0.5 percent in May, the Australian growth have to start sooner,” Weale told the same level as in March and erasing a bump Financial Times. “The question is: how close to 0.7 percent in April. In Britain, 12-month are we getting to ‘soon’? Of course we can inflation accelerated in April to 1.8 percent- SYDNEY: Surging mining exports powered the inventories, which subtracted 0.6 percentage mining exports, such rises would likely become never be sure, but the economy ... has sus- the first gain for 10 months, lifted by the Australian economy to better-than-expected 1.1 points. smaller over the next few quarters. The tained fairly rapid growth in demand.” later timing of Easter. But the rate remains percent growth in the first quarter of the year, Australian economy has not slipped into reces- British rates have stood at 0.50 percent for below the BoE’s target of 2.0 percent.—AFP data showed yesterday, but Treasurer Joe Lack of cyclones sion-as measured by two consecutive quarters Hockey said he was also encouraged by a pick- Hockey said milder weather at the start of of negative growth-for more than two decades. up in other sectors. The figures will come as wel- 2014 played a part in boosting exports. “It’s an The country is exiting an unprecedented boom come news for the government as a decade- extraordinary quarter in March when you don’t in the mining sector, which helped boost the US business chiefs fight long mining boom winds down, but analysts have cyclones, particularly in Western Australia economy even as other nations were hit by the warned recent data point to weakness further affecting Port Hedland, so our miners are global financial crisis. ANZ senior economist global taxation changes down the line. exporting their socks off, and thank God Felicity Emmett said while the latest data was “a Annual growth was a seasonally adjusted 3.5 because it’s having a positive impact on our particularly good result”, it overstated the WASHINGTON: Major US companies are The project has gained support of gov- percent, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said, economy,” he said. But he cautioned that “one underlying strength in the economy as more pushing back against an effort to reform ernments and social groups angered over compared with analyst expectations of 3.1 per- swallow doesn’t make a summer”. “The fact is recent data pointed to a slowdown in second- the global taxation system to prevent tax avoidance. The Business Roundtable cent. Markets watchers had expected growth of that because we didn’t have cyclones in this quarter growth. multinational businesses from exploiting said in its letter to Secretary Jacob Lew that 0.8 percent in the three months to March. March quarter, they dug deep into the invento- “That is, retail sales data suggests that differing national tax rules and loopholes. the existing system has effectively avoided Hockey said while it was clear Australia relied ries and as you can see, inventories detracted household consumption may slow further, The influential Business Roundtable, a gath- double taxation of companies, making heavily on its mining exports, the expansion in from the gross national expenditure in this while net exports are unlikely to make such a ering of top US chief executives, said in a cross-border investment and trade easier. other sectors “show that the expected transition quarter.” large contribution to growth,” she said. letter to US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew Many of their members fear, they said, that away from mining investment and construction Port Hedland, Australia’s largest iron ore “Moreover, the drag from the wind-back in min- that the project to close gaps in taxation of the BEPS project is now “being used by towards other drivers of growth is underway”. export port, is located in the resource-rich ing investment is likely to be sharper over com- cross-border income threatens their busi- some governments for the purpose of He added: “This is an important indicator Pilbara region on the country’s west coast. ing quarters as large-scale LNG (liquefied natu- nesses and US workers. imposing extraterritorial taxes on US busi- that the rest of the economy-the non-mining Tropical cyclones are common in Australia’s ral gas) projects approach completion.” AMP The project by the Organization for ness income.” “Increased taxation of US side of the economy-is starting to lift, and that’s northeast and northwest. The improved GDP Capital chief economist Shane Oliver echoed Economic Cooperation and Development business investment by foreign govern- encouraging.” The Australian dollar rose by a figures were foreshadowed by the Reserve Bank her comments, saying it was “too early to break could result in “new, unprecedented taxes ments and the inevitable increase in pro- third of a US cent to 92.92 US cents on the back of Australia in its monthly meeting on Tuesday, out the champagne” as he projected June quar- on trade and investment that will freeze tracted cross-border tax disputes will slow of the figures, which followed a 0.8 percent where it held the cash rate at a record low 2.5 ter growth of just 0.5 percent. “Mining export business investment and slow economic the US economy and hurt American work- expansion in the three months to December. percent for the 10th straight month. Central volume growth will slow down after the initial growth,” they said. The Roundtable spoke ers.” The mining sector made up 80 percent of bank governor Glenn Stevens flagged a “period surge from new mine completions, consumer out as the OECD pushes forward with its The BEPS project was launched in 2013, growth in January-March as net exports con- of stability” in monetary policy in a cautiously spending is likely to slow on the back of the program to help ensure companies don’t aiming to help governments deal with how tributed 1.4 percentage points to the final fig- optimistic statement about the economy. (May) budget’s short term hit to confidence, and hide taxable income in more favorable multinationals allocate taxable profits on ure. Consumption added 0.3 percentage points, He said while growth firmed at the start of the further decline in the iron ore price will jurisdictions, or via accounting tricks. their accounts.—AFP but some of the gains were partially offset by the year, partly from “very strong increases” in weigh on national income,” he said.— AFP BUSINESS THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

Pre-booking for 2015 C-Class now available

KUWAIT: With the regional September launch and a host of other options inside a visualiza- Class, but with a premium sporty interior that of the brand new Mercedes-Benz C-Class com- tion tool to help create their dream C-Class. includes a host of innovative features that deliv- ing up fast, Mercedes-Benz Kuwait is giving its Once the visualization and configuration is er comfort, safety and agility. The new model is customers the chance to jump the queue and complete, customers can simply head down to also 3.7 inches longer and 1.7 inches wider than pre-order the highly anticipated new sedan theAlbisher & Alkazemi showroom to secure the previous C-Class. from 2 June 2014. Pre-orders can be placed by details about the price, delivery date as well as The new C-Class will be initially available in visiting Albisher & Alkazemi Co.’s Showroom make their down payment to turn their design the following engine models: C 180, C 200 and and consulting one of the Sales Consultants. dreams into reality. C 250 Customers will have the choice of three The customers can visualize and configure the “The new C-Class will be the best compact different lines to choose from, in the new C- new C-Class by visiting the dedicated C-Class executive car to hit global markets and we Class, the luxurious EXCLUSIVE line, the AVANT- webpage www.MBkuwait.com/CClasswhere know that our customers have been waiting for GARDE line with the star in the grill and the they will be able to visualize as how the new C us to make the official launch date announce- sporty AMG line. As one would expect from a Class may look in reality. ment. With the first shipments arriving in sum- the dedicated site, customers have flexibility to marks in the luxury medium-sized executive car brand new Mercedes-Benz model, the 2015 C- Eager buyers can let their imagination and mer, we’re giving customers an opportunity to discover the C-Class in their own time and once category, especially with the use of aluminum Class is loaded with technology including creativity run wild as the specially designed site pre-order their car and secure their place as the they have made their choices, they can consult in the body to make it significantly lighter than optionally available equipment such as AIR- will feature preferred engine type, exterior first drivers of the C-Class in the Middle East,” with our sales team on the final steps - the cus- previous models, but also more rigid and sturdy MATIC air suspension, Head-Up Display, a larger package and color, interior trims, wood finish, said Michael Ruehle, CEO of Abdul Rahman tomer really is in the driving seat of the whole compared to other vehicles in its class. The display screen at 8.4 inches as well as 19 inch interior seating colors and alloy wheel design Albisher & Zaid Alkazemi Company. “Through process.” The 2015 C-Class is setting new bench- exterior is as elegant and sensuous as the S- wheels. Regulators, reforms to reviving Gulf IPOs 20 offers in UAE’s pipeline

DUBAI: Initial public offers of equity in Gulf Arab regulation is a key factor. Emaar said last month countries are set to boom, helped by lighter reg- it would list up to 25 percent of its shopping ulation and legal reforms as governments seek malls business on the Dubai Financial Market, to diversify their oil-dependent economies, after obtaining an exemption from a rule requir- according to one of the region’s top IPO lawyers. ing minimum free floats of 55 percent of a com- An exemption from Dubai IPO rules granted by pany. Marka’s IPO also benefited from benign regulators to real estate giant Emaar Properties, regulators; it is a “greenfield” company which has which will permit an offer worth up to $2.45 bil- only just been formed and has no financial track lion, is a sign of the times, said Husam Hourani, record. Greenfield IPOs were popular at the managing partner at Al Tamimi & Company. height of the UAE’s market boom a decade ago “Emaar won’t be the last company to get an but then fell out of favor with regulators as finan- exemption,” Hourani said in an interview at the cial storm clouds gathered. firm’s Dubai headquarters. The total value of IPOs Hourani said he did not expect greenfield in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) coun- IPOs to again become the norm, and that few if tries peaked at a record $12 billion in 2007 and any more were likely. The new UAE Companies then plunged as markets froze up. Last year, GCC Law, awaiting final approval by authorities and IPOs totaled roughly $2 billion. IPO activity has expected to take effect by end-2013, would be KUWAIT: Hamad Al Bahar, NBK Board member, Shaikha Al Bahar, NBK Deputy Group CEO, Fawzi Al Dajani, NBK London General Manager and recovered more slowly in the GCC, which com- more significant. Among other things, it will Wafa Al-Qatami, member of the board of the KCCI in a group photo with the students of the Middle East Club at London Business School. prises Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia reduce the minimum free float in IPOs on the and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), than it has UAE’s main markets to 30 percent from 55 per- in much of the world. Some Gulf firms have pre- cent, and permit company owners to conduct Al Bahar ‘key speaker’ at London ferred to go to foreign markets such as London, IPOs by selling existing shares rather than issuing seeking greater liquidity and less restrictive rules. new ones if they wish. It will also allow IPO prices But Hourani said GCC regulators and banks to be determined by book building - obtaining Business School 12th Conference were now making it a priority to encourage IPOs, indicative bids from fund managers - rather than to diversify their oil-dependent economies, sub- through a fixed-price evaluation method. KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) Deputy sphere. Women are entitled and free to own land, ject companies to more market discipline and Group Chief Executive Officer Shaikha Al Bahar property and assets and can engage in financial spread wealth more widely among their popula- Saudi Arabia participated as a key speaker in London Business transactions independently and freely,” Al Bahar tions. “This is a trend which has several factors In Saudi Arabia, the Arab world’s biggest School 12th Middle East Conference titled added. Al Bahar shed the light on her experience behind it and is building up momentum,” he said, bourse, Al Tamimi is working on two proposed “Bridging the Gap” that was recently held in the at NBK: “At the NBK, I have been fortunate to predicting the next peak in IPOs would match or IPOs and is aware of a total of four in the even exceed 2007. Al Tamimi, founded 25 years United Kingdom. Al Bahar discussed women’s work with, and learn from, highly professional, pipeline. One under preparation is a blockbuster ago by UAE national Essam Al Tamimi, is one of deal by National Commercial Bank, the largest empowerment in bridging the gender gap in the educated and dynamic individuals from across the largest Middle East law firms that has stayed bank. Hourani said authorities had been stream- Arab World. The conference is an annual event the region and the wider world. The working independent of the global legal giants. It has lining IPO rules, partly to encourage some of the organized by the Middle East Club at London environment is wholly supportive of individuals’ developed its financial practice partly through country’s many family-controlled firms to list as a Business School. career aspirations irrespective of background, an emphasis on IPOs. way of making business more transparent. Other speakers at the conference included race, gender or creed.” “The culture at NBK is very Saudi Arabia has been preparing for several Prince Turki Al Faisal, Chairman of King Faisal diverse and results-oriented, with active encour- UAE years to open its stock market to direct foreign Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Saudi agement given to those individuals keen to Hourani said peak activity in the UAE would investment, but has not taken the plunge. Arabia and Riad Salame, Governor of Banque du advance their knowledge and develop their skill not come before 2015, because companies gen- Hourani said time was needed to persuade a Liban, as well as world renowned experts and set. The bank has made it a point to invest in its erally needed to disclose financial statements for wide range of entrenched interests, including public figures. The conference was also attended human resources, through management training the past two years during IPOs, and corporate those in the financial industry, of the benefits of by Hamad Al Bahar, NBK Board member, Fawzi Al and professional development programs at all earnings had only really started recovering in opening up to more competition. However, a Dajani, NBK London General Manager, and Wafa levels,” Al Bahar added. “Women make excellent 2013. But the corporate mood has shifted, he consensus on the benefits has been building, al-Qatami, member of the board of the Kuwait managers, and we do have our share of them at said; Al Tamimi is currently working on seven and the opening of the market now appears Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI). NBK. Their high standards, interpersonal and proposed IPOs in the UAE and understands from imminent, he said. “It seems before the end of In her speech, Al Bahar said that “over the last people-management skills as well as decision- authorities that a total of at least 20 are in the the third quarter this year.” Al Tamimi, which has few decades, great strides have been made in the making competencies hold them in good stead pipeline. The speed at which they take place will 280 lawyers and offices in seven countries, most Arab world in the way of female education, from middle management positions to the high- depend on the regulator, but some are expected of them in the Gulf, saw its revenues jump 17 health and economic enfranchisement. est rungs of the corporate ladder.” by the end of 2013. Earlier this year, Dubai saw its percent in 2013 and 20 percent from a year earli- According to the UNDP, since 1970, the Middle NBK Deputy Group CEO Shaikha Al Bahar Running annually since 2002, The Middle first two IPOs since 2009, a $175 million offer by er in the first quarter of this year. Its next expan- Emirates REIT and a $75 million offer by retail sion will be establishing an office in Egypt, reviv- East and North Africa region recorded the world’s delivering her speech. East Conference is the flagship event of the and restaurant firm Marka; both were heavily ing a plan that was suspended because of the fastest progress in human development. The and pioneering country where female education, Middle East Club at London Business School, subscribed. IPOs are reviving partly because of a turmoil that followed the country’s 2011 revolu- growth rates of key indicators such as female lit- enfranchisement and gender equality are con- one of the world’s top business schools. The big rebound of share prices; Dubai’s main index tion, Hourani said. Iran is a possibility further eracy, infant mortality and life expectancy on cerned.” “Kuwait was the highest ranked Arab London Business School Middle East Club was has more than tripled since the end of 2012. But down the line. — Reuters average exceeded those of most other develop- country in gender equality in 2011 according to founded in 2002 to introduce students to ing regions. Significant advances have been the UNDP’s Gender Inequality Index (4th highest Middle Eastern markets and cultures, assisting made in reducing gender inequality at the family, Arab country and 47th worldwide in 2012). in career placements for students interested in ‘Free Checkup’ campaign community and national level. Importantly, per- Women’s share in the labor force has more working in the region, and increasing the pres- ceptions of the role of women in society have than doubled from 20% in 1980 to 43% in 2013 ence of Middle Eastern nationals at London changed for the better.” and is still rising. Kuwait has the third highest Business School. The Club has over 1,500 mem- for all Chevrolet owners Al Bahar stressed: “Of course, conditions for bers from current students and alumni, and female labor force participation rate in the Arab KUWAIT: Yusuf A Alghanim & Sons, the exclu- vehicles into the Service center in Shuwaikh and women can vary dramatically across the Middle region and almost double the Arab average as hosts several events throughout the academic East. However, Kuwait has managed to foster year including career presentations, discussion sive dealer of Chevrolet and Cadillac vehicles Fahaheel. Service centers at Fahaheel and well. 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The operates under a simple philosophy to excel “Free Check-up” campaign is valid till end of ownership experience for owners of Chevrolet firms overlook the disabled June 2014. and Cadillac vehicles and will continue to launch All Chevrolet owners are able to benefit from initiatives to suit all of its customers’ needs to LONDON: Caroline Ashrafi, who built a success- under-represented, then the solution is to hire, force and leadership is well understood. this valuable opportunity by bringing in their ensure high levels of customer satisfaction. ful career as a manager at KPMG in Britain while retain and promote more of them. But some Different backgrounds and experience encour- privately struggling with mental health prob- advocates say that reduces diversity to a narrow age people to think differently, helping organi- lems, recalls being sent on a management train- conversation about ticking gender and race box- zations to compete. Recruiting from wider ing course on how to retain talented women. es, rather than looking more broadly at the ways groups broadens the talent pool. Both of those ‘Joyalukkas Golden Carnival’ She found that discussions - ostensibly intended people are different. “Sometimes when I talk to arguments apply to people living with disabili- to increase diversity in the workplace - had little firms about working with them you often get ties as surely as they apply to women or those KUWAIT: The globally renowned jewelry retail tion’ scheme during the campaign period. chain Joyalukkas has announced ‘Joyalukkas Customers can exchange their old jewelry with a to do with her. “Most people were talking about the ‘Oh, we’re not doing disability, we’re doing from ethnic minorities. Cooke, the consultant, Golden Carnival’ to coincide with the peak sum- zero deduction in rate or weight against pur- childcare, working part-time, being a woman. women, we’re doing women and black people at says many companies are well-intentioned, but mer shopping period in the Kuwait. Shoppers chase of new jewelry. Joyalukkas has also intro- And I just sat there and thought none of them the moment,’” said Helen Cooke, who advises don’t know how to target talented disabled indi- will get a chance to win the dream prizes on duced a host of new summer collections and apply to me,” she said. “What struck me then was companies on how to recruit and retain disabled viduals. “There is a huge fear factor around dis- shopping worth KD40 at any of the Joyalukkas designs in gold, diamond, polki, pearl, precious that my biggest barrier is my depression.” graduates in Britain. ability and we are afraid of getting it wrong and Jewelry showrooms across the Kuwait.This stones to meet the demand and expectation of Companies are working harder than ever to “That is the approach a lot of them will take we are afraid of what to do and what to say and mega winning initiative will be one of the the summer shoppers. make their workplaces diverse. But in their rather than, ‘let’s be inclusive for everybody’.” A embarrassing somebody,” said Cooke, who has biggest winnings on offer during the summer ‘Joyalukkas Golden Carnival will be one of efforts to reach out to women and members of senior headhunter in London recalls looking for used a wheelchair all her life after suffering a months. the biggest winnings this summer to excite the ethnic minorities, many may be overlooking one candidates for a top executive role at a major spinal tumor as a baby. “Our business is to cater to desires and aspi- summer shoppers. Our objective is to make this of the biggest groups of under-represented tal- financial services firm which had been at pains Richard Priestley believes it is up to him to put rations of jewelry lovers and with the addition of summer special for every shopper at Joyalukkas’ ent in their midst: those living with disabilities. to express its interest in “diversity”. His list of can- people at ease. Head of retirement income at mega winnings of BMW 3 series car and .2 kg said John Paul Joy Alukkas, Executive Director of The disabled are rarely covered in company didates included people of different ethnic back- Canada Life in the UK, Priestley broke his neck in gold we now hope to also make their dreams Joyalukkas group. Joyalukkas Golden Carnival is reports into diversity, despite being the world’s grounds, sexual orientation and physical disabili- what he describes as a “really dull” cycling acci- come true. For this summer we have planned one of the biggest promotional initiatives largest minority group, numbering more than 1 ty. “After our shortlist review meeting, the head dent, two weeks before he was due to get mar- exquisite collections, best prices and dream win- launched by the Superbrand for jewelry shop- billion, according to the World Health of HR called me and said rather sheepishly, ‘What ried in 1998. He was working with Dutch insurer nings so that shoppers during this peak buying pers. The initiative will be simultaneously Organization. we were really wondering was...do you have any Aegon in Edinburgh when he came off his bike, period get the best for their money,” said Joy launched across all Joyalukkas Showrooms in The debate around corporate diversity tends middle-aged white women?,” said the head- paralysing him from the chest down and leaving Alukkas, Chairman & MD, Joyalukkas Group. the Middle-East and India. The winner of to be framed as a way of making workplaces less hunter, who declined to be identified because him with limited mobility in one hand. He has The Joyalukkas Golden Carnival is scheduled Superbrand status 5 years in a row has created “pale, male and stale”. If the problem is that he is not authorized to speak to the media. since worked for Lloyds Banking Group and now up to 2nd August, 2014 and in addition to the this dream package of winnings based on in- women and members of ethnic minorities are The business case for having a diverse work- Canada Life in London. —Reuters dream winnings of BMW car and .2 Kg gold cus- depth research and understanding of customers tomers are also being offered the ‘Zero deduc- needs and aspirations. technology THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 Xerox Emirates aims to transform banking sector

DUBAI: Xerox Emirates, a joint venture between Xerox Services that provides many benefits to the banking industry. Corporation and Mohamed Hareb Al Otaiba is strongly focus- As a worldwide leader in Managed Print Services, Xerox ing on the banking and finance sector to help drive perform- Emirates helps to deliver customized solutions that help auto- ance and efficiency with award winning banking solutions. mate banking processes, lower costs, increase accuracy and Banks today, face different challenges such as, difficulty in iden- achieve high efficiency levels. tifying inconsistencies in the system, streamlining and What sort of Banking Solutions have you implemented automating operations and improving customer satisfaction. in the region? Xerox Emirates is working with leading banks to address such Xerox Emirates offers customized solutions to various verti- challenges with their proven integrated solutions that signifi- cals including the banking industry. By understanding their cantly help in automation of their banking business and con- requirements, Xerox Emirates has been working with the banks tent management. to help them grow their business and transform the sector. Xerox Emirates recently participated in the 9th Annual Xerox Emirates targets the automation of the banking business Middle East Retail Banking Forum, engaging the banking sec- processes and content management with proven solutions tor with a range of customized services and solutions. such as the multiple award winning solution ASEBA BPS. ASEBA Implementing these services enables banks to provide cus- BPS enables banks to process twice as much customer cases tomers excellent service and helps them meet their business simultaneously and has been implemented in several banks. goals. Among these offerings, ASEBSA BPS, an award winning The end-to-end Correspondence Management solution banking solution, was recently launched in the Middle East offered by Xerox Emirates to financial institutions automates region that enables banks to process twice as many customer incoming and outgoing correspondences. In addition to pro- case files simultaneously. Real time monitoring identifies dis- gramming back office operations, this comprehensive solution crepancies in the system that can be solved immediately, hence aides in achieving high success levels increasing productivity of driving performance and improving productivity. people and eliminating risks. Xerox Emirates also provides “It is important to understand and identify the industry Managed Print Services to banks. MPS helps to reduce cost sig- TAIPEI: Models display the latest Martian Watches which feature voice commands, SMS, APPs, a camera and email requirements in this market. The banking sector is continuously nificantly and increases productivity and efficiency. As part of options, during the Computex tech show in Taipei yesterday. — AFP growing, resulting in an increase in demand for advanced its services, security is offered when MPS is deployed along banking services. We take pride in being able to deliver real val- with the ability to track documents produced by each employ- ue and aim to transform the banking sector through our port- ee. MPS has the added benefit of reducing waste, and therefore folio of advanced products and services.” stated Andrew Horne, cost, typically by 20%. General Manager, Xerox Emirates. Xerox Emirates has worked across various industries and Microsoft reveals HP Another comprehensive solution for financial institutions has evolved over the years. Addressing client challenges and offered by Xerox Emirates Services is end-to-end developing solutions for them, Xerox Emirates has been recog- Correspondence Management Solutions that automates nized for its managed print and document services. incoming and outgoing correspondences, helping them tablet-laptop hybrid achieve high efficiency levels in addition to programming back How do these solutions change the way Banks operate? Xerox Emirates Services offering for banking sector pro- vides: TAIPEI: Microsoft unveiled two new Windows devices-a until Saturday. Microsoft also announced a partnership • Enhanced data integrity by centralizing data and content tablet-laptop hybrid and a seven-inch tablet-at Asia’s with leading free-to-play games developer Kabam whose and integrating bank’s systems largest tech show in Taiwan yesterday. games will be available on Windows phones and tablets, • Enhanced compliance Tapping in to the “2-in-1” trend for laptops with detach- and that the company’s smartphone personal assistant • Archive integrity, high availability and data security able keyboards, which is a dominant theme at this year’s “Cortana” would arrive in China and Britain in customised • Automated business processes aligned with bank’s internal Computex, the HP Pro X2 612 has a stylus, cameras front versions “in the coming months”. rules and procedures and back and comes with dual batteries in the tablet and As part of its future vision, Parker and the firm’s speech • Simple role changing without impact on process keyboard. recognition specialist, Hon Hsiao-wuen, emphasised the • Simple determination of bottlenecks in processes and their A seven-inch Toshiba tablet to be launched in the next importance of its real-time translation services, showing a elimination few months was also revealed. “It’s a really nice device, thin, film of a Skype conversation where both callers were being • Easy user training thanks to familiar interfaces light with a textured finish in champagne gold... this is interpreted live as they spoke. One was speaking English, With these services, banks are able to work in a more flexi- Windows in your pocket at an incredibly exciting aggres- the other German. ble and conducive environment increasing productivity of the sively competitive price,” said corporate vice president for Microsoft first demonstrated the new Skype Translator at workforce and helping them focus on the core business. The device partnerships, Nick Parker. the Code Conference in California last week. It is rumoured customized services and solutions provide an excellent system He showed the new machines during a keynote speech to be developing a smartwatch but Parker did not mention to solve problems real time driving performance. on the second day of the trade show in Taipei, which runs the company’s intentions for wearables. — AFP

What benefits do these solutions provide the cus- tomers? US sets new import Creating a good customer experience is important while developing various services. Shortening the processes involved to either create an account or get access to various other bank- duties on Chinese ing services will aide in improving customer value and better manage business. Banks implementing Xerox Emirates bank- solar products ing solutions have been able to strengthen their overall servic- es and been able to build stronger customer relationships. With WASHINGTON: The United States slapped new import duties Xerox Emirates solutions, real time monitoring has helped iden- on solar panels and other related products from China on tify discrepancies in the system that can be solved immediately Tuesday after the Commerce department ruled they were pro- thus reducing the time to service a customer. duced using Chinese government subsidies, potentially inflaming trade tensions between the two countries. What are the major challenges or risks that are The US arm of German solar manufacturer SolarWorld AG involved? filed a petition complaining that Chinese manufacturers are Andrew Horne, GM, Xerox Emirates Banks today face different challenges such as difficulty in sidestepping duties imposed in 2012 by shifting production of identifying inconsistencies in the system, streamlining and the cells used to make their panels to Taiwan and continuing office operations. The goal of implementing solutions using automating operations and improving customer satisfaction. to flood the US market with cheap products. The new com- smart process applications is to increase the productivity of While carrying out various processes, there could be a possibili- plaint seeks to close that loophole by extending import duties people actively engaged in business processes while eliminat- ty of certain information going missing damaging the relation- to also cover panels made with parts from Taiwan. ing the risks. ship and increasing the overall process time. Another challenge In a preliminary determination, the Commerce department This new approach provides employees an easy way to faced by all banks is to understand the customer and target imposed duties of 35.21 percent on imports of panels and search and share information across an organization. Powerful them with the right products and services. Managing the other products made by Wuxi Suntech Power and five other reporting tools enable control over the performance of the demand for better services and data management will be an affiliated companies, 18.56 percent on imports of Trina Solar entire organization and in turn increases efficiency and reduce ongoing focus for the banks. and 26.89 percent on imports from other Chinese producers. risks. A preliminary decision on the anti-dumping section of the Xerox Emirates Services offering for banking sector pro- How do you see the Banking industry adopting these complaint is due by July 25. That section covers panels assem- vides: solutions in the future? bled in China from Taiwanese inputs or third-country cells • Enhanced data integrity The banking industry is realizing the benefits of adopting made from Chinese inputs. • Enhanced compliance these solutions and is identifying different ways to capture rev- The anti-subsidy duties will hurt the Chinese solar industry, • Archive integrity enue and reduce overall costs. Xerox Emirates further aims to although the overall impact should be limited given the US • Automated business processes strengthen its relationship with the banks by providing new accounted for just about 10 percent of Chinese solar ship- • Simple role changing without impact on process offerings in IT services and further investing in consulting and ments last year, industry officials and analysts say. “The import • Centralization of data and content system integration capabilities, focusing on building solutions duties, which are in line with our expectations, will wipe out • High availability and data security based on customer relationships and understanding customer the price competitiveness of Chinese products in the US mar- • Data consolidation core process. Identifying the banking requirements and accord- ket,” said Zhou Ziguang, analyst at Chinese investment bank • Simple determination of bottlenecks in processes and their ingly developing products and services has enabled banks to Ping An Securities in Beijing. The Chinese government, which elimination grow and achieve their business goals. The advantages of such has been scrambling to boost domestic demand to offset • Easy user training thanks to familiar interfaces banking solutions are being realized by more and more banks declines in orders from Europe - previously the dominant buy- Xerox Emirates Service offerings also include Managed Print whose ultimate is to increase the revenue per client. TAIPEI: A technician introduces a Fika II 3D printer on display at the Computex tech show in Taipei. — AFP er of Chinese solar products - yesterday expressed its “strong dissatisfaction” with the US decision.

Facts ignored In a notice posted on its website, China’s Ministry of China calls for ‘severe Commerce said the United States had “ignored the facts” and abused trade rules in order to protect its own industry, adding that the use of trade measures “would not solve the develop- ment problems of the US solar industry.” China retaliated punishment’ for Google, Apple against the original US duties by introducing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on imports of US polysilicon, the key BEIJING: Chinese state media lashed out at Google threaten the cyber-security of China and its Internet not have access to Google servers - not directly, or via a raw material in solar cells, and has accused the United States Inc, Apple Inc and other US technology companies users, said the People’s Daily on its microblog, in com- back door, or a so-called drop box,” said Google Chief of trying to curb Chinese imports. yesterday, calling on Beijing “to punish severely the ments echoed on the front page of the English-lan- Legal Officer David Drummond in an emailed statement In the United States, the complaint has pitted SolarWorld pawns” of the US government for monitoring China guage China Daily. yesterday. “We provide user data to governments only Industries America, which makes crystalline silicon solar pan- and stealing secrets. US companies such as Yahoo Inc, It is not clear what sparked this latest round of vitriol, in accordance with the law.” els at its factory in Hillsboro, Oregon, against US solar compa- Cisco Systems Inc , Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc nor what information the US firms are alleged to have Microsoft declined to provide immediate comment. nies that mainly focus on installation and who say imposing stolen. But Chinese media have repeatedly attacked Facebook, Yahoo, Apple and Cisco were not immediate- import duties will only push up the cost of solar power. American tech companies for aiding the US govern- ly available when Reuters sought comment by tele- “The ruling is a major setback for the entire US solar indus- ment’s cyber espionage since US National Security phone and email. Facebook is currently blocked by try because it will immediately increase the price of solar pow- Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden revealed Chinese censors, but said last month it may open a sales er and cost American jobs in one of fastest-growing sectors of widespread spying programmes including PRISM. office in China to provide more support to local adver- the US economy,” said the Coalition for Affordable Solar Under PRISM, the NSA seized data from companies such tisers who use the website to reach customers overseas. Energy. The Solar Energy Industries Association said as Google and Apple, according to revelations made by SolarWorld and Chinese manufacturers should try to settle the Snowden a year ago. Chinese state-owned firms have Rocky time dispute before the industry was hurt. But SolarWorld said it is since begun dispensing with the services of US compa- In December, Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, not fair that Chinese solar producers benefit from government nies such as IBM Corp, Oracle Corp and Cisco in favour Yahoo and other Internet companies issued an open let- aid from their own country, including discounted loans and of domestic technology. As a result, Snowden’s revela- ter to US President Barack Obama and Congress to free utilities, making it hard for US firms to compete. “This is a tions may cost US companies billions of dollars, analysts reform and introduce restrictions on surveillance activi- strong win for SolarWorld and the domestic solar manufactur- say. ties. Even so, US tech companies have had a rocky time ing industry,” said lawyer Tim Brightbill, from Wiley Rein LLP, “US companies including Apple, Microsoft, Google, in China since the NSA revelations. Just last month, cen- representing SolarWorld. Both the US Department of Facebook, etc. are all coordinating with the PRISM pro- tral government offices were banned from installing Commerce and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have gramme to monitor China,” the People’s Daily said on its Windows 8, Microsoft’s latest operating system, on new to issue final rulings in favor of SolarWorld before the duties official microblog. computers. are finalized. “To resist the naked Internet hegemony, we will draw But the US has responded with its own measures. In In 2013, Chinese imports of the crystalline silicon photo- up international regulations, and strengthen technolo- May, the US Department of Justice charged five Chinese voltaic cells covered in the complaint, which typically form the gy safeguards, but we will also severely punish the military officers with hacking US companies to steal basic element of solar panels and modules, were valued at an pawns of the villain. The priority is strengthening penal- trade secrets. The indictment sparked outrage in China estimated $1.5 billion, the Commerce Department said. ties and punishments, and for anyone who steals our and added urgency to Beijing’s efforts to promote the US solar installations were worth more than $13 billion in information, even though they are far away, we shall development of local information technology (IT) compa- 2013, according to research firm GTM. About half the solar punish them!” it said. nies. Chinese media called the United States “a high-level equipment installed in the United States last year was made in Google has already had problems in China this week. hooligan” and officials accused Washington of applying China. In the fast-growing rooftop solar market, that figure On Monday, a China censorship watchdog said Google “double standards” on issues of cyber spying. After the was 71 percent. The value of imports of solar products from China fell by TAIPEI: Nick Parker, vice president of Microsoft’s services were being disrupted ahead of today’s 25th charges were announced, China said it will investigate anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy providers of important IT products and services to protect almost a third from 2012 to 2013, while imports from Taiwan Original Equipment Manfacturer Division, speaks dur- rose more than 40 percent, although from a much smaller ing the Computex tech show in Taipei yesterday. — AFP demonstrators around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. “We “national security” and “economic and social develop- cannot say this more clearly - the (US) government does ment.” — Reuters base, according to ITC data. - Reuters THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE Colon cancer screening said to help after 75 WASHINGTON: How old is too old for a age 75. Nearly two-thirds have been problems, such as heart disease, that could the researchers found. The results are a bit reduced your likelihood of a death from colonoscopy? A surprising number of peo- appropriately screened for colon cancer, affect whether detecting an early-stage surprising, said Dr. Richard C. Wender, the colon cancer, you probably don’t need to ple older than 75 haven’t ever been according to the latest government esti- colon cancer prolongs life. American Cancer Society’s chief of cancer ever think about it again,” Wender said. screened for colon cancer - and mates. control. “Our sense was, if we’re going to researchers reported Monday that it’s not The findings screen beyond age 75, it should only be in The choices too late for them to get caught up. What about older Americans? Researchers at Erasmus University in very healthy people,” said Wender, who With a colonoscopy, doctors use a long Some may even consider screening into Those guidelines don’t recommend the Netherlands and New York’s Memorial wasn’t part of the new study. “This model I flexible tube to examine the colon and their 80s. Colon cancer screening is power- routine screening after age 75. After all, a Sloan Kettering Cancer Center used com- think will help us give clearer advice to remove any polyps. While only needed ful, credited not only with saving lives. The colonoscopy that delivers good news isn’t puter modeling to compare the potential the public.” once a decade, it can be uncomfortable American Cancer Society recently calculat- supposed to be repeated for 10 years, effects of different colon checks on 10 and is the priciest option. ed that over the past decade, new cases of because it takes so long for those precan- million previously unscreened people The bigger message Studies show a home stool test done colon cancer dropped significantly among cerous polyps to become dangerous. ages 76 to 90. Someone who’s very About 137,000 Americans will be diag- every year can be equally effective. (A third middle-aged and older adults, thanks Average life expectancy for an 80-year-old healthy should consider some form of nosed with colorectal cancer this year, the choice, sigmoidoscopy, uses a tube to largely to increasing use of colonoscopies is eight to 10 years. screening up to age 86 - but even a per- cancer society estimates. About 50,000 examine the lower colon but isn’t common that allow removal of precancerous But the guidelines don’t address the 23 son with severe health problems could colon cancer patients will die. Upper age in the US). growths before tumors have time to form. percent of Americans over 75 who some- benefit from a first-time check up to age limits aside, public health officials say not In the new study, stool testing was a Some things to know about the latest how missed out on screenings when they 80, the team reported in Annals of enough of the 50-and-older crowd get better value for the oldest patients research on colon cancer screening. were a bit younger, before a colon check in Internal Medicine. potentially life-saving checks. because it targets larger polyps “that have your 50s and 60s had become the norm. In the healthiest patients, a The cancer society’s new campaign a shorter period of time before they Who should be screened? Monday’s study examines if it’s worth colonoscopy was the most effective aims for a screening rate of 80 percent, up become a real threat,” Wender explained. National guidelines recommend regular starting screening so late, when most peo- choice up to age 83, while a stool test was from two-thirds, by 2018. “If you’re polyp- But individual choice matters: “There’s a checks starting at age 50 and going up to ple already have at least a few other health the better choice for 85- and 86-year-olds, free at 70, we have so dramatically test out there for everybody,” he said. — AP Cholera outbreak spreads in S Sudan

JUBA: An outbreak of cholera has spread Health Minister Riek Gai Kok added, saying outside of war-torn South Sudan’s capital that new cases had been confirmed south Juba for the first time since the deadly dis- and southwest of Juba, as well as in Jonglei ease appeared last month, health officials and Upper Nile states to the north-the said Tuesday. scene of heavy fighting in recent months. The outbreak has become an additional The minister said there was a decline in source of concern in the country, already at reports of new cases, although the WHO’s risk of famine triggered by a nearly six- Abubakar cautioned that this “does not month-old civil war between President mean that the outbreak is contained.” Salva Kiir and rebels loyal to former vice Heavy rains are sweeping the impover- president Riek Machar. ished country, hampering aid efforts and “We are seeing that the cases are potentially exacerbating the spread of the spreading outside of Juba,” Abdinasir disease. Cholera is transmitted through Abubakar of the World Health Organisation drinking water or eating food contaminat- told reporters. “We need to be prepared to ed with faeces or dirty hands. After a short be ready to respond to any potential out- incubation period of two to five days, the break outside Juba.” disease causes severe diarrhoea, draining The outbreak has already claimed 27 the body of its water. The sudden and dra- lives with 1,124 infected, South Sudan’s matic loss of fluid is often fatal.—AFP Poor countries lack midwives to cut birth deaths: Report WASHINGTON: The majority of the world’s range from China, India, Pakistan and poorer countries, which account for nearly Afghanistan to Central African Republic, all childbirth-related deaths among new- Chad, Guatemala and Mexico, among oth- borns and mothers, are facing a critical ers. Many lack the infrastructure necessary JUBA: Health workers perform CPR on a policeman who suffered from cholera, at a medical camp in Juba, South Sudan, on Tuesday. An epidem- shortage of professional midwives who to allow for quality care from midwives, and ic of cholera has spread through the South Sudanese capital, Juba, and other cities such as Kajo-keji, Kaka, and Yei, with a total of 1,124 cases could ease the problem, global health often don’t have regulatory systems in place reported, resulting in 27 deaths so far. — AFP experts said on Tuesday. to adequately train them, according to the Among 73 lower and middle income report. Collecting necessary data is also a nations, just four - Armenia, Colombia, problem. “Women and girls’ right to mater- Dominican Republic and Jordan - have ade- nal and reproductive health are essential,” Doctor exposes China’s quate resources in place, according to a Babatunde Osotimehin, a physician and review led by the United Nations executive director of the UN’s Populations Populations Fund and the World Health Fund, told reporters. They “need and medical corruption epidemic Organization. deserve respectful, compassionate care “More than three-quarters face serious before, during and after pregnancy and shortages that will result in unnecessary birth ... This is not the case in many coun- deaths of women and babies,” Frances Day- tries. This needs to change.” Stirk, president of the International The crisis is also an economic one, Overprescribing medicine and treatment Confederation of Midwives, told reporters experts said. For example, boosting mid- on a conference call. wifery services can reduce costly cesarean MIANYANG: Ordering an unnecessary pacemaker, period, it said. Meanwhile 80 percent of Chinese said The hospital has attacked Lan’s motives, saying in a Midwives, who are trained to deliver births, saving up to $128.5 million over urging a woman to be hospitalised for a sore throat-a accessing a doctor was hard and 95 percent said care statement that it put her on leave for refusing to carry babies and provide medical care before and three decades, Day-Stirk said. doctor’s allegations of corruption spotlight troubles was expensive, the Horizon Research Consultancy out her duties, and was trying to reach a compromise after pregnancy, can provide most of the One country that has shown some gains so endemic in China’s healthcare system that patients Group found last year. for her to return to work. It did not address her corrup- services needed for women and newborns, is Bangladesh, where the government in frequently turn violent. tion allegations, but said she complained to local experts said. That is critical to relieve pres- 2010 launched an effort to train 3,000 mid- Lan Yuefeng, a former hospital ultrasound chief, ‘Routine’ bribe-taking authorities 42 times and received 24 replies. A munici- sure on doctors, especially in areas where wives, helping reach key health goals even ignited fury when she accused her hospital of exploit- The costs are rising partly because hospitals pal inquiry could not confirm her accusations, domes- medical resources are scarce or difficult to though birth-related mortality remains ing the sick by routinely overprescribing medicine and depend on selling drugs and medical services for tic media reported, although the hospital director was access. In 2013, there were an estimated 2.6 high, experts highlighted. treatment. “I think it’s pretty common, and I think it’s nearly 90 percent of their income, said Yanzhong put under investigation. million stillbirths, 3 million newborn deaths The report, funded by the UN along with really sad,” she told AFP. Lan was put on leave two Huang, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign and 289,000 maternal deaths. More than 92 the US and Canadian governments, the Bill years ago but has continued showing up to work in Relations in the US and author of Governing Health in ‘Your money or your life?’ percent of those deaths occurred in the and Melinda Gates Foundation and other Mianyang, in the southwestern province of Sichuan, Contemporary China. Demand for medical care is only set to climb as countries reviewed, the groups said in their groups, and Johnson & Johnson, is part of earning domestic media attention and the nickname “There’s a strong incentive for the healthcare China’s population ages and its wealth grows, bring- “State of the World’s Midwifery” report. the UN and WHO’s larger effort to boost “corridor doctor”. But her colleagues have ostracised providers to provide over-treatment, over-service, in ing with it an increase in diseases of affluence as well The countries included in the review access to midwives by 2030. — Reuters her, going on strike to protest her dragging down the order to maximise revenue,” he said. “Their bonuses as the illnesses of old age. state-run facility’s reputation and voting this month are actually associated with that. It’s not just the hos- In 2009 Beijing launched a huge 11-year health- that she should be dismissed. pitals, it’s the doctors themselves who directly benefit. care overhaul, so far investing $371 billion, both to fix Study links autism to higher Yet ordering excess drugs and treatment, and tak- “To them this is just like a routine,” he said, adding the broken system and as part of a broader effort to ing bribes from patients and drugmakers, are open that Lan was unique in being “so public and so persist- boost consumption by expanding the social safety net steroid levels in womb secrets in China’s over-burdened health sector. The ent”. Her turning point came when she reviewed the and freeing Chinese to spend more. failings of the system provoke so much anger that case of a 53-year-old man due to have a pacemaker Yet while insurance has expanded to 95 percent of PARIS: Autism in childhood may be linked to also looked at a fifth hormone, cortisol, which is reports routinely emerge of patients attacking and installed in 2009, but could find no need for it, she Chinese in 2011, up from 30 percent in 2003, patients’ higher levels of steroid hormones in the womb a marker of stress. The researchers found higher killing medical personnel. said. Doctors in the Mianyang People’s Hospital- premiums and payments are surging at 10 percent a during early foetal development, researchers hormone levels in the amniotic fluid in 128 In April a 45-year-old man unhappy with his cir- including her-had long followed such practices, said year, Huang said. Those with serious sicknesses can said on Tuesday. males who were later diagnosed with autism cumcision stabbed a doctor to death in the eastern Lan, who is in her early 50s. face crippling bills as insurance policies sometimes These hormones, which play a key phase in spectrum disorder. All autistic subgroups were province of Jiangsu. Three months earlier a man was “I couldn’t do it anymore. I had been sticking with reimburse only about 30 percent of outpatient and 50 brain development at three to four months of found to have the signature: Asperger syn- sentenced to death for killing an ear, nose and throat it, keeping on. I was compromising. I was lowering my percent of inpatient services. Doctors in the state sys- pregnancy, may also explain why the condition drome, classic autism or a category called specialist in neighbouring Zhejiang. ethical standards.” But when she went public her col- tem are relatively lowly paid themselves, despite the is far more common among males than females, unspecified pervasive developmental disorder. Nearly two-thirds of hospitals reported violence leagues reacted furiously at what they saw as a threat years of study required to qualify. “Putting aside ethics they said. “This is one of the earliest non-genetic biomark- between patients and healthcare providers in 2012, to their livelihoods. is necessary to make a living,” Lan said. “There’s no oth- But it was too early to say whether higher ers that has been identified in children who go up from about half five years earlier, domestic media “You let this patient leave, do you want to ruin this er way.” To persuade patients to consent to proce- hormone levels were a cause of autism, the on to develop autism,” said Simon Baron-Cohen, cited the China Hospital Association as saying last hospital?” she recalled being asked. “People would dures, medicine or hospitalisation, staff would ask the team wrote, and cautioned against hormone a University of Cambridge professor. “We previ- year. Hospitals each averaged 27 incidents against come, in an organised way, and ask me to put food on same question, she said: “Do you care more about screening or treatment based on their prelimi- ously knew that elevated prenatal testosterone staff, from threats to killings, up from 21 over the same their table,” she said of her coworkers. your money or your life?” —AFP nary findings. is associated with slower social and language Scientists at the University of Cambridge in development, better attention to detail and Britain and Denmark’s Statens Serum Institute more autistic traits. UK scientific panel backs analysed hormone levels among nearly 20,000 “Now, for the first time, we have also shown stored samples of amniotic fluid, which sur- that these steroid hormones are elevated in chil- rounds the foetus in the uterus. The team meas- dren clinically diagnosed with autism. Because ‘three-parent’ IVF babies ured levels of four “sex” steroid hormones- some of these hormones are produced in much LONDON: A British expert scientific panel gave its babies around the world are born with serious testosterone, progesterone, 17-alpha-hydroxy- higher quantities in males than in females, this backing on Tuesday to potential new 3-way fertil- mitochondrial disorders. progesterone and androstenedione-which are may help us explain why autism is more com- ity treatments that would for the first time allow known to play a role in brain development. They mon in males.” —AFP genetically modified embryos to be implanted Public consultation into women. The potential treatment is also known as The “three-parent” IVF techniques are three-parent in vitro fertilisation (IVF), because designed to help families with particular genetic the offspring would have genes from a mother, a faults who want to avoid passing on incurable father and from a female donor. diseases to their children. They could be available Publishing its report on Monday, the British for patients in two years, the scientists told expert panel said the evidence it had seen so far reporters at a briefing in London. Known as mito- “does not suggest that these techniques are chondrial replacement or transfer, the methods unsafe” and does suggest they could be “poten- are at the research stage in laboratories in Britain tially useful for a specific and defined group of and the United States and have never yet been patients”. “In the absence of any effective treat- carried out in people anywhere in the world. They ment, mitochondrial replacement therapies ... are illegal in Britain for now, but the government offer great hope to families affected by mito- said last year it was drawing up draft legislation chondrial disorders,” said Peter Braude, professor which if passed into law would allow the treat- of obstetrics and gynaecology at King’s College ments to go ahead if they proved safe and effec- London and a member of the panel. tive in clinical trials. Although some critics of mitochondrial trans- In the United States, the Food and Drug fer say it is akin to creating designer babies, Administration (FDA) has also convened an replacing faulty mitochondria with healthy ones expert committee to decide whether safety con- would not be genetic engineering in the usual This handout photo released by the European cerns raised by three-parent IVF are minimal understanding of the term. It would not make a Southern Observatory shows an infrared image of the enough to allow clinical trials in humans to begin. child smarter, sportier, more attractive, or other- dust ring around the nearby star HR 4796A in the Mitochondrial replacement involves intervening wise different from what his or her genome and southern constellation of Centaurus. It was one of the in the fertilisation process to remove faulty mito- environment would produce in the normal way. first produced by the SPHERE instrument soon after it OREGON: This Sept. 20, 2007 file photo shows steelhead trout in the Big Bend Pool of chondrial DNA, which can cause inherited condi- Braude noted that “the implementation of any was installed on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in May Steamboat Creek, a tributary of the North Umpqua River near Steamboat, Ore. A tions such as fatal heart problems, liver failure, new medical treatment is never wholly without 2014. It shows not only the ring itself with great clarity, new study suggests steelhead trout can have trouble using the Earth’s magnetic field brain disorders, blindness and muscular dystro- risk, and genetic alteration of disease is an impor- but also reveals the power of SPHERE to reduce the to navigate in the ocean if they were raised in a hatchery, where the field may be dis- phy. Mitochondria act as tiny energy-generating tant step for society that should not be taken glare from the very bright star - the key to finding and torted by iron pipes. — AP batteries inside cells, and around 1 in 6,000 lightly.” —Reuters studying exoplanets in future. — AFP

WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

The Touristic Enterprises Company organized a fire drill recently at the Khairan Resort in cooperation with the Kuwait Fire Services Directorate.

Arab Brazilian Chamber of ommerce and TSC to join forces

he Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce (ABCC) has announced that it will sponsor TBrazilian Week at The Sultan Center in A1- Salmiya, Kuwait, in collaboration with the Brazilian Export and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex- Brasil). Running from June 3 to 16, 2014, the event will be an opportunity for the organization to pro- mote Brazilian products in the country. Approximately 150 items, mostly food products, will throw the spotlight on a diverse and delicious range of Brazilian products during the two-week long promotion at the supermarket. Aside from the prominent display of products, there will be special counters where consumers will be able to sample The Three Who some of the exclusively imported food items to get a taste of Brazilian products. Spoke in the Cradle Michel Alaby, General Secretary and CEO, Arab- By Muhammad al-Naqawi Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, said: We are happy to join forces Apex-Brasil and The Sultan Center to veryone knows that Jesus (PBUH) spoke when he was an bring a wide range of Brazilian products, including infant to exonerate his mother from the false accusation food items to the Kuwaiti market. By supporting the Eabout his mysterious birth. According to Islam, there are Brazilian Week, we want to raise awareness among two others who also spoke during their infancy. Do you know the Arab population about a huge range of prod- who they are and what they said? What are the lessons that we ucts Brazil has to offer. It will also be an opportunity can deduce from this? In his lecture, Muhammad Al-Naqwi will to increase trading activities between Brazil and answer all these questions and many more. Monday, June 9 @ Kuwait.” 7pm Brazilian Week is an innovative campaign held at The Challenges and Changes of Ramadan By Dr. Teresa Lesher The Sultan Center targeting Arab customers. The Why and how do more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide supermarket’s customers will be able to purchase fast from dawn to dusk everyday for an entire month? Dr. Teresa Brazilian products at highly competitive prices dur- will be presenting some of the factors that will help enhance ing the two-week long promotion. your ability to deal with challenges, as well as what measures many Muslims take to get ready for drastic changes in their habits. In addition to that, she will present the audience with a personal challenge. Everyone who is hoping to change their life Digital World 2014 can benefit from this topic. Tuesday, June 10 @ 7pm Ladies Night: The Power of Dua (ladies only) angladesh is going to host Digital World 2014 a By Zainab Ashry mega exposition and conference on informa- All ladies are invited to come and enjoy our friendly atmos- tion technology during 04-07 June 2014 at phere, which is ideal for meeting like minded people. This is a B place for mutual support and understanding, as well as interest- Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) ing events designed exclusively just for ladies. No gents shall be in Dhaka. The event is jointly organized by the permitted! Bangladesh Government and Bangladesh Association Part 1 Part 2 of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the The importance of Dua national trade body for software and IT enabled serv- Dua is the weapon of the believer Virtues of Dua ices in the Bangladesh. How Dua prevents Misfortunes Around 400 Bangladesh and foreign entrepreneurs The Preconditions of Dua including representatives of renowned companies; The Etiquette of making Dua international development agencies as well as gov- The Prohibited acts of Dua Examples of Dua in the Qur’aan ernment officials and civil society partners have con- Examples of Dua in the Hadeeth firmed their participation in the exposition. The event Acceptance of Dua will be the platform for the national and global stake- Recommended Times of Dua holders to showcase their products and services; and No sincere Dua will be ignored Dua and Destiny also give them an excellent opportunity to share their How Dua is answered experiences for innovative solutions. Why our Dua remains unanswered The event is also aimed to draw international atten- What should we do when our Dua is not answered tion to the spectacular achievements of Bangladesh in Specific Dua for the Month of Ramadan. Wednesday, June 11 @ 6:30pm - Part 1 Wednesday, June 25 developing the ICT industries in the recent times. The @ 6:30pm - Part 2 details of the event is available at available at TIES Center Shuhada Area - Block 4, Street 413, House www.digitalworld.org.bd Badr Saqr Al-Badr celebrated his graduation from the American Creativity Academy with family and friends. 67 — Kuwait

Greetings Greetings

Many happy returns of the day to dearest Wesal Mohammed. May Allah shower His choicest blessings. Wishes come from parents, relatives and friends. Hani Omar celebrated his 24th birthday on Wednesday May 28th with his friends at the Jumeirah Hotel & Resorts. They wish him all success and happiness in his life. WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014 Children World Bilingual Nursery School holds graduation ceremony

Children World Bilingual Nursery School organized an end of year ceremony, featuring an interactive performance by students. The event concluded with a graduation ceremony during which the school’s owner, Narjis Al-Shatti, dis- tributed gifts to the children. — Photos by Yasser Al Zayyat TV PROGRAMS THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

10:15 Come Dine With Me 17:00 Good Luck Charlie 12:40 Live AFL Premiership 11:10 Cake Boss 11:05 The Planners 17:20 Jessie 15:30 Top 14 11:35 Jon & Kate Plus 8 11:55 The Planners 17:45 Dog With A Blog 17:30 Super Rugby 12:00 Little People, Big World 12:45 The Planners 18:10 Liv And Maddie 19:30 WWE This Week 12:25 Super Soul Sunday 00:45 I’m Alive 13:35 Homes Under The Hammer 18:30 Mako Mermaids 20:00 IndyCar Series 13:15 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo 01:35 Untamed & Uncut 14:25 Homes Under The Hammer 18:55 Good Luck Charlie 22:30 Live IndyCar Series 13:40 Here Comes Honey Boo Boo 02:25 Animal Kingdom 15:15 Homes Under The Hammer 19:20 Violetta 14:05 World’s Worst Mum 02:50 Animal Kingdom 16:10 Homes Under The Hammer 20:05 Austin & Ally 14:55 Extreme Couponing 03:15 Natural World 17:00 Homes Under The Hammer 20:30 Jessie 15:20 Cake Boss 04:05 Wildest Indochina 17:50 Masterchef: The Professionals 20:50 Dog With A Blog 15:45 What Not To Wear 04:55 Animal Cops Houston 18:20 Masterchef: The Professionals 21:15 Jessie 16:35 Toddlers & Tiaras 05:45 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 19:10 Masterchef: The Professionals 03:05 Long Island Medium 21:40 Shake It Up 17:25 Say Yes To The Dress 06:10 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 20:00 Masterchef: The Professionals 03:30 Long Island Medium 22:00 Austin & Ally 17:50 Say Yes To The Dress 06:35 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 20:55 Come Dine With Me 03:55 Long Island Medium 22:25 A.N.T. Farm 18:15 Jon & Kate Plus 8 07:00 Animal Airport 21:40 Come Dine With Me 04:20 What Not To Wear 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 18:40 Little People, Big World 07:25 Preposterous Pets 22:30 Come Dine With Me 05:10 What Not To Wear 23:10 Wolfblood 19:10 Super Soul Sunday 08:15 Mutant Planet 23:15 Come Dine With Me 06:00 Super Soul Sunday 23:35 Wolfblood 20:05 Extreme Couponing 09:10 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 07:00 What Not To Wear 20:30 Cake Boss 09:35 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 07:50 Secret Eaters 21:00 Bling It On 10:05 Animal Kingdom 08:40 Iyanla, Fix My Life 21:55 Craft Wars 10:35 Animal Kingdom 09:30 Toddlers & Tiaras 22:50 Long Island Medium 11:00 Animal Precinct 10:20 Say Yes To The Dress 23:15 My Teen Is Pregnant And So 11:55 Animal Airport 03:15 THS 10:45 Say Yes To The Dress 03:35 Prototype This Am I 12:20 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 04:30 Prototype This 04:10 THS 12:50 ER Vets 05:20 Prototype This 05:05 Extreme Close-Up 13:15 ER Vets 06:10 Prototype This 05:30 Extreme Close-Up 13:45 The Jeff Corwin Experience 07:00 How Tech Works 06:00 THS 14:40 Animal Kingdom 07:25 How Tech Works 07:50 Style Star Why Slate’s ‘Obvious 15:05 Animal Kingdom 07:55 The Future Of... 08:20 E! News 15:30 Tanked 08:45 Mythbusters 09:15 The Drama Queen 16:30 Mutant Planet 09:40 Mythbusters 10:15 The Drama Queen Child’ is way more than 17:25 Nature’s Newborns 10:30 Mythbusters 11:10 Eric And Jessie: Game On 17:50 Nature’s Newborns 11:20 Mythbusters 11:35 Eric And Jessie: Game On 18:20 Journey Of Life 12:10 Mythbusters 12:05 E! News just an abortion movie 19:15 Gator Boys 13:00 How Tech Works 13:05 Beyond Candid With Giuliana 20:10 Biggest And Baddest 13:30 Through The Wormhole With 14:05 Keeping Up With The saw “Obvious Child,” the Jenny Slate-starring comedy 21:05 Natural World Morgan Freeman Kardashians written and directed by Gillian Robespierre, at 22:00 Gator Boys 14:20 Through The Wormhole With 15:00 Keeping Up With The ISundance in January. It hit all the right notes, but the 22:55 Biggest And Baddest Morgan Freeman Kardashians main takeaway - no doubt influenced by the capsule 23:50 Animal Cops Houston 15:10 Da Vinci’s Machines 16:00 Giuliana & Bill reviews and clicky headlines - was that it was an abortion- 16:00 Nyc: Inside Out 17:00 Giuliana & Bill themed comedy. It was convenient and put an entire 16:50 USA Memory Championships 18:00 E! News movie in a nice little box, and when A24 bought the film, 17:40 Sci-Fi Science 19:00 Fashion Police it created the internet-friendly prospect of a new wave of 18:05 Sci-Fi Science 19:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On buzzword headlines upon its summer release. 00:15 Doctors 18:30 Prophets Of Science Fiction 20:00 Keeping Up With The But I watched the movie again last week, and some- 00:45 Mistresses 19:20 How Tech Works Kardashians thing struck me: I realized it’s less about abortion than it is 01:35 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 19:45 How Tech Works 21:00 Keeping Up With The a movie about a person - a stand-up comic played by 02:20 Twenty Twelve 20:10 The Future Of... Kardashians Slate - unraveling when she loses her job, gets dumped, and yes, finds out she’s pregnant after a one-night stand 02:50 The Job Lot 21:00 How Techies Changed The 22:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On (with Jake Lacy). With the support of her best friends 03:15 Ashes To Ashes World 22:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On (Gaby Hoffman and Gabe Liedman), she decides to have 04:05 Lark Rise To Candleford 21:50 Sci-Fi Saved My Life 23:00 Hello Ross an abortion very early on, and the film never wavers from 05:00 Nina And The Neurons 22:40 You Have Been Warned 23:30 Chelsea Lately that inevitable end. 05:15 Little Human Planet 23:30 Weird Connections SKI PATROL ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD So really, the bulk of the movie isn’t about the deci- 05:20 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 23:55 Weird Connections sion, but, as Slate herself told TheWrap, “always about the 05:40 Jollywobbles 19:05 Extra Virgin 14:30 Last Man Standing 12:00 Asterix And Obelix-PG15 journey of the individual.” Abortion, Robespierre said, “is 05:50 The Green Balloon Club 19:30 Siba’s Table 15:00 Melissa & Joey 14:00 Blades Of Glory-PG15 the easiest thing that journalists have seemed to glom on 06:15 Nina And The Neurons 03:25 Andy Bates American Street 19:55 Cooking For Real 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon 16:00 Tin Men-PG15 to.” Which is a shame, she said, because, “we don’t neces- 06:30 Little Human Planet Feasts 20:20 Chopped Stewart 18:00 3 Times A Charm-PG15 sarily think it’s the easiest thing and best way to describe 06:35 Mr Bloom’s Nursery 03:50 Iron Chef America 21:10 Food Network Challenge 16:00 The Colbert Report 20:00 Cottage Country-PG15 our movie.” 06:55 Jollywobbles 03:10 The Hive 04:40 Chopped 22:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 16:30 Better Off Ted 22:00 That’s My Boy-R Of course, they’re not complaining (especially not with 07:05 The Green Balloon Club 03:20 Art Attack 05:30 Unwrapped 22:25 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers the word “Abortion” at the top of their poster), because 07:30 Charlie And Lola 03:45 Art Attack 05:50 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 22:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:00 Dads mostly, they just want people writing about the film. And 07:40 Twenty Twelve 04:10 Jungle Junction 06:10 Food Network Challenge 23:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 18:30 The Neighbors thus, the following is Slate and Robespierre’s conversation 08:10 The Cafe 04:25 Jungle Junction 07:00 Tastiest Places To Chowdown 23:40 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:00 Last Man Standing with TheWrap about “Obvious Child.” 08:35 The Job Lot 04:35 Jungle Junction 07:25 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 19:30 Melissa & Joey 09:00 Eastenders 04:45 Jungle Junction 07:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 20:00 The Goodwin Games 03:00 Jobs-PG15 Q: So why did you make that initial short film? I 09:30 Doctors 05:00 Art Attack 08:15 Food Network Challenge 20:30 Parks And Recreation 05:15 The Key Man-PG15 know it was four or five years ago now. 10:00 Only Fools And Horses 05:25 Art Attack 09:05 Siba’s Table 21:00 The Daily Show With Jon 07:00 Now You See Me-PG15 Robespierre: Yeah, it was in 2009. Again we wanted 10:30 Big Cat Diary 05:50 Mouk 09:30 Have Cake, Will Travel Stewart 09:00 Cheerful Weather For The to show the struggle of a funny and sweet and realistic 11:00 Lark Rise To Candleford 06:00 Austin & Ally 09:55 Have Cake, Will Travel 21:30 The Colbert Report Wedding-PG15 female main character who was both sort of going 11:50 Twenty Twelve 05:00 56 Up 06:25 A.N.T. Farm 10:20 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 22:00 Saturday Night Live 10:45 Jobs-PG15 through post-breakup, navigating those really raw and 12:20 The Cafe 05:55 The Hungry Sailors 06:45 Mako Mermaids Basics 23:00 South Park 13:00 The Twilight Saga: Breaking awful feelings, and we also wanted to depict an abortion 12:45 The Job Lot 06:45 Ant And Dec’s Saturday 07:10 Suite Life On Deck 10:45 Extra Virgin 23:30 The Goodwin Games Dawn Pt. 2-PG15 in a different way. So we just took those two ideas and 13:10 Eastenders Night Takeaway 07:35 Good Luck Charlie 11:10 Siba’s Table 15:00 Buried-PG15 slammed them together and Jenny was in it, which was 13:40 Doctors 07:50 Shetland amazing, and Donna was not a stand-up yet, and she was 07:55 Jessie 11:35 Cooking For Real 17:00 Old Stock-PG15 14:10 Only Fools And Horses 08:50 Dirk Gently a lot younger, we were all a lot younger. Donna was just a 08:20 Mako Mermaids 12:00 Andy Bates Street Feasts 19:00 Faces In The Crowd-PG15 14:40 Big Cat Diary 09:45 Seven Dwarves different person, we were different people. And then 08:45 Liv And Maddie 12:25 Unique Eats 21:00 Hick-PG15 15:10 The Cafe 10:40 The Chase 03:00 Nip/Tuck when it grew into the feature, we were able to explore 09:05 Good Luck Charlie 12:50 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 04:00 Bones 23:00 Maniac-R 15:35 The Weakest Link 11:35 David Suchet: The Mystery Of and expand on her self-sabotaging ways. I think the late 09:30 Dog With A Blog Basics 05:00 Criminal Minds 16:20 Lark Rise To Candleford Agatha Christie 20’s breakdown is different than the early 20’s break- 09:55 Austin & Ally 13:15 Hungry Girl 06:00 The Glades 17:15 Eastenders 12:30 Agatha Christie’s Poirot down. 10:15 Jessie 13:40 Hungry Girl 07:00 The Mob Doctor 17:45 Doctors 14:05 56 Up Robespierre: We put a lot more pressure on our- 10:40 Cheetah 14:05 Food Network Challenge 08:00 Made In Jersey 18:15 32 Brinkburn Street 15:00 Big Star’s Little Star 03:15 The Raven selves. “Why don’t I have it figured out yet? I felt like I was 12:15 Gravity Falls 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 09:00 Criminal Minds 19:00 Bleak Old Shop Of Stuff 15:55 Vera 05:15 Darling Companion supposed to be completely settled.” And that’s not the 12:35 Dog With A Blog 15:20 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 10:00 Castle 19:30 The Cafe 17:35 Blandings 07:15 Playdate case. They all lied to us. We love not being in our 20’s any- 13:00 A.N.T. Farm 15:45 Chopped 11:00 Bones 20:00 Ashes To Ashes 18:05 Shetland 09:00 True Love more. It was fun, it was slightly destructive, a lot of good 13:25 Jessie 16:35 Siba’s Table 12:00 Emmerdale 20:50 The Line Of Beauty 19:00 Big Star’s Little Star 12:30 Coronation Street 11:00 The First Grader stories came out of it, but I’m really - not that we’re fully 13:45 Austin & Ally 17:00 Siba’s Table 21:50 Getting On 19:55 The Hungry Sailors 13:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 13:00 An Inconvenient Truth formed and I don’t know that anyone will ever die fully 14:10 Good Luck Charlie 17:25 Guy’s Big Bite 22:20 BBC Proms 2011: Human 20:50 Vera 14:00 Made In Jersey 15:00 Broken Bridges formed - but I think there’s something that happens 14:35 Mako Mermaids 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives Planet Prom 22:35 Ant And Dec’s Saturday 15:00 The Glades 17:00 The First Grader when you turn 30. 15:00 Flubber 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 23:40 Eastenders Night Takeaway 16:00 Emmerdale 19:00 Smashed Slate: You’re released from that secret adolescence 16:30 Cars Toons 18:40 Barefoot Contessa - Back To 23:35 David Suchet: The Mystery Of 16:30 Coronation Street 20:30 American Gangster that no one told you about. I really feel much better now 16:35 A.N.T. Farm Basics Agatha Christie 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 23:15 Best Laid Plans that I’m in my 30’s. 18:00 Made In Jersey Robespierre: I still feel like there’s a part of me that’s 19:00 Burn Notice still adolescent. 20:00 Top Gear (US) Slate: Well, me too. 21:00 Witches Of East End Robespierre: I’m always going to want ice cream 05:00 Monsters University-PG 22:00 Supernatural cake. 06:45 Star Trek Into Darkness-PG15 23:00 Nip/Tuck Slate: That’s the good part, that’s childhood! The shitty 03:00 Hard Time 09:00 The Sapphires-PG15 turmoil where you’re not exactly sure if your self is big or 04:00 Family Guns 10:45 Iron Man 3-PG15 05:00 The Border small or a wild animal or a boring sheet of paper, you’re 13:00 Fastest-PG15 just not sure where you fall. You have hints, and when you 06:00 Sea Patrol 15:00 Class-PG15 07:00 The Pack get a certain taste of yourself, you almost get heartsick to 17:00 The Sapphires-PG15 be who you want to be, but you’re not there yet and you 08:00 Wild Kalahari 03:00 Boardwalk Empire 19:00 Silver Linings Playbook-PG15 just don’t have everything available to you. You’re just 09:00 Rescue Ink 04:00 Mistresses 21:00 Jack Reacher-PG15 waiting to grow. 10:00 Banged Up Abroad 05:00 Last Resort 23:15 The Campaign-18 Robespierre: And yet you still have to pay rent and 11:00 Hard Time 06:00 Good Morning America 07:00 Emmerdale figure out health insurance and seem normal and not rely 12:00 Family Guns on things that you didn’t think you’re supposed to still be 13:00 The Border 09:00 24 10:00 Emmerdale relying on, like your parents, emotionally and financially. I 14:00 Somewhere In China turned 28 last week and saw the movie “Neighbors,” and it 15:00 Hunter Hunted 13:00 24 14:00 Last Resort 04:00 Gnomeo & Juliet-PG made me nervous because I was siding with the older 16:00 Wild Untamed Brazil 15:00 Live Good Morning America 06:00 Charlie And The Chocolate people. 17:00 Rescue Ink 16:00 24 Factory-PG Slate: I side with Zac Efron’s bare chest. His pecs. 18:00 Banged Up Abroad 18:00 C.S.I. 08:00 The Great Ghost Rescue-PG Whatever studio it was, I was there for a meeting, and 19:00 Wild Kalahari 19:00 24 10:00 Love Will Keep Us Together- there was a big poster of him without his shirt on, and I 20:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 21:00 C.S.I. PG15 literally, before someone was like, “Do you like that 21:00 The Known Universe 22:00 Mistresses 12:00 Hope Springs-PG15 poster?” just stood in front of that poster going, “What ‘s 22:00 Alaska Wing Men 23:00 Boardwalk Empire 14:00 Standing Ovation-PG15 that?” and just staring at his bare chest for so long. 23:00 Rescue Ink 16:00 The Great Ghost Rescue-PG Beautiful physique, that gentleman. He looks pretty great, 18:00 The Expatriate-PG15 so congrats to him. 20:00 The Colony-PG15 22:00 The Haunting In Connecticut Q: How often, during this press tour and since 2: Ghosts Of Georgia-18 Sundance, have you gotten asked about women 00:00 Freelancers-R directors and women in comedy? 02:00 Terrible Angels-18 03:00 Dads Slate: It’s not the most prevalent. 04:00 Dangerous Attraction-PG15 03:30 The Neighbors Robespierre: Mostly during our Q&As, when we’re in 06:00 Special Forces-PG15 04:00 Seinfeld 04:00 Super Rugby the theater, they have questions about what they just 08:00 The Bourne Legacy-PG15 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring 06:00 This is PGA Tour HD watched. They have questions about what rings true to 10:15 Skyfall-PG15 Jimmy Fallon 06:30 Inside The PGA Tour them, not about women in comedy or me being a female 12:45 The Tuxedo-PG15 05:30 Two And A Half Men 07:00 live NRL Premiership director. Just real questions about how did you get this 14:30 The Bourne Legacy-PG15 06:00 Better Off Ted 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 movie made? How did you make the performances so 16:45 21-PG15 natural? It’s really just filmmaking questions and story 06:30 Friends 09:30 Top 14 18:45 The Tuxedo-PG15 questions. But those questions come from journalists, 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 12:00 Live Champions Tour 20:30 Apartment 1303-PG15 and I worked at the Directors’ Guild of America for seven 08:00 Seinfeld 14:00 Live PGA European Tour 22:00 Total Recall-18 years and I sat through a lot of board meetings falling 08:30 Two And A Half Men 18:30 Inside The PGA Tour 19:00 Live PGA Tour asleep - they pump so much AC in that room so we were 09:00 Dads all awake somehow at seven in the morning - and the 09:30 Last Man Standing numbers are bad for women directors, for TV shows and 10:00 Melissa & Joey feature films. 10:30 Friends 06:00 Trans World Sport But I listened to those numbers and I sat in those 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 00:00 That’s My Boy-R 07:00 This is PGA Tour meetings, but I just didn’t let them affect me. We didn’t Jimmy Fallon 02:00 Butter-18 Latinoamerica ask for permission to tell this story, and I didn’t use any- 12:00 Better Off Ted 04:00 Asterix And Obelix-PG15 07:30 Total Rugby thing but what I had in my brain to tell this story. We were 12:30 Seinfeld 06:00 Ski Patrol-PG15 08:00 Live NRL Premiership trying to be honest and authentic and that’s it. That was 13:00 Two And A Half Men 08:00 Santa Paws 2: The Santa 10:00 NRL Premiership our only motive. 13:30 Friends Pups-FAM 12:00 Total Rugby FREELANCERS ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 14:00 The Neighbors 10:00 Tin Men-PG15 Classifieds

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

You are a heavy-duty thinker and serious student, always ready to work an This is a great time to be with others and to work together. You may be idea through, reducing it to what is essential. You do a lot to fulfill the popu- sought after as just the person for a particular job. However, be aware that lar stereotype of a genius. There may be a sustained interest today in communication, there is a lot of energy available for disciplined work-you could push too hard and may computers and all that is technical. You could be an excellent teacher in areas requiring even break something or become irritable. This is the best time to make a steady progress- organization. You value order and place a high premium on hard work and effort. You like push forward and rise to prominence-don’t give up now! You will receive recognition for to get down to the most important. Whatever is practical is best and you appreciate things your hard work. Your psychic abilities are very good; you are tuned in, turned on and ready that are durable and long-lasting. You love truth, philosophy and law, etc. Your emotions to help, advise, guide or lend your expertise to whatever comes to your attention now. could send you off in a direction that is anything but where you really want to go for now- You just naturally seem to know what is needed as well as how to provide the best results. careful. Guide yourself in positive directions. This is a good time to become involved in new social gatherings.

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

Your commuting time could be prolonged this morning due to traffic snarls This may be a very superficial day. It may not be possible for you to pene- and unexpected detours. Someone important or in authority may put a damper on your trate to anything remotely meaningful or moving. Work as usual may be the desires just now. Let this pass-in the future, there will be opportunities to express yourself best road to take for now. Perhaps there is a sense of the artificial, the repetitive and the in a better light. Advice that will help coordinate your job and your emotional life comes senseless. Do not worry about getting beneath the surface of a matter . . . All will work suc- from a trusted friend. You would make a great investigator, either in scientific research or cessfully. You are gifted and even lucky when it comes to professional decisions. It might undercover work-it makes no difference. Your ability to get to the point is all but phenom- take a little more work for you to be less timid in expressing your opinions. However, enal. Close relationships take on more emotional depth, power and importance this things almost always manage to work out for you. This evening, children or animals will be evening. You often keep in touch with old friends and tonight you are able to have a long important to your life. Let go and enjoy the company of friends or family. Study nature- conversation with a loving relative. natural law. Play this evening. Let your imagination flow.

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

Your involvement with the outside world provides you with several excel- Clear decisions affecting others could be made today. This morning is full of lent career opportunities. You enjoy teaching biology or natural gardening, opportunities to communicate with groups of people, perhaps in a meet- nutrition, horticulture, etc. Writing is particularly recommended. You could enjoy a job as a ing. Passing your ideas on to others helps you to organize your own thoughts and pro- ACROSS States. vides an opportunity for your ideas to develop. You are very gifted, having great magnet- 6. A metric unit of length equal to one bil- reporter, or work on a “task force,” particularly if it involves articles that bring about better- 1. A federal agency established to regulate informed citizens. This could be a part-time involvement, particularly if you are interested ism and warmth and also a keen and powerful mind. Later today you succeed in complet- the release of new foods and health-related lionth of a meter. in contributing to a community newsletter. Many times these types of jobs do not pay a ing your tasks in order to leave work early. For everything there is a place and a time, how- products. 7. Type genus of the Nepidae. great deal but with time can create some wonderful connections as well as a type of satis- ever, and this afternoon you shop for clothes. Tonight you may be entertaining people 4. A person who eats human flesh. 8. A self-funded retirement plan that allows faction. You are good at whatever you set out to experience. A celebration with one or from out-of-town. They have not seen your city and you may enjoy showing them some high points. Your social agility is fine-tuned; you are ready for whatever may come. 12. A master's degree in education. you to contribute a limited yearly sum many is enjoyable tonight. Happy birthday! 15. The syllable naming the sixth (submedi- toward your retirement. ant) note of a major or minor scale in 9. An indehiscent fruit derived from a single solmization. ovary having one or many seeds within a Cancer (June 21-July 22) 16. A light brown raw cane sugar from fleshy wall or pericarp. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) Guyana. 10. A particular geographical region of There is an emphasis on communication, expression of ideas and the con- You may find that a particular project is just not your cup of tea this morn- 17. The organ of sight (`peeper' is an infor- indefinite boundary (usually serving some nections between things, places and people. What goes on in your mind is ing. Arguments of an emotional kind could be easy to find. Take a more giv- mal term for `eye'). special purpose or distinguished by its peo- your all-important motivation. You tend toward mental pursuits and admire intelligence. ing attitude and picture the end result of this questionable project as a feather in your hat. 18. (Old Testament) In Judeo-Christian ple or culture or geography). Creative visualization and meditation will give you some insight into the answers you may A professional review of your efforts will receive positive praise. A good-sport attitude mythology. 11. A white soft metallic element that tar- need. Your sense of concern for everything makes you valuable when anything needs may be most important now. Outwardly you are intense and passionate and this quality is doing and, if left unoccupied, you may worry too much! Given only a few facts, you are so essential to your character that all else revolves around it. Your ability to cut through 20. The rate of moving (especially walking or nishes readily. able to take in a situation and come up with a real picture of what is happening today- the superficial and get to the real heart of things comes through loud and clear. There are running). 12. (South African) An ear of corn. national or local. You will find plenty of opportunities to involve yourself in what interests no secrets with you. You always get right down to the nitty-gritty and lay things bare. 22. British physicist (born in Hungary) noted 13. 100 aurar equal 1 krona. you this evening: creative art, computers, music, etc. Your lifestyle may find you burning through a lot of changes just now. for his work on holography (1900-1979). 14. The process of gradually becoming infe- 25. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested rior. 19. Of or relating to the region of Mongolia mountains of Europe and Asia minor. Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 27. Pleasant or pleasing or agreeable in or its people or their languages or cultures. You could be most persuasive with others and well-spoken in all sorts of nature or appearance. 21. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was The morning may be a bit confusing due to the input of higher-ups. Your communication. Your drive and reasons are sometimes very independent formed by an explosion. energy is high and can be put to constructive use-look around. Buckling down to the usu- 30. Having or covered with hair. and clever. You may find yourself breaking out of the ordinary with bursts of energy, fits of al routine is the best way to handle this high energy for now. You will have opportunities 31. Having hills and crags. 23. (nautical) Fitted or equipped with neces- temper or new ideas. You could come up with new inventions. If you are in sales, now is to accomplish much as the day progresses. You are powerfully motivated and driven to 35. A letter sent by air mail. sary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays the time that your sales will increase. You will be able to get a lot accomplished. positive end results. You have a very analytical bent and your mind excels at making prac- Productive results are important to you now, more than narrowly personal concerns. Later 40. The agent to whom property involved in etc). tical decisions. Your ideas run deeper than superficial issues. You have an interest in mar- this evening you may find yourself interacting with young people. This may be a good a bailment is delivered. 24. English monk and scholar (672-735). ket trends and business psychology is present. Your emotions and feelings of those time to reflect upon your own situation and just how you feel about yourself. Your person- 41. (Old Testament) The first of the major 26. Green algae common in freshwater lakes around you may be very clear this afternoon. You are likely to meet and enjoy the antics of al plans are back on track and headed in a positive direction. Hebrew prophets (8th century BC). of limestone districts. an individual that is strong in the areas of law enforcement. 44. A colorless and odorless inert gas. 28. Wrap us in a cerecloth, as of a corpse. 45. The sign language used in the United 29. A ductile gray metallic element of the States. lanthanide series. Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) 47. The capital and largest city of Norway. 32. A rational motive for a belief or action. 49. United States physiologist (born in 33. (botany) Of some seeds. You can accomplish quite a lot today. Your outgoing nature and your You are able to understand how to work with the energy of others today- Germany) who did research on partheno- 34. Type genus of the Amiidae. extremely skillful ways of handling other people make you a natural for working with or making all the right connections. The word for the day is accomplishment. If genesis (1859-1924). 36. (archaic) The emperor of Japan. for the public. You would make an excellent teacher or coach and helping others to make there is a job, you can do it. A prodigious worker, you pour yourself into any task with career decisions is a skill you possess. These are things you should consider when making absolute determination. You have a great desire and drive to be thorough and responsi- 51. A coenzyme derived from the B vitamin 37. Tag the base runner to get him out. ble. You seem to know what is essential and what is not. You love the routine that your 38. A city in the Saxony region of Germany career decisions. Your career is never a problem-you have the kind of drive about which nicotinic acid. others can only dream. Everything works out well for you. You may want something less work brings into your life but you can become too strict with yourself-ease up a bit this 53. A bee that is a a member of the genus on the Saale River. boring out of your life now and you may even invent ways in which to make your life more afternoon. Take a little trip or get outside for a while. You may be sought after for your Andrena. 39. Having great (or a certain) extent from interesting. Repair work and perhaps some maintenance chores at home may catch your counsel regarding some very emotional issues later today. You can and will, handle this sit- 58. The mission in San Antonio where in one side to the other. attention and satisfy your restless nature. uation very well. A love relationship could be changing; easy does it. 1836 Mexican forces under Santa Anna 42. Experiencing or showing sorrow or besieged and massacred American rebels unhappiness. who were fighting to make Texas independ- 43. Rub elbows with. Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution ent of Mexico. 46. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not 59. Dormouse of southern Europe and the external persona) that is in touch with northern Africa. the unconscious. 60. The tissue (covered by mucous mem- 48. A syntactic string that forms a part of brane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases some larger syntactic unit. of the teeth. 50. (Norse mythology) God of poetry and 64. Derive or receive pleasure from. music. 67. A hard protective sheath as secreted by 52. A river in north central Switzerland that certain protoctists e.g.. runs northeast into the Rhine. 70. Aircraft landing in bad weather in which 54. Call forth. the pilot is talked down by ground control 55. A tranquilizer (trade name Navane) used using precision approach radar. to treat schizophrenia. 71. A pointed tool for marking surfaces or 56. Colorless watery fluid of blood and for punching small holes. lymph containing no cells and in which ery- 72. Not formal. throcytes and leukocytes and platelets are 74. A member of a Mayan people of south- suspended. western Guatemala. 57. Of an instrument of certain death. 75. A light touch or stroke. 61. A member of the Siouan people formerly 76. United States poet (1884-1933). living in Iowa and Minnesota and Missouri. 77. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 62. Agency of the United States government from aba cloth. charged with mediating disputes between DOWN management and labor. 1. Emblem usually consisting of a rectangu- 63. A lyric poet. lar piece of cloth of distinctive design. 65. Someone who works (or provides work- 2. An informal term for a father. ers) during a strike. 3. According to the Old Testament he was a 66. God of love and erotic desire. pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel 68. An Indian unit of length having different (9th century BC). values in different localities. 4. Being one hundred more than three hun- 69. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to dred. but heavier than beer. 5. A former agency (from 1946 to 1974) that 73. The syllable naming the fourth (subdom- was responsible for research into atomic inant) note of the diatonic scale in solmiza- energy and its peacetime uses in the United tion.

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Gossip Stone to write, direct Edward Snowden film liver Stone will write and direct a film about Edward Stone has advocated for the former NSA contract systems Snowden, one of two high-profile films in the works analyst, who is living in Russia on a temporary grant of asy- Oabout the National Security Agency leaker. Stone lum after leaking massive amounts of NSA documents to announced Monday that he plans to adapt “The Snowden the media. “To me, Snowden is a hero because he revealed Files: The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man,” a secrets that we should all know, that the United States has book by Guardian journalist Luke Harding. The project repeatedly violated the Fourth Amendment,” Stone said in pairs one of cinema’s most controversial directors with one a press conference at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival in the of the most explosive news events in recent years - one Czech Republic. that is ongoing. “This is one of the greatest stories of our time,” Stone said in a statement. He added that making such a film is “a real challenge.” He will have some deep- pocketed competition. Sony Pictures last month pur- chased the big screen rights to Glenn Greenwald’s “No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the US Surveillance State.” The film is being produced by James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson.

Lohan’s mom loses license for a year after drunken driving

ina Lohan, the mother of actress Lindsay Lohan, was sentenced to 100 hours of community service Don Tuesday and will lose her driver’s license for a year after police caught her speeding on New York’s Long Island while drunk. Lohan, 51, was sentenced in Nassau County District Court after pleading guilty to the charges in April. She had initially pleaded not guilty after state police pulled her over last September and said she was driving more than 20 miles per hour over the speed limit. She had about twice the legal limit of alcohol in her blood- stream, police said. Lohan lives in the town of Merrick on Long Island’s south shore, about 20 miles (32 km) east of Manhattan. Judge Andrew Engel also ordered Lohan to pay more than $3,000 in fines and fees and to take part in a onah Hill has apologized for using a drinking driver program. “I just want to put this behind gay slur with a paparazzo in an me,” she told reporters outside the courthouse. Mark Jencounter caught on video. A video Heller, her lawyer, said the relatively lenient sentence posted Tuesday by TMZ shows a photog- reflected that Lohan’s drunken speeding was a “one-time, rapher pestering Hill, who eventually isolated event that took place on the occasion of her birth- responded with muttered expletives and day celebration.” Lohan’s daughter Lindsay has been an anti-gay expression. On “The Howard caught driving while drunk on several occasions and has Stern Show” on Tuesday, the 30-year-old been in rehab, sometimes at the order of a court, at least actor acknowledged that he said “a dis- six times in the last few years, hampering a once-successful gusting word.” Hill said the word “does acting career she began as a child. not at all reflect how I feel about any group of people.” He said that he’s been a gay-rights activist “from the day I was born.” Earlier this year, Hill promoted a

apologizes for Human Rights Campaign effort oppos- Shelton plans break for ing anti-gay laws in Russia ahead of the Winter Olympics. Hill said he had been harassed by the photographer, claiming Lambert after tough week he said “hurtful things” about Hill and his iranda Lambert’s really going to Festival and then traveling Saturday to family. need a break after an already hectic Dallas to help George Strait with his final

Hill week that turned a little scary concert. Shelton, speaking with reporters at

gay slur to paparazzo M Tuesday, and Blake Shelton is prepared to a news conference Tuesday afternoon to provide her with one. Lambert was already promote his outdoor-stage CMT appearance neck deep in the busiest week of the year and upcoming summer tour, said he’s when the private jet ferrying the country already planned out a relaxing break for music star and her team from New York to Lambert when she finally gets to return to Nashville was forced to make an emergency Oklahoma sometime next week. “The Voice” landing in Clarksburg, West Virginia. The star said the pair owns a boat on Lake plane lost pressure and spent about three Texoma and he spent a chunk of his Sunday hours on the ground before resuming its making sure it works before coming to southward trek, said Wes Vause, Lambert’s Nashville. “I’m not a mechanic, but I man- publicist. Killing time, Lambert and friends aged to get this thing running because I hung out with firefighters while trying on know when she gets back she’s going to their appropriately shiny hazmat suits - want to do something like that,” Shelton Lambert’s new album is named “Platinum” - said. “She’s going to want to just go float and posting pictures to Instagram. They also around and drink or be pulled on a tube, listened to a lot of country music. “All in all, it something like that. So I figured I’d get me Rihanna’s was a pretty good day,” Vause said with a some points here and get the boat running. laugh. Lambert will only get busier now that I’m actually proud of myself.” she’s back in Nashville. She’s in the midst of launching her fifth album and started the week with a series of appearances in New York. She’ll be performing at the CMT Music provocative perfume Awards with Carrie Underwood, teaming up with Shelton tomorrow at the CMA Music ad restricted in Britain raunchy British poster promoting Barbadian pop superstar Rihanna’s perfume can only be displayed in areas where Former Hendrix girlfriend Achildren are unlikely to see it, the country’s advertising regu- lator ruled yesterday. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) found that the image of the “Umbrella” singer sitting on the floor with legs raised against a large bottle of “Rogue” perfume was “sex- says new movie ‘made up’ ually suggestive”. The agency received one complaint about the advertisement being overly sexual and demeaning to women. The ASA accepted that the singer was suitably clothed and that her n ex-girlfriend of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix has lashed facial expression was one “of defiance rather than vulnerability”. It out at a new biopic about his life, claiming some of it was concluded that poster was “unlikely to be demeaning to A“completely made up”. Kathy Etchingham, Hendrix’s girl- women or to cause serious or widespread offence”, friend from 1966-69, said she was not consulted about the but that restrictions were needed. “While we movie directed by John Ridley, who won an Oscar in March for did not consider the image to be overtly writing the “12 Years a Slave” screenplay. Although yet to see the sexual, we considered that Rihanna’s film, she is particularly incensed about a scene that depicts their pose, with her legs raised in the air, relationship as so turbulent that he beats her up. “It’s just com- was provocative. “Because of this, pletely made up,” Etchingham, who lives in Melbourne, told and the fact that Rihanna Fairfax Media in a story published yesterday. “Jimi: All Is By My appeared to be naked except Side” had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival last for high heels, we concluded year and is due to screen at the Sydney Film Festival on that the ad was sexually sug- Thursday. Etchingham, who is widely credited as being the gestive and should have been inspiration for many of Hendrix’s songs including “The Wind given a placement restriction Cries Mary” and “Foxy Lady”, will be in the Sydney audience for to reduce the possibility of it her first look at the film. But based on reviews she has read and being seen by children,” it reports from friends who went to the Toronto screening, she said. claimed it was a “wildly inaccurate” portrait of his rise to fame. If that proves to be the case, Fairfax said she would consider legal action to block its release in Australia. “If it’s that bad, I’ve got no choice,” she said. “If I don’t, it’ll just get repeated and repeated and it’ll become the truth.” Etchingham met a penniless Hendrix in London before he hit the big time and said their relationship was “a completely fun time”. “He was a gentle person-funny, entertaining, articulate, and knew exactly which direction he was going in,” she said. The film features Andre Benjamin-Andre 3000 of hip-hop duo Outkast-as Hendrix. — Agencies lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

Music & Movies

Review ‘Edge of Tomorrow’ the right kind of rerun he time-shifting sci-fi thriller “Edge of Tomorrow” has perfectly encapsulated Twhat it is to be a summertime moviegoer. We’re dropped into a battlefield of digital effects with the fate of the world at stake. Torrents of gunfire and explosions surround. Some alien clonks us over the head. We black out and it all happens again. And again. “Edge of Tomorrow,” in which Tom Cruise plays an offi- cer, who continually relives a day of combat against extraterrestrials, probably isn’t a com- mentary on the repetitiveness of today’s block- busters. Its star, after all, has been the unchang- ing, unstoppable avatar of big summer movies. But in the film directed by Doug Liman (“Swingers,” “The Bourne Identity”), the action- star persona of Cruise is put into a phantas- magorical blender. As military marketer Maj. William Cage, he’s thrown into battle against his will by an unsympathetic general (the excellent easy target for the aliens, dubbed Mimics. The stories. Brendan Gleeson), and then finds himself stuck Mimics resemble black, scampering dreadlock The zippiness does fade in the second half in a mysterious time loop. Cruise dies dozens of wigs or electrified Rorschach Tests. of “Edge of Tomorrow.” And the title (perhaps times over and over, often in comical ways. the most belabored way possible of saying Does this sound like a great movie, or what? Learn to fall in love “tonight”) could also use a replay. But among The selling point of “Edge of Tomorrow” may When a particularly big one swallows Cage, countless sequels and remakes, the high-con- indeed be seeing one of Hollywood’s most divi- his day resets. This is “Groundhog Day” with cept “Edge of Tomorrow” - both a Tom Cruise sive icons reduced to Wile E. Coyote. He’s like a guns. This time around, though, it’s not Sonny celebration and parody - is the right kind of a real-life version of the video game “Contra,” with and Cher that wake him up each day but a drill rerun. the code of seemingly endless life. Dying again sergeant calling him “maggot.” Whereas Bill “Edge of Tomorrow,” a Warner Bros release, and again, Cruise has rarely been so likable. Murray got to learn how to play the piano and is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of Based on the 2004 Japanese novella “All You fall in love, Cage must become a better killer. America for “intense sequences of sci-fi action Need Is Kill,” “Edge of Tomorrow” begins in the He strives to make it through the battle, getting and violence, language and brief suggestive de rigueur fashion of news clips that catch us a little further each time before dying. He material.” Running time: 119 minutes. Three up on five years of alien invasion that has - with quickly pairs with the most celebrated fighter stars out of four. MPAA rating definition for historical symmetry - encompassed Europe and in the war (Emily Blunt), who recognizes his PG-13: Parents strongly cautioned. Some left the beaches of northern France as the pri- strange predicament. material may be inappropriate for children mary point of battle. “Edge of Tomorrow,” which was penned by under 13. — AP Cage is dumped on an aircraft carrier, cal- Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth and lously sent into battle by a commanding officer John-Henry Butterworth, entertains in its narra- (a very fun Bill Paxton, spouting lines like, tive playfulness - another entry in the burgeon- “Battle is the great redeemer” in a Kentucky ing fad of puzzle-making sci-fi, as seen in accent), and outfitted in a high-tech exoskele- “Inception” and “Looper.” Few filmmakers have These images released by Warner Bros Pictures show Tom Cruise in a ton he doesn’t know how to operate. When he Liman’s knack for smart plotting; his much earli- scene from ‘Edge of Tomorrow.’ — AP photos lands on Normandy or thereabouts, he’s an er “Go” inventively connected three intertwined ‘The Fault in Our Stars : Woodley grounds dewy-eyed cancer weepie et out your hankies for “The Fault in Our Stars,” an game by his frank interest. The two begin a halting friendship morbid concerns of terminal teens, who worry about their unabashed tearjerker based on John Green’s popular that turns into romance. Hazel, who considers herself a parents and their eulogy with equal import. GYA novel of the same name. The movie, which evokes grenade capable of inflicting great emotional damage, tries to It also addresses the very real concern that romantic inter- classic cancer weepies “Love Story” and “Brian’s Song,” is starry- keep him at arm’s length, but Gus is not deterred. They bond ests will bail in the face of severe health issues. After watching eyed, affecting, and preternaturally wise. It certainly benefits over her passion for “An Imperial Affliction,” a book about can- pal Isaac split with the girlfriend that had pledged to always from appealing leads: “Divergent” siblings Shailene Woodley cer, and he introduces her to video games and sci-fi. be there for him, Hazel and Gus decide their watchword will and Ansel Elgort star as cancer-afflicted teens. Tears will defi- Once a jock, he lost part of a leg but is in remission at the be “OK,” a fairly less definitive choice. nitely be shed at multiplexes around the country. movie’s outset, with Hazel more outwardly at risk. In the best Under the direction of Josh Boone (“Stuck in Love,” which Wearing its sorrow on its sleeve, the movie opens with a YA style, he takes on her quest to meet “Imperial Affliction” also featured Wolff), “The Fault in Our Stars” strains credulity voiceover about sad stories. Promising not to sugarcoat the author Peter Van Houten (Willem Dafoe), getting an email at moments (it’s a bold move to have teens take their relation- truth, “The Fault in Our Stars” sprinkles fairy dust over it response where she could not. After requisite obstacles - cost, ship to the next level after a visit to the Anne Frank house) and instead. The movie is glossy Hollywood sad - cathartic without doctors’ opposition - the couple travel to Europe with her verges on cutesy in others. But it never gets cloying, which is a being too much of a bummer. Hazel (Woodley) and Gus mom in tow. testimony to the grounding influence of Woodley. Against all (Elgort) battle health challenges but never really lose their odds, it even manages to end on an upbeat note. “The Fault in looks, engaging in an almost fantastical quest to see a reclu- Surviving great loss Our Stars” may not show the true messiness of cancer, but it sive author in Amsterdam while bantering with pal Isaac (Nat It’s all too good to be true (except for the cancer part) until does grapple with death and the ability to survive great loss. Wolff) and her concerned but never overbearing parents their disappointing meeting with the writer. The dismayed Maybe that’s enough truth for one movie. — Reuters (Laura Dern and Sam Trammell) on the homefront. teens instead sight-see Amsterdam with the author’s assistant The top 10 songs They even meet cute in a cancer support group. Hazel, who as their guide. (Mom’s conveniently back at the hotel.) After must wear a breathing tube and tote around oxygen, goes their romantic interlude they head back home, where cancer and albums on iTunes reluctantly to appease her mother, all but rolling her eyes at rears its ugly head. From there it’s a downhill slide for one of the gathering. When she bumps into Gus, she is thrown off her our star-crossed lovers. The movie does not shy away from the Top Songs 1. Fancy (feat Charli XCX), Iggy Azalea 2. Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea), Ariana Grande 3. Am I Wrong, Nico & Vinz 4. Rude, MAGIC! 5. Wiggle (feat. Snoop Dogg), Jason Derulo 6. Turn Down For What, DJ Snake, Lil Jon 7. Happy (From “Despicable Me 2”), Pharrell Williams 8. All of Me, John Legend 9. Stay With Me, Sam Smith 10. Summer, Calvin Harris

Top Albums 1. Ghost Stories, Coldplay 2. Ultraviolence, Lana Del Rey 3. Me. I Am Mariah. The Elusive Chanteuse, Mariah Carey 4. Just As I Am, Brantley Gilbert 5. 5 Seconds of Summer, 5 Seconds of Summer 6. Turn Blue, The Black Keys 7. Frozen, Various Artists 8. The New Classic, Iggy Azalea 9. The Secret, Austin Mahone This image released by 20th Century Fox shows Ansel Elgort, left, and (From left) Ansel Elgort, Willem Dafoe, Nat Wolff, Shailiene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Sam Trammell 10. The Fault In Our Stars (Music From the Motion Shailene Woodley appear in a scene from ‘The Fault In Our Stars.’ attend the premiere of 20th Century Fox’s ‘The Fault In Our Stars’ at the Ziegfeld Theatre on Picture), Various Artists — AP Monday, June 2, 2014, in New York. — AP photos

Elle Fanning on the spell of ‘Maleficent’

t just 16 years of age, Elle Fanning has spent nearly 90 per- most. To be able to say I am a part of the Disney princess ters would look exactly, he had it all set out in his brain. He had to cent of her life in the movie business, having made her family...that was huge for me. In the animated (version), she has all imagine all that and also work with us as characters. He did such Adebut as a 2-year-old, younger version of her actress sibling those characteristics of a princess; she is very delicate and frolics an amazing job. Dakota Fanning. But this is no jaded teen actor. She gets excited around in the forest. In ours she does that, but she has more about playing a Disney princess opposite Angelina Jolie’s villain in strength to her, there is a little bit more depth. In live action, you Q: How do you choose your roles these days? “Maleficent,” the big-budget retelling of the fairytale classic can really show those emotions. She feels sadness and betrayal. A: You get scripts and read them. I feel like if you have to delib- “Sleeping Beauty” that prevailed at the North American box office erate about it - ‘should I do this or not?’ - it is probably ‘no.’ Because in its debut last weekend. Q: What did you like about this retelling of “Sleeping you are going to have to go do it for three months and play that With her long blond locks and angelic face, Fanning has Beauty”? person so you want to have a huge connection to it. starred in independent films like “Somewhere” as well as block- A: All the questions you have in the original, this one answers I always try to switch things up. From ‘Maleficent,’ which is busters like “Super 8.” She was 14 when she played Princess those. You get to the back story, you get to see why she such a huge scale, I went and did ‘Young Ones’ and ‘Low Down’ Aurora, who is cursed by Maleficent. Fanning talked to Reuters (Maleficent) became this way. I don’t think someone is just born which were real small independent films. I like having different about playing a princess with more depth and finding the fun in evil. I think someone has to push them to be bad. That’s what I experiences and obviously playing different characters because her film roles. love about it. She stands up for her home, she is protecting it from you don’t want to get bored. You want to always look different mankind as well... She is a powerful lady and she is definitely in in films and speak differently. That’s the fun of it. It’s like dress- Q: Is this the biggest production you’ve been in? charge. There is a prince, but she is definitely the heroine. It’s defi- ing up. — Reuters A: This is definitely the biggest scale - set-wise, green screen nitely girl power. and Angelina. It’s pretty huge. And playing a Disney princess, going on set and being there with so many crew members was Q: Your director Robert Stromberg is a famous production very different. But it was exciting to have all the world around you. designer. What is it like being an actor in a production where your director is a real artist? Q: What is your mind-set on such a big production, in a cru- A: I remember going into rehearsals for the first time and he cial role? showed me all these sketches. There was this room with all these A: This one was very special to me, because Sleeping Beauty mood boards. He was so excited about that, and the vibe of the was my favorite princess growing up. I felt I looked like her the film he wanted to get right. Even if I didn’t know how the charac- lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

Fashion

This March 3, 2014 file photo shows singer This March 4, 2014 file photo shows Rihanna This May 7, 2014 file photo shows Rihanna This March 5, 2014 file photo shows Rihanna This Feb 28, 2014 file photo shows Rihanna Rihanna attending Stella McCartney’s ready- arriving at Chanel’s ready to wear fall/winter attending the Dior Cruise 2015 Fashion Show arriving at Miu Miu’s ready to wear fall/winter posing for photographers before the Dior to-wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion collec- 2014-2015 fashion collection in Paris. at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. 2014-2015 fashion collection in Paris. ready-to-wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fashion tion in Paris. — AP photos collection in Paris.

This Aug. 28, 2006 file photo shows designer Zac Posen with singer This May 8, 2014 file photo shows singer This March 1, 2014 file photo shows Rihanna during a dress fitting in New York. Rihanna watching Game 2 of an Eastern Rihanna arriving for the Jean Paul Gaultier Conference semifinal NBA basketball game ready-to-wear fall/winter 2014-2015 fash- between the Miami Heat and the Brooklyn Nets ion collection in Paris. in Miami.

This May 7, 2012 file photo shows singer ihanna was honored by the Rihanna at the Council of Fashion Designers of Metropolitan Museum America Monday night for her of Art Costume Institute This May 1, 2014 file photo shows R Rihanna accepting the award for song style. Here’s a selection of her recent gala benefit, celebrat- ing Elsa Schiaparelli of the year for ‘Stay’ at the iHeartRadio looks, which range from red-carpet and Miuccia Prada in Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium glamour to basketball courtside chic New York. in Los Angeles. to uber-sexy concert attire. — AP

This April 9, 2014 file photo shows singer Rihanna attending the NBA basketball game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Clippers in Los Angeles.

This May 5, 2014 file photo shows singer Rihanna at The Metropolitan Museum of Artís Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating ìCharles James: Beyond Fashionî in New York.

This Nov 7, 2012 file photo shows singer Rihanna performing during the 2012 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in New York.

This Feb 10, 2013 file photo shows Rihanna at the 55th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. lifestyle THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 2014

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Models display Chanel’s creations at the Chanel Paris Dallas Metiers d’Art fashion show in Tokyo yesterday. — AP/AFP photos ‘Madly Yours’ launches at Harvey Nichols Kuwait

adly Yours’, the first Middle Eastern mineral turous women with glamorous and unique looks. The the world. We aim to stay trendy and to constantly inno- makeup brand in Kuwait has launched in custom made shades of colors allows all women to get vate and create new shades and lines of cosmetic prod- ‘MHarvey Nichols Kuwait at Grand Avenue - the look they desire for any occasion. ucts.” The Avenues. Madly yours reshapes the concept of ‘Madly Yours’ makeup and wide range of products You can find the full range of ‘Madly Yours’ products beauty by creating customized makeup for every skin help to bring out the natural beauty of every woman. and makeup in Harvey Nichols at the Grand Avenue - tone, age and preference that reveals the natural glow Maha Al-Otaibi, the creator and founder of the brand, The Avenues where a makeup and beauty specialist will in a healthy way. has a vision to create an innovative and gentle makeup assist you in choosing what suits your skin tone from ‘Madly Yours’ offers a wide range of beauty and beauty launch pad that provides a flawless all-natural the best foundations, eye shadows, lipsticks and other makeup products including more than 450 different look with the use of only healthy and purified ingredi- beauty products and cosmetics of the highest quality. items and colors. ‘Madly Yours’ makeup has become the ents. Providing natural long lasting coverage and estab- favorite of so many women in a very short period of lishing the perfect match for any type of skin has time as it inspires self-confidence and is the complete become the primary focus of ‘Madly Yours’. essence of femininity, creativity and glamour dedicated During the launch of ‘Madly Yours’ at Harvey Nichols to beauty uniqueness and healthy skin for woman Kuwait, Maha Al-Otaibi commented: “We seek to be the around the world, and for Arab women in particular. best mineral cosmetics brand offering the highest quali- ‘Madly Yours’ makeup was designed for all the adven- ty of skincare products in the Middle East and across Review: ëEdge of Tomorrowí the right kind of rerun

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A woman visits the exhibition ‘Au Pantheon !’ by French photographer JR displayed on the ground of the Pantheon in Paris, a secular temple which contains the remains of distinguished French citizens, on June 3, 2014. The Centre des Monuments Nationaux has chosen to commission contemporary artist JR to create a participatory work inspired by his ‘INSIDE OUT’ project. — AFP photos

Tattoos can be evidence Living replica of of a crime - or just cool van Gogh’s ear on eardrops for murders. Spider webs for sometimes be used to represent killings, said Hernandez’s arm could have been added just as display in Germany prison time. Penal code numbers for Kevin Waters, a criminal justice professor at part of a design to make the tattoo work appear Tcrimes committed. Criminals have long Northern Michigan University and former agent fuller. used tattoos as indelible ink on their own bodily with the federal Drug Enforcement rap sheet. And for just as long, police have used Administration. An unwritten code tattoos as a way to identify suspects, a distin- But Joe Capobianco, a tattoo artist in New guishing characteristic to jog a Memory or catch Covering new tattoo Haven, Connecticut, and a judge on the Oxygen the public’s eye. But only rarely does body art “I would say the cops probably see the stars Network television show “Best Ink,” said there is play a pivotal role as evidence posited as proof and know in some circles that a star does repre- definitely “an unwritten code.” Although he’s of wrongdoing. Prosecutors trying to convict for- sent a kill and want a tattoo artist to come in and never been put in such a position - he has a per- mer New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez in a see if he (Hernandez) said anything about that,” sonal policy of not doing gang tattoos or pair of homicide cases could try to use the one- Waters said. Every once in a while, criminal inves- designs that represent crimes - the code is clear. time football star’s tattoos against him: they are tigators do hit the jackpot. That was the case “One does not ... rat on one’s clients,” he said. seeking the artists who worked on Hernandez, with Southern California gang member Anthony Julio Rodriguez, an artist in Capobianco’s shop, saying they could be witnesses. Garcia, who was convicted of murder and sen- agreed. Criminal justice experts, however, say it’s hard tenced to 65 years in prison in 2011 after a homi- “The stories I’m told are confidential and told for law enforcement to determine whether cide investigator discovered that Garcia had the to me in confidence, and that goes for even the someone with a tattoo linked to a kind of crime scene of an unsolved 2004 murder inked on his cops I tattoo too!” he said in an email. “I hear actually did the deed. As Todd Bettencourt, a tat- chest. both sides of the coin good and bad.” Messages too artist in North Attleborough, Massachusetts In April, an Indiana judge ordered William seeking comment were left for Hernandez’s - the town where Hernandez was living at the Clyde Gibson to grow out his hair to cover a new lawyers. They have said Hernandez looks for- time of the killings - said, “Some people just get tattoo - “Death Row X 3” - before the twice-con- ward to proving his innocence. Hernandez has it because it’s cool.” Much of Hernandez’s upper victed murderer went on trial for allegedly said that all his tattoos have personal meaning. body is covered in tattoos: The open-mouthed killing a third person. That same month in The stars on his right forearm surround a tattoo face of a lion sits atop his right bicep, ringed by Kansas, Jeffrey Chapman was given permission depicting being in God’s hands, which he told the words “It’s about the fight in you;” “1989,” his to wear a turtleneck to cover a tattoo of the USA Today in 2009 was meant as a nod to his birth year, spans the fingers of his left hand and word “murder” spelled backward on his neck, older brother and late father. The motto fre- a 10-word phrase favored by his father, “If it is to amid concerns it would prejudice the jury at his quently used by his father, “If it is to be it is up to be it is up to me,” runs down his left forearm. upcoming murder trial. In Hernandez’s case, offi- me,” holds special meaning, he told WBZ-TV in A woman looks on the living replica of Dutch painter It is Hernandez’s right forearm that has cials said they have received several responses Boston. “It’s basically saying my life’s in my Vincent van Gogh’s famously severed ear which is dis- piqued the interest of investigators, though they to their plea for information for tattoo artists hands, and whatever I want my life to be it’s up played at Culture and media museum ZKM, in will not specify exactly which design they have who worked on him, but they wouldn’t elabo- to me to make it out that way,” he said. — AP Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany. — AFP focused on. Hernandez is accused of fatally rate. Boston police and the Suffolk County shooting two men - Daniel de Abreu and Safiro District Attorney’s Office said the artists would Furtado - and wounding a third in Boston in July be considered witnesses and are not accused of n artist has created a living replica of Vincent 2012. He also is charged in last year’s killing of any wrongdoing. van Gogh’s famously severed ear for an exhibi- Odin Lloyd, whose body was found near Even if investigators do find the artists who Ation, a German museum said yesterday. Diemut Hernandez’s home. And he is being sued by an created the tattoos they are interested in, it’s not Strebe, who specializes in artworks using biological associate who says Hernandez shot him in the clear they would talk. Artists say clients do often material, collaborated with scientists to reconstruct eye in Miami last year. share personal information, but there is a split the Dutch master’s ear using DNA from a relative and Photos of Hernandez show he has had five within the tattoo community about whether stars and other tattoo work added to his right there is artist-client confidentiality. Bettencourt, 3D printers. “The ear is grown from tissue-engineered forearm over the past few years. While many star who said he never worked on Hernandez, said cartilage using computer imaging technology, and is tattoos have nothing to do with crime, they can there are no clear rules and, besides, the stars on identical in shape to van Gogh’s ear,” said Dominika Szope, spokeswoman for the ZKM Centre for Art and Media in the southwestern city of Karlsruhe. The team used cartilage cells donated by Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson of van Gogh’s brother Theo. Szope said the ear on display was made up of live cells as well as engineered components, creating a “liv- ing art-piece” entitled “Sugababe”. It explores the implications of genetic reproduction for the essence of the individual. Visitors can speak to the ear using a microphone and the sound, once it has passed through the nutrient solution in which the ear is stored, is broadcast in the installation space. The show will be on display in Karlsruhe until July 6 before moving to New York in early 2015. One of most popular artists of all time, van Gogh suffered pro- longed bouts of mental illness and depression. He notoriously sliced off part of his ear, and only sold one painting before his death in July 1890 at the age of 37. Lieuwe van Gogh, who shares the Y chromosome of the troubled painter and around 1/16th of his genome, posted a picture of himself next to the muse- um replica on his Facebook account with the caption “Lend me an ear”. —AFP

In this June 27, 2013, file photo, former New England Patriots NFL football player Aaron Aaron Hernandez’s tattooed hands are secured with hand- Hernandez stands during a bail hearing in Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. — AP photos cuffs as he arrives for his court appearance at Superior Court in Fall River.