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SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 RAMADAN 19, 1434 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Twin suicide India’s seizure Dortmund attacks kill 57 of smuggled clinch Emsak: 03:25 in Pakistan gold soars Super Cup Fajer: 03:36 Dohr: 11:54 Asr: 15:30 Maghreb: 18:43 12 21 20 Eshaa: 20:10 Shiites lose as Islamists, Max 47º Min 36º tribes, liberals gain seats High Tide 01:52 & 13:08 Unexpected high turnout - around 60 percent Low Tide 07:31 & 20:18 40 PAGES NO: 15883 150 FILS

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Adnan Abdelsamad Faisal Al-Duwaisan Marzouq Al-Ghanim Riyadh Al-Adsani Ali Saleh Al-Omair Khalil Abdallah Ali Sultan Al-Shimmari Saad Ali A-Rashidi Abdallah Al-Tamimi Madhi Al-Hajiri

Yousuf Al-Zalzalah Essa Al-Kandari Rakan Al-Nisif Adel Al-Khorafi Faisal Al-Shaye Roudhan Al-Roudhan Saud Al-Huraiji Mohammad Al-Enezi Faisal Al-Kandari Talal Al-Sahli

Mubarak Al-Harais Saleh Ashour Ali Al-Rashed Hamad Al-Harshani Jamal Al-Omar Safaa Al-Hashim Askar Al-Enezi Mansour Al-Zafiri Hamdan Al-Azmi Mohammad Al-Huwaila

Abdallah Al-Tareeji Kamel Al-Awadhi Awdah Al-Ruwaie Khalaf Al-Enezi Mohammad Al-Jabri Yacoub Al-Sane Majid Al-Mutairi Hussein Al-Mutairi Seif Al-Azmi Humoud Al-Hamdan

Mohammad Al-Hadiya Maasouma Al-Mubarak Abdelrahman Al-Jeeran Khalil I Al-Saleh Abdelkareem Al-Kandari Nabeel Al-Fadhel Mubarak Al-Khurainej Abdallah Al-Adwani Saadoun Al-Otaibi Ahmed Al-Azmi By B Izzak Ramadan Kareem Over 100 shot dead in Egypt KUWAIT: Shiites emerged the main losers in the National Assembly elections yesterday as they Neighbors’ rights (II) won only eight seats down from as many as 17 in the scrapped Assembly elected last December. By Hassan T Bwambale Clashes erupt at Morsi rally The Shiites won five seats in the First Constituency CAIRO: Dozens of Mohamed Morsi’s supporters were shot Coalition that organizes the Rabaa Al-Adawiya protest said which is their main stronghold and one seat each bu Huraira - Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) compan- dead yesterday in the deadliest incident in a month as vio- “over 100 people” were killed. in the Second, Third and Fifth constituencies. Their ion - narrated that a man informed Prophet lence erupted after huge rallies for and against the ousted It was the deadliest incident since 53 people were killed main losers include former MPs Ahmad Lari and AMuhammad (peace be upon him) that such and such Islamist president. Morsi’s camp said more than 100 people outside the Republican Guard headquarters in the capital on Adnan Al-Mutawa in addition to members in the a woman prays a lot and fasts a lot, but that she hurts and annoys her neighbors with her tongue. He replied, “She will were killed. An AFP correspondent counted 37 bodies in an July 8.Thousands of supporters and opponents of the coup scrapped Assembly Abdulhameed Dashti and be cast into the hellfire.” Conversely, the man said that such Islamist-run field hospital at Cairo’s Rabaa Al-Adawiya also took to the streets of second city Alexandria on Friday, Khaled Al-Shatti. The main winners however were the small and such a woman is known for rarely performing optional mosque, and the emergency services said other hospitals sparking fierce clashes that killed at least eight and wound- prayers and fasts. She also gives out pieces of cheese in received 29 corpses. ed 194. The latest violence was roundly condemned by tribes which normally were marginalized like the Sulaibi, Suhool, Oteibis, Enezi and others. Liberal charity and doesn’t harm or annoy her neighbors. In the wake of the bloodshed, Egypt’s interior ministry Britain and the European Union. British Foreign Secretary The Prophet (PBUH) replied, “She will be admitted to insisted security forces had not used live fire, and blamed William Hague urged “Egyptian authorities to respect the also won several seats with Marzouk Al-Ghanem, Rakan Al-Nasef and Faisal Al-Shaye scoring good Paradise.” (Reported by Ahmad, Al-Bazzaar and IbnHibbaan. the clashes on Islamists. Interior minister Mohammed right of peaceful protest, to cease the use of violence against It was rated by Al-Mundhiri.) Abu Huraira narrated that Ibrahim also warned that pro-Morsi demonstrations would protestors, including live fire, and to hold to account those wins. Sunni Islamists also improved on their strength winning around 10 seats compared to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “Whoever truly believes be dispersed “soon.” The latest violence erupted at dawn responsible”. in Allah and the Last Day should not annoy or harm his outside the mosque, where Morsi loyalists have been The EU urged “a rapid move to an inclusive transforma- neighbor; whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day camped since the week before the military ousted him on tion process” that would include the Muslim Brotherhood. Provisional results as of 1 am today. should honor his/her guest and thus be generous to July 3, with police firing tear gas at stone-throwing protest- Egypt’s interior ministry defended the actions of security him/her; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day ers on the airport road, said the official MENA news agency. forces, with spokesman General Hany Abdel Latif saying around five in the scrapped Assembly. Official should always say good things or just keep quiet.” (Imam Birdshot and live rounds were fired, but it was unclear police “did not use more than tear gas”. He accused Islamists Salafists maintained their strength of two seats. Al-Bukhari 10/6018 and Muslim 48.) from which side. Witnesses said that the police used live bul- of firing on the security forces, wounding 14 policemen, Opposition members who were with the oppo- Abu Juhaifa - WahbIbnAbdallah said that a man came to lets, which the interior ministry denied. By midday yesterday, including two who were in critical condition after being shot sition and boycotted last December polls but took Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) complaining that his neighbor medical workers began ferrying bodies wrapped in white in the head. part in this election like Abdullah Al-Turaiji and was disturbing and harassing him. The Prophet (PBUH) shrouds to hospitals, carrying them on blood-soaked Interior minister Mohamed Ibrahim said security forces Riyadh Al-Adasani won seats but veteran former advised him to take his belongings and place them on the stretchers past a furious throng of Morsi loyalists. “Allahu would act to disperse the pro-Morsi demonstrations “in a MP Abdullah Al-Roumi lost. As the paper went to road. Everyone who passed by would ask him why he did akbar! (God is greatest),” chanted the crowd that formed a legal fashion” and “as soon as possible”. He said that security press and with a small part of the votes not count- that. He would reply that his neighbor was continuously corridor to waiting ambulances. forces would seek to ensure “the minimum losses possible” ed, turnover was around 60 percent, 20 percent annoying and harming him. Upon hearing this, people Some wept and women ululated defiantly as each body and expressed the hope that Morsi loyalists would “comes to higher than the previous election in December. would curse the man’s neighbor. was taken from the makeshift morgue in a marble-floored their senses” and go home. The bloodshed came hours after The high turnover came despite calls by oppo- Finally, that man’s neighbor went to Prophet section of the mosque. Medics at the field hospital said a army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for a mass sition for boycott, the scorching heat and fasting Muhammad (PBUH) and complained that he had suffered total of 75 people were killed. Mohamed Sultan of the health show of support for a crackdown on “terrorism”. Hundreds of in the holy month of Ramadan. The main increase from people continuously cursing him. The Prophet assured him that Allah had cursed him before the people ministry’s emergency services gave a toll of 29 dead, exclud- thousands of anti-Morsi protesters obliged, thronging Cairo’s in voting came from tribal areas as tribesmen did because of annoying and harming his neighbor. ing the 37 at the Rabaa Al-Adawiya field hospital. The min- Tahrir Square and around the Ittihadiya presidential palace. thronged onto polling stations to ensure the suc- Continued on Page 15 istry said 177 people were wounded. The Islamist Anti-Coup Continued on Page 15 cess of their tribes’ candidates. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 LOCAL

KUWAIT: Information Minister and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Sabah Information minister wishes good luck for parliamentary candidates while visiting Abdulaziz Al-Ateeqi while visiting Abdulaziz Al-Ateeqi primary school in Sulaibikhat. primary school in Sulaibikhat. KTS plays major role to ensure fairness in polls

By Nawara Fattahova sion was formed after the Amiri decree was issued to chance to attend all these events. We make sure that invite candidates to register for elections. We only the elections law is respected and there are no viola- KUWAIT: The elections are the most important event observe, respecting the elections law,” Majid Al- tions,” he added. in the country, and since the few past years, polls are Mutairi, head of the local team of the commission, The team of observers is divided into five teams for monitored by local and international observers to told Kuwait Times. the five constituencies. “The teams are divided to cov- ensure their fairness and integrity. The number of eli- During this period, the commission has issued er all voting locations for males and females. These gible voters in this year’s elections is 4,39,715. The four reports and the fifth and final one will be issued observers are connected directly to the KTS and we Kuwait Transparency Society (KTS) is the local observ- two days after the elections. “Our final report will be receive the news live from them such as complica- er and they have a team of 95 volunteers in addition published in the local press. Our team collects general tions, turnout and other issues that will be later added to members of the board participating in monitoring information about what is published in the interna- to our report about the elections in general,” explained elections. tional media around the world about our elections. Mutairi. An international team of observers is also KTS started observing elections in 2006. “The soci- We also take a general opinion about what is happen- monitoring the elections. “Besides the local team, an ety formed a Private Commission for Elections ing at the symposiums of the candidates though the international team is working with the commission Transparency to monitor the elections. This commis- Internet, especially YouTube, as we don’t have the consisting of 31 members from 18 countries. We were keen to have this team from the Middle East due to the hot weather and the holy month of Ramadan, so Former National Assembly speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi casting his vote in the they are familiar with this atmosphere more than main committee at Shamiya (male) school. Amir ‘guardian’ of constitution Westerners,” he pointed out. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Speaking to reporters while visiting The team started their mission before voting day. Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is the “guardian” Abdulaziz Al-Ateeqi primary school in “They started observing the general situation earlier. of the constitution,” His Highness Sheikh Sulaibikhat, Sheikh Salman wished good luck The members of the international team visited sym- Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah for future MPs. posiums of candidates and spoke to political and affirmed yesterday. He said electoral stations for the 2013 leg- opposition activists. They follow different criteria for “His Highness the Amir is the guardian of islative elections “witnessed heavy turnout in observing and they monitor and register the violation the constitution,” Sheikh Nasser told reporters the morning.” of other laws other than the elections law,” concluded after casting his vote in Kuwait’s general elec- Sheikh Salman said the government was Mutairi. tions at the main electoral committee in fully prepared for elections in order to facili- Most expats don’t care about the elections. “As Shamiya Area for the 14th legislative term. tate voting for citizens. elsewhere in the world, only citizens are allowed to “We wish the best of luck for all for the Meanwhile, Maj Gen Tareq Hammad, the participate in the elections, and as I’m not participat- service of Kuwait,” he added. assistant commander of the electoral con- ing, I’m not interested in this issue and I’m not follow- Voting began at 8am and lasted until 8 pm stituencies, re-affirmed the ministry keenness ing the news. Anyway I don’t believe in the new par- to select 50 MPs for the forthcoming National on ensuring success of the polling. liament as I didn’t see any differences in the past years. Assembly. Over 300 of hopefuls, including He said in a statement while inspecting a At the end, I’m living here only temporary and will go eight women, in the five constituencies in ballot center in the second district that the back home,” stressed 30-year-old Nurhan. Kuwait, each to produce 10 members of par- polling process “was proceeding smoothly and Ahmad, 29, is not optimistic about the new parlia- liament. without any significant problems.” ment. “Although I will not vote as I’m an expat, yet I’m Meanwhile, Information Minister and Security chiefs are currently touring the following the news of elections and I’m interested in Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh constituencies amid coordination of various it. But from what I have seen, all the latest laws Salman Sabah Al-Sabah said the State of state departments’ personnel. approved by the parliament were in favor of citizens Kuwait took great pride in the organization of High turn-out witnessed in the morning including salary increases, allowances, housing and elections in a “transparent and fair” atmos- may drop at noon time, he said, but will pick others, while issues related to development were not phere. up in the afternoon. —KUNA discussed or approved, so I don’t find any direct effect on me,” he noted. Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for General Security and General Field Security Committee Chairman, Maj Gen Mahmoud Al-Dosari. Many children accompany parents to polling stations

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti voters not only braved the peak of summer heat yesterday to cast their votes but also showed up at the centers with company of the their children to share them the unique experience. Voter Meshari Al-Ahmad said that taking the young to the ballot centers “contributes to boosting their confidence in expressing their views with regard of the polls.” “The Kuwaiti society pins high hopes on the young and the teenagers for building the future of Kuwait,” said Al-Ahmad, expressing his belief that allowing the KUWAIT: Kuwaiti women look for their name on the registered voter’s list at children to take part in the polling process is helpful for personality upbringing. a polling station in Kuwait City yesterday. Fahad Al-Masoud said he allowed his children to come to the electoral stations to examine first hand some of the process mechanisms, such as registering and examining the committees’ functions. “Advanced nations focus in future plans on the youth needs in various spheres thus our role as par- ents is to help the children boost their awareness and Kuwaiti men cast their ballot at a polling station in Kuwait City yesterday. develop their kills,” he added. Kuwaitis were called to the polls yesterday for the Gulf emirate’s second par- Faraj Al-Farhan said candidates in previous polls liamentary election in eight months. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat had begun to focus on youth issues and boosting their political and electoral awareness and knowl- edge. Arab observer praises Al-Farhan often holds political conversations with the children and correct some misconceptions. Kuwaiti voters’ stamina Adel Al-Kanderi said media openness and develop- ment of the information technology have helped in KUWAIT: A member of Arab observers’ and free atmosphere are some of the most increasing political education among the young and team overseeing Kuwait’s 2013 National important criteria observed by the team KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti man looks for his name on the registered voter’s list at a children. —KUNA Assembly praised Kuwaiti voters who and they do exist in the Kuwaiti election in polling station in Kuwait City. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat showed up at the ballot centers in large a fascinating fashion,” he said. numbers early yesterday despite scorching A Yemeni observer, Jamal A-Shami, summer heat and observing Ramadan fast- praised the Kuwaiti citizens for coming to ing. the ballots in large numbers, indicating this ‘Kuwait should always come first’ “This heavy presence of citizens in this keenness on practicing the suffrage reflect- hot weather while they are fasting signals ed the Kuwaiti voter high education and KUWAIT: A number of voters taking part in the date who would better serve the country “espe- the right direction, while Khaled Al-Awadhi com- the voter high awareness and sense of substantial democratic experience. 2013 legislative elections underlined that Kuwait cially with the one-person, one-vote system which mended the one-person, one-vote system responsibility toward the homeland,” said Success of the electoral process during should always come first and that future MPs allows the voter to make his or her selection in a because it would allow voters to pre-determine Yahiah Al-Hakim, a Lebanese observer, after the morning and citizens’ high turn-up sig- should focus on development of the country. free and independent manner.” his or her selection. inspecting the balloting at a center in nal forecast high turn-out in the last hours It is in Kuwait’s national interest that all eligible Sulaiman Al-Ali, a retiree from the second con- Aalya Al-Mohammad, a female voter, said she Andalus district. of the polling, he said, thanking Kuwait voters take part in the parliamentary elections, the stituency, said he was taking part in elections fol- was keen on casting her vote early. She said she A large number of citizens flocked to the Transparency Society for the invitation to voters said in different statements. lowing His Highness the Amir’s call on citizens to was keen on stability of the country, commending ballot centers early yesterday to cast their the observers to be in Kuwait for the polls. “Everybody should place the interest and contribute positively in polling. the smooth voting which took almost 10 minutes. votes, despite some earlier concerns that Aziza Al-Mulla, a representative of the future of Kuwait as their top priority, thus every- Fatma Al-Failakawi, a female teacher, said that Hayat Al-Khaldi, an organizer in an electoral the hot weather and the fasting might dis- society, said the process is proceeding easi- body are directly responsible for their contribution “we vote today for our country Kuwait and in line committee in the 2nd constituency, said their job courage many from emerging outdoor. ly and without flaws, due to the great coop- to shaping out the future of Kuwait,” said with His Highness the Amir’s call, so Kuwait be was to facilitate voting for all female voters spe- Al-Hamik expressed admiration at the eration of the citizens with the judges and Mohammad Al-Qattan, a voter. united and away from sectarniasm.” cially the elderly. “There are 15 volunteers distrib- process order and efforts of various depart- the Ministry of Interior personnel. She also Ali Hajiya, another voter, said voters should Voter Salem Bu Hamad said the turnout has uted over female electoral committees in the sec- ments to facilitate the vote-casting. hailed the judges for cooperating with the now focus on selecting the most suitable candi- proven that the Kuwaiti people were “heading in ond constituency,” she said. —KUNA “Standards such as good organization observers. —KUNA SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 LOCAL Observers share views on voter turnout at Kuwaiti elections

KUWAIT: Some international academicians and have clean and fair elections - so that’s important time. That’s still not as high as it used to be foreign journalists visiting Kuwait to witness the and it’s very good. though in let’s say the past 2008 or 2009 elec- parliamentary elections are optimistic that the Asked about her observations on the ground, tions. overall turnout of voters will increase this time she said that she was attending the third Kuwaiti The most recent elections registered a turnout around. elections in a row and that her visits were fre- of 43 percent, according to Information Ministry “I think there will be somewhat more turnout quent. figures, in comparison to the former February this time which I think is good. More participation “I’ve gone out, talked to voters, I’ve spent 2012 elections which saw a 60 percent turnout, is always better in elections ...,” suggested Kristen months in Kuwait studying the elections and ask- for instance. Kao, a visiting PH.D student at the University of ing people what their opinions are. For example, “There were big demonstrations in October California Los Angeles (UCLA). the fact that everybody is so involved in politics in and November 2012 but after the elections in Kao is in Kuwait to monitor the elections. She this country, it’s impressive - that so many people December, it seems to be quiet now,” said Kenji has chosen Kuwait and Jordan as areas for her care and pay attention, you can see it even in the Hasegawa, Middle East Correspondent and Cairo research, and she is one of a number of interna- way the candidates (organise their campaigns) it’s Bureau Chief of Japanese Kyodo news agency, tional academicians and journalists, who have much more sophisticated here than it is in (her who had arrived in Kuwait earlier in the day to been invited to Kuwait to witness the parliamen- other area of study) Jordan,” she said. cover the July 27 elections. tary elections for the 14th legislative term. Asked exactly why she thinks Kuwaiti political “I want to find out what the reason is? Why “Kuwait is to be commended for having one of life is unique in her view, she said that the north- people are satisfied? And, how people go to the the liveliest political cultures and also most partic- ern Gulf country “definitely has some of the most polling stations?” he asked. ipatory in the Gulf, for sure, and in the wider lively politics, (and) it has one of the longest histo- Kuwait’s preparations for the elections, he said Middle East to some extent as well and it’s very ries of actually having elections. We call that ‘insti- are “excellent”, adding he was “satisfied and lively, also, in the fact that they (Kuwaiti govern- tutional memory’ - where people have to learn pleased” with the steps he had so far witnessed.” ment) experiment a lot.” ‘what does all this stuff mean?’, ‘how do I vote?’ Elections are held in the middle of the sum- “The fact that the Kuwaiti government is gra- and ‘If I really want to support a guy how do we mer season, with forecast putting the tempera- cious enough to bring us out here to witness all of go out there and campaign for him?’, ‘how do we ture at around 50 degrees in the middle of the this attests, somewhat, to their belief in the trans- collect votes?’, all of this stuff. day. They also coincide with the Muslim fasting parency and strength their own elections,” she “That is one of the greatest things that Kuwait month of Ramadhan where majority of the citi- suggested. has got going for it ... people here have a better zens abstain from eating and drinking from dawn A number of western journalists are in Kuwait grasp of what democracy may mean than a lot of to dusk. at the invitation of the government of Kuwait to other societies, for example in other countries “It is July, it is very hot, it’s Ramadan, the cover the legislative elections. where especially they never had meaningful amount of energy in the elections seems to be less A 35-strong international monitoring team is elections - Egypt is probably a good example, than it has been in the past,” said political analyst also in Kuwait to observe the voting. Team mem- where they need to go through another few and independent researcher Michael Herb. ber Saad Al-Battat said “elections ... are so far rounds of free elections to truly understand the “Electoral systems are difficult things to agree being held in line with (international) standards process.” upon but it would be good to come in with an and the team has no remarks.” Asked about what led her to suggest that electoral system that both the government and Kao said “the fact that they can bring people in there would be a larger turnout in these elec- the opposition can agree on rules to work with ..., - we went to the elections centre yesterday where tions in comparison to the former December and of course both sides need to do this - both they were registering the candidates and making 2012 elections, she said that she based that on the government and the opposition,” the more the ballots and everything and we saw the entire reading polls she had come across. pessimistic American, who is also an Associate process from A to Z and I would say, for the most “Al Qabas came up today with a figure of 53 Professor and Director of the Middle East KUWAIT: Sheikh Nasser Mohammed casting his vote. part, they have all of the measures in place to percent, I think, that’s somewhat better than last Institute. —KUNA

Planning Minister Rola Dashti casting her vote. A group of international observers visiting one of the polling booths. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat LOCAL

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

Honoring employees Board member Bader Al-Kharafi Celebrating its 30th ’versary, Zain holds Ghabqa for staff

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommuni- tion to strengthen the bonds between Zain indications showing Zain Kuwait to be a stakeholders with the outmost care and cation company in Kuwait, celebrated its family members and confirm the renewed net benefactor of its introduction; the respect and believe this helps us to main- Ramadan Ghabqa for staff at the newly focus on working as a single team. impressive nationwide 4G LTE rollout and tain our position as the leading and most built Jumeirah Hotel last Wednesday, in an Speaking at the Ghabqa, Gegenheimer strong uptake by many customers; the dynamic telecom company in Kuwait.” atmosphere of joy and goodwill. The occa- said to all attendees, “You should all be addition of over 230,000 customers over Zain Kuwait is proud of its strong record sion coincides with the 30th anniversary of proud of being part of the leading and the past 12 months; and the generation of of providing cutting edge technology to its Zain’s founding as the first telecommunica- most dynamic telecom company in Kuwait, the highest net profit and EBITDA across customers and its determined corporate tions company in the region, with the com- which changes people’s lives through the the Group of 48.2%. social responsibility efforts, at this time of pany showcasing its history with photos products, services and technologies it Also speaking at the Ghabga, Zain year in particular, Al Omar said, “Zain and devices that date back to the mid delivers. I am enthusiastic to be leading Kuwait CEO, Omar Al Omar said, “Zain Kuwait is an integral part of the society and 1980s. The event was attended by Bader Al- this fine company and appreciate the con- Kuwait understands the important position as such we believe we need to assist the Kharafi, member of the Board of Directors, certed efforts of all the dedicated and tal- it holds in the history and future of the Zain community wherever possible. This Zain Group CEO Scott Gegenheimer Zain Group CEO, Scott Gegenheimer, Zain ented staff who are always give of their Group, and as such, we always strive to take approach is reflected in our extensive cor- while delivering his speech Kuwait CEO Omar Al Omar, Zain Group CFO best.” Gegenheimer reiterated how strong our efforts the extra mile in order to be suc- porate social responsibility programs, Osama Matta and over 700 staff members the relationship between Zain Group and cessful. We believe in treating all of our which we look forward to continuing and in fact expanding.” At the Ghabqa the com- from both Zain Group and Zain Kuwait, Zain Kuwait is, and noted the importance pany also took the opportunity to recog- who came together in the spirit of coopera- of it remaining so given Kuwait as the his- nize individuals both from within its own torical birthplace of the Group. ranks as well as externally, who had helped Gegenheimer continued, “By working shape it over its 30 years of operation. closely together, we will be stronger in fac- The company recognized staff mem- ing and overcoming challenges, which will bers with distinguished careers within the help us to build a successful company and company, awarding special gifts to all a better future for all our stakeholders.” those who have served 5, 10, 15, 20 and Gegenheimer went on to congratulate 25 years, expressing its appreciation for Zain Kuwait staff for their impressive list of all their years of dedicated service. Osama recent achievements achieved over the Abu Sido, was singled out as the longest past year, which included: Successful par- serving member of Zain Kuwait staff, hav- ticipation in the introduction of Mobile ing been with the company an incredible Zain Kuwait CEO Omar Al-Omar Number Portability in Kuwait, with early Executive management during the Ghabga 27 years.

Scott Gegenheimer, Omar Al-Omar and Osama Matta Traditional band Honoring longest serving employee Osama Abu Sido

19) Khwalid Ibn Walid embraced Islam in the

A) Third year of Hijrah B) Seventh year of Hijrah C) Eighth year of Hijrah LOCAL

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 Ghabqa brings together all NBK staff

Group photos of NBK Staff.

KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait’s public relations department hosted recently the annual Ramadan Staff Ghabqa. NBK employees were treated to an evening of traditional Ramadan hospitality in addition to an array of entertainment activities and contests. The fun-filled evening included a full Ramadan suhoor and attendees participated in the various competi- tions and games, with many of them winning prizes ranging from fabulous travel tickets to valuable electronics. Ghabqa presenters

NBK Public Relations Team NBK Public Relations giving away gifts SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 LOCAL

kuwait digest In my view Exhausted, An outdated concerned ministry By Waleed Al-Ghanim mid all the talk about elections, voter turnout and the parliament’s likely fate, it is important that we Ado not forget that Kuwait is not only a parliament or elections. These things are supposed to be used as By Abdallah Bwair tools to put the country on the right track of develop- ment and improve the quality of citizens’ livings. Yet they have turned into a main station for fierce political, eco- nomic and social struggles between competing groups. Citizens are not asking for the impossible when they [email protected] Not only has the govern- ment been incompetent; the recent newspaper report quoted a number of academics who described buildings of public past number of parliaments Ahospitals in Kuwait as ‘outdated’ and in desperate need for a complete overhaul. Given the increase in the failed to commit to their leg- number of private hospitals, is having only ten public islative and supervisory hospitals - a number that has not changed for 30 years - enough to cover the population? If not, what are the roles properly, and was reasons that prevented the state from establishing more unable to realize reform hospitals in the past three decades? and accomplishments. The public seem to fully agree demand what is supposed to be present in any that the number of public hospi- respectable country even if it lacks wealth and has a high tals in Kuwait right now falls population and crime rates - much less than a small, rich kuwait digest and secure state. All we ask for is wise management for short of covering the popula- the state’s resources, true and fair care for citizens, and sustainable growth for elements of its stability amid Govt makes me laugh tion adequately, which presses ambiguous circumstances both regionally and interna- the need for more hospitals to tionally. By Ahmad Tahar Al Khateeb These are three main requirements that none of the be built as fast as possible. cabinets in the past number of years have been able to n May 22, 2013, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad failure in its administration, not only through its ministers, achieve because of the weak approach based on which Ben Rashed Al-Maktoom launched the “smart but in all its leaders sitting on state chairs. The public seem to fully agree that the number of its policies are placed and executed. Not only has the Ogovernment” to ensure round-the-clock govern- The government makes me laugh whenever they say public hospitals in Kuwait right now falls short of cover- government been incompetent; the past number of par- ment services and make things easy for citizens and their intention is to retire those who have spent more liaments failed to commit to their legislative and supervi- applicants. Sheikh Mohammad warned that officials than 30 years in service. One or two MPs come after that ing the population adequately, which presses the need sory roles properly, and were unable to realize reform should be ready for this challenge, asking for exceptions for relatives for more hospitals to be built as fast as possible. In the meantime, violations continue to happen at public and accomplishments. The reason is obvious - the cur- saying: “We gave two years to gov- and friends, then the government medical facilities; so does the government ignoring rent parliamentary system gives advantage to the execu- ernment organizations to execute responds by canceling the retire- What do you expect them. Walking into a hospital and seeing security per- tive authority which decides the Cabinet’s formation and the project of smart government ments and makes a declaration sonnel do registrations instead of the absent reception- to dissolve any parliament that disagrees with it even and we promised to hold a farewell from a weak govern- saying that each leader has the regarding the case of the last parliament that was gener- ist has become a common thing. party for officials who do not right to forever continue in his In another story, police were called to a medical test- ally observed as being ‘completely loyalist’. Kuwait has achieve this goal”. ment that cannot stick work. entered a very perplexing situation - a part of the people ing center for expatriate labor forces, and this came When I read this declaration, I even to its most simple What do you expect from a after an employee unloaded items brought from the elect a parliament which regardless of its strength ends found in it insistence on achieve- weak government that cannot up either constitutionally dissolved due to the govern- Ministry of Health warehouses without official docu- ment, and that there is nothing decisions? Kuwaitis are stick even to its most simple deci- ment’s inability to face it, or annulled by a court order ments. The department that oversees the center had impossible in his government, and sions? Kuwaitis are gifted but they due to executive errors on the government’s part. On the gifted but they are several interim directors appointed recently, which other hand, there are people who boycott the elections clearness and frankness in his deci- are always comparing Dubai and helped uncover a lot of violations in a department yet lack an announced vision for the next steps to sions cannot be explained. Then I always comparing Kuwait as similar cases despite whose job is to protect health security in Kuwait, espe- achieve political reform. Where is the way out? looked at our government, and I Dubai and Kuwait as Kuwait being stronger financially. cially to combat epidemics. The country has become politically exhausted, and citi- wish I had not looked. Whenever you To know the reasons, there are two Another story was about a patient who headed to zens are growing more concerned as traditional solutions see delayed government perform- similar cases despite things that the Dubai government the Patient Aid Fund seeking help for his ailment. The can no longer save the situation. How long are we going ance compared to neighboring has and our government does not. man was told that the fund cannot help him with mon- to continue running in circles? Who is going to come for- countries, you feel ashamed at the Kuwait being stronger The two things are will and admin- ey, but offered to give him a loan. A fund that was set up ward with the initiative? Who bears the historical responsi- state we have reached. The growth financially. istration, so don’t give yourself a for the purpose of helping patients struggling with bility in front of Kuwait and its people? — Al-Qabas plan is a proof of the government’s headache. — Al-Anbaa medical costs offers to add more to a patient’s suffering? This is unbelievable considering that it was not long ago when an official in the fund ran away from the country with KD 3 million he stole. kuwait digest Meanwhile, the committee for people with special needs in the ministry gave a patient an appointment exactly five months after he checked in at a local hospi- What’s after tal. The man had arrived for an appointment on June 24, and the next appointment was market for Nov 24. So he the election? is forced to wait five months until his medical issue is addressed again. Also, a doctor complained that the ministry ignores By Dr Sajed Al-Abdali recommendations that he and his colleagues are lthough I am boycotting the current parlia- assigned to provide for cases requiring treatment over- mentary elections, I have more than once seas; only for the ministry to go with higher committees’ Aand without hesitation highlighted that I opinions instead. In the meantime, misdiagnoses con- duly respect others’ choices to take part because I tinue to happen in public hospital making people think believe that the whole thing is subject to individual twice of going inside out of concern that their medical judgment and diversity of opinions. Moreover, my condition could get even worse. flexibility in this matter stems from my strong Long story short, Kuwait has so much capabilities belief that taking part in the elections or boy- and funds, but little to no planning. cotting them will not be the end of the road. It is a lot deeper as I see it. Taking part, boycotting the elections or the whole parliament are all but means and tools rather than ends. Therefore, they kuwait digest will remain debatable forever. The end will always remain enjoying life under a The ‘intellect wise just regime in this country, having real power for the people, giving the people the right to deter- constituency’ mine their own destiny and the destiny of their By Ibrahim Al-Mulaifi itles are given so cheaply in Kuwait, which is The bottom line lies not new. The new thing is to create an ele- in the following question: Tgant title for something that does not even exist. This has become a normal thing at a time ‘What after taking part when forgery is prevailing. Those who won elec- tions through by-elections are called ‘constitution or boycotting?’. protectors’, fanatic ones are described as ‘lions’, mercenary writers are described as ‘big writers’, country and selecting those who can speak on politicians who insult others are called ‘heroes’, their behalf. Therefore, I have no problem when demonstrators’ instigators are called ‘political anybody decides to take part (voting or running) if activists’, and so on. they really believe that the parliament is still the The list is endless and what is going around best way to fight corruption and deterioration in nowadays suggests that we will have more of these various services; if they still believe that it is the titles and terms. The most recent thing I heard only way to set the people’s real power. At the about is ‘intellect constituency’, which refers to the same time, others should have no problem with third constituency where vote buying has pre- mine and others’ decision to boycott the election vailed. It sounds as if this is happening for the first because we believe it will only produce a parlia- time in Kuwait. Frankly speaking, it is disgraceful ment that is absolutely incapable of fighting any that vote buying takes place in a constituency that corruption and will not represent the people. brought the worst lawmakers to the parliament The bottom line lies in the following question: over its last two terms. ‘What after taking part or boycotting?’. Those tak- What some young people may not know is that ing part in the elections should think how things elections in 2011 in Adailiya, Jabriya and Surra (that will be like afterwards, about how the anti-corrup- used to belong to the tenth constituency and now tion war will be like, how the will of the people will belong to the third) to elect a replacement for the be manifested and how the current parliament for- late Sami Al-Menayyes witnessed similar rumors mation, set by the authorities, will operate. about vote buying. I wonder how such a big name On the other hand, and in order to be more like ‘the ideology constituency’ went without dis- objective and fair, those boycotting the elections cussion. It represents the ideological conflict in a and calling others to follow their steps will have to constituency that includes people from all sects. explain what they intend to do next because it This reminds me of a similar name used in 1985 would be unreasonable to consider boycotting as when the eighth constituency was described as the the end of the story without having a clear vision ‘cultured educated constituency’ when the about what they’d do afterwards. Democratic Forum and philosophy professor Dr Finally, let me conclude saying that the coming Ahmed Al-Rob’ei and the candidate supported by elections, their results and the percentage of par- the Muslim Brotherhood and political science pro- ticipants will not change facts. Therefore, the fessor Dr Abdullah Al-Nafisi won the elections. wise should not be too occupied by them and Meanwhile, Bayan and Mishref developed a realize that what’s more important for this coun- patriotic generation mainly comprising of people try and its future is what kind of political move- who lived in the pr-oil era who refuse sectarian or ment and activities we will have afterwards from fanatic calls. The cultured and educated constituen- all parties. — Al-Jarida cy has changed after two decades into one of sec- SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 LOCAL

Zain hosts delegation from Hamdan Bin Mohammed e-University

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- about the new breakthrough technology, tionary online learning platform.” port and consolidate what they learn in Global Learning commenced in January 2013, tions company in Kuwait, announced that it Nadia Al-Saif, Zain’s Value Added Services The courses that will be available through school. making it the first telecom operator in the hosted a delegation from the Hamdan Bin Director said, “HBMeU is a highly reputable Cloud Campus are grouped in three different Zain’s Cloud Campus courses feature a Middle East to cooperate with the University Mohammed e-University and Global Learning educational institution, and we are excited categories targeting various age groups. The Basic package and a Premium package. By in such a manner. HBMeU is a first mover in e- (HBMeU/GL) which was headed by Dr. and honored to be the first telecom provider first category is the ‘Business skills’, which cov- subscribing to the Basic package, customers learning in the Arab World, being the first Mansour Al-Awor, HBMeU Chancellor and Dr to enter such an agreement with the ers more than 150 online sessions covering are entitled to 50 Business Skills lessons, 250 accredited e-learning academic institution by Milad Sebaaly, GL Managing Director, in line University. Zain is an innovative communica- soft skills areas such as Leadership, Language lessons, 450 School Content les- the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and with the occasion of the launch of the ground- tions provider that places a great deal of Communication, Entrepreneurship, Talent sons, and academic support, all of which come Scientific Research. Global Learning is a spe- breaking Cloud Campus online learning serv- emphasis on the development of education Management, Sales and Marketing, Finance, at KD 0.500 for a weekly subscription. The cialized company in social, online and mobile ice. The delegation was welcomed by Shafeeq and learning, so this social online learning Global Business, Driving Operations, Self- Premium package offers customers 150 learning. With more than 15 years’ experience Al-Sayed Omar Zain Chief Commercial Officer, partnership appropriately reflects our core val- Development, Strategy, and Innovation. The Business Skills lessons, 600 Language lessons, in the Middle East, and a large number of and Nadia Al-Saif, Zain’s Value Added Services ues and activities.” target is working adults, managers, employ- 1200 School Content lessons, along with aca- implemented online learning projects, Global Director. Furthermore, Al-Saif noted, “This break- ees, parents and university students. demic support and a certificate upon comple- Learning brings a wealth of knowledge and Being a pioneer in mobile telecommunica- through initiative from Zain is likely to have a The second category is ‘Languages’ which tion, all of which come at KD 1 for a weekly expertise in the field. tions, Zain brings today the extravagant, huge impact on the education industry with offers more than 600 online lessons, catego- subscription. This innovative Cloud Campus learning unmatched online social learning service to smart phones and tablets becoming more rized into Kids English, Teens English, General Customers wishing to subscribe to the platform is the first of its kind in the Middle customers with the aim of providing an inno- affordable, most Kuwaiti youth are accessing English, and Business English. These lessons basic package are advised to send ‘1’ to the East and appeals strongly to Zain’s corporate vative e-learning platform. Zain’s ‘Cloud the internet through their handset. At Zain, we follow the Cambridge curriculum, and prepare number 94001 for a weekly fee of KD 0.500, social responsibility priorities to support edu- Campus’ service will empower the youth and take pride in our social involvement and our learners for the various levels of Cambridge and once subscribed, customers will enjoy a cation and learning. business leaders of Kuwait through cutting keenness in supporting educational initiatives exams. whole month of the service for free, and those Zain will continue providing world-class edge Cloud technology providing individuals that play a big role in facilitating the learners’ The third category is ‘School Content’ which who are interested in the premium package services to reinforce its leadership in the an opportunity for self-development and educational path. We advise customers to sub- offers over 1,200 online lessons, covering all can send ‘sub/‘ ‘ to 94002 for a weekly fee of Kuwaiti telecom sector by continuously bring- social interaction. scribe to the free month trial version of this mathematics, sciences and IT topics for grades KD 1 or visit zain.cloudcampus.me ing ground-breaking services to the market Welcoming the delegation and speaking service to get a better insight of the revolu- 4 to 12. These target school students, to sup- Zain’s collaboration with HBMeU and that caters to various sectors of the society.

Gun, drugs, Woman, lover in police cash found

KUWAIT: A security patrol in custody for adultery Farwaniya stopped a vehicle driven by a Kuwaiti. After checking the papers, it was Manhole covers thief arrested found that the car belonged to a company. While the KUWAIT: A citizen called police telling them side window broken and the briefcase missing Man robbed police were searching his car, that there was a stranger with his wife and both with the documents and her children’s pass- An Egyptian who works at a restaurant told they found a suitcase which the wife and her lover were jailed after being ports. She reported the theft to police, and police that two men robbed him of KD 160 caught in the bedroom. A security source said investigations are underway. along with his mobile. The Egyptian was try- contained a spoon, mobiles, the citizen who had doubts about his wife’s ing to find the address of a customer when gun, cartridges, drugs and behavior for a long time began monitoring her. Border arrest two young men stopped him and robbed him KD 1,480 cash. The man was On Thursday he remained outside his building A wanted Gulf expat attempted to leave the at knifepoint. Police are investigating. taken into custody for fur- and followed her lover until he knocked at his country with his brother’s passport. Salmi land ther investigations. door and his wife let him in, the source said. The border crossing customs officers noticed that Asian arrested husband then called the police, and a patrol the passport did not belong to the holder, who An Asian improvised a creative way to went to the flat where they caught the wife and then confessed the passport was his brother’s. steal manhole covers, but was unlucky Smuggler held her lover in the act. The two were arrested and Police then discovered he is wanted for three when a citizen caught him. The Asian used An Indian expat was their clothes were taken along with other evi- felony cases. to drive a minibus with an opening inside, arrested at Kuwait dence. Both were charged with adultery. parked his bus on top of a manhole cover, International Airport while Family fight pulled it inside and drive away. A citizen trying to smuggle one and a Briefcase theft A family fight prompted a girl to leave her par- noticed him stopping at every manhole, half kilogram of heroin. A female citizen accused an unknown thief ents’ home in Doha and not return. The father of and when he moved, the covers were miss- of stealing a briefcase with documents and the 19-year-old girl told Sulaibkhat police that his ing. The citizen stopped the driver and Customs authorities said that passports inside. The citizen parked her car in a daughter had fight with her 21-year-old brother found four covers inside, so he called police the drug was found in the Fahaheel parking lot and went for shopping. who hit her. They were later surprised that she who arrested and took him to concerned luggage of the Indian man, When she returned to her car, she found the was not in her room. Police are investigating. authorities. —Al-Watan who works as a taxi driver. CBK sponsors Al-Adwani School graduation

KUWAIT: The Commercial Bank of Kuwait proud- ly supported the Ahmad Al-Adwani High School for Boys by sponsoring the graduation of the Class of 2013 on July 9. The ceremony was held at the Conference Hall in the Free Zone area with over 600 students and their families sharing the joy and happiness of graduating from high school and entering a new phase in their lives. The Commercial Bank of Kuwait always pro- motes the significance of education in Kuwait and tries to support the youth as they enter uni- versity or college after high school, being the keystone of the Kuwait future. Rashed Al-Melhem, regional manager, received a special thank you plaque from the school and stated that the @Tijari account is one way that the bank offers to these youth to help them during this pivotal moment in their life. @Tijari is a savings account designed for cus- tomers aged 15 to 21 years old and offers its holder numerous discounts and benefits, in addition to a prepaid card topped up with KD 50 is given to every student upon transferring their social allowance. KD691 million to resolve KAC financial woes

KUWAIT: Finance Minister recently announced reaching an rent deals. The source added that Abeer Al-Omar, Financial Director Mustafa Al-Shamali approved a initial agreement with Airbus to bank loans are expected to be Sharifa Al-Ibrahim, Human KD441 million for the Kuwait purchase 25 aircraft, but the taken to complete the funds nec- Resources Director Waleed Al- Airways on Thursday to compen- source who spoke to Al-Qabas on essary for the purchase deals. Heed, and Internal Auditory sate for cumulative losses since the condition of anonymity In other news, five KAC direc- Director Sami Al-Menaei. The sev- 2004, in accordance with the law Friday said that the general tors have reportedly submitted en directors were entitled to to privatize the national carrier. assembly is going to discuss their resignations in protest after retirement “but are protesting Once transferred to its bank offers from Boeing. He added that the company notified Public against the way in which their account, the amount is expected while Airbus’ offer remains the Relations and Media Director services were terminated almost to resolve the company’s financial preferred option for the board of Khalid Al-Khulaifi, as well as Legal instantly” according to the crisis and thus help with its directors, “the final say is made by Affairs Director Rasha Al-Roumi, sources. restructuring operations. the Kuwait Investment Authority with their release notice that go Other sources suggested According to a source in the as a general assembly for the into effect by the end of the meanwhile that the resignations KAC’s board of directors, the gen- company”. month. According to sources could be linked with financial eral assembly represented by the The KD441 million will be familiar with the issue, the direc- privileges that the resigning Kuwait Investment Authority is added to the company’s KD250 tors who resigned Thursday are directors felt they were going to set to meet soon “to discuss buy- capital in order to pay its dues Ground Services Director Izzat Al- be deprived of if their services ing new aircraft”. The KAC had and sign aircraft purchase and Aryan, Aviation Services Director were immediately terminated. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 Biden unapologetic Libyans vent anger at Islamists after killings on US Pacific power

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TUNIS: Tunisians join the funeral procession of opposition leader Mohamed Brahmi after it left his home in the Tunis suburb of Ariana yesterday. Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets for the funeral of Brahmi assassinated with the same weapon that killed a colleague, as tensions soared after anti-government protests. — AFP Emotions high; Tunisia’s opposition leader buried

TUNIS: Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets yester- day for the funeral of an opposition leader assassinated with the same weapon that killed a colleague, as tensions News soared after anti-government protests. After the funeral, in brief protesters marched on the National Assembly and clashed with riot police who fired tear gas to disperse them, an AFP reporter said. Draped in the red and white Tunisian flag, MERS death toll hits 39 Mohamed Brahmi’s coffin was saluted by soldiers as the RIYADH: A Saudi man has died of the coronavirus MERS cortege left his home in the Tunis neighbourhood of and another has contracted the virus, the health min- Ariana for El-Jellaz cemetery. istry said yetserday, bringing the kingdom’s deaths from Emotions ran high as supporters of Brahmi, who includ- the virus to 39. The man, who had previously been diag- ed members of his family, lifted the coffin to their shoul- nosed with the SARS-like virus, died in the southwestern ders before placing it on a military vehicle given an armed province of Asir, the ministry said on its website. The escort. A military helicopter overflew the capital as a sea of other man who contracted the virus, 83, is in the same flags fluttered among the crowd waiting for the funeral province, it said. Saudi Arabia is the country worst hit by procession along Habib Bourguiba Avenue, epicenter of MERS, which has killed 46 people worldwide. Out of 89 the 2011 Arab Spring. people who have contracted the virus globally, 68 were Slogans vowing they will “avenge” Brahmi rose from the registered in Saudi. Experts are struggling to understand sea of mourners. Police deployed reinforcements for the MERS-Middle East Respiratory Syndrome-for which funeral which was attended by some 10,000 mourners, there is still no vaccine and which has an extremely high according to police estimates. Journalists gave a higher fatality rate of more than 51 percent. It is considered a number of 15,000-20,000. “Allahu akbar! (God is greatest). cousin of the SARS virus that erupted in Asia in 2003 and There is no God but Allah and martyrdom is his friend,” infected 8,273 people, nine percent of whom died. Like mourners cried out at El-Jellaz cemetery. Army chief of staff SARS, MERS is thought to have jumped from animals to General Mohamed Salah Hamdi read the eulogy and an humans, and it shares the former’s flu-like symptoms- imam prayed, but there were no representatives from the but differs by also causing kidney failure. ruling Islamist Ennahda party which the family blames for Brahmi’s murder. Bomb blast in Bahrain His widow Mbarka, who wore a headscarf, made the V- MANAMA: Authorities in Bahrain say a bomb blast has for-victory sign. “The people want the fall of the regime,” wounded at least three policemen during a series of and “Ennahda terrorist gang,” the crowd shouted, before anti-government attacks in the restive Gulf kingdom. falling silent for the national anthem. The coffin was then The explosion and firebomb assaults appear linked to a lowered into a grave in the “martyrs” sector of the cemetery campaign of stepped-up violence by militant factions in next to that of leftist politician Chokri Belaid, in accordance Bahrain, where majority Shiites have staged a nearly 30- with his wishes. After the funeral youths demanding “the month uprising calling for a greater political voice in the fall of the government today!” marched to the National Sunni-ruled island. Yesterday’s attacks also come on the Assembly and hurled rocks and other projectiles at anti-riot eve of an emergency parliament session called to dis- police who responded with tear gas. cuss the rising number of bombings, including one near Overnight 42 opposition MPs announced they were Bahrain’s royal palaces. The Interior Ministry said three pulling out of the assembly, saying parliament must be dis- policemen were hurt in a bomb blast, and cars and solved and a government of national unity set up. Brahmi, buildings were hit by homemade firebombs. More than 58, was shot dead outside his home on Thursday with the 60 people have died in Bahrain’s unrest, but activists same weapon used to gun down Belaid in February, place the figure higher. Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou said. Hours before the funeral got under way, a bomb exploded near a police post Saudi border guard shot in the port of Tunis yesterday, damaging a police jeep but RIYADH: A Saudi border guard was wounded in a gun causing no injuries, the interior ministry said. battle with three compatriots who were trying to cross A resident said the blast, the first known attack of its the kingdom’s southern frontier illegally into Yemen, kind against a military vehicle in Tunisia, slightly wounded authorities said yesterday. A border guards statement a policeman and caused panic among some residents of La said Thursday’s clash took place when a patrol spotted a Goulette district. The bombing comes a day after a general vehicle attempting to cross in the Sharoora area in south- strike called by the powerful General Union of Tunisian western Najran province. The patrol came under fire Labor (UGTT) and an anti-government demonstration dur- when it chased the vehicle, which hit a sand barrier along ing which one person was killed. Brahmi was an MP with the frontier, said the statement carried by SPA state news the leftist and nationalist Popular Movement but on July 7 agency. The three men were eventually forced to surren- quit the party he founded, saying it had been infiltrated by der, and were now being questioned by authorities, the Islamists. SPA report said. Saudi Arabia’s porous border with Yemen The state prosecutor’s office said an autopsy found is frequently crossed by smugglers as well as Islamists Brahmi had been hit by 14 bullets and authorities blamed seeking to join Al-Qaeda militants in the impoverished extremists with links to Al-Qaeda. Balkis Brahmi, 19, one of Arabian Peninsula nation. Brahmi’s five children, told AFP he had been killed by two men in black on a motorbike. “At around midday, we heard Life ‘intolerable’ for Bulgarians gunfire and my father crying with pain. We rushed out-my SOFIA: Almost three quarters of Bulgarians consider brother, mother and I-to find his body riddled with bullets their country “intolerable”, according to a new survey at the wheel of his car parked in front of the house,” she released yesterday by the Open Society Institute, follow- said on Thursday. ing weeks of protest against the government and a Beji Caid Essebsi, head of the Nidaa Tounes party, had worsening economy. The survey of 1,155 people by the said Ennahda was to blame for Brahmi’s assassination public policy charity found that 72 percent thought because it had failed to identify Belaid’s killers. “There has Bulgaria’s political situation was “intolerable”, with 22 not been any serious judicial action,” he said. Ennahda chief percent judging it was just “bearable”. Only two percent Rached Ghannouchi, in a statement to AFP on Thursday, of those surveyed described the current state of the said Brahmi’s killing was a “catastrophe” for Tunisia and said nation as normal. The 72 percent of respondents those responsible wanted to drag the country into civil denouncing Bulgaria’s political quagmire is at a six-year war. The UN human rights office urged official restraint in high, and up 15 percentage points from July 2012. the face of public anger. — AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Death of letters spells tough time for biographers

HONG KONG: The slow death of hand- “As a journalist it’s lovely getting hold going to be impossible for biographers.” days of Soviet bureaucracy has reportedly Shawcross, who previously worked for the writing might be a boon for email-reading of documents that no one else has got,” he But while the death of letter writing is been prompted by the publication of Sunday Times, examined similar ground in intelligence agencies but not for biogra- said in an interview with AFP on the side- going to make it “very difficult” for biogra- secret documents by anti-secrecy website his 2012 book “Justice and the Enemy”, phers, says the man entrusted by Queen lines of the Hong Kong Book Fair, where phers in the future, that’s not to say that WikiLeaks and the revelations leaked by which looked at the issues raised in Elizabeth II to write the biography of her he took part in a forum on writing. “Here the information won’t be stored some- fugitive former US intelligence contractor attempting to prosecute Islamist terrorists mother. Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, was 100 years of history that people where, he added. Edward Snowden. Snowden’s claims in the post 9/11 world. journalist and broadcaster William hadn’t seen before.” Such paper treasure “Privacy no longer exists as it did when about the US National Security Agency’s “I think Snowden was absolutely Shawcross has written provocatively on an troves may themselves soon be consigned I was young. In England we have cameras PRISM program to capture and store wrong to do what he has done,” said array of subjects including Cambodia, the to history given the time we spend tap- on every street corner, every text is stored email, phone and other communication Shawcross. “His behavior has been self- fall of the Shah of Iran, Rupert Murdoch, ping on keyboards, smartphone screens forever on servers. That’s a very frighten- data has raised questions of how such serving and damaging to the world. He the Iraq war and justice in the post 9/11 and tablet computers instead of taking ing thing. I was amused to read that the practices chime with democratic values could have gone up to his superiors with a world. the time to craft missives. Russian government is going to go back while bringing into sharp focus the ten- perfectly proper whistleblowing process Most recently Shawcross, 67, wrote the Whoever gets to write the biography of to using typewriters and paper because sion between public freedom and public within the NSA... He should have used official biography of Queen Elizabeth, the Prince William-who with his wife that’s seen as less likely to be stolen”. safety in an increasingly wired world. “It’s a those other than stealing documents and Queen Mother (2009) and a compilation Catherine the Duchess of Cambridge is Shawcross was referring to the Russian huge tension now,” said Shawcross. releasing them in this way.” But at the very of some of her letters, which was released this week celebrating the birth of their son state service in charge of safeguarding “Everything we do is linked, we have least, such behavior might tempt a few last year. Invited by the queen to write the George-will be in for a tough time, said Kremlin communications, which is looking smartphones and every text or message more of us-not to mention a few spies and biography of her mother, he was given Shawcross. “Prince Charles writes long let- to buy an array of old-fashioned typewrit- sent can be stored forever-it means that royals-into rediscovering the art of writing access to a full archive of her letters at ters like his grandmother did, but Prince ers to prevent leaks from computer hard- there is no privacy as there was when I a letter. Future biographers would be Windsor Castle. William sends emails and texts and that’s ware. The throwback to the paper-strewn was growing up, and that’s very sad.” pleased. — AFP Libyans vent anger at Biden unapologetic on US Pacific power SINGAPORE: The United States will remain a Pacific power, Vice President Islamists after killings Joe Biden vowed yesterday as he credited his country with maintaining peace and stability in the region for Brotherhood, liberal party offices attacked decades. Biden, ending a two-day vis- it to Singapore, said the US presence TRIPOLI: Protesters attacked offices of said. “They shouted ‘Gather your ‘THE STATE HAS FAILED’ Libya’s Muslim Brotherhood and the belongings. Benghazi wants you out’,” Many of the protesters accused the there has allowed Asia-Pacific nations headquarters of a liberal coalition yes- Benghazi resident Rami Al-Shahibi Brotherhood of being behind the to focus on growing their economies. terday after demonstrations sparked said. Hundreds later gathered outside killings in Benghazi, cradle of the 2011 “I state without apology that we are a by assassinations in the eastern city of Benghazi’s Tibesti hotel, one of the revolution and now a hotspot for vio- Pacific power. America is a Pacific resi- Benghazi turned violent, witnesses main squares in the city for demon- lence - a charge rejected by dent power and we will remain so,” said. Hundreds took to the streets strations, for funeral prayers for Abdulrahman Al-Dibani, a JCP mem- President Barack Obama’s number overnight to denounce the killing of a Mosmary before heading to a ceme- ber in congress. “We have strongly two told sailors of the US Navy’s lit- prominent political activist and critic tery. They continued to shout anti- condemned the assassination of toral combat ship USS Freedom. of the Brotherhood, Abdelsalam Al- Brotherhood slogans. In Tripoli, a Mosmary and all the Libyan people “The truth of the matter is our resi- Mosmary, who was shot dead on crowd stormed JCP headquarters should hear this and not openly dent power status is the reason why Friday after leaving a mosque. before heading on to ransack the blame us,” he said. Reached by phone, this area of the world is able to grow Mosmary, one of the first activists headquarters of the liberal National Bashir El-Kubti, head of the Muslim and be stable,” he said. “Our mere who took to the streets in Libya’s Forces Alliance (NFA), the country’s Brotherhood in Libya, declined to presence in the Pacific is in and of February 2011 uprising, was an out- biggest political party founded by comment on the attacks on the move- itself the basis upon which stability of spoken opponent of the Brotherhood, wartime rebel prime minister ment’s offices. the region is built. You are the glue whose Islamist political wing is the Mahmoud Jibril. There has been rising Libyans are growing increasingly that holds all this together.” The USS Freedom is a modern vessel designed frustrated as they witness continuous SINGAPORE: Biden (center) arrives on the naval ship USS Freedom at to fight close to shore in areas typical political squabbling and lawlessness Changi Naval Base in Singapore yesterday. — AFP across the North African country, a of Southeast Asia’s maritime geo- major oil producer. The GNC passed a graphical features. He did not mention any country after Manila backed down from a law this month for the election of a Deployed to Singapore and the but Vietnam and US treaty ally, the lengthy stand-off. This year Manila 60-member committee that will draft surrounding region, the ship is seen Philippines, have accused China of has complained about the presence the country’s new constitution after as a symbol of Washington’s strategic mounting aggressive actions in the of Chinese navy vessels near Second months of infighting. “The people re-balance of its military presence sea. Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines Thomas Shoal, which is occupied by were in the streets because they are towards Asia following long wars in and Vietnam have laid partial claims Filipino troops. Biden yesterday fed up of all political parties and how Afghanistan and Iraq. In another to the sea, which hosts vital commer- warned that the risk of a miscalcula- the state has failed,” said Hisham Idris, speech at a facility of US aerospace cial and strategic shipping lanes. tion in the sea is real and urged who had demonstrated in Tripoli’s giant Pratt & Whitney, Biden said “the Taiwan is the other claimant. claimants to hasten talks on legally- Martyrs Square. increase in maritime incidents and China seized the Scarborough binding rules to prevent conflict. “It “Maybe the growing opposition to assertive action which we see lately in Shoal, a South China Sea outcrop just would not take much of an incident the Muslim Brotherhood is because the South China Sea represents a 230 kilometers east of the main to escalate, and tensions can turn into they are trying to achieve their politi- threat to the security of the region”. Philippine island of Luzon, last year conflict,” he said. — AFP cal ambitions using religion as a cover for their agenda.” The Tripoli protesters waved Libyan flags and shouted anti- Brotherhood slogans. A group of youths then descended on the JCP offices, smashing its windows, climb- TRIPOLI: Libyan protesters stand amidst scattered documents after ran- ing on desks, grabbing documents sacking the offices of Muslim Brotherhood-backed Party of Justice and and throwing them in the streets. Construction, in the Libyan capital Tripoli yesterday. — AFP Graffiti reading “Go shave your beards second biggest party in Libya’s opposition in Libya to the influence of hypocrites, Libya does not need you” General National Congress (GNC). Two the Muslim Brotherhood, which has was sprayed on the building. military officials were also killed in links to several government ministers. Residents in Benghazi said there Benghazi on Friday. The movement has struggled to con- could be more protests later in the Libya’s government is struggling to vince Libyans wary of foreign interfer- day and Libya’s health ministry called assert its authority over armed groups ence that it has no financial or admin- on doctors to be on standby at the that helped topple veteran leader istrative links to its namesake in city’s hospitals. Officials for the NFA Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, part of the neighboring Egypt, whose Islamist were not immediately reachable for wave of Arab Spring uprisings that president Mohamed Morsi was over- comment. A party source said the also felled autocrats in Tunisia, Egypt thrown by the army on July 3. alliance was scheduled to meet on and Yemen. Protesters in Benghazi Tensions are also high between secu- Sunday to discuss its next move, invaded and set fire to a building larists and the ruling Islamists in potentially even looking at pulling out housing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Tunisia, where the funeral of an assas- of the GNC. The NFA, which has just political wing, the Justice and sinated secular politician was taking under 40 seats, has already boycotted Construction Party (JCP), witnesses place yesterday. sessions in the past. — Reuters Racial harmony a distant dream in post-war Mali GAO: Liberated from an Islamist occu- public amputations and executions. Around the downtown “Washington” pation, the diverse communities of the The extremists fled into the desert market, a few shops owned by Arabs sand-swept Malian city of Gao are and northern mountains when Mali’s have also reopened. Arabs and Tuareg slowly bridging rifts which widened former colonial ruler France sent in families can be seen in significant under the extremists’ brutal rule. A troops in January and took back the numbers once more, noted Ahmed, melting pot of blacks, lighter-skinned cities of the north. Many of Gao’s the black proprietor of an off-the-peg Tuaregs and Arab Moors, Gao goes to Tuaregs and Arabs fled, fearing clothes store. “We see their children the polls with the rest of the nation on reprisals for supporting the Islamists or play with their neighbors. It is already a Sunday to elect a new president who the Tuareg separatist National step towards reconciliation,” he said. will be charged with reuniting the Movement for the Liberation of On Friday, in the final hours of the deeply-divided nation. Azawad (MNLA) whose rebellion election campaign, Tuareg took to the The city of around 90,000 people on helped ignite the Islamist takeover. But streets to garner support for their can- the banks of the Niger river, 1,200 kilo- they are starting to trickle back into didates in a bold showing that would meters north-east of Bamako, fell to their old neighborhoods. “I came back have been unthinkable not long ago. Tuareg rebels last year along with the two months ago with my family. I have “Ethnic tension has certainly declined, rest of the northern desert area com- no problem. but it has not disappeared. It can prising about 60 percent of Mali. But My children have not been abused, return any time,” warned Ousmane they lost control to Al-Qaeda-linked so all is well,” Abdellah Ould Hamadi, Toure, head of a local NGO. Inhabitants radicals who installed an ultra-conserv- an Arab trader told AFP in front of his of Gao became suspicious of their ative brand of Islamic law, enforced by well-stocked food and drink shop. neighbors during the 10-month rule of the Islamists, who included home- grown Tuareg and Arab jihadists as well as foreign fighters from Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the terror net- work’s west and north African unit. “Before we forgive those who have caused us harm, notably the MNLA leaders, they must recognize their wrong and publicly ask for the forgive- ness of the other communities,” said Alassane Tiegnaboria, the yellow- robed chief of a district of Gao. Among the black majority, anti-MNLA senti- ment is particularly raw but the griev- ances they voice are not new, for the rebel movement is just the latest in a long line of Tuareg rebellions going back decades. Mamadou Ibrahim, a second-hand TIMBUKTU: Muslim residents leave a mosque on July 26, 2013 in Timbuktu. clothes vendor, rolls up his trousers to Millions of Malians are expected to vote today in ‘imperfect’ elections they reveal scars disfiguring his knees hope will usher in a new dawn of peace and stability in a country torn apart where he was shot during an attack by by an 18-month political crisis and armed conflict.— AFP Tuareg rebels on Gao in 1994. — AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies before summit Known for showmanship, remembered as ‘beloved pirate’ NEW YORK: Barnaby Jack, a celebrated comput- vulnerabilities has contributed importantly to monitors that gather information about their er hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash progress in the field,” said William Maisel, deputy operations. and sparked safety improvements in medical director for science at the Food and Drug “I’m sure there could be lethal consequences,” devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he Administration’s Center for Devices and Jack said in a phone interview. He declined to was due to make a high-profile presentation at a Radiological Health. Jack’s passion for hacking name the manufacturer of the device but said hacking conference. The New Zealand-born sometimes got him into trouble. In 2010, he con- he was working with that company to figure out Jack, 35, was found dead on Thursday evening nected his laptop to a gold bullion dispensing how to prevent malicious attacks on heart by “a loved one” at an apartment in San machine at a casino in Abu Dhabi, according to patients. Jack’s sudden death drew responses SAN DIEGO: In this file photo, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner speaks alongside his then- Francisco’s Nob Hill neighborhood, according to fellow hacker Tiffany Strauchs Rad. She said Jack from the hacking community reminiscent of fiancee Bronwyn Ingram (left) during a news conference at a park. — AP a police spokesman. He would not say what had permission from a hotel manager to hack the those that followed the suicide of hacker activist caused Jack’s death but said police had ruled out machine but security intervened. It turned out Aaron Swartz in January. foul play. the hotel did not actually own the gold machine Dan Kaminsky, a well-known hacker, San Diego mayor to get The San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office and the American Embassy had to be called in to described the death as a tragedy. “Barnaby was said it was conducting an autopsy, although it help resolve the misunderstanding, Rad said. “He one of the most creative, energetic, diverse therapy amid sex scandal could be a month before the cause of death is would hack everything he touched,” she said. researchers in our field,” he said. “You’ll be determined. Jack was one of the world’s most missed, bro,” tweeted another well-known hack- SAN DIEGO: The mayor of San Diego Democratic National Committee prominent “white hat” hackers - those who use ‘Beloved pirate’ er Dino Dai Zovi. Jack’s sister, Amberleigh Jack, announced he will undergo therapy after Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz their technical skills to find security holes before Jack’s most recent employer, the cybersecuri- who lives in New Zealand, told Reuters her several women accused him of sexual called Filner’s alleged behavior “reprehensi- criminals can exploit them. ty consulting firm IOActive Inc, said on its Twitter brother was 35 years old. She declined to com- harassment that included kissing and grop- ble and indefensible.” Several people who His genius was finding bugs in the tiny com- account: “Lost but never forgotten our beloved ment further, saying she needed time to grieve. ing. He apologized for his conduct but have called on Filner to resign said his plan puters embedded in equipment, such as med- resisted widespread calls for his resigna- for therapy was inadequate. The city won’t ical devices and cash machines. He often tion. “Words alone are not enough,” Bob be paying for his treatment. “Two weeks of received standing ovations at conferences for his Filner, a former congressman, said at a therapy may help Bob Filner with his per- creativity and showmanship while his research nationally televised news conference. “I am sonal problems, but it does not help to forced equipment makers to fix bugs in their responsible for my conduct, and I must address the needs of San Diego,” said Laura software. Jack had planned to demonstrate his take responsibility for my conduct so that Fink, a political consultant who alleges that techniques to hack into pacemakers and such conduct does not ever happen again.” Filner patted her buttocks at a 2005 implanted defibrillators at the Black Hat hackers It was the second time this week that a fundraiser when she was deputy campaign convention in Las Vegas next Thursday. He told sex scandal has ensnared a high-profile US manager for the then-congressman. Reuters last week that he could kill a man from politician. In New York, mayoral candidate Veronica “Ronne” Froman, the retired 30 feet (9 meters) away by attacking an implant- Anthony Weiner acknowledged that he had rear admiral, said Filner once blocked a ed heart device. continued exchanging sexually explicit doorway after others left a meeting, ran his “He was passionate about finding security messages with at least three women even finger up her cheek and asked if she had a bugs before the bad guys,” said longtime securi- after similar behavior forced his resignation man in her life. Froman said the incident ty industry executive Stuart McClure, who gave from Congress in 2011. Weiner has occurred a couple years ago at Filner’s con- Jack one of his first jobs and also had worked shrugged off calls to drop out of the race. gressional office. Sharon Bernie-Cloward, with him at Intel Corp’s McAfee, a computer Fillner’s problems began two weeks ago, president of the San Diego Port Tenants security company. “He was one of those people when a former councilwoman and one- Association, said the then- who was put on this earth to find vulnerabilities time supporter called on him to step down, congressman told her at an event in that can be exploited in a malicious way to hurt saying she had credible evidence that he 2010 that she was beautiful and he wanted people,” McClure said. harassed women. On Monday, his commu- to date her after his re- election. At another Jack became one of the world’s most famous nications director from January to June, event last year during the mayoral cam- hackers after a 2010 demonstration of Irene McCormack Jackson, filed a lawsuit paign, she said Filner “groped me on my “Jackpotting” - getting ATMs to spew out bills. A claiming that he demanded kisses, told her backside inappropriately.” “I was left there clip of his presentation has been viewed more LAS VEGAS: In this file photo, Barnaby Jackdemonstrates an attack on two automated teller he wanted to see her naked and dragged startled and fearful. In fact, I actually had than 2.6 million times on YouTube. machines during the Black Hat technology conference. — AP her in a headlock while whispering in her someone walk me to my car that night,” she Two years ago, Jack turned his attention to ear. Up to seven women have accused him said. Patti Roscoe, a businesswoman who medical devices, while working on a team at pirate, Barnaby Jack has passed.” Jack, who was Some of his friends pitched in to help the family of sexual harassment, including a retired knew Filner before he was elected to McAfee that engineered methods for attacking known as Barnes to his friends, had been sched- with expenses. They collected $4,345 from 37 Navy rear admiral and a dean at San Diego Congress in 1992, said Filner placed her in a insulin pumps. Their research prompted medical uled to present his research on heart devices at people over 13 hours through a crowdfunding State University. The chairwoman of the “headlock” numerous times and tried to device maker Medtronic Inc to revamp the way Black Hat on Aug. 1. Last week, Jack told Reuters website. Black Hat said that it will not replace Democratic National Committee called on kiss her. “I’d have to squirm to get away. it designs its products. The US government also he had devised a way to hack into a wireless Jack’s session at the conference, saying the hour Filner to resign, plunging the nation’s And just as recently as a few months ago noticed Jack’s work. “The work that Barnaby Jack communications system that linked implanted would be left vacant for conference attendees to eighth-largest city, which sits across from this happened. I turned and he just slob- and others have done to highlight some of these pacemakers and defibrillators with bedside commemorate his life and work. — Reuters Tijuana, Mexico, into political turmoil. bered down my chin,” Roscoe said. Joyce Filner, who is 70 and divorced, instead said Gattas, dean of San Diego State’s College of he will receive twice-a-day briefings about Professional Studies and Fine Arts, said she city operations while taking part in what had a series of “interactions with Bob where Mexicans left outraged by he described as “intensive therapy” begin- he’s held me too tight, a kiss on the cheek ning Aug. 5. He said more counseling which is inappropriate, hands on the knee Indian boy’s humiliation would follow. that last too long.” — AP MEXICO CITY: A 10-year-old Indian street against Indians, who are one of the most vendor whose humiliation by a city inspec- vulnerable groups in the country,” the tor tugged on the heart strings of Mexicans rights commission said in a statement. Gunman among seven dead after a video of it appeared on social media Street vendors in Mexico frequently sell was showered Friday with attention and single cigarettes to passers-by at twice after apartment shootout the offer of a scholarship. The video shows their original price, for people who don’t the poor, sandal-clad Tzotzil boy selling have the time or money to buy a full pack. HIALEAH: A gunman holding hostages gunfire. “They made the decision to go in candy, cough drops and apparently ciga- Officials agreed that the punishment met- inside a South Florida apartment complex there and save and rescue the hostages,” rettes out of a wicker basket in ed out to the boy for selling cigarettes was killed six people before being shot to death Rodriguez said. Villahermosa, the capital of the Gulf coast out of line, especially in the southeast, a by a SWAT team that stormed the building Both hostages survived. Rodriguez said state of Tabasco. State officials say the boy, part of the country where Indians were rou- early yesterday following an hours-long he didn’t have any information on how Manuel Diaz Hernandez, was trying to earn tinely enslaved a century ago. The Tabasco standoff, police said. Sgt. Eddie Rodriguez long negotiations lasted. He said police dis- money to buy his own school supplies. state prosecutors’ office said the boy’s aunt, told The Associated Press that police got a covered two people, a male and female, A city inspector, identified as Juan Diego Maria Diaz Diaz, said she had brought call around 6:30 p.m. Friday that shots had shot to death in the hallway in front of one Lopez, spots the boy, confronts him and Manuel to Villahermosa about 10 days ear- been fired in a building with dozens of unit. Three more, a male and two females, takes several packs of cigarettes from his lier. She said the boy lives with his grand- apartments in Hialeah, just a few miles were found shot and killed in another basket. It is prohibited in Mexico for minors parents in the Tzotzil Indian village of San north of Miami. apartment on a different floor. Another to buy or sell cigarettes. In the video, Juan Chamula, in neighboring Chiapas Rodriguez said that when police arrived, man who was walking his children into an Manuel can be seen weeping inconsolably state, and wanted to work during his sum- they discovered an active shooter situation: apartment across the street also was killed. as the inspector forces him to take all the mer vacation to raise money for school “He’s inside the building, moving from floor Rodriguez said it wasn’t immediately clear WASHINGTON: National Park Service workers clean candy in his basket, handful by handful, supplies in the fall. Mexican children get to floor. Eventually he barricades himself in whether the gunman took aim at him from the statue of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln and toss it on the pavement. The cost of free textbooks, but often have to buy their an apartment.” A crisis team was able to an upper-level balcony or if he was hit by a Memorial in Washington after someone splattered the candy and cigarettes could well be own pencils, paper and uniforms. briefly establish communication with the stray bullet. “From up there, he was able to green paint on the statue of the 16th president more than the boy would earn with a Tabasco state Gov. Arturo Nunez man. Rodriguez said negotiators and a shoot at people across the street, catching and the floor area. — AP week’s work. announced Thursday his administration SWAT team tried talking with him from the this one man who was just walking into his As the inspector walks off with the boy’s would give Manuel and his family “a schol- other side of the door of an apartment unit apartment,” Rodriguez said. In the large cigarettes, another man steps forward to arship, as well as all medical and psycho- where he was holding two hostages. But Miami suburb of Hialeah, the entrance to Green paint help him try to pick up the sweets, and logical help for the boy.” Lupita Santiago, a Rodriguez said the talks eventually “just fell the quiet neighborhood lined with apart- Manuel collapses into a squatting position, spokeswoman for the Chiapas state child apart.” Officers stormed the building, fatally ment buildings was blocked off early yes- splattered on covering his face with his arms, rocking welfare agency, said Manuel speaks only shooting the gunman in an exchange of terday. —AP back and forth and sobbing loudly. The limited Spanish. His age is listed as 10, but DC’s Lincoln encounter took place on Monday. The in rural communities like his hometown video was viewed hundreds of thousands births are often not registered until much Memorial of times over the last few days, and on later. They boy, who appears short for his Friday the governmental National Human age, had returned to his village following WASHINGTON: Someone splattered green paint on the Rights Commission announced it would the incident, apparently fearing retaliation Lincoln Memorial early Friday, but the statue of the 16th investigate the case. The city announced on by Villahermosa officials. “The boy is doing president was reopened by nightfall after the paint was Wednesday that it has fired the inspector. well,” Santiago noted. He didn’t suffer phys- washed away. The apparent vandalism was discovered It was the latest victory for social media ical harassment, but it was harassment.” The around 1:30 am Friday on the statue, the pedestal and in winning some measure of justice in child welfare agency is also providing the the floor, US Park Police said. No words, letters or sym- Mexico. In recent years, social media have boy “all necessary help,” she said. The bols were visible in the paint. exposed a number of scandals and Tabasco state prosecutors’ office said Friday The marble Lincoln statute had green paint on its instances of mistreatment that often would it had detained another municipal employ- shin, coattail, chair and base, as well as paint on the have gone overlooked in the past. “Any ee who participated in the incident and is floor of the memorial building. Capt Steven Booker said form of violence against children is totally investigating both workers on suspicion of the paint spill “appears intentional based off of the unacceptable, especially when directed abuse of authority and theft. — AP splatter.” Police were reviewing security camera footage to try to identify possible suspects, he said. No suspects had been identified by Friday afternoon. Police officials said they would not release the security footage because the investigation is ongoing. The memorial chamber was closed all day to allow a National Park Service crew to finish cleaning up the paint. Workers spent hours using pressurized hoses and a chemical paint remover to try to wash away the paint. National Park Service spokeswoman Carol Johnson said the memorial will be returned to the condition it was in before the vandalism. She said the work was going well by late Friday. “It is not permanent damage,” she said. “Our historic preservation crew knows exactly what they need to do.” The memorial, one of the most popular sites on the National Mall, was dedicated in 1922 to President Abraham Lincoln. The building was designed by Henry Bacon, and Daniel French sculpted the statue of Lincoln. It sits at the opposite end of the National Mall from the Capitol, facing the Washington Monument. The memorial has served as a symbol of equality and reunification after the Civil War. It was the site of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s March on Washington 50 years ago, along with other historic moments. The Lincoln Memorial is generally open around the clock to visitors. Park rangers leave their posts about 10 pm and return about 9 am daily. US Park Police, however, maintain 24- VILLAHERMOSA: In this image taken from video, Manuel Diaz Hernandez, a 10-year- hour patrols at the memorial, said Lt. Pamela Smith. — AP old street vendor, weeps as he is forced by a city inspector to throw away his goods that include candy and cigarettes in Mexico. — AP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 INTERNATIONAL Spain train driver held for negligent homicide Survivors desperate for answers SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: Spain’s A blood-soaked Garzon was pho- started slowing the train 4 kilometers on Friday. “This can’t go unpunished, interior minister announced yesterday tographed Wednesday being escorted (2.5 miles) before the dangerous bend. because those were people on the train, that the driver whose speeding train away from the wreckage, at first by civil- He said signs clearly marked this point not animals, and other people shouldn’t crashed, killing 78 people, is now being ians who had hurried to the scene of the when the driver must begin to slow. have to pay because one person makes held on suspicion of negligent homi- accident and then by police, but it is not Normally, police take a first statement a mistake,” he told Reuters. cide. Minister of Interior Jorge clear just what his medical status is. that is then examined by an investigat- Officials are looking into whether the Fernandez Diaz announced the step Unconfirmed media reports said that ing judge who must then take testimo- accident was the result of human error or against Francisco Jose Garzon Amo, Garzon had injured ribs. ny within 72 hours of the arrest. That a problem with the train, the track or the who previously had been detained on He had been expected to give a pre- deadline is today. security system that controls speed on suspicion of recklessness following liminary statement to judicial police as Although that initial court hearing the railway. Esther Dominguez, a 23-year- SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA: Spain’s Prime Minister Wednesday’s crash in Santiago de early as Thursday, but that process was would be closed, it would give hints old student from Madrid who survived Mariano Rajoy (right) and Galicia’s regional Compostela. delayed, reportedly due to health rea- about the status of the investigation. the accident, told Reuters: “I have really President Alberto Nunez Feijoo (left) visit the site “There is rational evidence to lead us sons. Earlier yesterday, the justice The judge would decide whether to jail mixed feelings. On the one hand I feel for- where a speeding train derailed on July 24, killing to think that the driver could have even- department said Garzon’s first appear- the driver as an official suspect, release tunate to have come out of it okay, it’s a 78 people and leaving 178 injured. — AFP tual responsibility,” the minister told ance before a judge had been post- him on bail, or release him without miracle, but I’m really sad about the peo- reporters at the city’s police station. poned until today. In Wednesday’s charges. If a judge finds sufficient evi- ple who didn’t come out as well and are Fernandez Diaz also said Garzon, 52, has crash, the train’s eight carriages packed dence for a criminal trial, the suspect suffering now. “After something so huge Old guard faces been discharged from the hospital, tak- with 218 passengers blazed far over the will be charged and a trial date set. you want to know why, what happened, en to the police station and would speed limit into a curve and violently Survivors and families of victims from so that it doesn’t happen again. They rising stars in appear before a judge by today tipped over. Diesel fuel sent flames Spain’s deadliest train crash in decades need to get to the bottom of it and find evening. Garzon has the right to keep coursing through some cabins. were desperate for answers three days out who was responsible.” The govern- race for Mali silent, “although he may change his Investigators are examining record- after the eight-carriage, high-speed ment has said a clearer picture would mind on that,” the minister said. ing devices from the train but have not train derailed on a sharp bend, slam- emerge from two official investigations, presidency Blame has increasingly fallen on the officially said how fast it was going ming into a concrete wall. Several bod- one judicial and one governmental, but driver, with the country’s railway agency when it derailed. An American passen- ies were still unidentified and dozens of there was growing pressure for assur- saying it was his responsibility to brake ger, Stephen Ward, said he was watch- injured were in hospital in serious con- ances that Spain’s rail network was safe. BAMAKO: Mali goes to the polls today to pick a new before going into the high-risk curve ing the train’s speed on a display screen dition. “It is essential that we get guarantees president 16 months after a military coup upended a where the train tumbled off the rails in the carriage - and it indicated it was “We have to investigate what hap- about what the public believed was a regime held up as a beacon of democracy in troubled and smashed into a wall. But it’s still not going 194 kph (121 mph), more than pened, because there are lots of ver- model railway system but which sudden- west Africa. The election is seen as crucial to reuniting a clear whether the brakes failed or were double the 80-kph speed limit. sions,” said Ricardo Jimenez, whose sis- ly turns out to have worrying security country riven by conflict during a political crisis that never used, and the driver has remained The president of Adif, the Spanish rail ter-in-law was killed in the crash and flaws,” left-leaning newspaper El Pais said saw French forces intervene to push out Islamist rebels silent so far. agency, said that the driver should have whose body was not identified until late in an editorial. — Agencies who had seized the vast desert north. If no majority winner emerges from today’s first round, the voting goes to a second round run-off between the two leading candidates on August 11. One woman will go head-to-head with 26 men, with the front-runners including a fierce critic of last year’s mili- tary coup and a former prime minister and leader of parliament. Among the favourites is Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a prime minister from 1994 to 2000 who founded his own party, the Rally for Mali, in 2001. The 68-year-old, known by the monicker IBK, will be hoping it is third time lucky, having missed out in a 2002 poll marred by suspect voting and then losing by a landslide in 2007 to Amadou Toumani Toure. Considered a political big-hitter, IBK has also served a five-year term as president of the National Assembly of Mali, between his two tilts at the presidency. At his final rally in Bamako Friday, IBK vowed to ensure that “no one will make fun of Mali again” and appealed for a calm election day, telling his supporters: “This is not a fight. It is my hope that come today night, the whole of Mali will be laughing.” Observers believe IBK’s biggest rival is Soumaila Cisse, 63, who fled Bamako after being injured by supporters of the mili- tary coup of March 2012. A no-nonsense enforcer in the regime of ex-head-of- state Alpha Oumar Konare and a former president of the Commission of the West African Economic and Monetary Union, Cisse has called for a “clearing of the junta” from the political scene. Cisse also formed his own party in the early 2000s, the Union for the Republic and Democracy, and is an aficionado of social media, where his 62,000 Facebook “likes” put his rival’s 48,000 in the shade. Soumana Sacko, another former premier who was in office during the military transition from 1991 to 1992, will expect a good showing if there is no clear winner. Sacko, 63, has been a vocal critic of France, Mali’s former colonial power, accusing President Francois Hollande of meddling by promising to ensure residents in the for- mer rebel bastion of Kidal were allowed to vote. “Going against the tide of history, the anachronistic comments by President Hollande denote a certain paternalism, even a vague desire to transform Kidal, an integral part of Mali, into a French protectorate,” his par- ty said in a statement in May. Sacko, who has also been a senior UN economist, is something of a nearly man, having planned to run twice but withdrawing in 1997 over what he saw as widespread fraud and missing out in 2012 because of the coup. Modibo Sidibe, 60, prime minister from 2007 to 2011, and 61-year-old former NASA and Microsoft scientist Cheick Modibo Diarra, a US citizen appointed as pre- mier after the coup, complete the list of former heads of government among the presidential hopefuls. Among the up-and-coming politicians running for president are 38-year-old Moussa Mara, a mayor in Bamako, and Housseyni Amion Guindo, 43, the vice-president of the Mali Football Federation from 2007 to 2009. Dramane Dembele, 46, a surprise pick by the nation’s biggest par- ty, Adema, is seen as politically naive but he has lever- aged his close ties with interim president Dioncounda Traore to become a credible candidate. In a field of mainly political grandees in their 60s, Haidara Aichata Cisse, a legislator for a constituency near the northern city of Gao, stands out as the only female candidate. The 54-year-old union activist and businesswoman has travelled across the world in recent months campaigning on behalf of women who are per- secuted in Islamist regimes. Asked about her future before the election was called, she told the MaliWeb Internet news portal: “For now, I am a lawmaker, that is all. “I have been able to achieve a lot as a lawmaker. For the rest, we’ll see. We’ll talk first about Mali, which is in a state of collapse, and then, later, we’ll see.” —AFP

BURKINA FASO: A Malian refugee checks his name on electoral lists yesterday in Goudebou in Burkina Faso. — AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 INTERNATIONAL

Soldier death hits Taiwan plans to end conscription

TAIPEI: Anger over the death of a corporal who The death of corporal Hung Chung-chiu, Yesterday, thousands rallied outside the 5,887. The ministry had planned to recruit 17,447 their time in such basic and boring training? It’s was allegedly abused by his officers has dealt a who died of heatstroke on July 4, has dealt a fur- defence ministry demanding justice for Hung. people before the end of February next year. “I’m time for the military and government to face the blow to Taiwan’s plans to end conscription which ther blow to the defence ministry’s plans for a Hsueh, who sits on the parliament’s defence and afraid it is unlikely to reach the goal,” Shuai Hua- problems,” he said. Defence ministry spokesman have already been hit by low recruitment. The professional military. “The case could not have diplomacy committee, said her office had also ming, a former army lieutenant general who was David Lo was undaunted by the challenges, say- defence ministry plans to phase out its decades- come at a worse time. I’m afraid the outlook for been contacted by the concerned parents of sev- twice elected to parliament in the eight years to ing the army had reached a “turning point for the old compulsory 12 months of service by the end the professional soldier recruitment plan is grim,” en new recruits who joined up on July 3. “They 2012, told AFP. Professional soldiers receive better”. “We’re examining the existing (manage- of 2015, replacing it with four months of military Hsueh Ling, a legislator from the main opposi- were enquiring if their children could quit, as around Tw$32,000 ($1,100) a month, which ment) systems minutely,” he said. training for men aged over 20. The government tion Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), told they feared things like Hung may happen to many analysts, including Shuai, say is unlikely to Taiwan currently has around 275,000 service hopes volunteers will then enlist for a longer AFP. their children,” said Hsueh. lure quality recruits. “In my opinion, a minimum personnel, down from a peak of 600,000 during period of military service, making for a better Hung’s family believe the 24-year-old’s death Colonel Hu Chung-shih, who is responsible of Tw$40,000 per month will be needed if the the Cold War. Taiwan’s relatively large army is a trained, more highly skilled military. was brought on by excessive exercise forced for the military recruitment plan, admitted at a military is to prompt the youths to have a serious legacy of decades of tensions with China, which Military service was seen as a patriotic duty upon him as punishment for taking a smart- press conference on Tuesday that “the Hung case consideration about the openings as one of their regards the island as part of its territory await- after the island’s split from China at the end of a phone onto his army base. Thirty-seven military will surely have negative impacts on the plan”, possible career options,” Shuai said, speaking of ing reunification. However, ties have improved civil war in 1949. But warming ties with Beijing officers and soldiers have been punished in rela- without going into details. General apathy an earlier pay-hike proposal that was rejected by dramatically since Ma Ying-jeou of the China- have seen tensions ease in recent years and the tion to Hung’s death just three days before com- towards a military career is illustrated in figures the government. friendly Kuomintang party took office in 2008 idea of serving in a professional military seems to pletion of his military service, with four of them, provided by the defence ministry. He added that an overhaul of decades-old on a platform of beefing up trade and tourism hold few attractions for young Taiwanese, including a colonel, being detained on charges In the six months to June the military recruit- training programmes and facilities would help to links with China. He was re-elected in January according to recruitment figures. of abuse of power. ed just 1,847 people-or 31 percent of its target of attract new recruits. “Who would like to spend 2012. —AFP North Korea stages mass display of military might N Korea marks war anniversary

PYONGYANG: North Korea staged helicopters made rushing, low-alti- flexed in the parade ground, Choe “Protect Kim Jong-Un With Our an intimidating parade of military tude passes over the parade. stressed the need for a “peaceful Lives.” “All of us are old, but we are muscle and patriotic fervour yester- Missiles on display included mid- environment” on the Korean penin- ready to sacrifice our lives again,” day, aimed at rallying support range Musudans as well as what sula. “This is crucial to the task of retired colonel Kim Tae-Ho, one of around leader Kim Jong-Un on the appeared to be a long-range KN-08 building a strong economy and many war veterans invited to watch 60th anniversary of the armistice — a little known model first improving people’s livelihoods,” he the parade told AFP. that ended the Korean War. For two unveiled at the last major parade in said. Despite paying some lip serv- Kim Jong-Un, wearing his signa- hours, wave after wave of goose- Pyongyang in April last year. ice to economic reform, Kim Jong- ture dark Mao suit, had been stepping soldiers, followed by bat- Analysts concluded after the April Un has shown no real sign of deviat- expected to use the anniversary to teries of tanks and longer-range event that the missile was actually a ing from his late father Kim Jong-Il’s make a televised address. But Choe’s missiles on giant mobile launchers, mock-up. “military first” policy that prioritised was the only speech, and Kim’s par- ticipation was restricted to waving from the podium. PESHAWAR: Pakistani bomb blast victims lie on beds at a hospital yesterday. —AFP The presence of the Chinese vice president-the most senior Beijing official to visit Pyongyang since Kim Death toll from Pakistan came to power-was significant given recent strained ties between the marketplace bombs now 57 North and its sole major ally. China’s PARACHINAR: The death toll from a pair of The apparently coordinated bombs hit relationship with North Korea- overnight bombings at a busy market in a the main bazaar as people were doing their famously described by Mao Zedong Shiite-dominated region of northwest evening shopping before the iftar meal, as being as close as “lips and teeth”- Pakistan rose to 57, officials said yesterday. police spokesman Fazal Naeem Khan said. was forged in the Korean war, which As many as 167 people were also wounded One bomb was believed to have been plant- China entered to prevent the North’s in Friday’s apparent sectarian attacks in the ed on a motorcycle, he said. The second total defeat. town of Parachinar, which sits in the Kurram bomb detonated about four minutes after But the relationship has weak- tribal area that borders Afghanistan to the the first, about 400 yards (365 meters) away ened significantly over the years, as west, hospital official Shabir Hussain and from the initial blast, according to govern- China’s economic transformation Shiite leader Hamid Ali said. ment official Javed Ali. has distanced it from the ideological Hussain said almost all the dead and One man, Said Hussain, who was in the rigidity of the dynastic Kim regime wounded were Shiites. There was no claim area where the second blast struck, reported across the border. Increasingly frus- of responsibility, but authorities have seeing a teenage boy shout “God is great!” trated by North Korea’s provocative blamed militant groups belonging to the just moments before the explosion. Pakistan behaviour, China signed off on the Sunni Muslim majority for previous gun and is a majority Sunni Muslim state, with UN sanctions imposed after the bomb attacks against the Shiite minority. Ali around 15 percent of the population Shiite. February nuclear test. said the market was full of Shiites, who were Most Sunnis and Shiites live together peace- In line with the sanctions, Beijing buying items for their evening meal that fully in Pakistan, though tensions have exist- has moved to restrict Pyongyang’s breaks the daytime fast during the holy ed for decades. The Sunni-Shiite schism over financial operations in China which month of Ramadan. “We demand protec- the true heir to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad the international community says tion. We request the government to take dates back to the seventh century. are the major conduit for funding its action against those who routinely kill our Meanwhile, assailants attacked a PYONGYANG: North Korean women wearing the traditional dress wave flowers as they stand on nuclear weapons programme. In a people,” he told The Associated Press. Pakistani border guard post in a remote Kim Il-Sung square during a parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean war armistice commentary piece yesterday, Another doctor Zahid Hussain earlier said southwestern town early yesterday, China’s official Xinhua news agency yesterday. —AFP the dead bodies quickly overwhelmed killing seven security personnel and called on all sides to forge a lasting Parachinar’s main hospital, where a large wounding as many others, senior govern- marched through Kim Il-Sung North Korea’s missile programme military power over economic wel- peace on the peninsula. “The key is numbers of people sought medical atten- ment officer Akbar Hussain Durrani said. square in a highly orchestrated dis- is shrouded in secrecy, but few fare. in the hands of the DPRK (North tion after the blasts. “We have no place to He said the attack took place near play of national solidarity and defi- observers believe it has the inter- The parade followed a recent Korea) and the United States, whose keep the wounded,” he said late Friday. Sunsater, near Iran, and authorities were ance. continental ballistic capacity its surge in military tensions on the mutual antagonism is the root cause “Many of them are lying on the hospital trying to get more details to determine Kim Jong-Un, flanked by top mili- leadership has sometimes hinted at. peninsula triggered by the North’s of instability on and around the floor and on the lawn.” who was behind it. —AP tary officials and Chinese Vice The ceasefire in the 1950-53 Korean third nuclear test in February. North Korean Peninsula,” it said. During President Li Yuanchao, took the War is celebrated in North Korea as Korea’s official version of the Korean talks on Wednesday, Xinhua said Li salute from the review podium over- “Victory Day” over US and UN-led War attributes “victory” to the strate- told Kim that Beijing would push for looking Pyongyang’s giant Kim Il- forces, even though the conflict gic genius of Kim Jong-Un’s grandfa- a resumption of talks on denucleari- Sung square, which was turned into ended in a territorial stalemate. The ther and the nation’s founder Kim Il- sation. 6 dead in Philippines blast a sea of colour by hundreds of thou- massive parade capped a week of Sung. At one point in the parade, a In South Korea, meanwhile, the sands of men and women waving celebratory events that has repeat- giant photo portrait of a youthful armistice anniversary was marked MANILA: Six people were killed and more parked up to 30 metres away, reporters at the flags and red, pink, white and blue edly stressed the need for young Kim Il-Sung was carried past the in a far more muted fashion. In than 40 wounded in the Philippines when a scene said. flowers. North Koreans to emulate the sacri- podium-with the face bearing such Seoul, President Park Geun-Hye bomb struck a restaurant filled with doctors The six dead included two doctors as well Kim’s arrival at the parade fice of the war veterans. a strong resemblance to Kim Jong- urged the North to give up its after a national convention, police said yester- as local politician Roldan Lagbas, a member of ground at 10:00 am (0100 GMT) was In the keynote speech at the Un that some foreign observers sug- nuclear ambitions and embrace day. Police said the improvised explosive the provincial executive board of Misamis greeted with fireworks, the release parade, Kim’s top military aide Choe gested it had been digitally manipu- change and peace. “If the North device went off around midnight (1600 GMT Oriental province, police said. Forty-six other of thousands of coloured balloons Ryong-Hae, said North Korea had lated. makes the right choice, we will Friday) at a popular restaurant in the southern people were taken to area hospitals for treat- and hysterical cheers from the defeated the US through “superiori- Support for the current leader expand exchanges and coopera- port city of Cagayan de Oro. Most of the vic- ment, said regional military spokesman crowds. As the soldiers marched and ty of spirit”, which the new genera- was highlighted throughout with a tion and actively open up the road tims were doctors and pharmaceutical sales- Lieutenant-Colonel Leo Bongosia in an updat- the tanks rolled past, fighter jets tion should embody. small fleet of helicopters trailing for prosperity of the North and the men who had just attended a national con- ed tally. President Benigno Aquino’s govern- screeched overhead and pairs of For all the military muscle being banners that collectively read South,” she said. —AFP vention of lung-disease specialists at a nearby ment denounced the attack. hotel, said the city police chief, Senior “We deplore this act of violence at this Superintendent Graciano Mijares. meeting of professionals, the Philippine “This is one of the busiest areas of Cagayan College of Physicians, whose mission in life is to de Oro.... somebody left a bomb on a chair at bring about healing,” Aquino spokesman Japan’s Abe vows to help the bistro,” he told reporters. He declined to Herminio Coloma told reporters in Manila. “We speculate on the motive for the bombing, say- will have to look into the matter and ensure ing an investigation was under way. Cagayan there will be no future breaches of security.” Philippines amid China row de Oro is located on the main southern island Cagayan de Oro Mayor Oscar Moreno told of Mindanao, which has been blighted by a ABS-CBN television network that at least two decades-old rebellion by elements of the large of the wounded were in critical condition. MANILA: Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe risen between China and Japan over Japanese- Muslim minority in the mainly Catholic Asian “Doctors have been attending to them and we pledged to strengthen relations with the controlled islands in the East China Sea. nation. hope their situation will stabilise soon,” Moreno Philippines yesterday, while reassuring neigh- He reiterated a call for a leaders’ summit with Local businessman Noel Arcenas, who told the station. Asked who he thought was bours about Tokyo’s intentions amid growing China to discuss their territorial dispute, and owns an electronics shop at the shopping responsible for the attack, he said: “It’s hard to territorial disputes with regional rival China. “For assured the rest of Asia that his vision for a more complex where the restaurant is located, said speculate at this time.” Japan, the Philippines is a strategic partner with robust Japanese armed forces would not threat- at least 100 people were inside the bistro Muslim groups including the Moro Islamic whom we share fundamental values and many en the region’s peace and security. Abe said yes- when the explosion occurred. “I felt then heard Liberation Front (MILF) have waged a guerril- strategic interests,” Abe told a joint news confer- terday his party’s decisive victory in the upper the blast,” said Arcenas, who added he was la war for a separate Islamic state in ence with Philippine president Benigno Aquino house of the Japanese parliament would help standing about 15 metres (49 feet) away. Mindanao since the 1970s, a conflict that has after their meeting in Manila. him pursue his vision of Tokyo’s role in the “I looked around and saw this ball of white claimed an estimated 150,000 lives. The Speaking through an interpreter, Abe said his region, many parts of which were under brutal smoke. People were running away bloodied Aquino government and the MILF signed a visit was intended “to strengthen the relations Japanese occupation in World War II. and survivors were dragging at least seven or preliminary deal in October last year outlin- with the Philippines in all areas”, including poli- “Against this backdrop I intend to further pro- eight people away from the blast site.” The ing the broad terms for a peace treaty that is tics, security, and the economy. As part of ceed with strategic diplomacy which will con- powerful explosion broke glass panels, expected to be signed before he ends his six- Japan’s commitment, Abe said there would be tribute to regional and global peace and securi- upturned tables and chairs, and damaged cars year term in 2016. —AFP “continued assistance to the capacity-building of ty,” he said. Abe has pledged to loosen limits on the Philippine coastguard”. the military in Japan’s pacifist, post-war constitu- The poorly-equipped Filipino coastguard and tion and stand up to China over their East China Chinese toddler dies over parking row navy have been at the forefront of tense Sea dispute. encounters with navy and maritime surveillance He acknowledged at a separate news confer- BEIJING: A two-year-old Chinese girl who was the toddler out of her pram, holding her up vessels from China, which claims most of the ence, after he appeared with Aquino, that a thrown to the ground by a man in his 40s dur- and throwing her “forcefully” to the ground, South China Sea including areas close to the more assertive Japanese military was a sensitive ing a row with her mother over parking has said the witness, a street stall owner surnamed Filipino coast. China seized the Scarborough issue in the region. “I intend to explain politely died, state media reported yesterday. The tod- Zhou. Shoal, a South China Sea outcrop just 230 kilo- so that the countries in the region will not have dler died on Thursday night in hospital in “The baby made no noises after being metres (140 miles) east of the main Philippine any misunderstanding,” he said. Beijing where she was receiving treatment for dropped, not even a cry of pain,” the newspa- island of Luzon, last year after Manila backed Abe said problems with China were the injuries suffered during the incident on per quoted Zhou as saying. Another man came down from a lengthy stand-off. “inevitable” being neighbours, but stressed that Tuesday, the China Daily reported. The death out of the car and also beat the mother before MANILA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo has also been reported by the Beijing News. the pair drove away, it added. Police found Han, This year the Philippines has complained Abe (left) listens while a member of a peaceful coexistence between the two regional about the presence of Chinese navy vessels near powers was crucial for Asian peace and prosperi- A witness told the Beijing Times earlier in who was released from prison this year after bamboo orchestra plays music during the week that the man, identified only by his serving a sentence for theft, in a hot spring Filipino-held Second Thomas Shoal in the his welcome ceremony at Malacanang ty. “It is important that we have frank and can- Spratly islands. Japan earlier this year did discussions. I have given instructions so that surname Han, wanted to park by a bus stop in bathhouse and detained him, said the Legal announced it would make loans to the Palace. —AFP the foreign affairs authorities (can) proceed with Beijing. But the toddler’s mother, who was on Daily. “Han was put in criminal detention on Philippines to purchase 10 Japanese patrol ves- en maritime cooperation which is a pillar of our dialogue without any conditions attached. foot, would not move out of his way as she was suspicion of intentional homicide on Thursday sels for its coastguard. strategic partnership,” Aquino said yesterday. Foreign ministers-level and leaders-level meet- checking on her daughter at the time. Han got afternoon,” Xinhua said, citing the Beijing “The Prime Minister and I agreed to strength- Abe’s visit came as tensions have also steadily ings should be promptly held.” —AFP out of his car and hit the woman before taking Municipal Public Security Bureau. —AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 ANALYSIS14

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By Dr James J Zogby

nyone who cares about the Arab World has to be pro- foundly shaken by the unraveling that is taking place Aacross the Levant. Reviewing events unfolding from Iraq in the East to Lebanon in the West can give one the distinct feeling that the region is on a path leading to self-destruction. What, if anything, can be done to reverse course? Syria is committing suicide-tearing itself asunder in a civil war that, with the support and prodding of outside forces, has increas- ingly become an exercise in sectarian blood-letting. American combat forces may have left Iraq, but the country has not found a way to make peace with itself. Daily terrorist bombings are killing scores of civilians, while a dysfunctional sectarian government appears to be focused more on prosecuting and persecuting its opponents, than providing for the needs of its people. Obama and Syria: Trail of half-steps, mixed messages Speaking of dysfunction-Lebanon, reeling from the pressure emanating from Syria next door, is once again teetering on the By Matt Spetalnick and Warren Strobel unprepared to follow up with action, accord- described as the president’s skeptical and finally spur Obama to arm the rebels, current brink of civil conflict. Meanwhile, the conflicts raging around ing to a source familiar with the discussions. exacting approach to military intervention, and former officials said. Mounting evidence Jordan are having a destabilizing impact with that country receiv- s the Syrian civil war deepened and Simon argued that Assad, backed by the colored by US difficulties in Iraq and that Assad was ignoring Obama’s “red line” ing yet another massive influx of refugees-its fourth in the past six anti-government rebels struggled to Russians and Iranians, might have greater Afghanistan. The inability of rebel forces to brought the president under intense public decades. And poor dismembered Palestine and its dispersed peo- Aunify their fractious forces, the White staying power than it appeared, this source organize and overcome their political divi- pressure to respond. As deputy national secu- ple are suffering from new and old tragedies. House early last year quietly convened an said. sions posed another major hurdle. Obama rity adviser Tony Blinken put it in one Palestinian refugees from Syria have flooded into Lebanon’s elite group of senior policymakers to advise But at the time, Obama was prepared to “would say, ‘If you are going to propose spe- Situation Room meeting with Obama and already congested and impoverished camps creating new ten- President Barack Obama. Their unusual man- do little more than combine diplomacy cific steps, tell me where they lead,’” said Ross, other aides: “Superpowers don’t bluff.” sions. Despite the news that another “peace process” might be date: think outside the box on how to push aimed at easing Assad out with economic now at the Washington Institute for Near East More critical, officials said, was that Assad’s underway, the Palestinians in the occupied territories see what Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power. sanctions - he banned purchases of Syrian oil Policy. “I don’t think you can look at it inde- forces - reinforced by Iranian-backed remains of their lands being chewed up by settlement construc- Led by a senior member of Obama’s and US citizens from dealing with the pendently from Iraq and Afghanistan. And Hezbollah fighters - were reclaiming ground. tion and a barrier wall that snakes deep into the West Bank, while National Security Council, the handful of Damascus government. Some ex-aides now particularly the sense that these are easy to Assad’s departure no longer seemed immi- Gaza continues to be strangled by a cruel blockade. Pentagon, State Department and intelligence see a critical miscalculation about the get into and hard to get out of.” nent. On Saturday, June 8, the State It was back in 2002 that then British Foreign Minister Jack specialists came to a consensus: Obama strength of the Assad government. “There By the time Clinton and Petraeus made Department’s top Middle East official, Beth Straw noted that many of the “problems we [the United Kingdom] should weigh military options to reinforce his was a kind of consensus that, early on ... he their proposal in the summer of 2012, the Jones, took an urgent telephone call from are dealing with [in the Middle East] are a consequence of our vow that Assad must go. But with Obama couldn’t survive all that long,” said Dennis White House was already quietly examining General Salim Idriss, head of the rebels’ colonial past”. Straw was referring to what he called his country’s determined to avoid US military intervention, Ross, a top White House adviser on the what the former senior official called “harder Supreme Military Council. Idriss, who had “not entirely honorable past”-its betrayal of the Arabs in the post- options.” A UN-brokered Syria truce was won Secretary of State Kerry’s backing, con- World War I period and its imposition of the Sykes-Picot the idea found little traction inside the White Middle East until late 2011, who argued for Agreement on the region. House. And by mid-2012, the so-called “small both tougher rhetoric and more action. falling apart; Russia and China had vetoed UN firmed that Syrian government and Hezbollah Straw was right. By denying Arab aspirations to establish a uni- group” - whose very existence was known to “And there was a kind of presumption that Security Council sanctions on Assad; and the fighters had taken the key rebel stronghold of tary state in the Levant; by carving the region up into British and only a few within the government - was dis- if we just do the economic stuff, we’ll make it rebels and their Arab allies were calling for Qusair, and were threatening other areas. French spheres of influence and imposing their colonial authority banded, former US officials said. untenable and that will be sufficient.” Another arms. Created and led by National Security Kerry, who had already canceled an over- and regimes of their choosing in each of these newly created The group’s aborted mission underscores former senior official lamented the gap Council adviser Simon, the “small group” had seas trip to deal with the Syria crisis and his “states”; by pitting sect against sect and paving the way for the the half-steps and mixed messages that have between Obama’s call for Assad’s ouster and six to eight members, including Frederic Hof, Middle East peace initiative, argued during loss of Palestine-the British and French laid the groundwork for characterized Obama’s Syria policy. After plans to enforce the declaration: “When the then the State Department’s top Syria adviser, White House meetings that the rebels need- many of the problems the Levant is confronting today. nearly two years of hesitancy in Washington, president says something like this, it’s not an and senior Pentagon and intelligence com- ed much stronger US support. In a meeting of One might be tempted to ask what the Levant might look like Assad now has regained the upper hand in advisory opinion. Something’s got to be done munity officials. the “principals,” Obama’s top national security had US President Woodrow Wilson been able to win the day and the conflict, and the White House last month to make it happen... There was no strategy in The group’s existence has not been report- team, on June 12, Kerry said that the United secure the “right of self-determination” for the Arabs who had just finally approved providing limited arms for place. That was it.” ed before, and the White House did not States should go beyond arming opposition come out from under the Ottoman yoke? And what if the world Syrian rebels, a step Obama had long resisted. respond to emailed questions about it. The fighters and use air strikes, a person familiar had paid heed to the findings of the Wilson-authorized King- Implementing even that decision has proven ‘TELL ME WHERE THEY LEAD’ Pentagon representatives cautioned over the with the talks said. Joint Chiefs Chairman Crane Commission survey and granted the Arabs the unitary state difficult, as US lawmakers criticize the aid as As Syria’s civil war spread in early 2012, cost, risk and outcome of US military involve- Dempsey pushed back strongly, arguing that they so overwhelmingly desired? too little, too late and question Obama’s Syria with lightly-armed rebel factions outgunned ment. Nonetheless, a rough consensus such a mission would be complex and costly. We can indulge in such speculation, but, in the real world, poli- strategy. A House of Representatives commit- by Assad’s army, senior lawmakers such as formed, officials said, that Obama should at The next day, the White House announced tics is a function not of “what if” but “what is”. And so despite tee approved the arms shipments only this Republican Senator John McCain began call- least review military contingencies such as the president had decided on direct military Straw’s lament, the way forward is to be found not in looking back week following a month’s delay during which ing on Obama to back the rebels. Support for no-fly zones and targeted air strikes. But after aid to Idriss’ Supreme Military Council. By one at what might have been, but in an honest assessment of what that step was not limited to Capitol Hill. At Obama rejected the Clinton-Petraeus propos- account, Obama had made the basic decision can be done to address current realities. members demanded more administration During the past century, there were many attempts by Arabs clarity. various stages, most of Obama’s foreign poli- al, the study group was also shut down, to shift policy, on his own, in the opening living in the Levant to redress their aggrieved history. Refusing to Reuters interviews with more than a cy cabinet had advised more robust rebel around July 2012. days of June. The announcement came not succumb to the efforts of outsiders who sought to exploit their dozen current and former US officials and for- backing - including two secretaries of state, from Obama himself, but from his aide religious diversity, in an effort to “divide and conquer”, they devel- eign diplomats provide new details about Hillary Clinton and John Kerry; former CIA THE TIDE TURNS Rhodes. That was seen by some as proof of oped “Arab” nationalism-fostering an identity that would tran- Obama’s decision-making, guided by his con- chief David Petraeus; and former Secretary of By mid-2012, the White House seemed Obama’s continued wariness. scend both religious sect and the mini-states that had been the viction that Assad could be toppled without Defense Leon Panetta. increasingly convinced that Assad was on his When Kerry and CIA Deputy Director legacy of Sykes-Picot. It remains a tragedy that this Arab identity direct foreign intervention and his reluctance In an unusual move, Petraeus and Clinton way out. It told US government agencies to Michael Morell briefed intelligence commit- movement was exploited by military regimes who manipulated to drag the United States into another Middle a year ago jointly proposed to the White focus on planning for a post-Assad Syria, the tee members in late June, both men left the its emotive power to support their rule. In the end, the idea of East war. In months of internal debate, he House that Washington arm rebel groups that former senior official said. On July 25, Clinton impression that the administration itself still “Arabism” became discredited, not on its merits, but because of often spurned advice from senior advisers had been carefully vetted, minimizing the confidently urged Assad to seek a negotiated had reservations about arming the rebels, the brutal regimes that had embraced it. who proposed more robust action as the car- chances that weapons would fall into the exit. But US intelligence reports showing sources familiar with their presentations said. Another approach was found by those who accepted the new nage in Syria intensified, leaving some frus- hands of radical Islamist factions. The propos- Syrian forces moving chemical weapons The limited and relatively light arms - auto- reality of Sykes-Picot created sub-national identities. These trated. Administration officials reject criticism al was backed by Panetta and Joint Chiefs stocks were also alarming US officials. Obama matic weapons, mortars and rocket-propelled stressed, for example, the uniqueness of being “Lebanese” or the that if Obama had acted more forcefully earli- Chairman General Martin Dempsey. U.S. intel- on August 20 declared the movement or use grenades - are unlikely to be delivered until differences between being “Palestinian” or “Jordanian”. It was er the rebels would have fared better against ligence czar James Clapper was aware of it of chemical weapons a “red line” that, if August, officials have said. Many observers important to note that even within these state-based nation- well-armed government troops. and not opposed, a US official said. But crossed, would bring unspecified conse- inside and outside the administration are alisms, religious divisions were transcended. “There was no way support from outside Obama vetoed the recommendation. quences. The threat had little visible impact. doubtful it will be enough to tilt the balance What I have always found to be among the most intriguing sources to the opposition would have nar- His reluctance underscored what Ross This spring, two factors came together to in the rebels’ favor.— Reuters results in the polling we have done during the past decade is the persistence of an Arab identity and a sense of a common destiny rowed the gap when the regime had tanks among the people of the Levant. While sectarian wars raged in and warplanes,” said one senior official, speak- Iraq, or while Lebanon’s political system remained grounded in a ing on condition of anonymity. Some former War’s US legacies: Permanent troops and 7,900 MIAs system of sect-privilege, the principal identity of most Iraqis and officials and many Syria specialists disagree Lebanese remained not their sect, but being both “Arab” and and say the fighting - which has killed an esti- By ROBERT BURNS former Soviet Union and China siding with the never happened. “Lebanese” or “Iraqi”. mated 100,000 people, created 1.8 million North and the US and United Nations allies Bruce Bennett, a Korea expert at the RAND And when we asked the publics in all of the countries of the refugees and deepened sectarian rifts in Syria ixty years after it finished fighting in supporting the South, remains one of the Corp, a federally funded think tank, says he Levant why what happened to Palestinians, Syrians, or Iraqis was and beyond - now threatens wider US inter- Korea, the US is still struggling with two world’s most dangerous flashpoints. In some believes the argument for giving Seoul important to them, the most common response was “because ests in the Middle East. Slegacies that are reminders of the costs - respects, the security threat from the North wartime command of its own troops loses they are Arabs like me”. It is for this reason that I cannot accept political, military and human - that war can has grown more acute in recent years. ground as North Korea’s nuclear ambitions that it is inevitable that the Levant drown in the blood of sectarian RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY? impose on the generations that follow. The So the US is stuck with a lead wartime role grow bolder. The North has tested nuclear conflict. Nor can I imagine that the people of the region desire Obama’s tone emerged early in the con- first is the leading role that America still is in Korea and with a dim prospect, if any, of devices and may be capable of mounting one their fate to be a checkerboard of “cleansed” sectarian cantons. flict. On August 18, 2011, in what was sup- committed to playing in defending South building the kind of relationship required to on a ballistic missile - a worry not only for It makes no sense that Iran or the Muslim Brotherhood should posed to be a watershed moment, he called Korea should the 1950-53 Korean War reignite. return to the former battlefields of North South Korea, Japan and others in the region be driving the Levant’s agenda when the region’s people, despite for Assad to give up power, a move coordinat- Washington has tried for years to wean its ally, Korea to excavate remains of US MIAs. The but also for the United States. their religious diversity, express an attachment to their common ed with leaders of Britain, France, Germany South Korea, off its dependence on the US Pentagon says there are about 7,900 MIAs, of “From the South Korean perspective - and I bonds born of history, culture, and blood-ties. Egyptians have and Turkey. “For the sake of the Syrian people, military by setting a target date for switching which approximately half are thought to be believe there is a lot of truth to their argument demonstrated their rejection of religious sect-based government. the time has come for President Assad to step from American to Korean control of the forces recoverable. President Barack Obama marks - having the US in (the lead) is a strong deter- Syrians are now waging an anti-sectarian rebellion within their aside,” Obama said. rebellion against the regime. And polls show that Palestinians in that would defend the country in the event the armistice’s 60th anniversary with a speech rent of North Korea, and it means North Korea The declaration, which the White House Gaza, despite having voted for Hamas in 2006, are now rejecting North Korea again attacked the South. That Saturday at the Korean War Veterans can’t split the alliance,” he said. For similar rea- this movement’s divisive rule. What the Levant needs today is a had resisted making for months, came in target date has slipped from 2012 to 2015 Memorial. sons, some South Koreans favor asking the US unified revolt against sectarian division and recognition of the response to intense pressure from US allies and, just this past week, American officials said The US has kept combat forces on the to reintroduce short-range nuclear weapons futility of its self-destructive path. It can be done. and the public to break with Assad, as the the Koreans are informally expressing interest Korean Peninsula since the fighting halted on onto the peninsula. President George HW Syrian leader sent troops and tanks into in pushing it back still further. July 27, 1953, with the signing of an armistice, Bush withdrew all US nuclear weapons from urban centers to crush swelling civilian The second is the seemingly endless chal- or truce, and it still has 28,500 troops based in Korea in 1991. In 1994 the South took peace- protests. But Obama’s statement was preced- lenge of accounting for thousands of US ser- the South. They are a symbol of a vibrant and time control of its forces from the US four-star All articles appearing on these ed by spirited internal debate at the White vicemen still listed as missing in action. That important US-South Korean alliance, and few general who heads a South Korean-US pages are the personal opinion of House. Some younger advisers, including mission, which competes for Pentagon advocate even a partial American troop with- Combined Forces Command, but the the writers. Kuwait Times takes no Samantha Power, now Obama’s choice for UN resources with demands to also retrieve and drawal. But some US military officers believe American general remained responsible for ambassador, and communications strategist identify MIAs from the battlefields of World their permanence on the peninsula, with a sin- wartime control. In 2006 the two countries responsibility for views expressed Ben Rhodes, argued that with Assad’s rule War II and Vietnam, is beset with problems gular focus on North Korea, is an anachronistic agreed that South Korea would assume therein. Kuwait Times invites read- looking shakier by the day, the president including bureaucratic dysfunction, according arrangement that should have been over- wartime control of its forces in April 2012. But ers to voice their opinions. Please should get on the “right side of history” and to an internal Pentagon report disclosed July 7 hauled years ago. in June 2010, shortly after North Korea torpe- call for him to go, former aides said. by The Associated Press. The armistice agreement itself did not doed and sank the South Korean ship send submissions via email to: opin- But Middle East policy veterans were more The common thread that binds these two envision a long-term US troop presence. It Cheonan, Seoul and Washington agreed to [email protected] or via snail cautious. They argued that uttering what one legacies is the lingering hostility between the contains a passage recommending that within delay the handover of wartime operational mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. called the “magic words” about Assad would North and South and between the North and three months a high-level political conference control until December 2015. Now, US officials The editor reserves the right to edit raise expectations of an active US role. Steven Washington, which still has no formal diplo- be convened to negotiate the withdrawal of say Seoul officials are again raising the Simon, the White House’s top Middle East matic relations with the communist nation. all foreign forces from Korea and “the peaceful prospect of another delay, although no formal any submission as necessary. adviser, questioned whether Obama should What began as a Cold War contest, with the settlement of the Korean question.” That has request has been made.—AP make the statement if Washington was NEWS SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

KUWAIT: Ali Fahad Al-Rashed (center) and his supporters celebrate after he won a parliamentary seat in the Kuwait elections yesterday. — Photo By Yasser Al-Zayyat More than 1,000 inmates Over 100 shot dead in Egypt Continued from Page 1 and destroy them... allowing prisoners to escape, including escape from Libya prison himself”. The military has so far kept Morsi’s whereabouts A spokesman for army-installed president Adly Mansour secret to avoid attracting protests by his supporters. Egypt, said the numbers “affirmed the rejection of terrorism”, MENA the Arab world’s most populous country, has been rocked by TRIPOLI: More than a thousand inmates escaped a fire to tires in the street and demanded the dissolution said. But the Anti-Coup Coalition said its own turnout on violence that has now killed some 300 people since the prison yesterday in Libya as protesters stormed political of Islamist parties. The two incidents highlighted Libya’s Friday showed many “reject the bloody, military fascist coup coup. Political polarization has raised fears of prolonged vio- party offices across the country, signs of the simmering deteriorating security situation and the challenges the that wants to set the wheel of history back”. On Friday, lence, and even a militant backlash. The military is already unrest gripping a nation overrun by militias and awash North African country faces as it tries to restore calm authorities remanded Morsi in custody for 15 days, accusing facing daily militant attacks in the Sinai Peninsula bordering in weaponry. It wasn’t immediately clear if the jailbreak nearly two years after the ouster and killing of longtime him of the “premeditated murder of some prisoners, officers Israel. Analyst Mustafa Kamel El-Sayyad said that Sisi had at Al-Kweifiya prison came as part of the demonstra- dictator Muammar Gaddafi. and soldiers” when he broke out of prison during the 2011 become “the strong man of the new regime”, adding that tions. Protesters had massed across Libya over the In Tripoli, protesters appeared to be inspired by uprising that toppled veteran strongman Hosni Mubarak, “much of the population” supports his actions against the killing of an activist critical of the country’s Muslim events in neighboring Egypt, where millions took to the MENA said. Brotherhood. “On everything related to security, he has deci- Brotherhood group. streets Friday to answer a call from the army chief, who He also stands accused of conspiring to “storm prisons sive influence,” he said. — AFP Inmates started a riot and set fires after security said he wanted a mandate to stop “potential terrorism” forces opened fire on three detainees who tried to by supporters of the country’s ousted president, escape the facility outside of Benghazi, a security official Mohammed Morsi, who hails from the Brotherhood. at Al-Kweifiya prison said. Gunmen quickly arrived to “We don’t want the Brotherhood, we want the army the prison after news of the riot spread, opening fire and the police,” Libyan protesters chanted, repeating a with rifles outside in a bid to free their imprisoned rela- slogan also used in Egypt. Libya’s nascent security forces tives, a Benghazi-based security official said. are struggling to control the country’s militias, most of Those who escaped either face or were convicted of whom have roots in the rebel groups that overthrew serious charges, the prison official said. The two officials Gaddafi in 2011. The activist Al-Musmari, who used to spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren’t publicly criticize the Brotherhood, was killed in a drive- authorized to speak to journalists. Special forces later by shooting in Benghazi. arrested 18 of the escapees, while some returned on Some protesters stormed the headquarters of a their own, said Mohammed Hejazi, a government secu- Brotherhood-affiliated political party and another rity official in Benghazi. The three inmates wounded in Islamist-allied party in the capital, destroying furniture. the initial escape attempt were taken to a local hospital, Witnesses say demonstrators also stormed a he said. There was confusion, however, about how Brotherhood party in Benghazi. Protesters angry with many prisoners exactly broke out, with numbers of the Libya’s weak central government also targeted the escapees ranging as high as 1,200. liberal National Forces Alliance, ransacking its head- At a news conference, Prime Minister Ali Zidan quarters. The party came on top in Libya’s first free par- blamed the jailbreak on those living around the prison. liamentary elections last year. “The prison was (attacked) by the citizens who live near- Security forces in Libya have been unable to impose by because they don’t want a prison in their region” he their authority on the country since Gaddafi’s ouster. said. “Special Forces were present and could have got Militias, many made up of former rebels who fought in the situation under control by using their arms but they the civil war that toppled Gaddafi, have grown in the had received orders not (use) their weapons on citizens strength and in many areas rival the security forces in ... so the citizens opened the doors to the prisoners.” their firepower and reach. The armed forces also rely on Zidan said an alert would be sent to border posts militias for help securing the country in some cases. about the jailbreak and officers would receive a list of Yresterday, a colonel was killed by gunmen in the escapees’ names. Benghazi’s security is among the Benghazi. Another three security members were killed a most precarious in post-revolution Libya. Last year, US day earlier when gunmen opened fire on them. Security Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans members are frequently targets in the country. Zidan, were killed in the attack on a US diplomatic mission in the prime minister, said that an investigation was the city. launched into the circumstances around Al-Musmari’s Meanwhile yesterday, hundreds gathered in the capi- slaying. He said a foreign criminal investigation team tal Tripoli after dawn prayers, denouncing the Friday will join Libyan investigators in Tripoli and Benghazi on shooting death of Abdul-Salam Al-Musmari. They set Monday. He did not offer further details.

Neighbors’ rights (II) Courtesy TIES Center, a leading non-political NGO pro- Continued from Page 1 moting relations between Westerners and Muslims through dialogue, friendship and cultural exchange. For He finally went to his neighbor whom he had hitherto more information. www.tiescenter.net been annoying and disturbing and asked him to go back to his house assuring him that he would never harm him again. (Recorded by Al-Mundhiri in At-Targheeb 3/355 and Fath Al- Ghafaar 4/2135.) Abdullah bin Umar (PBUH) narrated that Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “Archangel Gabriel continued urging me to treat neighbors well until I thought a revelation would JULY 28, 2013 come allowing a neighbor to have a share of my inheritance (after I die).” (Imam Al-Bukhari 10/6014 and Muslim 2625.)

Question: If your neighbors get annoyed with you then (A) That is your neighbors problem (B) your neighbors should move if they don’t like it (C) It is your responsibility CAIRO: Bodies of Muslim Brotherhood supporters, shot dead in the Egyptian capital after violence erupted to stop the behavior, which is causing problems the night before, lay inside a field hospital in Cairo yesterday.— AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 SPORTS

Gillet’s fixing ban upheld Sauber to keep F1 control Langer, Wiebe share lead

ROME: A tribunal has rejected Torino goalkeeper Jean Francois Gillet’s BUDAPEST: Sauber’s new trio of Russian partners will put the financially-trou- SOUTHPORT: Bernhard Langer shot a 3-under 67 Friday to share the halfway appeal against the Belgian international’s match-fixing ban of three years bled Swiss Formula One team on a solid footing without taking control of it, lead in the Senior British Open at Royal Birkdale with Mark Wiebe of the United and seven months, the Italian soccer federation (FIGC) said yesterday. principal Monisha Kaltenborn said yesterday. States. The German, the 2010 champion at Carnoustie, holed five birdies but Gillet, who has won nine caps for his country, was one of 20 people sus- “The structure of the ownership of the team is not going to change,” she dropped two strokes at No. 6 when he double-hit the ball. pended over two matches involving his former club Bari in Serie B in 2008 told reporters at the Hungarian Grand Prix, adding that she intended to “The ball was sitting up in the long grass and I caught it high on the club- and 2009. The tribunal’s appeal decision could now signal the end of the remain in her position and there were no plans to change the name of the face and again on the follow through,” said Langer, a two-time Masters champi- 34-year-old’s career. Bari finished in mid-table after losing 1-0 at home to outfit either. on. “But that was my only blemish. Most of it was impressive and good, and I Treviso in one of their final matches of the 2007-08 season and secured pro- Sauber announced last week a partnership with Russia’s Investment putted a little better today.” Wiebe shot a 65 for the best motion a year later despite being beaten 3-2 at Salernitana. The tribunal Cooperation International Fund, the State Fund of Development of the North- round of the tournament so far after holing four birdies on also rejected 11 other appeals including one from former Bari and West Russian Federation and the National Institute of Aviation Technologies. the back nine. Both players are at 5-under 135. Salernitana player Massimo Ganci, who was given a four- As part of the deal, the team said they would prepare little-known 17-year- Wiebe, level par after the first round, moved to 1 year ban, and ex-Bari player Gianluca Galasso who was sus- old Russian Sergey Sirotkin, who would be by far the youngest driver to start a under by the turn with two birdies and a bogey. He pended for three years and seven months. In addition, it grand prix if he gets a superlicence, for a race seat next year. then rattled off three birdies in four holes from the accepted a prosecution appeal against the acquittal of Kaltenborn said the three entities were close to the Russian government 13th and added another with a 15-foot putt at the former Bari and Treviso player William Pianu and sus- but provided no details about whether any monies had been received from last. “I really got my irons zoned in on the back pended him for three years and six months. The tribunal them yet or how much might ultimately be involved. Nor would she say how nine,” Wiebe said. “I know there’s a long way to go, also halved ex-Bari player Corrado Colombo’s six-month crucial the deal was to Sauber’s survival, with recent media reports talking of but I’m tickled to be where I am. It was unbelievable and ban on appeal while former Bari loanee Raffaele Bianco suppliers and German driver Nico Hulkenberg being owed money while the great to shoot the low round.” David Frost (68) is a stroke had his suspension of three and a half years reduced to six team teetered on the brink. “Clearly with this deal we will be put on a stable back in third place. The South African picked up birdies at months. Italy has been hit by a wave of match-fixing alle- basis,” she declared. “We have to take it then step by step. It will take a while Nos. 2, 5 and 9 to move to 5 under. He faltered slightly on the gations in recent years with police investigating cas- before we are back to where we want to be and back also into the develop- way home, dropping shots at the par-three 12th and 14th es in Cremona, Bari and Naples. —Reuters ment cycle but we are getting there.”—Reuters before a birdie at No. 17.—AP Rays and Indians advance

NEW YORK: Jeremy Hellickson retired Yankees new- comer Alfonso Soriano with the bases loaded to pre- serve an early lead and the streaking Tampa Bay Rays tagged CC Sabathia once again, beating New York 10- 6 Friday night. The Rays have won 20 of 23 and took sole possession of the AL East lead for the first time since June 10, 2012. Tampa Bay moved a half-game ahead of Boston. Ben Zobrist, Yunel Escobar and Evan Longoria dou- bled during a six-run burst in the second inning, and James Loney later homered and drove in four runs. Well supported all season, Hellickson (10-3) won his sixth straight decision. Fernando Rodney, the Rays’ fourth pitcher in a three-run ninth, got the last out for his 25th save. Sabathia (9-9) was booed early and was hit hard for the third straight start, allowing 22 runs over 14 innings in that span.

INDIANS 11, RANGERS 8 In Cleveland, Ryan Raburn’s three-run homer in the 11th inning off Jason Frasor gave Cleveland a wild and sloppy win over Texas. After Asdrubal Cabrera and Carlos Santana singled NEW YORK: Sam Fuld No. 5 of the Tampa Bay Rays follows through on a second-inning RBI ATLANTA: Brian McCann No. 16 of the Atlanta Braves slides in to second base for a sec- off Frasor (0-2), Raburn pulled a 2-1 pitch onto the base hit against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. —AFP ond inning double against the St. Louis Cardinals at Turner Field. —AFP home-run porch in left to rescue the Indians, who blew a 7-1 lead and nearly lost to a Texas team that season in Kansas City, lowered his ERA to 3.09 and has Mariners starter Felix Hernandez was two outs committed three errors and had three wild pitches. As been especially effective on the road, where he from a shutout and his first complete game of the sea- Braves thrash Cardinals he neared home plate, Raburn flipped his helmet high improved to 4-3 with a 2.50 ERA in 12 starts. Chicago son, but Trevor Plouffe’s pinch-hit single in the top of into the air and was pummeled by his teammates who starter Jose Quintana (5-3) allowed two runs on six the ninth tied it at 1. Runs were hard to come by for ATLANTA: Mike Minor allowed only one run innings. He allowed five earned runs and six doused him with water. It was the seventh walk-off hits in seven innings to pick up the loss. both teams until the Mariners’ Yoervis Medina (3-3) to give Atlanta’s depleted rotation a lift, Jason hits in his third straight loss. win this season for the Indians, who began a stretch of The White Sox got on the board in the eighth on a entered in the 13th. Aaron Hicks led off with a single, Heyward homered, and the Braves beat 14 of 17 games at home. Bryan Shaw (1-2), Cleveland’s solo homer by Conor Gillaspie, but the Royals added and Colabello - playing in his 14th major league game Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals ROCKIES 8, BREWERS 3 fifth reliever, stranded the go-ahead run at third in the three runs in the ninth. - followed with a two-run homer to right field. 4-1 in a matchup of division leaders on Friday In Denver, Tyler Chatwood pitched seven 11th, and the Indians stayed within three games of Kendrys Morales led off the bottom of the 13th night. strong innings and hit a two-run double to first-place Detroit in the AL Central. ATHLETICS 6, ANGELS 4 with his 16th homer, but Glen Perkins closed it out for Minor (10-5) gave up four hits with no help Colorado break out offensively and beat In Oakland, Bartolo Colon won his 14th game for a his 25th save. Brian Duensing (3-1) pitched two walks in seven innings. His sharp perform- Milwaukee. ORIOLES 6, RED SOX 0 share of the major league lead, backed by Jed Lowrie’s innings for the win. ance came two days after Tim Hudson was Todd Helton and Nolan Arenado each had In Baltimore, Chris Tillman pitched seven innings of homer and two-run single and a two-run drive by The Twins ruined Hernandez’s shutout bid when lost for the season with a broken right ankle. two hits and an RBI for the Rockies, who had two-hit ball, Adam Jones homered twice and Stephen Vogt in Oakland’s victory against the Los Pedro Florimon led off the ninth with a single, The Atlanta rotation also is without left- scored an NL-low 58 runs in their 20 previous Baltimore ended a three-game skid. Angeles Angels. Colon, the 40-year-old All-Star, won advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on his third straight decision while facing his former club. Plouffe’s single. hander Paul Maholm, who is expected to miss games in July. Chatwood (7-3) allowed two The loss dropped the Red Sox behind Tampa Bay in Mike Trout hit a two-run homer in the first on a ball he at least one start because of a bruised left runs on six hits and finished with a career- the AL East. Boston, which has dropped six of nine, crushed into the elevated seats in left-center, then INTERLEAGUE wrist. Wainwright (13-6), the NL leader in high 11 strikeouts. had been alone atop the division since May 27. illman (13-3) tied a career high with eight strikeouts in Colon settled in nicely against Los Angeles’ loaded TIGERS 2, PHILLIES 1 wins, took his first loss since a 2-1 decision to The Rockies took advantage of Wily lineup. Colon (14-3) allowed two runs and seven hits In Detroit, Alex Avila’s two-run double in the fifth Texas on June 23. Peralta, who entered 3-1 with an 0.87 ERA in becoming the Orioles’ first 13-game winner since Erik Bedard in 2007. In his past three starts against Boston, in six innings, struck out two and walked two. He has inning put Detroit ahead, and Doug Fister pitched Yadier Molina gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead in his previous six starts. Peralta (7-10) allowed the right-hander is 3-0 with a 0.68 ERA. Jones hit a won 11 of 12 decisions since losing May 9 at Cleveland eight impressive innings to help the Tigers beat the the second inning with his eighth homer. The eight runs - five earned - and seven hits in 3 2- two-run homer in the first and a solo shot in the fifth and has lost just once since turning 40 on May 24. Phillies. Cole Hamels (4-13) was trying to protect a 1-0 Braves answered with two runs in the bottom 3 innings. The Rockies batted around during to help Baltimore bounce back from three successive Jerome Williams (5-7) lost his second straight start to lead for the Phillies when he allowed the bottom of of the inning. Wainwright allowed four runs, four-run innings in the second and fourth. losses in Kansas City. It was the third multihomer the A’s while facing them for the fifth time this year. Detroit’s batting order to break through. After a one- three earned, on seven hits and one walk in Carlos Gomez homered off reliever game of his career. Manny Machado and J.J. Hardy He yielded four runs and six hits in five innings. out walk to Hernan Perez, Ramon Santiago and Avila seven innings. Minor, who became the first Manuel Corpas in the ninth for the Brewers’ also homered for the Orioles, who improved to 6-2 Williams lost his fifth straight decision and has a sev- hit back-to-back doubles. Braves pitcher to reach 10 wins, lowered his final run. The homer was the 17th of the sea- against Boston this season. John Lackey (7-8), who en-start winless stretch since beating the Orioles in Santiago was playing third base in place of slugger ERA to 2.89. son for Gomez and the 100th overall by yielded a season-high tying five runs in 6 1-3 innings, Baltimore on June 12. Miguel Cabrera, who hasn’t played since Monday Milwaukee. gave up three of the homers. because of an injured left hip. MARLINS 2, PIRATES 0 TWINS 3, MARINERS 2 Fister (9-5) allowed three hits and an unearned run. In Miami, Henderson Alvarez earned his DIAMONDBACKS 10, PADRES 0 BLUE JAYS 12, ASTROS 6 In Seattle, Chris Colabello hit his first career home Joaquin Benoit pitched the ninth for his 10th save in first National League victory, Giancarlo In Phoenix, Randall Delgado tossed a In Toronto, Edwin Encarnacion hit two home runs run, a two-run shot in the 13th inning, and Minnesota 10 chances. Darin Ruf grounded out with a man on Stanton hit his 12th homer, and the Miami three-hitter for his first career shutout, Cody in one inning, including his sixth career grand slam, beat Seattle. third to end it.—AP Marlins managed another low-scoring victo- Ross homered and drove in two runs, and Jose Reyes, Adam Lind and Brett Lawrie also went ry, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 on Arizona pounded out 17 hits in a rout over deep and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Houston Friday night. San Diego. Astros 12-6 on Friday night. Encarnacion became the MLB results/standings The Marlins are 4-4 since the All-Star break Arizona roughed up Eric Stults (8-9) with first Blue Jays player in nearly 20 years to homer twice in the same inning when he accomplished the feat in NY Mets 11, Washington 0; Baltimore 6, Boston 0; Cleveland 11, Texas 8 (11 innings); Tampa Bay 10, NY even though they have totaled only 15 runs. six runs in the first three innings and had sev- Yankees 6; Washington 2, NY Mets 1; Toronto 12, Houston 6; Detroit 2, Philadelphia 1; Miami 2, Pittsburgh 0; Jeff Locke (9-3) allowed only two earned runs en extra-base hits to win for the sixth time in the seventh against Paul Clemens (4-4) and Hector Ambriz. For Encarnacion, the home runs were his 27th Atlanta 4, St. Louis 1; Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 1; Colorado 8, Milwaukee 3; Arizona 10, San Diego 0; in 6 2-3 innings and had a career-high nine nine home games. Oakland 6, LA Angels 4; Minnesota 3, Seattle 2 (13 innings); LA Dodgers 2, Cincinnati 1; Chicago Cubs 3, San and 28th of the season, the third-most in baseball strikeouts, but he lost for the first time in his Aaron Hill had a pair of run-scoring dou- Francisco 2. behind Chris Davis and Miguel Cabrera. past 10 road starts. His ERA rose to 2.15. bles before leaving with a tight right ham- American League National League Colby Rasmus had four hits and Reyes three as the Alvarez (1-1) gave up just two hits in six string, A.J. Pollock added a two-run single, Eastern Division Eastern Division innings and lowered his ERA to 2.64. The and Martin Prado had two of Arizona’s six Blue Jays won consecutive games for the first time W L PCT GB Atlanta 58 45 .563 - since their franchise-record tying 11-game winning game was his fifth after he sat out the first doubles. Delgado (3-3) added a pair of sin- Tampa Bay 61 42 .592 - Washington 50 54 .481 8.5 streak ended on June 24. Toronto had gone 8-19 since. Boston 61 43 .587 0.5 half of the season with right shoulder inflam- gles, becoming the first Arizona pitcher with a Philadelphia 49 54 .476 9 Brett Cecil (4-1) pitched two thirds of an inning for the Baltimore 58 46 .558 3.5 NY Mets 46 54 .460 10.5 mation. shutout and a multihit game since Randy win, handing the Astros their 21st loss in 26 games. NY Yankees 54 49 .524 7 Miami 39 62 .386 18 The shutout was only the third by the Johnson on Sept. 14, 2003, against Colorado. Toronto 47 55 .461 13.5 Central Division Marlins, but their starters have an ERA of 2.44 Delgado struck out three, walked one and has Central Division St. Louis 62 38 .620 - ROYALS 5, WHITE SOX 1 Detroit 57 45 .559 - since the All-Star break. Steve Cishek, Miami’s allowed three earned runs or fewer in all In Chicago, James Shields tossed seven shutout Cleveland 54 48 .529 3 Pittsburgh 60 41 .594 2.5 fifth pitcher, gave up a pair of two-out singles eight starts this season. innings, and rookie David Lough homered and drove Kansas City 49 51 .490 7 Cincinnati 59 45 .567 5 in the ninth inning but earned his 21st save in in another run to lead Kansas City over the Chicago Minnesota 44 56 .440 12 Chicago Cubs 46 55 .455 16.5 23 chances, including 16 in a row. DODGERS 2, REDS 1 Chicago White Sox 40 60 .400 16 Milwaukee 42 60 .412 21 White Sox. The Royals (49-51) have won four straight Western Division In Los Angeles, Clayton Kershaw pitched and six of eight since the All-Star break. The White Sox Western Division Oakland 60 43 .583 - LA Dodgers 54 48 .529 - NATIONALS 2, METS 1 eight stellar innings, Hanley Ramirez hit a (40-60) have lost four of five. Shields (5-7) allowed Texas 56 47 .544 4 Arizona 54 49 .524 0.5 In Washington, Ryan Zimmerman home- two-run homer off Homer Bailey, and the Los eight hits and walked two but faced only one real Seattle 49 54 .476 11 Colorado 50 54 .481 5 red with one out in the bottom of the ninth Angeles Dodgers beat Cincinnati to maintain scoring threat, working out of a bases-loaded jam in LA Angels 48 53 .475 11 San Francisco 46 56 .451 8 inning Friday night, lifting Washington over their half-game lead over Arizona in the NL the sixth inning. The veteran right-hander, in his first Houston 34 68 .333 25.5 the New York Mets for a doubleheader split. West. In the opener, Jenrry Mejia pitched seven Kershaw (10-6) allowed a run and six hits, scoreless innings in his season debut, and struck out eight and walked none, dropping Daniel Murphy homered twice and tied a his major league-best ERA to 1.96. The 2011 career high with five RBIs for the Mets. NL Cy Young Award winner is 5-1 with a 1.72 Chiefs see off Crusaders Murphy had two hits for New York in the ERA over his last six starts after going 0-3 in nightcap and went 6 for 9 in the day-night his previous six outings. HAMILTON: Flyhalf Aaron Cruden scored an inter- They made a strong step toward that goal when “A lot of grit,” Chiefs captain Craig Clarke said. “A doubleheader. Kenley Jansen got three outs for his 13th cept try and kicked four goals from five attempts as they led 9-3 after a physical first half that was lot of defense that epitomized how deep we can After Anthony Rendon grounded out, save in 16 chances. Bailey (5-10) lost his the defending champion Chiefs beat the Crusaders played at exceptional pace but in which the only dig. We made it a little bit hard for ourselves with Zimmerman hit a 3-1 fastball from reliever fourth straight since his no-hitter. He allowed 20-19 yesterday to win hosting rights for the Super points came from penalties - three to Crusaders fly- our set-piece. We had to simplify things (in the line- LaTroy Hawkins (3-2) over the fence in right two runs and seven hits in seven innings, Rugby final for the second straight year. half Dan Carter and one to Cruden. out) and maybe just win a bit of ball at the front center to win the second game. The Mets struck out five and walked one. Cruden pounced on a pass from Crusaders cen- Carter missed penalties on either side of half- with big Brodie (Retallick), and we did that a little wasted another impressive outing by Matt ter Ryan Crotty in the 56th minute, juggled it time, and Cruden narrowed the margin to 9-6 with bit. Harvey, who gave up five hits and an CUBS 3, GIANTS 2 momentarily, then dashed 40 meters for a try that his second penalty in the 45th minute. Then “We managed to hold a bit of possession, but I unearned run in eight innings. In San Francisco, Julio Borbon and Junior gave the Chiefs a 20-9 lead after they had trailed 9- Masaga scythed through some hesitant defense to must mention the way they came back into the Rafael Soriano (2-2) pitched the ninth, sur- Lake scored on an error by San Francisco first 3 at halftime. score the Chiefs’ first try in the 50th minute, giving game. We were up by 11, and that’s a credit to how viving a first-and-third jam with one out. baseman Brandon Belt in the ninth inning Winger Lelia Masaga scored an extraordinary them their first lead of the match at 12-9. good they are that we had to dig so deep.” Jayson Werth added three hits for and the Chicago Cubs rallied to win. solo try six minutes earlier to spark a run of points Six minutes later, Cruden latched onto Crotty’s The Crusaders were marginally the better team Washington. Pitching on the one-year Borbon singled leading off the ninth that propelled the Chiefs into the final against the pass, after the center turned his back on the in a first half in which neither side managed to find anniversary his major league debut, Harvey against closer Sergio Romo (3-5) and moved winner of Saturday’s second semifinal between defense, and scored under the posts to give the an opening. The Chiefs’ lineout struggled early and struck out seven and walked one. to second when pinch-hitter Dioner Navarro South Africa’s Bulls and the ACT Brumbies of Chiefs an 11-point margin. the Crusaders began to apply pressure in scrums, Washington starter Ross Ohlendorf, mak- walked. After David DeJesus struck out, Lake Australia. They needed every point of that lead in an on one particular occasion near halftime hurling ing his second start of the season, went seven reached on a fielder’s choice. Anthony Rizzo The Chiefs, defending their first Super Rugby intense and frenetic last quarter in which the the Chiefs off their ball with a second shove that innings. He allowed one run on six hits, struck then hit a sharp liner that went through Belt’s title, came into the match as underdogs despite Crusaders put the Chiefs’ defense under constant captured a tighthead. out eight and walked two. legs and into the right field corner. finishing on top of the New Zealand conference pressure. They probed every inch of the defensive But the Chiefs were able to regroup at the inter- In the opener, Murphy went 4 for 5 with The Cubs rallied to win when trailing after and the overall tournament standings. They split line for an opening to add to the try scored by full- val and to play with more precision in the second two homers and a pair of RBI singles. Juan eight innings for just the fourth time this sea- their two regular-season matches with the back Israel Dagg in an almost immediate response half. Clarke decided to forego a close-range penal- Lagares had three hits and Ike Davis added a son. Matt Guerrier (4-4) retired four batters for Crusaders, but were beaten 43-15 by their to Cruden’s score. But as both teams went to their ty shot in the 50th minute in favor of a lineout. The three-run homer for New York. the win. Kevin Gregg worked the ninth for his Christchurch-based opponents when the two reserves benches, hoping to find an edge with Chiefs captured their own ball and, after three Mejia (1-0), who had been on the disabled 20th save. teams met three weeks ago. fresh legs, the Chiefs’ defense remained rigid and phases during which they couldn’t bend the list since March with shoulder inflammation, Jeff Francoeur had two hits for the Giants, The Crusaders carried that momentum into a unyielding. Crusaders’ defense, a long ball allowed Masaga to allowed seven hits. Jordan Zimmermann (12- who lost for the fifth time in six games. Pablo 38-9 quarterfinal win over the 2011 champion They hurled back waves of Crusaders’ attacks brush off three ineffective tackles to score. Cruden 6), who allowed seven runs in a career-low Sandoval and Hunter Pence both doubled Queensland Reds and were strongly backed to and forced vital turnovers, the last after the final then snared the intercept that turned the narrow two innings Sunday in a 9-2 loss to the and scored for San Francisco, which dropped progress toward their eighth Super Rugby title, and siren which allowed them to clear to touch and Chiefs lead into a pivotal advantage. He converted Dodgers, needed 118 pitches to go 6 2-3 a season-high 10 games below .500.—AP first since 2008. end the game. both tries and ended with 15 points. —AP SUNDAY, JULY 28 , 2013 SPORTS

Lel Makasa captain receives the championship trophy Egyptian fans celebrating LelMakasa lift Kuwait Mini Futsal trophy

Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad receiving a memento from the Ukraine delegation.

By Abdellatif M Sharaa affected physically. The Egyptian players almost scored the second KUWAIT: Egypt’s LelMakasa futsal goal if it was not for the goalkeeper’s team was up to task and won the skills, and the second half came to Kuwait Mini World Futsal Club an end. Tournament title in the final match The teams went into extra time, against Ukraine’s Cardinal 3-1. The in which play continued as before. In tournament was held under the the second half of extra time, patronage of HH the Prime Minister LelMakasa scored their second goal Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, who in the 47th minute of the match asked Information Minister and through Mohammad Idris. The State Minister for Youth Affairs Egyptian players resorted to slowing Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- the match down and relied on coun- Humoud Al-Sabah to represent him terattacks once again, while Cardinal at the final match. did all it could, including power LelMakasa’s win comes as a huge plays and pushing their goalkeeper surprise as it was not expected to forward in an attempt to score the expressed his pleasure at this major reach the final, but the team proved equalizer. But LelMakasa’s defence achievement, adding that “we Zain recognized for its contribution to all experts wrong and deserved to remained intact, and the final worked hard in order to make be champions. The match began minute of the match saw Ramadhan Kuwait a pioneer and I believe this Mini World Futsal Club Tournament enthusiastically and strongly, but Ghareeb score the third goal which goal was achieved”. He thanked all both teams were careful not to sealed LelMakasa’s win. those who worked in the commit- KUWAIT: Zain, the leading allow the other to reach the goal Cardinal’s goalkeeper was tees, and all those who contributed telecommunications company in effectively. The fear of the final was named as best goalkeeper of the to the tournament’s success. He also Kuwait, has been honored for its apparent at the start of the match, tournament, who gave an outstand- thanked the Kuwait and Gulf media Premium sponsorship of the though Cardinal had the upper ing performance and defended his for covering the event comprehen- Kuwait Mini World Futsal Club hand. LelMakasa resorted to coun- goal valiantly. The best player’s sively. Sheikh Talal gave special Tournament; the first event of its terattacks, relying on the speed of award went to another Cardinal thanks to the fans who came to kind to be hosted in Kuwait. Ayman Abdelqader, Ahmad Yusri player Bondar Oleksandr, who was watch from day one, adding the Witnessing the involvement and Mizo. the unanimous choice due to his tournament will continue in the of 18 international teams that The rhythm of the match picked performance leading his team to the coming years. include GCC teams, the up, and Cardinal’s player Trygubets final match. A player from Spain’s Egypt’s Ambassador to Kuwait International Federation of Sergii had a very strong shot that hit Santiago won the top scorer award, Abdulkareem Suleiman said he was Association Football (FIFA) the crossbar, followed by another while Croatia’s Alumnus won the happy with LelMakasa’s win against approved tournament, com- shot that goalkeeper Ibrahim clean play award. a strong team like Cardinal. He said menced on 6 July. Theyab handled skillfully and kept Minister of Information and State LelMakasa played well and used The honoring ceremony was his goal clean. LelMakasa started to Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh high technical skills, enabling them part of a larger celebratory event get into the match and penetrated Salman Al-Humoud congratulated to become champions. Suleiman that was organized by the tour- from the middle in 16th minute the organizers on the success of the thanked Kuwait for hosting this nament’s administration and was when Zizo was able to translate a tournament and also congratulated tournament and the Egyptian team, attended by the head of the pass from Mizo and scored the first LelMakasa on this win, considering it and thanked Sheikh Talal for inviting Kuwaiti Football Association goal of the match. a win by all Arabs. Sheikh Salman the team. Sheikh Talal Al-Fahad Al-Sabah LelMakasa players drew confi- thanked Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Sheikh Salman, Sheikh Talal, and the tournament’s head of dence but missed several scoring and members of the higher organiz- Marzouq Al-Khorafi and Faisal Al- the higher organizing committee Zain’s sponsorship to the tour- smaller pitch and mainly played opportunities. Seconds before the ing committee along with all those Jazaf distributed medals and cups to Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammed Al- nament is aligned with its social indoors. There are five players on end of the first half, Cardinal coun- who contributed to the success of the winners. LelMakasa was award- Sabah. During the event, the responsibility strategy of sup- each team, one of whom is the terattacked, resulting in Herhelyuk this international event. Sheikh ed $100,000 as champions, Cardinal administration honored the par- porting various recognizable goalkeeper. The maximum num- Oleskandr scoring the equalizer and Salman congratulated Kuwait for received $50,000 for finishing sec- ticipants, media, and the spon- sports events that highlight the ber of substitutes allowed is nine, that is how the first half ended. The this achievement through the ond while third-placed team, Spain’s sors who contributed to make capabilities of local Kuwaiti tal- with unlimited substitutions dur- second half saw both teams slow efforts of officials under the leader- Santiago, and fourth placed Croatia’s this first of its kind event in ents. ing the match. Substitutes can down coupled with Cardinal’s cau- ship of Sheikh Talal. Alumnus were awarded $25,000 Kuwait to be become such a Futsal is a variant of associa- come on even when the ball is in tious play, while LelMakasa was Meanwhile, Sheikh Talal each. huge success. tion football that is played on a play.

Park bids for four Mahan in control at Canadian Open major wins in a row Golf Club course record set by Leonard cheering as he mounted a second-day charge Mickelson, or a more career-defining ST. ANDREWS: Inbee Park will feel as if “the whole world is Thompson in 1981 and matched by Greg by moving up the leaderboard with five- moment, than his astonishing final round of watching me” when the South Korean attempts next week Norman in 1986. under 67 to sit nine back. five-under-par 66 in last week’s British Open to become the first golfer of either gender to win four “Everything kind of clicked today,” said The 2003 Masters champion, who is bat- at Muirfield to triumph by three shots. majors in one season. Merrick, a winner at February’s Northern Trust tling back from a string of injuries, had the Not only did he clinch his fifth major title The 25-year-old has already lifted the U.S. Women’s Open. “I think I played a couple rounds in the Glen Abbey crowd buzzing as his name in commanding fashion but he did so after Open and LPGA and Kraft Nabisco Championship trophies past few weeks where I didn’t make a birdie popped up on the leaderboard in a tie for scaling heights of near-perfection with his this year and will write a fresh page in the record books if and that doesn’t happen a lot. “Maybe that all third with 14 holes completed. putter as he authored a brilliant display of she can add the British Open title at St Andrews. kind of came back together. Everything came Weir wobbled down the home stretch links course golf, a format which has never Park knows all eyes will be on her when she tees it up at in a rush.” with bogey’s on three of his final four holes come naturally to him. the home of golf on Thursday. “I’m trying to get used to the As impressive as Merrick’s display was, it but at four-under 140 is the top Canadian Mickelson himself said he had never pressure,” the world number one said in a news release. “I was not enough to fend off Mahan, who easily surviving the one-under cut. putted better, and that his closing 66 was think I had very good practice at the US Open (last month). capped his round in sizzling fashion with Eighteen Canadians teed off on Friday bid- “probably the best round of my career.” “I felt a little bit of pressure there but I handled it very three straight birdies to knock his American ding to become the first home grown winner It certainly ranks among the greatest final good so that has given me a lot of confidence coming into compatriot from top of the leaderboard with of the national championship since Pat rounds at a major, given the difficult scoring the British Open. a two-day total of 13-under 131. Fletcher in 1954 but only Weir, Brad Fritsch, conditions on a course running fast and firm “It just feels very awkward to me at the moment,” added “I saw kind of going into nine he (Merrick) Roger Sloan and David Hearn, with the help with a top-quality leaderboard that was tight- Park. “Pressure is not the easiest thing to handle on the golf was at 11 ... 62 is a pretty good round,” said of three birdies on his final three holes, will ly bunched until Mickelson stormed ahead course. “I feel like the whole world is watching me. I have Mahan. “But I didn’t really think I had to catch play the weekend. with four birdies in the last six holes. never got that kind of attention before.” Park has won six him. There’s so much golf to be played here. British former world number one Luke Most golf fans would agree that the last- tournaments this year and, even if the young Korean fails to “I just wanted to go out there and not try Donald, who missed the cut at last week’s day 65 posted by Jack Nicklaus at the 1986 achieve an unprecedented fourth consecutive major victo- OAKVILLE: Hunter Mahan of the United to shoot for a score but just try to play golf. “I British Open, will also sit out the weekend in Masters, where he won his record 18th major ry, she will be satisfied with her golfing year. States waves to the crowd after making think I was able to birdie the last three Canada returning a 71 to miss the cut by a title aged 46, is unbeatable for its blend of “If I don’t win any more I’m very happy with my season,” birdie on the 16th hole during round because I just kind of kept my head up and stroke. Meanwhile, throughout his career, Phil brilliant shot-making, raw emotion, pulsating she said. “How could you ask for more? “Wanting more two of the RBC Canadian Open at Glen kept going.” Mickelson has richly entertained fans with his drama and perfect timing. majors, wanting more wins, almost feels like I’m being too Abby Golf Club. —AFP Big-hitting Bubba Watson, the hugely swashbuckling, sometimes high-risk, However, Mickelson’s 66 compares greedy.” LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan praised the popular former Masters champion, muscled approach to golf and his dazzling skills favourably in quality with the 63 fired by way Park was handling the explosion of interest in women’s OAKVILLE: American John Merrick set the his way up the leaderboard with five-under around the green. Johnny Miller at the 1973 US Open, Tom golf as a result of her 2013 exploits. “This is a player who early pace with a course-record-equaling 10- 67 to sit alone in third, just four off the pace Nicknamed by many as “Phil the Thrill,” the Watson’s 65 at the 1977 British Open, Gary was 26th in the world a year and a half ago and I don’t think under 62 but compatriot Hunter Mahan fired and well-placed to take a run at his first title American left-hander has long been one of Player’s 64 at the 1978 Masters and Greg she was featuring in a lot of conversations back then,” said a 64 to grab a two-shot lead after the second since Augusta last year. the biggest drawcards in the game, capable Norman’s 64 at the 1993 British Open. Whan. “Now, literally, she can’t walk off the golf course round of the Canadian Open on Friday. Australian Aaron Baddeley returned a 68 of driving up television ratings almost single- Nicklaus, who is as good a judge of quality without doing three interviews on the way to her car. “As I In ideal early scoring conditions, Merrick for the second straight day to move into a tie handedly when in contention for one of the as anyone else in the game, past or present, tell her, our job is to drive you nuts and get you out there had an eagle at the second and eight birdies for fourth with PGA Tour rookie Patrick Reed sport’s bigger events. described Mickelson’s 66 as “incredible” when when the media wants to talk to you. Her job is to know over his final 12 holes to complete a career- (68) on eight-under 136. For all of that, though, it is difficult to pic- he tweeted his congratulations shortly after when to say ‘no’,” added Whan. —Reuters low, error-free round that tied the Glen Abbey Canada’s Mike Weir had the local fans ture a bolder on-course statement made by Sunday’s final round.—Reuters SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 SPORTS

South Africa win to stay Photo of the day alive in Sri Lanka series PALLEKELE: David Miller and Lonwabo “It’s hard to explain how proud I am Tsotsobe played key roles as South of the boys,” de Villiers said. “It was not Africa stunned hosts Sri Lanka by 56 easy and we were under pressure runs in the third one-dayer in Pallekele through the game. on Friday to stay afloat in the five-match “It was a really good performance. series. Miller plundered a robust 85 not But we did not have enough partner- out off 72 balls to steer South Africa to ships going.” Left-handed Perera made 223-7 after unorthodox spinner Ajantha 65 off 49 balls with five sixes and as Mendis had reduced the tourists to 154- many boundaries, before he was caught 7 in the 42nd over. in the deep off Farhaan Behardien, who Tsotsobe then ripped through Sri finished with three for 19. Lanka’s top order with three wickets in Sri Lanka paid the penalty for a shod- the space of six runs before finishing dy batting display in which six batsmen with 4-22 as the hosts were bundled out failed to reach double figures and only for 167 in the day-night game. two others entered their 20s. The victory ended South Africa’s 11- Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews, match losing streak in one-day cricket returning to the side after serving a on Sri Lankan soil and gave AB de two-match suspension due to his team’s Villiers’ tourists a badly-needed win in slow over-rates in the tri-series in the the current series. West Indies, paid rich tributes to Perera. With Sri Lanka 2-1 ahead, South “He is turning out to be a good all- Africa must also win the fourth match at rounder,” said Mathews. “The pitch was the same venue on Sunday to take the not easy to bat on, but it looked as if series into the decider in Colombo next Thisara was batting on a different wick- Wednesday. et. Thisara Perera lit up the gloomy “With Thisara playing so well, I should evening for the hosts by smashing five probably have stayed there with him. sixes and a boundary in the 33rd over We need to get everything together sent down by left-arm spinner Robin today.” Peterson. Earlier, Miller hit five sixes and four With the second ball declared a wide, boundaries to boost the total from 100- the 35 runs taken in the over fell just 5 after South Africa had won the toss Sebastien Loeb waits on the top of Pikes Peak and prepares to drive down again after one test session with the Peugeot 208 T16 pikes one run short of the world record of six and elected to take first strike. sixes hit by South African batsman Skipper de Villiers led the recovery peak in Colorado, USA.— www.redbullcontentpool.com Herschelle Gibbs off Dutch bowler Daan with 47, before left-handed Miller van Bunge during the 2007 World Cup. pushed the scoring with his fifth one- Perera’s run sequence in the over was day half-century, the first by a South six, a wide, six, six, six, four and a six, but African in the series. Miller put on 69 for Dhawan and Unadkat his sensational hitting came too late for the eighth wicket with Ryan McLaren, the hosts to deliver an unlikely win. who remained unbeaten on 14.—AFP lead India to victory

HARARE: A fortunate century by opener Shikhar Dhawan and some incisive bowling from left-arm seamer Jaydev Unadkat guided India to a 58-run victory over Zimbabwe in the second one-day international on Friday. Dhawan was gifted three lives on his way to 116 as India posted an imposing 294 for eight, but there was nothing lucky about Unadkat’s bowling as he stamped out a promising start by Zimbabwe and finished with figures of 4 for 41. Although Zimbabwe won the toss and gained the right to bowl first in helpful conditions, they produced a ramshackle performance in the field and gave away soft wickets during their reply. The hosts dismissed Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli in the opening 10 overs, but Dhawan led a charmed life as he was caught off a Kyle Jarvis no- ball, dropped by wicketkeeper Brendan Taylor when he was on just 14 and then put down again when he was on 70. Dhawan made the most of the opportunities, putting on a 159-run stand with Dinesh Karthik to guide India out of trouble after they had slumped to 65 for four. The left-hander went to his third one-day century in 115 balls, while Karthik scored a sturdy 69 before he was run out in a mix-up with his batting partner. “It was a very important partnership which HARARE: Indian batsman Shikhar Dhawan bats as Zimbabwean captain Brendan Taylor looks on PALLEKELE: South Africa’s captain AB de Villiers (third right) leaves the pitch with brought us back into the game, because we knew during the 2nd match of the 5 match cricket ODI series. —AFP that we had to score big runs on this wicket teammates after winning the third One Day International (ODI) cricket match against “I thought we had a chance but then we made 0 with the third game to be played in Harare Sri Lanka. —AFP because it gets much better in the second innings,” said Dhawan. some silly errors.” India lead the five-match series 2- today.—AFP “Then things went our way.” Dhawan departed SCOREBOARD in the following over when he played a Prosper SCOREBOARD PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka: Full scoreboard of the third one-day international between Sri Lanka and Utseya delivery onto his stumps, but India finished Scoreboard from the second one-day international between India and Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club on South Africa in Pallekele on Friday: strongly as R Vinay Kumar and Shami Ahmed took Friday: South Africa Sri Lanka 23 runs from the final over, which was bowled by India innings Zimbabwe innings A. Petersen c Sangakkara b Malinga 8 U. Tharanga c Petersen b Tsotsobe 5 left-arm spinner Sean Williams. T. Dilshan c de Villiers v Tsotsobe 6 Zimbabwe made a confident start to their reply Rohit Sharma c Sibanda b Vitori 1 Vusi Sibanda c Mishra b Unadkat 55 Q. de Kock c Sangakkara b T. Perera 20 Sikandar Raza c Dhawan b Unadkat 20 K. Sangakkara c Duminy b Tsotsobe 0 Shikhar Dhawan b Utseya 116 JP Duminy b T. Perera 23 on an improving pitch, led mainly by Vusi Sibanda’s Hamilton Masakadza c Mohammed Shami b Mishra 4 M. Jayawardene b Peterson 24 Virat Kohli c Waller b Jarvis 14 AB de Villiers c Sangakkara b Mendis 47 half-century. However Unadkat’s controlled bowl- Brendan Taylor run out 0 D. Chandimal c de Kock b McLaren 29 Ambati Rayudu c Utseya b Vitori 5 F du Plessis not out 16 ing turned the innings around as his first two overs Sean Williams lbw b Jadeja 5 A. Mathews de Villers b Tsotsobe 14 Suresh Raina c Taylor b Chatara 4 Malcolm Waller lbw b Mishra 2 F. Behardien b Mendis 2 A. Perera c de Villiers b Behardien 1 went for just six runs, and his third brought the Dinesh Karthik run out 69 wicket of Zimbabwe opener Sikandar Raza. Elton Chigumbura c Karthik b Mohammed Shami 6 D. Miller not out 85 T. Perera c du Plessis b Behardien 65 Ravindra Jadeja c Chigumbura b Williams 15 Prosper Utseya not out 52 R. Peterson b Mendis 3 R. Herath not out 12 After Zimbabwe had advanced to 109 for one, Amit Mishra run out 9 Kyle Jarvis b Unadkat 2 R. McLaren not out 14 L. Malinga b Behardien 0 Unadkat returned have Sibanda caught at mid- Vinay Kumar not out 27 Brian Vitori b Unadkat 0 Extras: (lb3, w2) 5 A. Mendis c Tsotsobe b Duminy 0 wicket for 55, and then run out Taylor for a duck. Mohammed Shami not out 6 Tendai Chatara not out 0 Extras: (b1, lb4, w6) 11 Total (for seven wickets, 50 overs) 223 Zimbabwe’s innings faded rapidly thereafter, Extras (lb-5 w-15, nb-8) 28 Extras (b-1 lb-12 w-6 nb-1) 20 Total (all out, 43.2 overs) 167 with spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Amit Mishra Total (for eight wickets, 50 overs) 294 Total (for nine wickets; 50 overs) 236 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Petersen), 2-50 (de Kock), Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Dilshan), 2-14 accounting for Sean Williams and Malcolm Waller Did not bat: Jaydev Unadkat Fall of wickets: 1-45 2-109 3-109 4-127 5-130 6-133 3-53 (Duminy), 4-95 (du (Sangakkara), 3-16 (Tharanga), 4-71 7-221 8-236 9-236 Fall of wickets 1-2 2-35 3-55 4-65 5-232 6-237 7-251 Plessis), 5-100 (Behardien), 6-148 (de Villiers), (Jayawardene), 5-78 (Chandimal), 6-81 (A. respectively. Elton Chigumbura hit 46 and Prosper Bowling: Vinay Kumar 9-2-49-0, Mohammed Shami 7-154 (Peterson). Perera), 7-93 (Mathews), 8-165 (T. Perera), 9- Utseya scored an unbeaten 52, but Zimbabwe nev- 8-271 10-0-52-1 (2w), Unadkat 10-3-41-4, Jadeja 10-1-31-1 Bowling: Jarvis 10-0-70-1 (4nb, 1w), Vitori 8-0-27-2 Bowling: Malinga 10-0-57-1 (w1), Mathews 5- 166 (Malinga), 10-167 (Mendis). er looked like getting close to the Indian total on (1nb, 1w), Mishra 10-1-46-2 (1w), Raina 1-0-5-0 (2w). (4w), Chatara 9-0-46-1 (5w), Chigumbura 6-0-30-0 1-17-0, Dilshan 10-0-39-0 (w1), Bowling: Morkel 8-1-29-0 (w1), Tsotsobe 7-2- their way to a final total of 236 for nine. Result: India won by 58 runs (3w), Utseya 10-0-67-1 (2w), Masakadza 4-0-15-0, Man of the match: Shikhar Dhawan (India) T. Perera 8-0-51-2, Mendis 10-0-35-3, Herath 7- 22-4 (w1), McLaren 6-1-18-1 (w2), Peterson 7- “After 20 overs I thought we were going to win 0-51-1 (w1), Duminy 9.2-1-23-1, Behardien 6-0- Williams 3-0-34-1. India lead the five-match series 2-0. 1-21-0. the game, even though we let them get away with 19-3 South Africa won by 56 runs a lot more runs,” Zimbabwe coach Andy Waller said. Cibulkova in Hewitt, Isner set for Stanford semis Atlanta semi clash ATLANTA: Australian Lleyton Hewitt Hewitt has won four of their five prior STANFORD: Dominika Cibulkova pain and couldn’t go on.” booked his third ATP semi-final in four encounters, including a victory over wants to think less and win more. Radwanska said she still expects tournaments on Friday, beating Ivan Isner in the Newport semi-finals. Late The 24-year-old Slovak has been to play at the Southern California Dodig to set up a clash with top-seeded yesterday’s other semi-final will pit sec- working on her mental approach Open, which begins Monday in American John Isner at the Atlanta ond-seeded South African Kevin and needed to regroup Friday Carlsbad. Cibulkova’s fast start Open. Anderson against American Ryan before taking charge in a 7-5, 6-3 caught Radwanska off-guard. Former world number one Hewitt, Harrison. victory over Urszula Radwanska in “Until it was 5-1 she was playing who reached the final at Newport earlier Anderson fired 12 aces in a 6-3, 3-6, 6- the Bank of the West quarterfinals. amazing,” Radwanska said. “She did- this month but lost to France’s Nicolas 3 quarter-final win over Uzbekistan’s “When things get tight, I start to n’t miss anything. That’s when I Mahut, rallied for a 1-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory Denis Istomin. The 27-year-old think more,” the third-seeded started to read her game.” over third-seeded Croatian Dodig. Anderson, who has reached a career Cibulkova said. Cibulkova won her Cibulkova, who has played at “At the start of the match I couldn’t high 21st in the world rankings, is in the first four games and was ahead 5-1 the event the past six years, reach- get into it much,” said Hewitt, ranked final four the second time in as many when No. 7 Radwanska made a run ing the semifinal two years ago, will 64th in the world, adding that the 36th- tournaments after making it to the semis to tie it at 5. face fifth-seeded Sorana Cirstea, a ranked Dodig just didn’t give him any in Bogota last week. “I wanted to be more active 6-3, 6-3 winner over Olga early openings. “In the third set I had to dig deep,” because she likes to wait for mis- Govortsova. “He served fantastic, hit his spots said Anderson, who rallied from 0-40 takes,” Cibulkova said. “I was trying Fourth-seeded Jamie Hampton STANFORD: Urszula Radwanska of Poland serves to Dominika every time. I didn’t think he could play down at 2-2 in the third to hold serve. “I to play fast on the baseline. I start- also advanced, beating qualifier Cibulkova of Slovakia during their match on Day 5 of the Bank of the any better for a set and a half,” Hewitt had quite a few break points. I ed going down the line more in the Vera Dushevina 6-4, 6-3. She will West Classic at Stanford University Taube Family Tennis Stadium. —AFP said. “I was just trying to hold serve and thought I played some good points. I second set. When I’m playing well face top-seeded Agnieszka stay ahead in the second set. I played a don’t think he gave it to me. I used the the fast court is good for me.” Radwanska, who beat sixth-seeded more this time, instead of her back- to go to Stanford, be roommates The quick pace wasn’t as com- Varvara Lepchenko, 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3, hand. I also served better.” and be on the tennis team,” good game at 4-3 to break. I was able to momentum and that’s what tennis is. It patible for Radwanska, who pulled in a match that lasted well over two Hampton, who lives in Auburn, Hampton said. “I was going to get up an early break in the third set and can change just like that. It’s important a muscle just above her right ankle hours. Ala., is making her main draw study medicine. Before turning pro, got a few more cheap points.” Hewitt is to stay in the moment as much as possi- and needed to be taped to finish “I lost the last time we played debut in the event, and said she Florida and Stanford were my top in search of his first ATP title since 2010. ble.” Harrison reached his first tour-level the match. “I couldn’t move that and I was cautious coming in,” always wanted to attend Stanford. two choices. I verbally committed To have a shot at it, he’ll have to get past semi-final in more than a year with a 6-3, well in the second set,” she said. Hampton said about Dushevina. “I “In the fifth grade me and my to Florida because it was closer to big-serving Isner, who defeated James 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) victory over Colombia’s “When it was 2-1, I suddenly felt the tried to break down her forehand best friend decided we were going home.”—AP Blake 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/5). Santiago Giraldo.—AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 SPORTS19 Nastasic injury mars City’s trophy victory

HONG KONG: Key defender Matija Nastasic had to be stretchered off Hong Kong’s “killer pitch” yesterday, spoiling what was Manuel Pellegrini’s first piece of silverware as Manchester City manager. Edin Dzeko’s spectacular vol- ley from outside the box on nine minutes-his second goal in two games-was enough to edge City past a dogged Sunderland 1-0 in HUNGARY: Mercedes’ British driver Lewis Hamilton drives during the qualifying the Barclays Asia Trophy final. session at the Hungaroring circuit ahead of the Hungarian Formula One Grand Dzeko also missed a second-half Prix. —AFP penalty when he blazed over. Pellegrini said he did not Hamilton on Hungary pole believe the dire condition of the muddy pitch at the 40,000 sell- BUDAPEST: Lewis Hamilton scorched to a him beyond five-time champion Argentine out Hong Kong Stadium-where surprise pole for the Hungarian Grand Prix in Juan Manuel Fangio to a career total of 30 Manchester United play tomor- searing heat yesterday, the Mercedes driver poles. row was to blame for Nastasic’s edging out defending champion and season After squeezing defending triple world ankle injury. leader Sebastian Vettel. champion Vettel out Hamilton had on his Nevertheless it will again put Hamilton bagged his third consecutive slowing down lap asked his team: “”Are we the spotlight on the treacherous pole and fourth of the season with a best lap on pole?” The response from his care engi- of 1min 19.388sec with Red Bull’s Vettel tim- neer was: “Yeah - and we are as surprised as conditions Spurs’ Belgian interna- ing 1.19.426 for a margin of 0.038sec. you, mate!” Team chief Ross Brawn said sim- tional Jan Vertonghen faces a Frenchman Romain Grosjean in a Lotus ply, “brilliant job, Lewis.” race to be fit for the start of the HONG KONG: English Premier League, Manchester City’s captain Vincent Kompany (center) and was third fastest to take his place on the sec- Vettel praised Hamilton. “Lewis did an season in three weeks after also teammates celebrate after winning the Barclays Asia trophy over English Premier League, ond row of the grid. It was 2008 champion exceptional job today - you have to hand it to injuring his ankle, that in the 3-1 Sunderland in the final football match at Hong Kong stadium. —AFP Hamilton’s fourth pole at the Hungaroring him.” But the German, seeking a first career defeat to Sunderland at the same “It is part of the game and players slipping and sliding dan- ject of intense interest from Real circuit. The 28-year-old Briton pulled off his win in Hungary, stressed: “I am still in a good venue on Wednesday. could have happened on any gerously after days of heavy rain Madrid. fastest lap right at the conclusion of a closely- position for tomorrow and we have a good Pellegrini was tight-lipped as pitch.” The former Malaga coach, in Hong Kong. Bale did not play any part in fought session, having spent Friday battling car for the race. to the severity of the injury sus- who took over from the sacked Sunderland boss Paolo Di Hong Kong because of a muscle handling and balance problems with the new “I was pretty happy with both laps tained by Nastasic, who had his Roberto Mancini last month, Canio had described the surface strain but is only days away from Pirelli tyres. because I had two sets of new tyres, but hands over his face and appeared added: “We put in a good per- at Hong Kong Stadium as “a killer a return. His rivals had been able to test the tyres at maybe I wasn’t aggressive enough in the to be distressed as he was carried formance. For me it is important pitch”. His Spurs counterpart “We really played well Silverstone, where Mercedes were banned middle.” from the field. from running last week. Hamilton admitted: Grosjean said: “I like this circuit, but that’s to improve here in Hong Kong Andre Villas-Boas said he was throughout,” said Villas-Boas. “I can’t tell you now, the doc- compared to South Africa (where pleased to come through the fix- “The full-backs played excellent “With the temperatures, it was pretty tough. I not important. It’s been a good weekend, tor needs to see him tomorrow was really surprised when I came across the we’ve been working hard with the team try- City were touring beforehand). ture with no more injuries. and kept pushing forward, both when we arrive in Manchester “To play on this pitch was not “Everything was perfect today (Kyle) Walker and Danny (Rose). line and they said I got pole. I didn’t feel like ing to get the best out of the car and the last and then we can know what has that was a great lap. lap was pretty good. easy but we always tried to play and I am extremely happy by the It was good to see Defoe coming happened to his ankle,” Pellegrini (good football) and we did well.” way we finished (the tourna- back to this level of a deadly strik- “I thought Sebastian had got it. I’m really “The race is very long and it’ll be very hot, said when asked how bad the surprised, I thought maybe he made a mis- but we will see what we can do to get the Earlier, a ruthless Spurs eased ment),” said Villas-Boas. er, while also assisting, which injury to the talented Nastasic, 20, take or something. “We brought some best result.” to a 6-0 romp over a hopelessly “Today was much better, not shows an unselfish part of his upgrades this weekend, the guys are working German Nico Rosberg in the second was. outclassed South China with only physically, but also the foot- game, which is really good.” hard and it’s a result of all hard work they’ve Mercedes was fourth fastest ahead of two- “We are concerned but it is Jermain Defoe scoring a hat-trick. ball we played was really pleas- Clint Dempsey-set up by put in. “Starting on pole definitely helps as it’s time champion Fernando Alonso of Ferrari, better to wait. He received a kick In front of a watching Manchester ant,” added the Portuguese, who Defoe-and substitute Andros difficult to follow here. It’s a long way down who outpaced 2007 champion Kimi to his ankle and the doctor is see- United manager David Moyes, again refused to say if Spurs had Townsend also scored, after an to Turn One, but if you can get there first and Raikkonen in the second Lotus, Felipe Massa ing what it could be, but it is Defoe made light work of a received any offers for star man own-goal had put Tottenham on try and hold position, it’s definitely advanta- in the second Ferrari and Daniel Ricciardo of impossible for him to know. much-maligned pitch that had Gareth Bale, reportedly the sub- their way.—AFP geous. “But these guys (Vettel and Grosjean) Toro Rosso. are going to be ridiculously fast so trying to Mexican Sergio Perez recovered from a keep in front or holding onto them is going crash in morning practice to take ninth place to be the challenge.” for McLaren ahead of Mark Webber who sat Merkel crosses Hamilton’s latest gambit in temperatures out the session for Red Bull after yet another hitting 35 degrees Celsius at the start with KERS failure. Briton Jenson Button, the 2009 track temperature reaching 50 degrees lifted champion, qualified 13th. —AFP fingers for Dalziel and Popow Germany’s women STOCKHOLM: Angela Merkel has told the German bag Grand-Am title team she will have her fingers crossed as they seek to secure a seventh consecutive European INDIANAPOLIS: Ryan Dalziel kept looking attempt to conserve fuel, he slowed con- women’s soccer title against Norway in Stockholm for a way to catch up to Rubens Barrichello. siderably over the next 20 minutes before today. “Like you and all of the players, I am All he had to do Friday night was stay finally making a 10-second stop that cost delighted about this world-class achievement,” patient. him a win in his Daytona Prototype debut. German chancellor Merkel said in a telegram to The 31-year-old Scot inherited the lead Barrichello and American Doug Peterson when Barrichello made a late pit stop for wound up fifth in Doran Racing’s Ford team coach Silvia Neid. fuel, then held off the hard-charging, five- Dallara. “The eighth European title is now within reach. time series champion Scott Pruett for a Tony Kanaan, who won the Indianapolis I’m sure you will all put your heart and soul into 3.438-second victory in Grand-Am’s three- 500 in May, spent most of the first 107 min- preparing for the big event and I wish you the best hour endurance race at Indianapolis. utes in the top six in his Grand-Am debut of luck for the final as well as success and strong The victory gave Dalziel and co-driver but his victory hopes were dashed when Alex Popow the overall points lead and the co-driver Joey Hand climbed into the car nerves. I’m crossing my fingers!” Venezuelan his second straight Brickyard and then was penalized for making contact Germany dispatched Italy in the quarter-finals Grand Prix victory. with 56 minutes left in the race. They fin- before beating hosts Sweden as underdogs in “It’s just crazy. I told the guys on the ished ninth in the Chip Ganassi Racing with Gonzalo Higuain what was the game of the tournament so far. radio, ‘I don’t know if should kiss every- Felix Abates’ BMW Riley entry. Missing key striker Celia Okoyino Da Mbabi, the body or kiss the bricks first,’” Dalziel said. Pruett, who had dropped to 15th with Germans withstood a massive onslaught from the “We literally installed this engine and about one hour to go, rallied valiantly. He Move to Napoli gives received this engine a week ago today. We made a nifty inside move heading into the Swedes and escaped with a 1-0 victory thanks to a feel we have a pretty special car this year.” first turn to pass Alex Gurney for second first-half goal from Dzsenifer Marozsan. They had a pretty special night, too. with 7 minutes left and steadily closed the Higuain a fresh start They will now have to overcome Norway, the Though they may not be household 8-second gap with Dalziel. Eventually, he only team to have beaten them in the competition MADRID: Another transfer saga came to Champions League encounters for Real names around Indy’s historic track yet, the ran out of time. in 17 years and one of only three teams ever to win an end yesterday as Gonzalo Higuain and 31 in 54 appearances overall in the Starworks with Alex Popow BMW Riley The American team of Gurney, the son the European title. teammates topped a race full of familiar of former IndyCar and Formula One driver finally completed his departure from competition. faces. Dan Gurney, and Fogarty settled for third in Real Madrid to Napoli. The Argentine was blamed after miss- That Norwegian win over Germany is no dusty Barrichello, the 2002 US Grand Prix win- the Genesco/Bob Stallings Racing Corvette The deal, that reportedly could rise to ing two clear-cut chances in Real’s shock historical fact either - it came with a 1-0 win in the ner in Formula One, seemed like a lock to DP. It wasn’t a total loss for Pruett and as much as 40 million euros ($49.1 mil- last-16 elimination to Lyon back in 2010 final game of the group stage of this tournament, become the first driver in Indy history to Mexico’s Memo Rojas, winners of the last lion, £31.9 million) depending on how and he again felt the ire of the Bernabeu which allowed Norway to top group B. win two major races in different series three Grand-Am titles. They gave Genesis’s successful the Argentine is in Italy, repre- crowd when he was booed off in last sea- Norway beat Spain in the quarter-finals, before when he extended his lead to 241/2 sec- team the North American endurance sents great value for Madrid who paid son’s Champions League semi-final sec- a dramatic win over Denmark on penalties secured onds with 30 minutes to go. But he in an championship in a BMW Riley.—AP only 12 million euros when they signed a ond-leg against Borussia Dortmund after them a spot in the final. promising but very raw talent back in failing to snaffle a few early opportuni- 2006. ties. As in the group game, Norway will look to hit Higuain has since developed into one That reaction and having to share his Germany on the break through their mobile strik- of Europe’s premier strikers and has an playing time with Benzema convinced ers Ada Hegerberg and Caroline Hansen, with Elise impressive record with his 121 goals dur- Higuain that he needed to leave the Thorsnes ready to come off the bench. ing his time in Madrid. Spanish capital and declared publicly to Germany will be hoping Okoyino Da Mbabi can However, as is common at Real, the the media following Madrid’s final return to the fulcrum of the with Marozsan tucked 25-year-old was never truly loved at the league game of the season that he in behind in midfield. Santiago Bernabeu by either the club’s would be seeking a move. UEFA ambassador Patrik Andersson, a demanding fans or its controlling presi- However, Higuain has still had to Champions League-winning Swedish defender dent Florentino Perez. endure a frustrating summer. Moves to The problem that Higuain posed for Juventus and then Arsenal seemed on who represented Bayern Munich and Barcelona, Perez was that he wasn’t one his the cards and would have been more said Germany’s strength in depth had been ‘Galactico’ signings which he has preferable destinations for the player impressive. splurged hundreds of millions of euros than a move to Napoli, but neither the “They travelled here without five key players on since returning to take charge of the Italian champions nor the English side who were injured, but despite that they still have club in 2009. came close to matching Madrid’s evalua- great quality in the team,” he told reporters. Perez did however sign Higuain’s tion of the player. With the previous tournament total attendance competitor for the main striking role in Instead it was Napoli who having just record of 129,000 smashed by the quarter-final the side, Karim Benzema, and has there- pocketed 64 million euros from the sale stage and 45,000 tickets sold for the final, UEFA fore tended to champion the Frenchman of Edison Cavani to Paris Saint-Germain, at Higuain’s expense despite the latter stumped up the cash as Rafael Benitez’s can already claim a huge success. producing a better goals per game ratio Spanish speaking revolution of the How many actually take their seats at the final since the two became teammates four Italian club intensifies after already now that Sweden are out remains to be seen years ago. securing Raul Albiol and Jose Maria although many Swedes will turn out to support The one area in which there has been Callejon from Real Madrid and with Pepe neighbors Norway, hoping they can put a stop to a significant disparity in Higuain and Reina’s loan deal from Liverpool expect- the German dominance of the European women’s Benzema’s performance though is in the ed to be confirmed within the next few game ahead of the World cup in Canada in 2015. Champions League and it is his record in days. Andersson believes the tournament will have a European competition that has held him It may not have been his first choice lasting effect on women’s soccer in the country. “It back from being taken to the hearts of but on the face of it the move gives the Real faithful. Higuain what he wanted. When he spoke has attracted a much younger audience, so the Higuain has scored just eight goals in to the media at the end of the season he hope is that they will start to play football them- INDIANAPOLIS: Alex Popow (left) and Ryan Dalziel celebrate after winning the 48 Champions League appearances, claimed he was going somewhere “he selves, but most importantly to get involved in Grand-Am Brickyard Grand Prix auto race. —AP compared to Benzema’s 19 in 34 would be loved.”—AFP some way,” he said.—Reuters Cibulkova in Move to Napoli Stanford semis gives Higuain a fresh start

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LONDON: Chris Tomlinson of Great Britain competes in the men’s long jump event during the London Anniversary Games International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Diamond League International Athletics champi- onships. — AFP Farah sparkles at Diamond meet

LONDON: Mo Farah proved he is in perfect men’s 110m hurdles, taking advantage of Pearson winning in a season’s best 12.65 sec. shape in both mind and body to make a suc- compatriot Aries Merritt, the world record Pearson said: “Everyone told me to be cessful defence of his world title after savoring holder and Olympic champion, clipping a hur- patient and believe in myself. I have not shied more glory at London’s Olympic Stadium yes- dle and pulling up early. away and I’ve come here and worked hard. terday. Michael Tinsley, also of the United States, “I’m Olympic and world champion and I’m The British distance runner returned to the just missed out on breaking his own world still showing up and doing my best.” Ennis-Hill, scene of his 5,000 metres and 10,000m leading time when he won the men’s 400m returning to the scene of her heptathlon hero- Olympic gold-medal winning double triumph hurdles in 47.98 secs. ics at London 2012, then jumped 6.16m to fin- to win the 3,000m at the Diamond League Tinsley, who ran 49.96 sec in Des Moines ish eighth in the long jump, with compatriot meeting which was taking place to mark the last month, said: “It was a really tough race but Katarina Johnson-Thompson winning with her anniversary of the 2012 Games. the crowd pulled me through. I just want to final leap of 6.46m. It set the 30-year-old, who also holds the stay fit and stay focused for the Worlds.” “I’m still finding my form again but I still world and European titles at 5,000m, up nicely Kenya’s Brimin Kipruto pipped compatriot hope to get to the worlds,” said Ennis-Hill. for next month’s world championships in Gilbert Kirui in the 3000m steeplechase, run- Britain’s Christine Ohuruogu delighted the Moscow. ning 8:06.86secs while aother Kenyan, home crowd with a season’s best of 50.00 sec Farah hardly broke sweat as he thrilled the Augustine Choge, ran a personal best in the to win the 400m. 60,000 crowd by bursting away from his rivals Emsley Carr Mile of 3:50.01. Six-time Olympic In the women’s sprints, Nigeria’s Blessing with over a lap to go and winning in a person- champion Usain Bolt, fresh from his win in the Okagbare upset the odds to win the 100m in a al best time of seven minutes 36.85 seconds. 100m on Friday, anchored the Jamaica new African record of 10.79sec, coming “I am in great shape and ready for the 4x100m relay team to victory in a meeting through late to grab the verdict ahead of worlds,” Farah said. “I can’t wait for them now record of 37.75sec. American Barbara Pierre. after running here in front of this fantastic France’s Renaud Lavillenie set a new stadi- Allyson Felix, a triple gold medallist in crowd. um record with 6.02 metres to win the men’s London last year, also showed impressive form “The noise was just as good as a year ago pole vault but failed in a world record bid, as she raced away with the 200m in a time of with everyone shouting and it brought back with Russia’s Aleksandr Menkov capturing the 22.41 sec. all those memories. My twins were here so I men’s long jump with 8.31m. Britain’s Jessica New Zealand’s Olympic and world champi- had extra motivation to win,” explained Farah, Ennis-Hill continued her return from an ankle on Valerie Adams took the shot put honors LONDON: Mo Farah of Great Britain holds the Union Jack flag after winning in the men’s 3000 whose wife was pregnant when he won his injury with a fourth place in the women’s with a world leading throw of 20.90m while metres event during the London Anniversary Games International Association of Athletics two Olympic gold medals. 100m hurdles clocking 13.08 sec with Germany’s Christina Obergfoll’s distance of Federations (IAAF) Diamond League International Athletics championships.— AFP American David Oliver won an eventful Australia’s Olympic and world champion Sally 65.61m saw her win the javelin. —AFP He clinches women’s 3m springboard gold

BARCELONA: China’s He Zi won her second title at the world championships yesterday when she claimed the 3m springboard crown with compatriot Wang Han taking sil- ver and Canada’s Pamela Ware bronze. He had already built up a huge 20-point lead after only her second dive and she extended the margin further through the five rounds for a winning tally of 383.40, next to Wang’s 356.25 and Ware’s 350.25. This was 22-year-old He’s second gold of these world aquatic championships having won the 1m spring- board title on Tuesday. “I am of course happy with the gold, but not so much with my performance. I could have done better,” said He. Even with reigning world and Olympic Wu Minxia sitting out the individual event having claimed a record sixth gold medal in the 3m synchronised event last Saturday, China still dominated. Having finished with silver in this event at both the GERMANY: Dortmund’s Sebastian Kehl raises the trophy after winning the Super Cup final soccer match against 2012 Olympics and the 2011 world championships, He Bayern Munich. —AP took her chance to dominate the field, but played down talk of her taking over Wu’s place as 3m queen. “You can Dortmund clinch Super Cup only speak of ‘era’ when an athlete performs well for a long time. DORTMUND: Borussia Dortmund exacted partial revenge on many minutes. It’s still very early to say that about me,” she said. “My Bayern Munich for their Champions League final defeat with a First up was Robben, whose late intervention had settled goal is to always give my best and to perform well.” With 4-2 win in a gripping German Super Cup encounter yesterday. the Champions League final, levelled with a header by the far just the men’s 10m final on Sunday still to come, China Dortmund, undone 2-1 at Wembley and distant runners- post after a fine cross from Philipp Lahm. have now won eight from a possible nine gold medals, the up to champions Bayern in the Bundesliga, deprived new Seconds later, down at the other end, an almighty mix up only blot on their copy book came last Sunday when Bayern coach Pep Guardiola of his first piece of silverware and resulted in Bayern defender Daniel van Buyten’s back header Germany won the men’s 10m synchro title. inflicted his first loss since the former Barcelona boss took slipping past a distraught Starke, standing in for the injured Wang was pleased with her silver, having also finished over from Jupp Heynckes. Manuel Neuer, to put Dortmund back in front. second in the 1m springboard two years ago in Shanghai. The home side took a sixth-minute lead, largely due to a And then to Bayern’s disbelief Dortmund stretched their “Something was lacking in my performance, but it was my mistake by Bayern keeper Tom Starke, who after a poor clear- advantage when Ilkay Gundogan curled a shot from the edge first major competition in 3m and I am satisfied,” she said. ance was unable to keep out Marco Reus’s diving header. of the box into the bottom corner. “Moreover, it’s an Olympic event, so my result it’s very Dortmund thought they’d gone two goals clear minutes later The game had barely time to draw breath when Robben encouraging for the future. “There is no secret to (China’s) only for striker Robert Lewandowski’s effort to be ruled off- gave fresh hope to Bayern after the hour, the Dutch star link- success: just hard work. “Diving is an unpredictable sport side. ing up well with Lahm for the game’s fourth goal inside ten and many other countries can achieve good results.” Bayern showed plenty of attacking intent without reward minutes. Canada’s Ware, 20, earned her second bronze of these in an evenly matched first half as Arjen Robben, Thiago Borussia’s new signing, attacking midfielder Pierre-Emerick championships after finishing third in last Saturday’s 3m Alcantra and Mario Mandzukic were kept at bay by Aubameyang from Saint Etienne, made his debut in place of synchro final with Jennifer Abel, who finished fifth in the Dortmund’s defence. Jakub Blaszczykowski for the closing 20 minutes. Thomas individual event. At the restart Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp made a Muller hit the bar for Bayern but Dortmund snatched a fourth SPAIN: Gold medalist He Zi from China performs on her “It’s my first world championships and I go home with straight switch in midfield, Sven Bender replaced by via Reus, set up by Aubameyang, the pulsating win giving way to win the women’s 3-meter springboard final at two medals,” said Ware. “I am very happy, especially as I did Sebastian Kehl. The match, in front of a sell-out 80,645 Klopp’s side a timely boost ahead of the start of the new the FINA Swimming World Championships. — AFP a personal best.”- —AFP crowd, then exploded, with three goals in the space of as Bundesliga campaign on August 9. — AFP Under siege, JPMorgan to quit physical commodities Page 23

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HAMI, China: This file picture taken on Aug 6, 2012 shows workers making their way along a solar panel field in China’s farwestinjiang X region. The European Commission said yesterday it has reached an ‘amicable solution’ with Beijing over imports of Chinese solar panels, a dispute that had threatened to turn into a full-blown trade war. — AFP EU, China resolve solar dispute Deal follows six weeks of talks to avoid wider trade war

BRUSSELS/BEIJING: China and the European Union defused Gucht said. “I am satisfied with the offer of a price undertaking failing to protect European industry. European solar panel have forced European governments to withdraw generous their biggest trade dispute by far yesterday with a deal to regu- submitted by China’s solar panel exporters,” he said, referring manufacturer association EU ProSun said it will go to the subsidies for solar energy. That, along with Chinese imports late Chinese solar panel imports and avoid a wider war in goods to the minimum price for China’s imports. European Court of Justice in Luxembourg to challenge the pushing down prices, have sent many European solar compa- from wine to steel. After six weeks of talks, the EU’s trade chief Chinese Commerce Ministry Spokesman Shen Danyang deal. “Even the biggest EU trade conflict ever must still be nies into bankruptcy. German group Conergy filed for insol- and his Chinese counterpart sealed the deal over the telephone, welcomed the deal, hailing a “positive and highly constructive resolved on the basis of the applicable law,” said EU ProSun’s vency this month. Still, those concerns have become second- setting a minimum price for panels from China near spot market outcome”. An EU diplomatic source said that in the solar agree- president, Milan Nitzschke. ary to the much larger EU-China trade relationship at stake prices. European solar panel makers accuse China of benefitting ment, the agreed price was 0.56 euro cents per watt, near the However, China has sold solar panels for as little as 0.38 over the panels dispute. from huge state subsidies, allowing them to dump about 21 bil- spot price for Chinese solar panels in July in Europe, according cents a watt, according to the European Commission, which Europe is China’s most important trading partner, while for lion euros ($28 billion) worth of below-cost solar panels in to solar exchange pvXchange. Under the terms of the deal, handles trade issues for EU states, and tariffs would also hurt the EU, China is second only to the United States. Chinese Europe last year, putting European firms out of business. China will also be allowed to meet about half Europe’s solar EU panel installers, who benefit from cheaper Chinese panels. exports of goods to the bloc totalled €290 billion last year, Other European industries that have accused China of panel demand, if taken at last year’s levels. EU consumption Chinese manufacturers such as US-listed Trina Solar , Yingli with €144 billion going the other way. Responding to the EU’s dumping have faced imports of about €1 billion a year. Europe was about 15 gigawatts in 2012, and China will be able to pro- Green Energy and Suntech Power Holdings are among those move to impose duties, China launched an anti-dumping planned to impose hefty tariffs from Aug. 6 but, wary of vide 7 gigawatts without being subject to tariffs under the exporting to Europe. Chinese solar panel production quadru- inquiry into European wine sales, which may have led to offending China’s leaders and losing business in the world’s No. deal, the EU source said. pled between 2009 and 2011 to more than the world’s entire exporters in France, as well as Spain and Italy, being hit with 2 economy, a majority of EU governments - led by Germany - That did not satisfy some EU solar manufacturers who said demand as it took advantage of a growing market for renew- retaliatory duties. EU and Chinese diplomats now expect that opposed the plan, which led to the compromise deal. “We the minimum import price agreed still constitutes dumping able energy in the face of concerns about climate change. case to be dropped as a goodwill gesture, although officials found an amicable solution,” EU Trade Commissioner Karel De and accused the European Commission of breaking EU law by But the global financial crisis and ensuing euro zone crisis declined to comment yesterday. — Reuters

Jordan’s Arab Bank sees double-digit profit growth

AMMAN: Jordan’s Arab Bank, one of er non-performing loans to businesses the largest Middle East financial institu- reeling from the global downturn. tions, expects double-digit growth in Bankers said Arab Bank set aside nearly net profit this year, bank officials said $1 billion in provisions in the last two yesterday. The bank reported first-half years to cover non-performing loans by net profit up 7.5 percent to $387 mil- businesses reeling from the global lion on a year ago and officials said the downturn, but was cushioned by a full-year outcome would be boosted by healthy capital base. much lower provisions compared with Arab Bank Chief Executive Nemeh a year ago, along with steady growth in Al-Sabbagh said the bank was focused net operating income. Both those on keeping a high level of liquidity. The trends would improve the bank’s bot- bank had a capital solvency ratio of tom line, officials said after a first half in 14.83 pct at the end of June, above a 12 which the lender benefited from an percent minimum required by Jordan’s upturn in the oil-producing Arab Gulf monetary authorities. Non-performing region, where it has a strong presence. loans of total credit facilities were a “The bank is capitalising on strong minimum, with non-performing loans growth opportunities in the Arab Gulf covered by 117 percent of provisions, region,” said the bank’s chairman Sabih Sabbagh said. Investment analysts say Masri in a statement. Bank officials say the bank has traditionally had a lower the wave of political unrest across the risk appetite than peers. Based in KOLKATA: In this photograph taken on April 11, 2012 an employee arranges gold chains as customers browse in a jewellery shop. — AFP region since 2011 would continue to Amman but with only a fifth of its affect business, but a diversified assets and a quarter of its deposits in India’s seizure of smuggled gold soars regional and global portfolio helped Jordan, the bank has built a reputation reduce risks. Arab Bank is one of the for stability amid regional political Arab world’s largest privately owned upheaval. NEW DELHI: Seizure of smuggled gold in India what was seized in all of last year,” an unnamed gov- ties, the newspaper said, even though vigilance has banks, with over 20 percent owned by Other shareholders in Arab Bank, soared 365 percent in the first quarter of the year, a ernment revenue official was quoted as saying. Many been stepped up at customs. In recent months, trav- the family of Lebanon’s former prime which owns 40 percent of Saudi report said yesterday, following curbs on imports of Indians - especially in rural areas where there are few ellers have been caught smuggling gold in their minister, Rafik al-Hariri, who was assas- Arabia’s Arab National Bank (ANB), the precious metal to plug a yawning trade gap. banks - buy gold as a hedge against inflation which clothing, concealed as television parts, and as staples sinated in 2005. The remainder is main- include the Saudi finance ministry with India, the world’s largest buyer of gold, has twice has been stubbornly high. with silver coating. Finance Minister P Chidambaram ly held by other long-term investors. 4.5 percent and Qatar with 1.65 per- hiked import taxes on bullion this year to discourage Gold imports fell from 162 tonnes in May to 31 last month implored Indians to “resist the temptation Masri said the bank’s latest results cent. The bank said customer deposits gold-buying and introduced other restrictions on tonnes in June after government moves to restrain to buy gold” with the rupee’s value also slumping. showed Arab Bank’s “strong perform- stood at $32.7 billion at the end of the purchases to rein in a record current account deficit, gold buying. Import duties on gold now stand at “India does not produce an ounce of gold. You pay in ance reflected the bank’s ability to deal June, while its loan portfolio had grown the broadest measure of trade. Gold is hugely popu- eight percent. But gold may now be being smuggled rupees, but the government has to spend dollars to with a challenging environment in the a modest 2 percent from last year to lar in India, especially during religious festivals and instead of being officially imported, revenue depart- buy gold,” Chidambaram said. region and to grow in its core markets.” $22.9 billion due to the depreciation of wedding seasons. ment officials warned. Gold is India’s second-biggest But a fall in international gold prices this year has Arab Bank, which has a $45.6 billion key currencies against the dollar in the In the April to June quarter of this financial year import after oil. The commodities are the biggest whetted Indians’ interest in bullion, officials say, mak- balance sheet spread across 30 coun- last few months. Pretax profit rose to seizure of smuggled gold rose 365 percent over the contributors to India’s current account deficit which ing it harder to combat buying. Ratings agencies tries and five continents, has seen a $511 million in the first six months of same period last year, the Business Standard news- hit a record 4.8 percent of gross domestic product in have threatened to downgrade India’s sovereign slowdown in profit growth in recent the year, the bank said. It gave no com- paper quoted a government revenue department the financial year ending March as imports outpaced investment rating to junk status unless the govern- years as it puts aside provisions to cov- parable figures. — Reuters official as saying. “This year, in the first quarter itself, exports. According to estimates, just five to 10 per- ment improves the nation’s finances, including its we have seized almost 60 percent (in value terms) of cent of smuggled gold is caught by Indian authori- current account deficit. — AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 BUSINESS US FAA seeks $2.75m penalty for Boeing unit WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation is our top priority and a robust quality con- 2008 it had been installing non-conforming appeared unusual, not least because it Transportation Inspector General. She said Administration on Friday said it proposed trol system is a vital part of maintaining the fasteners on its 777 airplanes, but then took came years after Boeing came into compli- fasteners were a concern when she was penalizing Boeing’s commercial airplane world’s safest air transportation system,” US more than two years to implement a plan ance. Some suggested that the FAA may be inspector general in the 1990s, and were unit $2.75 million for taking nearly two Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx to correct the problem, which violated reg- toughening its stance after being criticized difficult to police because the parts don’t years to fix a problem with fasteners on its said in a statement announcing the action. ulations by failing to maintain its quality for lax oversight of the 787 by the National have serial numbers. “In this case, Boeing 777 widebody airplanes. The penalty was “Airplane manufacturers must take control system. Boeing stopped using the Transportation Safety Board earlier this was cited for quality control, which sug- unusual in its size and for the fact that it prompt and thorough steps to correct safe- bad fasteners after the problem was dis- year. “The headline is so out of sync with gests bad fasteners were coming in and comes nearly three years after Boeing said ty and compliance problems once they covered, but some manufacturing issues the size of the penalty, I’m inclined to view they didn’t have a system in place to catch it addressed the FAA’s concerns, which become aware of them,” Foxx said. Boeing continued until after the corrective action this as muscle flexing by the FAA,” said them,” she said. stem from 2008. The FAA regularly imposes said it took corrective action and closed the plan was in place, the FAA said. Carter Leake, an investment banker with The FAA’s most recent large proposed smaller penalties for rule violations, but matter in November 2010 and is working “Manufacturers must make it a priority to BB&T Capital Markets/Windsor Group. penalty was a $4 million civil penalty multi million-dollar amounts are far less fre- with the FAA to “understand and address identify and correct quality problems in a The NTSB raised concerns after lithium- against United Parcel Service for alleged quent. any remaining concerns.” Boeing said its timely manner,” FAA Administrator Michael ion batteries burned on two 787 jets within improper maintenance of four cargo air- The action came as Boeing’s 787 actions included greater management Huerta said in the statement. two weeks in January. The FAA and other craft. That case stemmed from 2008 and Dreamliner aircraft has suffered a series of oversight, a database for tracking issues The violation carries a penalty of regulators grounded the global fleet of 50 2009. In 2012, it proposed a $1 million mishaps in recent weeks, including a spon- and regular meetings with the FAA to $25,000 a day, but the FAA said it would be Dreamliners for 3-1/2 months while Boeing penalty against Horizon Air for allegedly taneous fire on an Ethiopian Airlines- ensure any open cases were closed on willing to settle for $2.75 million and gave redesigned the battery system. “That’s a operating planes that were not in compli- owned 787 that was parked at a remote time. Boeing 30 days to respond. Industry pretty big fine for the FAA,” said Mary ance with regulations. The violations stand at London’s Heathrow Airport. “Safety The FAA said Boeing discovered in Sept experts said the proposed penalty Schiavo, a former Department of spanned 2007 to 2011. —Reuters

Texas oilman, fracking Mitchell’s tenacity led pioneer Mitchell dies to energy boom in US NEW YORK: The technological breakthrough fallen to 20-year lows. pioneered by George P Mitchell, the billionaire But this cheap gas lowered energy bills for Texas oilman and philanthropist who died consumers and inspired plans for new chemi- US now world’s largest producer of natural gas Friday at age 94, reversed the fortunes of the cal plants, steel plants and fertilizer plants US energy industry and reshaped the global around the nation from manufacturers looking HOUSTON: George Mitchell leveraged a penchant for ured out how to drill into and then along layers of gas- high-volume hydraulic fracturing and star-studded energy landscape. As Mitchell was doggedly to capitalize on some of the lowest natural gas hard work, an appetite for risk and dogged persistence laden rock, then force a slurry of water, sand and activist groups have staged countless rallies and pursuing the natural gas he and others knew prices in the world. Electric utilities drastically in the face of futility into a technological breakthrough chemicals under high pressure into the rock to crack it events to generate opposition to the practice. In some was trapped in thin layers of sedimentary rock increased the use of natural gas to generate that reshaped the global energy industry and made open and release the hydrocarbons. This process, hori- areas fracking has been blamed for air pollution and under several US states, it appeared to most power, and cut back on the use of coal, helping the wildcat oilman a billionaire. Mitchell, the developer zontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, is the now- gas leaks that have ruined well water, but the Obama that the world was running out of oil and gas the US power industry substantially reduce its and philanthropist who also is considered the father of common industry practice known generally as frack- administration and many state regulators say the prac- and what was left was found mostly in the emissions of carbon dioxide. The US now has fracking, doggedly pursued natural gas he and others ing. Engineers after Mitchell learned to adapt the tice is safe when done properly. Middle East. the potential to produce so much gas that knew were trapped in wide, thin layers of rock deep process to oil-bearing rock. The US is now the world’s Mitchell’s family, on the family foundation website, US. natural gas production had peaked in companies are looking to export it to Europe underground. Fracking brought an entirely new - and largest producer of natural gas and is on track to over- said he died of natural causes while surrounded by rel- 1972 and prices were rising to alarming new and Asia, just five years after regulators were enormous - trove of oil and gas within reach. Mitchell take Saudi Arabia as the world’s biggest oil producer atives. “His story was quintessentially American,” the levels in the middle of the 2000s, raising heat- approving plans to import natural gas in hopes died Friday at age 94 his home in Galveston, Texas, his by the end of the decade, according to the family statement said. “George P. Mitchell was raised ing and electricity bills and sending US manu- of avoiding an energy crisis. family said. International Energy Agency. Daniel Yergin, the energy as a child of meager means who, throughout his life, facturers of plastics, fertilizer and countless In some areas fracking has been blamed The son of a Greek immigrant who ran a cleaning historian and author of “The Quest: Energy, Security believed in giving back to the community that made other natural gas-dependent goods overseas. for air pollution and gas leaks that have ruined and shoeshine business in Galveston, Mitchell became and the Remaking of the Modern World” said in a his success possible and lending a hand to the less for- US oil production, meanwhile, had peaked in well water, but the Obama administration and tunate struggling to reach their potential.” George 1970, and fell every year but one between many state regulators say the practice is safe Phydias Mitchell and his wife, Cynthia, who died in 1985 and 2008. But after 20 years of trying, when done properly. New York, which is 2009, had 10 children. Their work together was “dedi- Mitchell finally learned how to combine hori- thought to have considerable natural gas cated to making the world a more hospitable and sus- zontal drilling with hydraulic fracturing, a resources, has imposed a moratorium on high- tainable place,” the family said. process together known now generally as volume hydraulic fracturing and star-studded Mitchell graduated first in his class of 1940 at Texas fracking, to release natural gas at a rate fast activist groups have staged countless rallies A&M University with degrees in petrochemical engi- enough to turn a profit. and events to generate opposition to the neering and geology. He helped pay for his school But the practice has also sparked powerful practice. costs by running a tailoring and laundry business in antagonism, especially in the Northeast, from As natural gas drillers were perfecting frack- College Station and selling candy and stationery to his residents and environmentalists opposed to ing, oil engineers learned to adapt the process fellow student Aggies, then in later years became the increased industrial activity in rural areas and to squeeze crude out of oil-bearing rock. By school’s largest benefactor with donations topping concerned that the fracking process or the 2008, they had learned to tap oil deposits in $95 million. This year, the annual Forbes list of wealthi- wastewater it generates can contaminate formations in North Dakota and South Texas, est Americans ranked him 239th with a net worth of drinking water. and US oil production started to creep up. It $2 billion. By the mid-2000s, fracking had spread soon boomed. Last year US crude production Mitchell spent four years in the Army Corps of across the industry and the country, and natu- rose to 6.5 million barrels per day the US after Engineers during World War II. Afterward, he struck out ral gas production in the US began to soar in posting the largest single-year rise in oil pro- on his own with a brother and a partner as a wildcatter such places as Pennsylvania, Arkansas, duction since 1951, and production is on track operation. Over his career, he participated in drilling Louisiana and Texas. In 2005, the USproduced to rise to 7.3 million barrels per day this year. some 10,000 wells, including more than 1,000 wildcats 19 million cubic feet of gas, about the same That’s an increase of 46 percent since 2008. The - wells drilled away from known fields. His company, amount produced in 1968. Last year, the US increase of 2.3 million barrels per day is about Mitchell Energy & Development, was credited with produced 25 million cu f (0.71 million cu m), a as much oil as Venezuela produces. The more than 200 oil and 350 natural gas discoveries. The US record and more gas than any other nation. International Energy Agency says the US is on firm spent nearly two decades developing horizontal And all this while drillers held back: They track to be the world’s biggest crude producer HOUSTON: George Mitchell, Chairman and CEO of The Mitchell Family Corporation is drilling and hydraulic fracturing, finally finding success would have produced more if prices hadn’t by the end of the decade. —AP seen in a Nov 11, 2009 photo in his downtown Houston office. —AP in North Texas’ Barnett Shale formation in the 1990s. “There’s no point in mincing words. Some people one of the wealthiest men in the US. While his techno- statement that Mitchell “Changed the world energy thought it was stupid,” Dan Steward, a geologist who logical breakthrough transformed economies in states outlook in the 21st century and set in motion the began working with the Texas natural gas firm GM fires employees like North Dakota, Texas and Pennsylvania and is global rebalancing of oil and gas that is now occur- Mitchell Energy in 1981 told The Associated Press in expected to migrate around the world, many environ- ring.” an interview last year. Steward estimated in the early mentalists have attacked the practice over concerns The fracking boom sent natural gas prices plum- years, “probably 90 percent of the people” in the firm over Indian recall about air and water pollution. meting, reducing energy costs for US consumer and didn’t believe shale gas would be profitable, and that For the entire oil and gas age, drillers had searched businesses. And by boosting US oil production, it has Mitchell’s company didn’t even cover the cost of NEW DELHI: General Motors said yesterday The Detroit-based automaker did not dis- for hydrocarbons that had seeped out of layers of sedi- sharply reduced oil imports. Electric utilities used more fracking on shale tests until the 36th well was drilled. it has fired “several employees” after viola- close the nature of the violations or specify mentary rock over millions of years and collected into natural gas to generate power because of its low price, But he credited the company namesake as a tena- tions of company policy led to the recall of the number of employees dismissed but said large pools. Once found, they were easy to produce. while reducing the use of coal. This has led to a sub- cious visionary. 114,000 of its Chevrolet Tavera sport-utility GM takes “these matters very seriously and Engineers merely had to drill into the pools and the stantial reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide and Mitchell sold his energy company in 2002 for $3.1 vehicles in India. The recall of the popular hold our leaders and employees to high stan- natural pressure of the earth would send huge vol- toxic chemicals such as mercury by US utilities. But the billion. Over the years, he spent tens of millions models, announced Wednesday, came after dards”. “When those standards are not met, umes of oil and gas up to the surface. These pools are practice has also sparked powerful antagonism, espe- rebuilding his hometown of Galveston, resurrecting a GM employees reportedly swapped engines we will take the appropriate action to hold exceedingly rare, though, and they were quickly being cially in the Northeast, from residents and environ- long-dormant annual Mardi Gras celebration and pro- in new Tavera models for lower-emission employees accountable,” the company said. tapped out as the world’s consumption grew, raising mentalists opposed to increased industrial activity in viding money to restore the city’s historic downtown engines to meet standards. It is one of the A GM official declined to comment on a fears that the end of the oil and gas age would soon rural areas and concerned that the fracking process or Strand District. He donated the land for Texas A&M largest ever vehicle recalls in India. “Several report by Automotive News that Sam be at hand and raising prices to alarming levels. the wastewater it generates can contaminate drinking University at Galveston. His Cynthia and George employees” were dismissed after an internal Winegarden, vice president for global engine Mitchell’s idea: Go directly to the sedimentary rock water supplies. Mitchell Foundation, founded in 1979, has made more investigation “identified violations of com- engineering, and around 10 other employees holding the oil and gas, essentially speeding up geo- New York, which is thought to have considerable than $400 million in gifts. Funeral arrangements were pany policy”, the company said in an email in the United States and India had been let logical processes by thousands of millennia. He fig- natural gas resources, has imposed a moratorium on not immediately released. —AP to AFP. go over the tests. —AFP EXCHANGE RATES

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NEW YORK: Billionaire investor Steven A experts said, adding it would be relatively forfeitures and money laundering penal- from the firm in the first half of the year. the remainder by the end of December. Cohen’s hedge fund pleaded not guilty easy to change companies. ties from Cohen. The government’s evi- Blackstone Group, Ironwood Capital The strength of US prosecutors’ case on Friday to insider trading charges in Separately, outside investors with the dence in the criminal case includes a lot and Magnitude Capital all withdrew will become clearer once the evidence federal court, as questions also surfaced $14 billion hedge fund also expressed of “court-authorized wiretaps” and “a large funds earlier this year. Morgan Stanley, they are planning to use is laid out, legal about the future of SAC Capital’s some uncertainty about what to do with number of electronic recordings,” such as which had client money invested with experts said. “Over the next six months Bermuda-based reinsurance unit, SAC Re. their money only weeks before an Aug 16 emails and instant messages, Antonia Cohen also took steps to reduce expo- you’ll get a sense for why the DOJ Ratings company, A M Best Co, and the redemption deadline. SAC had presided Apps, an assistant US attorney who has sure to SAC in the months leading up to charged the entity and failed to charge Bermuda Monetary Authority, which reg- over a culture from 1999 to 2010 where prosecuted other insider-trading cases, the indictment, according to a person any of the high-ranking executives,” said ulates insurers on the island, said they employees flouted the law and were told US District Judge Laura Taylor Swain. familiar with situation. Morgan Stanley’s defense lawyer Andrew Wise, a partner were monitoring developments one day encouraged to tap their personal net- Jonathan Gasthalter, a spokesman for exposure is now minimal. A spokes- at Miller Chevalier. Several former SAC after US prosecutors charged the hedge works for inside information about pub- SAC, declined to comment. A representa- woman for the bank declined to com- employees, including Noah Freeman, fund and various affiliates with four crimi- licly traded companies, prosecutors said tive for SAC Re did not return a call seek- ment on whether the bank would seek Jon Horvath, Donald Longueuil and nal counts of securities fraud and one on Thursday. The criminal case imperils ing comment. to redeem its remaining funds in the Wesley Wang, have pleaded guilty to count of wire fraud. the future of one of Wall Street’s largest US Attorney Preet Bharara, who wake of the criminal charges. charges of criminal insider trading. A year ago A M Best gave SAC Re a top hedge funds and could end Cohen’s brought the charges, declined to give a While some investors have been loyal Judge Swain set a Sept 24 court date to rating. But if the company were to cut its career of managing outside money. His specific dollar figure for the amount his to Cohen, one person, who declined to discuss evidence. rating of the unit, which had $567.8 mil- average annualized returns of 25 percent office is seeking from SAC. But in court be named, said the new charges worried SAC’s lawyers on Friday included: Ted lion in assets at the end of 2012, in the beat most of his rivals. papers, prosecutors contend SAC made him. “The real worry is that the regulators Wells, Daniel Kramer and Michael wake of criminal charges, people may shy Prosecutors did not file criminal “hundreds of millions of dollars” in illegal are relentless and their sights are set on Gertzman of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton away from doing business with the insur- charges against Cohen personally, but the profits from insider trading, and the Steve and they will not stop at nothing to & Garrison; and Martin Klotz and Michael er, industry experts said. “Buyers of rein- US Securities and Exchange Commission penalties they seek could be up to three bring him down.” Others said they would Schachter of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. The surance from SAC Re will be on the phone has filed a separate civil case against him times the amount of the illegal gains. SAC wait a little longer to make a decision and criminal case is US v SAC Capital Advisors with their brokers telling them to move for failing to supervise two employees. sought to assure investors its assets were await for any communication from the LP et al, US District Court, Southern District out,” said Andrew Barile, an independent The SEC is expected to delay its civil case not frozen and redemptions would con- fund. If investors submit a redemption of New York, No. 13-cr-00541. The civil case industry consultant. Buyers have plenty of while the criminal trial proceeds. The US tinue unhindered. Skittish investors have request by Aug 16, they will get half their is US v SAC Capital Advisors LP et al in the choice in the reinsurance industry, attorney also brought a civil case seeking already withdrawn roughly $4 billion cash back by the end of September and same court, No. 13-05182. —Reuters Under siege, JPMorgan to quit physical commodities Bank to pursue ‘strategic alternatives’ for assets

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase & Co is exiting phys- experts who said that metals warehouses owned resolve multiple government investigations and ical commodities trading, the bank said in a sur- by Wall Street and other commodities traders correct problems that regulators have found. Big prise statement on Friday, as Wall Street’s role in were distorting markets and even driving up the banks are taking a more conciliatory stance in the trading of raw materials comes under cost of aluminum cans for beer and soda. Some general with regulators who continue to impose unprecedented political and regulatory pressure. said allowing them to trade in physical markets new rules more than five years after the start of After spending billions of dollars and five years was a risk to the financial system. “This could be the financial crisis. The impact of the decision may building the banking world’s biggest commodity good news for consumers and taxpayers,” said be modest for the bank as a whole, analysts have desk, JPMorgan said it would pursue “strategic Senator Sherrod Brown, member of the Senate said. JPMorgan shares ended down 0.8 percent at alternatives” for its trading assets that stretch Banking Committee. “Banks should focus on core $56.05 on Friday. from Baltimore to Johor, and a global team deal- banking activities,” he said. Overall commodity trading at the bank is ing in everything from African crude oil to Chilean The Department of Justice and the US around 15 percent of total fixed income, currency copper. Commodity Futures Trading Commission have and commodity trading revenue (FICC), with phys- WASHINGTON: In this Jan 30, 2009 file photo, Lawrence Summers, head of the The firm will explore “a sale, spinoff or strategic also both launched probes into metal warehous- ical-related trading around 5 to 10 percent of that, White House’s National Economic Council, looks on as US President Barack partnership” of the physical business championed ing. When JPMorgan bought the company in bank stock analyst Matt O’Connor at Deutsche Obama and Vice President Joe Biden deliver remarks in the East Room of the by commodities chief Blythe Masters, the architect 2010, Henry Bath’s warehouses were the second Bank said in a report this week after meeting with White House. —MCT of JPMorgan’s expansion in the sector and one of largest in the London Metals Exchange system. Dimon. FICC revenue made up less than 15 per- the most famous women on Wall Street. The bank JPMorgan’s decision is a sharp and unexpected cent of total bank revenue in the latest quarter. said it will continue to trade in financial commodi- reversal for a bank that has pushed aggressively Still, getting good value for the commodity Summers’ work for firms ties such as derivatives and precious metals. into the sector since 2008, when it first inherited a business may be tough as the market is already Pressured by tougher regulation and rising capital host of power trading assets through its acquisi- crowded. Morgan Stanley, facing even tougher could hurt Fed prospects levels, JPMorgan joins other banks such as tion of Bear Stearns during the financial crisis. regulatory pressure over its vast oil division, has Barclays PLC and Deutsche Bank in a retreat that WASHINGTON: Former US Treasury to Reuters on Friday that he had also done marks the end of an era in which investment Secretary Lawrence Summers, a top con- work for them. His Citigroup and Nasdaq banks across the world rushed to tap into volatile tender for the leadership of the Federal employment was first reported by the Wall markets during a decade-long price boom. Reserve, has been a consultant to large Street Journal. A spokeswoman for But JPMorgan is the first big player to exit phys- financial institutions, including Citigroup Inc, Summers declined to comment. ical commodities entirely and attention will now which could fuel questions about his suit- Citigroup said it had engaged Summers turn to Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, ability to head the central bank. Summers to talk to clients and staff about economic which face similar pressures. Friday’s announce- has built a reputation as a brilliant econo- topics, but declined to say how much it paid ment follows a week of intense scrutiny of Wall mist and a shrewd policymaker. But his roles him. “In addition to speaking at internal Street’s commodity operations, with US lawmak- with the financial firms could give ammuni- meetings, we engage Mr Summers for small ers questioning whether banks should own ware- tion to critics who argue he has too cozy a private bank client and institutional client houses and pipelines, and the US Federal Reserve relationship with Wall Street to maintain the meetings, where he provides insight on a reviewing a landmark 2003 decision that allowed Fed’s vaunted independence. broad range of topics including the global commercial banks to trade in physical markets. The central bank plays a key role in guid- and domestic economy,” the financial pow- JPMorgan’s own review, which began in ing the world’s largest economy and has tak- erhouse said in a statement. Summers’ ties February, concluded that the profits from the busi- en on new financial oversight responsibili- to Citi might be the most problematic for ness were too slight to be worth the risks and ties following the worst US financial crisis any bid to assume the Fed helm. The bank costs of dealing with regulators in multiple juris- since the Great Depression. Summers was received an estimated $280 billion in bailout dictions, according to one person familiar with the an important economic adviser to President funds from the government, making it one matter. Although the commodity division’s $2.4 Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign of the largest single financial firms to benefit billion in reported revenue last year surpassed and first term. After heading the White from public backing, according to the those of long-time rivals Goldman Sachs Group House National Economic Council, he left ProPublica website. Inc and Morgan Stanley combined, some have the administration in 2010 to pursue a pri- A spokesman for the Nasdaq, Robert queried its profitability due to the costs of running vate-sector career. Summers, who has also Madden, confirmed that Summers was an a huge logistical operation. One analyst estimated been paid to write a column for Reuters, adviser to the exchange operator, but could that physical trade accounted for half or more of NEW YORK: In this May 11, 2012 file photo, people stand in the lobby of JPMorgan burst back into public view this week as it not say how long Summers has had that overall commodities revenue. Chase headquarters. —AP emerged he might be the leading candidate role, or how much he was paid. A person A sale could help JPMorgan Chief Executive to become Fed chairman. with direct knowledge said Summers had Jamie Dimon make good on his promise to put That was followed by the acquisition of RBS been trying to sell its commodities division with- The development aroused criticism from been an adviser to Nasdaq for “a number of the bank back on course after a series of costly Sempra Commodities in 2010, allowing the bank out success since last year. It may learn by some liberals, who link Summers to deregu- years,” but would not be more specific. The and embarrassing trading moves and regulatory to quickly become the largest commodity busi- September whether the Federal Reserve will allow latory policies in the 1990s that many feel person asked to remain anonymous run-ins, including a potential $410 million settle- ness on Wall Street, with a global footprint in oil it to keep its business, including the logistics unit set the stage for the 2007-2009 financial cri- because of the sensitivity of the matter. ment over alleged power market manipulation. and one of the biggest metal trade desks. Its staff TransMontaigne. Hetco, the physical trading shop sis. At the same time, Summers’ extensive Speculation about Summers had reached But securing a sale may not be straightforward. swelled to 600 people across 10 offices. The bank half owned by Hess Corp, is also in the midst of experience in the financial world could be sufficient volume on Friday for the White Several other large energy trading operations are initially struggled, however, to integrate the entre- being sold as Hess is split up. And the energy trad- seen as an important qualification to lead House to tamp down expectations of an also on the block, at a time when tough new regu- preneurial trading unit, and a number of senior ing unit of Omaha, Nebraska-based Gavilon may the Fed, which requires close coordination announcement about the Fed. lations and low volatility have dampened interest traders left. That same year a bad trade in coal also be for sale after Marubeni Corp excluded it with financial markets to help manage the A senior White House official said no in commodity trading. Rival investment banks are markets lost hundreds of millions of dollars, which from its takeover of the grains trader this year. economy. A source close to the White House decision had been made about what to do unlikely suitors. Masters called a “rookie error.” The value of its Henry Bath warehouses, once said the president had said he wanted a Fed when the term of current Fed Chairman Ben Morgan Stanley, which said it had its worst But it seemed to have found its footing last considered the crown jewel of Sempra, is said to chairman who would be clearly understood Bernanke expires on Jan 31. Bernanke is quarter in commodities in decades in the fourth year, securing new deals and stemming the exo- have slumped as the LME prepares to implement by Wall Street. Before joining Obama’s widely believed not to want to stay on for a quarter of 2012, has been trying to sell its business dus of talent. During its short peak, JPMorgan’s tougher rules that are meant to end the lengthy administration, Summers worked for hedge third four-year term. No announcement is since last year. Goldman has looked at divesting its global commodity operation was considered the queues that have helped bolster earnings. “There fund D E Shaw. In his 2009 financial disclo- imminent and none is likely before autumn, metal warehouse unit Metro since March. “Where largest on Wall Street, supplying crude oil to the are questions about the return on capital now,” sure form, Summers reported more than the official said. Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen is just a few years ago the bulge bracket (banks) biggest refinery on the East Coast and holding said a senior executive in the warehousing indus- $5.1 million in compensation from D E Shaw, considered another leading candidate to were expanding and hiring at a breakneck pace, enough electricity contracts to power Indiana’s try. “I don’t see many deploying their money.” and more than $2.6 million in speaking fees head the central bank based on her long now retrenchment is the order of the day,” said 2.8 million homes. It was one of the 10 largest US Industry executives say that there are two types of for dozens of engagements. Since leaving experience at the central bank and her aca- George Stein, managing director of New York- natural gas traders. buyers for these vast, capital-intensive businesses: the White House, he has been a part-time demic background. But Summers’ candidacy based recruiting firm Commodity Talent LLC. The tide seemed to turn this year. Already private equity groups like Carlyle Group, which adviser to venture capital firm Andreessen is credible to many because of his strong The news will also bring questions about the under pressure in Washington following its $6.2 have recently moved into the space, and sover- Horowitz. Citigroup and Nasdaq confirmed personal ties to Obama. —Reuters future for Britain-born Masters, who started as an billion “London Whale” loss on derivatives trades eign wealth funds like that of Qatar. intern on JPMorgan’s London trading floor two last year, in March it learned that the US Federal But the group could also be a target for one of decades ago. After long lagging rivals, she trans- Energy Regulatory Commission was preparing to several merchant traders looking to quickly formed JPMorgan’s commodity arm into a global charge its power traders with manipulating mar- expand into metals and energy markets. powerhouse in less than five years. JPMorgan kets in the Midwest and California. The bank has Freepoint Commodities, a privately owned mer- Life ‘intolerable’ spokesman Brian Marchiony said the bank had since scaled back its power business and sold off chant founded by the original Sempra team, “considered many different factors” before decid- half of its power trading contracts, Reuters report- bought back a metals concentrates business from ing to exit the business, “including the impact of ed earlier this week. Earlier this month its longtime JPMorgan last year. Swiss-based Vitol and for Bulgarians potential new rules and regulation.” global oil trading head Jeff Frase left the bank. Mercuria, two of the world’s largest energy The announcement came just three days after The decision to move out of the raw materials traders, have both expanded into metals in the SOFIA: Almost three quarters of Bulgarians said the economic situation had worsened in a powerful Senate banking committee heard from trade comes months after Dimon vowed to last year. —Reuters consider their country “intolerable”, accord- the last year, the Open Society report said, ing to a new survey released yesterday by though 70 percent said they were happy to the Open Society Institute, following weeks be members of the European Union. In con- Lacker eyes quick exit from bond-buying of protest against the government and a trast, 67 percent said they did not want worsening economy. The survey of 1,155 Bulgaria to adopt the euro. On Tuesday, BERLIN: The US central bank must end one of the Fed’s most fiscally conserva- role to give any sector preferential sup- to exit the bond-buying programme people by the public policy charity found 2,000 protestors trapped around 100 minis- its bond-buying program quickly and tive officials and a persistent critic of the port, he said. Lacker said the United without shocking the markets, Lacker that 72 percent thought Bulgaria’s political ters, MPs and others in parliament for eight an end to the program was “in sight”, a latest round of bond buying, said in States had made hardly any progress in said. He said the quantitative easing situation was “intolerable”, with 22 percent hours before being dispersed by baton- senior Federal Reserve official said in a WirtschaftsWoche. “An end to these cutting its debt and had instead only programme had done little to boost judging it was just “bearable”. Only two per- wielding riot police after 40 days of anti-gov- German magazine yesterday. Fed bond purchases came into sight at the come up with temporary solutions for the economy, and the US economy cent of those surveyed described the current ernment protests. Many in former commu- Chairman Ben Bernanke jolted markets latest Fed meeting,” said Lacker, who is several months at a time. He said he would grow by 2 percent this year and state of the nation as normal. The 72 percent nist Bulgaria, the poorest country in the in late May with plans to ease back on not among the Fed policymakers who hoped the Fed’s planned scaling back by no more than 2.25 percent next year of respondents denouncing Bulgaria’s politi- European Union, see politicians as corrupt, stimulus efforts once the economy will vote on monetary policy this year. of bond purchases this year and rising - lower than the 2.8 percent in 2013 cal quagmire is at a six-year high, and up 15 inefficient and indifferent to the plight of improves. The Fed is likely to reduce its Lacker pointed to relatively low infla- interest rates would force the US and 3 percent in 2014 forecast by other percentage points from July 2012. ordinary people. Just 13.4 percent of the monthly bond purchases later this year tion and said a faster-than-expected fall Congress to agree more quickly on Fed policymakers - as consumers The survey also found that almost 40 per- Bulgarian population earns the 566 leva and stop them altogether by mid-2014, in the US jobless rate was sufficient to reducing debt. “We need a sustainable remain cautious. Lacker said more cent of the population wanted the immedi- (Ä290) a month minimum required to sustain as long as the economic recovery start winding down the program. solution and the sooner the better,” he needed to be done on drawing up ate resignation of the government of Plamen an adequate standard of living, according to a unfolds as expected, Bernanke has said. “First of all we should end the said. rules to avoid future government bank Oresharski, whose minority cabinet took study released yesterday by the country’s “We must make our exit from the monthly purchases of mortgage bonds Whoever takes the helm at the Fed rescues and said stress tests done in office in late May. Two-thirds of Bulgarians KNSB trade union. —AFP bond-buying program quick,” as quickly as possible,” Lacker said in the when Bernanke’s term as chairman the United States were a step in the Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker, interview. It was not the central bank’s ends in January 2014 must find a way right direction. —Reuters SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 BUSINESS

Liquidity levels drop in daily sessions

BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the green zone. The price index closed at 8,095.35 points, up by 1.90 percent from the week before closing, the weighted index advanced by 0.73 percent after closing at 464.31 points, whereas the KSX-15 index closed at 1,074.85 points increasing by 0.41 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover increased by 2.29 percent, compared to the pre- ceding week, reaching KD 32.47 mil- lion, whereas trading volume average was 365.33 million shares, recording increase of 13.40 percent. Kuwait Stock Market gains were supported by the return of the quick to end the week’s activity at 1,151.15 speculations that controlled its per- points. The Telecommunications sec- formance during the week, and main- tor was second on the losers’ list, ly focused on small-cap stocks, in which index declined by 0.43 percent, Financial Services and Real Estate sec- closing at 881.98 points. tors in particular, among a relatively The Financial Services sector dom- calm performance of the heavy and inated total trade volume during last leading stocks. On the contrary, the week with 790.77 million shares stock market witnessed some light changing hands, representing 43.29 sale and profit collection operations, percent of the total market trading concentrated on the stocks of past volume. The Real Estate sector was gains, which limited the market second in terms of trading volume as indices gains to a certain point, espe- the sector’s traded shares were 31.91 cially KSX-15 index to be the mini- percent of last week’s total trading mum in increase last week. volume, with a total of 582.94 million On the other hand, the return of shares. the quick speculations to the stock On the other hand, the Financial market lead the Price Index perform- Services sector’s stocks were the ance to an instability, however was highest traded in terms of value; with the highest gainer by the end of the a turnover of KD 56.69 million or week compared to the Weighted and 34.92 percent of last week’s total mar- KSX-15 indices, as it was supported ket trading value. The Real Estate sec- by the random purchasing operations tor took the second place as the sec- that differentiated the market trades tor’s last week turnover of KD 44.20 and targeted a number of stocks in million represented 27.22 percent of different sectors, to enable it of cross- the total market trading value. ing the 8,000 point up, the lost level nies’ first six months financial results, ing 36.42 percent annual gain com- other two recorded declines. Last third place as its index achieved 2.12 since over a month. more likely for the leading and opera- pared to its closing in 2012, while the week’s highest gainer was the Real percent growth, ending the week at Prepared by the Studies Moreover, the liquidity levels tional companies, which is expected weighted index increased by 11.17 Estate sector, achieving 3.19 percent 1,181.93 points. The Banks sector was & Research Department dropped in most of the daily sessions to announce it during the coming percent, and the KSX-15 recorded growth rate as its index closed at the least growing as its index closed Bayan Investment Co. P.O.Box of last week as a result of the slow two weeks, and especially that the 6.52 percent increase. 1,535.45 points. Whereas, in the sec- at 1,124.12 points with a 0.46 percent 104, Dasmah, 35151 Kuwait. Tel: performance of the leading stocks, legal declaration period is about to ond place, the Consumer Goods sec- increase. 1840000 / (965) 22431262 Fax: (965) and due to the watch and cautious end within the coming two weeks. Sectors’ Indices tor’s index closed at 1,249.07 points On the other hand, the Basic 22431435 Website: www.bayanin- states that are still controlling the For the annual performance, the Ten of KSE’s sectors ended last recording 2.91 percent increase. The Materials sector headed the losers list vest.com Email: trade@bayanin- traders, waiting for the listed compa- price index ended last week record- week in the green zone, while the Financial Services sector came in the as its index declined by 0.49 percent vest.com Arabtec concludes successful Hilal Bank deploys advanced rights issue by allotting shares Islamic banking technology DUBAI: Arabtec Holding PJSC, a lead- subscribing, and an indication of trust ment its planned growth strategy, it has ing MENA construction company spe- from our shareholders in the stated that it will endeavour to target a ABU DHABI: Al Hilal Bank has comprehensive solution for automat- Middle East and Gulf region. It gives me cialising in complex projects, yesterday Company’s future. We are now ready to dividend payout of at least 10 percent announced that it has successfully ing the bank’s profit and asset manage- great pride that our solutions and serv- announced the successful allotment of accelerate the implementation of our per annum as part of Arabtec’s commit- deployed the ETHIX-Profit Computation ment operations, reducing risk, and ices are a key part of the growth strate- shares for its Rights Issue, which raised growth strategy and ultimately deliver ment to enhance shareholder value. and Distribution (PCD) Islamic banking eliminating the unnecessary costs, time gy of leading Islamic banks operating in AED2.4 billion. The company issued value to our shareholders, especially Since announcing its growth plans ear- system from International Turnkey and effort associated with manual the region,” added Haitham Abdou, 1.56 billion new shares at AED 1.50 per with the dynamic progress being lier this year, the Company has Systems (ITS Group), a leading integrat- intervention. Group Director - Global Financial share and the Rights Issue was nearly achieved across our business portfolio enhanced its management team, com- ed IT solutions and software services “Our Strategic partnership with ITS Solutions. 30 percent oversubscribed by share- which is already helping to grow our bining experience and expertise in all provider that specializes in Islamic bank- enables us to deliver a comprehensive ITS ETHIX Shariaa-compliant solu- holders. Arabtec will use the proceeds backlog. So far in 2013, the Company the sectors which the Company has tar- ing systems. The move enhances Al Hilal solution that satisfies the Islamic bank- tion is designed to support financial from the Rights Issue to advance the has been awarded projects with a gross geted for growth. Arabtec will continue Bank’s operational and growth capabili- ing needs of our customers. Since our institutions to reach operational excel- implementation of its growth strategy value of AED 13 billion in the Middle as well to further develop the skills of ties and reinforces its status as an indus- inception we have maintained a strong lence, accommodate growth and announced earlier in 2013. The newly East, North Africa and Central Asia, fur- its highly capable workforce which try innovator and leader. focus on innovation and operational achieve cost leadership in the terrain of allotted shares will start trading on ther strengthening Arabtec’s financial numbers close to 63,000 employees. A The sharia-compliant ETHIX-PCD excellence. The ETHIX system we have financial services. ETHIX provides multi- today, and the excess funds and inter- and commercial position, and expand- new joint venture company, Arabtec- forms part of ITS Group’s comprehen- deployed reflects these commitments channeled corporate and retail prod- est have been returned to subscribed ing its regional and global footprint. Samsung Engineering, is being formed sive ETHIX technology suite of pre- as it facilitates real time calculation and ucts and services in Islamic finance and shareholders. There is a strong pipeline of potential to bring together two industry leaders defined solutions for Islamic finance distribution of profit and losses across investment including core banking, Hasan Abdullah Ismaik, Managing new contracts to complement our and bid for major contracts in oil and and investment. The Al Hilal Bank all transactions in a highly efficient and trade finance, branch automation, Director and CEO of Arabtec, comment- growing backlog of projects and the gas, power and related infrastructure. implementation was completed in accurate manner,” said Mohamed Jamil online banking, dashboards and ed: outlook for the construction sector is New management systems and record time via ITS’ expertise as a key Berro, CEO, Al Hilal Bank. reports in addition to other products “I am extremely pleased with the positive, underpinned by government processes are being introduced across technology enabler and business part- “Time and again, ITS proves its and services that represent an answer conclusion of our Rights Issue process, expenditure and regional economic the Arabtec group of companies to ner for Islamic financial institutions importance in the Islamic banking sec- to the challenges encountered by the which was a true success with the vast development.” enhance financial reporting and cost worldwide. Al Hilal Bank partnered with tor, winning the confidence of the most financial institutions and can only serve majority of our existing shareholders As the company continues to imple- management. ITS with the objective of obtaining a important financial institutions in the to enhance their competitive edge. FASTtelco produces #OYamal TVC with Kuwaiti elements

KUWAIT: As a part of FASTtelco’s corporate social pride in the level of the FASTtelco TVC produced Kuwait in a modernistic way, using #OYamal, attracting the latest telecommunication tech- responsibility, the leading Internet service for this year, where it impressed a large number which is very old Kuwaiti word in Arabic rap, also nology and the best service for its clients. provider in Kuwait specializing in providing inno- of people. The uniqueness of this year’s TVC is displaying scenes of the old Kuwaiti sea environ- He also noted that FASTtelco is keen to offer vative Internet and data communication solu- due to its support of Kuwaiti talents, using ment with young Kuwaiti people. its current and future clients endless promotions tions, produced #OYamal TVC for the occasion of Kuwaiti actors, location and the concepts deliv- Naqib added, “FASTtelco spares no efforts to and offers in the Internet and telecommunica- the holy month of Ramadan. The concept of the ered to the audience. Naqib noted the partici- support the community, whether by providing tions market, which supports FASTtelco’s leader- TVC was produced depending on Kuwaiti pro- pants of Faye AlSultan in FASTtelco TVC, first the latest products and Internet services, as they ship in this field, and reflects its eagerness to duction elements, where shooting sessions were Kuwaiti swimmer at the Olympics in London, are necessities to develop the society, or by pro- provide the best in the context of its long term in Kuwait with the participation of Kuwaiti actors Fehaid Al-Deehani who won the bronze in the viding positive concepts and messages through strategy. Naqib expressed his gratitude to the in order to support national capabilities. men’s trap shooting, in addition to the presence TVCs and social activities”. Naqib also asserted FASTtelco team for their efforts in producing this In this regard, Abdulwahab Ahmed Al-Naqib, and singing of “sons of Yusuf” the two brothers that FASTtelco is ready to offer services to com- TVC, which aims to increase patriotism in the Chairman and Managing Director of Al-Deera Yakoob and Abdulrahman Al-Refai. He men- panies and individuals, based on its commit- society, asserting that company will always pro- Abdulwahab Al-Nakib Holding, and CEO of FASTtelco, expressed his tioned that the FASTtelco TVC idea presents old ment to contribute to Kuwait’s development by vide the best services to its clients. SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 BUSINESS Spain rail crash threatens to derail export bid

MADRID: The horrific train crash in the eve of a famed religious festival held reported. That would appear to disqualify Spain that killed 78 people comes at the annually in the city, where St. James, one Renfe, according to the newspaper. The worst time for the recession-hit nation’s of Jesus’ apostles, is believed to be rule - which applies only if an accident is railway sector, which is pushing to win buried. A dramatic 10-second video from due to “operational causes” - has already new markets for its high-speed trains. a railway security camera, seen around disqualified China’s Communications Spain is in the running for a contract the world, shows the train rocketing Company Limited from the running due worth $16.4 billion for a high-speed rail around a curve, slamming into a con- to an accident in June 2011 that killed 33 network in Brazil linking the cities of Rio crete wall at the side of the track as the people. The private and public Spanish de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas engine overturns. Daily newspaper El companies that make up the consortium which will be awarded in September. The Pais reported that one of the two drivers in the running for the contract have been country, which two years ago won a con- on board said he was doing 190 kph as reluctant to speak publicly about the tract to build and operate a high-speed he took the bend, where the speed limit impact of the accident on their bid. But rail link in Saudi Arabia, is also eyeing is just 80 kph. several unnamed sources close to the new markets in the United States, Russia, The investigation is trying to find out consortium, which includes Renfe and Kazakhstan and the United Arab why the train was going so fast and why Spanish rail network administrator Adif, Emirates. security devices to keep speed within told Spanish business daily El Economista “Technologically Spain is a pioneer in permitted limits did not slow the train. that they felt the contract was “lost”. high-speed rail,” Alejandro Lago, a logis- Spanish state railway company Renfe This would be a major setback for tics professor at the Iese business school said the train - a model able to adapt Spain, which has been hoping to bank on in Barcelona, told AFP. Since the 1960s, between high-speed and normal tracks - its recent deal with Saudi Arabia to obtain the country has had trains made by its had no technical problems and had just similar projects. “It’s important because Talgo train maker that could circulate at passed an inspection on the morning of we’re talking about high-speed rail and speeds of up to 200 km an hour, he we want to show that we are world lead- the accident. SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain: A passenger train passes the wreckage of a added. Spain has invested heavily in ers in this area,” Spanish secretary of state The crash - Spain’s deadliest rail disas- derailed train yesterday. — AP road and rail links over the past decade ter in decades - is a huge blow for the for transport, Rafael Catala, said in an and it now has the second-largest high- country’s bid for the deal in Brazil. Brazil’s interview with AFP earlier this month. In tract was signed with Turkey. A Spanish exports,” said Pedro Fortea, the head of speed train network in the world, span- bidding process for the country’s lucrative 2011, a Spanish consortium won a Ä6.7- consortium built the high-speed rail link Spanish railway company association ning 3,100 km. Only China’s is larger. infrastructure project specifies that firms billion contract to build and operate a between Ankara and Istanbul which was Mafex, which helps promote 73 firms The train derailed about four kilome- in the run cannot have had an accident 450-km high-speed rail link in the desert inaugurated in 2009. “During an econom- abroad. “Spain has experience which is tres from the station in northwestern that caused deaths in their high-speed between the holy cities of Makkah and ic downturn, the railway sector tries to transferable to other countries,” he Santiago de Compostela Wednesday, on rail network in the last five years, El Pais Madinah. Spain’s first big foreign rail con- compensate with activity abroad, with added. — AFP AirAsia Japan cancels Stocks face the Fed, hundreds of flights TOKYO: AirAsia Japan has said the budget Sapporo. The carrier will cease operations carrier will cancel hundreds of flights over by the end of October, just over a year after jobs and earnings two months before it ceases operations it started flying out of Tokyo’s Narita airport under the current brand at the end of in August. Announcing the dissolution of October. AirAsia Japan, operated jointly by AirAsia Japan in June, the Malaysian carrier Malaysia-based AirAsia and major Japanese cited a “fundamental difference of opinion Wall St Week Ahead carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA), will sus- between its shareholders on how the busi- pend 14 daily flights from Sept 1 to Oct 26, ness should be managed, from cost man- NEW YORK: The coming week on Wall Street they’ve been for more than four years, until the With results already in from 259 of the S&P according to a company statement. The agement to where the domestic business could be a summer blockbuster, with the mar- US unemployment rate drops to 6.5 percent. 500, the season has entered its second half. But carrier said the cancellations, which will operations should be based”. ANA however quee featuring a triple bill: the Fed, jobs and Employers are expected to have added 185,000 next week will still be one of the heaviest of the reportedly affect 14,000 passengers, was said the venture dissolved because it was earnings. Of the three, the Federal Reserve has jobs to their payrolls in June, according to econ- season, with 131 names from a wide range of because of a lack of planes to service all its not well known in Japan and could not the most potential to upset the market. The omists polled by Reuters. That’s slightly below industries due to report, including Time Warner routes. The affected routes include flights register profits. The Japanese carrier plans Federal Open Market Committee is expected to June’s count of 195,000 new positions. The US Cable, Chevron, Coach, US Steel and Allstate. linking Seoul to the central Japanese city of to launch a new budget brand in release a statement on Wednesday after a two- unemployment rate is expected to dip to 7.5 Stronger-than-expected results since the start of Nagoya and Tokyo to the northern city of November. — AFP day meeting. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke jolted percent in July from 7.6 percent in June. “July his- the season have pushed up the growth estimate markets in late May by saying the US central torically has been all over the place, in terms of for the quarter. Second-quarter earnings are bank planned to ease back on its stimulus efforts employment. Factories often times do shut- now expected to have increased 4.1 percent, up once the economy improves. Investors have downs in July, and there’s turnover in agricul- from an estimate of 2.8 percent a week ago, been glued to his every comment since then. ture,” Evans said. Thomson Reuters data showed. Revenue “The Fed can easily either scare investors or Analysts have worried that big gains in jobs growth, at 1.6 percent as of Friday, has not been encourage investors without having to say very numbers could prompt an early end to the Fed’s strong, but 56 percent of companies so far are much,” said Bryant Evans, portfolio manager at bond buying, but stocks rose sharply earlier this beating expectations, above the 48 percent Cozad Asset Management in Champaign, Illinois. month when June’s payrolls far exceeded expec- average of the last four quarters. It “tends to create the biggest knee-jerk reac- tations. While the jobs report is expected to be We are at all-time highs in a lot of these tions out of the market.” the biggest piece of economic news next week, names, and I think this earnings season is sup- As part of its quantitative easing policy, the the economic calendar includes data on gross porting that,” said Natalie Trunow, chief Fed has been buying Treasury debt and other domestic product and the Chicago Fed Midwest investment officer of equities at Calvert bonds each month to keep interest rates low Manufacturing Index for June. The Institute for Investment Management, which has about and promote growth. Stocks have rallied for Supply Management’s US manufacturing index $13 billion in assets. But she said that also most of this year, with both the Dow and the for July and monthly car sales will also be part of means the market may be “vulnerable to Standard & Poor’s 500 hitting record highs, part- the mix. some profit-taking.” — Reuters ly because of the Fed’s stimulus efforts. The mar- ket slid after Bernanke’s comments on May 22, with the S&P 500 dropping nearly 6 percent in the month that followed. But remarks from TOKYO: This file picture taken on Aug 1, 2012 shows an airliner of AirAsia Japan tak- Bernanke and other Fed officials since then have ing off from Narita airport. — AFP calmed the market and erased those declines. Bernanke reassured markets last week, saying the timeline for winding down the US central Sovereign wealth fund bank’s stimulus program was not set in stone. The S&P 500 is up 18.6 percent for the year so far. Trading has been more subdued this week, with CIC boasts 10.6% return more focus on earnings. The S&P 500 ended the week with just a slight loss of 0.03 percent, BEIJING: Sovereign wealth fund China Xuedong, CEO and chairman of CIC, said breaking its four-week winning streak. While Investment Corp (CIC) boasted a 10.6 per- intense market research and effective risk some analysts said the CBOE Volatility Index did cent return on its global investment portfo- management helped the fund see a good not appear to be pricing in a lot of volatility for lio in 2012 according to the company’s return by the end of the year. “In 2012, next week, there could still be a shift in senti- annual report. The rise is in marked con- global financial markets remained in thrall ment. On Friday, the VIX fell 1.9 percent to end at trast to the previous year when the fund to continued high risks, low yields and high 12.72. “I do expect to see an increase in volatility suffered a 4.3 percent loss, the lowest volatility, hallmarks of the post-crisis era,” he next week, but that increase is coming after a return since it was launched in 2007. By the said. “Thanks to intensified market research week of very quiet trading,” said end of 2012, the company’s total assets and timely adjustment to optimise our port- WhatsTrading.com options strategist Frederic stood at $575.2 billion, compared to $482.2 folio mix, we promptly seized the window Ruffy in Chicago. billion by the close of 2011, the report of opportunity on the back of a market Some market attention has also shifted to which was put online yesterday stated. The turnaround in the second half of the year.” speculation over possible successors to figure brings the company’s accumulative Former chairman and CEO Lou Jiwei said Bernanke, though a senior White House official annualised rate of return since its establish- the young fund had “come a long way” in said on Friday that no announcement is immi- ment to five percent. difficult global circumstances. “As China’s nent. President Barack Obama has signaled that The fund was set up six years ago with young sovereign wealth fund, we set sail in Bernanke is likely to step down when his second $200 billion to make better use of China’s turbulent times and navigated uncharted four-year term as Fed chairman ends Jan. 31. colossal foreign exchange reserves which waters with courage and competence,” he Former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence now amount to $3.4 trillion. After initially said in a statement released with the annual Summers and current Fed Vice Chair Janet Yellen posting 11.7 percent rises in 2009 and report. CIC has increasingly invested in the are among names cited. Friday will bring the 2010, the fund fared poorly in 2011, hit by stock markets. By the end of 2012, shares in Labor Department’s July employment report. difficulties in the global economy and the listed companies accounted for 32 percent The job market’s recovery is seen as key to worsening eurozone debt crisis. In a state- of its overseas portfolio compared to 25 the future of Fed policy. The Fed has said it will ment released with the annual report, Ding percent the year before. — AFP keep interest rates at historic lows, where NEW YORK: A trader works the floor of the New York Stock exchange on Friday.— AFP Bank profits soar in Q2; tech lags

NEW YORK: Just over half of the companies after the impact starts to fade from govern- of 24 percent in the second quarter, the best ness and said that a poor reception for its increased 2 percent in the period after falling in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index have ment spending cuts and higher social securi- of any industry group in the S&P 500. Of the Windows 8 operating system crimped rev- 17 percent in the first three months of the reported earnings for the second quarter, ty taxes put in place at the beginning of the 39 financial companies that have posted enue. Intel, which is wedded to the PC market year. and some are faring better than others. Here year. By the fourth quarter of this year, com- earnings, 74 percent have beaten analysts’ even as consumers switch to mobile devices, Honeywell, another industrial conglomer- are some of the things we’ve learned so far. pany profits are expected to leap 11.2 per- expectations for earnings. That’s better than slumped after the company predicted flat ate, said that while conditions remained Banks and other financial companies have cent from the same period a year earlier. That the 66 percent average for S&P 500 compa- sales. tough, there were hopeful signs. The compa- been the standouts. The materials sector, would be the fastest pace since the third nies. In fact, if you strip out banks, overall Even Google faltered. Its results suggest ny’s CEO, David Cote, said that while it was which includes miners and chemical compa- quarter of 2011. For now, investors have to be earnings are forecast to rise only 0.5 percent, that the company is having trouble navigat- difficult to envisage a “big bounce,” demand nies, have fared the worst. Earnings are also content with modest growth. according to S&P Capital IQ. ing the transition from traditional desktop in Europe was “encouraging.” Its turbocharger contracting in the technology industry. Some US banks reported surging profits after “I suspect that over the next few quarters, and laptop computers to smartphones and business did better, as did its sensor and con- older tech companies are reporting lower setting aside less money for bad loans. Major to the extent that interest rates continue to tablets. Earnings are expected to contract 5 trols business. A turnaround in Europe would profits as they struggle to adapt while con- banks including Citigroup and JPMorgan rise, you may well continue to see financials percent for tech companies in the second be welcome news for industrial companies. sumers embrace smartphones and other Chase also profited from a boom in invest- outperform the broader market,” said Joseph quarter. “Technology companies are where The sector is on track to report flat earnings mobile devices. ment banking as recovering financial markets Tanious, a global market strategist at we’ve seen some of the biggest disappoint- for the April-through-June period. Overall, earnings growth is projected to resulted in big increases in fees for underwrit- JPMorgan Funds. The earnings have helped ments in terms of earnings,” said Kate Warne, While most companies’ earnings have slow for a third straight quarter. Analysts ing stock and bond offerings. Rising interest financial companies post the second-best an investment strategist at Edward Jones. been beating analysts’ expectations, their forecast that companies in the Standard & rates also helped banks earn more from lend- returns in the S&P 500 this month. They’re up “The older technology companies have been performance on revenue was less impressive. Poor’s 500 index will report earnings growth ing money. The outlook for banks isn’t as 6.1 percent in July, compared with a 5.3 per- a bit slow to move to newer areas.” Second-quarter revenue for S&P 500 compa- of 4.5 percent for the period, according to encouraging, however. There are signs that cent gain for the broader index. Financial The slump in Europe may not be over, but nies is forecast to drop 0.6 percent, the first S&P Capital IQ. That’s a drop from 5.2 percent the boom in mortgage refinancing is starting stocks have gained 25.7 percent this year. there are some signs of hope, judging from decline since the third quarter of 2009. That in the first three months of the year. It’s not to peter out. On the positive side, there Technology companies were meant be comments made by executives at industrial suggests companies are increasing their prof- all bad news. Earnings at US companies are weren’t any nasty surprises of the kind banks among the biggest beneficiaries of an companies. That’s good because many US its by cutting costs, rather than boosting their expected to grow faster in the second half of have regularly handed investors in the years improving economy. It hasn’t played out that companies rely heavily on sales to Europe. sales. That’s a trend that can only run so far. the year as the economy strengthens. following the financial crisis. There was no way. Some of the biggest names in the sector Deutsche Bank’s chief US equity strategist, “There’s not a whole lot of room left in terms Rising consumer confidence, boosted by mention of massive trading losses like are struggling to adapt to new technologies David Bianco, estimates that 17 percent of of improving profit margins,” said Paul climbing home prices and an improving job JPMorgan’s $6 billion “London whale” debacle and how consumers use them. Microsoft fell the profits at S&P 500 companies come from Mangus, head of equity research and strategy market, should combine to drive the econo- last year, or settlements for mortgage-related 11.4 percent July 19, the most in more than the region. General Electric’s CEO, Jeff at Wells Fargo Wealth Management. “We my to stronger growth, helping companies lawsuits. four years, after the company wrote off nearly Immelt, told analysts on a conference call need to see more top-line growth if you’re earn more. The economy should also benefit Banks are forecast to post earnings growth $1 billion from its new Surface tablet busi- that Europe has stabilized. GE’s orders going to see more robust earnings.” — AP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 BUSINESS

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Return flights will only reason professionals stay in a job, for all roles (ie not just sales roles) may carrier (LCC) in the Middle East and North Africa, Sharjah to Hail. Operating on Tuesdays, Thursdays depart from Hail on the same days at 18:30 and unfair and uncompetitive compensation incentivize employees. Although this today announced the addition of its ninth Saudi and Saturdays, this service will depart from arrive in Sharjah at 21:45. is often cited as the ‘top’ reason job seek- strategy may appeal to a segment of Arabian destination, Hail. From Aug 1, the airline Sharjah International Airport at 16:30 and will “We are delighted to add Hail as our ninth desti- ers are in the market for a new role. your workforce, its implementation nation within the Kingdom,” said, Adel Ali, Group Compensation issues aren’t only the needs to be carefully assessed given the Chief Executive Officer, Air Arabia. “Saudi Arabia is a salary but also the composition of the associated risks with the measure (lower key focus for us as we continue to expand our compensation and the types and scale morale stemming from employees not routes and destinations, three more flights on a of benefits offered. achieving targets). weekly basis is another step in this plan. 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The MENA professionals also expressed nection - connecting the heart of the city of Hail is the capital of the Hail province in the moderate to low satisfaction with the employee to the work, workplace, man- North West of the Kingdom. Ha’il is a historic aasis current salary they received, according ager, and team. If pay is one way of city famous for its beautiful mountain scenery as to ‘The Bayt.com Middle East and North achieving it, then why not? well as its link to historical hajj routes. Africa Salary Survey 2013’. 66 percent of If you pay attention to employee professionals in the region feel that the behavior and overall happiness, you will salaries paid by their company are lower reduce turnover and retain your most than other companies in the same wanted employees. If not, you’ll be hold- Gulf Bank announces winners of Danah draws industry, and 38 percent claim they did ing regular exit interviews and goodbye not receive a raise in the year 2012. Of lunches. It’s expensive to recruit a new KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al Danah daily draws Mohammed, Rabab Sayiad Al-Mousawe ey is deposited and the longer it is kept in the those who received a raise, 31 percent employee. So why not expend the effort on July 21st 2013, announcing the names of its (Thursday 18/7): Khaldya Muwesh, Abdulaziz account. Al Danah also offers a number of unique are unhappy with the raise they have necessary to retain the employees that winners for the week of July 14th to July 18th. The Abdulkareem Abass Zankawy services including the Al Danah Deposit Only ATM received and one in five say the raise was you have already painfully recruited and Al Danah daily draws include draws each working Gulf Bank’s Al Danah 2013 draw lineup card which helps account holders deposit their between 1-5 percent. Not surprisingly, hired? day for two prizes of KD1000 per winner. includes daily draws (2 winners per working day money at their convenience; as well as the Al each receive KD1000), as well as three draw prizes Danah calculator to help customers calculate The winners were: per quarter. Al Danah’s 3rd Quarterly draw will be their chances of becoming an Al Danah winner. (Sunday14/7): Zeinab Mansour Mohammed held on - 26 September (KD 500,000, KD 125,000, To be part of the Al Danah draws, customers Maarafi, Hammad Saad Sanad Al-Dosari and KD 25,000) and the final draw will be held on can visit one of Gulf Bank’s 56 branches, transfer on (Monday 15/7): Haidar Ali Akbar Makhseid, Ali 9 January, 2014 announcing winners of KD line, or call the Customer Contact Center on Hassan Ali Taqi 50,000, KD 250,000 and the Al Danah Millionaire. 1805805 for assistance and guidance. Customers (Tuesday 16/7): Jameelah Oqab Mohammed Gulf Bank’s Al Danah allows customers to win can also log on to www.e-gulfbank.com/aldanah- Al-Khateeb, Shirlin Abdilrajak Jostaham cash prizes and simultaneously encourages them winners, to find out more about Al Danah and who (Wednesday 17/7): Moushira Fathi Abdeljawad to save money. Chances increase the more mon- the winners are. Qatar growth spearheaded by govt investment program NBK GCC REPORT Gulf Petrochem is KUWAIT: Real GDP growth has been to be robust, at 9.8 percent y/y and Barzan gas project. Moreover, debt Qatar’s budget balance is expect- slowing since the attainment of maxi- 10.2 percent y/y during 2013 and markets, as a source of funding for ed to narrow in 2013 and 2014, to 5 ISLQ gold awardee mum LNG production capacity of 77 2014, respectively. Expansion in the development projects, have increas- percent and 3.2 percent of GDP, million tonnes in late 2011. It is fore- manufacturing, financial services and ingly been tapped by both the public respectively. Current and capital PARIS: Gulf Petrochem Group, a leading player in Gulf Petrochem; it is a core value that constantly cast to continue along a moderate construction sectors, important pillars and private sectors: $4.8 billion in spending growth are expected to the global oil space, has received the International drives us towards new horizons and greater trajectory in 2013 and 2014: 5.7 per- in Qatar’s drive to diversify its produc- bonds and $5.5 billion worth of sukuk outpace revenue growth, with the lat- Star for Leadership in Quality (ISLQ) under the achievements. Our award from ISLQ affirms our cent y/y and 6.2 percent y/y, respec- tive base away from hydrocarbons in were issued in 2012. ter constrained by plateauing hydro- Gold Category during the 17th International Star Group’s adherence to the highest levels of quality tively. Pending expiry of the moratori- accordance with the country’s Rising rental prices, and to a lesser carbon output and a projected for Leadership in Quality Convention held recently and operational excellence. We would like to com- um on new North Field gas projects National Development Strategy extent, food and entertainment prices decline in oil prices. Non-hydrocar- in Paris, France. The ISLQ convention is part of the mend the management team and staff for tireless- and enhancements to the country’s (NDS) 2011-16 and broader National have pushed Qatar’s consumer price bon sources of revenue such as cor- annual awards program of Business Initiative ly working towards our vision and maintaining our ageing oil fields - oil output has Vision (QNV), is set to gain further index (CPI) upwards over the last year. porate tax receipts and investment Directions (BID), a leading organization in promot- industry leadership. We would not be where we declined by more than 3 percent y/y - momentum over the forecast period. Headline inflation is therefore forecast income should assume greater ing quality culture in top businesses worldwide. are now without their dedication and professional- hydrocarbon sector growth will Moreover, with more than $225 to increase by 3.4 percent and 4 per- importance in the future as the This year’s ceremony was attended by companies ism,” said Sanjeev Sisaudia, Group Chief Executive, remain limited to gains from the pro- billion worth of development spend- cent in 2013 and 2014, respectively. authorities work towards their stated from 74 countries. Gulf Petrochem Group. duction of condensates and gas from ing highlighted in the NDS, $150 bil- The rebound in rents, which have objective of balancing the budget Gulf Petrochem and other companies from 54 Gulf Petrochem Group is a leading player in the the Barzan domestic gas production lion of which is to be borne by the been a deflationary influence on the entirely through non-hydrocarbon countries around the world were honored for their Oil Space, having a vision to be a well integrated facility. The latter is due to be com- government, public investment is set CPI since the financial crisis, is largely a revenue streams from 2020. achievements in Quality and Excellence. The global organization with an excellent suite of pleted in 2014. to accelerate and drive private sector reflection of rising demand resulting Similarly, the current account sur- Group was recognized for its commitment to growth projects spread across different continents. Economic growth is therefore growth as well. High profile infra- from population growth. There is still plus is also projected to decline over Quality, Leadership, Technology and Innovation, in A decade from its inception in early 1998, Gulf going to be driven increasingly by structure projects include the rail and expected to be surplus capacity in the the next two years, from 32 percent of addition to being commended for serving as a Petrochem today is a well integrated conglomer- expansion in output from the non- metro network, the Lusail City devel- housing market during the forecast GDP in 2012 to 27.5 percent of GDP in model for the UAE’s enormous success in global ate, specialized in oil trading & bunkering, oil refin- hydrocarbon sector, which is forecast opment and the aforementioned period, though. 2014. business. ing, grease manufacturing, oil storage terminals, “Quality is more than just a business goal for bitumen manufacturing, and shipping & logistics. 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WASHINGTON: With the shift to mobile lion. Microsoft shares slid more than 11 a successful player in the pure mobile expand its footprint and digital content phone sales. But many analysts look to Internet gaining pace, some of the big percent after the news, which fueled sector,” Purdy said. Google delivered offerings while promoting its Kindle line the future and wonder whether its pace tech firms are adapting and others are concerns about its future in a post-PC mixed results for the past quarter, taking of tablets. Daniel Kurnos, analyst at the of innovation will keep it ahead of rising not. The latest earnings from the sector world, despite its Windows 8 operating a loss from the Motorola handset unit it research firm Benchmark, said Amazon’s competitors. The California giant has show that mobile is hitting the bottom system designed for a range of devices. acquired last year and seeing slower big investments are cutting into short- been losing market share in smart- line, either in positive or negative ways, The research firm Trefis said Microsoft growth from its mobile ads. term profits but positioning the compa- phones and tablets, which threatens its at giants like Facebook, Microsoft, “faces headwinds” in the tablet market, “We currently estimate that mobile ny for global growth with more digital ecosystem. Nicholas Landell-Mills at Google, Amazon and Apple. which is growing rapidly while PC sales search ads contribute approximately 32 content like ebooks and television Indigo Equity Research said he remains Facebook’s quarterly report this week are slipping. “Since the competitive percent to the firm’s value,” Trefis said. shows. “Amazon is still in the very early pessimistic about Apple. showed how the world’s biggest social tablet industry has already established But Google-which saw its profits rise stages of international development,” he “Its products are no longer cutting network profited from that shift, as it products such as Apple’s iPad and modestly to $3.23 billion-gets less on a said. The results “highlighted what we edge,” he said. “It has failed to introduce delivered earnings of $331 million and Google’s Android tablets, Windows 8 “cost-per-click” basis, according to ana- view as the inherent leverage in the sufficiently innovative product updates drew 41 percent of its ad revenues from faces strong headwinds as it tries to lysts. Google shares took a modest hit as model as the sales mix also shifts away and services frequently enough (or) mobile. Shares jumped 30 percent after increase market penetration,” the firm analysts questioned whether it can from physical and into digital content,” expand its limited product range.” the earnings, helping Facebook said in a note. maintain growth. “Google remains he said. “Amazon has also been quietly He added that the “competition has approach its price after its public offer- Gerry Purdy, analyst with the research among the most innovative tech con- building out its digital library of ebooks, caught up and product fatigue is setting, ing in May 2012. Analyst Jordan Rohan firm MobileTrax, said companies need to cerns, and the best digital advertising TV shows and movies, and boasts con- pressuring growth and margins. at Stifel Nicolaus said that based on start thinking about mobile first, and tool in our view, however Google’s earn- tent agreements with all of the major “Apple is making similar errors to Facebook’s ability to leverage mobile that Facebook successfully did so. ings have yet to materially expand networks and studios across its three dis- those previously made by Nokia and users, “this is the type of quarter that “Mobile is becoming the center of the beyond search,” said Daniel Ernst at tribution platforms. Motorola, including hubris.” makes an investor step back to re-evalu- information technology world,” he said. Hudson Square Research. “The launch of a refreshed Kindle But Ramon Llamas at the research ate his or her opinion of a company.” “Many companies launch with mobile Amazon’s shares recovered from ini- lineup internationally should also help firm IDC said he is “pretty patient” about For Microsoft, it was a different story, and then figure out Web and desktop. tial weakness after the online retail giant leverage the mobile app platform.” Apple, and is waiting to see the “amazing as the shift to mobile devices hurt its Mobile is a lead rather than a follower.” reported a surprise loss of $7 million, Meanwhile Apple, which is the pre- new products” promised by chief Tim core Windows franchise, and the Surface He added that Microsoft has not pro- when most observers were expecting a eminent mobile company with its Cook, which could include wearable tablet hit the market with a thud, forcing duced the best user experience in its modest profit. The results showed iPhones, iPads and iTunes, managed to electronic devices. “Maybe they will an “inventory adjustment” writedown of tablets or in Windows-power phones. Amazon investing heavily in marketing, beat Wall Street estimates with a profit come out with a new product category, $900 million, limiting profits to $4.97 bil- “Microsoft has a long way to go to be technology and content as it seeks to of $6.9 billion thanks to strong smart- and raise profitability,” he said. —AFP Time to train for first fleet of marine drones Hard-to-detect wireless scouts

LA SEYNE-SUR-MER, France: An odd underwa- of the computer age,” said Pere Ridao of the Robotic System of Self-Organising, Logically ter ballet has been unfolding in the University of Girona in Spain. Linked Physical Nodes), was launched in Mediterranean port of Toulon these past few “The maximum flow rate is about 100,000 February 2012 with the help of the European days. Under the scrutiny of their masters, whose times slower than a typical ADSL connection. It Commission. Thirty-two scientists are taking eyes are glued to computer screens, the world’s takes several minutes to send a picture.” part. Things are still at an early stage, with up to first fleet of “marine drones” is being put through On a mission, the robots would share a rough five machines learning how to move in forma- its paces. Five European countries-France, map of the underwater terrain, showing major tion in shallow water. Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal-have sent obstacles to avoid, but would then work by The models generally favour either a torpedo prototypes here under a four-year, four-million- themselves within designated parameters. or a “sledge” design, reflecting at this conceptual BATAVIA: The 50-foot-wide, 15-ton electromagnet attracted a sensation wherever it euro ($5.32-million) programme to build a squad What they see and monitor would be stored stage the different notions for dealing with mis- went during its slow, delicate 3,200-mile journey from New York to suburban of unmanned underwater rovers. in onboard memories which would then be sion requirements. Chicago. — AP Deployed from a surface vessel, but commu- downloaded after they are recovered. Powerful Italy, for instance, has a 31-kilo (66-pound) nicating among themselves and using artificial computers would crunch the raw data into use- torpedo-shaped tiddler, designed by the NATO intelligence, the wireless scouts would spread able applications. “The vehicles are not physical- Undersea Research Centre (NURC) in La Spezia, Rock-star status out in a surveillance network. ly connected but virtually connected,” explained which can operate for eight hours in depths of Using video cameras and echosounders, the Antonio Pascoal, a professor at Portugal’s up to 80 metres (260 feet). Spain’s 200-kilo (440- explorers would help to create 3D maps of Superior Technical Institute (IST). pound) Girona 500 comprises three rounded for hulking magnet underwater terrain, benefitting oceanographers, “The idea is for them to dialogue and adapt tubes driven by twin propellers, able to operate archaeologists, offshore oil and gas drillers, pol- to marine geometry without human interven- at depths of up to 500 metres (1,625 feet), also GLEN ELLYN: It skipped tolls. It had a across the country. lution monitors, marine biologists and other tion.” The programme, called MORPH (Marine for eight hours. — AFP Twitter hashtag and a GPS tracker. It even Earlier in the journey, it spent almost a civilian users. But there is an obvious naval use posed for photos with groupies. The 50- week docked in Norfolk, Va., because of too, for a flexible network of small, hard-to- foot-wide, 15-ton electromagnet attracted bad weather, but the team traveling with it detect drones would multiply the surveillance a sensation wherever it went during its found a welcome diversion. capacity against mines and other threats. slow, delicate 3,200-mile journey from New “The port happened to be across the “Underwater robots are not new-we’ve been York to suburban Chicago. The land-and- street from a minor league baseball stadi- involved in them for years,” said Vincent Rigaud, sea trip culminated when scientists threw a um so the barge crew spent the whole director of underwater systems at the French rock star’s welcome for the mysterious, week there,” Salles said. Institute for Research for Exploitation of the Sea shrink-wrapped cargo on Friday as it Just south of Chicago, it was hauled out (Ifremer), one of the world’s top names in arrived at the Fermi National Accelerator of the water and strapped onto a specially oceanography. “What is new, though, is creating Laboratory to help study blazing-fast parti- made 16-axel flatbed truck for its final leg. a fleet of them, with autonomous capacity.” cles. “‘Oh look, they found a flying saucer!’” It traveled at a mere 5 to 15 mph, with a Achieving this means overcoming two major retired software developer Chris Otis behemoth bumper sticker informing puz- hurdles, Rigaud explained. recalled thinking when he saw the massive, zled onlookers that it was “Driving discov- One is software: creating artificial intelligence disc-shaped device when it made a pit-stop ery in particle physics.” programmes that give the options for cooperat- in a Costco parking lot. It was a night owl that traveled after ing in a group and coping with the uncertainties Otis used his cellphone to take photos dark when roads weren’t as crowded, stag- of the marine environment, with its tides and as he and others marveling the contraption ing during the day at a Costco parking lot currents. The other is communications. Airborne wondered what would happen if it sudden- in suburban Bolingbrook and at a forest drones can talk to each other, and to their con- ly went live. Electromagnets need an elec- preserve. Thankfully, no damage was done troller, by the instant means of radio. tric current to work. along the way. But radio waves do not penetrate underwa- “I figure somebody at Fermilab is going “The whole thing went as smoothly as ter, which leaves sound the only option for com- to plug the damn thing in, turn it on and we could have wanted it to,” Salles said. munication among the marine drones. my watch is going to stop running, every- The magnet had its own Twitter hashtag Rather like a school of dolphins chirping to body’s hearing aides are going to sail (#bigmove) so fans could keep up. And a each other, the robots use acoustic signals to across the room,” Otis said with a laugh. “I specially built website with GPS to track the swap information and instructions-and as exper- have no idea. Turn it on and the Martians magnet became Fermilab’s most popular iments have shown, this is not an easy thing. LA PUSH: In this June 28, 2013 file photo, Nick Morgan, with the National Oceanic and will hone in on it.” page. The communication is frustratingly long Atmospheric Administration, prepares to launch a PUMA drone into the wind on the stern of Fermilab officials plan to use the mag- As word spread, thousands of people because the data flow is so slow, and the tenu- the Research Vessel Tatoosh during a research mission near the Quillayute Needles net in a physics experiment called Muon g- came out to watch it inch along. Some sat ous sound link is easily disrupted by other Archipelago off the coast of La Push. Federal regulators say they have certified two types of 2 that will study subatomic particles at in lawn chairs. Others came to chat with sources of noise, such as a passing vessel. unmanned aircraft for civilian use, a milestone expected to lead to the first approved commer- their lab in Batavia, outside Chicago. The the scientists. Television news helicopters “It’s like going back to modems in the dawn cial drone operations later this summer. — AP experiment will study the properties of swirled overhead. muons, subatomic particles that live only With a police escort, it finally rolled into 2.2 millionths of a second. the suburban Chicago lab shortly after 4 Russian war games Industry, advocates The results of the experiment could cre- a.m. Friday with an “oversize load” sign and ate new discoveries in the realm of particle a waving American flag. play on former finalize mobile app guidelines physics, said Chris Polly, manager of the During Friday evening’s celebration, Muon g-2 project at Fermilab. Fermilab planned a community open US aircraft carrier WASHINGTON: A group of industry lobby- functionality. Often free or a couple bucks The hulking magnet is a hand-me-down house and magnetic experiments and les- ists and privacy rights advocates voiced to download, apps can turn a phone into a SAN FRANCISCO, California: Russian video game from New York, where it was built in the sons for children. support Thursday for new voluntary guide- sophisticated roaming office or gaming publisher 1C Company boarded a former US aircraft 1990s with aluminum and steel by scien- The building where the magnet will ulti- lines for mobile apps that should make it console. carrier to re-write the Cuban Missile Crisis that had easier for consumers to know what person- But like all those websites that offer tists at the Brookhaven National Lab on mately be used is still under construction, super powers on the brink of nuclear war in 1962. eastern Long Island. It has superconducting so the magnet should be operational al information is getting sucked from their medical advice or parenting tips, there’s a The tense Cold War stand-off has an apocalyptic smartphone or tablet and passed along to hitch: They want information like your coils inside and, at the time it was built, was sometime in 2014. — AP outcome in the “Nuclear Union” computer game show- the largest electromagnet in the world. marketers. birthdate or ZIP code, and often your loca- cased late Thursday amid vintage fighter jets on the The plan will likely provide a brief, easy- tion. Developers say data collection is nec- Brookhaven scientists no longer had a hangar deck of the USS Hornet docked at a one-time need for the electromagnet, and shipping to-read snapshot of an app’s privacy poli- essary in many cases for the software to Naval Air Station on the island city of Alameda across cies, similar to nutrition labels on food work as promised. The personal data also it to the Midwest for about $3 million was the bay from San Francisco. cheaper than the alternative. Constructing packages. The snapshot would give con- can be sold to marketers, making the app a The game is set in an alternate universe where, sumers the bottom line on what informa- lucrative reward to its creators. an entirely new electromagnet could have instead of being defused after a 13 day confrontation cost as much as $30 million, Polly estimat- tion the software collects, such as physical This aggressive data collection has put between Russia and the United States in October of location, surfing habits and personal con- industry at odds with consumer advocates, ed. In any case, at least they did not have to 1962, the outcome is nuclear conflict. tacts, and how that data might be used or including groups like the American Civil pay tolls on the parts of the journey that Players take on the role of a Soviet military officer shared with other companies. Liberties Union and regulators at the took it over land. from decades past who is mysteriously transported The new labels won’t replace lengthy Federal Trade Commission. Last February, “We’ve been assured that we don’t have forward in time to the year 2012 to find himself in a privacy policies that consumers rarely read the FTC released a report advising compa- to pay tolls, but we’re waiting to see if we post-apocalyptic Russia still ruled by the Communist anyway. And how widespread these labels nies to offer a “do not track” mechanism for get the violation notice in the mail. It’d be Party. “We tried to think of a situation in which the become is up to industry. While some key smartphone users and develop icons that pretty hard to dispute,” said Fermilab USSR as a country actually manages to survive,” 1C industry groups said they liked the idea - show how a person’s data is used. spokesman Andre Salles, who was among spokesman Anatoly Subbotin told an AFP correspon- albeit with caveats about testing the pro- Tim Sparapani with the Application the magnet’s traveling companions for dent trying the game, which is to be released early posal first - it’s up to individual companies Developers Alliance, a major industry asso- about 10 days of the trip. next year. “We have seen a lot of games devoted to the and developers to decide whether they ciation of app developers and tech compa- Moving the thing, however, was in some post-apocalyptic world, but never before was the ulti- want to comply. It could take several nies that supports the proposed privacy ways as complicated and as delicate a mate power still in charge,” he continued. “In this, the months for companies to test and imple- labels, said he expects some consumers maneuver as building it. It could not be tak- Communist Party still gives orders; we thought this ment the labels. will change their behavior when they see en apart or twisted more than about an might be fun.” Still, the emerging consensus was con- the new privacy labels, but that many eighth of an inch without irreparably dam- Half the Earth’s population is dead and most of the sidered a major step forward for privacy won’t. “We know that consumers love their aging the coils, Polly said. planet’s surface contaminated by deadly radiation. In rights advocates who say consumers have apps - the downloads per day demon- It started its trip in late June, floating by the game, the Soviet empire is rebuilt underground. been in the dark when it comes to the strates that,” Sparapani said. What the new barge down the East Coast into the Gulf of The main game character, and his female compan- widespread collection of their personal guidelines will do is “allow for greater trans- Mexico - where it outran a tropical depres- ion, are fellow time travelers working to figure out data. “For the first time many consumers parency and comprehension among con- sion - then up the Mississippi River, where it what happened and, perhaps, change things, will be able to do apples-to-apples compar- sumers of what’s happening.” was photographed drifting past St. Louis’ Subbotin explained, careful not to give away too much isons” of different mobile apps’ privacy poli- This month, new privacy rules by the arch on its way into Illinois. of the game’s plot. cies, said Jules Polonetsky, director of the FTC took effect for mobile apps marketed “We had to hurry up and get going Given that the USS Hornet was an asset in the US Future of Privacy Forum, a Washington- to children under age 13. Under the updat- through the Gulf of Mexico and really have Navy fleet during the Cold War as well as World War II, based group of Internet privacy experts. ed Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, the tugboat pour it on,” Terry Emmert Jr., BATAVIA: A gigantic electromagnet ends it was deemed a fitting venue to provide a look at ver- Mobile applications like Google Maps, companies can’t collect information on kids vice president of Emmert International, its journey Friday at the Fermi National sions of military-themed 1C games being readied for Angry Birds and GasBuddy have become in most cases unless a parent first gives said while recalling the race to avoid the Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, where it market. — AFP popular, inexpensive ways to personalize permission, such as through an electroni- storm. His company moved the magnet will be used to study particles. — AP smartphones or tablets and improve their cally scanned consent form. — AFP SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Facts, tips and trivia about the tasty treat

By Becky Sher McClatchy-Tribune

At home: 1. How much ice cream do ■ Never allow ice cream to repeatedly 14. How many licks does it take to Americans eat each year? soften and refreeze. This can form clumps. finish a single-scoop ice cream cone? The U.S. ice cream industry ■ Set your freezer between -5 and 0 According to www.icecream.com, it generates about $10 billion in sales each degrees. Ice cream should be served takes about 50 licks to finish a single cone. year. About 1.53 billion gallons of ice between 6 and 10 degrees. cream and frozen desserts were produced ■ Don’t store ice cream in the freezer door. 15. Are there ice cream records? in the United States in 2011 — that’s more ■ Be sure to replace the ice cream’s lid Yes, several ice cream records are list- than 20 quarts per person! tightly before you return it to the freezer. ed in “Guinness World Records”: ■ Don’t store ice cream near uncovered ■ Most ice cream eaten in 30 seconds 2. Does ice cream get any official food — nearby odors may affect its flavor. with a teaspoon: 13.4 ounces, by American Patrick Bertoletti on “Live with recognition? What kind of spoon is best for Regis and Kelly” in 2006. It sure does — in 1984, President 7. optimum ice cream tasting? ■ Largest ice-cream scoop pyramid: Reagan designated July as National Ice John Harrison, official ice cream taster 3,894 scoops of ice cream, created by Cream Month and encouraged Americans at Dreyer’s, uses a gold spoon. Unlike plas- Carvel in New York in 2002. to celebrate with “appropriate ceremonies tic or wood, it doesn’t have an aftertaste. ■ Longest banana split: 4.55 miles, creat- and activities.” More specifically, the third ed by the residents of Selinsgrove, Pa., in Sunday of July is National Ice Cream Day. 8. How is commercial ice cream 1988. The sundae required 24,000 bananas and 24,000 cherries. made? ■ 3. What are Americans’ favorite ice The basic ingredients — dairy ingre- Largest milkshake: 6,000 gallons, made in New York in 2000. cream flavors? dients, sweeteners, stabilizers and emul- According to a 2012 International Ice sifiers — are blended in a mixing tank. Who invented ice cream cones? Cream Association company survey, 16. The mixture then goes into a pasteurizer, Italian immigrant Italo Marchiony vanilla is the most popular flavor for ice where it is heated. Next, the hot mixture first produced the ice cream cone in New cream. Rounding out the top five are is shot through a homogenizer, where York in the late 1800s and was granted a chocolate, cookies ’n cream, strawberry more than 2,000 pounds of pressure per patent in 1903. But around the same and chocolate chip mint. square inch break down the milk fat into time, the cone made an appearance at smaller pieces, ensuring a creamy consis- the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis. 4. What’s the difference between tency. The mix is then quick-cooled to 40 ice cream, custard, sherbet and all the Ernest A. Hamwi was selling crisp, waf- degrees and frozen. During freezing, fle-like pastries called “zalabis” from a other things in the ice cream aisle? rotating blades called “dashers” add air Frozen desserts fall into many differ- stand next to an ice-cream vendor. When to the ice cream, which produces the the ice-cream seller ran out of bowls, ent categories: consistency we know and love. Finally, ■ Hamwi rolled one of his waffles into a Ice cream: A mixture of dairy ingredi- flavorings like fruits and nuts are ents, sweetening and flavoring elements, cone shape and let it cool. such as fruits, nuts or chocolate. Federal dropped in and the ice cream is packaged law requires ice cream to contain at least and hardened at sub-zero temperatures. 17. How long have Good Humor 10 percent milk fat, and it must weigh at trucks been around? least 41/4 pounds per gallon. 9. How much milk does it take to In 1920, Harry Burt, of Youngstown, ■ Frozen custard or French ice cream: make a gallon of ice cream? Ohio, invented the Good Humor bar. He Must contain at least 10 percent milk fat About 12 pounds of milk are used to sent out 12 chauffeur-driven trucks, out- and at least 1.4 percent egg yolk solids. make a single gallon of ice cream. fitted with bells. By 1961, Good Humor ■ Sherbet: Milk fat is between 1 percent Corp. owned and operated 200 trucks. and 2 percent, with slightly more sweet- 10. When was ice cream invented? ener than ice cream. Must weigh at least There is some debate about when ice 18. Why do I use rock salt when I 6 pounds per gallon. cream first appeared, but there is evidence make ice cream at home? ■ Gelato: Contains sweetener, milk, that Alexander the Great ate snow and ice According to www.makeicecream.com, cream, egg yolks and flavoring, and is flavored with honey and nectar. The rock salt forces the ice surrounding the can served in a semi-frozen state. Roman Empire’s Nero Claudius Caesar ■ of ice cream mix to melt. The resulting Sorbet and water ice: Contains no dairy. also ate snow flavored with juice and “brine solution” absorbs heat from the ■ Quiescently frozen confection: A frozen fruit. “Cream ice” appeared in Europe in mixture of cream and sugar and gradually novelty on a stick. the 16th century but was mostly reserved lowers the temperature until the ice cream ■ Frozen yogurt: Dairy ingredients such as for royalty. In 1660, the first publicly begins to freeze. If there were no salt milk and nonfat milk have been cultured. available ice cream was served at Café ■ added to the ice, it would melt at 32 Novelties: Separately packaged single Procope, the first café in Paris. servings of a frozen dessert, with or with- degrees Fahrenheit and eventually the ice out dairy ingredients. water and mix would come to an equilibri- 11. When did ice cream arrive in um at 32 degrees. The ice cream mix, 5. So what does “light” ice cream the United States? however, does not begin to freeze until its really mean? The first official mention of ice cream temperature falls below 27 degrees. So to The FDA regulates the labeling of in the United States is in a 1700 letter writ- freeze the mix, we need a salt concentra- food products, including ice cream, so ten by a guest of the Maryland governor. tion, or a ratio of 5 cups of ice to 1 cup of that consumers know what they’re get- The New York Gazette ran the first adver- salt. At this concentration, the brine tem- ting. Here’s a guide to the labeling lingo: tisement for the frozen treat in May 1777. perature should remain constant at 8 to 12 ■ Ice cream: Contains at least 10 percent And records from one New York merchant degrees. This allows the rapid cooling and milk fat. show that President George Washington freezing that is essential to making creamy ■ “Reduced fat” ice cream: Contains at spent $200 on ice cream in the summer of ice cream. least 25 percent less total fat than the 1790. Dolley Madison served a strawberry original product (either an average of lead- ice cream dessert at her husband’s second 19. I want to be a professional ice ing brands, or the company’s own brand). inaugural banquet in 1812. cream taster. Now what? ■ “Light” ice cream: Contains at least 50 But ice cream didn’t become regularly Taster John Harrison worked at his percent less total fat or 33 percent fewer available to the American public until the uncle’s Memphis ice-cream company — calories than the original product. 19th century, when technological innova- his family has been in the dairy and ice ■ “Lowfat” ice cream: Contains a maximum 1 tions, such as steam power and mechani- cream industry for four generations. But of 3 grams of total fat per serving ( /2 cup). cal refrigeration, made it more efficient. ■ “Nonfat” ice cream: Contains less than he says a degree in dairy or food science 0.5 grams of total fat per serving. is also a good start. Harrison also avoids 12. Why a “sundae”? spicy foods, such as peppers and garlic, Ice cream sodas became popular with 6. What’s the best way to keep ice and doesn’t smoke, drink or wear strong- the rise of soda fountains in the late 1800s. cream fresh? Follow these tips. ly scented products like aftershave. But in response to religious criticism for In the grocery store: eating “sinfully” rich ice cream sodas on ■ Make ice cream the last thing you pick 20. What are the lyrics to the up before you check out. Sundays, merchants left out the carbonated “I scream, you scream” song? water and created “Sundays.” Eventually ■ Be sure the ice cream isn’t soft when “In the land of ice and snow you remove it from the supermarket’s the name was changed to “sundae.” Up among the Eskimo freezer — it should be thoroughly frozen There’s a college known as Oogie-wawa. and hard to the touch. 13. What causes “brain freeze”? You should hear those college boys Gee, they make an awful noise ■ If you’re buying ice cream from an When something extremely cold touch- open-top freezer case, always choose es the roof of your mouth, nerves can cause When they sing their Eskimo tra la la. iems stored below the freezer line. the blood vessels in your head to swell. They’ve got a leader, big cheer leader, oh what a guy! ■ Keep ice cream products together in a That quick swelling causes the pounding and pain known as “ice cream headache.” He’s got a frozen face just like an Eskimo Pie. separate part of your grocery cart, or put When he says, “Come on, let’s go!” them on top of other groceries. Usually “brain freeze” lasts about a minute, Though it’s forty-five below ■ Ask the person packing your groceries and even though it’s painful, it’s not dan- Listen what those Eskimo all holler: to include a freezer bag or extra brown gerous. To avoid the pain, eat ice cream I scream, you scream, we all scream paper bag for insulation. slowly, or warm it up slightly in the front for ice cream!” ■ Don’t stop anywhere on your way home. of your mouth before it hits your palate. Visit www.makeicecream.com for more verses.

SOURCES: “GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2004,” HAAGENDAZS.COM, WWW.ICECREAMUSA.COM, INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION, WWW.DREYERS.COM, WWW.ICECREAM.COM, WWW.MAKEICECREAM.COM, WWW.KIDSHEALTH.ORG MCT ILLUSTRATION SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 HEALTH & SCIENCE

“We are physicians from different specialties with a specific interest in public health advocacy and eases and conditions and to rectify the misconceptions they may have. Since our group consists of promotion. We, also, aim to increase awareness among the Kuwaiti public regarding a variety of dis- multiple physicians we decided to write under the pen name of L’homme en Blanc.”

Diabetes Mellitus Dar Al Shifa welcomes Dr Hamdan, Consultant Orthopedic Surgery iabetes is one of the most common diseases known to mankind. The first evidence of a diag- KUWAIT: Dar Al Shifa Clinic announced received the Fellowship of the Royal replacements. In addition, Dr. Hamdan Dnosis of this disease was documented in the arrival of Dr Thamer Hamdan, College of Physicians (FRCP) from has written 11 books and is the Vice presi- ancient Egypt. The ancient Egyptians described dia- Consultant Orthopedic Surgery at its Edinburgh, UK. Moreover, Dr Hamdan has dent of SICOT (The World Orthopaedic betes in 1500 BC as “too great emptying of urine”, Orthopedic Surgery Clinic. The visit written a number of articles published Organization). On this occasion, Dr which is one of the most common signs of diabetes reflects Dar Al Shifa Clinic’s strategy of across international medical journals and Hamdan said: “It gives me great pleasure “polyuria” or excessive urination. In India diabetes was described as “Madhumeha” or attracting and harnessing the skills and 5 patents that shed light on spine surgery to be able to contribute with my skills to “ honey urine” noting that the urine would attract ants, expertise of a group of keenly chosen experiences. help patients in Kuwait achieve their while the Greek “Appollonius of Memphis” was the first medical professionals possessing a high It is worthy to note that Dr Hamdan is desired results in the field of orthopedic person to actually use the term “diabetes” or “ to pass level of proficiency and efficiency. Dr one of the experts, specialized in treating surgery. through”. In the late 1600s Thomas Willis added the Hamdan received the Fellowship of the cases that deal with spine surgery, con- My visit is in line with Dar Al Shifa term “mellitus” or “ from honey”; therefore, from then Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) from genital anomaly (also called congenital Clinic’s strategic objective of aligning local on this condition’s name remained as “diabetes melli- Edinburgh in 1980. Following that, he abnormality or birth defect, which is a talents with international best practices, tus”. So what’s the mechanism behind developing dia- received the American Board of condition present at the time of birth while also leveraging the latest medical betes? Diabetes is a state of abnormally increased Neurological and Orthopedic Surgery which varies from the standard presenta- technology and modern equipment to blood sugar that is either due to low production of Dr Thamer Hamdan from Nevada, and has also recently tion), traumas, war injuries, and joint deliver optimal medical services.” insulin from the pancreas or an abnormal response of the cells of the body to insulin. So how common is diabetes? According to data tak- en from the 2011 National Diabetes fact sheet US zoo to breed rhino siblings (released January 26, 2011) diabetes affects 25.8 mil- lion children and adults in the United States, which is around 8.3% of the population. Moreover, if we look at WASHINGTON: In a desperate bid to preserve available to us, we don’t have the genetic simple keratin, the same protein as in nails, he added. “If those were the last animals on the recent figures in Kuwait it is a stunning 25% of the a critically endangered species, a US zoo is diversity that we need,” Roth said. In the hair and hooves. “The species has really hit a the planet, what else would you do? But this population. taking the controversial step of trying to mate meantime, experts say female rhinos need to crisis point,” said Ellis. “There are maybe as few isn’t the situation here, though. These aren’t So is diabetes dangerous? Doctor my blood sugar brother and sister captive Sumatran rhinocer- breed in order to keep their reproductive as 100 animals left in the wild.” the last two animals on the planet.” level is always high and I feel great! True, diabetes is a oses. The coupling of six-year-old Harapan organs from developing cysts that eventually Still, the decision to breed siblings carries Zookeepers are hopeful that the chronic disease and you might not feel the harmful and his older sister Suci could take place as render them infertile. “Female rhinos, if they risks, including abnormalities, harmful genetic Indonesian government will take steps to cap- effect of hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) now; how- early as August at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, don’t reproduce they tend to lose the ability mutations and poor sperm quality in the off- ture some wild rhinos that may be in isolation ever, in 10 years diabetes is going to attack with full animal keepers say. The tactic has stirred to reproduce. It is kind of use it or lose it with spring. “In general, we are very much against already due to deforestation, and add them to strength. In 2007, diabetes alone contributed to a strong emotions, but Terri Roth, director of the them,” said Susie Ellis, executive director of the the idea of breeding relatives because we their captive sanctuary population in order to total of 231,404 deaths in America. Lindner Center for Conservation and Research International Rhino Foundation. know that more often than not it causes prob- boost breeding options. Roth said she was So what in our body does diabetes affect? First and of Endangered Wildlife, said she has no other Ellis said the population of Sumatran rhi- lems,” said David Wildt, head of the Center for aware of the publicity the decision to mate most importantly is the heart. In 2004, 68% of heart choice. “We are in a really tough spot and we nos has dwindled dramatically due to humans Species Survival at the Smithsonian siblings would bring - both good and bad - disease certified deaths were related to diabetes, while just don’t have any other options,” she told encroaching on their land and poaching for Conservation Biology Institute. “I don’t know if and she hopes it raises people’s interest in 16 % of stroke certified deaths were related to dia- AFP. their horns, which some Asian cultures believe I would call it a solution. I think it is a strategy. preserving the habitat of these precious crea- betes. People with diabetes have 2 to 4 times the Conservation experts say there are as few carry healing powers though they consist of And it really opens up some healthy debate,” tures.—AFP chance of dying from heart or stroke related issues as 100 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild in their when compared to non-diabetics; furthermore, dia- native lands of Indonesia and Malaysia. In cap- betes is the main culprit in causing new cases of blind- tivity, there are only 10 in the world. Four of ness among adults that are aged 20-74 years. them are closely related, with three having So is that it? Not quite. Diabetes is also the leading been bred in recent years at the Cincinnati cause of kidney failure around the world, accounting Zoo. A fourth born in Indonesia last year that for 44% of new cases in 2008. Additionally, in 2008, was the son of a Cincinnati-bred captive rhino about 65,000 non-traumatic lower limb amputations and a formerly wild rhino. For Suci, who is were preformed on people with diabetes. marking her ninth birthday next week, the Diabetes is a chronic disease, which needs regular only available suitors are her relatives, Roth follow up with your doctor. Some people might only said. The other captive male of age in need to follow a diabetic diet and engage in regular Indonesia is her older brother. Harapan, who is exercise, while others need oral medications or even on the cusp of adulthood, was brought to insulin to treat this disease. Ohio earlier this month from his previous There is a website that I would like to recommend home at the Los Angeles Zoo. to readers to go and check out. www.sokary.org. This Artificial insemination has never worked in website includes more in-depth information regarding Sumatran rhinos, so shipping sperm from a genetically unique mate is not a viable alter- diabetes and it is written in both English and Arabic. WASHINGTON: Photos taken July 23, 2013 show Suci (left), a female Sumatran rhino and Harapan, a male Sumatran Stay healthy Kuwait! —L’ Homme en Blanc native. “Unless Indonesia were to capture more animals and an unrelated male became rhino. — AFP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 EDA iftar, farewell news

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Indian Embassy ranakulam District Association towards EDA . The farewell party was sets up helpline Kuwait (EDA) hosted a farewell party presided over by The President Madhu he Indian Embassy in Kuwait has Efor Jose Thomas Punthenpurackal on Warrier, The General secretary Varghese set up helpline in order to assist 14th June Friday. Beside being the EDA Paul welcomed Jose Thomas as well as the Indian expatriates in registering active member, he was been a very help- guests and the executive members of the T ful and supportive member to association association. The Treasurer delivered the any complaint regarding the govern- for long years. The association also hon- vote of thanks and few other senior mem- ment’s ongoing campaign to stamp out ored him with a memento for his valuable bers addressed the felicitation and wished illegal residents from the country. The contribution and for his full heart support him for his new venture in Canada. embassy said in press release yesterday that it amended its previous statement and stated if there is any complaint, the TIES Arabic Classes same could be conveyed at the following (as amended): Operations Department, he TIES Center is glad to you. Throughout the course, the stu- Ministry of Interior, Kuwait. Fax: announce that its Spring dents will learn how to read, write and 22435580, Tel: 24768146/25200334. It “TArabic language courses will speak Arabic in a friendly, relaxed and begin on Sunday September 15 until welcoming environment. said the embassy has been in regular Monday October 28, 2013. We offer TIES Arabic program highlights: contact with local authorities regarding Enjoy the taste of true Espresso at classes for all levels, from beginner to • Lessons are step by step - ranging from the ongoing checking of expatriates. The advanced. Our classes are specially tai- basic to advanced level. embassy has also conveyed to them the Vergnano Cafe at Olympia Complex lored to meet the needs and require- • Lessons build confidence for speaking, concerns, fears and apprehensions of the ments of expats living in Kuwait. You still reading, and writing Arabic. community in this regard. The authorities he superior quality of the blends espresso to everyday life at home. have the chance to join if you are inter- • Lessons combine language learning comes from the meticulous selec- Espresso is now available in Kuwait, in Kuwait have conveyed that strict ested. with cultural insights. tion of the best raw materials avail- through Al-Sanabel Al-Thahabiya Est. Tel: instructions have been issued to ensure T The TIES Arabic classes are intended • Lessons are specially tailored for expats able, and from an extraordinary produc- 22413795/98. Espresso Vergnano can be for all expats who wish to learn Arabic. living in Kuwait. that there is no harassment or improper tion process. Cafe Vergnano is the first to ordered through www.taw9eel.com Whether you want to Learn Arabic for • It is an opportunity to interact with other treatment of expatriates by those under- introduce an innovation that brings all the Espresso Vergnano capsules are compati- business or basic communication or sim- Westerners, who are taking the courses. taking checking. “The embassy would like passion and pleasure of the perfect ble with other espresso machines. ply as a hobby, the TIES Center welcomes to request Indian expatriates to ensure that they abide by all local laws, rules and regulations regarding residency, traf- fic and other matters,” the release read. It would be prudent to always carry the Civil ID and other relevant documents such as driving license, etc. In case an Indian expatriate encounters any improp- er treatment during checking, it may be conveyed immediately with full details and contact particulars to the embassy at the following phone number 67623639. These contact details are exclusively for the above-mentioned purpose only.

Issue of online visa by Indian embassy oreigners requiring visas for India need to apply it online from 16th F June 2013. Applicants may log on to the Public portal at www.indianvisaon- line.gov.in. After successful online sub- mission, the hard copy, so generated, has to be signed by the applicant and submit- ted with supporting documents in accor- dance with the type of visa along with the applicable fee in cash at any of the two outsource centres at Sharq or Fahaheel. It is essential that applicants fill in their per- sonal details as exactly available in their passports. Mismatch of any of the person- al details would lead to non-acceptance of US EMBASSY CELEBRATES RAMADAN WITH YES ALUMNI the application. Fees once paid are non- KUWAIT: The U.S. Embassy hosted last Monday the from Kuwait in your local communities. ... I urge you to Ministry of Education. Over these past 10 years, over refundable. All children would have to Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) class of use this as an opportunity to show them the wonderful 100 students from Kuwait have participated in the YES obtain separate visa on their respective 2013-2014, along with YES alumni, parents, and aspects of Kuwaiti culture and tradition. program. passports. embassy staff to a ghabga at Beit Al-Sadu. U.S. The YES Program provides scholarships to high The 2013-2014 class of YES students is comprised of Ambassador Matthew H. Tueller congratulated students school students to spend up to one academic year in 11 students from Kuwait, and 2 alternates, have been 8th Expo Pakistan on having been selected for the YES program and com- the United States. During the program, YES students live chosen for this prestigious and competitive program. In mended parents for their enduring support of their chil- with American host families and are enrolled in accred- the fall, they will be heading to various parts of the U.S. to commence in September dren. He reminded students that “[e]very day you are in ited U.S. high schools. In Kuwait, the program is admin- on the YES program. he 8th Expo Pakistan will be held the United States, you will be cultural ambassadors istered by AMIDEAST and fully supported by the from September 26 to 29 in T Karachi. Held annually, Expo Pakistan is the biggest trade fair in the country showcasing the largest collec- tion of Pakistan’s export merchandise and services. Foreign Exhibitors also use the event to launch their products. Expo Pakistan 2012 was visited by delegates from 52 countries and generated a business of over $ 518 million. A 16 member delega- tion from Kuwait including reputable companies like Al-Yasra Foods also took part in the last exhibition. Expo Pakistan 2013 is being held under the auspices of the Trade Development Authority Pakistan. Details about the event can be viewed www.expopakisan.gov.pk. Further infor- mation and details of sponsorship can be obtained from the office of Commercial Secretary, Pakistan Embassy, Jabriya (25356594) during office hours.

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EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA The Australian Embassy Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration department. All processing of visas and immigration matters in conducted by The Australian Consulate-General in Dubai. Email: [email protected] (VFS) [email protected] (Visa Office); Tel: +971 4 355 1958 (VFS) - +971 4 508 7200 (Visa Office); Fax: +971 4 355 0708 (Visa Office). In Kuwait applications can be lodged at the Australian Visa Application Centre 4B 1st Floor, Al-Banwan Building Al-Qibla Area, Ali Al-Salem Street, opposite the Central Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait. Working hours and days: 09:30 - 17:30; Sunday - Thursday. Or visit their website www.vfs-au-gcc- com for more information. Kuwait citizens can apply for tourist visas on-line at Sabah Al-Ahmad Giftedness, Creativity ghabqa www.immi.gov.au/e visa/e676.htm.

The Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity hosted a ghabqa for staff and investors. The event was attended by Chairman Dr Badr Al-Omar, n n n n n n n General Manager Dr Omar Al-Bannai, and other SACGC officials. EMBASSY OF CANADA The Embassy of Canada in Kuwait does not have a visa or immigration depart- ment. All processing of visa and immi- gration matters including enquiries is conduct- ed by the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Individuals who are interested in working, studying, visiting or immigrating to Canada should contact the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, website: www.UAE.gc.ca or www.going- tocanada.gc.ca, E-mail: abdbi-im- [email protected]. The Embassy of Canada is located at Villa 24, Al-Mutawakei St, Block 4 in Da’aiyah. Please visit our website at www.Kuwait.gc.ca. The Embassy of Canada is open from 07:30 to 15:30 Sunday through Thursday. The reception is open from 07:30 to 12:30. Consular services for Canadian citizens are provided from 09:00 until 12:00, Sunday through Wednesday.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF GREECE The Embassy of Greece in Kuwait has the pleasure to announce that visa applica- tions must be submitted to Schengen Visa Application Centre (VFS office) located at 12th floor, Al-Naser Tower, Fahad Al-Salem Street, Al- Qibla area, Kuwait City, (Parking at Souk Watia). For information please call 22281046 from 08:30 to 17:00 (Sunday to Thursday). Working hours: Submission from 08:30 to 15:30. Passport collec- tion from 16:00 to 17:00. For visa applications please visit the following website www.mfa.gr/kuwait. n n n n n n n Kuwait Airways Company hosts ghabqa EMBASSY OF INDIA During the holy month of Ramadan, the office timings of the Indian Passport and Visa Service Centres of BLS International Visa Services Co., Kuwait, situated at (i) Emad Commercial Centre, Basement Floor, Ahmed Al Jaber Street, Sharq, Kuwait, and (ii) Mujamma Unood, 4th floor, Office No. 25-26 Makka Street, Fahaheel, Kuwait, will be from 8am to 3pm from Saturday to Thursday (i.e. six days a week). Tokens for submission of applications will be issued till 2pm only. Delivery of Passports and Visas will be from 11am onwards till 3pm. Embassy of India, Kuwait, will maintain its usual working hours.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF UK As of July 22, the British Embassyís Visa Application Center (VAC) will be extend- ing opening hours to be from 08:00 to 15:00 (previously from 09:30 to 14:30). This will generate more appointments in addition to the ones created from the Iftar opening time from 20:00 - 22:00. This step comes in response to the increasing number of applicants during summer.

n n n n n n n EMBASSY OF US Parents of Kuwaiti citizen children may drop off their sons’ and daughters’ visa applications - completely free of an inter- view or a trip inside the Embassy. The chil- dren must be under 14 years of age, and addition- al requirements do apply, but the service means parents will no longer have to schedule individual appointments for their children, nor come inside the Embassy (unless they are applying for them- selves). The service is only available for children holding Kuwaiti passports. To take advantage, par- ents must drop off the following documents: Child Visa Drop-off cover sheet, available on the Embassy website (http://kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.htm) - Child’s passport; The Child’s previous passport, if it contains a valid US visa; 5x5cm photo of child with eyes open (if uploaded into DS-160, photos must be a .jpg between 600x600 and 1200x1200 pixels, less than 240kb, and cannot be digitally altered); A completed DS-160 form; Visa Fee Receipt from Burgan Bank; A copy of the valid visa of at least one parent. If one parent will not travel, provide a visa copy for the traveling parent, and a passport copy from the non-traveling parent with a letter stating no objection to the child’s travel. - For chil- dren of students (F2): a copy of the child’s I-20. Children born in the US (with very few excep- tions) are US citizens and would not be eligible for a visa. Parents may drop off the application packet at Window 2 at the Embassy from 1:00 to 3:00 PM, Monday to Wednesday, excluding holidays. More information is available on the U.S. Embassy web- site: kuwait.usembassy.gov/child_visas.html

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EMBASSY OF VENEZUELA Working hours of the Embassy of Venezuela during the holy month of The Kuwait Airways Company hosted a ghabqa recently which featured a ceremony to honor representatives of the local press. The event took place at the Ramadan 09.00 till 13.30. Regency Hotel and was organized on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

11:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 12:00 The FBI Files National 13:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 14:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill Geographic Channel 14:35 Border Security 14:30 Snapped: Women Who Kill 03:00 Cooked 15:05 Auction Hunters 15:00 Forensic Evidence 03:30 Cash In The Attic 15:30 Auction Kings 16:00 Fred Dinenage: Murder 04:00 Cash In The Attic goes ‘Inside the 16:00 Superhuman Showdown Casebook 04:30 Bargain Hunt 16:55 James May’s Man Lab 17:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 05:15 Daily Cooks Challenge American Mob’ 17:50 Mythbusters 18:00 The FBI Files 05:45 How Not To Decorate 18:45 Sons Of Guns 19:00 The FBI Files 06:30 Cooked 19:40 Deconstruction 20:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 07:00 Food & Drink UNIVERSAL CITY: Besides Watergate, bell bottoms and 20:05 How It’s Made 21:00 Crimes That Shook Britain 07:25 Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation disco something more sinister was at its zenith in the 20:35 Auction Hunters 22:00 Private Crimes 08:15 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent ‘70s. The Mafia had reached a pinnacle it had never 21:00 Flip Men 22:30 Prenup To Murder 09:05 Bargain Hunt known since Lucky Luciano first conceived of the idea of 21:30 Evil Genius 23:30 The Haunting Of... 09:50 Antiques Roadshow organizing crime. La Cosa Nostra, as it was known here, 22:00 Magic Of Science 10:40 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition had insinuated itself into almost every facet of commer- 22:25 What Happened Next? cial society - from mom-and-pop stores to labor unions, 22:50 What Happened Next? 11:25 MasterChef Australia 23:20 Mythbusters 12:10 Come Dine With Me drugs and extortion. 00:15 Evil Genius 03:30 I Don’t Know How She Does 13:00 Hairy Bikers’ Bake-ation Law enforcement was desperate to staunch the flow 00:45 Magic Of Science It-PG15 13:50 Bargain Hunt of these ill-gotten gains and to put an end to the vio- 01:10 What Happened Next? 05:00 The Makeover-PG15 14:35 Cash In The Attic lence that punctuated the mob’s shifting power struc- 01:35 What Happened Next? 07:00 Arrietty-FAM 15:00 Cash In The Attic ture. The National Geographic Channel will examine 09:00 Snowmen-PG 15:25 Antiques Roadshow those turbulent days, as well as the gradual decline of 11:00 I Don’t Know How She Does 16:20 Extreme Makeover: Home the Mafia’s grip on the underworld, in six episodes enti- It-PG15 Edition 17:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent tled “Inside the American Mob” premiering Sunday. 13:00 Flower Girl-PG15 Former capos, informants and lawmen relive their 15:00 Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most 17:55 Planet Cake 14:20 Gadget Show - World Tour 18:25 Tareq Taylor’s Nordic Cookery experiences with organized crime. Many of the stories Wanted-PG 14:45 How Tech Works 18:50 Baking Made Easy have never been told before; some of the witnesses are 17:00 Snowmen-PG 15:10 Moon Machines 19:15 New Scandinavian Cooking still filmed in shadow for fear of reprisal. One of the major 18:30 The Amazing Spider-Man- 16:00 Ten Ways 19:45 Come Dine With Me 16:55 Kings Of Construction PG15 turning points was FBI agent Joe Pistone’s infiltration 20:35 Extreme Makeover: Home into the nether reaches of the mob. He was able to ingra- 17:45 Da Vinci’s Machines 21:00 A Dog Named Duke-PG15 Edition 18:35 NASA’s Greatest Missions 23:00 Shadow Dancer-PG15 tiate himself with the hard-hitting gangsters, slowly 21:20 Antiques Roadshow working his way up the regimented Mafia ladder. Known 19:30 Moon Machines 01:00 The Company Men-PG15 22:15 Bargain Hunt 20:20 How The Universe Works 23:00 Phil Spencer - Secret Agent to them as Donnie Brasco, Pistone spent six years bob- 21:10 Gadget Show - World Tour 23:55 Cash In The Attic bing and weaving with the power brokers, never know- 21:35 How Tech Works 00:20 Cash In The Attic ing when his cover would be blown. 22:00 Moon Machines 00:50 Come Dine With Me A movie was made of his exploits starring Johnny 09:00 Dangerous Flowers-PG15 22:50 How The Universe Works 01:40 MasterChef Australia 11:00 Like Crazy-PG15 Depp, but to Pistone, it was just part of the job. “I was an 23:40 Gadget Show - World Tour 02:25 How Not To Decorate 00:05 How Tech Works 13:00 A Fall From Grace-PG15 FBI agent and I thoroughly loved being an FBI agent and 00:30 Patent Bending 15:00 Just Crazy Enough-PG15 to me it was an investigation, a part of an investigation,” 01:00 Through The Wormhole 17:00 Love Will Keep Us Together- he says, seated on a vinyl settee in a hotel here. 01:50 Through The Wormhole PG15 “And it’s hard to do a lot of overt work against the 19:00 On The Inside-PG15 mob. We figured that this type of crime that was being 21:00 Hideaways-PG15 03:00 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives committed, the best way was to try to infiltrate the 23:00 A Separation-PG15 group, and undercover is the basic way you do it. It’s sim- 01:15 A Fall From Grace-PG15 03:25 Food Wars 00:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner 03:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives plistic for me - for some people it’s hard to understand - 01:20 A Haunting 04:15 Unique Eats it’s part of my job as an FBI agent, no other motives than 02:10 Couples Who Kill 04:40 Chopped I was asked to do it.” 03:00 Deadly Women 04:00 Perfect Plan-PG15 05:30 Iron Chef America Pistone says there were several terrifying moments 03:45 I Almost Got Away With It 06:00 Aeon Flux-PG15 06:10 Food Network Challenge when he felt he’d been detected. “The personalities and 04:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner 08:00 Project Nim-PG15 A SEPERATION ON OSN CINEMA 07:00 Unwrapped characteristics of mob guys aren’t much different than 05:20 A Haunting 10:00 Dead Lines-PG15 07:25 Unwrapped the average citizen. And in the mob there’s jealousies, 06:10 Nightmare Next Door 12:00 Ice Age: Continental Drift-PG 07:50 Andy Bates American Street guys don’t like each other, guys are jealous just like in the 07:00 Mystery Diagnosis 14:00 Burden Of Evil-PG15 Feasts corporate world ... So I had individuals that were jealous 07:50 Street Patrol 16:00 Project Nim-PG15 08:15 Unique Sweets of me because I was a younger guy, new face, only a cou- 08:15 Street Patrol 18:00 Men In Black 3-PG 08:40 Real Emergency Calls 09:00 Offline-PG15 00:30 AFL Premiership 08:40 Reza’s African Kitchen ple of years around,” he says. 20:00 Flying Lessons-PG15 09:05 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean “I had good relationships with the capos that were 09:05 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 22:00 The Grey-18 11:00 Me And You-PG15 03:00 NRL Full Time 13:00 Doc Martin Cookbook 09:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 00:00 Project Nim-PG15 13:00 Courage-PG15 03:30 Futbol Mundial 15:00 Moving On running the family, so guys were jealous of me there. 10:20 Solved 02:00 Men In Black 3-PG 15:00 Offline-PG15 04:00 World Cup of Pool 16:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA 09:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes And the worst thing you could be called in the mob or 11:10 Disappeared 16:45 Footloose-PG15 05:00 World Cup of Pool 17:00 60 Minute Makeover 10:20 Extra Virgin on the street was ‘informant.’ “So I had one guy, Tony 12:00 Mystery Diagnosis 18:45 Incendies-PG15 06:00 Golfing World 18:00 Emmerdale 10:45 Kid In A Candy Store Mirra particularly, who was a made guy who I had many 12:50 Street Patrol 21:00 Look Again-PG15 07:00 Golfing World 19:00 Coronation Street 11:10 Charly’s Cake Angels run-ins with. And he went to the bosses and told them I’d 13:15 Street Patrol 23:00 Sleepy Hollow-18 08:00 Trans World Sport 20:00 Coach Trip 11:40 Unique Sweets 04:00 Dragonheart-PG stolen $250,000 in a drug deal that we did. That’s a big 13:40 Forensic Detectives 01:00 The Key Man-PG15 09:00 World Cup of Pool 20:30 Come Dine With Me Ireland 12:00 The Next Iron Chef 06:00 Mission: Impossible III-PG15 no no - stealing money from the mob. ‘Course, he’s a 14:30 On The Case With Paula Zahn 10:00 World Cup of Pool 21:00 Agatha Christie’s Poirot 12:50 Have Cake, Will Travel 15:20 Real Emergency Calls 08:15 The Presence-PG15 11:00 Cricket Friends Life T20 23:00 Live The Dream: As Seen On made guy so they had to listen to him. We had several 13:15 Barefoot Contessa 15:45 Who On Earth Did I Marry? 10:15 Meteor Storm-PG15 14:00 Trans World Sport Screen sit-downs over that situation. A sit-down is basically a 13:40 Barefoot Contessa 16:10 Disappeared 12:15 Transformers: Dark Of The 15:00 Golfing World 00:00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA meeting. He brings in his people, I have to have my rep- 17:00 Solved Moon-PG15 00:00 Futbol Mundial 16:00 NRL Premiership 01:00 60 Minute Makeover 14:05 Tyler’s Ultimate resentatives and luckily my representatives won the sit- 17:50 Forensic Detectives 15:15 The Presence-PG15 00:30 NRL Premiership 18:00 ITU World Triathlon Series 02:00 Emmerdale 14:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives down because if you lost a sit-down in that situation 18:40 On The Case With Paula Zahn 17:15 Transformers: Dark Of The 02:30 Super Rugby Highlights 20:30 Golfing World 14:55 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives where the infraction is stealing money from the mob, Moon-PG15 15:20 Guy’s Big Bite 19:30 Dr G: Medical Examiner 03:30 AFL Premiership 21:30 ITU World Triathlon Series they’re gonna kill you.”—MCT 20:20 Nightmare Next Door 20:15 Sultanes Del Sur-PG15 06:00 AFL Premiership Highlights 15:45 Chopped 21:10 Couples Who Kill 22:00 The Task-18 07:00 Cricket 16:35 Barefoot Contessa 22:00 Killer Kids 00:00 Three Kings-18 10:00 Super Rugby 17:00 Barefoot Contessa 02:00 Sultanes Del Sur-PG15 22:50 Deadly Affairs 12:00 The Open Championship 05:15 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 17:25 Reza’s African Kitchen 05:35 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 23:40 I Almost Got Away With It 15:00 Darts World Match 00:00 NHL 17:50 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 02:00 Mass Participation 06:00 Austin And Ally 18:15 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 11:00 Hotel Impossible 20:00 Golf The Ghallenge Series 06:25 Suite Life On Deck 20:30 Live Cricket 03:30 Adventure Sports 18:40 Guy’s Big Bite 12:00 Eden Eats 04:00 UFC The Ultimate Fighter 06:45 Shake It Up 13:00 Bizarre Foods America 23:30 PGA European Tour Weekly 19:05 Jonathan Phang’s Caribbean 05:00 NHL 07:10 A.N.T. Farm Cookbook 14:00 International House Hunters 08:00 Monte Carlo-PG15 07:00 WWE Vintage Collection 07:35 Jessie 14:30 International House Hunters 19:30 Amazing Wedding Cakes 00:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 00:00 Paranormal Cops 10:00 Zathura: A Space Adventure- 08:00 WWE NXT 07:55 Good Luck Charlie 15:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun PG 20:20 Chopped Rides 00:30 Born To Kill 09:00 Ping Pong World 08:20 Good Luck Charlie 01:00 Off Limits Sharma 12:00 Beethoven’s Second-PG 08:45 Doc McStuffins 21:10 Chopped 01:30 Private Crimes 02:00 Cricket Friends Life T20 10:00 US Bass Fishing 02:00 Departures 16:00 Globe Trekker 02:00 Casanova Killers 14:00 Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of 11:00 NHL 09:00 Minnie’s Bow-Toons 22:00 Charly’s Cake Angels 17:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle Unfortunate-PG 07:00 Darts 03:00 Globe Trekker 03:00 Paranormal Cops 13:00 WWE Smackdown 09:05 Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 22:25 Charly’s Cake Angels 04:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun Rides 16:00 Zathura: A Space Adventure- 12:00 Super Rugby Highlights 03:30 Paranormal Cops 15:00 Triahlon UK 09:30 A.N.T Farm 22:50 Unique Sweets Sharma 18:00 Off Limits PG 13:00 World Match Racing Tour 04:00 Panic 9-1-1 16:00 Adventure Sports 09:55 A.N.T Farm 23:15 Unique Sweets 05:00 Bizarre Foods America 19:00 Departures 18:00 Lying To Be Perfect-PG15 14:00 NRL Full Time 05:00 Crime Stories 16:30 Porsche GT 3 Cup 10:15 Jessie 23:40 Food Wars 06:00 Eden Eats 20:00 Middle Kingdom Ride 20:00 Big Fat Important Movie- 14:30 Futbol Mundial 06:00 The FBI Files 17:00 Porsche GT 3 Cup 10:40 Jessie 00:05 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 07:00 Globe Trekker 20:30 Middle Kingdom Ride PG15 15:00 Cricket Friends Life T20 11:05 Good Luck Charlie 07:00 Snapped: Women Who Kill 17:30 WWE Vintage Collection 00:30 Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives 08:00 Departures 21:00 America’s Wildest Roads 22:00 Bowfinger-PG15 18:00 Super Rugby 11:25 Good Luck Charlie 07:30 Snapped: Women Who Kill 18:30 Mobil 1 The Grid 00:55 Unique Eats 09:00 Off Limits 22:00 Departures 00:00 Jack And Jill-PG15 20:00 NRL Full Time 11:50 Good Luck Charlie 08:00 Forensic Evidence 19:00 UFC 01:20 Unique Eats 10:00 World’s Greatest Motorcycle 23:00 Inside Luxury Travel - Varun 09:00 Crime Stories 02:00 Big Fat Important Movie- 20:30 Futbol Mundial 22:00 Mass Participation 12:15 Shake It Up 01:45 Charly’s Cake Angels Rides Sharma 10:00 Nightmare In Suburbia PG15 21:00 Live Darts 23:30 Mobil 1 The Grid 12:35 Shake It Up 13:00 Austin And Ally 13:25 Austin And Ally 13:45 A.N.T. Farm 14:10 Jessie 14:00 The Glades 14:35 Shake It Up 15:00 The Mob Doctor 15:00 That’s So Raven 16:00 Emmerdale 15:25 Good Luck Charlie 16:30 Coronation Street 15:50 Jessie 17:00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show 16:10 Shake It Up 18:00 The Glades 16:35 A.N.T Farm 19:00 Warehouse 13 17:00 Austin And Ally 20:00 Bones 17:20 That’s So Raven 21:00 Castle 17:45 Suite Life On Deck 22:00 Breakout Kings 18:10 Good Luck Charlie 23:00 Grimm 18:30 Shake It Up 00:00 The Mob Doctor 18:55 Austin And Ally 01:00 Castle 19:20 Jessie 02:00 Breakout Kings 19:40 A.N.T. Farm 20:05 A.N.T. Farm 20:30 Shake It Up 20:50 Suite Life On Deck 03:00 Friends 21:15 Austin And Ally 03:30 Raising Hope 21:40 That’s So Raven 04:00 Seinfeld 22:00 Jessie 04:30 The Tonight Show With Jay 22:25 A.N.T. Farm Leno 22:50 Good Luck Charlie 23:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:00 All Of Us 23:35 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:30 Arrested Development 00:00 Hannah Montana 07:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 00:20 Hannah Montana 08:00 Seinfeld 00:45 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 09:00 Last Man Standing 01:05 Brandy & Mr Whiskers 10:30 Arrested Development 01:30 Emperor’s New School 11:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 01:50 Emperor’s New School Leno 02:15 Replacements 12:00 All Of Us 02:35 Replacements 12:30 Seinfeld 13:00 Seinfeld 13:30 Arrested Development 14:00 Raising Hope 15:30 The Daily Show 16:00 The Colbert Report 14:30 Style Star 16:30 All Of Us 15:00 Keeping Up With The 17:00 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon Kardashians 18:30 The Simpsons 16:00 Keeping Up With The 19:00 Modern Family Kardashians 20:00 The Tonight Show With Jay 17:00 Ice Loves Coco Leno 17:30 Ice Loves Coco 21:00 The Daily Show 18:00 E! News 21:30 The Colbert Report 19:00 Fashion Police 22:00 Malibu Country 20:00 THS 22:30 The Neighbors 21:00 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami 23:00 The Office 22:00 What Would Ryan Lochte Do? 23:30 Late Night With Jimmy Fallon 22:30 E! News 00:30 The Daily Show 23:30 Chelsea Lately 01:00 The Colbert Report 00:00 Dirty Soap 01:30 Seinfeld 00:55 Style Star 02:00 Seinfeld 01:25 E!es SNOWMEN ON OSN MOVIES HD 02:30 Friends THE TASK ON OSN ACTION HD Classifieds

SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

Kuwait KNCC PROGRAMME FROM THURSDAY TO WEDNESDAY

SHARQIA-1 TATTAH (DIG) 11:30 PM AL-KOUT.3 SA3AA WA NOUSS(DIG) 9:30 PM SA3AA WA NOUSS(DIG) 9:45 PM TATTAH (DIG) 11:30 PM AVENUES-4 MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 11:45 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 10:30 PM SHARQIA-3 AL-KOUT.4 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 9:15 PM AVENUES-5 TATTAH (DIG) 9:00 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 11:30 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 9:45 PM SHAOLIN (DIG) 11:15 PM TATTAH (DIG) 12:05 AM CHANGE OF NAME MUHALAB-1 BAIRAQ-1 THE PURGE (DIG) 9:30 PM AVENUES-6 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:15 PM Sakila Ahmed, S/O Jahoor SHAOLIN (DIG) 11:30 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 10:15 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 11:45 PM Ali, Srai Nankar, Pick Nagar THE PURGE (DIG) 12:15 AM Kandhai, Partapgarh. U.P MUHALAB-2 BAIRAQ-2 want to change my name BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG (DIG) (HINDI) 9:30 PM 360º- 1 SHAOLIN (DIG) 9:00 PM to Shakeel Ahmed for all THE PURGE (DIG) 10:30 PM TATTAH (DIG) 11:30 PM purposes from now MUHALAB-3 THE PURGE (DIG) 12:30 AM onwards. (C 4467) 23-7-2013 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 9:00 PM BAIRAQ-3 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 11:15 PM 360º- 2 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 9:45 PM WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:45 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 12:05 AM SITUATION VACANT FANAR-1 BEKAS (DIG) 12:15 AM A small family look to hire a WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 9:00 PM PLAZA housemaid (Sri Lankan, SHAOLIN (DIG) 11:15 PM 360º- 3 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 9:00 PM WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 9:15 PM Filipina, or Nepalese) who WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 11:15 PM can understand Arabic and FANAR-2 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 11:30 PM do laundry and ironing Al-Madena Police Station 22434064 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 10:00 PM LAILA jobs. 55116149, 99827598. THE PURGE (DIG) 12:15 AM 360º- 4 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:15 PM (C 4469) SHAOLIN (DIG) 9:15 PM Al-Murqab Police Station 22435865 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 11:45 PM 25-7-2013 FANAR-3 SHAOLIN (DIG) 11:45 PM SA3AA WA NOUSS(DIG) 9:30 PM AJIAL.1 THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY Al-Daiya Police Station 22544200 MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 11:30 PM 360º- 5 SINGAM 2 (DIG) (TAMIL) 9:00 PM FAST & FURIOUS 6 (DIG) 10:00 PM FOR CIVIL INFORMATION THU Al-Fayha’a Police Station 22547133 MARINA-1 OM (DIG) (TELUGU) 9:00 PM Automated enquiry about SHAOLIN (DIG) 9:00 PM 360º- 6 NO THU THE PURGE (DIG) 12:05 AM NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 9:15 PM the Civil ID card is Al-Qadissiya Police Station 22515277 MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 11:30 PM AJIAL.2 MARINA-2 SINGAM 2 (DIG) (TAMIL) 10:00 PM 1889988 Al-Nugra Police Station 22616662 TATTAH (DIG) 9:30 PM 360º- 7 THU WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 11:45 PM SA3AA WA NOUSS(DIG) 10:15 PM Prayer timings SA3AA WA NOUSS(DIG) 12:15 AM KEVVU KEKA (DIG) (TELUGU) 9:15 PM Al-Salmiya Police Station 25714406 MARINA-3 NO THU MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 9:15 PM 360º- 8 Al-Dasma Police Station 22530801 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 11:30 PM MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 9:00 PM AJIAL.3 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG) 11:15 PM HONEY BEE (DIG) (MALAYALAM) 9:00 PM AVENUES-1 MAN OF STEEL (IMAX-3D) 10:30 PM THE PURGE (DIG) 12:05 AM WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 9:30 PM 112 WORLD WAR Z (DIG) 11:45 PM AL-KOUT.1 AJIAL.4 MONSTERS UNIVERSITY (DIG-3D) 9:30 PM BHAAG MILKHA BHAAG (DIG) (HINDI) 9:45 PM AVENUES-2 WORLD WAR Z (DIG-3D) 11:45 PM MAN OF STEEL (DIG) 9:00 PM METRO-1 Fajr: 03:35 NOW YOU SEE ME (DIG) 12:05 AM AL-KOUT.2 HONEY BEE (DIG) (MALAYALAM) 9:30 PM Shorook 05:05 Ministry of Interior WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 9:00 PM Duhr: 11:54 METRO-2 Asr: 15:30 AVENUES-3 WHITE HOUSE DOWN (DIG) 11:30 PM Maghrib: 18:43 website: www.moi.gov.kw TATTAH (DIG) 9:15 PM SINGAM 2 (DIG) (TAMIL) 9:45 PM Isha: 20:10

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CROSSWORD 264 STAR TRACK

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

A passionate one, you are never lukewarm in love. It’s hot or not. You are in You are at home where there are lots of communication, investigation and love with mystery, secrets and intrigue, anything but that which is open or superficial. You have exploration. You are fascinated by social interchange. You tend not to be emotional and are great personal magnetism and a loyalty verging on possessiveness. You are never dull, particu- somewhat surface-oriented. You enjoy variety and change. Thinking, writing, researching and larly today. Politics just may be something you enjoy full or part time. You seem to always be science are good. You are a teacher at heart. You may enjoy teaching a creative class today or popular with others and — at home in the crowd — you tend to radiate success. Others may guiding young people in some outside activity. Circumstances should work together to help value the fact that you can always manage to unravel even the worst problems for them. You bring out your ideals and make it easier to realize your dreams. All in all, this is a good time to could benefit from the advice of older people this afternoon. A neighbor offers a nice treat project your image. You may benefit from an older person or one in authority. Life could take when you get home this evening. This could mean tickets to a ball game or an invitation to a on a dreamlike stance this afternoon — stay out of the sun. You and a loved one will have some back-yard party. quality time.

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

Your easy manner and willingness to listen to others will make conversa- An invitation to share time with a visiting friend or family member is tempt- tions and interactions go well this morning. You are at home in all things mystical or religious ing and you may want to grab the camera as well as some pictures before you and have this as a natural talent. You have clear vision in these realms. Although you may be leave your house. It is always fun to brag a little and the opportunity to take pictures is hard to helping many people today with your talents, there are opportunities to serve in a volunteer resist. Fun times to visit and catch up on a friend’s or family member’s happenings give some situation through a different avenue. A neighbor may need you to help with some home proj- sort of completeness to your own life progress. This afternoon is excellent for taking care of ect. Through helping another, you learn new techniques and gain new ideas. Your image and some personal business. A deeper study of genealogy or some other interest is fun to explore ideals could be challenged by another but you have patience to face any challenge. This will all and may find you wanting to learn more. The urge to discover and be enthusiastic about a sub- be beneficial in helping you see new ideas and possibilities. A friend has good advice; listen ject gives you and others ideas about places to visit and activities of learning and play. Planning carefully. trips and adventures is all a part of the fun.

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

Beating the odds through cleverness is appealing and this may lead to an You will find yourself in a very practical mood. You are innovative when it interest in all kinds of financial speculation. Your sense of duty to your responsi- comes to self-analysis and self-care: food, diet, health, etc. You love a social life; bilities could cause you to ignore or forego your loved one’s weekend plans. If this is a special friends and relationships play a major role in your makeup. Close bonds are very important to day, think very hard before deciding to pass on family matters. You could take a vacation from you. You love to communicate and discuss ideas with other people. You and a group of your ACROSS Arabia or North Africa. your responsibilities today and explore more creative places. Compromise and follow-through friends may decide to find a neighborhood market where you can purchase fresh vegetables 1. (trademark) A tinned luncheon meat made 4. A town in southern Minnesota. are good words for this day. Share a massage or get a psychic reading with a family member. and fruits and homegrown or homemade goodies. All of this is work but with a group of you, the work turns into fun and one among you will be thrifty while another will be creative and largely from pork. 5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from This afternoon a lover or child who is bright and articulate gives you incentive to create a fun game or join in a creative exercise. Share a bit of laughter with this person. Perhaps an exciting yet another will be organized and the list goes on. These trips only need to be once a month 5. Line of defense consisting of a barrier of aba cloth. but are most beneficial. felled or live trees with branches (sharpened or 6. United States writer of poems and plays movie could be enjoyed this evening. with barbed wire entwined) toward the ene- about racial conflict (born in 1934). my. 7. Voluntary contributions to aid the poor. 12. Not reflecting light. 8. Forbidden to profane use especially in Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. The basic unit of money on Malta. South Pacific islands. CAPRICORN 16. Type genus of the Balaenidae. 9. The process of shedding tears (usually A review of healthy foods and a little time spent in a fresh foods market will allow You have a lot of energy for improving your surroundings or life situa- 17. Title for a civil or military leader (especially accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate you to stock up on a few healthy meals for the week ahead. You will find this project tions. You are very motivated to improve. There could be some hard feelings, in Turkey). sounds). will save a little money and time as you plan your own lunches for the workweek. Career growth will especially from young people, if you become too pushy. You put forth strong views and are 18. A Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the 10. A hotel providing overnight lodging for come to you rapidly these next few weeks and the more you take a little time for enjoying a few min- hard to influence but now is the time to be patient and keep working at what you want to Ivory Coast. travelers. utes of relaxation, the better. Learn techniques of stress relief. You are driven and passionate in your accomplish . . . Others will follow your lead. Mother always said, “you can catch more flies 19. Worn around arm as identification or to 11. Experiencing or showing sorrow or unhap- pursuit of change and inner growth. Do the same for your physical growth. You possess, at the core, with honey than vinegar.” create rewards. Emotional and a good entertainer, you may be louder than average and tend to exaggerate but others will also want to join with you later indicate mourning. piness. an intensity that burns through superficialities, searching for opportunities to face the truth and ren- der the evident to view. A call brings good news to your whole family this evening. in celebrating the accomplishments of this day. You will continue to be successful in your 20. The federal agency that insures residential 12. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake endeavors — all is well. mortgages. Chad. 21. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind 13. Title for a civil or military leader (especially and raisins and almonds. in Turkey). Aquarius (January 20- February 18) 23. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris 14. An official language of the Republic of Leo (July 23-August 22) and traditional capital of Assyria. South Africa. You are the personification of artistic creativity. Entertainment and cre- You are able to develop what is most basic and true in your environ- 25. Any of various strong liquors distilled from 22. An artificial language intended for interna- ativity of all sorts may be enjoyed. You may become involved in the writing and creation ment. You encourage others to do the same. Clearing away the old and making room for of scripts, etc. Spiritual ideas and concepts are a way of life here. There are deep apprecia- the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fer- tional use as an auxiliary language. the new gives everyone a sense of moving forward. This is a good time to set aside those tions of, and even love for, movies, big ideas and themes. You could be a visionary direc- mented molasses. 24. Any seed plant yielding balsam. things you no longer use or wear to either give to a charity or plot your path to a great tor. You have an enchanting way of working and communicating with others in matters of 27. A island in the Netherlands Antilles that is 26. A colorless and odorless inert gas. garage sale. You have a way of speaking that makes people want to listen and think as music and the arts. You could feel real support and harmony for circumstances and those the top of an extinct volcano. 28. Tropical trees having papery leaves and well as taking on a calming attitude. A little band of merry family members will follow around you. This is a time when you can expect a little boost, some sort of extra support your lead with a little music fun this afternoon. You lead and guide others onto positive 30. Like the sounds of frogs and crows. large fruit. or recognition from those around you. Past difficulties seem to just melt away this pathways. Opportunities come up today to be hired as a teacher in the future, a good 34. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of 29. A soft silvery metallic element of the alkali evening; all is right with the world. felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and earth group. thing to consider. Iran and the Caucasus. 31. Having removed clothing. 38. Register formally. 32. A step in walking or running. 39. United States writer (born in Poland) who 33. Any of the short curved hairs that grow Virgo (August 23-September 22) Pisces (February 19-March 20) wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957). from the edges of the eyelids. 41. The capital and largest city of Yemen. 35. Large African antelope with long straight Being with other people today is fun and a plus to your life. Lovers, children A cycle of nostalgia and domesticity begins now emphasizing a need for 42. Water frozen in the solid state. nearly upright horns. and other people or things dear to your heart are emphasized at this stage in your life. Sharing security and a sense of roots. Family, home, relatives and real estate play a big part in your life. 43. Excessively fat. 36. Personal state of isolation and anxiety time with young people and learning new things together is gratifying. You are a real charmer You may be moved to appreciate and discover the beauty in your life and in those around you. 46. A rational motive for a belief or action. resulting from a lack of social control and reg- — able to enchant others and bring them under your spell. You manage to communicate an You communicate with skill and it is stimulating just being with you today. Your high degree of almost mystical sense to a group. Your ideals and ability to see the whole picture are obvious to mental concentration makes you a fine mentor to young people. Your ambitions go hand in 47. Speaking a Slavic language. ulation. all who come to know you. You can express feelings and put emotions into words. This could hand with communication and using the mind and the two should never be far apart. Art, 49. Common house and field crickets. 37. An appetizer consisting usually of a thin give you a flair for the dramatic, public speaking, poetry and the arts. This evening is the per- music, teaching, are all a part of your weekend activity and this may be the day you have the 51. Informal terms for a mother. slice of bread or toast spread with caviar or fect time for a date with that special person you have been thinking about lately —your loved words to turn a person’s life toward a more positive path. You give a friend more of your atten- 52. Of or relating to or characteristic of Hades cheese or other savory food. one or someone new. tion this evening. or Tartarus. 40. A plaything that is ridden up and down by 54. A framework that holds the panes of a win- children at either end. dow in the window frame. 44. A decree that prohibits something. Word Search Yesterday’s Solution 55. A small drink of liquor. 45. An international organization of European 56. A public promotion of some product or countries formed after World War II to reduce service. trade barriers and increase cooperation 57. A highly unstable radioactive element (the among its members. heaviest of the halogen series). 48. Included seven times in every 19 years. 62. (Brit) An area of open or forested country. 50. Flat and uninspiring. 65. Not openly expressed. 53. A member of an Indian people formerly liv- 68. A resident of Kansas. ing along the Gulf coast of Louisiana and 72. A genus of Pyralidae. Texas. 73. Scale-like structure between the base of 58. A nation in northern North America. the wing and the halter of a two-winged fly. 59. (biology) Of unlike parts or organs. 76. Type genus of the Alcidae comprising sole- 60. Yellow-fever mosquitos. ly the razorbill. 61. A hard malleable ductile silvery metallic 77. Goddess of criminal rashness and its pun- element that is resistant to corrosion. ishment. 63. Jordan's port. 78. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). 64. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- 80. Russian physicist (1895-1971). es readily. 81. Wild and domestic cattle. 66. An international organization created in 82. A state in the southeastern United States 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes on the Gulf of Mexico. of collective security. 83. A fencing sword similar to a foil but with a 67. Marked by lack of intellectual depth. heavier blade. 69. A blow from a flat object (as an open hand). DOWN 70. The highest level or degree attainable. 1. Block consisting of a thick piece of some- 71. A language unit by which a person or thing thing. is known. 2. Small short-eared burrowing mammal of 74. Fiddler crabs. rocky uplands of Asia and western North 75. A rapid escape (as by criminals). America. 79. Angular distance above the horizon (espe- 3. An Arabic speaking person who lives in cially of a celestial object). Yesterday’s Solution

Daily SuDoku Yesterday’s Solution SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013 information

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he 23-year-old singer briefly dated few years is more exciting than any script the band’s singer Harry Styles last writer could ever write or come up with. Tyear but won’t be in the documen- So, therefore, you’ve already got a won- tary ‘This Is Us’ because they split up derful story that you’re able to tell. And before filming began. ‘This Is Us’ director Morgan and myself and all of the team Morgan Spurlock told Teen Vogue: “It gets have done a job of portraying that really frustrating for them at times, because and showing who the boys are, what suddenly stuff gets printed that isn’t even they’ve gone through, both the ups and true, I saw an article that said, ‘Harry the downs, within that.” Styles demands Taylor Swift be taken out of the movie.’ But by the time we started filming in January, they had already split up.” While Harry’s romantic drama won’t feature in the movie, producer Ben Winston, says their real lives are more exciting than fiction. He said: “The doc of what’s happened to them over the last

he 44-year-old actor worked hard to get looks great. He quipped: “She doesn’t approve. I into shape for ‘The Wolverine’ and his get a hard time for it. Deb tells me, ‘Your job, as he 26-year-old actress and her ‘Glee’ cast- Tspouse Deborra-Lee Furness, admitted my husband, is to be fat and chubby, so that I mates and crewmembers held a vigil for her even she is in awe of his hunky body. Speaking look great.’ “ Hugh also insisted the key to their T31-year-old boyfriend and co-star - who died on ‘Oprah’s Next Chapter’, she said: “He looks like happy marriage is knowing they have committed following a heroin and alcohol overdose earlier this he’s photoshopped in the flesh! I say, ‘it’s ridicu- to the “right person” and a willingness to make month - at Paramount studios where ‘Glee’ is filmed lous. You look photoshopped’. “No one is more sacrifices. He said: “Eight percent of a marriage is and Lea found it difficult. A source told disciplined, though, he works really hard at it and choosing the right person and with Deb I just HollywoodLife.com: “Everyone made time for Lea it is no fun for the family. Because he...we can knew. Obviously there has to be a great attrac- and talked to her and cried with her - she was shell- never go out to eat. It’s like he’s always having tion and love. “In any marriage, there must be shocked, but was very happy to be surrounded by another cow or a chicken or broccoli.” Hugh some sacrifices. No marriage survives if both her peers. It was exactly what she needed. “Many of recently joked that Deborra - who he has been people are selfish.” the cast were talking about their memories based married to for 17 years - isn’t a fan of his toned on specifics places of the set. The memorial was physique and would prefer him to be fat so she basically a remember ‘what happened here or there’ type of situation.” While the cast and crew found the memorial emotional, the insider admit- ted it was also therapeutic for everyone to share their memories of the tragic star. The insider added: “There were about 200 people there, and tears started flowing every time a story was told, but there were laughs and smiles as well when some stories were told. It was very therapeutic. It was exactly what you would expect when people get together to give respect to a person that was so important to them.” he One Direction singer loves being in a band with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Niall Horan Tbecause he thinks life as a solo artist wouldn’t be as much fun. He told the September 2013 issue of Teen he ‘Judas’ hitmaker will make one of her first appearances since having hip surgery in Vogue: “It could definitely be a lonely job. I wouldn’t be February and debut her new single at the annual awards bash on August 25, which able to do this if I were on my own.” While the group are Twill air live from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Other performers will be greeted with chaos wherever they go, they are grateful to announced at a later date but Justin Timberlake and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the their fans for all of their support, even if it can get over- nominations, as they are both up for six awards. Bruno Mars is up for four awards, while whelming. Zayn explained: “We’re humbled that so many Thirty Seconds to Mars, Robin Thicke, Miley Cyrus and Pink are up for three each. Lady fans have bothered. It was a bit too busy for me [today.] I Gaga, 27, who will release her new album ‘ARTPOP’ on November 11, sang the national like to chill somewhere quiet. I get pleasure from the little anthem at New York’s Gay Pride last month. The star has been avoiding the public eye since things in life.” Niall added: “I’m not going to be a prisoner in cancelling her ‘Born This Way Ball’ world tour to undergo surgery for a labral tear on her my room - and the fans weren’t intrusive. I don’t see how right hip earlier this year, which left her temporarily wheelchair-bound. The blonde singer you could get used to people screaming in your face, and recently revealed that her new album will visit the pain of her past and dramatically anyone who says different is lying.” Meanwhile, Liam insists described the moment she handed the first single over to her record label. In a post on her the group are down to earth and don’t have a rider in their new website, LittleMonsters.com, she wrote: “ARTPOP as they pry the single from my bleed- contract. He said: “We never actually sat there and made ing fingers. it’s a scary thing to revisit those things underneath, the pain in your past. but all one. They bring us the stuff they think we like. We’re not I found was raw passion. I thought I was destroyed inside. im just ready to fight. start the really that diva.” music. (Sic)”

he former ‘Neighbours’ star and her billionaire husband Nick Candy, 40, who married in Los Angeles last September, were desperate to keep the news that they are expecting their first child a secret, but failed Tto secure an injunction after new pictures of her sporting a baby bump appeared in an Australian mag- azine. Woman’s Day published photographs of the 30-year-old former singer in a bikini on holiday in Italy recently, which clearly show she is pregnant, before she was able to obtain a privacy protection order, accord- ing to the MailOnline website. Shortly after the images appeared in the Australian publication, Justice Michael Pembroke ruled it was impossible for them to move forward with the injunction. He said: “If the objective of the plaintiff is to protect her own opportunity to reveal the fact of her pregnancy at a time of her choosing, then that opportunity has been lost by the events which have occurred. “There is no point in restraining the defendant from further distributing copies that remain as part of the print run for this issue.” Earlier this year, Holly revealed she couldn’t wait to be a mother. She said: “We will have a family, God willing, and when it happens I just want to be a mum. The biggest luxury on the planet to me would be to be at home with my child.” — Bangshowbiz lifestyle SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

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he couple, who recently postponed their sum- itor on the set of her movie. The source said: “Justin mer wedding due to their hectic schedules, hangs in Jen’s trailer while she shoots.” It was previ- Tare spending as much time as they can ously reported that the couple were arguing about together and want to get married by the end of the whether to live in New York or Los Angeles after year, even though they haven’t finalised any plans they get married and the issue caused them to yet. A source close to the former ‘Friends’ star, 44, delay their nuptials. But the insider insisted all is who is currently filming her new movie, ‘Squirrels to well between them, adding: “They just haven’t the Nuts’, in New York City, told Us Weekly magazine finalised plans yet!” that the actress and her 41-year-old fiance, who got engaged last August, are still “madly in love” and their wedding is still definitely on even though they are too busy to plan it. The insider added that Jennifer has the full support of her fiance as she focuses on her career and he has been a regular vis-

he ‘We Can’t Stop’ singer has never been one to shy away from controversy - recently coming under fire for her comeback single’s provocative music video - Tand in her latest bold statement, she has joked about branding her left cheek he 22-year-old actress was arrested and released without with the ‘Turn Up the Music’ hitmaker’s moniker. Quizzed whether she may add charge after a domestic violence incident involving her more body ink in future, Miley joked to German website Promiflash.de: “Didn’t one Tboyfriend, Evan Peters, in Montreal, Canada, earlier this girl get ‘Drake’ across her forehead? That’s crazy! That’s a dedicated fan. I was think- month but her father Eric Roberts insists she is putting the ing about getting ‘Chris Brown’ across this cheek.” Miley then sarcastically quipped incident behind her. He told E! News: “She’s fine. We spoke. the proposed tattoo would be “really good” for her career, referring to controversial She’s good.” Despite the violent encounter, friends of the cou- Chris’ assault conviction for attacking ex-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009. Meanwhile, the ple say they will stay together. A source close to the ‘We’re The 20-year-old star’s visit to Germany was jeopardised earlier this week as she came Millers’ star - who is Oscar-winner Julia Roberts’ niece - recently down with food poisoning soon after landing in Berlin due to a bad sushi meal. She said: “Emma is very dramatic. They will not break up. When lamented on Twitter: “Sick in bed :( away from home. Music is the best medicine. “I they are good, they are crazy in love.” However, the insider said may be the only person who comes to Germany and my first stop is take out sushi. I the couple’s violent altercation on July 7 went “way out of con- asked for it (sic)” Miley was forced to cancel many of her promotional duties and trol”, explaining that Emma can get “wound up”. Another apologised to her loyal German fan base, some of whom had won a meet-and-greet source close to the actress insisted that the couple, who began session with her through German newspaper Bild. She added: “Sorry 2 Bild and all dating a year ago, are “inseparable”. The source said: “They’re a my fans for not being able to make it today! Something’s are outta my control. I’m couple young kids. Their romance is pretty extreme. They just really sick thanks for understanding (sic)” behave in a way that’s very passionate.” Local law enforcement sources previously said that the couple were overheard fight- ing in their room and someone in their hotel called the police. Police officers immediately arrested the actress after arriving at the scene and witnessing Evan’s bloody nose. The actor also had a bite mark on his body. Emma was released hours later as Evan declined to press charges.

he 75-year-old actor - who was married to actress Petronella Barker for six years before he wed production assistant TJennifer Lynton in 1973 - is blissfully happy with his third wife Stella Arroyave, but admits her skills with a credit card never cease to surprise him. He told the Daily Mail newspaper: “She’s a wonderful woman who likes to spend money. Even as I am sitting here talking to you is out spending my money. It’s all gone, whoosh!” Hopkins says former antiques dealer Stella has a won- derful, calming influence on him and is always looking after him. The ‘ RED 2’ star explained: “She’s very good for me, my wife, because she slows me down. This morning I was sitting in a restaurant and I was leaning back in my chair jiggling away and she said, ‘Don’t do that.’ I said, ‘Why?’ She said, ‘Cause you could collapse!’ She looks after me that way and she needs to, because my nature is to do things very fast because I have convinced myself that I am still 45 years old. I walk far too fast and I’m always falling over and she reminds me not to.”

he 39-year-old ‘Bridesmaids’ star and The Strokes rocker, 33, recently decided to end their relationship after dating for approximately 18 Tmonths but there are no hard feelings. A source told Us Weekly maga- zine: “It was very amicable and they will remain friends.” The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star recently admitted she would love to start a family in the near future. Earlier this month she said: “I’d like to have a family ... I would love to have kids.” The actress and comedian also said she is open to the idea of mar- riage again, despite splitting from actor Hayes Hargrove in 2009 after just four years of married life. She explained: “I believe if you’re in a good, healthy relationship, there is nothing better. I don’t have a specific stance on mar- riage. I think it’s right for some people, and I know a lot of people who didn’t believe in it, then they met someone. “It depends on what your definition of marriage is. If you find that one person who makes you really happy, it can work and if it’s worth it, you just have to keep fighting for it.”

he 28-year-old actress - who was previously married year she liked being married but hinted that she isn’t inter- to Ryan Reynolds for two years before their divorce ested in tying the knot again for quite a while. She said: “I Twas finalised in June 2011 - was spotted wearing an got married when I was young and it was incredibly roman- ornate gold sparkler, featuring a diamond and a ruby, on tic and I liked being married, actually. “But it is different. It’s her left ring finger in Los Angeles but isn’t engaged to her hard to put into words. To me, being in a functioning rela- French journalist boyfriend Romain Dauriac. A source close tionship doesn’t mean you have to be married. “I never to the actress told People.com that while the ring was a think about marriage. Is that weird? The only time I ever lovely gift, it is “simply a piece of jewellery.” A spokesperson think about it is when people ask me. It’s really not impor- for the ‘Vicki Cristina Barcelona’ star also said she “is not tant to me.” engaged nor close to being engaged.” Rumours first began to swirl that the couple were preparing to tie the knot after the blonde beauty was spotted wearing a huge pear-cut diamond ring as she wandered around New York with Romain, 30, in February. The ‘Avengers’ star admitted last lifestyle SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

ith her flower-print dress and black hair dyed a fash- Koreas won over the notoriously finicky cooking-show judges. literally gobbled down food. The next day, we had to run as sympathy. “I want to prove that defectors too can compete on ionable light brown, Kim Ha-na does not seem like a She made it to the last six of 6,500 people who applied for fast as we could to flee across the border but I just couldn’t an equal playing-field and fare well,” said Kim. Kim says she Wformer child beggar who risked her life three times Masterchef before being knocked out. As a child, Kim’s parents because I had too much to eat the night before.” dreams of her hometown of Orang in North Hamgyong trying to escape from North Korea before finally fleeing at the defected from North Korea, leaving her effectively on her own. She ended up being caught by guards and dragged back Province and would love to help people there. age of 15. Kim, 25, settled in South Korea in 2005, and has She had to drop out of school and struggled to survive. to the North. She has not seen her father since then but later “Back then as a kotjebi, I couldn’t afford to have any dream recently gained television fame with a run in the competitive For three years she lived as a “kotjebi”, a North Korean term succeeded in getting out of North Korea. The hope of finding at all, let alone of becoming a chef. Cooking was just a means cooking show Masterchef Korea. She hopes her spell in the for child beggar, sleeping on the street, scavenging for food her father helped her pluck up the courage to apply for not to starve, not something I could have fun with.” “I long for spotlight will help her find her father, who she last saw as they and picking pockets. At times, she had to eat whatever she Masterchef Korea. “Rumors say he already died but I’m still the day I can make ‘healing food’ for those little child beggars, tried to flee across the North Korean border into China, with could find, including dragonflies, frogs and even mice. But holding onto hope of hearing from, or about, my dad when like I was.” — Reuters North Korean guards in hot pursuit. Kim’s parents kept slipping back over the border into North my story is aired on TV and spreads to North Korea,” she said. Accounts of her grim childhood melted the hearts of South Korea to try to rescue her and take her out. “One time, I had She also wants to banish prejudice in South Korea against Korean viewers while her fusion of the cuisine of the two been starving for five days and ran into my dad by chance and North Korean defectors, saying they need fair treatment not

Bynes’ parents ‘deeply concerned’ for actress manda Bynes’ parents are deeply concerned Thousand Oaks, where she grew up. Her parents Nickelodeon cable network, went on to star in the that their daughter may hurt herself or oth- learned she had returned to California from New TV series “What I Like About You” and several Aers unless they are allowed to assume con- York City two days before the incident. Their movies, including “What a Girl Wants,” “Hairspray” trol over her medical care and finances, court fil- daughter told them she “cabbed it” but they say and “She’s the Man.” She has publicly stated that ings show. The petition Richard and Lynn Bynes they do not know how she actually traveled cross- has retired from acting. Her last film credit was filed Friday not only detail her public incidents of country or where she has been staying. 2010’s “Easy A,” which starred Emma Stone. disturbing behavior, including several arrests, but “We believe she is essentially homeless,” the fil- Bynes amassed $4 million in savings but has also reveal that the former child star has stated ing states. In May, Bynes was arrested in New York spent $1.2 million in a short amount of time, her fears that she is being watched by smoke detectors for allegedly throwing a marijuana bong out the parents’ petition states. They state they suspect and devices in the dashboard of her car. window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. some of the money has been spent on drugs and Ventura County Superior Court Judge Glen M Police had come to the building to investigate a plastic surgery, citing bills they have received from Reiser delayed ruling on the conservatorship peti- complaint that she had been smoking marijuana in doctors and large payments their daughter has tion, stating that there was no rush to act because the lobby. Last year, Bynes was charged in Los made to people they don’t know. the actress is under a two-week psychiatric hold at Angeles with driving on a suspended license. The “Amanda has profound issues with her body a hospital. Reiser scheduled a hearing on the issue license had been suspended after she was charged image and is obsessed with the idea that she (and Aug. 9 and said he also wants to meet one-on-one with driving under the influence and misdemeanor others) are ‘ugly,’” the petition states, adding that with Bynes before making a decision. “We are hit-and-run. some of the statements have been made about deeply concerned that Amanda poses a substantial Before moving to New York, Bynes “was members of her own family. “She talks incessantly risk to herself, to others, and to property based on extremely paranoid about being ‘watched,’” the fil- about cosmetic surgeries that she wants to have recent events in her life,” the filing from Bynes’ par- ing states. “She would cover smoke alarms with completed,” the filings state. “We are concerned ents states. It cites numerous instances of increas- towels, tape windows shut, and cover her car’s that the surgeries she wants to have are dangerous ingly bizarre behavior by their 27-year-old daugh- dashboard with cardboard and tape out of fear and detrimental to her health.” — AP ter in the past year. that cameras were watching her from inside these Bynes was put under the psychiatric hold places.” In this file photo, Amanda Bynes, accompanied by attorney Gerald Shargel, arrives for a Monday after authorities said she set a fire on the Bynes, who was 13 when she landed her own court appearance in New York on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the driveway of a home in the Los Angeles suburb of hit variety program, “The Amanda Show” on the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. — AP

By Amy Bertrand asked, “Is it going to erupt?” Harwood paused and sat us down to explain. Yes, it could go off. In the past, it has created massive s we walked along the trail, partly shaded by towering explosions. It is in fact, due to go off again. However, scientists and ubiquitous lodgepole pines, I turned and looked will have plenty of advanced warning, and we’re not there yet. Aaround. We were alone, had been for a couple of miles. That sleeping volcano isn’t really so sleepy either. The hot Backpack loaded with raincoats, sunscreen and cameras, and springs, geysers, mudpots and fumaroles (steam vents) are bear spray on my belt buckle, I was on a tour of our country’s everyday reminders of the dangers that lurk beneath the earth’s first national park, Yellowstone, with my family and a guide surface. But they make magnificent sites for tourists. from the Yellowstone Association Institute. Yellowstone is big, as in 3,500 square miles big. A windy, two- When I made the observation, guide Carolyn Harwood gave lane road takes you through the high points of Yellowstone us this fascinating tidbit: Of the park’s 33 million annual visitors, National Park. It actually makes a figure eight, out of about 154 only about 1 percent ever leave the developed areas (visitors miles of roadway. If you only had one day, you could drive it and centers, pullouts, boardwalks). Our hike, a 4.5-mile loop that see the high points. But I’d recommend at least three. One day started on the Clear Lake trail, took us through open pastures, for the upper loop; one day for the lower loop and a third day to where we saw elk, to wooded areas where we were on the look- get off those roads and really explore the park on foot. While out for bears, to a spot that looked like the moon with boiling nothing beats coming upon a majestic waterfall or a lily-pad- pots of mud and steamy hot springs. Our hike was like walking covered pond on a hike, there is plenty to see from your car or a through a “Star Wars” movie, from Naboo to Endor to Tatooine. short walk on the boardwalk. After a couple of miles, we emerged at Artist Point. It’s not hard to see how the lookout got its name: A gorgeous view of 7 DON’T-MISS SITES IN YELLOWSTONE the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, a deep canyon, its walls This is by no means an exhaustive list, rather things we did painted with a palette of yellow, red, orange and black, the and loved. result of hydrothermal alterations to the rocks. It also affords a spectacular view of the Lower Falls, a gushing waterfall that • Old Faithful: Perhaps the most famous site in all of plunges 308 feet, nearly triple the height of the Upper Falls, just Yellowstone is the erupting geyser of Old Faithful. And it’s up the river, and twice as high as Niagara Falls. certainly popular. In the Moon “Montana & Wyoming” Mammoth Hot Springs has been described as “geology in overdrive” because of the way the travertine steps change With several steep climbs and multiple educational breaks guidebook, author Carter G. Walker says as many as 70 per- color and shapes so often. — MCT photos where we learned to identify trees by needles and animals by cent of American adults have seen the famous geyser. Old scat, the hike took about 4 hours. The Yellowstone Association Faithful isn’t the tallest geyser, but it is more predictable ed. I’ve heard the eruptions last two to five minutes, but I Basin and the Lower, Midway and Upper Geyser Basins to works with the National Park Service to connect people to the than most, going off every 30 minutes to two hours. didn’t stick around long enough to find out if that’s true. the west, are great for exploring. See geysers, mudpots, park through education. “The best way to really see Yellowstone Television screens in the area give you an estimated time of fumaroles and colorful hot springs. Don’t miss Steamboat is to explore it, and that’s what we help you do,” said Harwood. the next eruption. Each eruption shoots nearly 4,000 to • Mammoth Hot Springs area: Visit Mammoth Hot Springs Geyser in the Norris Basin, the tallest - though unpre- The heart of Yellowstone is a caldera surrounded by the 8,000 gallons of water about 130 feet into the air. to walk the self-guided trail around Fort Yellowstone, which dictable - geyser in the park, which on our visit hissed and spires of the Rocky Mountains. It’s actually a giant sleeping vol- Unfortunately, on our trip, we got caught in a downpour chronicles the U.S. Army’s role in protecting the park. Then spit so much we were sure it was going to go off (it didn’t), cano. When my 6-year-old heard this, he looked alarmed and that happened about one minute after Old Faithful erupt- drive or walk over to the hot springs area. The terraces are and the aptly named Grand Prismatic in the Midway Geyser quite different from the other thermal areas in the park. Basin. And don’t miss the Mud Volcano and Dragon’s These step-like travertine formations grow much more rap- Mouth Spring near Fishing Village; they are just as amazing idly (as much as 2 feet per year) and are constantly chang- as their names sound. ing shapes and color. The book “Yellowstone: Expedition Guide” calls the area “geology in hyperdrive.” • Hayden Valley: Aside from the geothermic activity, most people come to Yellowstone for the wildlife. Two areas are • Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone: This 20-mile-long well-known for this in the park: Lamar Valley and Hayden canyon, including the Upper and Lower Falls of the Valley. We didn’t have time to make it to the first, but Yellowstone River, can be seen from several overlooks Hayden Valley provided not only bison and pronghorn but throughout the park. Or take one of the other hikes, such as also a good look at a coyote who had just caught a bird of ours, around it. You can also take Uncle Tom’s trail 328 steps prey for dinner and a possible wolf sighting (it was awfully down to the bottom (Warning: It’s dangerous and strenu- far away). Staring out over Hayden Valley was like watching ous). an episode on the National Geographic Channel. I’ll also note that we came way too close to a grizzly who had wan- • Yellowstone Lake: North America’s largest high-altitude dered near the Visitor Center at nearby Fishing Village. lake is simply breathtaking. We took a sunset tour ($35) on a 1936-restored “Yellowstone Bus” through the area. We • LeHardys Rapids: One of our first stops was at a short ended in Lake Butte at an elevation of 8,348 feet, for a gor- trail leading down to the LeHardys Rapids, a gushing por- geous sunset over the mountains that frame the lake. The tion of the Yellowstone River. In June and July, the native area is also prime habitat for birds and mammals. We saw cutthroat trout leap over the rocks on their way to spawn- bears, a beaver (or maybe it was a muskrat), pronghorn ing grounds upstream. Watching the green and red spot- deer and waterfowl. In warmer months, catch a cruise or ted fish leaping in water was a highlight of the trip for my rent a boat. 6-year-old son. — MCT

• The geyser basins: Yellowstone is home to the majority of the world’s geysers. Several basins, notably the Thumb Geyser Basin in the Yellowstone Lake area, the Norris Geyser At Signal Mountain Lodge, you can rent a boat for a day or book chartered fishing excursions.

A 1936-resorted “Yellowstone Bus,” now operated by Xanterra, takes tourists The Lower Falls of Yellowstone plunge 308 feet. The green stripe is from a An evening storm passes at Grand Teton National Park. on a sunset drive, up to Lake Butte, where you can catch a beautiful sunset notch at the lip of the falls, making the water deeper at that point where it’s over the mountain. not as turbulent. lifestyle SUNDAY, JULY 28, 2013

Japanese model and actress Tao Okamoto (left), Australian actor Hugh Jackman (center) and Japanese model and Hugh Jackman arrives in an Audi Spyder R8 for the UK Premiere of The Wolverine, at a central London cinema in actress Rila Fukushima pose for photographers on the red carpet as they arrive for the UK premier of the film ‘The Leicester Square. — AP Wolverine’ in London. — AFP

he Wolverine,” the latest “X Men’ spin-off, is hoping ly “Pacific Rim” has made a disappointing $72 million on its viewing content and are connected to media more than ever bosses should learn from the series of flops. “It should certainly to claw back some Hollywood pride after a string of $180 million investment, while the last super flop was “R.I.P.D.,” before. Studios must learn not to short-change the storyline make them pause, especially when you look at the success of “Tbig-budget flops have left major Tinseltown studios which cost $180 million to make and made a paltry $15 million when making big budget movies.” She cites as good examples movies like ‘Magic Mike,’ ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Identity Thief” licking their wounds. Starring Hugh Jackman, the film is fore- on its opening weekend. “Fast and Furious 6”, “World War Z” and “Iron Man 3,” all three of and ‘The Heat’,” she said. “All these movies were made for budg- cast to make over $70 million this weekend after opening The bad run for Hollywood’s major studios bosses comes which did well at the box office. “When the studios make a large ets under $50 Million, with star talent, have good stories that Thursday, in what trade journal Variety said could be one of the after veteran directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas budget movie that has a good or interesting story such as connect on an emotional level with the audience, get good best debuts of the summer. North America’s normally lucrative warned in June of a “meltdown” of the traditional model of ‘World War Z,’ something that engages audiences on a new and word of mouth and thus do well at the box office. “When you summer movie season has seen a series of movies with budg- releasing films in movie theaters. “There’s going to be an different level, it will succeed,” she said. Another question is do the math...it makes sense and more profit.” ets over $150 million bomb at the box office, at the expense of implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen whether sequels pay off: studios will spend $400-500 dollars for Jason Blum, producer of “Paranormal Activity,” “Insidious” cheaper but more profitable films. The first dud was “After megabudget movies are going to go crashing into the ground, a franchise, in the hope of striking success like this summer’s and “Sinister,” goes even further, citing the success of “micro- Earth,” in which usually sure-fire blockbuster star Will Smith and that’s going to change the paradigm,” said Spielberg. “Iron Man 3,” which has made $1.2 billion at the box office. budget” films costing less than $5 million but making 10, 20 or was joined by his son Jaden, but which has made a pitiful $59 Kathryn Arnold, a producer and industry expert, said the “Even though ‘After Earth,’ ‘Lone Ranger,’ ‘White House Down,’ even 40 times their budget. “When people get established in million in North America since opening on May 1, on a budget problem is partly due to the mediocre quality of the latest ‘Pacific Rim’ and now ‘RIPD’ all bombed domestically this sum- the movie business, for whatever reason it’s like ‘Now that I’m of $130 million. batch of mega-budget movies. “The studios are intent upon mer, (big budget films) are the key to driving the box office,” successful, I’m gonna go make expensive movies’,” he said. “The It was followed by “White House Down” with $68 million so reaching a global audience and sometimes believe they need said box office analyst Jeff Bock. “And, like it or not, the lacklus- minute you start to spend a lot of money, you can’t take risks far on a budget of $150 million, and the “The Lone Ranger” to simplify the storyline and ramp up the action in order to ter performances of these original films will most certainly keep anymore, you can’t kill the lead of the movie, there are things which has made only $81 million of its $250 million budget appeal to non-English language speakers,” she told AFP. Hollywood churning out sequels to established properties by you just can’t do. But if you make movies inexpensively, you despite starring Hollywood A-lister Johnny Depp. More recent- But she said: “Audiences are smarter, have more options for the truckload,” he added. But Arnold disagrees, saying studio can try new weird stuff.” — AFP

apper DMX was arrested on Friday on suspicion of driving under the influence and failing to have a Rvalid driver’s license, Greenville County jail officials told Reuters. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, paid $1,235 in bail and left Greenville County Detention Center after being booked on the charges, jail officials said. But a representative for the 42-year-old New York-born rap- per, who lives in South Carolina, said the DUI charge was never filed officially because Simmons passed a breath test in the jail. “He was in and out in under an hour,” Domenick Nati of Nati Celebrity Services, Inc, which represents DMX, told Reuters. Local law enforcement officials could not be reached for comment on the discrepancy. The rapper was pulled over after an officer noticed the he was not wearing a seat belt, Nati said. He said he did not know if DMX was given a roadside sobriety test. “Allegations about DMX Jenna Dewan-Tatum (right) a cast member in the Lifetime series “Witches of East End,” being arrested for drunk driving are false,” Nati said. “He answers a question as fellow cast member Julia Ormond looks on during the Lifetime was arrested but quickly released. X was given a breatha- 2013 Summer TCA press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif. — AP lyzer test and easily passed it. He is back at his home in South Carolina and we are continuing our focus on his upcoming album and acting roles.” The rapper, whose albums include “It’s Dark and Hell is Hot” and “Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood,” also starred in the movies “Romeo Must Die” and “Cradle 2 The Grave.” Simmons was arrested in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in February for driving with a suspended license. Simmons has an exten- enna Dewan-Tatum is juggling a new have been flexible with her schedule. “It’s sive arrest record that includes charges of animal cruelty, TV series and a new baby while getting been quite nice to go and be creative and reckless driving, drug possession, weapons charges and little sleep like a lot of working moms. ignite that part of myself,” she said. “I probation violations. He has had several felony convictions J The actress said her husband, actor believe it’s going to make me a better and has served prison time in Arizona. — Reuters Channing Tatum, visits the Vancouver, mother.” British Columbia, location of her Lifetime If there was one supernatural ability Klaus Meine, lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Scorpions performs during a concert series “Witches of East End” to help out with Dewan-Tatum could have, she said, “I’d like in the coastal town of Byblos, north of Beirut, late on July 26, 2013. — AFP the baby. The show debuts this fall. Everly to snap my fingers and be able to sleep. As Tatum was born May 31 in London, where a new mom I’m a little sleep deprived right her father was filming the movie “Jupiter now.” The actress is doing an upcoming Ascending.” Dewan-Tatum said the couple magazine cover shoot that will show off her has a rule about not going more than two post-baby body.”The day I went into labor I or three weeks without seeing each other. had gone for an hour and a half walk, so I his Ramadan, Max offers you a variety of collec- this Ramadan, with plenty of sequins, pearls, Men “We don’t break it,” she said. “Channing just kind of bounced back,” she said. “I’m tions from graphic prints and metallic to rich coloured stones and rich embroidery details Our menswear follows a more casual approach has been amazing. He’s working at the lucky.” — AP Tbrights embellished with printed sequins. bringing a real Middle-Eastern inspired feel to the with a huge focus on neon’s and brights from polo same time, but we prepared for it.” “Witches Inspired by the 1920’s and “The Great Gatsby” Max collection. Our key colours are from a rich palette tees to track pants and joggers. Gold foiling detail of East End” has a female-centric cast, offers a collection of luxe prints in silhouettes for all of ivory, pink, crimson, fuchsia, purple and aqua is key with a huge focus on photographic prints including Julia Ormond, and Dewan-Tatum shapes and sizes. It’s all about the attention to detail with of course metallics in black, gold and silver. and urban inspired tees. Camouflage print is a new said she’s getting plenty of support. She with hi-lo hems, chain embellishments and foil The key shapes and silhouettes to look out for print we add to our collection ranging from said she is breastfeeding and producers prints. The key shape and silhouettes you need to would be; peplum tops, dip hem shirts and lay- blocked pattern and solid to full camouflage prints look out for are: maxi dresses, kaftans, long skirts, ered dresses. in tops and bottoms. Smarten up with button peplum tops as well as palazzo wide legged pants. On our boys front, this Ramadan the key shapes down check shirts in rich jewel and winter tones Key colours for the season are coral, tangerine, to keep in mind for this season and the seasons and for a more relaxed feel also readily available in neons, rich brights with teal and fuchsias. This season ahead are fashionable slim silhouettes with fabric bright summer hues. we focus on luxe fabrics i.e. plush satins, soft geor- mixes, predominantly a chambray base with gettes and chiffons and coated laces. colour paneling, studs and rich embroidery. The key prints, fabrics and influences encompass fight- Kids er pilot inspired details and look & feel and Embellishments are a key factor for Max girls inspired by Tokyo street style. eghan McCain is getting her own done.” McCain said her 76-year-old father, show on a new TV network tar- Republican Sen. John McCain, has already Mgeting the generation of seen a highlight reel of her show. Americans known as millennials. “Raising “We have had conflicts many times. He McCain” will debut on Pivot, a general did not love when I worked at MSNBC,” she entertainment network that launches Aug. said. “He has really been a great champion 1. It’s described as a documentary-talk of this show and believing that young series for viewers ages 15 to 34. McCain people want more substance.” The will star and serve as executive producer. younger McCain, who is also a Republican, The 28-year-old author and blogger told calls her generation the most politically the Television Critics Association on Friday engaged. “I believe in more than this coun- that the show lets her “be crazy, be myself try is being given in news and entertain- and talk about issues.” ment,” she said. — AP “I came to Pivot because I think there has to be some sort of middle ground between the Kardashians and C-SPAN,” McCain said. “I want to give people infor- mation but not talk down to them. I am so excited. This is the best thing I’ve ever Can ‘Wolverine’ claw back big-budget Hollywood losses?

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Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor (center) shows creations by Indian fashion designer Rohit Bal (left) during the Indian Bridal Fashion Week.

Models show creations by Indian†fashion†designer Rohit Bal during Indian Bridal†Fashion Week in New Delhi. — AFP photos

s Kate and William showed off the royal baby, what she emerged from the hospital Tuesday. And her form-draping caught the eye of many women was not the new heir dress was a contrast to the caftan-like outfit that hid Princess Ato the throne but the Duchess of Cambridge’s post- Diana’s figure when she appeared publicly for the first time childbirth silhouette: that little bump under her pretty polka- after giving birth to Will in 1982. dot dress. “I love that she came out and there was a mommy Nancy Manister, who worked for 20 years as a maternity tummy. It was there! We all saw it!” said Lyss Stern of New York nurse and now teaches at Fairfield University in Connecticut, City, who remembers turning down offers of a girdle and diet even noticed a moment during the photo op when Kate pills after her first child was born nine years ago. Stern, whose “clasped her hands together underneath the belly, and I company Divamoms.com organizes events and product thought, ‘She’s not trying to hide it.’” As for anxious new moms launches, added that Kate was sending “the right message,” in wondering when that bump will go away, Manister says, “it stark contrast to Hollywood celebrities who are shown “three takes six weeks to lose 25 pounds, and a full year” to get your weeks after childbirth with a flat stomach and G-string bikini. old body back. That’s not real.” Jennifer Moneta, who works in public relations in Dallas, Even those who make a living getting new moms into gave birth nine weeks ago and was especially pleased that shape applauded Kate. “I’m thrilled that she went out there like Kate made the post-partum silhouette “look very natural, as if that, because we never see real mommy tummies,” said Helene that is what all moms can and should expect after having a Byrne, a personal trainer in Oakland, Calif., who specializes in baby.” Moneta said that when she left the hospital, “I still pre- and post-natal exercise. “When you see a magazine or looked five months pregnant, even though I only gained 20 photos of new celebrity moms, they’re Photoshopped. They’re pounds during pregnancy. My father even lovingly kidded me fake! They’re a big lie!” about it, saying ‘I didn’t realize the baby was still in there.’” The Daily Beast even ran a headline saying Kate’s Alison Jimenez, a fashion blogger in Astoria, NY, said she “unabashed baby belly busts the last taboo of pregnancy.” was “outraged” by comments from some Kate-watchers asking Indeed, most celebrity new moms don’t have their pictures things like “Is she pregnant again?” “This woman has just given taken until their tummies are flat again. And while the stars birth, what was she supposed to do? Struggle into a pair of usually credit diet and exercise with making their bodies biki- Spanx?” Jimenez said. But some new moms do swear by gir- ni-ready so fast, gossip and plastic surgeons often cite some- dles or their modern equivalent. Josephine Giraci, of Lloyd In this June 22, 1982, file photo, Britain’s Prince Charles, thing else: the popular procedure known as a tummy tuck. Neck, NY, says the best piece of advice she got before her first Prince of Wales, and wife Princess Diana take home their People magazine has an entire online archive devoted to child was born 11 years ago was to pack a girdle in her mater- newborn son Prince William, as they leave St.Mary’s “Body After Baby: Celebrity moms show off shockingly svelt nity bag. She wore it for three months after giving birth: “I slept Hospital in London. figures after giving birth,” but the magazine declined to com- in it and everything.” ment Wednesday on the example set by Kate. Meanwhile, the One shapewear company, Hourglass Angel, wasted no women who have cesarean sections do wear a binder-like summer’s other celebrity mom, Kim Kardashian, has yet to be time Wednesday emailing pitches showing a picture of Kate accessory around their midsections to support abdominal seen in public. Us Weekly reported that she won’t leave the with the mommy tummy alongside ads for corsets and girdles muscles. As he spoke, he was with a patient, Melissa Baker, of house untill she’s ready to “debut her post-baby body.” as a way for women to “regain their body” and “feel even more Ellicott City, Md., who gave birth just a week ago. Asked what Nobody can say whether Kate consciously chose to send a beautiful.” Dr. Robert Atlas, an obstetrician-gynecologist at she thought of Kate, Baker said, simply, “I liked that she didn’t message that this is what new mothers really look like, or Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, explained that the “bulge look perfect.” — AP whether she didn’t realize - or didn’t care - how obvious her that women have after they deliver” is mostly loose skin and In this July 23, 2013 photo, Britain’s Prince William and tummy would be. Either way, she un-self-consciously handed fat. He said breast-feeding can help new mothers lose the Kate, Duchess of Cambridge pose with the Prince of the baby off to her husband rather than using the newborn to weight “due to extra metabolic processing,” but he doesn’t rec- Cambridge outside St Mary’s Hospital in London where camouflage her figure from the cameras and crowds when ommend girdles as a way to lose baby weight - though the Duchess gave birth. — AP photos