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SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 RAMADAN 15, 1435 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Anxiety grips Philippines De Villiers, Lebanon apprehends De Kock star amid blasts Australian in S Africa’s Emsak: 03:13 and arrests linked to ISIL series win Fajer: 03:23 Dohr: 11:54 Asr: 15:28 Maghreb: 18:50 7 12 20 Eshaa: 20:21 Israel, Hamas defiant Max 48º Min 34º as death toll hits 127 High Tide 00:52 & 11:33 Low Tide Kuwait calls for Arab foreign ministers’ emergency meeting 06:07 & 19:10 40 PAGES NO: 16225 150 FILS GAZA: International alarm grew yesterday as Israel pound- Ramadan Kareem ed Gaza for a fifth day with air strikes and artillery, killing 22 Palestinians as Hamas defiantly rained more rockets on the Jewish state. Egypt’s president warned that any escalation Therapeutic effects in the conflict would cost more “innocent lives”. But both sides have brushed off calls for a truce, and Israel continued of the Holy Month yesterday to build up troops and armor on the Gaza border in preparation for a possible ground invasion. By Teresa Lesher The aerial campaign saw a series of strikes start yester- day, including one that hit a centre for the handicapped. odern life, which is characterized by computeriza- tion, communication, and globalization, has The attack in the northern Gaza Strip killed two handi- Mmade work easier and given us more leisure capped women and wounded four, the centre’s director options, but has also contributed to mental and social said. Other targets included a bank, the homes of Hamas problems. “Modern man” is often characterized bylack of leaders and a mosque that the Israeli military said was purpose, distraction, low stamina, isolation, loss of com- being used to store weapons. Two nephews of former munity involvement, decreased empathy, and general Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya were among the dead depression. Given the busy schedules that we often feel in one strike, residents said. we have little control over, it’s hard to make major lifestyle The deaths raised the toll in five days of violence to 127, changes. But our Creator has prescribed a treatment for Gaza medics said, with militants firing 564 rockets at Israel, whatever social, emotional or personal challenge we face 34 of them yesterday, according to the army. International in life - it is called Ramadan. efforts were under way to mediate a truce, with Sisi’s Feeling a lack of purpose in your life? Fast the month spokesman saying the Egyptian president was in touch of Ramadan. Nobody would undertake such a long and with both sides. Sisi met Middle East Quartet envoy Tony difficult commitment without a reason, whether or reli- Blair in Cairo yesterday to discuss the crisis. “The president gious conviction, health benefits, personal challenge, or warned of the dangers of military escalation, and the casu- solidarity with Muslims. The Quran says, “Fasting has been alties it would cause among innocent civilians,” Sisi’s prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those before spokesman said in a statement. you so that you may learnGod-consciousness” (2:183). If you sincerely fast, observing the restrictions on food, drink Little interest in truce and sexual intimacy in daylight hours, you will develop a In Washington, the White House has said it is willing to strong sense purpose - which for most is to obey and wor- ship Almighty God. “leverage” its relationships in the region to bring about a You will also become a more sincere person, since fast- ceasefire. The chief diplomats of Britain, France, Germany ing cannot really be observed by another person - only and the United States are due to discuss how to achieve a truce when they meet in Vienna today, on the sidelines of you and God. Ramadan is the perfect time to ask, “What is KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited the Kuwait Army Officers’ the purpose of my existence?” Most people nowadays are talks on Iran’s nuclear program. Tehran’s foreign minister, distracted due to busy schedules, incessant phone mes- Club and the Interior Ministry’s building on Friday on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. The Amir Mohammad Javad Zarif, in a taped interview with US sages and emails, and the demands of media for our was accompanied by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, deputy broadcaster NBC to air later today, urged Washington to attention. We lack focus and can hardly finish one task chief of KNG Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber use the United Nations to stop the Israeli strikes. from start to finish without distractions. Some people Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.— KUNA (See Page 3) Continued on Page 15 cannot even eat a meal without their phones nearby so they can check WhatsApp messages. PAGE PAGE If this describes you, I recommend fasting the month of Kuwait may raise tax Fresh spying row hurts Ramadan, which will eliminate one major distraction in our lives - eating - during daylight hours, which increases on tobacco products US-Germany relations productivity and focus on other activities. And then, when the meal is finally served after sunset, I guarantee you will put your phone away so you can enjoy your breakfast. We generally have less physical strength and lower stamina than our parents and grandparents had due to our sedentary lifestyles and the prevalence of desk Aerospace jamboree on tenterhooks jobs. Fasting Ramadan will improve your fortitude and determination; how else would you be able to refrain from satisfying your basic needs and desires for such long peri- Airbus to launch revamped and rebranded A330 ods? How else would you be able to ignore hunger, thirst LONDON: Suspense over the appearance of America’s brand-new Bombardier CSeries or popular Russian fight- most anticipated aviation events had to settle for a and fatigue while you carry on with life’s usual demands? newest combat jet, a diplomatic chill between the West er displays. Qatar Airways has withdrawn its Airbus A380 “stress ball” shaped like an F-35 but saw a dazzling dis- Ramadan is a perfect time to show yourself what you’re and Russia and the re-launch of an Airbus jet with a sur- superjumbo, saying the still undelivered plane is not yet play of other planes. “It was the main reason for us to capable of. You will find a self-disciplined, patient, flexible prise tweak in its name could make the Farnborough ready. At the July 11-13 Royal International Air Tattoo come here - to see the F-35; it is a big disappointment,” and resilient person. Another byproduct of our modern Airshow one of the least predictable for years. While the (RIAT) in England, visitors were disappointed after said Jan Corstjens, a retired Dutch pharmaceutical execu- lifestyles is isolation. Families are often separated and world’s largest aerospace event is traditionally a cauldron Lockheed Martin Corp’s F-35 fighter jet failed to make tive with a private pilot’s licence. The US Navy said on must resort to social media to keep in touch. Social media for new technology and dazzling flying displays, techni- the military air show. An engine fire has triggered a Friday it was not yet ready to lift the flying ban on F-35B also enable us to have friends from around the world that cal problems forced the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to with- fleetwide grounding of the Pentagon’s newest warplane and F-35C models. Tensions over the crisis in Ukraine we meet in virtual spaces. draw from a warm-up event and Farnborough’s aircraft - and the world’s single most expensive weapons pro- have also depleted this year’s Farnborough show with However, this has had a negative impact on the “in-per- list is already crossed through with several high-profile gram - but officials are still hoping the stealth fighter will Russia adopting a scaled-down presence, focusing on son” relationships with those around us, with many people preferring to relate to others through their phones. no-shows. be cleared to fly at Farnborough. civil displays and the space industry. Ramadan helps this situation because there are many The July 14-20 gathering will go ahead without the RIAT visitors drawn by posters making it one of the Continued on Page 15 communal meals, whether at home, in mosques, or spe- cial gatherings for social groups. In addition, the extra attention on prayer brings neighbors together in the mosques daily, which builds stronger communities. Finally, zakat ul-fitr, or the pre-holiday charity, requires us Ukraine troops to reach out to someone less fortunate in the spirit of shar- ing and celebration. Modern life can sometimes lead to apathy, which is car- ing little for others, and a sense of entitlement, which is overestimating your rights. Feeling the hunger and thirst slay 1,000 rebels of fasting makes you keenly aware of the blessing of food and clean water in your life, and more aware of the fact KIEV: Ukrainian war planes bombarded separatists along a scrambled to strike at the pro-Russian separatists after they that many people do not have what you will now consider broad front yesterday, inflicting huge losses, Kiev said, after resumed missile attacks on government forces deployed a luxury. Feeling the deprivations of the poor is a wonder- President Petro Poroshenko said “scores and hundreds” near the frontier with Russia, south-east of the city of ful lesson in empathy and compassion, one that is never forgotten after fasting the month of Ramadan, and which would be made to pay for a deadly missile attack on Luhansk. In the military action, which began on Friday makes it so much easier to share our resources with the Ukrainian forces. In exchanges marking a sharp escalation in evening and continued well into yesterday, five Ukrainian disadvantaged. the three-month conflict, jets struck at the “epicenter” of the servicemen were killed, Lysenko said. There had been 16 Finally, all the above symptoms of the modern man battle against the rebels close to the border with Russia, a overflights by Ukrainian fighter jets in all, he said. lead to depression, which is common today. Fasting military spokesman said. Rebels had also carried out mortar and missile bombard- Ramadan is a way to start overcoming depression The planes targeted positions from where separatists ment of army checkpoints at Dyakove and because it has several positive results simultaneously: a using high-powered Grad missiles bombarded an army Nyzhnoderevechka near Luhansk, the “anti-terrorist opera- renewed sense of purpose, realizing your personal motorized brigade on Friday, killing 23 servicemen. tion” said. Journalists based in Donetsk said Ukrainian forces strength, increased involvement with others, awareness of Warplanes also struck at targets near Donetsk, the east’s appeared to have shelled Maryinka, a suburb, on Friday blessings that you formally took for granted, taking con- main town where rebels have dug in, destroying a powerful night. Ten multi-storey apartment blocks bore traces of fire trol of yourself through managing your needs, desires and fighter base near Dzerzhinsk, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman and parts of shells could be seen in the street. Poroshenko, thoughts, and drawing closer to your Creator and the for the “anti-terrorist operation” said. “According to prelimi- whose forces had recently seemed to be prevailing over the Provider of all your needs. nary assessment, Ukrainian pilots ... killed about 1000 (rebel) rebels, had vowed on Friday he would “find and destroy” the Fasting the month of Ramadan definitely has its bene- fighters and damaged two armored transporters,” Lysenko rebels responsible for the missile attack at Zelenopillya, fits in this life, especially in the modern age. And this is told journalists. which also wounded nearly 100 and was one of the dead- just the tip of the iceberg, because there are medical and In an earlier air attack on a base near Perevalsk, north of liest yet against government forces. spiritual benefits, as well as blessings that accrue in the Hereafter. The total benefits of fasting are known only to Donetsk, two tanks, 10 armored vehicles and “about 500” God, who says in the Quran, “... and it is better for you to rebel fighters were destroyed, he said. Rebel representatives, New sense of urgency fast, if you only knew” (2:184). quoted by Russian news agencies, denied they had suffered The increasing violence will bring a new sense of big losses and said the Ukrainians were using outdated urgency to diplomatic attempts to end the worst crisis Courtesy of the TIES Center, the social and educational intelligence about where separatist forces were deployed. between Russia and the West since the Cold War. After a hub for Western Muslims in Kuwait. For more informa- SEVERSK: A Ukrainian serviceman reacts as he “There were no volunteers (rebels) where the Ukrainian avi- pro-Western revolt in Kiev ousted a Moscow-backed presi- tion, please call 25231015/6 or e-mail patrols in the small eastern city of Seversk yester- ation was active yesterday,” said a spokeswoman for the dent in February, Russia annexed Ukraine’s Crimean penin- [email protected] or visit www.tiescenter.net. day, a day after the city was freed from pro-Russian Luhansk-based separatists, referring to the Peravalsk attack. sula and pro-Russian separatists seized strategic buildings in militants. — AFP Earlier, the border guard service said jet fighters were Continued on Page 15 SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 LOCAL

Food of Ramadan Quaker Oats Crispy Chicken Ingredients • 1 chicken (1 1/2 kilo) • 2 cups buttermilk • 1 tbsp. mixed spices • 1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg • 2 garlic cloves, minced • Salt and black pepper To cover • 3 cups Quaker Oats roughly crushed • 1 tsp. ground ginger • 1 tsp. paprika • 1/2 tsp. ground cloves • 1/2 tsp. ground coriander • Salt and pepper To serve • Celery and carrot sticks Group photo of the VIVA Family during their annual Ghabgha • Ketchup Preparation VIVA celebrates achievements with employees • Wash chicken and cut into 8 pieces, pat dry. • Combine buttermilk with the mixed spices, nutmeg, KUWAIT: In celebration of the Holy month Al-Badran said: “We have worked tire- garlic and season with salt and pepper. of Ramadan, VIVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing lessly to get to where we are today, and • Add chicken pieces and mix until well covered with and most developed telecom operator, you, our family have shown dedication, the mixture. held its annual employee Ghabgha to share commitment and loyalty. This has been • Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight. the Ramadan traditional spirit. The event reflected on our overall operations and • Preheat oven to 180 degrees. was held on July 9 at the Regency Hotel. services offered to the public. I am also • Mix oats with spices in a bowl. The event recognized employees’ efforts very proud to add that our hard work and • Lift chicken pieces from the marinade and dip into in bringing VIVA to the position it is in excellent customer service have managed oat mixture. today. The evening was attended by the to gain our customers’ trust, and we have • Arrange chicken pieces in a greased pan. Chief Executive Officer, Eng. Salman Bin now exceeded two million and look for- • Back in oven for 35-45 minutes. Abdul Aziz Al-Badran together with senior ward to greater achievements in the • Place cooked chicken in a serving dish. managers from all sectors and depart- future.” • Serve alongside celery sticks, carrots, and ketchup. ments, along with the company employees Al-Badran concluded: “I would like to to reinforce relations and highlight VIVA’s extend my sincere thanks, gratitude and spectacular achievements. appreciation to all those who contributed The ghabgha commenced with a wel- to the growth and success of VIVA over the come speech by VIVA’s CEO, where he past years. Let us work together following made special reference to employees’ hard VIVA’s values of transparency, vitality and Chief Executive Officer, Eng. Salman Bin Abdul Aziz Al Badran amidst the VIVA Family work and dedication throughout the years added valued to achieve more accom- during their annual Ghabgha in making VIVA the fastest growing plishments and success for our customers, achievements, followed by the Frankom draws for VIVA’s employees. telecommunications company in Kuwait, and to constantly strive to raise the level Magic Show and an Italian 3D mapping VIVA is dedicated to holding an annual and successfully becoming the second of communication and services that con- show. Throughout the ghabgha, guests Ramadan Ghabgha for the VIVA family, player in the telecom market, in terms of tribute to enriching VIVA’s brand.” were entertained by famous presenter allowing management and employees to revenue and number of customers who The evening started with a short docu- Laila Baroun and Ali Najem, who enter- enjoy the spiritual and social atmosphere have surpassed two million. mentary which highlighted VIVA’s main tained the crowd and held exciting raffle that the Holy month brings with it. Girgian Event at Dasman Diabetes Institute

KUWAIT: The Nutrition Department in the Dasman Diabetes of Institute, which was found- ed by Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) in 2006, in cooperation with the Kuwaiti Diabetes Society, held their annual Girgian celebration for children with diabetes and their families in Kuwait. A number of children attended the event enriched with educational and cultural games followed by a theatrical performance. This per- formance included classic favorites like Cinderella and her prince; Jasmine and Aladdin; and Mickey Mouse and others. It was also fol- lowed by an interactive magic show. The event The Commercial Bank of Kuwait participated in a Girgian party that was held recent- was also brought to life by stations for Henna ly at the Fahad Pediatrics Center. The event was organized by the Physiotherapy art, face-painting, balloon making, and a station Hospital’s management on the occasion of the holy month of Ramadan. where the children were able to take pictures with the attending characters. In addition to the stations, the organizers of the event ensured a variety of activities that took all age groups into consideration. The kids also enjoyed an appearance from “Abu Tubaila”, a traditional character in every Kuwaiti Ramadan; they sang with him while he played his drum. The event came to an end with a reenact- ment of traditional Kuwaiti wedding followed by the distribution of Girgian gift bags and prizes. Under the leadership of DDI’s Director General Dr Kazem Behbehani, Dr Roula Barake, the Nutrition Department Director, emphasized the importance of holding such an event for children with diabetes at Dasman Diabetes Institute. She stated that this event is important NBK PR team distributes the meals to fasters at Kuwait International airport to make these children and their families under- stand that they can enjoy Girgian and similar events under specialized supervision. She also NBK distributes Iftar commended the Kuwaiti Diabetes Society’s team for their contribution in this event with meals at airport leadership from Dr Hessa. She also thanked the Nursing Departments for providing assistance to This event was characterized by teamwork nutrition department. This program is the first of test the guests’ blood glucose levels, and the and youth involvement. It encouraged the its kind here at DDI; it targets training Kuwait’s KUWAIT: As part of fulfilling its ongoing Public Relations Department and the building Kuwaiti youth to volunteer; thus, reflecting a youth and preparing them to become ambassa- corporate social responsibilities and on the Management and Maintenance Unit for their unified Kuwaiti society. Groups like “Sawadna” dors and diffusers of our mission here in occasion of the holy month of Ramadan, great efforts and continuous support. Special and “Mostajid USA” provided a helping hand. Dasman. They are to become an active part of NBK Public Relations Team distributed thanks go to DDI’s highly specialized, profession- Last but not least, the event was marked by Kuwait’s health environment by spreading meals in special convoys to fasters at al nutritionists for preparing, organizing, and the efforts of the youth in the Student awareness and educating the people in the pre- Kuwait International airport, within the making this spectacular evening happen. Ambassador Program, specifically those in the vention of Diabetes. framework of the ongoing “Do Good Deeds in Ramadan” philanthropic campaign launched by the Bank. NBK Public Relations Officer Talal Al- Turki said that the NBK this year extends the reach of its “Do Good Deeds in Ramadan” Campaign to cover many areas and parties. “The distribution scale of Al Watani Iftar banquets this year also includes hundreds of fast-breaking meals via special convoys to numerous mosques and crowded locations in Kuwait”, Al-Turki dreds of fasters attending NBK tent set up added. in Kuwait City,” Al Turki added. “NBK’s Al-Watani Iftar banquet cam- It is worth mentioning that NBK opens paign launched with the commencement its Iftar tent for prayers during the last 10 of the Holy Month of Ramadan as part of days of the holy month of Ramadan in an extensive social program comprising a observance of Laylat Al Qadr to host fasters multitude of philanthropic activities, is gar- for prayers and meditation and Quran nishing impressive attendance with hun- recitation. SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 LOCAL

Amir visits KNG, Army, MoI officers

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah of-the-art equipment and armament to upgrade He called on the security forces to implement diversified services for citizens and expatriates duties hand-in-hand with the ministries of Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah visited Friday the their capabilities. the law strictly against riots, violent acts, disrup- through 40 services centers nationwide, he said, defense and interior. Kuwait Amry Officers’ Club, Interior Ministry’s His Highness the Amir paid tribute for all sol- tion of traffic, attacking police forces, and public and added the centers would increase to 60 in He said KNG was about to finalize its 2010-15 building and Kuwait National Guard (KNG) diers who sacrificed their souls for the sake of and private properties, as well as other crimes near future. strategic plan and would proceed with the next Officers’ Club on the occasion of the holy month their country. like cybercrimes, drug trafficking and violence His Highness, meanwhile, visited KNG’s 2015-20 plan that aimed at addressing domestic of Ramadan. among youths. The Amir called on the interior Officers Club and was received by head of KNG and regional challenges. His Highness the Amir was accompanied by New strategy ministry to exert efforts to address traffic conges- His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, his He added that the second strategic plan His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Gen Al-Othman, for his part, thanked His tions as well as violations of traffic laws that ulti- deputy Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- would be based on three projects: helicopter, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, deputy chief of KNG Highness the Amir for the visit and said the mately killed many people, particularly youth. Sabah and KNG’s Acting Undersecretary Maj Gen chemical defense center and early-warning radar Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and armed forces were adopting a strategy aimed at “The current phase in the region is critical and Hashem Abdulrazzaq Al-Rifae. system. His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber confronting all challenges facing the country this requires vigilance and readiness to confront The Amir asserted the important role of the Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. with the aim of honoring aspirations of the anyone seeking to undermine security and sta- national guards as the “first backup” of the armed Cooperation protocols His Highness the Amir, at Kuwait Amry Kuwaiti people. bility of the nation, as well as against whose forces and security bodies. Al-Rifae said this strategy aimed at boosting Officers’ Club, was received by Deputy Premier The military institute, said Al-Othman, sought attempting to incite chaos and discord, “ he He said the national guards were playing an professional capabilities of the national guards. and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al- to examine the surrounding security environ- emphasized. important role in protecting the nation, guarding He said KNG signed cooperation protocols Sabah, Chief of Staff General Abdulrahman ment to pin-point sources of threats at the “I call for the strict implementation of law on the public and vital facilities. with the Arab Open University, Kuwait University Mohammad Al-Othman, Defense Ministry regional and international levels, citing threats everybody and without exception ...,” he said. Sheikh Sabah highly appreciated the great and the Public Authority for Applied Education Undersecretary Jassar Abdulrazzaq Al-Jassar and also posed by the armed groups. role of KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah and Training (PAAET) to provide educational senior army officers. The Amir then visited Sheikh Nawaf Al- Service centers and Sheikh Mishal for improving the military opportunities for the national guards. His Highness Sheikh Sabah, addressing the Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s building at the Gen Al-Fahad said police forces were deter- capabilities and expertise of the national guards. Al-Rifae also said that KNG signed coopera- officers, highly appreciated the great role of Interior Ministry, where he was received by mined to defend the country, and noted the The Amir congratulated the KNG for winning tion protocols with Bahrain’s National Guards. armed forces in the protection of Kuwait. Deputy Premier, Interior Minister and Acting security troops have been mounting the war Kuwait’s Transparency and Reform Prize. He Part of KNG’s social initiatives, he said, a He called for vigilance and readiness vis-a-vis Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Sheikh against crime and cybercrimes, drugs and every wished them the best of luck in performing their branch of blood bank has opened in Sumood criticial political and security circumstances in Mohammad Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and illegal act. Drug enforcement agents’ have been duties and paid tribute for their late colleagues Camp. the region in order to confront whoever sought Interior Ministry Undersecretary Gen Sulaiman mounting their crack down on narcotics and who sacrificed their lives for their country. His Highness the Amir was also accompanied to undermine security and stability of the coun- Fahad Al-Fahad. drug traffickers, working hand-in-hand with Maj Gen Al-Rifae pledged that the national Minister of Amiri Diwan Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al- try. He noted that the government has worked The Amir said the security forces have a great regional and international parties to tighten the guards would keep abiding by the “wise guid- Ahmad Al-Sabah and his Deputy Sheikh Ali hard to develop the armed forces through state- role to play to preserve order of the country. grip on drug dealers. The interior ministry has ance” of His Highness the Amir to perform their Jarrah Al-Sabah. —KUNA

Zain shares Ramadan iftar meal with ‘Al Tahreer’ Brigade Camp

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications Zain explained in a press statement that its rent harsh weather conditions. The visit came as interactive visits, where we share the belssings of Camp to share the blessings of Iftar and to thank company in Kuwait, announced yesterday that it Corporate Communications and Relations team part of Zain’s program of interactive visits during the holy month with several sectors of our com- them for their endless efforts.” shared a Ramadan Iftar meal gathering with the visited the Land Force Command’s 6th ‘Al- the holy month as part of the company’s recent- munity. Zain recognizes the great importance of Zain concluded that its Corporate Social Land Force Command of the Ministry of Defense Tahreer’ Mechanized Brigade Camp with the ly launched extensive Corporate Social those in charge of the security of our beloved Responsibility Program during the Holy Month in the 6th ‘Al Tahreer’ Mechanized Brigade Camp. attendance of Deputy Commander of Land Responsibility campaign. Waleed Al-Khashti, Kuwait in various sectors, and our brave soldiers of Ramadan includes an extensive array of pro- The initiative came as a sign of gratitude and Forces Brigadier Bader Al-Awadhi and Deputy Zain’s Corporate Communications and Relations put their lives at risk every day to save the lives of grams that cover different areas. The initiatives appreciation to the efforts those noble defend- Commander of the 6th ‘Al-Tahreer’ Mechanized Manager said: “Zain welcomed the Holy Month others rather than to be with their families dur- and programs will include humanitarian, volun- ers of Kuwait exert throughout the year and Brig Col Mohammed Al Dhafiri to recognize the of Ramadan this year with a program that ing the Iftar meal. This is a main reason why we tary, cultural, religious, sports, and recreational especially during the holy month to accomplish outstanding efforts the land forces are exerting includes an array of programs and initiatives. We were determined to be present with them even activities to cater to the different segments of their duty. during the holy month, especially with the cur- dedicate a significant part of our campaign to in the farthest locations like the 6th Brigade society. SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 LOCAL

Local spotlight In my view Religious wars Environment a top priority

By Muna Al-Fuzai By Labeed Abdal

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have no doubt that the Middle East is a very disturb- he United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) met ing place now and possibly about to witness a reli- Al-Watan in Nairobi, Kenya recently with presence of UN Igious war. If I have to list names of countries that are Palestine TSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon, and with participation now under attack and struggling for power, it would of 193 countries including Kuwait, in order to adopt environ- take more than one article. The question is: how can we mental recommendations for the upcoming years. In my stop this kind of bloody war? opinion, it is a very important starting point in the environ- For years, we have been reading and following stud- mental field. I believe that more efforts are needed to focus ies and analyses by researchers, politicians and writers on cooperation in main issues and mechanisms to fund joint projects and researches in climate change, biodiversity, wondering about the future of the Middle East, monar- forests, chemical waste and water pollution. Collective chies, the rich peaceful Gulf countries, the oil industry efforts on that regard are indispensable, especially that their and Western interests and speculations over multi-con- benefits reach every human being on earth. servative Muslim groups that are now being labeled ter- In Kuwait and the Gulf region in general, we need execu- ror groups. I don’t wish to speak about how Al-Qaeda tive programs approved by the UN and do not contradict was created but I think that ISIS is their baby as it has with the privacy or local legislations, yet achieve the benefits the same ideology. kuwait digest ISIS recently announced the creation of the state of succession in an area stretching from the Middle East Helping Iraq’s unity between Syria and Iraq, and began attacking the holy Sustainable develop- places of the Shiites, killing hundreds of Shiites women By Dr Shamlan Y Al-Essa and children. This act provoked the Shiites against the ment plans must be taken Sunnis. Some key leaders of both parties are fuelling the public. These figures are religious and community lead- ll neighboring countries of Iraq took proactive steps to pre- ples that allow some freedom for religious and ethnic pluralism. The in line with international vent repercussions of Iraq’s events in the form of dangerous extremists among political Islamic groups opposed the govern- ers, MPs and business people. I think they want to fuel political transformations that may lead to the shredding of ment’s intention to open mosques for Shiites, Bohra and churches for the fire between the Sunnis and the Shiites and drag A collaborative steps, and this Arab country or the continuation of its unstable situation. Saudi, Christians, yet we see them defending and calling to help the Iraqi everyone into a religious war. Turkey and Jordan governments took political and security steps to people. The truth that the statement did not reveal is that they are with bearing in mind We are not ready to witness another religious holo- prevent Daesh terror from reaching their countries, except for us trying to defend the Sunnis of Iraq and not all Iraqis. Do not overlook caust. The apparent goal seems to be to seek identifica- here in Kuwait, as political Islamic groups including former MPs and the gravity of the issue in Iraq and imagine the struggle is between controlling consumption tion of a real Islam world and yet, the real reason is to politicians such as Dr Walled Al-Tabtabae, Al-Dahoom, Al-Harbash Sunni and Shiites, because the problem is deeper and more compli- control oil resources. Europe witnessed a deadly reli- and Al-Jumaian issued a statement about the formation of a com- cated. There is a true struggle in Iraq between supporters of the civil patterns, as well as waste. gious war in the 17th century and it took her centuries mittee they called “committee of Brotherhood and Neighborhood state who believe in democracy, multiple ideologies and freedom, to recover after the extermination of large numbers of Right”. Among the most important aims of the committee is to sup- and the state of law and political Islam groups that took the opportu- people to build a new Europe. Finally in 1648, an agree- port the Iraqi right that is being compromised by terror operations nity of the political void in Iraq with the help of the American occupi- of collective work by allowing data sharing and coordination ment was in place to put an end to 30 years of war, sep- in order to mix cards. It confirmed that in Kuwait, we support the er, and formed parties with religious influence, as the Shiite religious through joint information networks. arating politics from religion in all life aspects. World Iraqi people’s right and its resolution to maintain one Iraq in the face establishments decide its earthly and religious demands according Environment must take a top priority in development peace depends on each country’s quest for fairness and of heinous sectarianism. The statement said the committee’s goal is to traditions. Whoever wants to help the Iraqi people will not rush to plans, and should not take a back seat to other issues, includ- establishment of good neighborly relations. Since then, reflected in the image of Kuwaiti people. The committee opened its support one Iraqi group against another. What we want for Kuwait is ing important ones such as the economy or countering ter- Europe has learnt its lesson. doors to all Kuwaitis and those who believe in fighting sectarianism, to adopt a neutral view that helps all and attempts to rescue Iraq rorism. Sustainable development plans must be taken in line The Middle East has been debating for 50 years due and warned against trusting intentions of Daesh. from division on sectarian, nationalistic or Kurdish bases. with international collaborative steps, and with bearing in We thank the committee members for confirming Iraq’s unity We as a small and peaceful people should reject all ideas of to the struggle between Israelis and Palestinians. No mind controlling consumption patterns, as well as waste. and rejecting sectarianism there, but we differ from them because Sunni or Shiite political Islam. We must preserve our unity and urge international power succeeded in bringing all parties to Production in general must be controlled in order to stop their true intention is not to help all Iraqi with all their sects and eth- our government to take clear and frank stands away from religious a final peace settlement. A religious war would mean industrialists who seek to make as much profit as possible nicities, because I, as a Kuwaiti citizen, hold a free ideology that or sectarian tone. The foundation of our move should be the preser- regardless of the harmful effects that their industries leave death for all, putting oil resources, international inter- rejects sectarianism in all forms, be it Sunnis or Shiites. vation of the integrity of the Iraqi soil and to reject all attempts to on the environment. ests and the lives of thousands of people at risk because The main reason for the spread of religious and sectarian extrem- divide the country and form a federalism that is based on sectarian, On top of that, we must not forget that those who defend no power can predict the shape of this region after- ism in the Arab world is the political Islamic groups, as those who nationalistic and Kurdish considerations. Kuwait, all Gulf and Arab the environment need support from the law in order to pre- wards. We just can’t afford a religious war at this point in issued the statement promote religious and sectarian extremism, as countries must insist on Iraq being united and reject all foreign inter- vent violations and pollution. time. Muslim extremists, both Sunnis and Shiites, reject the political princi- ventions in its affairs. Translated— by Kuwait Times from Al-Watan

in my view Hamas makes own decisions

By Abdullah H. Erakat senior adviser to Palestinian Authority President Convention and the Fourth Geneva Convention which Mahmoud Abbas said that the PA and Fatah could result in Israel being charged with war crimes. Ahave no ability to intervene in the Gaza crisis But Israeli officials are of the firm belief that it’s the because the Gaza Strip is ruled exclusively by Hamas Palestinians who stand to lose if Abbas seeks redress despite the unity agreement. from the ICC. Responding to the question of whether President Dr Einat Wilf, a former Israeli legislator and presently Abbas is able to get the Islamist Hamas movement to senior fellow with The Washington Institute for Near stop firing rockets into Israel, Ambassador Majdi Al- Eastern Affairs, said that “the whole issue of going to Khaldi, diplomatic adviser to the president, said that, the ICC is a double edge sword; and right now there is “Hamas is an opposition organization led by its own even a question of whether Palestine can submit [cas- decisions. It is very obvious we are not controlling es] to the ICC.” Gaza. The decisions of Hamas are taken by their own Wilf explained that if “Palestine is accepted as a people.” legitimate participant, then they also become recipi- Previously, in defending against accusations that a ents on the other side. What will happen is that unity government of which Hamas is a part will be Palestine will become responsible for Hamas and the unacceptable to Western donor nations, Abbas replied unity government will make it more difficult. In going that the government will follow his direction. to the ICC, the Palestinians will have to claim territorial The matter is significant in light of the escalating ownership, which means they need to at the very least violence resulting from Hamas firing hundreds of rock- claim Gaza and the West bank. I see legal opinions from ets into Israeli territory and the Israeli army pursuing a Palestinians warning against precisely that.” relentless aerial bombing campaign against Hamas and If that happens, according to Wilf, “Palestinians will Islamic Jihad targets throughout the Gaza Strip. not be able to abdicate legal responsibility, especially Palestinian medical sources on Thursday placed the with Hamas in the unity government...The outcome number of dead from Israeli air raids at 100 with hun- [could be] that over time Israel may be exonerated and dreds of others wounded, including two entire families Palestinians may find themselves implicated.” that perished during air strikes. There are Palestinians who agree that it would not The two-year truce between Israel and Hamas was be easy for President Abbas to prevail in the broken with the kidnapping of three Israeli teens on International Criminal Court, but also believe the court June 12 and the discovery of their bodies almost three would not exonerate Israel for “occupying Palestinian weeks later. Israeli officials insist that Hamas operatives land.” According to Al-Khaldi, “It’s not the right moment carried out the kidnap/murders, but the Islamist group now to do this step.” Yet, he warned Israel that “if it has not admitted responsibility. While the Israeli mili- doesn’t want the Palestinians to go to the ICC, they tary was carrying out massive day-and-night search have to stop their crimes.” missions that included the arrest of scores of Human Rights attorney and former legal adviser to the Palestinians, mostly Hamas members, the frequency of Palestinian negotiating team Diana Buttu disagrees, say- rockets being fired into Israeli territory multiplied pre- ing Israel continues to act above international law and cipitously. Since Tuesday, when the army launched behaves as a “rogue state.” “Operation Protective Edge,” around-the-clock sorties Political analyst Ghassan Khatib says Abbas took the have been flown by the air force while 40,000 reservists decision to go to the ICC because he is being pushed into were called up for duty and await deployment along- a corner along with Hamas. “He has very few cards and side the Israel-Gaza border. one of them is the international arena. He needs to do “We are against all types of violence, whether from something like this,” he said. Like Buttu, he disagrees with Israel or from Hamas or from whomever,” said Al-Khaldi. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor who says On Wednesday, Abbas reached out to the interna- that Israel is scrupulous in its observance of the laws of tional community for help in restoring calm. Egypt had warfare; and views going to the ICC as a win-win situation mediated the 2012 cease fire, and Abbas asked for the Palestinians. “If there will be a situation which each Egyptian President Al-Sisi for his assistance. He also side will be held accountable, I think the Palestinians will asked for the United Nations to intervene; and a be happy to be in such situations,” said Khatib. Security Council meeting on the Gaza situation is tak- Al-Khaldi says he thinks the use of extra force by Israel ing place on Thursday evening in New York. is not necessary and that, “The way forward is to return Al-Khaldi says it’s very important for the Security back to the negotiations and to the political track. The 15- Who was the first da’ee (preacher) in Islam? Council to take responsibility. Anticipating the two-state solution is the best for both and we are losing American response to a resolution condemning Israel, this opportunity now offered by the American administra- Al-Khaldi said, “The issue is not about veto or no veto. tion,” he said. The issue is hundreds of victims: innocent people in Yigal Palmor agrees that returning to the table is the Palestine who were killed.” More recently, Abbas has “one and only political objective.” But he says the immedi- - Mus’ab bin Omair said he would go to the International Criminal Court ate need for his country is “to protect hundreds of thou- and charge Israel with genocide. sands, indeed millions, of civilians from the missiles falling Yes No Last April, the Palestinian Liberation Organization down on their heads, and if anyone can suggest means (PLO) joined 15 UN international treaties and conven- other than military to make the rockets stop then, let tions after US Secretary of State John Kerry’s peace them say so. But for the moment no one has offered any mission failed. When the talks broke down, Abbas took other alternative to stopping Hamas fire.” the decision to join such bodies as The Hague —The Media Line SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 LOCAL $3m for UNHCR operations Ma’a Salama Kuwait KUWAIT: The United Nations High ment in Iraq. Around $9.5 million of the con- Commissioner for Refugees welcomed yes- tribution were channeled through UN agen- terday the generous contribution of $3 mil- cies as well as the International Organization s my time draws to a close in your beau- family that I was introduced to and also wel- lion from the State of Kuwait in support of for Migration, while $500,000 was channeled tiful country I find myself looking back comed into their homes. A UNHCR’s aid operations in Iraq. through Kuwait Red Crescent and the and recall arriving in September 2010 As the old saying goes, ‘All good things This donation comes as part of a larger International Islamic Charity Organization. with my two children looking forward to being come to an end’. For me it marks the end of a contribution of $10 million from the State of The United Nations High Commissioner for reunited with my husband who had taken up relationship here in Kuwait and I return home Kuwait to several humanitarian organizations Refugees, Antonio Guterres said “We deeply his position in early February as HM with my children to the UK. in response to the deteriorating humanitari- appreciate the State of Kuwait’s continuous Ambassador to the State of Kuwait. Thank you for your friendship, your never an conditions and rising internal displace- support to UNHCR. Since my arrival I have felt at home here not ending kindness, your hospitality and most only because of the warmth and wealth of importantly for your support not only since my friendship that I was greeted with but because arrival but during the last few months when there is a historical link between our two cul- saying farewell to friends and relationships is tures - Spanish and Moors. Indeed I still hold the saddest of times. close to my heart the first time I was wel- The door to my home and heart is ready to comed into a Kuwaiti home and the honour return your friendship and support whenever that was bestowed on me to be invited into you are next in England. Sheikha Al-Anoud Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al- Ma’a Salama. Sabah’s home. A beautiful woman with a gen- Maria erous heart and a host of equally welcoming Kuwait may raise tax on tobacco products Health ministry proposals

NEW YORK: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health is eases, he said. The UN meeting, held on July 10-11, took considering proposals to ask the government Al-Sahlawi underlined the importance of stock of the progress made in implementing to increase tax on tobacco products and can- civil society contributions to the national the commitments in the 2011 Political cel subsidized sugar from citizen’s monthly efforts to control NCDs. Declaration on NCDs, tackled gaps and reaf- ration with a view to helping control non- He lauded that the civil society’s role in firmed the political commitment in response communicable diseases (NCDs), said MoH helping the Ministry of Health spread aware- to the challenge of NCDs. Undersecretary Khaled Al-Sahlawi. “The ness about the NCDs and its causes and how A non-communicable disease, or NCD, is a Ministry is considering a number of ideas, to raise children in a healthy way to protect medical condition or disease, which by defini- before presenting them to the cabinet to take them against the NCDs. tion is non-infectious and non-transmissible a decision, to end government’s subsidy on It also educates people about the danger among people. sugar while providing people with a healthier of smoking, alcohol and drugs addiction as NCDs may be chronic diseases of long alternative,” Al-Sahlawi said after partaking in the importance physical fitness and health duration and slow progression, or they may a high-level UN meeting to undertake a com- lifestyles, he said. result in more rapid death such as some prehensive review and assessment on the On Thursday, Al-Sahlawi delivered Kuwait’s types of sudden stroke. They include autoim- prevention and control of NCDs. speech at the UN meeting on behalf of the mune diseases, heart disease, stroke, many “These ideas also include increasing tax on Minister of Health Ali Al-Obaidi. cancers, asthma, diabetes, chronic kidney dis- tobacco products to reduce smoking as Al-Obaidi’s speech highlighted Kuwaiti ease, osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease, Kuwait has one of the world’s lowest tobacco government measures, initiatives, programs cataracts, and more. According to the World tax rates.” and plans to prevent and control the spread Health Organization (Who), the NCDs kill Al-Sahlawi pointed out that the Ministry of of the non-communicable diseases. more than 36 million people each year. Health is cooperating with the Ministry of He also reiterated Kuwait’s commitment to It is estimated that up to two thirds of Education to raise student awareness about put in place the UN-recommended mecha- these premature deaths from NCDs are linked the dangers of smoking on public health. nisms to NCDs. to exposure to risk factors - namely, tobacco He unveiled that the government has On the regional and international levels, use, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity, already managed to persuade bakeries to he pointed out that Kuwait is cooperating and the harmful use of alcohol - with the reduce salt in bread by 20 percent to prevent with all governments in the region and world remaining third of all such deaths linked to high blood pressure and other vascular dis- as well as with relevant regional and interna- weak health systems that do not respond eases. tional organizations to speed up the imple- effectively and equitably to the health-care The moves are part of great efforts exerted mentation of the 2011 UN Political needs of people with NCDs - principally car- by the government and Ministry of Health to Declaration on control and prevention of the diovascular diseases, cancers, chronic respira- prevent and control non-communicable dis- NCDs. tory diseases and diabetes. —KUNA State departments told to ignore labor demands for now

By A. Saleh tive payroll system to be debated in the parliament at the begin- ning of the new term next October. The system will follow unified KUWAIT: The government issued orders to state departments standards to pay public sector employees equally depending on and oil sector officials to reject labor demands pertaining to finan- their job classifications and qualifications. cial benefits. According to sources, granting pay increases or The recent instructions further call upon state departments to allowances is currently put on hold until the strategic alternative avoid yielding to pressure from labor unions that organize sit-ins payroll system is approved. or strikes to push their demands, revealed sources who spoke on The government is currently preparing the strategic alterna- the condition of anonymity. This comes while the Public Institution for Social Security management warned staff of facing legal action if they refuse to end their strike that started on May 25, 2014. “Article 14 of Law No. 1 for the year 1993 regarding pro- tection of public funds indi- cates that a state employee faces legal procedures if his error results in damaging the funds and interests of his work- ing place,” read a letter sent by PIFSS General Director Hamad Al-Humaidhi recently. Head of the labor union Manal Al-Rashidi commented on the letter by saying that it contains “threats” to employ- ees. Unlicensed weapons gathering

KUWAIT: The Interior Ministry plans to send an urgent letter to the National Assembly’s General Secretariat soon with regards to a draft law it had handed over to it earlier, and gives the ministry the right to gather unlicensed weapon in the country. The ministry called in the letter for speeding up meas- ures for the law to take legal and legislative channels in time for it to be discussed in the next term which starts in October. The ministry wants the law to be finalized as soon as possible to face the recent developments, Al-Rai daily reported yesterday quoting security sources. The ministry needs leg- islative permission to raid private properties such as stables, jakhours (livestock farms) and chalets suspected to contain unlicensed weapons, said the sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity. SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 LOCAL Entertainment gets soapy during Ramadan in Kuwait Lights, camera, drama

By Nawara Fattahova Kuwaiti women’s children who feel like they’re away when he was still young and his daugh- citizens when in fact, they’re not and may nev- ters were also very young, he didn’t remarry. KUWAIT: Soap operas gain all-time popularity er become. They talk the Kuwaiti dialect and Being a young and handsome dentist, he had during the holy month of Ramadan. It’s an even look Kuwaiti. They have never lived in many women try to charm him but he couldn’t addictive habit as people tend to spend more their father’s country and they don’t know any bring himself to marry any of them because he time at home watching TV. Soap opera produc- other home apart from Kuwait. Their lack of cit- loved his late wife a lot. His sister tried to set ers have a field day during this season. The izenship makes them feel oppressed. This dra- him up with her cousin but he wasn’t drawn most popular soap operas are Egyptian, Kuwaiti towards her - especially when he came to and Syrian. They have different themes and know that she didn’t like children which is the subjects and mostly focus on drama with social most important thing for him. His daughters and romantic issues. In fact, some actors and grow up and the oldest one goes to Europe to actresses from other Gulf countries have also study. When Khalid goes to visit his daughter joined Kuwaiti soap operas. abroad, he meets ‘Noor’ at one of the restau- rants. Noor is the other main character, who Here is a review of some of the was forced to marry an old man and therefore most popular Kuwaiti soap operas couldn’t complete her post-graduate studies ‘Thuraya’ - This soap is named after the main which was her dream. She corresponded with character Thuraya (Suad Abdulla). This drama some universities abroad and traveled there to highlights the problems of the children of study after divorcing her husband. Noor, who Kuwaiti mothers and expat fathers. Thuraya was very kind and nice to everybody, has now was first married to a Kuwaiti man and had a become a rude and independent woman after son with him after which she divorced him. being cheated by people time and again. She She married an American man and had two worked hard and established a company with daughters with him before he died. She mar- other partners and was responsible for her ried an Egyptian thereafter and had a son with own wealth. One day, she is attacked by a thief him before they divorced also. Her family dis- and decides to head back home. approved of her marriages and disowned her Khalid meets Noor in London when he’s vis- for this unacceptable behavior in the conserva- iting his daughter and they turn out to be tive Kuwaiti society. They deprived Thuraya of ma sheds light on the obstacles they face neighbors. His cousin who was Noor’s teacher her rights and took away her son from her first owing to their situation. at the university and her friend, tells her that husband. She lives in an old building with her ‘Hub Fil Arbieen’ (Love at 40) - This is a she should rent a part of Khalid’s villa instead other three children but she doesn’t lead a romantic drama with a hint of comedy about a of staying in a hotel. Khalid’s daughters feel financially comfortable life. widower called ‘Khalid Amin’ who lives with his jealous and try to figure out the relation This drama highlights the situation of three daughters. Although his wife passed between their father and Noor. Kuwait Interpol arrests man sentenced to death in Egypt

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Interpol made against him in his home coun- shipment and found 500 concealed contained diesel in hidden places arrested an Egyptian man sentenced try. Kuwaiti authorities informed cardboard boxes that contained a inside the containers. The confiscat- to death in his home country for their Egyptian counterparts of his total of 6,000 assorted liquor bottles. ed diesel is valued at KD 20,000 attacking government establish- arrest and arrangements are being The Interpol Department was con- (after subsidization), and it could ments and his involvement in a made for his extradition. tacted to arrest the suspect. be sold for up to KD 250,000 out- police officer’s murder following last side. year’s Rabia Al-Adawiya sit-in disper- Liquor smuggling Diesel smuggling sal. Kuwait authorities had received Drug Control General Customs officers at Shuwaikh Policeman punished a memo from their Egyptian coun- Department officers foiled an Port foiled attempts to smuggle a Assistant Undersecretary for terparts indicating that he had attempt to smuggle 6,000 liquor large amount of subsidized diesel Correctional Facilities Affairs Major entered Kuwait last September. The bottles in a container that arrived at to an Asian country recently. An General Khalid Al-Dayeen gave memo asked for the suspect’s arrest the Shuwaiba Port on Thursday estimated total of 400,000 liters orders to take punitive measures based on accusations that included morning. Investigations went under- were discovered in 33 40-foot con- against an officer in the Central joining a terrorist organization. The way after information was received tainers owned by two local compa- Prison who clicked photos of for- Interpol Department was contacted that an ex-convict had imported nies. The officers discovered that mer MP Musallam Al-Barrak when to arrest the suspect after the memo sanitary ware shipment from a Gulf the documents which stated that he was jailed there. The photos reached Major General state, and used it to smuggle alco- the containers had used card- made their way to social networks, Abdulhameed Al-Awadhi, the hol. The detectives coordinated with boards had forged stamps. The dis- prompting Dayeen to order an Interior Ministry’s Assistant customs officers at the port to enter covery was made after the Customs investigation into the case. The offi- Undersecretary for Criminal Security. the shipment in order to track it and General Department was tipped off cer was identified by reviewing The man was arrested at home in arrest the suspect red-handed. They that a major diesel consignment CCTV tapes, and summoned for KUWAIT: Firefighters tackled a blaze that gutted a cafe in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Fahaheel after investigations con- tracked the shipment until it was coming to the Shuwaikh Port. questioning while being charged and burned a truck, apart from a number of vehicles nearby. Firemen from two firmed that he was staying there reached Wafra farm, but the suspect They stopped the shipments imme- for violating laws and regulations. fire stations arrived at the scene shortly after the blaze was reported yesterday after he reached Kuwait last was able to escape from the country diately and arrested two Asian driv- The officer was sentenced to two September. The man did not resist after learning that the shipment was ers. The officers examined the ship- weeks in prison and his salary was morning, and were soon able to control the fire. No injuries were reported in arrest, but denied the accusations monitored. Detectives opened the ments and confirmed that they also cut. the incident and an investigation has been opened. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Sudanese parties urged to join dialogue KHARTOUM: Arab League envoy to Sudan headed by President Omar Al-Bashir as a Salah Halima called on all political forces “political breakthrough” to support the and armed movements in Sudan to have process of national dialogue and put a dialogue to address their national issues, roadmap for the future of political action in stressing Arab League support to the Sudan. He also renewed the Arab League’s “national dialogue initiative” launched by support for Sudan’s national dialogue initia- President Omar Al-Bashir. tive launched by President Al-Bashir. He also welcomed steps taken by the “We hope for the national dialogue to be Sudanese government for the release of purely a Sudanese one without any external political detainees in Sudan, calling the deci- interference,” Halima said. sion as a positive step to prepare an atmos- The president launched last January a phere for national dialogue. national dialogue initiative to address the Halima also considered the national dia- problems of Sudan and reach a national rec- logue meeting which was held on Thursday onciliation. — KUNA Sharm El Sheikh Hurghada Increase in number of Kuwaiti tourists visiting Egypt DUBAI: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Egyptian Red Sea - home to the popular cities of Sharm El Sheikh ing in Egypt. The past few months saw the Ministry of Tourism Authority (ETA) announced tourism statistics for and Hurghada respectively - maintained their strong Tourism launching a series of direct flights linking Sharm the month of May 2014 that reveal a significant increase position as the two leading tourist destinations by retain- El Sheikh and Hurghada with a number of Arab capitals in the number of tourists visiting Egypt from the GCC. The ing a share of 74% of the total number of tourists visiting and cities such as Riyadh, Kuwait and Jeddah. results indicate increases of 10.8% in tourists from Kuwait, Egypt during the first five months of 2014.The numbers Additionally, the Ministry and the ETA provided tourists 6.3% in tourists from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and reflect the confidence tourists have in these two gover- with competitive packages starting from USD $400, 35% in tourists from the UAE. The positive trend in norates, and are a direct result of the high levels of safety which include airfare and accommodation for three growth comes as a result of the efforts put forth by the and security that they both enjoy, in isolation of any polit- nights - to cater to the needs of the growing number of Ministry and ETA in their ‘Wahashtouna’ campaign which ical unrest. They both have a long-standing reputation Arab tourists who wish to visit Egypt during the Holy was launched earlier this year to promote tourism from for being two of the best world class tourist destinations Month of Ramadan and the beginning of the summer Arab and Gulf nations. The surge of tourists was aided by that boast year-round moderate climate and sunshine, season. the increasing stability and security in popular Egyptian unique coral reefs, beautiful landscapes, and close prox- Egyptian Tourism Authority was established in March destinations including the cities of Sharm El Sheikh and imity to historic and archeological sites. Sharm El Sheikh 1981, by presidential decree No. 134 endorsing a recom- Hurghada. and Hurghada are popular among tourists looking for a mendation by the Minister of Tourism. The Authority is While there was a decrease of 26.2% in the overall holiday with a wide range of activities from shopping to dedicated to promoting Egypt as a first class tourist desti- number of incoming tourists from around the world, the water sports and live entertainment on some of the nation, in line with the rise of tourism marketing as an number of incoming Kuwaiti tourists witnessed an world’s most beautiful beaches. independent discipline and the emergence of new increase from 37,324 tourists in the first five months of The increase in the number of tourists to Egypt since tourism promotion tools. The Authority responded to the 2013, to 41,362 during the same time period this year. the beginning of the 2014is a reflection on the popularity increasing competition in the travel and tourism industry, April and May witnessed a percentage increase estimated of the exclusive offers provided by the Egyptian Ministry by adopting an advanced structure capable of dynami- at 22.7% and 1% respectively, compared with the same of Tourism and the ETA to tourists from Arab and Gulf cally dealing with the situation. The completion is due to time last year. nations as part of their ‘Wahashtouna’ campaign and in the rising number of new attractive destinations, budget The number of Emirati tourists increased from 7,591 collaboration with the Egyptian Chamber of Tourism airlines and the huge progress made by the airlines tourists during the first five months of 2013, to 10,250 Establishments, Egypt Air and a number of hotels operat- industry. tourists during the same period in 2014. The months of April and May saw the most significant growth, recording a 36.6% and 27.3% growth respectively, in the number Emirati tourists visiting Egypt this year when compared Kuwait delivers 2,200 aid with the same time period in 2013. Similarly, the number of Saudi tourists saw an packages to Jordan increase from 92,436 during the first five months of 2013 to 98,250 tourists during the same time period in 2014. AMMAN: Kuwait Embassy in Jordan handed in equal amounts, the ambassador noted, April and May witnessed a percentage increase estimated 2,200 aid packages to over 120 charity soci- adding that the packages include high quality at 17.4% and 11.1% respectively, compared with the eties in Jordan on Saturday, to provide families food items carefully chosen by the diplomatic same time period last year. in need with essential items during Ramadan. delegation. The average stay for the Arab tourist- particularly GCC The Embassy hands out aid to families in Head of one of the societies Zainab Al- nationals- in Egypt increased from 9.5 nights in 2013 to Jordan in Ramadan of each year, under direct Khaldi praised the prominent Kuwaiti charity KUWAIT: Hawally Municipality officials destroyed 830kg of meat found 11.6 nights in 2014. orders from His Highness the Amir Sheikh works, noting that there are big numbers of unsuitable for human consumption during an inspection campaign at the Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti poor families, orphans, widows and Syrian Hawally slaughterhouse and departments stores in Salmiya. The campaign Destination popularity Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al-Duaij said. refugees eagerly awaiting the arrival of such was organized as part of consumer protection efforts during the holy month The figures revealed a trend that both the Aid packages are given to charity societies aid in Ramadan.—KUNA Governorate of South Sinai and the Governorate of the of Ramadan. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

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BEIRUT: In this file photo, Lebanese army soldiers take their positions outside the Duroy hotel where a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room, in Beirut, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. Anxiety is gripping Lebanon following a spate of suicide bombings, and an ongoing security sweep targeting militants. — AP Anxiety grips Lebanon following blasts, arrests Ongoing security sweep targeting militants BEIRUT: The roadblocks and sandbags are back, cafes and The recent cancellations cap a downward trend in the hotels are nearly empty and many of the tourists are gone. number of tourists to Lebanon since the conflict in Syria Anxiety is gripping Lebanon following a spate of suicide began. Tourism Minister Michel Pharaon said the number bombings, and an ongoing security sweep targeting mili- of tourists in 2013 dropped by 1 million compared to the tants - some of them who had been staying in four-star 2.3 million tourists who visited Lebanon in 2010. The num- Beirut hotels - has triggered a wave of cancellations of ber of visitors for the first five months of 2014 was down 9 hotel and flight bookings in a country already on edge. percent from the same period last year, though the min- The militants involved are said by security officials to be istry had no figures for June and July. After enjoying rela- part of a network of alleged terrorist sleeper cells planning tive calm for nearly three months, a new wave of violence suicide bombings targeting security leaders and civilians erupted in the middle of last month, coinciding with dra- alike. matic events in nearby Iraq, where militants of the Al- That has fueled concerns that Sunni extremists surging Qaeda splinter group called the Islamic State have taken in Iraq and Syria were taking their fight to Lebanon next. over large parts of the country. Along Beirut’s Mediterranean corniche, crowds are thinner. In the space of one week beginning June 20, a suicide Not far away is the seaside Duroy hotel - one side of it still attacker blew up his car near a checkpoint in eastern slightly blackened after a suicide bomber blew himself up Lebanon, another near a cafe in southern Beirut and a third during a police raid on his room on June 25. At the high- blew himself up at the Duroy to avoid arrest. The explo- end Beirut Souks shopping complex in the downtown sions killed two people and wounded others. Security business district, the passages between shops are nearly forces searching for the militants have raided several hotels empty of shoppers. in Beirut, upsetting tourists, some of whom headed to the “In the month or two before the incident at the Duroy, airport immediately afterward. A military prosecutor on we were seeing a lot of Saudi, Iraqi tourists,” said a 36-year- Monday charged 28 people with planning bombing old bookstore manager in downtown Beirut. “We really attacks and belonging to the Islamic State group. thought that the start of this summer was better than the Now, instead of the relatively calm summer that last one.” “Then the bombings and arrests happened, and Lebanese had hoped would bring some badly needed cash we didn’t see them anymore,” she added, asking to remain for the economy, workers put up roadblocks to guard anonymous because she was not authorized by her against car bombs. Guards at malls search shoppers more employer to speak to journalists. Lebanon, a tiny country meticulously. At the World Cup Fan Park in Beirut, organiz- with a history of civil strife, has been profoundly affected ers erected metal detectors at two entrances to the open by the civil war raging in neighboring Syria over the past air complex with three giant screens. Additional security three years. personnel go through personal belongings before allow- In addition to the influx of well over 1 million Syrian ing fans to enter. refugees to the country, the conflict has inflamed tensions Pharaon said Lebanon’s security situation is better than among Lebanon’s long-feuding sects, causing violence, other countries in the region. But, he said, if there is a mili- including street clashes and bombings. The country is tant “insistence to target Lebanon, this will impact not just sharply split between those who back the overwhelmingly on the tourism sector but the overall situation in Lebanon.” Sunni rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Ayman Fariq Abu Ali, a 30-year-old taxi driver, says his wor- Assad, and those who support him, including the Shiite ry is not possible new violence - “We grew up with death. militant group Hezbollah, which has sent its fighters to We’re used to it,” he said. He’s more concerned with making shore up Assad’s forces against the rebels. a living with tourists gone. — AP Fresh spying row hurts US-Germany relations WASHINGTON: Fresh spying accusations are undermining US The case follows Friday’s news that a 31-year-old German BND efforts to mend fences with Germany, only two weeks after intelligence service operative had been arrested two days earli- both allies launched a diplomatic initiative to overcome the er, suspected of having sold over 200 documents to the CIA. NSA surveillance row. The White House on Wednesday stayed White House spokesman Josh Earnest reiterated that he was mum on the alleged espionage, as German lawmakers vented “not in a position to confirm or deny or even comment on their anger during a visit to Washington and criticized per- reports related to reported intelligence activities.” ceived indifference on this issue in the United States. ”We find But he told journalists that “a couple of conversations” that our interlocutors have very little awareness of the prob- between German and US diplomats as well as law enforce- lem,” Norbert Roettgen, chairman of Germany’s parliamentary ment and intelligence officials had taken place “to try to appro- foreign affairs committee, told journalists after talks with mem- priately resolve some of the circumstances.” Merkel had con- bers of Congress and national security officials. firmed earlier that her intelligence services coordinator spoke Roettgen complained that his delegation did not receive by phone with CIA chief John Brennan, and a senior German “answers” about the recent spying scandal, warning that the foreign ministry official on Wednesday met for a second time US intelligence activity in Germany could lead to a “frozen con- in five days with US ambassador John B. Emerson. flict” in the transatlantic relationship. Fellow lawmaker Niels A phone call between Merkel and President Barack Obama Annen deplored that the new accusations undermined “good on the spying row was not scheduled “at this point,” Earnest intentions” behind the so-called cyber dialogue, a diplomatic said. Some experts expressed doubt that the efforts behind forum Germany and the US launched on June 27 to address closed doors would be enough to cool tensions with Germany. their disagreements over intelligence gathering and data pro- “I think the only way to solve it is for Obama to say something tection. “We had the NSA surveillance programs, we had the but I don’t think he can or will,” Jack Janes of the American tapping of Merkel’s cell phone and now this spy story comes Institute of Contemporary German Studies told AFP. “That on top of it,” Annen said. leaves this either for the State Department to try to sooth feel- German authorities on Wednesday confirmed the second ings or in the circle of legislators on both sides of the Atlantic, possible spying case in less than a week after investigators and there is not much interest in the Congress to engage here,” questioned a man who, local media reported, is a German mili- he added, predicting that “the whole thing will fester for a long tary employee accused of passing secrets to the United States. time to come.” — AFP p8_Layout 1 7/12/14 8:14 PM Page 1

SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Different attackers in Benghazi? Newly revealed testimony from top military commanders WASHINGTON: Newly revealed testimo- which, according to Ham and eight oth- Embassy in Tripoli told Congress the first ny from top military commanders er military officers, men who seemed attack showed some advance planning. involved in the US response to the familiar with the lightly protected diplo- The Libyan police officer guarding the Benghazi attacks suggests that the per- matic compound breached it and set it diplomatic compound fled as it began. petrators of a second, dawn assault on a on fire, killing Stevens and communica- The defense attache, whose name CIA complex probably were different tions specialist Sean Smith. A disorgan- wasn’t released, suggested the attackers from those who penetrated the US ized mob of looters then overran the “had something on the shelf” - an out- diplomatic mission the evening before facility. line of a plan based on previously and set it ablaze, killing Ambassador In testimony to two House panels obtained information about the com- Chris Stevens and another American. earlier this year, the officers said that pound and its security measures, so they The second attack, which killed two commanders didn’t have the informa- were ready to strike when the opportu- security contractors, showed clear mili- tion they needed to understand the nity arose. “They came in, and they had tary training, retired Gen Carter Ham nature of the attack, that they were a sense of purpose, and I think it some- told Congress in closed-door testimony unaware of the extent of the US pres- times gets confused because you had released late Wednesday. ence in Benghazi at the time and they looters and everyone else coming in,” he It probably was the work of a new were convinced erroneously for a time said. “It was less than kind of full, team of militants, seizing on reports of that they were facing a hostage crisis thought-out, methodical.” violence at the diplomatic mission the without the ability to move military night before and hitting the Americans assets into place that would be of any Degree of sophistication while they were most vulnerable. The use. The testimony reveals how little Ham testified that the second attack, testimony, which The Associated Press information the military had on which to which killed security officers Tyrone BENGHAZI: File photo shows a man walking inside the US consulate, in was able to read ahead of its release, base an urgent response. Woods and Glen Doherty at the annex a Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including could clarify for the first time the Sept Two House panels - the Armed mile from the diplomatic compound Ambassador Chris Stevens. — AP 11, 2012, events that have stirred bitter Services and Oversight and Government where the assault began the night recriminations in the US, including Reform committees - conducted inter- before, showed clear military training. It Ham said the nearly eight-hour time and conducted.” Republican-led congressional investiga- views with the nine officers on separate was probably the work of a new team of lapse between the two attacks also The attacks came as President Barack tions and campaign-season denuncia- days from January to April. Four militants, taking advantage after reports seemed significant. “If the team (that Obama was in a close re-election battle, tions of the Obama administration, Americans died in Benghazi, including of violence at the first site and American launched the second attack) was already campaigning in part on the contention which made inaccurate statements Stevens. To this day, despite the investi- vulnerability. “Given the precision of the there, then why didn’t they shoot soon- that al-Qaida no longer posed a signifi- about the attacks. gations, it’s not clear if the violence attack, it was a well-trained mortar crew, er?” he asked. “I think it’s reasonable that cant threat to the United States and that, resulted from a well-planned, multi- and in my estimation they probably had a team came from outside of Benghazi,” blending the economy and the fight Two distinct events phase military-type assault or from a a well-trained observer,” said Ham, who he said of the second attack in testimo- against terrorism, General Motors was The testimony underscores a key loosely connected, escalating chain of headed the US command in Africa. The ny on April 9. Violent extremists saw an alive but “Osama bin Laden is dead.” A detail that sometimes has been lost in events. In their testimony, military offi- second attack showed “a degree of opportunity “and said, ‘Let’s get some- terror attack on American assets could the debate: that the attacks were two cials expressed some uncertainty about sophistication and military training that body there.’” He also acknowledged that have damaged that argument. The distinct events over two days on two dif- the first attack, describing protests and is relatively unusual and certainly, I the absence of American security per- administration last month apprehended ferent buildings, perhaps by unrelated looting in an assault that lasted about 45 think, indicates that this was not a pick- sonnel on the ground soon enough after its first suspect, Ahmed Abu Khattala, groups. The US government still has not minutes. up team. This was not a couple of guys the first attack “allowed sufficient time and brought him to the United States to fully characterized the first attack in The military attache to the US who just found a mortar someplace.” for the second attack to be organized stand trial on terrorism charges. —AP Gaza’s families bear brunt of Israeli ‘pinpoint strikes’ Israel says assaults target Islamist militants GAZA: The Israeli military’s “pinpoint strikes” on houses in Gaza have killed whole families and chil- dren but few of the wanted men they are meant to target because they have long made themselves scarce, Palestinian residents say. After five days of cross-border barrages between Gaza militants and Israel’s air force, at least 81 of the 121 Palestinians killed have been civilians, including 25 children, according to Palestinian medical officials. While relatively few militants and even fewer of their commanders have been killed, according to Hamas sources and media reports, Israel appears more determined than in previous wars to bring the fight to their homes in the densely populated enclave hugging the Mediterranean coast. Kin, GAZA: Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip yes- neighbors and others who deny any ties to mili- terday. Israel vowed no let-up in its aerial bombardment of Gaza, which has claimed tants have been most often in the firing line of more than 120 Palestinian lives, as a defiant Hamas rained more rockets on the Israel’s assaults. “I still can’t believe this happened, Jewish state. — AFP it’s like a bad dream,” said Shadi Hamad, standing in the demolished courtyard of a family home with tearful relatives. “It was 11 at night and the family Hamas media war targets had just sat down in a circle for coffee in the front porch after breaking the Ramadan fast. The missile Israelis and Palestinians landed in the middle. Everyone was killed.” The air strike was targeting Hafez Hamad, a GAZA: The music video opens with “When the Israeli people hear this they are local commander in the Islamic Jihad militant GAZA: Palestinian medics place an injured man on a stretcher in the Shifa hospital after an Palestinian Hamas fighters in fatigues hearing something new, and they are hear- group, and killed him, as well as his parents, two Israeli missile strike in Gaza City yesterday. — AP building, transporting and then firing rock- ing Hamas’s message directly from them,” brothers and niece. “Where were their human son, said an outgoing rocket launch had sent the ets at Israel-but the triumphant lyrics are said Masharqa. The message is a mixture of rights, which Israel and its backers say they Militants’ homes targeted boy flying across a room. being sung in Hebrew, not Arabic. “We pre- threats intended to create fear, and defend?” said Bassam Qassem, a neighbor. “Even if The Gaza interior ministry told Reuters that over pare a generation of warriors who cling to attempts to turn Israelis against their gov- he (Hamad) was a resistance fighter, does that 200 family homes have been targeted since the ‘Stay away’ death like the enemy clings to life,” the ernment. It also mirrors Israel’s media allow them to kill his whole family? This is murder.” Israeli campaign began, many belonging to police Israel says it regularly gives warnings to resi- words run, with Arabic subtitles. “A (nation) operations, which include military For their part, nervous Israeli civilians have for days officers and militants but only around 15 housing dents by phone calls, text messages and dud mis- state of weakness and illusion can’t hold spokesperson Twitter accounts in multiple had to heed warning sirens to seek shelter from high-ranking commanders. According to the Gaza siles launched on their roofs to warn them in out during wars,” it continues, referring to languages-including Arabic, and video Palestinian rockets, around 700 of which have based Al-Mezan Association for Human Rights, 537 advance of attacks, but Gazans say there is not Israel. footage intended to illustrate the “target- lobbed from Gaza since Tuesday. They have so far houses - 122 of them targeted directly - were either enough time to evacuate or warnings simply don’t “They fall apart like spider webs when ed” nature of air strikes. The Israeli army caused no Israeli fatalities, but some injuries and completely or partially damaged by Israeli air come. The Israeli military described a strike on the they meet knights. The five-minute video is even distributed lollipops in part of the damage. strikes since Tuesday. home of the Kaware family in which eight people part of a slick propaganda program West Bank recently, offering “a little sweet- Israel disavows any responsibility for the Gaza Palestinians think the attacks are meant to sow died as a “tragic mistake”, saying residents had not designed by Hamas and its armed ness” to counteract the “bitterness Hamas deaths, saying Hamas stows its people and panic and drive a wedge between them and the heeded their warning. The army did not immedi- Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades wing. It can has brought to your lives”. weapons among civilians and hopes to score a militants. “They can’t find any targets this war ately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on be viewed here: https://www.youtu- cheap sympathy boost from their deaths. “We are because they’re hidden, so they’ve just decided to their targeting policies. A rushed voice crackled be.com/watch?v=HiUWgWjL24U&fea- Hearts and minds using all our attacking capabilities, not without punish innocent people... Do you see any resist- over the Gaza police radio frequency on Friday, ture=youtu.be. Hamas’s message to the Palestinians, on brains, reason - not without taking into considera- ance fighters here? Of course not. They’ve gone reporting an air strike on a family house in Beit The program is intended both to rally the other hand, is a bid to appeal to a frac- tion that there are also civilians in Gaza. We underground days ago, disappeared,” said Aziz Abu Hanoun. divided domestic Palestinian opinion tured polity in which many bitterly oppose remember that there are civilians. Hamas has Awdeh in the northern border town of Beit The bombing’s sole victim was Saher Abu behind the group during its current con- the group. Its television station Al-Aqsa turned them into hostages,” Israeli military chief Hanoun. “This is terrorism in every meaning of the Namous, 4, who lay, pale and with his head flict with Israel, but also to address the intersperses breaking news with footage Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz said on Friday. word. Killing family members and ordinary people blown open, on a steel gurney in the local Israeli public directly. The music video, of its fighters firing weapons and rockets, “We continue to attack as best we can, rockets, just brings us closer together as a people. morgue. The medic wrapped his plump limbs in entitled “Shake Israel’s Security,” is a and Israelis cowering by the side of the command centers, tunnels, munitions and defense Resistance is our right, any people in the world a shroud and prepared to enclose him in a refrig- Hebrew remake of a song that the group road. During news broadcasts, a graphic of infrastructure and Gaza is sinking into a tragedy,” would defend themselves from this.” erator. Nearby, hundreds of neighbors gathered released in Arabic in 2012, during its last a rocket soars from the bottom right-hand Gantz said. Early yesterday two disabled women Israel’s military has published grainy aerial spontaneously around a household which had conflict with the Jewish state. corner of the screen, landing in a small were killed and four other people seriously wound- footage it says shows arms caches nestled among received a phone call from the Israeli military It appears to be the first time that blast that creates a glow near the anchor’s ed when an Israeli tank shell struck a rehabilitation homes, which, they say, when struck by a missile, warning that a strike was imminent. Hamas’s offi- Hamas has released a song in Hebrew, but right arm. centre in the eastern part of Gaza City, Palestinian detonate “secondary explosions.” Outgoing rockets cial radio station cautioned residents to stay it builds on a broader strategy of deliver- With news of fresh outgoing rocket fire, medics said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said often appear to scream forth from near residential away: “Dear listeners, please be warned that sur- ing its own message to Israelis. The a map spins onto the screen, with red she was checking for details on why the centre was districts, though Hamas denies Israeli claims that it veillance drones and an Apache helicopter are Qassam Brigades maintains a Hebrew-lan- arrows showing the rocket’s trajectory and targeted. Residents also said a mosque in the cen- uses people as “human shields.” In Beit Hanoun’s still in the area, stay well away.” Israel’s military guage version of its Twitter feed, which lay the distance from Gaza. Hamas also main- tral Gaza Strip was bombed to rubble. The military main hospital on Wednesday, crumps of nearby says it has aborted planned attacks when neigh- dormant in recent months, but was reacti- tains multiple Facebook and Twitter said it had housed a weapons cache. Israel says it rocket fire and air strikes brought casualties pour- bors gather in numbers to defend homes. The air vated as the latest round of violence accounts to provide breaking updates on has attacked more than a thousand targets in the ing in. One father, comforting his bruised young strike has yet to come.— Reuters began on July 7. And Hamas’s Al-Aqsa tele- its view of the progressing conflict. “For the coastal territory since the recent fighting began. vision regularly displays a Hebrew transla- first time, the Qassam Brigades has fired at tion of the Quranic verse that inspired the the Zionist Ben Gurion airport with four name of its current military campaign- M75 rockets,” it proclaimed on Friday. Jordan ‘reluctant’ to host US-led Syria rebel training which loosely translated means a field Often the reports appear at odds with real- devoured of all its crops. Underneath it ity, with multiple claims of Israeli deaths WASHINGTON: Jordan, where the US Central to neighboring Syria and pool of more than the Americans have yet to flesh out.” lists the rockets it is firing at Israel, as “acknowledged by Israeli media” that are Intelligence Agency has been covertly training 600,000 Syrian refugees. US officials and analysts though challenging Israelis to guess what nowhere to be found on news sites outside Syrian rebels for more than a year, is reluctant to said Jordan fears violent retaliation from Syria if If not, then where? is coming: M75, R160, J80, S55? Gaza. But Hamas also relies on more subtle host an expanded rebel instruction program, US its territory is used for overt training conducted While there are other potential sites where messaging, including appealing to reli- officials said. Jordan’s reticence, confirmed by by US military units. the training could take place, including Turkey A long-honed strategy gious sentiment in the naming of its oper- four US officials, is a potentially serious setback “Jordan told the US, ‘No boots on the ground’,” and Gulf states such as Saudi Arabia, no agree- Saleh Masharqa, a lecturer at Bir Zeit ations, and remaking secular nationalist for President Barack Obama’s proposed $500 said one of the officials, who all requested ments have been struck, US officials said. Turkey University who writes for the Palestinian Palestinian anthems to promote their million initiative, announced in June, to train anonymity because they were discussing sensi- and the Saudis also have sensitivities about the Al-Hayat newspaper, said Hamas had built forces. One song popularized in the late and arm moderate rebels fighting the govern- tive US military arrangements. Other current and presence of large numbers of US troops. “There’s its Israel-focused propaganda strategy 1970s, before Hamas was founded - “I’m ment of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and Al- former US officials described the Jordanian posi- been no decision on location, at all. Or even ... over more than a decade. “It’s a strategy coming for you my enemy, I’m coming”- Qaeda-linked groups. tion as less ironclad, however, and said they still what the character of the program itself would that they have learned from Hezbollah,” he has now been repurposed by the group, It could signal a larger challenge in finding hoped to convince Jordan to participate in the look like, if we get the money” from Congress, said, referring to the Lebanese Shiite and set to images of its fighters firing and suitable nations willing to host the US-led train- program, which must still be approved by the US said a second US official. group. “As Hezbollah built a team to pro- reloading guns. “These are songs that all ing at a time of heightened tensions across Congress. The Jordanian government, through Jordan already hosts a small and ostensibly duce and translate Hebrew, the Hamas Palestinians know,” Masharqa said. “In my much of the Middle East. While US officials have its Washington embassy, declined requests by covert, effort by the CIA to equip and train small movement has done the same.” childhood we heard these songs and not made a formal request to the Jordanian gov- Reuters for comment. A Jordanian official in groups of Assad’s opponents. But it faces Those efforts have resulted in highly flu- Hamas now is using them to rally a nation- ernment, the country was widely considered a Amman, speaking on condition of anonymity, increasing threats to its stability from the Syrian ent productions, like the video, incorporat- al spirit from people and gain accept- top choice to host the training due its close said it was “premature to even suggest the civil war and rise of extremist groups such as the ing both Israeli slang and military terms. ance.”—AFP security relationship with Washington, proximity Kingdom has rejected any such plan that even Islamic State.— Reuters INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 US east begins cleanup after fatal storms

SMITHFIELD: Residents of this rural central New York town picked through debris from homes battered by a deadly tornado, and utility crews worked to restore power in several Eastern states hit by severe storms. In all, five people died as strong thunderstorms blew down buildings, trees and utility lines, and left hundreds of thousands without power into Wednesday. Madison County Sheriff Allen Riley said Kimberly Hilliard, 35; her 4-month-old daughter, Paris Newman; Virginia Warner, 70; and Arnie Allen, 53, were killed in the rural town of Smithfield, between Utica and Syracuse. He said four homes were destroyed and numerous others were damaged, with Allen’s two-story home blown hundreds of feet before it landed on an unoccu- pied house. In Manchester, Maryland, a tree fell at the River Valley Ranch summer camp, killing one child and injuring six others headed to a shelter. Tornadoes also touched down in Ohio and Pennsylvania. Barbara Watson, the meteorologist leading the National Weather Service survey team in New York, said the Smithfield tornado’s winds were at least 100 mph and certainly reached undetermined higher speeds. Gary M Sprague lives across the street from Hilliard’s property, where three vehicles were partially buried in some of the wreckage from the torn-apart house. Wood from the home’s framing and walls was scattered around the lawn, and a hot tub sat amid the rubble. Sprague’s home was untouched, but he said he knew immediately afterward that things were bad at his neighbor’s. “If they were in it, they had to be gone,” he said. “You can only assume the worst at that point. This is horrible, just horrible.” Madison County Undersheriff John Ball said the dead mother was found next to an outdoor wood boil- er and a neatly piled stack of wood, which were untouched. The baby was found about 100 feet away NEW YORK: People sort through debris of a destroyed house after night’s storm in Smithfield, NY. — AP in a field. Neighbors were helping sift through the rub- ble. “It took a toll on everybody that was here,” Ball seeing wasn’t good.” Gov Andrew Cuomo said several ice said a tornado packing maximum winds estimated nadoes also touched down in northeastern Ohio, caus- said. “This is a rural, close-knit community.” other central and northern New York counties were at 90 mph touched down Tuesday afternoon near the ing minor damage. In Maryland, the storm blew down Allen Wiley lives with his wife and two sons at the damaged but added it was “nothing like what hap- western Pennsylvania town of Hoagland. Another tor- two tent canopies that had been erected for top of the hill, a couple of hundred yards from Hilliard’s pened here in Madison County.” nado touched down Tuesday evening near New Wednesday’s 150th anniversary event at the destroyed home. He went in the basement with his 13- About 14,000 utility customers across New York Albany in the northeastern part of the state. As of early Monocacy National Battlefield near Frederick, accord- year-old and 10-year-old sons and stayed there a good were still without power early Thursday. Forecasters Thursday, more than 18,000 homes and businesses ing to Chief Ranger Jeremy Murphy, but the event was three hours. “We went downstairs quickly, got in a cir- confirmed that at least two tornados hit different parts were still without power in Pennsylvania, more than held as scheduled. Utilities in the Baltimore- cle and huddled tight,” Wiley said. “Before we knew it, of Pennsylvania, where more than 350,000 customers half of them in the Philadelphia suburbs. Washington area reported about 17,000 power out- windows were popping. I knew visually what we were lost power at the peak of the storms. The weather serv- The National Weather Service said three small tor- ages as of Wednesday night. —AP

Bad news is good for the France’s Sarkozy hit by US Congress fundraising fresh phone tap leaks

Tea Party’s Palin demands Obama’s impeachment PARIS: The corruption scandal surrounding former French But according to extracts from tapped calls published by president Nicolas Sarkozy deepened further yesterday the French daily Le Monde yesterday, the ex-president WASHINGTON: Nothing rallies US grassroots donors quite like Democratic, and polls show a majority of young women care with fresh leaks of telephone conversations purporting to appears to lobby for a job for the judge in Monaco in return a political affront, and Democrats facing a wave of Republican deeply about contraception coverage. Then there is the issue show he offered to get a judge a plum job in return for for his help on one of six bribery and funding scandals in threats are cashing in on the negativity at the height of the many mainstream Republicans are wincing over: Palin’s call favors. Sarkozy, who was charged two weeks ago with cor- which Sarkozy is embroiled. In intercepted mobile phone 2014 election cycle. Democratic campaign organizers in for Obama’s impeachment. Boehner quickly said he would ruption and influence peddling in a case related to his calls with his longtime lawyer-who also faces charges- Washington have seized on major political assaults by “disagree” with an effort to impeach the president. But campaign to win the presidency in 2007, claims he is the Sarkozy is alleged to have said, “I will help him (the judge)... Republicans-including a demand for President Barack Democrats see money in Palin’s announcement. About victim of a “grotesque” set-up. He accuses his enemies of I will get him set up,” adding, “Call him today and tell him I Obama’s impeachment by Tea Party heroine Sarah Palin-to $400,000 has been raised by the DCCC since Tuesday, when using the justice system to undermine a possible political will sort it out. I am going to Monaco and I will see the sweep millions of dollars into their coffers and sign up thou- the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee called for comeback. prince (Albert).”—AFP sands of new likely voters. Despite Obama’s approval rating Obama to go. “First Boehner’s lawsuit and now Palin’s call for being in the cellar, and the odds of Republicans taking back impeachment have led to an avalanche of support from low- the Senate in an off-year election reaching 50-50, the dollar donors across the country,” Schwerin said. Democratic Party has been the beneficiary of a flood of cam- paign funds not seen since Republicans were blamed for shut- ‘Fundraising gold’ ting down the government in October. Democrats are not blazing a new trail. It is an age-old strat- “Republican overreach continues to be a huge motivating egy that works equally well for Republicans, who raised mil- factor for our grassroots,” Democratic Congressional lions off of the White House’s bungled response to the anti-US Campaign Committee (DCCC) spokesman Josh Schwerin said. attacks in Benghazi, Libya, or the investigation of Internal The efforts kicked into high gear shortly after House Speaker Revenue Service abuse. And Republicans are fundraising on John Boehner announced late last month that he was filing a the very issues that Democrats are presently highlighting. lawsuit against Obama for abusing his executive authority. “Help us sue President Obama,” blared one Republican Days later, a controversial decision by the US Supreme Court National Committee fundraising email from July 2. But allowed employers on religious grounds to opt out of the Congressman Steve Israel, who heads the House Democrats’ health care law’s mandate to provide contraception coverage. campaign arm, warned that Republican political agitation Since Boehner’s announcement, the DCCC alone has raised could be stirring up a hornet’s nest ahead of November con- over $3 million online, from 157,000 donors, nearly a quarter gressional elections. of them first-time givers. Their best fundraising day of the year “It’s actually having the effect of exciting the Democratic came June 30, the day of the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision, base and independent voters who just don’t want the when over $800,000 poured in. Other Democratic groups Republican Congress to be suing another branch of the gov- cashed in too, including the Democratic Senatorial Campaign ernment,” Israel told MSNBC television. The DCCC this cycle Committee. “It’s disgusting: The Supreme Court just ruled that has outraised its Republican counterpart $46 million to $17 corporations can deny women insurance coverage for birth million in low-dollar donations. Bill Allison of the Sunlight control,” the DSCC said in an email appeal strategically sent Foundation, which helps track campaign spending and dona- out about two hours after the decision. tions, said it was not unusual to see a party’s coffers swell The verdict could be good news for Democrats as they when its president is under assault. “Sometimes a political set- court single female voters. Most young women vote back in Washington can be fundraising gold,” he said. — AFP Putin in Cuba, Nicaragua to rekindle Latin America ties

MANAGUA: President Vladimir Putin his wife and the head of Nicaragua’s army. Ukraine. Moscow is seeking comprehen- made a surprise stop in Nicaragua Friday “This is the first time that a Russian presi- sive technological partnerships with Latin after visiting Russia’s Cold War ally Cuba, dent visits Nicaragua,” a beaming Ortega America in the oil and gas sector, part of a tour to increase Moscow’s influ- said at a brief airport media event. Through hydropower, nuclear energy, aircraft con- ence in Latin America amid frayed ties an interpreter Putin said that his govern- struction and the bio pharmaceutical with the West. Putin’s six-day trip will also ment intends to continue strengthening industry, Putin told Cuba’s state news take him to Argentina and Brazil, where economic with the Nicaragua. agency Prensa Latina. he will take part in a summit of the BRICS Putin said before the trip that he has group of emerging countries-an agenda his eye on Latin America’s oil and bauxite, Fidel Castro talks that neatly aligns with his push for a multi- and plans to woo regional leaders with Putin arrived in Nicaragua after visiting polar world at a time when the Ukraine offers of increased Russian investment Havana, where he and Cuban President crisis has brought Moscow-Washington and trade in return. Analysts say that Putin Raul Castro witnessed the signing of a relations to a post-Cold War low. is also using the tour to thumb his nose at dozen bilateral agreements, including for Leftist President Daniel Ortega, whose Brussels and Washington, which have oil exploration off the island’s coast, creat- country was close to the Soviet Union slapped sanctions on some of his closest ing an international airline hub in Cuba under the Sandinista regime of the 1980s, allies over Moscow’s takeover of Crimea and supplying equipment for two Cuban welcomed Putin at the airport along with and support for pro-Russian separatists in thermoelectric plants worth $1.6 billion. Following Putin’s arrival early Friday, the two men visited a small cemetery that holds the remains of Soviet soldiers who died of illness or accident while serving in Cuba during the Cold War.The Russian leader then met Castro’s older brother Fidel, the 87-year-old father of the Cuban Revolution. According to Russian sources, Putin said they had a “long and very interesting conversation” of about one hour on inter- national politics and bilateral relations.In recent years, Moscow has sought to revive ties with the Caribbean island, whose economy has been saddled with a US embargo since 1962 and is growing less than the government expected, despite recent free-market reforms. Ahead of the visit, Russia wrote off 90 percent of Cuba’s Soviet-era debt of more than $30 billion. HAVANA: Cuba’s Fidel Castro (center) meets with Russia’s President Vladimir Havana for its part has sided with its old Putin (right) in Havana, Cuba on Friday, July 11, 2014. — AP ally Russia in the Ukraine conflict.—AFP SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

No water, no power, no food but Slovyansk has peace SLOVYANSK: The people of Slavyansk but very few vehicles have dared to make was one of several hundred residents who would dearly love to believe Ukrainian the trip until it is completely cleared of came out to listen to Poroshenko when he President Petro Poroshenko who promised mines. The end to the fighting after sepa- gave a speech in the central square dressed “everything is going to be fixed up” during a ratist militia fled the city on Saturday in the in military fatigues. “I trust him and I think lightning visit to the former bastion of pro- face of a Ukrainian army advance has, how- he is sincere,” she said. “I think he wants to be Russian rebels on Wednesday. All but one ever, given people hope. And their morale the president of all of Ukraine. He wants to street of this city of 100,000 people is with- was lifted further by Poroshenko’s visit on fix everything up.” out electricity and residents still have to Tuesday. “They say that we voted massively (for draw water from municipal fountains. independence from Ukraine) in the referen- Hundreds spent the day milling around the Living under ‘bandit’ rule dum,” she added, referring to the vote the central square waiting for humanitarian aid. “Yesterday the president came here, separatists organized in May. “But lots of The shops are open but there are not many today it’s (Interior Minister) Arsen Avakov. people voted against it,” she insisted. customers since so few people have been They say they are going to create jobs,” said President Poroshenko declared that paid. Even if they had been, the cash Alexander, a 42-year-old businessman, who Sloavyansk and the area around it was not machines don’t work. was afraid to give his surname. “Those ban- liberated just because of the Ukrainian Tankers distribute drinking water and dits (the pro-Russian separatists) stole advance. “It was because the people under- two taxi vans laden with provisions donated $30,000 (22,000 euros) worth of my mer- stood that they cannot live staring down the by people from the central Ukrainian region chandise. Lots of my friends were locked up barrel of the bandits’ guns,” he told journalists of Cherkasy dole out tomatoes, preserves in basements by them just because they crit- in the city. He said he was confident that the and bacon. The road between the city and icized them. “Look,” he said, referring to Ukrainian army would soon retake the Kramatorsk, another former pro-Russian Ukrainian troops, “there are still armed men regional capitals of Donetsk and Lugansk, SLOVYANSK: Local citizens line up to receive humanitarian aid in stronghold was reopened on Wednesday, here, but no one is afraid of them.” Nina, 62, which are still in rebel hands. —AFP Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine. —AP Donetsk: A ghost town waiting for final battle DONETSK: Donetsk, one of the last bastions of No time for football pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, has become The exodus from Donetsk is also taking a ghost town as residents clog the roads and rail- place by road. “I would say that one car in five is way stations in a desperate scramble to escape filled with refugees,” says a young separatist vol- advancing government troops. The self-proclaimed unteer manning a roadblock around 20 kilome- prime minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic, ters east of the city. “But me, I’m not going any- Oleksandr Borodai, claims more than 70,000 of the where. My mother and my two grandmothers city’s 900,000 inhabitants have already fled as Kiev’s are buried here, so I will fight, even though I forces move within 20 kilometers of the city. Every have sent my wife to Russia.” Minibuses and train was full on Friday as residents calmly joined trams are still operating in the city, but cars and long queues to buy tickets. pedestrians are sparse. There are hardly any “I have lived here more than 40 years and it is cafes or restaurants open, and those that are very difficult for me to leave this town. But there is hurry to close up before nightfall. Only food no other solution,” says Natalia, who was catching a stores appear to be functioning normally. Banks train to Dnipropetrovsk, 250 kilometers west, from and any shops that could be pillaged have shut where she plans to cross the border into Russia. long ago. Rumors of imminent clashes and mili- She is fleeing after months of daily “bombard- tary offences are rife, echoing around social ments” by Ukrainian government planes, which media and increasing hopes and tensions have laid seige to the separatist stronghold. “The throughout the city. planes fly near my house permanently and fire on Ukraine’s military says it controls all routes in the town,” she says. and out of Donetsk and have vowed reprisals Watching over a pile of bags, a man in his fifties after 30 government troops were killed by defi- prepared to join his parents in Russia with his ant rebels in the past 48 hours. On the outskirts daughters and grandchildren. “Everything is shut- of the city, the rebels manning the roadblocks ting down,” says the man, who did not give his are on high alert. Some passers-by offer them name. “There is nothing to do here. No work-and it packets of cigarettes or biscuits. The Vostok is getting too dangerous.” Stall-keepers and shop- (East) Battalion is in charge of one barricade. pers at a small market outside the station jump at One of the most professional and organized of the sound of artillery fire that breaks out sporadi- the rebel units, they have vowed to “defend the cally a few kilometers away at the airport, where territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic” and the separatists and government forces are vying for “reclaim our land”. That means sacrifices, said LUGANSKAYA: A woman stands near a house destroyed after daily bombardments carried out by Ukrainian armed forces in the control. “It is very scary,” says Yaroslava, who runs a one rebel. Still, he predicts “we will have time to village of Stanitsa Luganskaya, 15 Km Northeast of Lugansk. —AFP stall selling sunglasses. “But we do not want to watch the football final today,” referring to the leave. We just want to survive and to no longer be World Cup final between Argentina and bombarded.” Germany. —AFP Child abuse cases spark soul-searching in Britain ‘Sexual abuse thrives on denial and secrecy’

LONDON: A wave of revelations claims of abuse in care homes, offender and anyone can be a vic- tend to be found in the US- about long-hidden child sexual schools, hospitals and churches. Jon tim,” he said. although this has recently declined, abuse has left Britons wondering Bird, a victim of childhood abuse according to US researchers-in sev- what is wrong with their country, who works for the National ‘No worse than elsewhere’ eral African nations and in some but experts say they are simply fac- Association for People Abused in Protestant Britain had largely Latin American nations.” ing up to a problem that exists the Childhood (NAPAC), says this official escaped the major scandals over world over. “Child sexual abuse recognition of the scale of the prob- abuse in the Catholic Church seen Why does this happen? thrives on denial and secrecy. It’s an lem is a breakthrough. “It really is a in neighboring Ireland and in the Many hope the new willingness incredibly difficult thing to admit to sea change in attitudes-I never United States, and the latest revela- to confront abuse in Britain could and to talk about, and the UK is not thought it would happen in my life- tions have led to national soul- help prevent it, alerting adults to alone in that,” said Jon Brown, lead time,” he said. searching. The NSPCC estimates the warning signs and giving chil- official on sexual abuse at the Bird was raped by a stranger that one in 20 children has been dren the confidence to report and NSPCC children’s charity. “But when he was four years old, but his sexually abused in Britain, 80 per- repel offenders. But there are con- unfortunately we are now being mother told him to try to forget cent of them by someone in their cerns that yet another official forced to face it squarely and look at about it. When he was sent away to family circle-a number that seems inquiry into the failure to protect BANGUI: A man pushes a trolley loaded with plastic cans through the PK12 the reality of what’s been going on.” boarding school at the age of eight shockingly high. children-the first in Britain was in area of Bangui. —AFP Britain has seen high-profile child he was abused again, this time by Global comparisons are difficult, 1945 - will fail once again to address abuse cases before but the revela- his headteacher. But he kept silent. due to a lack of data and different why the abuse happens in the first tion in 2012 that late BBC presenter “People just didn’t want to talk cultural attitudes toward the prob- place. There is a lack of research Jimmy Savile was a prolific sexual about it,” Bird said, adding that with- lem. But Professor Lorraine Radford, about sex offender behavior and Ethnicity and politics at the predator opened the floodgates. out the revelations about Savile, “we a social policy expert at the opinions about what drives it vary Abuse by other celebrities such still wouldn’t know about all of it”. University of Central Lancashire widely. “We never really get to grips root of Central African war as Rolf Harris emerged later and Dr Kieran McCartan, associate pro- who has just completed a review of with why this happens,” said Alyson ministers this week launched a fessor in criminology at the child sexual abuse for UNICEF, says Leslie, a former social worker and BANGUI: The bloodshed in the Central African beliefs, and are often seen sporting amulets and review into decades-old rumors of a University of the West of England, there is no evidence that Britain has child protection expert who is cur- Republic is often presented as pitting Muslims charms and experts agree the hatred is being paedophile ring involving politi- says the high-profile cases have a particular problem. “The UK is not rently involved in investigating care against Christians-an echo of other religious con- fueled by something far deeper. Abdoulaye cians and a cover-up by the estab- contributed to a “watershed particularly high on child sexual home abuse on the Channel Island flicts raging across the continent. But analysts say Hissene, a former Seleka rebel leader who has lishment. Ministers also announced moment”. “We are becoming more abuse compared to the US or to of Jersey. “If we really want to be the real reasons behind the violence that has become an advisor to the presidency, said describ- a wide-ranging inquiry into how open to conversations about sexual Switzerland, for example, where serious about prevention, that’s claimed thousands of civilian lives and turned up ing the conflict as inter-religious alone was “com- institutions have failed to protect violence. People are starting to comparable data exists,” she said. where we’ve got to put the bulk of to a quarter of the population into refugees have pletely false”. “They aren’t real Christians destroying children, following a myriad of realise that anyone can be a sex “Highest rates of child sexual abuse our effort and attention.” —AFP more to do with ethnicity, class and politics than mosques, or real Muslims attacking churches. They religion. Envy at the success of immigrant Muslim are individuals bankrolled by enemies of peace.” To traders from Chad and Sudan, power politics and former minister under Bozize turned opposition even tensions that date from when the country member Joseph Bendounga, the crisis exploded S Africa’s new visa rules spark outcry was a key point on slave trade routes, all play their out of “bad governance, non-respect for democra- part, experts say. “People are manipulating youths cy, corruption, human rights violations.” JOHANNESBURG: Strict new South African immigra- ‘Sending 250,000 back’ secured. “It’s like they’re chasing us out, they’re killing into killing because they have lost power, because tion laws have sparked confusion and panic among A German doctor waiting six months for the pro- us,” said Sascha Madipa, 28, a Zimbabwean immigrant they want it back,” said Nicolas Guerekoyame ‘Burdensome’ neighbor foreign residents in this “Gateway to Africa” and forced cessing of her residence permit was banned from in downtown Johannesburg. Gangou, the leader of the country’s Alliance of Another longtime thorn in the country’s side 250,000 Zimbabweans to decide whether to return returning to South Africa for five years for overstaying Evangelist Churches. “Christians and Muslims have seen as contributing to tensions is what analysts home. Walk down most streets in Johannesburg and her tourist visa. A Briton was stranded in London, sep- ‘Like doomsday’ always lived together... But even before the con- condemn as meddling by regional power Chad, you will hear accents and languages from across this arated from her husband and 18-month-old child, The rules have “created such an element of uncer- flict took hold, we religious dignitaries saw the where about half the population is Muslim. “For the vast African continent. Builders by the roadside wait- after being declared an undesirable immigrant for a tainty, uneasiness among the people. It’s like dooms- danger coming by way of fiery, warmongering local population, a Muslim is a Chadian,” said Roland ing for work chatter away in the sweet sing-song similar reason. There are fears the new rules may hit day,” said Gershon Mosiane, an immigration lawyer statements by politicians. “They are the ones who Marchal, a French researcher who specializes in the rhythm of African Portuguese, waiters stand and gos- the vital tourist industry. Immigration consultants and president of the Forum of Immigration pull strings in the strife to give it an inter-religious region. “And Chad is a burdensome neighbor.” sip between orders employing the rolling Rs and whis- have lodged a slew of court cases challenging the Practitioners (FIPSA). “These people were not given character,” he said. French peacekeeping troops Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno supported the tles that mark out Shona, a language of Zimbabwe laws, which they say are unconstitutional. ample time, and to declare a person undesirable, our intervened in the former colony in December last coup that brought Bozize to power in 2003, with and southern Zambia. Haniff Hoosen, an opposition Democratic Alliance position is that it is arbitrary and is against the princi- year, along with a multinational force raised by the backing from Paris and regional leaders who want- Congolese, Somalis, Nigerians, Mozambicans and lawmaker, said “the new regulations have already ple or the rule of law... that a person is innocent until African Union, amid fears of a Rwanda-style geno- ed to get rid of the troublesome former leader, above all Zimbabweans, flock to the “City of Gold” in ripped apart families, dissuaded investors, and led to proven guilty,” said Msiane. South Africa has promised cide. They helped force the mainly Muslim Seleka Ange-Felix Patasse. Ten years later, Chad was widely search of their own little slice of the riches of the the suspension and even cancellation of multi-million to make a decision on the status of the Zimbabweans, militias, who had ousted former president Francois accused of backing the Seleka to oust Bozize. When Highveld, as the surrounding region is known. Since rand film and tourism ventures.” But the most far- with immigration chief Apleni Mkuseni saying they Bozize 10 months before, out of the capital Bangui it then sent peacekeepers to join an African Union the 1880s, when Johannesburg exploded to life with reaching implication may be felt by the more than a should “wait patiently and with no panic”. in January. Then “anti-balaka” fighters, mostly force, tensions quickly flared. Chad withdrew the the discovery of vast gold deposits, this has been a quarter-of-a-million Zimbabweans who fled the politi- But new South African Home Affairs Minister Christian Bozize supporters, began ruthlessly contingent of more than 800 troops after the city, and a country, of immigrants. “Shosholoza”, per- cal and economic crisis at home after disputed elec- Malusi Gigaba signaled a less sympathetic stance. hunting down Muslims in brutal revenge attacks. United Nations accused some of its soldiers of haps South Africa’s most beloved song-belted out at tions in 2008. They were granted special permits that “Workers from other countries, and I dare say opening fire in a crowded Bangui market, killing sporting events, political rallies and anywhere more expire later this year. Zimbabwe, have flocked to South Africa seeking asy- ‘Bad governance, corruption’ around 30 people, with N’Djamena angrily rejecting than a handful of people gather-originally came from According to the new laws, if they want to contin- lum. We must ask: Is there a conflict in Zimbabwe The cycle of tit-for-tat violence has seen mas- the charge. “The people didn’t rejoice at the depar- the Zimbabwean workers making the train journey ue living in South Africa they will have to return home which necessitates that Zimbabwean nationals must sacres, rapes and looting by both sides. The Seleka ture of the (Muslim) Senegalese traders, or Malians, south to work the mines. But today the South African to apply for extensions. “Sending 250,000 back just to apply for asylum in South Africa?” he asked. With are largely made up of Central Africans from the but the Chadians, yes,” Marchal said. Marchal point- authorities, wary of the inflow amid brutally high extend their permits doesn’t make sense,” said Bernard Zimbabwe’s economy still spluttering, unemploy- north and east of the country, as well as mostly ed out that “migratory paths for Chadians and unemployment, have begun tightening visa regula- Toyambi, the paralegal officer of the non-governmen- ment unofficially estimated to be as high as 80 per- Muslim fighters from neighboring Sudan and Sudanese pass through the CAR”, as do the routes tions and closing loopholes. New rules quickly tal organisation the People Against Suffering, cent, a fresh financial crisis looming and president Chad. Meanwhile the “anti-balaka” are mainly originally used by slave traders. The CAR has natu- snapped into force shortly after the country’s May Oppression and Poverty. “How will they keep their Robert Mugabe recently returned to power for anoth- Christians from ex-president Bozize’s Mbaya ethnic ral resources including diamonds and gold, but election, catching scores of expatriate workers of jobs? How long does the process take?” The worst fear er term, many Zimbabweans are reluctant to return group from the centre and south. decades of misrule have left it very low on the UN guard. is mass deportations if no special political deal is home. —AFP However both sides maintain strong animist Human Development Index. —AFP SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL China’s popular TV journalist taken by prosecutors BEIJING: A top business journalist at Guo Zhenxi was detained. A few months China’s state broadcaster was taken away earlier, a former CCTV vice president also by prosecutors, abruptly absent from his has come under corruption investigation. nightly newscast he was anchoring, China’s Rui has interviewed many world leaders financial news magazine Caixin reported and business magnates and is known for yesterday. his nationalistic streak. He has more than The sudden removal of celebrity journal- 10 million followers on his Twitter-like ist Rui Chenggang came less than two microblog page. months after his boss was detained on sus- In 2007, he protested the presence of a picion of taking bribes during an ongoing Starbucks shop at Beijing’s Forbidden City investigation into high-level corruption at and helped start a grassroots movement China’s biggest state-run network. that eventually kicked the U.S. brand out of Quoting an unnamed insider, the historic site. Caixin.com said on its website that prose- He raised eyebrows in 2009 when he cutors took Rui away directly from the claimed he could represent the entire Asia workplace without notifying the news pro- at a news conference for President Barack gram. Caixin said Rui had been scheduled Obama. Rui is believed to be close to Guo. to appear on the nightly newscast Friday, In a 2009 profile of Rui in the New York and his absence was conspicuous, as a sec- Times, Guo praised Rui as “our star anchor” KABUL: US Secretary of State, John Kerry (L) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a meeting at the presidential ond microphone remained on the set. The and said that his newscast was, for the first palace in Kabul yesterday. US Secretary of State John Kerry held a second day of talks with Afghanistan’s feuding presidential show is usually anchored by two people. time, “examining the health of the nation In May, CCTV’s financial news director with a television program.” —AP hopefuls, seeking a deal to “clean up the tally” after disputed elections. —AP Kerry pushes plan to ‘clean up’ disputed Afghan vote ‘We want a unified, stable, democratic Afghanistan’ KABUL: US Secretary of State John Kerry yester- in time,” Kerry said. “We want a unified, stable, world,” Ghani said Friday. day held a second day of talks with Afghanistan’s democratic Afghanistan. It is important that “Therefore we believe in the most intensive feuding presidential hopefuls, seeking a deal to whoever is president is recognised by the peo- and extensive audit possible to restore faith.” The “clean up the tally” after disputed elections. ple as having become president through a legiti- UN plan presented to Karzai late on Thursday Despite back-to-back meetings on Friday mate process,” he said. involves auditing polling stations across 34 with rivals Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani Abdullah, who has already lost one presiden- provinces, a process that would take two weeks. and other officials that stretched deep into the tial bid in controversial circumstances, has They would be selected for checks according night, US officials said an accord was not yet on declared himself the true winner, saying massive to five criteria that could indicate fraud-such as if DAVOS: In this Jan 29, 2011 file photo, director and anchor of China Central the table. fraud robbed him of victory in the June 14 run- the results were multiples of 50, or where Television Rui Chenggang moderates a session at the World Economic The deadlock over last month’s run-off vote off vote. women’s polling stations were staffed by men. Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The top business journalist at China’s state to succeed outgoing President Hamid Karzai has US officials told reporters that “many ideas If agreed, some 8,050 polling stations would broadcaster was taken away by prosecutors, abruptly absent from the live plunged Afghanistan into crisis and dented US were under consideration” but that the initial be audited, involving 3.5 million ballots, or 44 cast of a nightly business news program as its anchorman, China’s financial hopes of a smooth transfer of power as talks had been “constructive” and “substantive”. percent of all ballots cast. news magazine Caixin reported yesterday on its web site. —AP Washington seeks to withdraw all its troops by Kerry was focusing on two tracks, a senior US Abdullah, a former anti-Taleban resistance late 2016. administration official said. fighter, draws his support among Tajiks and oth- Crude bomb blast wounds 6 in India On a day of intense diplomacy yesterday, “One is cleaning up the tally, so to speak, to er northern Afghan groups, while Ghani is Kerry met Abdullah for about an hour and 20 the extent possible so that the process is more backed by Pashtun tribes of the south and east-a GAUHATI: A crude bomb exploded yester- hit-and-run attacks. minutes before holding talks with Ghani and credible. But two, creating a dialogue where the disturbing echo of the ethnic divisions of the civ- day in India’s troubled northeast, wounding The rebels claim the local population is meeting Karzai. Afghans can have the conversation” on a path il war in the 1990s. at least six passersby, and authorities ignored by the federal government in New Under a proposal put forward by the United forward, the official said. Thirteen years after the 2001 US invasion searched for four Muslim traders believed Delhi. Most locals are ethnically closer to Nations, the country’s election commission Another US official said the UN audit would ousted the hardline Taleban Islamic regime, all to be abducted by a rebel group in the groups in Myanmar and China than to the would audit ballot boxes from just over 8,000 be very important. “There were serious allega- sides are keen to maintain the gains made in region. rest of India. Meanwhile, authorities imposed polling stations where suspicions of ballot-stuff- tions of fraud that were raised that have not such areas as literacy rates and women’s rights. The improvised device went off near the an indefinite curfew in parts of Baksa district ing have been raised. been sufficiently investigated,” he said. But Afghan forces know they will increasingly Manipur University complex in Imphal, the in neighboring Assam state after four Muslim While Ghani’s campaign has embraced the Little headway seemed to have been made, have to stand up to a resilient and bloody capital of Manipur state. A police officer said traders were believed abducted by a faction UN plan, Abdullah’s team remains sceptical, however, in persuading Ghani and Abdullah to Taleban insurgency on their own as international that five of the wounded were being treat- of rebel group, the National Democratic arguing the proposal to review some 44 percent meet and discuss how to break the deadlock. forces withdraw. ed in a hospital. Two of them were in critical Front of Bodoland, said state police Director- of all votes cast fails to address all their concerns. Washington also wants a signed deal on pro- condition. The officer spoke on condition of General Khagen Sharma. On Friday Kerry stressed that results released Restoring faith tecting US forces left in the country until late anonymity as he was not authorized to talk Soldiers patrolled the area Saturday as on Monday showing Ghani in the lead with In a boost for the top US diplomat’s efforts on 2016. to reporters. tensions mounted following the recovery some 56 percent of the vote were only “prelimi- Friday, Ghani gave his support to a wide audit of Underlining the parlous security situation, as No one has claimed responsibility for the of some of the belongings, including bags nary”. the elections. “Our commitment is to ensure that the leaders met in Kabul a roadside bomb in the attack. More than a dozen separatist groups and footwear, of those abducted, Sharma “They are neither authoritative nor final, and the election process enjoys the integrity and the restive southern province of Kandahar, the are active in Manipur state and often stage said. —AP no one should be stating a victory at this point legitimacy of the people of Afghanistan and the Taliban heartland, killed eight civilians. —AFP

HYDERABAD: Indian policemen detain activists of left parties and other political parties during a protest against the ordinance on Polavaram project in Hyderabad, India, yesterday. A day-long strike has been called in Telangana state to protest the ordinance under which more than 100 villages of Telangana state will be transferred to Seemandhra state to aid the construction of the irrigation project. —AP Cross-border Taleban attack kills three Pakistani troops KHAR: Militants killed at least “It might be in retaliation for launch attacks across the restive three Pakistani soldiers in an the Pakistan military offensive in nuclear-armed country. attack early yesterday on a border North Waziristan,” the government The army says it has killed 400 post in the restive northwestern official told AFP. A senior military insurgents in the course of the tribal belt, officials said. official in Peshawar, the region’s operation there. Another security Around two dozen militants main city, confirmed the attack official in Peshawar told AFP on armed with sophisticated and death toll and told AFP that Saturday that ground troops were weapons crossed from the Afghan the troops were killed when a pounding militants hideouts with province of Kunar to launch the rocket hit a vehicle near the check artillery and mortars in the moun- pre-dawn ambush in Bajaur dis- post. tainous Dehgan area, some 25 trict, Pakistani officials said. “Two soldiers were wounded kilometres (16 miles) west of “Militants from across the bor- and taken to the main hospital in Miranshah, the main town of der ambushed a check post. Two Bajaur,” he said. Hardline cleric North Waziristan. security personnel and an officer Maulana Fazlullah, current head of “At least four compounds used embraced martyrdom in the the TTP which rose up against the by foreign fighters have been attack,” a security official in Bajaur Pakistani state in 2007, is believed destroyed, we are also receiving told AFP by telephone. to be possibly hiding across the reports of casualties,” the official A senior government official border in Kunar. said. The rugged mountainous said the militants were forced to Pakistan’s armed forces have area has for years been a hideout flee after troops retaliated. No been waging a massive offensive for Islamist militants of all stripes- group has yet claimed responsibil- in North Waziristan, a tribal district including Al-Qaeda and the ity but both officials said Tehreek- south of Bajaur, for the past three- homegrown TTP as well as foreign e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP) militants and-a-half weeks to eradicate fighters including Uzbeks and were involved in the attack. hideouts militants have used to Uighurs. —AFP SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL China’s popular TV journalist taken by prosecutors BEIJING: A top business journalist at suspicion of taking bribes during an Friday, and his absence was conspicuous, and business magnets and is known for He raised eyebrows in 2009 when he China’s state broadcaster was taken away ongoing investigation into high-level cor- as a second microphone remained on the his nationalistic streak. He has more than claimed he could represent the entire Asia by prosecutors, abruptly absent from his ruption at China’s biggest state-run net- set. The show is usually anchored by two 10 million followers on his Twitter-like at a news conference for President Barack nightly newscast he was anchoring, work. Quoting an unnamed insider, people. microblog page. Obama. Rui is believed to be close to Guo. China’s financial news magazine Caixin Caixin.com said on its website that prose- In May, CCTV’s financial news director In 2007, he protested the presence of a In a 2009 profile of Rui in the New York reported yesterday. cutors took Rui away directly from the Guo Zhenxi was detained. A few months Starbucks shop at Beijing’s Forbidden City Times, Guo praised Rui as “our star anchor” The sudden removal of celebrity jour- workplace without notifying the news earlier, a former CCTV vice president also and helped start a grassroots movement and said that his newscast was, for the first nalist Rui Chenggang came less than two program. Caixin said Rui had been sched- has come under corruption investigation. that eventually kicked the U.S. brand out time, “examining the health of the nation months after his boss was detained on uled to appear on the nightly newscast Rui has interviewed many world leaders of the historic site. with a television program.” — AP Japan brace for more aftershocks

TOKYO: Seismologists said an earthquake kilometres (eight miles) off Fukushima’s that struck near Japan’s shuttered coast, according to the US Geological Fukushima nuclear site early yesterday was Survey. an aftershock of the tremor that sparked It was strong enough to be felt in Tokyo, 2011’s deadly tsunami, and warned of more more than 200 kilometres (125 miles) to the to come. south, with many people woken by earth- The strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake quake alerts sent by the Japan off the Pacific coast of northeastern Japan Meteorological Agency to their mobile caused a minor tsunami in the early hours, phones. Japan’s islands are situated at the though authorities lifted all weather warn- conjuncture of several tectonic plates and ings roughly two hours later. experience a number of relatively violent Seismologist Yasuhiro Yoshida of the quakes every year. Japan Meteorological Agency said it was a But thanks to strict building codes, even delayed tectonic reaction to the 9.0-magni- powerful quakes that might wreak havoc in tude quake which left the Fukushima other countries frequently pass without nuclear power plant in a meltdown crisis causing much damage. after the coast was ravaged by monster Fukushima plant operators Tokyo tidal waves in March 2011. Electric Power (TEPCO) said there were no “There are fears that relatively large reports of any abnormality early yesterday. earthquakes will occasionally occur in the Sea levels cannot be gauged near the ocean area where aftershocks of the great nuclear plant as the tsunami monitoring earthquake continue,” he said. system was destroyed by the 2011 disaster. “The aftershock activity has been steadi- “We have not seen any damage or any ly declining on a long-term basis. But after- change in radiation gauges after the shocks, accompanied by tsunamis, will still quake,” said TEPCO spokesman Masahiro occur.” The 2011 disaster killed more than Asaoka. 18,000 people. “Our temporary breakwater that was Yesterday’s quake measured up to four newly built at the plant is high enough to on the Japanese scale of seven in terms of block a one-metre tsunami,” he added. intensity, and Yoshida said there was a pos- The Fukushima plant’s cooling systems sibility aftershocks measuring a moderate were swamped by the tsunami three years PORT MOREBY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and his wife Akie (centre R) walk towards their plane as they leave Papua New Guinea at three on that scale would occur in the next ago, sparking reactor meltdowns and radia- the Port Moresby airport yesterday. Abe during his state tour of New Zealand, Australia and Papua New Guinea held talks with officials on bili- two weeks. tion leaks in the worst atomic crisis since ateral and international issues. — AFP At least three were injured in the latest the 1986 Chernobyl disaster. quake but there was no damage done to Tens of thousands of people were evac- the crippled nuclear plant less than 24 uated from around the plant, with decom- hours after dwindling super typhoon missioning of the site expected to take Neoguri skirted the Fukushima region and decades. The facility is struggling to handle Philippines arrests Australian veered off into the Pacific, officials said. a huge and swelling volume of contaminat- The quake occurred at a depth of 13 ed water at the plant. — AFP over ties to militant group ISIL In South Korea, ex-spy Recruiting Filipino Muslims to fight in Iraq, Syria remains stuck in the cold MANILA: The Philippines yesterday arrested an Australian national with suspected links to foreign Islamist militants after he urged GUNPO: Once their espionage cases are unprofessional and could not have been a Philippine Muslims on social media sites to support conflicts in Iraq resolved, some former North Korean spies highly trained spy. “I believe that she was and Syria, recruiting them to go to the Middle East. find that life in the South can be pretty good. exploited as an informant. ... She wasn’t even The arrest is the first known link between Islamist militants in They write books, land TV gigs, work for think worth being called a spy,” said Kim Yong-hwa, the Southeast Asian nation and foreign jihadists supporting con- tanks and in general benefit from their new a defector-turned-activist. He said he once flicts in the Middle East. home’s fascination with their old homeland. rejected Won’s request to meet with a high- The Australian government believes at least 150 of its citizens Won Jeong-hwa is not one of those spies. profile North Korean defector because she are involved in fighting or actively supporting the Islamic State A year after finishing a five-year espionage rambled too much. (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq. sentence for using sex to obtain military A key debunker of Won’s espionage record Heavily-armed Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams with secrets and plotting to assassinate intelli- is Won herself, who spoke to The Associated Australian Federal Police surprised Australian Robert Cerantonio, a gence officers, Won is a 40-year-old single Press in a series of interviews between April Muslim convert, before dawn at his apartment near the Mactan- mother eking out a living on an $800 monthly and this week. She has said in media inter- Cebu International Airport in the central Philippines. government subsidy. views that she was pressured by prosecutors “He has been recruiting Filipino Muslims to fight in Iraq and Her espionage work is not taken seriously to provide false testimony, particularly about Syria,” a senior police intelligence official, who declined to be enough in South Korea for her to cash in on her use of sex in spy work. named because he was not authorised to speak to the press, told her past, yet she’s also too notorious to find The trial verdict and an investigation by Reuters. an ordinary job. She says she has been fired prosecutors said she slept with numerous “He has been literally calling for jihad. But we’re still validating from several waitressing and cleaning jobs men, including South Korean officers and her reports that some Filipino Muslims have responded to his call to after employers learned about her past, boss at an agency where she worked. Won arms. His activities here caught the attention of the Australian which she had attempted to conceal. said she used sex as a spying tool only once, Federal Police and they alerted us.” “I’ve thought about killing myself many to steal personnel management-related doc- Philippine police said Cerantonio arrived in the country early in times,” Won said in an interview at her small uments from an army major’s home comput- February and began recruiting for the Islamic State of Iraq and the apartment in Gunpo, just south of Seoul. er. She said she couldn’t resist pressure by Levant (ISIS). She has two big strikes against her. There prosecutors who gave her alcohol and urged Earlier this month, Cerantonio posted messages on social media are allegations that she was merely a low-lev- her to confess during questioning. They “man- claiming he had travelled to the region where ISIS has declared a el informant whose deeds were inflated by ufactured (the story of) my relations with caliphate, or Muslim state, in parts of Syria and neighbouring Iraq. South Korean officials eager to make men,” she said. “I’m not a Mata Hari.” “We don’t believe he actually left the Philippines. Nor did he go Pyongyang look bad, and by reporters dig- Prosecutors have dismissed Won’s claims. to the Middle East,” Australia Federal Police Deputy Commissioner ging for a sexy story. Additionally, the sexual South Korea has a history of forgiving for- National Security Andrew Colvin told the Daily Telegraph newspa- nature of her crimes carries a stigma in this mer spies and assassins, though they are still per in Sydney yesterday. “The grounds for the arrest is something conservative country. sometimes ostracized. Their careers in the we are still working through with our Filipino colleagues.” Won was imprisoned in 2008 after a court media often depend on whether they were In a statement, the AFP said it would not provide detailed com- ruled that she posed as an ordinary North involved in high -profile cases that captured mentary on intelligence or security matters and would not com- Korean defector, then used sex to extract global attention, and whether they followed ment further. secrets from South Korean military officers. Seoul’s propaganda line against the North. Philippine police believe Cerantonio travelled to Basilan and The media began calling her “North Korea’s Won said a prosecutor told her during her Sulu in the country’s south, preaching radical Islam to support Syria Mata Hari” in reference to an exotic dancer questioning that she could make a new start and Iraq. They are checking into his possible involvement in post- from the Netherlands who used sex to obtain in the South by following in the footsteps of ing online videos of Philippine Muslims supporting ISIS. military secrets during World War I. North Kim Hyon-hui, a North Korean agent sen- Several videos surfaced recently on YouTube of Philippine Korea accused South Korea of cooking up a tenced to death for bombing a South Korean Islamist militants making statements in Arabic and Tagalog dialect spy scandal to tarnish Pyongyang’s image jet in 1987, killing all 115 passengers aboard. in support of ISIS. Some of the videos were shot inside a police and said Won was a criminal. After Won was Kim was later pardoned and wrote a best-sell- prison in the capital, Manila. released, she was a popular guest on TV talk ing autobiography. She often appears on TV Cerantonio will be deported back to Australia after his passport shows where she spoke about her harsh, elite to speak critically of North Korea. was cancelled by Australian authorities, said Conrado Capa, Cebu’s spy training. She said she disobeyed Several other North Koreans who once deputy regional police chief. Pyongyang’s orders to assassinate two South attacked the South now embrace it. One of As Sunni Islamist rebels surge into Iraq from Syria, security offi- Korean army intelligence officers with poison. the 31 North Korean commandos who cials in Southeast Asia and Australia worry that the conflict is radi- She also talked about how she fell in love launched a brazen mission to assassinate calising a new generation of militants, who are being influenced to with a junior army officer - the “man of my South Korea’s president in 1968 is now a life.” He was later imprisoned for passing her Christian pastor who lectures about the an unprecedented degree by social media. secrets including a list of North Korean defec- North. A North Korean crew member of a The Australian government said on Saturday it was including tors even after learning she was a spy. submarine that ran aground in the South, and the more broadly defined Islamic State on its list of banned terror- The attention caused South Korean media who was captured alive after a massive man- ist organisations. “The Islamic State conducts public executions and to revisit her case. Some reporters questioned hunt that left 25 other comrades dead or violent punishments in areas it controls and is one of the world’s most deadly and active terrorist organisations, targeting crowds MANILA: Philippine Immigration officers escort Robert Edward Cerantonio, the value of her espionage work, and raised missing, is a lecturer for the South Korean an Australian convert to Islam who used the internet to urge people to join suspicions based on testimony by North navy. A spy arrested after a deadly shootout and public gatherings during holidays and religious festivals to maximize casualties and publicity,” Attorney General George ‘jihad’ in Iraq and Syria, shortly after he was arrested in Cebu City. The Korean defectors who said they knew Won in 1995 works for a think tank run by the Australian convert was arrested in the Philippines on July 11. — AFP and her family members in the North. South’s spy agency and wrote a book about Brandis said.—Reuters Won’s 2008 court verdict said she was his mission. trained at a special operations unit in Won, on the other hand, feels trapped. No Pyongyang and was a daughter of an agent South Korean TV station wants her as an N Korea condemns visit by US aircraft carrier killed on a spy mission in South Korea in expert because of reports that she may not 1974. But Won’s stepfather, Kim Dong-soon, have been an elite spy. Finding work unrelat- SEOUL: North Korea yesterday condemned a spokesman was quoted as saying by the North’s Jeju for two days starting July 21, it said. who came to South Korea in 2007, said in an ed to her past is also impossible, she said, port visit by a US aircraft carrier to the South as a official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Last week the NDC called for both the North interview that Won’s biological father was an because no one wants to hire an unskilled “reckless” act of provocation following proposals He said the exercises, taking place after the and the South to halt all hostile military activi- ordinary laborer who died of a heart attack, woman with a criminal espionage record. by Pyongyang to ease cross-border tensions. North reached out last week, were an “open ties-a suggestion Seoul dismissed as “nonsensi- and that Won was a high school dropout who One of the jobs she gained and quickly The USS George Washington arrived in the challenge” to its efforts. “Whenever there was a cal” in the light of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons had nothing to do with special operations lost was at a noodle restaurant. She said a for- southern port of Busan on Friday for joint mili- sign of improving the north-south relations and programme. North Korea issued another call forces. Won denies Kim’s allegations. mer colleague later told her the boss had tary exercises starting next week. A spokesman detente on the peninsula, the US resorted to sin- Monday for a lowering of military tensions with In the verdict and in interviews, it was said been worried she would poison the food. The of the Policy Department of the North’s National ister interference and obstructions”, he said in South Korea, even as leader Kim Jong-Un over- that North Korea first sent Won to South army officer Won fell in love with has been Defence Commission (NDC) said the visit was reference to the upcoming drills. saw firing drills on an island near the sensitive Korea in 2001 to take photos of the exteriors released, but they are no longer in touch. Nor “little short of its ‘gunboat diplomacy’ in the last The George Washington is scheduled to take maritime border. of US military installations and to collect is the father of her 12-year-old daughter in century” and “in defiance” of the North’s over- part in joint exercises with the South Korean A government statement carried by KCNA South Korean newspaper editorials about the picture: She said he is a South Korean tures. “The US should properly understand that navy from July 16-21 as part of annual military said it was time to end “reckless hostility and North Korea. People dubious of Won’s elite businessman she met in China, where she the more persistently it resorts to reckless drills, Seoul’s Yonhap news agency said. confrontation” and called on Seoul to scrap its status consider that low-level spy work. had been assigned to find and repatriate nuclear blackmail and threat, the further the It will then participate in a search and rescue annual joint military drills with the United States. Some defectors who met Won before her North Korean defectors before she was sent DPRK (North Korea) will bolster up its cutting exercise with South Korean and Japanese mar- South Korea has repeatedly made it clear that 2008 arrest say she was often incoherent and to South Korea.—AP edge nuclear force for self-defence”, the itime forces in waters off the southern island of the annual joint drills are non-negotiable. —AFP SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Singapore backs call to destroy gay-themed books

SINGAPORE: A children’s book inspired The books are “And Tango Makes Ibrahim said Friday. book recommending policy reforms in society is generally tolerant, open and by a real-life story of two male penguins Three,” about a male-male penguin cou- He added: “Societies are never static, the tightly-controlled Southeast Asian relaxed about people whose sexual ori- raising a baby chick in New York’s zoo has ple in the Central Park Zoo; “The White and will change over time. But NLB’s state, said he had pulled out of the entations are different from ours - even if been deemed inappropriate by state-run Swan Express: A Story About Adoption,” approach is to reflect existing social Singapore Writers’ Festival in November we don’t agree with them,” Low said. Singapore libraries, and the conservative which involves a lesbian couple; and norms, and not to challenge or seek to to protest the decision. “I see no evidence In recent months, religious conserva- city-state’s information minister said he “Who’s In My Family: All About Our change them.” It was not clear how and of a significant segment of Singapore tives in the wealthy, multi-cultural city- supports the decision to destroy all Families.” “The prevailing norms, which when the books will be destroyed. society objecting to these books being in state of 5.4 million people have become copies alongside two other titles. The the overwhelming majority of The decision triggered an online peti- our public libraries, even if the majority of more vocal in opposing gay rights. On National Library Board, which runs 26 Singaporeans accept, support teaching tion and an open letter to spare the Singaporeans are conservative,” Low said. paper, gay sex remains a criminal offense public libraries in Singapore, pulled from children about conventional families, but books with thousands of signatures col- He objected to Yaacob’s comments, in Singapore, although authorities rarely the shelves and said it would “pulp” the not about alternative, non-traditional lected. Some are calling for a boycott of saying that “attitudes are more complex enforce the British colonial-era legisla- copies of three titles, citing complaints families, which is what the books in ques- the libraries and their events. and nuanced than the reductionist view tion. Last month, Singapore witnessed its their content goes against Singapore’s tion are about,” Minister of Donald Low, author of “Hard Choices: the minister has taken.” largest gay-rights rally with 26,000 in family values. Communications and Information Yaacob Challenging the Singapore Consensus,” a “I’ve always believed that Singapore attendance. — AP

Trendy Tel Aviv counts the cost of Gaza rocket attacks

TEL AVIV: Israel’s commercial capital is under news. I even downloaded an app for missile rocket fire from Palestinian militants in Gaza, alerts in real time,” he said. Now Ralph is steer- its normally nonchalant residents using black ing clear of public places such as markets and humor to disguise the anguish of another “especially the beach, where we would be open war with Hamas. Tel Aviv, some 70 kilo- most exposed if a missile hit”. More than 23 meters north of the Palestinian enclave, is well years ago, when Iraq’s now dead dictator within rocket range. And since Israel’s latest Saddam Hussein fired Scud missiles at Israel campaign began early on Tuesday, Hamas has in the first Gulf War, young people thronged fired at least six M75 rockets at metropolitan the nightclubs of Tel Aviv, gas masks within Tel Aviv, one striking open ground and five reach. Today, black humor abounds on being intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-mis- Internet social networks. Since the crisis sile system. erupted, a growing number of pages are pop- A loud bang rocked the city on Thursday ping up on Facebook, where users share morning, AFP correspondents said, with experiences about life under fire. unconfirmed reports suggesting a missile had One writes about the fear of being forced hit the sea. Young waiters with little to do now to leave her apartment in only her underwear, sit at tables at once-vibrant seafront cafes nor- while another tells how he jumped into his mally occupied by visitors in what should be parents’ bed in their “safe room” during one peak season for tourism. early-morning alert. Waitress Danielle is not “It’s empty, completely empty,” sighs 21- amused by some of the things she sees on year-old waitress Danielle with nothing to do the web. “YouTube skits about safe rooms except tuck into a plate of chips. “Last week don’t make me laugh,” she says, nervously we were full of tourists, overwhelmed almost. scanning her mobile phone to check whether But now they’re afraid to come.” The few peo- there has been any fresh military call-up. ple who turned up late Tuesday to watch the Military service is compulsory for both sexes. sunset quickly scattered when the first alert Men serve three years and women two. They sounded after realizing there were no air-raid then become reservists. Since Tuesday, sever- shelters in the area. And with Israel’s al of her friends have been mobilized after TOKYO: Pedestrians cross a street under scorching heat in Tokyo, yesterday. Hot weather continues the metro area as temperatures rise to 35 Operation Protective Edge against Gaza mili- the security cabinet approved the recall of degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Japan’s meteorological bureau. — AP tants in its third day, the beachfront party 40,000 reservists. town is feeling the effects. Ralph, a 32-year- old tourist from Luxembourg, decided to City that never sleeps watch the World Cup semi-final indoors with a Repeated confrontations between Israel friend, rather than sit at an exposed outdoor and Hamas militants in Gaza have sapped the Campaigners push for pacifist cafÈ. His holiday in Israel has not turned out as resilience of some living in this city that never planned. sleeps. A large section of the Israeli public now supports a lengthy military operation Japanese to win Nobel Prize Missile alert app against militants in Gaza. It would not be the “All day we’re on our phones, checking the first such offensive.—AFP TOKYO: Campaigners are pushing for Japan’s we succeed and win the prize, that would be a been in a war for over 69 years,” said Yoshiaki population to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize great way to share its ideals.” Ishigaki, a member of the committee behind the in a nod to the country’s long-held pacifism, Japan’s constitution-specifically Article 9 — push. even as Tokyo controversially expands the scope renounces war and abandons the use of force to “This decision is totally against our constitu- of the military in a move that has sparked settle international disputes, a point embraced tion, we should maintain the article and share it protests at home. by many Japanese and a symbol of the country’s with all nations to achieve world peace.” By Friday, the group had amassed a support peaceful image in much of the world. Ishigaki and other activists gathered recom- petition with more than 150,000 names, and But last week, Tokyo loosened the bonds on mendation letters from dozens of academics at organisers say Japan’s 128-million residents are its powerful military, proclaiming the right to go home and abroad to submit to the Nobel com- now among the possible candidates for the into battle in defence of allies, in a highly contro- mittee. At least half Japan’s population opposes prestigious award. versial shift. a more aggressive military stance, according to But even if the odds are slim-there are hun- Conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s recent newspaper polls. dreds of candidates-the message is just as cabinet formally endorsed a reinterpretation of Hundreds, and sometimes thousands, of peo- important, said 37-year-old housewife Naoko the rules that have banned the use of armed ple have turned out to protest against the Takasu, who came up with the plan. force except in very narrowly-defined circum- change at various demonstrations over recent It was not possible to nominate Japan’s paci- stances. weeks. fist constitution-put in place after the end of “War destroys everything, that’s what I have World War II-so activists moved to get the peace- ‘War destroys everything’ believed since 1945,” said 80-year-old Tsuneo loving population on the prize list instead. Abe has sought to play down fears the move Hoshino, who lost an uncle in World War II. “The idea came to me when I was watching a could ultimately see Japan dragged into battle “I am the head of nursery school-these chil- GAZA: Palestinian firefighters try to extinguish a cargo terminal at Karni Crossing TV report about the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to defend allies, or wage war itself. dren should never be soldiers.” between Israel and Gaza after it was shelled by Israeli tanks, according to terminal’s to the European Union,” she told AFP. But it has sparked a backlash at home and The names of the 2014 Nobel Laureates will employees yesterday. Palestinian officials said Israeli airstrike hit a group of people “Good initiatives can win the prize-that’s drawn angry missives from neighbouring China, be announced in October. Last year the peace sitting in front of a closed shop killing several, raising the Palestinian death toll to what I learned from the news. And that made which regularly criticises Tokyo’s militaristic past. prize went to the Organisation for the more than 120. —AP me think about Article 9 (of the constitution)... If “It is thanks to Article 9 that Japan has never Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. —AFP SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 ANALYSIS

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Issues Obama aiming to shift border crisis political debate

By Julie Pace

resident Barack Obama was putting pressure on PRepublicans to help solve America’s worsening immi- gration crisis, looking to shift the political debate after coming under attack for refusing to visit the border during a trip to Texas. Obama turned to one of his chief critics, Texas’ Republican Gov. Rick Perry, a potential Republican presiden- tial candidate in 2016, to try to make his point on how to respond to a flood of young migrants crossing the border. Following a meeting with Perry in Dallas Wednesday, the president suggested there was little difference between Perry’s calls for additional assistance at the border and the nearly $4 billion request Obama sent to Congress this week to help deal with thousands of unaccompanied child immi- grants who have overwhelmed the Border Patrol in Texas. He All work and no pay for thousands in the Balkans also made a public appeal for Perry to wield his influence By Zoran Radosavljevic and with Texas’ Republican-heavy congressional delegation and six months or more. The country, which this 2007 and has a $50 billion economy, busi- Control over salary payments is even looser.” Aleksandar Vasovic press them to back the emergency spending package. year began talks on joining the EU, still has nesses at the end of May owed 77.2 million Predrag Bejakovic of the Institute of Public “The only question at this point is why wouldn’t the Texas 153 state companies, partly kept afloat by levs ($53.9 million) in delayed salary pay- Finances, an economic think-tank in delegation or any of the other Republicans who are con- omplaining they had worked without annual subsidies worth more than $1 billion. ments, the labor ministry told Reuters. Trade Croatia’s capital Zagreb, said that not paying cerned about this not want to put this on a fast track and get Cpay for months late last year, employ- In February, some 1,400 workers at the unions dispute the figure, saying the true taxes is still seen as “resourceful rather than this on my desk so I can sign it and we can start getting to ees of the Serbian farming company state-owned Jumko clothing manufacturer amount is higher. “I can assure you that we immoral.” Struggling private employers also work?” Obama said. He argued that opposition to the urgent Agroziv staged a short strike in January. Why from the southern city of Vranje protested check any complaint (for unpaid salaries) know that commercial and administrative spending request would be part of a pattern of obstruction- should they work for no money, they said. about unpaid wages by blocking Serbia’s received at the inspectorate,” said the state courts are painfully slow. Recent EU data ism from Republicans who have also resisted moving for- The company, a poultry producer in the main north-south highway for a day. They labor inspectorate’s spokeswoman Dina ranked Croatia’s judiciary last out of the ward on a comprehensive immigration bill. north of the country, was short of cash and claimed they were owed seven months’ Hristova. Nikolay Nenkov, the vice president bloc’s 28 members in terms of effectiveness. The current problem at the border comes at a time when pleaded for more time to pay wages, work- wages and mandatory health contributions. of Bulgaria’s largest trade union CITUB, said Croatian textile businessman Nikola the White House was seeking to cement an upper hand on ers said. “The management told us, ‘Please Two months later the Jumko workers his organisation calculates unpaid wages are Mikic, who owns Estare Culto, a well-estab- the issue of immigration, particularly with Hispanic voters, be patient for another two weeks,’” said received 5,000 dinars ($59) each, the gov- around $83 million or more. He said one lished brand from Zagreb, said his company who are increasingly crucial to electoral success in presiden- Vesna Srdic, a packaging worker with the ernment said. In May the workers again company that had struggled to pay salaries is owed 14 million kuna ($2.5 million) by var- tial elections. After House Republicans made clear they had firm. “We waited and nothing happened. blocked the highway to demand all overdue was Remotex, a privately-owned industrial ious retailers and other private companies - no plans to take up comprehensive legislation this year, Some workers grew so desperate they were wages and social benefits, as well as direct machinery repairer. but is struggling to collect it. That has left Obama vowed to move forward with executive actions that buying bread on credit from local bakers. talks with the government. There has been Based in the southern town of Radnevo, him unable to pay suppliers or his own would make needed changes to the nation’s broken immi- But after some months even bakers refused no progress since then. Officials at Jumko Remotex used to be one of Bulgaria’s largest workers regularly, although he says he is still gration system. to give them bread for nothing.” did not respond to phone calls and emails repairers of equipment for heavy mining, “trying to pay salaries every month, in sever- But the border crisis has given Republicans fresh fodder Patience ran out on June 4. Using chains seeking comment. transport and energy industries. According al installments.” He said that even after tak- to challenge that approach. Republican lawmakers have and padlocks, Agroziv employees locked Serbia’s new government, which took to local union official Boyka Boeva, unpaid ing legal action he would be unlikely to blamed Obama’s 2012 decision to defer deportations for every door and gate they could find on office in April, has vowed to reform laws on wages at the firm amount to 5 million levs recover the money. “In this system you are some young people in the US illegally for fueling rumors in company property. Then they blocked a labor, bankruptcy and privatization to ($3.48 million). Officials at Remotex, which more likely to retire before you get justice Central America that unaccompanied minors who arrive at main road leading to the border with improve the business climate and attract was bought in June by a Greek investor, through legal channels.” the border would be allowed to stay. Indeed, some of the Romania for two hours. “My salary is 29,000 57,000 children who have come to the border appear to be dinars ($343) a month and I haven’t received under that impression, though many are also fleeing vio- a penny since January. I’m drowning in lence in Central America. The White House has said most of debt,” Milica Milkovic, 52, said last month. the children are unlikely to qualify for humanitarian relief The mother of two, dressed in a faded red T- that would allow them to stay. shirt was waving a banner that read, “We Obama’s request for $3.7 billion in emergency spending want answers.” Agroziv did not respond to comes ahead of midterm congressional elections in requests for comment. November, when Republicans hope to seize control of the Such scenes are surprisingly common in Senate. Back in Washington, Republican opposition has hard- the Balkans, where wages are often the first ened. Texas Sens John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, have criticized expense companies freeze when times are the plan as a “blank check” and Arizona Sen John McCain tough. Legal loopholes, inefficient courts voiced his opposition to the measure Wednesday. US and poor financial supervision allow strug- Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson on Thursday gling firms to skip paying wages, sometimes planned to press Congress on Obama’s request for what for months on end. Since jobs are scarce, Obama has called an “urgent humanitarian situation.” Perry, thousands of workers in the countries in his own statement following the meeting with the presi- spawned by Yugoslavia’s bloody breakup in dent, made no promises to help Obama shore up Republican the 1990s regularly work for nothing - in the support for the supplemental spending package and instead hope that employers will eventually pay up. doubled down on the notion that the border crisis was the The phenomenon is growing in some places result of Obama’s “bad public policy” on immigration. and contributing to social unrest in the Obama arrived in Texas under pressure from Republicans region. Earlier this year protesters in Bosnia like Perry, as well as some Democrats, to add a trip to the bor- torched government buildings up and der to his two-day fundraising swing. The White House down the country. Protests in Croatia and steadfastly resisted those calls, insisting there was little the Serbia have also become common, though president could learn from a border visit that he didn’t not violent. already know. “I’m not interested in photo ops,” Obama said Lack of capital Wednesday. “I’m interested in solving a problem.” Still, Obama and his advisers clearly recognized the political liabil- Most former Yugoslav republics, includ- ities of ignoring the immigration crisis while working the ing European Union members Slovenia and FERIZAJ: An employee of a metal foundry near the town of Ferizaj, some 40 km south of Pristina, destroys seized Texas donor circuit. Croatia, have yet to overcome problems weapons with a circular table saw. Around 700 small arms and light weapons seized during various operations over The White House added an immigration meeting with born of the business practices they inherited the past three years were destroyed during an official ceremony. —AFP local officials and faith leaders to Obama’s schedule in Dallas in the 1990s. In socialist Yugoslavia, the state Reform efforts and took the unusual step of having Perry fly with Obama on owned all medium-sized and large compa- investors. It has also pledged to end subsi- were not available to comment. Boeva said: the presidential helicopter so the two could discuss the mat- nies and controlled salaries through a cen- dies for state-owned enterprises. Draft laws “We really hope, after the arrival of the new Some progress is being made. After it ter. Perry kept up the pressure on Obama to make a border tral payments system. With the federation’s are being debated; the government says it owner, to see a favorable outcome because joined the EU last July, Croatia published a visit, telling CBS in an interview “that’s what presidents do. collapse, new and newly privatized compa- hopes to adopt them by the end of July. this enterprise is of great importance for this “name and shame” list of firms that it said That’s what leaders do. They show up and they interact.” The nies tried to expand without much capital. Slovenia, which joined the EU in 2004 and town.” Luca Visentini of the Brussels-based owed tax payments. The government also governor likened the current situation to the criticism Short of cash, some began delaying pay- the euro zone in 2007, has seen the number European Trade Unions Confederation said wants to create a system electronically President George W Bush got for failing to visit New Orleans ments to suppliers, tax offices and workers. of workers not receiving salaries rise steadily non-payment of employees had been rela- linking tax, health and pension data, and is at the height of the damage and destruction from Hurricane State-owned firms and institutions began over the past five years. There were 3,601 tively rare in EU countries, but that instances starting to tackle legal loopholes. Until Katrina in2005. Perry said he’s warned Obama over a year doing the same, exploiting a lack of financial cases of delays, partial payment or non-pay- were now cropping up in crisis-hit southern recently, companies registered as “limited” ago that the situation at the Texas border was deteriorating. oversight to pick and choose their obliga- ment of wages in 2013, up from 843 in 2008, states such as Spain, Portugal, Italy and could not be prosecuted if they continued Obama said he was open to suggestions from the Texas gover- tions. according to state Labor Inspectorate data Greece. operating while insolvent instead of filing nor and others that he dispatch National Guard troops to the In Croatia, the authorities are now trying provided to Reuters in June by the trade for bankruptcy. A change to company law Weak institutions border but warned that such a solution would only work tem- to enforce more financial discipline. Finance union ZSSS. now makes it possible to take action porarily. He urged Republicans to grant his emergency spend- Minister Boris Lalovac, speaking at a confer- Goran Lukic, a spokesman for ZSSS, said One of the key problems in the Balkans is against errant managers and members of ing request so the government will have the resources to put a ence in April, said employers were failing to “several thousand people” are not receiving that workers have little bargaining power. supervisory boards. “You can see a strong variety of ideas into action.—AP pay mandatory health and pension contri- their salaries, or receiving them with a delay, Unemployment in Croatia reached a 12-year wish to introduce order, but there has butions for more than 200,000 workers and the number is on the rise. He said the high in March, with 380,000 people of work- been so much neglect, so much abuse that among the country’s 4.4 million people. problem of unpaid wages was particularly ing age without a job and an unemploy- changes are very slow,” said a state labour Kresimir Sever, a union leader in Croatia, common in construction and services such ment rate of nearly 23 percent. It has since inspector who declined to be named. estimates some 70,000 workers in Croatia as office cleaning. The plight of most unpaid fallen to under 20 percent, in part thanks to The lingering problems are illustrated All articles appearing on these are facing delays in wages. “In most cases employees goes undetected until they go seasonal employment in the summer by Arena Modna Kuca, a company from pages are the personal opinion of workers wait too long before filing for bank- on strike. Workers still prefer to keep turning tourism industry. In Serbia, the unemploy- the Croatian city of Pula that ran into trou- the writers. Kuwait Times takes no ruptcy (of their company), figuring they are up, despite not being paid, rather than lose ment rate stood at 20.8 percent for the first ble after the Yugoslav market fragmented better off having any kind of job and no their jobs, said Belgrade sociology professor quarter, the last available data. At the same and European customers turned increas- responsibility for views expressed salary rather than losing everything,” said Zoran Stojiljkovic. “A common feature of the time, tax collection is dysfunctional, with ingly to China. Workers saw their wages, in therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Sever. “In time, the company’s assets melt entire Western Balkans is the people’s capac- some companies not paying dues for the region of $470 to $540 per month, ers to voice their opinions. Please and when the bankruptcy process begins, ity to put up with a lot of things for a long months or even years. Payment for goods is begin to dry up in 2013; but many worked they (the workers) really do end up with time. The limit of endurance is breached also far slower than in the West. on. In May that year, the workers used a send submissions via email to: opin- nothing.” only when one can no longer pay the bills,” “It’s almost impossible to explain to new legal avenue to claim unpaid salaries [email protected] or via snail The situation is similar in Serbia, the most he said. someone from the West,” said Ante Babic, through FINA, the national financial super- mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. populous country to emerge from secretary-general of the Foreign Investors visory body. After that, salaries were paid Yugoslavia with 7.2 million people. Ranka A spreading blight? Council in Croatia. “But it’s not surprising over the next few months, but then the The editor reserves the right to edit Savic of Serbia’s Association of Free and The problem is not confined to the that companies are not paying workers tax authority blocked Arena’s accounts any submission as necessary. Independent Unions said that at least region’s smaller countries. In Bulgaria, a when you see that they can afford not to over unpaid taxes and welfare contribu- 70,000 workers have not received wages for nation of 7.3 million which joined the EU in pay taxes or for the goods they bought. tions. —Reuters NEWS SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 Ukraine troops slay 1,000 rebels Continued from Page 1 town of Horlivka. “There were a series of powerful explo- sions. Details are being clarified,” a separatist representa- towns in the Russian-speaking east, setting up “people’s tive, Konstantin Knyrik, was quoted as saying by Russia’s republics” and declaring they wanted to join Russia. More interfax news agency. than 200 Ukrainian servicemen have been killed since Eyes on contact group then, and hundreds of civilians and rebels have also died. Friday’s military setback at Zelenopillya took the gloss The United States and the European Union have off the government’s recapture of the rebel stronghold of brought in limited sanctions against Russian businesses Slaviansk last weekend. The Ukrainian military, following amid Ukrainian allegations that Moscow has fanned the the Slaviansk victory, says it has readied a plan to oust the conflict and turned a blind eye to military equipment and rebels now from Donetsk, a city of 900,000 people where Russian fighters crossing the border. Yesterday, the EU tar- separatist forces are dug in. Poroshenko has said the mili- geted 11 Ukrainian separatist leaders with travel bans and tary plan will be aimed at protecting civilians there and asset freezes, avoiding fresh sanctions on Russian business had appeared to rule out the use of air strikes and artillery to avoid antagonizing its main energy supplier. to crush the rebels. Poroshenko, who was also urged by The rebels’ missile strike on Friday at a motorized German Chancellor Angela Merkel to use a sense of pro- brigade was against a part of a contingent of troops sent portion in actions against the separatists, had further talks to the area specifically to try to block military equipment on Friday with Donetsk mayor Aleksander Lukyanchenko and guns being brought in from Russia to help the rebels. on the issue. “The situation on the border is very difficult because there Western allies and Russia are pressing for a new is a strip of border there which has been turned into the meeting of the ‘contact group’ involving separatist lead- epicenter of confrontation,” Lysenko said. “This is because ers to try to negotiate an end to the crisis. Poroshenko this is a part of the border through which the Russian ter- says he has proposed various venues for these talks to rorists are trying to bring in military equipment and arms. take place but has said there will be no repeat of a 10- “Ukrainian forces are there to cover that part. If the day unilateral ceasefire by government forces which Ukrainian unit pulls out of there then columns of military lapsed on June 30. The Ukrainian government says that equipment will start to flow on to Ukrainian territory ceasefire was repeatedly violated by the rebels and that again,” he said. Rebel fighters said Ukrainian fighter planes more than 20 Ukrainian servicemen were killed while it had also carried out air strikes yesterday in the eastern was in force. — Agencies Aerospace jamboree on tenterhooks Continued from Page 1 new sales with new engines and curved aerodynamic winglets, but is also preparing to back away from the new- ISRAELI BORDER: An Israeli 155mm artillery canon fires a shell from the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip “It’s obvious that because of tensions with Western er A350-800 which it once hoped would replace the A330 into the Palestinian coastal enclave yesterday. — AFP governments over differences between Russia and and underpin its new A350 jet family. Ukraine, the military presence is really scaled down at this Airbus has only 34 A350-800s left on order, including year’s Farnborough,” said Alexander Velovich, sales repre- Hawaiian Airlines which is being courted for the revamped Israel, Hamas defiant as death toll hits 127 sentative for Russian and Ukrainian clients at the A330. The airline has previously been reluctant to change Continued from Page 1 declined to confirm or deny its involvement, and Farnborough Airshow. Many Russian visitors have strug- to a different model, but a spokeswoman told Reuters it Gaza militants hit back with intensified rocket fire. gled to obtain British visas and on Friday more than 100 of was ready to examine the A330neo since the A350-800 But there has been little sign that either side is Israel says preparations are under way for a possible the expected 450 delegates were yet to receive clearance, may not be built. Boeing officials say the change demon- interested in an immediate end to the hostilities. On ground incursion, with tanks and artillery massed said Velovich. strates its rival’s wavering strategy and that the market will Somewhat more predictable is the drumbeat of civil be both far smaller than Airbus hopes - closer to 400 air- Friday, Cairo said its efforts to mediate a return to a along the border and some 33,000 reservists mobi- orders led by leasing firms, despite fears of airline overca- craft - and short-lived. 2012 ceasefire agreement “have met with stubborn- lized out of 40,000 approved by the cabinet. pacity and a peak in the aerospace cycle that have caused Still, the launch is expected to lead to stiff competition ness”. And speaking at a news conference in Tel Aviv, More armor was seen heading south yesterday the U.S. sector to underperform wider stocks by around 10 as Boeing tries to limit any damage to margins and sales Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said he would not morning. The military said an army vehicle patrolling percent this year. Airbus and Boeing are expected to grab of its carbon-fibre 787. In a last-minute switch, the upgrad- end the military campaign until he achieved his goal the border was hit and damaged by fire from Gaza more than 500 orders worth well over $50 billion, includ- ed model may be named A330-800/900neo - instead of of stopping the Hamas fire. “No international pressure yesterday, although its occupants were unharmed. ing a major 100-plane order for Airbus aircraft from leas- the -200/-300 tags used in pre-marketing - in an effort to will prevent us from striking, with all force, against the Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said ing company SMBC, reported by Reuters on Thursday. smooth the end of the A350-800 and add a new tier in terrorist organization which calls for our destruction,” he expected a political decision on a possible ground Airbus’s portfolio. Unmanned vehicles will also be a big he said. “No terrorist target in Gaza is immune.” operation by today. “At the moment we are dealing A330 re-launch topic at the show as the United States wrestles with Haniya sounded a similarly defiant tone. “(Israel) is with the first phase... air attacks,” he told Channel One Qatar Airways may finalize an order for 50 Boeing 777X export policy while Europe struggles to close a gap with the one that started this aggression and it must stop, television on Friday. jets and order Airbus small A320 jets, while Boeing could Israel and the United States. Few will be able to forget that because we are (simply) defending ourselves,” he “I imagine we shall decide today or the day after confirm the defection of UK’s Monarch Airlines from the air show is also taking place under the shadow of said. His two nephews, Alaa and Nidal Al-Malach, on the next stage.” So far, no one in Israel has been Airbus as both planemakers pursue a relentless battle for Malaysian Flight MH370. were among six people killed in an Israeli strike in killed by the rain of rockets that has forced citizens market share. But analysts are likely to scrutinize the The reasons for the jet’s disappearance remain a mys- Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood yesterday to frequently run for shelter. Two have been seriously announcements more closely than ever to see how much tery, but the fruitless international search could fuel inter- afternoon. The latest border flareup-the deadliest wounded. In Gaza, with the toll at 127 and more is genuinely new business. “With the usual Airshow games, est in tracking technology and more maritime surveillance since November 2012 - unfolded after last month’s than 940 people wounded, medical officials have we could see some previously announced orders being aircraft, with US and European models on display as kidnap and murder of three young Israelis in the said supplies are running low. Egypt sent a reported firmed up, and unidentified orders being identified,” RBC Britain ponders whether to replace its recently scrapped occupied West Bank and the brutal revenge killing of 500 tons of food and medical supplies in a convoy analyst Rob Stallard said in a note. Nimrod aircraft. The aerospace industry is itching for a Palestinian teenager by Jewish extremists. through the Rafah border crossing yesterday to help Most attention will be on Airbus as it kicks off the show Britain to open bids for a replacement after cancelling the by launching a revamped and rebranded version of the delayed BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 in 2010, but Defence alleviate shortages. Kuwait, meanwhile, has request- A330 jetliner. “There is a strong likelihood it will be Minister Philip Hammond has suggested it may study a Possible ground incursion ed an emergency Arab foreign ministers’ meeting to announced at Farnborough,” a senior airline industry more complex solution including unmanned vehicles Israel responded to the Israeli deaths with a major discuss “the deteriorating situation”. It will be held source said. Airbus hopes to generate more than 1,000 rather than a quick plane order. — Reuters crackdown on Hamas, though the Islamist group tomorrow. — AFP p16 2_Layout 1 7/12/14 9:45 PM Page 1

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‘Golden Ball’ contenders Rizzoli to referee final ‘I can learn from Wenger’ RIO DE JANEIRO: Four Germans, three Argentines, and one player each from Brazil, RIO DE JANEIRO: Italian Nicola Rizzoli will ref- LONDON: New Arsenal striker Alexis Sanchez has stressed the influence that manager Colombia and the Netherlands were short-listed on Friday for the “Golden Ball” award eree today’s World Cup final between Germany Arsene Wenger had on his decision to join the FA Cup winners from Barcelona. “I feel hap- to the World Cup’s best player. The top ten list included World Cup finalists Germany’s and Argentina at the Maracana, Massimo py to be here. I know this club has a manager who looks after his players, really takes care defender Mats Hummels, right back Philipp Lahm, midfielder Toni Kroos and forward Busacca, FIFA’s head of refereeing told Reuters of them,” the Chile international told the club website (www.arsenal.com) on Friday. Thomas Mueller who has scored five goals. “He is a manager you can learn a lot with. He wants to achieve great things in football on Friday before the official announcement. For their opponents in today’s final, Argentina, winger Angel Di Maria, midfielder and that helped me make the decision to sign. Javier Mascherano and - inevitably - four-goal striker and captain Lionel Messi made Rizzoli, 42, took charge of the all-German “Arsene Wenger’s style of play is a little bit like that of the Chilean national team. the list. Champions League final between Bayern Therefore I’m used to it. Arsenal play well, they play good football and that fits with my Also included was Colombia’s attacking midfielder James Rodriguez, Munich and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley style and that’s why I moved here.” According to media reports, Arsenal have paid Barca widely considered to be the revelation of the tournament and top scorer last year. around 35 million pounds ($59.56 million) for the 25-year-old. so far with six goals in his team’s run to the quarter-final where they Among the other games he has refereed at Sanchez was a key member of the Chile team that reached the last 16 of the were beaten by Brazil. the finals in Brazil are the extraordinary Group 2014 World Cup before losing to hosts Brazil on penalties. He scored two The other two players short-listed were Dutch forward Arjen Robben A match between champions Spain and the goals in four appearances at the finals. “The Arsenal squad is strong so I’m who tormented defences throughout and scored three in the Netherlands on June 13 which the Dutch won looking to win silverware this season. I’m here to win the (Premier) League, Netherlands’ progress to the semi-final, and Brazil’s Neymar who had 5-1. Last season he was involved in an extraor- the Champions League, in fact every title at stake,” he said. “I’m looking for- ward to showing the fans what I can do and why I’m here.” played superbly and bagged four goals before being injured. dinary incident when he awarded a penalty and Arsenal’s lack of striking prowess has been blamed for their failure World governing body FIFA will announce the winner after Sunday’s then changed his mind after five minutes of to challenge for the Premier League title since the departure of Robin final. Uruguay striker Diego Forlan was named best player of the South angry protests during a Serie A match between van Persie to Manchester United in 2012. Their total of 68 goals in 38 African tournament four years ago.—Reuters AS Roma and Sassuolo. —Reuters matches was the lowest of the top four last season.—Reuters Angels down Rangers

ARLINGTON: Garrett Richards allowed five Star break for the first time in his career, get- Francisco Rodriguez, completing St. Louis’ hits over seven innings to extend his personal ting nicked for two early runs and then shut- comeback from a six-run deficit. winning streak to seven decisions as the Los ting down the AL West-leading A’s the rest of Milwaukee has lost six straight and 10 of 11 Angeles Angels handed the Texas Rangers the night. games. Holliday sent the first-pitch changeup their sixth consecutive loss, 3-0 on Friday Hernandez made his 11th straight start from Rodriguez (3-3) into the left-field seats to night. Mike Trout provided Richards all the run going at least seven innings and giving up two break the tie. The Cardinals hit four homers support he needed with a solo home run in earned runs or less. It’s the longest streak for and cut the sliding Brewers’ lead in the NL the fourth inning, his 22nd of the season. an American League pitcher since Gaylord Central to one game. Richards (11-2) is unbeaten with a 1.27 ERA in Perry had 11 straight for Cleveland in 1974. Trevor Rosenthal wrapped up six shutout his last eight starts. innings for the St. Louis bullpen with his 28th Albert Pujols and Erick Aybar had two hits GIANTS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 0 save, getting two strikeouts after allowing a each for Los Angeles, and Alex Rios had two Tim Lincecum and two relievers combined leadoff single to Aramis Ramirez in the bottom for Texas. Texas right-hander Nick Tepesch (3- on a five-hitter, and Lincecum drove in a run of the ninth. All-Star setup man Pat Neshek (4- 5) retired the first 10 batters he faced before with a safety squeeze, helping San Francisco 0) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. Trout sent a 1-0 sinker 418 feet to center field shut out Arizona. for the game’s first run. Tepesch allowed two Pablo Sandoval homered and drove in RED SOX 8, ASTROS 3 runs in the seventh. The Rangers left eight three runs to break out of a slump that started Rookie Christian Vazquez got his first three men on base, including runners in scoring in late June. The Giants third baseman, hitting major league hits and drove in three runs, position in six innings. just .222 over his previous 16 games, also had while David Ortiz had three RBIs to break open an RBI-double and an infield single. Lincecum the game in the sixth inning for Boston. MARINERS 3, ATHLETICS 2 (9-5) allowed three hits over seven innings and Vasquez, who was playing in his second major Felix Hernandez outpitched Jeff Samardzija fanned Gerado Parra to end a two-on, two-out league game, singled in the third inning, had and Robinson Cano hit a go-ahead double to jam in the seventh. The two-time NL Cy Young an RBI double in the fourth and drove home propel Seattle past Oakland. Fernando Rodney Award winner, owner of a no-hitter this sea- two more with a double in Boston’s five-run got his 27th save, getting Nick Punto on a son, struck out six and walked two. sixth. Ortiz drove in three runs with a double called strike three to end it with a runner on Even longtime nemesis Paul Goldschmidt in the sixth to make it 8-1. John Lackey (10-6) third. Punto slammed his batting helmet to struggled against Lincecum. The Arizona first rebounded from a tough stretch to allow four ARLINGTON: Los Angeles Angels’ Erick Aybar connects for a run-scoring single as Texas the ground with both hands and argued with baseman went hitless in three plate appear- hits and two runs with a season-high five Rangers catcher Robinson Chirinos watches in the seventh inning of a baseball game. —AP plate umpire James Hoye, and A’s manager ances against the right-hander. walks in six innings. He had allowed five or METS 7, MARLINS 1 Bob Melvin joined in, saying the full-count more runs in each of his previous three starts. Aaron Loup (3-2) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless pitch missed the strike zone. CARDINALS 7, ASTROS 6 Scott Feldman (4-6) allowed seven runs and David Wright went 4 for 4 with a mammoth innings to get the win. Casey Janssen worked Hernandez (11-2) threw eight strong Matt Holliday hit a solo homer with two tied a season-high with 11 hits in 5 1-3 homer, Lucas Duda also hit a long two-run a perfect ninth for his 14th save. Toronto’s innings. He reached 11 victories before the All- outs in the ninth inning off Milwaukee closer innings. shot and New York rocked recent nemesis Mark Buehrle labored five innings in pursuit of Henderson Alvarez in a victory over Miami. his elusive 11th victory, departing with a 5-2 PHILLIES 6, NATIONALS 2 Zack Wheeler shut down Miami again and lead that the Blue Jays bullpen couldn’t hold. MLB results/standings Jimmy Rollins homered twice and A.J. Juan Lagares had three hits as the Mets He is 0-5 over seven starts since last winning Burnett pitched 7 2-3 strong innings to lead improved to 6-2 on a 10-game homestand on June 1. that takes them into the All-Star break. Chicago Cubs 5, Atlanta 4; Baltimore 3, NY Yankees 2 (10 Innings); Cleveland 7, Chicago White Sox 4; Philadelphia Philadelphia to its fifth straight victory REDS 6, PIRATES 5 6, Washington 2; Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5; NY Mets 7, Miami 1; Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 5; LA Angels 3, Texas 0; Domonic Brown doubled and drove in two Wheeler (5-8) pitched 6 2-3 strong innings Detroit 2, Kansas City 1. runs for Philadelphia, which matched its and helped himself with an RBI double. He Brayan Pena’s pinch-hit single in the eighth moved to 2-0 with a 1.05 ERA in five career inning completed another late rally by American League National League longest winning streak of the season. It has starts against the Marlins. Cincinnati, which overcame more injuries to Eastern Division Eastern Division been a surprising run for the Phillies, who had W L PCT GB lost 13 of 16 before a four-game sweep of the Alvarez (6-4) had been on quite a roll, beat Pittsburgh and keep its momentum Washington 49 42 .538 - allowing two runs or fewer in each of his last going toward the All-Star break. Baltimore 51 41 .554 - Atlanta 50 43 .538 - NL Central-leading Brewers in Milwaukee. nine games. He was 4-0 with a 1.04 ERA during Down 5-1 after six innings, the Reds scored Toronto 49 45 .521 3 Miami 44 48 .478 5.5 Burnett (6-8) allowed two runs and five hits that stretch, and the Marlins had won his last twice with the help of third baseman Pedro NY Yankees 46 46 .500 5 NY Mets 43 50 .462 7 while striking out six and walking four. Bryce Boston 42 51 .452 9.5 Philadelphia 42 51 .452 8 Harper homered for the Nationals, who have 10 outings - a club record for one of their Alvarez’s throwing error in the seventh and Tampa Bay 42 53 .442 10.5 Central Division pitchers. added three more in the eighth. Central Division lost three of four. Washington right-hander Milwaukee 52 42 .553 - Devin Mesoraco homered with two outs off Detroit 52 37 .584 - Jordan Zimmermann (6-5) abruptly left his INDIANS 7, WHITE SOX 4 St. Louis 51 43 .543 1 start in the fourth inning with an apparent left-hander Tony Watson (5-1) in the eighth, Kansas City 47 45 .511 6.5 Corey Kluber allowed four runs in six and the Reds put together four more singles, Cleveland 46 46 .500 7.5 Cincinnati 50 43 .538 1.5 injury. Chicago White Sox 44 50 .468 10.5 Pittsburgh 48 45 .516 3.5 innings and Nick Swisher hit a two-run homer with RBI hits by Ramon Santiago and Pena Minnesota 42 50 .457 11.5 Chicago Cubs 40 52 .435 11 ROCKIES 6, TWINS 2 in the fifth to lead Cleveland. Kluber (9-6) was- completing Cincinnati’s second big comeback Western Division Western Division Jorge De La Rosa pitched six strong n’t his usual dominant self but pitched well of the week. Curtis Partch (1-0), called up earli- Oakland 58 35 .624 - San Francisco 51 42 .548 - innings, Troy Tulowitzki and Drew Stubbs each enough to win. The right-hander has won er in the day, escaped a bases-loaded threat in LA Angels 55 37 .598 2.5 LA Dodgers 52 43 .547 - hit two-run homers, and Colorado beat three of his last four decisions. Cody Allen the eighth. Seattle 50 43 .538 8 San Diego 41 52 .441 10 Minnesota in the teams’ first interleague meet- struck out the side in the ninth for his 11th Houston 39 55 .415 19.5 TIGERS 2, ROYALS 1 Colorado 40 53 .430 11 ing at Coors Field in six years. De La Rosa (10- save. Swisher’s homer off Hector Noesi (3-7) to Texas 38 55 .409 20 Arizona 39 55 .415 12.5 6) allowed one run and six hits in winning his center field broke a 4-4 tie. Before Swisher’s Anibal Sanchez tossed seven stingy fourth straight and reaching double-digit wins home run, the biggest cheer from the crowd innings, Ian Kinsler and Miguel Cabrera drove in a season for the fourth time in his career. He of 24,652 came when the Indians put a mes- in runs and Detroit squeaked by Kansas City. benefited from a power surge that has seen sage on the scoreboard welcoming home NBA Sanchez (6-3) scattered eight hits without a Tulowitzki hit three homers and Stubbs two in superstar LeBron James, who announced he walk to help the AL Central-leading Tigers their last two games. The Rockies also benefit- was returning to the Cleveland Cavaliers. take their second straight from Kansas City. ed from the return of star outfielder Carlos Chants of “LBJ” were heard later in the game. The second-place Royals dropped 6 1-2 games back in the division with two games left Gonzalez, who missed the previous 35 games ORIOLES 3, YANKEES 2 because of a benign tumor on his left index before the All Star break. finger that had to be excised surgically. Kris Manny Machado led off the 10th inning Salvador Perez drove in the only run for the Johnson (0-1), recalled from Triple A Rochester with a double and scored on a one-out single Royals, who squandered a solid start by Danny on Thursday, gave up five runs on eight hits in by Nick Hundley, giving Baltimore its ninth win Duffy (5-9). He gave up both runs, only one four innings. in 11 games. The AL East-leading Orioles earned, while losing for the fourth time in five extended their margin over third-place New starts. Joe Nathan worked around a single and York to five games. Baltimore has gone to CUBS 5, BRAVES 4 a walk in the ninth inning to earn his 19th extra innings in three of its last five games and Justin Ruggiano hit an RBI single with two save, and gave Detroit its fifth straight win won in the 10th, 11th and 12th innings. outs in the ninth inning and Chicago sent over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium this sea- Atlanta to its fifth loss in six games following a Machado began the game-winning upris- ing with a liner into the right-field corner off son. Nathan got Nori Aoki to ground out on a nine-game winning streak. full-count pitch to end the game. Arismendy Alcantara singled with two outs Adam Warren (1-5). After Ryan Flaherty struck out, Hundley hit a liner into left-center that off Jordan Walden (0-1) and stole second. PADRES 6, DODGERS 3 enabled Machado to score easily. TJ McFarland Ruggiano then got a hit that slipped past Carlos Quentin drove in three runs, Alexi shortstop Andrelton Simmons to win it. (3-2) worked a perfect ninth to earn the victo- ry for the Orioles, who are 9-3 in extra innings. Amarista homered and Jesse Hahn pitched six The Braves scored the tying run in ninth on solid innings, leading the San Diego Padres Christian Bethancourt’s two-out single. Jordan BLUE JAYS 8, RAYS 5 over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Hahn (5-2) Schafer stole three bases for Atlanta and was allowed a run and three hits, struck out six and caught stealing once. Cubs starter Jake Arrieta Steve Tolleson’s two-run single snapped a walked four in his seventh major league start. gave up three runs and four hits in 7 2-3 ninth-inning tie and helped Toronto rally after The 24-year-old right-hander has a 1.46 ERA innings. He struck out six and walked three. blowing a four-run lead. Jose Reyes and Jose over his last six outings since Pittsburgh beat Arrieta left with a 4-3 lead but wound up Bautista also drove in two runs apiece for the with a no-decision when Cubs closer Hector Blue Jays, who used a walk and Reyes’ one-out him 4-1 on June 3 in his big league debut. SEATTLE: Mariners closer Fernando Rodney throws in the ninth inning of a baseball game double to set up the go-ahead hit off Grant Huston Street got his 24th save. Dan Haren (8- against the Oakland Athletics. The Mariners won 3-2. —AP Rondon (2-3) couldn’t hold the lead in the ninth. Balfour (0-3). 6) was chased in the fifth.—AP Rio Olympics in the spotlight as World Cup curtain drops

RIO DE JANEIRO: The Rio de Janeiro 2016 President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia on protests and major problems with security over huge spending for the multi-billion ing-set for August. summer Olympics move firmly into the Friday before returning to Rio to attend and transportation failed to materialise dollar sports event as that directed From cleaning up Guanabara Bay, site spotlight this week with the International the World Cup final. during the month-long tournament seen against FIFA. of Olympic sailing, to speeding up con- Olympic Committee in town to monitor “We are seeing great progress and overall as successful and the IOC are hop- While ordinary Brazilians supported struction on the city’s second Olympic progress and the soccer World Cup wrap- appreciate the commitment of the presi- ing Olympic organisers had drawn valu- their football team, many were angry at sports park in Deodoro, still in its infancy, ping up. The Olympics are the country’s dent and the government of Brazil for the able conclusions for their own 16-day the billions their government spent for to completing key transportation projects second global sports event it has commit- Games,” Bach told reporters. “We believe event. building or refurbishing stadiums and pledged in the bid file, they have their ted itself to staging and following the end they will be very successful.” World Cup-related infrastructure projects work cut out. of the world’s biggest single sports event The German lawyer took charge of the TEST EVENT instead of injecting the cash into social “This is a time where a lot of work is yesterday, Rio enters the final stretch of IOC after winning elections in September “The World Cup is a bit like a test event welfare projects. The IOC would be pump- being done but it is not yet very visible delivering a troubled project. and has been trying to instil a sense of for the IOC,” an Olympic source with direct ing what would amount eventually to but progress is being made. The athletes Called the “worst ever” preparations by urgency with organisers ever since. knowledge of preparations told Reuters about $1.5 billion back towards local village for example is 40 percent com- IOC Vice President John Coates as recently Brazil had to face years of criticism in on condition of anonymity on Friday. “To organisers through revenues generated plete,” the Olympic source said. as April, Rio organisers have been with the run-up to the World Cup with delays in be able to learn from it and use that for the event from sponsors and broad- With the World Cup lights going out their backs to the wall from the start, try- construction and completion of stadiums knowledge for the Rio Olympics.” casters, the official said. over Brazil after Sunday’s final another ing to play catchup with a schedule they forcing world soccer’s governing body The source also said the IOC was The truth, however, remains Rio light will be shining brightly on the coun- had fallen behind. FIFA to say organisers “needed a kick up “explaining, explaining, explaining,” in organisers have no time to waste with try and until 2016 it will resemble more IOC President Thomas Bach met Brazil the backside.” Fears of widespread order to avoid a backlash from citizens the first test event for the Games-sail- that of an interrogation light.—Reuters p17 2_Layout 1 7/12/14 9:44 PM Page 1

SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 SPORTS Montgomerie stays Photo of the day ahead in Oklahoma

OKLAHOMA: Colin Montgomerie shot an cessful quest to qualify for the British Open, even-par 71 on his way to a one-stroke lead and it left him in a relaxed state of mind. after the second round at the US Senior “I have been particularly good with the Open in steamy Oklahoma on Friday. putter this week, made all my short ones,” The Scot bounced back from a poor Dunlap, 50, told reporters. He never won start at Oak Tree National in Edmond to sit on the PGA Tour, but had a solid career, on a six-under total of 136, one better than three-times finishing third, including at the American Scott Dunlap (68). 2000 Players Championship. But Montgomerie was more pleased “At this age, you know, the more I hit with the way he bounced back earlier in balls, the more my left thumb or left wrist I the round after a poor start. “It’s never easy feel ... I have got friends that are the golf leading,” he told reporters. “I was two-over equivalent of basketball gym rats. That after six (holes) and got back it back to level works for them. It doesn’t work for me.” for the day. It was very easy to let that go Fiji’s Vijay Singh was within striking dis- today.” Montgomerie secured his first major tance, four strokes behind in just his sec- title on the over-50s Champions Tour at the ond start on the Champions Tour. Singh Senior PGA Championship in May. Second- said he was not quite ready to turn his back placed Dunlap prepared for the Senior on the regular tour, where he has won 34 Open in an unconventional manner. times. “I just want to come out here and see He spent last week playing some of how it’s like and hopefully take home the Ireland’s great courses, following an unsuc- trophy on Sunday,” he said.—Reuters

Johnson leads in Illinois

SILVIS: Former Masters champion Zach including South African Rory Sabbatini. Johnson shot a four-under 67 to share a The 47-year-old American stormed one-stroke lead with William McGirt after home with five birdies on his inward half the second round of the John Deere Classic for a 65. “At times I didn’t think it was going in Silvis, Illinois on Friday. to happen and then the second nine I really Johnson, 2007 winner at Augusta, and started to do some nice things,” Stricker McGirt were 12-under for a total of 130, a told Golf Channel. “There were a couple of stroke ahead of fellow Americans Johnson nice saves that kept the momentum going Wagner and Brian Harman, and Australian too.” Steven Bowditch at TPC Deere Run. World number 19 Stricker considers Johnson’s round was his 22nd in the 60s in himself a part-time golfer these days. He is succession on a course less than 100 miles playing only his ninth tournament of the from his birth place across the Mississippi year, and has pulled out of next week’s River in Iowa. British Open, the second successive year he “I can plot my way around here,” said will skip the major. 2012 winner Johnson, who is not a long “I’m cutting back,” said the 12-time hitter. “I don’t feel like you have to kill it. PGA Tour winner. “My expectations are There is some strategic golf involved. I still high and yet I’m much more casual Andreas Mikkelsen & Ola Floene perform during FIA World Rally Championship 2014 in Mikolajki, Poland .—www.redbull.com could pick this round apart but it was a about the game and I’m having more fun really good day.” Steve Stricker moved with it and I think that helps me in some into contention, ending the day in a ways but I still want to play well and I group tied for sixth at nine-under, expect to play well.”—Reuters Kid returns home a King

AKRON: For LeBron James the rea- soning was as simple as it was sub- lime, just a kid from Akron coming home. But for the rest of the National Basketball Association, James’s decision to return to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the city he famously jilted in favor of the Miami Heat four years earlier, was something far more earth-shaking. The homecoming announced by the 10-time All-Star on Friday trig- gered a seismic shift in the basket- ball landscape with tremors that are likely to continue for some time. “I always believed that I’d return to Cleveland and finish my career there,” said James in a first-person essay published in Sports Illustrated on Friday. “I just didn’t know when. ILLIONOS: Johnson Wagner watches his drive off the second tee during the third “I started thinking about what it round of the 2014 John Deere Classic golf tournament at TPC Deere Run. —AP would be like to raise my family in my hometown. “I looked at other teams, but I wasn’t going to leave Miami for anywhere except Mo leaves pack behind Cleveland. The more time passed, the more it felt right. This is what at Women’s British Open makes me happy. “I’m coming home.” LANCASHIRE: Mo Martin earned a three- month broke through for her first major title Heat fans are unlikely to take stroke lead as fellow American Michelle Wie when she won the U.S. Women’s Open, said James’s departure as personally as CLEVELAND: A fan waves a cutout of LeBron James during a baseball game between the Chicago White missed the cut after the second round at the her driving had let her down, despite a con- Cleveland did in 2010 when the Sox and Cleveland Indians on Friday. —AP Women’s British Open on Friday. servative strategy. four-time NBA most valuable player The diminutive Martin used her accuracy “My tempo got off this week. I just need made a grating primetime In an open letter to fans, the Cavaliers to the 2007 league talents to South Beach”. to avoid the punishing rough on her way to to find it again. Nothing was too off this announcement that he was taking Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert blasted finals. This time, in stark contrast, a second successive three-under-par 69 at week. It’s just nothing was quite right. I just his talents to South Beach. James as a narcissist and deserter, But the championship Cleveland James’s decision was low key and Royal Birkdale in Southport, Lancashire. didn’t hit the shots I needed.” Martin has saying Cleveland would win an coveted remained out reach and humble delivered in thoughtful But it was a different story for Wie, who gained a reputation as one of the straightest MAKING A DIFFERENCE NBA championship before “the self- James left for Miami still seeking a essay devoid of pizzazz. Titles carded 78 for a nine-over 153 total, three hitters in the women’s game, and she played Miami can look back happily on titled former ‘king’ wins one”. first title. No Cleveland team has remain a driving force in James’s life strokes too many to survive for the week- to her strength to post a six-under 138 a mini-dynasty of four straight trips The comments earned Gilbert a won a major professional league but he made it clear his return to end. “It was one of those weeks where I halfway total. The woman known as “Mighty to the NBA finals that produced sharp reprimand and a $100,000 title in 50 years since the 1964 Cleveland was about more than started off on the wrong foot, but stuff hap- Mo” has little experience of links golf, but two titles. In sunny South Beach, a fine from then-NBA commissioner Browns won the National Football giving the city a championship David Stern but the Cavaliers own- League crown and James returns parade. pens like that,” Wie told Golf Channel. she plotted her way to five birdies to break favorite haunt of the rich and er refused until recently to back with one goal in mind. “I feel my calling here goes “Golf is hard. I still feel good about my clear of Spaniard Beatriz Recari (67) and famous, the beat will go on, next in away from his comments. When it “When I left Cleveland, I was on above basketball,” said James, now game. This doesn’t change how I look at my South Korean Ryu So-Yeon (70), who shared line soccer icon David Beckham became evident that James was a mission. I was seeking champi- 29. “I have a responsibility to lead, game but it’s also a good kick in the butt second place on three-under. Women’s and a Major League Soccer fran- considering a return to Cleveland, onships, and we won two,” said in more ways than one, and I take about what I need to improve.” world number one and defending champi- chise on the way to fill the sports Former child prodigy Wie, who just last on Stacy Lewis was seven back.—Reuters Gilbert this week removed a link to James. “But Miami already knew that very seriously. celebrity void. the rant he wrote. that feeling. “My presence can make a differ- For Cleveland, however, James’s On Friday, all was forgiveness. “Our city hasn’t had that feeling ence in Miami but I think it can return is the unlikeliest of reconcili- “Welcome Home @kingjames,” in a long, long, long time. My goal mean more where I’m from. “I want ations after the ugliest of sporting tweeted Gilbert. “I am excited for is still to win as many titles as possi- kids in Northeast Ohio, like the divorces, a reunion that will re- the fans and people of Cleveland ble, no question. But what’s most hundreds of Akron third-graders I energize a rust belt city still recov- and Ohio. No fans and people important for me is bringing one sponsor through my foundation, to ering from a painful recession. Four deserve a winner more than trophy back to Northeast Ohio.” The realize that there’s no better place years ago Cleveland fans were unit- them..... “My 8-year-old: “Daddy, James who returns to the Cavaliers to grow up. ed in despising the player they does this mean I can finally wear is far different, far more mature and “Maybe some of them will come once lavished with love. James’s jer- my Lebron jersey, again?”...Yes it introspective than the self- home after college and start a fami- seys that were not burned or does, son. Yes it does!” absorbed young man who left in ly or open a business. That would shipped off to Miami as gifts for the 2010. make me smile. Our community, homeless were simply left forgot- TITLES MISSING When James chose Miami over which has struggled so much, ten in closets as Cleveland turned Taken with the number one Cleveland he was chastised for cal- needs all the talent it can get. “In its back on the hometown prodigy overall pick in the 2003 draft, James lously toying with fans by announc- Northeast Ohio, nothing is given. who grew up in nearby Akron and spent the first seven years of his ing on a TV special entitled “The “Everything is earned. You work for betrayed them. NBA career in Cleveland carrying Decision” that he was “taking my what you have.”—Reuters Waratahs roll into playoffs

BRISBANE: The New South Wales Waratahs Kurtley Beale was outstanding scoring two tries and Ben Daley. head into the Super Rugby play-offs unbeaten in and having a hand in another in an impressive It was Queensland’s biggest loss to NSW in 19 seven games after mastering the Queensland game as playmaker. seasons of Super Rugby and their lowest score at Reds 34-3 in their final round match in Brisbane The Waratahs other tryscorers were fullback Suncorp Stadium. yesterday. Jono Lance and scrum-half Nick Phipps with fly- “It was good to put a few tries on and keep The Waratahs claimed a bonus point in their half Bernard Foley kicking four conversions and them try-less so we have a week off now but four tries to nil victory in their biggest win over two penalties. The Reds only points came from a Queensland came out really tough tonight,” the Reds in Super Rugby. The Sydneysiders fin- penalty in the fourth minute from Mike Harris. Waratahs skipper Michael Hooper said. ished the regular season seven points clear at New Zealand referee Mike Fraser pulled out “It was a good test for us tonight, they have a the top of the standings and will now have a the yellow card twice-sending Waratahs prop good set-piece so we can really build off this week off before hosting a semi-final for the first Sekope Kepu to the sin bin for punching Beau game.” Reds skipper James Horwill said every- time. Robinson, while Reds’ replacement Sam Johnson thing was going the Waratahs’ way to win this The momentum is building for the Waratahs was shown yellow for a lifting tackle on Beale. season’s Super 15 title. “They have pretty much a as they chase their first Super Rugby title and The Reds, who failed to reach the play-offs for full list of players to choose from and they don’t coach Michael Cheika was able to rest key player the first time since their 2011 championship- have to travel if they keep on winning so the ball SOUTHPORT: US golfer Michelle Wie watches her tee shot on the 12th hole at the Israel Folau from the Australian derby with the winning season, lost three players through is in their court and they have a lot of advan- Royal Birkdale golf course in Southport, north-west England. —AFP Reds. In Folau’s absence his Wallaby teammate injury during the match-Ben Lucas, Ben Tapuai tages,” Horwill said.—AFP SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

FAN FERVOR Van Gaal wants to sign off with Dutch record

BRASILIA: Netherlands coach Louis the semi-final “should never be lost in the 1974, 1978 and 2010 Netherlands forward-turned-wing van Gaal has changed his tune on played”. finals. In the 1998 semi-finals they back Dirk Kuyt said Van Gaal’s assis- the importance of the third-place He had wanted to bow out as a went out to Brazil on penalties and tant Patrick Kluivert, who played in playoff and wants to sign off with a World Cup winner, but their exit to lost the third-place match to Croatia, the third-place defeat by Croatia in win to become the first Dutch coach Argentina on penalties after 120 missing the chance to go unbeaten 1998, had stressed the importance of to go unbeaten in normal and extra goalless minutes in Sao Paulo on in normal and extra time for the first the fixture and added that the team time at a World Cup. Wednesday ended that ambition. time. Asked if he had given some would strive for victory. “We haven’t lost a match,” he said “It was very sad, very sad, and a thought to his next job at United “It would be wonderful to close ahead of Saturday’s game against dream has been broken and this after the semi-final shootout, the this World Cup by winning but we hosts Brazil in Brasilia after his side dream is not going to come back prickly Van Gaal replied by instead still won’t be satisfied,” he said. lost their semi-final against because it was all about being num- outlining his plans to achieve a “Patrick said the third place gives you Argentina 4-2 in a shootout. ber one,” the former Ajax Amsterdam, record with the Dutch. a much better feeling than fourth “I have two-and-a-half days to Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach “Well you see we are working on place.” analyse and watch Brazil and I don’t told reporters on Friday. the World Cup here, we can still write Van Gaal, who taught physical want to leave anything to chance so I “To lose this way is the most terri- history for the Netherlands,” he said. education for 11 years, said his final have been focusing on Brazil and I ble way and that’s why in the press Van Gaal said he would wait and match in charge would have a similar hope I can prepare my players in conference I said its better to lose 7-1 see who was mentally and physically feel to the last day of school where such a way that we can play a good as you clearly lose, but we didn’t lose, fit for Saturday’s match before decid- children often give presents to match, win the game and write his- we lost because of penalties,” he said ing his lineup. He also continued his teachers. “Yes it will be part of my tory.” referring to the hammering Germany criticism of the fixture scheduling speech that this is my last match and Van Gaal, 62, will leave his post handed Brazil. that had angered Brazil coach Luiz the players may want to give me a with the Dutch to become manager The Dutch have come agonisingly Felipe Scolari earlier in the tourna- present in the form of victory so we of Manchester United after the third- close to winning the World Cup but ment, saying the hosts had the can finish the tournament undefeat- place match which he had said after have never lifted the trophy, having advantage of an extra rest day. ed,” he said.—Reuters Brazil, Dutch in game nobody wants to play

BRASLOIA: Neymar has urged his Brazil team-mates to rescue some of their battered pride after their humili- ating World Cup semi-final defeat to Germany by beating the Netherlands in yesterday’s third-place play-off in Brasilia. It is the one game that no team ever wants to take part in, but the encounter at the Mane Garrincha National Stadium took on extra signif- icance after the hosts’ dream of lifting the trophy at the Maracana 24 hours later was ended by their record 7-1 loss against the Germans. Neymar missed that match after fracturing a bone in his back in the quarter-final win against Colombia, but the 22-year-old superstar faced the media on Thursday as he called for Brazil to bow out on a high. “It was unbelievable, inexplicable. We had the opportunity to write our names into history in a positive man- ner, and we failed,” he said of the Selecao’s embarrassing semi-final loss, their heaviest-ever defeat. “We haven’t had a good campaign. We were consistent, which is why we reached the semi-finals, but we didn’t play the kind of enchanting football associated with Brazil. “Now we need to approach Saturday’s game as if it were the final and finish the World Cup smiling, with BRAZIL: A combination of file pictures shows Netherlands’ striker and captain Robin van Persie (right) controlling a victory. It is not going to lessen the the ball in Durban and Brazil’s defender and captain Thiago Silva (left) with the ball in Belo Horizonte in this file pain, but it is important.” photo. —AFP The match could prove to be Luiz Felipe Scolari’s last in charge, and the and go out onto the field on Saturday. United. “We have a day’s less rest, With the sole exception of third- coach is likely to make changes to a But, for me, every game is about which is not very fair. The third-place choice goalkeeper Michel Vorm, every team whose confidence has been so being first.” play-off is pointless. I was saying that member of the Dutch squad has badly damaged. The mood in the Dutch camp is the 15 years ago, because you can have a played some part at the tournament, Captain Thiago Silva will return same. The Oranje have a day less to fantastic tournament and then finish but Van Gaal may choose to give after suspension, while his Paris Saint- prepare for the match after their ago- with two defeats,” he added. younger players such as Jordy Clasie Germain colleague Maxwell, the only nising defeat on penalties to Nevertheless, the way in which Van and Memphis Depay a run-out from outfield player yet to feature, may Argentina in Wednesday’s second Gaal’s superbly-organised side have the start here. play a part. semi-final in Sao Paulo. performed throughout the competi- Meanwhile, Nigel de Jong could Despite Neymar’s rallying cry, However, in contrast to Brazil, tion suggests they are quite capable miss out after surprisingly featuring almost all of those involved in Brasilia Holland will be able to look back on a of inflicting more pain on Brazil. for an hour against Argentina, just 10 would rather be elsewhere, with campaign which started with a 5-1 “We were so close to reaching the days after tearing a groin muscle in Daniel Alves having made clear his thumping of Spain as a success. final and I also had confidence that the last-16 win over Mexico. The lack of appetite for the bronze-medal “We have had a fantastic tourna- we could beat Germany,” said stalwart match will be the fifth meeting of the clash. ment. Nobody expected us to get Dirk Kuyt. “Now we have to focus on countries at the World Cup, with both “The important thing is first place. beyond the group stage,” said coach another game, but we have done so sides having recorded two victories so Nothing else matters,” said the right- Louis van Gaal, who must motivate well and come so far that it would be far. The Netherlands emerged 2-1 win- back. “We represent millions of peo- himself for his final match at the helm a shame to go home with two ners in the last eight in South Africa ple, so we have to digest this defeat before he takes over at Manchester defeats.” four years ago. —AFP CBF chief: Scolari should keep his job

SAO PAULO: Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari should overseeing Brazil’s heaviest ever World Cup defeat in a group, when there is a mistake everyone is respon- carry on because of his good work in the job even which the hosts conceded four goals in six first-half sible. He has his part of the blame and so do we. though the hosts were humiliated by Germany in the minutes, has led many fans to call for his head. “Over those six minutes we just had a blackout World Cup semi-finals, a Brazilian federation official However, Brazil captain Thiago Silva said the and that result wouldn’t happen again in another said on Friday. squad still believed in the coach with the Copa 100 years.” Scolari was peppered with questions “To me, he stays,” the president-elect of the America coming up in Chile next year. “It’s not about his future on Friday but the gesticulating Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) Marco Polo because he is sat beside me but I’ve told him we real- coach said he had more pressing personal issues to Del Nero told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper in ly trust him and we have learnt and developed in this sort after the World Cup. an interview. year and a half,” said the defender, who missed the “The first thing is to pay my bills, go to the bank “What happened was a tactical error. That was the Germany defeat through suspension. “You cant cruci- and also adjust my personal life as it has been left problem. But we all make mistakes. It can happen to fy him for a mistake or any other reason. Because, as aside during this period,” he told reporters. —Reuters anyone,” he added referring to Brazil’s 7-1 mauling by Germany on Tuesday “The important thing is that he did a good job. The campaign and the preparations were good. A base exists.” It was the first time Del Nero or Jose Maria Marin, the man he will replace as head of the CBF next April, have spoken about the humbling defeat by Germany in belo Horizonte. Scolari, who led Brazil to their fifth World Cup title in 2002, said he would complete a report of the team’s performance after he takes charge of Saturday’s third-place playoff match against the Netherlands in Brasilia. The former Portugal manager has lost just three times in 28 matches since taking over in November 2012 and thought the semi-final loss against Germany should not mask his solid record. “I will present my report and then President Marco Polo and the board will talk among themselves and let’s see what happens and let’s see what they think was right and what was wrong in my work,” he told reporters at the Brasilia national stadium.

GOOD SITUATIONS “I know in the last year and a half we have had several very good situations so I cannot see how people can only see the result of one match. BRASILIA: Brazil’s coach Luiz Felipe Scolari gives a press conference at the Mane Garrincha National “What I really wanted was to get to the finals but I Stadium. —AFP didn’t do that.” Scolari’s failure, and the ignominy of SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

Germany boys prepare to wreck Messi’s dream

RIO DE JANEIRO: A Germany side chasing a place in lenge in the last 16. injury-time winner to beat Iran, and two more goals history will attempt to wreck Lionel Messi’s dream of They coolly neutralised a dangerous-looking against Nigeria. Messi’s run and pass created the FAN FERVOR a World Cup coronation with Argentina on Sunday as France 1-0 in the quarter-finals and swiftly turned extra-time winner for Angel Di Maria against the month-long football carnival hits a climax at the their attention to dismembering Brazil. Switzerland in the last 16. Maracana Stadium. “As a player or a manager I have never seen a While he was largely anonymous in the semi-final The 64th game of one of the best World Cups of team celebrate a big victory so quietly,” German team win over the Dutch, Germany will know that one slip all time pits Europe against South America-a duel manager Oliver Bierhoff said after the France win. on Sunday could present Messi with a match-win- between two football superpowers in one of the From top to bottom, the German spine has exud- ning moment, just as it did for Maradona in the 1986 sport’s most evocative arenas. ed quality. Manuel Neuer has looked unbeatable in final against the Germans. Germany are attempting to become the first side goal while Mats Hummels has been a silky and solid Man-marked out of the match by Lothar from Europe to win a World Cup in the Americas, presence in defence. Bastian Schweinsteiger and Matthaus, Maradona still created the game’s winning determined that a golden generation will finally gets Sami Khedira have proved a formidable midfield duo, goal-a sublime first-time through ball which released it reward after a string of near-misses. allowing the likes of Toni Kroos and Mesut Ozil to Jorge Burruchaga to clinch a 3-2 victory. Messi, meanwhile, is seeking the triumph which flourish. Thomas Mueller has been a deadly goalscor- “Regardless of whether he scores goals or not, his will silence forever the remaining critics who argue ing threat-five goals so far in the tournament-while influence is decisive,” Argentina coach Alejandro that the absence of a World Cup title precludes him the 36-year-old Klose has chipped in with two goals, Sabella said of Messi after the quarter-finals. from a place alongside Diego Maradona in football’s becoming the World Cup’s all-time leading scorer in “A game has many aspects, apart from goals. pantheon. the process. When you have a player such as Messi, who never, or The momentum is firmly with Germany after their Germany’s 17 goals in the tournament-more than almost never, loses the ball, it’s water in the desert- astonishing 7-1 semi-final demolition job of Brazil, double Argentina’s total have come from eight differ- and not just when he scores.” through a combination of superb attacking play and ent players, a testament to the team ethic which per- Yet for all the parallels with 1986, the last World defensive incompetence. Ominously for Argentina, vades Joachim Loew’s squad. Cup meeting between the two nations may be more Germany say they quickly put the win firmly in the Brazil have Neymar, Portugal have Ronaldo, relevant-Germany’s 4-0 romp in the 2010 quarter- rear-view mirror. Argentina have Messi and Germany have a team,” ran finals. Seventeen players involved in that Cape Town All German eyes are now on the historic Maracana one widely retweeted summary on Twitter this week. match featured in this week’s semi-finals, 10 for and a chance to claim the ultimate prize after losing Ranged against Germany’s attacking arsenal are Germany and seven for Argentina. in either the final or the semi-finals in their last four an Argentina side led by 27-year-old Barcelona But many observers have wondered whether major tournaments. superstar Messi. Messi’s dip in form last season was due to a pre-occu- “We enjoyed the game against Brazil, but we The four-time world footballer of the year came pation with the World Cup. ticked it off after 24 hours,” said Germany striker into the tournament determined to atone for two It could be that the diminutive genius has been Miroslav Klose. That same steely determination has disappointing World Cups in 2006 and 2010. plotting all along to claim the crown on Sunday at characterised Germany’s road to Rio, notably in com- Like Maradona 28 years ago, he has dragged his the Maracana. “If he is saving his best performance ing from behind to snatch a 2-2 draw with Ghana in team over the line at key moments in Brazil. He for the final,” said former England manager Glenn Group G and outlasting an awkward Algerian chal- opened with an individual goal against Bosnia, an Hoddle, “it will be a joy to watch.” —AFP Loew saves Germany’s best for 2014 final

RIO DE JANEIRO: Joachim Loew has again saved Germany’s best until the World Cup finals with the 54-year-old poised to finally claim his first major title in Brazil. Having been appointed Jurgen Klinsmann’s assis- tant in 2004 before becoming head coach in 2006, Germany have reached at least the semi-finals of all five major tournaments during his decade involved. “Everyone changes over ten years, you gain exeri- ences, you have triumph and defeats, but what he has preserved is a clear-cut philosophy,” said his cap- tain Philipp Lahm, who has been with Loew every step of the way. “He addresses issues which need looking at early on and leaves nothing to chance.” Third-place at the 2006 World Cup heralded Germany’s return to the international stage after failing to reach the knock- out stages of Euro 2004. Loew took the Germans to the Euro 2008 final where they lost to a Spanish side at the start of a golden era. Despite fielding one of the youngest squads at the 2010 World Cup, Loew’s young guns hammered Australia, England and Argentina in South Africa. Spain again ended the Germans run to the final, but this time a third-place finish failed to satisfy a title-hungry nation. Despite steering Germany to a perfect set of 10 wins to qualify for Euro 2012, Loew started being criticised after losing RIO DE JANEIRO: A combination of file photos shows Germany’s forward Thomas Mueller (left) kicking to Italy in the semi-finals. the ball and Argentina’s forward Lionel Messi (right) taking a shot on goal. —AFP The charges levied at him by the German media piled up. Too hard. Too soft. Too stubborn. Too loyal. six months on the sidelines with a knee injury. ‘Home the quarter-finals, while the 7-1 semi-final thrashing Doesn’t listen to the public. Depends too much on before the semi-finals’ was the general verdict from of the hosts is the outstanding result of Brazil 2014. aging striker Miroslav Klose. Must drop Mesut Ozil. disgruntled fans. A fourth World Cup title victory will elevate Loew More grumblings followed when Loew copied Fast forward five weeks and only Argentina stands to ‘football god’ status enjoyed in Germany by Franz Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola in switching in the way of Loew winning the World Cup title at Rio Beckenbauer (1990), Helmut Schoen (1974) and Sepp captain Philipp Lahm from right-back to midfield this de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium on Sunday. Herberger (1954). season. Germany qualified for Brazil with nine wins Khedira and Schweinsteiger have been oustand- Germany team manager Oliver Bierhoff says the from ten matches, only a stunning fight-back by ing in the defensive midfield and Lahm effortlessly mild-mannered Loew deserves all the praise he gets. Sweden, who drew 4-4 in Berlin, blotted another per- switched to right-back once the pair were fit. “I sometimes smile when I read reports that Loew fect record. Thomas Mueller was unveiled as Germany’s new must listen more to the German public,” said Bierhoff The mutterings grew louder when Germany’s final striker with a hat-trick in the opening rout of with Loew having won 76 of his 111 internationals. World Cup squad was announced. Injury-prone 36- Portugal, then slotted back to the right wing for “He’s always ready to listen and compromise, he year-old Klose was the only recognised striker. Klose. likes debating things with his own players and Captain Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger and A back four exclusively made up of centre-backs coaches. This man is not a dictator. Manuel Neuer all arrived at the training camp carry- was a success in the group stages and repeated faith “Neither is he shy about hard decisions. He is hon- ing injuries. paid off with Ozil slowly finding his form. est with his players. “The overall success is a jigsaw Sami Khedira arrived from Real Madrid unfit after Old rivals France were comfortably dealt with in puzzle, but Loew’s piece is the biggest.”—AFP Boy-next-door out to take World Cup home RIO DE JANEIRO: Thomas Mueller could Having spent the season on the wing, leave Brazil with another Golden Boot, but head coach Joachim Loew switched him to all the Bavarian boy-next-door really cares striker for Germany’s first game and he about is winning Sunday’s final to take the promptly netted a hat-trick against Portugal. World Cup home to Germany. He followed up with the winner against the The 24-year-old has come a long way USA in the final group match, then reverted since Diego Maradona famously mistook back to the wing and converted a Toni Kroos him for a ball boy after his Germany debut in corner which started the rout in the semi- a 1-0 defeat to Argentina in Munich in 2010. final hammering of hosts Brazil. Mueller had the last laugh in Cape Town So is he a striker or a midfielder? “No four months later when Germany romped to idea,” was his simple reply. It does not really a 4-0 win over Maradona’s Argentina in the matter to him, just like the prospect of leav- World Cup quarter-finals. ing Brazil with another Golden Boot after Germany finished third at the last World claiming five goals and three assists, his Cup and Mueller left South Africa with both exact same tally from four years ago. the Golden Boot and the best young player “It’s only relevant in that the more goals I award. Four years on, Maradona dubbed score for Germany, the higher our chance of Mueller ‘El Flaco’-the Skinny One-after the winning the title,” he said. Mueller’s strength German’s hat-trick in the 4-0 win over is his running. Portugal in the opening group match. In his 562 World Cup minutes, he has cov- But unlike the controversial Maradona, ered 68.8kilometres-the most in the German Mueller is not a complicated character. The squad-but off the field, he is regarded as the lanky Jack-the-lad is the joker in Germany’s squad’s clown.—AFP pack who visits his parents once a month and married his sweetheart. He looks like he would be just as comfort- Matches on TV able serving frothy mugs of beer in his upper Bavarian home village as scoring goals for (Local Timings) either Bayern Munich or Germany. Fancy cars are not his thing. FIFA World Cup Instead he owns 30 horses as wife, Lisa, who he met when he was 17 and married Germany v Argentina 22:00 aged 20, is a dressage rider and the couple’s beIN SPORTS 1 HD dogs are called Micky and Murmel. beIN SPORTS 2 HD RIO DE JANEIRO: Colombia Pop singer Shakira poses with a foot- Born in September 1989, just two months beIN SPORTS 11 HD ball on the pitch of the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro yester- before the Berlin Wall came down, Mueller beIN SPORTS 13 HD day, a day before the 2014 FIFA World Cup final between Germany rose through Bayern’s youth teams and is beIN SPORTS 1 HD FR and Argentina. —AFP now one of their top earners. Kid returns Loew saves home a King Germany’s best for Brazil 2014 final

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NOTTINGHAM: England’s Joe Root (right) bats during the fourth day of the first cricket Test match between England and India at rentT Bridge. — AFP England tail frustrates India

NOTTINGHAM: England’s Joe Root and James ward point, grabbed the catch at the second failed to get anything on the low chance. Anderson rewrote the record books with a Test attempt after the ball hit his chest. Root insisted But Ali, taking the pitch out of the equation, record last-wicket stand but a docile Trent England now had a chance, albeit slim, of win- struck in his first over to have the disbelieving SCOREBOARD Bridge pitch threatened to have the last word in ning the first of this five-Test series. Shikhar Dhawan caught and bowled off a full their series opener with India. The pair put on “Obviously we’re going to have to bowl well toss for a run-a-ball 29. England, after losing six NOTTINGHAM: Scoreboard at stumps on the fourth day of the first Test between England and India at Trent Bridge yesterday: 198, with Root making 154 not out and tomorrow (Sunday), get some early wickets, but wickets for 68 runs in the face of accurate bowl- Anderson a Test-best 81, to take England to 496 if we do you never know,” said Root, whose ing from Kumar and Ishant Sharma on Friday, India 1st Innings 457 (M Vijay 146, MS Shami 29-3-128-2 (3nb, 2w); Sharma on the fourth day in reply to India’s first innings innings was his third score in excess of 150 in 18 resumed on 352 for nine. Root was 78 not out Dhoni 82, B Kumar 58, Mohammed Shami 38-3-150-3 (9nb, 1w); Jadeja 35-5-80-0; 457. Tests. and Anderson 23 not out. 51 no; J Anderson 3-123) Binny 10-0-37-0; Vijay 2-0-8-0 However, India were 167 for three in their Meanwhile, Anderson’s knock was the third- But India’s seamers were unable to generate second innings at stumps, a lead of 128 runs. highest score by any Test No 11 after Australian the same reverse swing they’d managed on England 1st Innings (overnight: 352-9) India 2nd Innings Virat Kohli was eight not out and Ajinkya Ashton Agar’s 98 against England at Trent Bridge Friday. Left-handed batsman Anderson was the A. Cook b Shami 5 M. Vijay c Prior b Ali 52 Rahane, looking in fine touch, 18 not out. “I think last year and Tino Best’s 95 for the West Indies, initial aggressor on Saturday with a flurry of S. Robson lbw b Sharma 59 S. Dhawan c and b Ali 29 overnight we both just thought that we could also against England, at Edgbaston in 2012. boundaries worthy of a top-order batsman. G. Ballance lbw b Sharma 71 C. Pujara c Stokes b Plunkett 55 actually annoy the Indians today and stay out The England duo’s stand surpassed the previ- Then Root’s two fours through the offside in I. Bell c Dhoni b Sharma 25 V. Kohli not out 8 there a little bit,” the 31-year-old Anderson, play- ous tenth-wicket Test record of 163 — shared by as many Shami deliveries saw the 23-year-old to J. Root not out 154 A. Rahane not out 18 M. Ali c Dhawan b Shami 14 Extras (lb2, nb3) 5 ing his 95th Test, told Sky Sports. Agar and Phil Hughes in Nottingham last year. a hundred in 186 balls including 12 boundaries. M. Prior c Dhoni b Kumar 5 “Obviously we didn’t think anything like this It was the second century last-wicket partner- Anderson had so nearly batted England to a B. Stokes c Dhoni b Kumar 0 Total (3 wkts, 48 overs, 211 mins) 167 could happen. I wouldn’t say it was easy but it ship of this Test after Bhuvneshwar Kumar (58) draw last time out against Sri Lanka at S. Broad lbw b Kumar 47 To bat: MS Dhoni, R Jadeja, S Binny, B was such a slow pitch that you knew there was and Mohammed Shami (51 not out) had put on Headingley before being caught off a rising L. Plunkett b Kumar 7 Kumar, I Sharma, Mohammed Shami only a few ways you could get out.” 111 in India’s first innings. delivery off the penultimate ball of the match. J. Anderson c Dhawan b Kumar 81 Fall of wickets: 1-49 (Dhawan), 2-140 (Vijay), Just when India were on the verge of making And it meant this match was also the first in It was from such a delivery that Anderson Extras (b6, lb5, w4, nb13) 28 3-140 (Pujara) a draw all but inevitable, they lost two well-set 137 years of Test cricket where both sides had gave a chance on 45 when he fended at Shami Total (all out, 144.5 overs, 633 mins) 496 Bowling: Anderson 9-4-21-0; Broad 11-3-35- batsmen with the score on 140. seen their last-wicket duo share hundred stands only for Vijay to drop the low gully catch. Fall of wickets: 1-9 (Cook), 2-134 (Robson), 0; Plunkett 12-1-42-1 (3nb); Ali 7-0-39-2; First innings century-maker Murali Vijay (52) and both number elevens-Shami and Anderson- Anderson, whose previous best at this level 3-154 (Ballance), 4-172 (Bell), 5-197 (Ali), 6- Stokes 9-2-28-0; was caught behind by wicketkeeper Matt Prior had made fifties. As India began their second was 34, completed a maiden Test fifty by pulling 202 (Prior), 7-202 (Stokes), 8-280 (Broad), 9- Match position: India lead England by 128 of the bowling of off-spinner Moeen Ali. innings, Vijay, who made 146 in the first innings, Shami for his 11th four in just 61 balls. He even- 298 (Plunkett), 10-496 (Anderson) runs with seven second-innings wickets Next ball Cheteshwar Pujara (55) cut at fast should have been out for nought when he tually edged Kumar (five for 82) to Dhawan at Bowling: Kumar 30.5-8-82-5 (1nb, 1w); standing. bowler Liam Plunkett and Ben Stokes, at back- edged England spearhead Anderson but Prior first slip to end a near four-hour innings. — AFP SCOREBOARD De Kock, De Villiers star in HAMBANTOTA: Complete scoreboard of the third and final one-day international between Sri Lanka and South Africa at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium yesterday. South Africa’s series win South Africa Hashim Amla c Senanayake b Herath 48 HAMBANTOTA: South Africa rode on aggressive hundreds didn’t deserve to win.” Q. de Kock c Mendis b Senanayake 128 from Quinton de Kock and AB de Villiers to beat Sri Lanka by Earlier De Kock put on 118 for the first wicket with Hashim J. Kallis lbw b Herath 4 AB de Villiers c Priyanjan b Mendis 108 82 runs in the third and final one-day international yesterday. Amla (48) and another 116 for the second with De Villiers as JP Duminy c and b Mendis 29 Left-hander De Kock smashed a 127-ball 128 while skip- South Africa improved on their previous highest total of 317- D. Miller not out 4 per De Villiers hit a fiery 71-ball 108, making a century off just 6 against Sri Lanka at Centurion in 2002. R. McLaren not out 2 66 balls, as South Africa posted their highest total against Sri De Kock, dropped at 38 off Sachithra Senanayake, Extras: (b4, lb3, w9) 16 Total: (for five wkts; 50 overs) 339 Lanka of 339-5 in windy conditions at Mahinda Rajapaksa reached his fifth one-day hundred with a sharp single off 108 Fall of wickets: 1-118 (Amla), 2-132 (Kallis), 3-248 (De Kock), 4-328 Stadium in Hambantota. balls. (De Villiers), 5-328 (Duminy) The Proteas then restricted the hosts to 257 in 44.3 overs The talented left-hander holed out at mid-off in the 41st Bowling: Malinga 10-0-85-0, Senanayake 10-0-66-1 (2w), Mathews for their first-ever one-day series win on the island by 2-1. over but not before bettering South Africa’s highest individ- 6-0-43-0 (6w), Mendis 7-0-48-2 (1w), Herath 10-0-48-2, Dilshan 7- South Africa had won the first one-day in Colombo by 75 ual one-day score against Sri Lanka made by Boeta 0-42-0 runs while Sri Lanka claimed the second by 87 at Pallekele. Dippenaar (125 not out) at Adelaide in 2006. Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, who needed their record one-day chase, had In all De Kock hit 12 fours and three sixes but was over- K. Perera c de Villiers b Parnell 37 promised a positive chase by smacking 57 in the sixth over shadowed by his skipper who smashed 11 boundaries and T. Dilshan run out 30 with Kusal Perera (37) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (30) but a mid- four sixes. K. Sangakkara c de Kock b McLaren 36 M. Jayawardene c Steyn b Tahir 2 dle order slump saw them lose Dilshan, Kumara Sangakkara De Villiers was in a punishing mood, dancing and moving L. Thirimanne b Duminy 22 (36) and Mahela Jayawardene (two) in the space of just six at the pitch with consummate ease to stroke his way to the A. Mathews c Morkel b McLaren 58 runs. When Lahiru Thirimanne went for 22 to make it 151-5, third fastest one-day century by a South African behind Mark A. Priyanjan c de Kock b McLaren 30 Angelo Mathews (58) and Ashan Priyanjan (30) put up some Boucher’s 44-ball effort and his own 58-ball century in the S. Senanayake c Kallis b Morkel 13 resistance during their 83-run stand but the target proved past. R. Herath c de Kock b Morkel 1 A. Mendis not out 0 too much for the hosts. De Villiers hit two boundaries and then took a single off L. Malinga c and b Duminy 0 For South Africa paceman Ryan McLaren took 3-37 while Mathews to complete his 17th one-day hundred. In between Extras: (b2, lb4, nb2, w20) 28 Jean-Paul Duminy and Morne Morkel grabbed two wickets Jacques Kallis missed out, trapped leg-before for just four to Total: (all out, 44.3 overs) 257 apiece. end a disappointing series with five runs, leaving a big ques- Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Perera), 2-107 (Dilshan), 3-113 (Sangakkara), 4-113 (Jayawardene), 5-151 (Thirimanne), 6-234 (Priyanjan), 7-249 De Villiers, who lost a one-day series in Sri Lanka 4-1 last tion mark on his survival until next year’s World Cup. (Mathews), 8-257 year, was delighted with the victory. “I am very happy over Sri Lanka had packed the side with five spinners, bringing (Herath), 9-257 (Senanayake). the win,” he said. “It’s our first series win here so we will cele- in Rangana Herath but De Villiers and De Kock negated that brate it tonight.” spin factor with sublime batting. HAMBANTOTA: South African captain AB de Villiers holds the Bowling: Steyn 7-0-55-0 (7w), Morkel 7-0-49-2 (2w), Parnell 4-0- Sri Lanka skipper Mathews was left to rue missed chances. Ace home paceman Lasith Malinga went for 85 runs in his ODI series trophy after victory in the third and final One Day 38-1 (1w), McLaren 8-0-37-3 (2nb), Tahir 10-0-29-1 (1w), Duminy International (ODI) cricket match between South Africa and 8.3-0-43-2 (9w) “It was very depressing,” said Mathews. “We were pretty flat 10 wicket-less overs. The teams now play a two-Test series on the field, let go a few chances and didn’t bowl well so we starting at Galle from July 16. — AFP Sri Lanka. — AFP Oil prices reach nine month highs in June

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BUENOS AIRES: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for the press before holding a meeting at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires yesterday. Putin arrived in Argentina in an official visit to strengthen trade alliances. — AFP Argentines, bond holdouts emerge No resolution reached in NY meeting

NEW YORK: Argentine officials and the Both sides also issued statements that creditor firm, Elliott Management Corp’s General Javier Pargament, in addition to tody bank, fears falling afoul of Griesa’s rul- holdout investors it has battled for years kept largely to their establish positions. NML Capital Ltd, told Reuters through a their lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & ing and has asked him what they should do over its catastrophic 2002 default met sepa- Argentina continues to demand Griesa rein- company spokesman. Hamilton. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof, with the cash. The majority of investors who rately with a court-appointed mediator on state a stay, or suspension, on his judgments “Simply put, we have not seen any indica- who met with Pollack for four hours on exchanged their defaulted bonds for new Friday, emerging after five hours of discus- while talks continue. Holdouts say Argentina tion that Argentina is serious about even Monday, was absent. Leaving Pollack’s office issues in 2005 and 2010 got between 25 sions without a resolution. This is the closest still refuses to negotiate without any pre- beginning a negotiation,” Newman said. A building expressionless and without utter- cents and 29 cents on the dollar, generally the two sides have come to a face-to-face conditions. The Argentine Economy stay would give Argentina more time ing a word, the delegation pushed its way viewed as being among the most onerous negotiation, rather than just their lawyers Ministry’s statement said a stay was “essen- beyond a July 30 deadline for a coupon pay- through a phalanx of reporters to two wait- terms a government has ever offered in battling it out before US District Judge tial”, especially given the size of the claims in ment to be distributed to bondholders who ing government cars and sped off north into recent memory. Thomas Griesa in New York. question and that it was willing to continue agreed to two prior restructurings in 2005 New York’s rush hour traffic. Five minutes lat- Holdout creditors, led by Elliott’s NML “They each presented their positions to talks. and 2010. The holdouts have said they are er Newman emerged from the building, Capital Ltd and Aurelius Capital me, but not in the presence of the other According to one source briefed on the willing to discuss an accommodation to let turning immediately away from the press Management, won a judgment of $1.33 bil- side. No resolution has been reached. It is meetings, it was Argentina that insisted the Buenos Aires pay other bondholders facing and headed south. Griesa’s order calls for lion plus accrued interest. Their case was my hope that there will be future dialogue,” two sides not meet face-to-face, forcing a potential default if negotiations made Argentina to either pay holdouts at the upheld on appeal and the US Supreme Daniel Pollack, the Special Master appointed Pollack to engage in shuttle diplomacy at his good progress before July 30. But they also same time it makes a payment on restruc- Court declined on June 16 to take the case, by the court to act as a mediator, said in a 27th floor office on Park Avenue. “Argentina argued to Griesa there were no grounds for tured debt or be barred from paying anyone. effectively ending the government’s legal statement after the meeting. Without a deal, is still refusing to negotiate with its creditors, granting a stay. Buenos Aires deposited only the June 30 recourse. Elliott and Aurelius are two hedge Latin America’s No 3 economy risks tumbling either directly or indirectly, about any aspect coupon payment of $539 million for restruc- funds that specialize in buying up deeply into a new default as it battles a recession, of this dispute, and we have not heard that it Tight-lipped tured debt holders in Bank of New York discounted or distressed debt and negotiat- one of the world’s highest inflation rates and has any plans to change course,” Jay Argentina’s delegation included Finance Mellon’s account at the central bank, where ing profitable settlements, often through dwindling foreign reserves. Newman, portfolio manager at lead holdout Secretary Pablo Lopez and Deputy Attorney it sits. BNY Mellon, the world’s largest cus- the use of the courts. — Reuters

CIMB eyes mega merger to form Malaysia’s biggest bank

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s second largest bank get into detailed discussions to validate it,” CIMB CIMB Group has secured central bank approval to group chief executive Nazir Razak said in a state- commence merger talks with RHB Capital and ment. Malaysia Building Society to create the country’s Nazir, who is the younger brother of Prime biggest bank, media reports said yesterday. Minister Najib Razak, is set to quit as CEO in The merger plan comes as Malaysia hopes the September and become the bank’s chairman. financial sector will help realise the government’s On the prospects of the creation of a mega vision of transforming Malaysia into a developed Islamic bank, Ahmad Zaini Othman, Malaysian economy by 2020. Building Society president and CEO said: “The The target is to double income per capita to opportunity to be a part of a mega Islamic bank is 48,000 ringgit ($15,000) in the next six years. exciting for us and we want to take this forward.” “The potential merged entity will have total assets Malaysia, Southeast Asia’s third-largest economy of 614 billion ringgit. This will knock Maybank, which after Indonesia and Thailand, hopes to become an has total assets of about 578 billion ringgit, off the important gateway into booming regional markets, pole position,” the New Straits Times said yesterday. while in Islamic finance it is determined to position On Thursday, CIMB, RHB Capital, which is itself as the leading international centre. Malaysia’s fourth largest bank, and Malaysia Building Islamic banking fuses principles of Islamic sharia Society said they had entered into a 90-day exclusivi- law and modern banking methods. Islamic funds are ty agreement to negotiate the proposed merger of banned from investing in companies associated the three entities and “the creation of a mega Islamic with tobacco, alcohol or gambling. bank”. Sharia-based finance also bans interest, which is NEWARK: In this photo from Thursday, Irwin Carbajal, 23, a aircraft cabin cleaner, poses for a photograph at “There is a prima facie case for a value-creating seen as usury, and risks are shared between the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J. Carbajal, who makes $8.25 an hour, is hoping to benefit from merger between the three entities and we want to creditor and borrower. — AFP a pay increase which the Service Employees International Union is pushing for. — AP MANSOORI

BUSINESS SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 US Fed fears risks posed by exit tools

JACKSON HOLE: US Federal Reserve offi- However, the sheer magnitude of the banks to either take money out of circula- of financial stress by providing in a large or although it is likely to be in what Lockhart cials are cautiously nearing completion of amounts of money used to combat the tion and leave it at the Fed, or lend it else- unlimited way that refuge, and whether described as a “supporting role.” The min- a new plan for managing interest rates, crisis - $2.6 trillion sitting at the Fed as where. Another tool would have a similar that would tend to exacerbate a financial- utes from the Fed’s June meeting said that concerned that some of the new tools bank reserves and $4.2 trillion held by the impact but apply more broadly, using ly stressful situation,” said Atlanta Fed restrictions could be placed on the use of they are likely to rely on could pose unin- Fed in various securities - may complicate overnight repurchase agreements that President Dennis Lockhart. the repo tool to limit the potential risks. tended risks in a crisis. the US central bank’s ability to control its would let money market funds and other The concern is apparently widespread Lockhart said a completed exit policy The central bank has devoted exten- target interest rate once the decision is institutions as well as banks essentially at the central bank. Minutes of the Fed’s could be formally announced as early as sive debate to the matter over the past made that it should be raised. A decision make short-term deposits at the Fed. June policy committee meeting said that this fall. The federal funds rate, which is two months and officials “have made a lot to begin increasing interest rates is The worry is that if financial conditions “most participants” shared worries about the rate that banks charge each other for of progress” on a strategy to return mone- expected in the middle of next year. tighten, those large funds of money the “unintended consequences” of the overnight loans, will remain part of the tary policy to a more normal footing after In recent weeks, the Fed has neared would flee to the repo facility as a safe repo facility and its potential to be used as central bank’s tool kit. But it is not expect- years of coping with crisis, Chicago consensus that its workhorse tool will be haven, depriving the economy of credit a shelter from risk. ed to play the main role it has in the past Federal Reserve Bank President Charles the interest it pays banks on excess and making a potential crisis even worse. Still, the repo tool, which is being test- because banks with rich reserves don’t Evans said on the sidelines of an economic reserves on deposit at the Fed - giving the “The broad concern is whether we ed by the New York Fed, is expected to rely on that market as much as they used conference here. central bank a direct way to encourage want to facilitate what could be a period form part of the new exit strategy, to for overnight funding. —Reuters

Six ways to manage employee productivity during Ramadan KUWAIT: The holy month of Ramadan is attention could be given to the comple- characterized by peace, discipline and tion of existing projects in order to keep celebrations. It is also common for employees busy. employees to feel tired and less produc- tive during this time of the year. In fact, it 4. Be sensitive to the culture of can be a struggle to balance between Ramadan tasks at work and the extra demands of Ramadan is a very peaceful and spiri- Ramadan. tual month; 95% of respondents in the For managers, however, it is very Bayt.com ‘Ramadan in the Middle East important to keep the work place lively, Workplace’ poll agree on this. Keeping enthusiastic and productive at all times. this in mind, employees might want to Here, the HR experts at Bayt.com, the pray more often. For this, they require Middle East’s leading job site, recom- regular breaks. 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Tackle employee absenteeism Africa (MENA) region feel that people The ‘Ramadan in the Middle East staying awake late display lower levels Workplace’ poll indicates that 69% of pro- of productivity throughout the day. As fessionals agree that people in their com- SOUTHAMPTON: In this photo taken on Friday, a worker cleans the door to The Fudge Company in Southampton, N.Y. Studies such, having honest discussions with pany tend to take their holidays during show the gap separating the rich from the working poor has been ever-widening in recent years and few places provide that evi- your employees about their work load Ramadan. With the majority of your staff dence as starkly as Long Island’s Hamptons. —AP could help you prioritize objectives for missing, things could get tough. The solu- this month. If an employee is uncom- tion to this is to be massively organized fortable with the amount of tasks at while handing over tasks. 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William Portonova. “He got tired of lying,” In a related sanction, the state’s campaign Enhance efficiency by allotting tasks Lastly, you could have an office Iftar CalPERS said the investigation has prompted it Portonova said. “He’s ready to tell the truth.” watchdog, the Fair Political Practices that are within the comfort zone of your party or organize charitable activities to to take “aggressive steps to implement policies Villalobos has pleaded not guilty to fraud Commission, fined other executives and invest- employees. These tasks must be achiev- celebrate the all-encompassing holy spirit and reforms that strengthen accountability and charges and other related counts. His attorney, ment managers in 2011 for failing to report gifts able within specific time periods. Ensure of Ramadan. Here’s wishing you and your ensure full transparency.” Bruce Funk, said his client denies the claims con- that included food, wine and baseball and Rose managers plan their meetings well to employees a very happy and productive Buenrostro said in his plea that he started tak- tained in Buenrostro’s plea agreement. “If he’s Bowl tickets. —AP make them as short as possible. Extra Ramadan!—www.bayt.com EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.885 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Nepalese Rupees 3.935 Singapore Dollar 0.224342 0.230342 South African Rand 0.020438 0.028938 ASIAN COUNTRIES Malaysian Ringgit 90.060 COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001871 0.002451 Japanese Yen 2.791 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 46.030 Australian Dollar 269.69 266.69 Taiwan 0.009338 0.009518 Indian Rupees 4.709 Thai Bhat 9.740 Canadian Dollar 263.32 264.32 Turkish Lira 133.415 Thai Baht 0.008405 0.008955 Pakistani Rupees 2.865 Swiss Franc 320.22 318.22 Srilankan Rupees 2.168 Euro 386.63 387.63 Nepali Rupees 2.954 Arab US Dollar 282.15 285.15 Singapore Dollar 229.360 Bahrain Exchange Company Bahraini Dinar 0.743942 0.751942 Hongkong Dollar 36.491 Sterling Pound 483.92 486.92 Egyptian Pound 0.036594 0.039694 Bangladesh Taka 3.636 Japanese Yen 2.91 2.93 Iranian Riyal 0.000078 0.000080 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Philippine Peso 6.501 Bangladesh Taka 3.632 3.902 Iraqi Dinar 0.000179 0.000239 Thai Baht 8.811 Indian Rupee 4.693 4.993 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.394793 0.402293 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.166 2.601 Belgian Franc 0.007353 0.008353 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.935 3.470 British Pound 0.477860 0.486860 Lebanese Pound 0.000137 0.000237 Pakistani Rupee 2.871 2.790 Czech Korune 0.006012 0.018012 Moroccan Dirhams 0.022206 0.046206 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 76.89 77.35 Danish Krone 0.047578 0.052578 Nigerian Naira 0.001137 0.001772 Saudi Riyal 75.444 Bahraini Dinar 750.97 753.04 Euro 0.379610 0.387610 Omani Riyal 0.728773 0.734453 Qatari Riyal 77.735 Egyptian Pound 39.45 40.05 Norwegian Krone 0.041658 0.046858 Qatar Riyal 0.076996 0.078209 Omani Riyal 734.930 Jordanian Dinar 401.57 407.22 Romanian Leu 0.087637 0.087637 Saudi Riyal 0.074803 0.075503 Bahraini Dinar 751.430 Omani Riyal 733.77 741.07 Slovakia 0.008101 0.018101 Syrian Pound 0.001754 0.001974 UAE Dirham 77.074 Qatari Riyal 77.91 78.46 Swedish Krona 0.037397 0.042397 Tunisian Dinar 0.163478 0.171476 Saudi Riyal 75.37 75.77 Swiss Franc 0.310332 0.320532 Turkish Lira 0.133829 0.140829 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.133829 0.140829 UAE Dirhams 0.076041 0.077190 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.850 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Yemeni Riyal 0.001276 0.001356 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.467 Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.320 Australian Dollar 0.256837 0.268937 Tunisian Dinar 167.540 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate New Zealand Dollar 0.242703 0.252203 Jordanian Dinar 399.520 Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 282.650 America Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.898 Canadian Dollar 267.935 Canadian Dollar 0.258480 0.267980 Syrian Lira 2.016 Sterling Pound 485.030 US Dollars 0.278800 0.283150 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 34.699 Euro 386.635 US Dollars Mint 0.279300 0.283150 US Dollar 282.250 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Swiss Frank 317.255 Euro 386.850 Asia US Dollar Transfer 282.800 Bahrain Dinar 752.300 Pound Sterlng 487.750 Bangladesh Taka 0.003296 0.003896 Euro 387.290 UAE Dirhams 76.930 Canadian Dollar 267.550 Chinese Yuan 0.044163 0.047663 Sterling Pound 486.560 Qatari Riyals 78.515 Indian Rupee 4.729 Canadian dollar 267.680 Saudi Riyals 75.645 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034412 0.037162 Egyptian Pound 39.470 Turkish lira 133.020 Jordanian Dinar 398.340 Indian Rupee 0.004469 0.004870 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.165 Swiss Franc 319.910 Egyptian Pound 39.477 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000019 0.000025 Bangladesh Taka 3.633 Australian Dollar 267.810 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.171 Japanese Yen 0.002698 0.002878 Philippines Peso 6.480 US Dollar Buying 281.600 Indian Rupees 4.731 Kenyan Shilling 0.003212 0.003212 Pakistan Rupee 2.860 Korean Won 0.000269 0.000284 Pakistani Rupees 2.862 Bahraini Dinar 751.550 Bangladesh Taka 3.639 Malaysian Ringgit 0.085092 0.091092 GOLD UAE Dirham 76.950 Philippines Pesso 6.514 Nepalese Rupee 0.002967 0.003137 20 Gram 245.000 Saudi Riyal 75.425 10 Gram 124.000 Cyprus pound 694.245 Pakistan Rupee 0.002663 0.002943 5 Gram 64.000 Japanese Yen 3.775 Philippine Peso 0.006389 0.006669 *Rates are subject to change BUSINESS SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

Globe-trotting South African tackles Italy salvage feat

ROME: After rescuing a burning ship from pirate- Sloane’s team successfully raised the keel ‘A seafaring ‘Russell Crowe’? Kazakh crude. He has dealt with accidents that infested waters off Yemen and a sinking oil rig in upright last year in an operation that some thought Sloane is no stranger to spectacular accidents at caused some of the worst oil spills in the world in the Gulf of Mexico, South African salvage master impossible. Starting on Monday, they are planning sea. CNN has described him as “a cross between recent years. In 2011, he was involved in a risky Nick Sloane faces his biggest test yet off an idyllic to re-float it to be towed away for scrapping later Russell Crowe and Prince Harry” and he has a mas- operation when he helped secure the Brillante Mediterranean island. The 52-year-old says the this month in Genoa. “By the end of July, the Costa ter mariner certificate, which allows him to sail any Virtuoso tanker, which was attacked by pirates off attempt to float the Costa Concordia cruise ship, Concordia is gone from Giglio,” Sloane said in one of type of ship anywhere in the world. He began his Yemen and set on fire. due to begin on Monday, is his “most challenging” his video updates for the operation’s website-thep- career in 1980 working on the tugs of Safmarine, a Sloane is a consummate raconteur and is fond of yet in a career that has taken him to six continents arbucklingproject.com. South African salvage company. His first major job showing off pictures on his mobile phone immor- and two warzones. The Zambia-born Sloane was When the refloating of the 114,500-tonne ship was the salvage of the Castillo de Bellver, a burning talising moments of bravado in far-flung parts of flown to the Italian island of Giglio in 2012 from gets under way using giant sponsons welded to its Spanish tanker filled with 252,000 tonnes of crude the world. The Costa Concordia project appears New Zealand, where he was working on a spill from sides for buoyancy, Sloane will be the one giving stranded off the coast of South Africa. mild in comparison but there has been pressure the MV Rena oil tanker, to tackle the biggest ever the commands. The ruddy salvage master hit a He worked his way up the ranks in the industry from environmentalists over the potential for toxic salvage operation of a passenger ship. snag in 2012 when storms hampered the operation and was promoted to the position of salvage mas- spillage as the ship is being raised in what is a pris- He has led an international operation with hun- and there were serious difficulties drilling into the ter in 1991. He was part of a team that went in with tine marine sanctuary. While there are no golf dreds of salvage workers including divers, welders granite seabed to install a metal platform to hold the US Navy’s salvage division to repair damaged courses to keep up his favourite hobby, there is at and engineers operating 24 hours a day around the the ship stable. There is now concern that the ship pipelines and oil infrastructure in Afghanistan and least some solace for the work hard, play hard rusting 290-metre (951-foot) hulk, which is bigger may fall apart or fail to float, which would likely Iraq immediately after the US-led invasions and has South African: the location is Tuscany, homeland of than the Titanic. condemn it to the sea bed. worked in Russia to build a giant oil pipeline for his favourite Chianti wine. — AFP Oil prices reach nine month highs in June

NBK ECONOMIC BRIEF

KUWAIT: Oil prices reached 9-month highs in majority of Iraq’s oil production and export termi- World oil supply June in response to concerns over Iraqi oil sup- nals in Basra province were located. In fact, mar- In May, OPEC crude output (including Iraq) ply in the wake of the advance of insurgents in ket worries over Iraqi oil supply were largely reached 30.7 mb/d, increasing by 0.25 mb/d, or 0.8% Iraq. The price of Kuwait export crude (KEC) about future production and the impact that per- m/m, from April, according to data obtained through reached $108.9/bbl while international bench- sistent strife would have on Iraq’s ability to meet direct communication. This is the second consecutive marks, Bent crude and West Texas Intermediate future oil targets in the context of burgeoning month that OPEC production has increased since a (WTI), topped $115/bbl and $107/bbl, respec- global oil demand, rather than current output. 12-month low was witnessed in February. The largest tively, in June. September 2013 was the last time Indeed, burgeoning oil production from the month-on-month production increases were record- prices were at these levels. Following the fall of Rumaila and West Qurna-2 oil fields in the south ed by the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Saudi Mosul and Tikrit, fears were elevated that the has helped propel Iraq’s total oil production Arabia: 9.2%, 3.7% and 0.5%, respectively. insurgents would capture oil fields and oil export above 3 million barrels per day (mb/d) for the Iraq’s burgeoning oil output, which reached infrastructure in the vicinity of Kirkuk, where the last four months-and in spite of the curtailment 3.18mb/d in May, is a reflection of increasing produc- bulk of federally-controlled northern oil produc- of at least 250,000 b/d of Kirkuk crude due to tion from the country’s southern fields, including tion is situated. News that Iraq’s largest refinery, damage sustained to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline, Rumaila and West Qurna-2, which has managed to the 300,000 b/d Baiji complex, which is located the main export route for northern Iraqi crude to compensate for the loss of northern Iraqi crude from north of Baghdad and source of much of the Turkey. The pipeline has been out of commission the Kirkuk fields as a result of the attack on the Kirkuk- country’s refined products including gasoline, since March due to sabotage. By the end of June, Ceyhan pipeline in March. was also targeted by rebels seemed to add to Brent fell back down to $110/bbl while WTI fin- In contrast, declines in output were observed, market jitters. Similarly, Brent futures-the price ished the month at $106/bbl, with the re-open- notably, in Kuwait, Nigeria and Libya. Libya’s oil pro- for a delivery of Brent crude in December 2014- ing of the El-Feel oil field in Libya also helping to duction dropped to a two-and-a-half year low of also reached a year-high of $112.6/bbl on 24 ease worries about supply constraints. 217,000 b/d in May as the country continued to reel June on the back of the Iraq crisis. Continued from a combination of strikes and blockades by rebel supply outages in Libya and a build-up of China’s World oil demand groups. 85% of Libya’s pre-Gaddafi-era oil output has strategic oil reserves also helped to propel World oil demand is forecast by the been shut-in over the last year or so. futures prices. International Energy Agency (IEA) to grow by 1.3 Meanwhile, total world supplies increased by 0.53 Nevertheless, oil prices did begin to retreat mb/d, or 1.5%, to reach 92.8 mb/d in 2014. This mb/d in May, to 92.6 mb/d. This was mainly attributa- once it became clear that the insurgents would reflects an improvement in the global economy. ble to an increase in non-OPEC production, however. not be able to take Baghdad so easily, secure a Much of the growth is expected in the final quar- Of special note are the output gains being made in foothold in Kirkuk and its oil-rich environs where ter of this year, with global oil demand rising the US thanks to the shale and tight oil revolution. Kurdish Peshmerga forces had quickly taken up from a low of 91.4 mb/d in Q1 2014 to a high of Non-OPEC supplies (including OPEC NGLs) are fore- positions or move southwards to where the 94 mb/d in Q4 2014. cast to increase by 1.5 mb/d in 2014.

PHNOM PENH: This photo taken on May 8, 2014 shows Cambodian garment workers walking in front of a factory in Phnom Penh. From a violent strike in January, in which four workers died after police fired live ammunition at protesters, to repeated mass faintings on the factory floor, the once praised textile sector has had its reputation dented, alarming some top western brands. — AFP Burgan Bank announces new India finance winner in the Thuraya draw secretary defends KUWAIT: Burgan Bank recently announced its the option to hold money in Kuwaiti dinar Thuraya Account winner of the Audi R8 2015 and any other major currency, access to sports car. The winner Wael Mohammad account-related services such as standing 4.1% fiscal deficit Abdulrahman Al Saloumi expressed his orders, loans and credit cards and much excitement for being the new grand winner more. The account has been further devel- NEW DELHI: India’s top finance ministry official said that of the Audi R8 with Al Thuraya Salary Account oped in response to offering more innovative plans announced in this week’s budget to stick to a fiscal from Burgan Bank. benefits and increasing customers’ chances to deficit target of 4.1 percent of GDP are “very credible”, Al Thuraya Account is the only salary win. Opening an Al Thuraya account is simple; despite criticism from ratings agencies that the number is account in Kuwait that provides its customers customers are required to visit their nearest optimistic. with the chance to win Audi R8 Car on a quar- Burgan Bank branch and obtain all the neces- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took office in May, terly basis. The account aims at raising the fre- sary details, or simply call the bank’s Call on Thursday unveiled a budget that focused on attracting quency of customers winning one of the Center 1804080. For further information, cus- investment rather than reining in spending, in order to bal- world’s most admired sports cars. tomers can visit the bank’s website on ance India’s books and revive a weak economy - an Al Thuraya Account’s features range from www.burgan.com. approach that fell short of expectations. On Saturday Finance Secretary Arvind Mayaram said however that he thought the approach was feasible. “If you look at the numbers as they stand today, I think it’s a very credible number,” he told a panel session hosted by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry on Saturday. “We are looking at bringing the investment cycle back. That’ll be the pump primer,” Mayaram said, confirming that India’s government is pro- jecting economic growth will rise to 5.8-5.9 percent this fis- cal year. He also said Modi’s administration might be able to exceed the $9.7 billion divestment target set out in the budget - which it aims to meet by selling government stakes in both state-owned and private companies - partly because India’s stock markets were stronger this year than they had been last year. Asia’s third-largest economy grew by 4.7 percent in the year that ended on March 31 - the second consecutive year of growth of below 5 percent. While Thursday’s budget contained a number of meas- ures to attract foreign investment and kick start infrastruc- ture projects, a major revival in private investment across the economy is by no means guaranteed.—Reuters SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 BUSINESS Qatar takes lead in investing in Kuwait

AL-SHALL WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT

1. Amendment of the Capital Markets Authority Law (58% for the same period 2013). Individual investors sold First of all, we must apologize for an error in our last week shares worth KD 1.759 billion and purchased shares worth report in which we mentioned that the term of 4 of the 5 KD 1.548 billion, with a net trading, more selling, by KD positions of the Capital Markets Authority Commissioners 210.890 million. expire in accordance with only one amendment to the CMA’s Corporations and companies sector captured 28.3% of Law that reduced the number of years of their mandate from total value of purchased shares (18.1% for the same period five to four years. In fact, the mandate of the five commis- 2013) and 20% of total value of sold shares (about 18.5% for sioners expires on 08/09/2014. This accord on only one the same period 2013). The sector purchased shares worth amendment without reference, a mere reference, to the seri- KD 953.798 million and sold shares worth KD 674.562 million ousness of extending one year to commissioners is a con- with a net trading, more purchasing, by KD 279.236 million duct that can be neither interpreted or accepted by the two indicating a rising share. pillars of good public administration or by the government The third contributor to market liquidity is the clients’ and parliament. Therefore, it has to be subjected to interpre- accounts sector (portfolios) which captured 19.9% of total tations that are not void of early warning of its potential value of sold shares (about 16.8% for the same period 2013) repercussions. and 15.4% of total value of purchased shares (18.6% for the The illogical interpretation is that it is a appeasement or a same period 2013). The sector sold shares worth KD 670.371 compromise with those who request substantial amend- million and purchased shares worth KD 521.338 million, thus ments to the Law -36 articles- and their approval in their first making its net trading selling by KD 149.033 million. and second deliberations in a week, or at least before the The last contributor to liquidity is the investment funds current session adjourns. The current agreement is just the sector which captured 10.5% of total value of purchased beginning because the amendment or the rebellion is the shares (about 5.3% for the same period 2013) and 8.1% of beginning of the bargain which will involve quotas in the total value of sold shares (about 4.7% for the same period new appointments of the commissioners. Who has a favor in 2013). This sector purchased shares worth KD 352.908 mil- appointing a commissioner needs returning this favor in the lion and sold shares worth KD 272.221 million with a net form of executive positions, a piece of information, or meas- trading, purchasing, by KD 80.687 million. This means corpo- uring by double standards. In other words, if the Capital rations, companies, and funds gained a share in the market Markets Authority is an independent entity and close to the at the expense of individuals, which is a positive indicator Central Bank of Kuwait in its functioning, the evidence indi- that consists with liquidity trend in the past five months - cates, and we hope we are wrong, the beginning of its trans- February to June- towards heavy companies. However, the formation to Kuwait Airways Corporation which we all know time is still premature to conclude solid results. how it ended. Among the KSE features is its continuity to be a domestic We recall the unfortunate start to the Capital Markets stock exchange; Kuwaiti traders formed the biggest trading Authority. Two teams were appointed to formulate its law group and sold stocks worth KD 3.008 billion, capturing with duplicate financial cost. The law was delayed and its 89.1% of total sold shares, (92.4% for the same period 2013), effect is for three years. Then after a full year waiting, the and purchased shares worth KD 2.817 billion capturing Government appointed five commissioners, and immediate- 83.4% of total value of purchased shares (92% for the same ly discharged three of them. The conflict lasted two addition- period 2013). As such, their net trading, the only ones selling, al years, and three replacements were appointed, one of scored KD 191.011 million. them resigned. With the last amendment of the Law, none of Other investors’ share, out of total purchased shares, the 9 commissioners completed his tenure in the original scored 13%, i.e. the share of investors from outside Kuwait law. The basis in the governing financial institutions is stabili- almost doubled, which is another positive indicator (6.2% for ty. What happens therein requires not only knowledge, accu- the same period 2013), worth KD 438.081 million while value mulated experience and a feeling of security, neutrality and of their sold shares scored KD 271.770 million, 8.1% of total distance from quotas, but also the inevitable reflection of value of sold shares, (5.6% in the same period 2013). Thus, that case on the safety of the institutions and companies their net trading, purchasing, scored KD 166.311 million. subject to its supervision. GCC Investors’ share out of total purchased stocks formed Consequently, we suggest the continuity of the majority 3.6% (1.8% in the same period 2013), or KD 121.370 million, of the commissioners and not to name anyone new by any while percentage of their sold stocks scored 2.9% (2.1% in party. Instead, lay down governance specifications for poten- the same period 2013), worth KD 96.669 million. Their net tial candidates. Then a short listing process for the eligible trading was more purchasing by KD 24.700 million. Relative candidates. Despite our knowledge that this is a lost advice distribution among nationalities changed from its predeces- in the troubled political conditions and the weak public sor: 86.3% for Kuwaitis, 10.5% for traders from other nation- administration and its executive branch in particular, we own alities and 3.2% for GCC traders (92.2%, 5.9% and 1.9% for nothing but to attempt to contribute to help one of the most Kuwaitis, other nationalities and GCC traders respectively for important authorities avoid the destiny which struck most the first half of 2013). This means Kuwait stock exchange public sector’s organizations. remained domestic though with declining share Kuwaitis with more trading for foreign investors from outside GCC 2. Direct Foreign Investment in Kuwait First Half 2014 than their GCC counterparts with trading prevalence to indi- It is a good thing that the Central Statistics Administration viduals. issues a report on surveying direct foreign investment in Number of active trading accounts between the end of Kuwait. Although the report is dated 2013, it covers 2012 December 2013 and June 2014 dropped by -70.4% (a rise by only. The purpose is perhaps to establish a base for this type 37.6% between December 2012 and June 2013). Number of of data, and attention to its update will be addressed later active trading accounts in the end of June 2014 scored on. Thanks to the efforts of Central Statistical 39,556 accounts, or 11.9% of total accounts, compared with Administration’s efforts is due because its current apparatus 51,573 accounts in the end of May 2014, 15.6% of total inherited a very lagging and backward statistical situation accounts for the same month, declining by -23.3% below about all national accounts database in a world where infor- Mayís level in one month. mation is a like a loaf, one of the necessities of life. Therefore, any effort that lays down the foundation for any piece of 4. Kuwait Stock Exchange Liquidity Features First Half information should be applauded, provided quick develop- 2014 ment and the concern with modernity, precision and the Market liquidity during the first half of 2014 achieved a flow mechanism of information to the needful. daily trading average value by KD 27.7 million, a drop in its At present, it seems Kuwait is neither in need nor is liquidity by -53.4% from the average daily trading value in encouraging structure investment to the flow of invest- the first half of 2013. The market added liquidity by KD 441 ments; rather, it needs the technologies and the modern million during June 2014 making the market liquidity in the management techniques that are associated with the incom- first half at KD 3.378 billion. It was noted that the liquidity ing funds and the building of the basis for everything that volume in the market is continuously declining between Kuwait has a relative advantage in its production. The report the beginning of the year until the end of June 2014. The data does not show that this is currently happening. The daily average trading value was about KD 37.8 million in report estimates the balance of accumulated investments in January, and declines to KD 31.5 million in February, then Kuwait in 2012 by about KD 6521.8 million, an increase by to KD 28.2 million and KD 28.4 million in March and April about KD 1303.3 million over 2011, and with it the accumu- respectively and then KD 22 million and KD 20 million in lated balance of direct investment scored KD 2972.8 million, May and June respectively. That continued decline might or about 45%, of the total balance of investments. The direct be the reason for the change in the stock exchange liquidi- investment balance added in 2012 KD 842.4 million, repre- ty characteristics. senting a growth rate by 39%, which is quite high but un jus- Adopting the same measurement tool, i.e. following up tified by the repulsive business environment in Kuwait unless the share of the top 30 companies in terms of their trading there is a big deal on mature investment. These investments value, we note a noticeable decline in liquidity deviation, focus on limited sectors depends on the high consumption despite its unjustifiable continuation. These companies appetite in Kuwait or attracting the surplus funds therein. captured 69.8%, KD 2.359 billion from market liquidity, rep- This made the Telecom sector acquire 60.1% of the balance resenting about 57.2% of its total value. The number of and the other 20% went to the investment companies. This speculative companies within the sample decreased to 19 means about 81% of investment went to two sectors only. which captured about 26.5% of total market trading value, Qatar takes the lead in investing in Kuwait and captures about KD 895.4 million, while their market value represents about 65.6% of the balance of these investments as a result only 2.8% of total value of market companies. What we do of investment in one company, namely, the National not know is whether the justifications of that substantial Telecommunications Company, now “Ooredoo”, followed by decrease in concentrating on the speculation companies’ Bahrain but with a big difference and with 7.1% of that bal- liquidity resulted from the major drop in the market’s liq- ance. The companies funded by direct foreign investments uidity, or is a result of the commendable tightening of employ 1483 Kuwaitis, an average investment of KD 2 million supervision on bogus trading, or traders’ maturity. The mat- for each post, which is weak, and 894 Kuwaiti employees, ter perhaps needs some time to find out which of these jus- 60% of which are telecom companies’ employees or work for tifications has more impact. “Ooredoo”. In contrast, the balance of Kuwaiti direct invest- This decline in concentrating on speculation companies ments overseas in 2012 scored about KD 7987.4 million, or extended to their shares turnover rates, though they about 2.7 times the direct foreign investment in Kuwait. This remained high. While the turnover average of all market undoubtedly means that Kuwaiti funds available for direct companies continued weak at about 10.9% until June investment and migrating are far higher than the incoming (21.8% on annual basis)and weak even for the 30-compa- foreign investments. nies sample with higher liquidity by about 13.3% (26.6% on Improving the business environment attraction to foreign annual basis), it scored for the 19 companies about 102.1% investments and directing these investments to be in line (204.2% on annual basis). It scored about 479% for the with Kuwait’s development needs remain beyond the scope highest company, 430.3% for the second highest and of the Central Statistics Administration work and interest. 335.9% for the third highest. Despite their high rise, if cal- Therefore, Kuwait will remain repulsive to direct Kuwaiti culated on annual basis, the rates remain much lower than investment and with the majority of foreign investments to the turnover rates of this sample of companies in 2013. This acquire the mature investment which does not form a priori- is a healthy development if it continues. ty for Kuwait. However, it remains a core business for the The market will not recover if its liquidity continues to Central Statistics to verify its data permanently. Besides, this be weak and decreasing. In the late weeks of June, it data is with no real value unless they are issued every quar- remained within its minimum standard limits. The original ter one to two months after the end of each quarter. It is also and influential variable is liquidity both value and distribu- its responsibility to provide some analysis to the trends of tion while prices remain connected with the liquidity vari- these investments and even with some criticism. It is also a able. The setup of the new Authority’s commissioners on basic function for the Central Statistics to draft some fore- 08/09/2014 is being awaited after the late rebellion of the casts for investments future trends. The basis is to enable two powers by reducing their term by one year which con- information recipients to benefit from the data in the analy- stitutes another pressure factor. sis and in building future plans. 5. The Weekly Performance of Kuwait Stock Exchange 3. Trading Features at Kuwait Stock Exchange – First Half The performance of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) for the 2014 last week was mixed, where the indices of the trade vol- Kuwait Clearing Company issued its report titled ìTrading ume, number of transactions and the general index show Volume According to Nationalityî covering the period an increase, while the trade value shows a decrease. AlShall 01/01/2014 to 30/06/2014 published on KSE official website. Index (value weighted) closed at 486.8 points at the closing The report indicated that individuals are still the prevailing of last Thursday, showing an increase of about 3.7 points or group though their share is declining. They captured 52.1% about 0.8%, and an increase of 32.1 points or about 7.1% of total value of sold shares (about 60.1% for the first half of compared with the end of 2013. 2013) and about 45.9% of total value of purchased shares SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 BUSINESS Tech earnings take center stage this week

Wall St Week Ahead

NEW YORK: Earnings from some of sector “appears to be the most under- “going to certainly be important Big banks in the spotlight agement. Higher legal, regulatory and the biggest US technology companies valued sector,” giving investors more because the market started to gain Among the 10 S&P 500 sectors, compliance costs are also weighing on will take center stage this week, giving reasons to be bullish on tech stocks. momentum as economic data got bet- financials have the worst earnings fore- results. investors a chance to re-evaluate the The implied earnings-per-share ter,” said Quincy Krosby, market strate- cast with a decline of 3.5 percent from Wells Fargo & Co on Friday under- sector’s health. growth for the tech sector has been gist at Prudential Financial, which is a year ago, according to Thomson scored some of those problems as the Big tech names set to report this 5.4 percentage points above the S&P based in Newark, New Jersey. “We Reuters data. Nine of the sector’s 21 largest US mortgage lender reported a week include Intel Corp and Yahoo Inc 500 on average over the past 10 years, want to hear good solid numbers and sub-industries are expected to post a 39 percent decline in revenue from that on Tuesday; eBay Inc on Wednesday but it is now just 1.0 percentage point if we get that from tech names, it will drop in earnings. business. and Google Inc on Thursday. The tech above the benchmark index, accord- help.” Earnings from some of major banks In addition to keeping a close watch sector has the highest projected earn- ing to the Goldman Sachs note. Nine of the 13 sub-industries in the next week will include JPMorgan Chase on earnings, Wall Street will also tune in ings growth rate among the 10 S&P While the Dow Jones industrial tech sector are expected to report & Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc on next week to what Federal Reserve sectors for the second quarter at 12.3 average and the S&P 500 have hit higher earnings than a year ago, with Tuesday; Bank of America Corp on Chair Janet Yellen says when she makes percent, its best quarter since the first record highs recently, the tech-heavy semiconductors and semiconductor Wednesday and Morgan Stanley on a couple of trips to Capitol Hill. She is quarter of 2012. This forecast marks a Nasdaq is still more than 700 points equipment having the highest growth Thursday. scheduled to testify on the US central sharp rebound from a drop of 3.2 per- away from its all-time intraday high on rates within the sector, according to Analysts are expecting subdued bank’s monetary policy in a semi-annu- cent just a year ago, according to a March 10, 2000, suggesting to some Thomson Reuters data. The Nasdaq is results because a slowdown in revenue al appearance before the Senate Thomson Reuters poll. investors that the sector may have up 5.7 percent for the year, while the from mortgage refinancing and trading Banking Committee on Tuesday and the Goldman Sachs analysts wrote in a more room to the upside. semiconductor index is up 20.3 per- is offsetting gains from other areas like House Financial Services Committee on note that the information technology The tech sector’s earnings are cent. investment banking and money man- Wednesday. —Reuters BRICS to launch bank, tighten Latin America ties

BRASILIA: The BRICS group of emerging powers will launch its own development bank at a sum- mit next week, using its growing influence to establish a counter- weight to Western-dominated financial organizations. Fresh from the World Cup final, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff hosts the leaders of Russia, India, China and South Africa in Fortaleza on Tuesday before an unprecedent- ed meeting with South American leaders the next day in Brasilia. On the diplomatic front, the summit will mark the first face-to- face meeting between India’s new Hindu nationalist Prime Minister BMW group Middle East Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jiping. posts 25% sales increase For Russian President Vladimir Putin, who traveled to Cuba this KUWAIT: Sales for the BMW Group in the models, the MINI brand continued with its week, the trip comes amid newly Middle East continue to go from strength- growth with the launch of the third gener- frayed relations with the West over to-strength as the company has posted a ation MINI Hatch, the brand’s core model the crisis in Ukraine. record breaking sales increase of 25% for that continues to be a best-seller. The MINI The leaders, including South the first half of this year. A total of 15,797 Countryman continued to join the MINI African President Jacob Zuma, will BMW and MINI vehicles were delivered to Hatch as a best-seller accounting for establish two new financial organi- customers in 12 Middle East markets. zations: a development bank to Based on these outstanding figures, the fund infrastructure projects and a OMAHA: Andrew Pittz of the Sawmill Hollow aronia berry farm offers samples and sells aronia world’s most successful premium automo- reserve fund to fend off currency berry products at Whole Foods Market in Omaha, Neb., Friday. A few years ago, few people had tive manufacturer is in pole position for yet and balance of payments crises. ever heard of the Aronia berry, a pretty, but tart fruit. Now, the berry has set its sights on another successful year in the region. The BRICS are “countries with becoming the next “superfood” and is in hundreds of products worldwide. —AP The UAE remains the biggest market in enormous potential that can gain the Middle East, accounting for around many benefits for themselves but half of BMW and MINI total sales in the first also for a new economic and interna- policy more in tune with the reali- ers. They are now seeking to break in a region historically tied econom- half of the year, followed by Saudi Arabia, tional political order,” said senior ties of emerging countries,” Andre the European, US and Japanese ically to the United States. Kuwait and Qatar. Markets which showed Brazilian foreign ministry official Jose Perfeito, chief economist at Gradual domination of financial institutions. Xi will then travel to Argentina, strong individual sales growth included Alfredo Graca Lima. Graca Lima said Investimentos consultancy, told “The BRICS unite a group of Venezuela and Cuba. Before the the UAE which grew 40%, Oman 57%, the bank and the reserve would AFP. nations with different, even summit, Putin will be in Rio de Jordan 39%, Bahrain 33% and Qatar with “complement” the Washington- Despite their agreement on the opposed, interests,” said Oliver Janeiro today to attend the World 13% growth. based World Bank and International need for a bank, the five countries Stuenkel, author of “BRICS and the Cup’s Argentina-Germany final at Commenting on the company’s impres- Monetary Fund. are split on where it should be Future of Global Order” and profes- the Maracana Stadium. Russia is sive results, Johannes Seibert, Managing The bank will have capital of $50 headquartered. sor at the Getulio Vargas hosting the next tournament in Director, BMW Group Middle East said, billion with each country contribut- Graca Lima said Shanghai was Foundation. But they have given 2018. “These robust sales results are testament ing $10 billion, while the reserve, the frontrunner to host the bank developing nations the ability to There, Putin will hold talks with to the desire our customers have for our which has been described as a but South Africa’s Trade and use a “platform” strong enough to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. brands. The regions premium automotive “mini-IMF,” will have $100 billion at Industry Minister Rob Davies said challenge world order, he said. The summits come as the market is growing approximately 15% so its disposal, Graca Lima told Johannesburg was still in the run- economies of some BRICS countries, we are delighted to be above this figure, reporters. ning. New Delhi and Moscow are Marathon summits which together represent 18 per- and look forward to continuing our growth For the fund, China will make the the other candidates. The talks in Fortaleza will open a cent of the world economy, are momentum throughout the rest of this biggest contribution, $41 billion, The five nations are also negoti- series of marathon summits and cooling down. Russia and Brazil are year.” followed by $18 billion from Brazil, ating who should hold the bank’s bilateral meetings that will bring expected to see growth of just one The best-ever half-year performance Johannes Seibert, Managing India and Russia and $5 billion from rotating presidency first. And the the BRICS group to Latin America. percent this year. was a result of the company’s top-of-the- Director, BMW Group Middle East South Africa. membership of the board of direc- After the BRICS meet with South “They may not be the stars that range models that continue to be best-sell- tors has yet to be decided. The American presidents in Brasilia on they once were,” Perfeito said. “But ers in the GCC. In pole position was the around 45% of the brand’s total sales in Opposed interests BRICS were created after economist Wednesday, Xi will launch the the BRICS have two important BMW 5 Series - the leader in the executive the Middle East. MINI’s racing sub-brand, “The BRICS want to create alter- Jim O’Neill used the acronym in China-Latin America forum, high- things: They are organized and car segment with sales of 3,637 cars, a 33% John Cooper Works accounted for 15% of natives, a type of global monetary 2001 to describe the growing pow- lighting Beijing’s growing interests large economies.” —AFP increase followed by the X5 with 2,526 cars the total MINI sales which is the highest sold, an 11% increase and the X6 with John Cooper Works’ sales share in the 2,235 cars sold, a 63% increase. The BMW world. X models continue to be strong contribu- Seibert concluded by saying, “It has S Africa wants BRICS bank tors accounting for over 40% of the com- been a great first six months of the year pany’s total sales in the Middle East. and our aim for the coming months is to The flagship BMW 7 Series also contin- build on this positive performance - we ued to be amongst the top four best-sell- expect the launch of BMW i8 plug-in for Johannesburg: Minister ers with 1,980 cars sold which accounted hybrid sports car, all-new X4 and X6 and for 13% of BMW’s total sales. The Middle all-new five-door MINI Hatch to help us CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s financial capital said Siluanov. nations would hold a controlling share of above East region has the highest sales share in achieve this. Together with our importer Johannesburg is still in the running to be head- He added that member states would have to 55 percent. the world and is the world’s third largest partners we look forward to continuing quarters of a new development bank planned by make their contributions to the bank’s capital Siluanov said the BRICS would also sign a market for 7 Series sales. our growth and ending 2014 outperform- the BRICS group of major emerging nations, a within seven years but that the bank should effec- framework deal for a fund during the summit. The In addition to the best-selling BMW ing our last year sales.” minister said Friday. tively be created by 2016. fund-dubbed a “mini-IMF”-would amount to $100 Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies told a Membership in the bank, which would spe- billion, with $41 billion from China, $18 billion media briefing in Cape Town reports that a deci- cialise in financing infrastructure works, would be each from India, Brazil and Russia and five billion sion had already been made on the location of open to other UN states but the five BRICS from South Africa. —AFP the bank were incorrect. “There is no decision on the domicile of the bank,” he said, rejecting sug- gestions that Shanghai had already won the right to host the institution. “It has been agreed by the Australia’s CB governor heads of state that that will be a decision made by them,” he said. The leaders of BRICS countries-Brazil, Russia, urges fiscal restraint India, China and South Africa-are due to hold a summit in Brazil next week where they are SYDNEY: Australia’s central bank governor Glenn years time”. “The main point simply is, there is a expected to sign a deal to create the bank. Stevens yesterday urged politicians to work medium-term issue which will grow if it’s not “South Africa has indicated our desire to offer together to address the growing gap between fis- addressed. Johannesburg as a host domicile for the bank,” cal spending and revenue, as the government bat- “And it would be best to be agreeing on meas- Davies said. The bank’s financing of infrastructure tles to push through massive budget cuts. ures now that will address it over time, rather than development would not be limited to BRICS In a rare newspaper interview, Stevens told The let it fester and be faced with more genuinely dra- nations so a location in South Africa would give it Australian “financial markets might not be so for- conian measures at some later day.” “a huge advantage” in facilitating projects in other giving as they are now” if the country did not start The Labor and Greens opposition parties have African countries, he said. to manage its budget “in a measured way”. criticised the governing Liberal Party for the tough But the Kremlin said Thursday that the group The Reserve Bank governor’s comments fol- budget measures that cut back on welfare and has already decided on Shanghai as the head- lowed a chaotic week in Australia’s upper house spending. quarter for the bank. The institution will be called that saw the conservative government’s attempt Thousands of people across Australia have also “New Development Bank”, with each BRICS mem- to repeal a carbon tax fail when a minor party taken part in rallies protesting against the budget. ber contributing $2 billion to its capital, Russian withdrew its support. Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended his Finance Minister Anton Siluanov also said earlier The government needs the backing of minor maiden budget Saturday and told a party confer- this week. party senators to pass the repeal as well as sup- ence he was “not put off by a bad headline and The bank would have a maximum capital of port the spending cuts it has planned to bring the one or two parliamentary difficulties”. $100 billion, reports from Moscow said. The BRICS budget under control. The Reserve Bank has kept interest rates on nations unveiled in 2013 their plans to create the Stevens said while Australians have supported hold at a record low of 2.5 percent since August to recent spending plans for education and disabili- support an economy exiting an unprecedented bank, which aims to rival Western-dominated ty, “we didn’t actually vote for the revenue to fund boom in the mining sector, which has helped institutions like the World Bank. them just yet and so that’s the kind of fundamen- Australia to avoid a recession for more than two “During the summit, we should decide on tal issue that will emerge more clearly in a few decades.—AFP the creation of the bank and a currency fund,” SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 BUSINESS

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In cages, the flies will be September. who the winners are. global food problem, a new breed of farm- With human consumption of meat fed a mix of spoiled or leftover food, ers and their financial backers are thinking tipped to soar, and the increasing impact manure, and abattoir waste. They will then small. Work on the world’s largest fly farm that livestock production is having on the be left to breed. Their larvae will afterwards Eurogroup’s Dijsselbloem has begun in South Africa after the environment, governments are now consid- be dried and processed into an animal European firm behind the project won ering the use of processed insects as animal feed. When sold, Drew said, the AgriProtein calls on banks to lend more much-needed funding from investors, pro- feed. feed is likely to be 15 percent cheaper than AMSTERDAM: Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen On Friday, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte pelling the use of insects as livestock feed The European Commission is relaxing fishmeal. Dijsselbloem, a leading candidate for a top was equally reserved on the topic. “My task is beyond academic theory to a commercial rules to allow the inclusion of insects in Fishmeal is being sold at $1,658 a tonne economic policy job in the European to secure a good post for a good candidate, venture. The project near Cape Town was poultry and pig feed from 2015, while the at the end of May, the World Bank said, just Commission, has said excuses given by and the less I say about that in public, the more conceived by a group of scientists and envi- U.S. Food and Drug Administration is con- shy of the all-time high of $1,919 a tonne Europe’s banks for not lending were wrong. likely I am to succeed in that,” Rutte said. Interviewed by Dutch radio on Saturday, ronmentalists racing to find protein alterna- sidering an application from US company hit in January this year. While having a Dijsselbloem said banks were not correct to EXCESSIVE BONUSES tives as rising production of livestock feed EnviroFlight to sell livestock feed made price advantage on fishmeal, PROteINSECT, argue that the need to improve their balance Dijsselbloem said he believed Europe’s such as soy gobbles up more and more from insects. the EU-funded project investigating the sheets prevented them lending money to the banks were in much better shape after years of valuable agricultural land. Livestock production, which accounts for efficacy and safety in using insect protein real economy. “The capital that banks need to writing down bad debts and so were in a posi- The farm, being built by Gibraltar-based 70 percent of all agricultural land, is seen by as a source of animal feed, says insect feed raise so they can withstand losses doesn’t tion to resume lending much more strongly. mean that you can lend less money. That’s a “The real problems have been largely dealt AgriProtein, will house 8.5 billion of flies the United Nations as a leading cause of will likely never fully substitute for tradi- recurring argument from the banking world with, including in the Netherlands ... Many tens that will produce tons of protein-rich larvae environmental problems including global tional protein sources. They will rather alle- which is in fact not correct,” he said. of billions have been raised.” as they feed on organic waste. The tallest warming, land degradation, air and water viate environmental pressures, as demon- “They must have a stronger balance sheet if He said he was tackling the excessive bonus barrier to such startups has been the avail- pollution, and loss of biodiversity. strated by trials last year. they take more risk on onto their balance culture in the Dutch banking sector, which was ability of capital, with potential investors Referring to forecasts from the UN that Based on UK trials, Elaine Fitches of the sheet. That doesn’t mean they have to lend behind many of the problems. less.” “I am taking on the sector,” he said. “I am deterred by legislative hurdles. food production will need to rise 70 percent U.K. government-run Food & Environment Dijsselbloem, a centre-left politician who ensuring that it becomes a lot more stable and But given the prospect of getting hun- by 2050, Professor Arnold van Huis, tropical Research Agency said it would be possible became a cheerleader for fiscal discipline in strong, that it can come to the service of the dreds of times more protein feedstock from entomologist at Wageningen University, to get on average 150 tonnes of protein the EU, has served as chairman of the real economy, that they can start lending a single hectare of land compared to tradi- said, “It is clear to everybody that we need from a hectare of land per year, significantly Eurogroup of euro zone finance ministers for again. To get there is a bitter process, and I’m tional sources, political objections are start- urgently protein alternatives that are less above 0.9 tonne of soy per hectare. the past 18 months and is widely tipped as a taking on the excessive bonus culture which possible successor to current economic and has brought enormous risks.” ing to come down. The success of demanding.” AgriProtein plans to grow beyond the monetary affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn. “We have had a lot of problems with bad AgriProtein in securing $11 million in funds, first site, with work on a second farm set to Each of the EU’s 28 members appoints a sin- investments and in investment banking ... all while small, is a sign investors are warming HOUSE OF FLIES begin next year in South Africa and a fur- gle member to the Commission, the bloc’s this was driven by the bonus culture ... at great to the idea that insects could be big busi- Housing billions of flies that feed on ther 38 projects planned around the world, executive body, and the Netherlands has yet to cost to the economy,” he added. ness in the years ahead. more than 110 tonnes of rotting food and Drew told Reuters. name its candidate. Dijsselbloem said Portugal’s Banco Espirito Dutch media have suggested the govern- Santo, which rattled markets this week on con- “The world has an issue with waste man- waste everyday, the South Africa farm will AgriProtein is not without competition ment is minded to appoint Dijsselbloem in the cerns about bad debts in the wider group that agement and also sourcing protein,” said be capable of producing 20 tonnes of lar- in North America and Europe. hope his prominence as Eurogroup chair will controls the bank, was “isolated” from the hold- Johnny Kahlbetzer, director of Australian vae a day, 3.5 tonnes of larvae high in fatty EnviroFlight and Canada’s Enterra Feed help secure the top economics post. ing company of which it was part. agricultural company Twynam, one of sev- acids, and 50 tonnes of organic fertiliser, Corp all plan on expansion in North Dijsselbloem declined during the interview “The bank is already recapitalised,” he said. eral global investors in the fly farm. Jason Drew, co-founder of AgriProtein, told America, while Ynsect and Protix to confirm that he was a candidate for the job, “As far as risks are concerned, it is reasonably saying only that he was satisfied with the two isolated from the conglomerate of which it is “If farming insects can solve the two Reuters last week. Biosystems have also committed to com- jobs - finance minister and Eurogroup chair - part. The conglomerate has the problems; the problems, then that is a great outcome, AgriProtein will use a combination of mercial fly production over the next year in he already had. bank does not.” —Reuters and that is what has motivated our invest- the black soldier fly, the blowfly and the the EU. —Reuters SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 technology

By Islam Al-Sharaa newest additions to the portfolio. An additional Data Lake private clouds and in Kuwait, I think private clouds will be Hadoop Bundle will allow users to help businesses improve KT: The ‘Digital Universe’ is expanding rapidly. How promi- very large. LONDON: Storage virtualization juggernaut EMC held its their backup and replication abilities while bridging their Big nently does EMC figure in it? KT: EMC has its regional Middle East COE in Egypt. Has the Redefine Possible event in London on July 8, where The VAR Data efforts with their Data Lake architecture. McDonald: We’d like to think immensely! It depends on the turmoil there affected operations? Are you mulling a Guy was treated to several new products and updates to subject matter. We frequently talk about the effect of the move to the Gulf, like Dubai for instance? EMC’s existing XtremIO platform. In keeping with classic In an exclusive conversation with Kuwait Times, Adrian new digital world on the consumer and we see Apple and McDonald: We have what you call a Centre of Excellence in British sci-fi fashion, the Doctor Who-themed event featured McDonald, President, Europe, Middle East & Africa, EMC Samsung and we talk about the things that affect the indi- Egypt and EMC made the decision to ignore the issues numerous TARDIS-like police booths and references to revealed EMC’s future plans and how they always manage to viduals. We don’t often talk about the means of how we there and employ more people in Egypt and to do even England’s most popular doctor, as well as a healthy dose of stay one step ahead of the competition. Excerpts: manage the information. There are more phones than more work out of our Egyptian facilities. In fact, I was with storage virtualization news and announcements. Ever a fan of people in the world with all the ‘Internet of Things’ devel- the Centre of Excellence people in Cairo two weeks ago the good doctor, The VAR Guy took in the news and kept his Kuwait Times: EMC is the world’s largest provider of data oping. However, what we don’t talk about is where is it eyes open for any Daleks in the audience. storage systems. Are you resting on your laurels? collected, how and when do we provide it to the customer and the feedback was phenomenal. We may add to these EMC Information Infrastructure CEO David Goulden Adrian McDonald: No. If anything came across today, it was services and how to provide a citizen services and how centers in Riyadh and South Africa and it is useful to work opened the media presentation by outlining some of the chal- our focus on what today is and the future. We’ve seen a can I provide that at a lower cost enabling more benefits with youth in these countries, in their markets and to lenges facing IT in meeting storage requirements for their world with rapid change and the pace of change has going forward? We are trying to provide platforms for our develop more skill. So we have 700 employees in Egypt hybrid cloud arrays. Among these challenges, Goulden said become faster. Change in business has accelerated and customers with fully virtualized, highly automated soft- and we want to find good reasons and valid business rea- dealing with existing workload growth, infrastructure applica- the need for IT has become more intense. There is a ware. Everyone wants their business to be automated and sons to do business in other countries. tion drag and performance-hungry workloads were the most prominent problems for end users. With today’s announce- ments, EMC is working to “redefine” what is possible with hybrid cloud storage by introducing several new products and solutions. Next up, EMC’s President of Products and Marketing Jeremy Burton took the stage to outline each of the new announcements in detail. Before jumping in, Burton talked about the advantages of the XtremIO system over similar stor- age arrays and its level of success after being released earlier this year. According to Burton, the array has already garnered more than $100 million for EMC in less than six months, mak- ing it one the fastest growing all-flash arrays on the market. EMC first announced the Starter X-Brick storage array and the addition of up to six X-Bricks for customers with heavier workloads. New XtremIO snapshots also are available with the new arrays, with EMC promising zero limitations on perform- ance, features or capacity reservations due to the system’s in- memory metadata architecture. EMC also is readying the release of the VMAX family-the industry’s first series of all-flash arrays with open enterprise data service platforms, according to the company-later this year. The three new models add the HYPERMAX OS open con- verged storage hypervisor and operating system and Dynamic Adrian McDonald, President, Europe, Middle East & Africa, EMC (right) with Matthew Adrian McDonald (left) with Kuwait Times IT Director Islam Al-Sharaa. Virtual Matrix architecture into the lineup. Buckley, PR and Communications Director, EMEA. HYPERMAX OS enables users to embed storage infrastruc- ture services such as cloud access, data mobility and data pro- KT: Do you support students? tection directly to their arrays without having to save it greater need for business and greater need for govern- we’re in the middle of something called software-defined McDonald: Absolutely! We support students and we also have remotely, according to the company. Burton noted the OS ments, so everyone needs web scales, performance and data center. We are in the middle of all the relevant courses and work with colleges in the Middle East. For OScan helps customers lower their total cost of ownership by analytics. A lot of it is not only to save money but also to changes in the information infrastructure in 2014 and in example, there is a big need for data scientists, so data up to 50 percent while reducing their physical footprint and invest the saved money in new applications to sustain the the near future. analytics is useless unless someone is there to interpret it energy needs. pace of change that’s accelerating. but there are not enough data scientists in the world, so The Dynamic Virtual Matrix, meanwhile, offers the ability to KT: With new startups like Actifio, Nutanix and Nimble we are working with many universities in Egypt and in the dynamically allocate processing power to meet distinctive KT: In this era of Big Data and Internet of Things, how do snapping at your heels, what is EMC doing to counter Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and certainly many of the Gulf service levels across their workloads, essentially allowing users you manage to stay on top of your game? them? Do you see them as existential threats? What states to develop university courses to get more students. to dictate which areas receive the most processing power. McDonald: In the IT industry, things are going in a three-year about established competitors like HP, IBM NetApp It will be very profitable for the employee and very useful EMC also announced it has acquired TwinStrata, which will cycle or five-year cycle max. We spend 12 percent of our and Hitachi? for society subjects. enable the company to deliver new embedded cloud access research and development in total sales with $25 billion a McDonald: The No. 1 subject on everyone’s mind is “I need to capabilities to customers with its cloud-tiering technology. year, which is $3.5 billion on research and development. get new applications more quickly and my business needs KT: What are the latest innovations in hybrid clouds? Financial details of the acquisition were not provided. We also spend $2 billion a year on acquisitions and all of to compete with my competitors better than before”. So McDonald: Basically EMC has all the tools to develop the Burton also offered information on the release of XtremIO them are new means to get into the market. We were Pivotal does two things: it does agile application develop- private hybrid clouds from an infrastructure perspective. What 3.0, EMC’s newest free software code update to increase the known as a storage company in the past. I spent time in ment which means while NBK and Kuwait Airways will Vmax does is, it takes your block data and differentiates which efficiency of its existing all-flash arrays. The software adds in- Kuwait in the 1990s and at that time, EMC was a storage need a long time to produce an application, EMC can help should stay in a private cloud environment and which can be memory, metadata space-efficient snapshots to create high- company and now storage is only 28 percent of what we them do that in weeks. Part of that is processes and peo- used in a public cloud environment, under what circumstances performance application copies while providing inline, do while 52 percent is software and 20 percent is services. ple that work with you in team and part of that is software and with what security parameters etc. So it was the tool we always-on data compression, according to EMC. We are doing all we can to provide leadership for our cus- and how you automate these processes. They have a great needed to fill out and complete our hybrid cloud offering. And last but not the least, EMC is updating its existing tomers in two key areas. We take cost out of second plat- deal of time working with an agile environment. Pivotal Isilon storage unit to enable enterprise users to take advan- form applications and make them more agile and then we will help you to build the platforms that allow you to bet- KT: What do you think about Kuwait’s market? tage of a singular “Data Lake” of compiled information. try to use that investment to come out with third platform ter understand what your customers want. Many compa- McDonald: It’s great! The growth market for us in the IsilonOneFS provides an enterprise-grade scale-out Data Lake, applications. Everyone loves the brand EMC, especially in nies are good at one thing but EMC’s skill has been to rein- Middle East is large and we are optimistic about our opportu- with twice the performance of similar platforms, according to Kuwait and they want EMC to be their partner in those vent itself on a number of occasions, and we are currently nities in the Middle East. In fact, Qatar also plays a big role in the company. The Isilon X210 and X410 platforms are the changes. going through one of these reinventions. We are enabling the market for everyone and likewise with Kuwait.

Jeremy Burton, President, Products EMC Information Infrastructure David Goulden, CEO, EMC Information Infrastructure during during the event. the event. HEALTH & SCIENCE SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

FDA weighs cancer risk of fibroid removal devices

WASHINGTON: Federal health advisers say there the risk, including using plastic specimen bags to ical devices and other treatments. The agency has undergoing treatment via power morcellation. is little to no evidence that a popular technique catch bits of shredded tissue. Some surgeons not set a timeline for taking action on power The FDA approved the first electronic morcella- for removing fibroids can be performed without already use that technique, but panelists said it is morcellators. Doctors have long acknowledged tors in 1995 and about two dozen have been the risk of spreading undetected cancers to other based on “intuition.” the risk of accidentally spreading undetected approved in US since then. The devices were parts of the body. The panel of Food and Drug “There’s no evidence that the bags or any con- cancer with such electronic shredding tools. cleared through an abbreviated review process Administration experts also said Friday that tainment devices prevent the outcome we are But in April the FDA said doctors should halt because they were deemed similar to manual women who do undergo the procedure should trying to prevent,” said Dr Craig Shriver of the use of the devices for fibroid treatments after surgical devices long on the market. sign a written consent form stating they under- Walter Reed Medical Center. The panel also dis- agency scientists calculated that the risk of can- Fibroids are non-cancerous growths in the stand the serious risks of laparoscopic power cussed the difficulties of screening women for a cer spread was greater than previously thought. uterus that can cause severe pain, heavy bleed- morcellation, in which electronic tools are used rare form of uterine cancer, called leiomyosarco- The agency estimated as many as 1 in 350 ing, and bladder and bowel dysfunction, mostly to grind tissue and remove it through a small inci- ma, ahead of the procedure. Imaging techniques women may have undetected uterine cancer that among women in their late 30s and 40s. It’s sion in the abdomen. are often unable to distinguish between the can- can be ruptured by the technique. Previous esti- unclear what causes the tumor-like growths - Surgeons developed the technique as an alter- cers and normal fibroids. And while there are mates put the rate closer to 1 in 7,000. Earlier in which can grow as large as cantaloupes - but native to traditional surgery, which requires a some common risk factors - based on women’s the day cancer patients and family members of they account for an estimated 240,000 of the larger incision that often results in more bleeding age, race and family history - panelists said they deceased patients urged the FDA to ban the use 600,000 annual hysterectomies in the US At least and longer hospital stays. But the FDA convened are not reliable. of electronic surgical tools for fibroid removal. 50,000 US women undergo hysterectomy using a two-day meeting this week after concluding “It doesn’t sound like anyone has confidence “Would you permit your wife or sister to the power morcellation technique. Hysterectomy that the risk of accidentally spreading undetect- that those will be able to predict the vast majori- undergo a procedure that has a one in 351 is a key treatment because it is the only way to ed cancer to other organs may be far more com- ty of leiomyosarcomas,” said Dr. Michael chance of spreading cancer throughout the ensure that fibroids do not return. Myomectomy, mon than previously thought. The agency asked Diamond, of Georgia Regents University. The FDA body?” Colleen Daley asked the FDA panel. surgery that removes fibroids while leaving the its panel of obstetrics and gynecology experts to takes the opinions of its panelists into considera- Daley’s sister, Patricia Marie Daley, died in 2011 of uterus intact, is recommended for women who weigh in on potential methods for minimizing tion when it makes regulatory decisions on med- leiomyosarcoma that spread to her lungs after still want to become pregnant.— AP Anthrax probe reveals new bird flu mishap, widespread safety lapses Health officials disclose new safety breach

WASHINGTON: Federal health officials on Friday dis- responsible individuals. Frieden said the CDC would Bird flu concerns closed a new safety breach at a high-security US gov- discipline any staff who knowingly violated research Outside experts agreed that shipping what CDC ernment laboratory involving dangerous avian flu, a procedures or failed to report a lab breach. “These scientists believed were samples of a fairly benign lapse that came to light as they investigated the repeated safety failures raise grave concerns about the form of influenza but which were mixed with the potential exposure of researchers to live anthrax bac- CDC’s ability to ensure strict procedures, protocols and highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu was even more teria. The US Centers for Disease Control and training are followed,” said Representative Tim Murphy, alarming than the anthrax incident. “The last place you Prevention said an internal probe found multiple fail- chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcom- want to be mixing up samples is in influenza,” said ures by individual scientists and a lack of agency-wide mittee that has called Frieden to testify on Wednesday. Osterholm. “The ability for that to jump from the lab safety policies led to the potential exposure of more The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions bench to the community is substantially greater.” than 80 lab workers to live anthrax at its Atlanta cam- Committee is also pressing US Department of Health H5N1, although highly lethal, is not easily transmitted pus last month. Researchers in a high-security bioter- and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, for from one infected person to another, which would ror lab sent samples of what they thought were inacti- limit its spread in case of a lab-acquired infection or an vated bacteria to colleagues in a lower-security lab, escape from a lab. NEW YORK: New York City Taxis come down 2nd Avenue in New York. The battle with fewer protections. Other scientists raised alarm over the CDC disclo- Investigators also discovered a previously unre- sure that the same lab responsible for the anthrax between ride-sharing and traditional taxi service is heating up in New York, with a ported incident: Workers at a separate high-security incident had a similar lapse in 2006, when new rival for ride-seekers declared illegal even before launching. — AFP CDC influenza lab sent samples containing a danger- researchers transferred what they thought was inac- ous strain of bird flu to counterparts at the US tivated bacteria to another facility. “That the same Department of Agriculture in March. Mishandling kind of incident can recur shows that the CDC does Ride-share operator Lyft’s avian flu could have far graver consequences than not learn from its own mistakes,” molecular biologist anthrax does, though no one has been found to have Richard Ebright of Rutgers University and an expert New York launch hit snag been infected in either case. The two incidents repre- on biosafety said in a telephone interview. Just a sent the latest in a series of breaches at the CDC in the year earlier, the CDC published recommendations last decade that are drawing fresh scrutiny from on how to prevent shipments of what scientists gone to court “only after repeatedly NEW YORK: Ride-share operator Lyft was Congress, including questions about the agency’s abil- believe to be inactivated anthrax but which are in forced Friday to postpone its planned offering to work with Lyft in order to ity to oversee potentially dangerous research. The CDC fact viable. launch in New York after a court inter- ensure that its business practices com- said its findings provide a “wake-up call” to overhaul vened over demands that it satisfy local plied with the law.” “We are pro-innova- the standards governing experiments with deadly The anthrax probe safety and licensing requirements. New tion and pro-competition, but allowing pathogens nationwide. In the anthrax case, investigators found that the York state Attorney General Eric Lyft to flout dozens of different laws Biosecurity has focused on “how to keep bad guys scientists failed to follow an approved study plan that Schneiderman and financial services would, in addition to putting the safety out of the lab,” Michael Osterholm of the University of met safety requirements and lacked standard proce- superintendent Benjamin Lawsky said of New Yorkers at risk, put law-abiding Minnesota and a member of the National Science dures to document when microbes are properly inac- they sought a temporary restraining competitors at a substantial disadvan- Advisory Board for Biosecurity, which advises the fed- tivated. The researchers were not aware of the most order after talks broke down with Lyft. tage,” they added. eral government, said in a telephone interview. “One recent scientific literature on how best to inactivate The move came hours ahead of the Lyft said this week it had recruited 500 of the critical issues we need to focus on is the good ST LEONARD: Amanda Klopfer reacts as she is the bacteria. Once CDC officials were alerted to the planned release of Lyft, a ride-sharing drivers in the Big Apple and that 75,000 guys who just forget to do it safely.” The CDC’s director, given a FluMist influenza vaccination in St breach, their response also fell short. For instance, CDC service that operates in 60 US cities and New Yorkers had downloaded its mobile Dr Thomas Frieden, called the bird flu incident “the Leonard, Md. A Federal advisory panel has scientists in other labs first learned of the event not competes with the likes of Uber. application ahead of the launch. The San most distressing,” in part because it occurred six weeks agreed to tell doctors that FluMist nasal spray through official communication but “by witnessing “As a result of that action, the court Francisco-based firm contends the serv- ago but was not reported to senior agency leadership. is a bit better at preventing flu in healthy CDC closing and/or decontaminating laboratories,” the has granted the state a temporary ice, which uses a smartphone app and “I learned about it less than 48 hours ago,” he told young kids. — AP report said. restraining order preventing Lyft from geolocation, is needed and saves money reporters in a teleconference, adding that the events Other deficiencies noted in the report included launching this evening in New York City,” for consumers. But the city’s Taxi and likely “have people questioning government.” “We inconsistent decontamination procedures in the Lawsky and Schneiderman said in a Limousine Commission quickly sought to need to look at our culture of safety throughout all of answers, according to a letter to HHS Secretary Sylvia affected labs and a lack of clear command for han- dling the incident in the first week after it occurred. To statement. put the brakes on the new service. The our laboratories,” Frieden said. “I’m upset, I’m angry. I’ve Burwell. An HHS spokesman said the CDC has out- lost sleep over it and I’m doing everything I can to lined “corrective actions” to prevent future mishaps at prevent future mishaps, CDC is creating a “lead labora- A spokeswoman for Lyft denied that municipal agency said Lyft “is unautho- make sure it doesn’t happen again.” Frieden also point- its laboratories. “Dr Frieden is leading those efforts,” the tory science” position to be accountable for safety and the court had granted a temporary rized in New York City” and has failed to ed to the discovery this month of six vials of smallpox spokesman said. The CDC is suspending any transfers setting up an external advisory committee on biosafe- restraining order but told AFP that the comply with safety and licensing require- in an unused room at the National Institutes of Health inside or outside the agency of biological materials, ty. Rutgers’ Ebright suggested that an outside agency company had agreed to hold its launch. ments. The squabble over Lyft is the latest campus in Bethesda, Maryland, near Washington. including infectious agents and even inactivated spec- should oversee CDC’s work with dangerous “There was no TRO granted today-the in a simmering war that has played out in Frieden disclosed on Friday that two of the vials dated imens, from high-biosecurity labs. Both the CDC pathogens. “Without removing the responsibility for judged adjourned to Monday and we cities around the world, where new car- from 1954 contained live smallpox virus, a global bioterror lab that handled the anthrax bacteria and oversight from the very organization that carries out agreed to hold our launch,” she said. dispatching apps have been challenging scourge for centuries. the agency’s influenza lab are closed pending further the work, it’s hard to think that the recommendations Schneiderman and Lawsky said they had regulated taxi services. — AFP The CDC’s anthrax report does not name any of the study of what happened. will really be implemented,” he said.— Reuters Hunger stalks strife-torn Central African Republic

BANGUI: Some 65 guests invited to a meal in Bangui eagerly soar, while across the country many peasant farms lie barren. who took power in a March 2012 coup for 10 months, against Aroun, a driver on the Douala-Bangui road. More than 30 awaited a feast of chicken bought for a song in the market, About a quarter of the population of 4.5 million has been “anti-balaka” vigilantes formed among mostly Christian com- years of misrule studded by army mutinies, coups and rebel- but soon many were in agony because the stolen imported uprooted for fear of brutal raids by armed groups. munities to avenge brutal attacks. lions have left the CAR near the bottom of the UN Human meat was rotten. “My husband was one of the guests. He was The landlocked nation has become more dependent than Development Index, with major shortfalls in food supply, doubled up with abdominal pains and diarrhoea. It lasted for ever on food supplies from Cameroon and its Atlantic port of Risky food transport health care, security and education. three days,” Beatrice Tote said in the capital of the Central Douala, which lies about 1,400 kilometers from Bangui by Human rights watchdogs accuse both sides of atrocities “Even before the crisis began, the food security situation in African Republic. One of the armed gangs that roam the strife- road. On CAR territory, truck drivers risk being ambushed and against civilians at a cost of thousands of lives. France and the CAR was dire. A comprehensive food security and vulnerabili- torn country had intercepted a vehicle bringing frozen chick- robbed by gunmen. “Uncontrolled armed individuals are ram- African Union deployed about 8,000 peacekeeping troops as ty analysis... indicates that 30 percent of the population was ens from neighboring Cameroon and stolen the fowls to sell pant,” said Charles Mandjao, a Bangui trader who obtains his of last December to try to tamp down on the violence. Some food-insecure,” the World Food Program said in a recent them off cheap, but once defrosted they went bad. This supplies via the dangerous road. “When they fall upon you, of these international forces watch over the food corridor. overview. The UN agency added that conflict had caused a painful episode illustrates a broader problem of obtaining you lose everything.” The latest conflict in a highly unstable “They ask us to drive in convoy, but we carry perishable goods sharp decline in agricultural output, while food prices had healthy food in Bangui, where conflict has caused prices to nation pits mainly Muslim ex-rebels of the Seleka alliance, and waiting for other trucks works against us,” said Ahmed risen in parallel with the number of cases of malnutrition. Moreover, one in three children among 100,000 refugees who have fled to Cameroon is severely underfed, according to the UN Children’s Fund. In Bangui, prices have risen for staples including wheat flour, cassava, oil, milk, meat and vegetables, residents said. “Now you need at least 9,000 CFA francs a day (14 euros, 18.60 dollars) for two kilos (4.4 pounds) of meat to feed a large fami- ly decently, instead of 6,000 CFA francs,” mother Milene Yakeka said. “Even a bunch of onions that cost 300 CFA francs yester- day has gone up to 500 CFA francs,” added Elisabeth Moina. “Sometimes at night, we settle for a soup accompanied by frit- ters, then we go to sleep.” Patients in Bangui’s community hos- pital complain that meals are not regular. “One day we are fed, the next we aren’t. We have to count on family solidarity,” said one woman who asked not to be named.

Food for 55,000 schoolkids Children are especially vulnerable. The number of cases of severe malnutrition in Bangui’s paediatric centre has multi- plied by three during the crisis, according to the WFP. In June, the WFP introduced a project to feed some 55,000 pupils in 44 Bangui schools, sometimes providing the only meal of the day. “You can’t study properly on an empty stomach, but many of these children come without having eaten. So (the scheme) increases school attendance, but also reaches those children who need to be fed properly,” WFP communications officer Donaig Le Du said. Joseph Regapa, a headmaster, said the feeding plan had brought back children from camps for displaced people and even from high-risk zones. In the interior, insecurity hampers bids to reach a hungry population, along with the poor state of roads, particularly in the rainy season. Where they can, UN agencies are distributing seed and farming tools for the cur- rent sowing season. UN workers need to tell starving people BANGUI: Children eat a mix of rice and corn during a food distribution by the Word Food Program (WFP) at a school in Bangui. According to the WFP, some 5,000 children are that the grain is to be planted, not eaten.— AFP fed each day following their school classes. — AFP HEALTH & SCIENCE SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 Comatose boy, Roma evictions up pressure on France

GRIGNY: It looked like any shantytown the world over - tarps to will be resettled. The town of 30,000, the poorest in its region two dozen adults have regular jobs. Schooling and jobs are like- Valls, as France’s top security official last year, publicly linked the keep out the weather, scattered bits of trash that no truck would and boasting the largest public housing project in Europe, has ly to come to an abrupt end when the camp comes down. Roma with crime and disorder, feeding on stereotypes wide- ever collect, plastic buckets to lug water. Then one of the inhabi- chosen the 46 people who will be offered housing based on Officials are in theory supposed to offer alternative housing spread throughout Europe. tants of this Roma camp on the northwest edge of Paris, a their perceived ability to integrate. The families themselves will under a 2012 government order, but in practice rarely do. With high rates of illiteracy and unemployment, and little teenage boy named Darius, was beaten into a coma, apparently not know who among them has been selected until the camp Uprooted families spend days looking for a new pocket of access to the European Union’s promised labor market, the by residents of a neighboring housing project. Within hours, the comes down in what is euphemistically called a “liberation of the unused land and piecing their lives back together. “Out of a Roma catch blame for the kind of petty crimes - pickpocketing, Roma vanished, seeking sanctuary in a new location on the land.” “We did what we could, but we cannot welcome 300 peo- country of 67 million, we’re talking about 15-20,000 people. It’s scrap metal theft, burglary - that are highly visible in the daily life fringes of one of the world’s wealthiest cities. Three weeks later, ple,” said Frederic Rey, the town’s spokesman. “We’re building not an invasion,” said Loic Gandais, president of an association of the better-heeled. Last week, a group of Romanian Roma was 16-year-old Darius remains unconscious. His family is in hiding. what we can with the means we have.” in an outlying area of the Paris region called Essonne, the home convicted of forcing children as young as 9 to steal cell phones Police have made no arrests. France is coming under increasing Nearly all of the children are in local schools, and more than territory of France’s combative Prime Minister, Manuel Valls. and wallets. It was the sort of trial that for some confirms deeply pressure to answer allegations that it is encouraging harassment held prejudices against a group that - as Valls once put it - “does of Europe’s poorest minority group in hopes that the Roma, also not wish to integrate.” known as Gypsies, will leave the country. About 20,000 are living in France, a number that appears to More vulnerable have changed little despite a decade spent bulldozing the The Roma who come to France from Eastern Europe say any squats that spring up, season after season, on unclaimed land. In thieves among them are a minority and complain bitterly that the 2013, the number of people evicted equaled the number still path to gainful employment remains closed to them despite here, according to government figures. With job prospects and European Union rules opening up the frontiers to workers. Each discrimination even worse back in their homelands in Eastern time they are evicted, according to the Roma and French charities Europe, Roma migrants keep coming back. French government that work with them, they become more vulnerable - to disease, policy on the Roma seems to be in crisis. The official in charge of hunger and crime. Roma resettlement lost his job last week. The government will Police allegedly told one man to conduct his own investigation not say why, nor whether he will be replaced. to locate the attackers who beat him and smashed in his wife’s Police say the Roma give contradictory accounts of attacks face in August 2013 in Paris’ northern suburbs. In the southern city against them. Roma say they are scared of retribution and dis- of Marseille in March 2013, a Roma woman was hospitalized after trustful of authorities in a country whose image as a beacon for a crowd attacked their camp with tear gas, according to Amnesty the downtrodden is sullied by its long record of abuse of the International. In January, a resident tossed a bleach mixture at a minority. France’s Roma policies are under criticism by Europe’s Roma couple, only to be released when a judge said it was unclear top human rights court as well as Amnesty International and whether the concoction was intended to be harmful. other organizations. Despite European Union borders that “There is a tolerance of violence against Roma communities opened to the Roma this year, life is about to get even more dif- and authorities don’t want to intervene,” said Michelle Kelso, a pro- ficult for them in France: The government is launching its annual fessor at George Washington University in Washington, DC, who operation to destroy Roma shantytowns, scheduled with the works with Roma communities. “The only thing that will work is argument that homeless children suffer less during summer systematically looking at how to resolve the issues of Romani vacation. poverty.” The attack on teenage Darius on June 13 was unusual only in its brutality. He was beaten into a coma in the town of Liberation of the land CLAMART: A Roma encampment set up near a highway in Clamart, west of Paris. A vigilante attack against a Pierrefitte, at the other end of the rickety suburban train line that The camp at the Paris suburb of Grigny is among those com- Roma teenager is causing alarm at France’s highest levels, after a group of people who suspected the boy of cuts through Paris. His family visits him in the hospital from time ing down any day. Of the 300 Roma squatting there, 10 families burglary seized him from his camp last Friday, beat him into unconsciousness and left him for dead. — AP to time. —AP WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

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By Sunil Cherian lepers and Puthiya Akasham Puthiya Drama timeline Bhoomi discussed the issues of a dam. udheer Parameswaran, drama Kalloor Umman Philippose (1886), NN Pilla, KT Muhammad, SL Puram, Sactivist, writer and a member of Kodungalloor Kochunni Thampuran Vasu Pradeep, Vayala Vasudevan, Kerala Film Censor Board, once (1896), Polachirackal Kocheeppan Omchery, Jose Chiramel and CN thought of ending his life when the so Tharakan (1903) were the early Sreekantan Nair, G Shankarappillai, called door of success closed before Malayalam playwrights. They were his student at the School of Drama, him. His senior collegemate at MG mainly musical plays inspired by Tamil Narendraprasad, Pirappankode Murali College, Thiruvananthapuram, Lalu a folk plays. P Keshava Dev freed the dra- and of late VR Jyotish are the names Student Federation of India (SFI) activist ma from stories about aristocracies and coming to mind when thinking of our who was also known for creating fights brought realistic heroes. Street beggars drama timeline. and furor later became a film legend were central characters in one of his In 1970 Kalanilayam troupe creat- and many of his friends and classmates plays. But the audience stoned the ed rain, waves on stage. By 1973 climbed up their respective career lad- romantic beggars. Dev also wrote Kavalam Narayana Panikkar, a lyricist ders. Sudheer ‘wasted’ time on reading Prime Minister, a critique on the cor- in a ballet troupe wrote a poem titled and writing, and grew shy on asking Saakshi which later became a stylistic favors even from his teacher-mother. play where actors used their body to Reluctant even to commit suicide, express. The actor became the rain he started writing film reviews in now and the movement created a wave. non-operational Ee Naadu magazine, TM Abraham wrote over 50 plays VIVA’s Corporate Communications team during the visit saved the little remuneration by walk- based on H\hindu-Christian myths. ing home and cutting on food. The In 1983 TV overshadowed drama door of success did open for him and and from 1990 till 2000 drama was VIVA puts a smile on children’s gave him awards and accolades as best almost dead. It was Soorya drama actor, best playwright among Krishnamurthy, Chairman, Kerala faces at Amiri Hospital others. The many plays he acted, direct- Sangeeta Nataka Academy, who ed and presented, includes a dialogue- reignited the spirit of drama by IVA, Kuwait’s fastest-growing and most developed has been at the forefront of supporting Kuwait’s communi- less play titled Pain. In 2002, he got the organizing drama fests and competi- Vtelecom operator, recently visited children at Amiri ty through a range of innovative social programs as part of Kerala state award for the best article tions. Hospital in the spirit of Ramadan and to share the its CSR commitment, ever since the company’s establish- on film titled ‘Women Characters in joys of Girgai’an with the children. ment in 2008. VIVA’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Films and TV’. Later the film censor VIVA arranged a special magic show for the children and activities can be reviewed on the company’s website at board absorbed him as one of their also handed them special gift bags. VIVA reiterates through https://www.viva.com.kw/csr. This offers a description of members — a post he still holds. Now Sudheer Parameswaran Greetings actions its commitment to being an active member of the each CSR initiative that VIVA has supported, or taken on with an age-defeating look, Sudheer local community. since its inception. says he likes to shy away from fame and rupted networks in the Pattam Thanu Al Amiri Hospital’s executives expressed their gratitude To find out more information about VIVA’s promotions, walk on the earth barefoot. Pilla administration. to VIVA for attending the event and bringing smiles to the products and packages, visit any of the company’s 54 VIVA 1930s were of the plays by VT children’s faces. branches, or the website at www.viva.com.kw, or simply Excerpts from his talk Bhatathirippadu who penned against VIVA is a committed key player in Kuwait’s society and call VIVA’s 24 hour call center at 102. A drama should make people the age-old traditions in the Brahmin believe it is real. We say a drama is good nampoothiri community. By 1940 N when its characters touch us deeply. A Krishnapilla’s aristocratic family stories Main skating spark from the play can make us better became prominent. Pillai’s characters humans or at least trigger positive spoke in the same literary style and hall closed unior swimmer thoughts. The Mahabharata is not the tone. CJ Thomas, a seminarian wrote Menna Khalid he Ice Skating Rink announced story of Kurukshetra war but the tri- intellectual plays stimulated by J Abu Dawood that the main skating hall will be umph of goodness over evil. European thoughts and the Bible. T won a gold medal closed starting from Wednesday, Negativism in a play should be looked Pulimana Parameswaran Pilla who Happy 9th birthday to our July 16, 2014 to prepare the stage for a and two silver upon this way. In Bhasa’s oorubhanga- wrote an expressionist play, samath- sweet daughter Yasmin Syed children’s play that will be announced medals in a national ma, the main character is Duryodhana. vavaadi, is also worthy of mention. on July 13, 2014. Best wishes in time for the Eid Al-Fitr holiday. The swimming competi- Earlier, drama emphasized on dia- Thoppil Bhasi’s You Made me from Mom, Dad, brother Syed minor hall welcomes visitors during tion in Alexandria, logue delivery. But over the years dra- Communist, initially titled as My Son is Danial and sister Aisha Syed. Ramadan from 10:30 am to 12:00 am Egypt. ma has grown and now the term the- Right spoke about inter-caste mar- We wish you all the happiness every day, said Omar Al-Samaraie, the ater stresses on the overall body move- riage between a Nair boy and a Pulaya and success in your life. Ice Skating Rink and Fountain Park ments. girl, Mala. His Asvamedham showed Supervisor at the Touristic Enterprises Company.

Warba Bank announces winner of the Mercedes G 63 AMG

arba Bank concluded its latest pro- needs. month of Ramadan, as we are committed to consolidate the principles on which Warba Wmotional campaign for 2014 The campaign gave customers the oppor- providing our customers with added value Bank was established to be based on, that is “E’tamid Warba ... Transfer your tunity to participate in the draw to win a and privileges compliant with Sharia law to the preservation of the teachings of Islam Salary”, by announcing Mr. Jalal Shaker Mercedes G63 AMG with state-of-the-art help them achieve their goals and meet all and preserving the identity of Kuwait. AlQunaee as the winner of a Mercedes G 63 design and performance as soon as they the requirements and challenges of life”. The entertainment programs included a AMG with state-of-the-art design and per- transferred their salaries to their Warba “We congratulate Mr. Jalal Shaker competition of a number of interactive ques- formance. The event was held in the presence accounts during the duration of the cam- AlQunaee for winning the Mercedes G 63 tions with Warba customers and the public of a representative of the Ministry of paign, which ended on June 26. Safwa AMG, and we thank our valued customers for who received instant gifts when answered Commerce along with Warba Bank manage- account customers whose salaries are above their confidence in Warba as their bank of correctly. The winner of the Mercedes G63 ment, moderators and the bank’s customers. KD 1,500 doubled their opportunity to win choice. We promise to match our unique AMG was announced through an electronic The celebration took place in Grand Avenue, the Mercedes. The campaign witnessed a banking products and services to the level of draw, followed by Gergean distribution to the and included several activities with immedi- remarkable turnout and was very successful. their expectations, with new innovative prod- public as a conclusion of this event to cele- ate prizes. Commenting on the event, Mr. Adnan ucts which distinguish Warba Bank from the brate the holy month of Ramadan. Warba Bank launched “E’tamid Warba ... Salman Al Salem, Chief Retail Banking Officer, rest of the Islamic banks in Kuwait”. Warba Bank is keen on consolidating its Transfer your Salary” campaign to promote Warba Bank said: “We decided to announce The live celebration was displayed directly position as a leader in Islamic banking to pro- the salary transfer service, allowing cus- the winner of the Mercedes G 63 AMG for through several TV channels, and included vide individuals with the best banking and and enabling them to take advantage of the tomers to utilize Sharia compliant services “E’tamid Warba ... Transfer your Salary” cam- the appearance of personalities dating back financing services, with a focus on increasing diverse products compliant with Islamic and products, which satisfy their banking paign during the second week of the holy to the Islamic period. The flash back aimed to its customer base by meeting all their needs Sharia principles. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

Zain hosts annual Girgian celebration for Al Amal children Company hosts special event for children with cancer

ain, the leading telecommunications com- well as by popular actor Yauqob Abdullah. filled with happiness and joy. charity programs.” for us to further intensify our efforts”. Zpany in Kuwait, announced today that it Zain mentioned that the annual Al Amal Waleed Al Khashti, Zain’s Corporate Al Khashti continued, “Zain’s volunteers Zain further affirmed that its Corporate successfully hosted its annual Girgian cele- club Girgeaan celebration is part of the com- Communications and Relations Manager said, delighted the children by distributing Girgeaan Social Responsibility Program during the Holy bration in cooperation with Al Amal club for chil- pany’s extensive CSR campaign during the “Zain always looks to spread the spirit of joy to and gifts while also organizing many fun activi- Month of Ramadan includes an extensive array dren with cancer and blood disorders. The event, Holy Month, where the company aims to all children, and Ramadan presents a great ties including a magic show, traditional danc- of programs that cover different areas. The ini- which was hosted at the Women’s Cultural and share the joys and blessings of Ramadan with opportunity for Zain to achieve this, and it is ing, and a face painting session. Zain remains tiatives and programs include humanitarian, Social Society headquarters at Khalidiya, was different segments of the society. Zain’s vol- also a suitable time for our organization to committed to bringing a little happiness to the voluntary, cultural, religious, sports, and recre- attended by a large number of Zain volunteers, unteers celebrated the special occasion with communicate and interact with people as part lives of children suffering from cancer and the ational activities to cater to the different seg- members of the Women’s Cultural Society, as children and their families in an atmosphere of our Corporate Social Responsibility and Holy Month of Ramadan is a wonderful time ments of society.

Alghanim Industries holds graduation ceremony for summer interns

lghanim Industries (AI) celebrated the graduation of Throughout the month, AI businesses had been scoring Omar K. Alghanim, Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Alghanim ing that happen.” Aits summer interns at a special ceremony held on the students as each of the three intern groups moved Industries said: “This year’s interns have shown exceptional The AI Summer Internship Program offers first and sec- June 26 at the Crowne Plaza - Farwaniya. through a particular unit. The teams were scored on three promise and have made a real contribution within the ond-year university students the opportunity to expand The occasion, which was hosted by Alghanim Industries’ main criteria: comprehension and communication; atti- business. Early investment in human capital is one of the their education into the workplace. The interns start the Human Resources Department, marked the end of a tude/work habits; and performance. The winners were most important ways companies can ensure continued one-month structured program by going on educational month-long program and was attended by the program’s presented with certificates of completion and gift bags growth in the longer term. I believe the investment we are tours of some of Alghanim Industries’ facilities such as the 15 interns and their family members, university faculty staff from AI businesses. making now will help to ensure tomorrow’s Kuwait is a KIMMCO and Kirby production plants in Mina Abdullah and AI senior management. Jim Batchler, Chief Human The ceremony concluded with the presentation of stronger, healthier and richer society.” and the X-cite showroom at The Avenues. The interns then Resources Officer and George Lambros, Deputy Chief appreciation awards to faculty members from the Commenting, Kutayba Y. Alghanim, Chairman of take on specific projects and assignments while rotating Human Resources Officer both addressed the audience, American University of Kuwait, the American University of Alghanim Industries said: “It is very encouraging to see through six AI businesses including GTRC, Costa Coffee, welcoming the graduates and congratulating them on their the Middle East, and Kuwait University - College of such exciting talent developing in Kuwait. Many of these Xerox Division, Safat Home and Alghanim Automotive, as significant achievements during the internship program. Business Administration, for their ongoing support and graduates will quite possibly become senior managers in well as corporate functions including Finance, Marketing The highlight of the graduation was the awarding of the commitment to the Alghanim Industries 2014 Summer their own right in the future and I am pleased that Services & Insights, and Corporate Strategy, Business Gold, Silver and Bronze winners of the Team Competition. Internship Program. Alghanim Industries has been able to play its part in help- Development and Mergers & Acquisitions. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

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

You will influence others with your kind contribution of time and your There could be a sense of challenge or blockage just now. You may not find good attitude today. People you hardly know use your actions to help set their own stan- others much interested in your favorite pastime. Occasionally, we must learn to enjoy a little dard of conduct; you are a mentor. You may be working on a volunteer level today. You time to ourselves and allow others to enjoy a bit of alone time. Perhaps a new focus is need- may not realize how loved and admired you are, particularly in the surroundings that are ed to re-plan the weekend. Some sort of temporary obstacle may appear that could cause set up for you. Tonight a camping trip or some other similar enjoyable outing is in order. frustration. This is a good day, however. Consider getting your chores tended to before you Allocate the little errands that will help you and others get off to a timely start on this run off to be with friends or to enjoy your hobby-this will also help you to focus. The after- trip. You are spontaneous, independent and on the move. This evening, you enjoy the noon moves along very well. Conversations of an inspiring kind may be in order. There are opportunities to relax and visit with loved ones. This is a perfect time to get to under- some young people in your life that you enjoy teaching; today is no exception. Young peo- stand and move closer to the family or to your friends. ple enjoy being around you.

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

With chores out of the way this morning, you could become restless. Broadening your intellectual and spiritual horizons takes on a high priority Someone could challenge you on a very sensitive issue. You may touch upon a very emo- now. Being in touch with ideas and people on a grander scale keeps your mind busy. This tional part of yourself and find yourself analyzing circumstances. Wise challenges help may mean a science project, or competition or convention environment, is stimulating and you grow; other challenges leave us empty. Now is a good time to choose your response will spur the thinking process and help you stretch beyond the normal thinking. to a challenge; first decide about the wisdom of it all. You could enjoy visiting a bookstore Circumstances should work together to help bring out your ideals and make it easier to or library this afternoon. You enjoy learning about new psychological insights and self- make your dreams real. You may find yourself examining and testing your ideals. This is a help techniques. You are a walking encyclopedia with a yen to know a little bit about good time to project your image. Do not go overboard in your activities-find some rest and everything and everyone. The urge to talk, write and listen to opinions all culminate in a relaxation times to refocus your thoughts. Tonight is for relaxation and you will find some book, or in an education. The evening is romantic. special time with a loved one is possible.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) There are temptations to purchase items that could end up not making you as A clear-minded insight into your own plans and methods is available to you happy as you think. What you think you want today may not have any appeal now. This is a very good time to communicate your goals and put them into to you a few days from now. Compare prices first. You may want to wait for a better quality words. You are in top form when it comes to mental activity. Your contribution is positive. ACROSS DOWN item. The process of shopping around could save you a great deal of money. Saying or writ- You draw emotional sustenance and a sense of security from ideals, friends and social ing with style comes natural now and you may decide to create poetry, greeting cards or 1. English writer and a central member of the 1. Telephone line (Wide Area Telephone involvement. Change and inner growth tend to come through your relationships with some other artistic expression. You have a desire to learn and be expressive and may decide Fabian Society (1858-1943). Service). both friends and lovers. Alliances will be very important at this time-not at all superficial. to take a class in order to fine-tune your talent. A sociable, congenial, slightly frivolous orien- You make the effort to get to the heart of important matters and relationships are very 5. An narrative telling the adventures of a 2. Make editorial changes (in a text). tation begins this evening when you may discover an upcoming event to attend. Perhaps a important. There is a strong drive to be seen and known-to communicate yourself to oth- school reunion with old friends is coming up soon. hero or a family. 3. A port city on the Caspian Sea that is the ers. This evening you are full of wit and sharp insights while visiting with friends. 9. Small deciduous Asiatic tree bearing large capital of Azerbaijan and an important cen- red or orange edible astringent fruit. ter for oil production. 13. The sixth month of the civil year. 4. German dramatist and poet who devel- Cancer (June 21-July 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 14. Title for a civil or military leader (especial- oped a style of epic theater (1898-1956). You appear more charming than usual today and may have plans to visit 5. A constitutional monarchy on the western You will quickly conjure the results you desire. People could learn from your ly in Turkey). positive attitude that comes so naturally. Remember when the cat jumps in friends. Now is a good time to approach that special person you want to date, 15. Largest known toad species. part of the islands of Samoa in the South your lap on days you may not want the cat on your lap this is because your mind-pictures or otherwise make yourself known. You have an instinctive urge to get serious about taking care of yourself at many levels. Diet, exercise and work somehow mean more at this time: you 16. A crude uncouth ill-bred person lacking Pacific. are very intense. Positive or negative, mind-pictures can be broadcasted so as to be picked up by the intuitive. Your lesson or mindset today is to make a conscious effort to keep your want to feel good about yourself and the way you do things. A gift or a new purchase brings culture or refinement. 6. Title for a civil or military leader (especially thinking positive and with purpose; feed yourself positive picture goals. When the immi- a boost to your self-confidence this evening. Tonight you may decide to spend a little time 17. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was in Turkey). grant struggles against all odds to survive in a new county, a picture goal is foremost on the developing some ideas you have for some personal projects. Writing is a talent in which you immigrant’s mind. 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Highly excited. nate life styles and ways to make a living may interest you now. Some of your vacation time other. could be spent in research toward some long-desired goal. This may mean a stop-smoking controls, a question-and-answer time will be important. Take some time to think through negotiations. Put into effect all those plans that you have been nurturing lately. Guiding and 25. King of Denmark and Norway who forced 11. Either of two spiral-horned antelopes of program. You like to care for people and things-particularly the good earth. If there is time the African bush. and room, you could set aside time to create a vegetable or herb garden. To relax by garden- encouraging others is a fun hobby of yours. You may find yourself volunteering or working at Edmund II to divide England with him. a church or young people’s organization. You encourage the young people in your area to 12. The United Nations agency concerned ing may prove to be great therapy. 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he ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star, who was recently spot- ted viewing a $21 million apartment in SoHo, confirmed she and T husband Kanye West are on the hunt for a new base there shortly after it was revealed they plan to sell their $11 million Bel Air home Kim Kardashian “very soon” as they are fed up of waiting for renovations to be complete. The 33-year-old beauty wrote on her blog: “I went apartment hunt- ing in NYC with Simon [Huck] and my mom...Kendall [Jenner] came too.” She added: “It’s crazy to see the different between Los Angeles real estate and NYC real-estate.” The group were spotted checking out a lavish apartment in the city fuels rumors she last week that was recently put on the market by Ivanka Trump and her hus- band, Jared Kushner. The couple’s real estate agent Fredrik Eklund also con- firmed he is helping the couple find their dream home in the city. He wrote on Instagram: “Ok so we give up. Totally give up. We tried to keep it a secret for the longest time that we were working with @kimkardashian and Kanye but it was is moving to NYC impossible as there were like one hundred photographers outside each of our listings and now the photos are everywhere.” A source previously revealed the couple, who have 12-month-old daughter North West, are scrambling to com- plete work on their Los Angeles home before putting it on the market because working on the house has become “too overwhelming.” The insider added: “They are such perfectionists that staying up-to-date with the latest appliances and home systems, etc, has been exhausting for them. They want to sell very soon, but they might just finish the house enough to get it on the market with- out trying to make it their perfect home.”

Alexander Skarsgard loves to ‘disconnect’ from society

he ‘True Blood’ actor jumped at the chance to join a charity trek to the South Pole last year - along- T side Britain’s Prince Harry and a number of injured service men and women - because he finds isolat- ing trips “liberating”. He explained: “I’ve been fasci- nated by Antarctica since I was a kid, and when this opportu- nity came up, I desperately wanted it to work out. “I was shooting a movie called ‘The Giver’ in South Africa and fortu- nately I was able to rap in time. “I went straight to Antarctica for a month. I love just being disconnected like that. “The year before, I sailed across the Atlantic. It took three weeks and was kind of a similar experience in the sense of being completely present in the moment. You don’t have your cell phone, no email. It’s very liberating in a way, and a good excuse to not be reachable for a month.” The trek was originally meant to be a race between three teams, but they merged because the pun- ishing conditions meant just getting to the finish became the ultimate goal and Alexander thinks it was the “right call”. He Adam Levine can’t wait told Britain’s Glamour magazine: “If you pass out and it’s -40 degrees, you can get frostbite in seconds. “It was definitely the right call because some people did get frostbite and had to give up his bachelor status issues with the elevation. “The race aspect of it wasn’t impor- tant, it was more for motivation and to make it more fun, but he ‘Voice’ USA judge is set to marry share the deepest things in my life, I’m losing some- the whole point was to make a documentary about these Behati Prinsloo in Mexico this summer thing.” Adam says he family helped him not go off the amazing men and women and for them to tell their stories T and insists he has done everything on his rails when he first found fame and as a result he was and to inspire other people. “The most important thing was to bachelor bucket list. He said: “I think I’ve able to relate to his character in ‘Begin Again,’ who get all 12 soldiers to the South Pole and we did that.” probably had enough bachelor parties makes mistakes when he hits it big in the music for all of the bachelors in Southern California. In my world, because he struggled not to give into tempta- lifetime I’ve done it right. I’ve had plenty of fun. I did tion earlier in his career. He said: “This guy was me at a have a bachelor party, and it was cool and mellow. certain point. He’s about to be lost and is losing it. “You never get everything out of your system. Granted, it wasn’t the same experience. But all of a Because then you wouldn’t have a system. You’re sudden you have much more at your disposal, girls, always fighting something. “I definitely feel like I’m sit- money, alcohol, whatever. Your vices become magni- ting in the chair I’m supposed to be sitting in right fied. You get to jump off the edge of a cliff, and if you now. It all feels very natural.” The Maroon 5 star likes to jump off you’re screwed. I’ve been so blessed. Thank keep his relationship with the South African beauty God for my family and friends who supported me.” private because it stays “special” that way. He told People magazine: “My relationship with Behati is mine. It’s not for anybody else. That’s what makes the relationship special and intimate. The minute I start to

Selena Gomez is trying to ‘move on’ he on-again, off-again couple, who first ing pictures of themselves with other guys and girls on started dating in 2010, broke up again last their Instagram profiles. The source said: “They are kids. T week, but the ‘Come & Get It’ hitmaker still Of course they might try to do that.” Justin has posted considers him a friend. A source close to the several photos of himself on dates with model Yovanna 21-year-old star told E! News: “There will for- Ventura this week, while Selena shared an image of her- ever be an emotional connection for them, but they self cosying up to her pal Tanz Watson. The former cou- don’t have a title to their relationship. He is not her ple reportedly split because Justin, 20, didn’t invite the boyfriend, but the feelings are always going to be there.” ‘Spring Breakers’ actress to be his date to his manager The insider insists that Selena “is happy” and is having a Scooter Braun’s wedding in Canada last weekend. great time with friends in New York City, adding: “[She] is trying to move on with her life and focus on her.” But the duo may be trying to make each other jealous by post-

Beckhams love to ‘poke fun’ at one another hile the fashion designer - who has children Brooklyn, so much. She told Britain’s Vogue magazine: “I looked at it and said 15, Romeo, 11, Cruz, nine, and Harper, three, with the to myself, ‘I have four incredible children, an incredible husband, a W former soccer star - takes herself seriously when she is business that’s doing very, very well.’ I’ve worked hard and working, she and her husband love nothing more than achieved a lot. I don’t think I could have achieved much more.” to make each other laugh. She said: “David and I tease Looking back on her teenage years, the only thing the former Spice each other a lot. Yes, you have to take yourself seriously profession- Girls star would change is her lack of confidence. She said: “I’ve ally, but we also poke fun at each other.” Victoria credits her hus- always worked hard and had a lot of fun so there’s nothing I would band for giving her the “security and encouragement” she has change. But I was very self-conscious... My weight was always up needed to progress in her career. She said: “I wouldn’t be where I and down and my skin was always a problem.” am without David. He gives me the security and encouragement to do what I do. I do the same for him.” Victoria turned 40 in April but wasn’t upset about reaching the milestone age as she has achieved SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014 lifestyle

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Keira Knightley felt ‘powerless’ when she visited Sudan

he 29-year-old actress recently visited the war-torn country in North in the air is palpable, but you feel powerless.” Keira’s visit has shocked her so much Eastern Africa with Oxfam and couldn’t believe the devastation and fear that she is determined to help the relief effort in any way she can. She explained to T she witnessed firsthand. She said: “I try to keep abreast of current affairs Stylist magazine: “It made me realize how fortunate I am to live where I do and to and what’s going on around the world, and you think you get used to have had the life that I’ve had, but also that, emotionally, we are essentially all the images of conflict and poverty. “But standing in the middle of a refugee same ... Being in this terrible situation yet still making the best of what you’ve got camp, with thousands of people crushed into an area you could walk around in 20 takes incredible strength.” minutes, where there’s raw sewage everywhere and where the latrines have collapsed because the rainy season has hit, it really makes you go, ‘This is horrendous’. The fear

Drake claims his relationship status hasn’t changed

he 27-year-old singer, who was rumored to have split from his on-again, off-again girlfriend Rihanna in May, has hinted that they are still casual- T ly dating. Asked if he’s been inspired to write new music now that he’s “a bachelor again,” the ‘Hold On, We’re Going Home’ hitmaker said: “Well, um, actually, my status hasn’t changed, just to clear that up, you know, I’ve always just been out here coasting.” The Canadian star was photographed in a Lauren Conrad recording studio with his rival Chris Brown this week, but according to E! News he told reporters during a media conference call for the 22nd annual ESPYS, which he will host on Wednesday that he would “rather not comment” on what they were isn’t dieting doing. It was previously claimed that Drake blamed Chris, 25, for his split from the ‘Stay’ singer, 26, and thought she pushed him away because her ex-boyfriend, who beat her up in 2009, made her very insecure. A source said: “She gave him his march- ing orders and he’s destroyed. “Drake is convinced that Rihanna has self-esteem for her wedding issues and is pushing him away because she doesn’t believe in or trust true love, which isn’t surprising after the crazy stuff that happened with her and Chris.” he former ‘The Hills’ star is set to marry fiance William Tell in her native Orange County, T California, this summer, but she insists she’s not sticking to an extreme eating plan or fitness regime to get in shape for her big day. Speaking to PEOPLE.com, she said: “I’m not a huge fan of the gym, to be honest. When I have to go to the gym and put an hour in, I’m just staring at the clock. I really love food ... I’m not good at dieting. I try to make smart choices but just eat a little bit less.” The loved-up couple, who got engaged last October, having been dating for over two years, but the blonde beauty admits Noah Wyle they still go on regular dates. She explained: “It’s just like any other couple with full-time jobs. You make date night and you have weekends, hopefully. Not [all] weekends, but some weekends. I’m really fortunate in that I get to do things that I love, so it doesn’t feel like work. I think if you’re doing some- sends flowers to stranger thing you love, it’s not a lot. You’re excited every day. “We haven’t been to a club together in a very, very long time, if oah Wyle sent flowers to a stranger who found his driver’s ever. We probably entertain more than we go out, to be hon- license. The ‘Falling Skies’ star, who married Sara Wells last est. I love just having a couple of people over for dinner. It’s N month, was very touched when a woman tracked down his easier for me. I don’t have to wear shoes. Everybody’s happy.” representatives and sent his license back to him after she found it on the street in New York City. The 43-year-old actor told PEOPLE magazine: “Seven days ago in New York City I lost my driver’s license on the street. Somebody found it, went on the Internet and tracked down my management company. In four hours I had it. How crazy is that?” He added: “I sent the woman flowers and a thank-you note.” The former ‘E.R.’ star recently returned from his honeymoon in Paris after marrying actress Sara, whom he started dating in 2011, in a secret ceremony at their ranch in Santa Barbara, California. And he said: “I just got married on June 7, so my wife and I went to Paris on our honeymoon, which was our first vacation together as a married couple. It was very romantic.” Noah was previously married to makeup artist Tracy Warbin, with whom he has son, Owen, 11, and daughter, Auden, eight, for nine years until October 2009. - Bangshowbiz

Heidi Klum worries about her kids’ health

he German model - who has kids Leni, 10, Henry, asked me about volunteering, I jumped in and have been eight, Johan, seven, and Lou, four, with ex-hus- working with them for 10 years. “Whenever I’m in New York, I T band Seal - thinks it’s important to make time in go into their giant kitchen and take orders; chop these 2,000 her schedule to cook nutritious meals for her fam- peppers, peel these 1,000 carrots. I’m part of a prep station in ily herself. She said: “I worry about my own chil- a group that delivers more than 1.2 million nutritious meals a dren and getting them good food for breakfast, lunch and year. “When I deliver meals to people, it cheers them up a bit - dinner.” The blonde beauty also puts her cooking skills to they are really excited. I try to put a smile on their faces.” good use by delivering meals to needy families via the charity God’s Love We Deliver. She told People magazine: “I’m a good cook and great at chopping, so when God’s Love We Deliver lifestyle SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

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Models present creations by Zuhair Murad. BEYONCE AND J-LO’S DESIGNERS CAP PARIS COUTURE

hey’re fashion newcomers - but already have star clients like Beyonce, Angelina Jolie, Kristen Stewart Tand Jennifer Lopez. Not bad for “up-and-coming” houses Ralph & Russo and Zuhair Murad - part of a new wave of business-minded couture designers - whose shows capped fall-winter 2014-15 shows Thursday. Here are the highlights of the end of couture week, including why Kate Winslet defends aging, and why couture can be cruel to models.

RALPH & RUSSO They’ve certainly hit the ground running. With the finesse of a heritage house, in only her second show, designer Tamara Ralph’s produced an archetypal couture display. Gowns in duchess satin, silk gazar, crepe and chif- fon sported hip-centric silhouettes - mostly sweeping the floor or cut to mid-calf. The show played it safe with crystal embellishments which were nothing new or inventive - but the 36-piece collection still packed a creative punch. There were a couple of 50s off-shoulder ball gowns in black and white gazar and tulle with stiff wire round the hem. It blew the ripples in the gowns’ skirt into giant abstract hoops. Elsewhere, asymmetrical gowns in sumptuous black and white silk twill had opposing directions of movement - and produced a kinetic energy. The outgoing French fashion federation president Didier Grumbach has said: “We expect savoir-faire, which is being lost, and Ralph & Russo have it.” With clients like Jolie and BeyoncÈ, it’s clear Grumbach is not the only one who thinks so.

HAUTE CRUELTY Haute couture is beautiful, but it can be cruel. 6 foot- plus models in plunging silk silhouettes often find it hard to walk properly, since the sumptuous yet unhuman lengths of fabric catch their heels. Guests were at the edge of their seats at Zuhair Murad’s show when several models tripped and nearly fell in front of the paparazzi. The silk chiffon and crepe that fluttered by strangled their ankles. At Ralph & Russo, one stumbling model had to kick out underneath her tulle dress for several moments to stop herself falling as the material got wrapped around her feet. But the worst example this week was from Jean Paul Gaultier. A model who opened his Wednesday show strug- gled in 6 inch-heels, falling down flat four times to gasps from the audience. Eventually she had to have the heels removed by an usher as she squirmed on the floor so she could descend from the catwalk.

ZUHAIR MURAD’S FUTURISM The Lebanese designer who dressed J-Lo produced a typically glam collection with sparking beadwork. This sea- son, elements of deco-futurism infused the cinched-waist- ed silhouettes (reminiscent of fellow Lebanese designer Elie Saab) in crepe, satin and Mikado. Rippled geometric lines appeared in strapless hourglass ball-gowns in gazar. Flashes of skin and skin-colored tulle provided obligatory sexiness. Some of the futurist details, like “white moon” embroidery, came in streaks of fabric at times lacked sub- tlety. But subtlety is not what the red carpet is all about.

KATE WINSLET CHAMPIONS AGING Oscar-winner Kate Winslet flew into Paris for a party Wednesday night to celebrate makeup line Lancome’s Nouvelle Vague project. The curvy 38-year-old Winslet - Lancome’s ambassador - has been praised throughout her career for sending out a natural image of feminine beauty. “(Lancome) don’t try and suggest that aging is a bad thing, you know, and I’m so grateful for that,” she told The Associated Press, looking radiant in a figure-hugging soft blue-purple gown with strong shoulders and slits. “We live in a world now where young women are so familiar with hearing people say, ‘Well, your skin’s good now darling but wait until you’re thirty...’ Aging so far is really fun,” she added.

DIOR JEWELLRY AS ARCHITECTURE, BOUCHERON TRAVELS THE WORLD The fine jewelry world’s annual dazzling collections are unveiled on the last day of haute couture fall-winter shows each year. Dior’s sparkling collection at 30 avenue Montaigne Thursday cleverly reinterpreted and transposed into jewelry designs original dresses from the late Christian Dior himself. Miniature mannequins lined the walls in gowns that date from the late 1940s - and next to them the 21 one-of-a-kind pieces they inspired. Using the four pri- mary jewels - white diamond, blue sapphire, red ruby and green emerald - Dior designer Victoire de Castellane reimagined iconic designs such as the architectural Bar Jacket as a bracelet in white gold and orangy-pink spinels. The most expensive piece was priced at up to 2.3 million euro ($3.13 million). Not far away, in the Place Vendome, iconic jewelers Boucheron also celebrated their heritage. But this time they went on a voyage, tracing the 150-year path of the Boucheron family’s historic links across Russia, China, Japan, Iran and India. One section, inspired by the jewels Boucheron made for Russia’s Romanovs - family of the czars - included a beautiful curved white gold necklace with white diamonds to represent the Moscow snow. They too were extravagantly priced - with one necklace at 2.8 million euros ($3.81 million). — AP

Models present creations for Ralph & Russo during the 2014/2015 Haute Couture Fall-Winter collection fashion show on July 10, 2014 in Paris. — AP/AFP photos lifestyle SUNDAY, JULY 13, 2014

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Models wear creations as part of the Giorgio Armani Prive Fall Winter 2014-15 Haute Couture fashion collection, presented in Paris. — AP/AFP photos Pink, Hudson, Leto make Armani a celebrity circus

ashion is the playground for the rich and famous. But CHANEL’S BAROQUE MIRROR ON THE WALL Tuesday saw Giorgio Armani outdo even this old maxim “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?” Fin his celebrity-circus of a couture show. On the front seemed to be the message at Chanel’s icy-cold fall-winter row, a shimmying Kate Hudson mingled with Jared Leto, show. Models with glacial, spiky fringes walked slowly up to a Sophia Loren pouted sultrily, Pink tapped her foot and Juliette gilded, baroque mirror beneath a burning fire showcasing 70 Binoche caught up with fellow actress Chloe Grace Moretz. pale, often white, creations. Glimmering baroque embroi- Ushers even had to link arms in a human wall when the show deries in silver and gold gave a wintry sparkle to the models, ended to protect the myriad stars from the masses and deliver who seemed consumed by frosted vanity in an imaginary them to the safety of backstage. It’s not often that Karl palace. The palace in question, said Karl Lagerfeld, was Lagerfeld is outdone in the Hollywood stakes - but his front- Versailles. And though the mirror on the wall conjured up row shows that he’s focusing his attention on couture-hungry images of Snow White, the designer said it was in fact based Asia. Here are the highlights from Day 3 of the haute couture on reality: a design by famed French architect Le Corbusier, fall-winter 2014-15 collections, with show reports for Giorgio who mixed Baroque styles with Modernism. “The show’s Armani Prive, Chanel, Stephane Rolland and Bouchra Jarrar. called ‘Le Corbusier goes to Versailles.’ I liked the idea of baroque elements and modern touches,” said Lagerfeld. ARMANI PRIVE PLAYS WITH DOTS Embroideries that mirrored the square geometry of Overlays through a palette of red, white and black defined Modernism and the density of Le Corbusier’s concrete archi- Armani’s fall-winter aesthetic. And the result was a rare intel- tecture mixed with ornate baroque patterns, strong shoulders, lectual show from the Italian master of safe classicism. cycling shorts and flat sandals. Unsurprisingly, the collection Quilted-effect ruffled capes mixed with (rather unseasonal) was hard to pin down and perhaps overly eclectic. But there shorts alongside curved-shouldered pant suits with exagger- were some great sections, like the final series of clean white ated tubular sleeves. This began a play in proportion. Armani cone dresses in neoprene mixed the expansive volumes of segmented the clothes, producing jacket sleeves that went 18th century crinoline with futuristic fabric. high and appeared separate from the torso. This silhouette then fluffed out into some voluminous net clouds dresses fit LAGERFELD KNOWS WHICH SIDE HIS for Lady Gaga. But the crescendo came at the end, in overlays BREAD IS BUTTERED: ASIA of polka dots, chenille embroidery and billowing tulle veils There’s been a growth of haute couture clients from Asia in that played cleverly with differing depths. Models with black recent years - credited with the craft’s recent renaissance. For tulle dresses sported meters of netted veil, pockmarked with proof, look no further than the Chanel show’s front row. It cel- red dots - creating the illusion of a galactic constellation of ebrated the world’s largest continent, lined left to right with varying density. The body became blurred as the dress took myriad Asian celebrities and clients. From Korea, singer CL and over. Giorgio Armani is proving quite the Paris couture hot- actress Ryeo-Won Jung. From Taiwan actress Gwei Lun-Mei. ticket. One Japanese fashionista who had badly sprained her And from China, actress Zhou Xun. Bewildered ushers held ankle made the show thanks only to her resourcefulness: She tightly onto cheat-sheets complete with the VIPs’ photos, out was seen with her foot bandaged with an astronomically- of fear they wouldn’t recognize a major Asian star. And who priced Hermes silk scarf. says fashion doesn’t mirror global politics?

FASHION AS FILM Fashion and cinema often go hand in hand. “Great Gatsby” director Baz Luhrmann - whose films are famed for their bur- lesque use of costume - attended the Chanel show. Tuesday also saw designer Stephane Rolland forgo a catwalk display in favor of a 10-minute “fashion film,” projected in a cinema to showcase his latest designs. Rolland’s movie, in which a hand- some suited man chases after an elusive fashion victim in myr- iad satin dresses and an occasionally exposed bust, was well put-together. But some critics complained that they could nei- ther get a sense of the collection as a whole nor properly see the clothes. Fashion film is a new genre of movie making that follows from design houses making longer-length adverts for their products - like Nicole Kidman’s three-minute film for Chanel No. 5 perfume, or Charlize Theron’s “J’Adore” Dior per- fume advert. Several fashion film festivals have sprouted up in recent years, including American fashion blogger Diane Pernet’s ASVOFF festival and the Berlin Fashion Film Festival that takes place this month.

BOUCHRA JARRAR’S READY-TO-COUTURE Lauded Moroccan-born designer Bouchra Jarrar’s show was unlike other couture show seen so far: The asymmetrical creations were ready to wear on the street. Sporty loose striped gray-green pants and jackets helped make couture features such as atelier Lesage embroidery, billowing feathers and luxuriant satin silks wearable. It’s a style you could call ready-to-couture. The first zippered tweed jackets played interestingly with form - a sleeveless asymmetrical one in bespoke Aurora Borealis tweed had rounded long front panels of contrasting lengths, and was cut short at the back. And there was a beautiful simplicity in a slim, bustier top that that was made entirely of ivory and black feathers. Some may how- Models present creations for fashion designer Bouchra ever lament the loss of her fluidly architectural, and more Jarrar. ostensibly couture, gowns. — AP Models present creations for Chanel. Beyonce and J-Lo’s designers cap Paris couture

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Art Aquarium

Goldfish and carps swim in a spherical water tank at an art aquarium exhibition in Tokyo yesterday. The summer exhibition, designed and produced by art producer Hidetomo Kimura, is held until September. — AP/AFP photos

Women wearing the summer Kimono, “Yukata” watch goldfish. Tommy Ramone, last of the Ramones, dies Back to reality for ommy Ramone, a co-founder of the seminal punk Jeff Hyman, died in 2001 of lymphatic cancer. Dee Dee Nicole Richie band the Ramones and the last surviving member of Ramone, whose real name is Douglas Colvin, died from a Tthe original group, has died, a business associate said drug overdose in 2002. Tommy Ramone was born Erdelyi Saturday. Dave Frey, who works for Ramones Productions Tamas in Budapest, Hungary. — AP in new TV show and Silent Partner Management, confirmed that he died on icole Richie is going back to reality. The former Friday. Frey didn’t have additional details. Ramone was 65. star of “The Simple Life” with her childhood Tommy Ramone, a drummer, co-founded the Ramones in bestie Paris Hilton headlines her own show 1974 in New York along with singer Joey Ramone, bassist N “Candidly Nicole” debuting July 17 on VH1. The eight Dee Dee Ramone and guitarist Johnny Ramone. All four 30-minute episodes are based on Richie’s AOL online band members had different last names, but took the com- web series of the same name. Richie created the show mon name Ramone. The band influenced a generation of and is an executive producer, calling the shots in a way rockers, and their hit songs “I Wanna Be Sedated,” and she never did during the five-year run of “The Simple “Blitzkrieg Bop,” among others, earned them an induction Life” early in the last decade or as a mentor on “Fashion into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. Clad in leather Star.” jackets and long black mops of hair, the group of motley “This is the most in control and empowered I have misfits started out in legendary New York clubs like CBGB ever felt in my entire career,” Richie told the summer TV and Max’s Kansas City, where they blasted their rapid-fire critics’ meeting on Friday. “Doing a web series for me, songs. Since its debut album in 1976, the band struggled was the best way to do this show. Doing it on the web for commercial success, but they left a formidable imprint was a very safe way to see if people are even interested. on the rock genre. Though they never had a Top 40 song, It turned out that people did (want to watch).” the Ramones influenced scores of followers, including The 32-year-old designer, who runs her House of bands such as Green Day and Nirvana. Even Bruce Harlow 1960 fashion line, includes her singer-father Springsteen was moved. After seeing the Ramones in Lionel Richie and her 15-year-old stepsister Sofia in the Asbury Park, New Jersey, Springsteen wrote “Hungry Heart” new project. “My dad is on the show because he’s des- for the band. His manager, however, swayed him to keep perate and a celebrity and cannot stay away from the the song for himself and it became a hit single. camera,” Richie deadpanned. Not appearing is her hus- The Ramones’ best-known songs reflected their twisted band, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, and their teen years in Queens: “Beat on the Brat,” “Now I Wanna Sniff young son and daughter.—AP Some Glue,” “Teenage Lobotomy,” “Sheena Is a Punk Rocker.” The Ramones disbanded in 1996 after a tour that followed their final studio album, “Adios Amigos.” A live farewell tour album, “We’re Outta Here!”, was released in 1997. Johnny Ramone, whose birth name was John Cummings, died in In this file photo, members of the Ramones, (from left to right) Dee Dee, Johnny, Tommy and Marky Ramone hold their 2004 of prostate cancer. Joey Ramone, whose real name is awards after being inducted at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony at New York’s Waldorf Astoria. — AP