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MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 RAMADAN 15, 1437 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Panel did not UK polls show Chile thrash Protests as Ramadan TImings recommend momentum for 7-0 tension at Emsak: 03:03 raising school ‘In’ after to reach Orlando Fajer: 03:13 Shrooq: 04:48 fees, says MP MP’s murder Copa semis funerals Dohr: 11:49 Asr: 15:23 Maghreb: 18:50 3 9 20 10 Eshaa: 20:22 Assembly passes budgets Min 30º Max 46º of eight new govt bodies High Tide 00:35 & 11:07 Low Tide MPs lash out at sports officials as they amend sports laws 05:33 & 18:48 40 PAGES NO: 16910 150 FILS

By B Izzak Ramadan Kareem KUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday, meeting in Gratitude: A lesson a special session, approved the 2016/2017 budgets and the final accounts of eight new government bodies and of holy Ramadan voted to approve government-sponsored amendments to sports laws to facilitate lifting of international sanc- By Teresa Lesher tions. MPs voted by 46 in favor with six against to a new sports law that allows the government to dissolve y the end of the day, when finally sit down to a sports federations and clubs for the sake of public inter- glass of cool and a few dates, I am over- est. It however gives these bodies the right to challenge Bcome with a sense of gratitude. I realize what a the dissolution in court. blessing food and water are. I realize that many people It also changes the voting to the single-vote system do not have access to clean water or nutritious food. I which allows members of clubs to elect only one realize that many people never feel the satisfaction I member in the board. The previous system allowed do at the end of a balanced and delicious meal. I members to vote for all the board members. Some become aware of how blessed I am, and as I take those MPs strongly criticized Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al- first sips and savor the first tastes, I am filled with grati- Sabah, chairman of the Olympic Council of and tude. Not only for the food and drink, but for the senior member of international sports organizations opportunity to express my devotion to God through and his younger brother Sheikh Talal, chairman of the fasting in daylight hours, just as He has asked me to Kuwait Olympic Committee, blaming them for causing do. I feel fortunate that I have been guided to an the suspension of Kuwaiti sports internationally. MP annual ritual that, despite the feelings of weakness I Abdullah Al-Turaiji asked until when the two brothers experience, strengthens me in every way - physically, will continue to control the Kuwaiti sports and won- mentally and spiritually. dered why the international ports bodies do not inter- Maryam, mother of Jesus, is a fine example of fere in other Gulf countries. someone grateful for God’s many blessings. The holy He called on the government to dissolve all sports Quran says that when Zachariah found food with her bodies in the country after the amendment. But a num- when he visited her, he asked where she got it from. ber of MPs warned that the amendments will likely Her response is quite interesting. Most people proba- bring more government control and interference in bly would have said, “The neighbor sent it to me” or “A KUWAIT: Minarets of three different mosques are pictured in Kuwait City. Mosques around Kuwait prepare sports and accordingly will not help lift the internation- caravan has just arrived from Yemen” or “I bought it to welcome worshippers for ‘Qiyam’ prayers that are performed during the last ten nights of Ramadan, start- al suspension. this morning from the farmers’ market.” Although any ing from Friday night. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Continued on Page 13 answer would satisfy the most curious person, it didn’t satisfy her. She was so devout and so wise that she could see beyond the obvious and the circumstantial - , Qatar clash she could see the Truth. So she answered, “This is from Dubai group buys majority Allah. Verily, Allah provides sustenance to whom He over Morsi-era wills, without limit.” (3:37) stake in Kuwait’s Americana We should respond as wisely as Maryam when espionage case asked about our blessings. The holy Quran says, DUBAI: Qatar and Egypt have renewed their ani- KUWAIT: A Dubai-based investor group led by Emaar percent of the company. Established in 1964, Americana, “Whatever good has come to you, it is from God” mosity, trading harshly-worded statements over the Properties chairman Mohamed Al-Abbar has agreed to or Kuwait Food Company, is the parent group that (4:79).So if someone asks you, I love your clothes! sentencing to death by a Cairo court of six people, purchase a majority stake in Kuwait’s top food company brought to the Middle East more than a dozen major food Where did you get them? You should realize that they including two Al-Jazeera employees, for allegedly Americana, the firm said yesterday. A binding agreement brands like Pizza Hut, KFC, Costa Coffee and TGI Friday’s. are from God. Or if someone remarks that you are so passing Egyptian documents related to national for the acquisition, estimated at $2.3 billion, was reached It owns more than 1,690 outlets and employs 63,000 security to Qatar and the -based TV network strong, you should acknowledge the source of all between Abbar’s Adeptio group and Al-Khair National workers in the Middle East and North region. It during the rule of President Mohammed Morsi. strength: “It’s from God!” Or if your kids ask, what’s for for Stocks and Real Estate, a statement on Kuwait’s Stock also has 17 factories in the region and abroad and pro- Relations between Egypt and Qatar have been dinner, the best response is “rice and chicken from Exchange said. duces a variety of food products. fraught with tension and suspicion since the ouster God.” That’s the outlook that Maryam had: apprecia- The new development comes three weeks after the Meanwhile, nutrition giant Americana’s shares by the military in 2013 of the Islamist Morsi, who tive, humble, insightful. Look around and start count- two sides announced that takeover negotiations had col- resumed trading yesterday after the company’s clarifica- enjoyed the support of the rich Gulf nation through- ing your blessings - from the food you expect to eat lapsed. Al-Khair said in its statement that negotiations tion about the sale deal between Kuwait’s Al-Khair and out his one year in office. Egypt claims that Qatar tonight, to the soft pillow on your bed, to the eyes that were reopened and the binding deal was signed on Dubai’s Adeptio. The company’s shares received offers endangers its national security by supporting are reading these words. If it’s good, it’s from God. Saturday to buy the stake for KD 2.65 ($8.8) per share. worth KD 2,200, but no offers and transactions were Islamist groups, including Morsi’s Muslim Continued on Page 13 Based on the latest official figures, Al-Khair holds a 66.8 made. Both companies will be notified by the Capital Brotherhood, which is now banned in Egypt and has percent stake in Americana’s 391 million stocks worth Markets Authority (CMA) about all necessary procedures been declared a terrorist group by the government. around $2.3 billion. Under Kuwaiti law, Adeptio must in order to complete the transaction, the statement Continued on Page 13 News make a similar offer to the holders of the remaining 33 added. — Agencies in brief Trump: US should seriously 2 workers killed in UAE consider profiling Muslims nuclear plant accident WASHINGTON: Donald Trump says the Trump says that in the age of interna- DUBAI: A state-owned newspaper has reported that two country should “seriously” consider profil- tional terrorism, it’s a matter of choosing workers have been killed while building the first nuclear ing Muslims in the as a ter- “common sense” over “political correct- power plant in the rorism-fighting tool. The presumptive ness.” He’s also proposed a temporary ban . Republican presidential nominee says oth- on foreign Muslims from entering the The National of Abu er countries use profiling and “it’s not the United States. Dhabi reported that the worst thing to do.” “You look at and you look at oth- workers were killed and In an interview with CBS’ “Face the ers, and they do it and they do it success- three others injured Nation,” Trump said, “I hate the concept of fully. And you know, I hate the concept of while working in a “man profiling, but we have to start using com- profiling, but we have to start using com- basket held by a crane” mon sense” and “look at it seriously.” mon sense,” he added. Trump has drawn on May 12 at the under- Profiling is the government practice of tar- criticism from many in his party for his construction Barakah The first nuclear reactor at geting people for investigation based fac- comments on American Muslims after the nuclear power plant in Barakah under construction. tors such as their race, religion or nationali- Orlando attack, in which a US born Muslim the UAE’s western desert. TEHRAN: A Boeing 747 of Iran’s national airline on the tarmac of Mehrabad ty. Civil libertarians have decried the prac- man killed 49 people at a gay nightclub. International Airport in Tehran. — AP It’s unclear why the deaths are being reported more than tice as discriminatory. Continued on Page 13 a month later. The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corp did not respond to a request for comment yesterday. The UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation issued a state- Iran inks deal to buy ment to The Associated Press saying that the incident occurred in a “non-nuclear related facility” at the site. 100 Boeing planes TEHRAN: Iran said yesterday it has Fakhrieh Kashan however said yesterday Qatar delays $200bn reached an agreement with American that he hoped the initial accord could be infrastructure works aerospace giant Boeing to purchase 100 completed within a month. He told the DOHA: A $200 billion infrastructure program launched aircraft to renew its ageing fleet, though Fars news agency that the deal would be by Qatar could see higher costs and delays because of the deal must still be approved by the US “the largest and most important con- the slump in oil prices, the government of the 2022 foot- government. The Islamic republic has tract” with the United States-barring mili- ball World Cup host warned yesterday. A study from the ordered about 200 planes from three tary deals-since before Iran’s 1979 Islamic Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics (MDPS) Western manufacturers since mid- Revolution. said that “continued volatility” on the oil market was like- January, when economic sanctions were A nuclear agreement in July with six ly to have consequences for the vast construction proj- lifted following a deal on Tehran’s nuclear world powers, including the US, has lift- ects underway in the Gulf state. The MDPS predicted program. ed some of the economic sanctions on that Doha will run budget deficits for at least three years Ali Abedzadeh, head of Iran’s civil avia- Iran in return for limits on the Islamic as it adjusts its energy-reliant economy to the fall in oil tion authority said in remarks published republic’s controversial atomic program. prices, which have dropped by more half since 2014. It by the daily Iran newspaper that an agree- Many of Iran’s ageing civil aviation fleet also confirmed that Qatar will for the first time introduce ment had been reached with Boeing for — 230 planes out of 250 according to a value-added tax in 2018, in the form of a five percent the purchase but said the deal was contin- Abedzadeh-are in desperate need of levy on certain goods that was agreed by Gulf PHOENIX, Arizona: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to a gent on US Treasury permission. replacement. Cooperation Council finance ministers this month. crowd of supporters during a campaign rally Saturday in Phoenix, Arizona. — AFP Deputy Transport Minister Asghar Continued on Page 13 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 LOCAL

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with President of the Islamic His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with President of the Islamic Supreme CouncilAmir of Iraq Ammar Al-Hakim. — Amiri receives Diwan and KUNA photos IraqiSupreme Council of Iraq Ammar Abdulaziz officialAl-Hakim and his accompanying delegation.

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Sabah. Later, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh success, wishing the Iraqi people more stability and His Highness the Crown Prince, National Assembly Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Hakim peace and progress for the world. The meeting was Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, and His Highness the yesterday President of the Islamic Supreme Council and his delegation. attended by His Highness the Crown Prince’s Diwan Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad of Iraq Ammar Al-Hakim and the accompanying del- Welcoming the guest, His Highness the Crown Head Sheikh Mubarak Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al- Al-Sabah. Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown egation. The meeting was attended by Deputy Prince hoped that efforts exerted by the Iraqi leader- Sabah and Iraq’s ambassador in Kuwait. Prince received Ghanem and His Highness Sheikh Minister of the Amiri Diwan Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al- ship to preserve Iraq’s unity and stability would be a Earlier yesterday, His Highness the Amir received Jaber Al-Mubarak. — KUNA

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (center) chairs the Cabinet’s weekly meeting yes- terday. — KUNA Cabinet approves sports development plan

KUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday approved a plan by details for the ongoing year, while drawing compar- the region in which the private sector leads develop- KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met on Sunday a youth affairs committee to further develop the isons to those of last year’s. ment and economic activity in order to raise living with Bahraini Ambassador to Kuwait Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa. sports scene in the country, a broad vision that aims At the onset of the meeting, the Cabinet looked standards and create new job opportunities. During the meeting, they discussed Kuwaiti-Bahraini relations and the latest to propel Kuwait into the upper echelons of the over a letter sent to His Highness the Amir by United The Cabinet also expressed thanks and appreci- regional and international developments. — KUNA sporting world. Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, which ation for the efforts exerted by the Ministry of In its customary weekly meeting at Seif Palace dealt with expediting the global climate deal. In Finance and the Kuwait Investment Authority in yesterday chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister his letter, the UN Secretary General urged nations to carrying out their own tasks and role in safeguard- Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the join the agreement in order to reap economic bene- ing and developing public money. Then, the Cabinet agreed to implement the sports develop- fits and stave off the effects of climate change. Cabinet discussed National Assembly Affairs and ment plan and has tasked the Public Authority for was briefed on the topics listed on the National Sports (PAS) and the General Secretariat of the Investments Assembly session agenda. Supreme Council for Planning and Development The Cabinet also reviewed the first annual report (SCPD), to take all necessary measures to bring all of the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority Terrorist act development projects to fruition. (KDIPA) in light of an explanation by Minister of The Cabinet condemned the recent terrorist act Meanwhile, the Cabinet reviewed a report by Commerce and Industry Dr Yusuf Mohamed Ali, con- which hit the city of Orlando in the United States, the youth affairs committee concerning violence taining the role and functions of the body to attract which left scores of innocent people killed or amongst youth in the country, which also includes and promote direct domestic and foreign invest- injured, stressing Kuwait’s firm position rejecting suggestions of a wide array of development proj- ment, as well as promoting the State of Kuwait as an such terrorist acts which are contrary to all religions ects that aim to showcase youth talent. The Cabinet investment hub. and human values and norms, expressing condo- has assigned the office of the Minister of State for Ali also spoke about investment opportunities lences to the families of the victims and speedy Youth Affairs along with other relevant parties, to with an added value, as well as achievements of the recovery for the wounded. implement these suggestions in efforts to stifle the authority during the period from January 1, 2015 to It reiterated its call for the international commu- rise of violence. March 31, 2016 and the total volume of incoming nity to embody global solidarity to fight terrorism In addition, the Cabinet listened to explanations investment, approved and unapproved investments. in all its forms and manifestations, stressing offered by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance The Cabinet was reassured about Kuwait’s strong Kuwait’s support for every effort aimed to confront and Acting Minister of Oil Anas Al-Saleh, national economy, especially regarding the ability to the scourge of terrorism. On the other hand, the Undersecretary of the Finance Ministry Khalifa attract foreign investment, and voiced satisfaction Cabinet expressed its full support for all measures Hamada and Managing Director of Kuwait with the success of the state’s policies aimed at eco- taken by the Kingdom of Bahrain aimed at combat- Investment Authority (KIA) Bader Al-Saad. The offi- nomic opening-up and restore the leading role of ing extremism and terrorism in all its forms and BEIRUT: A KRCS worker is pictured with Syrian refugees in the northern Lebanese cials briefed the Cabinet on the country’s financial the State of Kuwait economically and politically in manifestations. — KUNA district of Akkar. — KUNA

IRBIL: Members of the Kuwaiti Consulate in Irbil, Iraq and KRCS pose for a picture after distributing food parcels to refugee and displaced families. This file photo shows Kuwait Red Crescent Society workers distribute KRCS workers distribute aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon. KRCS offers relief aid to humanitarian aid to displaced families in Irbil, Iraq. — KUNA photos refugees in Lebanon, Iraq Kuwait’s humanitarian impact BEIRUT/IRBIL: Kuwait Red Crescent Society Abdullah Jumaa said that KRCS, in conjunction (KRCS) distributed yesterday around 300 iftar with the Lebanese Red Cross, handed out iftar on refugees praised globally (fast-breaking) meals to Syrian refugees in the meals to Syrian refugee families, in addition to northern Lebanese district of Akkar, the latest candies and school utensils to children. in a flow of humanitarian aid. KRCS official Moreover, Jumaa noted that such humani- KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait has offered robust and delivered a speech to the World Humanitarian that, Kuwait contributed $15 million to the tarian aid doled out by KRCS support to the relief effort for the refugees and the Summit in , Turkey. In his speech, His Agency in 2013 and launched an aid campaign would persist all year round, as internally-displaced people around the globe, a Highness the Amir said: “Kuwait has long been for Gaza Strip in 2014 in the wake of the Israeli he underscored Kuwait’s com- step earning global praise particularly at a time acclaimed for its deep belief in humanitarian val- aggression in July. mitment to humanitarian when the United Nations prepares for celebrating ues and helping hand for the needy people. In the aftermath of Iraq war in 2003, Kuwait causes. As part of an annual the World Refugee Day. “The total value of Kuwait’s contributions to the offered emergency relief for the internally-dis- tradition, KRCS kicked off last The Day has been marked on June 20th, ever relief effort in the last five years exceeded $2 bil- placed people; the aid continued to increase until week a humanitarian cam- since the UN General Assembly, on December lion, which made the country the world’s biggest it hit $200 million last year which made Kuwait paign to provide 30 thousand 4th 2000, adopted resolution 55/76. It coincides aid donor in terms of the ratio of aid to the coun- the biggest aid donor for Iraq. iftar meals to Syrian Syrians in this year with the 66th anniversary of the UN try’s GDP,” he pointed out. In the run-up to the Holy Month of Ramadan, all parts of Lebanon. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), created in 1950 in the Kuwait’s humanitarian role is shared by the last year KRCS distributed nearly 40,000 food Earlier yesterday, the aftermath of the Second World War, to help mil- government and civil society institutions such as parcels to the displaced families in Kurdistan Kuwaiti Consulate in Irbil dis- lions of Europeans who had fled or lost their Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and the region, north Iraq, while the Kuwaiti charities dis- tributed yesterday food parcels homes. Kuwait’s humanitarian policy is distin- International Islamic Charitable Organization tributed more than 12,000 food parcels shortly to some 400 refugee and dis- guished for its non-discrimination among aid (IICO). The Kuwaiti fund-raising agencies respond- before Ramadan this year. placed families in cooperation recipients because of their race, nationality, faith ed promptly to the needs of refugees and dis- As for Syria, Kuwait hosted three international with KRCS. General Consul of or political affiliations. placed people in countries that were hit by armed humanitarian pledging conferences, the first of Kuwait in Irbil Dr Omar Al- Since its independence, the country has been conflicts or natural disasters. which took place in January, 2013, when His Kandri said that Kuwait would known for its relief effort and this role became Their aid campaigns ranged between famine Highness the Amir donated $300 million. The sec- not hold back any efforts need- more crystal clear in the recent year which encour- relief, medical supplies, and educational, health ond conference in the following saw the Kuwaiti ed to aid and ease the suffering aged the United Nations in 2014 to honor His and housing services inside the refugee camps. aid pledges rising to $500 million and in the third, of Syrian refugees and dis- Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al- The following are examples, in part and in effect, held in March, 2015, Kuwait contributed addition- placed Iraqis. Kuwait delivered Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as Humanitarian Leader of Kuwait’s contributions to the relief efforts. al $500 million. The State of Kuwait was also pres- some 15,000 food parcels and Kuwait as center of humanitarian action. ent in fourth similar gathering titled ‘Supporting ahead of the Holy Month of Kuwait maintained its impressive presence at all Donations Syria and the Region Conference,’ in , last Ramadan. Iraq’s Kurdistan regional and international activities and forums For Palestine, His Highness the Amir February. His Highness the Amir announced addi- region is taking in around two relating to humanitarian action and alleviation of announced in January, 2009, a Kuwaiti donation tional aid of $300 million for the Syrian refugees million displaced and refugees the suffering of conflict-hit people. of $34 million to the humanitarian activities for over the coming three years. Regarding Yemen, since the threat of the so-called the Palestinian people in response to an appeal Kuwait contributed $100 million to the humani- Islamic State (IS) emerged in Humanitarian summit by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine tarian action in response to the raging conflict the area. — KUNA In May of 2016, His Highness the Amir took part Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Besides last year. — KUNA MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 LOCAL

Legalese Panel did not recommend In my view Starting your Combating terrorism raising school fees: MP is a global duty own business By A Saleh

KUWAIT: Chairman of the parlia- By Attorney Fajer Ahmed ment’s educational affairs committee MP Oudah Al-Rowaei stressed yester- s a young Kuwaiti myself (relatively young to be day that the committee had not rec- By Labeed Abdal honest), it is only normal that I have been sur- ommended any tuition fee increases rounded by other young Kuwaitis, especially A for private schools. Meanwhile, since I have been brought up and lived most of my life Minister of Education Dr Bader Al-Essa in Kuwait. issued a decision yesterday, officially I have watched my generation go through trends increasing fees collected by private and phases, trying to balance the interesting dynamics schools by three percent for the [email protected] of Kuwait with our multicultural population and our tra- school year 2016-2017 and by anoth- ditions, yet I can proudly say that my generation in the er three percent for the following year past few years has been extremely brave and talented ondemnation by Turkish President Recep Tayyip (2017-2018). The increases would be and has contributed to the progression of this country Erdogan over the recent explosion in Istanbul and the then be reconsidered and reviewed. and the region in so many ways. How? From F & B Cpromises he made to continue combating terrorism Essa also made a decision to allow chains that have franchises in the GCC (like Slider MP Oudah Al-Rowaei Minister of Education Dr Bader Al-Essa has become a duty of all countries around the world. grandchildren of retired or serving Station, Pick Yo, Luscious and many more) to magazines Erdogan described the attack as one against humanity and bedoons working for the army or the tion process. Responding to a ques- Salem University in Shadadiya. In this that are also leading in the GCC industry (Khaleejesque) stressed that there would be no tolerance for such attacks. He police to be accepted in public tion about scholarships, Essa denied regard, syndicate chairman Haitham to fashion designers, sportspeople, writers, innovators vowed to tirelessly fight terrorism all the way to the end, schools starting from 2016-2017. they were reduced this year, and Al-Hajri said that the decision was photographers and artists. The list goes on and on - which is a very hard choice to make at such a critical time In a different concern, Essa said the stressed that the numbers are still the shocking to all employees, especially what a creative generation! when friends are turning into foes and vice versa. delay in the Shadadiya university proj- same - 6,000 foreign and 4,000 local those who had supervised some of The government has fortunately realized how This terrorist attack killed seven policemen and four civil- ect was due to several changes and scholarships. In other news, Kuwait the construction works at the new important it is to have regulations that can assist young ians and injured 36 others, when a car bomb went off while a called for shifting the responsibility of University employees syndicate project and dreamt of working there. Kuwaitis and make the process of obtaining a commer- riot police bus was going past, which once more proves how the project to the Ministry of Public expressed criticized the ‘sudden deci- Hajri called for reconsidering the gov- cial license easier, lessening bureaucratic and legal hur- brainwashed the executors of such attacks are. The fact that Works (MPW), because the university sion’ in issuing the government uni- ernment universities bill while it was dles. So today not only do I want to answer common the attack was made on the second day of Ramadan proves did not have enough technical staff to versities law separating Kuwait still at the Cabinet and before submit- questions I get from SMEs, but also say that I am willing that terrorism can happen anytime and anywhere, because supervise and follow up the construc- University from the new Sabah Al- ting it to the parliament. to support SMEs in any way possible, because I believe the executors do not only go through ‘zero hour’ to kill them- they are a vital part of our economy. selves and other innocent people, but also have other goals greater than dying in small pieces. Minimum capital This calls for uniting world efforts to counter the destruc- Question: Is it true that the minimum capital for tion taking place in Syria, Iraq, UK, , Egypt, or here establishing a company has gone down to KD 1,000? in Kuwait last Ramadan by considering the message culprits And what exactly is minimum capital? may have wanted to convey by their crimes. The explosions in Fajer: Yes, it is true the minimum capital for start- Turkey that destroyed several university buildings, the ing a Limited Liability Company (WLL) is now KD Istanbul municipality headquarters and mosques that go back 1,000. As I have said before, I try to make my writing to the Ottoman era involve political competition. The age of as simple as possible because I want as many people information, the Internet and other such matrices call for com- as possible to understand the law. I believe in making prehensive international readiness and fully constructive the law easy. Once the amount is deposited in the cooperation instead of establishing more clubs, especially by bank, the amount will be frozen until you have countries that have accidentally or deliberately forgotten all obtained the commercial license. about the concepts of international equality and justice.

Steps needed Question: What are the steps that I need to carry out to obtain a commercial license? Crimes Fajer: The answer to this question depends on the report type of license, which also depends on the type of activity and the relationship you want to have with your ‘Homeless’ citizen arrested partners. But I will go ahead and describe the process KUWAIT: Responding to reports about a man and a dog sleep- for a Limited Liability Company. ing in the toilets of the beach near the Scientific Center in Salmiya, detectives rushed to the scene and found that the man 1. Ministry of Commerce and Industry. is a 41-year-old homeless citizen wanted for second degree You need to register at the department designated murder. The man was arrested and referred to the relevant for companies at the ministry. You will need a copy of authorities for further action. your civil ID, a paper from the Social Security Authority confirming that both of the partners work in the private Driver arrested for selling liquor sector, the lease contract, a receipt of rent payment and An Asian driver working for a female ruling family member a paper from the Public Authority of Civil Information was arrested with 77 bottles of homebrewed liquor hidden confirming the use of the space for commercial activi- Firefighters stand outside a building in Bneid Al-Gar where a fire was reported. in a vehicle owned by the ‘sheikha,’ said security sources. ties. You should also be able to obtain a paper from the Case papers indicate that a police patrol saw the vehicle department addressed to your bank so that you can driven in an unsteady course in Salmiya, and on asking the deposit the minimum capital. Different papers will also driver to pull over, he tried to force the patrol car off the be issued according to the activity that the company Maid pushed out road. However, on stopping the Asian driver and searching will undertake. the vehicle, policemen found the liquor and that the vehicle belonged to a sheikha. Security sources said Salmiya police 2. Copyright of the company name station received several calls requesting releasing the driver, You will need to reserve a commercial name for your of moving vehicle before they were told that he was carrying alcohol in the company that has not been used or is not in use by any vehicle. Separately, an Asian man was arrested when he was other company. This should be according to the com- Sponsor argued with maid on way back to office spotted walking around Fahaheel market while heavily mercial register guidelines. The name is then published drunk, said security sources. in the official gazette to confirm that no one else is By Hanan Al-Saadoun using the said name. No injuries in fires Women fight KUWAIT: An Asian woman was rushed to Hilali and Shuhada firefighters con- An Indian woman filed a case against a compatriot accusing her 3. Inspection Jahra Hospital with cuts and bruises on trolled a fire that broke out in an 11- of breaking her nose and front teeth during a fight in a The Municipality will come and check that the her body after she was pushed out of a storey building under construction in Rumaithiya street. A case was filed and the other woman is location complies with the Municipality’s health and moving vehicle, said security sources. Bneid Al-Gar, said security sources, not- being summoned for further investigations. safety regulations. The Fire Department will also carry Eyewitnesses said that the woman, who ing that the fire was on the third floor. out an inspection. works as a maid, had an argument with No injuries were reported. Separately, a Armed robbery her sponsor, who fought with her and vehicle caught fire in Maidan Hawally, A Filipino man reported that an armed robber stole KD 300 4. Memorandum of Association asked her to get into the vehicle to said security sources, noting that fire- A Memorandum of Association in simple terms is an and his mobile phone in Maidan Hawally, said security return her to the recruitment office. The men from Hawally rushed to the scene sources, noting that the man said that he had just with- official document that lays out the company’s relation- witness said that the sponsor pushed and managed to control the fire without ship with any third parties. It’s a very important docu- drawn the money from an ATM when someone dressed in a the maid out of the moving vehicle and any casualties. dishdasha and driving a vehicle stopped, assaulted him and ment and should be drafted with care, although in fled the scene. A case was filed and the Kuwait it is very common to “copy/paste” an MOU, and used a knife to threaten to harm him unless he handed over sponsor is being summoned for further Fines collected his wallet and mobile phone. A case was filed. this is because the Ministry of Commerce has a stan- investigations. The Ministry of Interior’s relations and dard draft. It has to be approved by the Ministry of security media department announced Commerce and it has to also be notarized by the Motorist injured Drunk woman caught that the decision to unblock traffic fines Drugs found with a citizen arrested Ministry of Justice. A citizen sustained various fractures and injuries when his vehi- A British woman was arrested in committed in 2015 and earlier would in Mubarak Al-Kabeer yesterday. cle collided into another along Gulf Road and then hit a con- Ahmadi for drinking, said security remain in effect during Ramadan, except crete barrier, said security sources. They noted that the man was 5. Commercial License sources, noting that on stopping her, those related to driving without driving service centers. “The total sum collected The commercial license is then issued and a mem- in one week (June 12-18) was KD rushed to Amiri Hospital for treatment, while the other driver the woman was extremely drunk and licenses for non-Kuwaitis, speeding and was unharmed. bership to the Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and had a plastic bottle with a yellowish liq- violations committed in 2016. The 1,225,895,” stressed the department, urg- Industry is issued, as well as registers at the Ministry of uid. A case was filed. department added that fines could be ing motorists involved in such violations Labor and Social Affairs. paid online at the ministry’s website, var- to make use of the grace period to adjust Murder threat The process can take as little as three weeks and up Drug dealer arrested ious traffic departments and at citizen their statuses. A female citizen called police reporting that she had to a few months depending on the circumstances. I A citizen was arrested in Mubarak Al- received a call from her ex-husband telling her that he was really hope that you get inspired to start your own com- Kabeer with half a kilogram of hashish Traffic campaign on his way to ‘kill her,’ said security sources, noting that pany, a company that will contribute to the Kuwaiti divided into small bars. He was in the Traffic police launched an inspection policemen were dispatched to the woman’s house in Salwa, society hopefully by resolving a social issue. We are process of selling the drugs to an under- campaign along the Second Ring Road, but the man did not show up. A case was filed and further blessed to have a supportive system in Kuwait and cover agent for KD 900. Damascus Street and the Arabian Gulf investigations are in progress. many young talents, so start with the ideas you have Road to track down reckless drivers, said and ask for the support around you. Body found security sources, noting that the cam- Domestic violence The corpse of a 29-year-old Indian paign resulted in arresting 23 for racing Another Kuwaiti woman called the police reporting that her For any legal questions or queries, email man was found hanging by a rope tied without permission and impounding brother was attacking her and that she had locked herself in her [email protected]. to the neck inside a bathroom at his 120 vehicles. room to escape his rage. Rushing to the house in Firdous, the sponsor’s house in Salwa, said security brother opened the front door, claiming that he was angry sources. A suicide investigation was Food safety because his sister always challenged and disobeyed his orders. Turtle trapped opened in the case. Farwaniya municipality inspectors A case was filed and both siblings were taken to the police sta- filed 11 citations including for selling tion pending further investigations. at plant’s basin Woman arrested for begging expired foodstuff, using unhealthy and Ahmadi detectives arrested a unclean places, violating health condi- Caravan stolen Jordanian woman and her minor daugh- tions in warehouses and hiring workers A citizen recently reported that someone stole a caravan he By Meshaal Al-Enezi This photo provided by the ter while begging at Reqqa Co-op before getting proper health certificates, had parked in his garden, said security sources, noting that Interior Ministry shows a sports while inspecting a number of Farwaniya KUWAIT: A turtle was found trapped inside a Shuaiba Plant Society, said security sources. They noted the man said that the janitor told him that while he was out car involved in an illegal race. co-ops, stores and foodstuff outlets. basin, a Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) official said that they are both dependents spon- of the house, someone driving an SUV towed the caravan yesterday. Arrangements were made with the Kuwait Dive sored by the girl’s father, who will be out of the garden and that he failed to jot down the vehicle’s Team to free the marine animal, said Fouad Al-Oun, summoned and legally held accountable license plate number. Assistant Undersecretary for Operating and Maintaining for allowing his wife and daughter to go out begging. Power and Water Plants. The incident did not affect produc- Officer insulted tion at the plant, Oun said. The official made reference to an Absconding maids detained A police colonel reported that he spotted someone driving in a incident that happened nearly ten years ago when a turtle suspicious way in Mansouriya and that on stopping him and was trapped at the same site, and later freed safely. Eight absconding Filipina maids were arrested in Hawally after a citizen showing his ID, the suspect made fun of him, pushed him and reported seeing his absconding maid in sped off. However, the colonel provided detectives with the Hawally, said security sources, noting suspect’s vehicle license plate number and a search is on. that the suspects used to provide pri- vate nursing and day-to-day house- Search for armed suspect maid services. A case was filed and the A search is on for an unidentified person in a car who had suspects were referred to relevant fired several shots at a citizen’s house in Saad Al-Abdullah, authorities. Separately, residency affairs said security sources. department detectives arrested 11 peo- ple in violation of residency laws in Smokers fined Jahra and Ardhiya industrial area, said Four people were recently fined by the environment police on security sources, noting that all those A Kuwait Municipality inspector checks the quality of meat during a cam- the spot for smoking inside a shopping mall, said security arrested were Asians. paign in Farwaniya. sources. — Al-Rai and Al-Anbaa 4 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 Sheikh Malek welcomes Ramadan well-wishers

KUWAIT: Sheikh Malek Al-Humoud Al-Faisal Al-Sabah received Ramadan well-wishers during a ‘Ghabqa’ he hosted at Hilton Al-Mangaf recently. A large number of citizens and residents attended the reception. — Photos by Joseph Shagra

15) After migration from Makkah to Madinah, how many years our Holy Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu ‘Alaihi Wa Sallam) live in the city of Madinah? Ten years 5 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

KUWAIT: Adnan Saad (fifth from left) poses with IAA and Crowne Plaza officials during the event. Tareq Al-Mezrem, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information (center) poses with other officials. IAA, Crowne Plaza hotel host Ghabqa

KUWAIT: The International Advertising Advertising agencies, PR companies, Chapter in IAA Leadership, and their participa- this evening, and encouraged all IAA member ated message from the owner company. Association (IAA) and Crowne Plaza hotel host- Consultancy firms , Market research companies tion in the Cannes Lions Festival and Dubai to renew their membership and to attend the Haykal in his speech thanked all for their sup- ed their annual ‘Ghabqa’ recently in Al-Baraka and Crowne Plaza guests. Lynx as a major achievement. Furthermore, she elections. Meanwhile, Haddad honored Sheikh port during his four years working in Crowne Grand Ballroom under the patronage of the Over 600 guests attended the event and announce the IAA world Congress that will be Faisal Al-Humoud, Tareq Al-Mezrem and Adnan Plaza, and then presented the new general Minister of Information and Minister of State were welcomed by Marwan Farah, IAA board held in October 2016 in Abu Dhabi. Al-Rashed for their support to IAA. The hon- manager of Crowne Plaza Antoine Flouty as for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Al-Humoud Al member, as he apologized on behalf of Walid The IAA Conference was conceived to con- ored guests expressed their happiness for par- the new manager of Althuraya City (Crowne Sabah. The event was attended by Sheikh Kanafani, the president of IAA Kuwait Chapter tribute to the much talked about challenges ticipating in the event, and encouraged all to Plaza and Holiday Inn Hotels). In the meantime, Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah, Governor for being unable to attend the event as he is for the marketing and communications indus- work as one hand and as a team to improve Shiekh Faisal thanked IAA and Crowne Plaza by of Farwaniya, Tareq Al-Mezrem, Undersecretary outside of the country. Iqbal Al-Haddad, Vice try in attracting the best and brightest young productivity in Kuwait. wishing all a Happy Ramadan, and wishing of the Ministry of Information, Adnan Al- President of the IAA Kuwait Chapter, extended men and women. Haddad encouraged the IAA also honored the former IAA presi- Rami Haikal all the best in his new post. He also Rashed, Honorary IAA President, Rami Haykal, her Ramadan wishes to everybody. Haddad audience to join the IAA Kuwait Chapter and dents, in addition to Rami Haikal for his hard thanked Arab Net and Vigore establishment for General Manager of Crowne Plaza and board furnished in a full presentation of the major reap the benefits of the organization. She also work during his presence with Crowne Plaza, their presentation. A generous raffle draw by member of IAA Kuwait Chapter. It was also IAA achievements and activities last year. She highlighted the new board elections set to as he will join intercontinental hotel in Abu Adnan Saad and Marwan Farah was also attended by top VIP officials from the Media, highlighted the participation of IAA Kuwait take place at Holiday Inn Salmiya at 9:30 pm Dhabi. Also, Hani Kafafi presented an appreci- among the highlights of the event.

Rami Haykal, General Manager of Crowne Plaza (left), Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malek Al-Sabah, Governor of Guests awarded during the event. Farwaniya (second left) and Tareq Al-Mezrem, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Information (third left) attend the event.

Adnan Al-Rashed, Honorary IAA President is pictured with some of the awarded guests. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 LOCAL

In Brief UN envoy meets News bulletin KSC divers retrieve Yemeni delegation in new look sunken boat KUWAIT: The UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail KUWAIT: The news of the Kuwait TV witnessed an KUWAIT: A diving team from Kuwait Science Club Ould Cheikh Ahmad on Saturday held talks with the overall revamp in terms of content and form as of (KSC) managed to retrieve a 22-feet long boat that delegation of the Yemeni government taking part in yesterday, said a senior official at Ministry of capsized near the fishermen’s Diwaniya at Al-Kut the Kuwait consultations, that has been in progress Information Saturday. This revamp is in line with marina on Saturday. Soon after being notified of the since April 21. The session discussed practical ideas the studio (160) which has been recently provided accident, the divers rushed to the scene and man- and proposals on the major issues of the coming with the state-of-art equipment, Mohammad bin aged to bring back the boat, said Mohammad Al- period and the mechanisms necessary to bridge dif- Naji, assistant undersecretary of the news sector Rashed, director of the KSC marine ecology depart- ferences over the political, humanitarian, and eco- and political programs at the ministry, added in a ment and head of the team, noting that the team was nomic aspects of the period. —KUNA statement. —KUNA able to control a petrol leak from the boat. —KUNA Photo of the day

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti parliament speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem takes a selfie with fans ahead of the start of a friendly indoors football match in Kuwait City on June 18, 2016. A friendly football match between two teams comprising of members of Kuwait’s Cabinet and Parliament takes place every year in Kuwait during Ramadan as a way to melt the ice between the two authorities. Practicing sports, including football has become an increasingly popular leisure time activity during Ramadan in Kuwait. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Zain shares joys of Girgeaan with Care Centers Young Voices ‘Kuwait is an amazing place’

By Athoob Al-Shuaibi

early a quarter of Kuwait’s entire population is under the age of 14 and yet with the Nexception of school assemblies, we never hear their voices. During Ramadan, Kuwait Times likes to publish a special series that engages with its readership in a more direct, personal way to learn their concerns, issues and viewpoints. This Ramadan, we will chat with some of our youngest readers about their lives in Kuwait, in an KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company Kuwaiti heritage, all year round and especially in the Holy municate and interact with the Kuwaiti community attempt to see the world through their eyes. What do in Kuwait, shared the joys of the blessings of the holy Month of Ramadan. through its extensive CSSR campaign. Zain’s Ramadan con- they see for the future of our beautiful country? What month and the tradition of Girgeaan with orphans, the eld- Zain’s team, consisting of staff and volunteers, partici- tributions included the distribution of essential food sup- would they improve and how would they change it? By erly, and people with special needs, by visiting the Ministry pated in distributing gifts and Girgeaan candy to care cen- plies (Machla boxes) to multiple charitable organizations listening to their future plans, stories, and experience in of Social Affairs and Labor’s Care Centers. The initiative ters in an atmosphere filled with joy and happiness. The based in Kuwait, the Iftar Halls initiative which provides Ramadan, we can remind ourselves and hopefully our came under the company’s extensive CSSR campaign dur- company believes the Holy Month of Ramadan is a special daily Iftar meals through two main halls, visiting children in readers of the ties that bind us all together as a species. ing the Holy Month of Ramadan. time of the year, and it is always keen on sharing the bless- hospitals, as well as organizing a special event for Al Amal These are the voice of Kuwait’s future and we invite Every Ramadan, Zain is keen to reach out to the many ings of this time with those who are less fortunate in the children with cancer. them to share their thoughts with us here. segments of the community, including orphaned children, community. Zain’s continuous participation with different Zain’s social and CSSR campaign during the Holy Month Alifa Iqbal is a 10-year-old girl who is passionate the elderly, and people with special needs to share the joy- segments of society is a testament to the company’s belief of Ramadan includes an extensive array of initiatives and about baking. She is creative in art and craft and ful blessings of the Holy Month with them. Zain believes in that improving the lives of communities in which it oper- programs that will focus on helping less fortunate people likes bicycling. “I am the importance of embracing the beautiful values of the ates is central to its overall activities. to enjoy Ramadan happily, as well as celebrating the true very friendly - I like Islamic religion as well as the noble traditions of the Ramadan presents a special occasion for Zain to com- spirit the Holy month brings. making new friends; I enjoy playing with babies; I love shop- Ahli United Bank launches charitable ping and travelling and exploring new places around the activities in collaboration with LoYAC world. My dream is to go on a world tour,” she stated. KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (AUB) butions on a continuous basis throughout menting its social responsibility approach by Bank’s approach mirrors its commitment Alifa is planning announced the launch of a number of social the year, especially throughout Ramadan, in direct participation and interaction, includ- towards the local Kuwaiti society, stressing to spend Ramadan engagement activities that are set to take an effort to reflect upon the Holy Month’s ing the help of volunteer work of employ- that the Bank will spare no effort to and Eid in Kuwait, then she might travel. In place throughout the Holy Month of values of mercy and spirituality.” ees, and not just with financial support strengthen their participation in the various August, she has a family wedding to attend. “I like Ramadan, in partnership with LoYAC “AUB continues to move towards imple- across a number of social initiatives.” The initiatives that are in the interest of society. Kuwait because I have my family here and I like Kuwait. The Bank’s latest initiative aims at Moreover, AUB said “We are proud with going to the variety of restaurants in Kuwait. I strengthening the bonds and compassion the collaboration between AUB and LoYAC. have a lot of Kuwaiti friends - they are really kind among society and spreading joy during These activities are only the initial results of to me. Kuwait is an amazing place - may Allah the Holy Month. this fruitful collaboration. We plan to bless it more,” she said. As part of its social program in Ramadan increase and diversify our activities in the Alifa likes to go to Kidzania, Aqua Park, Magic with LoYAC, the Bank has conducted visits near future and are hopeful that this new tie Planet and Cartoon Network World for fun. to the elderly in care centers across Kuwait up will extend to achieving its long term However, she believes that Kuwait could be a more with an objective of connecting with the objectives, of supporting the local Kuwaiti beautiful and better place if we plant more trees to elderly citizens, accommodating their society through partnership and coopera- make the country look greener and fresher. Fasting needs and sharing joyful moments. Other tion between financial institutions and the during Ramadan is something she began doing activities included AUB’s contribution to youth community who can provide mean- when she was younger. Her favorite thing about providing clothes and food for 10 needy ingful initiatives.” Ramadan is spending more time with her family, families at this time. LoYAC is a nonprofit organization and playing and fasting together. She also prefers to eat AUB is to reinforce its social engagement was established in 2002 as a positive initia- shrimps, Chinese food and fruit salads. activities throughout the Holy Month of tive that aims at encouraging positive In the holy month, she recalls the most recent Ramadan by visiting the members of the change amongst the youth as a proactive funny incident that happened on the first day of Down Syndrome Society and distributing response to violence around the world. Ramadan. “My youngest brother was eating an ice gifts as well as Girgean packs to around 80 The founding members of LoYAC recog- cream and I had a craving as well, so I rushed to the children. The Bank will also visit the Al- nized that youth can be led towards peace freezer and took one out and had a bite or two. Kharafi Special Needs Center where gifts by providing them with opportunities for Then I realized I was fasting and I ran to the sink to and Girgean packs will also be given to personal growth; experience the joy of rinse my mouth,” she said. If you would like your child to be interviewed for this around 50 special needs children. service and developing their professional special series, please email us at [email protected] AUB announced in a press release: “the skills to qualify and enable them to join Bank continues to increase its social contri- the workforce. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

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TARIN KOT, Afghanistan: In this photograph taken on April 28, 2016, Afghan police commander Seddiqullah, 30, (left) sits alongside his subordinates as he speaks during an interview at a checkpoint in the capital of southern Uruzgan province. —AFP Child sex slaves killing Afghan police Taleban send abused boys to attack checkpoints

TARIN KOT, Afghanistan: The Taleban are mujahideen brigade for such operations hard to stamp out. It appears sustained using child sex slaves to mount crippling - all grown men with beards,” a Taleban partly by the fact that access to women insider attacks on police in southern spokesman told AFP. The insurgents have is limited.” Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive long denied using children in combat, a Insider attacks by child slaves have practice of “bacha bazi” - pedophilic boy claim repeatedly debunked by rights also been reported in recent years from play - to infiltrate security ranks, multiple groups and the government. Survivors of neighboring Helmand and Kandahar officials and survivors of such assaults told insider attacks who spoke to AFP, includ- provinces, where bacha bazi is prevalent. AFP. The ancient custom is prevalent ing Matiullah, suggest the Taleban are But the tactic appears more deep rooted across Afghanistan, but nowhere does it exploiting the institutionalization of in Uruzgan, where the boys are widely seem as entrenched as in the province of bacha bazi in police ranks for military flaunted as a totem of affluence, with Uruzgan, where “bacha bereesh” - or boys gain. some officials openly displaying cell- without beards - widely become objects Practically all of Uruzgan’s 370 local phone images to AFP of their “handsome of lustful attraction for powerful police and national police checkpoints have bachas”. “Come see my beautiful bacha,” commanders. bachas - some up to four - who are ille- said Naqibullah, a police commander in The Taleban over nearly two years gally recruited not just for sexual com- Dehjawze village near Tarin Kot, boasting have used them to mount a wave of panionship but also to bear arms, multi- that he had been holding the teenager Trojan Horse attacks - at least six between ple officials said. Some policemen, they for two years. With a touch of kohl on his January and April alone - that have killed said, demand bachas like a perk of the eyes, and bleached blond curly hair pok- hundreds of policemen, according to job, refusing to join outposts where they ing out of his embroidered hat, the boy security and judicial officials in the are not available. Horrifying abuse at sat in a corner of the checkpoint sur- province. “The Taleban are sending boys - checkpoints makes the boys, many rounded by opium farms, quietly refilling beautiful boys, handsome boys - to pene- unpaid and unregistered, hungry for tea glasses for Naqibullah’s guests. trate checkpoints and kill, drug and poi- revenge and easy prey for Taleban son policemen,” said Ghulam Sakhi Rogh recruitment - often because there is no ‘Predatory Behavior’ Lewanai, who was Uruzgan’s police chief other escape from exploitative com- “Commanders prowl neighborhoods until he was removed in a security reshuf- manders. for young boys. We are scared of dress- fle in April amid worsening violence. Many who have tried to escape have ing up our children or buying new “They have figured out the biggest weak- been dragged back with trumped up clothes that will make them attractive,” ness of police forces - bacha bazi,” he told charges of Taleban links, two senior said Nader Khan, a tribal elder in AFP. provincial judges told AFP. Boys have Dehrawud. Khan’s 13-year-old nephew The assaults, signifying abuse of chil- also spurred a deadly rivalry between was taken captive earlier this year by dren by both parties in the conflict, have policemen, with officials reporting inci- Naqibullah, a local commander not relat- left authorities rattled, with one senior dents such as a public gunfight this year ed to the Dehjawze official, when his provincial official who echoed Rogh between two commanders in Gezab dis- family sent him to deliver bread for Lewanai’s view saying “it’s easier tackling trict as one of them angrily accused the policemen. He was released only after suicide bombers than bacha attackers”. other of “stealing” his bacha. “To restore angry tribal elders besieged the gover- The killings illustrate how bacha bazi is security in Uruzgan, we will first have to nor’s office in Tarin Kot. aggravating insecurity in Uruzgan, a separate policemen from their bachas,” Governor Mohammad Nazir Kharoti remote province which officials warn is one of the judges said. “But if they are told AFP he ordered Naqibullah’s arrest teetering on the brink of collapse, unrav- told to reform their ways, a common but he was released in less than a month eling hard-won gains by US, Australian reply is: ‘If you force me to abandon my because he was needed for combat and Dutch troops who fought there for boy lover, I will also abandon the check- duty. “It is difficult to implement the law years. “These bacha attacks have fuelled point’. The Taleban are not blind to 100 percent when we are faced with a deep mistrust within police ranks,” notice that this addiction is worse than war situation,” Kharoti said, without elab- Seddiqullah, a police commander at a opium.” orating on the case. Afghanistan’s interi- checkpoint near the provincial capital or ministry refused to confirm or deny Tarin Kot, told AFP. ‘Male Rape’ that bachas were being used in insur- The insurgents are using boys as hon- Bacha bazi, which the US State gent attacks, but said it was committed ey traps, said 21-year-old Matiullah, a Department has called a “culturally sanc- to police reforms and acknowledged policeman who was the only survivor tioned form of male rape”, peels away that “bacha bazi within the ranks of from an insider attack in Dehrawud dis- the masculine identity of boys in a socie- police is a serious crime”. trict in spring last year. He said the attack- ty where the sexes are tightly segregat- The practice has put the United States er was the checkpoint commander’s own ed. In conservative areas women are and its NATO allies, who have spent bil- sex slave, a teenager called Zabihullah. mostly invisible in public - and often lions of dollars to build Afghan forces, in Late one night, he went on a shooting unattainable due to steep bride prices. a precarious position. The US Congress spree, killing seven policemen including Bachas supplant the role of women, last year voiced concern over “predatory the commander as they slept. “He adopting a feminine gait and sometimes sexual behavior by Afghan soldiers and brought the Taleban inside and poked all wearing makeup and bells on their feet. police”, prompting watchdog agency the bodies with rifle butts to see if anyone Many in Uruzgan see bacha bazi nei- SIGAR to launch an investigation that is was alive. I pretended to be dead,” said ther as pedophilia nor homosexuality, still ongoing. The head of a government- Matiullah, who now works as a tailor, which is forbidden in Islam. If social affiliated agency in Uruzgan showed AFP pointing out a gash on his forehead. “As norms had a pecking order, violating two letters from the attorney general in his Taleban accomplices gathered our boys would be seen as far more ethical Kabul, one last year and another dated weapons and ammunition, Zabihullah than violating women. “Bacha bazi is January, ordering a separate probe into declared: ‘Everyone is dead’.” pervasive sexual slavery of children, sexual abuse and the illegal recruitment seen widely as a cultural practice and of child conscripts. “We haven’t been ‘Addiction’ to Boys not a crime,” Charu Lata Hogg, a director able to visit even one checkpoint to The Taleban, who banned bacha bazi at London-based charity Child Soldiers investigate,” he said, speaking in hushed during their 1996-2001 rule, roundly International, told AFP. “Since it is mostly whispers in his own office. “Do you think denied deploying any underage boys for practiced by those in positions of power police commanders will leave us alive if insider attacks. “We have a special - warlords, commanders, politicians - it is we probe their crimes?” —AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

Calais migrants turn to flimsy boats to cross Channel

LILLE, France: Thwarted at every turn in thousands of economic migrants and adapt their tactics. He said that while their efforts to reach Britain, migrants in refugees have crossed from Turkey to coastguards had intercepted several northern France have once again in overloaded boats SINCE , hun- boats, there was evidence that some changed tack, turning to flimsy dinghies dreds of them perishing in the process. were succeeding in crossing the treach- to carry them across the Channel. While France’s migrant crisis is tiny erous stretch of water. “We are realistic, Migrants in Calais have sneaked into compared to that faced by Greece or we know there have been other trucks or trains, and even tried to walk , the slum-like Calais camp of attempts, successful or not,” said Antona, through the undersea tunnel in increas- about 4,000 migrants desperate to reach citing “clues on English and French ingly risky - and sometimes deadly - Britain is a political hot potato on both beaches, like small boats or lifevests.” attempts to reach Britain. sides of the Channel. Many of the “When the weather is good you can see However tighter security has stymied migrants have relatives in Britain, or from the French coast and, these efforts and authorities have believe they will have a better chance of quite naively, one could imagine the reported about a dozen operations to finding employment there. crossing will be quick and easy but it is rescue migrants drifting in inflatable an absolute illusion,” he added. “It is one dinghies in the Channel since the start of ‘Nearly Impossible’ of the most dangerous seas in the the year. In 2015, there were none. The The migrants’ main tactic has been world.” High levels of traffic, strong cur- most recent rescue took place on June sneaking onto the back of trucks, initially rents and cold water mean chances of 11, when three Iranian migrants were when drivers stopped to rest and later surviving a crossing are flimsy. “The risk saved from their sinking vessel. Four by blocking roads and forcing their way of a boat not being seen by a large cargo CALAIS, France: This file photo taken on Feb 6, 2016 in northern France shows a days early, three other migrants were onto the vehicles. The crisis reached a ship and being run over are enormous,” boat that was used by four migrants in their failed attempt to cross the English rescued in similar circumstances. peak in July and August last year when said Antona. Channel between France and Great Britain. — AFP Pierre-Joachim Antona, spokesman hundreds tried to storm the Eurotunnel for the local French maritime authority, site on several consecutive nights to try Migrants Forced to Row smugglers were demanding “up to charity SNSM in Calais. However there said efforts to cross the Channel by boat cross the Channel. Security was stepped Both France and Britain have stepped 10,000 euros ($11,300)” for the crossing. were also professional smugglers using were “no longer extraordinary or isolat- up in response to the disturbances, how- up patrols and efforts on land to curb Antona said that the smuggler would larger, sturdier vessels that can carry up ed”. There have been rare cases in recent ever recent efforts to block traffic flared the trend. Patricio Martin, director of the provide a small boat, sometimes with to 20 people, he said. In May, 18 years of migrants drowning while trying again last month. At least 26 people border police in northern France, said a lifejackets and a telephone to call for Albanian migrants were rescued from a to swim across the narrow sea, and an have been killed attempting to reach surveillance system had been set up help if needed. “These are very fragile rigid-hulled inflatable boat when the Afghan once built a raft with a bed sheet Britain since June 2015. along the coastline to “intercept smug- vessels, completely unsuited for this boat started to take on water. Two in a failed effort to drift to England. But Antona said it had become “nearly gling networks even before the migrants kind of crossing. Some don’t even have British smugglers who were also on the phenomenon is now a “real and last- impossible” for migrants to make it take to the sea”. A police source, speak- engines and the migrants have to row,” board were charged over the attempt- ing trend”, said Antona. Hundreds of through the tunnel, forcing them to ing on condition of anonymity, said that said Bernard Barron, head of sea rescue ed crossing.—AFP Albania’s broken men fear horrors will be forgotten Former inmates alarmed as Spac prison crumbles

SPAC, Albania: Buried in the mountains of northern Albania are crumbling buildings and an old copper mine where political prisoners were once forced to work to exhaustion and even death. The doors and window frames of the infamous Spac prison have rotted away and signs above the doorways have faded. But the Displaced Iraqis from the embattled city of Fallujah cook at a camp where they are nightmares never ended for former inmates taking shelter, some 18 km from Ramadi on Saturday. — AFP who as young men were labeled enemies of Albania’s communist dictatorship and punished there with years of hard labor. Iraqi camps overwhelmed As the prison falls into ruin, some of them fear that the thousands who suffered there will be forgotten, and they are campaigning as residents flee Fallujah to have the site turned into a museum and to have May 21 declared a national day of BAGHDAD: Iraqi government-run camps humanitarian disaster unfolding on our remembrance for those who suffered under struggled yesterday to shelter people flee- watch,” the aid group’s country director communism. “This is a symbol of communist ing Fallujah, as the military battled Islamic Nasr Muflahi said. hell. It must not be lost and forgotten,” said State militants in the city’s northern dis- Bilal Kola, the head of the prisoners’ institute tricts. Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi ‘We Just Want Our Men’ which is leading the campaign. declared victory over the jihadists on Friday Iraq’s cash-strapped government has One former inmate, 75-year-old Hysen after troops reached the city center, follow- struggled to meet basic needs for more Haxhiaj, hope help might come from the West ing a four-week US-backed assault. But than 3.4 million people across Iraq dis- to preserve this site of suffering where the shooting, suicide bombs and mortar placed by conflict, appealing for interna- regime broke its opponents - real and falsely attacks continue. More than 82,000 civilians tional funding and relying on local religious accused - as the tiny country descended into have evacuated Fallujah, an hour’s drive networks for support. Yet unlike other bat- In this May 21, 2016 photo, Hysen Haxhiaj talks to other former political prisoners as they gath- isolation and paranoia over nearly five west of Baghdad, since the campaign tles, where many civilians sought refuge in er at the notorious labor camp of Spac in northern Albania. —AP decades. “We’re hoping Germany or the began and up to 25,000 more are likely on nearby cities or the capital, people fleeing United States can help us turn this place into a the move, the United Nations said. Fallujah have been barred from entering ed three days. The country’s red-and-black come out in minus 10 degrees Celsius.” museum. Forget about our government,” said Yet camps are already overflowing with Baghdad, just 60 km away, and aid officials national flag, without the communist red-star, Haxhiaj had a young daughter when he was Haxhiaj, a stocky, silver-haired 75-year-old, escapees who trekked several kilometres note a lack of community mobilization. was raised over the prison. Police cut off water imprisoned. He divorced his wife to try and who served 13 of 15 years of hard labor at Spac. past Islamic State snipers and minefields in Many Iraqis consider Fallujah an irre- and food and the inmates were easily crushed. spare his family reprisals that were commonly As a young man, Haxhiaj joined a tiny book sweltering heat to find there was not even deemable bulwark of Sunni Muslim mili- Four alleged rebel leaders were executed and carried out against the relatives of political pris- club in his hometown of Durres in western shade. “People have run and walked for tancy and regard anyone still there when 1,700 years of jail times was added for 100 oth- oners. Alone at Spac, he tried to take his life, Albania. Their group of seven friends discussed days. They left Fallujah with nothing,” said the assault began as an Islamic State sup- ers. Forty-three years later, visitors at Spac climbing a barbed wire perimeter fence and novels and poetry, but some of the books had Lise Grande, UN Humanitarian Coordinator porter. A bastion of the Sunni insurgency prison were keen to tell their story, many over- hoping to be shot by guards. A fellow inmate apparently been banned as being pro-Western for Iraq. “They have nothing and they need against US forces following the 2003 inva- come with anger or breaking down in tears as stopped him. Between 1976 and 1990, he or too pro-Soviet. Though communist, Albania everything.” sion, it was seen as a launchpad for bomb- they gave their accounts: worked at three hard labor camps. After his had split with other Communist countries. The The exodus, which is likely to be many ings in Baghdad. The participation of Shiite release, he re-married his wife. “I left our daugh- club was spied on, denounced for “anti-state times larger if an assault on the northern militias in the battle alongside the army Inmates’ Nightmares ter at two years old and found her at 17.” agitation,” and its members were jailed for a Islamic State stronghold of Mosul goes raised fears of sectarian killings, and the Zenel Drangu from near the northern town minimum of 10 years. ahead as planned later this year, has taken authorities have made arrests related to of Shkodra was jailed for 16 years after fleeing Fading History the government and humanitarian groups allegations that militiamen executed for three days to neighboring Yugoslavia. He Some 43,000 Albanians were imprisoned, Ruthless Regime off guard. With attention focused for dozens of fleeing Sunni men. visited his former cell at Spac. “In this room 54 sent to internment camps or executed during Albania was ruled for more than four months on Mosul, Prime Minister Haider Al- Formal government forces are screening people slept in three-tier bunk beds. The mat- the Communist rule which lasted from 1944 decades after World War II by Stalinist dictator Abadi said in May that the army would pri- men to prevent Islamic State militants from tresses and pillows were made out of hay.” until 1990, according to Albania’s Institute for Enver Hoxha, with state repression steadily oritize Fallujah, the first Iraqi city seized by disguising themselves as civilians to slip out • Pajtim Lamaj, 62 from southern Vlora, the Integration of Former Political Prisoners. growing as Albania split from other Communist the militants in early 2014. of Fallujah. Thousands have been freed and served 15 years. Nine of his cousins were The Hoxha regime had 50 prisons and intern- countries - similar to the course taken by North He ordered measures on Saturday to scores referred to the courts, but many oth- imprisoned for a total of 143 years and two of ment camps; 5,577 men and 450 women were Korea. Religion was banned, so was leaving the help escapees and 10 new camps will soon ers remain unaccounted for, security them executed. Drangu kept him alive, giving executed; about 1,000 died in jail; 17,900 were country. Criticism of the regime, even in private go up, but the government does not even sources told Reuters. At a camp in Amiriyat him water, when a section of the copper mine imprisoned with 914,000 jail years and only conversation, could destroy a person’s life with have a handle on the number of displaced Fallujah on Thursday, Fatima Khalifa said she collapsed and they were cut off for three days. about 2,700 of them are still alive now; more a hefty jail sentence. Cut off from the world, the people, many of whom are stranded out in had not heard from her husband and their “I can’t believe I am alive today,” he said. than 30,000 were sent to internment camps. country relied heavily on forced labor to build the open or packed several families to a 19-year-old son since they were taken from • Bajram Dervishi from central Berat, served Twenty-five years after the regime collapsed infrastructure and service its mines. tent. One site hosting around 1,800 people a nearby town two weeks earlier. “We don’t 28 years. He said inmates were forced to meet in chaos, nearly half the country’s 3 million Abuses at Spac and other labor camps were has only one latrine, according to the know where they are or where they were quotas of digging copper ore. “In an eight-hour population has no or little memory of life in first exposed in the mid-1980s by Amnesty Norwegian Refugee Council. “We implore taken,” she said. “We don’t want rice or cook- shift every man had to fill seven wagons with one of the world’s most isolated countries. The International , which documented accounts of the Iraqi government to take charge of this ing oil, we just want our men.” — Reuters copper pyrite.” Failure to comply, he said, would ambassadors of Germany and the United States beatings, solitary confinement and desperate lead to prison isolation, beatings or torture: have visited Spac, and in 2009, the Albanian conditions described by a handful of former Freshly boiled eggs placed under people’s government in 2009 listed it as a national mon- inmates who managed to escape the country. armpits or electric shocks to their genitals. ument. That’s all it did. The New York-based Angry Assange starts fifth The truth turned out to be far worse. In late • Dush Martini, 65, from Shkodra, served 11 World Monument Fund has described Spac May, Haxhiaj and other former inmates traveled years in Spac and remembers the extreme con- Prison as being “in an extremely advanced state year cooped in embassy north along 13 km of dirt road to Spac to mark ditions prisoners were subjected to. “Imagine of deterioration,” considering it as one of 50 the anniversary of a prisoner uprising. working in over 40 degrees Celsius 2,500 most endangered monuments worldwide in The revolt started on May 21, 1973 and last- LONDON: WikiLeaks founder Julian New York, Quito, Paris and Sarajevo. Listed meters deep into the mountain and then to 2016. —AP Assange started his fifth year camped out participants in yesterday’s anniversary in the Ecuadoran embassy in London yes- events included Patti Smith, Brian Eno, PJ terday, an occasion his supporters were to Harvey, Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis, set to elect first female mayor mark with events celebrating whistleblow- Ai Weiwei, Vivienne Westwood, Michael ers. Supporters said they were planning to Moore and Ken Loach. stage songs, speeches and readings in sev- ROME: Voters in the Italian capital headed to the Five Star which has emerged as the best-supported eral cities worldwide. Assange was due to Loach, Jarre in Freedom Call polls yesterday with all signs indicating that they opposition to the centre-left Democratic Party speak to his followers on a live video Croatian philosopher Srecko Horvat, an will elect Virginia Raggi as the first female mayor of (PD)-led coalition of Renzi, and the stakes are stream from inside the embassy. event organizer, said: “We live in a critical the Eternal City. Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer and extremely high for a movement that was only The 44-year-old is wanted for question- time. We are gathering all around the local councilor, has leapt from anonymity to founded in 2009. With the ebullient Renzi’s star ing over a 2010 rape allegation in world on June 19 to speak out for Julian, become one of the best-known faces in Italian poli- waning slightly, success in Rome could provide a but has been inside Ecuador’s UK mission because he has spoken out for all of us.” tics in the space of only a few months on the cam- platform for a tilt at national power in general elec- for four full years in a bid to avoid extradi- Veteran leftist filmmaker Loach said: “He paign trail. The telegenic brunette, whose victory tions due in 2018. The PD also faces defeat in Italy’s tion. The anti-secrecy campaigner, who should be able to leave his place of safety would be a blow for Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, is financial capital and a tough challenge in denies the allegation, walked into the without fear of deportation or being hand- the rising star of the populist Five Star movement Turin. “We are witnessing a historic moment,” embassy of his own free will on June 18, ed over to those who intend him harm.” In (M5S), the anti-establishment party founded by Raggi said after the June 5 first round of voting, 2012, with Britain on the brink of sending a video message, French composer Jean comedian Beppe Grillo. when she emerged with 35 percent of the vote, him to Stockholm, and has not left since. Michel Jarre said: “We have to question the More than nine million voters are eligible to well ahead of her nearest rival Roberto Giachetti His lawyers say he is angry that Swedish power in place, to improve it. This is why take part in yesterday’s second round election in with 24 percent. It was a particularly remarkable prosecutors are still maintaining the has to be freed right away.” 126 communes, including Rome, Milan, Naples, achievement for a party with a very limited orga- European arrest warrant against him. A hero to supporters and a dangerous Turin and Bologna. “It’s a very special day for us, we nizational apparatus and also for a woman who The Australian former computer hacker egocentric to detractors, Assange found- finally have the chance to have somebody new only entered politics five years ago. fears that from Sweden he could be extra- ed WikiLeaks in 2006 and has been por- who can change things,” Aldo, a 72-year-old pen- She told AFP recently that the move was trig- dited to the United States over WikiLeaks’ trayed in two movies in recent years. sioner, told AFP shortly after casting his ballot for gered by the birth of her son Matteo and her deter- release of 500,000 secret military files, and Assange has compared living inside the the Five Star movement at a primary school in a mination that he should not grow up in a city beset could face a long prison sentence there. embassy - which has no garden but is in district of Rome. “All the others have failed, we by the intertwined problems of failing public serv- WikiLeaks said events were planned for London’s plush Knightsbridge district, hope that they will succeed,” he added. ices and endemic corruption. Opposition to Italy’s , Belgrade, Berlin, Brussels, Buenos near Harrods department store - to life on Turnout at 1000 GMT was just under 15 percent, ingrained cronyism and sleaze is the foundation of Aires, , Milan, Montevideo, Naples, a space station. —AFP slightly lower than the first round figure of almost M5S’s appeal to voters and the Roman electorate Virginia Raggi 16 percent. Polls close at 2100 GMT. All eyes are on have had their fill of those in recent years.—AFP INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 Brexit: How fell out of love with the EU SCHENGEN, Luxembourg: When the ceil- recent survey by the US-based Pew ing fell in recently at the European Museum Research Center showed a sharp dip in in the tiny Luxembourg village of favorable views of the EU among Schengen, the local mayor was quick to Europeans, with a huge 17-point drop to 38 deny that there was any wider symbolism. percent in France over a single year. Ben Homan blamed the accident on shod- Europeans are “not any longer passion- dy workmen who used the wrong type of ate or in love with the European dream”, fasteners in the museum, which celebrates with its benefits largely now taken for the birthplace of the cherished 26-country granted, Janis Emmanouilidis, director of Schengen passport-free zone. But just as studies at Brussels-based think tank the museum remains under repair, the European Policy Centre, told AFP. “Over the dreams on which the European Union was past six or seven years the EU has been run- founded seem to defy any quick fix, with ning from one crisis to another - things are the bloc itself seemingly more unloved not getting better, they’re getting worse.” than at any time in its history. The migrant crisis has had a huge impact, Britain could be headed towards voting with many countries suspending Schengen to leave the EU in a referendum on June 23, border-free movement as leaders failed to while the future of the Schengen zone itself agree how to share the burden of a million- is threatened by the biggest migration cri- plus refugees. sis since World War II. “We need to get these The economy remains in dire straits with visions and these dreams back, and to go massive youth unemployment across back to doing what we can together,” southern Europe and the Greek debt crisis Homan tells AFP as he watches the flood- still threatening the eurozone while nations swollen River Moselle course past hills cov- bicker over the cost. More deeply, ered in vineyards. “When you are here, you Euroscepticism and populism are growing live out the Schengen accord every day across the continent. Brussels meanwhile is because if you move just 100 metres you increasingly accused of meddlesome can be in another country. Here we have bureaucracy and undermining national seen the whole region benefit from the sovereignty - and moreover of symbolizing accord.” the global elites who are in the crosshairs The picturesque village was chosen for of political protests around the world. the signing of the deal that would eventu- LONDON: A campaigner for ‘Vote Leave’, the official ‘Leave’ campaign organization, holds a placard during a rally for ‘Britain Stronger in Europe’, ally create the Schengen area in 1985 ‘Obsessed with Total Integration’ the official ‘Remain’ campaign group seeking to avoid Brexit, in Hyde Park yesterday. —AFP because it sits at the point where EU leaders have started acknowledging Luxembourg, France and Germany meet. that Europeans do not share their appetite Around 50,000 tourists a year from as far for the dream of “ever closer union”. Even afield as Asia now come to visit this monu- European Commission President Jean- Britain’s rival EU campaigns ment to European unity, complete with the Claude Juncker, an arch federalist, admitted European Museum that opened in 2010. that citizens were “stepping away” from the European project because Brussels was resume after MP’s murder ‘One Crisis to Another’ “interfering in too many domains of their But Schengen is part of the wider private lives”. But increasingly Europeans are European project that has been shaken to rejecting any kind of idealism at all. “The its foundations in recent years. Support is European dream that is being dreamed, Polls show momentum for ‘In’ drying up for the utopian ideals that led to who is dreaming it? Even those who should the creation of the EU more than 60 years be defining it are becoming more realistic,” LONDON: The campaign to decide Britain’s economic position worse, I think it would make are now in the final week of the referendum ago from the ashes of post-war Europe. A said the EPC’s Emmanouilidis.—AFP membership of the European Union restarted it better,” he said in an interview with the same campaign and the swing back towards the sta- yesterday after a three-day hiatus following the newspaper. Both men praised Labour Party law- tus quo appears to be in full force,” Anthony killing of lawmaker Jo Cox, with Prime Minister maker Cox, an ardent supporter of EU member- Wells, a director with polling firm YouGov, said. warning Britons they faced an ship, who was shot and stabbed in the street in “existential choice” on Thursday. Campaigning her electoral district in northern England on ‘Disgusting and Vile’ activities ahead of the June 23 EU referendum Thursday. A 52-year-old man appeared in a The murder of Cox, a 41-year-old mother of resumed with two opinion polls showing the London magistrate’s court on Saturday, charged two young children, has shocked Britain, elicit- ‘Remain’ camp recovering some momentum, with her murder. ed condolences from leaders around the world although the overall picture remained one of an ‘Leave’ campaigner , leader of the and raised questions about the tone of cam- evenly split electorate. UK Independence party (UKIP), appeared to indi- paigning. “I hope, because of the tragic death of With five days left until the ballot, the rival cate he thought Cox’s killing had had an adverse Jo, we can have a less divisive political debate in campaigns returned with a raft of interviews and effect on the ‘Out’ campaign. “It has an impact our country and particularly in the last few days articles in Sunday’s newspapers, covering the on the campaign for everybody,” he told ITV’s of this referendum,” finance minister George familiar immigration versus economy debate Peston on Sunday show when asked whether it Osborne, a leading ‘Remain’ campaigner, told that has defined the campaign so far. Cameron, would affect the referendum outcome. “We did Peston on Sunday. who leads the campaign to stay in the EU, urged have momentum until this terrible tragedy.” Immigration, one of the public’s chief con- voters to consider the economic impact that The only opinion poll carried out since the cerns ahead of the referendum, has proven to leaving the 28-member bloc would have. “We killing showed support for “In” at 45 percent be the most inflammatory issue in the cam- face an existential choice on Thursday,” he wrote ahead of “Out” on 42 percent - a reversal of the paign, tapping into fears that EU freedom of in the Sunday Telegraph. “So ask yourself: have I three-point lead that the pollster, Survation, movement threatens national security and really heard anything - anything at all - to con- showed for ‘Out’ in a poll conducted on pressures public services. But neither side vince me that leaving would be the best thing Wednesday. Two other polls published on showed signs of backing away from their criti- for the economic security of my family?” Saturday showed the ‘Remain’ campaign had cism of each other on the issue. Osborne called , a senior spokesman for the regained its lead over ‘Leave’, while another a poster unveiled last week by ‘Leave’ cam- rival ‘Leave’ campaign, said leaving would actual- showed the two camps running neck and neck. paigners showing a line of refugees under the ly improve Britain’s economic position. “I can’t But pollsters said most of these surveys were slogan ‘Breaking Point’ as “disgusting and vile” SCHENGEN: Mayor of Schengen Ben Homan poses for a photo next to the European foretell the future but I don’t believe that the act carried out before Thursday’s attack, and thus and reminiscent of literature used in the Monument for the Schengen Convention in this village on June 17, 2016. — AFP of leaving the European Union would make our did not reflect the full impact of the event. “We 1930s.—Reuters Referendum gamble will define Cameron’s legacy

LONDON: It’s often said that David James Hanning. “The golden rule is, shown surging sentiment in favor of a Cameron is a lucky politician who has never hold a referendum unless you’re British exit from the 28-nation EU - seemed to coast through politics on confident of winning it, and I think he known as Brexit. A majority of sup- instinct and charm during a career thought that the moderate voices porters of Cameron’s Conservative that has culminated in six years as would prevail by some distance. But Party said they would vote to quit the British prime minister. But now his that’s not the way the polls are sug- bloc in Thursday’s referendum. luck may be running out. In calling a gesting it’s going to go.” The referen- That’s bitter news for Cameron, referendum on Britain’s membership dum campaign has been unexpected- who called the referendum to punc- in the European Union, Cameron has ly bitter and divisive, and was brought ture growing support for the anti-EU made a gamble that could end his to a shocked halt when Labour law- UK Independence Party and placate career - and take his country out of an maker Jo Cox was shot and stabbed to the strongly Euroskeptic right wing of international alliance it joined more death in the street last week. The sus- the Conservatives. Victoria than 40 years ago. It would be a rare pected killer gave his name in court as Honeyman, a lecturer in British poli- but fateful miscalculation for a politi- “death to traitors, freedom for Britain”. tics at the University of Leeds, said cian who has a reputation for thriving Both sides suspended campaign- Cameron had seen EU battles poison under pressure and astutely judging ing until yesterday out of respect for the leaderships of former Tory leaders political risks. Cox, amid fears that the political fury John Major and William Hague and “I think he’s actually been pretty unleashed by the EU campaign was “feared a civil war in the Conservative stunned by the strength of the ‘leave’ somehow connected to the killing. Party”. She said the referendum was cause,” said Cameron biographer Before Cox died, opinion polls had about “defusing that time bomb” - but Cameron has “moved from having one ticking time bomb to having another The Brussels Years: The ticking time bomb.” When he promised the referen- making of Brexit Boris dum, in 2013, Cameron said it would “settle this European question in LONDON: Charming, scruffy and Brussels correspondent Sarah Helm British politics” once and for all. He with his perennial mop of blond complained she had been tasked to told voters he would forge a new deal hair, top Brexit campaigner and for- look for the kind of stories written between Britain and the EU that mer London mayor by Johnson when she was first post- would make remaining an attractive used to be a Brussels correspon- ed there in the mid-1990s. “At that prospect. At a Brussels summit in dent, penning stories that helped time learning about Euro-myths - February, he won changes to welfare foment euroscepticism at home. smaller condoms, square strawber- benefits that he said would reduce Johnson, 51, worked in the city ries, fishermen forced to wear hair- immigration and an exemption for between 1989 and 1994 - a time not nets - took up more time than Britain from the EU’s commitment to unlike the present when Britain’s explaining treaty changes,” she “ever-closer union” - a phrase that stirs difficult relationship with Brussels wrote. “The myths were usually fun- images of a European super-state in was at breaking point and the ny, often absurd, sometimes trace- some patriotic British hearts. Conservatives were deeply split on able to a grain of truth, nearly Europe. always grossly distorted, or totally Resistance He was hired by the right-- untrue. Very often they had first But many voters have proved ing Daily Telegraph newspaper and appeared in The Daily Telegraph. resistant to Cameron’s message that rose to become then prime minister Usually, their creator was Boris Britain is stronger, safer and more eco- Margaret Thatcher’s favorite writer, Johnson,” she wrote. nomically secure within the EU than it partly thanks to punchy articles that Some of his articles were influen- would be outside it. The concessions mocked Europe’s institutions. “He tial, such as one in 1992 under the he gained have been dismissed as pal- was beating stories up rather than headline “Delors Plan to Rule try by “leave” campaigners, who say making them up, exaggerating Europe” about proposals by then they will do little to limit immigration them,” said Christian Spillmann, an European Commission president from other EU nations because the AFP journalist who was in Brussels Jacques Delors to centralize power bloc guarantees free movement at the same time. Some of the more in Brussels. Johnson said the story among member states. It’s a subject absurd stories have been mantras was seized on by the “No” campaign that resonates with many voters, who for British eurosceptics for years and in the Danish referendum which have seen hundreds of thousands of have featured prominently in went against the Maastricht Treaty, people come to Britain over the past Johnson’s recent Brexit campaign signed earlier that year, which had decade from new EU members in east- speeches. Writing in the left-leaning also caused deep political rifts in ern Europe. (Hundreds of thousands of Guardian newspaper, former Britain.—AFP Britons also live in other EU countries, a less remarked-upon fact).—AP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 INTERNATIONAL Trump: ‘It would be helpful’ if Reps help him

LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump railed Saturday fundraising if Republicans don’t rally around vention. “Now you have a couple of guys not name were part of the movement oppos- crowds with amusement. against efforts by some frustrated him. Speaking at a theater at the Treasure that were badly defeated and they’re trying ing him. Neither Bush nor another former Trump mistakenly blamed the delays on Republicans planning a last-ditch effort to Island hotel on the Las Vegas strip, Trump to organize maybe like a little bit of a dele- rival, Sen Ted Cruz, has endorsed Trump. the Transportation Security Administration, try to thwart him from becoming the party’s referred to “an insurgent group” trying to gate revolt,” he said. “I thought they already which sometimes handles audience screen- nominee, threatening at one point to stop deny him delegates at the party’s July con- tried that.” Resistance ing but was not involved in screening at the Trump pushed back against such efforts Trump has continued to face resistance Treasure Island hotel. Casino security, metro several times during his speech, claiming they from Republicans who have voiced increasing police and the Secret Service were handling were somehow “illegal” and then dismissing concern over his inflammatory rhetoric. And those efforts at the Las Vegas event. “I’m not them as a media-generated fabrication. “It’s he appeared increasingly frustrated Saturday, happy about it, but I have to put up with it,” all made up by the press,” he said. “It’s a hoax, saying, “It would be helpful if the Republicans Trump told supporters after erroneously I’m telling you.” While Trump dismisses the could help us a little bit.” The billionaire busi- blaming the TSA. “They didn’t bring enough effort as invented, more Republicans in nessman also threatened that, if Republicans machines.” Congress are saying they will not attend the don’t come together, he was prepared to stop In a late afternoon rally in Phoenix, where party convention and are not endorsing his fundraising and go back to largely self-fund- temperatures reached 109 degrees, the candidacy. Meanwhile, a movement exists ing his campaign. “I’d love to do it,” said media-minded real estate developer bragged among some conservative delegates and Trump, who has been holding fundraisers about the number of magazines that have operatives to change party rules to allow a across the county this week largely benefiting placed him on their covers in recent months. different nominee, though it’s a longshot the Republican National Committee. “You “I feel like a supermodel, except like times 10,” effort lacking sufficient backing and a candi- know, life is like a two-way street.” A he said. “I’m a supermodel.” date to offer up at an alternative. Republican National Committee spokesman Trump has stepped up his criticism of Indeed, Trump wondered aloud who his did not immediately respond to a request for President Barack Obama in the wake of the opponents would pick as a replacement, a comment. Orlando nightclub shooting. In Las Vegas, he problem that has plagued the “Never Trump” Trump’s event drew several thousand peo- told supporters: “If you think Orlando was the movement for months. “Who are they going ple, but many seats remained empty when end of it with this weak attitude and this to pick? I beat everybody. But I don’t mean Trump began speaking because of security pathetic president we have, it wasn’t, folks.” beat - I beat the hell out of them,” he said. At screening delays. Even after he took the He also offered a warning: “You are going to one point in his speech, Trump asserted with- stage, the line of supporters circled the slot have problems the likes of which you’ve nev- PHOENIX: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a out offering evidence that former rival Jeb machines on the casino floor. Tourists carry- er seen unless Donald Trump becomes your rally on Saturday. —AP Bush and a second Republican whom he did ing beer and wearing bikinis watched the president.” —AP Tension at Orlando funerals with protesters, irate driver US Senate inches toward gun control votes

ORLANDO, Florida: Funerals for two of At the funeral of another victim, man murdered in Wyoming. for gun control legislation and Congress the 49 victims killed in the shooting at a Christopher Leinonen, at a church close The shooting in Orlando continued is expected to vote on proposals start- nightclub in Florida were marked by to the center of Orlando, a handful of to reverberate around the world. More ing next week, including one on stop- tense scenes on Saturday, as an impa- protesters from the Kansas-based anti- than a thousand people attended a ping people on terrorism watch lists tient driver was accused of injuring two gay Westboro Baptist Church stood candle-light vigil in Berlin to show soli- from buying guns. law enforcement officers and one burial silently for about 45 minutes. They were darity with the victims of the attack and Democrats, including President took place under the watch of anti-gay blocked from view of those attending their families. The Brandenburg Gate, Barack Obama, are framing gun restric- protesters. Two Osceola County Sheriff’s the funeral by about 200 counter-pro- long a symbol of division in the city, tions as a national security issue after deputies on motorcycles were injured testers, who cheered when the was lit up in rainbow colors, according Mateen professed loyalty to Islamist at the funeral procession for Jean Carlos Westboro members left. to pictures posted on Twitter under the militants. But authorities believe he was Mendez in Kissimmee, Florida, some 32 Members of the Orlando hashtag #berlinfororlando. “self-radicalized” and acted without any km south of Orlando, when a driver cut Shakespeare Theater used large “angel Authorities are still investigating direction from outside networks. through the cortege and struck them wings,” measuring 8 feet wide and what motivated Omar Mateen to kill 49 with her car, according to a statement reaching 3 feet over shoulder height, to people at the popular gay nightclub Troubled Past on the sheriff’s Facebook page. The block out the protesters. The wings, Pulse in the early hours of last Sunday, US Federal Bureau of Investigation deputies were taken to the hospital, made of white cloth and plastic piping perpetrating the deadliest mass shoot- agents on Friday questioned a member where both were in stable condition, by volunteers from the theater’s cos- ing in modern US history. Mateen was of the Florida mosque attended by NEW YORK: This file photo taken on June 7, 2016 shows Democratic presi- said the sheriff’s spokeswoman, Twis tume and set shops, first surfaced at the later killed in a shootout with police. Mateen, as new information surfaced dential candidate Hillary Clinton sharing a moment on stage with her hus- Lizasuain. 1998 funeral of Matthew Shepard, a gay The shooting has sparked a new push revealing the killer had exhibited chron- band, former US president Bill Clinton, during her primary night event at ic behavioral problems during his youth. Academic records obtained by the Duggal Greenhouse in Brooklyn Navy Yard. —AFP Reuters showing Mateen was frequent- ly suspended as a student added to a Clintons ‘over the moon’ disturbing portrait of the long-troubled gunman. Mateen, a 29-year-old private about birth of grandchild security guard, has been described by his first wife as an abusive, mentally dis- WASHINGTON: Hillary and Bill Clinton wel- Hillary Clinton has boasted about being turbed man with a violent temper. comed the birth of their second grandchild a grandmother as one of the achievements Others who knew him recalled Saturday, gushing that they are “over the of which she is most proud. “Until it hap- Mateen, a US citizen and Florida resident moon”. “We are overjoyed to be grandpar- pened to me, I just could not understand born in New York to Afghan immigrants, ents again with the arrival of our grandson, the impact,” she was quoted as saying at a as a quiet, socially awkward individual Aidan Clinton Mezvinsky, born on Saturday, campaign event earlier this month. “It is who kept largely to himself. The FBI has June 18, 2016,” the presumptive truly like falling in love all over again. There acknowledged interviewing Mateen in Democratic presidential nominee and her is nothing like it. “It’s transformational and 2013 and 2014 for suspected ties to husband, the former president, wrote in a until you did it, it is hard to know,” she Islamist militant groups but concluded statement. “We are all over the moon as added. “And it has for me been an absolute- he posed no threat. Still, evidence in the Chelsea and Marc welcome Charlotte’s little ly life-changing experience.” Orlando case points to a crime at least brother to the world and grateful for our Chelsea Clinton is the vice chair of the inspired by extremist ideology. many blessings,” they added. “Chelsea and Clinton Foundation, a non-profit organiza- Authorities have said Mateen Aidan are both doing well and enjoying tion founded by her father to address glob- paused a number of times during his this very special time together.” al health issues and other causes. She mar- three-hour siege at the Pulse nightclub Chelsea, 36, had announced via Twitter ried Mezvinsky, 38, in 2010. Both studied at to place cell phone calls to emergency a short time earlier that she and husband Stanford University. An investment banker, 911 dispatchers and to post Internet Marc Mezvinsky had become parents to a he is the son of two former Democratic messages professing support for vari- baby boy. “Marc and I are overwhelmed members of Congress. Hillary Clinton is not ous Islamist militant groups. US officials with gratitude and love as we celebrate the the only presidential candidate to have have said his second wife, Noor Salman, birth of our son,” she tweeted. The former welcomed a new grandchild on the cam- had known of his plans to carry out the PUERTO RICO: Accompanied by grieving family members, Luis Angel Candelario bids farewell to first daughter delivered at Lenox Hill paign trail. Ivanka Trump, the daughter of attack and a federal grand jury was con- his brother Angel Candelario Padro, a 28-year-old nurse and National Guard member, at his Hospital on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Clinton’s Republican rival Donald Trump, vened to decide whether to charge She gave birth to her first child, daughter gave birth to a third child in March. The graveside at the Guanica municipal cemetery on Saturday. —AFP Salman. —Reuters Charlotte Clinton Mezvinsky, in 2014. baby is Trump’s eighth grandchild. —AFP Obama touts environmental record Man charged with rape after on family outing to national parks receiving ‘gift’ of US teen NEW YORK: The authorities in Pennsylvania YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: US President Barack resources. For Obama, who has made the fight against George W. Bush and home to many endangered species. have charged a man with raping a teenage Obama and the first family celebrated America’s - climate change a priority of his two terms in office and Over the years, such presidential designations have girl with whom he fathered two children ished natural heritage Saturday during a weekend tour complains of systematic obstructionism by the often triggered conflicts because they end up prohibit- after receiving her as a “gift” from her par- marking the 100th anniversary of the nation’s vaunted Republican-controlled Congress, the law has been key to ing exploration and development of fossil fuels such as ents, US media said Saturday. Police arrested national park system. Obama, also using the occasion to circumventing his opponents on environmental issues. oil, natural gas and coal on the protected lands or in pro- Lee Kaplan, 51, in the town of Feasterville - tout his environmental record, is the first sitting presi- It allows the president to move swiftly to preserve tected waters. around 30 km northeast of Philadelphia -on dent since John F Kennedy in 1962 to visit California’s threatened areas, which can be transformed into nation- Some lawmakers question the legal foundation of Thursday on charges including statutory Yosemite National Park. Obama has made protecting al parks if Congress gives the go ahead. The Grand the Antiquities Act and what they see as a carte blanche nature areas one of the hallmarks of his presidency. Canyon, Death Valley and vast swathes of Alaska have for the president. These lawmakers complain of poor sexual assault and corruption of a minor, The Since 2009, he has set aside as protected areas more benefited from the law. Before Obama, 16 presidents management of federal lands and stymied economic Philadelphia Inquirer reported. than 265 million acres (100 million hectares) of public have used the measures. Only three, all of them development. They have tried in vain several times to The teen’s parents and her nine sisters lands and waters across the country, more than any of Republicans, did not do so: Richard Nixon, Ronald have the law erased. But the national park system also lived in Kaplan’s home. The 18-year-old his predecessors did. A large part of that involves a Reagan and George H W Bush. remains hugely popular in the United States. The 400- teen was the oldest among her siblings. marine sanctuary around islands and atolls in the Pacific. Before leaving office in January, Obama could sign odd parks received a record 305 million visitors last year. Child welfare authorities removed the In doing so, he relied on the Antiquities Act, a law off on other protection projects awaiting his signature, The system turns 100 on Aug 25. young mother, her two young daughters signed in 1906 by then president Theodore Roosevelt, a such as an expansion of the Papahanaumokuakea “We have more work to do to preserve our lands and and her nine sisters. The victim’s parents, fervent advocate of preserving the country’s natural marine reserve in Hawaii, declared a decade ago by culture and our history. We’re not done yet,” Obama said Daniel and Savilla Stoltzfus, gave her to in a speech against the spectacular backdrop of Kaplan four years ago in gratitude “for help- Yosemite Falls, the highest waterfall in the park. “For this ing (the) family out of financial ruin,” accord- centennial, we’re asking all Americans to find your park ing to criminal complaints. She was 14 years so everyone, including those from underserved commu- old at the time. Her two children are three nities, can experience these wonders.” years old and six months old. Lee Kaplan Her parents have also been arrested, The authorities said an anonymous ‘Spectacular!’ news reports said. They and Kaplan are being held on $1 million bail each. The phone call had tipped them off. Local On Friday ,the president and his family visited media identified the caller as Jen Betz, a Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, which Stoltzfuses told police they were going to lose their farm until Kaplan “comes along neighbor. She told television station WPVI features more than 100 caves, three of them open to the she had seen several young girls living in public. The Obamas visited the Big Room, a large cave and gives them money somehow,” Bucks the home all wearing blue dresses and chamber located 230 m underground and filled with sta- County District Attorney David Heckler told appearing afraid. “I just wasn’t gonna let lactites and stalagmites. It is also a sanctuary for hun- the Inquirer. The teen previously lived in an go,” Betz said. “I saw a couple girls last week dreds of thousands of bats. “Spectacular,” Obama said. Amish town in Lancaster, Pennsylvania with “How cool is this?”, he added as he turned to journalists, her parents and siblings before the family standing in the driveway. They just looked although the comment seemed aimed more at his was kicked out of the community for unhappy and sad and again in the blue teenage daughters, Malia and Sasha. unknown reasons, the authorities said. dresses, and I’ve been telling my husband Several hours later, after flying over waterfalls and Although Kaplan and the 18-year-old for years something isn’t right, something granite peaks, the first family traveled to Yosemite, were not married, they acted as husband isn’t right.” known for its giant redwood trees. At one point, he and and wife, officials said. The girls rarely went Suspicious neighbors had complained first lady Michelle stopped to chat with some kids at a outside, neighbors told local media. None of about the home three years ago, local tele- the children appears to have attended vision station CBS3 reported. “I really can’t YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, California: US President Barack Obama speaks by the park facility under bright, sunny skies and Mrs Obama asked them what they would do to scare away bears. As school and it was unclear if they had ever believe it, because I really thought it was Sentinel Bridge in the Yosemite Valley in front of the Yosemite Falls, which is the high- the kids started yelling, the president said: “Oh, I would been to a doctor. However, officials said they his own daughter,” another neighbor told est waterfall in the park on Saturday. —AP get out of here!” —AFP saw no visible signs of abuse or poor health. the station. —AFP

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 INTERNATIONAL

Refugees in tackle life in limbo through school

CISARUA, Indonesia: Mahboob Jafari had countries like Canada, , and volunteering “was like four years”. “No job, evolving. Abbas said one of his key co- the first step towards resettlement. barely seen the inside of a classroom, let the United States. nothing to do but play football,” Jafari, from founders was resettled to the United States It’s a milestone for any family in Cisarua, alone taught in one, before he arrived in Afghanistan’s persecuted Shiite Hazara minor- just a month ago, but remains in touch via but Samandri doesn’t want to dwell on the Indonesia as a refugee fleeing persecution in Starting from Zero ity, told AFP. “But this is an opportunity. Every email. In July, another student will depart for prospect of leaving behind her classroom. “It’s Afghanistan. The 19-year-old now teaches There are 13,745 refugees and asylum seek- refugee in here should use their time, with her family. Sony Samandri, a a great opportunity to show myself that I’m English at a pioneering school in the moun- ers registered with the Office of the United because they’re not going to get it back.” 13-year Hazara refugee from Afghanistan, is talented,” Samandri said, before handing out tains south of Jakarta, where refugees from Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in another who will eventually leave for good. platters of traditional food to celebrate the war-torn corners of the globe are banding Indonesia, including nearly 2,700 children of Tip of the Iceberg Her family has just received confirmation of occasion. “I just hope that this school will together to educate their children. Founded school age. Although technically refugee chil- Other refugee communities around their official refugee status from the UNHCR - always be here.” —AFP by refugees, for refugees, this unique initiative dren can attend Indonesian schools, very few Cisarua are independently setting up their is giving these children a chance to go to do, UNHCR senior protection officer Jeffrey own education programs, with four schools school while they wait years for resettlement Savage told AFP. Language barriers, a lack of now operating in the area. All are backed ini- to a new country. available spaces, registration problems and tially by a grant from a foreign charity, which “Years ago, when I came to Indonesia, I transport costs hinder enrolment. covers rent for a school building and other could not imagine that one day I would study The vast majority of refugee children in basic costs. But beyond that, everything falls in such a school like this one,” 14-year-old Ali Indonesia go without school for years. Some to the community. Parents pack lunches and Riad from Iraq told AFP at the Refugee are already far behind for their age, having maintain the school grounds, while volun- Learning Nest in Cisarua. “In the future I want spent a lifetime on the move. The pupils at teers prepare classes, manage finances and to be a doctor and help people.” The school, Learning Nest are from Afghanistan, Iran, oversee administrative issues. “We think which marked its one-year anniversary in , Iraq and . Abbas Hussaini, they’re absolutely fantastic, and we encour- March, has become a source of immense one of the school’s founders, said the stu- age more of this,” Savage told AFP. pride among the migrant community in hilly dents were divided by age and ability but The learning nest is already at capacity, Cisarua, once a key transit point on the largely some “had no education before they came Abbas said. Twelve students are on a waiting closed people-smuggling route to Australia. here”. “They started at zero, from the begin- list as the school seeks much-needed dona- Its 58 students study in four brightly- ning,” he told AFP, gesturing to a group of stu- tions for an additional classroom and learning painted classrooms, borrow books from a dents reciting the alphabet for their Afghan materials. There are still far more refugee chil- small library and play football at lunchtime teacher. dren at home than in schools. The at a basic pitch constructed by the par- For the teachers, volunteering helps allevi- International Organization for Migration ents. Nearly two dozen volunteers, all ate the anxiety and boredom rife in refugee (IOM), which assists refugees with housing refugees themselves, teach mathematics, transit towns like Cisarua. Once registered and other essential needs, applauded com- English, computer studies and art to stu- with the UN refugee agency, there’s little for munity-run initiatives but stressed they only dents age six to 18. As the children depart asylum seekers to do but wait, unable to work reached a handful of children in need. “The CISARUA, Indonesia: This picture taken on May 31, 2016 shows refugee in the afternoon, their parents arrive for or study. Jafari, who fled Afghanistan after his bigger picture is that there are thousands,” children attending a pioneering school in West Java in the mountains English classes - a top priority for families uncle was murdered by the Taliban, said the IOM project manager Paul Dillon told AFP. south of Jakarta, where refugees from war-torn corners of the globe are awaiting resettlement to new homes in four months he spent idle in Cisarua before By its nature, the situation is continually banding together to educate their children. —AFP

Bookseller contemplated suicide in detention : A Hong Kong bookseller ride and then confined to a small room whose disappearance sparked internation- for months while he was interrogated al concern said yesterday that he was so about the authors writing for the Mighty despondent during his detention by Current publishing company and the authorities in mainland China that he con- customers at its Causeway Bay sidered suicide. Lam Wing-kee told AP that Bookshop, which he managed. he thought about using his clothes to hang Lam’s story contradicted the version himself but couldn’t find a way to do it in of events given by his colleagues to the small room where he was kept under Chinese media and Hong Kong police, in constant watch for five months. Lam and which they said they traveled to the four other men who worked mainland voluntarily to aid for a Hong Kong publishing in investigations or confess company disappeared last to crimes. Lam said he was year, only to turn up months forced to sign a confession later in police custody on the admitting to illegally mail- mainland. ing books to mainland buy- The publisher specialized ers. Lam said his interroga- in gossipy books on China’s tors were particularly inter- communist leadership that ested in details about the were popular with Chinese writers behind two of the visitors to Hong Kong but company’s books. banned on the mainland. One was about a Their case raised concerns Lam Wing-kee Communist Party directive that Beijing is tightening its that urged officials to curb hold on the former British colony and the spread of ideas such as press freedom, undermining its considerable autonomy. judicial independence, civil rights, civil Hong Kong retains rule of law and civil society and the party’s historic mistakes. liberties such as freedom of speech It was based on a high-level internal circu- unseen on the mainland under its status lar leaked in 2013 that was seen as an as a special Chinese administrative attempt to attack Western democratic region that runs until 2047. ideals and crush dissent to protect the Lam, 60, returned to Hong Kong on party’s rule. The other book was about the NAHA, : Protesters hold placards that read “Our anger has reached its limit” during a protest rally against the presence of Tuesday, following three other col- purported love lives of President Xi US military bases on the southwestern island of Okinawa yesterday. —AP leagues who had done so earlier. But he Jinping and other Chinese leaders. went off the script written for him by the “At the later stage of interrogation, I was Chinese authorities and spoke out questioned about information of authors, Protesters rally against Thursday at a news conference, giving a whether I knew these authors, the source harrowing account of his ordeal, which of transcripts,” Lam said. “I was asked to unfolded when he paid a visit to the give detailed accounts. I didn’t know much neighboring mainland city of Shenzhen about the authors because I was there to US military on Okinawa in October. He was handcuffed and sell books. I could only tell them the limit- blindfolded, taken on a 13-hour train ed information I knew.” —AP Anger over GIs’ violent crimes

NAHA, Japan: Tens of thousands rallied Okinawa’s north coast. Okinawa’s gover- yesterday on the Japanese island of nor Takeshi Onaga, who attended the rally, US military fights to Okinawa to protest against the heavy US is among those opposing the relocation. military presence and violent crimes by Instead he and others want Marine Corps check crime stigma American personnel that have angered Air Station Futenma, which sits in the mid- residents for decades. Demonstrators, dle of a crowded city, moved off the island CHATAN, Japan: Crimes by US are visiting the outdoor mall - claimed by organizers to total 65,000, gath- altogether. But the anger of Onaga - who, troops based on the southern where shops, restaurants and ered in the prefectural capital Naha, infuri- like many on the main stage, wore black to Japanese island of Okinawa have bars have names like American ated with the United States after a former signify mourning - was aimed more furious- long angered residents, who for Depot, Garage House, Camp Marine employed as a civilian base worker ly at his own government than the US. “The decades have claimed the Market and Outlet J - during allegedly raped and murdered a young government... must understand that American military was out of con- evening hours, said Yoshie local woman in April. The case has intensi- Okinawa residents should not suffer any trol. Statistics do not suggest a Morota, who runs a souvenir fied longstanding opposition to the bases - more from the burden of the bases,” Onaga major problem with US military shop, though they still come dur- a key part of the US-Japan security alliance said. He has revoked approval for work on crime on the sub-tropical island. ing daytime. “The crime made my - on the subtropical southern outpost, a the facility, though Washington and Tokyo But the cases have fuelled persist- stomach turn,” Morota, 60, said of popular holiday destination for Japanese vow to push forward. ent irritation at the intrusive the rape and murder. “But it does- and increasingly for China and other Asian The idea of moving the base was American military presence on n’t mean that all the Americans countries. Okinawa hosts about 26,000 US sparked by the 1995 rape by three BANJARNEGARA, Indonesia: Villagers and search and rescue team mem- overcrowded Okinawa. are bad.” She said around 30 serv- troops, more than half the total American personnel of a 12-year-old girl. bers carry out the body of a landslide victim in Gumelem Kulon village ice personnel picked up litter at a Washington keeps in all of Japan. The The project was set to have been complet- yesterday. —AFP ‘Stomach Turn’ busy car parking area early demonstration was held at an athletics ed years ago but is still held up by local “The overwhelming majority Saturday at the complex and park under scorching heat. Police did not opposition and legal manoeuvring. “Japan of American service members are appeared to share a sense of grief have an immediate crowd estimate. is still a military colony of the United States,” law-abiding, upstanding mem- with local residents. It began with a moment of silence for said teacher Noboru Kitano, 59, standing at 35 dead in Indonesian bers of this shared community,” In May the US military 20-year-old Rina Shimabukuro, the murder an observation point overlooking the First Lieutenant George McArthur, imposed a 30-day period of victim, and a message from her father. “Why Futenma base, whose location is widely floods and landslides a Marine public affairs officer, told mourning, putting troops under my daughter, why was she killed?” said the seen as a danger to nearby residents. “This AFP in a written response to ques- curfew and banning the buying message, read on his behalf. “My thoughts base symbolizes that.” At the end of World BANJARNEGARA, Indonesia: Flash floods and people on the street. Nine bodies were tions. “There is not an Okinawan and consuming of alcohol off are the same as those of all the bereaved War II Okinawa was the site of a major bat- landslides in central Indonesia have killed at retrieved,” Sutopo said. and an American way to view hor- base. Last year criminal cases sus- families that have met with suffering up to tle between Japan and the US. A 27-year least 35 people and destroyed dozens of homes, In Banjarnegara, where six people were rific crimes - only one view, and pected to be linked to the US now.” One protester carried a banner read- American occupation of the island fol- an official said yesterday, as searchers scoured killed in an of mud, residents were that is that we are all repulsed, military represented just 0.8 per- ing, “Murderer Marines. Out of Okinawa”. lowed. High-profile crimes have sparked devastated villages for survivors. Dozens were bracing for the prospect of further floods. angry and grieving together.” cent of all cases in Okinawa, Others read, “Our anger is past its limit” and large-scale protest rallies before on also missing or injured following torrential rain Emergency crews were trying to clear roads of Troops have been instructed to according to figures from the “Pull out the Marines.” Chihiro Uchimura, 71, Okinawa. In 1995 tens of thousands rallied and widespread flooding on the main island of felled trees and rocks dumped by huge land- stay away from the venue of yes- prefectural government, remain- said she was filled with sadness at following the rape of the girl, prompting Java, where thousands of homes have been slides, an AFP journalist at the scene said. Heavy terday’s protest in the prefectural ing under one percent for the Shimabukuro’s death. “As long as there are Washington to pledge to reduce its foot- swamped. Areas prone to landslides across lifting equipment was being used in the hunt print on the island. densely-populated Central Java province have for survivors in Purworejo but access to sites capital of Naha out of respect “and third year in a row. US military bases this kind of incident will continue to happen,” she said. Rally organiz- Nearly 100,000 people joined a protest been worst hit, with drivers swept off roads and elsewhere was difficult, said Sutopo. Hundreds to prevent any possible conflict”, But critics say high-profile inci- ers in Okinawa said similar protests were in 2010 against the construction of the dozens of homes completely destroyed by fast- of rescuers were being forced to shift debris McArthur said. Most American dents are likely to keep happening held throughout the country. new base. US officials have grown increas- moving walls of mud, rock and water. with their bare hands in some areas. personnel approached by AFP as the actual number of troops ingly concerned that the behavior of its TV footage showed villagers sitting on Evacuation centers, equipped with tempo- were reluctant to speak about the coming to Okinawa is larger than ‘Military Colony’ troops on the island could jeopardize sup- rooftops to escape the rising water, their cars rary shelters and kitchens, have been erected statistics suggest, given they regu- situation. If they did, they stuck In Tokyo some 3,000 people gathered port among Japanese for the security rela- and homes submerged in brown water. “The near the disaster zones. Sutopo said late yester- mostly to talking points. “We’re larly rotate through and tend to outside parliament for a rally with some tionship. They have imposed restrictions number of casualties from floods and landslides day that much of the flooding had subsided but doing everything we can to sup- stay for a limited period. “In reality, signs reading “No base, no rape in including on off-base alcohol consump- in Central Java is 35 people dead, 25 people he warned people to stay on alert as heavy rains port the host nation,” said a serv- the number of perpetrators is Okinawa” and “Marines, go home”. tion after an intoxicated sailor injured two missing and 14 injured,” said disaster agency could continue into the next day. Landslides are iceman at an American-style off- huge,” said Suzuyo Takazato, a Hatsuko Aoki, one of the demonstrators, locals while driving this month. President spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. The worst- not uncommon in Indonesia, a vast tropical base shopping mall in the beach- female rights activist in Okinawa. shouted through a microphone: “It’s not Barack Obama received the equivalent of a hit area was Purworejo district on Java’s south archipelago prone to natural disasters and tor- side town of Chatan near the “Even if only one serviceman out just a problem for Okinawa. It is a prob- diplomatic tongue-lashing over the death coast, where 19 people were killed, he said. In rential downpours. Last month 15 students holi- sprawling Kadena Air Force Base of 100 commits a crime, it means lem for all of Japan.” Protesters also want of the 20-year-old rape victim from Prime one incident in the district, nine people died as daying at a popular tourist spot in western with his girlfriend. 10 out of 1,000, and 100 out of Washington and Tokyo to scrap plans to Minister Shinzo Abe during a visit to Japan they tried to clear rubble from a blocked road. Indonesia were killed when a landslide swept Since the murder fewer troops 10,000, do,” she added. —AFP move a major US Marine base in the cen- last month. Obama called it a tragedy and “Suddenly a huge landslide struck the cars and through their camp ground. —AFP ter of the island to pristine waters off expressed “deepest regrets”. —AFP NEWS MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

KARACHI: A Pakistani man prays near a table set with food before breaking his fast on a street in Karachi yesterday. —AFP Iran inks deal to buy 100 Boeing planes Trump: US should seriously consider... Continued from Page 1 ing a hostage crisis at the American embassy in Tehran. Continued from Page 1 Muslims entering the United States. He also has called for a Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the father of modern Iran, suspension of immigration from countries with “a proven Boeing has fallen behind the race to restock Iran dubbed the US the “Great Satan” and his successor Trump also reiterated his support for more scrutiny of history of terrorism”. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive because as an American company it has to obtain the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has kept Tehran mosques, saying that could resemble a controversial New Democratic nominee, has said the comments show Trump greenlight from the US Office of Foreign Assets Control on a stridently anti-American path. Despite allowing York City surveillance program that has been shut down. “If is unfit to be president. before completing any contracts with Iran. It has nuclear negotiations with Washington, Khamenei has you go to France right now, they’re doing it in France. In House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan endorsed requested final authorization for the sale, according to repeatedly warned of American and Western “infiltra- fact, in some instances they’re closing down mosques.” Trump but has said a Muslim ban is not in U.S. interests. In Abedzadeh. He said the contract’s reported value of tion” in the post-sanctions era. Police in France closed some mosques shortly after gun- excerpts of an NBC interview released on Friday, Ryan said $17 billion (15 billion euros) was not final and that Although the nuclear deal lifted most economic men aligned with Islamic State militants killed 130 people Republicans weighing whether to vote for Trump should more details will be provided after further negotia- sanctions, the US and the European Union have kept in Paris in a series of attacks on Nov 13. follow their “conscience.” Trump brushed off the criticism tions. Boeing confirmed on Wednesday that it was in up some measures due to Tehran’s support for groups The Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, expressed sup- yesterday and said he would put up his own money for his talks with Iranian airlines interested in buying its pas- such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, as well as its ballistic mis- port for Islamic State, but officials believe he was “self-radi- campaign if needed. “It would be nice if the Republicans senger planes. sile program. This means major international banks, calized”. Trump has drawn criticism from many in his stuck together,” Trump said in an ABC interview. “I can win, “We have been engaged in discussions with Iranian particularly in Europe, are still reluctant to do business Republican Party for calling for a temporary ban on one way or another.” — Agencies airlines approved by the (US government) about poten- with Iran for fear of punitive US measures. Iran in tial purchases of Boeing commercial passenger airplanes January reached a memorandum of understanding and services,” the company said in an email to AFP. In with European aircraft manufacturer Airbus for the Egypt, Qatar clash over Morsi-era... February, the American company was granted approval purchase of 118 planes. That agreement is also still Continued from Page 1 en, including Morsi, are in custody. Morsi, the top defen- from the US government to explore resuming sales to pending permission from the US Treasury, since more dant, and two of his aides were sentenced to 25 years in Iran after sanctions were partially lifted in January. than 10 percent of Airbus components are of Cairo also accuses the Doha-based Al-Jazeera network of prison for membership in the Brotherhood but were acquit- Iran and the US broke diplomatic ties in 1980 follow- American origin. — AFP bias in favor of the Brotherhood and other Islamist groups. ted of espionage, a capital offense. Morsi and his secretary, Saturday’s verdicts, which can be appealed, have further Amin el-Sirafy, each received an additional 15-year sentence enflamed tensions between the two countries. In a state- for leaking official documents. El-Sirafy’s daughter, Karima, Assembly passes budgets of eight new govt... ment on Qatar’s state news agency late Saturday, the was also sentenced to 15 years on the same charge. Foreign Ministry said the verdicts lacked a “proper sense of Egypt’s first freely elected leader, Morsi has already been Continued from Page 1 criticized the long delay in the project of the new gov- justice” and did not help in consolidating ties between the sentenced to death. That death sentence and another two - ernment university in Shadadiya area and blamed the two countries. life and 20 years in prison - are under appeal. Former Al- Minister of Information and Youth Sheikh Salman Al- administration for the delay. “The verdict is unfounded, goes against truth and con- Jazeera news producer Alaa Omar Mohammed and former Humoud Al-Sabah said the suspension of Kuwaiti sports MP Jamal Al-Omar said there is no justification for tains misleading claims,” said Ahmed Al-Rumaihi, who director of news Ibrahim Mohammed Hilal were sentenced to was orchestrated by some Kuwaiti sports officials whom the delay of the vital project which has already taken heads the information office at the Foreign Ministry. He said death in absentia along with Asmaa Al-Khateib, who worked he did not name. He said the government has tried hard eight years and is likely to miss its new date next year. the charge of espionage involving Qatar is both “surprising for Rasd, a media network widely suspected of links to the to convince the international sports governing authori- He said many fires have erupted in the construction site and unacceptable.” Egypt’s Foreign Ministry fired back, say- Brotherhood. Others sentenced to death include a documen- ties that the Kuwaiti government does not interfere in of the university and warned that the recently-signed ing the country’s judiciary was independent and profes- tary producer, an EgyptAir employee and an academic. The sports and on the contrary it provides generous aid to airport expansion project could experience the same sional. Spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid also said it was not sur- verdicts drew widespread criticism from rights groups, all federations and clubs. He said that the existing situa- fate since they have the same contractor. prising to see such comments from a government that had including Amnesty International, which described the out- tion in the Kuwaiti sports cannot continue, especially MP Yousef Al-Zalzalah said implementation in the “devoted resources and efforts over the past years to mobi- come as “appalling.” Al-Jazeera condemned the verdicts, that those who are leading the country’s sports are the new university is just above 40 percent and wondered lize its media mouthpieces to be hostile to the people of saying they were part of a “ruthless” campaign against free- ones who filed the complaint against Kuwait. what causes the delay when funds are available. He Egypt and its state and institutions.” dom of expression, and called on the international commu- He said the legislation will provide the solution to the said the delay is forcing the government to pay an addi- The case involved a total of 11 defendants, of whom sev- nity to show solidarity with the journalists. — AP problems of Kuwaiti sports and will lead to privatization, tional KD 50 million per year for internal scholarships. adding that those who want to control clubs should pay Education and Higher Education Minister Bader Al- from their pockets to establish such clubs. The minister Issa said the delays were caused by the large number Gratitude: A lesson of holy Ramadan said that the government should have the right to moni- of variation in orders, adding that the project should tor how its millions of dinars in aid are spent. be referred to the ministry of public works because the Continued from Page 1 of all your blessings. So great is our Lord, that he appreci- MPs also voted to approve the budgets of Public university does not have the technical staff to oversee ates our appreciation, saying, “If you give thanks, I will Manpower Authority, Public Authority for Applied the project. The minister said that the number of Gratitude is one of the lessons of Ramadan. The Quran surely give you more...” (14:7) Education and Training, Public Authority for the scholarships has not changed and is 6,000 for overseas says, “[God desires] that you complete the number [of Courtesy of the TIES Center, whose mission is to empow- Handicapped, Public Compensation Claims Authority, and 4,000 locally. MP Faisal Al-Duwaisan said there is a days required to fast], and that you extol God for His hav- er Kuwait’s expats through social and educational services Environment Public Authority, the Fire Department, political reason behind the delay as the government ing guided you aright, and that you render your thanks that promote a positive and productive role in society, and Kuwait University and Public Authority for Civil does not want thousands of students to gather in one [unto Him].” (285) Since gratitude is one of the goals of to facilitate opportunities for intra- and interfaith interac- Information. campus and be a focal point for political unrest like in fasting, this Ramadan and always, follow the example of tions that promote social solidarity. For more information, During the debate, a large number of MPs strongly other countries. Maryam, mother of Jesus, by acknowledging the source please call 25231015/6 or e-mail: [email protected]. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 ANALYSIS

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In focus Mounting pressure unlikely to sway Obama on Syria

By Andrew Beatty

xasperated US diplomats are in open revolt over Barack Obama’s Syria policy, but radical change is Eunlikely in the twilight of his presidency. More than 280,000 people have been killed. Millions more have fled their homes. A relentless drumbeat of cluster bombs, barrel bombs, chemical bombs, murder, rape and torture has turned swaths of Syria to dust. Humanitarian aid sometimes drips into the belea- guered cities, but when it does, President Bashar Al- Assad’s regime makes sure “punishment” bombings quickly follow. “The Assad regime’s actions defy all defini- tions of human decency,” said one US official. There are ominous signs the regime is moving to strangle food production. In Syria, “you think you’ve reached the bot- tom and then you hear a faint scratching from below,” Trump stuck on GOP’s California dream another official said. Through it all, the Obama administration has insisted By Michael R Blood Demographic shifts Simple arithmetic compete in California, but the campaign only Assad-and his Russian and Iranian sponsors-can end “Five months out, it’s political mal- Part of Trump’s challenge is simple effectively shut down in early autumn. the madness. But privately, even senior diplomats admit ob Dole thought he could win practice to rule out any possibility,” arithmetic. In California’s June 7 primary, McCain, the 2008 GOP nominee against that their inability to stop five years of butchery has chal- California with a “fishhook” strategy. Khachigian added. But a Republican win the billionaire businessman ran essentially Barack Obama, boasted about competing lenged their conscience. They say that whatever comes George W Bush came armed with in California “comes as close as anything unopposed, pulling in about 1.5 million in California, but he lost by 24 points. Mitt next, Syria will have left an indelible stain on their years B $15 million. John McCain was bullish, too. to an exception.” votes, or about 75 percent of the total. Ted Romney suffered a 23-point loss to Obama in public service. They all lost. The home turf of Richard Nixon and Cruz and John Kasich were still on the bal- in 2012. Aside from her registration advan- In a deliberately leaked memo, 51 serving US diplo- Donald Trump’s prediction that he can Ronald Reagan, California was once lot, though they earlier dropped out of the tage, Clinton also has a formidable get- mats have now said “enough,” insisting that Obama has a capture the biggest prize in the November Republican in presidential elections. But race. Analysists predict 14 million people out-the-vote operation. The campaign moral obligation to stop the carnage. To force Assad into presidential election, the state’s 55 elec- pronounced demographic shifts, particu- are likely to vote in November. made 2 million phone calls in the final real peace negotiations, they say the 44th president must toral votes, rubs up against a dismal history larly a boom in the Hispanic population, To win, Trump would need a heroic days before the state primary. Trump has launch airstrikes against the Syrian regime. Such a policy, for Republicans over a generation. The have transformed the state. The number of turnout from the state’s 4.9 million no comparable organization. An ener- they argue, could increase the cost of Assad’s intransi- names on the ballot have changed, but the Hispanics, blacks and Asian-Americans Republicans, while finding 2 million or gized Hispanic turnout is likely, favoring gence and perhaps stem the suffering. outcome has been the same - double-digit combined has outnumbered whites in more swing voters to get near a majority. Clinton, who also carried the state in the The White House has quickly signaled it is not ready wins for Democrats since 1992. California since 1998, and Latinos alone Indeed, some of those swing voters could 2008 Democratic presidential primary. to embark on such a 180 degree shift. “The president Here’s Trump’s challenge: Unite now outnumber the white population. be lurking in counties where Republican Republicans remain healthy in pockets has always been clear that he does not see a military Republicans while finding millions of new Most of the new voters are Democrats or candidates have outperformed the party’s of California, including parts of the vast solution to the crisis in Syria and that remains the case,” supporters in a state where Democrats independents who tend to vote like them. registration numbers. farm belt and the so-called Inland Empire White House spokeswoman Jennifer Friedman said in hold every statewide office and both cham- Trump is looking to expand his support But there are more than 8 million running east and north of . But response to the memo. bers of the Legislature. They also have a 3.1 at a time when he already faces challenges Democrats, and the state’s 4.2 million party registration overall has withered to The White House has stuck fast to a credo-borne from million edge in voters, a number equal to with Hispanics and women. That stems in independents - about 1 in 4 voters - tilt 27 percent of the state total, compared the folly of the Iraq war-that the United States should the population of Iowa. part from his promise to build a wall along Democratic. Trump’s state director, Tim with 45 percent for Democrats. not, indeed cannot, solve all the world’s crises. Above all In 1996, Dole was brimming with confi- the border with Mexico and his verbal Clark, emphasized that Trump’s support- Independents now outnumber Obama has tried to avoid entanglements in the Middle dence about his chances against then- attacks on US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, ers are strongly motivated in a year when Republicans in nearly two dozen of the East, defining US interests in Syria as part of a counterter- President Bill Clinton. Dole’s campaign who is hearing a lawsuit against Trump many voters are looking for candidates state’s 53 congressional districts. Former rorism effort to dismantle the Islamic State group. aimed to drive up vote margins in University. Trump also has criticized New from beyond Washington. As an outsider, Gov Pete Wilson, a Ted Cruz supporter That has left his Secretary of State John Kerry with an Republican-friendly communities down Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez, who heads Trump could appeal to a vast pool of dor- who now backs Trump, is the last unenviable-and probably impossible-task of negotiating the state’s interior spine, then up through the Republican Governors Association. mant voters soured on status quo poli- Republican to win a US Senate race in the an end to the broader crisis with little or no leverage. His coastal counties in the south, roughly in Richard Hoyt, a registered independent tics, Clark said. “Elections are won by state, in 1988. counterparts in Moscow or Damascus know Obama’s ret- the shape of a fishhook. Money and staff from Westminster, in Orange County, is the those who show up, and those who show He acknowledges the steep climb icence well, and have the upper hand on the ground, so poured in. Dole’s running mate, Jack kind of voter Trump needs to pull his way. up are those motivated by their candi- Trump faces, but said in an unpredictable see little incentive to deal. Kemp, had special credentials: He grew up But the 64-year-old retired engineer says date,” Clark added. political year Trump could make inroads in Los Angeles. It wasn’t even close. he’s leaning toward Clinton, in part with independents and voters wary of Morally vacuous, politically bankrupt’ Clinton ran up a 51-to-38 percent win. because of Trump’s statements about Curiel Hispanic turnout Clinton. At the minimum, he said Trump For years diplomat frustration with this perceived “Since 1996, the California electorate has and the judge’s family’s Mexican roots. The last significant push by a could win a tactical victory if he forces fool’s errand has been building. Frederic Hof, a for- swung even more to the left,” said Ken Hoyt said he would give Trump a Republican to win California was in 2000, Democrats to compete on their own mer Syria advisor resigned from the Obama adminis- Khachigian, a former chief speechwriter in “zero for his mannerisms” and added: “I when Bush was backed by $15 million, ground. Democrats “will have to respond tration in protest in 2012. Obama’s policy is “morally the Reagan White House who ran Dole’s can’t imagine how all of the sudden he’s then lost to Democrat Al Gore by 12 and they will have to spend time and vacuous and politically bankrupt” he said. It “cruelly campaign in the state. going to change.” points. In 2004, Bush’s campaign vowed to money here,” he said. — AP and gratuitously leaves innocent civilians at the mer- cy of a mass murderer.” Today, Assad’s regime and it’s Russian allies are running roughshod over a ceasefire that Kerry helped broker. Critics say it is increasingly difficult to Worrying ‘climate of xenophobia’ in Europe tell the difference between an imperfect ceasefire and no ceasefire at all. By Stephane Barbier in Yemen... they are the most difficult to reach because including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Grandi Similarly, Kerry’s efforts to get to force Assad they are usually in the midst of wars therefore it’s danger- praised Tehran’s efforts to assist Afghan refugees. to step down have run into the sand. Russia remains he UN’s refugee chief says a worrying “climate of ous to bring assistance.” Iran hosts more than three million immigrants from either unwilling or unable to help. By leaking the xenophobia” has taken hold in Europe as the conti- Grandi, an Italian diplomat long active in UN humanitar- neighboring Afghanistan, a million of them legally. “The memo in an election year, the diplomats would like nent struggles with the biggest influx of migrants ian work, was due in Afghanistan on Monday to mark space given to the refugees for assistance, to give them Obama to reconsider. They might find allies elsewhere T since World War II. World Refugee Day. He said he wanted to use his first year opportunities and protection, is considerable” he said. He in Washington. CIA and Pentagon efforts to keep Speaking to AFP in Tehran at the start of a regional tour, in office to highlight the plight of that country’s refugees. pointed to a decree from Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Syria’s opposition afloat are faltering, even as progress UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said “The Afghan refugee crisis has been unfortunately forgot- Ali Khamenei last year allowing all Afghan children to be is made in the fight against the Islamic State group. European leaders needed to do more to coordinate migra- ten repeatedly in its history,” he said. It “only gets remem- allowed into schools in the Islamic republic. Russian aerial assaults on moderate groups have met tion policies and to combat negative stereotypes about bered when something big happens like September 11 “There are things that have been done here in Iran no response from Washington, forcing allies to seek refugees. “Refugees... don’t bring danger to us, they flee and now the arrival of Afghans in Europe among hundreds that are truly examples for other countries, like giving the protection of larger, better-armed militant groups, from dangerous places,” said Grandi, who took office in of thousands others.” access for children to the school system,” Grandi said. It including those linked to Al-Qaeda. January. National leaders need to better explain that immi- The root cause is instability in Afghanistan, he said, was “one of the most important gestures that any coun- Might an administration led by Democratic presi- gration “in fact contributes to the development of soci- adding: “That’s why my first message here is let’s make try has expressed for refugees anywhere in the world in dential hopeful Hillary Clinton be much more willing eties,” he said. peace in Afghanistan.” After meeting with Iranian officials the past few years.” — AFP to push back against Assad, check Russian influence “Those who do the opposite, who stir up public opinion and bring America’s vast military power to bear? There against refugees and migrants, have a responsibility in cre- are signs that Russia wants to make sure the next pres- ating a climate of xenophobia that is very worrying in ident, whoever it is, faces a choice only between deal- today’s Europe,” he said. “It provides a negative example to ing with Assad or letting the jihadists. Russia recently countries further away.” Protracted conflicts-in particular directly targeted US-backed fighters who had no part Syria’s five-year civil war-have prompted an unprecedented in the fight against the regime. wave of migration to the continent, with a record 1.25 mil- “This is a small tribal fighting force that has been pret- lion Syrian, Iraqi, Afghan and other migrants entering ty well equipped by the United States and tasked with Europe since January 2015. taking the eastern flank of Syria away from the Islamic The influx has sparked a backlash in some countries, State,” said Faysal Itani, a Syria analyst at the Atlantic including in Austria where the anti-immigration Freedom Council, a think tank. “This is as close as you are going to Party nearly won the presidency last month and in get to a textbook definition of a proxy group.” It’s an esca- Hungary where authorities have sealed the border with lation that may leave US-backed fighters, like Obama’s with razor wire and made illegal border crossing a own diplomats, asking what US power is worth. — AFP criminal offence punishable by jail. Grandi said it was unfortunate that decisions taken last year by the European Union to better handle the influx “were not implemented”. All articles appearing on these pages are It was, he said, “a missed opportunity” because “each country made decisions separately. Borders closed.” He the personal opinion of the writers. called for “a more collective collegial system of managing Kuwait Times takes no responsibility for refugee flows based on solidarity and burden-sharing views expressed therein. Kuwait Times between the states, as opposed to trying to do it by them- invites readers to voice their opinions. selves with the result that only some countries receive a Please send submissions via email to: large number of refugees and others close the borders.” [email protected] or via snail Focus on Afghanistan mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. The Grandi also called for greater efforts to help those dis- editor reserves the right to edit any sub- placed by conflict within their own countries. “Two-thirds mission as necessary. of the world’s displaced are displaced internally,” he said. TEHRAN: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi during a press conference following a “We have millions of them in Afghanistan, in Syria, in Iraq, meeting with Iranian Interior Minister in the capital Tehran yesterday. — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 SPORTS

Mathews tells Sri Lanka to table tennis prodigy looks Stars shine as NYCFC up their game against England forward to 2020 Olympics trample MLS leaders TOKYO: Tomokazu Harimoto has become the youngest winner of an ITTF MALAHIDE: Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said his side will have to be at their World Tour under 21 event at 12 years of age, moving one step closer to NEW YORK: Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo and David Villa all scored as New York best to beat England in the five-match one-day international series which starts his dream of winning gold in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hashimoto easily City FC’s stars shined in a 3-2 victory over Major League Soccer Eastern Conference tomorrow. Mathews was speaking after overseeing a 2-0 ODI series victory over beat Kohei Sambe, a 18-year-old college student, 11-1, 11-6, 13-11 to tri- leaders Philadelphia Union on Saturday. The trio of former internationals-who have Ireland in Malahide after the second match was won by an emphatic 136-run margin umph at the 2016 International Table Tennis Federation World Tour Laox endured mixed fortunes since signing for big-spending City-powered their team on Saturday. Opening batsman Kusal Perera, who would have missed the tour had a Japan Open on Friday in Tokyo. The young Japanese star broke the previ- into a 3-0 lead at Yankee Stadium before a late Union rally. Former England and drugs ban not been rescinded following a faulty doping analysis, made a ous age record of 15, set by compatriot Koki Niwa in 2010, by claiming Chelsea midfielder Lampard opened the scoring after only seven minutes, pounc- century to build the platform for his side’s huge total of 377 for 8. “We gold in the under 21 event as he was 12 years and 355 days old. Harimoto ing on a Tommy McNamara shot in the eighth minute to lash home. still can improve a lot in all departments. It was a pretty convincing dominated the game from the outset and let out a whoop of triumph Spanish World Cup winner David Villa almost made it 2-0 five min- victory today, but we need to be at our best to beat England,” said while bending his body backward after securing the win. “I was so nerv- utes later, audaciously attempting to lob the keeper from near Mathews. Eoin Morgan’s England have improved dramatically in 50- ous yesterday when I heard that I would be the youngest winner,” the halfway line but his effort crashed back off the underside of over cricket since the Sri Lankans thrashed them by nine wickets in Harimoto said after the final. “But when the game began, I was able to play the bar. Lampard had followed up but his shot from the rebound Wellington during last year’s World Cup. Saturday’s win was set up by as I usually do,” he added. “I think I have made progress as I beat a lot of was comfortably saved by Philadelphia goalkeeper Andre Blake. dynamic top-order batting, and Mathews said: “Perera and Danuska higher-ranking players,” he also said. “I’m happy to win under pressure.” The Villa did not have to wait much longer to grab his team’s second Gunathilaka had a brilliant opening partnership (147) and after that 12-year-old, though delighted with the crown, was already looking ahead however, when teenager Jack Harrison raced from deep in his own solid foundation it was a tactical decision to bring in the pinch-hit- to a tougher goal in four years when the country hosts the Summer half before backheeling into the path of the Spaniard, who steered ter and take the game forward.” — AFP Games. “I want to win a gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics,” he said. — AFP his shot past Blake. — AFP

OAKLAND: Billy Burns #1 of the Oakland Athletics steals second base ahead of a tag from Andrelton Simmons #2 of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim during the third inning at the Oakland Coliseum. — AFP Lincecum makes winning return in Angel’s victory

OAKLAND: Tim Lincecum made a winning CUBS 4, PIRATES 3 Detroit. Matt Boyd (0-2) was lifted after 3 2/3 Twins. Andrew Miller (4-0) pitched a score- his average from .193 to .210. Five Marlins reg- return to Major League Baseball, restarting his Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and David Ross innings, yielding seven runs and eight hits. less eighth for the win. Fernando Abad (1-1) ulars are batting over .300, among them JT career after nearly a year away with six sharp homered, powering Chicago to the victory. took the loss. Realmuto, whose four hits included a three- innings and several ovations as the Los Angeles The major league-leading Cubs (46-20) RANGERS 4, CARDINALS 3 run homer that caromed off the home-run Angels beat the Oakland Athletics 7-1 Saturday. improved to a season-high 26 games above Ian Desmond hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly INDIANS 13, WHITE SOX 2 sculpture. Colorado’s Tyler Chatwood pitched Sporting a bright red hat and Angels jersey that .500 while the Pirates lost for the ninth time in in the ninth inning, sending the Rangers to Mike Napoli homered during a five-run first just 1 2/3 innings because of back spasms. was in stark contrast to the black and orange he 10 games. Jon Lester (9-3) won his fifth their fifth consecutive win. Texas won its fran- inning as Cleveland became the latest team to Eddie Butler (2-4) replaced him and was wore across the Bay Bridge for nine seasons straight start. Rizzo and Bryant each hit their chise-record ninth consecutive series - the tee off on James Shields. Rookie Tyler Naquin rocked for six runs in 3 1/3 innings. Dustin with San Francisco, Lincecum gave up one run 16th home run, and Ross made it 4-3 with a Rangers beat the Cardinals 1-0 on Friday to homered and drove in a career-high four runs, McGowan (1-2) pitched 2 2/3 hitless innings and four hits. The two-time National League Cy solo drive in the sixth that chased Jonathon begin the three-game set. The Cardinals have and Juan Uribe also connected for the Indians. for the win. Young Award winner hadn’t pitched in the Niese (6-4). The only damper for the Cubs was lost four straight. The Rangers scored twice in Shields, making his third start since being majors since last June 27. He had hip surgery in Dexter Fowler leaving the game because of the eighth and ninth innings. In the ninth, traded from San Diego to Chicago, was tagged ASTROS 5, REDS 4 September, signed with the Angels in May and discomfort in his right hamstring. Hector closer Trevor Rosenthal (2-2) hit Robinson for eight runs and seven hits in 1 2/3 innings. George Springer hit an RBI single in the made three starts in the minors. Mike Trout Rondon got four outs for his 12th save in 14 Chirinos with a pitch to load the bases, and Shields is 2-9 overall this year. He is 0-2 for the 11th inning to lift Houston to the victory. homered, doubled and drove in three runs to chances. then Kevin Siegrist walked Shin-Soo Choo and White Sox, giving up a whopping 21 earned Jason Castro and Colby Rasmus hit consecu- help Los Angeles to its third win in four games. allowed Desmond’s fly ball to left. Shawn runs in just 8 2/3 innings. Danny Salazar (8-3) tive singles off Josh Smith (0-1) with one out Ryan Dull (1-2) lost in relief. BRAVES 4, METS 3 Tolleson (1-2) pitched a scoreless eighth for won his fourth straight start, allowing two before Springer’s grounder rolled just out of Ender Inciarte used his speed to help the win. Jake Diekman got his second save. runs in 6 2/3 innings. reach of diving shortstop Zack Cozart and into DIAMONDBACKS 4, PHILLIES 1 Atlanta to its fourth straight win, matching its the outfield. Arizona ace Zack Greinke won his seventh longest streak this year. Jeff Francoeur and RED SOX 6, MARINERS 2 MARLINS 9, ROCKIES 6 Marwin Gonzalez and Evan Gattis each hit straight start by pitching three-hit ball for eight Tyler Flowers homered for the Braves, who Xander Bogaerts and Jackie Bradley Jr Giancarlo Stanton singled in his first three a two-run homer for Houston, and Adam innings. Paul Goldschmidt, Jake Lamb and Nick overcame a 3-0 deficit. homered to lead Rick Porcello and the Red at-bats to give his lowly average a boost, and Duvall tied it with a two-run shot for Ahmed homered for the Diamondbacks. Dario Alvarez (1-0) got two outs for his sec- Sox. Bogaerts, who entered the day leading the Marlins totaled 17 hits in the win. Stanton Cincinnati in the ninth. The series opener also Greinke (10-3) allowed one run, struck out six ond big league win and Jim Johnson earned the AL in batting, also singled while raising his beat the shift with an opposite-field single in went into extra innings, with the Reds win- and walked one. Odubel Herrera homered for his first save this year. With the score 3-all, average to .352. Adam Lind homered for the the first inning, setting up Miami’s first run. He ning 4-2 in 11 on Friday night. Scott Feldman the Phillies, who have lost five in a row and 22 Inciarte doubled against Addison Reed (1-1) Mariners. Porcello (8-2) improved to 6-0 at singled and scored in the third and fifth, giv- (4-3) allowed two hits in two scoreless of 28. Jerad Eickhoff (4-9) allowed three runs leading off the eighth. Freddie Freeman was home this year. He allowed two runs and eight ing him five hits in the past two games to hike innings for the win. — AP and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings. Brad Ziegler intentionally walked and Francoeur flied to hits. Adrian Sampson lost in his major league closed for his 14th save of the season and 42nd Curtis Granderson in medium right. debut, giving up four runs and eight hits in 4 straight dating to May 2015. Granderson looked back Freeman, and then 2/3 innings. MLB results/standings threw softly to second, prompting Inciarte to GIANTS 6, RAYS 4 take off for third. Inciarte then scored the ORIOLES 4, BLUE JAYS 2 Joe Panik had four RBIs, including a tiebreaking run on a wild pitch that bounced Jonathan Schoop homered, doubled and NY Yankees 7, Minnesota 6; Arizona 4, Philadelphia 1; La Angels 7, Oakland 1; Boston 6, tiebreaking three-run homer in the ninth only 10 feet from home plate. singled while Yovani Gallardo and the Seattle 2; Baltimore 4, 2; Houston 5, Cincinnati 4 (11 innings); Miami 9, Colorado 6; inning that sent San Francisco to its seventh Baltimore bullpen helped end Toronto’s four- San Francisco 6, Tampa Bay 4; Texas 4, St. Louis 3; Cleveland 13, Chicago White Sox 2; Atlanta straight win. Panik hit a two-out drive off Alex DODGERS 10, BREWERS 6 game winning streak. Manny Machado got 4, NY Mets 3; Kansas City 16, Detroit 5; Chicago Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 3; LA Dodgers 10, Colome (1-2) for the NL West leaders. Hunter Justin Turner hit a three-run drive for his three hits for the Orioles, and then dropped Milwaukee 6; San Diego 7, Washington 3. Strickland (3-0) won in relief. Cory Gearrin third homer in two nights, helping Los his appeal of a four-game suspension for allowed Logan Forsythe’s solo homer in the Angeles rally for the win. One night after hit- charging Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura earli- American League National League ninth before getting his second save. Evan ting two solo homers and a game-ending sin- er this month. Gallardo (2-1) allowed two runs Eastern Division Eastern Division Longoria, Brad Miller and Logan Morrison also gle in the 10th inning, Turner ignited the in five innings. He hadn’t pitched since April 22 W L PCT GB Washington 43 26 .623 - connected for Tampa Bay. Dodgers’ comeback by sending a 1-1 pitch because of shoulder tendinitis. Zach Britton Baltimore 39 28 .582 - NY Mets 36 31 .537 6 from Chase Anderson (4-7) high over the left- earned his 21st save, getting Josh Donaldson Boston 38 29 .567 1 Miami 36 32 .529 6.5 PADRES 7, NATIONALS 3 field wall for his ninth homer of the season. to ground into a game-ending double play Toronto 39 32 .549 2 Philadelphia 30 39 .435 13 Wil Myers had three hits and drove in three Joc Pederson and Howie Kendrick also home- with the bases loaded. RA Dickey (4-8) fell to 0- NY Yankees 34 34 .500 5.5 Atlanta 22 46 .324 20.5 runs, keying a six-run rally in the eighth inning red for the Dodgers. Chris Hatcher (4-3) earned 5 against Baltimore while with the Blue Jays. Tampa Bay 31 35 .470 7.5 Central Division that carried San Diego to the victory. Myers, the victory with 2 1/3 shutout innings. Central Division Chicago Cubs 46 20 .697 - Cleveland 37 30 .552 - who homered in the first against Max YANKEES 7, TWINS 6 St. Louis 35 32 .522 11.5 Kansas City 37 31 .544 0.5 Scherzer, tied it at three with a two-run double ROYALS 16, TIGERS 5 Jacoby Ellsbury hit a tiebreaking two-run Pittsburgh 33 35 .485 14 off Felipe Rivero that landed just in front of Kendrys Morales drove in five runs with single in the ninth inning and New York, Detroit 34 34 .500 3.5 Chicago WSox 33 35 .485 4.5 Milwaukee 31 38 .449 16.5 diving center fielder Michael Taylor. After Matt four hits, and Kansas City cruised to the victo- boosted by Alex Rodriguez’s 695th career Cincinnati 27 42 .391 20.5 Kemp was intentionally walked to load the ry. The Royals’ 21 hits and 16 runs were season homer, rallied past Minnesota. The Yankees Minnesota 20 48 .294 17.5 Western Division Western Division bases, Rivero (0-3) fielded Brett Wallace’s highs. It got so bad that Tigers utilityman scored three times in the ninth for a 7-4 lead. San Francisco 43 26 .623 - comebacker but bobbled it before throwing it Andrew Romine was summoned to pitch with Aroldis Chapman gave up back-to-back Texas 44 25 .638 - LA Dodgers 37 33 .529 6.5 wide of catcher Wilson Ramos for an error that one out in the eighth. Kansas City’s Edinson homers to Eduardo Escobar and Kurt Suzuki Seattle 36 32 .529 7.5 Colorado 32 35 .478 10 allowed Jon Jay to score the go-ahead run. Volquez (7-6) allowed five runs and eight hits with two outs in the bottom half before get- Houston 33 36 .478 11 Kevin Quackenbush (4-3) allowed an RBI single in 6 1/3 innings. ting his 13th save in 14 chances. Byung Ho LA Angels 30 38 .441 13.5 Arizona 31 39 .443 12.5 in one-third of an inning for the win. Justin Upton hit a two-run homer for Park homered and drove four runs for the Oakland 28 40 .412 15.5 San Diego 28 42 .400 15.5 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 SPORTS Struggling Radwanska seeking seaside tonic EASTBOURNE, United Kingdom: days to adjust. Hopefully Eastbourne will only title in 2016 came in Shenzhen just Swiss Timea Bacsinszky and double semi-final in ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the 19- Struggling top seed Agnieszka Radwanska be better.” Radwanska has a decent pedi- after Australia. The field at Devonshire Park Wimbledon winner Petra Kvitova who, like year-old was unable to complete her will be searching for her first victory of the gree on grass, winning junior Wimbledon features seven former tournament champi- Radwanska, is also scratching for form. All first-round match in Birmingham against pre-Wimbledon grass court season when the in 2006, taking Eastbourne honours two ons-Swiss Belinda Bencic (2015), Madison 16 seeds have byes into the second round Irina Begu. Eastbourne International begins today. The years later and also playing the 2012 Keys (2014), Elena Vesnina (2013), for the final tune-up week prior to the start Bacsinszky is seeded fourth, ahead of world number three has played only one Wimbledon final as well as making two Ekaterina Makarova (2010), Caroline of Wimbledon on June 27. Kvitova and Russia’s two-time Grand Slam match so far this season on the lawns, going semi-finals at the All England Club. Wozniacki (2009), Radwanska (2008) and Italian Vinci takes the second seeding winner Kuznetsova (sixth). Australian out in Birmingham to CoCo Vandeweghe. But so far in 2016 results have been Svetlana Kuznetsova (2004). while number three Bencic will be test- Samantha Stosur takes the seventh seed- “The first match is always tricky pretty modest for the Pole, who lost in the The top of the draw is populated by five ing her fitness after making a return this ing as she works with a temporary coach much without practice on grass,” Australian Open semi-finals and went out of the world’s top 10 — Radwanska, US month after missing more than two after parting company for the second time Radwanska said. “I need a couple of more in the Roland Garros fourth round. Her Open finalist Roberta Vinci, Bencic, fellow months with back pain. After playing a with longtime mentor David Taylor. — AFP Andrew Landry loses lead but keeps cool at US Open

OAKMONT: All it took was three holes for Andrew Landry to tumble down the leaderboard Saturday at the US Open. Two birdies at the end of his round kept this year’s long shot right in the mix. Landry, a 28-year-old playing in his first U.S. Open, held it together during a rough patch at Oakmont after dropping four shots in three holes. He rallied for a 1-over 71 left him one shot behind Dustin Johnson and in the final group of the third round Saturday afternoon. “Birdie, birdie to end my second round is a way to get my momentum going in the third round,” Landry said. “I’m looking forward to it.” At No 624 in the world ranking, Landry has never been on a stage like this. As if the US Open weren’t enough pressure, he had plenty of time to think about his dream start. He opened with a 66 to become the first US Open rookie since Bob Tway in 1986 at Shinnecock Hills to be the sole leader after his first LOS ANGELES: In this May 22, 2016, file photo, United States goalkeeper Merrill Moses round. He finished that off with one putt - a 10-foot stops a shot during a men’s exhibition water polo match against Australia. — AP birdie - Friday morning and had to wait until Saturday morning to start the second round. Majors are filled with stories of unheralded players Moses puts aside who start fast and fade just as quickly. Landry coaching to play for didn’t want to be one of those. Big trouble Asked if he were comfortable seeing his name US in Rio Olympics atop the leaderboard, he replied, “Sure. Should be there. I hope it stays there for a long time.” For a SANTA ANA: The silver medal keeps him wave of 20-somethings that dominate the moment, it looked as though it would be short- going, all the way to Rio de Janeiro and US roster. And there is more to come in lived. He blasted out of a bunker on the par-3 sixth his 39th birthday during the Olympics . Serbia is the big favorite this sum- hole across to the fringe and made bogey. He OAKMONT: Andrew Landry of the United States putts on the second green during the third this summer. It took Merrill Moses a long mer, with Hungary, Italy, Croatia and dropped another shot on the seventh. And then he round of the US Open at Oakmont Country Club. — AFP time to come to grips with 2008. Then Greece also among the expected medal ran into big trouble on the par-3 eighth hole when and two-putt. That’s what I did. I didn’t really do any- it. That’s why he’s trying to avoid the distractions of London happened, and eighth place for contenders. The US is drawn into Group B he blasted out a bunker and over the green into thing that bad besides just not hitting fairways.” a US Open by keeping his mind off golf during his the US water polo team brought every- with , France, Montenegro, Italy and deep rough. From there, he could only hack it out Landry made birdie on the par-3 13th and then day off Friday. Just hanging out, keeping my mind thing into focus. Croatia. of the gnarly rough to some 30 feet from the pin, finished with a flourish. He drove into deep rough off of it and eating and drinking waters - not cold “When you go to the Olympic Games and he did well to two-putt four a double bogey. but in a manageable spot short of the par-4 17th, beer,” he said. “Obviously, my name was mentioned and represent Team USA, you’re going As tight as ever Just like that, he was back to even par for the tour- chipped to 20 feet and holed it for birdie. From the quite a bit. It’s definitely very pressured, especially there to bring home a gold medal,” he Schroeder, a former national team cap- nament. He lost the lead. He just didn’t lose his head. “I first cut of rough on the 18th, his approach came when you have guys like Dustin Johnson and said. “I tell people in my speech when I tain who coached the previous two US made good swings. The only bad shot I hit was the off the slope to 3 feet for another birdie to put him Sergio Garcia at the top of the leaderboard. So I talk to kids during camps, for like six Olympic teams, thinks a podium finish is bunker shot on 8 and I left myself in a bad situation,” 3 under 137. His name was high on the leader- just spent time with them, did a little laundry and months after we won the silver medal, I within reach for the Americans with Moses Landry said. “I was trying to hack it out on the green board. The only difference was the names around slept.” — AP didn’t think I won a silver, I thought I lost in goal. “He has this incredible will that a gold. “I didn’t really realize what I makes him good,” Schroeder said in a accomplished and it really didn’t set in phone interview. “I mean he’s skillful, he’s fully until 2012, when you realize how got strong legs, can work as hard as any- Former Vanderbilt football fast that all can be taken away and you’re body out there in the pool to get himself in not even competing for a medal.” shape and be ready when the Olympics So Moses is back again for his third come around, and you couple that with the player convicted of rape Olympics, the same cocky kid who rose to confidence he has, and I think that the prominence playing for Terry Schroeder team has a chance to win a medal. I think at Pepperdine some 20 years ago but without him, they don’t.” NASHVILLE: A jury has convicted a former tained that Vandenberg was a newly-arrived recruit changed immeasurably by time. While 6- Schroeder brought Moses back to Vanderbilt football player on all counts after find- to the Nashville school and had asked teammates foot-8 goaltender McQuin Baron waits in Pepperdine in 2012, and they remain as ing that he encouraged his teammates to rape an outside the dorm to help him carry the uncon- the wings, it looks as if Moses will start tight as ever. Moses said he thinks of unconscious woman he had been dating. It took scious woman into his room after he couldn’t get for the US in Rio. Juggling his responsibil- Schroeder like a second father, and the jurors a little more than four hours of deliberation her into her apartment. Vandenberg’s lawyers told ities with the national team and his fami- coach said he loves the goaltender and can before finding Brandon Vandenburg guilty on five jurors the other players were on the woman as ly at home - Moses and his wife, Laura, trust him with anything. Moses would like counts of aggravated rape and two counts of soon as they got her in the room. have two daughters - he remains as confi- to be a head coach one day, but he has no aggravated sexual battery. In addition, he was con- The trial featured graphic videos and photos dent as ever. plans to leave his alma mater and wants victed of one count of unlawful photography. that were taken from the players’ cell phones. “The Schroeder to stay as long as he wishes. Vandenburg’s mother cried in the courtroom videos are disturbing,” Albert Perez, one of ‘More prepared’ “He’s got a lot of knowledge, not only Saturday after the verdict was read. He appeared to Vandenberg’s attorneys told jurors in closing. “They “I always have had the mentality that if I about water polo - about life,” Moses said. be weeping as he was taken away. The verdict make you mad, they make you sad.” But Perez train harder than everyone and put more “He’s definitely taught me a lot of things. I comes amid a furor over the six month sentence a pointed out that the sex acts charged in the indict- into it, I am going to be more prepared, love working with him.” Coaching at former Stanford swimmer was given for sexually ment were for things the other players did. and I think that’s where the confidence Pepperdine also gave Moses another place assaulting an unconscious woman. It also comes The victim in the case, who was then a 21-year- comes in,” Moses said. “As long as I prepare to train while he prepared for the Olympics. during an ongoing debate about sexual assaults on old neuroscience major, testified that she had no myself properly, I know that I’m going to Moses, who helped the Waves win the the nation’s college campus and the conduct of memory of the event. She said Vandenburg would give it my all, and I’ve been blessed with national championship in 1997, practiced student athletes. later tell her that she had gotten drunk and sick NASHVILLE: In this Oct 16, 2013 file photo, this talent and these long arms to be able with his players occasionally, leading to The lives of everyone involved have been and he took care of her, and she was embarrassed former Vanderbilt football player Cory Batey to play at this level.” some friendly trash talk. ruined, Deputy District Attorney General Tom as a result. Prosecutors have suggested that she attends a discussion hearing at the Birch Back when Moses was deciding where “Whenever we see someone scoring Thurman said of the case. He said he hoped the was under the influence of a date-rape drug. Building. — AP to go to college, his ability to play the on Merrill, everyone, they’re really widespread publicity surrounding the Vanderbilt Nashville Police became involved after sport at an elite level was in doubt. hyped,” Pepperdine goaltender Zack case would send a message. but only two were accused of raping and sexually Vanderbilt officials contacted them when security Schroeder, who also coached Moses with Rhodes said. “It’s really fun because of The jurors in the this case had to decide assaulting the woman. Throughout the trial, camera footage at the school showed players car- the US water polo team and then hired the energy he brings. When he blocks whether to hold Vandenburg, 23, criminally Vandenberg was portrayed as a man who violated rying an unconscious woman in a dorm room. him as one of his assistants with the Waves, you, you know Merrill’s yelling at you, responsible for what teammates were accused the female student’s trust by plying her with alco- Vandenburg and Cory Batey were convicted last described him as lightly recruited. On like it’s all in good fun and then when of doing to the female student in a dorm room hol and then encouraging teammates to sexually year on multiple counts of aggravated rape and Moses’ official visit to Malibu, he told the you score on Merrill, you have to let him in June of 2013. His defense had maintained assault her. “He served her up to three strangers - aggravated sexual battery. The verdicts, however, starter he was coming for his job. “He know that you scored on him.” Moses’ that he was drunk and should not be held for whatever reason, it doesn’t matter, is that he did were thrown out after it was revealed that a juror didn’t make a friend there, but he certainly training for the national team also responsible for what players he didn’t even it,” Assistant District Attorney Jan Norman told had not disclosed that he had been a victim of made a point,” Schroeder said. served as an example for the Waves. “It’s know did to the woman. jurors in closing arguments Saturday. Prosecutors statutory rape. Batey was convicted again in April. Moses is still making that point at the inspiring, you can tell he still really wants told jurors that he passed out condoms to the oth- Both he and Vandenburg face a minimum sentence end of his 30s, holding his own while facing this,” Rhodes said. “It’s still something he Betraying trust er players, videoed the rape and sent footage to of 15 years in prison for aggravated rape with no a barrage of heavy shots from the young really cares about.” — AP Four former players were all charged in the case friends as it was happening. The defense had main- possibility of parole. — AP Infiniti Engineering Academy application deadline looms

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MALAHIDE: Kusal Perera and Seekkuge they had been in their 76-run win in the first stand of 54 — both making their highest level. Prasanna, promoted to a pinch-hit- course for a total in excess of 400 but Prasanna both made career-best scores as ODI at Malahide on Thursday, were well- scores for Ireland and Sri Lanka captain ting role at number three, played his role Ireland pulled them back by taking four Sri Lanka beat Ireland by 136 runs in the placed at the half-way stage. Angelo Mathews had to bring himself to perfection to more than double his wickets for 13 runs in the last three overs, second one-day international at Malahide And when Suranga Lakmal and the back to break the partnership and win the career best in a superb display of hitting. although by then the damage had been on Saturday. Victory saw Sri Lanka enjoy recalled Farveez Maharoof removed match with five overs to spare. Sri Lanka, He was dismissed five runs short of a done. Barry McCarthy, a 23-year-old seam- their second heartening win in a matter of Ireland’s top three with just 41 on the put in on another excellent batting pitch, deserved century having faced just 46 er in only his second international, was days as they took the two-match series 2-0 board, the rest of the match proved a for- made the perfect start with Kusal Perera balls with nine sixes and five fours and he Ireland’s most impressive bowler, finishing and gave them a confidence boost ahead mality. John Anderson, an accountant and and Danuska Gunathilaka sharing an dominated the second wicket stand of 161 with two for 52. of their upcoming five-game ODI cam- the only amateur in the Ireland side, opening stand of 147. with Perera which took just 93 balls. Perera By contrast Boyd Rankin, in his first paign in England. showed promise for the future with 34 and reached his second ODI hundred from 105 home series for five years after appearing Put into bat, they amassed 377 for eight. Andy McBrine, batting at No 8, finished the Superb display balls with 10 fours and two sixes and for England, finished with one for 86 from Perera top-scored with an ODI best 135 and innings in some style with 79 from 64 balls, Gunathilaka was the first to go, in the added another 35 before he was caught at his 10 overs. Ireland will now look for an Prasanna made 95 — his highest score at including seven fours and two sixes. 27th over, for 63, just two short of his ODI mid-wicket off Middlesex’s Tim Murtagh. improved showing when they face this level. Ireland, in reply, were bowled out McBrine and Boyd Rankin (18 not out) best, but both Perera and Prasanna easily In all he faced 128 balls and finished with Pakistan in a two-match home ODI series for 241. Sri Lanka, again sent into bat as delayed the inevitable with a last wicket passed their previous highest scores at this 16 fours and two sixes. Sri Lanka were on in August. — AFP Cheika losing patience with misfiring Wallabies

MELBOURNE: Coach Michael Cheika says to own that because we prepare that dur- he will forcefully get his message across to ing the week and I’ve got to explain it to his misfiring team after the Wallabies threw the lads more forcefully,” he told reporters away their chance of squaring the Test after Saturday’s loss. “I’ve got to own that as series against England this weekend. The a coach with those things. That’s the stuff Wallabies let themselves down with a mul- we set out and I’ve got to make sure that titude of handling errors, many in strong message is clear. attacking positions, as England triumphed “I know that we want to play a lot of 23-7 on the back of a monumental defen- rugby, but it doesn’t always convert into sive effort in the second Test to clinch their the scoreboard and that will happen some- first-ever series in Australia on Saturday. times, but it shouldn’t happen regularly.” While the Wallabies conceded 14 penal- The Wallabies were frustrated by England’s ties in losing 39-28 in the Brisbane series resilient defense with the Six Nations champions making a total of 215 tackles to Australia’s 81.

Humbling defeat “You have to pay credit to England, they played very well in both games,” Cheika said. “They’ve played very smart, they’ve played in the right areas, they’ve played well in the ruck and spoiled a lot of good ball for us. That’s well done to them. “They’ve seen that we’re going to play a lot of footy and chosen the opposite way and their way has been victorious pretty clearly. “Even though we’ve had a lot more attack, we only got the one try this week. We have to take that, suck it up and use the scars later on.” What began with the Wallabies as clear favorites to beat the Eddie Jones-coached LE MANS: Switzerland’s Neel Jani takes the Porsche 919 Hybrid over the finish line to win the 84th Le Mans 24-hours endurance race. — AFP England after reaching last year’s World Cup final materialized into a humbling series defeat for the first time at home. Porsche win dramatic Le Mans Injuries to key men David Pocock and Kurtley Beale did not help, but the Wallabies were out-thought and out- as Toyota settles for heartache Coach Michael Cheika played by the Six Nations Grand Slam champions, who now have won eight con- LE MANS: Porsche snatched victory in one of Nakajima’s car suddenly began slowing with only Among the stunned crowd was Brad Pitt, part opener, this time it was their shoddy han- secutive Tests. the most dramatic finishes in Le Mans 24 Hour five minutes of the 24 hours to go. He had been of the usual colorful cast of professional drivers dling that let them down, losing possession “Our squad’s changed a fair bit. I think Race history after Toyota suffered an agonizing as much as 90 seconds ahead at one point, but and Hollywood royalty who turned out to see a staggering 13 times. The Wallabies there’s 10 or 11 different from the World power failure with just minutes left yesterday. suddenly it all went wrong and he began to rap- one of motor racing’s A-list events. Pitt flagged enjoyed 68 percent possession and 56 per- Cup squad, but that’s the opportunity for Neel Jani powered the Porsche 919 Hybrid over idly lose pace, allowing Jani to close fast. With the race off 24 hours earlier, when heavy down- cent field position, yet could only come up us to grow our depth and that’s what the line, to elation and tears of joy in their just over three minutes to go Nakajima came to a pours ensured a soaking start to the occasion with one try after scoring four tries in the we’re going to get out of this,” Cheika garage, after Kazuki Nakajima’s TS050 stuttered stop on the straight as Jani sped past to victory. and saw the first seven laps take place behind previous Test. said. “But the opportunities that we let go to a halt when looking nailed-on to win the The Toyota was ranked as declassified, a humiliat- the safety car as torrential rain lashed the track Cheika was fuming over the butter-fin- tonight just through errors are at this endurance race for the Japanese team for the ing culmination to a day-night of racing. and the 60 cars on the grid. gered Wallabies throwing away their point more at the forefront of my mind first time in three decades of trying. “I’m ready to cry,” Nakajima said over the The drenched crowd was kept on their toes chance of taking the three-Test series to a than the other things we may be getting Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb, drivers of radio as he labored home. “Heartbroken,” was by over 30 changes of lead during the night and decider in Sydney next Saturday. “I’ve got from this series.” — AFP the Porsche number two car, celebrated wildly in the simple tweet from the devastated Toyota several safety car appearances. By the closing front of a crowd that swelled to 263,500 for the team. Toyota’s number six car with Stephane stages it became a straight fight between 84th edition of the grueling showpiece, which Sarrazin at the wheel crossed the line in second Porsche and Toyota, with the two playing cat ‘Off day’ leaves Hamilton began on Saturday under driving rain and with an Audi third. “What a Le Mans race!” Audi and mouse for the lead. By the time the cars behind a safety car. In contrast, Toyota saw their tweeted, calling Toyota “winner of hearts.” “We crossed the line-under altogether more forgiv- seeking his lost rhythm Le Mans jinx strike at the worst possible time. know that Le Mans can be cruel. But what hap- ing weather-they had covered a similar distance The Toyota garage looked on aghast as pened to Toyota was incredible!” to a round trip from Le Mans to Moscow. — AFP : Triple Formula One world champion viously. “It was just one of those bad days,” Lewis Hamilton blamed a rare ‘off day’ for agreed Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff. “He an error-filled qualifying performance on was blindingly fast in the first sector but Fencing finds its superstar in Saturday at the Baku street circuit that couldn’t put the sectors together.” The race hosts Azerbaijan’s first grand prix. The in Baku should see plenty of action, with Briton, winner of the two previous races in the circuit’s 2km straight the longest in the American Ibtihaj Muhammad Monaco and Montreal, will start in 10th sport, but there is also the risk of frequent place after clipping a wall and breaking his interruptions. car’s suspension while Mercedes team “The race I’m sure is going to be very BEVERLY HILLS: In Ibtihaj Muhammad, fencing mate and rival Nico Rosberg took pole exciting,” Rosberg told reporters. “It’s one of might have finally found an athlete whose story position. the easiest tracks to overtake, so there’s transcends the sport. Muhammad will make his- Hamilton also ran off the track twice. going to be a lot of changing places I think, tory at the Rio Games by becoming the first The champion is nine points adrift of the probably a lot of safety cars as well, exciting American athlete to wear a hijab - a Muslim head German after seven races and hoped he re-starts and everything.” scarf - while competing in the Olympics. might be able to regain the lead in Baku The German side-stepped attempts to Muhammad’s Olympic goal - beyond winning a but that looks a tall order now unless mis- get him to comment on Hamilton’s remarks medal, of course - is to be a positive role model fortune strikes Rosberg. on Friday that some drivers-Rosberg for the Muslim-American community. “It just wasn’t a good one,” Hamilton told included-were ‘moaning’ too much about Muhammad is well on her way to doing so, reporters. “It was nothing to do with any- track conditions and safety. The Briton had recently earning a spot on Time’s 100 Most one else, it was just me not doing good also explained how he saw no point in Influential People of 2016 list. laps,” he added. “I just couldn’t get into a inspecting the track on foot and ques- “I’ve been in this sport for a pretty long time - rhythm today. It wasn’t just in qualifying, it tioned the value of simulators. “Fine. It’s his at this point I feel like I’ve kind of created a name was in practice as well. Just an off day, opinion,” said Rosberg, who said he was for myself. If anything, I think the wonderful unfortunately. An expensive day, but an off unaware of the comments until after quali- thing is that now these young kids, they see day today.” Hamilton had been quickest in fying. “I was definitely one of the guys Muslim women involved in sports. So it’s not an Friday practice and on Saturday morning, questioning today and I still do. “Everybody anomaly anymore,” Muhammad said at the Team but said some overnight changes had has their own approach. He’s a three times USA media summit Los Angeles in March. But affected the car’s handling and meant he world champion so he must be doing Muhammad is hardly the only American poised could not brake at the same places as pre- something right.” — Reuters for a breakout in Rio. The US might be as strong as it’s ever been ahead of an Olympics - and the fact that this year’s Games will be broadcast live in the Eastern time zone should only help fencing’s growth domestically. The Americans and Russians caught some bad luck because two of their top teams - men’s sabre and women’s foil - won’t BEVERLY HILLS: In this March 8, 2016, file photo, Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad poses for photos at compete in Rio because the IOC only has room the 2016 Olympic Team USA media summit. — AP for 10 of the sport’s 12 divisions during the Olympics. But those athletes will still compete as studies at Notre Dame to focus on Rio, and France to five team epee world titles and is des- individuals. Here are some of the key story lines she’s ranked third in foil. perate to claim Olympic gold as an individual. to follow during this year’s Olympic fencing tour- Japan’s Yuki Ota and James Andrew-Davis of nament. RETURNING STAR Great Britain are the biggest threats the US will Arianna Errigo is the new face of Italian fenc- likely face in foil. Russia’s Alexey Yakimenko is US ON THE RISE ing after Valentina Vezzali, a six-time Olympic ranked No 1 in sabre on the strength of a strong The US, France and Italy have three teams champion, failed to qualify for Rio. Errigo, who end to 2015. But South Korea’s Kim Jung-hwan ranked in the top three in their weapon in the lost to teammate Elisa Di Francisca 12-11 in the recently won a Grand Prix in Moscow and looks most recent FIE rankings, trailing only Russia’s gold medal match in London, went on to win primed for a run at gold in Rio. four. The Americans haven’t won a gold medal in world championships in 2013-14 and is currently men’s Olympic fencing since Albertson Van ranked No 1 in foil. Errigo’s 270 points earned so RULE CHANGES Post in 1904. But Alexander Massialas, the son of far in 2016 are the most of any individual fencer. The biggest change fans will noticed from former national team coach Greg Massialas, is Sophia Velikaya of Russia (sabre) was also a run- London in 2012 to Rio is the shift in the piste, or ranked No. 1 in the world in men’s foil. Gerek ner-up in London who has since ascended atop fighting strip, from parallel to angled. The venue Meinhardt and Race Imboden - who’s also a fash- the world rankings, one spot ahead of Zagunis. in London only allowed fans to view from two ion model - also owned top-five spots in that Top-ranked Anqi Xu of China will seek her first sides of the arena. But with seats circling all of weapon as June 18. world championship in epee. Carioca Arena 3, spectators should have a much Daryl Homer and Eli Dershwitz are ranked clearer and more dimensional view of the 10th and 11th in men’s sabre, well within strik- OLYMPIAN EFFORT matches. There will also be a family-friendly area BAKU: From R: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team’s British driver Lewis Hamilton, Haas ing distance of a medal. Two-time Olympic Ruben Limardo, Venezuela’s flag bearer for just outside the venue, where passers-by will be F1 Team’s French driver Romain Grosjean, McLaren Honda F1 Team’s Spanish driver gold medalist Mariel Zagunis is a medal Rio, will be asked to bear the weight of a conti- able to grab a weapon and give fencing a try Fernando Alonso, Sauber F1 Team’s Brazilian driver Felipe Nasr and Sahara Force favorite in women’s sabre, and Muhammad nent’s worth of pressure as South America’s best free of charge. Coaches will be on hand to pro- India F1 Team’s German driver Nico Hulkenberg steer their cars during the European (10th, sabre) might be peaking just when she hope for a fencing medal. But the favorite in vide instructions, and safety equipment will be Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku City Circuit. — AFP needs to. Lee Kiefer took a year off from her Limardo’s weapon, Gauthier Grumier, has led provided. — AP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 18 Germany aiming to click against Northern Ireland

EVIAN-LES-BAINS: To silence the critics, Germany The lack of goals is puzzling given the wealth of the group and then, I believe, we’ll be playing in Lille FAN FERVOR needs to get its attack going. The team’s misfiring talent at Loew’s disposal. Mueller, strangely, has yet again for the round of 16,” Loew said. “I don’t know forwards have yet to score at the European to score in seven games over two European about any other ways.” Also, Germany defender Championship in games against Ukraine and , Championships despite 32 goals in 73 games for Jerome Boateng trained normally with the rest of the and coach Joachim Loew has brushed off sugges- Germany, including 12 goals in European qualifying. squad at the Camille Fournier Stadium on Sunday tions of a lack of leadership in his side. “Of course we want to be better in attack, to create after recovering from a bruised hip. Northern Ireland, The World Cup champions, who face Northern more goal-scoring chances. We’re working on it as a playing in its first European Championship, is in a Ireland tomorrow in Group C, needed defender team, not only in training but we’ve spoken about it, good position to progress from the group after Shkodran Mustafi to break the deadlock against too,” Mueller said. “We’ll try a few things on Tuesday. Gareth McAuley led the side to a 2-0 win over Ukraine before midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger We’re looking forward to it.” Ukraine. The Northern Irish are guaranteed of at least sealed the 2-0 win on a break in injury time. Loew Mueller scored 32 goals across all competitions third place and would secure qualification with a vic- then said his players created “hardly any chances” in for Bayern Munich last season. “I hope I can score a tory over Germany at the Parc des Princes. the following 0-0 draw against Poland. goal but as I said already before the tournament, it’s “When we came into the tournament, we knew Defensive frailties were exposed in the first game, not my main thing,” Mueller said. “I hope we deliver a we were in as tough a group as there is, and we but now the focus is on attack with Mario Goetze, good game and that we’ll win. I can’t say what hap- wanted something to play for in the last game,” Thomas Mueller, Mesut Ozil and Julian Draxler all pens after that, there are so many possibilities. Even Northern Ireland coach Michael O’Neill said after scoreless so far. Also, Mario Gomez has yet to start a if we win the group, it’s not clear who we’ll face.” beating Ukraine in Lyon. “We have a realistic prize at match, while Lukas Podolski has yet to even make an the end of the Germany game and that’s immensely appearance. “That’s how it is in football. Sometimes Assured progression pleasing.” Northern Ireland can take heart from the you’re a dog, sometimes you’re a tree,” Goetze said Despite the problems, Germany is virtually only previous meeting between the countries at a Sunday at the team’s tournament base. “Criticism assured of progression from Group C and Loew is major tournament, when they drew 2-2 in a group goes with football. You have to deal with it. We’re relaxed looking ahead to the rest of the tournament. game at the 1958 World Cup. Both progressed to the professional enough.” “We will win against Northern Ireland. We will win quarterfinals. — AP

EVIAN: Germany’s players take part in a training session at their training grounds in Evian-les-Bains, eastern France yesterday during the Euro 2016 football tournament. — AFP Vardy brings Leicester Wilmots relishes chance spirit to England quest to strike back at critics CHANTILLY: Encouraged from afar by his come from with my football and I’ll always BORDEAUX: Belgium’s convincing 3- French-speaking Walloon. club manager Claudio Ranieri, Jamie Vardy is remember where I did come from. “To be scor- 0 win against the Republic of Ireland The tendency in Belgium has carrying Leicester City’s limitless ambition ing in a European Championship for your coun- at Euro 2016 on Saturday is unlikely often been for Walloon coaches to be into England’s assault on Euro 2016. Having try is unbelievable, but I’ll always pinch myself to ease the difficult relationship targeted by the Flemish media, and sat out England’s opening draw with Russia, to make sure I stay grounded.” Vardy is thought between coach Marc Wilmots and his vice versa. Vardy made an instant impact as a half-time to be considering an approach from Arsenal, critics. After starting with a 2-0 defeat In the case of Wilmots, leading substitute against Wales, netting an equaliser who have reportedly triggered his £20 million to Italy, the world number two side Flemish daily Het Laatste Nieuws has 11 minutes after coming on as Roy Hodgson’s ($28.7 million, 25.5 million Euros) release bounced back in Bordeaux as a sec- led the criticism. “A few members of men came from behind to win 2-1. Ranieri clause. ond-half Romelu Lukaku brace, either the Flemish press think that tactically was quick to offer his congratulations, as He was reluctant to discuss the matter, side of an Axel Witsel goal, gave he is not strong enough to be the Vardy revealed to journalists on Saturday, however, and said that there were no devel- them their first Group E points. coach of the Belgian team with such messaging the 29-year-old striker to say: opments to report. “We’re here for England,” Wilmots was in the firing line stars, and so if there is an opportuni- “Congratulations champ.” While he continues said Vardy, whose team require a point after the Italy loss, targeted by some ty to attack him they do so,” said Yves to be linked to Arsenal, Vardy makes no secret against Slovakia in Saint-Etienne to reach the Belgian media who accused him of Taildeman of La Derniere Heure, a not getting the best out of arguably French-language newspaper. of his fondness for Ranieri, beaming: “All he’s the best squad at the tournament. Wilmots was perceived to have bothered about is attacking!” But he relished getting one over on been outdone by opposite number He must now hope that Hodgson, too, his critics in Bordeaux, saying that Antonio Conte as an Italian team was sufficiently impressed with his display certain people were trying to lacking in star players got the better against Wales to award him a starting berth in manipulate Belgian fans with their of a Belgian side containing the likes Monday’s meeting with Slovakia. views on him. of Lukaku, Eden Hazard and Kevin De The sensation of the Premier League sea- “We have just had four successful Bruyne. son, Vardy’s 24 goals fired Leicester to the title years, and then with the first defeat The tension was palpable in the and saw him win multiple Player of the Year (against Italy) that is all forgotten. It is build-up to the Ireland game, in awards. The milestones continued to arrive as manipulation,” the 47-year-old told which Belgium could ill afford anoth- he was called into England’s squad for the Euro reporters after Saturday’s game. er slip-up. “All the newspapers in and then tied the knot with his partner, “Public opinion is manipulated by Belgium said ‘Conte beat Wilmots Rebekah. They had previously had to scrap certain people. We have superb sup- tactically’ and he was very hurt by their marriage plans three times. It caused him porters, but some people want to that,” Taildeman added. “During the to miss England’s 2-1 friendly win over Australia CHANTILLY: England forward Jamie lead them down a bad path.” whole week he remained very calm and it was Harry Kane who arrived in France as Vardy attends a press conference in Wilmots has long been a leading but I know he is very angry with Hodgson’s first-choice striker, but a clamour is Chantilly, on June 18, 2016 during the figure in Belgian football, having some people and this was sort of now growing for Vardy to take his place. While Euro 2016 football tournament. — AFP starred as a player in the 1990s for revenge for him.” he is phlegmatic about his chances of breaking Standard Liege, Schalke 04 in Only to some extent though, as into the starting XI, Vardy’s 5,000-1 triumph last 16. “There is only one thing you want to Germany and the Belgian national Ireland proved themselves to be lim- with Leicester has convinced him that England do and that is to play football to the best of team. He has been the Red Devils’ ited opposition and the victory came should have no qualms about aiming for the your ability. “If you let things start distracting coach since 2012 and took a promis- after a build-up dominated by sug- stars. “There’s no point being afraid of teams,” you, then you’re not going to be able to do ing young team to the quarter-finals gestions leading Belgian players had he said at England’s media centre in Chantilly, that, which will then jeopardise the team as of the World Cup in Brazil two years agitated for a change in approach. north of Paris. “You’ve just got to go out there well. “So everything gets completely blanked ago. Coming into the European Wilmots, who stuck with Lukaku and with the mindset that whoever you’re up out except for England, England, England.” Championship, Belgium lay second De Bruyne having been expected to against, you can beat them. “Anyone’s beatable, Looking beyond Euro 2016, Vardy will in the FIFA world rankings behind axe both underperforming stars it’s as simple as that. That’s the mindset we undergo an operation after the tournament to , but for all his good work against the Irish, denied that the need and hopefully we’ll take it into games.” repair “two big cracks” in his right wrist, but says his problem in a country divided players have any say in how he lays Vardy’s story, which has seen him rise from he will only be sidelined for three weeks. He is along linguistic lines is that he is a his team out. —AFP non-league footballer to Premier League cham- bringing out an autobiography, “My Story”, in pion and England international in the space of October and revealed that a film charting his just four years, is now well known. But he says: rags-to-riches tale is slated for release in 2017. “I always pinch myself. It’s no secret where I’ve “It’s happening,” he said. — AFP A dog’s life for Mario Goetze EVIAN: Germany’s World Cup winner Mario the first half. He had one clear shot on goal in Goetze has brushed off criticism of his form at his 90 minutes on the pitch and against Poland, Euro 2016 by insisting, “sometimes you’re the he managed just two shots in 66 minutes. “So dog, sometimes you’re the tree”. The 24-year- that’s football. Sometimes you’re the dog, old’s star has fallen since Goetze came off the sometimes you’re the tree. That part of the bench and scored the winning goal in extra business,” Goetze said in answer to the criticism. time for Germany in the 2014 World Cup final. Neither Goetze or Germany’s replacement He has spent the last two years either striker Mario Gomez have hit the back of the injured or mainly on the bench at Bayern net in France as Germany prepare for Tuesday’s Munich, where Pep Guardiola prefered Thiago final Group C game against Northern Ireland. Alcantara in the attacking midfield role. And Germany need a point to progress to the last despite starting both of Germany’s group 16 having beaten Ukraine and been held to a games in France, the false nine has failed to goalless draw by Poland. Germany’s team BORDEAUX: Belgium’s midfielder Axel Witsel celebrates with impress, which has seen him criticized by manager Oliver Bierhoff has said the top sides Belgium’s coach Marc Wilmots (L) after scoring a goal during the pundits back home. at these European Championship finals are Euro 2016 group E football match between Belgium and Ireland at In their opening 2-0 win over Ukraine, having trouble breaking down defenses of the Matmut Atlantique stadium. — AFP Goezte did not touch the ball for 18 minutes in smaller nations. — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 19 Misfiring Ronaldo: foiled by mediocre Austria

PARIS: Cristiano Ronaldo missed a second-half penal- ty as Portugal stumbled to a second straight draw at FAN FERVOR Euro 2016 on Saturday after a frustrating 0-0 stale- mate against Group F rivals Austria in Paris. Ronaldo set a new Portuguese record with his 128th interna- tional cap, surpassing the mark previously shared with Luis Figo, but the occasion will be better remem- bered for the Real Madrid superstar hitting the post with a 79th-minute spot-kick. Hungary, who salvaged a point in a 1-1 draw with Iceland, are the surprise group leaders with a game to play, while Austria must win their final match to avoid exiting prematurely. “This is not the result we wanted. It’s not fair, it’s not deserved but that’s football,” said Portugal coach Fernando Santos. “It’s no use crying over spilt milk, it’s not the time to have regrets. “We have another point and we have a ‘final’ to play on the 22nd (against Hungary), we have to focus on winning the next match.” Santos sought to reinvigorate his team after a disappointing 1-1 draw with Iceland, drafting in Ricardo Quaresma to form an attacking trident with Ronaldo and Nani. William Carvalho was handed a start in central midfield, while Austria coach Marcel Koller made three changes, two enforced, with Sebastian Prodl, Stefan Ilsanker and Marcel Sabitzer all coming into the side beaten 2-0 by Hungary on Tuesday.

Portuguese authority Austria showed early signs of promise, much like in PARIS: Portugal’s forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts after missing an opportunity on goal during the Euro their opener against Hungary, carving out a chance 2016 group F football match between Portugal and Austria at the Parc des Princes. — AFP when a leaping Martin Harnik nodded Sabitzer’s crash back off the post with Joao Moutinho drilling away Ronaldo’s downward header. Koller hauled off whipped cross just wide. But Portugal settled quickly, the rebound over. Ronaldo then helped on a Alaba on 65 minutes, replacing the Bayern Munich star with Nani denied his second goal of the tournament Quaresma header straight at Almer, but Vieirinha with Schalke midfielder Alessandro Schopf, but it by the outstretched leg of Austria goalkeeper Robert needed to make an important clearance to keep failed to stem the flow of Portuguese attacks. Almer after breaking in behind centre-back Prodl. David Alaba’s driven free-kick from finding Harnik at And with 11 minutes to go it appeared Portugal Almer tipped a long-range strike from Vieirinha the far post. would get the goal their display merited when they behind, while Ronaldo spurned a glorious opportuni- Portugal goalkeeper Rui Patricio parried away a were awarded a penalty after Martin Hinteregger ty to write his name into the history books on 22 min- stinging drive from Ilsanker within seconds of the wrestled Ronaldo to the ground. utes as he steered wide from Raphael Guerreiro’s cut- restart, although Portugal soon reasserted their But the three-time World Player of the Year was left back inside the area. authority with Ronaldo leading the charge. His thun- shaking his head in disbelief as he smacked the ball Portugal remained the dominant side and nearly derous left-footed strike from the edge of the area was against the base of the post to ensure his wait for a reaped their reward just before the half-hour, only for turned behind by Almer, and the ensuing corner pro- goal at a record fourth European Championship finals Nani’s header from Andre Gomes’ left-wing cross to duced a similar result with the Austria keeper beating goes on. — AFP

Crucial penalty misfire exposes Ronaldo’s set-piece obsession

PARIS: One question stands out after Portugal’s 0-0 draw with Austria on Saturday-does Cristiano Ronaldo have to take every single free kick and penalty? If Portugal were to at least contemplate an alternative, they might not be ruing yet anoth- er failure to translate their dominance into three points. But, rather like a playground kickabout where the owner of the ball always gets his own way, there is only ever one possible option and it has reached the stage where it is costing them crucial points in major tournaments. The headlines will tell how Ronaldo missed a penalty late in the game on his record-breaking 128th appearance for his country, striking his effort against the post, but the two free kicks which he took, and wasted, were also significant. The first was about 40 meters from goal and, even though scoring did not look like a reason- DINARD: Wales’ forward Gareth Bale arrives for a press conference in Dinard, Western France, on June able possibility, Ronaldo insisted on having a 18, 2016, during the Euro 2016 football tournament. — AFP crack. It went straight into the wall. The second was on the edge of the penalty Wales ready to qualify area, slightly to the right of goal and better suited to left-footed Raphael Guerreiro than right-foot- ed Ronaldo. Guerreiro stood over the ball along- side Ronaldo, more in hope than anything else. for last 16, says Bale But, almost inevitably, it was the Real Madrid player who took the kick and curled it on to the TOULOUSE: Gareth Bale said Wales’ Euro 2016 fate is in game we were very disappointed, especially to lose in roof of the net. their own hands as they look to qualify for the last 16 in that manner,” Bale said Saturday. “But we have to forget a potentially high-risk match against Russia in Toulouse. about it. It’s over. Our fate is in our own hands, and if Warning signs Real Madrid forward Bale has been inspirational in you’d given us this at the start of the tournament we The warning signs had already come during a Wales’ European Championship debut, hitting the net would have taken it. “We’re so excited for our last game. friendly against Bulgaria last March which in a 2-1 win over Slovakia and again in the 2-1 defeat to Everything’s to play for, the nation’s behind us, as nor- England in Lens. mal, and we will be looking forward to it. “We’ll try to Portugal also dominated, but lost 1-0 with Wales lie second in Group B, one point behind lead- embrace the occasion and qualify.” Ronaldo missing another penalty. ers England but firmly in contention for a historic place They won four free kicks in possible scoring in the last 16. A win in Toulouse, where security is set to Russian woes positions and Ronaldo took them all, hitting the be tight following shocking scenes of fan violence With only one point to their name, following Vasili wall twice and forcing saves from the goalkeeper between England and Russia supporters in Marseille Berezutski’s last-gasp equaliser against England, Leonid with the other two. last week, would see Wales guarantee direct qualifica- Slutsky’s embattled Russia would be forgiven for wish- Portugal coach Fernando Santos, perhaps tion-although even defeat could see Wales go through ing their tournament was over following a crushing 2-1 understandably, did not want to discuss Ronaldo as one of the four best third-placed group finishers. defeat to Slovakia. It has left them bottom of the table after the game. “I understand you and I don’t talk Bale, who scored trademark free kicks against and needing to beat Wales to have any chance of about Cristiano,” he said. Overall, it was another Slovakia and England to sit among the tournament’s adding some optimism to their campaign after what frustrating night for 31-year-old Ronaldo, who top scorers after two games, admitted defeat to has been a controversial week for the team and its sup- has already been criticized for negative com- England through Daniel Sturridge’s injury-time goal porters. Yet their campaign was compounded even ments he made about Iceland’s tactics following was hard to digest. But the 26-year-old said Wales’ before they kicked a ball in anger in Marseille, as a 1-1 draw in their opening Group F match. “close group” of players are in high spirits and ready to Russian ultras attacked England fans in the port city Always in the thick of the action, Portugal’s keep their dream alive. “Obviously after the (England) hours before kick-off. — AFP immaculately-groomed all-time leading scorer also sidefooted wide from an excellent position in the first half and forced two good saves from Austria goalkeeper Robert Almer after halftime. Iceland fans prefer Often labeled as self-obsessed, Ronaldo showed another side to his character at the end of the game, when a supporter ran on to the pitch, hugs to hooliganism evaded security, approached the number seven and asked for a selfie. MARSEILLE: A week after England and Russia support- are good Vikings not marauders, actually very nice, we Ronaldo gestured to the security officials to ers clashed and while flare-throwing and fighting have come in peace,” he said. “Iceland is N-Iceland!” cried leave the fan along and patiently posed for marred games elsewhere, fans of tiny Iceland say they another fan, Jonina Unnur Gunnarsdottir. the picture. prefer hugs to hooliganism at Euro 2016. Having the He will be hoping the cameras capture him time of their lives, Icelanders told AFP in Marseille they ‘Best fans yet’ scoring in Portugal’s final group game against have come to their first ever European Championships “They are the best fans we have seen yet,” said leaders Hungary on Wednesday when qualifi- to have fun and feel part of Europe. Karim, a cafe owner watching the revelry on the Quai cation for the last 16 is on the line. — Reuters “I’m not sure life can get any better, it’s historic, des Belges. “It was different last week,” he recalled. great to be here,” Louise Ragnarsdottir told AFP on the Nearly a week ago England and Russia fans conducted seafront of the southern city. “All my life I watched the pitched battles in the worst violence at a football tour- tournaments on TV, now we are part of Europe’s party!” nament since the 1998 World Cup, prompting police to said the 28-year-old accountant from Reykjavik. Some respond with tear gas and baton charges. Matches on TV 27,000 Iceland fans have travelled to France, almost 10 For fans of the Nordic minnows the Euro 2016 vio- (Local Timings) percent of the Nordic island’s 330,000-strong popula- lence has been an eye-opening experience. “We are a tion. No smaller country has ever featured at a Euro peaceful nation, we have no army, no guns, we’re just UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP finals. “We live on a faraway island, just to go abroad at not into fighting,” Atli Gudmundsson told AFP. “At home Russia v Wales 22:00 all is an experience,” said Ragnarsdottir. families go to football, no-one dreams of ever causing beIN MAX 2 HD After the Group F tie with Hungary on Saturday trouble.” The 29-year-old attended the Croatia-Czech pockets of Iceland fans gathered in Marseille’s Vieux Republic tie in Saint Etienne on Friday where Croatian Slovakia v England 22:00 Port district to chant “Boom-Boom-Hoooo!”, leaping in fans fought among themselves and lit flares, forcing a beIN MAX 3 HD EN unison on the “Hoooo!”. “It’s our Viking song, synchro- temporary stoppage in play. “Torches on the pitch, beIN MAX 1 HD nized and terrifying,” laughed Arni Gardar, an IT consult- fighting in the stands, that kind of thing is new to us, it ant from Reykjavik. “But we don’t mean to be scary, we was quite shocking to see,” he said. —AFP Vardy brings Portugal foiled by Leicester mediocre Austria spirit to England quest

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SANTA CLARA: Chile’s Edson Puch celebrates after scoring the teams seventh goal against Mexico during the Copa America Centenario quarterfinal football match. — AFP Chile thrash Mexico 7-0 to reach semis

SANTA CLARA: Eduardo Vargas scored four goals as finals of a major tournament. Their previous biggest loss from its stars,” Osorio added. “But there is not seven the crowd into silence as the teams headed in for the holders Chile sent Mexico spinning to a historic 7-0 was a 6-0 rout by West Germany at the 1978 World Cup goals difference between Chilean and Mexican football.” break. Chile then cut loose early in the second half with defeat to reach the semi-finals of the Copa America in Argentina. The rout was also only one goal away from Vargas grabbed his fourth goal in the 74th minute to slick inter-play ripping apart a feeble Mexican defense at Centenario here Saturday. Hoffenheim forward Vargas equaling Mexico’s heaviest ever defeat in any interna- give Chile a 6-0 lead. But the punishment did not finish will. Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez made it 3-0 in the 49th completed a hat-trick in 13 devastating minutes either tional, an 8-0 thrashing by England in London in 1961. there with Edson Puch adding a seventh in the 88th minute minute before two more goals from Vargas in the 52nd side of half-time to send Chile into a semi-final against for his second of the match. Chile, winners of last year’s and 57th minutes piled on the agony for Mexico. Several in Chicago on Wednesday. ‘A disgrace’ Copa America on home soil, had faced an intimidating Mexican players visibly wilted in the face of the onslaught, Vargas later dedicated his performance to his mother, “I offer my sincere apologies to the Mexican fans, to atmosphere in front of a crowd of 70,547 people at the and for periods the game resembled a training exercise for who was earlier this week diagnosed with a heart prob- all the Mexican people,” Mexico coach Juan Carlos Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers. Chile as they swept forward relentlessly. lem in his homeland. “I’m very happy with the perform- Osorio said afterwards. “What we saw today was a dis- But despite the overwhelmingly pro-Mexico crowd, Vargas’s fourth made it 6-0 on the night before Puch ance, I dedicate it to my mum and my family,” Vargas grace, an accident of football,” he added. “Obviously Chile were quicker to settle, with Puch opening the scoring then toe-poked home to complete the scoring. Brazilian said. “We started this tournament badly but we’re get- there are more important things in the world than foot- on 16 minutes when he steered in a rebound from Marcelo referee Heber Lopes spared Mexico the possibility of ting stronger and stronger with every match,” he added. ball, but that was a very poor display. “Chile had a great Diaz’s shot after Guillermo Ochoa could only parry away. greater humiliation, whistling for full-time almost on the The drubbing was Mexico’s worst ever defeat in the collective performance and extraordinary performance Vargas grabbed a second a minute before half-time to stun stroke of 90 minutes, with no time added on. — AFP Messi ties with record as Argentina beat Venezuela

FOXBOROUGH: Lionel Messi scored a record-equaling skillfully directed a first time strike past Venezuela goal- 54th international goal as Argentina outclassed keeper Dani Hernandez for a wonderful goal. Argentina Venezuela 4-1 to book their place in the semi-finals of remained firmly in control but were jolted in the 27th the Copa America Centenario here Saturday. The minute when Nicolas Gaitan picked up a needless yel- superstar scored his fourth goal of the tour- low card for a kick on Alexander Gonzalez that will see nament in the 60th minute at the Gillette Stadium to him suspended for the semi-final. equal Gabriel Batistuta’s long-time Argentina interna- Argentina’s dominance clearly had Venezuela rattled, tional goalscoring record. and the Vinotinto’s defensive unease led to the next Messi also created a goal for Gonzalo Higuain, who goal. A slack backpass from Arquimedes Figuera went scored twice, and second half substitute Erik Lamela as straight to Higuain in space, and the striker coolly Argentina set up a semi-final against the United States rounded Hernandez to stroke home his second of the in Houston tomorrow. Afterwards Messi played down night to make it 2-0 after 29 minutes. But just when it his goalscoring milestone. “I’m happy for what it means looked as if the floodgates would open, Venezuela ral- and it’s nice to be next to ‘Batigol’ lied impressively and had Argentina rocking with a (Batistuta), but for me tonight the most important series of chances. thing is the result,” Messi said. Messi is determined to lead Argentina to their first trophy in 23 years after a Rondon threat series of agonizing near-misses which include defeats in West Bromwich Albion striker Salomon Rondon the finals of last year’s Copa America and the 2014 forced a save from Sergio Romero and hit the wood- World Cup final. “I think people sometimes overlook work in quick succession. Romero was left scrambling to that we got to two finals, and only focus on the fact that save once again just before half-time, when fullback we lost,” Messi said. “For us to be back in another semi- Rolf Feltscher’s long-range shot deflected off Gabriel final of a big tournament like this one is a great achieve- Mercado and looped up and over the Argentina keeper. ment for these players.” Venezuela looked to have a justifiable claim for a penalty when Higuain brought down Josef Martinez in Inspirational display the box but Mexican referee Roberto Garcia was FOXBOROUGH: Argentina’s Lionel Messi, top, celebrates a goal by Gonzalo Higuain (9) during the first half of Few would bet against Messi achieving his goal after unmoved. Seconds later though Garcia was pointing to a Copa America Centenario quarterfinal soccer match against Venezuela. — AP an inspirational display that left Venezuela chasing the spot after Romero clumsily bundled over Martinez shadows in the early part of Saturday’s quarter-final. for a clear penalty. But Venezuela’s pressure went unre- sure in the second half, and Messi effectively put the winger before poking his finish between Hernandez’s Messi’s genius created the opening goal after eight min- warded when Luis Manuel Seijas tried a risky “Panenka” contest to bed with his record-equaling goal in the 60th legs. Rondon pulled a goal back with a header in the utes, with the playmaker lofting a sublime curling pass down the middle which Romero read and gathered minute, which came after Argentina pressed high to 70th minute, but Messi’s response was instant, thread- to pick out Higuain’s run into the area. with ease. force a turnover. Gaitan won the tackle and passed to ing a pass to Lamela whose shot crept in at Hernandez’s Napoli forward Higuain still had plenty to do but Venezuela were unable to renew their period of pres- Messi, who quickly played a one-two with the Benfica near post. — AFP Global central banks wait for UK referendum Page 23

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BELGRADE: Workers at the Zelezara Smederevo steel plant, recently bought by a Chinese steel giant, hold posters depicting Xi Jinping, China’s President, during Xi’s tour of the plant in Smederevo, 40 kilome- ters (24 miles) southeast of Belgrade, Serbia, yesterday. —AP Abu Dhabi banks soar on merger talks Egypt rate hike much harsher than expected

DUBAI: Shares in Abu Dhabi banks soared yesterday after highest volume since November 2014. family for about $2.4 billion. YESTERDAY’S HIGHLIGHTS National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) and First Gulf Bank Other Abu Dhabi bank shares also rose, partly on specu- After the Dubai group completes the purchase, it will SAUDI ARABIA (FGB) confirmed they were in merger talks. Other Gulf stock lation they might be involved in further mergers and acqui- launch a mandatory takeover offer to remaining Americana The index was flat at 6,542 points. markets were mixed while an interest rate increase dragged sitions activity as the industry consolidated. Union National shareholders at 2.650 dinars. Americana shares were bid at Egypt down. Bank climbed 7.0 percent. their upper daily limit of 2.2 dinars on Sunday but did not DUBAI NBAD and FGB confirmed in a brief statement they were Abu Dhabi’s main stock index added 4.7 percent in its trade because holders were not willing to sell at that level. The index slipped 0.3 percent to 3,297 points. discussing a merger or combination of their businesses, in heaviest trading day since November 2014. As attention Nevertheless, the boost to the finances of the Kharafis, a what would create one of the largest banks by assets in the switched to Abu Dhabi, trading volume in Dubai shrank to major merchant family in Kuwait, was seen as positive for ABU DHABI Middle East and Africa. very low levels and the index fell 0.3 percent. Dubai’s largest the market as a whole. National Investment Co, an invest- The index jumped 4.7 percent to 4,524 points. Many analysts said it was too early to take positions in listed lender, Emirates NBD, edged down 0.1 percent. ment and asset management vehicle of the family, jumped the stocks before details were known. Some said a merger Saudi Arabia closed flat in modest volume after spend- 5.3 percent. QATAR could benefit both shareholders. Arqaam Capital said FGB ing most of the day higher. Petrochemical shares were firm In Egypt, the central bank raised its key interest rates by The index edged up 0.1 percent to 9,806 points. would benefit from a stronger wholesale banking operation after oil prices rebounded on Friday. National Gas and 100 basis points after the close on Thursday to their highest while NBAD was underrepresented in retail banking. Industrialisation rose sharply for a fourth straight day in levels in years to rein in surging inflation and ease down- EGYPT “We see strong merits of this potential transaction for unusually heavy trade, gaining 5.0 percent. The firm, which ward pressure on the Egyptian pound. The index dropped 1.1 percent to 7,338 points. both parties,” Arqaam said. But HSBC predicted a pure distributes liquefied petroleum gas, has been rising partly Analysts had been roughly evenly split on whether the merger would benefit only NBAD, while a merger through on hopes it may benefit from projects in Saudi Arabia’s eco- central bank would tighten policy. Few analysts who KUWAIT acquisition would destroy shareholder value at both banks. nomic reform plan announced this month. expected a tightening had predicted such a large increase, The index rose 1.2 percent to 5,458 points. “A share swap scenario presents significant dilution risks to so the decision hurt the stocks, especially since many econ- shareholders of both banks,” it said. KUWAIT, EGYPT omists think more tightening and currency depreciation are OMAN Nevertheless, local retail investors cheered the idea Kuwait’s index rose 1.2 percent, buoyed by news an likely in the second half of this year. The index was flat at 5,808 points. of an Abu Dhabi mega-bank, with NBAD shares jump- investment group led by prominent Dubai business- The Cairo stock index <.EGX30 dropped 1.1 percent. Ezz ing the 15 percent daily limit in their heaviest trade man Mohamed Alabbar had agreed to buy a majority Steel , exposed to higher interest rates as a borrower for BAHRAIN since April 2015, and FGB gaining 11.5 percent in its stake in Kuwait Food Co (Americana) from the Kharafi capital-intensive projects, dropped 2.3 percent. The index fell 0.4 percent to 1,113 points. —Reuters Could British EU exit be watershed for global economy?

FRANKFURT: A British exit from the European pened. Here’s a quick run-through of the global risks too bad on growth - if you’re not British. A year after a UNCERTAINTY Union could cause global market swings for a while. from a Brexit. vote to leave, Britain’s economy would be one per- The “U-word” is prominent in most assess- But that would soon pass. cent smaller than it would have been otherwise, while ments of Brexit. That’s because it would take If we’re lucky, that is. Much darker scenarios for FLIGHT TO SAFETY the 28-country EU would lose 0.25 percent and the years for Britain to sort out new trade relation- the global economy are also being discussed by It’s reasonable to assume that a vote to leave world 0.1 percent, according to Moody’s Analytics ships if it leaves the EU, whose members trade economists as they try to gauge the risks of would cause global financial market swings in the chief economist Mark Zandi. “I think the immediate freely with each other without charging tariffs. Thursday’s referendum for the wider world. While short term, with investors selling riskier assets such effect is modest,” he said. “It’s not cataclysmic in any Businesses wouldn’t know where to locate pro- economists say a British exit from the EU - or Brexit, as stocks and seeking safety in government bonds, way. It’s corrosive, certainly. It diminishes the UK econ- duction or how much it would cost to trade. as it is known - would be painful mainly for the analysts say. The pound has already fallen in value omy going forward.” The EU and Canada, for instance, have been country itself and to a lesser extent for rest of the against other currencies and would likely fall more. Taking 0.1 percentage point off global growth negotiating a trade agreement for seven years. Europe, the consequences for the global economy Gold, seen by some as a refuge in troubled times, might not seem like much, but the world economy, And uncertainty can be very hard on growth. It are harder to estimate. might rise. Markets seem to be betting that “remain” though not in crisis, is not in great shape right now. makes executives hold off on building new In the gloomier narratives, a Brexit becomes a will win, so if they’re wrong, there could be some The International Monetary Fund predicts 3.2 percent plants or hiring permanent employees, while turning point, an event that snowballs and leads to scrambling to adjust. growth this year and 3.5 percent next year. IMF head consumers might wait on buying a new car or much larger and nastier problems. It could deal a Christine Lagarde says that’s not enough to lift living kitchen. Uncertainty is one reason investment is setback to free trade and globalization, which many LOWER FOR LONGER standards and get the globe’s 200 million unem- relatively weak in the developed world. A Brexit WASHINGTON: In this Saturday, April 16, 2016 file disgruntled voters around the world are already cool Faced with churning markets, central banks ployed back to work. “There is a risk that middle class would only add another reason to wait. photo, International Monetary Fund (IMF) on. And it could trigger more defections from the could try to steady things with extra loans for banks families and the poor actually remain behind, which EU, destabilizing the region and unsettling compa- or other ways of making credit more readily avail- would embolden the voices of protectionism and THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Managing Director Christine Lagarde speaks dur- nies and consumers. So forecasts are ranging from able. Market swings could help persuade the US fragmentation,” she said in April. The World Trade Although the direct impact seems man- ing a news conference after the International the benign to the apocalyptic. Some, like outgoing Federal Reserve to postpone interest rate increases Organization says international trade will remain slug- ageable outside Europe and the UK, econo- Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) confer- Finnish Finance Minister Alexander Stubb, compare once thought likely this year and now in doubt. That gish this year, growing 2.8 percent, well below the mists can’t help painting darker scenarios. If ence at the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings at Brexit to the 2008 collapse of US investment bank could be good news for mortgage holders but could average of 5 percent since 1990. And the effects of a other countries decide to leave the EU or if a IMF headquarters in Washington. While econo- Lehman Brothers, which spread financial ruin across prolong savers’ agony over low rates and non-exis- Brexit could be long-lasting: permanently lower “leave” vote energizes populist political forces mists say a British exit from the EU — or Brexit, as the globe. Or, it could be more like Y2K, in which tent returns on deposits. growth in Britain and Europe. After five years, Britain’s and leads to a broader retrenchment in trade it is known — would be painful mainly for the computers worldwide were supposed to fail on Jan. economy would be 4 percent smaller than otherwise; and globalization, a Brexit would be seen as a country itself and to a lesser extent for rest of the 1, 2000 because software was written for years MANAGEABLE? the EU 1 percent and the global economy 0.25 per- turning point with outsized influence on the Europe, the consequences for the global economy beginning with 19-. In the event, not much hap- The direct impact of a Brexit would likely not be cent, according to Zandi. So it could add up. globe. —AP are harder to estimate. —AP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 BUSINESS

The risk of Britain leaving the European Union is high By Hayder Tawfik - Rasameel in the heart of it. The average British person look at The issue of the referendum on the future of the much deeper than that. It is about the people of these two issues with alarm bells. As for the econom- UK inside the European Union started with the dis- Europe who had enough of austerity measures, nly a few days left for ic point of view the British remember well how earli- satisfaction of the UK with the European project and high unemployment, no future prospects and the British to decide er the so-called experts recommended that Britain how it can proceeds going further. Recently it was above all the inequality and insecurity. Europe is Oon the fate of the UK should ditch sterling and join the euro system, and amplified by fears over uncontrolled immigration. stuck in a battle within itself. It is trying to find a self inside the European Union. A they see how that would have worked out. As for the The British prime minister tried very hard to negoti- and independent definition, one that is playing out union that the UK joined immigration issue it is much simpler. The UK has ate better terms not just for the UK but for the whole across major democracies. However, some of them about 47 years ago. Initially it always welcomed skilled and unskilled migrants into European Union. He promised the British voters that find themselves stuck in a straightjacket locked by was a union to get the main the country but the economic and social costs have it is better if they decide on these very important rigid and uncompromising rules and regulations players in Europe to get become unbearable and they are no longer pre- issues. He did not get any help from other European imposed on them by some unelected politicians in together and set up an eco- pared to pay the cost. leaders. They should have recognized him as an ally Brussels. You can see the difference in that the UK nomic union that later and in doing so would have strengthened the has been doing much better not having the single expanded to become a polit- So why suddenly they want to leave the EU? European project. I believe it would be a massive loss currency and having at least control on its monetary ical, economic and social union. Britain might actu- The bad record of political experts insight on for the European Union if the UK decides to leave. and fiscal policies. ally do leave the European Union on the 23rd of Britain and Europe have created a credibility prob- Some other European leaders recognize this but I personally think that the British people trust June if the latest opinion polls are any guide to go lem, and the constant repetitions of the fear and their pride stops them from admitting the fact. They the ruling Conservative Party more than anyone by. Recent opinion polls say the campaign to quit havoc that has been projected by the UK govern- actually ignored the British prime minister and sent else in running the UK economy in a way that ben- the European Union is ahead. This could be very ment were never going to solve the concerns the him away from his desperate negotiation with little efits most of the people. At the same can manage bad news for the government and its allies in the average British public has with those two important benefits if any at all. And the tone of their response immigration into the country in a more effective Stay campaign are alarmed. They have worked tire- issues I mentioned earlier. The Stay campaign has was even more damaging than the lack of sub- way than the other parties. This was proved in the lessly to convince the British public to vote yes on failed miserably to convince the public of the attrac- stance. The message came through loud and clear: It last election. the 23rd of June. tion in staying inside the European Union. All signs isn’t Britain’s place to tell Europe how to change. The biggest worry is that on June 23rd, the I believe the leave campaign has taken advantage suggest that life outside the European Union is pos- Regardless if the UK is in or out of the EU, Europe as a British people will decide that it is better to vote for of two important issues that have become news sible. Switzerland isn’t mired, so far as one can see, whole needs to change that anti-EU sentiment is on the devil they know than one they don’t and finally headlines over the past few years. They are the eco- in perpetual poverty. Yet the emphasis on the the rise in many other countries. decide to remain inside the European Union. I nomic crises in the Eurozone and the massive immi- Britain’s bleak future without the blessings of the I believe that the referendum is not really just believe that would be the most unjust decision for gration inflow into Western Europe, which the UK is European Commission went on. about the European Union or Europe overall. It is the future generation of the United Kingdom. Australia taxes foreign home buyers as affordability bites SYDNEY: Sydney is imposing new taxes on for- slap new property and land taxes on foreign ties after tightening regulations. Housing eigners buying homes as concerns grow that a buyers, sparking an outcry from developers affordability, and the role of property flood of mostly Chinese investors is crowding fearful that they will flee to other markets investors, has also been a key battleground out locals and killing the “Great Australian such as New Zealand and Canada. ahead of national elections on July 2. But Dream” of owning property. “It is very bad. Without the Chinese nothing with housing prices appearing to be coming Ownership rates across the country are would ever get built,” the country’s richest man off the boil and the economy transitioning among the highest in developed nations, with and head of prominent developer Meriton, away from a mining boom, analysts say the having your own house long viewed as a key “high-rise” Harry Triguboff told The Australian state taxes could backfire. aspect of Australian identity. But as prices rise Financial Review this week. “Never mind the “It’ll have ramifications down the track to record levels-Sydney is ranked only second bullshit stories, sales volumes have already when the market goes through a pretty signif- Al Tijari announces to Hong Kong as major cities with the world’s dropped and prices are coming down steadily. icant downturn in terms of construction and least-affordable housing-new potential home- The Chinese buyers are already disappearing.” developers are finding it hard to get projects owners have been increasingly forced out of going,” BIS Shrapnel’s managing director winners of Al Najma the market with foreigners blamed as a key fac- GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN Robert Mellor told AFP. KUWAIT: Commercial Bank of Kuwait The new prizes scheme for Al Najma tor. “The governments want to respond to a Analysts say Australia is an appealing market Signs of a softening housing market could held the Al Najma Account daily draw account. Daily draw to win KD 7000. perception about housing affordability and the particularly after Hong Kong and also be why states appear to be trying to “grab yesterday. The draw was held under the Quarterly draws to win great prizes impact of foreign investment on that,” KPMG introduced a 15 percent property tax on non- some revenue while it’s on offer”, leading prop- supervision of the Ministry of Commerce that would start from KD 100,000 to KD Australia’s indirect tax specialist Michelle local buyers and as the local dollar weakened erty data provider CoreLogic’s Australia & Industry represented by Abdulaziz 250,000. Bennett told AFP. against other currencies. The proposed tax in research head Cameron Kusher said. Ashkanani. First Quarter KD 100,000 “(Politicians) are raising money from people Sydney’s New South Wales state to be Meanwhile, there are question marks about The winners of the Al Najma Daily Second Quarter KD 150,000 who aren’t voting, so superficially you can announced this week would be only four per- whether current data adequately captures the Draw are :- Third Quarter KD 200,000 understand that it’s possibly not bad politics,” cent, in Queensland it is three percent and in full extent of foreign investment in Australian Fourth Quarter KD 250,000. she added, but warned the measures could be Victoria seven percent. real estate, with some statistics not delineating Sh Shouq Mohammed Alsabah KD 7000/- With Al Najma you have more chances a “blunt instrument” that could hurt the market. The island continent experienced an aver- between commercial and residential property Maisaa Ahmed Ali KD 7000/- to win greater prizes. Each KD 25 kept in Last year, leading apartment developer Lend age 7.25 percent annual housing growth over purchases. In one estimate, University of Mohammaed Suleman Dias KD 7000/- your account gives you one chance to Lease sold out more than Aus$600 million the past three decades according to the central Sydney researchers last year said offshore Fay Yuons Al Ibrahim KD 7000/- win. Each KD 25 kept in your account for (US$445 million) worth of new units in Sydney’s bank, attracting Chinese investment into com- Chinese purchases only totalled two percent of Atef Abdu Allah Alsayed Muhsen one week will give you a chance to enter Darling Harbour in under five hours, with The mercial and residential real estate. Chinese all transactions in 2014 out of overall residen- KD 7000/- the daily draw. Each KD 25 kept in your Australian Financial Review reporting that one- invested Aus$4.2 billion in 2011-12, rising to tial home sales of Aus$270 billion, the Sydney account for 3 months will give you third of buyers were foreign. Aus$24.3 billion in 2014-15 according to Morning Herald reported. Al Najma awards are now brighter and chance to enter the quarterly draw. Lend Lease said the sale broke local Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board, Despite the new tax hurdles, Kusher expects bigger than ever. With the revamped Al Additional features: ATM card, issue a records but such reports have also fuelled making them the largest overseas buyers. long-term Chinese housing investment to con- Najma account, all your dreams will be credit card against your account and calls for government action to protect But foreign investment-including in local tinue. “The people that are buying for the long- turned to reality. On top of offering the obtain all CBK banking services. Australian buyers. In response, the New firms and agricultural land-is politically sensi- term... maybe at some point to migrate to highest daily prize in Kuwait for KD 7,000, You deserve to win! Open an account South Wales, Victoria and Queensland state tive and last year the national government Australia, I don’t think it would act as too much now our Mega prize draws got bigger to now with just KD 500 and you will enter governments have introduced or are set to forced some offshore owners to sell proper- of a deterrent for them,” he said. — AFP reach KD 250,000. all draws. Indian central bank chief felt undermined before quitting NEW DELHI/: Indian central bank gov- Rajan joked when he took over the top job at face questions on the motives for his abrupt with- SAFFRON POSSE defend - and not stay silent.” Yet it was Rajan’s own ernor Raghuram Rajan’s abrupt decision to quit the Reserve Bank of India in September 2013 that drawal at a speaking engagement today after- Rajan had for weeks faced intense pressure forays into politically sensitive territory that led the came as he increasingly felt he lacked support he wasn’t expecting to win any votes or Facebook noon in Mumbai. Less than two weeks ago, he from Subramanian Swamy, a politician in Modi’s Hindu right to target him - in particular over a from his political bosses Finance Minister Arun ‘likes’ in the position. laughed off speculation about his future after an Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who, say sources speech last October to students in Delhi in which Jaitley and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accord- But the hostility he had faced of late from ele- RBI policy meeting, saying: “You will know when familiar with the matter, was acting with the back- he said that social tolerance was vital for a coun- ing to friends and colleagues. ments of Modi’s ruling party was evidently greater there is news.” ing of the Hindu-nationalist umbrella group to try’s development. A newspaper report a week ago that a selec- than he had counted on, the sources said. When Five sources familiar with the matter said Rajan which the BJP is affiliated, the Rashtriya tion panel would consider a field of candidates Rajan decided to leave, he did so without warning had not contacted Modi’s office directly. Nor was a Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). “NO-GO ZONE” rather than directly offer the former IMF chief and on his own terms: in a sign of growing ten- meeting or discussion between the two planned, Swamy, a 76-year-old former Harvard econo- The issue of “intolerance” has been a catalyst economist an extension to his three-year term, sions he did not inform top members of the gov- said one senior official. Modi has not commented, mist with a record of aggressive anti-corruption lit- of controversy under Modi, driving to the heart effectively forcing him to reapply for his own job, ernment before releasing an open letter to staff tweeting instead on Sunday about the forthcom- igation, wrote an open letter to Modi a month ago of whether the overt message of development may have been the final straw, according to these on Saturday, a move that took investors and the ing World Yoga Day. accusing Rajan of being “mentally not fully Indian” for all that he campaigned on to win the 2014 people and a finance ministry source. government by surprise. Jaitley had been in his office on Saturday and and calling on the prime minister to “terminate” general election can hold, or whether a more “He felt it would belittle the position of the RBI gave no indication of concern about Rajan’s him with immediate effect. divisive Hindu-first agenda will prevail under governor if he had to appear before the commit- NO CONTACT future, leaving for home before the news broke, The broadside from Swamy came soon after he his party’s rule. tee,” said one senior commercial banker who In his letter, Rajan said he had been open to an aide said. The finance minister tweeted after a was handed a seat in India’s upper house of parlia- Questions about where Modi stands on the knows Rajan personally but had not spoken to seeing through changes he championed such delay of more than two hours that he respected ment by the ruling party, creating the impression issue date back to early in his term as chief minis- him since his decision. as the creation of a monetary policy committee Rajan’s decision. that he was acting on good authority. ter of Gujarat, where more than 1,000 people, “It would reveal a lack of government support. to set interest rates and a clean-up of the bank- It was unclear whether Rajan had briefed sen- Challenged to respond to Swamy, Jaitley mere- most of them minority Muslims, died in communal Rather than have two more years of constant ing sector. ior staff at the Reserve Bank of India since his ly said that Rajan’s candidacy should not be dis- rioting in 2002. He was dogged for years by allega- quibbling, he decided to go.” The darling of inter- But he added: “On due reflection, and after bombshell decision. “I am surprised,” said one cussed publicly. “As a colleague I could see he tions that he either turned a blind eye to, or even national investors was also upset that Jaitley had consultation with the government, I want to share person who has worked with Rajan and who looked hurt,” said one senior policymaker who encouraged, the attacks until a court-ordered not backed him more strongly after criticism from with you that I will be returning to academia spoke on condition of anonymity. “A week back works with Rajan. “You can question my efficiency, probe found there was not enough evidence to Hindu nationalists of both his policies and his per- when my term as governor ends on Sept. 4, 2016.” he was sounding very much interested in serv- but if you question my loyalty to my job, then one prosecute him. Throughout, Modi has denied ceived lack of “Indian-ness”, the sources said. Rajan was not available for comment but will ing a second term.” would expect your employer to stand up and wrongdoing. — Reuters

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Ltd Czech Korune 0.004580 0.016580 South African Rand 0.013949 0.022449 Thai Baht 8.587 Danish Krone 0.041763 0.046763 Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001667 0.002247 Euro 0.0335657 0.0344657 Taiwan 0.009216 0.009396 GCC COUNTRIES Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Norwegian Krone 0.032156 0.037356 Thai Baht 0.008214 0.008764 Saudi Riyal 80.563 US Dollar 302.150 Romanian Leu 0.086602 0.086602 Qatari Riyal 82.987 Canadian Dollar 234.580 Slovakia 0.008983 0.018983 Arab Sterling Pound 434.417 ani Riyal 784.693 Swedish Krona 0.032301 0.037301 Bahraini Dinar 0.794227 0.802727 Euro 341.614 Bahraini Dinar 802.310 Swiss Franc 0.308569 0.319569 Egyptian Pound 0.027294 0.032412 Swiss Frank 290.995 UAE Dirham 82.253 Turkish Lira 0.097705 0.108005 Iranian Riyal 0.000084 0.000085 Bahrain Dinar 799.567 Iraqi Dinar 0.000180 0.000240 UAE Dirhams 82.490 ARAB COUNTRIES Australasia Jordanian Dinar 0.421800 0.430800 Egyptian Pound - Cash 30.750 Qatari Riyals 83.730 Australian Dollar 0.215490 0.227490 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.000000 1.000000 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 34.393 Saudi Riyals 81.290 Jordanian Dinar 426.475 New Zealand Dollar 0.207099 0.216599 Lebanese Pound 0.000146 0.000246 Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.213 Moroccan Dirhams 0.020043 0.044043 Tunisian Dinar 140.440 Egyptian Pound 33.929 Nigerian Naira 0.001243 0.001878 Jordanian Dinar 425.640 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.087 America Omani Riyal 0.777736 0.783416 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 2.013 Indian Rupees 4.496 Canadian Dollar 0.229124 0.238124 Syrian Lira 2.153 Pakistani Rupees 2.884 US Dollars 0.297800 0.302500 Qatar Riyal 0.082113 0.083563 Morocco Dirham 31.552 Bangladesh Taka 3.846 US Dollars Mint 0.298300 0.302500 Saudi Riyal 0.079420 0.080720 Pesso 6.512 Syrian Pound 0.001279 0.001499 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Cyprus pound 581.242 Asia Tunisian Dinar 0.137243 0.145243 US Dollar Transfer 301.950 Japanese Yen 3.893 Bangladesh Taka 0.003378 0.003962 Turkish Lira 0.097705 0.108005 Euro 342.710 Syrian Pound 2.391 Chinese Yuan 0.044345 0.047845 UAE Dirhams 0.080771 0.082471 Sterling Pound 435.410 Nepalese Rupees 3.807 Hong Kong Dollar 0.038652 0.039602 Yemeni Riyal 0.001364 0.001444 MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 BUSINESS Global central banks wait for UK referendum NBK’S WEEEKLY MONEY MARKET REPORT KUWAIT: This week, foreign exchange markets effects of the central bank’s stimulus policies increased by 0.5% from a 1.3% increase in US Manufacturing Mixed increased by 0.9% from a 1.3% increase in were dictated by four central bank meetings were gradually working through the economy April showing consumer spending is still The Philadelphia Fed’s Manufacturing April. The figure was supported as prices of and their responses to the imminent British and that the BoJ does not decide monetary boosting economic recovery in the second Business Outlook Survey showed that gener- goods sold in the retail industry decreased by referendum. Not surprisingly, the US, policy based on currency moves. The JPY quarter. Nine of thirteen major categories al activity rebounded to 4.7 from -1.18 2.8% year-on-year and good weather in May Japanese, Swiss and UK Central banks chose to closed the week at 104.16. showed increases in demand in May from showing growth in May. However, while the boosted clothing sales up 4.3%. The Office for leave policies unchanged fearing the June 23 Crude oil prices saw declines throughout the prior month, led by a 1.3% jump at non- survey’s indicator for general activity National Statistics reported the May increase referendum result would undo the impact of the week until recovering slightly Friday as store retailers, which include online mer- returned to positive territory, indicators for was 6% higher than the same month in 2015 whatever policy was introduced. For the trading remains volatile before Britain’s June chants. Core Retail sales, which exclude auto- new orders, shipments, and employment as clothing and online sales were significantly moment, status quo remains in markets. 23 referendum on its EU membership. Gold on mobile sales, increased by 0.4% in May, in remained negative. Furthermore, indicators better from the same period. During the last meeting, the FOMC sent the other hand made reached 23 month highs line with forecasts. for future conditions fell from last month’s strong signals that they were willing to act in at 1,315.58 before dropping to 1,277.96 at the readings but remained optimistic as firms Unemployment at Record Low June if data were consistent with growth. The conclusion of the central bank meetings and Fuel Costs Increase Prices continued to expect future growth. The UK unemployment rate has fallen to dismal non-farm payrolls earlier in the month as traders locked in profits. Brent Crude closed Prices of finished goods and services sold 5%, the lowest since October 2005. The report all but erased those sentiments. Combined the week at 49.17 and Gold at $1,298. by producers increased in May as higher fuel Europe & UK showed the unemployment total fell to 1.67 with the Fed’s dovish meeting Wednesday and costs pushed up prices for the second month. Bank of England on Brexit million in the February-to-April period, down a looming referendum, July rate hike remains FOMC: No Change In June The Labor Department showed that the pro- The Bank of England’s Monetary 20,000 from the previous quarter. uncertain. Furthermore, while the median The Federal Open Market Committee vot- ducer-price index gained 0.4%, beating fore- Committee voted unanimously to leave the Furthermore, with the introduction of new forecast by the fed is still for two hikes, the ed unanimously to leave interest rates casts, after a 0.2% increase in April. However, Official Bank Rate unchanged at 0.5% and national minimum wage for workers above number of dovish committee members only unchanged at the end of a two-day meeting when you exclude volatile components such maintain the stock of purchased assets 25, average weekly earnings were 2% higher seeing one hike in 2016 has gone up from 1 to on Wednesday in Washington. The Fed men- as food, energy and trade services, prices financed by the issuance of central bank from last year. The Office of National Statistics 6 out of 17, relative to March’s last round of reserves at £375 billion. While also mention- also reported that the number of people out forecasting. ing subdued inflation, the main driver for the of work and claiming benefits fell by 400 in The latest data out of the US showed prices decision comes from the looming referendum May from 6,400. increasewere drivenby the biggest rebound in to leave the European Union. The Committee energy costs since May 2015. However, tempo- mentioned that while figures like consumer Swiss National Bank Prepared for Action rary energy-related spikes in prices are likely to spending have been solid, potential referen- The Swiss National Bank has kept its nega- reverse in light of soft growth in the US and dum effects are making economic data releas- tive interest rate policy unchanged with the abroad. Consumer spending on the other es more difficult to interpret, and that the deposit rate at -0.7%. The SNB said the CHF is hand continues to be the highlight of US Committee is being more cautious in drawing still significantly overvalued and will there- recovery in the second quarter. Retail sales inferences from them than would normally be fore maintain their expansionary monetary increased 0.5% following a 1.3% jump in April the case. While Growth in the United policy to support economic activity. However, registering the biggest gain in a year. Kingdom’s major trading partners is expected with the UK referendum drawing near, On the currency front, we saw slight USD to continue at a modest pace over the next President Thomas Jordan said the SNB is weakness in cautious trade against its three years, a vote to leave the EU could ready to respond if needed including inter- majors as we approached the central bank sharply depreciate the GBP adversely affect- vening in the currency markets introducing meetings at the end of the week. The Euro ing trade and productivity. additional rate cuts. started the week at high of 1.1300 and made Analysts continue to blame much of the its way down to a low of 1.1131 on Thursday deterioration in global risk sentiment to Asia after the Fed meeting.However the EUR increasing uncertainty ahead of the referen- Bank of Japan Waits for Referendum quickly regained some ground closing the dum. Furthermore, committee members said The Bank of Japan left its policies week off at 1.1277 and the US dollar index that leaving the EU would significantly alter unchanged as they awaited the UK’s referen- closed at 94.206 the outlook for output and inflation, and dum on June 23rd. With Yen demand soaring The Sterling Pound saw similar move- therefore the appropriateness of monetary on risk aversion, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda ments as the EUR as cautious trade kept the policy. However, the MPC will take whatever reiterated that the central bank won’t hesitate cross in a tight range between 1.4230 and action is needed, following the outcome of to take action if needed and that they were in 1.4130 for most of the week until the Central the referendum, to ensure inflation returns to touch with the Bank of England “to coordinate Bank meeting on Thursday saw a dip to tioned a slowing labor market and slow to declined for the first time in seven months at - the target over the appropriate horizon. closely with domestic and overseas authori- 1.4010 before quickly recovering as risk aver- pick up inflation as the reasons for their deci- 0.1% showing inflation is still slow to pick up. ties and carefully watch how the vote will sion abated when a known “In camp” British sion. However, the Committee currently The Core PPI, which only excludes food and Lagging Inflation Figures affect international financial markets and the lawmaker was murdered and UK referendum expects that, with gradual adjustments in energy, rose 0.3% following a 0.1% advance in Consumer prices in the UK showed an global economy, including Japan.” He gover- campaigning was halted. The Bank of the stance of monetary policy, economic the previous month. annual rise of 0.3%, below an expected 0.4%, nor also reiterated his expectation for infla- England referred to the outcome of the refer- activity will expand at a moderate pace and unchanged from the last month’s reading. tion to hit policy makers’ 2% target as forecast endum as largest immediate risk facing UK labor market indicators will strengthen. CPI Remain Subdued Core CPI, which excludes volatile factors such in the fiscal year through March 2018, saying financial markets, and possibly also global Inflation however, is expected to remain low Consumer Prices were relatively flat for as food, energy, alcohol, and tobacco, was Japan’s economy continues to expand gradu- financial markets. The Sterling closed the in the near term before moving to its 2% the month of May as the CPI increased 0.2% unchanged at 1.2% versus an expected 1.3%. ally and citing solid plans for business invest- week at 1.4358 against the USD. goal over the medium term as energy prices barely missing expectations by 0.1% and the The Office for National Statistics said that rises ment. However, the BOJ’s immediate outlook The Japanese Yen saw the biggest move- improve. In regards to Britain’s referendum, Core CPI increased by 0.2% as in April. The in transport costs, restaurant, hotel bills and for inflation deteriorated mentioning year-on- ments this week as risk aversion dominated Fed Chair Janet Yellen mentioned it was also increase come largely from higher gasoline telecommunication services were the main year change in consumer prices is “likely to be sentiments fueled by Brexit fears and dovish one of the uncertainties that we discussed prices and rising rents as the cost of many upward contributors to change in the rate, slightly negative or about 0 percent for the central banks. The USD/JPY has surged 15%so and that factored into the decision. other staples such as groceries were flat or but were offset by falls in the price of cloth- time being.” far this year reaching a low of 103.61as the declined. While the cost of living in the US is ing, food, games, toys and hobbies. Bank of Japan’s decision to maintain its mone- Retail Sales Impress Again steadily increasing, the consumer price index Kuwait tary policy and the Fed’s inaction increased Retail Sales rose more than expected for has risen just 1% in the past 12 months well Retail Sales Continue to Rise Kuwaiti Dinar at 0.30105 demand for the currency. However, the BoJ the second month in a row in May. The below the level the Federal Reserve believes Retail sales in the UK made another jump The USD-KWD opened at 0.30105 on Sunday governor Kuroda mentioned that positive Commerce Department showed Retail sales is healthy for the economy. for the second month in a row as sales morning. Qatar predicts at least 3 yrs of budget deficits DUBAI: Qatar’s government expects government pares recurrent spending It could cut official interest rates, to run a budget deficit for at least and caps growth of capital spending continue to suspend domestic three years as low natural gas and oil below previously programmed levels; Treasury bond issuance while resum- prices weigh on its revenues, the that there are effective cost reduc- ing its suspension of Treasury bill Ministry of Development tions in the hydrocarbon sector, which issues, or adopt unconventional Planning and Statistics said on support transfers to the budget; and measures used by central banks in Saturday. In a long-term report on the additional non-oil and gas revenues other countries such as direct pur- Qatari economy, the ministry forecast accrue to the budget.” chases of commercial bonds and a fiscal deficit of 7.8 percent of gross Some of the projected improve- extraordinary loans to, or equity injec- domestic product (GDP) this year, ment in the fiscal balance depends on tions in, individual banks, the ministry which would be the first deficit in 15 a hoped-for rise in energy prices; the said without specifying which steps years and bigger than the deficit of ministry assumed the average crude were likely to be chosen. 4.8 percent predicted for 2016 in the oil price would climb to $48.91 a bar- In early 2014, the central bank ministry’s last report published in rel in 2018 from $45.49 in 2017 and announced a new loan-to-deposit December. $37.88 this year. requirement for banks of 100 percent The deficit is expected to total 7.9 The ministry predicted Qatar’s by the end of 2017. The deposit side percent of GDP next year before economy would grow 3.9 percent of the ratio includes only customer shrinking to 4.2 percent in 2018, the this year, down from a previous 4.3 deposits and not long-term wholesale ministry said. Qatar, the world’s percent forecast. It expects growth of funds, which have recently been the biggest liquefied natural gas exporter, 3.8 percent next year and 3.2 percent primary source of funding for banks. is one of the richest of the Gulf states in 2018. The banks are still negotiating but like its neighbours, it has been Liquidity in the Qatari banking with regulators to change the loan- pushed into austerity measures this system has tightened and money to-deposit formula to include long- year in an effort to stabilise its market rates have risen because of term wholesale funds, and the dead- finances. More austerity will be need- reduced inflows of gas and oil mon- line for compliance may be post- ed to achieve the ministry’s projec- ey. The ministry said the central bank poned until the end of 2018 because tions, the report said. might take several steps to reduce of the liquidity issues at Qatari banks, “This estimate assumes that the pressure on liquidity. the ministry said. — Reuters

GOIC: Investments worth $18.1 bn in manufacture of cement and lime in Gulf DOHA: The Gulf Organization for textiles, leather, chemicals and petro- Industrial Consulting (GOIC) INDUSTRIAL REPORT chemicals, engineering, the environ- announced that investments in the ment, recycling and other important nous cement, slag cement and manufacture of cement, lime and sectors. GIKC’s website is available in superphosphate cements, the man- plaster in the GCC reached $18.1 and English to provide a ufacture of quicklime, slaked lime bn in 2015. source of comprehensive industrial and hydraulic lime and the manu- In its report published by the Gulf information in the Gulf. It offers a facture of plasters of calcined gyp- Industrial Knowledge Centre (GIKC), unique set of GOIC’s industrial stud- sum or calcined sulphate. GOIC stated that the number of fac- ies, industrial investment opportuni- GOIC’s GIKC publishes detailed tories manufacturing cement, lime ties and updated reports on several industrial reports in GCC countries. and plaster in the GCC jumped from industrial sectors. You can visit They are classified in a user-friendly 59 in 2011 to 69 in 2016, a com- www.knowledge. goic.org.qa for fashion on GIKC’s website to facilitate pound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more reports to purchase or down- access to the information. The 4%. In addition to that, the report load for free. The development of reports tackle various areas includ- highlighted the surge of investments the manufacture of cement, lime and ing: food, medical supplies, plastics, from $15435 million to $18102 mil- plaster in GCC countries. lion, a CAGR of 4.1% for the same period, while labour force expanded from 25304 to 26469 workers, a CAGR of 1.1%. Furthermore, data of GOIC’s Industrial Information Unit revealed that the manufacture of cement, lime and plaster represent- ed approximately 2.4% of the total factories, 47.3% of the total invest- ments and 9.7% of the total labour force in the field of building materi- als manufacture in 2015. The manufacture of cement, lime and plaster includes the man- ufacture of clinkers and hydraulic cements, including Portland, alumi- MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 BUSINESS M&A activity may support Gulf, rate hike hit Egypt

DUBAI: Stock markets in the Gulf may be two sources with knowledge of the matter “We see strong merits of this potential family at 2.650 dinars each. In Egypt, the central bank raised its key buoyed yesterday by a rare burst of mergers told Reuters on Thursday, in what would cre- transaction for both parties,” said Arqaam That is well above Americana’s last market interest rates by 100 basis points after the and acquisitions activity, while a larger-than- ate the largest bank by assets in the Middle Capital, adding that FGB would benefit from price of 2.1 dinars; after the Dubai group close on Thursday to their highest levels in expected interest rate hike could weigh on East and Africa. a stronger wholesale banking proposition completes the purchase of the stake, it will years, in order to rein in surging inflation and Egypt. JPMorgan Cazenove said in a report that it while NBAD was underepresented in retail launch a mandatory takeover offer to remain- ease downward pressure on the Egyptian MSCI’s all-country world stock index end- was too early to take positions in either stock banking. ing Americana shareholders at 2.650 dinars pound. ed Friday up 0.5 percent while Brent oil rose since “visibility remains low as yet on factors Arqaam said NBAD was undervalued ver- under Kuwaiti securities rules. Analysts had been roughly evenly split on back above $49.0 a barrel as jitters over this like strategic rationale for undertaking the sus FGB, but JPMorgan said current valua- Americana shares have been suspended whether the central bank would tighten poli- week’s referendum on Britain leaving the transaction from both sides, the form and tions suggested FGB shares offered a better since Thursday. But stocks in other companies cy and few analysts who expected a tighten- European Union eased slightly, though the timeline that this transaction could take and risk-reward balance. in which the Kharafis own major stakes - ing had predicted such a large hike, so the outcome of the vote remains very much in the size of synergies”. Meanwhile, an investment group led by National Investment Co and Zain - rose on decision may hurt the stock market, especial- doubt. But local investors may nevertheless wel- prominent Dubai businessman Mohamed Thursday after Reuters reported that talks on ly since many economists think more tighten- National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf come the idea of an Abu Dhabi banking Alabbar agreed to buy a majority stake in the deal had revived, and these stocks could ing and currency depreciation are likely in the Bank have held preliminary talks on a merger, champion. Kuwait Food Co (Americana) from the Kharafi continue climbing yesterday. second half of this year. —Reuters

CARACAS: Airport employees dismantle the counters of German airline Lufthansa at Simon Bolivar international airport in Caracas, on Saturday. German airline Lufthansa suspended flights to crisis-hit Venezuela for an indefinite period as of today owing to the economic crisis in the country. The service, three times a week, was Lufthansa’s only flight between Germany and Venezuela. Currency controls in Venezuela make it impossible for airlines to convert their earnings into dollars and send the money abroad. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 BUSINESS

BELEK, Antalya: The members of the FAM trip from Kuwait pose for a photograph with Sertan Yuce, Turkish Airlines Hasan Demir, Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Kuwait Regional Marketing supervisor Hani Hazem during a gala din- General Manager, Casablanca. General Manager, Abu Dhabi. ner organized by Karnak International at Regnum Carya Golf & Resort at Belek Antalya. Turkish Airlines: Widening horizons Airline expands Mideast network, to launch Kuwait-Antalya direct flight By Sajeev K Peter flight entertainment systems, comfortable seats, gourmet cuisine and its qualified human resources. BELEK, ANTALYA, Turkey: Widening its horizons, “We are in the forefront of the latest technologi- Turkish Airlines, ‘Europe’s Best Airline’ is continuously cal advances and innovations in the aviation indus- expanding its flight network in the Middle East region. try and we have one of the youngest fleets. Even as it strengthens its global footprint with its vast Currently we have a fleet strength of 324 aircraft flight network, the airline offers international flights to both passenger and cargo,” said Sertan Yuce, Turkish destinations across the world from most cities in the Airlines General Manager, Casablanca. The fleet con- Middle East, said Hasan Demir, Turkish Airlines General sists of aircraft types: A340-300, A330, A321, A320, Manager, Abu Dhabi. A319, B737-400, B737-800, B737-900 and B777 ER. Turkish Airlines, Kuwait recently organized a FAM “As the airline expands its routes and number of trip to Antalya for representatives from the media and aircraft, we continue training our employees which travel industry in Kuwait offering the delegation a fist- is important in insuring the safety of our passen- hand experience on the flourishing tourism industry in 4 star catering The first class gers,” said Yuce. the southern city of Turkey. The trip also provided the Turkish Airlines regards flight safety and service delegation an opportunity to familiarize with the Saudi Arabia, its first destination in Gulf Cooperation Middle East over a period of six decades is a success Turkish liras. Right around this time, Turkish Airlines quality as two of the most indispensable necessities. growing hospitality industry in Turkey, its fabulous mix Council in 1953 and provided a more comfortable trip story. No wonder, the airlines’ success has become a restarted its Kuwait flights and added Bahrain to its The carrier currently holds a four-star ranking and of great beaches and the traditional Turkish culture for prospective Hajjis travelling between Turkey and case study at Harvard Business School (HBS) which flight network. consistently strives to secure a five-star ranking. and lifestyle. The delegation was led by Turkish Airlines’ Saudi Arabia. called “Turkish Airlines: Widen Your World.” The “Although 2015 was a challenging year globally Understanding the responsibility of being a Kuwait Regional Marketing supervisor Hani Hazem. study explores the airline’s transformation from a both economically and politically, Turkish Airlines leading airline within the global aviation communi- Talking to Kuwait Times in an interview on the side- Broadening network regional actor to a global powerhouse in the inter- made satisfactory successes. The airline carried 61.2 ty, Turkish Airlines is determined to carry out its lines of the Karnak International tourism conference at Established in 1933 with a fleet of five aircraft, the national aviation industry and discusses its fast and million passengers in total with 453,000 flights and mission moving forward with its unparalleled serv- Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Antalya, Demir gave Star Alliance member Turkish Airlines is a 4-star airline profitable growth in the sector. a 78 percent seat occupancy rate,” said Demir. ice concept, superior quality, trustworthiness and an overview of Turkish Airlines and its growing opera- today with a fleet of 324 passenger and cargo aircraft Adopting its current name in 1955, Turkish The number of the flight points rose to 284 from reliability. tions in the Gulf region. flying to over 289 destinations worldwide; 240 interna- Airlines added Tbilisi to its flight network in 1965, a 261, while the number of the planes to 299 marking In addition to Europe, Turkish Airlines is also “Middle East is an important market for Turkish tional and 49 domestic. According to a 2015 Skytrax period right before the jets were included in the most important milestones of Turkish Airlines’ strategically expanding its network into Russia, Airlines. We have strengthened our capacity in the survey, Turkish Airlines is named as ‘Europe’s Best fleet, and continued its growth in the Middle East. development in the Middle East during the millen- Central Asia, Far East Asia, the Middle East, Africa region from 10 percent in the first quarter of 2015 to Airline’ for five and ‘Best Airline in Southern Europe’ for With the addition of jet planes into the fleet, the air- nium. and North and South America. As one of the fastest 17.7 percent in the first three months of 2016. We will seven consecutive years. Having won in 2010 the line company gained strength; it carried nearly growing airlines in the world, Turkish Airlines holds a continue to expand in the region,” he said. world’s ‘Best Economy Catering Service,’ in 2013 the three million passengers in 1978 and added Arabic language services strategic position between the East and West. Turkish Airlines has added more than 20 cities to its world’s ‘Best Business Catering Service,’ and in 2014 Baghdad and Tehran to its flight network. In 1979, it Turkish Airlines continues to offer Arabic in all its flight network in the last few years and it currently flies ‘Best Business Catering Service’ awards, Turkish Airlines commenced the Kuwait flights which lasted four services to become closer to its guests. The compa- to 34 destinations in the Middle East region. It is sched- is awarded with the world’s ‘Best Business Class Lounge years. Having a flying start in the 1980s, Turkish ny serves better its Middle Eastern guests with Facts & Figures uled to launch direct flight from Kuwait to Antalya, one Dining’ and ‘Best Business Airline Lounge’ prizes in the Airlines opened its Cairo service in 1980. The com- Arabic social media accounts, 24/7 call center serv- l Number of aircraft: 324 (passenger and cargo) of the fast-growing tourist destinations in Europe in Skytrax survey. pany commenced Istanbul-Dubai-Karachi flights on ice, Arabic interface in the inflight entertainment l Aircraft types: A340-300, A330, A321, A320, southern part of Turkey, from July, he informed. Currently with seven US gateways, Turkish Airlines November 5, 1983, and Istanbul-Damascus flights in system, and Arabic-speaking passenger services at A319, B737-400, B737-800, B737-900 B777 ER Currently, Turkish Airlines operates daily direct flights offers 63 flights per week, serving some 5,000 cus- 1984. Atat¸rk Airport. Initiated by Turkish Airlines in May l Hubs: Istanbul, Ankara from Kuwait to Istanbul. tomers. In October 2015, Turkish Airlines added daily 1985 saw the start of flights beyond the Far East 2015, the Middle East call center operates 24/7 in l Frequent flyer program: Miles & Smiles Established as the ‘State Airlines Administration’ in flights from Miami, and as of May 2016, daily flights and the Atlantic as well as the First Class service. seven countries. The call center personnel who are l Number of destinations: 289 (240 interna- 1933, Turkish Airlines commenced its first flight to the began from Atlanta as well. The First Class service was first offered on Jeddah native Arabic speakers have answered nearly 44,000 tional, 49 domestic) Middle East 65 years ago, in 1951. Having operated and London flights. Importantly, B737s were includ- calls so far. l Network strengths: Europe, Russia, Central with 33 aircraft and 720 seating capacity between Success story ed in the fleet in the beginning of 1990s. During the In order to keep alive its brand equity that pro- Asia, Far East Asia, the Middle East, Africa, these years, Turkish Airlines started Hajj rounds to Turkish Airlines’ slow but steady growth and following decade, the company’s capital volume vides a serious advantage in terms of competition, North and South America evolution as a leading airline in Europe and the increased by 100 percent, reaching two trillion Turkish Airlines invests in its quality of service, in-

A general view of Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort. BELEK, Antalya: Sardar Mashahdani, Karnak International, addresses a press conference. Antalya’s hotel industry: Reinventing itself By Sajeev K Peter lines of the workshop, Sardar Mashahdani of luxury, all-inclusive golf resort is 10 km One of the most striking features of the new concept in the field of multi-sensory expe- Karnak International, briefed the media about from Troy Aqua water park in Belek-Antalya. hotels in Antalya probably is that they serve riences,” said Veronika Uzer, sales manager, BELEK, Turkey: Antalya’s hotel industry has re- the growing tourism industry in Antalya. The members of the FAM trip delegation food and beverages to their guests 24 hours Rixos Land of Legends . invented itself over the last few years to accom- Tourism is the backbone of Antalya’s econo- from Kuwait were hosted for a three-night free of charge. “It is our customized service con- According to Uzer, original awe-inspiring modate the demands of a fast-growing tourism my as it hosts 35 percent of the total number of stay at Regnum. cept. Once you check in, you will be offered a characters will bring Dragone’s universe to life sector in the region, incorporating luxury five- tourists coming to Turkey. Nearly 6-7 million This newest luxurious hotel property in total package and all your needs will be taken in the most legendary way giving families and star amenities that capture the attention of the tourists visit Antalya a year as it attracts visitors Belek and opened in 2014, Regnum has a total care,” said an executive at the Regnum. children the chance to experience an innova- rich and famous. throughout the year and an increasing number of 538 elegantly appointed rooms, suites and tive and unforgettable new world. Karnak International Travel & Tourism, in of hotels remain open all year round. villas. The hotel features furnished balconies Rixos World, the Land of Legends association with Turkish Airlines and Regnum According to one estimate, a record 12.5 mil- and marble bathrooms and the bright, con- Turkey’s first integrated leisure and enter- Rixos Premium Belek Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Belek hosted a B2B lion tourists passed through Antalya in 2014 temporary rooms come with flat-screen TVs, tainment park, the Land of Legends by Rixos Located 50km away from Antalya and 40km workshop at the hotel in which topmost luxury which is the host city of EXPO 2016. Antalya is free Wi-Fi and minibars with sea views. Suites World Parks & Entertainment, is all set to open from airport, Rixos Premium Belek resort is hotels in Antalya met with travel industry home to more than 340 properties with more offer whirlpool tubs, living rooms and private its doors to guests in July. Touted to be stretching over 405.000 sqm of Calabrian pine experts and the media representatives from the than 30 five-star luxury hotels in the Belek butler service. Europe’s largest theme park, The Land of and pistachio tree forests with more than 1 km Gulf region. Members of the FAM trip delega- region itself. Meals are provided in five gourmet restau- Legends will be a first-of-its-kind destination long warm sunny beach. The resort is built in tion from Kuwait also got an opportunity to rants. Other amenities include a gym, a posh spa, located in Belek, Antalya. magnificent natural settings that reveal the interact with the professionals of the hospitality Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort and indoor and outdoor pools, plus tennis courts, “This is an initiative that brings together spellbinding beauty of the Belek region. Rixos industry in Antalya. An 11-minute walk from Carya Golf Club, a football school and a private beach with a pier. Rixos Hotels and Dragone, creators of world Premium Belek has opened its doors and wel- Addressing a press conference on the side- Regnum Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, a The hotel is affiliated with two golf courses. class experimental events, representing a brand comed its first guest in 2005.

Rixos World, the Land of Legends. Rixos Premium Belek BELEK, Antalya: Hotel industry professional meet tour operators at a B2B workshop organized by Karnak International at Regnum Carya Golf & Spa Resort, Belek. MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 BUSINESS

Top Expo Group picks Toronto to host Canadian Real Estate 2017 TORONTO: Internationally renowned Kuwait-based Canadian realtor Royal LePage found 66 per cent of Top Expo Group yesterday unveiled plans to host its advisers believe foreign investor activity is up in the Canadian International Real Estate Marketplace their regions. The time to invest in Canada is now,” - Canada’s first-ever international property invest- Al-Qadoumi added. ment show May 16-18, 2017 in Toronto. The The Canadian International Real Estate Marketplace will be a showcase that will exhibit Marketplace will be attracting exhibitors and present and future developments from the residen- investors from around the world, including proper- tial, commercial and vacation resort real estate and ty investment opportunities from the Caribbean property development sectors from around the region.”We want to bring investors and exhibitors world. Top Expo Group believes that the Canadian from across the Middle East to experience a state- International Real Estate Marketplace will outper- of-the-art international property show of the same form the Kuwait, Dubai and London real estate caliber Top Expo is known for in the GCC. We are shows, where normally they attracted hundreds creating the perfect opportunity for exhibitors to millions dollars in event transactions. have direct access to some of the biggest real estate “Canada is now one of the best countries in the investors and decision-makers,” added Al-Qadoumi. world for investors looking for a secure economy Exhibitors will receive a fully equipped turn-key and government. The real estate marketplace is display booth at the Toronto Metro Convention booming, which is why we feel Toronto is becoming Centre and ongoing exposure in Canada and the new London. There are thousands of attractive Kuwait through Top Expo’s marketing campaigns property investment opportunities available,” says before, during and after the show. Al-Qaddoumi with top expo group team and consultants. Mohammed Al-Qadoumi, President, Top Expo Top Expo Group has space for 170 exhibitors and Group (Canada). is offering premium sponsorship opportunities for understanding of the Canadian real estate market, sectors including property developers, investors, “Canadian luxury home sales are competing on companies seeking to increase their visibility in the as well as a passion to build wealth through every financial institutions, real estate brokers and agents, world-class levels. We have opened an office in Canadian real estate market. The Canadian transaction and the vision to seek out greater legal services, investment brokers, architects, gov- Toronto because interest from foreign buyers has International Real Estate Marketplace represents opportunities worldwide. ernments and government economic development been increasing substantially. A report from one significant opportunity to demonstrate a keen The event will see participants from different agencies congregate under one roof.

Ahli United Bank celebrates Etihad Airways and Avianca Brasil announce codeshare partnership 50 years of banking in UK ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways, the nation- excellent options of connection flights, al airline of the United Arab Emirates, especially to destinations in Africa, Asia KUWAIT: Ahli United Bank (UK) PLC celebrated established their -and the region’s- first local and Avianca Brasil, one of the leading and Oceania, where Avianca Brasil does- its 50th year of doing business in the UK, mark- banks, investors from the region came full circle airlines in , have n’t operate directly. This partnership is ing this milestone anniversary with an event to establish the Gulf’s very first bank in the heart announced a codeshare partnership. important because it adds even more held at London’s Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor of London. It is the same spirit which continued Under the agreement, Etihad Airways value to the services we offer our pas- Square. Established in 1966, United Bank of to inspire and drive AUB’s journey of remarkable will put its ‘EY’ code on domestic flights sengers,” added Frederico Pedreira, Kuwait Limited, the forerunner of AUB (UK), success and expansion over the years”. operated by Avianca Brasil, while President of Avianca Brasil. merged in 2000 with Bahrain’s Ahli Commercial “AUB (UK) was founded to connect clients Avianca Brasil will put its ‘O6’ code on Codeshare agreements offer guests Bank to form Ahli United Bank Group, the now and businesses from the Gulf to global markets Etihad Airways flights between Abu countless benefits, such as direct bag- pan-Middle East financial services group of and opportunities, undertaking to offer the very Dhabi and S?o Paulo. gage check-in to their final destination which AUB (UK) is a wholly owned subsidiary. best of British banking practice combined with a Travellers on Etihad Airways flights and extra assistance during connections. The event was attended by senior diplomats, unique understanding of the special needs of between Sao Paulo (GRU) and Abu Later this year, Etihad Guest members honoured guests and members of London- offshore customers from the Gulf and the MENA Dhabi (AUH) and beyond will benefit and Avianca Brasil’s Amigo members will based professional and business organizations, region at large. Fifty years on, much has from convenient connections to and be able to earn and redeem miles on as well as the Board of Directors and former and changed in terms of our product and service from eight other Brazilian destinations codeshare flights. current management and staff members. offering, but our guiding principles remain the on Avianca Brasil, including Rio de Etihad Airways has flown between Speaking at the dinner, AUB’s Chairman same, to serve with the highest integrity, always Janeiro (GIG), Curitiba (CWB), Abu Dhabi and Sao Paulo, its first desti- Hamad Al-Humaidhi said: “We are proud to cele- making customer service the priority and focus- Florianapolis (FLN), Fortaleza (FOR), nation in South America, since June brate half a century of presence and service to ing on the sustainability of our businesses for Porto Alegre (POA), Recife (REC), 2013. By the end of 2015 the airline had our valued clients in the UK, thus holding the many years to come”, added Al-Humaidhi. Salvador (SSA), and Maceia (MCZ). carried over 340,000 passengers on the record and distinction of being the oldest bank AUB (UK) is part of Ahli United Bank, a pan- “Avianca is an important strategic route. Avianca Brasil serves 22 cities in its from the Gulf and MENA region to continuously regional banking group with operations span- partner for Etihad Airways in South home country with over 200 daily flights. operate in the UK market. It is a testament to the ning seven key Middle Eastern countries America. In addition to the codeshare In 2015, the carrier transported 8.5 mil- pioneering spirit of the Bank’s founders that, (Bahrain, Kuwait, UAE, Oman, Iraq, Egypt, and agreement recently signed with Avianca lion customers. barely a few decades after British institutions Libya) as well as the United Kingdom. Hamad Al-Humaidhi Colombia, we are further strengthening Bookings on Etihad Airways can be our presence in Brazil by offering our made directly through the airline’s web- guests more convenience and connec- site, etihad.com, via telephone at +971 2 tions with a single combined ticket,” said 5990000 and through travel agencies Martin Drew, Senior Vice President - worldwide. Americas at Etihad Airways. Competitive fares to Abu Dhabi are Renault Al Babtain launch the “Through its main hub in Abu Dhabi, available on the Avianca Brasil website 2016 ‘Summer Service Campaign’ Etihad Airways will offer our customers (www.avianca.com.br). KUWEAIT: Abdulmohsen Abdulaziz Al- Kuwait second most targeted Babtain Co., the exclusive and authorized agent of Renault vehicles in the State of country for spear-phishing Kuwait launched the 2016 Summer Service Campaign. Offering Renault clients an excep- attacks in ME and Africa tional opportunity for a free checkup on their Air Conditioning system during the summer DUBAI: Cybercrime in the Middle East has season to ensure peace of mind during the been on the rise in the last few years and heavy heat waves. has become the second most common As the safety of Renault Al-Babtain form of economic crime in the region. Gulf clients and their families is the number one countries, including Kuwait, are especially priority, more benefits have been added for targeted due to their high uptake of the Renault clients through this campaign mobile devices and access to high-speed by offering free checking of the 25 points internet. In fact, Symantec’s Internet safety tools. Security Threat Report (ISTR) indicates that Moreover the Summer Campaign offer, Kuwait has a high level of bots, ransom Renault Al Babtain clients a 15% discount ware and spam, some of which rising com- on labor and 30% on genuine spare parts, pared to the previous year. as it is always recommended to buy gen- Overall, Kuwait’s 2015 Internet Security uine parts to guaranty quality and durabili- Threat Profile increased from a global rank ty. Genuine parts saves expenses on the of 70th in 2014 to 61st in 2015, indicating a long-term due to its long life and it’s the higher global percentage of security base of safe driving and peace of mind. threats, including malicious code, spam, Furthermore the Renault Al Babtain phishing hosts, web and network attacks, and bots from the country. Bucking the Summer Campaign, offers each client Hussam Sidani whose service invoice exceeds KD 35 a global downward trend, Kuwait also expe- rienced more bots with its global rank chance to receive a free air-purifying service Ransomware continued to evolve in for their vehicle. changing 15 spots from rank 50th in 2014 to 35th in 2015. A bot is a type of malware 2015 and spread beyond PCs to smart- Renault Al Babtain invites its clients to visit that allows an attacker to take control over phones, Mac and Linux systems, with the service center at Al Rai area to benefit an affected computer. attackers increasingly seeking any net- from the various special services offered by Kuwaitis also highly targeted in the work-connected device that could be held this unique Summer Campaign. Middle East and Africa (MEA) region for hostage for profit. Kuwait was the This campaign applies on all Renault mod- spear-phishing (a form of targeted 14thmost impacted country in the MEA els that are known for its European style and attacks), ranking as the 2nd most targeted region with ransomware, and the 57th Japanese quality, which succeeded to build country regionally and the 18th most tar- globally. Symantec’s annual ISTR report strong presence due to its ability to meet all geted country globally. While Kuwait is revealed that over 3,600 ransomware tastes and meet customer’s satisfaction in dif- ranked lower than the UAE, who was attacks were detected in Kuwait in 2015. ferent categories of practical vehicles. ranked as the 1st most targeted country in Notably, Kuwait’s global spam ranking Renault Al Babtain always presents unbeat- the region, it nonetheless remains highly increased 13 places from a global rank of able promotions and attractive offers compar- susceptible to these attacks. In 2015, busi- 65 in 2014 to 52 in 2015. Spam can be ing to its competitors aiming to achieve its nesses in Kuwait also received a high num- defined as unsolicited bulk email, or goal of keeping the name of the brand among ber of spam emails and ransom ware unwarranted communication. Typically the leading brands in the automotive market. attacks, ranking 52nd globally for spam consisting of unsolicited messaging, the and 57th for ransom ware. objective can vary between advertising, Spear-phishing, a form of targeted phishing or spreading malware. Spam mes- attacks, are very carefully crafted and sages sometimes contain masked links that designed to be low in number to remain seem to be from a familiar website but in Egypt Orange offered 4G licence below the radar. They are aimed at a spe- fact lead to phishing websites or sites con- cific business or organisation, or an individ- taining/hosting malware. ual within an organisation, with the goal of “It is crucial for all sectors to recognize for $400m in spectrum shake-up extracting confidential data or information. that cyber security is an essential element CAIRO: Orange Egypt said yesterday that planning to offer high-speed 4G licences to Vodafone Egypt stake if TE begins offering Cybercriminals engage in highly sophisti- in the security of their companies. For Egypt’s telecommunications regulator had companies already operating in Egypt. mobile services directly. Under previous reform cated forms of social engineering to dress- example, we are witnessing a regional asked it to pay 3.54 billion Egyptian pounds The reforms will allow Egypt’s land-line plans, which have since been scrapped, TE up attacks and covertly gather as much shift in the oil and gas industry to the ‘dig- ($399 million) for a licence to offer fourth-gen- monopoly Telecom Egypt (TE) to enter the would have had to dispose of its stake. information about the company they want ital oilfield’, in turn making the industry eration mobile phone services. mobile phone market directly while allowing Vodafone Egypt said it received an offer to infiltrate and then target key employees. more susceptible to cyber threats. As a The regulator had asked it to pay 100 million mobile operators to offer fixed line services, from the telecoms regulator a week ago, but Hussam Sidani: The Need to protect result, the recognition for the need to pro- Egyptian pounds to acquire a fixed-line licence ending its domination of the sector. declined to give any numbers. every Sector in the Economy is Crucial. tect every sector in the economy is cru- and 1.8 billion pounds to offer international TE, which is majority owned by the govern- Khaled Hegazi, external affairs and legal “Cyber-attacks are becoming increas- cial,” added Sidani. calls, Orange Egypt said in a statement. ment, said on Sunday it had also been granted director at Vodafone Egypt, said, however, that ingly advanced in nature. Cybercriminals As Kuwait continues to transition into a Orange Egypt said it was looking into the a 4G licence. It was not clear how much TE, not all the mobile service providers had neces- today are mirroring corporate best prac- technologically advanced, smart economy, licence offers and had yet to make a decision. which does not offer its own mobile services sarily been offered the same prices or terms. tices and establishing professional busi- cyber security is becoming a dominant Egypt is selling the 4G licences as part of a long- but does own a stake in Vodafone Egypt, would “Each company has specific conditions that nesses in order to increase the efficiency of concern. Cyber threats transcend across an awaited plan to reform the country’s telecoms pay for the new spectrum. are considered competitive. We receive differ- their attacks against enterprises and con- entire region, country and citizen. The sector and the regulator has confirmed that it “This move will enable TE to fulfil our long ent offers based on each company’s condition sumers. They have evolved at an alarming necessity to educate all three is no longer approached the three companies that currently awaited goal of becoming a total telecommuni- in the market,” he told Reuters. rate, adopting clever strategies whereby an option but a requirement. As attackers offer mobile services about buying them. cations operator, by offering mobile services,” Etisalat, which also provides mobile services their attacks on bigger targets are becom- become more intelligent, society, govern- Telecom Minister Yasser al-Qadi told televi- TE CEO Tamer Gadalla said in a statement. in Egypt, was not immediately available to ing more intelligent and deliberate,” com- ment and businesses are collectively sion channel CBC last month that Egypt was It was not clear what would happen to the comment. — Reuters mented Hussam Sidani, Regional Manager responsible to learn how to protect com- for Gulf, Symantec. panies, communities and the nations. technology MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

Software unveiled to tackle online extremism, violence

WASHINGTON: A software tool growing concerns about radical firms, “would go a long way to making firms and that “there has been a lot of video that can be tracked to enable unveiled Friday aims to help online jihadists using social networks to dif- sure than online extremist is no longer interest.” But he added that it would be platforms to identify and stop content firms quickly find and eliminate extrem- fuse violent and gruesome content and pervasive,” Wallace told a conference up to each online operator to deter- from being posted or reposted. ist content used to spread and incite recruit people for attacks. “We think this call with journalists. He said it could be mine whether to use the software and “The technology has been devel- violence and attacks. The Counter is the technological solution to combat useful in stopping the “viral” spread of how to implement it. oped, it has been tested and we are in Extremism Project, a nongovernment online extremism,” said Mark Wallace, videos of beheadings and killings such Farid, who also spoke on the call, the final stages of engineering to get it group based in Washington, proposed chief executive of the organization that as those produced by the Islamic State said he believes the new system would ready for deployment,” Farid said. “We’re its software be used in a system similar includes former diplomats and public (IS) organization. be an effective tool for companies talking about a matter of months.” to one used to prevent the spread on officials from the United States and oth- which must now manually review each Social networks have long stressed online child pornography. er countries. ‘Collaborative discussions’ complaint on objectionable content. they will help legitimate investigations The software was developed by The group proposed the creation of Wallace said he expects “robust “We are simply developing a technolo- of crimes and attacks, but have resisted Dartmouth University computer scientist an independent “National Office for debate” on what is acceptable content gy that allows companies to accurately efforts to police or censor the vast Hany Farid, who also worked on the Reporting Extremism” that would oper- but added that “I think we could agree and effectively enforce their terms of amounts content flowing through them. PhotoDNA system which is now widely ate in a similar fashion to the child that the beheading videos, the drown- service,” Farid said. Farid said he developed the soft- used by Internet companies to stop the pornography center-identifying and ing videos, the torture videos... should “They do it anyway, but it’s slow.” The ware with a grant from Microsoft, and spread of content showing sexual exploita- flagging certain content to enable be removed.” system is based on “robust hashing” or that he and the Counter Extremism tion or pornography involving children. online firms to automatically remove it. Wallace said the group has had “col- finding so-called digital signatures of Project would work to provide it to The announcement comes amid This system, if adopted by Internet laborative discussions” with Internet content of text, images, audio and online companies. —AFP Hoteliers Accelerate Digital Transformation

Avaya Reports 40% Increase in Regional Hospitality Business

DUBAI: Hotel owners in the Middle East print in the Middle East. across the industry, with Avaya seeing tomers to ‘share’ their experience on the are embracing digital transformation Hari Nair, Director of Technology an increasing range of hotels investing go. Hotels are also able to build up data initiatives to create unparalleled guest Middle East, Minor Hotel Group, said: in digital strategies to enhance their banks based on customer feedback and experiences, and stand out from com- “Minor Hotel Group is committed to guest experience, while hoteliers are fine-tune their service to further petitors, Avaya announced today. With delivering the perfect guest experience also looking to consolidate their ICT improve the guest experience based on occupancy levels and average daily and exceeding our visitors’ expectations infrastructure and resources, and focus their profiles. rates declining across the region, hote- every time. With Avaya, we are able to on total cost of ownership. In-room experience, with a shift liers are tapping solutions from Avaya, a global leader in business communica- tions software, systems and services, to modernize their services, produce new revenue streams and enhance opera- Yasser_Zeineldin CEO - eHosting DataFort. tional efficiency. Avaya’s regional hospitality business grew 40% in the first half of the compa- eHDF, Netcure & LogRhythm ny’s fiscal year, even as the Middle East and Africa were the only regions world- Announce Launch of wide to post declines in occupancy and average daily rate (ADR), according to Cyber Defense Center research firm STR Global, with ADR in the Middle East dropping 10.8% in April. Weak oil prices, geopolitical instability eHosting DataFort (eHDF), the tions to be prepared to combat these DUBAI: and reduced demand are weighing on region’s leading Managed Hosting and attacks. Today, it is imperative to implement results, leading to hoteliers seeking Cloud Infrastructure services provider cyber security processes that help compa- solutions that can reduce total cost of announced the launch a Cyber Defense nies efficiently respond in real time to pro- ownership while still delivering superior Centre (CDC) based in the UAE. The Cyber tect their critical data. We have always guest experiences. Defense Centre will offer customers a port- worked towards educating our customers Frederick Sabty, Vice President folio of Managed Security Services (MSS) about technology innovations that will help Hospitality Solutions, World Wide Avaya, along with Remote Managed SIEM Services. them grow their business. Seminars such as said: “With the region preparing for The announcement was made at a seminar ‘Detect & Respond Quickly to High Impact major events such as Expo 2020 in hosted along with Netcure and LogRhythm Threats’ will help us spread the message on Dubai and the FIFA World Cup in Qatar at Burj Al Arab, Dubai. how organizations can prepare to secure in 2022, hotels need to offer compelling Titled ‘Detect & Respond Quickly to High their data. With the need for specialized experiences and differentiated services Impact Threats’, the seminar covered a range skills required to tackle security issues, to stand out from the crowd. Today’s of topics and highlighted the most pressing Managed Security Services can help curtail traveler is no longer satisfied with the issues connected to cyber security. The sem- budgets. It will also have professionals look traditional Hotel Experience - they inar discussed growing popularity of into the highly specialized areas of expect seamless connectivity across Managed Security Services which covers Information Security,” said, Yasser Zeineldin, multiple devices, real-time access to Advanced Threat Protection, Incident CEO, eHosting DataFort. Frederick Sabty, Vice President-Hospitality information and services, customized Management and Response, DDoS Seeking to highlight the growing impor- Solutions, Avaya. in-room entertainment and an individu- Protection, Endpoint Security Management, tance of Managed Security Services (MSS) to alized experience that meets their own deliver the mobile, interactive, secure Digitally transformed organiza- from guests having to dial multiple etc. The importance of Managed Security an audience of CIO’s in the UAE, eHDF also unique needs.” experiences that our guests deserve, tions in the hospitality sector can numbers for services to being able to Services and how customers can benefit conducted a survey to track MSS trends in Minor Hotel Group (MHG), owner meeting their needs today and for the benefit from: interact with a single agent who is con- from end-to-end security lifecycle manage- the region. Among the findings of the sur- and operator of hotels and resorts in future. Avaya solutions allow us to deliv- Mobility solutions to enable textually aware of the guest. ment was also outlined. vey, 18% indicated interest in Managed Data 22 countries, has deployed innovative er innovative services quickly, enhance employees and guests to access their In the GCC, more than 80 per cent of “Security threats are at an epidemic level. Loss Prevention, 26% in Cloud Security and unified communications, contact cen- operational efficiency, and reduce total preferred services securely from any- all local hotel brands work with Avaya Volume Zero day threats have more than 29% in SIEM in 2016. 15%, 29% and 21% ter and networking solutions from cost of ownership, while powering our where on the property, and on their on transforming the guest experience, doubled in the last 12 months from 23 in respondents also indicated interest in Avaya across its hotels in the region, digital transformation journey.” preferred mobile devices; and globally, eight out of every 10 hos- 2014 to 54 in 2015”, said Jeff Ogden, Vulnerability Management, Advanced as part of its plans to increase its foot- The digital transformation drive is Social integration, to enable cus- pitality brands use Avaya solutions. Managing Director of the eHDF Cyber Threat Protection and Mobile Security Defense Centre. “Targeted attacks aimed at respectively. customers has seen a 54% growth and the “We can assist customers in the complete most important focus of the CDC is to deliv- end-to-end security lifecycle which include er the highest levels of security. This will be patching services, collecting and analyzing Jia Zhangke plans delivered either within the Data Centre, on security data. The services also include inci- premise at the Customers site or in the dent management which offers a single Cloud”. dashboard of their security posture, attacks, The seminar included talks on threat and incidents. In addition, our unique OPEX virtual reality romance landscape, the role of Managed Security based approach allows eHDF to pass on tan- Services in the modern day context and gible cost benefits to customers planning to the importance of modernizing threat procure new security technologies. BEIJING: Critically acclaimed Chinese director Jia choose what to watch. “In the past, the audience it’s a brand new and valuable idea.” detection & response. The seminar also Purchasing capital assets through eHDF on Zhangke says he will make a virtual reality film next could only imagine the world inside and outside Earlier Saturday, Jia spoke at an event with saw LogRhythm conduct a demo on their an OPEX Model eliminates the need for year with a romantic story as he and viewers get the frame,” he said. “VR liberates an audience and Richard Pe√±a, former director of the New York Film SIEM solution. lengthy evaluation and procurement. It also used to the new medium, and declared: “I think VR allows people to independently choose what we Festival, who told him that he felt the VR medium ‘At a time when data breaches and hack- provides ongoing monthly based payment is going to be the next big thing.” want to be concerned with. Audiences become impinged on the ability of a director to tell a story. ing are on the rise, it is crucial for organiza- plans for our customers,” concluded Yasser. The director, better known for films that depict more important.” Pe√±a recalled a short VR detective film he had China’s social changes and acts of violence, told The “Today, we can divert our attention from the seen in which “the filmmaker wanted me to look Associated Press that the short film would be a gen- close-up shot in a traditional film that we had to left but I wanted to look right.” In Israeli desert, world’s highest tle romance as “it takes time for people to feel com- watch in the past,” added the 46-year-old Jia. “I think Jia said he thought the filmmaker “probably did fortable” in virtual reality. “The speed and direction a bad job” and suggested a director could deploy solar tower looks to future of movements may make people feel physically actors whose movements could direct a viewer’s uncomfortable, so we’re starting with a romantic attention. Jia has explored China’s rapid transforma- ASHALIM, Israel: In the middle of southern using plants fired by coal, natural gas and story,” he said in an interview. tion throughout his career, which includes early Israel’s desert, engineers are hard at work fuel oil. Its domestic supply of natural gas has Virtual reality entertainment consists largely of underground films, documentaries and internation- building the world’s tallest solar tower, grown with the discovery of fields in the video games, but film festivals are starting to show- al film festival prize winners, 2006 “Still Life” and reflecting the country’s high hopes for Mediterranean. case VR films as directors venture into the new 2013 “A Touch of Sin.” He spent years making under- renewable energy. Solar requires a major investment, medium. It offers a much more solitary experience ground films before censors allowed his first movie Once completed in late 2017, the Ashalim though costs are gradually coming down. compared to watching a movie in a packed theater. to be released in Chinese cinemas in 2004. Tower will rise to 240 meters (787 feet), taller Energy from a solar tower is “two to three VR requires a headset that blocks out your Jia will next month launch his own video than Paris’s Montparnasse Tower and times more expensive to produce than clas- surroundings and lets you wander through a sto- streaming site, “Jia Screen,” that he said would London’s Gherkin, according to the Israeli sic electricity plants using carbon or fuel”, ry in a different world - either by moving a few premiere 108 short films from around the world. government and the consortium building it. said Eran Gartner, who heads the Megalim steps in various directions or sitting on a swivel Jia told the audience at the talk organized by Covered in stainless steel, the square tow- consortium managing the project. chair and moving your body to look around a Columbia Global Center in Beijing that while er in the rocky Negev desert with a peak The tower should provide 121 360-degree scene. today’s technology and various streaming web- resembling a giant lighthouse will be visible megawatts, or two percent of Israel’s electric- The fake environment is, nonetheless, often real- sites in China allowed people to make and from dozens of kilometers away. A field of ity needs, enough for a city of 110,000 istic, but movie makers are still trying to work out upload their own films, those weren’t being seen mirrors covering 300 hectares (740 acres) — households. The country of eight million how to tell a story in VR. “I am still learning about VR because the public didn’t know which of the the size of more than 400 football pitches-will people is seeking to make renewable energy and trying to understand it at the moment, but I’m thousands to watch. stretch out from its base, directing sunlight account for 10 percent of its total consump- very interested in this new technology which lets us His platform will “work as a bridge to bring the toward the tower’s peak to an area called the tion by 2020. view space from different angles,” Jia said Saturday. BEIJING: Chinese director Jia Zhangke information to the audiences instead of asking the boiler, which looks like a giant light bulb. Solar power offers a clean alternative to It also gives the audience more power as they speaks at an event.—AP audiences to do the job themselves,” he said. —AP The boiler, whose temperature will rise to fuel- and carbon-fired electricity plants, 600 degrees Celsius (1112 Fahrenheit), gen- which contribute to global warming with erates steam that is channeled towards the their heat-trapping CO2 emissions. “The gov- foot of the tower, where electricity is pro- ernment agreed to move ahead with this Hackers divert $50m in blow to virtual currency duced. The construction, costing an estimat- technology-even though we do not hide the ed 500 million Euros ($570 million), is being fact that it is more expensive than traditional NEW YORK: Hackers have divert- siphoned off a third of the pro- bilities existed in the project’s Vitalik Buterin, the founder and financed by US firm General Electric, with electricity production-precisely to achieve ed more than $50 million in digital ject’s digital money, is likely to code, the Times reported. lead programmer on the France’s Alstom and Israeli private invest- lower costs over time,” Gartner said at the site. currency from an experimental doom the investor-funded proj- Programmers Friday were Ethereum project, which hosts ment fund Noy also involved. “The second solar tower will be slightly fund meant to demonstrate that ect, the Times reported Friday. debating whether to simply Ether, said on Reddit. less expensive, the third much less expen- such money is safe for use, Blockchain, the technology change the code so that the mon- The hack sent the price of Clean at a cost sive, et cetera.” He predicted a futuristic land- according to the New York Times. that drives cryptocurrency such as ey could be recuperated, or Ether plunging Friday. Similarly, Israel’s government launched a tender for scape of towers overlooking the desert. The sum was stolen from a Ether, has recently been gaining whether such meddling broke Bitcoin took a hard hit after the the project in 2013, committing to purchase Israel could in theory meet all its electricity project called the Decentralized traction in the world of finance, with the project’s basic tenets. “I Tokyo-based Mt Gox trading electricity from it over 25 years as part of a needs through solar energy by using only Autonomous Organization (DAO), where it could one day prove recognize that there are very exchange declared bankruptcy shift towards renewable energy and energy four percent of the Negev desert, said Eitan which had collected the money in potentially useful. In recent heavy arguments on both sides, early in 2014 due to a fortune in independence. Parnass, head of the Green Energy Ether, a form of currency similar to months, however, computer sci- and that either direction would digital currency vanishing or The country mainly generates electricity Association of Israel. —AFP Bitcoin. The hacking, which entists had indicated that vulnera- have seen very heavy opposition,” being stolen. —AFP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Woman rescues 5-year-old son from mountain lion’s jaws

DENVER: Summoned by the sound of screams, a Buglione said. When the woman ran outside, she scratches on her leg, authorities said. She was three people and injured 18 in the state. “They’re Colorado woman raced to her front yard to find a found the lion crouched over her younger son, treated and released. The family members’ names wild animals. They find habitat where they can for- terrifying sight: A mountain lion was hunched over who was struggling to get free. “The boy was were not released. age for food,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife her 5-year-old son, biting him. completely under the cat,” Buglione told The The mountain lion was estimated to be about 2 spokesman Matt Robbins said. “When you have The woman charged the animal, yanked away Aspen Times. years old and not fully grown. “It wasn’t a big cat,” bunnies, you’re likely to find foxes or coyotes. If one of its paws and discovered her son’s whole The mother pried open the lion’s mouth with Buglione said. “Had it been a 110-pound lion - you have deer, there is a good chance you’ll find head was in its mouth. She didn’t back down. “She her hands, scooped up the child and ran away, the which I’ve seen around here - this would have mountain lions.” was able to pry the cat’s jaws open,” Pitkin County deputy said. The boy’s father had just returned been a much different story.” Wildlife officials killed The last known lion attack on a human in Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Buglione said. “She’s a from a run when the attack occurred. He jumped two mountain lions in the area within several Colorado occurred in July 2015, wildlife officials hero.” The boy suffered deep cuts to his head, face in the car with his wife and son and called 911 as hours of the attack. Both were being examined to said. A young lion attacked a man as he fished and neck and was flown to a Denver hospital. His they sped to the Aspen hospital. determine if they were hungry, diseased or just in north of Dotsero, about 60 miles from where mother, who also was scratched and bitten, is From there, the child was flown to Children’s the wrong place at the wrong time. Friday’s attack occurred. The man suffered scratch- credited with saving his life. Hospital in Denver in fair condition. On Saturday, a Colorado is home to up to 4,500 mountain es and bites on his back and was treated at a local The ordeal started Friday evening when the 5- hospital spokeswoman told the Times she was not lions, and they sometimes wander into urban clinic and released. The lion in that incident, year-old and his older brother were playing out- authorized to release any details on his condition. areas looking for food, according to state wildlife described as a small, yearling male, was tracked side their home near the resort town of Aspen, The mother suffered bite marks on her hand and officials. Since 1990, mountain lions have killed and killed. — AP

Large alligator captured on Well-timed exercise Georgia coast; beaches reopened

ATLANTA: Authorities have reopened Though rare, alligator sightings in the might improve learning beaches along the Georgia coast after a ocean have led to beaches being closed large alligator spotted in the Atlantic elsewhere in the Southeast, so it’s not Ocean was captured at a popular tourist unprecedented to find one in the Atlantic, NEW YORK: Aerobic exercise four hours after a spot near Savannah. Tybee Island Mayor Jason Buelterman said. memorization task, but not exercise right after- The gator, estimated to be 8 to 10 feet Gators in the South are typically found in wards, was linked to improved recall in a series long, was caught about 2:30 p.m. Friday freshwater such as ponds, rivers, streams of Dutch experiments. and relocated to the Savannah River, and swamps, but they’re able to swim Newly-learned information turns into long- Tybee Island Fire Chief Ashely Fields said. through saltwater in the ocean to get from term knowledge through a process of stabiliza- Lifeguards on personal watercrafts ran one place to another, the mayor said. tion and integration of memories, the study patterns around the gator, pushing him There are an estimated 200,000 alliga- team writes in Current Biology. This requires cer- toward the shore, before he was eventual- tors in Georgia, according to the state tain brain chemicals that are also released dur- ly reeled in as about 100 onlookers Department of Natural Resources. They’re ing physical exercise, including dopamine, nora- cheered, Fields said. typically found south of what’s known as drenaline (norepinephrine) and a growth factor “It was a relief for everybody,” he said by the “fall line” - a line that connects the cities called BDNF, they explain. phone. “People were very happy to get of Columbus, Macon and Augusta. “The brain processes new memories for a back in the water.” The gator was spotted In Florida, beaches at Walt Disney World while after learning. Physical exercise is able to early Friday morning in the water off the resorts remained closed Friday after an alli- improve these post-learning processes,” senior beaches on the south end of Tybee Island. gator killed a 2-year-old Nebraska boy after author Guillen Fernandez, director of the Fields said the gator stayed about 20 to 30 dragging him from shallow water in a lake Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and feet away from the beach. All beaches were at a Disney hotel Tuesday. Behavior in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, told then closed but have now been reopened. “Even if Disney World wouldn’t have Reuters Health by email. An alligator swimming in the ocean off happened, we still would have closed the To explore when exercise would most Tybee Island “is a very rare occurrence,” beach just to be safe and take care of peo- improve learning, researchers recruited 72 par- Fields said, adding that he’s talked to peo- ple,” Fields said. Tybee Island, once known ticipants and tasked them with learning to ple who have been around the island for 30 as Savannah Beach, is a popular tourist match a series of 90 locations with pictures over to 40 years who had never seen one off destination for people from across the Tybee’s beach. “He might have come out of nation. With about 3,000 full-time resi- a 40-minute period. BRONX: People work out in an outdoor exercise area at Macombs Dam Park. — AFP The participants were split into three groups: the Savannah River channel is the only dents, its population swells to several times one group exercised immediately after learning, They speculate that the consistency of activa- ry of activities like tying a shoe may be better thing I could figure, but I wouldn’t bet that number during weekends in the sum- one group exercised four hours later and one tion in the hippocampus in the delayed-exercise helped by immediate exercise than other kinds money on that,” Fields said. mer season, Buelterman said. — AP group did not exercise at all. The exercise groups group could indicate greater “efficiency or of memories. did interval training for 35 minutes on a station- coherence” in the way the brain pulls up the Having a regular exercise routine may be ary bike, including spurts at maximum intensity. memory and “might relate to differences in helpful as well said Marc Roig, an assistant Judge orders new Two days later, the participants returned to memory strength.” professor at McGill University in Montreal who the lab to test how much of what they’d mem- While strong memories will be remembered studies the effect of cardiovascular exercise on homes for endangered orized they could recall. During the recall test, no matter what, Fernandez said, weaker memo- memory. Several weeks of cardio exercise, the each subject was in a MRI scanner so ries that would normally be forgotten within a such as jogging, can make the hippocampus Manchester zoo animals researchers could monitor activity in different day may last longer if the brain releases more larger and improve people’s memory, he told areas of the brain. dopamine and norepinephrine. Reuters Health. CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA: A federal judge The decision stems from a 2014 law- The group that had exercised four hours People looking to improve their learning The type of exercise may not be important, has ordered endangered lemurs and suit filed by the Animal Legal Defense after learning remembered significantly more should perform fairly intense exercise to make though, added Roig, who was not involved in tigers housed at a private northeast Iowa Fund, which alleged the zoo maintained information on the follow-up test, while the sure that enough of the critical brain chemicals the new study. “Most studies have looked into zoo to be moved within 30 days. deplorable living conditions. The fund’s immediate-exercise group did no better than are released, he said, but cautioned against tak- aerobic exercise but recent data shows that The order signed Friday by Chief executive director, Stephen Wells, said the group that did not exercise. ing this too far. “Very intensive exercise might resistance training and high intensity interval Magistrate Judge Jon Stuart Scoles he’s disappointed about the decision. Activity in the hippocampus, a part of the also have negative effects.” training may also be beneficial.” “When thinking directs owners of Cricket Hollow Zoo The group had recommended other brain associated with forming memories, was The authors note that more research is need- about how to maximize your training regimen to near Manchester to move its lemurs locations for the animals. Wells said the very similar among people in the delayed-exer- ed to determine if exercise will help memories improve/maintain memory do not ask yourself to Special Memories Zoo in group is evaluating legal options. cise group during the recall task, but less con- last beyond the two-day period they studied. only what type of exercise, intensity or frequen- Hortonville, Wisconsin, and its tigers Cricket Hollow Zoo owners Pamela and sistent in the other participants, the They add that the type of memory may be cy is the best. Ask yourself when to train to to the Exotic Feline Rescue Center in Tom Sellner didn’t immediately respond researchers note. important, and that procedural or “body” memo- achieve the best results,” Roig said. — Reuters Center Point, Indiana. to a message. — AP Lifting US curbs on gay blood donors seen years away

ORLANDO: US health regulators are under would also likely require a large-scale study ical officer of the American Red Cross. “That increasing pressure to remove restrictions that tested blood samples of people who risk is always going to be there. People who keeping most gay and bisexual men from would be banned under current criteria, said donate blood within two weeks of exposure donating blood, but experts say any change Dr. Michael Busch, a co-director of BSRI. always will be missed by testing,” said would require years of research to guarantee Busch helped discover in the 1980s that HIV Benjamin, now an executive at Cerus Corp, the safety of the blood supply. could be transmitted through blood transfu- whose technology kills pathogens in blood The US Food and Drug Administration sions. “Those are difficult to design and exe- plasma and blood platelets. enacted a lifetime ban for gay and bisexual cute,” he said. One study by FDA researchers published in men in the 1980s to protect against transmit- January suggested that dropping all donor ting the human immunodeficiency virus that Existing risk restrictions on men who have sex with men causes AIDS. The agency reduced the ban in HIV disproportionately affects gay and would result in 31 more units of HIV-infected Ottawa: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau receives a standing ovation while December to a 12-month wait since a man’s bisexual men. While only about 4 percent of US blood being missed by screening tests and speaking during the Liberal caucus holiday party . — AFP last sexual encounter with another man. men have sex with other men, they represent entering the blood supply each year. Nearly 16 Following Sunday’s mass shooting at a gay about two-thirds of the country’s new infec- million blood donations are collected in the After wrangling, Canada nightclub in Orlando, more than a dozen tions, according to the US Centers for Disease United States each year, according to the Democratic Party lawmakers called on the FDA Control and Prevention. American Red Cross. Parliament adopts law to move toward lifting the ban altogether. All blood donated in the United States is Groups representing the nation’s largest They argued that it wrongly discriminates on screened for HIV, as well as other transmissible blood centers, including the American Red on assisted death the basis of sexual orientation, rather than diseases such as Hepatitis C and syphilis. Blood Cross and America’s Blood Centers, said they determining whether a donor’s actual behav- supply experts note that such testing cannot support the FDA’s current rules, which are in TORONTO: Canada’s Parliament on Friday receive formal approval from Governor ior puts them at risk of HIV. detect HIV within the earliest window of expo- line with policies in the UK, France, Australia adopted a law allowing medically-assisted General David Johnston, the acting head Their call came after members of the gay sure, nine to 14 days. and the Netherlands. death for the terminally ill, brushing aside of state. That process is a formality. community tried to donate blood in the after- In the past 12 years, as many as six people “Policy at this level moves at a slower pace critics who wanted the legislation to cover The Supreme Court ruling covered math of the Orlando attack but were turned have been infected with HIV through blood than people would prefer, but it is years, not people with degenerative diseases. willing adults facing intolerable physical away based on their recent sexual history. transfusion in the United States, according decades away,” said Custer, one of the blood After weeks of political wrangling, the or psychological suffering from a severe “We’re still in an inherently contradictory pos- to Dr. Richard Benjamin, a former chief med- supply experts, referring to the FDA. — Reuters upper Senate chamber voted in favor of and incurable medical condition. The ture of straight men who are having unsafe sex a law which makes Canada one of the Liberal government, though, narrowed with multiple partners being allowed to give few nations where doctors can legally the scope of the legislation to cover only blood. A gay man in a 30-year monogamous help sick people die. Some Senators those people whose death was reason- relationship, who practices safe sex, is not,” complained the scope of the law - initial- ably foreseeable. Representative Mike Quigley, an Illinois ly passed by the House of Commons Critics said this would condemn people Democrat who serves as vice chair of the con- elected chamber - was too narrow and with degenerative conditions like multiple gressional LGBT Equality Caucus, told Reuters. should not be restricted to those facing sclerosis to unbearable suffering. The FDA maintains there is not enough imminent death. Government officials say the new law is a scientific evidence to remove the restrictions. The law, drafted after Canada’s first attempt to address a highly sensitive “We empathize with those who might wish to Supreme Court last year overturned a ban and controversial topic and could be donate, but reiterate that at this time no one on physician-assisted suicide, must broadened in years to come. — Reuters who needs blood is doing without it,” spokes- woman Tara Goodin said in a statement. “That being said, the FDA is committed to Environmental groups threaten continuing to reevaluate its blood donor deferral policies as new scientific information to sue SC, feds over seawalls becomes available.” Blood supply experts say the FDA will need COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA: Two Environmental Control says it is investi- to determine whether the move to a one-year environmental groups are threatening to gating a picture of turtle tracks leading waiting period for gay and bisexual men made sue South Carolina and the federal gov- to a wall and other reports the seawalls the blood supply less, more or just as safe. ernment if they don’t protect sea turtles are blocking turtle nests. That effort will take several years, and only from new hard plastic seawalls first Lawmakers allowed the seawalls as then would the agency be able to consider installed on beaches a few years ago. part of an experiment to see if officials relaxing its restrictions further, said Brian The State newspaper reports that could stop erosion and protect turtles. Custer, who has led a number of studies on the the state Sierra Club and Wildlife Isle of Palms Republican Sen. Chip nation’s blood supply and is associate director Federation sent a notice giving the gov- Campsen says the walls were put in of the Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI) ernment 60 days to act. The state heavily eroded areas where the sand is in San Francisco. ORLANDO: Hundreds of community members line up outside a clinic to donate blood after Department of Health and too packed for sea turtle nests. — AP Removing the waiting period altogether an early morning shooting attack at a gay nightclub. — AFP MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Australian opposition leader makes health center of election

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: Opposition leader Bill extraordinary lie so audacious ... it defies belief.” Shorten used his center-left Labor Party’s official Six weeks after the election was called, Shorten campaign launch yesterday to cast July 2 general launched his campaign in western Sydney where elections as a referendum on the future of Labor hopes to win several seats from the govern- Australia’s universal health care system. ment. An opinion poll published by Fairfax Media A Labor government introduced government- on Saturday showed Labor ahead of the govern- funded Medicare in 1983 to provide free or subsi- ment with support of 51 percent of respondents dized health care for all Australian citizens and per- compared to 49 percent for the conservative coali- manent residents. Labor argues the conservative tion. But this lead is within the poll’s 2.6 percentage coalition government plans to privatize Medicare - point margin of error. The poll was based on a a claim Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull denies. nationwide telephone survey of 1,437 voters from “If you want to know why this election will make June 14 to 16. Many analysts don’t believe Labor’s a difference to you, your family, your street, your support will deliver the 21 seats it needs to form a workplace, to Australia’s future, I can give you the majority in the 150-seat House of Representatives, answer of why politics matters in one word: where parties form governments. Medicare,” Shorten told a Sydney auditorium in All but one of Labor’s surviving prime ministers front of the slogan: “We’ll put people first.” The gov- attended the launch: Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and ernment has been quick to assure the public that Julia Gillard. Kevin Rudd, who was ousted by the popular heath care system is not under threat. Gillard in an internal party showdown in 2010, Turnbull, who will officially launch his conserva- then replaced her in a similar coup in 2013, was in tive Liberal Party’s campaign next weekend, Russia on business. Since Rudd was elected in announced on Saturday that his government had 2007, there have been four changes of prime min- scrapped plans to outsource the Medicare pay- ister in an era of extraordinary volatility in ments system to private enterprise. “Medicare will Australian politics. Shorten was a powerbroker never ever be privatized,” Turnbull told reporters within the party who was instrumental in over- SYDNEY: Australia’s opposition Labor Party leader Bill Shorten speaks about Medicare yesterday. — AP Sunday. “What Bill Shorten is doing is peddling an throwing both Rudd and Gillard. — AP 4,800 nurses set to strike Hologic wins emergency US at 5 Twin Cities hospitals

MINNEAPOLIS: Both sides say a strike by No new talks were scheduled. The strike authorization for Zika test about 4,800 nurses appears inevitable at would last a week. The main dispute is over five hospitals in the Minneapolis area. Allina’s effort to switch union nurses to the Members of the Minnesota Nurses same health insurance plans as more than Creating more testing labs Association members planned to walk out 30,000 other Allina employees and their at 7 a.m. Yesterday at hospitals operated by family members, which carry lower monthly MIAMI: Hologic Inc won emergency US authori- Allina Health - Abbott Northwestern in premiums but higher out-of-pocket costs. zation to sell its Zika test, expanding the number Minneapolis, Mercy in Coon Rapids, United Allina plans to keep the facilities operating of public and private labs that can test for the in St. Paul, Unity in Fridley, and the Phillips with replacement nurses. The last major virus as health officials brace for a rise this sum- Eye Institute in Minneapolis. Twin Cities nurses strike was in 2010. — AP mer in the number of infections. The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the company’s Aptima test to detect Zika virus in Factory snag hits GSK human serum and plasma specimens. The test will be available for use immediately in every US state as well as Puerto Rico and US territo- supply, causing Danish ries, the company said. Aptima is the third commercial test to be anesthetic shortage granted emergency use authorization by the FDA. Focus Diagnostics and Germany’s altona : Manufacturing problems at a said a small number of countries had expe- Diagnostics GmbH were also given emer- factory in Italy have disrupted production rienced shortages of certain products since gency use authorization. The Centers for of some GlaxoSmithKline medicines, lead- April.In Denmark, doctors said they were Disease Control and Prevention also can test ing to shortages of a commonly used opi- running out of the anesthetic Ultiva, which for the virus. oid anesthetic in Denmark. is a preferred product because patients In February, the World Health Organization The British drug maker said on Friday it wake up quickly after surgery. Recovery (WHO) declared Zika a global public health had temporarily suspended manufacturing typically occurs within five to 10 minutes. emergency. The virus has been associated with at its Parma site, which makes sterile prod- The Parma factory also makes GSK’s microcephaly, a birth defect characterized by an ucts, to investigate environmental monitor- new inject able drug Nucala for severe unusually small head and potential develop- ing, adding this was unrelated to risks from asthma and Benlysta for lupus, but the mental problems. On Thursday, US health offi- any medicines. spokeswoman said these medicines were cials reported three babies born with birth MIAMI: A woman looks at a Center for Disease Control (CDC) health advisory sign about The factory has now recommenced not in short supply because there were defects likely linked to Zika infection in the the dangers of the Zika virus as she lines up for a security screening at Miami manufacturing. However, a spokeswoman plentiful stocks. — Reuters mother during pregnancy. International Airport. — AFP Authorities in Brazil, the country hardest hit by the virus, have confirmed more than 1,400 Tuesday, the WHO said there was a “very low Brazil in August. Shares of the company were cases of microcephaly in babies whose mothers risk” of further spread of the virus for people up about 1.5 percent at $34.30 in extended were exposed to Zika during pregnancy. On attending the Olympic Games, to be held in trading on Friday. — Reuters

Patients greeted by robot at Belgian hospital

OSTEND, BELGIUM: A Belgian hospital has “The robot itself is a meter 20 high, so it is hands on it. It did not frighten him so I think it just welcomed its newest staff member: not like Arnold Schwarzenegger with a leather will be important. Especially for children.” Pepper, a humanoid robot that speaks 19 lan- jacket and an ‘I will be back’ robot,” said Zora Pepper is not the first robot used at the guages. Developed to improve social and Bots’ co-chief executive, Fabrice Goffin. “It is a AZ Damiaan hospital, but it is the first to health care by the Belgian company Zora Bots, quite nice robot and the reactions are positive communicate with patients and to have the Pepper joined the medical team as a recep- for the moment.” ability to guide them. Before the arrival of tionist at Ostend hospital AZ Damiaan. During the first week, Pepper was mainly Pepper, the staff had already worked with a Pepper will introduce visitors to the hospi- used on the hospital’s maternity department. predecessor, Zora, for about a year. Zora is tal, provide information and guide visitors and Bieke Vandeputte, the mother of a newborn smaller and slower than Pepper and used patients to the correct floor and room. With a baby, was amazed. “it is another way of mak- mainly in physical therapy classes. At a price speed of just 3 km/h (1.8 mph), Pepper is also ing contact and maybe it is reassuring that it is of 30,000 Euros, Pepper is expensive. So far, able to guide slower patients. Fully charged, it a robot for some people,” she said. “The baby only Japanese customers have bought one can work for up to 20 hours on its own. was really sure. He did not mind putting his to use at home. — Reuters LONDON: Signage for GlaxoSmithKline is seen on its offices. — AFP WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 KFH Participates in Gergeian Gathering for Kuwaiti Association for Down Syndrome

uwait Finance House (KFH) took part in a confec- Ktionary (gergeian) gathering for the Kuwaiti Association for Down syndrome. This step comes as part of KFH’s social responsibility and in continuation of the bank’s Ramadan program. KFH PR team visited the chil- dren of Kuwaiti Association for Down syndrome and man- aged to spread joy and happiness among them, yet showed them that the society cares for them. The event included many activities that had a positive effect on the parents of the children, who believe that such activities organized by prestigious institutions, play a role in reforming the social ties, while allow the dis- abled to beat the odds and blend into the society. In addition, such events boost the confidence of the dis- abled and help them to be productive individuals and integral part of the society. It is worth noting that KFH has been always keen to hold similar events every year, as part of its social responsibility, which reinforces the values of the socie- ty. KFH is eager to support charity, education and health activities; especially that they play a role in the prosperity of the society. Meanwhile, the staff of Kuwaiti Association for Down syndrome and children’s guardians praised this initiative that KFH is keen on taking every year. Also, they lauded its key role in assuming the social responsibility.

AUK Art & Graphic Design Department Concludes its 9th Annual Capstone Exhibition

he Art & Graphic Design Department at designed communication tools that addressed graphic design, including experts from graph- fessional world of Graphic Design” & Graphic Design is constantly working to Tthe American University of Kuwait (AUK) their target audiences through the medium of ic design studios, publishing houses, film and As one of the final year courses, the GDES improve the learning environment for the stu- concluded its 9th annual Capstone Graphic Design. video production companies, advertising, and Capstone course is designed to teach graduat- dents. The faculty is involved throughout their Exhibition. The Exhibition offered senior stu- The exhibited projects reflected a culmina- multimedia firms. According to Khair, “This ing students how to visualize the complex creative project learning and development. dents an opportunity to showcase their cre- tion of semester-long, self-initiated, and self- exhibition is an opportunity for our students intersection between personal voice, concep- This Capstone shows the hard work and ative work, which covered to a range of topics directed ideas implemented through diverse to present themselves, their creative capabili- tual understanding, and the use of research for earned expertise of our students as well,” she that included social and cultural awareness, applications. The projects were evaluated ties, and their technical skills, through a proj- a graphic design exhibition. Maryam said. corporate identity and entrepreneurship, to based on their creativity and presentation; ect in which they have utilized everything Hosseinnia, Chair of the Department of Art & AUK’s Graphic Design Capstone represents the public and have their designs considered their ability to conduct and use graphic design they have learned over the past four years. It Graphic Design, explained that the showcased an opportunity for senior students to fully by renowned experts from the industry. research strategy effectively; and their ability also gives them exposure, a good body of designs displayed the students’ capabilities. incorporate their design strengths and learn- Under the supervision of Rita Merheb Khair, to plan and implement a compelling graphic work to include in their portfolios, and most “The Capstone is meant to be the culmination ing into a focused, extended process of Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at AUK, design display. importantly the strength and the courage they of four years of learning for our Graphic research and visual expression. The projects participating students investigated a topic of The Capstone Exhibition is held annually. It need to move on to the next stage in their Design majors, showcasing their design, tal- are diverse, reflecting individual student inves- their choice, researched and analyzed it, and brings together visitors from the field of lives, whether it is further studies, or the pro- ents, abilities, and learning. The faculty of Art tigations into their topic of choice. WHAT’S ON MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

Ooredoo Awards Its Distinguished Employees During Annual Ghabga

oredoo Kuwait, a member of the which is behind our success for the past Administration Services and Nadia Abu OOoredoo international group, award- years.” Suliman from Sales. ed its distinguished employees for “We believe that achieving great results Ooredoo presented the award of the the first quarter of 2016 with its quarterly begins with human resources that’s why we Champions Team category, which is given Star Awards. The awarding ceremony took invest in our employees and offer them the quarterly to teams who demonstrate excep- place during Ooredoo’s annual ghabga at incentives to improve their capabilities, tal- tional dedication above their scope of work. the Jumeirah Beach Hotel, and was attend- ent and expertise,” he added. The award was given this quarter to a team ed by the Chairman and CEO of Ooredoo The winners of the quarterly awards are: from the B2B department for their hard Group Sheikh Saud bin Nasser Al Thani, the Shaikha Al Shahen and Wael Hasban from work during the first quarter in designing CEO and General Manager of Ooredoo the Sales, Abdullah Mahdi and Khaled Al packages that cater for the needs of entre- Kuwait Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdullah Al- Dousari from the Customer Service, Rama preneurs and small business owners. The Thani along with executive managers and Vunguturu from Finance, Saleh AlQaloushi winners of the Champions Team category department heads. from B2B, Hussain Al Qatari from the were: Maryam Al-Fahad, Ali Zainal, Alaa Commenting on this, Chief of Human Corporate Communications, Sarah Shuaib Hamoud, Abdullah Marshad, Hussain Resources and Administration Services from the Regulatory Department, Mazen Shuaib, Mohammed Al-Humoud, Hadia Saleh Al-Houti said: “Ooredoo’s strong per- Jomaa from Human Resources, Hassan Halabi, Saleh Al-Qaloushi, Mohammed formance and its leading position in market Munir from Marketing and Kristoffer Taher, Buthaina Al-Halilah, Abdullah Saleh, were and will always be a result of the Salvador and Ahmad Kante from the Faisal Al-Kandari and Mohammed Najy. achievements and dedication of its out- Technology. Voice of the Customer Award Ooredoo Star Awards are presented to standing employees. Rewarding those indi- went to Talal Al Mutairi and Mai Al Seaidan outstanding employees every quarter. A viduals is one way to express our pride and while Ooredoo Way Accomplisher award special committee assesses all employees satisfaction with our employees’ achieve- went to Abdullah Safar from Marketing, and selects winners based on certain com- ments and to recognize the hard work Bader Al Nassar from Human Resources and petence and performance criteria.

Direct Aid distributes date containers in

ithin its annual and seasonal activ- Rashid Al-Farhan, member of the majority Wities during the holy month of ruling party in the Kenyan parliaemant, Ramadan, the Direct Aid Society Adam Da’ali, former Kenyan defense minis- recently distributed five containers of dates ter, senator, Mohammed Yousif Al-Haj, 50 in various Kenyan areas. Kenyan lawmakers and heads of a number The date containers were received dur- of Kenyan Islamic foundations. ing an official ceremony attended by the Kuwaiti ambassador to Kenya, Qossai MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 TV PROGRAMS

04:10 Hank Zipzer 21:45 Lab Rats 01:05 Catchphrase 04:35 Binny And The Ghost 22:10 Mighty Med 02:00 Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of 05:00 Violetta 22:40 Disney Mickey Mouse Dogs 05:45 The Hive 23:00 Programmes Start At 6:00am 02:30 Mr Selfridge 05:50 Mouk 04:05 Fatal Pulse 06:00 Hank Zipzer 05:30 Manchu Eagle Murder Caper 06:25 Sofia The First Mystery 06:50 Gravity Falls 06:55 Big Screen 07:15 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 07:10 Troll (Epic) And Cat Noir 08:35 Return Of The Seven 07:40 Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug 03:05 Places We Go 10:10 The Real Howard Spitz And Cat Noir 03:00 Kids Baking Championships 03:30 Carnival Eats 11:55 The Apartment 08:05 Shake It Up 04:00 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 03:55 Carnival Eats 14:00 Big Screen 08:30 Shake It Up 04:30 Diners, Drive-Ins And Dives 04:20 Bangkok Airport 14:15 The Manhattan Project 08:55 Hannah Montana 05:00 Chopped 05:10 Bangkok Airport 16:10 The Night They Raided 09:20 Hannah Montana 06:00 Man Fire Food 06:00 John Torode’s Malaysian Minsky’s 09:45 Wizards Of Waverly Place 06:30 Man Fire Food Adventure 17:50 Mirrormask 10:10 Wizards Of Waverly Place 07:00 Roadtrip With G. Garvin 06:25 John Torode’s Malaysian 19:30 Robinson Crusoe 10:35 Gotta Kick It Up 07:30 Roadtrip With G. Garvin Adventure 21:00 Into The Blue 12:05 The 7D 08:00 Chopped 06:50 Testing The Menu With Nic 22:50 Annie Hall 12:15 Disney Mickey Mouse 09:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes Watt 00:25 Mortal Thoughts 12:20 Austin & Ally 10:00 The Pioneer Woman 07:15 Street Food Around The World 02:10 Into The Blue 12:45 Girl Meets World 10:30 The Pioneer Woman 07:40 Miguel’s Feasts 13:10 Best Friends Whenever 11:00 Siba’s Table 08:05 One Man & His Campervan 13:35 Jessie 11:30 Siba’s Table 08:30 One Man & His Campervan 14:00 Jessie 12:00 Ching’s Amazing Asia 08:55 Carnival Eats 14:25 Jessie 12:30 Ching’s Amazing Asia 09:20 Carnival Eats 14:50 Jessie 13:00 Man Finds Food 09:45 John Torode’s Malaysian 03:25 Natural World 15:15 Descendants Wicked World 13:30 Man Finds Food Adventure 04:15 Into The Pride 15:20 Jessie 14:00 Man Finds Food 10:10 John Torode’s Malaysian 05:02 Lion Man: One World African 15:45 Jessie 14:30 Man Finds Food Adventure Safari 16:10 Jessie 15:00 Chopped 10:35 World’s Best Chefs 05:49 Cheetah: Race To Rule 16:35 Jessie 16:00 Guy’s Grocery Games 11:00 Maximum Foodie 06:36 Call Of The Wildman 17:00 Jessie 17:00 Amazing Wedding Cakes 11:25 This Is Brazil 07:25 Dog TV 17:25 Jessie 18:00 Siba’s Table 12:15 My Sri Lanka With Peter 08:15 Restoration Wild 17:50 The 7D 18:30 Siba’s Table Kuruvita 09:10 Wild Capture School 18:00 Camp Rock 19:00 Luke Nguyen’s United 12:40 A Marriage Of Flavours 10:05 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 19:45 The 7D Kingdom 13:05 Lyndey Milan - Taste Of 11:00 Dog TV 19:55 Evermoor Chronicles 19:30 Luke Nguyen’s United Australia 11:55 Snake Crusader With Bruce 20:20 Evermoor Chronicles Kingdom 13:35 Testing The Menu With Nic George 20:45 Good Luck Charlie 20:00 Cutthroat Kitchen Watt 12:50 Bahama Blue 21:10 H2O: Just Add Water 21:00 Chopped 14:00 Meat v Veg 13:45 Wildest Middle East 21:35 H2O: Just Add Water 22:00 Man v Food 14:30 American Food Battle 14:40 Yankee Jungle 22:00 Binny And The Ghost 22:30 Man v Food 14:55 Places We Go 15:35 Biggest And Baddest 22:25 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 23:00 Mystery Diners 15:25 Carnival Eats 16:30 Zombie Sharks Witch 23:30 Mystery Diners 15:50 Carnival Eats 17:25 Wildest Latin America 22:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 00:00 Cutthroat Kitchen 16:20 Bangkok Airport 18:20 Restoration Wild Witch 01:00 Chopped South Africa 17:15 Bangkok Airport 19:15 Wild Capture School 23:10 Hank Zipzer 02:00 Man v Food 18:10 City Chase Marrakech 20:10 The Wild Life Of Tim Faulkner 23:35 Binny And The Ghost 19:05 Places We Go 21:05 Village Vets 00:00 Violetta 19:30 Carnival Eats 22:00 Restoration Wild 00:45 The Hive 20:00 Carnival Eats 23:20 Snake Crusader With Bruce 00:50 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 20:25 Bangkok Airport George Witch 21:15 Bangkok Airport 23:50 Gator Boys 01:15 Sabrina Secrets Of A Teenage 22:05 City Chase Marrakech 00:45 Gator Boys Witch 03:40 Shipping Wars 22:55 A Marriage Of Flavours 01:40 Bahama Blue 01:40 Hank Zipzer 04:05 Shipping Wars 23:20 Lyndey Milan - Taste Of 02:35 Wildest Middle East 02:05 Binny And The Ghost 04:30 Pawn Stars Australia 02:30 Violetta 05:00 Lost Worlds 23:45 Testing The Menu With Nic 06:00 Ax Men Watt 06:50 Swamp People 00:10 Meat v Veg 07:40 Search For The Lost Giants 00:35 American Food Battle 08:30 Shipping Wars 01:00 One Man & His Campervan 08:55 American Restoration 01:25 One Man & His Campervan 03:15 Free Ride 09:20 American Restoration 01:50 Poh & Co. 04:05 Free Ride 09:45 Counting Cars: Best Of 02:15 World’s Best Chefs 05:00 Free Ride 03:10 Henry Hugglemonster 03:20 Calimero 10:10 Counting Cars 02:40 Testing The Menu With Nic 06:00 Yukon Men 10:35 Counting Cars Watt 06:50 Wheeler Dealers: Trading Up 03:35 Zou 03:45 Loopdidoo 11:25 Grave Trade 07:40 Fast N’ Loud 12:15 American Pickers 08:30 Dukes Of Haggle 04:00 Art Attack 04:25 Henry Hugglemonster 13:05 Storage Wars Texas 08:55 Storage Wars Canada 13:30 Storage Wars Texas 09:20 Property Wars 04:35 Calimero 04:50 Zou 13:55 Shark Wranglers 09:45 How Do They Do It? 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CROSSWORD 1290 STAR TRACK

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

This is good time to examine and think about what is important and of You naturally gravitate toward positions of power and authority. Others lasting value. This could be a period of great material gain; it is certainly a time when see in you a great practical ability and accept you as a leader or authority figure very easi- material things have a great deal of importance for you. Consider the competition and ly. Your career may be very important to you now, even at the expense of home life-care- look at ways to express your own talent in whatever demands may be upon you now. ful here. Too much work takes away from the extras you enjoy with your family and they Your career or life-path may depend on your talent for responding and making some- with you. If home life needs more attention, it would not be unreasonable to ask you to thing out of ideas and insights; whatever is new and challenging. The business world think about a professional change. Your ability to rally support makes some form of pub- today may call for your ability to react and build on opportunities. You have a clear lic career quite probable. You may be working with young people this evening in the vision into your own inner sense of values, how you appreciate and love. Today could realm of teacher or coach. Young people feel a kinship toward you and respond positive- be a very lucky day for you in many areas of your life. ly to your requests. Make time for your loved ones this evening.

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

Your sense of direction and guidance are the keys to understanding your- You could be most persuasive with others at this time. The situation is a self at any in-depth level. Today, you will be called upon to use your natural problem- natural for having your particular ideas and thoughts understood. You can solving instincts. You always manage to come up with the correct approach-dig in and appreciate the difficulties of others and be understanding of the problems they may be do not waste time with worry. There is an innate capacity to negotiate with the law and having. You value a certain amount of self-sacrifice and may have helpful information authorities, plus an ability to find you when it comes to inner and spiritual matters. that will help make another person’s life easier. You can discriminate between superficial- ity and the reality that is pushing through. Your mind is naturally interested in all that is Others sense this gift and accept guidance and counsel. At heart, you have a deep sense psychological. You look to improve working conditions and may find ways to serve and of responsibility and purpose and this seriousness is genuine and felt by others. You help customers in more of a timely manner. You are careful and considerate. A good con- manage to get down to the bare bones. Matters of law, religion and philosophy of the versation with those you love is possible this evening. most resolute kind hold your interest this evening.

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

Recognition is the reward for sharing some of your creative ideas. Don’t You may be thinking about how you express yourself and what you want to be shy. Stand up and take a bow. This is a time when life has a way of accomplish in life. Don’t be afraid to project your image. Ideas of group cooperation and communion could further your thinking, as well as connections. ACROSS 1961 to agree on a common policy for the unfolding in a most positive way. A bout of philosophy or even a little religion could have an enormous effect on your career. You might be working in a religious institution. Everything seems to be working together for your advancement. This afternoon you may 1. A unit of electrical resistance equal to the sale of petroleum. Lasting values or whatever you find to be the truth will guide you in the decision mak- find that several of your friends will go along with you to see a musical, an opera or perhaps resistance between two points on a con- 2. Perceive sound. ing process. There are new doors of opportunity opening up for something that was some outside concert. You and your friends seem to enjoy basically the same types of ductor when a potential difference of one 3. God of death. previously blocked. You will benefit from analytical insights, getting to the heart of entertainment and all of you enjoy critiquing the performance after the show. This evening volt between them produces a current of 4. Be a hindrance or obstacle to. things, research, penetrating. This evening presents a great time to enjoy your friends there is time to prepare for your work week ahead and now. . . You are ready for the grand one ampere. 5. Resembling or reminiscent of silver. and/or your family in the celebration of life. schemes of business. You love the rhythm of business but you also enjoyed today. 4. One of two or more atoms with the same 6. Mountain goats. atomic number but with different numbers 7. Brief episode in which the brain gets of neutrons. insufficient blood supply. Cancer (June 21-July 22) 11. Anything that provides inspiration for 8. Not divisible by two. Capricorn (December 22-January 19) later work. 9. A formal expression of praise. This is a great time to reflect and understand your own situation. Work and You are determined to get at the heart of things, whatever is under the sur- 15. Seed of a pea plant. 10. Suggestive of the supernatural. career should be on the back burner for this day. There is an opportunity to face or behind the scenes. A couple of youths may need your help but not in 16. Leaf bugs. 11. A piece of starched cloth covering the make good decisions within your own environment and you will find that others enjoy lecture form. Challenging several youths to complete a few difficult tasks in some type of 17. The chief solid component of mam- shoulders of a nun's habit. learning from you. You may be needed to help a neighbor move or transport a few peo- teamwork creates a working together type of attitude. Healing is possible-you will find that malian urine. 12. Any of several related languages of the ple to the airport. A camera in hand will give you an opportunity to take a few pictures as difficult tasks will be seen through to successful results. Others will accept your suggestions 18. The sense organ for hearing and equi- Celts in Ireland and Scotland. you see the landscape change or a sunrise/sunset to photograph. Outdoor activity can and ideas. Problems or challenges can be easily solved when you are around. As you return librium. 13. One of a pair of long straps (usually con- be enjoyed by many this afternoon, perhaps through a tour of a nearby park or zoo, or to work tomorrow you may decide it is time to put in for some type of advancement. Your pursuit of anything secret makes you a researcher or investigator bar none. You can 19. A lawyer who pleads cases in court. nected to the bit or the headpiece) used to perhaps through a group garage or yard sale. Of course a competitive homemade ice cream contest might be at the top of the list for you and a few of your neighbors. demonstrate great understanding to others. 20. Goddess of fertility. control a horse. 21. Tropical genus of small trees or shrubs. 14. A vertical spar for supporting sails. 23. An often persistent bodily disorder or 22. Type genus of the Tetraonidae. Aquarius (January 20- February 18) disease. 24. Closed with a lace. Leo (July 23-August 22) 25. Swelling from excessive accumulation 26. American professional baseball player Ideas of group cooperation could further your career. Your surroundings, cir- of serous fluid in tissue. Today is a day of action and embarking on new projects. You will begin to cumstances and support systems are the key links in the chain of your suc- who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth feel more and more confident and outgoing, a sense of confidence that grows stronger 27. A less than average tide occurring at cess. When things get hectic, it is in these areas that you can expect to be challenged. You (born in 1934). with each passing day. Things that may have been suspended in only a vision for many the first and third quarters of the moon. hate a lack of clarity, especially when it comes to your feelings and emotions. Clarity is your 29. A medicinal drug used to evoke vomit- years will now take on speed, structure and shape. You should plan to work hard and 28. A sac or cavity containing fluid especial- priority. You work today to make projects move along in a smooth manner. Any misunder- ing (especially in cases of drug overdose or give shape to the ideas you have pored over these last six or seven years. You are begin- ly lymph or cerebrospinal fluid. standings will be quickly corrected. You prosper by pursuing your ideals and most deep- poisoning). ning to move forward with your dreams and goals and can expect your career to expand 31. Tropical American trees with palmately seated dreams of how life could be. Don’t be afraid to project your image-make those and possibly take on a new phase. In summary, from this time forward, expect a more compound leaves and showy bell-shaped 30. A region of in northeastern dreams real. Use your sense of humor this evening-laugh and encourage others. You relax confident, outgoing attitude, for you have brought to close a time of inward examina- Borneo. by entertaining and being around your friends. flowers. tion. There is a growing sense of direction and self-worth now. 35. South American armadillo with three 32. Large herbivorous tropical American bands of bony plates. arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back. 36. A standard or model or pattern regard- Virgo (August 23-September 22) ed as typical. 33. A narrative song with a recurrent Pisces (February 19-March 20) 39. The state of matter distinguished from refrain. the solid and liquid states by. 34. In a state of sleep. You could be asked to help with some project today. If you already have a Your own basic drive may be at odds with the direction your life is taking. 37. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation great deal of work going on now, you might want to request supervising the project. Your home environment, friends and surroundings in general become uncomplicated. 40. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked Your work or career is in real harmony with the rest of your life, but you may want more. on a skewer usually with vegetables. of many body compounds (e.g., epineph- Careful here-when you have stress, it may affect your sense of independence and origi- nality-for better or worse. Consider coordinating others so that you do not have to worry You may find, after review and plans are made, that this is a time of good fortune when 41. Wet through and through. rine and norepinephrine and serotonin). things could be opening up for you. Your time of reassessment will be rewarded and it will 38. A place where the wicked are punished about the constant little errands. Home life can be most satisfying now. You do not have 43. (Norse mythology) One of the Aesir to leave home to escape from the rat race. Family, home and security seem just about become easy to see which path is the one to take. Opportunities are available and you may known for his beauty and skill with bow after death. ideal to you. You may be very imaginative with your home and domestic setup. This find that you want to do almost anything; pace yourself. The home and family scene is like- and skis. 42. God of love and erotic desire. evening would be a good time to enjoy a dip in the pool or hot tub-yours, friends’ or a ly to be in something of a state of change now-this may mean moving, an addition to the 44. The United Nations agency concerned 45. English scholastic philosopher and community pool. A child follows your example this evening. family, or such. An eccentric relative attracts some notice. with civil aviation. assumed author of Occam's Razor (1285- 46. The Hebrew patriarch who saved him- 1349). self and his family and the animals by 47. A heavy brittle diamagnetic trivalent Wordsearch Puzzle Yesterday’s Solution building an ark in which they survived 40 metallic element (resembles arsenic and days and 40 nights of rain. antimony chemically). 48. The syllable naming the sixth (submedi- 50. A spot that is open late at night and ant) note of a major or minor scale in that provides entertainment (as singers or solmization. dancers) as well as dancing and food and 49. (computer science) A coding system drink. that incorporates extra parity bits in order 52. Concerning those not members of the to detect errors. clergy. 51. Subdivision not used in some classifica- 54. An esoteric or occult matter that is tra- tions. ditionally secret. 53. An international organization of 56. A small digital computer based on a European countries formed after World microprocessor and designed to be used War II to reduce trade barriers and increase by one person at a time. cooperation among its members. 58. Measuring instrument in which the 55. The shape of a bell. echo of a pulse of microwave radiation is 57. An ester of adenosine that is converted used to detect and locate distant objects. to ATP for energy storage. 59. Preserve of crushed fruit. 60. Horny projecting mouth of a bird. 61. Obvious and dull. 62. A state in the southeastern United 63. Cleanse (one's body) with soap and States on the Gulf of Mexico. water. 68. A woman of refinement. 64. City in southwestern Colombia in a rich 69. A Hindu prince or king in India. agricultural area. 72. A lawman concerned with narcotics 65. A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of violations. Lamaism. 73. Rounded like an egg. 66. A republic in the Middle East in western 76. A woman hired to suckle a child of Asia. someone else. 77. A Chadic language spoken in Chad. 67. A dull persistent (usually moderately 78. Lack of normal muscular tension or intense) pain. tonus. 70. Gone by. 79. A body of (usually fresh) water sur- 71. The first month of the year. rounded by land. 74. An intensely radioactive metallic ele- ment that occurs in minute amounts in DOWN uranium ores. 1. An organization of countries formed in 75. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.

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Color me! DID YOU KNOW?

EARTH FACTS * Magma is the hot liquid rock under the surface of the Earth, it is known as lava after it comes out of a volcano. * Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10cm a year. This is because they are on different tectonic plates. Keukenhof * The world’s largest desert (outside of the polar regions) is the Sahara, it cov- ers about one third of Africa! * Stretching out to an impressive length Keukenhof is open annually from mid-March to mid- of 6696 kilometers (4160 miles) long, May. The best time to view the tulips is around mid- the Nile River is the longest river on April, depending on the weather. earth. History * The volcanic rock known as pumice is Keukenhof is situated on 15th-century hunting the only rock that can float in water. grounds. It was also a source of herbs for Jacqueline, * Mt Everest is the highest mountain on Countess of Hainaut’s castle, which is the source of the earth, its peak reaches 8,848 meters name Keukenhof (it served to provide herbs for the cas- (29029 feet) above sea level. Check tle’s kitchen). Rich merchants took over the grounds out the highest mountains on each after the Countess’s death. VOC captain and governor continent of the Earth. Adriaen Maertensz Block lived there in his retirement years in the 17th century in the country house (now * On average the Atlantic Ocean is the known as Castle Keukenhof) which he had let built in saltiest of Earth’s major oceans. 1641. In the 19th century, the Baron and Baroness Van * Metamorphic rocks are formed by eukenhof, also known as the Garden of Europe, is Pallandt assigned the landscape architect Jan David ACTIVITY extreme pressure and heat. Read Zocher and his son Louis Paul Zocher, who had also one of the world’s largest flower gardens. It is sit- more about metamorphic, igneous worked on the Vondelpark, to design the grounds uated in Lisse, the Netherlands. According to the and sedimentary rocks, find informa- K around the castle. The garden was established in 1949 official website for the Keukenhof Park, approximately 7 tion on rocks and minerals or check by the then-mayor of Lisse. The idea was to present a million flower bulbs are planted annually in the park, out our interesting fossil facts. which covers an area of 32 hectares. flower exhibit where growers from all over the Keukenhof is located in South Holland in the small Netherlands and Europe could show off their hybrids - * The Earth isn’t perfectly round, it is town of Lisse, south of Haarlem and southwest of and help the Dutch export industry (the Netherlands is slightly flattened at the north and Amsterdam. It is accessible by bus from the train sta- the world’s largest exporter of flowers). south poles. tions of Haarlem, Leiden and Schiphol. It is located in * Scared of the Bermuda Triangle? Gardens an area called the “Dune and Bulb Region”. Despite its reputation it is actually The Keukenhof features a variety of different gar- part of a commonly sailed shipping dens and garden styles. For example, the English land- scape garden features winding paths and unexpected route. see-through points (designed by Zocher in 1830, the * Scientists have the dated the Earth as garden architect of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam, being between 4 and 5 billion years among others). The historical garden is an enclosed Cute Clamshell Craft old! garden where you can see many old types of bulbs. The * The rainforest is the largest nature garden consists of a water garden where shrubs tropical rainforest on Earth. Enjoy and perennials are combined with bulbous plants. The Materials: more rainforest facts or learn about Japanese country garden is a non-traditional garden in jungles. a natural environment. Black acrylic paint The Keukenhof doesn’t contain the long fields of Paintbrush * Talc is the softest mineral found on tulips many visitors expect. However, there are tulip White beads (fake pearls work well) Earth, reaching just 1 on Mohs scale of fields outside the Garden (mostly privately owned). Clamshells hardness, it is often used to make tal- These fields may have restricted access and are not Hot-glue gun cum powder. included as part of the Keukenhof ticket. * The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the Directions: largest living structure in the world. 1. Paint black pupils in center of each bead; let dry. Sandwich * The Niagara Falls are located on the bor- two clamshells together so insides face each other and hinges der of the USA and Canada. match up. Position a pair of beads between shells so pupils gaze out in same direction. Glue in place. * Rock found at the bottom of the Grand 2.Glue hinge end of shells together. Let dry completely. Canyon is around 2 billion years old.

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PIZZADILLAS WITH RED SAUCE What you need: 4 whole-wheat tortillas (8 inches) 2/3 cup fresh or frozen spinach, finely chopped 2/3 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded 1 cup marinara sauce (store-bought or home- made) Cooking spray What to do: Lay 2 tortillas on a flat surface. Divide spinach and cheese between the tortillas.

KIDS RECIPE Top with remaining 2 tortillas. Place skillet over medium heat. Lightly coat pan with cooking spray. Gently slide 1 pizzadilla into the pan and cook until light golden brown on one side (about 1-2 cheese is fully melted. minutes). Remove pizzadilla and cut into triangles. Repeat Using a thin spatula, gently flip over the pizzadil- with remaining pizzadilla. la and cook for 30-60 seconds more or until Serve with marinara sauce for dipping. lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016

Gossip Khloe takes swipe at estranged husband Lamar

hloe Kardashian has seemingly taken a swipe at her estranged husband admitted she finds it difficult to “trust” and “believe” people nowadays. She recently KLamar Odom in a cryptic post on Instagram. The 31-year-old reality TV star, wrote on Twitter: “So hard to trust and believe these days. Hummmmmmm that’s who is currently in the process of divorcing the former basketball player, why I stay to myself. I love to write and hopefully inspire but I get frustrated when posted a quote on her Instagram account on Saturday that seemed targeted at her people assume they know who I’m writing about. It ruins my willingness to share estranged husband, who collapsed in a brothel in Nevada in 2015. The quote read: something special (sic)” Meanwhile, Khloe has also previously claimed she feels “a “They start missing you when they fail at replacing you.” The curvaceous celebrity little safer” dating another celebrity. She shared: “I used to wonder why celebrities captioned the now-deleted image: “‘You don’t know what you got till it’s gone.’ I only dated celebrities, but when you’re in it you understand. “You feel a little safer. If say, you knew what you had, you just never thought it could slip away. “We often you’re seen with someone on your first date, you’re automatically getting married take for granted the things that deserve our gratitude the most. We do this with the next day. It’s so extreme! So when you’re two celebrities, you can keep it really both people and material possessions. The problem is many people do not realize quiet at first, to see if you even like each other. Dating someone in your world is a this until it is too late. “We take things for granted on a daily basis, always with the little easier.” assumption that whenever we need something, it will be there. There are so many things that we fail to realize the true value of until they are missing from our lives. Sadly. (sic)” This comes shortly after the ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star Calvin is Depp planning a break-up song about Taylor

reportedly feels he is ‘too trusting’ alvin Harris is reportedly planning a break-up song about his split from Taylor Swift. The Scottish DJ is apparently working on a song he 53-year-old Hollywood icon is said to have opened up C concerning his abrupt break-up from the ‘Blank Space’ hitmaker, Tabout his failed marriage to actress Amber Heard during the and is considering drafting in and for the recording after-party for his rock band The Hollywood Vampires during sessions. A source said: “Kanye is up for doing something with Calvin and their recent gig in Bucharest, . A source shared: “If Johnny Rihanna and now Calvin’s no longer with Taylor anything is possible.” It was under any stress, he didn’t show it. He was quite relaxed, sip- has been reported, too, that Taylor’s new romance with actor Tom ping beers and chatting with his friends. “He even talked about Hiddleston has led Calvin to have a rethink about the album. The insider Amber a little - but he clearly feels that he is the innocent party in told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “Calvin feels that talking publicly is all of this.” Johnny has been accused of being physically and ver- not the way to go, but expressing things in music is the better option. bally abusive towards his estranged wife during their marriage, “He’s currently working on some new music and has been milling over but the acclaimed actor is confident he will ultimately be cleared some tunes about heartbreak, deceit and lost love.” This comes shortly of the accusations. A source told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: after it was reported Taylor dumped Calvin over the phone, thereby mir- “Johnny told the restaurant owner he’s always had a weakness for roring how her ex-boyfriend Joe Jonas ended his relationship with the being too trusting, and said that was what had caused his prob- chart-topping singer in October 2008. Taylor, 26, is said to have called lems. “Obviously Amber is making some shocking claims about Calvin to end their relationship at some point after he was injured in a car him, but he gave the impression of someone who wasn’t worried. crash. The singer was rumored to have been very vague with her former He doesn’t accept the things that have been said. “He also said lover, simply telling him that she just needed space. However, Taylor pre- their relationship was great until they got married.” Despite the viously slated Joe for ending their romance in a 27-second phone call. Cheryl and Liam controversy surrounding him, Johnny was reported to have looked Speaking in 2008, the blonde beauty said: “It’s all right - I’m cool. You relaxed and happy at the after-party. The source added: “Johnny know what, it’s like, when I find that person that is right for me, he’ll be was in a great mood. He was chatting to the girls at the party, and wonderful. When I look at that person, I’m not even going to remember ‘are trying for a baby’ certainly didn’t seem to have the weight of the world on his shoul- the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 27 seconds when I was ders.” This comes shortly after it was confirmed that Amber’s 18. “I’m sorry. I had to. [The split] was, like, a record, I think, for how quick. heryl Fernandez-Versini and Liam Payne are reportedly trying for a baby. The restraining order against her husband had been extended. The I looked at the call log - it was like 27 seconds. That’s got to be a record.” celebrity couple, who started dating eight months ago, are keen to start a family, ‘Magic Mike XXL’ star filed for the court order against Johnny at the C end of May after filing for divorce from him a few days earlier. The with a source close to the One Direction singer claiming Cheryl is happier now than she has been since her marriage to soccer player Ashley Cole. An insider explained: restraining order - which was originally granted when Amber “It’s very serious now between Cheryl and Liam and they have been talking among claimed Johnny hurled an iPhone at the actress’ face - will now close friends about starting a family. “Cheryl is happier than she’s been since the good stay in place until August 15. Johnny has denied the accusations days of her marriage to Ashley Cole.” Although the source admitted that the duo are still made against him. in the early stages of their high-profile romance, the 32-year-old singer and Liam, 22, both see it as a long-term commitment. The source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: “She’s content and while they’re in the honeymoon period, this feels like a connection for the future.” Earlier this month, Cheryl’s showbiz pal Tinchy Stryder - who became good friends with the singer when he supported her on tour in 2012 - said he hopes the pair find happiness together. He said: “If that’s what makes her happy then good for her, good for him. “It’s just good for them, man. If she’s happy and looking well, there’s nothing wrong with that. Hopefully she stays happy.” The rap star also praised the brunette beauty for being “bubbly and laid back”. He said: “She’s really cool. What you see is what you get in a way. She’s bubbly and laid back, she’s cool. “It was interesting because when I went on-stage the crowd were responding and enjoying it and it was fun. “And she comes out and it was OK, you see different styles of music and different crowds and a Cheryl audience isn’t I guess my core or my usual fans.”

Posner is Ariana Grande set to release a book of poetry talks ‘perks’ of fame he star - who recently reach number one on the Billboard Mix/Show Airplay riana Grande thinks avoiding chores is one of the best “perks” of chart and number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in America with ‘I Took A Pill In fame. The ‘Dangerous Woman’ hitmaker is “embarrassed” by her TIbiza’ - has revealed a new side to his career following the release his second A lack of domesticity but insists it is largely because she is away album. Speaking to BANG Showbiz, he said: “I just put out my album ‘At Night, Alone’ working a lot of the time. She said: “I’m embarrassed but I can’t remem- and another album, ‘Secret Project’ coming soon before the end of this year and I ber the last time I did the dishes or took out the trash. “I’m on the road so wrote a book of poetry that’s coming out soon.” The 28-year-old musician made his much and in hotels all the time. “I guess one of the perks of travelling so big comeback this year following a quiet six years since his hit track ‘Cooler Than Me’ much for work is you get out of chores.” Despite starting her career when was released and he has shared his struggle to recreate its success; while writing she was just 13 years old, Ariana feels “super-lucky” and doesn’t think she songs for other artists such as Justin Bieber and Labrinth. He said: “I made two missed out on her childhood. She told heat magazine: “I just feel super- albums that got shelved by my label; my songs just didn’t sell as well I guess. There lucky. My childhood was a bit different, but really normal in a lot of ways was a gap in between for you guys, for me I was always with myself, I was always too.” The 22-year-old star is a big fan of Miley Cyrus because of her confi- making music. But basically I was just making music that was less popular and my dence and daring nature, and hopes she can set a similar example to her fans; they know all the stuff in between. I don’t know why, some stuff gets more own fans. She said: “I love Miley’s confidence and how she tries new popular than others. I wish I knew why; I would make all popular stuff.” things all the time. “Like her, I’m really trying to push myself to try new things too... “I think it’s really important to stick up for what you believe in and what’s right. “I am so proud of myself for seeing that I am strong enough to take control and feel comfortable with who I am. I want others to feel that same way too.” And Ariana hopes her latest album, Kendall Jenner’s ‘Dangerous Woman’, shows how she has tried to challenge herself more. She said: “I’m growing up and my new music reflects that. “I wanted to take risks, step out of my comfort zone musically and really challenge close shave myself.” endall Jenner starting shaving her legs when she was seven. The ‘Keeping KUp With the Kardashians’ star was left with bloody pins in her early years when she took a razor to her bare flesh after she walked in on her half-sis- ter Kim Kardashian West, 35, in the shower shaving her own legs. She explained to Look magazine: “I once walked in on Kim shaving her legs in the shower. I was only seven and I was like, ‘When can I do that?’ And she was like, ‘Not for a long time Kendall.’ And then a couple of days later I went and did it with her razor and without any soap or water and I cut my legs to shreds. That’s probably the worst thing I’ve done but I was like seven.” And, although she didn’t take her older half- sibling’s advice when she was younger, Kendall makes sure she now takes on board everything Kim tells her and follows it religiously. She added: “Kim always told me not to touch my face. When I was 15/16, I had really bad acne and I just never touched it. I feel like if you have bad skin then it will go away. So leave it be.” Kendall now tries to keep her skincare regime to the minimum to avoid clogging up her pores with countless products. She added: “I actually wash my face with a regular soap, get all the make-up and dirt off from the day, and then I slather on moisturizer: I try to do it as early as possible, rather than just before bed so my skin is clean and fresh for longer.” lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 20 , 2016 FEATURES

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Summer Destination: Sardinia, Italy

ardinia is the second largest island in the from my research and readings. • Cala Di Volpe Hotel in Costa Smeralda Bonafacio on the island of Corsica, France. The city Mediterranean Sea and an autonomous • CALA GONONE: To explore the coves along of Bonafacio is known as an upscale coastal resort. Sregion of Italy. The nearest land masses are How to get there. the eastern coastline, as well as the Nuraghic sites The harbor city of ancient Bonafacio was first set- the island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, • BY AIR: Flight to Cagliari Airport and rugged terrain inland. tled in 828 AD by Count Bonafacio of Tuscany. It Tunisia the Balearic Islands and Provence. - • BY BOAT: the island is accessible by ferry from has a “lower” city on the water and an “upper” city Wikipedia Genoa, Fiumicino (the port of Rome), Naples, Other things in Sardinia: located on a promontory. On clear days, the island On one of my trips to Italy, I managed to drop Palermo and Corsica. Sardinia’s ports are at Olbia, • Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Di La Maddalena of Sardinia can be seen from the promontory. by beautiful Sardinia. In Sardinia, there are many Golfo Aranci, Porto Torres and Cagliari. is a national park in the north of Sardinia. attractions to see and visit. I decided to go see • CAR RENTAL: You will need a car to get to the • Kite surf at Isola dei Gabbiani Porto Cervo. Since I’ve only been to Porto Cervo, Costa Smeralda. I rented from Hertz. • Check out Cala Luna Beach I’ll combine this article with some recommenda- In terms of accommodations, a few hotels • Thirteen kilometers from northern Sardinia is tions from my personal experience and others come to mind:

‘Saq Al Bamboo’ and ‘Been Galbin’: Episode 13

By Nawara Fattahova from all of his documents. When Eisa comes to Nooriya that he loves Khawla and wants to Been Galbin (Between Two Hearts) Aryam meets Bashar to ask him about their eat dinner, Nooriya leaves the table and goes marry her, but his mother says that Khawla is Muhsin’s mother complains of facing prob- marriage. He asks her to give him some time KUWAIT: The Kuwait Times is publishing daily to her house. still young and hasn’t finished her studies. But lems taking care of his children alone, as she is till Dana delivers the baby, as he doesn’t want recaps of two Kuwaiti soap operas aired on Al Ghanima’s neighbor Um Jaber suddenly he doesn’t know that she loves her neighbor getting old. She says she needs somebody to hurt her. Rai TV and MBC Drama. Here are the recaps of visits her, so Eisa leaves the dinner and goes to Jaber. who is young to help her, and suggests that he Aryam asks her old colleague who still the 13th episodes: his room. Hind then takes food to his room. When Khawla and Noor go to Ghasan’s remarries, but he refuses. works with Bashar if she knows Dana, but she She takes him the next day to issue the citizen- house to celebrate with Eisa, Jaber sees Eisa in Yasmin starts working in the salon and said that she only saw her once, at their wed- ‘Saq Al Bamboo’ (Bamboo Stalk) ship document and tells him to keep it a the street and remembers him from last year meets Dana there. Muhsen takes his car which ding. She then said she knows somebody who Ghanima tells the maid to tell Eisa to have secret. Noor brings Eisa sweets to apologize when they met in the Philippines. Hind then Yasmin was using, but she doesn’t care. worked as a private eye and can collect infor- dinner with them at the house every day. for being rude and he tells her he received the joins them at Ghasan’s house. Hind blames Marzouq still loves Aryam and asks her if mation about Dana. Aryam wants to find Nooriya tells her mother that Hind should not document, so Khawla suggests holding a par- Khawla for going there to celebrate without she loves somebody else, but she denies this. something about Dana to make Bashar hate issue the citizenship document for Eisa or at ty for him on this occasion. informing her. He asks her if they can get together again, but her. least delete the name of the family (Taroof) Eisa, the brother of Noor, tells his mother she tells him to forget her forever.

Christo fans told rain may prevent walking on water Kidman in talks to join ans of renowned artist Christo faced dis- meter-long (1.9 miles) walkway of 200,000 “Given the influx of people and potentially bad appointment for a second day yesterday floating cubes covered in orange fabric floating weather, it is advisable to rethink your trip,” said Fafter his latest work in northern Italy was atop Lake Iseo was evacuated Saturday a manager at the installation in a statement. Farrell in ‘Killing of a Sacred Deer’ partly closed by rain. His ambitious three kilo- evening after wind and rain made it unstable. Local authorities have also cancelled train services to the lake to limit the numbers able icole Kidman is in talks to join Colin and Dev Patel. TWX is releasing “Lion” in to reach the project. After being closed Farrell in “The Killing of a Sacred November. Kidman is repped by CAA, throughout Saturday night, the project only NDeer,” the psychological thriller from Media Talent Group and Shanahan partly reopened yesterday morning with one “” director . Management.—Reuters of the two walkways still closed to the public. Variety first reported during the Cannes Crowds of visitors hoping to visit Christo’s Film Festival last month that Farrell had “The Floating Piers” have been gathering been set to reunite with Lanthimos in the around the lake since it opened on Saturday, Greek helmer’s latest project. “The Killing of with organizers hoping that 500,000 people a Sacred Deer” is expected to begin shoot- will experience it by July 3 when the pon- ing in August with Lanthimos re-teamed toons close to the public. with co-writer Efthymis Filippou and pro- But the walkways can only hold 11,000 peo- ducers Element Pictures and Film4. Hanway ple at any one time-and only if weather condi- Films was shopping the title to foreign buy- tions allow. More than 55,000 visitors attempt- ers in Cannes. ed to cross the walkways on Saturday, forcing Farrell will play a successful surgeon organizers who had anticipated just 40,000 to who attempts unsuccessfully to integrate ask that they return another day. And by the an increasingly sinister teenager into his early evening the bridges had been forced to family. Kidman will play Farrell’s wife. A24 is close by heavy winds and driving rain. Christo the domestic distributor. Producers are Ed first conceived the project in 1970 for the River Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Plate delta in Argentina but was thwarted after Pictures. “The Lobster,” which won the Jury failing to secure the necessary permits. Despite Prize at Cannes in 2015, has generated the long delay in realizing his vision Christo more than $5 million in limited release in a said on Thursday that the project, his first since month for A24. Kidman stars with Colin People walk on the monumental installation entitled ‘The Floating Piers’ created by artist 2005, “stayed in our hearts”.—AFP Firth in “Genius,” which Roadside Christo Vladimirov Javacheff on Iseo Lake, in northern Italy.—AFP Attractions released last weekend, and in the upcoming “Lion,” with Rooney Mara Nicole Kidman lifestyle MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 FASHION Dolce&Gabbana jazz things up with fashion cacophony

Models present creations for fashion house Dolce Gabbana during the Men’s Spring - Summer 2017 fashion shows in Milan. — AP/AFP photos

othing stays the same in fashion, but this And no few are in creative transition, pre- ensemble featured a checked sweater worn over is over the top. This season, a huge num- senting on the strength of their design team a floral print shirt and with striped pants. A Nber of Milan brands are managing transi- and without a headline stylist or creative pres- sweater emblazoned with jazz musical refer- tions in creative and business leadership, and ence, namely Salvatore Ferragamo, Canali, Tod’s ences in bold white on black was paired with using the shift to experiment with the way they and Calvin Klein. Versace introduced a new CEO. slim leopard print trousers. communicate with their public. That means But for those reveling in the show, there was no There were looks for performers of all musi- some fashion houses, including Ermenegildo shortage of spectacle on Day One of Milan cal traditions, from slim, highly disciplined suits Zegna and Roberto Cavalli, have opted for a Fashion Week, with a jazz band performing live to oversized T-shirts over loose trousers and bil- menswear calendar break, while others have at Dolce&Gabbana while a short film by Bruce lowing silken floor-length caftans in wild prints. forsaken the choreography of runway shows for Weber and some never-before-heard Prince Stage-ready black and white dominated the more personal presentations, where the design- soundtracks were unveiled at Versace. Here are runway, with flashes of gold and animal prints. ers can discuss their creations and materials some highlights from Saturday’s menswear pre- Suit jackets ranged from tuxedo collars to dou- more in depth. That includes Ermanno Scervino views for spring-summer 2017: ble-breasted looks, while trousers, be they slim and Bottega Veneta. or loose and pleated, were almost always Summer jazz festival cropped to show off thick-soled shoes. Bomber Dolce&Gabbana invited the fashion crowd to jackets and boxy tops were the canvas for the a Sicilian jazz festival with echoes of New recurring motifs, including palm fronds and Orleans and the Copa Cabana resounding along pineapples along with jazz band instruments. the checkerboard runway. Domenico Dolce and The show ended with a New Orleans-style jazz Stefano Gabbana’s prolific collection for next parade, the popping of sparkling wine corks and spring and summer was a carefully arranged a flurry of golden confetti. cacophony, like jazz itself. The live soundtrack to the runway show was provided by the New York Millennial generation jazz band The Hot Sardines. Among the pleas- Outside the Dolce&Gabbana theater, hun- ingly discordant looks: A black-and-white dreds of screaming female fans waited to catch a glimpse of Internet star Cameron Dallas. The 21-year-old Californian boasts 7.5 million follow- ers on Twitter, 4.7 million on YouTube, 9.4 mil- lion on Vine and 13 million on Instagram. A rep- resentative sample made the trip to Milan, blocking traffic outside the Dolce&Gabbana venue. Dallas, wearing a red bomber jacket, took a front row seat inside alongside a veritable who’s who of the Millennial generation. They included style icon Luka Sabbat, British rapper Tinie Tempah and famous offspring Gabriel Kane Day-Lewis, Rafferty Law and Lucas Maurice Morad Jagger. The designers called the Millennials “the new and upcoming global stars.” “These young men have the power in their hands, thanks to their smartphones,” the design- ers said in a note. l i f e s t y l e MONDAY, JUNE 20, 2016 FASHION

Jazz band “Hot Sardines” performs at the show for fashion house “Dolce Gabbana” during the Men’s Spring - Summer 2017 fashion shows. Models present creations for fashion house Dolce Gabbana during the Men’s Spring - Summer 2017 fashion shows in Milan. — AP/AFP photos

Remembering Prince trousers with an elasticized cuff.The Dsquared2 loves rock ‘n roll Donatella Versace paid sweet tribute Versace empire bag was worn both Rockers, Canada’s designing twins to Prince, capping her runway show cross-body, messenger-style and as a Dean and Dan Caten, the forces behind with a black ruffle shirt. The frilly ges- backpack, and footwear included stur- the DSquared2 label, have the footwear ture, referencing the artist’s Purple Rain dy sandals and technical sneakers. The for you: Prince-worthy high heeled boots costume, was in stark contrast to the color palette was mostly a traveler’s available in any combination of sequins rest of the collection, which was other- easy monochrome, including olive, and glitter. The ever-so glam boot was wise defined by a relaxed silhouette blue, gray and sand-and Prince’s own paired with cropped perfectly to more befitting an essential nomad than purple. The show was set to a sound- meet the leather upper mid-calf. The looks the ostentatious performer. track of music that Prince recorded as a were topped with sleeveless muscle shirts The collection featured muscle- gift to Versace five months ago. The with sewn-on suspenders, shimmery revealing silk knitwear worn under designer said she wanted “to share this striped lurex sweaters or jackets featuring long, trailing overcoats. Button-down incredible music from a dear and checkerboard or chevron designs. The Models present creations for shirts were worn long like tunics, and much-missed friend.” twins wore long rainbow scarves to greet fashion house Versace. sweaters wrapped androgynously at the crowd in a Fashion Eve event Friday the waist. Single-breasted suit jackets evening, an apparent tribute to the were hastily buttoned over loose Orlando shooting victims. —AP

Montaha Al-Ajeel joins the most famous shop in Doha: The Blue Salon ith careful steps Montaha Al-Ajeel succeeded Models wear creations for in making a name for herself in the fashion Dsquared2 men’s Spring-Summer Wworld, which gave her many Arab and 2016-2017 collection. International awards as well as the Elegance Icon title and the Prize of Honor. On top of all that came the nam- ing of Montaha Couture brand as the best international brand of 2016. Due to her activity in the fashion indus- try and her enthusiasm in holding international and philanthropic fashion shows, she recently joined, the elite ship in Doha: The Blue Salon.

Qatari Businessman Ashraf Abdulrahim, Chairman and CEO of Abu Issa Holdings Group and Montaha Al-Ajeel at the joining ceremony of Montaha Couture brand and The Blue Salon in Doha.

The new branch of Montaha Couture brand in Doha.

In the press conference held on that occasion she expressed her happiness at joining the Blue Salon Shop in the State of Qatar and her willingness to meet the tastes of the Qatari woman. A fashion show was held on the occasion of the press conference where she pointed out that the tastes of the Qatari woman was close to that of the Kuwaiti woman, making it easy to meet her requirements. She added that she was happy with the trust of the Qatari Businessman Ashraf Abdulrahim, Chairman and CEO of Abu Issa Holdings Group which is one of the major retail companies in the region. The Blue Salon is one of the Group’s project of a venue for the elite offer- ing International high-end fashion, watches, jewelry, Montaha Al-Ajeel is seen during an interview on Fashion designers Dan Caten and Dean Caten greet the audience at the end of the show for fashion house cosmetics and furniture. MBC television. Dsquared2 during the Men’s Spring - Summer 2017 fashion shows. Dolce&Gabbana jazz things up with fashion cacophony

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SpainBahraini Muslim boys read the Quran, Islam’s holy book, during the holy fasting joins month of Ramadan at a mosque in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama.—AFP forces with to boost tourism pain is coaxing Indian moviemakers to With scenes also set in Barcelona, Seville and of making the movie, Ruiz de Lera said. Instead it Suse its colourful fiestas and historic mon- the beaches of the Costa Brava, the movie was helped secure permits to film at key sites and uments as settings for their films, in a the first major Indian production to shoot exten- negotiate deals on hotel rooms and transporta- move to grab a bigger share of India’s fast- sively in various locations in Spain. It was also tion for the crew to lower production costs. “We growing overseas tourism market. As part of its the highest grossing Bollywood film of 2011. helped a lot with contacts so filming in Spain bid to lure visitors from the world’s second “There was an immediate impact in the number was easy,” Ruiz de Lera said. In return the produc- most populous country, Madrid will host next of people requesting entry visas to travel to ers of the film agreed to include a short adver- weekend the annual International Indian Film Spain,” the director of the London office of tisement before the start of the movie promot- Academy awards, dubbed the “Bollywood Turespana, Enrique Ruiz de Lera, who led the ing Spain by award-winning Spanish director Oscars”. In global tourism, Spain ranks as the agency’s talks with the producers of the movie, Julio Medem. third most visited country, but it now wants to told AFP. Spain and India signed a film coproduction diversify its tourism base beyond the tradition- The year after its release, 60,444 Indians visit- agreement the year after “Zindagi” was released. al northern European sunseekers that account ed Spain, nearly double the 2011 figure, accord- Turespana regularly takes part in film location for the bulk of its visitors. ing to the industry and tourism ministry. Last fairs in India to pitch the tax breaks and other Among the Bollywood stars who will attend year 85,000 Indians visited Spain. Lonely Planet incentives available to movie producers who the awards ceremony in Spain will be hunky in 2013 launched a guide to Spain aimed specifi- shoot in Spain. Since “Zindagi”, another “five or Indian actor Hrithik Roshan, the green-eyed star cally at the Indian market and travel agencies six” Indian films have been shot in Spain Vendors wait for customers at stalls that sell fast-breaking snacks during the holy of the 2011 coming-of-age movie “Zindagi Na still advertise tours to the locations featured in although none was as popular at the box office, fasting month of Ramadan, yesterday in Jakarta, Indonesia. During Ramadan the Milegi Dobara”, which was produced in close col- the “Zindagi” movie. India’s ambassador to Spain, the director of the Mumbai office of Turespana, holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking laboration with the Spanish tourism promotion Vikram Misri, said the film “was singlehandedly Ignacio Ducasse, told AFP. and sex from dawn till dusk.—AP agency, Turespana. The film about three friends responsible for making Spain a household name They include one by “Zindagi” director Zoya on a pre-marriage road trip across Spain in India and increasing tourism from India”. Akhtar —- “Dil Dhadakne Do” featuring includes scenes at “La Tomatina” festival in the Bollywood star Anil Kapoor-which was filmed on town of Bunol, where half-naked revellers hurl Cruise ship movie a ship belonging to Pullmantur, Spain’s biggest mushy tomatoes at each other, as well as at Turespana suggested locations for filming cruise operator. The comedy-drama about a Pamplona’s San Fermin bull running festival. but gave no direct financial aid to cover the cost dysfunctional family on a 10-day Mediterranean cruise was released last year and it includes scenes shot in Barcelona as well as in the various bars, restaurants and open decks of the ship.

Stars in ad campaign Kapoor, 59, best known internationally for his role in the 2008 film “”, said during a visit to Madrid in March to promote the Bollywood Oscars that he is “looking forward to coming back again and again to Spain”. Tourism is crucial for the Spanish economy, accounting for around 11 percent of gross domestic product and one in nine jobs, according to the tourism ministry. The United Nations World Tourism Organization predicts Asian powerhouse India will account for 50 million outbound tourists by 2020, up from just 18 million in 2014. Turespana plans to create an ad campaign to appeal to this rising tide of tourists using images of Bollywood celebrities enjoying themselves in Madrid at the awards show. The ceremony itself is expected to bring 15,000 visitors to the Spanish capital during the week of the show. “We are counting that the arrival of several thou- sand Indian friends for the (awards) ceremony will help bring millions of their compatriots in the coming years,” Spain’s secretary of state for foreign affairs, Ignacio Ybanez, said earlier this To highlight the booming connection with Bollywood, Madrid will host on June 25, 2016 the year.—AFP annual International Indian Film Academy awards, dubbed the “Bollywood Oscars”, in another Afghan girls and boys read the Quran during of the Islamic month of Ramadan at a bid to lure visitors from the world’s second most populous country.—AFP mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday.—AP