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KUWAIT: Dozens of youths clashed with security guards at the Grand Avenues section of The Avenues mall Tuesday evening in one of the worst incidents of mall violence yet seen in Kuwait. Eighteen people, including several minors, were arrested after the melee. No seri- ous injuries were reported. “The arrested include seven Saudi nationals and four Kuwaitis - all from the same tribe. The security guards arrested include six Egyptians and one bedoon. Investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the fight,” Head of Public Relations and Moral Guidance at the Ministry of Interior Brig Gen Adel Al-Hashash told Kuwait Times. According to witnesses, the fight started when a security guard saw a teenager wearing brass knuckles, which is considered a weapon in Kuwait. The guard approached the youth and asked him and his friends to accompany him to the security office. The youth refused and started fighting with the guard. A free-for-all then ensued with several dozen youth involved or watching the clashes. Security personnel later called ambulances after one of the youths was injured. The brother of the injured youth was also at the mall, and when he heard about the fracas, he went to the place of the fight with his friends and attacked the security guards, who defended KUWAIT: The sun sets over the Fourth Ring Road yesterday. Temperatures in Kuwait dropped below 40 themselves. The police were called and arrested all the degrees Celsius this week after reaching a high of 50 degrees Celsius during the summer. — Photo by Yasser KUWAIT: An image grab from video shows youths participants of the fight. Al-Zayyat fighting with security guards at the Avenues mall. Super-microscope Kenyatta appears before ICC

THE HAGUE: Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta yester- bribes and intimidation. earns trio Nobel day became the first sitting president to Judges could decide to send the case to tri- appear before the International Criminal al or to abandon it after the prosecution said Court, where his lawyer sought an acquittal it did not have enough evidence. They could STOCKHOLM: Two Americans and a on charges of crimes against humanity. also find, as the prosecution has requested, German won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Kenyatta, who handed power to his deputy that Kenya is not cooperating, and postpone Chemistry yesterday for laying the foun- before flying to The Hague, was summoned to the case pending a referral to the Assembly of dations of an ultra-powerful microscope answer questions at his floundering trial for States Parties of countries that have signed that has exposed life at the molecular allegedly masterminding deadly post-election the ICC’s founding Rome Statute. “There is no level. The tool has revolutionised violence in 2007-2008. “The case has failed. It time limit in this type of decision. The judges research into diseases and drug design, has failed in a way that there’s no prospect to will now deliberate and issue their finding in the Nobel jury said, as it lauded go further,” Kenyatta’s lawyer Steven Kay said due course,” ICC spokesman Fadi El Abdallah Americans Eric Betzig and William after the prosecution admitted it did not have told AFP. Kenyatta, 52, faces five counts at the Moerner and Germany’s Stefan Hell. enough evidence because Nairobi was ICC over his alleged role in orchestrating “Their ground-breaking work has allegedly not cooperating. “It would be an unrest in 2007 and 2008 that left 1,200 people brought optical microscopy into the affront to common sense to say that we are THE HAGUE: Kenya’s president Uhuru dead and 600,000 displaced. The Kenyan Stefan Hell nano-dimension,” it said. “Today, not entitled to an acquittal,” Kay told the court Kenyatta smiles as he appears before the ICC leader has appeared at the ICC before, but not nanoscopy is used worldwide and new as a public gallery packed with Kenyatta sup- yesterday. — AFP since he was elected president in March 2013. knowledge of the greatest benefit to porters looked on. they wanted - and still there is nothing,” said Kenyatta arrived in The Hague on Tuesday, mankind is produced on a daily basis.” Kenyatta spoke to his supporters on the Kenyatta, referring to the lack of evidence in having temporarily handed power to his Working separately, the trio overcame steps of the ICC’s fortress-like building after the prosecution’s case. The repeatedly- deputy and erstwhile political opponent a presumed limit on optical enlargement, the hearing, thanking them for coming to delayed case has seen at least seven prosecu- William Ruto. theorised in 1873 by microscopist Ernst court. “We came here today which is what tion witnesses drop out, allegedly through Continued on Page 13 Abbe. He said the laws of physics meant the resolution of an image would never be better than around 200 nanometres News (200 billionths of a metre), which is half in brief the wavelength of light. Because of this so-called diffraction limit, it was thought, for instance, that the inner workings of a Biden calls Riyadh Eric Betzig cell would never be clearly observed, after diplomatic gaffe preventing a full understanding of how WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden called Saudi Arabia’s foreign affairs minister Tuesday and “clarified” his diplomatic cells function, reproduce or become gaffe in which he suggested Saudi Arabia and other key allies infected. had financed the Islamic State group, the White House said. “These are discoveries that have been Biden had already apologized to the leaders of the two other made in spite of the fact that most scien- countries, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, which, like tists thought that it would be impossi- Saudi Arabia are key members of the US-led coalition taking on ble,” medical biochemist and Nobel IS in Syria and Iraq. The remarks had caused consternation in the Committee member Claes Gustafsson Middle East and questions in Washington as to whether they told AFP. “The strength of the finding is would dampen the resolve of US allies who have signed up to more the way that it opens a door and fight the jihadist group, which has overrun large swaths of Syria allows us to ask questions that couldn’t and Iraq in recent months. The vice president thanked Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal for Saudi Arabia’s coopera- be asked before.” tion in the international coalition, a White House official said. Continued on Page 13 William Moerner Biden also “clarified” his remarks regarding how the conflict first DALLAS: A lunar eclipse appears behind a gargoyle atop the old red Dallas unfolded in Syria, the official added, saying both officials agreed County Courthouse early yesterday. — AP Prophecy rallies IS the issue had been closed. Ebola patient ‘Blood moon’ has CAIRO: An infidel horde flying 80 ban- Institute. “It is fair to assume that the vast in Texas dies ners meets a Muslim army at the Syrian majority of (IS) fighters believe in this WASHINGTON: A Liberian man who was the first person diagnosed with Ebola outside of Africa has died in a Texas town of Dabiq in an apocalyptic battle. type of talk.” stargazers in awe hospital, officials said yesterday. “It is with profound sadness The Muslims are decimated but ultimate- Among IS supporters on social media, and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the ly prevail, ushering in the end of days. Dabiq has become a byword for a strug- death of Thomas Eric Duncan this morning at 7:51 am (1251 WASHINGTON: Stargazers in the Americas ed about an hour, and ditto for the return to This Muslim prophecy - mentioned in gle against the West, with Washington GMT),” said the statement from Texas Health Presbyterian and Asia were treated to a lunar eclipse yes- its normal colour. The total eclipse happened canonical accounts of Prophet and its allies bombing jihadists portrayed Hospital Dallas spokesman Wendell Watson. “Mr Duncan suc- terday, a celestial show that bathed the at 6:25 am on the US east coast (1025 GMT). Muhammad’s (PBUH) sayings - has as modern-day Crusaders. IS has even cumbed to an insidious disease, Ebola. He fought coura- moon in a reddish tint to create a “blood The NASA web site was peppered with become a rallying cry for Islamic State named its official magazine simply geously in this battle.” Meanwhile, US media reported that moon”. During the total lunar eclipse, light Tweets bubbling with questions and com- jihadists in Iraq and Syria, especially since “Dabiq”. “The lions of Islam have raised airports were to begin tougher screening of passengers arriv- beams into Earth’s shadow, filling it with a ments on the heavenly phenomenon. “This is they seized Dabiq in August. the banner of the Caliphate in Dabiq,” ing from the West African nations where Ebola has killed coppery glow that gives it a red hue. The ear- amazing. Thank you for this opportunity,” more than 3,400 people since the beginning of the year. The town itself has negligible military one Tunisian IS supporter wrote recently Duncan flew from Liberia to Texas to visit family, arriving in ly phase of the eclipse began at 0800 GMT, or read a Tweet from the handle @The Gravity value compared with the strategic IS- on Twitter. “Now they await the arrival of Dallas on Sept 20. He began feeling sick four days later, but 4:00 am, on the east coast of the United Dive. “Is there any crime increase during this controlled cities of Raqa in Syria and the Crusader army.” The prophecy has was not hospitalized until Sept 28. The Texas healthcare sys- States. NASA provided live footage via tele- process? Any psychological problems?” wrote Mosul in Iraq. But as IS jihadists come been passed down in different versions, tem came under heavy criticism for initially turning Duncan scope of the eclipse, showing a black shadow a person who identified herself as Alisa under a US-led aerial onslaught to stop but in all cases it features a great battle away when he first sought care on Sept 25. Duncan was sent creeping across the moon in a crawl that took Young. Just before the climax, Kathi their advance, its importance as a symbol between a Muslim army and the forces of home even after he reported Ebola-like symptoms and said about an hour. Hennesey in California wrote, “Watching from has become clear. “It raises morale,” said non-believers. he had recently traveled from Liberia, the hardest-hit nation Only when the moon was totally eclipsed San Francisco Bay Area. Just a sliver now.” Shadi Hamid, a fellow at the Brookings Continued on Page 13 in the current outbreak. did the redness appear. The total eclipse last- Continued on Page 13 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 LOCAL South Africa congratulates His Highness the Amir

n the spirit of celebration of Eid Al The Presidential Letter reads as follows: disasters and poverty around the Your Highness, your leadership and Yours Sincerely Adha, the South African Embassy in United Nations’ Global world. generosity is an example to us all and Mr Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma Ithe State of Kuwait has issued a Humanitarian Leader Award In congratulating you on this won- being recognized as a Global President of the Republic of South media statement from the President of Your Highness, derful achievement, I would like to add Humanitarian Leader by the United Africa the Republic of South Africa to His I was very pleased to learn recently my voice to that of Secretary-General Nations is a fitting tribute to you and The South African Embassy also Highness, the Amir of the State of that the Secretary-General of the Ban Ki-Moon and thank you for also to the contribution you have personal- conveys its sincere wishes to the gov- Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al United Nations had recognized the supporting important causes on the ly made to help those who are in ernment and people of Kuwait in cele- Jaber Al Sabah, congratulating the extraordinary contribution you had African continent, be this to combat need. brating the essence of humanity and Amir on his international role as a made to alleviate the plight of those the spread of Ebola virus or the effects Please accept, Your Highness, the goodwill during this important period humanitarian leader. people affected by conflict, natural of drought in the Horn of Africa. assurances of my highest consideration. for Muslims worldwide. Embassy in Rome celebrates Eid

ROME: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy Sheikh noting that these celebrations were usually Ali Khalid Al-Jaber Al-Sabah held a banquet organized by foreign Embassies such as the to celebrate Eid Al-Adha in the Islamic cen- US Embassy. ter in Rome, the first event of its kind to be The celebration coincides with numer- organized by Kuwait Embassy for Muslims ous vicious attacks being carried out in Italy. against Islam and Muslims in Europe under The event was attended by Arab the pretext of fighting terrorism, he said, hoping that the Islamic Center would organize events aiming to clarify the real point of view of our religion towards terror- ism. The Imam of the center Sheikh Mohammad Abdulghafar oh his part, praised the role of Kuwait in gathering Muslims abroad, noting the importance of holding events which involve the presence of Italian officials in order to present a bright picture of Islam, and its principles of living in peace with people of different reli- gions and beliefs. Meanwhile, Ambassador Abou Ayoub said that Arab Ambassadors must cooper- ate to develop the center, allowing it to Moody’s: Oil wealth and fiscal play a bigger role in defending Muslims against issues they face in European coun- surpluses support Kuwait’s Aa2 ratings tries. Ambassadors, headed by Morocco’s Ambassador Sheikh Ali Al-Sabah `SINGAPORE: Moody’s Investors Service says Kuwait is rated Aa2 with a stable outlook. ity of Kuwait’s institutional set-up does not Ambassador to Italy Hassan Abou Ayoub, expressed his pleasure for the successful that Kuwait’s very high levels of economic and Moody’s estimates that the government’s pose a risk to overall political stability, the con- officials from Kuwait Embassy, Secretary event, stressing that the center gathers fiscal strength support its Aa2 sovereign ratings financial assets, mainly managed by the Kuwait tinued confrontation of the legislative and General of the Islamic Cultural Center and about two million Muslims living in the and stable outlook. Kuwait’s high GDP per capi- Investment Authority, far exceed the country’s executive branches of government hampers representatives of Muslim communities in country. ta is at a level similar to that of many advanced GDP. In addition, government debt is very low effectiveness of policymaking. Italy. The center also works on bringing economies, and its huge oil and gas reserves, at and declining as a share of GDP. Kuwait’s susceptibility to regional geopoliti- The Secretary General told Kuwait News awareness to Muslim youth towards the the current rate of production, would last for The government has not incurred a fiscal cal risk centers on the tension between Iran Agency (KUNA) he was pleased with the dangers of extremism, and create commu- another 89 years. deficit since 1995, and Moody’s expects the and the international community, which in fact that an Arab and Islamic Embassy has nications between Muslims and the Italian However, Kuwait’s high dependence on government to register another substantial case of an escalation would negatively affect taken the lead to organize such an event, authorities, he added.— KUNA volatile oil exports causes its economic per- surplus this fiscal year of around 28% of GDP. the region as a whole. formance to fluctuate. Economic development Over the medium-term, however, fiscal sur- These risks are counterbalanced by Kuwait’s and diversification have been hindered by the pluses will gradually decline as the govern- strong relations with the US, other G8 coun- contentious relationship between the govern- ment continues to increase fiscal spending, tries and its Gulf Cooperation Council neigh- ment and parliament. while oil production levels only increase mar- bors. An abatement of regional political ten- Moody’s conclusions were contained in its ginally. Moody’s also expects oil prices to sions and a sustained improvement in the just-released credit analysis “Kuwait, decline gradually over the medium-term hori- quality of Kuwait’s political, administrative, and Government of”, which looks at the country’s zon. legal institutions and in the transparency of credit profile in terms of Economic Strength Partly because of its vast oil wealth, Kuwait the government’s balance sheet could exert (assessed as “very high (-)”); Institutional has been slower than regional peers in devel- upward pressure on Kuwait’s sovereign rating. Strength (“moderate (+)”); Fiscal Strength (“very oping its non-oil sector through encouraging Downward rating pressures could emerge if high (+)”); and Susceptibility to Event Risk private sector activity and attracting foreign the domestic or regional political environment (“moderate”). investment. Moody’s report further notes that worsens significantly, or if a prolonged period These represent the four main analytic fac- Kuwait’s institutional strength is lower than for of very low oil prices leads to sustained deteri- tors in Moody’s Sovereign Bond Rating similarly-rated countries, reflecting weakness- oration of Kuwait’s fiscal and external current Methodology. The analysis constitutes an annu- es in government effectiveness. accounts, resulting in a reduction in foreign al update to investors and is not a rating action. While in Moody’s view the inherent instabil- assets.

Kuwaitis in Turkey ‘safe’

ANKARA: Kuwaiti nationals in Turkey are safe and there are no record of them being harmed by the recent unrest between Turkish police and Kurdish demonstrators, said Ambassador of Kuwait to Ankara Abdullah Al-Thuwaikh yesterday. Speaking to KUNA, Al-Thuwaikh said that there were no Kuwaitis harmed in the recent acts of unrest in Turkey, noting that Kuwaiti nationals should steer clear from areas where demonstrations are being held. The Embassy did not receive any orders YOKOHAMA: Minister Al-Subaih and members of the Kuwaiti delegation with JGC Corporation officials. —KUNA to evacuate Kuwaiti nationals in Turkey, however, if necessary this action will be tak- en, said the Ambassador, adding that in case of emergency situations, Kuwaitis Kuwait, Japan agree to should contact the diplomatic mission in Ankara. Scores of people were killed in demon- strations supporting the Kurdish forces forge closer cooperation who are battling against the advance of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the city of Ain Al-Arab, or Minister inspects redeveloped waterfront Ambassador Abdullah Al-Thuwaikh Kobane, in northern Syria. —KUNA YOKOHAMA: Visiting Kuwaiti Minister of State for Moreover, among other projects are construc- projects at home and abroad. Development and Planning Affairs and Minister of tion of a new terminal at Kuwait International Since its foundation in 1928, JGC has been GCC delegates worry over Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Subaih and head Airport, a media city and low-cost housing units, involved in well over 20,000 projects in Japan and of leading Japanese engineering contractor dis- further development of power generation and Al over 70 countries in the fields of hydrocarbons, cussed yesterday future coordination between Zour refinery, as well as expansion of the sewage including oil and gas development, petroleum Palestine conference delay Kuwait and the company. network and a solid waste treatment facility. refining and petrochemicals, as well as involve- GENEVA: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Office and other international organizations At their meeting in Yokohama City near Tokyo, As part of the national development plan, earli- ment in environmental protection, nuclear power, ambassadors to the UN Geneva Office have in Geneva Jamal Al-Ghoneim, told KUNA. Subaih and JGC Corporation Chairman Emeritus er this year, state-run Kuwait National Petroleum chemicals, pharmaceuticals and medical centers. voiced worry over the delay of a proposed The envoys had a meeting with the Swiss Yoshihiro Shigehisa discussed the prospects for Co. awarded JGC and other companies for its Clean JGC is currently executing projects in Saudi Arabia, international conference for protecting the Ambassador at Large for the Geneva future cooperation, especially in energy and infra- Fuels Project (CFP) at the Mina Abdullah and Mina Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and other countries. Palestinian people, a Kuwaiti senior diplomat Conventions Paul Vivat, who briefed them on structure projects under Kuwait’s national develop- Al Ahmadi refineries in southern Kuwait, which Speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) and said yesterday. the preparations made so far to invite the ment plan for 2015-2020. would help the country nearly double its total Kuwait TV after the meeting, Subaih said, “Today’s The GCC delegates obtained details of the GCIV signatory parties and how to activate “We are keen to learn what kind of businesses refining capacity. meeting was very fruitful. As JGC is world’s leading first phase of the consultations by the Swiss the Convention regarding the Palestinian sit- you are expecting from Japan. We are ready to The objective of the project is to upgrade exist- engineering company, we hope to promote coop- Foreign Ministry for organizing an interna- uation through applicable mechanisms, supply our technology, not only in the fields of ing refineries into an integrated refining complex erative ties in large-scale projects”. tional conference on the conditions of the Ghoneim noted. The Swiss side notified us of hydrocarbon or engineering, procurement, con- producing environment-friendly fuel products that For his part, Shigemitsu said, “The new Kuwait Palestinians in line with the Fourth Geneva the international parties being contacted to struction (EPC), but also other areas such as agri- meet the future diversified market requirements Development Plan will start soon. We actively Convention relative to the Protection of secure a successful conference, the first to culture. I wish to listen to your comments so that while maintaining high safety standards. exchanged ideas about potential cooperation Civilian Persons in Time of War (GCIV), consider applying the GCIV on the we can contribute to further development of your The project is scheduled for completion in 2018. between Kuwait and JGC in the future, including Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN Palestinians, he said.—KUNA country,” Shigeshisa told Subaih. KNPC awarded JGC-led consortium a KWD 1.36 bil- solar generation and environmental projects. We Subaih welcomed his offer, saying, “The 2015- lion (USD 4.9 billion) contract to provide EPC, as are ready to offer anything that would make contri- 2020 national development plan is due next well as commissioning assistance and testing serv- butions to the development of Kuwait”. February, and some of the projects in this five-year ices for CFP-related work at Mina Al-Ahmadi. The plan are in the oil sector. We hope to expand coop- original Mina Al-Ahmadi Refinery was also con- Waterfront visit eration with JGC in our development plan”. The two structed by JGC in 1980s. The minister arrived in Japan on Saturday for a sides then exchanged views on possible coopera- Last year, state-run Kuwait Petroleum weeklong visit. Earlier in the day, she visited tion in program management and consultation International (KPI) and its joint venture partners Yokohama City near Tokyo to inspect large-scale works for some projects under the development also awarded JGC-led international consortium an redevelopment waterfront. plan, while JGC also showed an interest in develop- EPC contract for a USD 9 billion refinery and petro- The Minato Mirai 21 district covers the 186- ment of solar generation in Kuwait. chemicals complex in Vietnam. hectare land, according to Urban Renaissance According to the Kuwaiti side, the 2015-2020 Agency (UR), which started the project in Kuwait Development Plan will include the con- New businesses Yokohama, Japan’s second-biggest city after Tokyo, struction of a metro project and a rail project link- During the meeting, JGC also briefed the minis- in 1983 at the request of the local governments. UR ing the five partners of the Gulf Cooperation ter its new businesses, such as an integrated indus- said most of the infrastructure development works Council (GCC) Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman trial township development in India, as well as completed in 2006. Minato Mirai 21 literally means and the United Arab Emirates. environmental protection, hospital and agriculture “future port of the 21st century.”—KUNA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 LOCAL

Casted Diaphragm for Mainline Jahra road bridge Completed erection for ramp Jahra Road Development Project: A key to Kuwait’s Traffic problems

The largest development project in Kuwait and the Middle East

KUWAIT: The Jahra Road Project km of Mainline Jahra Road, 1.0 km As part of MPW’s strategic devel- essentially a large plant fully uti- has started to take its shape; it is of at-grade Link Roads and 15.1 km opment plan to improve the motor- lized with molding machines and considered one of the largest single of Service Roads. The major Utility way situation in Kuwait, the Jahra worker’s offices dedicated to the infrastructure projects in Kuwait Works include 3.5 km of storm Road Development Project proved production of precast segments. It and one of the largest projects of its water box culverts, 33 km of water to be an integral element. The proj- is located in the Doha area covering kind in the Middle East, it has seen lines relocation, 8.0 km of sanitary ect aims to transform the simple 150,000 square meters. The precast those involved band together and sewer relocation, 51 km of electric three lane highway into a grand yard accommodates large-scale focused their efforts to bring this cables relocation, and 12 km of unified 2 level motorway. precasting facilities and equipment development to its successful com- communication ducts. Included in The Jahra Road project will defi- such as the mold production pletion. the above is construction of 5 inter- nitely have a major impact on frames, several different types of The path to this point was not changes and 7 roundabouts. Kuwait on a developmental level cranes, water tanks, storage facili- easy, but along the way ideas affecting positive change in many ties and the curing chambers. merged and people collaborated to Core route areas but especially in helping to Employing this system of precast make this project a reality. The Jahra road itself has historically reduce the current traffic conges- segments helped enhance the Ministry of Public Works in Kuwait been one of the core transport tion crisis facing the country. The speed of production and ensured (MPW) formulated agreements with routes running through the heart of project has outlined clear targets better quality control. the joint venture of Louis Berger Kuwait experiencing exceedingly that ultimately contribute to the The process of erection of the and PACE as project design and busy traffic lines with consistently reduction of traffic congestion, bridge segments involves using supervision consultants, as well as rising numbers of users. Cars, trucks decreasing the rates of traffic acci- launching gantries. The launching the Arab Contractors Company and heavy load carriers all pass dents and improving the level of gantry itself was designed especial- Storage segments at precast yard (ACC) - Othman Ahmad Othman is through this central road that leads services for road users. It aims to ly for this project and weighs nearly the contractor on this KD 264.76 to many different residential and better cater to the rise in the num- 500 tons covering 140 meters in pleted in addition 38 percent of the However, on the safety side, the million project. industrial areas as well to hospitals ber of road users by boosting the length. It is capable of lifting a segments are erected and 57 per- project’s rigorous dedication to the The Jahra Road Development is Universities and government head- absorptive capacity of the road. bridge segment that weighs up to cent of the segments are fabricated. highest safety standards. All work- one of the largest elevated road quarters, not to mention those who 120 tons. Currently, two launching In terms of utilities, the project ers are fitted with all the necessary projects in the world. It involves the use the road for travelling across Construction method gantries are functional on the proj- has also completed a significant safety apparel required, including construction of 17.7 km of segmen- the country’s borders. The construction method used ect. amount of work. Ninety six percent work helmets and footwear and tal viaducts (7.3 km of Mainline Despite the flexible motorway for the elevated structures is pre- At this point in time, the of the electricity cables, 76 percent belts. The workers also receive Jahra Road, 2.4 km of Link Roads design that had served the country cast post tension segmental progress of the work on the Jahra of the telephone lines, 78 percent weekly presentations and lectures and 8.0 km of Ramps), 0.62 km of for decades many challenges devel- bridges. These segments are manu- Road Development Project is pro- of water lines, 28 percent of the to make sure they are constantly depressed road, 2 roundabout oped on the Jahra Road due to factured in a precast yard that was gressing. Overall about 85 percent drainage lines and 36 percent of aware and knowledgeable about bridges and 10 pedestrian bridges. transitional factors and time vari- constructed specifically for the of pilings, 74 percent of pile caps, sewage lines have been substantial- the different aspects of safety in the The at-grade road Works include 3.4 ables. Jahra Road project. The yard is 72 percent of piers have been com- ly completed. working environment.

Long holidays have positive, negative effects By Nawara Fattahova of Companies told Kuwait Times.

KUWAIT: The Eid Al-Adha holidays Meeting the deadline stretched nine days again this year. Some The 9-day holiday is really long for some see a positive effect of the long holidays, people, especially those who have a dead- especially from the social point of view, but line for finalizing their paperwork. “The critics see it as waste of national budget deadline for finalizing the papers of the and a loss of millions of dinars on tourism technical check of my vehicle ends on abroad. They also believe employees of the October 6, which is in the middle of the public sector will consider the repeated holidays. So I decided to go before the holi- prolonged holidays as their right, and the days, but unfortunately my car didn’t pass, government won’t be able to make them so I have to go back again. As I wasn’t able shorter in the future. to fix the car within a day, I have to wait Businessmen and economists also see another 9 days, which will make me pay a this long holiday as a negative phenome- fine for delaying. I think it’s a really long non. “I don’t see any necessary reason for 9 holiday,” complained 45-year-old Hassan. days of official holidays. The holidays Noora, 30, sees this long holiday as a posi- should be 3 or 4 days maximum. Our com- tive thing. “From the social point of view, pany’s work is related to the ministries, so this holiday is a great opportunity to meet we were obliged to run with the flow and all members of the family, even distant give such a long holiday to our employees. ones. Those who didn’t travel and stayed in I see this act of the government as exagger- Kuwait won’t find enough activities to do ated pampering of employees, which is not during the nine days, so they may visit necessary at all. A 9-day holiday is a unique more relatives, even those they meet few Kuwaiti invention, which is not seen any- times a year. I also think that as most peo- where else, not even in the GCC, and the ple go out during this long holiday, it UAE is the best example,” Dr Tareq Al- refreshes the economy by spending in local Kazemi, Chairman of the Al-Kazemi Group market,” she pointed out. Beach cleaning campaign The graduates with their certificates. underway mid-October Zain celebrates LOYAC graduates KUWAIT: The Environmental Voluntary different locations by a specialized vehicle, Foundation will launch its second cam- covered with drawings to attract children KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunica- Zain’s unique telecommunications experi- of its Corporate Social Responsibility agenda paign for cleaning Kuwait’s shores mid- into participating, she said, noting that the tions company in Kuwait, announced that it ence while working on different tasks along- is towards encouraging youth initiatives, and October with the participation of educa- event will also encourage students to be celebrated and honored a number of intern side the company’s employees. it achieves this through embracing students tional and public organizations, as well as involved in voluntary works. students that have completed its summer Zain mentioned that it organizes the from different universities in the company’s government bodies. The campaign, set to kick off next internship program in partnership with LOY- internship program for college students all various divisions and departments and offer- The campaign aims to bring environ- Tuesday, will last for four months, said AC, the non-profit initiative that aims at year long in line with its partnership with the ing them monetary rewards to stimulate the mental awareness to all society members, Sanousi. He added that the Ministry of developing youth’s creativity and skills. The LOYAC initiative, which extends to its 11th real business world environment and and provide people with knowledge about Education, Kuwait Municipality, Touristic honoring ceremony took place in the com- consecutive year. LOYAC’s valuable youth- encourage them to work in the private sector the hazards posed by waste left on beach- Enterprises Company, Kuwait Institute for pany’s main headquarters in Shuwaikh. related programs tremendously contribute in the future. es, Head of the campaign Nora Al-Sanousi Scientific Research (KISR), Ministry of Social In a press statement, the company to the well-being of Kuwait’s youth by train- Zain will continue to support similar pro- told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) yester- Affairs and Labor, Souq Sharq members expressed its pride in graduating the new ing and coaching hundreds of students from grams that ensure the implementation of its day. and other institutes will all take part in the batch of LOYAC students, who completed an different age groups through the use of various social commitments and at the same The volunteers will be transported to event. —KUNA internship program in the company’s various interactive and encouraging methods of time ensures strengthens its relationship departments and divisions during summer. learning. with several institutions and agencies which The students expressed their admiration of The company stated that a core element organize notable national initiatives. KAC to get first leased Airbus in December

KUWAIT: Official sources at Kuwait Airways “The arrival of each new plane will mark the temporary phase is over, new planes would Corporation (KAC) said that the carrier would exclusion of an old one from the fleet until all be bought to replace the old fleet. He also receive the first leased Airbus (an Airbus 320) the 12 leased jets have arrived and joined noted that a slight difference in color and in December. The sources added that more service,” said the sources, noting that the total design will be seen in KAC planes’ exterior planes would gradually arrive throughout value of the lease contract is $565 million. while the seats are enhanced to provide more 2015 at the pace of a plane every two months. Further, the sources said that once this comfort to passengers. — Al-Watan A photo from last year’s campaign. LOCAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 Complaints against teen harassment on the rise Victims advised to report cases

By Ben Garcia The groups of teenage boys usually move in groups of five, ten or even more. “They should be KUWAIT: Larry, a Filipino sales manager at a mall disciplined at home - they should be told what in Salmiya, had a bad encounter with a group of they do is wrong. There should be a law to pun- rowdy boys yesterday in Maidan Hawally. He was ish them, not just leave them to bully people. No heading to his car when all of a sudden a punishments will result in another cycle of bully- teenage boy playing with some other teenage ing and who knows the next time if they cannot boys in the street approached him and pulled hurt us, we’ll hurt them,” one victim said. his pants down in public. Larry was embarrassed Labeed Abdal, a lawyer, said such incidents and intimidated. must be reported to authorities and appropriate “I was terribly embarrassed, but helpless. action should be taken accordingly. If the victim They were many - some of them as young as asks for compensation and demands justice, seven perhaps, but others older and more their complaints must be filed at the proper aggressive. One came and pulled my shorts court. “If kids cause harm to individuals, they will Man hurt in accident down. I wanted to hit back, but they all come be punished according to the law in Kuwait. If closer. I saw a stick near me, so when I acted as if they are under 18, they will be tried in the juve- By Hanan Al-Saadoun near Jaber Stadium, prompting Ardiya Fire Center to grab it, they all ran away,” he recalled. nile justice system, but parents are also responsi- to respond. A person who was trapped was freed Another incident of intimidation was against ble for their actions too. They should control KUWAIT: A car flipped over on Sixth Ring Road and treated at the scene by paramedics. a pregnant woman a while ago in Salmiya. “I their children - if they disrespect people or put was walking with plastic bags of groceries in people in harm or danger, they can be sued pro- Canadian IS attacks to both hands on my everyday route from work. Labeed Abdal vided you indentify the kids responsible,” he While I was heading home, I passed by a super- cannot do anything. We moved out of that place said. “If they are acting as a group, all of them operate out of Kuwait airfield market nearby, so I was carrying two plastic the next month,” she said. will be responsible, so the punishment will bags. One of the boys came over and pulled my depend on their participation. If harm is caused - Planes will arrive in a week skirt down. I had a shawl, so I used it to cover Various harassments for example if someone is killed - then they’ll be myself. But I was eight months pregnant at that The complaints of harassment vary - one punished according to our laws. Such bullying time - I dropped the bags of groceries right there expat saw his car used as a trampoline, while and intimidation in public is not acceptable, so if IRBIL: Canadian warplanes that are to bomb the next couple of days, with Canada’s venera- and rushed home crying. That incident will never they can be identified, I encourage victims to file targets in Iraq held by the Islamic State of Iraq ble CF-18 Hornets soon to follow across the another had graffiti sprayed on his car. Yet anoth- be forgotten in my whole life. We reported it to a case against them, especially if it causes harm and Al-Sham (ISIS) will operate from an airfield Atlantic. er expat experienced stone throwing, while one in Kuwait. the police, but they said they are kids, so they was deliberately hit with a football on his head. or disrespect to individuals,” Abdal noted. However, it will be at least one week and International coalition perhaps not until near the end of October When they get to the Middle East they will before six Canadian CF-18 Hornets from CFB join an air armada that includes at least 150 Kuwait least popular expat destination Cold Lake are launched from the tiny Persian other attack aircraft. Australia began several Gulf emirate, only 400 kilometers from territory weeks ago to move forces to its base in the KUWAIT: Kuwait is the least popular place for held by ISIS, the ultra-radical jihadists who now United Arab Emirates (UAE) to support its eight expatriates in the world according to a recent rule large swaths of Iraq and Syria. F-18 Super Hornets. However, it was not until international report. The low ranking is largely Monday that the RAAF began combat missions. due to Kuwait’s low results for personal happi- Why might it take so long? Denmark took 10 days for its seven F-16 ness and in the Ease of Settling In Index, says the The most obvious reason is that Canada was Fighting Falcons to move to Kuwait and Expat Insider 2014 Report ‘The World Through the last of 13 countries to join the US-led air become operational. Similarly, the Dutch and Expat Eyes,’ released by the InterNations Survey. coalition. An additional complication is the Belgians took more than one week to set up Expats in Kuwait do not think it is easy to set- diplomatic note, or an enhanced Status of shop in Jordan before their F-16 Fighting tle down here, make friends, or feel at home. Forces Agreement, that must be signed Falcons began bombing. Only 5 percent of survey participants feel com- between Ottawa and Kuwait before the RCAF The French, who were the first country to pletely at home, and only 7 percent find it very can set up its operations in the sheikdom. join the US in bombing Islamic State targets, are Those arrangements are now being settled operating Rafale fighters from their base in the easy to make local friends, which are main rea- following the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha, UAE. The British are flying Tornados from their sons Kuwait ranked 61st in the top expat desti- which ran from Saturday until Tuesday. base in Cyprus. The Americans are using at least nation list. Canada and Kuwait are 10,000 kilometers five different types of warplanes to hit ISIS. The The ranking was based on several factors, apart, but have had good relations since before US is using bases in several countries, including including personal finance, quality of life, family Canada was part of former US president George the UAE., as well as launching strike aircraft life, working abroad and ease of settling in. HW Bush’s coalition that ousted Saddam from the USS. George HW Bush nuclear aircraft Nearly 14,000 expatriates representing 165 Hussein’s invading army. carrier and the USS. Makin Island amphibious nationalities and 169 countries of residence par- Canada signed a military agreement with ship. Another carrier, the USS. Carl Vinson, is to ticipated in the online survey which ran from Kuwait in 2011 that allowed it to establish a for- arrive in the region soon. June 10 to June 30, 2014. Ecuador came on top ward logistics hub in the country similar to The first wave of Canadians who arrived in of the ranking, followed by Luxemburg, Mexico, those it operates in Germany, Jamaica and Kuwait over the weekend included logisticians Switzerland and the United States. Singapore. and engineers, as well as planners from In the quality of life index, Kuwait ranked As part of that initial agreement, Ottawa was Canadian Joint Operations Command. They will 60th overall, and the same in leisure options. On permitted to transit its forces and equipment determine exactly how many specialists will be the other hand, Kuwait ranked 61st in personal back to Canada through Kuwait when the com- required for some fairly arcane but vital jobs happiness, 50th in travel and transport, and 59th bat mission in Afghanistan ended. Diplomatic such as weapon and avionic technical support, in health, safety and well-being. protocols aside, there are a number of other as well as the number of liaison officers, military Kuwait ranked dead last in overall ranking in factors involved in moving 600 or 700 men and police and medical staff that will be needed. the ease of settling in index. Furthermore, women, plus six CF-18 fighter-bombers, two spy A complicating factor for planners has been planes and an in-air refueling tanker aircraft - that the RCAF has only four C-17 Globemaster Kuwait ranked last in feeling welcome, friendli- 80 illegals caught along with bombs, missiles and 20-millimetre cargo planes - based out of CFB Trenton - to do ness, finding friends, and 34th in language. A bullets for the CF-18s’ Gatling guns - halfway most of the heavy lifting, several fewer than the majority of expats in Kuwait, or 51 percent, find around the world. air force needs to support all the missions it has it difficult to make local friends, while 70 percent during Eid holiday The air campaign’s advance team that been charged with recently. It is a scramble now say that they have mostly expat friends, accord- Canada dispatched to the Middle East on for the RCAF to meet the competing demands ing to the report. In the working abroad index, Saturday was to have left today. But as the of this new, high-profile mission as well as sup- Kuwait ranked 59th in the overall ranking, but KUWAIT: Ministry of Social Affairs and butcheries while holding article 18 and 20 Harper government was providing Canadians porting troops, sailors and air force personnel ranked 60th in job and career, last in work-life Labor assistant undersecretary for manpow- residency visas. She added that the viola- with the first rough outline of the mission last on NATO operations that have been taking balance, and 36th in job security. er protection Badriya Al-Mukaimi said that a tors had been referred to immigration Friday, the military received an urgent request place near Russia since its troops invaded Kuwait also ranked 56th in personal finance committee entrusted with inspecting expa- detectives pending deportation for violat- from its political masters to accelerate the Ukraine, seizing Crimea and destabilizing east- and 47th in cost of living overall. Meanwhile, 21 triate laborers working in various local mar- ing Kuwait residency laws. Mukaimi added process and the departure date for the recce ern parts of that country. At the same time, the percent of people surveyed described housing kets arrested 80 of them during Eid inspec- that the violators’ sponsors would also be party was moved forward by five days. air force must conduct the biannual Operation in Kuwait as very expensive, while 29 percent say tion campaigns for violating residency laws. summoned and warned against repeating Other parts of what will be a major airlift are Boxtop resupply of Canada’s listening post at that they earn less than average. Also, 37 per- Mukaimi explained that the arrested or allowing such violations to take place also being accelerated. Several transport air- Canadian Forces Station Alert, at the top of cent of non-single survey participants in Kuwait laborers were arrested for working in again. — Al-Jarida craft were leaving Canada for the Middle East in Ellesmere Island. — Postmedia News say that they live in a long-distance relationship. Crime 13,000 out of 15,000 manholes cleaned: MPW Report KUWAIT: In preparation for the rainy season, which is fore- resulting from the possible heavy rain. “The teams are fully within a maximum of two hours,” Ansari stressed. cast to witness heavy rainfall, the Ministry of Public Works equipped with water pumps to be used if the drainage Moreover, Ansari said that two maintenance con- Man beats (MPW) has so far finished cleaning 13,000 out of the network fails,” he explained, pointing out that certain tracts worth KD 4 million were about to expire and that 15,000 manholes around the country, said Farwaniya areas would require special efforts because they lack they would be renewed for KD 2 million each. He also friend’s father maintenance department manager Ibrahim Al-Ansari, not- proper facilities that prevent water accumulation and have noted that the maintenance sector had 45 water pumps ing that the remaining manholes would be cleaned within randomly developed like Jleeb and block 5 in Farwaniya. that would be mounted on special vehicles and sta- KUWAIT: A citizen told police that his son’s friend beat him three days. “Though we do not have exact information about the tioned in areas like Farwaniya, Jleeb, Omariya and at his son’s house in Maidan Hawally. The citizen told police Talking to reporters while working during the Eid vaca- level of rainfall expected this year, we are coordinating Rabiya so that they can be swiftly dispatched to dis- that he found it strange not hearing from his son for days, tion, Ansari also noted that special emergency teams had with the meteorology department, and at the same time, tressed sites to avoid traffic congestions and delays so he went to his house. He said that when he knocked at been formed in all governorates to be ready for any crisis getting ready to deal with rain to have the water drained because of the rain. — Al-Watan the door, a stranger appeared, then ran back inside. When the father asked about the stranger, he was surprised by his attack. Ports union plans No fake medicine at Drunk driver causes accident hospital pharmacies: Obaidi An Indian man who was extremely drunk caused a strike on Sunday three-car accident injuring two citizens in the process. KUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Ali Saud Al-Huraiji, Obaidi The man was detained at Bayan police station. The By A Saleh Hamadan also noted that the com- mittee was currently studying a Al-Obaidi stressed that the stressed that the ministry has injured man and woman were taken to Mubarak ministry has not found any fake two kinds of control and Hospital. KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Ports report on the new university cam- Authority (KPA)’s employees syndi- pus in Shadadiya and that a field medications at any of its phar- inspection procedures at both cate Captain Ali Al-Sakkouni said visit would be probably made macies in hospitals or clinics. public and private sector He also said that the ministry health facilities. “We have 30 Missing daughter that the syndicate plans a strike on before the end of October. Sunday in protest of not granting always works hard on monitor- pharmaceutical inspectors and A citizen reported his daughter missing. He told Salam ing medications used in the number might be increased police that his daughter escaped from their Hitteen home employees proper allowances in Performance evaluation view of the nature of their jobs. Chairman of the parliamentary Kuwait. Responding to a parlia- according to work needs,” he at night, and when they called her, her phone was mentary inquiry filed by MP stressed. — Al-Jarida switched off. Detectives are working on the case. Sakkouni added that the reason for human resources committee MP the strike is that the minister of Yaqoub Al-Sane stressed that the communications and the head of payroll strategic alternative must Illegal hajj ‘Kuwait supports Break in and robbery KPA did not approve the demands devise rules to evaluate employee An expatriate was shocked when he discovered that of the employees as per the syndi- performance and define the evalua- campaigns people with special needs’ jewelry worth KD 14,000 was stolen from his flat. He cate’s general assembly held on Dec tors and the rules they would follow. told police that he found the door broken, and the safe 12, 2013. On a different issue, and as detected SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Jassem Al-Rushaid Al-Bader, mem- that contained the jewelry, three passports and mobile chairman of the supreme commit- ber of the Journey of Hope boat board of trustees and Colleges mulled tee of the national conference for head of the crew, on Tuesday stressed Kuwaiti leader- phones were missing. Detectives are working on the KUWAIT: As pilgrims are returning to case. Chairman of the parliamentary empowering nationals Sane ship’s keenness on supporting people with special educational affairs committee MP stressed the need to support Kuwait from the holy lands after per- needs, especially those with mental disabilities. Humoud Al-Hamdan said that the national labor and set specific rules forming hajj, Kuwait’s head of hajj mis- This came in press remarks after the Journey of Hope Auto theft establishment of specialized to appoint the most efficient sion and Awqaf Ministry undersecretary boat arrived in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh city, the jour- A thief broke into a garage in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and stole applied education petroleum and Kuwaiti youth in leading positions. Dr Adel Al-Falah described the season as ney’s 10th stop since it started its tour last May. The boat a car that was there for a paint job. Police asked Farwaniya engineering colleges was being Sane added that the conference highly successful. Falah said that three includes at least 16 people including those with mental detectives to work on the case and find the culprit. considered and welcomed by many due to be held on Oct 14-15 under campaigns were illegal, while five official disabilities. bodies including KPC. He added auspices of the PM under the slo- ones were referred for investigations Al-Bader applauded the limitless support by His that the committee’s agenda includ- gan ‘Appoint the Best’ would hope- over violations they committed. Falah Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Bike stolen ed many proposals and that the fully come out with recommenda- said the Kuwait hajj mission recorded Sabah to people with special needs, saying the journey is successful by all accounts. A citizen accused a person he knows of stealing his committee would work on to get tions on setting special legislations only five complaints, compared to more He said that the journey conveys a noble message to motorcycle by force in Maidan Hawally and fled to an them passed during the upcoming that would lead to justice and than 50 last year. Pilgrims began return- ing home Tuesday as Kuwait airport the whole world that State of Kuwait, which was chosen unknown area. Hawally detectives are carrying out parliamentary term in order to equal opportunities in appoint- by the UN last month as a Humanitarian Center, cares investigations. — Al-Rai develop the educational process. ments to leading positions. received 6,015 pilgrims during the past two days aboard 23 flights. — Al-Qabas for the mentally disabled people. —KUNA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 LOCAL

kuwait digest kuwait digest Twitter ‘wars’ Pillars of development

By Dr Hassan Jouhar By Abdulaziz Al-Kandari small leak will sink a great ship.” Oh, how this is Praying for here is a huge arms race in the region, as Arab coun- absolutely true, when we, for instance, check safety and tries spend huge amounts buying weapons, according “A what Twitter can make these days! With a sim- security Tto international reports. The idea is that the bigger the ple tweet comprising of a few words, one can agitate a arsenal, the better position they will have compared to other whole community as fast as fire spreads in dry haystacks. countries, and that it would make their word heard around Various kinds of social media networks have added a lot the world. But of course, this idea is not true, and the finest to human civilizations through providing news and infor- examples for this is seen in Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, mation and bridging wide gaps and distances between family and loved ones. This is true except in our Arab world Switzerland and other countries which made a name for where these networks turned into battlefields starting with Al-Anbaa themselves without arms. insults and slander all the way to incitation and mobiliza- Japan, for example, was able to stand up following the tion that may end up in killings, explosions and gloating shock of World War II’s defeat, and eventually become one of scenes! This dirty series seems to be endless. the strongest countries worldwide. It managed to take its Why is Twitter considered a battlefield? The answer can place among superpowers without even having a nuclear lie in the fact that a fool or someone with grudges here or weapon. there may post a venomous tweet against a particular per- Meanwhile, Malaysia, the multiethnic, multicultural son or group, who in turn, do not settle by responding by Muslim country, is another example of a country that themselves, but rather mobilize all followers to do the achieved scientific, political and economic advancement and same. So, regardless of the nature of such responses that attained development without relying on weapons. There are may be emotional or even attempts to avoid being many factors that led to the development of Malaysia and accused of cowardice and weakness, everybody finds him- becoming a top-20 commercial country in the world. These self directly or indirectly involved in tumult. Once everybody has used up all kinds of insults and factors are knowledge and education, law enforcement and slander, and once they all sober up, they realize the need freedom. for legal accountability and punishment, and instead of Singapore, meanwhile, is a small island with almost zero holding the origin of such a tumult responsible, a long list natural resources. Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore’s first prime min- of followers are dragged along into courts pending how kuwait digest ister, cried after Singapore separated from Malaysia over the good their lawyers are, and eventually some may suffer magnitude of problems such as unemployment and corrup- legal consequences while others may get away with it. tion that it contained. Today, Singapore is the fifth richest However, the ultimate result of such practices will be The sheikh’s rosary country in the world when it comes to hard currency spreading hatred and grudges amongst all parties. reserves, and the most politically stable country in Asia This ‘small’ curse has been affecting our tiny society, By Salah Al-Sayer according to the international competitiveness reports. How drowning it in sectarianism. Even politicians and official did this small island manage to restructure itself within 40 statesmen have been using it as the shortest and quickest years? It is wise management and will, based on which confi- way to stardom and heroism, because for them, doctrinal hen the Al-Riqqa marine battle took was flourishing at that time as the increasing dence was built. affiliations are more important than public interests, place during the reign of Sheikh number of commercial vessels required a special Knowledge, education and wise management are the peaceful coexistence and social security that can all go to Abdullah bin Sabah I (1776-1814), it was force to skillfully protect them and be able to con- hell! W main pillars for the advancement of countries and building of a real test of the Kuwaiti people’s defensive capa- trol marine maneuvers. What makes things worse is the government’s hesita- civilizations. There is no place in the world for the uneducat- tion in applying national unity laws. The concerned bodies bilities and for the ability of their commercial During the reign of Sheikh Abdullah II, son of ed. Without knowledge, countries cannot move forward and are either watching, manipulating procedures or shyly marine fleet to turn into a military one. This hap- Sabah II (1866-1892), the Ottoman state sought achieve advanced status. Unbiased law enforcement is the moving under media and political pressure to a long line pened when Kuwaitis help from the Kuwaiti second pillar for the advancement of countries. Law should of enthusiastic lawyers including some who might be after managed to lure hostile marine fleet in a military be enforced equally on everybody, because biased law fame and defending a certain faction. What proves this is ships to sail into shallow operation that required enforcement leads to a growing feeling of injustice, which that some of them start their arguments on Twitter before Discipline, skillfulness and waters surrounding carrying seaborne troops. leads to instability and destruction of nations. Even capital they even go to court, and thus a sectarian war com- migrates out of countries where law is not honored. Law is a Failaka Island where their courage have been always The operation was com- mences with certain struggling defendants, armies of main pillar for the advancement of any society. defenders and volunteer lawyers on each side, while the ships got stuck in the manded by Sheikh Meanwhile, freedom is a crucial pillar for countries’ government, that is responsible for keeping order and pro- important traits of Kuwaiti muddy seabed and they Abdullah, who led 300 advancement. History lessons taught us the fate of those tecting people’s beliefs, liberties and feelings, is totally were besieged and Kuwaitis ships to the battle absent! sailors and captains who commit injustice. What is the point in education without Is this a sort of deliberate government policy meant to bombed to a total defeat. waters. Once the troops freedom, or a law that allows a person to spy on others? A keep the people busy with each other? The answer to this Discipline, skillfulness accomplished their mis- place without freedom is automatically susceptible to comes in the form of prosecuting hundreds of young peo- and courage have been always important traits of sion, Sheikh Abdullah went ashore holding noth- destruction. Military success for any nation is prone to ple and bloggers who politically oppose the government. Kuwaiti sailors and captains, and the same ing but his rosary, which reflects how self-confi- destruction if any of the aforementioned three pillars are Does the government not see that national unity and applied to Kuwait’s marine fleet that enabled dent he was and how much he trusted the skills absent. Knowledge, law enforcement and freedom build civi- social coherence are two of the most important pillars of lizations, make communications between civilizations possi- such a small country to play major roles. Some of his troops. He never needed weapons after his the state, and will the government ever comprehend such ble and helps bridge the gap between the East and West sci- a tweet that might be of great significance at this particu- historians argue that Kuwait’s marine fleet’s troops already did their part! entifically, economically, politically and technologically. lar time?! —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida strength lies in the fact that trade with Kuwait —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Rai

kuwait digest Struggle between moderate, radical Islam

By Linda Gradstein

hen Islamic State (IS) beheaded three Iraq and Syria, the Islamic religious establishment Westerners sparking international out- is gearing up to fight the movement on religious Wrage and an American-led coalition that grounds. Some say that it is doubtful that the has launched dozens of air strikes on the extremist Saudi fatwa will convince many supporters of group, it said it was acting in the name of Islam. Islamic State to leave the group. When moderate groups reject the actions of IS, There is growing concern in the US and Europe they also speak in the name of Islam. about the number of American and European The rise of IS, which claims it is trying to bring Muslims who are joining Islamic State. On a visit to back the Islamic caliphate, has brought Islam to Canada this week, Secretary of Homeland Security the forefront. Some scholars say the current Jeh Johnson said that about 12,000 people from debate within Islam has the potential to influence around the world have gone to Syria over the past the role of the religion throughout the Middle 12,000 years to fight for rebel groups and Islamic East. State. “There is a debate between those who want to Some of them are searching for a return to adapt Islamic law to modern social and political what is seen in Islam as the ideal time of the conditions, including international law, and those Prophet Mohammed during the 7th century, when who are looking at the political situation as an the Islamic world was united in one state. attempt to go back to the glorified time of the “When the Prophet Mohammed began his Prophet and the Islamic Empire,” Yitzhak Reiter, an political campaign he eliminated the tribal affilia- Israeli expert on Islam said. tions that existed between different tribes on the There is also a debate among experts on Arabian peninsula and turned it into one united whether beheading is permissible according to nation,” Reiter said. “After Mohammed passed sharia, or Islamic law. away there were caliphs or deputies who followed “Killing captives and in his footsteps, and the expulsion of Christians first four caliphs who ruled was never part of Islam,” There is also a debate from 632 to 661 are called Sheikh Ahmed Natour, the “the righteous.” head of the High Muslim among experts on Court of Appeals in whether beheading is Disservice to Islam Jerusalem said. “Once it The ideal, however, for happened and the permissible according to many remains one Islamic Prophet came and said it sharia, or Islamic law. state under the rule of was forbidden.” Islamic law or sharia. Yet However, he said there sharia is not monolithic, are abuses in every reli- with at least four different gion pointing to the Crusades in the 12th century, schools of thought having developed. Sheikh or the Spanish Inquisition in the 15th century. It is Natour says Islamic State has done a disservice to unfair to blame an entire religion for the misinter- the view of Islam, which is a religion of peace. pretation of a minority, he said. “There are many fatwas coming out now from many muftis and many countries,” he said. “But at ‘Heinous crime’ the same time the American government Nevertheless, last month, Saudi Arabia’s clerical destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan and left a vacuum leadership issued a new fatwa, or legal ruling, which groups like Islamic State took advantage of.” which declares terrorism a “heinous crime” under He said American intervention in the Middle sharia law. East is partly responsible for the rise of radicaliza- “Terrorism is contrary to the purposes of the tion of Islam. great religion of Islam, which came as a mercy to “The US should let people live the way they the world,” the Saudi Press Agency reported the want,” he said. “This aggression must end.” statement of 21 senior clerical figures. “Any Muslim Reiter believes that religion can be a force for who thinks that jihad (which means “struggle”) peace as much as a force for war. He says that sup- means joining a terrorist group “is ignorant and porters of moderate Islam should stress the verses has gone astray.” in the Qur’an calling for peace and justice. As IS has gained territory across large swaths of —The Media Line THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

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MURSITPINAR: US-led air strikes yesterday pushed Islamic State the predominantly Kurdish southeast. Authorities imposed curfews “This isn’t how a NATO ally acts while hell is unfolding a stone’s throw against Islamic State after it seized about a third of neighboring Iraq, fighters back to the edges of the Syrian Kurdish border town of in five southeastern provinces and sent troops and tanks onto the from their border,” the official said. At the same time, official diploma- was due in Turkey this week. Ankara did say on Tuesday that it had Kobani, which they had appeared set to seize after a three-week streets of Diyarbakir, the largest Kurdish city in the region, to try to cy intensified. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said US urged the United States to step up air strikes against Islamic State to assault, local officials said. The town has drawn international atten- quell the unrest. Secretary of State John Kerry had spoken with Turkish Prime Minister hold up its advance on Kobani. But, while taking in Kobani’s refugees tion since the Islamists’ advance drove 180,000 of the area’s mostly An unnamed senior US official told the New York Times on Ahmet Davutoglu on Monday night and Tuesday morning, and said and treating its wounded, Turkey has deep reservations about Kurdish inhabitants to flee into adjoining Turkey. Ankara has infuriat- Tuesday that there was “growing angst about Turkey dragging its Turkey was “determining what larger role they will play”. deploying its army, NATO’s second largest, in Syria. Beyond becom- ed its own restive Kurdish minority and its NATO partners in feet to act to prevent a massacre less than a mile from its border”. Retired US General John Allen, charged with building a coalition ing a target for Islamic State, which is active along much of Syria’s 900 Washington by refusing to intervene. km border with Turkey, it fears being sucked into Syria’s complex civil Islamic State fighters hoisted their black flag on the eastern edge war and perhaps even having to confront Syria’s formidable army. of the town on Monday but, since then, air strikes have been redou- bled by a US-led coalition that includes Arab Gulf states seeking to Stringent conditions reverse the jihadists’ dramatic advance across northern Syria and Erdogan says Turkey will join the military coalition against Islamic Iraq. Intense gunfire and loud explosions could be heard yesterday State only if it also confronts Assad, arguing that the Syrian leader morning from across the Turkish border, and huge plumes of grey would otherwise take advantage of strikes against his foes. Erdogan smoke and dust rose above the town, where the United Nations says wants the alliance to enforce a “no fly zone” to prevent Assad’s air only a few hundred inhabitants remain. force flying over Syrian territory near the Turkish border, and create a “They are now outside the entrances of the city of Kobani. The safe area for an estimated 1.2 million Syrian refugees in Turkey to shelling and bombardment was very effective and as a result of it, IS return. Washington, which has so far managed to bomb Islamic State have been pushed from many positions,” Idris Nassan, deputy foreign positions in Syria without Assad raising objections, has not agreed to minister of the Kurdish-run Kobani district, told Reuters by phone. expand the mission to confront the Syrian leader. “This is their biggest retreat since their entry into the city and we can Ilnur Cevik, a columnist in the pro-government Daily Sabah, said consider this as the beginning of the countdown of their retreat from on Tuesday that Turkey would not allow weapons to reach fighters the area.” Islamic State had been advancing on the strategically from YPG, the Kurdish armed group defending Kobani, or send important town from three sides and pounding it with artillery troops into Syria unless it is threatened more directly. YPG has strong despite dogged resistance from heavily outgunned Kurdish forces. links to the PKK, still viewed by Ankara as terrorists, despite the fledg- Defense experts said it was unlikely that the advance could be halt- ling peace process. “The government knows it cannot explain body ed by air power alone - a fact that left not only Washington but also the bags coming from Syria to its Turkish majority with parliamentary Syrian Kurds’ ethnic kin across the border in Turkey demanding to elections only eight months away,” he wrote. “The only way Turkey know why Turkish tanks lined up within sight of Kobani had not rolled will send its forces to fight (Islamic State) is if Turkish territorial integri- across the frontier. The Turkish parliament voted last week to authorize ty is threatened.” cross-border intervention but President Tayyip Erdogan and his gov- Abdullah Ocalan, jailed leader of the PKK, last week said a mas- ernment have so far held back. Many Turks prefer to risk alienating the sacre of Kurds in Kobani would doom a fragile peace process with Kurds rather than be sucked into a ground war in Syria, a prospect the Turkish authorities aimed at ending the group’s 30-year fight for Erdogan says he would consider only as part of an international push more autonomy, in which around 40,000 people have been killed. that also sought to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The street protests across Turkey were already making the prospect of reconciliation with nationalists seem more remote, as protesters Tide of protests set fire to Turkish flags and attacked statues of the founder of mod- At least 18 people died, Turkish media reported, and dozens ern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Selahattin Demirtas, co-chair of more were injured on Tuesday as sympathizers of Turkey’s outlawed the HDP, Turkey’s leading Kurdish party, condemned those acts, call- Kurdish PKK militant group clashed with police and Islamists in the KOBANE: Kurds stand watching from a distance as black smoke ascends during ongoing fighting in the ing them “provocations carried out to prevent help coming to the commercial hub Istanbul, capital Ankara and towns and cities across Syrian town of Ain Al-Arab, known as Kobane by the Kurds, as seen from the Turkish-Syrian border. —AFP east (Kobani) from the west”. —Reuters INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 In Tunisia, old regime figures make a comeback TUNIS: At Tunis airport arrivals terminal last month, rivals has more than once pulled Tunisia back from the Tunisians in the sensitive time in its transition. “In the Still, most analysts widely expect Ennahda, one of hundreds of Tunisians gathered waving flags to greet a brink of political crisis, and helped keep it from the type end, the ballot box will have the final word,” he said. the country’s most organized political movements, and special guest-not a sports legend or popstar, but a for- of polarized chaos now engulfing neighboring Libya. In its secular rival Nida Tounes, will turn out the election mer minister from ousted President Zine El-Abidine Tunisia’s 2011 election, a temporary law prevented all Politics of compromise winners. But the Ben Ali old guard will also book their Ben Ali’s government. Three years after Tunisia’s officials of former regime from participating. But now After coming to power in a coalition government, place, hoping to promote the skills and technocrat “Jasmine Revolution” forced the autocrat out and set they can participate in elections after the Ennadha Ennahda were accused by secular opponents of cod- knowledge they say they gained in government as a the North African country on path to democracy, Ben agreed with secular opponents to reject the new draft dling Islamist hardliners, of economic mismanage- way to help Tunisia with the sluggish economy and mil- Ali regime old guard are not only making a comeback law to ban Ben Ali officials. That contrasts sharply with ment, and trying to bring Islam deeper into politics in itant threats it now faces. Like many other former Ben but are poised again to win elected posts. After approv- Libya, where a similar political isolation law has been the Arab world’s most secular nation. The assassina- Ali officials and regular Tunisians, those ministers ing a new constitution this year, in October Tunisia will the source of armed clashes and court battles between tion of two opposition leaders last year by Islamist would have been members of the autocrat’s now- hold its second parliamentary election since the revolt. rival factions looking to gain political influence, often at extremist gunmen tipped Tunisia into a political crisis banned Constitutional Democratic Rally party. In November, it will hold presidential elections that are the barrel of the gun. Rached Ghannouchi, chief of that eventually forced Ennahda to step down and “People have to compare to what it was before the seen as a test of its newly found democracy. Ennahda defended his party’s decision, saying that make way for a transitional government that will rule revolution and what those people are now,” Kamel Prominent among candidates for the legislature and such a law would have only increased the division of until the elections. Morjan, a former foreign minister. “It is normal that for the presidency are former officials and cabinet min- there will be some candidates from the party com- isters from the Ben Ali regime, who are pitting them- posed of millions of Tunisians for years.” Beji Caid selves against Islamist party that governed after Essebsi-the head of Nida Tounes and a former presi- Tunisia’s first free election. After the 2011 revolution, dent of Ben Ali’s parliament in 1991 - has become a Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia and most of his aides and leading presidential candidate after becoming a rally- ministers disappeared, were imprisoned and prevented ing figure for secular opposition during last year’s crisis. from participating in the first elections won by the Mondher Znaidi, a former Ben Ali health minister, who moderate Islamist party Ennahda. was welcomed as a hero at the airport in Tunis last The return of the so-called “Remnants” to the politi- month has also announced also his intention to run in cal scene has opened up debate over the legacy of the presidential elections. 2011 revolution that helped inspire the “Arab Spring” Ennahda has said the party will not field a presiden- uprisings in Libya, Egypt and Syria and eventually led tial candidate, instead focusing on the parliamentary Tunisia to become a model for democratic change. “All vote which may give them more sway in influencing we want is to build Tunisia without exclusion, it must the selection of the more powerful prime minister’s be a new phase in which everyone contributes in build- post. With Tunisia facing a tough combination of ing the country,” Ben Ali’s former transport minister Islamist militant violence, a stagnant economy and Abderrahim Zouari said. “I hope to go beyond this worries over high costs and unemployment, old regime debate because Tunisia needs all its men and women.” officials like Znaidi are taking the chance to tout their Zouari, who is running for the presidential elections achievements in economics and security. for the Constitutional Movement party, is just one of But the return of the officials who once worked side several former Ben Ali cabinet members running in that by side with Ben Ali is a hard sell for the younger ballot. Former regime officials will also be a strong Tunisians who took to the streets to rid their country of presence in the parliamentary elections and analysts what they saw as a generation of politicians led by a expect them to have ample chance in the elections in corrupt oligarchy. Even if old regime officials have a regional cities and towns where they still retain their right to participate in the election, for some their return influence. Tunisia’s democratic transition contrasts is a setback for an uprising that inspired Egyptians, sharply with Egypt and Libya, which have both strug- Syrians and Libyans to follow them. “After that we are gled with the role of former regime officials versus new seeing, what is next?” asked politician Omar Shabou. political systems since their own 2011 revolutions. TUNIS: Tunisian former prime minister and Ennahda Islamist party general secretary Ali Laarayedh “All we need now is for Ben Ali himself to come back Political compromise between Islamists and secular (center) gives a speech during his first campaign meeting in Habib Bourguiba avenue in Tunis. — AFP and ask for forgiveness.” — Reuters Iran issues ‘red lines’ EU chastises Turkey

BRUSSELS: The European Union reprimanded EU candidate ence over the courts to pursue his political foes. It is linked ahead of nuke talks Turkey yesterday for political meddling in the judiciary, say- to a corruption scandal which has swirled around Erdogan’s ing a response to a government corruption scandal has inner circle. harmed the independence of the judiciary and weakened “The response of the government following allegations civil rights. The unusually harsh language by the European of corruption in December 2013 has given rise to serious Tehran defends refusal to let in UN expert Commission, the European Union’s executive, raises ques- concerns regarding the independence of the judiciary and tions about Turkey’s chances of EU membership almost a separation of powers,” the Commission said. The TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated sanctions. The Vienna-based UN nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, dis- decade after negotiations were launched. Commission chided Turkey over a law tightening govern- yesterday his country’s “red lines” in negotiations with world pow- closed last month that Iran had failed to meet an August 25 dead- But in its annual report on countries seeking to join the ment control of the Internet, although it has since been ers over its controversial nuclear program due to resume next line to provide information on five points meant to allay fears it bloc, Brussels said it still believes more talks are possible, annulled by Turkey’s top court. The Commission said week in Vienna. Iran and the P5+1 group of nations (China, the was developing nuclear weapons. Eight days of intensive talks at recommending opening discussions on the judiciary and attempts to ban social media “reflect a restrictive approach United States, France, Britain, Russia and Germany) have set a the end of September between Iran and the P5+1 group on the fundamental rights as a way to force Turkey to confront the to freedom of expression.” The criticism comes as the West is November 24 deadline to strike a deal guaranteeing that Tehran’s sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York also fell short of issue. Turkey, Montenegro, Serbia, the former Yugoslav seeking to persuade Turkey to join an international coalition nuclear program is used for exclusively peaceful means. But talks any final agreement. Iran insists its nuclear program is entirely Republic of Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina to fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. have stalled over the issue of Iran’s future capacity for uranium peaceful. and Kosovo are all seeking membership of the world’s Turkey’s long-term relations with minority Kurds both enrichment and the timetable for the lifting of international sanc- Meanwhile, Iran has dismissed criticism by the International largest trading bloc. Of most concern to the Commission, inside and outside its borders is also complicating the situa- tions against Tehran. Atomic Energy Agency of its refusal to let one IAEA expert into which helps EU governments decide who to let into the tion. Many Kurds are seeking their own homeland, some- “I think that before the end of next week we will have bilateral the country as part of a team investigating allegations of nuclear bloc, is Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s struggle for influ- thing Ankara vehemently rejects. —Reuters and multilateral negotiations in Vienna,” foreign ministry spokes- weapons research. Tehran said it had a sovereign right to decide woman Marzieh Afkham said yesterday. “The exact date will be who to let onto its territory. But its failure to issue a visa to an IAEA given later,” she added. The talks were confirmed by Austria’s official, that diplomatic sources said was probably a Western Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurtz, who posted on Twitter that atomic bomb expert, may add to longstanding Western suspi- Vienna would next week host an “important discussion between cions it is stonewalling the UN agency’s inquiry. USA, EU & Iran”. The IAEA said last month that Iran had not issued a visa for An infographic published on Khamenei’s official website out- one member of a team that visited Tehran on Aug. 31 to try to lined 11 points to be observed by negotiators before Iran will sign advance the investigation into what the UN agency calls the pos- an accord. One of the stipulations includes “the absolute need for sible military dimensions of the country’s nuclear program. It was Iran’s uranium enrichment capacity to be 190,000 SWU (Separate the third time the person, whom it did not identify, had not Work Units)”-close to 20 times its current processing ability. obtained an entry permit. It is important, the IAEA added in a Iranian officials say this is needed to produce fuel for its Sept. 5 report on Iran’s nuclear program, that “any staff member Bushehr reactor, which is being provided by Russia until 2021. The identified by the agency with the requisite expertise is able to US and other Western states, however, want Iran to decrease its participate in the agency’s technical activities”. But, in a statement enrichment capability. “Fordo, which cannot be destroyed by the distributed to IAEA member states this week, Iran said that issuing enemy, must be preserved,” the text on Khamenei’s website said, visas was “our sovereign national right and we will issue it when referring to the uranium enrichment site built under a mountain we deem it appropriate”. The IAEA has for years been trying to 100 kilometers south of Tehran. “The work of nuclear scientists investigate allegations that Iran has worked on designing a should in no way be stopped or slowed,” the text said, adding that nuclear bomb. Iran says its nuclear work is a peaceful, but suspi- Iran had the right to pursue nuclear “research and development”. cions in the West that the civil nuclear program is a front for Iran and the so-called P5+1 group signed a preliminary accord weapons development have led to punishing economic sanc- in September 2013 that cleared the way for certain Iranian tions, which Tehran hopes will be lifted if ongoing negotiations nuclear activities in exchange for a partial lifting of international with world powers succeed in ending the standoff. — Agencies Diaspora Kurds return to battle Islamic State

ARBIL: Three months ago, Karwan Baban fought for the peshmerga under the dic- and with rifles strapped over their shoul- said goodbye to Germany and drove his tatorship of former Iraqi president ders stood around the tribal leaders. They minibus to his native Kurdistan to join the Saddam Hussein. When IS fighters are all cousins and have just returned peshmerga battling Islamic State launched their offensive in Iraq in early from battle. Many have only recently trad- jihadists. After a five-day road trip June and it became clear that they were a ed their lives in Amsterdam, Berlin or through Austria, eastern Europe and threat to Kurdistan, he did not hesitate to Rome for the frontlines of northern Iraq. Turkey to northern Iraq, he slipped into leave Germany-where he had lived for a his peshmerga uniform: “Herr Baban” the decade-with his family. The 1,500 pesh- Twelve brothers Duesseldorf import-export manager had merga fighters he now commands include While some of those who heeded the become “Colonel Karwan”. To the great 20 who recently arrived in the call by Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud alarm of their governments, several thou- autonomous Iraqi region from Europe. Barzani to come back and fight for their sand Europeans have joined the ranks of In Duesseldorf alone “there are many homeland had prior experience with the the Islamic State group, which pro- Kurds and they’re all ready to come,” said peshmerga, others had no experience of claimed a “caliphate” over parts of Syria Karwan. He entertains his guests in a war. That was the case for the Nawzad and Iraq in June. huge house which belongs to the Betwata Anwerbeg brothers, all 12 of them. Some On the other side of the battle line, family of the Khoshnaw tribe, an out- had lived in Iraqi Kurdistan for a few years dozens of Kurds from the European dias- landish structure where blast walls and but most made the trip from the pora are also leaving their Western lives armed guards shield a little jasmin-scent- Netherlands. Aza, who just turned 24, behind to take up arms and protect their ed paradise teeming with children. arrived on August 6, four days after the homeland. Colonel Karwan had already Around 20 young men in combat attire jihadists launched a devastating offensive that brought them within striking dis- tance of the Kurdish capital Arbil. The Kurds, who are mainly Sunni Muslims, have mostly secular political movements, making them a target for the IS militants. Aza had never used a firearm before so he was given a rifle and two days to practice before going to the front. “At least some- thing good is coming out of this war-it has shown the world what Kurds are made of,” he said proudly. His main regret is to have arrived too late for the battle to retake Mosul dam, which saw some of the most intense fight- ing in the four-month-old conflict. Aza’s 32-year-old brother Harem arrived from Amsterdam on June 11 and was at Mosul dam. A piece of shrapnel left a deep scar in his left cheek. “Our children travelled from Europe to take part in this war. They put on uniforms and were ready to become martyrs,” said one of the clan eld- ers, Sarhad Anwerbeg Betwata. He could not say exactly how many but he said sev- ARBIL: Kurds who left the Netherlands to join the Peshmerga Kurdish eral “European peshmerga” had already forces battling Islamic State jihadists pose in front of a Kurdish flag in Arbil, been killed in action. “It’s an honor for their the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region. — AFP families, over there in Europe.” —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

For Colombia’s Wiwa, revered lightning takes deadly toll

KEMAKUMAQUE: Deep in northern and children were barred. gery and six slated to leave as soon as Colombia’s mountains, an isolated com- “I was thirsty, and I left to drink. In the Tuesday. “Most had burns on their backs, munity of indigenous Wiwa people middle of the downpour I arrived at my hips and legs,” she said, adding that she struggled Tuesday to comprehend why house, when I heard the clap of thunder,” had “never experienced anything so 11 of their own were struck dead by a Bernardo Gil, one of sixty men in atten- traumatizing.” The bodies have since bolt of lightning during a tribal ceremo- dance, told El Tiempo newspaper. “Two been identified by police and judicial ny. “We’re trying to recover our spirits, minutes later, when I came back, the hut authorities, and will be buried in the because this was a big shock to our com- was on fire. You could only hear men area according to Wiwa tradition. munity. That nature would treat us this screaming.” An additional 15 people Colombian president Juan Manuel way-we are in mourning,” Lorenzo Gil, a were injured by the lightning, which Santos expressed the country’s “condo- Wiwa member said. shattered the tribe’s peaceful existence- lences and solidarity” with the Wiwa Lightning is both feared and revered lives punctuated by ritual, song and people, adding that he had “given by the Wiwa, who see spiritual signifi- meditation. “I felt as though nature were instruction to sort out the situation as cance in all aspects of nature and asking for us to give back everything we quickly as possible” in the village. believe they are called to keep the have taken from it,” local Wiwa leader High temperatures coupled with a world in balance. Gil saw Monday’s dev- Ramon Gil said. tropical wave of relatively low air pres- astating event as “a response to man’s sure can create clouds such as those that turning his back on nature.” “But we are Never ‘anything so traumatizing’ formed Monday “with a large amount of perhaps the ones who are most con- The wounded, many of whom suf- positive and negative energy,” Cristian cerned about the balance between man fered second- and third-degree burns, Euscategui, a state meteorologist said. and nature, and if this has happened it were evacuated by helicopter from the The collision of such clouds produce SANTA MARTA: Handout picture shows a native from the Wiwa ethnic group is because the world has done nothing remote village and taken to a hospital in “electric shocks,” he said. Lightning looking at the place hit by a lightning, in Santa Marta, Colombia. —AFP to support us,” he said. The lighting the Caribbean town of Santa Marta, a storms are common in parts of struck as Wiwa men from a village of five-hour drive away. Ana Gil, a Wiwa Colombia. There are about 1.5 million country’s main groups: indigenous, Colombia, told AFP that more than 150 about sixty families in the Sierra Nevada nurse at the hospital, told Colombia’s indigenous people in Colombia-which European and African descent. Horacio people are killed by lightning strikes in mountains were gathered together in a Caracol Radio that all were “in stable has a total population of 48 million. But Torres, an engineer and a lightning Colombia each year, more than any oth- hut for a ceremony from which women condition,” with four still needing sur- most Colombians are from a mix of the expert from the National University of er country.— AFP Mexico pressed to solve students disappearance

IGUALA: Mexico faced growing interna- tion, Guerrero’s governor said one theo- people, including three students, were tional pressure Tuesday to solve the dis- ry is that the police attacked the stu- killed before the 43 went missing. appearance of 43 students who van- dents because the mayor’s wife was con- Authorities have detained around 30 ished after they were attacked by police cerned they would disrupt a speech she people in the case, including 22 Iguala linked to a drug gang. The United States was giving that day. police officers, while the mayor and city and the Organization of American States security chief are on the run. The rest of joined appeals for the country to find Local police disarmed the police force was hauled to a military the young men, who were last seen 10 Mexican President Enrique Pena base in central Mexico on Tuesday to days ago in Iguala, a city in the violence- Nieto deployed hundreds of federal undergo evaluations while investigators plagued southern state of Guerrero. police to Iguala on Monday to take over check if their guns were used in any Fears over their fate rose over the week- security and disarm the municipal police crimes. As scores of officers in civilian end after authorities found a mass grave force. The attorney general’s office dis- clothing were put on buses, their wives up a steep hill outside Iguala containing patched 30 investigators, criminologists tearfully claimed their innocence. 28 unidentified and badly burned bod- and forensic experts to crack the case, ies. Two gang hitmen told investigators which could rank among the most hor- Mayor, wife in spotlight they had executed 17 of the 43 young rific in a drug war that has left 80,000 As prosecutors investigated the men and dumped them in pits. But people dead and 22,000 missing since motive, Mayor Jose Luis Abarca and his authorities say it will take at least two 2006. But families of the missing refuse wife, who is the president of the local weeks for DNA tests to confirm the vic- to believe they are dead. And hundreds family services department, came under tims’ identities. of members of a civilian militia, which the spotlight. The couple, who have “This is a troubling crime that formed last year to combat cartels, apparently gone into hiding, have links demands a full, transparent investiga- arrived in Iguala to help with the search. to the Beltran Leyva cartel through the tion,” said US State Department spokes- Authorities say the municipal police and woman’s family, Senator Dolores woman Jen Psaki. “The perpetrators its gang allies shot at buses carrying the Padierna, a member of the mayor’s leftist must be brought to justice.” OAS students on the night of September 26. PRD party said. Governor Angel Aguirre MICHIGAN: Former Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, stands Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza Several students, from a teacher training said one of the theories being checked next to Michigan US Senate candidate Terri Lynn Land (left) as he holds a “CoMITT to the Comeback” rally for called for “the clarification of the mur- college where radical students often by investigators is whether the students’ Michigan republican candidates in Livonia, Michigan. —AFP ders that have brought grief not only to have commandeered buses, were later presence in the city caused “great dis- the Mexican people, but to all the coun- seen bundled into patrol cars. comfort” to Maria de los Angeles Pineda tries of the Americas.” While authorities Another bus carrying a football team Villa because she was giving a speech Mitt Romney for US say the motive remains under investiga- was attacked outside the city. In all, six that day.— AFP president in 2016? Polls sound an encouraging note WASHINGTON: Mitt Romney, day in and day out, hears it running three back-to-back-to-back marathons,” Rove said. wherever he goes, whether at campaign events for “It would require basically a year’s commitment to the pri- Republican congressional candidates, restaurants, or pri- mary and another year commitment to the general elec- vate dinners, the message is the same - run for president in tion. That’s a hard thing to ask of anybody in politics.” 2016. Romney associates say he is flattered by the atten- Romney has stoked some of the 2016 speculation him- tion and believes he would have done a better job if he self. He has gone from absolutely ruling it out in the had defeated the Democratic incumbent President Barack months after he lost the 2012 election to equivocating in Obama in 2012 when he was the Republican nominee. But more recent public comments. “We’ll see what happens,” he Romney typically insists in public that he is not going to told the New York Times Magazine. He has clearly been run for a third time after losses in 2008 and 2012. energized by the attention he has drawn in campaigning “I’m not running and I’m not planning on running. I’ve for congressional candidates ahead of the Nov 4 elections, got nothing to add to that story,” he told supporters during most recently on a swing through Virginia, Georgia, a stop this week at Atlanta’s Varsity restaurant, where he Oklahoma, Michigan, Kentucky and Louisiana. had a hot dog and onion rings, according to the Marietta Polls are sounding an encouraging note. A USA Daily Journal. Still, friends and former aides say, he could Today/Suffolk University poll in August said 35 percent of seek the nomination if a series of events plays out in his Republican voters in Iowa, which Romney narrowly lost in favor, chiefly that no single powerhouse emerges from the 2012 Republican caucuses, would go for him in 2016, what is expected to be a crowded field of Republicans far better than any other potential candidate. A Romney vying for the party’s nod. run would depend on whether any of the current crop of Some Republicans who know Romney well are advising potential candidates caught fire. Announcements are him to tread carefully. “I’m sure there are people who expected to begin shortly after the Nov 4 elections and invested a lot in him last time who are urging him to con- continue well into 2015. sider it,” said Republican Senator John McCain from Possible contenders range from former Florida Governor Arizona, the party’s 2008 nominee. “I think it’s fine if he Jeb Bush to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to a trio of considers it. But at the same time I think Mitt would have senators: Marco Rubio of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky and to feel that he has a real strong shot at winning because it Ted Cruz of Texas. All appeal to various Republican con- is such a very, very tough ordeal not only on the candidate stituencies, but all could encounter difficulties in winning. but also on the family,” McCain told Reuters on Monday. Under the “draft Mitt” scenario, Romney could put off decid- “One thing that he’s got going for him is everybody in ing for months, well into 2015. The problem with this, party the Republican Party likes Mitt Romney. They may not strategists say, is that Republican donors attracted to think he ran the best campaign, but he’s such a very decent Romney could go to other candidates. “Mitt’s a smart human being, he certainly checks the box for likeability enough guy to see that there are potential opportunities amongst the Republican Party,” McCain added. Karl Rove, that are created by whatever happens to other people in the Republican strategist who was the architect of George the race,” said a former Romney aide, who spoke on condi- W Bush’s 2000 and 2004 campaigns, was similarly cautious. tion of anonymity. “I think the best way to characterize “If he were to do this again, it would be the equivalent of where Mitt is in the race is observing.”— Reuters NYPD chokehold complaints rising NEW YORK: Complaints about city police renewed, uniform enforcement. ciplinary charges in all. The police depart- officers using banned chokeholds are ris- Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio noted in ment has brought such charges in one ing, and discipline has been lacking, a a statement that officers are already set case, imposed lesser punishment in four watchdog group says in a study that to be retrained on using force. But de and declined to pursue two others; three comes after an unarmed man’s death Blasio - who emphasized police reform as other cases are ongoing, the report said. raised concern about police chokeholds. a candidate last year and has had a The report came as the family of Eric Although the New York Police fraught relationship with police unions - Garner, who died after being placed in a Department has prohibited chokeholds - said the report “makes clear the need for police chokehold in July, filed a notice defined to include “any pressure” that is the NYPD to reevaluate its disciplinary that marks a legal first step toward suing applied to the throat or windpipe or that proceedings in an effort to better enforce the city and six officers for $75 million. may hinder breathing - for more than 20 the chokehold prohibition and hold offi- The city’s Law Department said it would years, the Civilian Complaint Review cers accountable.” review the claim thoroughly. Board says it fielded 219 chokehold com- The head of the city’s biggest police One of Garner’s lawyers, Scott plaints from July 2013 through June union, Patrolmen’s Benevolent Rynecki, called the board’s study a sign 2014, the most since 2009. Association President Patrick Lynch, that police training has been problemat- The board has recommended discipli- blasted the study as “totally meaningless” ic. “It would indicate these aren’t just iso- nary charges, which can lead to dis- and “based on unsworn, unsubstantiated lated incidents,” he said. Meanwhile, a missal, in the relatively few cases it sub- and poorly investigated complaints that grand jury is weighing whether there will stantiated. But the NYPD, which doesn’t were filed by criminals.” The civilian board be any criminal charges in Garner’s have to follow the board’s suggestions, has received 1,128 allegations of police death. As police tried to arrest Garner on has rarely pursued such charges since chokehold use from January 2009 charges of selling loose, untaxed ciga- 2009, though it more often imposed less- through this June. Another 156 com- rettes, he became angry, and an officer er penalties such as a loss of vacation plaints weren’t categorized as choke- put him in a chokehold. Garner pleaded days, according to the study. holds but should have been, the report “I can’t breathe!” as he was forced to the “This crystal-clear prohibition has said. ground, a bystander’s video showed. been degraded over the course of the The board said it substantiated 10 Medical examiners found the chokehold last decade,” the report says, calling for chokehold cases and recommended dis- contributed to his death.—AP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

First new British nuke plant in a generation wins EU backing

BRUSSELS: A British plan to guarantee the for EDF, the European Commission said. decision”. Claude Turmes, Luxembourg around a fifth of its yearly electricity output tion. “One argument was that it would nev- price of power from its first new nuclear Britain pressed hard for approval, arguing Green Member of the European Parliament, but needs to replace ageing reactors. er go through because it is public support. project in a generation won European that replacing its ageing nuclear reactors deemed the decision “the most outrageous “Today’s announcement will be welcomed Now, though, Brussels approved it for the Union backing in a landmark ruling yester- was vital to meeting its environmental EU Commission decision of the last 15 not only by those involved in the Hinkley British. It is always good when someone big day which threatens to trigger legal chal- goals. It could serve as a precedent for years. It is economic nonsense.” Point C project but also by the many other clears the way for you,” CEZ Chief Executive lenges. Seen as market-distorting state aid countries such as the Czech Republic, companies that are looking to invest in Daniel Benes told the Hospodarske Noviny by opponents, the price guarantee was Lithuania and Poland that have sought Industry backing nuclear energy in the UK and more broadly newspaper last month after the EU gave approved in a 16-to-5 vote with one guidance on the level of state aid allowed. EDF will receive a guaranteed power in Europe,” said Jonathan Cobb, senior initial backing to the plan. Echoing the abstention in a tense meeting of the 28- The Commission, the EU executive, has nev- price of 92.50 pounds ($148.64) per adviser at the World Nuclear Association. stance of Green Party politicians, environ- member College of Commissioners, sources er before approved state aid for a new megawatt-hour for 35 years, more than Horizon Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of mental campaigners also voiced opposi- said. Not all commissioners were present. nuclear plant. twice the current market rate, once the Japan’s Hitachi Ltd which plans to build a tion to the decision. “There is absolutely no The ruling clears the way for the 16-billion- While the decision is definitive, it can be plant begins operations in 2023. The nuclear plant at Wylfa in Wales, hailed the legal, moral or environmental justification pound ($26 billion) Hinkley Point nuclear challenged in the European courts. Austria Commission said British authorities had decision. That project will also face an EU for turning taxes into guaranteed profits power station in southwest England to be has already threatened legal action, argu- agreed to cut the subsidy by more than 1 review once terms are agreed with the for a nuclear power company whose only built and operated by French utility EDF. ing that the British deal amounts to a sub- billion pounds and that Britain’s share of British government. legacy will be a pile of radioactive waste. The British government helped to sidy for nuclear power. The Green Party said any windfall profits over the plant’s lifetime Czech firm CEZ has also watched the This is a bad plan for everyone except EDF,” secure the deal by agreeing to a lower sub- it would work with all “the forces in Europe would amount to billions of pounds. British deal with interest as it looks to said Greenpeace EU legal adviser Andrea sidy and a smaller share of windfall profits willing to annul this decision by an EU court Britain relies on nuclear power for expand its own Temelin nuclear power sta- Carta. —Reuters Sweden’s ‘Palestine statements’ herald wider foreign policy shift Speed of Palestine recognition surprised Israel

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s decision to on several of those fronts. “We hope Criticism tries prior to the statement of gov- recognize the Palestine state - with- that this will give a new dynamic to Palestinians seek statehood in the ernment policy,” Robert Rydberg, out formally consulting its allies - the discussion of what is going on in Israeli-occupied West Bank and the head of Middle East and North Africa may herald a wider foreign policy the Middle East,” Swedish Foreign blockaded Gaza Strip, with East department at Sweden’s Foreign shift that has at its heart the aim of Minister Margot Wallstrom told Jerusalem as their capital. They have Ministry, told Reuters. Israel also asserting a new diplomatic weight Reuters. sought to side-step stalled peace remarked on the speed of the state- around the world. The ruling Social Wallstrom, who after Friday’s talks by lobbying foreign powers to ment. “We expected it, it was an Democrats had signaled in their government statement tweeted: recognize their sovereignty claim. explicit campaign promise, but we election manifesto an intention to “New role for Sweden in the world!” The UN General Assembly approved were surprised that it came so fast,” recognize Palestine. But the speed also told Reuters Sweden would the de facto recognition of the state Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman of their post-election announce- now be less enthusiastic about of Palestine in 2012 but the Emmanuel Nahshon said. In ment, made during Swedish Prime working with NATO, and push a for- European Union and most EU coun- response Wallstrom told local Minister Stefan Lofven’s inaugural eign policy that looked at disarma- tries have yet to give official recogni- Swedish television: “It was expected address to parliament on Friday, sur- ment and womens’ rights. “The areas tion. that we would get criticism for this prised some countries including you will see a clear difference ... Washington said Sweden’s recog- but it’s not the United States who Israel. there will be more focus on the nition of Palestine was premature decides our foreign policy.” Until now Sweden, under a cen- United Nations ... including disarma- and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin This image taken from video released by FBI shows an English-speaking ‘Too passive’ individual, who was seen in a propaganda video released by the group call- Lofven has said one of the politi- ing itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL. The FBI is seeking cians that he most admires was for- information on the man, whose face is obscured by a mask and alternates mer Social Democrat leader Prime seamlessly between English and Arabic in pro-ISIL pronouncements intend- Minister Olof Palme, who antago- ed to appeal to a Western audience. The man has what is believed to be a nized the United States with criticism of the Vietnam War and visits to North American accent. —AFP countries like Cuba in the 1970s and 1980s. In an interview before the Rapid radicalization: From election, Lofven said Sweden’s for- eign policy had been “too passive” and his government would be more French teen to jihadist active in the United Nations and human rights. Analysts said PARIS: Nora was a good high school student to accusations the regime had killed hun- Sweden’s decision to take the initia- who dreamed of becoming a doctor. But dreds in the Damascus suburbs in August tive on Palestine may prompt other when she left to wage jihad in Syria, her 2013 using chemical arms strikes. “They had EU countries to follow its lead. So far family soon discovered she had been lead- the feeling that their duty was to come to within the 28-member bloc some ing a double life. The teenager is one of over the help of Syrian people.” They spent hours countries, like Hungary, Poland and 1,000 French nationals or residents who on the Internet with a preference for Slovakia also recognize Palestine, but have recently travelled to Syria and Iraq to YouTube and other social networks, looking they did this before joining the EU. fight alongside extremists-all from varied at shock images and messages marketed by “What Sweden or the Swedish backgrounds, dispelling widely-held beliefs the Islamic State group currently controlling government has decided is ‘let’s that most are disadvantaged, lost youths, parts of Iraq and Syria, and the Al-Nusra break the deadlock’ or contribute to experts say. Nora, from the southern city of Front, Al-Qaeda’s Syrian affiliate. breaking the deadlock by moving,” Avignon, suddenly departed for Syria in They did not go to mosques, and drew said Professor Yossi Mekelberg, January aged just 15, prompting her elder apart from their family and friends. Pradel Associate Fellow of the Middle East brother Fouad to launch a desperate search said the radicalization process was very Program at Royal Institute of for his little sister. quick-”one month” only for one client. International Affairs. On top of He discovered she had led parallel lives, According to Pradel and David Thomson, a NEW YORK: Members of a coalition of organizations supporting the Palestinian cause partici- Lofven and Wallstrom’s independent owning two Facebook accounts-one where journalist and author of a book on French pate in an all-day rally in front of the offices of US Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten views, Finance Minister Magdalena she talked about her normal teenage life jihadists, these come from all sorts of differ- Andersson has also expressed differ- and another where she wrote about her ent backgrounds. They are young, not so Gillibrand (D-NY). The two senators from New York are accused by the small group of protesters ent policies to those Sweden desire to go “to Aleppo to help our Syrian young, from the countryside, from cities, of supporting Israel’s policies against the Palestinian people. In a surprise move by Sweden the espoused pre-election. Andersson brothers and sisters.” Fouad, who resigned Muslims, people who have converted to new center-left government in Stockholm announced that it intended to recognize a state of has talked of less austerity in Europe - from his job to devote himself to finding Islam-these represent 21 percent of the total Palestine. —AFP in contrast to her predecessor Anders Nora, managed to track her down and trav- according to the interior ministry-families, Borg - and the need for more taxes elled to Syria in April to meet her for “half- people in stable jobs. tre-right government, has been ment issues,” said Wallstrom, a for- Netanyahu said the declaration was on the rich and on companies in an-hour in the presence of her emir, Omar close to Washington, active in mer EU vice-president and Special counter-productive. Europe to tackle inequalities. “We will Omsen,” a Franco-Senegalese man. “I saw Waging jihad at home Western military operations, and a Representative of the UN Secretary- The move to recognize Palestine see a more independent foreign poli- her in a bad state, thinner, her face puffy and And it isn’t only those who travel abroad vocal proponent of EU market General on Sexual Violence in appeared to have circumvented for- cy,” said Ulf Bjereld, professor of politi- yellow,” he said. who want to wage jihad. Myriam, whose real reform. In making it the first major Conflict. “This will also be a feminist mal diplomatic circles, another sign cal science at Gothenburg University. But he was unable to convince her han- name has been modified to protect her West European country to recognize foreign policy, meaning that in that Sweden was determined to “It will be one that does not toe the dler to let her go, despite a previous phone identity, is a law student. The 20-year-old the Palestine state, Sweden’s new everything we do the perspective of make its mark quickly. “There has line as much with the Europe Union conversation when Nora had managed to Muslim is a fervent supporter of the Islamic centre-left government looks like it women, peace and security will be been no contact from the part of the or Washington. “Sweden will be more tell him she wanted to come home. “I am in State group, would like to go live in Saudi is suggesting a change of direction integrated.” government offices with other coun- visible.” —Reuters the midst of hypocrites and cowards who Arabia which applies Sharia law, even if she terrorize the Syrians,” she had said. Several criticizes the country for being part of a US- days ago, in tears on the phone, she accused led coalition currently fighting IS. She told More than 330 killed in Ukraine since truce her family of abandoning her-words that AFP via Twitter that those who cannot go have haunted Fouad since. According to his abroad can wage jihad where they are and lawyer Guy Guenoun, the teenager is cur- believes “attacks will take place in France”, GENEVA: More than 330 people have been killed in of those deaths may have occurred before the peace pact flight MH17 over Ukraine in July, the overall toll stands at rently a “hostage”. He fears that Nora and even if she would not take part in anything Ukraine since a fragile truce began a month ago, with five was signed in Minsk on September 5 but were not logged 3,660 deaths as of Monday, the UN rights office said. As of other underage girls may be used as “virgins of that nature. She is in contact with friends million people affected by continuing violence, the United until afterwards. That amounts to just over 10 deaths per mid-September, at least 36 children had been killed in the promised to fighters.” who went to Syria, all of whom support IS. Nations said yesterday. A report from the UN rights day on average, said Gianni Magazzeni, who heads the fighting, and at least 82 figured among the nearly 8,200 “They’re very, very happy,” she says when agency also found that before the September 5 ceasefire, rights agency’s Americas, Europe and Central Asia branch. wounded. Magazzeni stressed though that the overall tal- Quick radicalization process asked about those who came back trauma- pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine had seen their num- That is about the same as the average toll from April ly was “very conservative”, and that “the actual figure cer- Her case is by no means the only one in tized from what they witnessed. “It depends bers significantly bolstered by an influx of foreign fighters, through June of 11 deaths per day, before it rose to tainly will be much higher.” France, and while the government fears on each and everyone’s psychological including apparently Russian citizens. “While the ceasefire around 30 per day in July and soared to 42 per day just returning jihadists will wage attacks on strength in the face of war. I’m a little too is a very welcome step towards ending the fighting in before the signing of the truce, he noted to reporters in Reports of mass graves home soil, some of these are described as human and there are weak people like me eastern Ukraine, I call on all parties to genuinely respect Geneva. He said the team of 35 UN rights monitors on the people who left purely with humanitarian who cannot take it. There are people like this and uphold it, and to halt the attacks on civilians and civil- Mortar and shelling attacks have meanwhile killed 14 ground had recently been receiving reports of mass goals and grew disillusioned with what they in all armed forces in the world. There are ian infrastructure once and for all,” UN rights chief Zeid civilians since the weekend-one of the deadliest spells in graves with a total of around 400 bodies in parts of the witnessed on the ground. Martin Pradel, the quite a few suicides in the US army.” Asked Ra’ad Al Hussein said in a statement. six months of fighting that has killed nearly 3,400 people Donetsk region that had been under control of both pro- lawyer for several jihadists who have about the beheadings of Westerners carried His office said 331 deaths were recorded between across the mainly Russian-speaking east. Counting the Russian rebels and Ukrainian forces. But the UN monitors returned to France and are in custody, said out by IS militants, she responds that “it is September 6 and Monday, although it stressed that some 298 people who died in the downing of Malaysian Airlines did not gain access to the area and were unable to verify the number of departures to Syria exploded sad, but it’s war.” Myriam says she lives in the the reports, he said, calling for an independent investiga- in the summer of 2013. southwest of France, in “a peaceful and pret- tion, including by forensic experts. “(Syrian leader) Bashar Al-Assad’s use of ty town” in a district with almost no Muslims, In its latest report covering the period from August 18 chemical weapons and France’s decision not and does not go to the mosque. “There is to September 16, Zeid’s office meanwhile found that to intervene militarily without the nothing in my life that could have played a before the ceasefire, “an increasing number of foreign Americans were triggers,” he said, referring decisive role in my current stand.” —AFP fighters were reported to be participating in the fighting, including citizens of the Russian Federation.”It said that former Russian servicemen and active duty personnel on leave were allegedly among them. During the period cov- Snowden and Pope tipped for ered by the report, pro-Russian armed groups had “contin- ued to terrorize the population in areas under their con- ‘wide open’ Nobel peace prize trol, pursuing killings, abductions, torture, ill-treatment OSLO: The race for the Nobel peace be in the running along with Pope and other serious human rights abuses, including destruc- prize, to be announced tomorrow, has Francis and a Japanese pacifist group. tion of housing and seizure of property,” it said. It also rarely been as open or unpredictable, Predicting the winner is even hard- detailed continued allegations of human rights violations experts say, with the pope and Edward er than usual this year, as the Nobel by some pro-Kiev volunteer battalions. Snowden tipped as possible winners. committee has received a record 278 Between August 24 and September 5, the report also Snowden, the former intelligence ana- candidates, so experts only have the noted “a sharp increase in detentions by the armed groups” lyst who revealed the extent of US names of those made public by their on the pro-Russian side, as well as “alarming reports of tor- global eavesdropping, was one of the sponsors to go on. Snowden, a former ture and ill-treatment of detainees, including mock execu- joint winners of the “alternative Nobel National Security Agency (NSA) ana- tions and sexual violence.” People held by Ukrainian armed peace prize” last month. A hero to lyst, was proposed by two Norwegian forces and police had also faced ill-treatment, according to some and a traitor to others, he would members of parliament. Last month the report, which also noted that hundreds of people had be a highly controversial choice for he shared the “alternative” $210,000 been reported missing or abducted. More than five million the 878,000-euro ($1.11-million) Norwegian Right Livelihood Award people live in areas affected by the violence, which is cur- award. The Pakistani girls’ education with The Guardian newspaper and tailing their basic human rights to things like education and campaigner Malala Yousafzai-who was human rights and environmental housing, Zeid said. Especially vulnerable are the nearly DONETSK: Pro-Russian rebels fire mortars toward Ukrainian position near to the air- also a favorite last year-is also said to activists. —AFP 375,800 people who as of October 2 have been displaced port in the town of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine yesterday. —AP inside Ukraine by the fighting,the statement said. —AFP INTERNATIONAL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 Myanmar blockades Rohingya, tries to erase name

YANGON: Authorities sealed off villages for months in lies arrived in Myanmar from Bangladesh generations In 2012, Buddhist extremists killed up to 280 people convince others to take part in the registration process, Myanmar’s only Muslim-majority region and in some ago, members of the religious minority are effectively and displaced tens of thousands of others. About Lewa said. Other Rohingya say officials forced them to cases beat and arrested people who refused to register stateless, wanted by neither country. They feel they are 140,000 people of those forced from their homes con- sign the papers at gunpoint, or threatened that they with immigration officials, residents and activists say, in being systematically erased. tinue to languish in crowded displacement camps fur- would end up in camps like those outside Sittwe if they what may be the most aggressive effort yet to compel Almost all Rohingya were excluded from a UN-fund- ther south, outside Sittwe, the Rakhine state capital. didn’t comply, she said. Rohingya to identify themselves as migrants from ed nationwide census earlier this year, the first in three Tensions surrounding the family registration campaign In some cases residents say authorities have shown neighboring Bangladesh. Immigration officials, border decades, because they did not want to register as in northern Rakhine rose steadily after it began four up after midnight and broken down doors to catch res- guards and members of the illegal-alien task force in Bengalis. And Thein Sein is considering a “Rakhine months ago, with most of the resistance felt in idents by surprise and pressure them to hand over fam- the northern tip of Rakhine state - home to 90 percent ily lists. Villagers also have been kicked and beaten of the country’s 1.3 million Rohingya - said they were with clubs and arrested for refusing to take part, simply updating family lists, as they have in the past. according to Lewa and residents interviewed by the AP. But this year, in addition to questions about marriages, Lewa said that when authorities ended the blockades, deaths and births, people were classified by ethnicity. they also stopped the registration campaign. Rohingya The government denies the existence of Rohingya said they didn’t want to register family members in the country, saying those who claim the ethnicity are because they worry the information might be used to actually Bengalis. Residents said those who refused to deny them citizenship. As international pressure take part suffered the consequences. “We are trapped,” mounts to end abuses against Rohingya, the govern- Khin Maung Win said last week. He said authorities ment has agreed to provide citizenship to anyone who started setting up police checkpoints outside his vil- qualifies. But many Rohingya say they cannot meet the lage, Kyee Kan Pyin, in mid-September, preventing requirements, which include submitting documents people from leaving even to shop for food in local mar- proving that their families have been in Myanmar for at kets, work in surrounding paddies or bring children to least three generations. And under the plan Thein Sein school. “If we don’t have letters and paperwork show- is considering, even that would not be enough for peo- ing we took part - that we are Bengali - we can’t leave,” ple who insist on calling themselves Rohingya rather he said. than Bengali. Myanmar Information Minister Ye Htut Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project, which has been did not respond to repeated requests for comment. advocating on behalf of the Rohingya for more than a Win Myaing, a spokesman for Rakhine state govern- decade, said residents reported incidents of violence ment, said authorities’ effort to update family lists had and abuse in at least 30 village tracts from June to late an added sense of urgency because of concerns that September. While blockades have since been lifted, Islamic extremists could try to slip across the border arrests continue, with dozens of Rohingya men being from neighboring Bangladesh. rounded up for alleged ties to Islamic militants in the It was unclear whether there was a specific threat last week. Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist nation, from a new regional Al-Qaeda wing or Rohingya surprised the world in 2011 when a half-century of mili- Solidarity Organization militants. “We have to know tary rule ended and President Thein Sein, a former gen- RAKHINE: Rohingya children carry firewood collected from neighborhood at That Kabyin village who’s who,” Myaing said. “We want to know who are eral, started steering the country toward democracy. camp, north of Sittwe, Rakhine State, Myanmar. — AP strangers and who are not?” He did not comment on Critics, however, say reforms have stalled. the allegations of abuses. As to why the government Peaceful protesters are again being thrown in jail; Action Plan” that would make people who identify Maungdaw township. Many villages were placed under insisted on calling the villagers Bengali, Myaing said, journalists increasingly face intimidation, or even themselves as Rohingya not only ineligible for citizen- lockdown, with police checkpoints set up to make sure “Because they are Bengali. What else should we call imprisonment with hard labor. Most worrying to many, ship but candidates for detainment and possible only those who have cooperated could leave, more them?” Soe Myint Tun, the director of the immigration the government has largely stood by as Buddhist deportation. Most Rohingya have lived under than a dozen residents confirmed in telephone inter- office of Kyee Kan Pyin, agreed. “We are only checking extremists have targeted Rohingya, sometimes with apartheid-like conditions in northern Rakhine for views with The Associated Press. the villagers’ family household lists and their identifica- machetes and bamboo clubs, saying they pose a threat decades, with limited access to adequate health care, In other villages, the names of influential residents tion cards. That’s all,” he said. “There are no ‘Rohingya’ in to the country’s culture and traditions. Denied citizen- education and jobs, as well as restrictions on travel and were posted on community boards with verbal warn- this country and the government has said that as well. ship by national law, even though many of their fami- the right to practice their faith. ings that they face up to two years in jail if they fail to We are just doing what we have to do.” — AP Militants’ release ringing alarm bells in Indonesia Indonesian prisons - hotbeds of radicalism

JAKARTA: The looming release of hundreds of mili- tants from Indonesia’s prisons, hotbeds of radical- ism where influential Islamists openly preach extremist ideology, is ringing alarm bells and rais- ing fears some will join forces with the Islamic State group. More than a decade after Indonesia vowed to dismantle terrorist networks to stem a series of attacks, neglect of jails has allowed top detainees to promote their views behind bars, and even beyond thanks to smartphones and laptops. SIALKOT: A Pakistani woman gestures beneath the damaged roof of her house, About 200 convicted militants are due for allegedly caused by shells fired by Indian troops, at the Dhamala border village near release in the next two years, and experts say inad- the eastern city of Sialkot in Punjab province. — AFP equate deradicalisation efforts mean many will leave jail with their ideology intact. “Prisons are still Five more civilians die in worst the epicenter of terrorism in Indonesia. The most dangerous militants are behind bars and recruit- India-Pakistan fighting for years ment is going on,” said terrorism expert Taufik Andrie from the Jakarta-based Institute for SRINAGAR: Five civilians were killed and school in a wretched condition. We have no International Peace Building. thousands took refuge in camps in the dis- food. We want end of the firing so that we can The alarming trend in the world’s most popu- puted region of Kashmir yesterday after some return home.” Pakistani Major General Khan lous Muslim-majority country comes despite of the most intense fighting between Tahir Javed Khan said the number of mortar authorities’ growing concern about Islamic militan- nuclear-armed neighbors Pakistan and India rounds and bullets fired had surged in recent cy and in particular Islamic State (IS), which has in a decade. A total of nine Pakistani and weeks. “It is the most intense in decades,” declared an “Islamic caliphate” across swathes of eight Indian civilians have been killed since Khan said of the fighting. “My message to Syria and Iraq. Authorities say about 60 fighting erupted more than week ago in the them would be please de-escalate.” Indonesians are believed to have joined IS, mostly Muslim Himalayan region. Kashmir is although most analysts believe the true figure is up claimed by both countries and has been a Politics weighs heavily to 200, and concerns are mounting that they could SOLO: Masked Indonesian Islamic militant waving the flag of Islamic State, stage a rally major focus of tension in South Asia. The fighting comes at a time of changing return and revive sophisticated militant networks. against Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad in Solo, central Java Island where they signified their Each side has accused the other of target- power dynamics in South Asia, with Pakistan’s Singapore has said that IS jihadists from Malaysia preparedness to join the war in Syria against Bashar Al-Assad’s regime. — AFP ing civilians and unprovoked violations of a army taking a more assertive role in politics and Indonesia have formed their own group- ential Islamist cleric, is Indonesia’s main translator Indonesia during bouts of religious conflict, a border truce that has largely held since 2003. and India’s new nationalist Prime Minister Katibah Nusantara Lid Daulah Islamiyyah, or Malay for IS and has been able to disseminate informa- source with knowledge of his case told AFP. Falah While exchanges of sporadic fire are common Narendra Modi promising a more muscular Archipelago Unit for the Islamic State-which poses tion online from inside a maximum-security prison, claims he went to give aid. Just three deradicalisa- along the de facto border dividing the region, foreign policy. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz a clear security threat to Southeast Asia. including the group’s recent call on Muslims to kill tion sessions were held during his time in prison, civilian deaths are unusual. Three Pakistani Sharif has been weakened by opposition Indonesia began a long clampdown on Westerners indiscriminately. Their oaths were fol- involving dialogue with moderate Islamic clerics. and two Indian civilians were killed yesterday. protests that started in August. He won the extremists following the 2002 Bali bombings that lowed by a wave of IS pledges by large radical “It was interesting enough, but it didn’t change “We are all concerned and want an early solu- army’s backing but in the process ceded killed 202 people on the resort island, mostly for- groups, as well as by 23 inmates imprisoned with anything about the way I think,” he said. Falah is tion to it (the fighting),” India’s Air Chief Arup space to the generals on some issues, includ- eigners. That attack and others were blamed on Bashir, according to Jakarta-based think-tank, the now a senior figure of another offshoot group, Raha told reporters. “We don’t want to let the ing relations with India. the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), which Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC). and says that while IS is “too extreme” he supports issue become serious.” A senior border securi- Modi is following through on a promise to has since been severely weakened. The govern- The government’s deradicalisation schemes jihad in Syria and backs the Al-Qaeda-linked Al- ty force official said Indian forces had retaliat- take a harder line with Pakistan in its border ment has banned support for IS, while other remain so ad-hoc and poorly targeted that they Nusra Front. ed to machine gun and mortar attacks on disputes after being elected in May. nations, including Britain and Australia, have barely make up a program at all, critics say. Irfan “There have not been useful programs on a about 60 positions along a more than 200-km Although Sharif came to Modi’s inauguration, tightened counter-terrorism laws to prevent Idrus, head of deradicalisation at the national national scale inside the prisons that you can point stretch of the border yesterday. the Indian leader has since cancelled a round nationals joining or supporting the and other counter-terrorism agency, admitted there was no to clear impact,” said IPAC director Sidney Jones, Some 18,000 Indian civilians have fled of talks with Pakistan, and in a further snub jihadist outfits. But experts say such efforts in system in place to identify those who have devel- adding that Indonesia’s deradicalisation drive was their homes in the lowlands around Jammu did not meet Sharif at a U.N. meeting in New Indonesia are being undermined by a failure to oped extremist views and need post-release moni- “vague” and a “bit of a mess”. She pointed to a pro- due to the fighting, and have taken refuge in York in September. tackle the prisons problem. toring. When Haris Amir Falah was freed after serv- gram to educate convicted terrorists about the schools and relief camps. “If India and “This unrest is a logical consequence of ing three years for terrorism offences, he went “Pancasila”-Indonesia’s five-point state ideology Pakistan troops have hostility, let them fight. worsening political relations between India IS pledges behind bars straight back to his Bashir-led extremist group. that celebrates “unity in diversity”-to inculcate a What have we done to them?” said Gharo and Pakistan,” said Michael Kugelman, Senior Abu Bakar Bashir, the former spiritual leader of Falah was convicted of funding a militant training sense of nationalism in them. “But it wasn’t as if Devi, 50, in Arnia, where five civilians were Program Associate for South and Southeast JI, was photographed pledging allegiance to IS in camp that was planning gun attacks on “enemies these prisoners didn’t feel Indonesian, so it was the killed on Monday. “We left our homes in the Asia at the Woodrow Wilson International jail. The photos were posted on radical websites of Islam”, including the president. wrong solution to the problem. A lot of these pro- dead of night and are living here in this Center for Scholars. —Reuters almost in real-time. Aman Abdurrahman, an influ- Before that he had fought with JI in parts of grams have been equally misguided.”— AFP 5 Afghan men hanged for brutal gang-rape KABUL: Five Afghan men were hanged yes- The men were executed in Pul-e-Charkhi “called on President Ghani to refer the cases Paghman trial have only worsened the terday for the gang rape of four women prison near Kabul. Franz-Michael Mellbin, back to the courts given the very serious injustices of this terrible crime,” said Phelim despite the United Nations and human the EU ambassador in Kabul, strongly criti- due process concerns”. Amnesty said the Kine of Human Rights Watch. HRW said the rights groups criticizing the trial and calling cized the hangings, and questioned Ghani’s trial had been rushed, giving lawyers little case included a manipulated lineup for for new president Ashraf Ghani to stay the failure to intervene. time to prepare the defense. It was only identification and a trial with little evi- executions. The brutal attack in Paghman, “Today’s executions cast a dark shadow nine days between the arrests and the dence. The crime in the early hours of outside Kabul, provoked a national outcry over the new Afghan government’s will to handing down of death sentences by the August 23 has become a symbol of the vio- with many Afghans demanding the men be uphold basic human rights,” Mellbin said on primary court. The trial was “marred by lence that women face in Afghanistan, hanged, and then-president Hamid Karzai Twitter soon after the news broke. In inconsistencies, un-investigated torture despite reforms since the Taleban regime signed their death sentences shortly before August the armed gang members, wearing claims and political interference”, Amnesty fell in 2001. leaving office last week. “Five men in con- police uniforms, stopped a convoy of cars said. “(Karzai) himself said that he urged the Women’s rights have been central to the nection to the Paghman incident and one returning to Kabul at night from a wedding Supreme Court to hand down death sen- multi-billion-dollar international develop- other big criminal were executed this after- in Paghman, a scenic spot popular with tences.” ment effort in Afghanistan, but they still noon,” Rahmatullah Nazari, the deputy day-trippers. endure routine discrimination, abuse and attorney general said. The attackers tied up men in the group National anger violence. Under the Taleban’s harsh version There was no immediate comment from before raping at least four of the women The accused were found guilty and sen- of Sunni Islamic law, women were forced to the office of President Ghani, who faced and stealing valuables from their victims. tenced at a nationally-televised trial, which wear the all-enveloping burqa, banned strong public pressure to not stay the exe- But the court process raised major con- attracted noisy rallies outside the court- from jobs, and forbidden even to leave the cutions after he came to power on August cerns, with the trial lasting only a few room calling for the death penalties. house without a male chaperone. The 29. “The court’s verdict has been imple- hours, allegations of the suspects confess- Applause erupted inside the courtroom gang-rape unleashed a wave of public mented and all the convicts have been exe- ing under torture, and Karzai calling for the when Kabul police chief Zahir Zahir also anger via protests, the media and the cuted-five from the Paghman case, plus men to be hanged even before the case called for the men to be hanged. The sen- Internet, echoing the response to recent Habib Istalifi, who was head of a notorious was heard. tences were quickly confirmed by the similar crimes in India-including the fatal kidnapping gang,” the attorney general’s In a statement before the executions, appeals court and the Supreme Court. “The attack on a student on a bus in New Delhi chief of staff Atta Mohammad Noori said. the UN High Commission for Human Rights horrendous due process violations in the in 2012. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 INTERNATIONAL ‘I deserve death,’ ferry disaster captain says

SEOUL: The captain in charge of the ing heavily. But Lee said his passenger jackets and jump into the sea, around four years in prison for Yoo Dae-Kyun, hunt connected to the ferry sinking. “I Sewol ferry when it sank told a South evacuation orders had fallen on deaf five minutes before the first rescue boat the eldest son of the now deceased am sorry,” Yoo said to the court before Korean court yesterday that he ears and denied accusations by the arrived. The message was never relayed, South Korean tycoon blamed for the fer- bowing to the judge, the prosecutors “deserved the death penalty” but prosecution that he sacrificed the lives he added. But Lee he was unable to pro- ry disaster. Yoo, 44, who has been and the audience in turn. denied sacrificing passenger’s lives to of his passengers to save himself. vide any evidence that he issued this charged with siphoning off more than Yoo’s defense lawyer has called for save his own. Lee Joon-Seok, on trial for “I sincerely apologize to the victims instruction. The disaster caused outrage $7 million from Chonghaejin Marine Co., leniency in the sentencing, expected on murder in the city of Gwangju, was vili- and their relatives and I will pray for in South Korea, knocking the entire the operator of the stricken ferry, and its November 5, stressing that Yoo will dis- fied after the April disaster for abandon- them for the rest of my life”, Lee said at country off its stride and triggering six sister companies between 2002 and pose of all his assets to help compen- ing the stricken ferry while hundreds his trial, according to Yonhap news widespread public anger as it emerged late last year. sate for the victims. Prosecutors are also were still trapped inside. More than 300 agency. “I think I deserve a death penal- that incompetence, corruption and Three other family members-Yoo’s questioning one of the late Yoo’s key people perished, most of them school ty for what I have done. But I never greed had all contributed to the tragedy. mother and two uncles-have also been aides-who was repatriated from the US children in a tragedy that stunned thought for a moment to sacrifice the arrested on charges of embezzlement Tuesday-over assets the Yoo family may South Korea. The captain and many passengers (to save my own life)”. “No Captain blames ship owners from the business group including be hiding. Kim Hae-Kyung, 52, who was crew members were among the first to matter how God helps me, I know I Lee has insisted that the ferry owners Chonghaejin Marine. Yoo’s sister, Yoo arrested in Virginia in September, is sus- climb onto rescue boats. Video footage won’t be able to leave the prison before are the real culprits of the disaster as it Sum-Na, 48, is currently fighting extradi- pected of involvement in the embezzle- taken from the phones of those who I die. But I cannot give my children and was their decision to consistently over- tion from France on similar charges. The ment of about $23 million from the reli- perished showed increasingly worried grandchildren a bad name as a murder- load the vessel and commission an ille- badly decomposed body of Yoo’s father, gious organization headed by the elder students patiently waiting in their er’s relatives”, Lee added. gal redesign. His murder prosecution Yoo Byung-Eun, who in addition to his Yoo. Lee, 69, and three senior crew bunks as messages were broadcast over He insisted he had told a crew mem- comes as the son of the ferry’s owner substantial business interests also ran a members are accused of “homicide the ship’s tannoy telling them to stay ber to broadcast a passenger announce- also faces a separate trial for embezzle- religious group, was found in June. He through willful negligence”-a charge where they were despite the ferry list- ment that passengers should wear life ment. Prosecutors yesterday called for had been the target of a massive man- that can carry the death penalty.—AFP

Australian government targets ‘hate preachers’

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony that policies aimed at combating radical Abbott said yesterday that he was ordering a Islamists could create a backlash. The Hizb ut- crackdown to prevent radical Islamist preach- Tahrir Islamist group, which has a limited fol- ers entering the country, amidst rising ten- lowing in Australia and does not advocate sion with the Muslim community following a violence, has not cancelled a public meeting series of security-related raids. Abbott, who planned for Friday in Sydney, said spokesman recently warned that the balance between Uthman Badar. freedom and security “may have to shift” to protect against radicalized Muslims seeking ‘Silencing of dissent’ to carry out attacks, said hate preachers The group was not surprised by the new would now be “red-carded” during the visa policy, he said, but it was perplexed because process. The tougher new system, which he no foreign speakers were invited to the Friday said would not require new legislation, comes meeting, which is set to discuss US foreign on the heels of a public meeting in Sydney policy in Syria. “We have long exposed gov- last week by Hizb ut-Tahrir, an international ernment attempts to silence dissent against group that says its goal is to establish a pan- its unjust and brutal foreign policies and here national Muslim state. we now see moves to legalize this silencing of Conservative commentators have seized dissent,” he said in a statement. “The speakers, on the speech to urge greater restrictions on who have not even been announced, are all radical preachers. “What we want to do is to local. ensure that known preachers of hate do not There are no ‘top draw’ or international come to this country to peddle their divisive speakers. Evidently, the prime minister is not extremist message,” Abbott told reporters in interested in facts when seeking to silence Sydney. “What I’m doing is declaring that we political dissent or whip up Islamophobic hys- will henceforth have a new system in place teria.” Australia also confirmed yesterday that which will ensure that preachers of hate can’t it had begun flying combat operations in Iraq come to Australia to peddle their extreme, on Sunday, but that its jets had pulled out of divisive and alien ideologies.” Australia is on their first potential strike against Islamic State high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims militants over fears of killing civilians. or by home-grown militants returning from Vice Admiral David Johnston said the mili- fighting in the Middle East, having raised its tants were moving into built-up areas, effec- HONG KONG: A pro-democracy supporter sleeps on the streets in the occupied areas surrounding the government complex in Hong Kong yes- threat level to high and undertaken a series tively using the civilian population as a shield terday. — AP of high-profile raids in major cities. against the coalition’s overwhelming air pow- Officials believe up to 160 Australians have er. “Elements of them are moving into built- been either involved in fighting in the Middle up areas and that clearly brings a different ‘Crackdown or climbdown’- Hong East or actively supporting groups fighting collateral damage issue with it that we have there. At least 20 are believed to have to manage,” he told reporters. Last week, returned to Australia and have been said to Abbott said Australian Special Forces troops Kong protesters face stark choices pose a security risk. Prominent Australian would be deployed in Iraq to assist in the Muslims say their community is being unfairly fight against Islamic State militants, and that targeted by law enforcement and threatened its aircraft would also join US-led coalition China shows no sign of budging on Hong Kong by right-wing groups, and there are concerns strikes. —Reuters HONG KONG: Student protesters galvanized Hong Hong Kong. So far, all the signs point to it not around Tiananmen Square in 1989. An editorial in Kong’s pro-democracy movement with their ener- budging from an Aug. 31 decision to restrict nom- the Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece, the gy and ideological zeal, bringing tens of thou- inations for the 2017 poll to candidates who get People’s Daily, criticized what it called a small Students bear the strain sands of people on to the streets in a show of defi- majority backing from a committee stacked with number of protesters for “daydreaming” that they ance against Beijing. People young and old speak pro-Beijing loyalists. could incite a “color revolution” in China through of a “new era” of civil disobedience for an already the Hong Kong occupation movement. of Malaysia school crisis well-established movement, with young and polit- What next? As with a mass protest in Hong Kong in 2003 ically engaged activists more willing to stand up That begs the question of what next for a that drew over half a million people opposing pro- KUALA LUMPUR: Bowing before an altar in a Poor marks for what they believe to be right. As events of the movement that has lost much of its popular sup- posed anti-subversion laws, Beijing is likely to tight- Hindu temple, 12-year-old Dharmishta The school system was respected during last 12 days prove, however, sustaining momen- port as Hong Kong citizens count the cost of the en policies on Hong Kong after the latest upheaval, Ramachandran prayed for strength and wis- and after British colonial times, credited with tum is difficult, and whatever success protesters disruption it has caused. “Crisis resolution is impor- diplomats and analysts said. Communist Party enti- dom before taking high-stakes Malaysian aiding Malaysia’s growth from agrarian back- had in pressuring the government by disrupting tant right now,” said Kuan Hsin-chi, emeritus pro- ties such as China’s Liaison Office and the United school exams that have huge bearing on her water to regional economic standout. It has city life, they will always come up against a formi- fessor of politics at Hong Kong’s Chinese Front Work Department will likely regroup exten- future. She looked weary, and for good rea- some of Asia’s highest per-capita education dable foe - mainland China. University who has been close to protest leaders. sive networks of political and business allies in son: it was the second time in weeks that funding, and access is near-universal. But in Protest numbers have dwindled markedly to a “It’s not the time for getting concrete reform poli- Hong Kong, to redouble discreet efforts to counter nearly 500,000 students took the exam, after 2012 standardized tests, Malaysian 15-year- few hundred people at times, and the focus for cies or principles.” A forced police clearance carries the new populist front. “Beijing will launch fierce initial results were invalidated when test ques- olds were the worst in East Asia, outperform- pro-democracy activists has switched to talks the risk of stoking fresh retaliatory blockades, rounds of United Front work after this,” said Sonny tions were found leaked online. ing only Indonesia. Of 65 countries worldwide, scheduled for Friday with key officials in the Hong while protest leaders have refused to withdraw Lo, an expert on China’s influence in Hong Kong. The fiasco has incensed families and spot- Malaysians ranked no higher than 52nd in any Kong administration. Already leaders among stu- given that their demands for full democracy and “The short term result is to deal with the political lighted mounting criticism of a government- subject, and were 39th out of 44 countries in dents and the “Occupy” movement, as well as tac- for Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying to quit troublemakers in Hong Kong in a decisive way.” run school system seen to be in disarray. The problem-solving skills. ticians in the city’s pro-democracy camp, say they have not been met. “If the discussions do not yield Primary School Evaluation Test taken by nearly Universities also have slipped in global are doubtful of an outcome that will pacify radical the results we want, we will continue the occupa- Triumph or just trouble? 500,000 pupils can decide coveted access to rankings over the past decade, and employers and moderate demonstrators, possibly paving the tion,” said Lester Shum of the Hong Kong The firing of tear gas by police early on and elite government-run secondary schools or frequently lament the quality of graduates. way for another crackdown. Federation of Students. “We believe that the occu- attacks on students by hostile anti-Occupy crowds private-school scholarships, and the re-exami- English skills, long a Malaysian advantage in Protesters’ core demands, namely full democra- pation is our biggest bargaining chip, and for now may have generated fresh waves of public sup- nation has only magnified that pressure. “My attracting foreign investment, have “deterio- cy in Hong Kong including an open nomination it is able to apply the most pressure against the port, but opinion has turned against the protests fear is I may not perform well,” said a pensive rated” as well, the World Bank said in a report process for elections for the city’s next leader in government.” too as disruptions to traffic and business bite. The Dharmishta, primly dressed in her Kuala last year, adding to an erosion of national 2017, are not even on the agenda. “After the talks The protests have been the most disruptive protests also widened a rift between Hong Kong Lumpur school’s blue uniform. “I’ve had trou- competitiveness vis-a-vis regional rivals. It said there will likely be another crisis,” said pro-democ- and prolonged for decades in Hong Kong, affect- liberals and conservative pro-establishment and ble sleeping and eating the past few weeks.” student abilities were “not on par” with ambi- racy lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan, who has helped ing core shopping and government districts. The pro-Beijing residents. On the streets of the gritty Re-examinations were held last week, with tious government development promises, cit- advise the students behind the scenes. “You don’t trigger was Beijing’s decision to allow only pre- Mong Kok district over the weekend, heated additional subjects set for Thursday, despite ing poor administration, the standard of know what each party will do and what will trigger screened candidates to run for chief executive in mobs, some with links to organized criminal wide complaints that children were paying teachers and excessive bureaucracy. Malaysia’s a crackdown or a backdown. It’s very difficult to 2017. The turmoil presented the Chinese leader- gangs, or triads, waved China flags, swore and the price for official incompetence. Around a race-based politics also loom large. say.” The sticking point is China, which has the final ship with one of its biggest political challenges attacked small groups of student demonstra- dozen people have reportedly been arrested The ruling United Malays National say on what concessions, if any, it might grant since it crushed pro-democracy protests in and tors.—Reuters over the leak, mostly teachers. While authori- Organization (UMNO) has long imposed con- ties have released no details, many parents troversial policies favoring majority ethnic attribute the scandal to fierce jockeying to Malays-UMNO’s political base-including quo- stand out in an education system they say is tas that ensure Malay numbers in the best sec- China quake leaves 1 dead, 300 injured failing to prepare students for the world. “It’s a ondary schools and in public universities. This crisis. It’s ‘code red,’” Sivaraman Sabapathy, a often shuts out better students from the large BEIJING: Thousands of rescuers local officials. More than 124,000 public relations consultant with a school-aged ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities, con- were deployed in southwest China people had been forced from their son, said of the school system. “It’s sad. The tributing to a much-chronicled “brain drain” yesterday after a strong earthquake homes by the quake, Xinhua added, government is unable to provide a good edu- overseas of some of Malaysia’s best talent that left one person dead and more than but there had been “little to no rain” cation for its citizens.” has economic planners worried. —AFP 300 injured, with over 100,000 dis- in the region in recent days, reduc- placed, state-run media reported. ing the risk of landslides. The US The shallow 6.0 magnitude tremor Geological Survey (USGS) measured hit late Tuesday in Yunnan province, the earthquake as magnitude 6.0. close to China’s borders with “Many houses collapsed and we are Myanmar and Laos, China’s official investigating the casualties,” a local Xinhua news agency said. official told Xinhua. “The aftershocks School buildings were widely seem non-stopping.” China’s damaged in the area, reports said, President Xi Jinping and Premier Li although the quake struck during Keqiang were both quoted in state- the night and no pupil deaths were media urging rescue efforts, with recorded. Xinhua said 100 schools 3,200 troops dispatched in a “race to were damaged and cited a local offi- save more lives”, according to cial as saying an estimated 170,000 Xinhua. More than 800 firefighters YONGPING: An elderly man walks by damaged homes in Yongping square meters of buildings needed were taking part, with 35 sniffer township in Puíer city, southwestern China’s Yunnan province, after repairs. School construction is a dogs, it said. a shallow 6.0 magnitude hit the region close to Chinaís border with touchy subject in China, where more Myammar and Laos. — AFP than 5,000 children died as their ‘Shaking terribly’ gave it a reading of 6.6. The agency Li Anqin, a woman living in Weiyuan schools collapsed on top of them in The epicenter was in Jinggu said buildings shook for several sec- town, the county seat of Jinggu, told a huge 2008 earthquake in neigh- county, 85 kilometers from Pu’er city, onds, while some towns in the area Xinhua via telephone. Thousands of boring Sichuan province. Shoddy in a region famous for its tea planta- had lost power supply and telecom- homes were also damaged in neigh- buildings, with corruption playing a tions. The quake was also felt in munications. “The whole building boring Lincang, it said. Photos on KUALA LUMPUR: Dharmishta Ramachandran (center), a Malaysian Hindu ethnic key role, were widely blamed, pro- Yunnan’s provincial capital Kunming. was shaking terribly with a loud social media showed damaged Indian, reads notes before attending the second Primary School Evaluation Test at a voking public anger. China uses a different magnitude cracking sound. Plates fell off in the houses, cracked walls and fallen roof school in Kuala Lumpur, after initial results were invalidated following the discovery The latest quake had taken only scale to the US and Xinhua said the kitchen. We all ran out and the tiles, and crowds of people gathered that questions were leaked online. — AFP one life so far, Xinhua said, citing China Earthquake Networks Center streets are now packed with people,” outside into the night. —AFP NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 Clashes at Al-Aqsa ahead of Jewish holiday

JERUSALEM: Clashes broke out at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa endowments) body that oversees the site, said he had spent the night at the mosque. “I asked that there Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas yesterday mosque compound yesterday as dozens of Palestinian implored police to prevent Jews from visiting in order would be no contact, but police refused, and this is the accused the Israeli government of complicity in allow- youths protested against Jews visiting the flashpoint to avoid clashes with a group of Muslims who had result,” he told AFP. ing Jewish “extremists” into the compound. “Aggression holy site ahead of a religious feast, Israeli police said. against the blessed Al-Aqsa mosque is increasing, led The youths threw stones and fired flares at police after by settlers and extremists, sponsored by the Israeli gov- Jewish visitors ascended to the compound on the eve ernment,” he said in a statement. Jordan, which under of the weeklong holiday Sukkot, or the Feast of its 1994 peace treaty with Israel is the custodian of Tabernacles, police spokeswoman Luba Samri said. Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, condemned Israeli The site is the scene of frequent clashes between security forces’ conduct at the holy site. police and Palestinian youths, who object to what they “The forces of the occupation ... prevented religious see as an attempted Jewish and Israeli takeover of the officials entering (the compound) and cleared it of all site that is administered by Jordanian and Palestinian Muslims, while at the same time enabling Jewish Muslim authorities. It houses the Dome of the Rock and extremists to storm it, and pray with security forces the Al-Aqsa mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, and is protection,” government spokesman Mohammed revered by Jews as the location of the biblical Jewish Momeni said in a statement. He called on Israel to “stop temples, considered Judaism’s holiest place. its devastating campaign against the Al-Aqsa mosque, Non-Muslim visits to the Al-Aqsa complex are per- religious officials and worshippers,” slamming “police... mitted and regulated by police, but Jews are not firing bullets and bombs inside the compound, which allowed to pray at the site for fear it could trigger major injured dozens of people.” disturbances. Jews pray instead at the Western Wall On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin below. Police pushed demonstrators away from the Netanyahu instructed the security establishment to area above the Western Wall and towards the Al-Aqsa increase forces in Jerusalem and take “vigorous action” mosque, from where they threw stones and petrol against those who disrupt order, noting a rise in “stone- bombs, lightly wounding four officers, Samri told AFP, throwing and violence”. adding that the visit then went ahead. An AFP corre- “We need to deal with this not just due to the holi- spondent nearby heard several explosions from the days but in a thorough manner,” he said. Since July’s compound. killing of a Palestinian teen by Jewish extremists and a Police regularly throw stun grenades and sometimes bloody 50-day Israeli military offensive in Gaza that fire rubber or sponge bullets to disperse protesters. ended on Aug 26, Palestinians youths have been Samri said five protesters were arrested and Palestinian almost constantly on the streets throwing stones and medics said 17 were injured in yesterday’s clashes. JERUSALEM: Palestinians display tear gas canisters and sound bombs used by Israeli border police during petrol bombs at police, motorists and public trans- Azzam Al-Khatib, director of the Islamic Waqf (religious clashes at Al-Aqsa mosque yesterday. — AP port. — AFP ‘Blood moon’ has stargazers in awe Prophecy rallies IS

Continued from Page 1 armed with cameras and telescopes but on a cloudy evening Continued from Page 1 its flames will grow until they burn the Crusader armies in a city whose sky is rarely clear of pollution haze, it was visible in Dabiq,” he once said. When IS earlier this year seized A NASA commentator explained that during the total only intermittently. Recent weeks have seen IS supporters interpreting a large parts of Iraq and proclaimed its current leader Abu eclipse, if you were standing on the moon and looking at the With tweets from across the viewing countries in Asia, one wide range of events as further evidence of its truth. Bakr Al-Baghdadi as “caliph”, it again turned to prophecy earth, you would see it all black, with ring of fire around it. In in New Zealand described the eclipse as “omg the sky is red Some keep a close count of the US-led coalition’s mem- to rally supporters to its cause. One of Muhammad’s Hong Kong, free viewing locations were set up on a harborside right now... at 12:26 am in Auckland” with the hashtag “#sof- bers - now at more than 60 countries - in anticipation of (PBUH) prophecies is of the rise of a “caliphate on the promenade by the Hong Kong Space Museum for the public reakingcoool .” After clouds on Australia’s east coast, the when the prophecy’s “80 banners” are reached. Others path of the Prophet” and shortly before the proclama- to observe the various phases on telescopes. In Tokyo’s Sydney Observatory welcomed a sighting with “We saw the have interpreted comments by top US General Martin tion IS spokesman Abu Mohamed Al-Adnani pledged Roppongi fashion and entertainment district, enthusiasts per- blood Moon finally!”. “Sydney skygazers didn’t completely miss Dempsey on the possible need for ground forces as a that “God’s promise” was imminent. formed yoga exercises under the blood moon. Many others out tonight, though the cloud did dampen everyone’s spirits signal of the foretold battle, writing on Twitter using the Some IS supporters on social media have rallied had climbed atop the city’s skyscrapers to view the sky. early on,” said the The Sydney Morning in a live report on the hashtag: “It is Dabiq, by God.” behind Baghdadi as the foretold caliph, but have been On Australia’s east coast, a live video feed set up by the eclipse. The event was not visible in Africa or Europe, NASA One IS supporter wrote on Twitter: “When you more circumspect regarding the advent of the battle in Sydney Observatory was hit by cloud cover, thwarting some said. despair of your air power, you will find us waiting in Dabiq. “God knows, maybe. The hadith (prophetic say- viewers. In New Zealand, the moon was close to its highest The eclipse is the second of four total lunar eclipses, which Dabiq.” Some versions of the prophecy mention the ing) says they will fight you under 80 banners. At the point in the sky, according to Auckland’s Stardome started with a first “blood moon” on April 15, in a series Muslim army moving on after the great battle to take moment there’s 60 banners I think,” said a British IS Observatory & Planetarium, making for a view of the spectacle astronomers call a tetrad. The next two total lunar eclipses will Constantinople, the former capital of the Christian fighter in Syria in a private message to AFP on Twitter. “It unobstructed by buildings. In Hong Kong, hundreds of patient be on April 4 and Sept 28 of next year. The last time a tetrad Byzantines and present-day Istanbul. When Turkey could happen now; it could happen in the future,” said onlookers of all ages lined the harborfront promenade late took place was in 2003-2004, with the next predicted for 2032- decided last week to join the fight against the jihadists, Anjem Choudary, a radical British Islamist preacher who yesterday hoping for a glimpse of the eclipse. Many came 2033. In total, the 21st century will see eight tetrads. — AFP that too was greeted as an omen by some IS supporters. has expressed support for IS. “I don’t think any Muslim Prophecy has played a role in the movement’s ideol- strives to bring it about,” he said of the battle in Dabiq. Super-microscope earns trio Nobel ogy since its early days as Al-Qaeda in Iraq under Abu Yet some IS supporters are convinced the destined Musab Al-Zarqawi. Before Zarqawi was killed in Iraq in a battle is near. “Dabiq will happen for certain. The US and US airstrike in 2006 - and long before his movement its allies will descend on Syria once they see that the air Continued from Page 1 more than a hundred years everyone thought we would never campaign has failed. That is a promise by God and his be able to see beyond nanometres,” he told AFP. “Now one can evolved into IS - he was already referring to the epic The basis of the laureates’ work, dating back to pioneering see things much smaller than that and it’s key to very impor- battle in Dabiq. “The spark has been ignited in Iraq, and Messenger,” wrote one on Twitter. — AFP research by Hell in the 1990s, adds fluorescent molecules to a tant research.” sample to be studied. A laser beam is directed at the sample to Hell is director at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Kenyatta appears before ICC make the molecules glow, while a second laser beam quench- Chemistry in Goettingen, Germany. Betzig, aged 54, works at es all fluorescence except for a tiny area of interest in the mid- the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Virginia while 61-year- Continued from Page 1 elected, Kenyatta had “an exceptional constitutional dle. As a result, objects as small as 20 nanometres are thrown old Moerner, the eldest of the three - but closer to the 58-year- duty to make sure that these obstructions do not take into sharp relief - and are observable in real time. old average for Chemistry laureates - is at Stanford University. Ruto is already on trial at the ICC for his part in the place”. Medicine and biology have been the big winners from Betzig, who turned his back on science for several years to join violence, while Kenyatta’s trial has yet to begin despite a The prosecution hopes the documents will shed light his father’s machine tool company and later decided to return nanoscopy. Scientists can now observe the pathways of indi- drawn-out three-and-a-half-year legal saga. Wearing a on Kenyatta’s alleged involvement in the violence that vidual molecules inside living cells and see how molecules cre- to research, was trained as a physicist. charcoal suit, white shirt and blue tie, a relaxed-looking brought one of east Africa’s most stable countries to the ate synapses between nerve cells in the brain. “They can track “Chemistry was always my weakest subject in high school proteins involved in Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s and college... I would be embarrassed to call myself a chemist,” Kenyatta - who did not speak at the hearing - listened brink of civil war. Bitter memories are still fresh from diseases as they aggregate; they follow individual proteins in he told the Nobel Foundation. Betzig also said he felt “equal intently and at times had a bemused look on his face as 2007, when elections escalated into ethnic conflict, for fertilised eggs as these divide into embryos,” the jury said. The measures of happiness and fear” on learning of the prize. He the prosecution spoke. which Kenyatta and Ruto were charged with crimes technology, it added, had almost infinite possibilities: likes his life “the way it is now” and is “busy enough”, he said. ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda last month against humanity. Both reject the charges. The African “Theoretically there is no longer any structure too small to be All three scientists have followed up their work by applying it asked for an indefinite postponement, saying Nairobi Union had previously called for the ICC cases to be with- studied.” to medical research. Hell has peered inside living nerve cells in had refused to cooperate with a request for financial drawn and transferred to Kenyan courts, accusing the One of the laureates, Stefan Hell, was sure the Nobel phone order to better understand brain synapses, while Moerner has and other statements, so she did not have enough evi- ICC of targeting Africans. call from Stockholm was a prank until he recognised the voice studied proteins in relation to Huntington’s disease and Betzig dence for a trial. Kenya’s post-electoral unrest shattered the east of a fellow scientist at the other end of the line. “It was a total has tracked cell division inside embryos. The trio will share the They want Kenyatta’s bank statements, tax records African country’s image as a beacon of regional stability. surprise, I couldn’t believe it... The first moment I thought it was prize sum of eight million Swedish kronor ($1.1 million). In line and telephone records relating to the period of unrest. What began as political riots quickly turned into ethnic perhaps a hoax,” the 51-year-old told the Nobel Foundation. He with tradition, the laureates will receive their award at a for- They believe that the documents could prove Kenyatta’s killings of Kenyatta’s Kikuyu tribe, who in return added that “the scientific community was not very receptive” mal ceremony in Stockholm on Dec 10, the anniversary of part in bankrolling and orchestrating the violence. launched reprisal attacks, plunging Kenya into its worst to his research at first - it was considered “kind of crazy”. “For prize founder Alfred Nobel’s death in 1896. — AFP Prosecutor Ben Gumpert said yesterday that since being wave of unrest since independence in 1963. — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 ANALYSIS

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ose was 13 when he entered the violent, murky underworld of the “maras,” the gangs that have Jstained Central America’s streets in blood. Like the tens of thousands of young people who have joined these brutal urban tribes, the olive-skinned 26-year-old wears his fate tattooed on his skin - though his are less visible than many members’ full-body tattoos. Jose, who uses a fake identity to protect himself, says his former gang, Mara Salvatrucha, was his “home”. “The gang is like a family,” he told AFP in San Salvador, where he is trying to escape his past by studying and joining an evangeli- cal church. He used to sell drugs and extort money, and spent time in prison for murder. “When I was caught up in that, I didn’t think about how I was going to leave people’s children, wives, mothers, fathers crying,” he said. Death is a way of life for these groups, which have US-led airstrikes produce few gains become complex organized crime networks in Central America. The region now holds four of the top five spots By Vivian Salama persed, whereas before they were more vulnerable. Also at risk is the predominantly ing Turkey, which resents the fighters’ ties to on the list of countries with the highest homicide rates, structurally cohesive in certain places.” Sunni town of Abu Ghraib on the western Kurdish separatists in Turkey. largely because of the gangs’ culture of violence. The fter two months, the US-led aerial edge of the capital of Baghdad. The mili- The airstrikes in Syria have largely target- bloodiest gangs are Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and Barrio campaign in Iraq has hardly dented Progress in the North tants already have a significant presence in ed the Islamic State group’s infrastructure 18, which are organized hierarchically using “clicas” - cells Athe core of the Islamic State group’s Most of the success for the air campaign the town. across the broad northern and eastern that ruthlessly control blocks of territory with their own territory. The extremist fighters have melted has been in rural, open areas of northern regions the extremists hold. Warplanes language, rules and moral code. into urban areas when needed to elude the Iraq. Last week, airstrikes paved the way for Mosul as a Watershed Moment have hit checkpoints, tanks, training camps threat, and they have even succeeded in tak- the Iraqi Kurdish fighters known as pesh- Iraqis often describe the battle against and even one of the group’s main head- Symbols ing new territory from an Iraqi army that still merga to plow into a string of towns held by the Islamic State group in terms of before quarters in its de facto capital of Raqqa. But Their most distinctive traits are tattoos - often from buckles in the face of militants. In neighbor- the extremists near the Syrian border: and after Mosul, alluding to the watershed activists say Islamic State fighters left many head to toe - and their graffiti tags: “Ver, oir y callar” (See, ing Syria, days of airstrikes have been unable Mahmoudiyah, Rabia and Zumar. The moment when the Iraqi military collapsed of the bases before the strikes began, and hear and shut up). But they are using them less and less, to stop militants on the verge of capturing a Kurdish offensive is aiming for the town of in the face of the extremists’ takeover of the the US and its partners hit empty facilities. to evade the authorities. “They have their own forms of strategic town on the Turkish border. Sinjar, and if they capture it, the Kurds would city in June. Many point to poor training Heavy weapons were moved into protected symbolic communication: written, verbal and kinetic, The limited results show the central secure a main road in and out of Syria that is and the leadership crisis within the military areas. which are part of a sub-culture with clear traits of an weakness of the campaign: There is only so a militant supply line. as a major source of its disintegration. Coalition strikes also hit oil facilities to organized structure,” said Jaime Martinez, director of El much that can be done from the air to The early airstrikes also halted the Former Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, who try to cut off smuggling by the extremists. Salvador’s Public Safety Academy. Experts try to decode defeat an extremist force that has swept extremists’ advance toward the Kurdish capi- begrudgingly relinquished power last That hurt the group’s income, although not what’s behind these symbols. An “18,” a “13” or an “MS” over much of Iraq and Syria. The Islamic tal of Irbil and broke the Islamic State month, inflamed sectarian tensions within significantly, said retired Gen. Richard tattoo is a membership badge; black tears count a killer’s State fighters have proven elusive and flexi- group’s grip on the strategic Mosul Dam, Iraq’s military, dismissing many qualified Zahner, a former senior military intelligence hits; crosses count the number of dead comrades; ble, able to reorganize to minimize the enabling peshmerga and Iraqi troops to senior Sunni officers and replacing them official who helped manage intelligence clowns tell of joys and heartbreaks; skulls are a celebra- blows. And more importantly, there are recapture it. Strikes were also instrumental with less-qualified Shiite officers loyal to collection in the Iraq war. “I think they are tion of death. “Three dots anywhere on the body repre- almost no allied forces on the ground able in breaking a siege of the northern town of him. well on track and very much following their sent the gangster’s life - in the hospital, in jail or in the to capitalize on the airstrikes and wrest back Amirli, which the militants had surrounded. After Mosul fell, Maliki called upon vol- ongoing strategy” of consolidating their cemetery. Graffiti marks a clica’s territory,” said a territory from the militants. The exception: But the warplanes have largely avoided unteers to reinforce the humiliated military, gains in the Sunni heartland, he said of the Honduran anti-gang policeman, speaking on condition Iraqi Kurdish fighters, the most effective Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city and the and many Shiite militias quickly reported militants. of anonymity. There are women members, too. Used in forces in Iraq, have made some modest Islamic State group’s biggest stronghold, or for duty. But with different leaders and extortion rackets and to transport cash, they have to tat- gains the past week. the nearby town of Tal Afar, apparently to divided loyalties among the militias, they Winning Hearts and Minds too themselves with their boyfriend’s name. That only highlights how others have avoid civilian casualties that would boost were impossible to control. Kurdish pesh- Any lasting solution must be rooted in a proven unable to do the same. The Iraqi mili- support for the group among the region’s merga have fared much better. They seized genuine effort to win support among Rituals tary is undermined by corruption and com- Sunnis. That has left the extremists a virtual parts of the north the Kurds long coveted, Syrians and Iraqis - particularly Sunnis. Iraq’s “Joining a gang is free. It’s getting out that’s the prob- mand problems. A new Iraqi government free hand there, which is unlikely to change claiming they were doing so to protect new government, led by Prime Minister lem,” says Jose. “When you want to quit, they hunt you has being trying to woo support from more anytime soon. Last week, retired Gen. John them from the militants. They have fought Haider Al-Abadi, immediately urged the down and kill you. Not just you but your family too.” The Sunni tribesmen, whose fighters are seen as Allen, the US envoy to the anti-Islamic State well, despite a lack of training and old army to stop shelling populated areas initiation rite is a 13- or 18-second beating, depending on vital against the Sunni extremists, but so far coalition, said operations to retake Mosul weapons, mainly because they are far more where civilians may be caught in the cross- the gang, or else killing an enemy. “A gangster’s not a there has not been a flood of support. In will start “within a year.” unified and share a common goal - setting fire. The government also is looking to gangster without a rival, if he’s never had a beating and a Syria, rebels supported by Washington are in up an independent Kurdish state. establish a national guard driven by local gun to pull the trigger,” said Carlos Menocal, a former inte- no position to move against the extremists, Losses in Anbar leadership and recruitment to include more rior minister in Guatemala. The gangsters’ language is a and Syria’s Kurds are not as well armed as It was in Iraq’s western province of Anbar Setbacks in Syria Sunnis. window on their world, from the “ranfleros” or “palabreros” Iraq’s. that the Islamic State group made its first Coalition warplanes appear to have been Winning over the Sunni tribes is an (windbags) who give the orders, to the “banderas” (flags) The US launched airstrikes in Iraq on Aug dramatic land-grab in January by capturing unable to turn the tide in Syrian city of essential part of the solution. Ramadi has who stand sentry, to the “soldados” (soldiers) who collect 8 and in Syria on Sept 23. Several European the city of Fallujah. The group found sub- Kobani, which the militants have besieged yet to fall in part because key Sunni tribes in extortion money, to the cash itself - “renta” (rent) or nations are participating in Iraq, but not in stantial support among the province’s over- for weeks, battling with its Kurdish defend- the city have not allowed it to. The Jughaifi “impuestos de guerra” (war taxes). Syria, where the US was joined by a coalition whelmingly Sunni population, which is ers. Turkey’s president warned Tuesday that and Al-Bunimer tribes have helped Iraqi Every gang also has its own sign language, according of Arab allies. US officials have warned largely conservative and deeply resentful of Kobani is on the verge of falling. The strikes special forces to protect the Haditha Dam in to Menocal. “The top bosses in prison, the national ran- repeatedly that the campaign will be long - the Shiite-led government in Baghdad. The around the city appear to have been more Anbar. In the battleground town of fleros, still give the orders. Someone outside tells them even years. The Pentagon press secretary, extremists are still making gains. Last week, limited than, for example, the bombard- Dhuluiyah, a single tribe, Al-Jabbouri, has what’s happening. The clica bosses have a meeting every Navy Rear Adm John Kirby, contended last they seized the towns of Hit and neighbor- ment in August of Amirli, Iraq. In that case, been the sole resistance to an Islamic State week to plan killings and extortions... everything. week that the strikes have hampered the ing Kubaisa, sending Iraqi soldiers fleeing Iraqi troops and Shiite militiamen were takeover. But there are many Sunni tribes Everyone’s got a day-to-day mission,” said Jose. When their militants. Before the strikes, he said, “they and leaving a nearby military base with its poised to swoop into the city after the that haven’t been won over. They are look- shakedowns and shootouts scare the neighbors away, pretty much had free rein. They don’t have stockpile of weapons at risk of capture. strikes. In contrast, Kobani’s Syrian Kurd ing for signs Abadi will bring more Sunnis gang members move into those homes or use them to that free rein anymore, because they know Government forces still control most of the defenders are poorly armed and are ham- into positions of power and address their run operations and torture enemies -they call them we’re watching from the air. ... They have dis- provincial capital of Ramadi, but the city is pered by longtime tensions with neighbor- feelings of disenfranchisement. —AP “destroyer houses” or “crazy houses”. “Every gangster gets money each week to buy food, clothes and bring around family members,” said Jose. Still popular and driving Democratic votes They used to wear baggy clothes but are increasingly keeping a low profile. And they have guns of virtually every kind. “They love nine-millimeter pistols, AK-47s, 12- By Jerome Cartillier even see him today, because I am on the road and he is on The first lady is starkly warning Democrats not to fall gauge shotguns, which they can get quickly on the black the road because these elections are so important.” Polls again into their regular pattern. “When we stay home, they market,” said Menocal. Fed by poverty, weak government ispensing from her fund of valuable political capital, show Michelle Obama’s approval ratings are still rock solid - win,” she said, referring to Republicans who are counting on and the break-up of the traditional family, Mara Michelle Obama is criss-crossing the United States above 65 percent - much higher than those of her husband Democrats being unable to rebuild the political coalition, Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 emerged in the 1980s in Los Dwith a single objective - slaying the familiar foe (who languishes in the low 40s) but also better than those heavy in African American, Hispanic, young and female vot- Angeles’s Latino neighborhoods. They arrived in Central haunting Democrats in mid-term elections: low turnout. of former first ladies Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush. ers who backed her husband in 2008 and 2012. “A lot of America when the United States deported thousands of The still popular first lady can reach parts of the electoral Pressing on with her well-honed stump speech, which people were shocked when Barack won because they were immigrants who had fled there to escape the civil wars battleground that her husband cannot, because his tattered borrows some of the best lines from her husband’s rhetoric counting on folks like us to stay home,” Obama said. “But we that gripped the region in the late 20th century. approval ratings after nearly six years in office make vulner- on the falling unemployment rate, Michelle Obama is play- proved them wrong. Barack won because record numbers “We went from a Cold War between the army and the able Democrats loath to be seen with him. But Obama is ing a vital role in stirring up enthusiasm among Democratic of women and minorities and young people showed up to guerrillas to the post-war era and now another Cold War. But tireless in her defense of her husband’s political record voters. Her role is all the more important because her hus- vote.” this time society’s at war with itself,” said Jose. The “maras” - ahead of the Nov 4 vote - in which his Democrats are band is largely confined to an endless succession of The political polarization that has deepened over the last short for “marabunta”, an anthill that devours everything in grave peril of losing the Senate. fundraising events, raising hundreds of thou- 20 years in America makes Obama’s turnout operation even around it - have some 100,000 members in El Salvador, sands of dollars that will fund the more crucial to Democrats trying to thwart Republicans Honduras and Guatemala, and are constantly recruiting. ‘That’s my Man’ Democratic Party’s advertising blitz in the who need a net gain of six seats to add the Senate to their “The gangster lives for the moment,” says Jose, the only one Traveling below the national media run up to election day. control of the House of Representatives. “The national con- of the 19 comrades in his clica who is still alive. —AFP radar, Michelle Obama has spent days versation changed very dramatically in a decade between on the road, campaigning for candi- Republican Advantage the late 1990s and the late 2000s,” said Schaller. “Both par- dates in recent weeks in Illinois, Iowa, That is critically important ties are much more focused on a mobilization strategy. As Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan and because decades of polling data the middle has evaporated, now it’s really about ‘I am get- All articles appearing on these Wisconsin. “That’s my man, yes shows that Democratic voters ting my side out, you are getting your side out’.” indeed,” Obama said Friday, firing never match the high turnout of Republicans profess to be unworried by the first lady’s pages are the personal opinion of up a crowd in Boston, reminding presidential elections during the push. “It’s not a surprise 2014 candidates prefer Michelle the writers. Kuwait Times takes no voters that when her husband took congressional votes that follow Obama as a surrogate over her husband, whose poll num- responsibility for views expressed office in January 2009, America was two years later. “You do you have bers continue to plummet, but she still represents the same deep in the worst economic crisis a Republican advantage in failed Obama policies that are wildly unpopular and drag- therein. Kuwait Times invites read- since the Great Depression. Even a midterm cycles,” said Thomas ging Democrats down across the board,” said party spokes- ers to voice their opinions. Please family milestone could not keep the Schaller, a professor of political woman Kirsten Kukowski. But Michelle Obama’s popularity send submissions via email to: opin- first lady - who once disliked political science at the University of is such that she keeps coming up against a question about [email protected] or via snail rallies but who became expert at them Maryland. “The Democratic voter her future: will she follow in Hillary Clinton’s footsteps and during two presidential campaigns - off base is generally of a lower socio- run for the Senate when her husband leaves the White mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. the campaign trail. economic status, lower income, House - possibly in her home state of Illinois. But Obama The editor reserves the right to edit “It just happens to be our 22nd anniver- younger voters and this voter base says she is not interested.Asked on ABC News if she was cer- any submission as necessary. sary today,” she said on Friday. “And this is how tends to vote at lower rates when the tain she had no a future in politics, Obama was blunt : “I’m important these elections are to us. I might not presidency is not on the ballot.” positive.” —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 SPORTS

Ashley pushes for shake-up Webb calls for Rooney Rule Ban for stealing camera LONDON: Mike Ashley, the owner of English Premier League soccer club LONDON: Owners of Premier League clubs must ensure black managers are INCHEON: The head of Japan’s delegation to the Asian Games is to Newcastle United, has called for the removal of the chief executive and a director given a chance to succeed and one solution could be to introduce American receive a severe reprimand by the country’s Olympic committee (JOC) in at Rangers after increasing his stake in the Scottish club. News that the founder of Football’s ‘Rooney Rule’, FIFA vice-president Jeffrey Webb said yesterday. the wake of swimmer Naoya Tomita’s fine and ban for stealing a camera in retail group Sports Direct had doubled his stake in the 54-times Scottish soccer A law whereby at least one black or ethnic minority candidate must be South Korea. Tomita was expelled from the Sept. 19 to Oct. 4 Games in champions to almost 9 percent through his MASH Holdings company, which also interviewed for every head coaching job has been in force in the NFL since Incheon and told he had to pay his own way home after admitting to owns Newcastle United, emerged last week. 2003 after it was pushed forward by Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney. stealing a camera valued at 8 million won ($7,600) from a journalist work- Rangers said yesterday that Ashley now wants the club to call a shareholder Carlisle United’s Keith Curle and Huddersfield Town’s Chris Powell are the ing for a South Korean news agency. meeting to forward resolutions to remove Graham Wallace, CEO since last only two black managers throughout the 92 professional clubs in the Premier Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported that the JOC held a board meet- November, and financial consultant Philip Nash as directors of the company. The and Football Leagues. ing on Wednesday and decided to censure delegation chief Tsuyoshi Glasgow club has climbed back within one division of the top flight of the Huddersfield are in the Championship (second tier) and Carlisle in League Aoki, as well as hand out stern warnings to general director Yuji Takada Scottish game after its 2012 collapse under a mountain of debt forced it to Two (fourth tier). Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho was asked last week and official Daichi Suzuki. A formal decision would be made at an execu- relaunch from the fourth tier. However, its progress on the field has been marred whether the Rooney Rule should be introduced to the Premier League but tive meeting on Nov. 21, Kyodo added. “I feel sorry and feel the Portuguese denied more needed to be done, saying: “There is no racism by boardroom infighting and further financial losses. regret (about what has happened),” said JOC President Rangers said it will seek to have Ashley’s meeting notice withdrawn on pro- in football. Football is not so stupid to close doors to people.” Tsunekazu Takeda. “I want to apologise to all the peo- cedural grounds to avoid costs and disruption ahead of the club’s annu- But Webb, president of the CONCACAF confederation which represents ple (of Japan).” Tomita has been suspended for 18 al general meeting. “The board is united in its support of the executive North and Central America and the Caribbean, told delegates at the Leaders months by the country’s swimming federation and fired team. If the notice is valid and is not withdrawn, the directors intend in Sport Convention at Stamford Bridge that it is the responsibility of Premier from his job after stealing the camera at the Games. to recommend that shareholders vote against the proposed resolu- League owners-and not FIFA-to employ black managers. tions,” Rangers said in a statement. Ashley’s push for a shake-up is the “The Rooney Rule has been great,” said Webb, the head of FIFA’s Anti- He was initially told he had to stay in South Korea latest in a line of surprise moves by the ambitious billionaire, Discrimination Task Force. “It has been tremendous, but in this era, in this cen- until the case was resolved but was cleared to leave after whose near 58 percent stake in Sports Direct is worth more tury, should we really have to mandate opportunities for qualified individu- being issued with a summary indictment and paying a than 2.1 billion pounds ($3.37 billion). —Reuters als? Sadly, the answer is yes. —Reuters fine of 1 million won. —Reuters Cardinals send Dodgers packing

ST. LOUIS: For the second straight time, St. Louis over the past two postseasons. the lefty generally acknowledged as the “I’ve had success against them, too,” best pitcher in baseball was no match Kershaw said. “It just seems like one for a team that’s made a habit of coming inning gets me every time. And obvious- alive this time of the year. ly that’s not success.” Matt Adams’ drive sent Clayton While the steady Cardinals advanced Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers to their ninth NLCS in 15 years, the packing. While celebrating a 3-2 victory defeat was a huge disappointment for in Game 4 on Tuesday that put the fran- the NL West champion Dodgers, who chise in the NL Championship Series for finished the regular season with a $256 the fourth straight year, St. Louis million payroll that was $40 million Cardinals teammates bathed in cham- higher than any other team. pagne said they’d counted on the burly Los Angeles remains without a pen- first baseman nicknamed Big City. nant since winning the 1988 World “We were jumping around, hitting Series. “It’s awful,” catcher A.J. Ellis said. our heads in the dugout, going crazy,” “It’s devastating. It just kind of rehashes ace Adam Wainwright said. “I just had a those old memories.” feeling the big fellow was going to Manager Don Mattingly defended his come through. I called it.” decision to let Kershaw, pitching on Adams could barely contain his three days’ rest for just the second time enthusiasm after his first homer against in his career, work the seventh. He want- a left-hander since July 7, this one ed three more outs from Kershaw and against a pitcher who was 21-3 with a was hesitant to tap middle relief that 1.77 ERA. Adams thrust both arms in the was unreliable throughout the series. air while still in the batter’s box and “It goes back to the same question: Is added a couple of big hops that made there anybody better, even on short for an entertaining trot around the rest, and even where he was at that bases. point?” Mattingly said. “Definitely the highlight of my Kershaw allowed one homer to left- career,” he said. “I will never, ever forget handed batters in the regular season this.” The Cardinals have home-field but gave up two to the Cardinals, with advantage against the Giants plus a rest- Matt Carpenter connecting in the open- ed rotation for a best-of-seven NLCS that er. He’s 0-3 with a 9.72 ERA in his last starts Saturday at Busch Stadium. San three postseason appearances, all Yaya Toure Francisco is in the NLCS for the third against St. Louis. Reliever Marco Man City & Ivory Coast star time in five seasons and overcame a 3-1 Gonzales earned his second victory of series deficit against the Cardinals in the series, after getting treated for a Yaya Toure joins Nissan 2012 en route to a World Series title. nosebleed. The rookie lefty got Adrian as new global ambassador “Just to be a part of all this is amaz- Gonzalez on a groundout to end the ing,” said Shelby Miller, who made his seventh and strand two runners. The first career postseason start and allowed Cardinals had an NL-low 105 homers this KUWAIT: Nissan is proud to announce Yaya Toure, three-time two runs in 5 2-3 innings. “The way we season and left-hander batters had only ST LOUIS: Pedro Baez No. 52 of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in the seventh African Footballer of the Year and UEFA Champions League came out and finished this game, you eight homers against lefty pitching. But inning against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game Four of the National League winner, as its newest global ambassador. The Manchester City couldn’t ask for anything more.” lefties hit five off Dodgers southpaws in Divison Series at Busch Stadium. — AFP and Ivory Coast midfielder has agreed to a deal which will see Before surrendering three straight four playoff games. him work alongside Nissan’s global UEFA Champions League hits and a two-run lead to open the sev- hold a 6-1 lead in Game 1 of this series, save of the series, retiring Carl Crawford The Dodgers took the lead in the and Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 partnerships. enth, Kershaw had shut down St. Louis. also taking a beating in the seventh. on a force out for the final out. At AT&T sixth with two hits and a double-play Yaya joins Nissan’s star-studded team of UEFA Champions Stunned by Adams’ drive, he bent at the “The season ended and I was a big Park in San Francisco, fans cheered groundout, and made it 2-0 on Juan League ambassadors, which includes the recently announced waist with his hands on his knees. part of the reason why,” Kershaw said. “I when the rival Dodgers were eliminated. Uribe’s single off Seth Maness. They Barcelona and Spain midfielder, Andres Iniesta and PSG and The Cardinals sent the Dodgers home can’t really put it into words, Just bad Kershaw dropped to 1-5 with a 5.12 missed a chance to add on when catch- Brazil defender, Thiago Silva. The UEFA Champions League for the second postseason in a row with deja vu all over again.” ERA in 11 postseason games, including er Yadier Molina quickly recovered a ambassadors will work with the company as part of the a win over Kershaw. Last year it was in The Dodgers had two on in the ninth three relief appearances early in his pitch in the dirt and picked off Andre Engineers of Excitement program, which aims to enhance the Game 6 of the NLCS. Kershaw couldn’t before Trevor Rosenthal earned his third career. He has lost four straight starts to Ethier at third. —AP experience of football fans through a range of activities including the exclusive Goal of the Week competition. Toure will also star in a series of new television and print advertise- ments for the UEFA Champions League due to premiere in Giants top Nationals February 2015. Yaya Toure said, “I’m proud to be partnering with Nissan across its UEFA Champions League and Orange Africa Cup of SAN FRANCISCO: After their summer slide and a year-old AT&T Park and third in the postseason. Hunter team’s every-other-year trend of winning it all. San Francisco Nations 2015 sponsorships. I have been fortunate enough to September stumble, the San Francisco Giants have that old Strickland, the rookie reliever who gave up Harper’s solo won the World Series in 2010 and again 2012. The club’s 10- win lots of trophies in my career, but the Orange Africa Cup of October swagger back. Every other year, it sure seems to home run to the third deck in the seventh inning of Game 1 game postseason winning streak, a record for NL teams, was Nations has always been my target as an African, so I am really work for manager Bruce Bochy’s boys. Joe Panik scored the and then later said he would challenge the young slugger snapped with a 4-1 loss to the Nationals on Monday. The looking forward to it and to working with Nissan to help bring go-ahead run in the seventh inning on Aaron Barrett’s again if given the chance, got his opportunity Tuesday and Giants began their latest playoff run with a wild-card win bases-loaded wild pitch, and the Giants edged the paid for it. last Wednesday night in Pittsburgh behind Bumgarner. the excitement around both of these fantastic tournaments to Washington Nationals 3-2 Tuesday night to return to the NL Harper crushed a 3-1 pitch from Strickland and appeared “Nothing surprises me anymore with this team,” pitcher fans around Africa and the rest of the world.” Championship Series. to give the pitcher a look as he rounded the bases. Harper Ryan Vogelsong said. Vogelsong didn’t allow a hit until Ian As the face of Nissan’s advertising campaign in Africa, Yaya The wild-card Giants, with their cast of rookies and celebrated in the dugout and shouted out toward the field. Desmond’s leadoff single in the fifth. Harper followed with a Toure will play a key role around Nissan’s Orange Africa Cup of homegrown stars, won 3-1 in the best-of-five Division Series “It’s a 2-1 game, I hit the home run in the seventh, of course sharp double down the left-field line to put Washington on Nations 2015 sponsorship, further connecting football fans by also scoring on a walk and a groundout. Hunter Pence I’m going to go crazy. I don’t even know what I’m doing,” the board. Winless in September, Vogelsong returned to his with the brand and helping increase excitement around its turned in a defensive gem in right field that helped hold the Harper said. “They beat us, so the home run was nothing.” top postseason form. Pitching for the first time since Sept. innovative range of products. Nationals at bay as San Francisco won for the 11th time in its Strickland still did enough to earn his first postseason victo- 26 after going 0-4 in five outings last month, the 37-year-old “Nissan is delighted that Yaya Toure has joined our team as last 12 postseason games. ry. Sergio Romo pitched a perfect eighth and Casilla closed journeyman allowed two hits in 5 2-3 solid innings. a global ambassador,” said Roel de-Vries, Corporate Vice “It’s been a remarkable journey. I wouldn’t trade it for the it out before the celebration began. Vogelsong has not allowed more than one earned run President, Global Head of Marketing, Communications and world,” Pence said. “If it was easy, it wouldn’t be as fun.” Bumgarner, hat on backward, took off from the dugout in five postseason starts, winning Games 2 and 6 of the Brand - Nissan. “As one of the greatest midfielders of his gen- San Francisco travels to St. Louis for Game 1 on Saturday and ran along the left-field fence and all the way around 2012 NLCS and Game 3 in a World Series sweep of the eration, Yaya TourÈ is the perfect ambassador for our brand as night. It’s a rematch of the 2012 NLCS, when the Giants ral- AT&T Park to lead a victory lap of Giants players slapping Tigers. “That’s as clutch as it comes,” Pence said. “It’s not an he possesses great all round skills combining pace, power and lied from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cardinals on the way to hands. Sandoval pumped his arms in the air and waved to accident that he has the success he does in the playoffs. high technical ability - features Nissan incorporates into its their second World Series championship in three years. fans. “I think anyone that’s here tonight sees what type of He’s one of those tough, hard-nosed, gritty guys.” Nationals vehicles.” Santiago Casilla walked Bryce Harper with two outs in the electric atmosphere this is, and we just love playing in front starter Gio Gonzalez found several ways to hurt himself in As well as being named African Footballer of the Year on ninth, then retired Wilson Ramos on a grounder to end it. of these fans,” Posey said. the second. The Giants loaded the bases after Brandon three occasions, Yaya TourÈ has also won the UEFA Champions Casilla was mobbed on the mound as fireworks shot off San Francisco fans cheered when the rival Dodgers were Crawford’s one-out single before Gonzalez misplayed Juan League with Barcelona and five league titles across four coun- from the center-field scoreboard. “I just talked about their eliminated by St. Louis at Busch Stadium earlier Tuesday, Perez’s slow dribbler for an error. Vogelsong beat out a bunt tries including England and Spain. With over 80 caps for Ivory will. These guys, they’re relentless,” Bochy said. “They were putting the Cardinals in their fourth straight NLCS. The single that went untouched and then Gregor Blanco drew a Coast, Yaya Toure was recently named captain of the national warriors on the road. We had to win at Pittsburgh, we got crowd went crazy once the Giants clinched another chance four-pitch walk to force home the first run. Panik added an two in Washington.” Harper splashed a tying home run into to play for the pennant, and the city is counting on the RBI groundout. —AP team and will lead his country in qualification to reach his McCovey Cove in the seventh, but Washington’s season sixth Orange Africa Cup of Nations 2015 in January. Takashi ended with three one-run losses, including that excruciating Hata, Senior Vice President, Africa, Middle East and India - 2-1 defeat in 18 innings Saturday in Game 2. Nissan added, “As a three-time African Footballer of the Year, The Nationals’ offense never got on track, lacking the Yaya Toure is an icon to millions of people across the conti- power that carried them to an NL East title and the best nent. As Nissan looks to further increase its market presence in record in the league at 96-66. the region, our partnership with Yaya TourÈ will help bring “It’s tender and it’s bitter and all of those things, but I’m Nissan closer to the fans around Africa’s biggest football tour- proud of them,” rookie manager Matt Williams said. Just like nament and further strengthen our brand in a region to which a night earlier when Giants ace Madison Bumgarner’s one we have been committed for over four decades.” miscue cost his team the game, Barrett blew it this time. Nissan is the official global automotive sponsor of the UEFA After his wild pitch snapped a 2-all tie, Barrett got set to Super Cup and UEFA Champions League, with a four season intentionally walk Pablo Sandoval. But the right-hander deal that will cover the period 2014/2015 to 2017/2018. sailed a toss way over the head of Ramos, who quickly Nissan is the official global automotive supplier to the Orange retrieved the ball near the backstop. Ramos threw to Barrett Africa Cup of Nations 2015 covering the qualifiers and the covering the plate, where he tagged out a sliding Buster finals. The tournament is now in its 30th year and kicks off in Posey. The call was upheld after a replay review of 1 minute, Morocco on January 17, 2015. 57 seconds, denying San Francisco an insurance run. “It was In July 2014, Nissan extended its connections in world foot- just one of those weird plays where they ended up getting ball by agreeing a global partnership to become the Official me,” Posey said. Automotive Partner of City Football Group (CFG). The five-year Pence produced the play of the night when he slammed his back into an archway on the right-field wall to rob Jayson deal represents a first for CFG, with Nissan becoming the first Werth of extra bases in the sixth. Fans enjoying the game global partner of the football network, an organisation includ- from the outside portwalk witnessed the grab from just ing Nissan majority owned Yokohama F. Marinos alongside behind Pence and broke into frenzied cheers. “That catch he Barclays Premier League Champions, Manchester City FC, made was unreal. It really brought momentum back in our Manchester City Women’s FC, New York City FC and favor,” Posey said. The very next inning, Pence could only Melbourne City FC. watch as Harper hit a towering drive over the right-field arcade and between two boats among a large group of SAN FRANCISCO: Juan Perez No. 2 of the San Francisco Giants hits a sacrifice bunt in the seventh inning kayakers in the cove. It was the 104th splash homer at 15- against the Washington Nationals during Game Four of the National League Division Series.— AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 SPORTS Winter Olympics may have to move for 2022 World Cup LONDON: The 2022 Winter Olympics may have to Olympics are still under the bidding process and ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, said 76 per- are not ready to talk or discuss it.” move from its traditional January and February there are only two candidates (Beijing and Almaty). cent of players at the last two World Cups were con- On Tuesday Sebastian Coe, vice-president of the dates to accommodate the World Cup finals being “With wisdom and debate it is possible to achieve tracted to ECA clubs and whatever decision is even- International Association of Athletics Federations staged in Qatar, leading European soccer clubs’ offi- a solution which will satisfy the majority.” FIFA tually taken about the 2022 World Cup would “need (IAAF) and chairman of the British Olympic cial Umberto Gandini said yesterday. awarded the 2022 finals to Qatar in 2010 and since the goodwill of the ECA”. Association, suggested governing bodies must have Gandini, vice-chairman of the European Club then the question of when they would be played Rummenigge, the chief executive of German more contact to avoid conflicting schedules. Association of Europe’s top 200-plus clubs and has been an issue for debate. FIFA agreed in princi- champions Bayern Munich, added: “The first thing “We are going to have to have a global conversa- Director of Sport at AC Milan, told delegates at the ple earlier this year that matches could not be we must recognise is that FIFA’s decision was based tion that looks at the global sporting calendar,” Coe Leaders In Sport summit at Stamford Bridge that the played in the searing heat of the Gulf summer. on holding the World Cup in the summer of 2022. told delegates at a sports security conference in World Cup should take precedence over the Winter World soccer’s governing body, whose president “If there is now a strong wish for the stakehold- London. Games. “Not to be controversial, but the World Cup Sepp Blatter is also on the International Olympic ers, FIFA, UEFA, FIFPro, and so on, to want to change, “You cannot be left by powerhouse sporting is one of the major events in the sports landscape Committee, has set up a task force under Asian we are ready to discuss under one condition-that organisations who say that under no circumstances with the Summer Olympics,” he said. “But the Winter Football Confederation (AFC) president Shaikh there is no damage for club football, because if we can you stage your sporting event at this time of this Olympics, with all due respect, are not up there,” said Salman of Bahrain and FIFA secretary-general change from summer to November or January then year. “It may be better to be more flexible around Gandini. “When you have such a huge event like the Jerome Valcke, which met for the first time last it will affect our business, our calendar. “And we are the bidding process and say we don’t want to stop World Cup, and you have to move it from its summer month. not ready to pay such a bill. countries that have climatic challenges in the sum- window, don’t tell me it’s not possible to find a solu- That cost cannot be paid for by the clubs. We are mer months from staging sport. “That way you give tion and move the Winter Olympics a bit so they GOODWILL HUNTING not ready to pay it and it has to be made clear to the rest of the world of sport some notice in order to don’t clash-especially now where the Winter Gandini, on a panel at the Leaders summit with FIFA that they need the goodwill of the clubs or we change their schedule.” — Reuters LA Kings to hoist title banner as season opens

LOS ANGELES: The National Hockey League’s over eight seasons while Kane has 178 over sev- 98th season opens late yesterday with the Los en seasons. “To have the chance to continue Angeles Kings raising a Stanley Cup champi- with this amazing group of teammates and peo- onship banner, Boston playing host to ple throughout the organization is an incredible Philadelphia and two matchups between honor. There’s nothing we want more as players Canadian rivals. than to continue to win Stanley Cups,” Toews Bouncing back after a lockout shortened the said. Boston led the NHL last season with 117 2012-2013 campaign to 48 games per team, the points but Pittsburgh, with star Sidney Crosby, NHL enjoyed revenues of $3.7 billion (2.9 billion figures to make another run at the crown, which euros) last season with this year’s salary caps hit- last went to the US Steeltown in 2009. ting a record $69 million (54.6 million euros) per The top three teams in each division advance club. The Kings will celebrate their second NHL to the playoffs along with two wildcard teams Rory Mcllory crown in three seasons at a ceremony before from each conference. Columbus and Detroit they entertain the San Jose Sharks, the same took the spots in the East, each team having club that led the Kings 3-0 in the first round of moved last season from the West to the East. McIlroy and Tiger return last season’s playoffs before Los Angeles rallied “The league is coming off what many consid- to win the last four games and capture the er and have characterized as its best season ever, to the top of new season series. both on the ice and off,” NHL deputy commis- The Kings went on to defeat Chicago in the sioner Bill Daly said. “We are in a good place NAPA: Rory McIlroy seeking a third consecutive titles past his 39th birthday, as Woods must now Western Conference final, a seventh-game over- right now. But the really exciting part is that we major triumph and Tiger Woods making his in order to match Nicklaus. But another target is time goal avenging a loss to the eventual Cup all believe it can get even better. The game is comeback from a nagging back injury will high- within reach in the new season if he regains top winners at the same stage the season before, growing, and it will continue to grow.” light the 2014-15 US PGA season that begins form. Woods has 79 career PGA titles, three shy and conclude their title run with a victory over Several minor rule changes were introduced today. of the all-time record held by the late Sam Snead. the New York Rangers in the NHL Final. for the season, the most notable of which will Just 25 days after American Billy Horschel Six tournaments outside the majors will be Other opening-night matchups find the see teams switch ends before the start of over- won the season-ending Tour Championship to played on new courses in the new campaign, Bruins, the most recent Eastern Conference club times in regular-season games. claim the playoff title, the next championship including the National, another event owned by to claim the Cup back in 2011, entertaining the Meanwhile, Klay Thompson scored 20 points chase begins with the Frys.com Open at Woods that benefits his charity foundation. It Flyers, who reached the 2010 final but have not and the Golden State Warriors beat the Los Silverado as American Jimmy Walker defends his moves to the Robert Trent Jones course from lifted the trophy since 1975, as well as Montreal Angeles Clippers 112-94 in the teams’ preseason title. World number one McIlroy, who helped Congressional Country Club, both in the at Toronto and Vancouver at Calgary. opener on Tuesday night. inspire Europe to victory over the United States Washington suburbs. No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup David Lee had 13 points and Stephen Curry, in the Ryder Cup last month, was named the US LOS ANGELES: (Left-right) Marian Gaborik PGA Tour Player of the Year for last season after SEASON ENDS IN ASIA since the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. The only Draymond Green and Nemanja Nedovic each Canadian finalist over the past seven seasons and Jeff Carter of the 2014 NHL Stanley Cup scored 12. Curry fouled out with 7:18 left in the winning back-to-back major titles at the British The new campaign will conclude next champions Los Angeles Kings bring the Open and PGA Championship, the third and was Vancouver in 2011. third quarter on a three-point play by Chris Paul October with the Presidents Cup in South Korea, Stanley Cup to the game between the fourth majors of his career. the team event’s first stop in Asia with holders Slovakia’s Marian Gaborik, who scored 14 that tied the score at 68. Blake Griffin had 24 Arizona State Sun Devils and the USC Trojans It sets the stage for McIlroy to complete a United States facing the Internationals collection playoff goals to lead the Kings, signed a seven- points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, Paul career grand slam at the age of 25 with a victory of non-European talent. year deal worth $34 million (26.9 euros) with Los at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. — AFP had 14 points and nine assists, and Jamal next April at the Masters. And if the Northern In addition, the start of 2015 will mark the Angeles after last season. and a Stanley Cup. And we have that here. I don’t Crawford also scored 14 points. Ireland star dons a green jacket, he could com- beginning of the final calendar year for the ban “Everybody realizes the type of situation we see why you would want to leave.” Trailing by eight, the Clippers narrowed the plete a “Rory Slam” by winning next year’s US on anchored putting, which could cause some have here,” Kings center Jarret Stoll said. Plenty of rivals will be trying to wrest the tro- gap to 88-84 on two free throws by Spencer Open at Chambers Bay. issues for players who use it such as Australian “Nobody wants to leave that. Some people leave phy from the Kings’ grasp, notably Chicago. The Hawes and a jumper by Griffin with 8:55 to play. Woods, the 14-time major champion chasing star Adam Scott. and maybe think it’s greener on the other side or Blackhawks have won two of the past five NHL But that was as close as they got. the all-time record of 18 majors won by Jack They might begin making transitions in style take more money. I think there’s something to crowns and could again pose a major roadblock. Barnes responded with a 3-pointer from in Nicklaus, is expected to return in December at during the upcoming season. The Masters fig- be said about being able to win and have fun Chicago stars Jonathan Toews and Patrick front of the Clippers’ bench and the Warriors the Hero World Challenge event he hosts in ures to feature McIlroy against Bubba Watson, and having a great group and a good coaching Kane agreed eight-year contract extensions with closed it out with a 14-2 run during the final 5 Florida. who has won two of the last three Masters, while staff. “Some guys try to chase a winning team the club after last season. Toews has 195 goals 1/2 minutes. —AP Woods, who turns 39 in December, missed McIlroy takes aim at the US Open with German most of last season after undergoing back sur- Martin Kaymer defending his title and Phil gery on March 31 and has not played since the Mickelson, a six-time US Open runner-up, seek- PGA Championship in August as he works to ing to finally capture the crown and complete his strengthen his back. The former world number career slam. After that, McIlroy will defend major Calls for rule change one has not won a major title since the 2008 US titles at the British Open at St. Andrews and the Open. He did not win in 2014 but won five PGA at Whistling Straits, where Kaymer beat times in 2013, most recently at the WGC event in Watson in a playoff in 2010 the last time the Akron, Ohio. No player has ever won four major course hosted the event. —AFP after Asiad storm

INCHEON: Countries may challenge new boxing judging rules after a storm of controversy that nearly brought the Asian Games boxing to blows outside the ring, sports officials told AFP. Ed Picson and Ricky Vargas, executive director and president of the Association of Boxing Alliances in the Philippines, told AFP they had already written to governing bodies demanding change. Boxers from the Philippines, India and Mongolia all claimed they were the victims of scor- ing that favoured the South Korean hosts of the games in Incheon. Nineteen-year-old Ian Clark Bautista’s loss to Choe Sang-Dong was the one that really hurt the Philippines. “How I am to explain to a 19-year-old kid, who practically threw away four years of his life training away from his family, that the world is not as beautiful as it used to look to him,” Picson said in an interview. “And what about the Korean boy who beat him? What sort of values are we teaching him? That he can win even if he was inferior?” Soliman defends Vargas said Mark Anthony Barriga, another Filipino, should also have won. They were two fights that were stolen from us,” he said. title against Taylor The Philippines body has written to the Incheon Asian Games Organising Committee calling for BILOXI: Australian Sam Soliman defends his dropped four bouts out of five over a two- backing for rule changes after the acrimonious dis- lightly-regarded International Boxing year span, Taylor stepped away from boxing putes. “I think there can be a little bit more integrity Federation middleweight title yesterday for two years. in this process,” said Vargas. against American Jermain Taylor, a former Taylor returned to the ring in late 2011 “Boxing is a sport in that you practically put undisputed world champion trying to make and is 4-0 in his comeback, his most recent your life on the line every time you step in the ring. INCHEON: (Left-right) Kazakhstan’s Birzhan Zhakypov, gold medallist South Korea’s Shin Jong- a comeback at age 36. triumph a seventh-round stoppage of And this is what comes out. It’s really disappoint- hun and bronze medallists Philippines’ Mark Barriga and Kyrgyzstan’s Turat Osmonov stand on Soliman, who turns 41 next month, won Colombian Juan Carlos Candelo last ing.” The International Boxing Association (AIBA) the podium during the victory ceremony for the men’s light flyweight (46-49kg) boxing event the crown with a unanimous decision over December. “Things have come full circle for introduced scoring rules similar to those used in during the 17th Asian Games in this file photo. — AFP Felix Sturm last May before his rival’s home me. I have another shot to become a world professional bouts on August 31. The Asian Games Boxing is not a fair sport under the current rules.” the medals at the tournament. “It’s not new in box- fans in Germany. “It has taken me 20 hard champion and I’m not going to let this was the first international tournament to use them. The most controversial moment of the Asian ing. For many years boxing has had problems with years to get to where I am,” Soliman said. opportunity pass by without being victori- Now there are five judges scoring, but only three Games came after India’s Sarita Devi pounded athletes claiming unfairness,” Sheikh Ahmad said. “Being a world champion is a special feeling ous,” Taylor said. “I’ve made a bunch of mis- are counted at random. South Korea’s Park Ji-Na in the women’s light- “They’re trying to solve this problem.” “I didn’t see and one I plan on keeping. This is my first takes in boxing, losing to fighters I shouldn’t That means a fighter could win 3-0 or lost 2-1, weight semi-final. When Park’s hand was raised in those matches but I’m hearing a lot of rumours title defense and I’m leaving no stone have because of a lack of training, but I’m depending on the scores. The Philippines body will victory Devi’s husband launched into a rant at offi- (about) the Filipino guy and the Indian female who unturned to make sure it’s not my last.” ready to clear all that up. decide after discussions in Manila next week cials which saw scuffles and police called in. deserved a better position than what they got. But The Melbourne fighter had defeated “Sam Soliman is a great fighter. He has whether to raise the matter at the AIBA congress Twenty-four hours later a sobbing Devi refused to in the end we have to respect the judges.” The Sturm in 2013 but that verdict was changed had a great career and he comes to fight, next month on Jeju island in South Korea. accept her bronze medal and instead hung it on AIBA’s decision to do away with headguards which to no contest after Soliman tested positive but I have to go in there and beat the hell Park’s neck. She has since apologised to the AIBA are primarily designed to prevent cuts has also for the banned stimulant methylsnephrine, out of him.” Soliman vows that will be easier BOXERS ‘WRONGED’ but they are pursuing a disciplinary case against come under fire. Together with the change in the leading to a nine-month ban for the Aussie. said than done. “I’m going to be stepping “Some people from other federations have her. scoring system the changes were intended to Soliman, 44-11 with 18 knockouts, will try to into the ring against a former world mid- already told me they would like to raise these attract more fans by mirroring professional boxing. stretch his nine-bout win streak. His most dleweight champion and super mid- issues at the congress,” said Picson. Bat-Erdene CREDIBILITY Several fights in Incheon were stopped because of recent loss was to then-WBA super mid- dleweight contender who is chasing a Badmaanyambuu, Mongolia’s delegation chief, “AIBA president Wu Ching-kwo has always cuts which would not have occurred with head- dleweight champion and fellow Aussie comeback dream,” Soliman said. “Jermain backed calls for change. “What happened in boxing championed transparency and fairness, but things guards. “Now to prevent cuts they are clamping Anthony Mundine in 2008. Taylor has nothing to lose and that makes at these Games was not good. It was there for like these damage the credibility of the sport,” said down on ducking, even weaving. But what’s a guy Taylor, 32-4 with one draw and 20 knock- him a very dangerous opponent. “I know everyone to see. Our boxer was wronged, the Picson. The rows completely overshadowed to do if a punch comes his way? Keep his head up outs, claimed the undisputed middleweight how dangerous that mindset is. It’s the same Indian boxer was wronged too ... as were others. Kazakhstan’s achievement in winning six gold on to be hit?” said Picson. “How is all this and all the title in 2005 after defeating Bernard ‘all or nothing’ approach that I’ve taken into “Once we return home we will write to the AIBA Friday. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, the presi- controversy going to attract people to the sport? It Hopkins. But after losing back-to-back fights my last 10 fights to win the title. I’m bringing that the rules need to be changed. If they agree, we dent of Olympic Council of Asia, presented some of needs to be considered very seriously.” — AFP in 2009 at super middleweight, and having the same intensity to this fight.” — AFP will co-operate with them in changing the rules. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 SPORTS

Safety first for Russian Photo of the day Formula 1 race organisers

SOCHI: Jules Bianchi’s horrific Japanese attended races around the world to see Grand Prix accident has thrust driver safety how other venues operated. further into the spotlight ahead of Russia’s Frenchman Bianchi, who drives for the Formula One debut on Sunday but race Marussia team and is also a Ferrari tester, organisers say they are well prepared. Even sustained severe head injuries after crash- if most of the marshals at the Sochi circuit ing into a recovery tractor at Suzuka in an are Russian, and will be working at a grand accident that ended the race. prix for the first time, they are supervised The governing FIA has ordered a full by experienced officials brought in from enquiry, while questions have been asked Australia’s CAMS motorsport body. about the decision to allow the heavy vehi- Richard Cregan, who works closely with cle into an exposed position while cars local promoter Sergey Vorobyev and was were still lapping on a wet track and in fad- previously chief executive of the Abu Dhabi ing light. Cregan said everything was ready circuit, recognised Bianchi’s accident had at the circuit, where teams were setting up added to the pressure. their garages yesterday, and ticket sales But the Irishman told Reuters at the cir- had been strong. cuit, whose fenced layout snakes around The race, held up as part of the legacy of the Olympic Park used for this year’s Winter the Olympics, is a showcase event for Games in February, that it was there any- Russia with President Vladimir Putin way. expected to attend on Sunday but it has “I think there’s always a pressure with also been overshadowed be the crisis in the first race to make sure everything is of a Ukraine. Cregan said there had been no standard that’s even beyond what is discernable effect on ticket sales, however. required by the FIA,” he said. “About a month or six weeks ago, they “We are very lucky to have somebody (sales) just took off,” he said. “I think it was like (race director) Charlie (Whiting) there people waiting to make sure the circuit was who is so attentive to detail. He’s been here finished and everything was going to be many times and very willing to come out at OK. “There was lots of discussions about very short notice to help and do inspec- sanctions and all these things and then tions. “You can never relax on safety. It’s suddenly, when all that seemed to be in always something you have to ensure,” the past in relation to our race, then we Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell celebrate after winning the V8 Supercars Wilson Security Sandown 500. — www.redbull.com added Cregan. “Everything that we’ve done were selling between 500-800 tickets a day. here is according to the FIA regulations and “I think we are going to have between 54- standards.” 55,000 people here in total. Our hospitality Cregan said the local marshals had done has gone well, obviously the first to sell out a huge amount of training, including at was the general admission and main Biles leads US women to win places like Moscow raceway, and had grandstand.” — Reuters second straight world team title

NANNING: Simone Biles led the United Olympic year and last year in accordance with around bronze medallist, they bounced back States to win a second straight women’s team the International Gymnastics Federation’s cal- from third spot in their opening event, vault, title at the world gymnastics championships endar. but trailed in second spot behind the US yesterday as she geared up for her defence of Kyla Ross, a holdover from the London women for the rest of the competition with a the individual all-around title. The 2012 Olympics gold medal winning team, who will gap of more than three points. Olympic champions collected 179.280 points turn 18 this month, also contributed to what The gap widened to nearly seven points through four apparatus events with hosts was a fourth US world women’s team crown after Biles collected a table-topping 15.375 China second at 172.587 and Russia third at overall. Biles, the US national champion, said points on floor with four soaring tumbling 171.462. the team gold “means the world” when com- passes as the night’s last performer. Romania finished fourth at 170.963 as a pared with individual titles she won at last Yao, Chen Siyi and Tan Jiaxin failed to land near capacity crowd roared on the home year’s worlds where she also picked the floor clean on vault and Yao fell from the uneven team at the 4,000-seat Guangxi Gymnasium title. “I’m so proud of all the girls out here bars in the second rotation. in Nanning, the day after China grabbed a who competed in our team.” China bested the others on balance beam record sixth straight men’s world team title. but their score was limited in the final event The 17-year-old Biles competed in three of ‘JUST HAVE FUN’ as Chen touched the floor after her third spir- the four events, topping the table on vault Biles will defend her all-around crown on ited tumbling pass. and floor exercise, while her team dominated Friday as the championships move into indi- “I was not really satisfied with my perform- all but balance beam. vidual contests today. She said she told her ance today,” said 19-year-old Yao. “The audi- Biles said her team of six teenagers aged novice teammates in her pep talk: “Just to go ence were so enthusiastic, that made me a lit- LONDON: In this Saturday July 21, 2012 file photo, England’s Kevin Pietersen sits on 16 and 17 had never thought of getting any- out there and have fun and do what we do in tle nervous,” she said of her fall from the the pitch during the third day of the first cricket Test match against South Africa at thing less than gold. “We just think of going practice. Just have fun and embrace the uneven bars. “I could not control my body the Oval cricket ground. — AP out there and having fun and hitting all our moment.” through the air, and I just could not hold my routines,” she said, “because we don’t really China, the 2006 world champions, were motion.” English cricket rocked watch the other competition.” paired with the United States in a rotational Today, Japan’s London Olympic champion The last world team competition was held group due to their top two places in qualify- Kohei Uchimura goes for a record-stretching by Pietersen allegations in 2011 but it was not staged in the 2012 ing. Led by Yao Jinnan, the 2011 world all- fifth men’s all-around title. — AFP LONDON: Kevin Pietersen was made to wait This week, he has been on TV and radio eight months before having his say on the ter- shows exposing the rifts with colleagues and mination of his turbulent international career coaches that marred the last years of his inter- with England. The wait is over - and the ramifi- national career. cations of his response are rocking English He said wicketkeeper Matt Prior and cricket. The sports agenda in England is being England’s bowlers “ran the dressing room” and dominated by the fallout from the release of forced fielders to apologize for errors and Pietersen’s explosive autobiography, in which dropped catches, which Pietersen interpreted the country’s most brash and controversial as a bullying culture that was allowed to devel- cricketer takes aim at former England team- op. Graeme Swann, one of the bowlers in this mates and management. alleged clique, has responded by saying “there Among the most damaging of Pietersen’s was absolutely no bullying.” allegations are that a clique in the side bullied “I expected it to be the biggest work of fic- and intimidated teammates, and that his inter- tion since Jules Verne and that seems to have national coach, Andy Flower, ruled “by fear” happened,” Swann said of Pietersen’s book. and “had it in for me.” Much of the fall-out will Prior was particularly targeted by Pietersen, blow over but the allegations about bullying described as a “bad influence, a negative influ- and intimidation are serious and have been ence” who “picks on players.” He nicknamed backed up by former England players Ajmal Prior the “Big Cheese” in the book. Shahzad and Michael Vaughan. Pietersen said Flower, who was his coach Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting for England for five years, was “contagiously agreed, telling The Daily Telegraph in Australia: sour. Infectiously dour. He could walk into a “We saw them doing it . The guys who were room and suck all the joy out of it in five sec- doing it were the so-called leaders.” onds. Just a mood hoover.” Of Flower, he wrote, Also weighing in, unwittingly, has been the “He had it in for me ever since he took over.” England and Wales Cricket Board, whose legal The ECB has so far chosen not to make an offi- document being compiled in response to cial comment on Pietersen’s book but was Pietersen’s book was leaked into the public drawn into the saga when its document was domain, and includes alleged misdemeanours leaked to, and published by, cricket website by England’s highest run-scorer during the ESPNcricinfo.com. “It is simply part of a privi- humiliating tour of Australia last year. That leged legal document produced by the ECB’s tour, in which England lost the test series 5-0, lawyers compiling information as part of the proved to be the end for Pietersen’s nine-year ECB’s internal due diligence ahead of the international career - he was told in February release of the Kevin Pietersen book,” the ECB he had no future with England as it looked to said on Twitter. The document alleged that rebuild with a new ethos. He isn’t going quiet- during the Ashes tour in Australia, Pietersen ly. The South Africa-born Pietersen, England’s broke a curfew, told a physiotherapist he all-time leading run-scorer in all formats, still would be keen to return home to rest his prob- harbors hopes of playing for his adopted coun- lematic knee if England went 3-0 down, and try again but it is unlikely to happen. branded captain Alastair Cook as “weak” and A magnet for controversy throughout his “tactically inept.” It also alleged Pietersen was time with England, Pietersen timed the release derogatory about Flower and Swann. of his book - and his subsequent round of Pietersen, when asked about the document interviews to publicize it - to coincide with the which spelled Cook’s first name wrong, said it expiry of a confidentiality clause agreed when was “embarrassing” for the ECB. “It is a joke,” he his ECB contract was ripped up. said. “I am done with it.” — AP

NANNING: China’s Shang Chunsong performs on the uneven bars NANNING: Lavinia Marongiu of Italy performs on the balance beam Pakistan, England series during the women’s team final of the Gymnastics World during the women’s team final of the Gymnastics World set for UAE in late 2015 Championships. — AFP Championships. — AFP

KARACHI: Pakistan will host England for a diately after the England series for two full series of tests and limited-overs match- tests, five one-day internationals and two Bangladesh’s Gazi banned es in the United Arab Emirates from next T20 matches. October, the country’s cricket board con- “While the series with England is con- firmed yesterday. firmed, the series with India is subject to from bowling for arm action “We will be playing three tests, five one- government clearance but is now officially day internationals and a T20 match against part of the future tours program,” the offi- DHAKA: Bangladesh off-spinner Sohag Gazi Zimbabwe’s Prosper Utseya was also banned sion came as part of a wider drive by the ICC England in October and November and it is cial said. has been banned from bowling in all forms of from bowling from international cricket. against bowlers with suspect actions, with a home series for us,” a Pakistan Cricket “We see both these series as a ideal cricket after his bowling action was found to be “The analysis revealed that all of their deliv- Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal, Sri Lanka’s Sachitra Board (PCB) official told Reuters. Pakistan opportunity to improve our financial posi- illegal, officials said yesterday. eries exceeded the 15 degrees level of toler- Senanayake and New Zealand’s Kane have yet to host any tours on home soil tion,” the official added. Pakistan and India Chief executive officer of the Bangladesh ance permitted under the regulations,” it said. Williamson also being suspended since July. since militants attacked the Sri Lankan have not played a bilateral test series since Cricket Board (BCB) Nizamuddin Chowdhury Gazi was reported for suspect action after the Bangladesh’s Al-Amin was also reported team in Lahore in March 2009. 2007 because of the frosty relations said a report was received from the second One-Day International against West during the series in the West Indies. Banned England refused an invite to tour the between the two countries following the International Cricket Council (ICC) which said Indies in August, while Utseya was reported Gazi played 10 Tests and 20 ODIs for country in early 2012, instead playing a Mumbai terror attacks of a year later. “We Gazi bent his arm by more than the permitted after the third One-Day International against Bangladesh, taking 38 and 22 wickets respec- series in the UAE, where the tourists lost all have an agreement with the England and 15 degrees during testing. South Africa in Bulawayo that same month. tively. In October 2013 he became the first man three test matches but won the one-day Wales Cricket Board (ECB) under which we “We’ll take step to rectify his bowling action Both players underwent bio-mechanical in history to claim a hat-trick and score a centu- and T20 series. will host them for back-to-back tours according to the directions of ICC,” Chowdhury testing on September 19 at the Cardiff ry in the same Test during a match against New The PCB official said that Pakistan were before they host us for consecutive tours told AFP. An ICC statement later confirmed that Metropolitan University in Wales. Their suspen- Zealand in Chittagong. —AFP also hoping to host India in the UAE imme- from 2016,” the official added. — Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 SPORTS English Premier League explores global expansion

LONDON: English clubs’ interest in playing dition of anonymity because the discussions have Arnold told the AP: “That’s still an area that’s under watch, who knows?” Pointing to the crowds at matches abroad has prompted the Premier been in private. Although playing a regular season some development. You’ve seen on the tour the some pre-season friendlies in the United States, League to explore the possibilities of expansion game abroad would appear unlikely in the immedi- engagement we get abroad.” Scudamore said: “You wouldn’t get more even if overseas. ate future, the league is looking into organizing Premier League games are broadcast into 650 there was three points, six points, or even nine The league was forced to scrap plans six years lucrative pre-season friendlies and expanding the million homes in 175 countries, according to points riding on that particular game.” ago to add an extra 39th round of matches at ven- existing Premier League Asia trophy tournament to league statistics. The league has been wary about While clubs like United and Liverpool can secure ues across the world amid opposition domestical- other continents. reviving plans to take a game abroad after the ini- lucrative deals for pre-season games, it would be ly and from FIFA. But league chief executive The international interest in preseason games tial discussion in 2008 angered both domestic fans clubs with smaller global fan bases that could ben- Richard Scudamore recently acknowledged that was highlighted by Manchester United’s friendly and FIFA, with questions also about upsetting the efit from the Premier League helping to organize clubs still back the idea. against Real Madrid in Michigan in August. balance of the division by inserting an extra fixture. fixtures. The Spanish league organized its second People with knowledge of the situation have Organized by a third party company, it attracted a “The clubs wanted it (the regular season game “World Challenge” tour ahead of this season, for told The Associated Press that clubs have now crowd of more than 109,000. When asked about abroad in 2008) and they all would still probably Almeria, Atletico Madrid, Deportivo La Coruna, asked the league to conduct a feasibility study Premier League pre-season or even regular season want it now,” Scudamore told the BBC in August. “It Malaga and Valencia as Barcelona and Real Madrid into global expansion options. They spoke on con- games abroad, United managing director Richard will happen at some point. Whether it is on my cut its own deals.— AP Arsenal star Ozil out for 12 weeks

BERLIN: Mesut Ozil will miss Germany’s Euro training the day after,” said team manager 2016 qualifier against Poland on Saturday and Oliver Bierhoff. faces up to 12 weeks out with a knee injury, Draxler, of Schalke, is expected to join the the German Football Association (DFB) con- squad once he recovers from illness. Even firmed yesterday. The 25-year-old Arsenal star without Ozil, Loew has targeted six points complained of pain in his left knee and was from their games against Poland and Ireland flown to Munich on Wednesday morning to be to give the Germans control of Group D after treated by the DFB’s doctor, who diagnosed a they beat Scotland 2-1 in their opening match. partial tear of the left cruciate knee ligament. Bierhoff said Germany are rebuilding after Ozil will miss the Group D qualifiers in established stars Philipp Lahm, Per Warsaw and against the Republic of Ireland in Mertesacker and Miroslav Klose all retired in Gelsenkirchen next Tuesday. He also misses a the wake of their World Cup triumph in Brazil qualifier against minnows Gibraltar in in July. Nuremberg on November 14, plus a friendly “We want to win both games and give our- against European champions Spain on selves a bit of a cushion in the qualifiers,” November 18. added Bierhoff. “It’s going to be a tough Ozil is also added to Arsenal manager October with two difficult games. Arsene Wenger’s mounting injury list and will “We have to introduce several new players miss the rest of the Gunners’ Champions into the squad because of injuries and a few League group stage matches, including the retirements. “The team will have a different key Group D showdown at home to Borussia look to how it was two months ago.” Dortmund on November 26. Germany coach With Schweinsteiger injured, Germany will Joachim Loew is already missing several stars be captained by goalkeeper Manuel Neuer for for the trip to Warsaw with captain Bastian the next two games. “These are key games for Schweinsteiger, Sami Khedira, Benedikt us, it is important to keep playing well after Hoewedes, Marco Reus and Mario Gomez all the win over Scotland,” said Neuer, of Bayern WARSAW: German players run during a training session of Germany’s national soccer team in Frankfurt. Germany will play against Poland in injured while midfielder Julian Draxler has the Munich. Loew is set to hand a first cap to Bayer flu. Chelsea forward Andre Schuerrle also Leverkusen attacking midfielder Karim Group D qualifying match for the Euro 2016 in Warsaw next Saturday. — AP missed training on Wednesday with a muscu- Bellarabi, who has opted to play for Germany lar problem, but is expected to be fit. “Things over Morocco, where his mother was born, on look good for Andre, he received some treat- the back of several impressive displays in the ment on Tuesday, so it’s normal that he sat out Bundesliga.— AFP Nations play catch-up in race for Euro 2016

PARIS: The campaign to qualify for Euro 2016 intensifies with two rounds of matches played back-to-back over six days, starting from today, offering the chance for those countries who started badly last month to play catch-up. That is the case for Guus Hiddink’s Netherlands, who entertain Kazakhstan and then go to Iceland looking to bounce back from a defeat in the Czech Republic, and for Group A rivals Turkey, who were beaten in Iceland last time out and now host the Czechs before an awkward trip to Latvia. Meanwhile, Portugal will play their first match under new coach Fernando Santos when they go to France for a friendly on Saturday before taking on Denmark away next Tuesday. Santos has replaced Paulo Bento, who departed following the shock 1-0 home defeat to Albania in September, and has resorted to recalling experienced faces in 33-year-old Tiago Mendes, Danny, 31, and Monaco defend- er Ricardo Carvalho, 36. Former Greece coach Santos, who is serving a touchline ban, said of Carvalho: “He was pun- ished for a year for his attitude. I know what I want and which players can serve me best. Perhaps other players will emerge in the next month, but we are thinking about the present.” BORISOV: Players of Ukraine’s national soccer team practice during an official training session Carvalho added: “As we lost our first match, in Minsk, Belarus. Ukraine will play against Belarus in Group C qualifying match for the Euro this has become more important for us. We 2016 in the town of Borisov today. — AP need to stick together and adapt to one anoth- BANANA SKIN matches that I have played I have not had a gen- er as quickly as possible so we come into the Reigning European champions Spain are on uine chance anyway. I need to keep working and Denmark game at as high a level as possible.” the road for two Group C fixtures against be ready to take the chance when it comes,” said Elsewhere, England entertain the whipping Slovakia and Luxembourg, with the first game in the Brazilian-born Chelsea star. Italy coach boys of world football, San Marino, at Wembley Zilina a potential banana skin for Vicente del Antonio Conte has recalled Andrea Pirlo, 35, for on Thursday before a trip to Tallinn to face Bosque’s men. “There’s going to be Spanish fever the Azzurri’s Group H matches against because everyone wants to see a game involv- Azerbaijan in Palermo on Friday and Malta away Mesut Ozil controls the ball in this file photo. Estonia in a Group E double-header that should provide few problems to Roy Hodgson’s ing one of the top teams in the world,” said on Monday. Germany, winners against Scotland side. Indeed, for England, after winning 2-0 in Robert Mak of Slovakia, whose team will rely on in September, go to Poland in Group D before England serious Switzerland in their opening qualifier last Napoli star Marek Hamsik to trouble the visitors hosting the Republic of Ireland in Gelsenkirchen, month, failure to beat San Marino, who have as they look to build on a 1-0 win in Ukraine last and will do so without Schalke’s Julian Draxler, lost their last 59 matches, is unthinkable. “You month. Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos will who has joined the likes of Bastian against San Marino can’t let your standards drop. miss the trip east with a calf injury, but Gerard Schweinsteiger and Marco Reus on the sidelines. Everyone knows it is a game we should win Pique of Barcelona is back in the squad. The World Cup winners’ superb record in LONDON: Having launched their 2016 European nity for England to hone their tactics against and we want to keep improving and play bet- Valencia strike duo Rodrigo and Paco Alcacer, qualifiers could come under threat from a Championship qualifying campaign with an defensive teams. Hodgson’s side visit Estonia ter if we can. You can only beat what is in front who scored in the opening 5-1 win over Robert Lewandowski-inspired Poland, who need impressive win in Switzerland, England face a on Sunday and will also come up against of you,” said midfielder James Milner, who Macedonia, also feature, while Diego Costa is results in a tough section in which Scotland will thankless task today when perennial whipping Lithuania and Slovenia in Group E-none of could see Southampton’s Nathaniel Clyne eager to get his first international goal. host Georgia and Ireland take on Gibraltar this boys San Marino visit Wembley Stadium. whom will be expected to come out and attack make his international debut at right-back. “I have still not scored here, but if you see the weekend. — AFP With San Marino currently 208th and last in them. the FIFA world ranking, having scored only one “We’ve been working on how we want to goal in their last 29 competitive fixtures, even a play in training, preparing for the game exactly Leiwekes take a stand against Europe’s US soccer plans handsome victory will not earn Roy Hodgson’s as normal and allowing ourselves to be profes- side any credit. sional and put in a good performance and get LONDON: Brothers Tod and Tim Leiweke, two of Lampard. “At the same time, you look at the news “Fans might have seen the stars play, might not England won 5-0 and 8-0 when they met San the three points,” said midfielder Adam Lallana. the most powerful sports entrepreneurs in the about UEFA thinking about moving a meaningful have seen the stars play, but all that’s changed.” Marino in qualifying for this year’s World Cup, “I’m sure players will want to fill their boots United States, have questioned the value of series of games over to North America. Is that “The MLS has improved a lot in the last 10 years.” after which the microstate in Italy finished with and get goals. That’s the same in any game. If European soccer clubs staging matches in the US good or bad for Major League Soccer? Jeffrey Webb, president of the CONCACAF a goal difference of -53 for the second qualifying you’re a striker you want to get on the score- and Canada. The brothers, who have been “Is that a pioneer vision or is that a pirate move? region which covers North America, Central tournament in succession. England now have sheet and the same for midfielders, (who) will involved in American sports clubs across different Therein lies the debate.” He said the MLS had pro- America and the Caribbean, disagreed with the control of Group E after winning 2-0 in Basel last be looking for assists as well.” codes, were reacting on Wednesday to a story in gressed over the last decade with US fans under- Leiwekes and told delegates in another seminar he month, but midfielder James Milner believes it With Glen Johnson, Kyle Walker and John Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper which suggested standing the game better and being more discern- was in favor of a Premier League game being would be dangerous to slacken off in today’s Stones all unavailable due to injury, UEFA was considering staging mini-tournaments ing about what they watch. “This past summer the staged in North America. “I think it will bode well game. “We can’t let our standards drop,” the in- Southampton’s Nathaniel Clyne will hope to outside Europe. Meanwhile, other media reports biggest draw in Seattle was not Tottenham playing for the future-the game will grow. The U.S market form Manchester City man told a press confer- win his first cap at right-back. said English Premier League clubs have again dis- Sounders it was Sounders playing Portland in front is a great market, not only for the English Premier ence at England’s St George’s Park training base. Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph missed cussed playing regular season games abroad. of 66,000 people.” League but other leagues as well. I believe this is “Everyone knows this is a game we should win training on Tuesday due to a knock, but he is The brothers said they welcomed the debate going to be a great promotion for the game. It’s a and that’s not being disrespectful. But when expected to be fit to play. San Marino created a on the issue but told the Leaders in Sport Summit LUCRATIVE GAMES win-win situation.” Games in the United States and teams come and sit, it’s not easy to break them sensation against England in 1993 when they at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium they were Tim, who was president and chief executive of Asia have proved particularly popular and lucrative down. scored after just eight seconds of a World Cup against UEFA’s plans and the recent trend of Anschutz Entertainment Group, the owner of especially over the last few years for European “The biggest thing is not letting standards qualifying match, only to go on to lose 7-1. European clubs playing pre-season friendlies in Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy and clubs with almost 110,000 fans watching drop, even against lesser opposition. We want to Davide Gualteri’s strike is the only goal they North America. Tod, now the president of Tampa who brought David Beckham to the U.S., is now Manchester United play Real Madrid in Michigan keep improving.” One man itching to get onto have scored in four meetings with England, Bay Sports, said: “One of the challenges I’ve always president of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment. this year. The Premier League’s chief executive the pitch against San Marino will be England who have found the net 26 times against them thrown out there to the powers that be in football He questioned whether Premier League match- Richard Scudamore was widely criticised six years captain Wayne Rooney, who is currently serving at an average of 6.5 goals per game. is ‘Will you be a pirate or will you be a pioneer?’ es played outside Britain were good or bad for the ago for a plan to introduce an extra match for each a three-match suspension with Manchester But San Marino only lost 2-0 to Lithuania in “Are you going to use North America just as an MLS. “Are those competitors our partners or do club-the so-called “39th game”-at venues in Asia, United. With 41 international goals, the 28-year- their opening Euro 2016 qualifier, and captain opportunity to make some additional dollars or are they see that North American landscape and want the United States, Australia and elsewhere. old needs four more to overtake Jimmy Greaves Andy Selva has urged his team-mates to build you going to commit to taking the sport to the to take money out of that landscape? Therein lies However, at the start of this season, he claimed as England’s third-highest goal-scorer and he on the improvements they showed in the sec- should have plenty of opportunities to add to ond half of that game. “We were braver and next level and help to grow Major League Soccer?” the challenge for Major League Soccer.” He added: clubs still supported the idea. The new plan, it was his tally against San Marino. tried to press them high up the pitch, so we “In the case of Manchester City, they are doing a “For many years clubs came to America, and were reported yesterday, would be for one of the exist- saw a completely different game,” said the 38- phenomenal job in New York. They begin playing little more than pirates, they played a nice game ing 38 rounds of 10 fixtures to be played at various ‘FILL THEIR BOOTS’ year-old forward. “We have to play as we did in next year. They’ve signed David Villa and Frank and filled their bags with cash and flew out. venues around the world. — Reuters The game also represents a useful opportu- the second half in the future.” — AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 SPORTS

BERLIN: San Antonio Spurs’ guard Tony Parker (center) and Alba Berlin’s Shooting Guard Vojdan Stojanovski (left) and Alba Berlin’s Power Forward Jamel McLean run for the ball during NBA Global Games Berlin and Istanbul 2014 friendly basketball match. (Inset) San Antonio Spurs’ French player Tony Parker (right) receives the 2013 FIBA Europe Player of the Year Award from FIBA Europe Secretary General Kamil Novak. —AFP Favre glad Manning Kentucky player pleads not guilty will break his record to rape charge LEXINGTON: Kentucky freshman defensive lineman Lloyd Tubman ENGLEWOOD: Brett Favre said yesterday that he couldn’t all over. After all, Manning reached 500 in his 244th game, year. Aside from that year, he’s played just like I did. I pleaded not guilty Wednesday to first-degree rape and is scheduled be happier to see Peyton Manning on the brink of break- 49 fewer than it took Favre. “I’m not surprised, as well as mean, he’s been out there over and over and over again. for a preliminary hearing later this month. ing his NFL record of 508 touchdown throws. he’s been playing for so many years,” Favre said. “I think as And that’s the only way you amass the numbers that he Tubman was arrested yesterday for the Oct. 2 incident involving Manning has 503 heading into Denver’s road game far as wanting to hold onto the record, I mean I have no has.” Manning’s 208-game starting streak ended when he a female student in a campus dormitory His preliminary hearing will Sunday against the New York Jets. Favre told The feelings of, ‘Oh, my gosh. I wish I could hold onto that.’ sat out the 2011 season following neck fusion surgery. be Oct. 23. First-degree rape is a felony in Kentucky and Tubman Associated Press he’s thrilled for Manning, who’s coming None whatsoever.” Before that, he averaged 1.92 TD throws per game. Since faces up 20 years in prison. off a career-best 479-yard passing performance against Favre said in today’s pass-heavy league he wonders joining the Broncos in 2012, he’s averaged 2.88 touch- As Tubman appeared on video from Lexington-Fayette Jail, locat- Arizona that included four TDs. how long it’ll be before someone like Andrew Luck or down throws in 36 games. ed several miles from Fayette District Court, Lexington attorney Jim That made Manning the second QB to reach 500 and Russell Wilson bypasses them both. Manning had a simi- “It’s amazing what he’s done - but then again, it’s not,” Lowry entered his plea. It’s routine for people being held in jail to moved him within striking distance of Favre’s record. “I’m lar sentiment Sunday, saying, “it’s all a matter of time, I Favre said. “I mean that with all due respect, because of appear via video conference and glad it’s Peyton that’s doing it,” Favre told the AP in a think, with some of these young quarterbacks.” his vigilance and determination. He just has the drive to Lowry has handled numerous phone interview from his home in Mississippi. “I think a Not so fast. The next two with a chance at reaching excellence that has made him special. I’m not surprised cases involving Kentucky ath- lot of Peyton. I know him well. I know his family well. His 500 are Drew Brees (372) and Tom Brady (365), but they’re by anything he does. letes. dad was one of my idols.” It’s not unthinkable that 35, and 37 years old, respectively. “I know from the standpoint of going to a different Dressed in a standard-issue Manning might tie or even break Favre’s mark this week- Manning, 38, has thrown an average of 2.06 TD passes team how tough that can be,” said Favre, who played for prison jumpsuit, Tubman said lit- end when the Broncos (3-1) visit the Jets (1-4). per game in his career, a better rate than either Brees the Jets and Vikings after 16 seasons in Green Bay. “When tle and frequently hung his head Manning has thrown for five or more TDs five times in (1.94) or Brady (1.84). Luck is 25 and Wilson 26 and both I first went to Minnesota, I was coming off surgery for a during the brief proceeding. The his career. He had a six-touchdown game against Detroit have 60 TD passes so far, Luck in 37 games (1.62) and torn biceps. Now, this is a different issue. But my point is I Louisville native was released to in 2004 and set the NFL record with seven TD tosses in Wilson in 36 (1.67). So, even the brightest young QBs will know it’s difficult on top of just the expectations and his mother’s custody after Judge the Broncos’ 2013 opener against Baltimore. have to pick up the pace - and stay injury-free. learning not just a new offense but the personnel around Julie Goodman allowed 10% of The more likely scenario, though, is that he’ll top it at “I’m proud that I threw for 508 touchdowns, but I’m you.” Favre said he loves the receivers Manning has in his $10,000 bond, or $1,000 to home. After this weekend, the Broncos play their next most proud of my consecutive games streak,” said Favre, Denver, too. “I think his receivers are outstanding,” Favre be paid. He was ordered to have two games at Sports Authority Field, against San who played in a QB-record 297 straight regular season said. “John Elway, I’ve got to commend him. He’s done an no contact with the woman. Francisco and San Diego. Either way, Favre said he’s games during his 20-year NFL career. excellent job not only getting Peyton but in putting that Lowry and family members preparing to watch Manning roar right past him and “None of those other records are possible unless you cast around him. They’ve got a tremendous cast along declined comment as they left maybe approach 600 touchdown tosses by the time it’s play a long time,” Favre said. “And I know Peyton missed a with the best quarterback in football.” — AP the courthouse. Tubman, who hasn’t played this season, has been suspended indefinitely by coach Mark Stoops. The universi- Lloyd Tubman ty said in a release that the 6- foot-5, 225-pound Tubman is also subject to discipline under its code of conduct. According to the arrest warrant obtained by The Associated Press, the woman called campus police Thursday following the inci- dent involving Tubman, who she described as her ex-boyfriend. The AP does not identify people who say they are victims of sexual assault. Tubman called the woman around midday Thursday and asked to talk with her in her room. She initially refused, but signed him in as a guest after he told her he was in the lobby, the warrant said. The warrant states that the woman began typing a paper on a bed opposite Tubman, who kept knocking a shoe off her foot with a water bottle. When she went to pick it up, Tubman pressed against her from behind. The woman told Tubman they weren’t going to have sex and returned to a roommate’s bed. She later looked up to find Tubman naked. As she picked up his clothes and repeated that they weren’t going to have sex, Tubman threw her on her bed and tried to undress her, the warrant said. After resisting and threatening to scream if he didn’t stop, Tubman tried to cover the woman’s mouth with his hand and she bit him between the thumb and index finger. Tubman responded by biting her on the right shoulder blade, leaving a mark, the war- rant said. Tubman then forced the woman face-down on her bed and the rape occurred, the warrant said. She freed herself and ran to a closet but Tubman said he wasn’t done; scared, she ran to the other side of the room, and fell, the warrant stated. The warrant states that Tubman laughed, and then said, “I’m done playin with you.” The woman told Tubman she had a class as an excuse to get him to leave. She signed Tubman out and security cameras show no interaction between the two, the warrant said. The woman then called campus police, who collected physical evidence including clothing and towels. The woman was treated at UK Hospital’s emergency room. Stoops said after Tuesday’s practice that the situation is “a major concern” and added, “We just feel for all parties involved and we’ll DENVER: In this Oct. 5, 2014, file photo, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning (18) throws against the Arizona Cardinals during the second half of an NFL let the legal process go through its course.” — AP football game. — AFP Soliman defends Arsenal star Ozil title against Taylor out for 12 weeks

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SHANGHAI: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Dominic Thiem of Austria during the men’s singles second round match at the Shanghai Masters 1000 tennis tournament. — AFP Federer, Djokovic win, Nadal crashes

SHANGHAI: Roger Federer joins Novak Djokovic in peting in his second tournament since his exit ing his final set 3-0. The fourth seed was in need of Spanish opponent at the Masters 1000 event. Generali Ladies yesterday, while No. 2 Ana the third round of the Shanghai Masters after win- from Wimbledon in July, after being dumped out a morale-boosting victory after his last outing Ferrer will play Andy Murray in the next round, Ivanovic pulled out injured. The 94th-ranked ning by the skin of his teeth yesterday, while Rafael of the China Open in the quarter-finals last week resulted in a first round exit at the Japan Open to after the British 11th seed won his match against Friedsam missed two match points while serving Nadal crashed on a day of shocks. by a qualifier. Nadal lost the first set, but looked to 103-ranked Tatsuma Ito. Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-2. at 5-2 but converted the fourth chance in her next World number three Federer will unseat sec- be proving the doubters wrong as he led 5-2 in the The world number four started brightly in Meanwhile, seventh seed Kei Nishikori and service game. Two-time former champion ond-placed Nadal in the ATP rankings on the back second. But Lopez, who is ranked 21st, powered Shanghai, taking the first set in his tightly-fought 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov both crashed out in Ivanovic withdrew with a hip complaint one day of his incredible victory. The Swiss player saved five back to force a tie-break and claimed victory with battle with Gilles Simon of France. But his 29th- their opening matches. The Japanese star looked after receiving medical treatment during her first- match points, including three at a third set tie- his first match point. “I lost. Feli played better than ranked opponent fought back to earn a 5-7, 7-5, 6- injured during the closing stages of his 7-6 (7/5), 6- round win over Pauline Parmentier of France. break, before converting his first chance to seal a me. That’s it,” Nadal said afterwards when asked 4 victory. The results in Tokyo and Shanghai could 4 defeat to American Jack Sock, and received treat- “This injury has been plaguing me the whole gripping 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (9/7) victory against about his condition. “I talked about that yesterday, undermine Wawrinka’s bid to book his place at the ment with the scores at 4-3 in his opponent’s summer, and it got worse during the recent tour- Leonardo Mayer. The 17-times Grand Slam winner so I don’t need to talk again about my health.” end of season ATP World Tour Finals, which fea- favour. The US Open finalist won his next service naments in Asia,” Ivanovic said in a statement on needed to draw on all his years of experience to Elsewhere, Serbian world number one Djokovic tures the world’s top eight players. game, but appeared slightly in pain as he lost the the tournament website. “I am sorry but I can’t remain level-headed as he closed out the game, claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory against Austrian Dominic “Two first rounds. It’s never easy, for sure,” next two, which ended his participation in the play on.” The eighth-ranked Ivanovic, who won the leaving his Argentine opponent distraught as he Thiem, the youngest player in the top 50. Wawrinka said. “Two weeks. Didn’t win matches. tournament. Bulgaria’s Dimitrov was dumped out indoor hard-court event in Austria in 2008 and trudged off the court. Second seed Nadal, mean- The top seed in Shanghai broke his 21-year-old But you have to accept that and see what was the by Julien Benneteau of France 7-5, 6-3. Eighth 2010 and reached the final last year, has qualified while, battled the early stages of appendicitis and opponent in his final service game in the first set, problem. “I need to accept, go back home, try to seed Canadian Milos Raonic also failed to make for the WTA Finals in Singapore. Her withdrawal a ruthless Feliciano Lopez in his 6-3, 7-6 (8/6) open- and then again early in the second. focus on the rest of the year because there are so the next round, after he withdrew from his match advanced Madison Brengle of the United States to ing game loss. The current world number two was Thiem, who is ranked 39th, then forced two many to play, so many big challenges for me, that I with Juan Monaco of Argentina suffering from her first career quarterfinals. diagnosed with appendicitis on Sunday but did break points in Djokovic’s next two service games, want to be fresh and ready mentally for that.” fever as he was trailing 5-2. The ATP World Tour In second-round play, Camila Giorgi of Italy not show any obvious signs of suffering from it in but failed to capitalise, leaving his opponent to The fifth seed in Shanghai, David Ferrer, also Masters 1000 event concludes in Shanghai on saved 10 of 11 break points while defeating Ons the match. close in on victory in one hour 28 minutes. faced a tough battle in his opening match, but Sunday. Jabeur of Tunisia 6-3, 6-2 to set up a quarterfinal But he was still far from his world-beating best But it was agony for Australian Open champion finally overcame Slovak Martin Klizan 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), Meanwhile in Linz, Anna-Lena Friedsam of against Marina Erakovic of New Zealand. Erakovic as he returns to competition following three Stan Wawrinka, who crashed out of his second suc- 6-4. Klizan dumped Nadal out of the China Open, Germany rallied to defeat third-seeded Dominika had six aces to earn her first quarterfinal since months on the sidelines. The Spaniard was com- cessive tournament at the first stage-despite lead- but could not repeat his heroics against his Cibulkova 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the reaching the semifinals in Washington in July. — AP Ibra injury illustrates Sweden’s lack of depth

STOCKHOLM: With captain Zlatan from the poor pitch at the Friends Arena. “I Ibrahimovic likely to miss Sweden’s crucial spoke to Kim Kallstrom, my Spartak Euro 2016 home qualifier against Russia Moscow team mate about the upcoming through injury today, the battle to replace game,” said midfielder Denis Glushakov. “He him offers a gloomy outlook for the future said that the pitch is not in great condition of Erik Hamren’s side. and this will create even more problems. Sweden’s record goalscorer is struggling with a tendon injury in his heel that has sidelined him for Paris St Germain. Unlike his club side, however, the Scandinavians do not possess an Edinson Cavani to shoul- der the burden of his absence. Even worse, it is an early sign of what is to come if the 33-year-old Ibrahimovic does retire after the Euro 2016 finals in France, leaving an enormous pair of international boots to fill. Against Russia, coach Hamren will most likely turn to Johan Elmander, a striker who failed to sparkle during two spells in England’s Premier League and is now plying his trade at Brondby in Denmark. Another option is Ola Toivonen, who also plays in France, but any similarities with Ibrahimovic end there. He and Elmander both possess a tremendous work ethic, but lack the flashes of genius that Ibrahimovic has made his trademark, especially at the Friends Arena. Johan Elmander Surprisingly, Hamren resisted the temp- tation to call up Manchester City striker “The Swedes have a strong team, who John Guidetti, who has got off to a flying like to fight. They have a number of tall play- start at Celtic since moving to the Scottish ers, who are good in the air. However, if we club on loan. Guidetti will instead join up play to the best of our capabilities and give with Sweden’s Under-21 side. 100 percent - then we should not have any Often credited by Ibrahimovic for turn- problems,” he added. Russia top the group ing him into a goal-scoring machine when on three points, following an easy 4-0 win they worked together at Juventus, Russia over Liechtenstein, while the Swedes are coach Fabio Capello arrives in Sweden joint third with Austria after the two sides knowing that, in the absence of his protege, played out a hard-fought draw in their Zlatan Ibrahimovic in action in this file photo. the biggest threat they face might come opening game in Vienna. — Reuters KSE gain in 2014 Q3, reverses Q2 losses Page 22

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WASHINGTON: (From left), US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas, Inter-American Development Bank President Luis Alberto Moreno and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde, participate in a meeting during the 6th Meetings of Finance Ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank headquarters in Washington, yesterday. —AP IMF: Rich economies should cut debt US federal budget deficit falls to $486 billion

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund against excessive spending cuts and debt reduction US budget deficit EU budget woes between the biggest members of the euro zone said yesterday that advanced economies still hold that would impact growth and job-creation activi- Meanwhile, a new report says the US govern- French President Francois Hollande defended over the issue of budget policy with both France too much debt, but even as they trim it they need to ties. “Hesitant recovery and persistent risks of low ment’s budget deficit has fallen to $486 billion, the his push for an easing of European Union budget and Italy pressing for a more expansive approach in spend more to generate jobs. After government inflation and reform fatigue call for fiscal policy that smallest pool of red ink of President Barack restrictions yesterday, potentially deepening divi- the face of opposition from Germany. German debt loads soared in the crisis that began in 2008, carefully balances support for growth and employ- Obama’s six-year span in office, The Congressional sions with Germany which is pressing Paris to move Chancellor Angela Merkel did not speak to they have now stabilized, the IMF’s new assessment ment creation with fiscal sustainability,” the Fund Budget Office estimate shows better results than faster on reforms. Speaking as he went into a meet- reporters as she went into the meeting but is due of global fiscal strength says. But debt, as a ratio to said. earlier projections by both CBO and the White ing of EU leaders on jobs in Milan, Hollande said to appear at a news conference with Hollande and gross domestic product, is still high and needs to be While it stressed each country’s situation is differ- House budget Office. It comes as Washington’s the euro zone’s faltering economy would continue Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at about 1600 reduced further in the richest economies, it stressed. ent, the Fund said that in areas where the jobs mar- warriors have mostly paused in their wrangling to slow unless tight budget rules were eased. GMT. The three-hour meeting in Milan, called by The Fund sees the average debt burden for ket is stifled by regulations-an issue that arose in the over the deficit in the run-up to elections next “We’re all affected by the slowdown in growth. Renzi, whose country holds the rotating presidency advanced countries rising slightly to 106.5 percent of IMF-supported rescue of Greece-a “transitory” loos- month. Obama inherited a trillion-dollar-plus We all have to do reforms,” he told reporters. “And of the European Union, is not expected to GDP this year before slipping to 106 percent by the ening of government spending policy can buy time deficit after the 2008 financial crisis but the deficit we also have to adjust budget policies, given what’s announce any concrete measures. end of next year. For advanced economies as a to implement labor market reforms. In addition, gov- has fallen in recent years as the economy has at stake on growth.” But Renzi wants to use it as a platform to focus group, “it is still expected to exceed 100 percent of ernment’s can better target their spending to recovered. While promising to begin a broad drive on on unemployment in southern European countries GDP at the end of the decade. It is important to con- address labor market challenges, such as high youth Still, budget hawks warn that the retirement of social security and labor reforms, he called on like Italy, where the youth jobless rate has topped tinue to reduce debt to safer levels and rebuild fiscal unemployment and low participation by women. those born in 1946 and after will balloon deficits in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, to take steps 44 percent. Hundreds of demonstrators gathered buffers,” the Fund said. “Measures targeted to specific segments of the coming years unless Washington can bridge its to boost demand. “Everyone has to do their part outside the congress centre in Milan before the Yet, with joblessness still high in many of the labor force have been found to be more cost-effec- divides and curb the growth of expensive social with one single objective: growth,” he said. meeting, attacking Renzi’s plans to overhaul hiring- leading economies, the IMF cautioned governments tive than blanket ones,” it said. programs. Hollande’s comments underline the divisions and-firing rules. —Agencies Global gloom and Eid Post-famine gluttony may scuttle UAE listings DUBAI: The feeding frenzy driving a flurry of new stock worried the euphoria around new listings is leading to many bankers are worried whether retail investors truly break weigh on stocks listings in the United Arab Emirates could scupper the guidelines being ignored. understand the risks involved, given the first of these - market’s nascent revival if companies float too soon The new central bank governor, Mubarak Al- Marka - had its 275 million dirham ($75 million) IPO and expose the fragility of overstretched investors. Mansouri, warned chief executives of the country’s covered 36 times over. MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS After five years without an initial public offering (IPO) banks in his first meeting with them on Sept. 24 about “It is important we bring to market companies who of notable size, Emaar Malls Group - a spin off from the repeating the mistakes of the past on lending to are well prepared and with solid backgrounds to main- DUBAI: Middle Eastern bourses pulled The International Monetary Fund on developer of the world’s tallest tower - grabbed global investors in IPOs, according to two people who attend- tain positive momentum,” said Patrick Delivanis, back yesterday in line with global markets Tuesday shaved its global growth forecast attention when it attracted orders worth more than ed the meeting, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Morgan Stanley’s head of investment banking for the as trading volumes remained low, indicat- to 3.3 percent for this year from 3.4 per- $47 billion for its $1.58 billion Dubai listing last month. Middle East and North Africa. ing that many retail investors in the cent, warning of weakness in the euro- The level of interest mirrors widespread investor Influence region had yet to return from their Eid zone, Japan and big emerging markets confidence in the markets of the UAE, with Dubai’s However banks wield significant influence in the Heavy pipeline holidays. Dubai’s index fell 1.7 percent as such as Brazil. It also cut the growth out- index more than tripling in value since the start of 2013 country. Whether lenders, trying to gain business in a Marka and EMG were listed a week apart around heavyweight Emaar Properties slid 2.2 look for the Middle East. Oil prices and Abu Dhabi’s index up 95 percent over the same highly-competitive market, will comply remains to be the turn of last month and were the first listings in the percent. Emaar Malls Group , which was reached their lowest in more than two period. However, bankers and investors both say a sig- seen as little action has been taken by light-touch reg- UAE, barring a couple of small floats, since 2009. EMG’s listed this month, fell 0.9 percent. years yesterday, which has little direct nificant amount of investment has been made using ulators to enforce existing laws during the recent stock listing, on Oct. 2, was the day after Amanat Holdings, a Abu Dhabi’s index slid 0.7 percent as effect on UAE markets, where few oil borrowed money and that upcoming listings may fuel market rally. start-up planning to invest in healthcare and education Union National Bank and Aldar Properties industry-related firms are listed, but further excess. A survey of fund managers this year about the assets, announced its 1.375 billion dirham IPO. dropped 3.7 percent each. “I think it’s which could dampen general investor At the same time, bankers warn that some compa- enforcement of rules in the five main Middle East mar- As well as Amanat, there may be another IPO in basically a very negative international sentiment if it continues. nies without proven track records are going public, kets found the UAE was ranked ahead of only Kuwait. Dubai before the end of the year, the bourse’s chair- lead coupled with the fact that quite a Bourses in Bahrain and Egypt also fell eager to cash in. Should one of these offerings go bad- Mubasher, a brokerage, said a number of UAE banks man said last week. Days earlier, the chief executive of few investors are still away for the Eid hol- as they reopened after the Eid break. ly, they say it could floor the listings market before it provided credit for investors to buy into the EMG offer- Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX), Rashed al- iday,” said Amer Khan, senior executive at Bahrain’s index slipped 0.3 percent in thin gets off the ground. ing. Baloushi, had said there could be two listings on its Shuaa Asset Management in Dubai. trade which involved only a handful of Authorities fear a repeat of the events of six years This follows a pattern of banks watering down bourse by Dec. 31. Most markets across the Middle East stocks. Telecommunications firm Zain ago when UAE equity markets plummeted - with attempts by the central bank to introduce limits on Private equity firm Gulf Capital is expected to be were closed on Sunday and Monday for Bahrain said on Monday that, in the first Dubai dropping more than 70 percent from its July other lending, including mortgages and loans to state- one Abu Dhabi float. It is said to be planning a $1 bil- Eid al-Adha holidays, and some investors IPO on the market since 2010, it had sold 2008 level in six months - as shareholders who had tak- linked companies. lion-plus IPO. Other potential near-term share sales may be taking the rest of the week off as just over a third of its offer to the public, en on excessive leverage during the boom times were It is not just investors buying the shares who are could come from Al Habtoor Group, a family-owned well. Markets in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, reflecting weak demand. forced to dump their portfolios. causing jitters though, but also the type of companies conglomerate which hopes to raise up to $2.5 billion, Kuwait and Oman will only reopen next Egypt’s main index fell 1.4 percent as “The concern is from retail investors extending coming to market. While flotations to raise initial capi- and a facilities management-focused cash shell target- week. European and Asian share markets most blue chips retreated. Commercial themselves in terms of leverage, which could trigger a tal are common in the Western world, such “cash shells” ing a 750 million dirhams IPO, local media reports. were mostly in the red yesterday as International Bank, the country’s largest setback,” said Tarek Sakka, at asset management firm are new to the Gulf and three could be listed in Dubai Emaar Properties, having spun off the malls unit, investors, concerned about waning global listed lender, fell 2.8 percent, property Ajeej Capital. New rules and stiffer penalties were intro- alone before the end of 2014. wants to sell a stake in its hospitality business, its chair- growth, shifted to bonds and waited for developer Talaat Moustafa Group dropped duced by the UAE stock market regulator in January to Such firms have no assets nor track record which man said on Oct. 2, while Able Logistics may list before the US Federal Reserve to release minutes 4.9 percent and investment bank EFG discourage leveraged trading, but authorities are now investors can base their investment decisions on, and year-end, its private equity backer said. —Reuters of its last policy meeting. Hermes was down 4.0 percent. —Reuters BUSINESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

KSE gain in 2014 Q3, reverses Q2 losses Bayt.com weekly report Five signs you may be NBK STOCK MARKET SUMMARY damaging your career xternal pressures, obstacles and difficulties aside, how many of us are responsible for Eunwittingly hampering our chances of career success through our own misplaced and misguided attitudes and behaviors? In this article, the career experts at Bayt.com, the Middle East’s #1 job site, present five behaviors that can ruin a career and should be avoided at all costs:

1. Absenteeism According to the Bayt.com ‘Absenteeism in the MENA Workplace’ poll, July 2012, 58.2 percent of pro- fessionals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region believe that employee absenteeism is ‘very harmful’ to an organization, with a decreased overall productivity as the most costly problem resulting from this phenomena (according to 26.8 percent). KUWAIT: Kuwait’s bourse snapped back in Iraq’s government and the international Absenteeism, missing deadlines, failing to abide by 3Q14 as regional tensions receded, report- agreement on confronting the new securi- agreed timelines, arriving to meetings late and gen- ed corporate results were healthier and the ty threats in Iraq and Syria, have calmed erally disrespecting approved schedules is a surefire economic outlook remained positive. This investors in the region, including in Kuwait. way to lose credibility and professional respect. With followed a turbulent 2Q14 which saw the Meanwhile, Kuwait’s growth is still expect- over 90 percent of MENA professionals claiming that KSE and regional stock markets lose ed to maintain a solid, even accelerating, their company keeps a close eye on employee absen- ground. The value-weighted KSE index trend thanks to the government’s spending teeism, try to value each and every minute at work! increased by 5.3 percent during the quarter plans and the implementation of the new as the market saw investor confidence 5-year development plan. return. The price index rose by 9.3 percent Increases were noticed across all sectors, 2. Failure to deliver on promises reflecting the stronger showing by smaller but were particularly strong in financial A promise made should be a promise kept if your cap stocks. Market capitalization added services, real estate and oil & gas. Financial professional credibility is to remain intact. Avoid KD1.8 billion in 3Q14, offsetting losses in services stocks gained 14 percent, while oil making promises you cannot deliver on. Unless you the previous quarter, to reach KD 33 billion. and gas & real estate sectors each rose by are known as someone who can be strictly depend- Trading activity was also up during the around 9 percent during the quarter. Other ed on to follow through and deliver on-time you are quarter. strong gainers were industrials (+8.7 per- likely to be passed over for promotions and key The stock market rebounded healthily cent), consumer goods (+8.2 percent) and assignments. When you do need more time or during the third quarter, following its cor- banks (+7.2 percent). Telecoms and tech- resources for an assignment communicate the rection in June. A strong pick up in trading nology companies were the two sectors requirement formally and professionally and manage activity, encouraged by solid domestic and with the weakest performance, though regional fundamentals, coupled with they too saw gains of 1.6 percent and 2.5 the situation to show you are in control and will not robust first half earnings, saw the weighted percent, respectively. be sacrificing on quality of delivery. According to the index rise to 494.4, registering year-on-year Though trading volumes were general- Bayt.com ‘Employee Engagement in the MENA’ poll, (y/y) growth of 6.8 percent and 9.2 percent ly unchanged from 2Q14, they appeared April 2014, 7 in 10 of MENA professionals feel com- year-to-date (ytd). Despite the strong per- to pick up during the last part of the quar- fortable enough to voice their concerns and opinions formance of the price index, that better ter, with September recovering to pre- to their manager, so should you. reflects smaller capitalization stocks, it was summer levels. The value of traded shares still down y/y by 1.9 percent and recorded recorded a daily average of KD 22.8million 3. Poor interpersonal skills a smaller 1 percent ytd gain. during the quarter, largely unchanged All research indicates that emotional intelligence Investor sentiment, which has benefited from the previous quarter. However, activ- sentiment ahead. reveals that the share of non-Kuwaiti buy- and people skills are essential ingredients for success from a more positive outlook in 2014, was ity remains off by 33 percent from its level Meanwhile, figures continue to show a ers averaged 16 percent in the first eight further bolstered by easing of geopolitical a year ago. A new CMA commissioner, in life and at work. Indeed, good communication notable increase in inflows of foreign months of the year compared to a 9 per- skills, cooperativeness and flexibility have been risks in 3Q14 and improved corporate earn- whose appointment has been so far well money into the market, despite a small cent average in 2013. Data for September ings. The receding of uncertainty regarding received by investors, may help improve drop in August. The monthly volumes data is not yet available. repeatedly identified as the most sought-after skills by employers in Bayt.com Middle East Job Index sur- veys throughout the years. If you have a reputation Iran aims for tempting as someone who is difficult to work or interact with Dubai crude trade chances are people will start to avoid you and your new oil contracts soon success at mobilizing people or resources to further your goals will be severely diminished. DUBAI: Iran’s new development con- would offer oilfields, projects and its final hits record volume tracts will be finalised soon and present- investment contract to foreign oil compa- 4. Poor team skills ed to the cabinet for approval, its oil min- nies until February next year from SINGAPORE: Dubai crude trade heat- gasoil margins in Asia to the lowest in A good team player is able to work cohesively ister said, a sign that Tehran is pushing November, due to sanctions on its oil sec- ed up in the Platts window yesterday more than two months. Platts Dubai within a team framework and contribute, collaborate, ahead with effort to lure foreign investors tor. as Chinaoil stepped up purchases, price is the benchmark for most of the communicate and challenge to meet specific goals once sanctions are lifted. “In case the sanctions are annulled, a buying 90 of the 92 partial cargoes Middle Eastern and Russian oil sold to within that framework. Inability to see beyond one’s Iran wants Western oil companies to new model of oil contracts will be traded, the highest daily volume ever, Asia. self, work well with everyone, find the good qualities revive its giant, ageing oilfields and unveiled in London,” from Feb. 23 to Feb. traders said. “We confirm that the Platts Market of others in the team, communicate persuasively and develop new oil and gas projects and has 25, Shana cited Mehdi Hosseini, the head The purchases strengthened the on Close (MOC) process for Dubai effectively, listen actively and attentively, give and been preparing a new investment model of the Petroleum Ministry Oil Contracts Dubai cash price, flipping it into a crude saw an all-time high volume of welcome input, offer encouragement and assistance for oil contracts as part of its drive to win Revision Committee, as saying. Iran’s new small premium against its swap for 92 trades on Wednesday that led to where needed and show respect, patience and cour- back Western business. contract model, known as the Iran the first time in two months even as the declaration of five 500,000 barrel tesy inevitably leads to marginalization and failure to The OPEC producer is in talks with six Petroleum Contract (IPC), aims to tempt meet personal and professional goals. Western powers to reach a deal to limit back oil companies with 25-year deals. Brent crude futures hit their lowest in cargoes of crude oil loading in Tehran’s nuclear programme - which Western sanctions imposed in 2012 on more than two years. December, which was also a record 5. Lack of ethics or professionalism could end sanctions on oil investment Iran for its nuclear program have choked Wednesday’s trades led to the high volume,” Jonty Rushforth, Platts Conducting personal business on the job and any and trade with Iran. The deadline to reach Tehran’s oil production. Output is down a scheduling of five cargoes, bringing editorial director of Asia and Middle a deal is Nov. 24. million barrels per day (bpd) since the Chinaoil’s total purchase to 13 car- East oil markets, said in an e-mail. other activities that show flagrant disrespect for com- “The final touches are being made to start of 2012 at 2.7 million bpd, depriving goes, or 6.5 million barrels, in five ses- Mercuria and Royal Dutch Shell will pany time, resources and property are both unethical this type of contracts at the Petroleum it of billions in oil revenue. Top officials sions this month, traders said. each deliver an Upper Zakum crude and unprofessional. Other unethical activities include chatting endlessly on the job, office gossip, wasting Ministry. It will then be submitted to the say Iran can raise production to 4 million “It’s only the eighth of the month, cargo, and Unipec, the trading arm of office supplies, back-biting the boss, spreading office government for approval,” Iranian Oil bpd within six months of sanctions being and he has already taken 13 cargoes,” Asia’s largest refiner Sinopec, will secrets, routinely bringing personal matters to the Minister Bijan Zanganeh said, according lifted. Western experts are more conser- a trader with a Western firm said, deliver two Oman crude cargoes, the to the ministry’s news agency Shana on vative, saying 3 million to 3.5 million bpd workplace all fall under this category. In the MENA, referring to Chinaoil trader Zhang traders said. BP will deliver a Dubai Wednesday. is more likely. 98 percent of professionals believe that it is impor- Yufeng, who heads its Middle East crude cargo. Thomson Reuters, parent He added that the new model of con- Zanganeh had met some Western oil tant for their companies to have and promote ethics tracts does not need to win the endorse- executives at OPEC’s previous meetings crude trading. Chinaoil is the trading of Reuters news, competes with Platts and integrity at the workplace (as per the Bayt.com ment of parliament, Shana reported. in Vienna, including Italy’s Eni, Royal arm of state-owned PetroChina. The in providing news and information to ‘Values, Ethics and Integrity in the MENA Workplace’ Iran had delayed a widely anticipated Dutch Shell and Austrian oil and gas strong Dubai price has depressed the oil market. —Reuters poll, June 2014). London conference during which it group OMV. —Reuters EXCHANGE RATES

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Turkey cuts growth forecast, blames Mideast tensions ISTANBUL: Turkey yesterday lowered its exports with Russia, Ukraine and Iraq government would continue to adopt around the Turkish economy, with GDP nomic recovery and intensifying geopo- economic growth forecast for 2014 to have decreased due to geo-political ten- structural reforms to steer the economy per capita almost doubling since he litical risks in Turkey’s southern border 3.3 percent, blaming external factors sions... Unfortunately, the situation in back to strong growth and improve the came to power. But the chaos in neigh- pose significant downside risks on including the chaos in neighbors Syria Iraq and Syria is not improving,” Babacan investment climate. bors Syria and Iraq where Islamic mili- Turkey’s export and, consequently, and Iraq and increased uncertainty in added. Reining in the ballooning current tants have seized swathes of territory growth performances,” he said in an the global economy. Turkey’s export- Babacan said the government fore- account deficit is the second priority, and a pullback in liquidity by major cen- emailed statement. dependent economy is being hurt by cast annual growth between four per- Babacan said, adding that his govern- tral banks such as the US Federal “Neither of these factors seem set to the near total loss of Iraq as a market as cent for 2015 and five percent for 2016- ment would try to reduce the deficit to Reserve, have hurt its growth more disappear in the short term.” The well as the dramatic slowdowns in 2017. He also revised upwards the infla- 5.2 percent by 2017 from 5.7 percent of recently. Turkish economy sharply slowed to 2.1 Russia and Ukraine amid the Ukrainian tion forecast for the whole of 2014 to the gross domestic product expected Babacan said the fragile economic percent growth in the second quarter, crisis. between 7.6 to 9.4 percent. this year. recovery in Europe had also had a nega- official data showed in September. “Our growth forecast for 2014 has “Our top priority is to fight with infla- The government would have reached tive impact on the outlook. “The devel- Analysts have already revised their been revised from four percent to 3.3 tion,” he said. “We are aiming to bring its original growth target if external opments in our largest trading partner forecasts downward, with the percent,” Deputy Prime Minister Ali down inflation to 6.3 percent in 2015 shocks had not emerged, Babacan have an impact on Turkey’s economy,” he International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut- Babacan told a press conference as he and five percent in 2016 and 2017,” argued. said. Gokce Celik, economist at ting its 2014 growth forecast for Turkey unveiled his government’s economic Babacan said. Finansbank in Istanbul, welcomed the to 2.3 percent. In afternoon trading program for 2015-2017. He said fiscal policy would continue ‘More realistic assessment’ revisions “as they render, especially the yesterday, the Turkish lira was down 0.7 “The growth target is a little lower to be tight until a significant improve- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan-who short-term projections, more compatible percent to 2.2868 to the dollar. The than what we set at the beginning of ment in the outlook for inflation, growth ruled Turkey as premier for over a with the realizations. stock exchange was down 1.95 percent this year,” he said. “This is because and current account deficit. He said the decade-has been credited with turning “But the fragility of euro-zone’s eco- at 72,928.06. —AFP

Protests greet EU leaders at jobs meeting in Italy

MILAN: Hundreds of people protested owed by a dispute over national budgets against Italian Prime Minister Matteo with France and Italy both in the firing line Renzi’s plans to reform hiring-and-firing after putting back deficit and debt targets rules outside the congress centre where previously agreed with their European European leaders were due to meet yester- Union partners. Rome, which holds the day for a conference on jobs. The meeting rotating presidency of the EU, and Paris in Milan coincides with a confidence vote both argue that rigid application of budget in parliament to push through legislation rules will strangle the euro zone’s sickly that will enable the government to alter economy, but they face opposition from parts of the labor code including job pro- Germany, which says countries must first tection measures that are fiercely defended push through effective structural reforms. by unions.“Jobs have been eroded through- Renzi is desperate for a concrete sign out Europe and we’re here to push for a that he is making progress with reform new system that supports workers,” said promises he made when he took office in Fabrizio Portaluri, a union delegate who February. His labor reform is intended to works at tyre-maker Pirelli’s plant in Bollate overhaul a system widely criticized for near Milan. “The governments have to start offering rigid guarantees to employees on to listen to what people are saying,” he said. full permanent contracts while leaving an Some isolated scuffles broke out when increasing army of workers on short-term masked protesters threw flares at police in contracts with almost no protection. riot gear but there were no reports of seri- At present, permanent employees of ous violence. larger companies can sue to get their jobs German Chancellor Angela Merkel and back in cases of unfair dismissal. But the French President Francois Hollande were rules exclude those on short-term con- due in Milan along with leaders from other tracts, many of whom are younger people European Union countries for a meeting entering the workforce, and do not apply billed as a “high level conference” on jobs to the thousands of firms with fewer than and growth. No concrete measures are 15 employees. expected from the meeting, which is due to Renzi says the rigid labor law makes it last no more than three hours and which unattractive for firms to take on new staff ATHENS: Holding black flags, municipal workers gather outside the Ministry of Administrative Reform in Athens during a protest esterday.y comes ahead of a full European Union sum- Employees were protesting the government’s evaluations scheme in the public sector, which they say will lead to further layoffs. —AFP mit at the end of the month. and deters foreign investment. In the face But Renzi wants to use it as a platform to of opposition from unions and sections of focus on the unemployment crisis in south- his own centre-left Democratic Party, Renzi ern European countries like Italy, where the wants to replace the system with a simpler youth jobless rate has topped 44 percent set of rules that offer workers more protec- Kuwait looks for way out of and where a generation of young people tion as their seniority increases. risk being shut out of the labor market. But he has yet to spell out the details German Labor Minister Andrea Nahles and the confidence vote, expected as the domestic gas conundrum said the meeting would discuss more effec- Milan meeting is due to conclude, will tive use of funds earmarked to help young apply to broad-brush guidelines that will people into work. “It is important that the be filled out later. KOC looking to boost output, pay for expensive LNG imports money that is available arrives as soon as The confidence vote in the Senate, possible,” she told reporters. where the government has a slim majority, is aimed at truncating debate, and Renzi SPECIAL REPORT Budget dispute said he expected party rebels to swing However the event may be overshad- behind him. —Reuters KUWAIT: State-owned Kuwait Oil Co (KOC) estimated at $800 million in 2012, referring the its sizeable domestic gas reserves, estimated at shortlisted five oil majors for a five-year consul- contract to the public prosecutor for investiga- 1.8 trillion cubic metres. tancy contract in late September, designed to tion because of alleged irregularities in the boost oil and gas output - the Gulf state’s latest agreement. LNG efforts Geithner affirms in court attempt to tap IOC technical advice in the face of It is the politicized probe, rather than the In this light, the country’s ramped-up effort to stiff local resistance to non-Kuwaiti participation technical challenges, that has stunted Kuwait’s boost imports of LNG this year is an understand- need for AIG bailout in the country’s hydrocarbons sector. attempt to produce gas from the northern fields. able - if expensive - solution. Kuwait signed Shell, BP, Total, ExxonMobil and Chevron are “Kuwait is known as much for its political con- agreements in the first half of 2014 to import WASHINGTON: Timothy Geithner, a key player Washington. Former Fed Chairman Ben to bid for a five-year consultancy contract let by straints as for the complexity of its upstream gas LNG cargoes from Shell, BP and Qatargas, with in the US government’s 2008 bailout of Bernanke is scheduled to testify later in the KOC, a subsidiary of Kuwait Petroleum Corp sector,” said Justin Dargin, a Gulf energy analyst commitments for 32 shipments per year, each of American International Group Inc, on Tuesday week. Geithner was questioned for a full day by (KPC). KOC will issue a tender for those compa- at Oxford University. 80,000 tons. This gas will go some way to meet- affirmed in court his belief that the insurer’s Greenberg’s attorney, David Boies. Geithner nies to sign the contract which starts in the Political opposition has made it increasingly ing local power stations’ requirements for rescue was needed to avert disaster for the reconstructed in detail the New York Fed’s 2015-2016 fiscal year. difficult for any IOC that dares to get involved in increased gas supplies, after repeated summers financial system. A lawyer grilled Geithner at deliberations over and decision to extend the Although its main aim is to attempt to Kuwait. “Even though the current parliament is of blackouts. However, increasing LNG imports the trial of a lawsuit brought by former AIG aid to AIG, and its discussions with AIG execu- increase crude oil production capacity to 3.65 regarded as a bit more pro-government than the does have other effects on the local gas market. Chairman and CEO Maurice Greenberg. He is tives on terms for the loan. He frequently said million barrels per day, the consultancy contract previous legislature, the parliamentary probes The overall effect of bringing in expensive LNG - suing the federal government for about $40 bil- he couldn’t recall specific facts or details. is also a belated attempt to breathe fresh life effectively chill any potential investment [in] priced in the range of $13-14/MMBtu - is to push lion in damages over its handling of the He said he was “deeply involved” in discus- into the country’s faltering upstream gas pro- upstream development,” said Dargin, who up the weighted average cost of gas. That results bailout, asserting that it violated the sions to determine an interest rate for the loan gram, focused on the northern non-associated emphasized that the arduous political condi- in a need to raise electricity tariffs or increase the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment by taking con- to AIG, which was set at about 12 percent Jurassic field. tions - rather than the actual commercial terms - amount of subsidies to the electricity sector, trol of the insurance giant without “just com- annually. Kuwait’s bid to raise domestic gas production play a more significant role in inhibiting Kuwait’s according to Gavin Law, Wood Mackenzie’s sen- pensation” for the shares it received. Boies read from a Sept. 17, 2008 document has made no substantive progress since the chances of tapping foreign expertise. ior gas consultant. The $85 billion loan package for AIG, which written by a New York Fed official saying “AIG Jurassic project’s inception in 2010. That leaves Further delays come out of the complex “LNG is being sold to power companies at a was teetering toward bankruptcy in September was told this was ‘take it or leave it.’ Nothing Kuwait as a net importer of gas, with 15.6 billion nature of the system in Kuwait, where political higher price than was previously the case. 2008, gave the government control of 80 per- could be negotiated.” With Geithner giving cubic meters of production in 2013 outpaced by and commercial interests overlap. Some political Subsidies are being moved around between the cent of the New York-based company’s stock. AIG’s then-CEO Robert Willumstad an hour or consumption of 17.8 bcm. groups represented in parliament are linked to power and gas sectors at an increasing rate,” said Geithner was president of the New York Federal two to get the company’s board to approve the The Jurassic gas fields of Umm Niga and commercial entities. “When some contracts are Law. Despite the cost implications of rising LNG Reserve at the time and later Treasury secretary. terms, Boies asked Geithner, “You gave them a Sabriyah, estimated to hold a total of 991 bcm of seen to benefit particular companies, other fac- imports - local estimates put the price of Shell’s While upholding the necessity of the AIG deadline, correct?” reserves, are central to any effort to find a tions invariably attempt to obstruct them,” said 18-cargo deal at $12 billion - Kuwaiti officials are bailout, Geithner in his testimony Tuesday also Answered Geithner: “I don’t know ... how I domestic solution to the country’s sizeable gas Dargin. hopeful some volumes from the Jurassic fields acknowledged that he had said the bailout framed the deadline, but I made clear that we requirements. In fact, anything related to oil and gas in will contribute to future supply growth. “wiped out” AIG shareholders. had very little time.” The Jurassic gas program is the centerpiece Kuwait has always been acutely sensitive However, these are not likely to offset the need That statement was in line with testimony Geithner also acknowledged concern of an enhanced technical service agreement because of the general atmosphere of distrust for continued LNG imports. Monday by former Treasury Secretary Henry among New York Fed officials that AIG share- signed between Shell and KOC in February 2010. between government and opposition, said Further supplies sources could result from Paulson, who said the AIG bailout was specifi- holders could vote to reject the government’s But progress has been held up. In a further blow Kristian Coates-Ulrichsen, Middle East fellow at Kuwait’s acquisition of overseas gas production cally designed by the government to punish terms for the loan. In a moment of levity during to Kuwait’s domestic gas program, local reports Rice University’s Baker Institute. “The [opposi- capacity. Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration the company. Paulson, who headed the the tedious back-and-forth, Boies - a famed liti- in mid September suggested KOC was preparing tion] are simply not feeling confident in the Co. acquired Shell’s 8 percent interest in the Treasury Department at the time of the rescue, gator known for his fight for gay marriage and to scrap a $1.5 billion contract awarded to build [government’s] ability to act cleanly. This is com- Wheatstone-Iago gas field and its 6.4 percent said AIG shareholders should have faced pun- advocacy of Al Gore before the Supreme Court facilities at the Jurassic field. plicated further as temporary alliances form stake in the Wheatstone LNG project in Western ishment for the company’s troubled balance in the 2000 election - asked Geithner whether among political and business interests and sen- Australia for $1.1 billion, giving the country a sheet. Geithner is expected to return he had a “high regard” for Greenberg. “I had ... I Political challenges ior members of the ruling family. There are so potential interest in LNG cargoes due to come Wednesday for a second day of testimony in would say a complicated regard for him, just to Contracting troubles are only one - albeit many pitfalls that any one of them could have onstream in 2015. the trial at the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in be honest about it,” he replied.—AP serious - source of delays on the Jurassic gas the potential to derail an agreement,” said Kuwait’s toxic politics will, in the meantime, project, which ultimately aims to produce 28 Coates-Ulrichsen. remain a hurdle for any IOCs considering enter- MMcm/d. More troublesome are the political Political intrigue makes for entertaining chat- ing its upstream - even those lured by KOC’s new challenges that have hindered Shell’s chances of ter in Kuwait’s diwans, but is potentially harmful consultancy contracts. Buying in LNG cargoes, making faster progress on its upstream program. to its chances of building a more coherent politi- by contrast, seems an considerably simpler solu- Kuwaiti MPs launched a probe into a contact cal system that could catalyse development of tion.

OECD follows IMF with fears about euro-zone outlook

PARIS: The OECD pointed to a weak outlook for economic activity, point to a slowdown in ping earlier this year and in August, the last growth in the euro-zone, particularly in momentum in Germany and Italy, with France month calculated, fell below the long-term Germany, yesterday when its index of leading stable. On Tuesday, the IMF cut sharply its euro- average of 100 points, dropping from 100.1 to economic indicators pointed to stable growth zone growth forecast to 0.8 percent and 99.7 points. elsewhere. warned that the single currency bloc faces a The OECD said its CLIs pointed to stable This latest signal of gloom for the euro-zone long period of sluggish activity and dangerous- growth momentum for the United States, came the day after the International Monetary ly low inflation which the European Central Britain and Canada, as well as in emerging mar- lowered its forecast for growth in the 18-mem- Bank must tackle. kets Brazil, China and Russia. ber single currency area. And earlier this week Germany reported a It said Japan’s CLI points to a loss of momen- “In Europe, signs are emerging of a loss of 5.7-percent slump in August factory orders and tum, but that this may be due to one-off factors. AHMEDABAD: An Indian visitor (left) looks at the recently-launched Mahindra ‘Gusto’ growth momentum in the Euro area,” the a 4.0 percent drop in industrial output, which India’s CLI points to accelerating growth momen- scooter at a Mahindra Two Wheelers authorized showroom in Ahmedabad yesterday. Organization for Economic Cooperation and analysts said meant there would likely be little tum, but is still below the long-term trend. The India’s Mahindra & Mahindra group has announced a bid to purchase a 51 perecnt Development said. rebound from the 0.2 percent contraction post- OECD indicators are regarded as a reliable point- stake in PSA Puegeot Citroen’s scooter business and invest 15 million euros in the Its latest composite leading indicators, CLIs, ed in the second quarter. er to how the trend of activity will evolve, and are Pugeot Motorcycles company, a statement from Mahindra said.—AFP which it calculates monthly to show trends in The OECD’s CLI for Germany began drop- closely watched for this reason. —AFP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 BUSINESS Euro, sterling drop after ECB decision

NBK MONEY MARKETS REPORT KUWAIT: The dollar index rallied to its high- market may be tightening. Initial claims for of improvement. A less positive assessment posable income. Furthermore, demand for est level in four years, reaching a high of state unemployment benefits dropped of the current job market, most likely due to EU’s minimum bid rate exports should benefit from the global 86.74, after data showed US employers 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 287,000. Also the recent softening in growth, was the sole The European Central Bank kept interest recovery. At the same time, the recovery is stepped up hiring last month and the job- the four-week moving average of claims, reason for the decline in consumers’ assess- rates unchanged at record lows and also likely to continue to be dampened by high less rate fell to a six-year low of 5.9 percent considered a better measure of labor mar- ment of present-day conditions. Looking decided on the key operational details of unemployment, sizeable unutilized capaci- in further signs of an ongoing economy ket trends ,fell 4,250 to 294,750, just above ahead, consumers were less confident both the asset-backed securities purchase ty, continued negative bank loan growth to recovery across the United Sates . an 8-1/2 year low it marked in early August. about the short-term outlook for the econo- program and the new covered bond pur- the private sector, and the necessary bal- At the ECB meeting last week, the my and labor market, and somewhat mixed chase program. The head of The ECB Draghi ance sheet adjustments in the public and European Central Bank kept its key interest US ISM Manufacturing Index regarding their future earnings potential. All said, “Following four quarters of moderate private sectors.” rates unchanged, while shifted its focus to The US manufacturing sector expanded told, consumers expect economic growth expansion, euro area real GDP remained asset-buying scheme, on the hope to revive during September but the rate of growth at to ease in the months ahead.” unchanged between the first and second UK manufacturing PMI the ailing European economic recovery. The United Kingdom manufacturing Following the decision to cut rates further sector grew at its slowest pace since April last month, the Frankfurt-based bank kept 2013 as growth in new orders almost the main refinancing rate at 0.05 percent, stalled. UK’s, Purchasing Managers’ Index while deposit rate remained in the at -0.20 dropped to 51.6 from 52.2 in August , also percent, which means that banks have to pay new orders dropped to a nineteen month to keep funds at the central bank overnight. low of 50.5 , very close to the 50 level that The European Central Bank President Mario divides expansion from contraction . Draghi said, “the bank would begin to buy The senior Economics at Markit survey covered bonds, a form of secured debt, from said, “The weakening of the manufacturing banks in mid-October and purchase asset- PMI data in August was cited as a major backed securities - bundled loans - at some concern among the Bank of England’s point this quarter”. However, Draghi failed to Monetary Policy Committee .September’s specify the overall amount for the Asset- disappointing reading will therefore add to backed Securities program, and gave no fur- the air of caution as to whether the econo- ther hints about extra measures such as my is ready for higher interest rates. In the quantitative easing program. goods-producing sector may have spread The Euro opened the week at 1.2684 to other sectors. Also important will be the and managed to reach a high of 1.2715. The trend in prices. With manufacturers report- single currency quickly came under lots of ing weaker selling price increases and a fall pressure and managed to reach a two-year in input costs, the picture of waning infla- low of 1.2499 after a dovish European tionary pressures painted by industry may Central Bank meeting and strong US Non- provide some leeway for the Bank of Farm Payrolls report. The world’s most wide- England to hold off from raising rates even ly traded currency pair closed for the week if strong growth persists.” at 1.2516. Cable edged gradually lower through UK services PMI the first four days of the week before drop- The United Kingdom services sector ping sharply in the wake of last Friday’s dropped slightly in September and a broad- strong US Non-Farm Report alongside er measure of private-sector expansion fell weaker than expected UK service PMI data. to a six-month low. The purchasing man- The sterling pound dropped sharply to a agers’ index dropped to its lowest level new 11-month low of 1.5950 and closed for since July, reaching a low of 58.7. The Chief the week at 1.5962. Economist at Markit said, “the slowdown is The Japanese yen opened the week at in line with Bank of England projections 109.20 against the greenback. The dollar NEW YORK: The facade of the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. —AP and, alongside record low pay growth, adds dropped reaching a two-week low of to the case for interest rates to remain on 107.99 after the Bank of Japan Governor, American factories slowed from August. The quarter of this year. Survey data available up hold until next year, and at least until there Kuroda repeated at the beginning of the Institute for Supply Management manufac- Germany’s unemployment rate to September confirm the weakening in the are clear signs of wages and household week that although the BoJ are prepared to turing index dropped to 56.6 in September German unemployment rate unexpect- euro area’s growth momentum, while incomes rising in real terms.” implement additional stimulus if necessary, after reaching a three-year high of 59.0 in edly rose for a second month as geopolitical remaining consistent with a modest eco- there are no current plans to do so. By the August. The reading came well below mar- tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine nomic expansion in the second half of the Asian economy end of the week, the Dollar quickly reversed ket expectations for a decline to 58.5 in the and an uncertain euro-area recovery wors- year. Looking ahead to 2015, the outlook for Japans Retail sales increased 1.2 percent its losses and reached a high of 110.08 as month. However, a reading above 50 indi- ened the outlook for Europe’s largest econ- a moderate recovery in the euro area on year in August, above market expecta- better than expected economic data cates expansion in the manufacturing sec- omy. The number of people out of work remains in place, but the main factors and tions for a 0.3 percent rise. However, house- emerged out of the United States. The tor. climbed a seasonally adjusted 12,000 to assumptions shaping this assessment need hold spending fell 4.7 percent on year, USD/JPY closed for the week at 109.75. The Conference Board said last week 2.92 million in September. The adjusted job- to be monitored closely. Domestic demand worse than expected, while industrial pro- that the confidence fell to 86.0 from an less rate was unchanged at 6.7 percent, the should be supported by our monetary poli- duction dropped 1.5 percent on month, US unemployment claims upwardly revised 93.4 the month before. lowest level in more than two decades. The cy measures, the ongoing improvements in below expectations for a 0.2 percent rise. The number of Americans filing new The Director at The Conference Board said, German economy contracted in the second financial conditions, the progress made in The data paint a mixed picture of Japan’s claims for unemployment benefits dropped “Consumer confidence retreated in quarter and the strength of its rebound is fiscal consolidation and structural reforms, economy and suggest that it has not fully last week, a sign that the United States labor September after four consecutive months vital to reviving growth across Europe. and lower energy prices supporting real dis- adjusted to the April sales tax hike. Growth worries grip world stocks

LONDON: European stock markets fell for a sec- “It’s concerns over global growth that are ond day yesterday, pushing world share indices weighing on the equity markets, particularly prior back towards their lowest in six months as con- to earnings season,” James Butterfill, global equity cern mounts over global economic growth. strategist at Coutts, said. “If you look at Europe, New York markets were set to open flat to there’s very weak macroeconomic data. There’s higher and currency markets were mixed, with weak data coming out of China as well, so it does attention turning to Federal Reserve minutes due suggest slower growth.” at the end of the US business day. But data and forecasts from China, Spain and Germany all sup- Oil low ported the picture painted by the International While no-one expects a full U-turn in US mon- Monetary Fund on Tuesday: a world economy etary policy, the prospect of stimulus from other struggling to end a cycle of low growth and finan- sources is occupying much of investors’ attention. cial trauma it has been stuck in since 2008. Even in the face of poor services sector data, The FTSE Eurofirst index of 300 leading Chinese markets bucked the trend, with shares in European companies was down 0.8 percent at Shanghai up 0.5 percent, the product in part of 1,323.66. Japan’s Nikkei index lost 1.2 percent and expectations of further stimulus from Beijing. Asian shares outside Japan fell by a full percent- The protracted slide in oil prices should also be age point. “The mood is darkening rapidly,” said a windfall for consumer spending power, as well as Kit Juckes, a currency strategist at Societe a force for disinflation in much of the developed Generale in London. “I’m not sure we should read world. That has been a boon for sovereign bonds as too much into spot forecasts, but the suffocation investors wager the outlook for slowing inflation of the IMF’s optimism is pretty striking. Within the will put off the day when US interest rates might G7, 2015 forecasts have been cut in Germany, rise. “There are a lot of worries about the macro pic- France, Italy and Japan.” ture, especially in the euro zone, and that is benefit- A flood of new dollars printed by the US ing the bond market,” said Jean-Francois Robin, Federal Reserve has allowed stock markets to head of strategy at Natixis. “We are back to a tradi- ignore shaky economic prospects for much of the tional correlation when the equity market is going developed world over the past three years. But down, the bond market is going up.” the Fed is set to end its bond-buying this month, Another question, before the minutes from and the outlook for the Japanese, Chinese and the Fed’s latest meeting, is whether the dollar’s European economies is less than optimistic. Prices gains since May will lead the Fed to raise rates HONG KONG: A screen shows the Hang Seng Index at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong. —AP of stocks and other more growth-dependent more slowly over the next couple of years. The assets have fallen accordingly since mid-August. dollar has gained more than 10 percent against Figures out of Germany this week have even the euro since early May and around 8.5 per- called into question growth in the euro-zone’s cent against a basket of currencies. That should Oil hits new low below $91 biggest and so far most robust economy. The loss- hold down the price of imports and slow US es in Europe and Asia pushed the MSCI index of inflation, and it may make US policymakers world shares close to its lowest since mid-April. Oil reluctant to boost the dollar further by raising prices reached their lowest in more than two years. interest rates. —Reuters on weak demand forecasts

LONDON: Brent crude oil dipped below $91 a an inventory report on Tuesday from industry Iran’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, in a Gold rises 1% on growth fears barrel yesterday to its lowest since June 2012 as group the American Petroleum Institute (API). sign that negotiations on the country’s nuclear lower economic growth forecasts prompted con- This was much larger than the build of 1.5 million program are keeping momentum. LONDON: Gold rose 1 percent yesterday as one-week holiday yesterday, traders said the cerns about global oil demand at a time of abun- barrels expected by analysts polled by Reuters. European Union sanctions on the National stock markets fell for a second day, with a cut in metal could benefit from fresh physical dant supply. “The inventory build-up means it will be diffi- Iranian Tanker Company were annulled, the ship- the International Monetary Fund’s global demand. The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cult for prices to rise even when demand increas- ping company said on Tuesday, potentially open- growth forecasts fuelling concerns over the “Precious metals are finding support from cut its global economic growth forecasts for the es in the winter,” said Chauhan. Investors awaited ing the door to more Iranian supply. world economy. several corners today. Stock markets are once third time this year, warning of weaker growth in official inventory data from the EIA, due to be Strong supply from Iraq and Libya helped to European stocks hit 1-1/2-month lows, and again showing signs of weakness, while US core euro-zone countries, Japan and major released at 1430 GMT. drive prices down from a high above $115 in world share indexes pushed back towards their bond yields are moving lower once again,” Saxo emerging markets, such as Brazil. Global stock “A drop below $90 is possible for Brent,” said June, but a shock remains possible in either lowest in six months, while German bond yields Bank’s head of commodity research Ole Hansen markets fell heavily on the news with the Dow Carsten Fritsch, senior oil and commodities ana- country. Momentum has been building for slipped towards record lows as concerns over said. Jones index down 1.6 percent. lyst at Commerzbank in Frankfurt. “At that point, greater international action against Islamic State global growth spurred demand for safe-haven “Adding to this is a sense that the dollar now The US Energy Information Administration cut we could see stop-loss orders triggered and militants in Syria and Iraq, as the radical group debt. Spot gold was up 0.7 percent at $1,217.50 may need a bigger correction before buying its global demand forecast for 2014 by 1.24 mil- some follow-up selling.” came close to taking a town on Syria’s border an ounce at 1138 GMT, having earlier touched a resumes, while the return of China to these low- lion barrels on Tuesday, and trimmed its Brent The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting with Turkey on Tuesday. high of $1,220.60. US gold futures for December er levels have raised expectations about crude price forecast for 2015. “There’s very bear- Countries is due to meet in Vienna on Nov. 27, The Turkish government’s reluctance to inter- delivery were up $5.60 an ounce at $1,218.00. demand,” he added. “At the moment volumes ish sentiment right across the market at the and analysts expect the group to significantly cut vene against Islamic State has stirred up tensions The metal plunged to its lowest since mid- are not really picking up ... in order to attract a moment,” said Virendra Chauhan, oil analyst at its output target from 30 million barrels per day with Turkey’s Kurdish minority. At least 12 people 2013 earlier this week at $1,183.46, after upbeat major round of short-covering we need to see Energy Aspects in London. (bpd). died on Tuesday during clashes in southeastern US jobs data boosted the dollar and stocks and the price above $1,224.” Brent for November was down 85 cents at “The recovery in prices must come from the Kurdish provinces. buoyed expectations that the Federal Reserve Markets will be eyeing minutes of the Fed’s $91.26 by 1100 GMT, after hitting $90.76 earlier supply side, meaning lower OPEC production,” Libyan oil production slipped below 900,000 will keep scaling back its ultra-loose monetary last policy meeting due later yesterday for clues in the session, its lowest since June 2012. US Fritsch told Reuters Global Oil Forum, adding that bpd last month due to a sit-in protest at Sirte policy. It has since rebounded as stock markets on when the US central bank could raise rates. crude fell 85 cents to $88.00 a barrel. an output cut of 1 million bpd would be neces- Oil Co by local residents demanding jobs, a have lost traction and the dollar has retreated Higher rates would dent demand for gold, a US crude stocks climbed by 5.1 million barrels sary to shore up prices. Iran and major powers source at the National Oil Corporation said on from highs. As Chinese markets returned from a non-interest-bearing asset. —Reuters to 360 million in the week to Oct 3, according to are set to hold talks in coming days in Vienna, Tuesday. —Reuters THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 BUSINESS The quintessentially English smartphone Vertu launches Aster ster is the new, quintessentially English smartphone from Vertu, Athe English manufacturer of lux- ury mobile phones. Handmade and fin- ished by craftsmen, using the most lux- urious materials, in an exquisite palette of colours, Aster can also be personal- ized with a monogram or engraving. Its beauty of design and simplicity of use belie the cutting edge technology at its heart, which facilitates its seamless operation almost anywhere on the globe. The new handset features Dolby Digital Plus virtual surround sound and Hasselblad certified imaging, as well as Vertu’s full portfolio of services, which comprises Classic Concierge as well as Vertu LIFE and Vertu CERTAINTY pack- out all Vertu devices and there has been and contrast with its textured, natural Digital Plus virtual surround sound. Call secure WiFi globally via13million secure ages. Together these features combine tremendous opportunity for us to tailor grain leather, sourced from the finest quality is assured via noise cancelling WiFi hotspots across 123 countries. to create in Aster a rare and indispensa- designs, materials and service suites to tanneries in Europe. uplink and downlink and the Complimentary 12 month’s access to ble lifestyle accessory. meet differing consumer needs and A single 117 carat, 5.1”piece of 5th Qualcomm Snapdragon 2.3GHz 801 Kaspersky mobile security, including Massimiliano Pogliani, Vertu’s Chief desires. Today, we have a coherent, seg- generation solid sapphire crystal pro- Quad-core processor delivers stunning anti-virus and anti-theft protection pro- Executive Officer, said: “There has mented product portfolio in which tects Vertu Aster’s 4.7” HD display and speed. High quality, integrated front tects the phone itself. always been significant consumer every model delivers Vertu’s unique 13mp camera lens from scratches. Vertu facing stereo speakers are tuned for an desire for Vertu products that make a combination of craftsmanship and has been using sapphire for luxury extraordinarily pure and rich acoustic Vertu digital lifestyle statement. Many of our con- materials, services and technology, mobile phones since the late 90s and experience without distortion in any Coinciding with the Aster product sumers not only appreciate rarity and enabling our global consumers to has continuously developed the tech- environment. launch, Vertu will also unveil a new digi- craftsmanship in the goods that they choose from distinctly different flavours nology for this precision application. In addition to promising exceptional tal presence at the heart of which is e- choose to own, but desire products that of our brand whilst still receiving the Now, with more than a decade’s experi- sound via its hands free speaker, Vertu commerce platform that will begin to reflect modern styling and trends in ultimate Vertu experience. We will go ence of growing, cutting, polishing and Aster can be effortlessly linked, via roll out globally from October 2014. their colour palette and material. They further with our segmentation strategy bonding, Vertu has become the fore- Bluetooth v4.0 + LE and using CSR aptX From early next year, customers will be expect a statement piece that not only over the next 18-months, expanding at most expert in sapphire crystal screen high quality encoded audio support, to able to purchase directly from performs to the utmost standard tech- either end of our current range through technology for mobile devices. the Vertu V Speaker (SP-1V), a powerful vertu.com anywhere in the world. A key nically, but is also beautiful as an object elements such as higher end materials Impervious to anything less than dia- room filling wireless speaker. part of this on-line experience is the as well. and services or a wider variety of per- mond, solid sapphire crystal is strong, Vertu has once again worked with customer’s ability to select, configure, In contrast to Signature Touch, which sonalization options, for example. highly scratch resistant and optically Hasselblad, the world’s most renowned monogram or engrave their Vertu has seen its popularity soar amongst Importantly, all future products will perfect. Vertu’s Creative Director, professional photography brand, to per- phone before placing their order direct- our more traditional and corporate cus- continue to be true to the Vertu spirit.” Ignacio Germade, said: “In Aster we fect the image tuning of the Aster cam- ly via Vertu.com. These latest steps see tomers and is very masculine in design, have created a phone that, whilst softer era. The Hasselblad-certified 13mp rear Vertu continue on its journey to deliver with hard, straight, edges and classic Design in its lines, remains unisex in essence. camera has a sapphire crystal lens and a dynamic digital presence which will lines, Aster is a more unisex offer and Aster delivers a very contemporary Key Vertu design cues are incorporated, anti-reflection coating, while the front link the Boutique, on-line and on device appeals to a different customer; some- version of some of the signature ele- however we have chosen to significant- facing camera facilitates video calling. environments into one seamless con- one searching for something a little ments found in Vertu phones. For exam- ly soften them in the Aster design. We The 4.7” full HD display has a resolution sumer experience. more glamorous. In Aster we looked to ple the traditional V pillow is made of have selected rich colors, across three of 473ppi and is protected by the 5.1” create a handset that was not only engi- titanium and uses clean horizontal lines different leathers, Calf, Karung and sapphire crystal screen. Vertu campaign neered to perform to the highest stan- and a simple geometry. The strong ver- Ostrich, which each lend character and The Vertu Aster campaign is the third dard, but one that would complement tical sides are created by cutting a personality, adding depth to the textur- Services incarnation of the VERTU EXTRAORDI- our customers’ lifestyles in its capacity scoop into the titanium and using dif- al contrast of the beautifully finished Aster ownership includes six months’ NARY theme which celebrates Vertu’s as a fashionable accessory. For those ferent finishes to bring the profile to titanium and hand crafted leather.” complimentary Classic Concierge serv- English heritage, use of fine materials, desirous of luxury and understated ele- life. This creates a surface that is a pleas- Aster will launch in a palette of six, ice from a team of lifestyle managers hand craftsmanship, technology and gance, but unwilling to compromise on ure to hold. Edges are much softer to rich colours, across seven product exe- available 24/7. Vertu Concierge is acces- the brand’s unique service offering. performance, Aster is the ultimate create a less masculine aesthetic. The cutions: Onyx Calf, Blush Calf, Lagoon sible via voice, email or Live Chat from Shot by internationally renowned fash- lifestyle handset.” soft, almost fluid lines of the handset Calf, Caviar Karung, Tangerine Karung, He continued, “Over the last two are enhanced by the use of a grade 5 Cognac Ostrich and Raspberry Ostrich. years we have expanded our product titanium casing, featuring a mix of A range of eleven Aster cases, in three range with specific consumers in mind. brushed and polished finishes that different styles, have been designed to Powerful technology now runs through- sweep the sleek lines of the handset complement the Aster handset collec- tion. Aster is hand-bound in leather sourced from tanneries that supply the world’s leading fashion houses. Each anywhere in the world. ion photographer, Miles Aldridge, the piece of leather is unique meaning no Vertu LIFE offers customers a person- campaign imagery focuses on both the two Vertu Asters are completely identi- alised selection of exclusive privileges meticulous craftsmanship that goes in cal and owners can further customize and unrestricted access to elite events, to the creation of a Vertu phone and the their Aster with Vertu’s personalization available directly on device. Features privileged world to which ownership of service. include complimentary entry to the a Vertu phone gives access. most exclusive Private Members’ Clubs, Vertu began working on a luxury Performance spas and gyms around the world, access mobile phone concept as early as 1998 Vertu Aster delivers exceptional con- to invitation-only events and closed- and four years later the company nectivity via its optimized antenna door shopping experiences as well as shipped its first product, the Signature, which enables access to high-speed recommendations based on your tastes from its headquarters in Hampshire, data through quad-band GSM, 3G and and location. England. Today, Vertu still leads the LTE 4G capability. Aster’s facility to con- Vertu CERTAINTY protects their Vertu market that it pioneered, with a range nect to 4G networks means that web phone and their data through best-in- of phones available: Vertu Signature, pages load instantly and downloading a class technology and expert partners. Vertu Signature Touch and Vertu Aster. song takes mere seconds. This includes encrypted communica- Each product in the range delivers an Six months’ complimentary access to tions, comprising voice calls, text and unrivalled synergy of hand craftsman- unlimited, global Wi-Fi, at over 13 mil- video, delivered in partnership with ship and materials, unique design, latest lion hotspot locations, further enhances Silent Circle and complimentary to technology and curated services. Every the Wi-Fi experience on your Aster. Aster owners for 12 months. A six Vertu phone is handcrafted by a single Aster’s exceptional acoustic profile month complimentary service provided craftsman whose signature is engraved delivers flawless sound through Dolby by iPass offers unlimited access to inside the back plate compartment.

HK, the golden goose London Mining pins Beijing cannot sacrifice hopes on new investor LONDON: London Mining Plc, battered by a expected to provide short-term funding. sharp drop in iron ore prices, warned yester- That cash injection would come from a new City faces long-term challenge from Shanghai day that its shares now had “little or no val- partner, if one can be found. “Under the ue”, sending its stock tumbling as it searches structures currently proposed, the board BEIJING: Hong Kong’s democracy protests have back. It would be silly to have a tit-for-tat.” as you can deliver, then I will use you.’” for a strategic investor. believes that there will be little or no value stoked fears of retribution from China, but observers Sierra Leone-focused London Mining, remaining in the equity of the company and say the city is simply too valuable to punish and ‘I will use you’ Narrowing gap which owns the Marampa mine, is one of the other listed securities of the group,” the sideline, even as it faces a long-term challenge from Hong Kong was returned to China in 1997 and Yet while Hong Kong need not worry about several small miners set up in West Africa miner said. London Mining’s shares crashed mainland rival Shanghai. has its own government and legal system, with its being eclipsed by its mainland rival in the short- during the commodities boom, on the back 96 percent to lows of 0.12 pence after the Demonstrators, sometimes numbering in the residents enjoying rights and freedoms unknown on term, the dynamic could shift as the territory’s full of rising demand for iron ore. They hoped to statement, before recovering in morning tens of thousands, have taken to Hong Kong’s the Chinese mainland. Nonetheless the protests are return to Chinese control in 2047 nears. At that turn the region into a new producing fron- trade to change hands at 0.7 pence, 77 per- streets over the past week to demand free elections fuelled by soaring inequality and living costs as well point, Hong Kong will probably still retain some of tier, to compete with Australia and Brazil. cent down. “This looks like the end of the for the city’s leader in 2017, a display of civil disobe- as anger over the cosy relationship between the city its “inherent advantages” such as the widespread use But with larger, lower-cost producers like road for London Mining unless a new dience initially met with tear gas from riot police government and its financial elite, contributing to a of English, Evans-Pritchard said, but may stand to Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton pumping out investor charges to the rescue,” analysts at and later attacks by unidentified men. sense of disenchantment among the younger gen- lose others, such as its independent legal system. “I cheaper ore - and prices languishing below Numis Securities said in a note. Reuters Large-scale disruption has triggered fears in the eration. could see a scenario in the very long run-after it $80 per ton - they have struggled. London reported earlier this week that potential semi-autonomous city that Beijing-which does not Hong Kong-known for its open approach to busi- returns to China in 2047, if basically it loses its spe- Mining’s larger peer African Minerals said last investors include India’s third-largest steel- tolerate any challenge to its rule-may seek to ness-was ranked the world’s freest economy this cial status-then at that stage you wonder,” he said. “I month it was open to selling a minority stake maker JSW Steel, with whom the miner is penalise it for the show of popular intransigence. year for the 20th consecutive year, according to the do think Shanghai will become increasingly impor- in its only mine as part of a financial rescue holding talks. London Mining has battled The greatest threat could be for the leadership to Index of Economic Freedom, published annually by tant and it could overtake Hong Kong, at least as a plan. low-cost iron ore from mining giants Rio, sideline the free-wheeling former British colony in the Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal. domestic financial centre.” For his part Yeung felt In yesterday’s statement, London Mining BHP and Brazil’s Vale, but also an Ebola epi- favour of China’s emerging financial centre Mainland China, by contrast, ranked 137th. Shanghai was unlikely to displace Hong Kong, but said its lenders remained supportive of the demic that has so far killed over 3,000 peo- Shanghai, where authorities established a much- Analysts cite Hong Kong’s “transparent and fair” added: “Obviously a convergence will be coming, talks with potential investors, but were not ple in the region.—Reuters vaunted free trade zone (FTZ) a year ago. “Because legal system as a keystone of the bridge it forms because China is catching up, Shanghai is catching Hong Kong is now standing up to China, it is seen as between China and the global financial community. up. “So the gap between Shanghai and Hong Kong an unreliable partner,” said Francis Lun, a financial The city is also a major destination for mainland will narrow; this is undoubtedly true.” —AFP Hit in Russia, events organizer analyst and CEO of Hong Kong-based Geo Chinese investors, with nearly 60 percent of Chinese Securities. outbound investment either directed to or chan- ITE seeks growth elsewhere “This will escalate (the trend) that Shanghai will nelled through it by the end of 2012, according to one day replace Hong Kong as the financial capital China’s Ministry of Commerce. Beijing is moving MOSCOW: Trade exhibition and confer- imposed by the United States and of China. “If the tide changes, there is no going back,” slowly to open up its capital markets and promote ence organizer ITE Group Plc, hit by a European Union in response to Kremlin’s Lun added. “It could happen. the yuan as an international currency. plunging Russian ruble and political policy on Ukraine. Some economists pre- But at the same time it is looking to maintain its upheaval in Ukraine, is looking elsewhere dict years of stagnation in Russia. Taylor It could happen very fast.” control over key economic levers-and foreign firms for growth, its CEO told Reuters. More than said big events in Russia, such as the World But experts maintain that Hong Kong is not at have lamented the sluggish pace of promised half of the 230 exhibitions and conferences Food Moscow exhibition in September, had risk of being marginalized in the short-term. That reforms in the Shanghai FTZ. organized every year by ITE take place in not been affected by sanctions as new would be self-defeating for Beijing, which continual- “Obviously there’s a clear preference for China to Russia and Ukraine. The company’s stock exhibitors had emerged to replace those ly stresses that the city is part of China, and itself develop Shanghai,” said ANZ senior economist has lost 44 percent of its value this year. European and US companies that pulled uses it as a key economic conduit. Taking measures Raymond Yeung. “But that doesn’t mean they’ve “The board has been aware for a long out. to economically punish Hong Kong would just already abandoned Hong Kong.” The pro-democracy time that we have probably ... too much But the weakness of the ruble, which “harden views” in the territory, noted Julian Evans- Occupy Central campaign was first announced last concentration in one or two geographies,” lost about 22 percent of its value against Pritchard, China economist at Capital Economics. year but officials still pushed ahead with plans for a Chief Executive Russell Taylor said in an the pound in the year to Sept. 30, would “Obviously, they’re not happy about what’s hap- cross-trading scheme between Hong Kong and interview on Oct. 3. hit the company’s revenue, he said. pening in the protests, but they’re still trying to Shanghai’s stock markets, he pointed out. ITE would continue its policy of invest- London-based ITE books about 70 percent model a lot of the (financial) reforms on the main- “It’s too simplistic to think that ‘You’re naughty, ing in events businesses in Asia and other of its revenue in rubles and euros. Asked HONG KONG: A man walks to work in the regions, he said. about expansion plans, Taylor said: “There land on Hong Kong,” Evans-Pritchard said. and I don’t want to take care of you any more’. The occupied areas surrounding the government “So, I don’t think they want to set Hong Kong leaders of China today are very pragmatic: ‘So long Economic growth in Russia has stalled, would be less incentive to develop the complex in Hong Kong yesterday. — AP hit by large capital outflows and sanctions business further within Russia.”—Reuters BUSINESS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

Flydubai to launch flights to Bratislava, Prague and Sofia Airline announces 3 new destinations

KUWAIT: Flydubai has announced that it will begin flights to Bratislava in Slovakia, Prague in the Czech Republic and Sofia in Bulgaria. With flights due to commence in December, the airline is con- tinuing its expansion into Central and Eastern Europe following the announcement of flights to Sarajevo and Zagreb earlier this year. Commenting on the new routes, Ghaith Al Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer of flydubai, said: “We are delighted to have Bratislava, Prague and Sofia join our network. The addition of these three capital cities signifies our commitment towards serving the region and we look forward to provid- to grow our network,” said Jeyhun Efendi, Senior able and reliable travel to 86 destinations across 45 ing passengers with a variety of options to connect Vice President Commercial (UAE, EU, ME, CIS) for countries. Passengers can book convenient con- to Dubai and beyond.” flydubai. “Central and Eastern Europe has always nections through Dubai to the Maldives, Sri Lanka, The addition of the new routes will see flydubai been an important market for us and we are glad India, Oman, and various destinations in East become the first UAE airline to operate from that we are able to offer passengers from Africa, among others. With the airline’s strategic Bratislava and Sofia. flydubai has launched 23 new Bratislava, Prague and Sofia more possibilities to base at Dubai International Airport, passengers can routes this year and now operates to 11 destina- travel to Dubai. In addition, Business Class will be also benefit from flydubai’s interline agreements tions in Central and Eastern Europe. available on all three routes, offering passengers a with other carriers, providing opportunities for “We are always looking for new opportunities premium travel experience.” flydubai offers afford- onward travel to more than 200 destinations. Korea weakens, BoK to support economy

KCIC WEEKLY ANALYSIS ON ASIA

By Jordi Rof and Camille Accad have already intervened, and are ready to loosen their stance on the economy further. A very low inflationary The South Korean economy has been accelerating since environment supports such policy, but the economy is the end of 2012. However, there are signs that the expan- exposed to risks that could materialize if the central bank sive period might be coming to an end. Real GDP growth loosened its monetary policy excessively. in the second quarter of 2014 was lower than in the pre- Household debt in South Korea is high, hovering vious period, from 4.1 percent to 3.4 percent YoY, with above 70 percent of GDP. Although it is not clear how domestic demand components shrinking sequentially for much of an impact will easier monetary policy have on (Left to right): Maurizio Merlo, CEO Darwin Airline; Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO airberlin; James Hogan, President and two consecutive quarters. Higher frequency data also household debt, authorities are remaining cautious. The CEO Etihad Airways; Cramer Ball, CEO Jet Airways; Dane Kondi, CEO Air Serbia, Manoj Papa, CEO Air Seychelles; cele- point to an ongoing deceleration in the third quarter. real estate sector, which is linked to household debt, was brate the launch of Etihad Airways Partners. Industrial production and PMI are prime examples. The underperforming last year, but a turnaround this year Markit manufacturing PMI stepped into the contraction has helped stabilize household debt and ease the bur- zone (below 50) in September, at 48.8, down from 50.3 in den on the consumer. As such, monetary policy is Etihad Airways August. Also, although it is volatile and should be care- expected to remain accommodating, but only as long as fully interpreted, industrial production shrank at a rate of household credit growth does not accelerate excessively 3.8 percent MoM in August. and the solvency of consumers does not deteriorate. Industrial production also declined 1.6 percent com- So far, monetary stimulus has not contributed much partners unveiled pared to last year. Additionally, prices have remained sub- to the economic growth. If it was not for its export dued for an extended period of time, with a greater strength, the South Korean economy would be in a more decline in September bringing the figure down to just 1.1 difficult position. Retail sales are still growing at sluggish ABU DHABI: Etihad Airways yesterday unveiled Etihad connect travellers around the world, and increasingly to har- percent YoY, from 1.5 percent YoY in August. Although it rates, and the industrial sector is still weak. Airways Partners, a new brand which brings together like- monize standards in the air and on the ground.” is fair to say that most of the weakness comes from non- However, the financial sector is witnessing a recovery. minded airlines to offer customers more choice through Hogan said Etihad Airways Partners differed from legacy core components, core inflation lies clearly below the Money supply (M2) in the economy grew at the fastest improved networks and schedules and enhanced frequent fly- airline alliances by offering benefits well beyond pure com- Bank of Korea’s (BoK) inflation target of 2.5-3.5 percent. rate in more than three years in July, 7.5 percent YoY, and er benefits. mercial cooperation. Aware of the weakness of the Korean economy, the credit to households and deposits grew at rates unseen Initially, six airlines will participate in the new partnership - “The potential for network alignment to maximise flight BoK moved to a more dovish stance recently, in support in more than two years. While the economy was slowing Airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, India’s Jet Airways, Darwin connectivity for passengers, together with a shared passion of the government’s stimulus efforts. In August’s policy down between the second and third quarter, the finan- Airline, and Etihad Airways. However, any airline can become for superior service, are central to the ethos of the Etihad meeting, the base rate was cut by 25 bps, to 2.25 per- cial sector’s latest data shows that the domestic econo- an Etihad Airways Partner even if it is part of an existing Airways Partner concept,” he said. “Frequent flyers will benefit cent. The main reasons behind the policy decision of the my may recuperate soon. South Korea’s economic alliance, such as airberlin, which is a member of oneworld. The from the formation of Etihad Airways Partners as it will BOK were the weakness in domestic demand, sluggish growth will depend overall on the central bank’s grip on key emphasis for Etihad Airways Partners is a strong commer- remove the complexity and confusion that exists within the investor sentiment and negative output gap. All these the financial sector. Too little control may exacerbate a cial partnership and shared values. global alliances. internal factors, together with the volatile setting of the solvency risk, while too much may suffocate growth. James Hogan, President and Chief Executive Officer of “We’re aiming to deliver a consistent experience for fre- United States and declining trends of large economic Since South Korea is a large importer of oil from the gulf, Etihad Airways, said “We are broadening our business model quent flyers when they travel, as well as a consistent frame- blocs in the world, such as the euro-zone and China, the direction the central bank takes will have an impact to articulate and define a partner proposition for like-minded work for earning and using their miles.” draw a picture with many downside risks. Policymakers on the region. airlines which will result in synergies and efficiencies for par- This will include standardized mileage and tier benefits ticipating airlines on the one side, and enhanced network across all partners, no blackout periods and priority services. choice, service and frequent flyer benefits for the consumer Etihad Airways Partners will also have access to economies of on the other. scale and operational synergies such as centres of excellence, Abu Dhabi real estate market “The Etihad Airways Partners logo is a seal of excellence shared sales teams in certain destinations, joint procurement and global cooperation. It will be displayed on aircraft and on of services and supplies, and shared pilot and cabin crew in recovery mode: JLL Report branded materials by a group of airlines working together to training at the Etihad Airways facilities in Abu Dhabi.

ABU DHABI: JLL, the world’s leading real to August seeing higher occupancies (71 remained stable at AED1,180 / sq m. estate investment and advisory firm, has percent) compared to 2013(64 percent). There is evidence of occupier require- SAMENA Council to host 3rd released its third quarter (Q3 2014) Abu For the first time, Abu Dhabi hotels expe- ments and market absorption improving DhabiReal Estate Market Overview rienced higher occupancies than Dubai and the supply pipeline is reducing rela- report, which provides the consultancy’s in July (55 percent compared to50 per- tive to previous years and is dominated Annual CMO Summit in Dubai perspective on the latest trends in the cent).” by owner occupied buildings. Supply office, residential, retail and hotel sectors completions during the third quarter of KUWAIT: The South Asia-Middle East-North Africa CMO Summit aims to provide a platform for telecom in the market. Sector summary highlights, Abu 2014 were limited to the handover of the region’s SAMENA Telecommunications Council yesterday decision-makers to collaborate to more accurately fore- Commenting on the report, David Dhabi Market Overview, Q3 2014 Abu Dhabi Plaza Complex mixed-use announced that it will be organizing the 3rd edition of cast market developments and determine effective ways Dudley, Head of JLL’s Abu Dhabi office, Office: Vacancy rates are expected to building on Hamdan Street. With no oth- its annual Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Summit on to turn data into revenue.” said: “The third quarter of 2014 recorded remain stable, with rental growth return- er major deliveries, the total office stock October 11th, 2014 at The Palace Downtown, Dubai. The Andrew Hanna, CCO of VIVA Bahrain and Chairman of the continued growth of prices in the ing as existing vacancies are absorbed. remains around 3.1 million sq m. Summit will bring together senior marketing executives the CMO Committee Working Group (CMOC), said, residential market and growth in office While rents have increased by 6 percent * Residential: Around 1,200 units exclusively from SAMENA Council’s chartered members - “Trends such as Big Data today offer telecom companies rents, with continued stabilization in the in Q3 2014 averaging AED1,640 / sq m were added to the residential stock dur- including leading telecommunications groups such as a goldmine of untapped insights and opportunities. hospitality, retail and office sectors. All from AED 1,540 / sq m in Q2 2014 for ing Q3 with the delivery of the B2 build- Etisalat, STC, Batelco, Zain, Orange, Turk Telecom, However, with the volume of data growing exponential- sectors of the Abu Dhabi market are now prime space, secondary space rents have ing on Reem Island and the Abu Dhabi positioned in the recovery stage of their Plaza Complex on Hamdan Street. Ooredoo and VIVA - to share insights on new innova- ly, operators find themselves faced with the enormous cycle, for the first time since 2008. Emirati families have also received new tions and opportunities in an increasingly digital world. challenge of breaking down and analyzing the vast Dudley continued: “Residential houses within Al Falah scheme this quar- This year’s summit will focus on the theme, “Data quantities of data generated by their customers. The remains the strongest performing sector ter. These deliveries bring the total resi- Dynamics: Innovative Monetization Opportunities”, and CMO Summit will discuss ways in which telecom groups driven by positive investor sentiment dential stock to approximately 242,000 will explore how telecom operators can successfully can derive optimum value from their data and differenti- and population growth and potential units at the end of Q3 2014. Sales prices monetize their digital assets and create long-term value ate themselves in the market by adapting their business future under-supply. The office market for residential units (apartments and vil- by making their business more data-driven. The event model to keep pace with the changing data environ- has witnessed growth for the first time las) increased slightly by 6 percent dur- will also shed light on the need for CMOs to become ment.” after being stable for the past 2 years. ing Q3 to reach approximately AED more digitally-savvy and to adapt their strategies to stay The CMO Committee Working Group (CMOC) is one Vacancy rates are reducing due to 16,000 per sq m, while rents for prime relevant in a changing marketplace. of several working groups comprising of SAMENA increased market absorption and a residential units have remained stable at “In today’s competitive and constantly evolving Council members, and includes CMOs or equivalent reduction in speculative supply in the AED150,000 pa. Housing demand telecommunications landscape, marketers need to uplift commercial business leaders from regional telecommu- pipeline. Retail rents for malls on Abu remains strong across all price points the environment in which the industry operates in order nications operators, strategy consultants, strategic sup- Dhabi Island have remained stable this driven by population growth.JLL expects to make key decisions that influence the direction of pliers, representatives from regulatory agencies and an quarter, with some malls outside the a future housing shortage as near term Abu Dhabi Island seeing a marginal supply deliveries are below historic aver- their organizations,” said Bocar BA, Chief Executive executive board. The Committee aims at generating increase in rents as they have witnessed ages at a time of strong demand and Officer, SAMENA Council. “One of the key challenges for unique perspectives on how to shape the marketing higher footfalls. The Abu Dhabi hotel David Dudley, Head of JLL’s Abu predicts further rental increases over the telecommunications executives is to extract value out of outreach of regional telecommunications industry, and sector continues to recover, with the year Dhabi office short term. evolving markets. With an agenda geared towards rev- influence regulatory agenda to ensure a successful envi- enue stream expansion and value optimization, the ronment for new and innovative value creation. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 technology Protesters halt Hawaii telescope groundbreaking HONOLULU: A groundbreaking and like conditions. Everybody’s in good spirits.” immediately return a call seeking infor- wasn’t anyone’s goal,” she said. “The Hawaiian blessing ceremony came to an Stephanie Nagata, director of the The disruption doesn’t affect con- mation. The groundbreaking was to cul- organizers were very clear that we abrupt end before it could really get Office of Mauna Kea Management, said struction from moving forward, Dawson minate years of permit applications and weren’t trying to do that.” But, Pisciotta underway yesterday because of protest- several dozen protesters standing, sitting said. Kealoha Pisciotta said her group, approvals from the University of Hawaii added, “We can’t control everybody.” She ers who oppose plans to build one of the and chanting on the road prevented the Mauna Kea Anaina Hou, planned to and the state land board. The university said no one was arrested. world’s largest telescopes near the sum- caravan of vans from reaching the sum- protest nonviolently by holding prayer leases land from the state where the tele- The project was initiated by the mit of a mountain held sacred by Native mit, but some passengers were able to ceremonies on the road at the bottom of scope will be built. The Hawaii Board of University of California, California Hawaiians. walk the rest of the way to the ceremony. the mountain. She said there were no Land and Natural Resources approved Institute of Technology and the More than an hour after the event was The webcast later showed protesters plans to be disruptive or block people the sublease in June and then later Association of Canadian Universities for scheduled to begin near the top of the yelling during attempts to start the bless- from attending the event. denied requests to contest the approval. Research in Astronomy. Universities and Big Island’s Mauna Kea, the host of the ing. “We do hope we’ll be able to find a Opponents raised questions about institutions in China, India and Japan lat- ceremony’s live webcast said the caravan common ground and proceed with this Police blocking road whether land appraisals were done er signed on as partners. The telescope carrying attendees up the mountain “hit in the future,” the webcast’s host said Some in her group headed up the appropriately and whether Native should help scientists see some 13 billion a snag” and would be delayed. He later before the broadcast was shut down. mountain to make an offering but Hawaiians were properly consulted. light years away for a glimpse into the said the delay was due to a group of peo- The ceremony was interrupted by encountered police blocking the road, Some protesters who yelled during early years of the universe. Mauna Kea is ple blocking access to the site. protesters holding signs and yelling, said Pisciotta said. “They laid down on the the blessing attempt later apologized to the ideal location for observing the most The groundbreaking for the $1.4 bil- Sandra Dawson, a spokeswoman for the road right there. That’s what stopped the event organizers and helped put away distant and difficult to understand mys- lion Thirty Meter Telescope was being telescope project. “It was a ceremonial caravan,” she said. “They were reacting to chairs, Pisciotta said. “We said aloha to teries of the universe, astronomers said. shown via webcast because of limited thing, and I don’t know whether that will the police blocking the road.” each other and we hugged.” Its primary mirror promises to be 100 access to the construction site, which is be repeated,” she said. “We listened to the Nagata said authorities did not block She said her group’s leaders didn’t feet, or 30 meters, in diameter, made up at an elevation of 14,000 feet with arctic- views of the people who were there. the road. A police spokeswoman didn’t intend to stop the ceremony. “That of 492 smaller mirrors. —AP Mobile revolution Can Hewlett-Packard shakes up Silicon Valley SAN FRANCISCO: Smartphones, tablets its data centers to mobile application and survive the tablet trend? and other gadgets aren’t just changing the Web service providers. Amazon.com Inc. way we live and work. They are shaking up has been doing the same thing for an even Silicon Valley’s balance of power and split- longer period of time, enabling providers ting up businesses. Long-established com- to develop and introduce new cloud com- Printing also is a stagnating business panies such as Hewlett-Packard Co. and puting services without having to spend a SAN FRANCISCO: Personal computer sales have eBay Inc. are scrambling to regain their lot of money on servers sold by the likes of been in a slump for years, as customers flock to footing to better compete against mobile- HP, IBM Corp. and Oracle Corp. increasingly powerful smartphones, tablets and savvy trendsetters like Apple and Google, The rise in mobile popularity has taken other mobile devices. Now Hewlett-Packard, the as well as rising technology stars that have a big bite out of personal computer sales. Silicon Valley stalwart that was once the world’s built businesses around “cloud computing.” That’s slammed Silicon Valley pioneer HP, biggest seller of personal computers, is splitting off That term covers a swath of Internet- once the world’s biggest seller of PCs. its PC and printing businesses. It’s the latest shake- driven services that shifted technology Since Apple ignited the tablet market with up in a tech industry that’s being reshaped by the from the days software users paid a one- the 2010 release of the iPad, the annual mobile revolution. time fee to buy and install programs on revenue in HP’s personal computer divi- IBM sold its PC business years ago. Dell took its individual machines where they also sion has plunged by more than 20 percent. struggles private. Can an HP spinoff focused on stored all their data on hard drives. But That downturn is a key reason why HP’s personal computing thrive? “There’s a significant with the advent of the “cloud,” people can market value has fallen by about $55 bil- transformation going on in that industry, and now rent software to use over the Internet. lion, or 40 percent, since the iPad’s release. maybe now HP can make its move,” said Forrester This enables customers to access docu- In an effort to adapt, HP said Monday that tech analyst Peter Burris, one of several analysts ments, pictures and other vital information it will split off its PC and printer operations who say the iconic tech giant will need to get bet- from any kind of Internet-connected and form a separate company tailored to ter at building and selling mobile gadgets if it device, a convenience that’s become a business software and services for the wants the new spinoff to succeed. necessity during the past few years as peo- cloud-computing age. The spin-off is HP has stumbled in previous efforts to sell those ple increasingly rely on smartphones and something HP originally explored three devices. HP’s split is a sign that CEO Meg Whitman tablets instead of laptop and desktop com- years ago only to back off after CEO Meg sees more growth and profit opportunity in selling puters. Whitman concluded the company would commercial tech products, including data-center Business software makers such as be stronger if it held on to the PC division. hardware, business software and cloud services, Salesforce.com Inc., VMware Inc. and That conclusion reflected a long-stand- some analysts say. That’s the business she plans to Workday Inc. built their entire business ing belief that companies are generally lead, as chief executive of a new company dubbed models around the cloud. All have deliv- better off when they have an array of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. ered impressive revenue growth that products to appeal to the various needs of That puts more pressure on the HP Inc. spinoff, turned their stocks into hot commodities. different customers. HP and other large which will be led by current PC and printing execu- Online storage services Dropbox and Box companies are “struggling to compete tive Dion Weisler as CEO. Though it was once the have yet to go public. But they have been against younger upstarts,” says long-time SEEKONK: In this file photo, Hewlett-Packard printers are stacked on the shelf of a Best Buy world leader in both segments, HP is now No. 2 to minted with big valuations from venture Silicon Valley observer Paul Saffo. “Once store in Seekonk, Mass. Hewlett-Packard on Monday said it is splitting itself into two compa- China’s Lenovo in PC sales. capitalists who believe they will thrive upon a time, scale and size were a compet- nies, one focused on its personal computer and printing business and another on technology Tablets now out-sell laptop computers. And no amid the increased usage of mobile itive advantage. Now, they are a problem.” services. — AP other major US tech company is focused on selling devices and cloud-computing services. only PCs. Apple Inc.’s growth in recent years has tying the printing business to PCs should provide a revenue of $27.6 billion, a 1 percent annual gain. It Meanwhile, Apple Inc. and Google Inc. are Online payment been fueled by the phenomenal success of its stable source of revenue for HP Inc. for some years marked HP’s first year-over-year increase in quar- prospering from the rise of mobile devices Last week online marketplace eBay iPhone and iPad devices. Dell also sells commercial to come, said tech analyst Patrick Moorhead of terly revenue since late 2011. Printers and PCs con- now that their competing software systems announced a similar spinoff. After reject- computer hardware and software. Even Lenovo is Moor Insights and Strategy. tributed roughly half the company’s annual rev- - iOS and Android - run most of the smart- ing the notion earlier this year, it decided purchasing IBM’s server business and taking over HP also could expand that business to include enue, with the rest coming from commercial com- phones and tablets in the world. Apple to unleash its online payment service, the Motorola smartphone division from Google Inc. 3D printing systems and home networks for puter systems, software and technology services. now reigns as the world’s most valuable PayPal, to give it a better chance to com- Internet-enabled thermostats and other gadgets, HP first considered breaking off the PC unit company at roughly $600 billion while pete against threats posed by other Profitable since many printers today are part of a home net- three years ago, when Leo Apotheker was CEO. But Google ranks third at about $400 billion. mobile payment options. Most analysts PC sales aren’t going away entirely, to be sure. work, he added. the idea was controversial and Whitman rejected it believe Apple’s decision to introduce its There are still some cases where PCs are more use- Jettisoning PCs doesn’t necessarily make after she took his place in 2011 and launched a Cloud-computing own mobile payment service, Apple Pay, ful than smaller-screen devices, especially in the Hewlett-Packard Enterprise is a slam dunk. lengthy turnaround. She said Monday that HP has Google is developing another way to on the new iPhones released last month workplace, said Bob O’Donnell of TECHnalysis Analysts say HP has some good data-center prod- now shored up its business enough to support the make money off the cloud-computing prompted eBay to finally cut PayPal Research. The industry sold more than 310 million ucts, but Whitman faces challenges in upgrading split. The company believes the two new units will movement: leasing some of the servers in loose.—AP desktop and laptop computers last year, and one its commercial software and technology services be worth more separately and be able to grow out of six were sold by Palo Alto, California-based businesses. more quickly apart than they can together. HP. But global sales fell 10 percent in 2013 and are HP is expected to complete its latest round of Uncompromising power: likely to fall another 4 percent this year, according Controversial layoffs, between 11,000 to 16,000 people, this to the IDC research firm. PC sales should level off in “Does this mean a new dawn is here for Palo month. Total job cuts will now stand at 55,000, up The Canon PowerShot G7 X 2015, forecasts O’Donnell. Alto?” asked Burris. “No, it doesn’t. It means that HP from a planned 50,000. In an interview with CNBC “They can be profitable,” he said, “but it’s a sta- is going to have to do a lot of hard work to prove Monday, Whitman left open the possibility for fur- ble, flat kind of market.” Printer ink has been a itself.” ther layoffs as the separate businesses determine DUBAI: Canon Middle East has and low noise, even at ISO 12800. With the major source of profit for HP in years past. But Hewlett-Packard has posted revenue declines in their cost structure going forward. announced its most powerful, pocketable responsiveness and superior speed of DIG- printing also is a stagnating business, as more peo- 11 of the past 12 quarters and laid off tens of thou- HP shares rose almost 5 percent to close at PowerShot to date - the PowerShot G7 X - IC 6, Canon’s most powerful image proces- ple store photos and files online and view them sands of people in recent years as it attempts to cut $36.87. 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HANOI: East Asia is on the front lines of climate moon convened world leaders for a climate sum- Climate frontlines in Asia bon markets in the past two years, creating the sec- change. Hundreds of millions of people in the mit in New York to mobilize international, national Vietnam, one of the countries mostly affected ond-largest carbon market in the world, and has region live in and outside cities in low-lying areas, and local actions as we head toward a new interna- by sea-level rise, is pursuing a low-carbon growth invested heavily in low-carbon cities and renew- facing increasing risks from rising seas, heat waves, tional climate agreement in 2015. path and working to increase energy efficiency and able energy. droughts, salinity intrusion and water scarcity. We He is looking for leaders in this field. Leadership renewable energy, as well as mass transit options in Forward-thinking leaders are showing that with have been experiencing one extreme weather means driving smart policies that lift people out of cities. As part of its Green Growth Strategy, it aims careful design, critical development projects can event after another in recent years, including dead- poverty, increase prosperity and leave a better to reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emis- also reduce emissions and build resilience to future ly floods and destructive winds unleashed by super world for future generations. It means instituting sions by 2020 and beyond. Along with other coun- extreme weather events. Developing countries typhoons. policies that catalyze green investment and give tries that share the Mekong Delta, the country is have learned from the poor choices now evident in Now is the season for typhoons, which have companies the certainty they need to clean up also bringing science and decision-making togeth- developed countries and are leapfrogging them to been leaving in their wake scenes of destruction their industries and supply chains. One option may er for innovative solutions to water resources and climate-smart, low-carbon solutions. This is not and shattered lives in the Philippines, Vietnam, include putting a price on carbon to set in motion coastal zone management to protect threatened only the right approach, but it can also give them a China and elsewhere in the region. Each super the shift toward cleaner investment, without preju- communities and livelihoods in the Delta. Still, competitive economic advantage. storm is a reminder of why we, and leaders every- dice on the right to sustainable development Vietnam needs more international cooperation and As we head into the climate summit, we all have where, have an urgent responsibility to act now to Leadership also means promoting energy effi- support for effective responses to climate change. a responsibility to protect the planet for our gener- reduce climate and disaster risks. ciency through performance standards on build- The Philippines is working on a replicable model ation and our children’s generation. We cannot We must do more to invest in building resilience ings, cars and appliances. And it means setting tar- for increasing the scale and effectiveness of climate wait-the costs are only rising. We have the knowl- to help communities stand up to a future of more gets for renewable energy and investing in a clean and disaster financing. It has increased climate- edge. We understand the urgency anew with the extreme weather. That includes investing in infra- energy future. smart investments, particularly for flood control, devastation from each super typhoon. It is now up structure, social safety nets and micro insurance, as For investors, leadership means making sound energy efficiency and reforestation. It has also set a to each and every one of us to act. Our children’s well as other programs and projects that bind com- choices, such as green bonds-now a $20-billion goal of tripling its renewable energy by 2030 and lives depend on it. munities together. Worldwide, we must reduce market and growing-that bring a healthy return for approved a set of renewable energy incentives, Benigno Aquino III is President of the activities that are fueling climate change. putting money into low-carbon projects, such as including feed-in tariffs and net metering to pro- Philippines, Jim Yong Kim is World Bank Group None of this can be delayed. We are running out renewable energy, reforestation and low-carbon mote their use. President, and Nguyen Tan Dung is Prime Minister of time. United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki- transportation. And China has launched seven local pilot car- of Vietnam. Ebola crisis leaves Dallas a city on edge

DALLAS: Leaders are urging calm, but Dallas safe, Gates said. Vickery Meadow is home to is a city on edge as it approaches the first thousands of immigrants from Afghanistan to Ebola incubation deadline this week. Several Mexico, many of whom don’t speak English. residents of the neighborhood where the first US-diagnosed case of Ebola was found told ‘The enemy is Ebola’ city officials they’d been sent home from Even Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins work. Some community volunteers shunned had to assure residents that his presence in a nearby after-school program. And the hos- the apartment where Duncan stayed posed pital at the epicenter of fear acknowledged no risk to others, including students at a for the first time that some patients were stay- school attended by his daughter. Jenkins ing away. released two letters Tuesday night from state Health officials tried to present a unified and federal health officials saying he “was not front of both preparedness and reassurance. at risk and posed no risk to others through his “This is a very critical week,” said Dr. David interactions with the family.” Lakey, the Texas health commissioner. “We’re “We can never forget that the enemy here at a very sensitive period when a contact is a virus,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the could develop symptoms. We’re monitoring CDC. “The enemy is Ebola, not people, not with extreme vigilance.” countries, not communities - a virus.” Public health officials are watching for any Heart House, an after-school program signs of Ebola’s spread. Ten of the 48 people serving the neighborhood, said about 20 vol- being monitored are confirmed to have had unteers had declined to come in for their close contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, who shifts due to fear of the virus. Lenita Dunlap, ANNISTON: A licensed clinician sanitizes his hands after a simulated training session on Monday, in Anniston, Ala. The Centers for Disease was hospitalized in critical but stable condi- director of Heart House, said the loss of volun- Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an introductory training course for licensed clinicians. According to the CDC, the course is to tion. The federal Centers for Disease Control teers made it harder to have enough adults to ensure that clinicians intending to provide medical care to patients with Ebola have sufficient knowledge of the disease. — AP and Prevention says people infected by the serve the 120 children in the program. virus can begin showing symptoms of Ebola 8 But Heart House remained open, with to 10 days after exposure. Duncan first Dunlap and other staff watching Tuesday as Spain’s government promises sought care at a hospital emergency room on dozens of children ran around a playground. Sept. 25 and was admitted three days later. “We’re standing strong,” she said. “We Vickery Meadow, a crush of low-income believe in this community and we believe in apartment complexes just a short drive from the people here. And we have an incredible transparency in Ebola scare some of Dallas’s toniest neighborhoods, opportunity to serve.” Gustavo Villalobos appeared calm on Tuesday. Women in tradi- stopped on his way to work at the nearby Health staff protest over safety failures tional Muslim head coverings, mothers carry- NorthPark Shopping Center. He said he felt ing children and workers headed to the bus assured by officials that his neighborhood stop walked along the road next to The Ivy was safe. But he noted that some at the high- MADRID: Spain’s government urged calm yes- began to feel ill on September 30 while on leave relief aid on Friday to Sierra Leone, Liberia and apartments, where Duncan had stayed. end mall seemed nervous. terday as it scrambled to identify people poten- after treating the missionaries, but was not Guinea including masks, gloves and medicines. But some tensions have surfaced. Dallas “People at the mall, if they hear someone tially infected by a Madrid nurse suffering from admitted to hospital until five days later. Dozens of British troops are due to fly to Sierra City Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates coughing, they’ll look at them weird” and the deadly Ebola virus. Rajoy said the top priority was to treat the Leone next week to help build medical facilities. said three residents of Vickery Meadow recoil, he said. Texas Health Presbyterian European leaders boosted emergency meas- infected patient and secondly to monitor people British Prime Minister David Cameron will reported that their employers sent them away Hospital Dallas, which is treating Duncan, ures to tackle the outbreak after the nurse who had been in contact with her. hold an emergency meeting Wednesday to from work out of fear that they could be carry- acknowledged that a small number of patients became the first person to contract the disease Officials would meanwhile “investigate what coordinate his country’s response to the out- ing the virus. had changed or canceled appointments outside of Africa, raising fears of wider conta- happened and why this contagion occurred”, he break, his office said. Gates said Tuesday that she had contacted because of Ebola fears. But spokesman gion. Doctors in Madrid have hospitalised five told parliament yesterday. Health workers’ The head of the US military’s Africa a lawyer to help those men. The city has also Wendell Watson said the number was insignifi- other people deemed to be at risk of infection unions said the nurse had called the Carlos III Command, General David Rodriguez, said enlisted doctors to explain Ebola to neighbor- cant and that the hospital was safe. “They don’t and officials said they were monitoring dozens hospital when she felt ill but was first referred American troops deployed to west Africa could hood residents and assure them that they are need to be terrified of this,” Watson said. — AP of others. back to a local health centre. stay there for up to a year. The worst-ever outbreak of the disease has Doctors said she was not admitted right away Ebola causes severe fever, vomiting, diar- killed nearly 3,500 people in west Africa since because she did not yet have a high fever or oth- rhoea and sometimes internal and external the start of the year. Spain’s Prime Minister er Ebola symptoms. Health unions have com- bleeding. It spreads through contact and bodily Mariano Rajoy called for calm and promised plained that staff had not been adequately fluids. There is no vaccine and no widely avail- “transparency” over the scare which has sparked trained to treat Ebola patients safely. able cure, but several treatments have been fast- fierce criticism of Spanish health safeguards. “We do not have the infrastructure to tackle a tracked for development. The European Union has demanded answers virus like this,” said Elena Moral, leader of the Some 3,439 people have died out of 7,478 about how the disease was able to spread inside CSIF-AGCM union. cases in the current outbreak across five west a specialised disease unit, while Spanish health African nations-Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, staff protested over safety failures. Western response Nigeria and Senegal-according to the latest tally The nurse was identified by Spanish media as The EU announced it will airlift 100 tonnes of by the World Health Organisation. — AFP Teresa Romero, a woman in her forties who worked at Madrid’s La Paz-Carlos III hospital. She became ill after caring for two elderly Spanish missionaries who died of Ebola follow- UK cost agency rejects ing their return from west Africa. Officials said they were trying to find out who she came into contact with before being isolat- GW’s cannabis drug ed on Monday. They said they were monitoring 52 people-mostly health staff. LONDON: A pioneering cannabis drug devel- oped by Acorda Therapeutics and is sold The nurse’s husband Javier Limon was quot- oped by British firm GW Pharmaceuticals for outside the United States by Biogen Idec. ed by El Mundo newspaper as saying she had treating spasticity in multiple sclerosis has With a typical patient taking four sprays stayed “mainly at home” after feeling the first been rejected as not cost-effective in the of Sativex a day, GW estimates the real-life LAGOS: Primary school children wash their hands with soap after testing their tem- symptoms. company’s home market. daily cost of treatment with Sativex is 5.56 perature for signs of the Ebola virus, in Lagos, Nigeria yesterday. — AP Doctors at the hospital said her husband was The National Institute for Health and pounds ($8.95). For some patients the cost also at “high risk” and was put in isolation. Care Excellence (NICE), which determines if could be higher, since the maximum daily Another “suspect case”-an engineer who recent- medicines are worth using on England’s limit is 12 sprays. Scientists sound alarm ly travelled from Nigeria-was being monitored. state health service, said on Wednesday the “We think it is a terrible shame that, The other three patients hospitalised were modest benefits and high cost of Sativex because of cost-cutting presented as sci- over ocean acidification medical staff from the hospital. The latest of did not justify its use. ence, MS patients in England are being those was admitted on Wednesday morning, the Shares in GW fell 1.6 percent in early denied a treatment which works in many PARIS: Ocean acidification has risen by a States, they said. The report, authored by 30 hospital said. trading on the news. Sativex, which is cases,” a GW spokesman said. “It is sad that quarter since pre-industrial times as a result experts, was released at a conference in sprayed under the tongue, has been devel- it should be put out of the reach of many of rising carbon emissions, casting a shadow Pyeongchang of the CBD, an offshoot of the Risk of contagion oped from cannabis plants grown at a patients in the very country where it was over the seas as a future source of food, sci- 1992 Rio Earth Summit. The infected nurse treated Spanish priest secret location in the English countryside. It developed.” entists warned yesterday. The 102-page document, based on a Miguel Pajares, 75, who contracted Ebola in is sold as a prescription drug in Britain by Sativex is approved in more than 20 In the past two centuries, the sea’s acidity review of hundreds of published studies, Liberia and died on August 12, as well as Manuel GW’s partner, German group Bayer. countries. Interest in cannabis as a thera- level has risen 26 percent, mirroring the pro- said the ocean’s pH level was falling-a bench- Garcia Viejo, 69, who was repatriated from Sierra It won a UK regulatory licence five years peutic treatment has been spurred recently portion of carbon dioxide it absorbs from mark of rising acidity-and the consequences Leone and died on September 25. ago but, as with other drugs, the key deter- by the legalisation of recreational marijua- the air, they said in a report to the UN would be enduring. She is believed to have caught the virus while minant in how widely it will be used in the na shops in Colorado and Canada’s move to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) “Recovery from a major decrease in ocean caring for Garcia Viejo. The European country is the view of NICE on whether it create a federally regulated medical mari- meeting in South Korea. pH takes many thousands of years,” it said. Commission has written to the Spanish health offers good value for money for the state juana industry. Rising acidity will have damaging conse- The scientists pointed to a mysterious mass ministry demanding an explanation. health system. GW, however, distances itself from these quences for shellfish, corals and other calci- extinction from natural causes called the “There is obviously a problem somewhere,” In the event, a major review by the developments by emphasising its ability to um-making organisms which play a vital Paleo-Eocene Thermal Maximum, which Commission spokesman Frederic Vincent said, at agency on improving care for multiple scle- extract key ingredients in cannabis for part in the food web, they said. “It is now occurred around 56 million years ago. The a time when all EU member states are supposed rosis (MS) patients in a variety of ways con- medicinal use, in the same way that pain- nearly inevitable that within 50 to 100 years, fossil record suggests it took around 100,000 to have taken measures to prevent an Ebola out- cluded that the drug was not worth using. killing opioids have been developed from continued anthropogenic [man-made] car- years for calcifying organisms to recover break. “There are better ways to improve care opium. bon dioxide emissions will further increase from the acidification shock. However Peter Piot, one of the scientists who for people with MS,” said Paul Cooper, a Shares in the company hit a record high ocean acidity to levels that will have wide- The experts sounded a special warning discovered Ebola, said that although the disease consultant neurologist at the Greater earlier this year on growing hopes for spread impacts... on marine organisms and for tropical coral reefs, whose health is posed a threat to healthcare workers around the Manchester Neuroscience Centre, who another of its cannabis-based medicines, ecosystems and the goods and services they already affected by warmer seas. The risks world, there was “no risk that I see for outbreaks” chaired the guideline group. known as Epidiolex, that has produced provide,” they said. “are of great concern, since the livelihoods of in developed countries. NICE also rejected another non- promising results in children with hard-to- Acidification may already be affecting around 400 million people depend on such Spanish government officials said the nurse cannabis drug, Fampyra, which was devel- treat epilepsy. — Reuters shellfish farms in the northwestern United habitats,” they said.—AFP HEALTH & SCIENCE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

US tidal floods will be ‘chronic’ in 15 yrs: Study

WASHINGTON: Many US coastal communities centimeters). Today, oceans are rising at an even Connecticut currently experiences tidal floods about change the South Jersey Shore as a place to live and already struggle with flooding at high tides, a prob- faster rate. twice per year, but that could rise to 35 in 30 years. play,” said the report. lem that will become “chronic” in the coming 15 “No longer an intangible global trend, sea level Spots along Texas’s Gulf Coast that rarely see tidal years due to global warming, scientists said yester- rise has arrived on the doorstep of communities floods “could face 35 to 70 tidal floods per year by ‘Dangerous’ climate change day. As shorelines are growing more populated, sea scattered up and down the east coast, delivered by 2045,” the report found. The problem is not new, and some east coast levels are swelling due to melting glaciers and polar the tides,” it added. Some places, like Norfolk, Virginia, have put up communities have already seen “a fourfold increase ice sheets, putting more populations at risk, said a “In the next 15 years alone, two-thirds of these tide gates to keep floods out of downtown business in the annual number of days with tidal flooding report by the Union of Concerned Scientists. communities could see a tripling or more in the districts, but that’s not an option everywhere. since 1970,” it found. Particularly dire consequences are expected number of high-tide floods each year.” Miami, the world’s seventh richest city, is built on Solutions adopted by some coastal communities along the US east coast and the Gulf Coast, the porous limestone and is already losing water wells involve a combination of defending against the ris- report warned. “Our analysis shows that increases in Big changes in mid-Atlantic to incoming saltwater. The city of 417,000 faces ing waters, accommodating them or retreating from tidal flooding will be substantial and nearly univer- The biggest changes are expected in the mid- more frequent flooding of business and residential them. The report urged world leaders to take the sal,” said the report, based on tidal gauges in 52 Atlantic, said the report. The US capital, Washington, areas. threats seriously and plan ahead, but also to cut coastal communities from the northeastern state of DC, and Annapolis, Maryland can expect more than “By 2030, Miami can expect the frequency of tidal back on burning fossil fuels that lead to global Maine down to Florida and along the Gulf Coast of 150 tidal floods per year by 2030. flooding to increase nearly eightfold-from about six warming. Texas. In southeastern towns like Savannah, Georgia per year today to more than 45,” said the report. “And “Global emissions are rising rapidly, and are on a “That means the steady creep of sea level rise will and Lewisetta, Virginia, “extensive flooding is expect- by 2045, the city can expect more than 40 times as trajectory to push surface temperatures more than 2 force many communities largely unfamiliar with ed to occur with tides alone on a regular basis within many floods as today.” Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial tidal floods today to grapple with chronic flooding one or two decades,” said the report. New Jersey’s coastal resort towns and gambling average-the threshold beyond which scientists say in the next 15 to 30 years.” “By 2045, even more places can expect to see haven of Atlantic City-which were battered by ‘dangerous’ climate change becomes unavoidable,” Scientists said the floods, while not catastrophic, extensive flooding, including Ocean City, Maryland, Superstorm Sandy in 2012 — are also forecast to see said the report. “To stay below this threshold, and could harm key infrastructure such as bridges and and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.” floods up to 90 times a year by 2030, and 240 annu- slow the rate of sea level rise later this century and roads and cause property damage. From 1880 to In some places, the changes may be dramatic. For ally by 2045. beyond, global carbon emissions need to peak and 2009, global sea levels rose about eight inches (20 instance, the northeastern town of New London, “Such unrelenting disruption could radically begin to decline by the end of this decade.” — AFP

France to go for plain cigarette packets in 2016

PARIS: France will introduce plain ciga- In 2012, Australia forced all cigarettes rette packaging in 2016, Health Minister to be sold in identical, olive-brown pack- Marisol Touraine said yesterday, as the ets bearing the same typeface and largely country seeks to stub out high smoking covered with graphic health warnings. rates in under-16s. Touraine’s plan is to ensure cigarette Following the successful introduction packets are “the same shape, same size, of plain packs in Australia, which the gov- same colour, same typeset” to make ernment there says has reduced con- smoking less attractive to young smok- sumption, Touraine announced a raft of ers. measures last month to tackle the Unlike Australia, however, French scourge of smoking, which kills 200 peo- brands will remain on the packets “but ple a day in France. limited to a very discreet and defined One of the main planks of the strategy size, always on the same place on the was plain packaging, which “should be in packet,” according to the plan. tobacconists at the beginning of the year Touraine also announced the banning 2016”, the minister told French radio. of popular electronic cigarettes in certain France has one of the highest rates of public places. Smoking is the main cause under-16s smokers in Europe and, in addi- of death in France, with 73,000 people tion to the plain packaging measures, dying each year of tobacco-related ill- Touraine also announced that smoking nesses. Approximately 13 million people would be banned in playgrounds and in smoke in France every day out of a total cars with passengers under 12. population of around 66 million. — AFP

BEIJING: A street vendor wears a face mask yesterday in Beijing. Environmental authorities issued a “yellow” smog alert for the capital. — AFP Tobacco use linked to HPV, oral cancers

WASHINGTON: Cigarettes and other tobacco use tobacco products, regardless of their sexual to tobacco usage, namely cotinine and NNAL, a products increase the risk of contracting a sexu- practices, though non-smokers are also at risk, tobacco≠related carcinogenic metabolite. ally transmitted virus linked to mouth and throat according to the study in the Journal of the Subjects with elevated levels of tobacco- cancer, according to a study released Tuesday. American Medical Association. related chemicals in their blood or urine had a Oral human papillomavirus type 16, or “It appears that tobacco exposure increases higher risk of having HPV16 DNA, while those HPV16, is found in 80 percent of throat cancers the likelihood of having oral HPV16 infection, without detectable traces of the biomarkers and is transmitted by oral sex. Tumors related to and although we do not yet know why, we sus- showed lower traces of the virus, the study said. the virus have increased by 225 percent in the pect that the virus may not be cleared from the Among those with cotinine levels in the United States in the past two decades. body as easily in people who use tobacco,” blood equivalent to smoking three cigarettes a “The practice of oral sex is common, but this D’Souza said. day, the risk of HPV16 infection increased by 31 cancer is rare,” said Gypsyamber D’Souza, epi- The study examined data from 6,887 partici- percent. demiology professor at Baltimore’s Johns pants from the National Health and Nutrition For participants with NNAL levels in their Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Examination Survey in the United States. Among urine equal to smoking four cigarettes in a day, DONETSK: Senior nurse at the mortuary of Donetsk’s Kalinina hospital Olga “There must be cofactors in the process that the group, 2,012 participants smoked or used the likelihood of infection climbed 68 percent. Georgievna displays photos of casualties, which relatives check to identify bod- explain why some people develop persistent tobacco products at the time of the study. “These results may provide an additional rea- ies, on her computer screen in her office yesterday. Workers at the mortuary HPV16 infections and HPV-positive oropharyn- Researchers detected the virus in participants son for smoking cessation and suggest that have been trying to cope with stress and despair as the casualties from the 6- geal cancers when most other people don’t.” by administering a mouth wash that collected even modest amounts of tobacco use are associ- month-old confrontation between Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists Researchers found that HPV16 infections are mouth and throat cells. Participants’ blood and ated with higher oral HPV prevalence,” co-author continue to pile up. — AFP more common among people who smoke or urine samples were tested for chemicals related Carole Fakhry said. — AFP WHAT’S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 ‘Safe’ raises awareness of fire hazards, preventive measures at AUK

Group photo featuring AUK President and administrators with KFSD and EQUATE teams. Colonel Khalil Al-Ameer, KFSD Director of PR & Media; Prof Dr Nizar Hamzeh AUK President; and Mohammad Al-Shamary, EQUATE Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) leader.

KFSD Director of Public Relations & Media Colonel AUK students attending lecture and demo on firefighting. Demo on using fire extinguishers. Khalil Al-Ameer handing award to AUK President Hamzeh. s part of their ongoing campaign Safety and potential incidents at home and other var- partnership between Kuwait Fire Service at Every Home (Safe) against fire haz- ious places, Safe Campaign has been launched Directorate (KFSD) and EQUATE Petrochemical Aards, the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate to embody the strategic objectives KFSD is Company. Commenting on this partnership, (KFSD) and EQUATE Petrochemical Company aiming to achieve throughout Kuwait by hav- EQUATE Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) held a joint awareness activity at the American ing such a partnership with EQUATE. For this Leader Mohammad Al-Shamary said, “Due to University of Kuwait (AUK). The three-day purpose, the campaign will hold a number of safety having several personal and profession- activity, facilitated by the AUK Office of awareness activities at a number of places, al dimensions, such a partnership between Student Life, included an information booth such as this activity at ACK, as well as other KFSD and EQUATE holds utmost importance to and a seminar attended by AUK students and colleges, universities and malls. Certainly, the ensure overall safety at home, work, when staff members. success of this campaign is the product of driving vehicles and other places, including Speaking at the opening event, AUK cooperation and coordination between indi- AUK that has our heartfelt appreciation for President Professor Dr. Nizar Hamzeh said, viduals and organizations, including AUK and holding this activity. Without any doubt, “Being an institution of higher education, AUK EQUATE that deserve utmost appreciation and launching this campaign in partnership with continuously aspires to support awareness ini- gratitude.”“ KFSD and holding this activity at AUK are tiatives that benefit the society and its mem- The Safe booth at AUK saw significant stu- prime examples of EQUATE’s tagline ‘Partners bers as a whole. Although different types of dent traffic as the KFSD team gave out in Success’.” awareness initiatives vary in nature, all aim at brochures and giveaways, while providing To create awareness between members of the common good of society. One of the information on fire hazards and precautionary the Kuwaiti society, nationals and expats, the awareness initiatives, which hold great signifi- measures. The interactive seminar and pres- campaign will continue to visit other loca- cance in society, is educating people about entation, which also saw huge attendance, tions in Kuwait to address methods of han- safety and how to protect lives and property. offered guidelines and precautions regarding dling fires, emergencies within and outside To that effect, we at AUK are very pleased to fire extinguishers, types of fires, smoke alarms, the household, the importance of having a host the Safe Campaign, which represents gas cylinders, gas leaks, fire evacuation, and fire extinguisher, the role of smoke alarms, as joint efforts of KFSD and EQUATE to create dealing with different emergencies and the well as safely using gas cylinders, among oth- awareness among the University students, fac- importance of calling Emergency Number 112 er critical matters. Along those lines, EQUATE ulty and staff.” when needed. has previously launched EQUATE Home KFSD team. On his part, KFSD Director of Public Aimed at avoiding hazards and preventing Safety Campaign (Stay Safe) which focused are part of EQUATE Corporate Social tainability throughout Kuwait. Relations & Media Colonel Khalil Al-Ameer incidents at home and other places, Safety at on potential hazards at home and how to Responsibility (CSR) Program that has intro- Safe Campaign will hold its next activity at said, “In an effort to avoid different hazards Every Home Campaign (Safe) is launched in avoid unfortunate accidents. All such efforts duced several initiatives aimed at overall sus- 360 Mall during October 16-18,2014. Congratulations

ongratulations to Gerjis Yasser Tamer and bride Marianna Fam Tamer who got married recent- Cly. Family, friends and relatives wish the newly married couple a happy future.

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TEC Eid celebrations at Khairan Resort

ithin the Touristic Enterprises Co (TEC)’s facilities preparations for Eid Al-Adha, the Khairan Resort organized special recreational programs for its visitors, their families and guests during the Eid vaca- tion. Commenting on this year’s programs, TEC’s acting PR and marketing manager, Sager Al-Bader said that the resort was all ornamented with flags and celebratory illumination in addition to a spe- Wcial program that included many recreational and sports competitions such as kids painting, water games, tennis, soccer, chess, bicycle races and running. TV PROGRAMS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

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CROSSWORD 689 STAR TRACK

Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22) Career decisions that point to real success may go against your sense of There may be some difficulty in getting others to move through the day, values. You may not be able to appreciate this particular way or road to but you take an easy pace with an easy mode of thinking, and an even success. Your idea of success may be to live off of the land and provide enough goods pace should get you where you want to go. If you have to write that down and put it to support yourself. You are anxious to build up savings and are admired by many in your pocket, do so; go with the flow today. Round table discussions in the work- when your goals are known. You may benefit from a senior or one in authority. Take place may not solve as many problems as usual but present opportunities for thinking time to see the long-term results and transfer your attention to this viewpoint. outside the box, so to speak. This is a day to absorb new ideas and to think about Consider meditation before action as decision making will become clearer. You will be alternative routes. You find an easy route to truth and the most fascinating way successful and your ability to communicate and express ideas to others will be accept- through to an end result when dealing with people at this time. People trust your ed. Shopping this afternoon can be a challenge. Your mind may not be on what veg- opinion. Many of your wishes are granted. Your most important wish is with a relation- etables to choose. ship and all is good!

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) This is a real time to buckle down and strengthen your career. You Today brings about a situation where you must have statistics and may consider ways to rid your personal space and goals of those unnecessary ele- examples to be convincing. You will be successful with this endeavor ments that simply add to your frustrations and block your movement. You may be because you do your homework-don’t worry so much. You are at your most practical thinking that a couple of your co-workers could go find jobs somewhere else but when it comes to dealing and working with others; people that work with you give you must learn the lessons they have to teach you-then you will be free to bring higher-ups a good report. You know just what to do to please a customer and can act them on as life friends. Your sense of responsibility is strong and will see you without haste. You may find you are valued because of your ability to act and get through any rough times. Your career could assume a more determined and solid things done. You are called on to make use of your professional proficiency and com- form-a firm foundation. You are favored today. Good luck and positive actions are mon sense. Your need to be respected will be recognized at this time. Work, achieve- in the forecast. This is one of your best overall days. It is also a good day for love. A ment and ambition create a successful outcome. When asked, you can help others weekend trip could be planned. achieve success.

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Requesting a loan is a positive today. You have good practical job-relat- Extra work that promises to compensate you well is very attractive. ed thoughts and ideas. Use that ability you have to communicate with Meetings are productive and you will find yourself in the front of the superiors or describe what you see. If you must make a career decision today, your room, often deliberating and presenting ideas. You are at your mental best. You may decisions are clear-cut. You make your way through ideas, concepts and your ability to have the last say in a round table discussion and an issue you tried to press from the be expressive to others. You may have to give instructions to new people or relate a past will get a lot of interest now. Your logical abilities are finely tuned to the subject ACROSS 85. Of or relating to the United States of at hand. Now there is a need to buckle down and gain the confidence of others. You America or its people or language or cul- machine problem to repair people. Be patient with yourself and just tell the process. 1. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow Do not relay what you think but only what steps create the end result. Ideas of group have an opportunity to make one of your wise decisions this afternoon but it will be flowers and flat pods. ture. cooperation could further your career. You are able to meet new people and make important to hear all the possibilities before making your decision. Your career could 5. Of or pertaining to Sabah or its people. 86. A loose sleeveless outer garment made your talents known to others. Don’t be afraid to project your image-make those assume a much more solid form. Telephone calls and letters bring insight into a rela- 12. A bachelor's degree in naval science. from aba cloth. dreams real. tionship later this evening. 15. The 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet. 16. A swing used by circus acrobats. DOWN 17. Resinlike substance secreted by certain lac 1. A software system that facilitates the cre- ation and maintenance and use of an elec- insects. ) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 18. A thick black tar intermediate between tronic database. Cancer (June 21-July 22 petroleum and asphalt. 2. A collection of objects laid on top of each Although most of us shy away from challenges whenever possible, one You are driven and passionate in your pursuit of a lighter weight and a 20. The fourth or lowest deck. other. cannot escape all of them. Challenges help us grow and they create lighter frame of mind regarding some of your work. You possess, at the core, 21. Title for a civil or military leader (especially 3. (Greek mythology) A Titan who was forced opportunities to discover things about ourselves and others. Challenges also help us to an intensity that burns strong. 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A cup of coffee is pictured on a counter with original urinals in “Attendant”.

A picture shows the interior of the “The Convenience”, a former public toilet that has been converted into a coffee shop and restaurant in Hackney, east London.

Pastries and cakes are displayed in “Attendant”, a former public toilet that has been converted into a coffee shop and sandwich bar in central London.—AFP photos A picture shows the interior of the “The Convenience”.

ith spiralling land prices turning even the darkest The trend has “picked up recently”, according to Rachel woodwork has been fashioned into tables and intimate them places for the community,” she said. Ryan De Oliveira, corners of London into potential goldmines, the Erickson, whose job organising guided tours of the city’s alcoves. The old urinals are no longer in use but have who runs “The Attendant” cafe, added: “To give a new life Wcity’s forgotten spaces, including 19th-century working public toilets has earned her the nickname “Lady stayed on as decor in the new bathrooms. Katie Harris, to something previously unused, it pushes the boundaries.” public toilets, are blossoming into restaurants, cafes and Loo”. Jayke Mangion, 34, who opened “WC” in July, owner of “The Convenience”-a restaurant by day and bar The former financier also embraced his building’s history, boutiques. Many Victorian urinals remained abandoned for explained that “the government has been pushing the by night-has instead made the porcelain pots a feature, turning the 1890s toilet cisterns into flower pots and keep- decades after World War II, but encouraged by local offi- councils to use all empty places to generate revenues”. supporting the wooden bar. ing the urinals in place. cials keen for fresh sources of income, the conversion wave Whether it be derelict toilets or abandoned underground The 30-year-old explained that she did not want “deny it “The coffee is very good, there’s a nice atmosphere and is gathering pace. stations, many more unusual sites are coming on the mar- was a toilet” but also was wary of making the space “too it’s an original location,” said one client, Laurent. At “WC”, Many embrace their lavatorial heritage, like “The ket, offering far more affordable rents than traditional toilety”. Yellowed urinals were taken out as they were con- Philip, 35, suggested that the use of original fittings “adds Convenience”-a coffee shop that opened in the trendy dis- addresses. sidered “too peey” for customers, while the others were to the charm of the place”. “It gives it a cosy feel and it trict of Hackney in 2013, “WC”-a wine bar in Clapham in scrubbed for days to reveal a gleaming white porcelain. doesn’t smell anymore, so it’s all good. I like it,” he said. south London-and “ArtsLav”-a performing arts space in Days of scrubbing As well as the attractive rents, Harris, who is also a Wine bar owner Mangion said that despite the expensive Kennington. Others have chosen less literal names like “The Housed in a Victorian subterranean toilet block designer, said that she chose the space for the professional refurbishments, there is still plenty of down-to-earth toilet Attendant” and the “Cellar Door” cabaret, both in the city attached to Clapham Common underground station, “WC” challenge it posed, and because of its simple 1940s archi- humor with customers.—AFP centre. has kept its original mosaic floor and tiled walls and the tecture. “It is important to preserve these places, to make

A picture shows the interior of the “The Convenience”. Original urinals and cisterns are pictured in “Attendant”. A picture shows the exterior of “Attendant”. Customer messages are pictured on a wall at “Attendant”. Centrepoint launches ‘7th Heaven’ actor accused of child molestation autumn-winter collection wo cable television networks said Tuesday they would not broadcast ith temperatures set to gans, bright washed denims and maxi dresses, flowy pants, trench can be treated to functional yet Tscheduled re-runs of veteran TV actor cool down over the next beautiful wintery dresses. Don’t coats and soft tailored jackets. classy collections from Ben10, Stephen Collins’ beloved family series “7th Wfew months, a new forget to check out amazing col- Another edgy trend is the rocker- Mickey Mouse, Spiderman and Heaven.” The networks, UP TV and TV wardrobe for the entire family is a lections featured through brands inspired Punk look. Key pieces Lightning McQueen. 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Shoemart gations the actor molested a teenage girl in stores across the MENA region will designer jeans, winter hats and sporty looks this season with has a variety of modern and ele- the early 1970s. gant boots, stilettos, power flats house a vast variety of accessories, hoodies for the boys. For the girls, Splash. Formals incorporate ele- New York Police Department shoes, ready to wear, make-up exquisite floral winter dresses and ments of classic British heritage and peep-toed shoes. Shoemart’s spokesman Stephen David said the com- and fragrances geared towards sequined jackets are a must-have. such as blazer waistcoat sets, sar- collection for men incorporates plaint was filed in 2012 accusing Collins of the cooler months ahead. Inspired by runway trends from torial puffers and aviator jackets. traditional styles with quirky pat- forcing a then-14-year-old girl to commit a Junior’s has the perfect selec- across the world, Splash’s Autumn- Sportswear includes long t-shirts, terns, details and durable materi- lewd act in the actor’s Manhattan apart- tion of merchandise to update Winter collection has an exciting sweatshirts, joggers and neoprene als. Men can opt for signature ment in 1972. David says the case remains your kids’ wardrobe. Key features selection of ready-to- wear for jackets. highlander boots, casual sneakers, open and is being handled by Special from the collection include over- both men and women. Women’s Shoemart offers a wide variety formal footwear, moccasins or Victims Division detectives, but no charges sized jumpers, quilted jackets, wear is inspired by Dark Florals of shoes and accessories for kids, classic sandals. have been filed. 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Pamela your locks and stand out from the Greenwalt, a spokeswoman for SAG-AFTRA, Court filings crowd with Hair Lights and Hair declined comment on Collins’ departure “Stephen admitted that he has engaged Mascara by Misslyn. from its national board. The actor’s name in a long-term pattern of sexually abusing With such a diverse offering of had been removed from lists of current minor children, including sexually molest- products, Centrepoint is the per- board membership by Tuesday afternoon. ing three young girls over a decade ago,” fect destination for the entire fam- The actor’s estranged wife, Faye Grant, Grant wrote in the sworn declaration, ily’s fashion needs this Autumn- wrote in a sworn court declaration in Los which was filed in Los Angeles County Winter season. So stop by at any Angeles last year that her husband had Superior Court in November. In March, of the stores located at disclosed he molested at least three Kaplan declined to discuss specifics about the claims, saying his response was includ- Centrepoint - Al Rai, Hawally, young girls. Grant wrote in the November ed in court filings that described the accu- Salmiya, Kuwait City, Fahaheel, 2012 declaration in the couple’s divorce sations as an effort to obtain a more favor- Jahra, Fintas, Sulaibikhat and The case that she reported abuse to Los Angeles police, who said they are not able settlement of the couple’s divorce. The Avenues for a wonderful shopping filings do not include a denial of the experience. actively investigating the actor, but could not offer details on any previous investiga- molestation allegations, but attack Grant’s tions. The Los Angeles County District use of them as “an attempt to extort con- Attorney’s Office said it did not have cessions in settlement” from Collins.—AP lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 Features

This photo shows Yu Sijia, guitarist and singer for punk band Hell City, diving into the crowd during a performance A punk fan diving into the crowd. at the annual Beijing Punk Festival in Beijing.—AFP photos

marigold and magenta mohawk adorning his voice rose ever higher and he head-banged to a wall of international research centre CERI. Twenty years later the shaven skull, Chinese punk rocker Shan Lin has a screaming guitars. It was a frenzied contrast to the sugary themes have changed little, but there are still only an esti- Asubversive message in a country that suppresses pop and bland rock that dominate China’s musical land- mated 50-odd punk groups in China, and their audience is dissent-a rebel with a cause. “The more anarchists the bet- scape. “Protest is the spirit of punk. We’re talking about limited by censorship and lack of media access. ter, the more chaos and the more we love that! This coun- what we live every day,” said Lei Jun, a chubby singer in his But Amar said their small crowds gave them a certain try is so screwed up! There’s a reason our band is called The 30s whose head is shaved and his arms striped with tat- freedom. “The authorities seem to have decided that look- Demonstrators,” said the 30-year-old, before taking the toos. One of the festival organizers, he wore a dark T-shirt ing to ban them would just raise their profile,” he said. In stage at a punk festival in Beijing. A T-shirt sold by the emblazoned with a three-word English obscenity involving the event, the Beijing festival only had a brief visit from the group SMZB set the tone for the event: the design showed the police. authorities. one of the columns that line Tiananmen Square, the sym- bolic heart of Beijing and Chinese state power, embla- ‘Disenchanted youth’ ‘Sensible’ zoned with the words “Chinese dream”-President Xi Sex Pistol posters hang above the till in Lei’s little noo- But there are other limits too. The vast majority of punk Jinping’s catchphrase-and a pile of skulls at its base. dle restaurant in a narrow alley in old Beijing, but mainland musicians have ordinary day jobs: Shan, of The The crowd, a few hundred strong, made for an eclectic China has a very different political system to Hong Kong, Demonstrators, is a construction worker, and his guitarist The tattooed arm of guitarist Wang Shaowu, of Beijing scene: brightly dyed hairstyles mixed with more conserva- where major demonstrations have taken place in recent smoothes down his hair when he goes back to work at an punk band The Demonstrators. tively dressed students in the heart of 798, an industrial days. The country’s punks know that they cannot be as estate agency. “It’s hard to have a real punk way of life. We estate converted into a trendy art district. Bouncing up and openly outrageous as Sid Vicious. Some sing in broken have to earn a living, and with the way the Chinese judge down, they pogoed together in a smoky mosh pit as Shan’s English to express their most anti-establishment views by appearances all the time, it’s hard to maintain a punk calls to fight the police “to the death” or tributes to the look,” lamented Lei Jun-whose festival was sponsored by mothers of the students killed in the Tiananmen crack- footwear brand Doc Martens. down in 1989, while others use acronyms to disguise their Around 30 percent of the crowd were “committed fans denunciations of the Communist Party. who follow the punk ethic”, he said, while “70 percent just The Chinese punk bands may have copied the style of come to hear the bands and to slum it a bit before going the original British punk scene, but their songs have dis- home: one-day or one-week punks”. Ren Kai, lead singer for tinctly local themes: “They come from forced evictions, the group Fire 6, worries about losing “authentic” fans to unemployed youths killing themselves, the fact there is no the wave of “egocentric entertainment where young peo- future, an education system that turns young people into ple just navel gaze”. But most of their fans “live in the mar- worker robots, the way money rules,” said Lei Jun. Punk first gins”, he said. “There are no second-generation rich kids in reached the country in the mid-1990s in Beijing and the this room,” he added, referring to the descendants of central city of Wuhan after rock music-the symbol of the China’s new wealthy elite. student protests of 1989 — was banned. Wang Yuxin, 24, discovered punk a year ago and it was a In the early days, several of the first bands in the capital revelation: “The pressure at home was too strong for too called themselves the “Army of Boredom”. “Rock music was long and it oppressed me. “When I come to this kind of Zhou Wei and Wang Shaowu of punk band The the music of hope and social and political demands that concert I feel free and unbound, I feel alive again,” she said, Demonstrators arriving before the band’s performance. people believed would succeed. Punk music comes from a wearing leather boots and her hair in spikes. Even so, Shan Lin, lead singer for punk band The disenchanted youth, at the bottom of the social order and things change afterwards, she admitted. “When I go back Demonstrators, and bassist Zhou Wei on stage during a who feel powerless as people focus on wealth,” explained home, I become well-behaved again. I’m a very sensible lit- performance at the annual Beijing Punk Festival. Nathanel Amar, an expert on Chinese punk at the French tle girl.”—AFP French baguettes rise to the occasion in emerging markets he perfect baguette has long been the ultimate test for opened locations across the globe to cultivate the craving for aspiring bakers the world over. And now the ability to French baked goods. Tproduce this long, thin loaf is in global demand because Brioche Doree, which calls itself the world’s leading the appetite for baked delights from France is surging in French-style fast-food chain, now boasts more than 500 regions with burgeoning middle classes-notably Asia and the restaurants worldwide. Another, Delifrance, has several hun- Middle East. “The growth is linked to lifestyle changes, and dred locations abroad, including more than 200 across Asia. more broadly to the emergence of middle classes,” says But France’s small-scale bakery tradition, which is still vibrant Christophe Monnier, an expert at the Ubifrance agency which at home, has also ventured abroad. Take for example baker helps French companies set up overseas. and food writer Eric Kayser, whose mix of tradition and inno- Forget the timeworn caricature of the Frenchman in black vation led him to success in Paris, and who has since opened beret and blue overalls with a baguette tucked under his arm: up in 100 cities abroad as far flung as Taipei and Tangiers. French baked goods are in, and they are taking the world by storm. The numbers speak for themselves. From 2003 to 2013, ‘Infatuation’ for French pastries French exports of dough and mixes for baked goods more “The entire world is an exciting market as everyone wants than doubled, from 197 million euros to 480 million euros to eat well and the croissant or the baguette are an affordable ($600 million). luxury,” Kayser told AFP. Upscale pastry shop Pierre Herme has Finished baked goods, which end up being sold in French also ventured far from its Paris roots to open boutiques in restaurant chains or hotels abroad, have leapt from 850 mil- Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Qatar and the United Arab lion euros’ worth to 1.5 billion euros during the same period. Emirates as well as in neighboring Britain. But baguettes can- The growth has been spectacular in some markets, with not conquer the world without trained bakers, and the exports to China soaring 7,800 percent over the past decade. National Bakery and Pastry Institute (INPB) in Rouen is trying The bakery sector “is undeniably the spearhead for the to meet that need. While a group of students from a number (French) food sector” abroad, Monnier said. Chains have of countries tries to assemble a Saint-Honore-an elaborate concoction involving cream puffs and caramel glaze the Institute’s director Jean-Francois Astier said there is ample for- eign interest in their training program. And in addition to the foreign students who make up 15 percent of the INBP’s professional trainees, “a small majority of the French students... want to go overseas.” Alexandre Dressed to the nines: Giordano Matcheret, 47, is one Frenchman who left to try his luck abroad. He has just opened two Kayser boutiques in Cambodia, and is excited about the potential. “Bread is provides uniform perfection already in their culture, but it is not the same process, it is very industrial,” Matcheret said. ressing up to work nine to five daily can be tions, comfort and others. The products are timeless and “I sense there will be a strong demand with the develop- daunting for most - deciding what to wear each easy to care for ensuring style and convenience of wear. ment of the middle class,” he said, adding that 95 percent of Dday can also consume time. But for some “Backed by our 20 years history in the region, his customers are Cambodian. While the market is promising, employees, what to wear is never an issue because they Giordano’s success is attributed to its retail as well as cor- setting up shop is not cheap if genuine equipment is import- wear uniforms. porate performance. Giordano answers to the clothing ed from France. Many bakeries also import flour, butter and In the Middle East, one of the leading providers of needs of our customers whether as an individual or yeast from France to ensure an authentic taste, although they uniforms is Giordano, a global apparel retailer known for organization. Many of our clients are pleased with the often still have to adapt the baking process to local condi- its fashionable and durable clothing pieces. Giordano quality of our products - the wrinkle-free shirts and tions. supplies to major companies in the Middle East - includ- trousers, with breathable and comfortable fabric, easy ing JVC, Dubai Duty Free, The Body Shop and Baskin care which retains products’ shapes even with repeated The secret of perfection Robbins - capturing a substantial slice of the corporate washing and no color fading,” said Ishwar Chugani, In emerging markets, that can pose difficulties. Patrick clothing market. Managing Director of Giordano Middle East FZE and Moreau, 48, moved to Cape Town in 2008 and now has three Giordano’s performance polos, t-shirts, trousers and Executive Director of Giordano International. bakeries and a tea room under his own Cassis Paris brand. long-sleeved polos are just some of the popular prod- “Since 2010, you have proven yourselves time and “There is a real infatuation in South Africa for French pastries ucts that Giordano supplies as uniforms to retailers, time again as our most respected and reliable supplier. and rising demand for hand-made bread,” Moreau said. But event organizers, corporates, schools and many others. Thanks for getting our order out on time and to the usu- “with the slide in the value of the rand it is too expensive to Corporate clients have a choice of non-branded clothes al high standard,” said Maria Corazon Ahmed, JVC import French flour,” he added. They have been forced to or they can be branded with a company’s logo or other Professional —Gulf Branch. experiment, and found that by mixing four local flours and images and designs on request. adjusting the kneading process, they can produce the same Giordano’s quality fabrics are sourced from the finest Pictures taken in Paris show pieces of French ‘baguette’ texture. “You have to adapt to local ingredients to reach the factories with attention to details such as sizes, specifica- breads.—AFP photos same quality as in Paris,” Moreau said.—AFP lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014

Awards Conchita sings for peace, love and understanding at the EU

ranvestite Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst won over the crowd yesterday in front of the nor- Tmally staid European Parliament, with her message of peace, love and an end to discrimination. “I really want to reach as many people as possible,” the bearded Austrian told a press conference before a short concert, recalling how she had come to terms with her own sexuality. Immaculate in a white pant suit which set off her trade- mark jet black facial hair and flowing locks, she said there was still “work to do” to ensure respect for all, regardless of their color or sexual orientation. The 25-year-old drag queen, who is also known as Tom Neuwirth, attracted an enthusiastic crowd of several hundred in the rain outside the grey and glass parliament building in central Brussels for a short series of songs. Wurst was invited by euro-MPs from five different factions as part of a campaign to fight discrimination. She called on politicians across the 28-nation union to back equality for all, saying that it was love that counted, not sexual orientation. “I do not understand why there are politi- cians who are still afraid (of same-sex marriage)... we should be happy and there are people out there who do not want to make everyone happy!” Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen in May, prompting a storm of anti-gay anger summed up by right-wing Russian nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky who said it marked “the end of Europe”. Since then she has played at lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans- gender events around Europe and in July closed Jean Paul Gaultier’s haute couture show in Paris wearing a black and red vampire-themed gown. — AFP Eurovision Song Contest winner Conchita Wurst performs in front of the European Parliament in Brussels, yesterday. Conchita, the bearded transgender singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, was invited by parliament mem- bers to perform outside the European institution. — AFP photos Broadway musical ‘Once’ to close in January mid the continuing global expansion of stage musical “Once,” the Broadway production that Alaunched the Tony-winning legit title will shutter in January, ending its run after about three years on the boards. With “Once” having just opened in Melbourne and gearing up for stagings in Seoul, Toronto and cities in Japan, the decision to close the Broadway incarna- tion comes as weekly sales in New York have steadily tapered over the last year amid competition from strong-selling newer titles including “Kinky Boots,” “Aladdin” and “Beautiful.” At its post-Tony height, “Once” made a habit of racking up million-dollar weeks; last week the musical earned $358,134. Still, the project counts as a serious success, both creatively and financially. Many in the theater industry Jesse Helt, second from left, speaks to his attorney Whitney Boise, right, as he his taken In this Aug 24, 2014 file photo, Jesse Helt, a homeless man, left, accepts the award for cite the show as one of Broadway’s most artistically suc- into custody after his sentencing hearing at the Polk County Courthouse in Dallas, Ore, Video of the Year from Jimmy Fallon on behalf of Miley Cyrus on stage at the MTV Video cessful musical adaptations of a movie (in this case the Tuesday. — AP photos Music Awards in Inglewood, Calif. 2007 indie film, little-seen until the musical helped boost its profile). Critics loved the production, and the Broadway staging, which opened in March 2012 after earlier productions at American Repertory Theater and Cyrus’ date gets 6 months for probation violation New York Theater Workshop, nabbed eight Tonys including best musical. With box office propelled by Tony love, “Once” recouped its $5.5 million capitaliza- he young man who accompanied Miley kilometers) southwest of Portland to surren- tion costs in an unusually swift 21 weeks, and contin- Cyrus to the MTV Video Music Awards der. Helt arrived 45 minutes late for his last ued to report robust sales for months after that. Tand accepted her prize has been sen- court appearance, but was 20 minutes early The Broadway success of the show spurred a West tenced to six months in jail for violating the Tuesday. End production, which opened in April 2013 and will terms of his probation in Oregon. Officers led It did not win any points with Judge play through March 21, 2015. A US tour, out on the road away Jesse Helt in handcuffs Tuesday shortly Campbell, who agreed with prosecutor Aaron since last year, will play multiple weeks in Japan later after he and his attorney asked Judge Monte Felton’s recommendation for six months in this fall. Along with scheduled stagings in Seoul and S Campbell for leniency. jail. Helt will get credit for 57 days previously Toronto, producers said there are developing produc- “I’d like to be viewed as a good person, served. Defense attorney Whitney Boise - tions in countries ranging from Sweden to Brazil to not as a nuisance to society,” Helt said. Helt, hired by Cyrus - unsuccessfully asked Judge Thailand. “We’ve got all these other productions around 22, was arrested in 2010 after breaking into Campbell to give Helt one more chance to the world, and we wanted to go out on a high here on an apartment. He violated his probation a meet the terms of his probation, rather than Broadway,” said Barbara Broccoli, the Bond franchise year later when he failed to meet his proba- send him to jail. producer who produces “Once” with John N Hart Jr, tion officer, violated curfew and didn’t com- Boise said his client grew up in poverty Patrick Milling Smith and Frederick Zollo, among others. plete 88 hours of community service. Instead and has never known stability and discipline. With music by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova he moved to Los Angeles. He sought model- He acknowledged that Helt made a big mis- and book by Enda Walsh, “Once” follows the relation- ing work, toiled at a few low-paying jobs and take in not following through on the terms of ship between a Dublin street musician and the woman was homeless from time to time. his probation, but noted that he did not run who helps him reignite his love of music. John Tiffany Cyrus met him during a visit to My Friend’s afoul of the law while in Los Angeles. (“The Glass Menagerie”) directs, with choreography by Place, a shelter for homeless youth in Los Boise said his client’s appearance on MTV Stephen Hoggett (“American Idiot,” “The Curious Angeles. Cyrus then brought Helt to the MTV has given him a calling, helping youth. Rather Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”). In New York, ceremony and let him accept her award for than make money off his “10 minutes of “Once” will stick it out through the year-end holidays, “Wrecking Ball,” the video of the year. Helt fame,” Helt has done volunteer work while traditionally the most profitable season on Broadway, used the platform to call attention to the hoping to enroll in community college to and then shutter Jan. 4, leaving the Bernard B. Jacobs issue of youth homelessness. learn how to install solar panels. — AP Theater vacant for a spring tenant. — Reuters Publicity from his appearance brought the Miley Cyrus, left, stands with Jesse Helt holding her award at the MTV Video Music probation violation to light. Days later, he Awards at The Forum in Inglewood. returned to this rural community 60 miles (97 Debbie Harry to headline ‘Biopic’ life stories headline London Film Festival Lennon tribute concert iographical films are the toast of the 58th London Film Festival, which opened yesterday with “The Imitation ebbie Harry will perform at the BGame”, the tale of the British mathematician Alan Turing 34th annual John Lennon charity who broke Nazi code but was persecuted for being gay. The Dtribute concert in New York City role is played by British actor Benedict Cumberbatch, who in December. The announcement yester- made his name as Sherlock Holmes in a popular television day by the nonprofit Theatre Within series and as a relatively benign plantation owner in the came a day before what would have Oscar-0winning 2013 film “12 Years a Slave”. Turing was a com- been Lennon’s 74th birthday. Other per- puter scientist ahead of his time and the film coincides with the 60th anniversary of his death. formers include Kate Pierson of the B- He was prosecuted for homosexuality in 1952 when it was 52s, Joan Osborne, Marshall Crenshaw a crime in Britain, despite the fact that he had played a crucial and Ben E King. The event will be held role in deciphering German codes that experts say accelerat- Dec 5 at Symphony Space. ed the fall of Adolf Hitler. Forced to undergo chemical castra- Yoko Ono said in a statement: “I share tion, Turing killed himself at the age of 41. He was officially Theatre Within’s belief that music and the pardoned only last year by Queen Elizabeth II, six decades performing arts have a special power to after his tragic death. Yesterday marked the European premiere of the film of his bring people together and inspire us to life, which also stars British actress Keira Knightley and won make a positive difference. It’s beautiful the top people’s choice award at the Toronto International mother, a difficult divorce and a history of drug addiction. (From left) Screenwriter that the Tribute continues to have such a Film Festival last month. A newcomer to cinema, US star Strayed is played by Oscar-winner Reese Witherspoon in Graham Moore, director powerful impact in John’s memory.” Rock comedian and presenter of The Daily Show Jon Stewart, will the epic film, adapted from a bestselling book. One biopic Morten Tyldum, and actors also be in London to present his first film. “Rosewater”, which premiering at the film bonanza is “Festival of Youth”, inspired Keira Knightley and photographer Bob Gruen, who pho- Benedict Cumberbatch, tographed Lennon during the years he is also biographical, tells the true story of the detention of the by the memoirs of British author Vera Brittain about her life during World War I. A determined and intelligent woman, the pose for photographers lived in New York, will be honored with Canadian-Iranian journalist Maziar Bahari, played by Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal. young Brittain fled to escape her conservative parents by win- during the photo call of the the first-ever John Lennon Real Love ning a scholarship to Oxford University. She fell deeply in love, film The Imitation Game, at Award. Proceeds will benefit Lennon and Inspiring life stories but all was changed with the outbreak of World War I and her the Corinthia Hotel in cen- Ono’s Spirit Foundation. Ticket prices are The later years of one of Britain’s most celebrated artists companion’s departure to the front lines. tral London, which will $65, $85 and $105. — AP are the subject of “Mr Turner”, directed by Mike Leigh and star- Brittain gave up her studies to become a volunteer nurse open the London Film ring Timothy Spall, who won best actor at the Cannes Film and faced the horrors of war. Another war film, “Fury” starring Festival, yesterday. — AP Festival for his performance. Bennet Miller’s “Foxcatcher” is US actor Brad Pitt, will close the festival on October 19. Shot in also based on a true 1980s story of a rich billionaire played by Britain, the feature follows the adventures of five soldiers Steve Carell who takes two wrestler brothers under his wing fighting in a tank called Fury during the final days of World (Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo). “Wild”, by Canadian direc- War II. — AFP tor Jean-Marc Vallee tells the story of Cheryl Strayed, who walked 1,700 kilometres (1,056 miles) through the US wilder- Debbie Harry ness of the Pacific Crest Trail, to overcome the death of her lifestyle THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2014 Awards Hillsong UNITED top winner at Dove Awards

illsong UNITED used their chart-topping song “Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)” to bring home five trophies HTuesday night at the Dove Awards. The song, which has been on the top of Billboard’s Hot Christian Songs chart for more than 50 weeks, reigned at the Gospel Music Association’s 45th annual Christian music awards. The song won for song of the year, pop/contemporary recorded song of the year and worship song of the year. Jonathon Douglass, one of the band members of Australia- based Hillsong UNITED, geeked out about receiving the artist of the year award from Grammy-winning Christian singer Amy Grant. “Unfortunately, a lot of Christian music didn’t make it to Australia, but your cassettes did, in my mum’s car with me,” Douglass told Grant during the show. “I can’t wait to tell Mum that I met you.” The band, which started as the youth band for Hillsong Church in Sydney, Australia, also took home trophies for artist of the year and contemporary Christian performance of the year. They have won one previous Dove Award. The church, Hillsong, also received a special lifetime achievement award. Douglass said the band started out just as a pastime for youth at the church. “We started writing songs for our high school friends in our suburbs, songs that were our expressions to glorify Jesus,” Douglass said. Other top winners were Switchfoot, with three awards, and Skillet with two awards. Rapper Lecrae and Bart Milliard of MercyME were the hosts for the awards show, which took place at Lipscomb University and airs on the Trinity Broadcasting Network on Sunday, Oct 12. Performers for the show included some of the biggest acts in Christian music, including the Jonathon Douglass accepts the artist of the year award Newsboys, for KING & COUNTRY, Natalie Grant and Mandisa, on behalf of the group Hillsong United during the Dove The group 1 Girl Nation performs during the Dove Awards. who also took home the award for pop/contemporary album Awards in Nashville, Tenn. — AP photos of the year for her album, “Overcomer.”— AP

Michael Tait of Newsboys performs on stage. Kari Jobe accepts the award for praise and worship album of the year. The group For King & Country performs on stage.

Andy Mineo accepts his award for rap/hip hop song Mandisa accepts the award for pop/contemporary Ellie Holcomb accepts the award for new artist of Ellie Holcomb performs on stage. of the year. album of the year. the year.

The duo Love & the Outcome perform on stage. Pat Boone, left, and Bill Gaither sing a song as they Bart Millard, right, and MercyMe perform on stage. make a presentation during the Dove Awards. Hillsong UNITED top winner at Dove Awards

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A Bhutanese performer dressed as an ‘Astara’, or clown, who jokes with audience members and dancers by mimicking the main dance performance, takes part in an event during the Thimphu Tshechu festival at Tashichhodzong in Thimphu yes- terday. The festival is one of Bhutan’s main Buddhist festivals and is celebrated during the autumn season over three to four days. Dances performed by masked participants re-enact major historic and spiritual events. — AFP

Lab sleuths help art world uncover fakes ressed in an immaculate white lab coat, Sandra Half artwork in circulation fake If the paper can be dated to after 1955, when Leger Mottaz stares intently through a stereo micro- The art world has in recent years been rocked by died, the answer will be obvious, he says, adding Dscope at a bold-colored painting purportedly forgery scandals, revealing fake works attributed to a though that he needs the go-ahead from the owner by French master Fernand Leger, searching for signs of long line of masters, including Paul Gauguin, Marc before moving forward with pricier tests. Depending forgery. “Here, we can make out vertical lines in what Chagall, Jackson Pollock and Leger. Experts estimate on what tests they run, scientific labs can charge could be a grid,” Mottaz says, looking up from the a full half of all artworks in circulation today are fake a clients up to 15,000 euros ($19,000) per painting, shiny white instrument providing a three-dimensional number that is difficult to verify but that Walther says which might sound steep until you consider the value view of the painting. That could signal the painting is a is, if anything, an underestimate. Between 70 and 90 of many of the paintings they study. fake, but artists themselves also use the technique to percent of works that pass through FAEI turn out to be copy their own work onto different formats, so more fake, he says. His institute sits inside the Geneva Analysis adds value tests are needed, she says. Freeports, a heavily-guarded toll- and customs-free Another piece provides a starker example of what Mottaz and her colleagues at the Fine Arts Expert zone where collectors from around the world store can be found lurking under the surface of paintings that look fine at first glance. A reclining nude attrib- uted to French artist Albert Marquet and dated 1912 looks authentic until Ciocan uses reflectography to expose a tractor painted in great detail underneath. The tractor’s tyres, revealingly, are of a make that did not hit the market until the 1930s. The research some- times also reveals that a work is of greater value than first thought. Walther recalls one of the first pieces to pass This picture shows French actor Thierry Vy Huu and actress Laetitia through the lab: a painting titled “Winter Scene” by Spigarelli performing with android Repliee S1 , produced by Japan’s Osaka 17th century Dutch great Adam Van Breen. The piece, University professor Hiroshi Ishiguro during a dress rehearsal in Yokohama, owned by a Geneva collector, was believed to be a suburban Tokyo. — AFP photos Sandra Mottaz, copy the artist or his atelier had made of what was specialist in thought to be the original, which hangs in the Louvre conservation in Paris. But the scientists found sketching under- and analytic neath indicating the artist’s own research, hinting that restoration, the Geneva collector’s piece was in fact the original. analyzes a Even without such startling findings, “scientific The painting with Kafka’s analysis adds value to artworks”, Walther says, pointing ultraviolet light. out that his institute’s research helps “tell a story”, revealing the artist’s creative process and the tech- Metamorphosis, robot style Institute (FAEI) use cutting-edge scientific methods more than a million artworks, including Picassos, Van niques used. Art historian and restorer Andrea like radiocarbon dating and infrared reflectography to Goghs, Monets and apparently a Leonardo da Vinci. Hoffmann of Atelier Arte in Geneva agrees that scien- ranz Kafka’s seminal work The to kick off the “Autumn Festival determine the authenticity of artworks, and some- It can be tricky spotting fakes with the naked eye, tific methods can be useful in some cases. But these Metamorphosis is famous for its Normandy” next month in France. times to uncover unknown masterpieces. “When you but top-notch lab equipment helps. Mottaz carefully methods are no substitute for traditional experts like Fthemes of alienation, absurdity Award winning actress Irene Jacob buy an apartment, you always get an appraisal first. carries the Leger to another room where her colleague herself, who draw on familiarity with an artist’s style and now androids, as a robot takes praised the acting skills of her on- But in the art world, until recently, you could buy Valeria Ciocan uses infrared reflectography to confirm and historical context to spot problems. “Ninety per- centre stage in a new theatrical adap- stage android son. “It’s a bit like a works for 10 million euros without sufficient docu- the grid underneath the working man’s face, suppos- cent of what can be seen in a painting can be seen tation. Acclaimed Japanese director white mask, as we say in French mentation,” says FAEI chief Yann Walther. But that is edly painted in 1954. Lab chief Kilian Anheuser then with your eyes,” she says, stressing: “That is where Oriza Hirata worked with leading ‘Masque Blanc’, in theatre,” she said. “It changing amid soaring prices in an art market where moves the piece to the nearby x-ray room, where he experience comes in.”— AFP roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro to create has something quite theatrical works worth an estimated $60 billion change hands determines that the pigments used are different from the star of the show, a tall gangly alright...sometimes he can smile a lit- each year. The ballooning amounts up for grabs have the ones Leger usually turned to in the 1950s. This is robot with a metal skeleton and white tle bit or even laugh.” also hiked the incentive for art forgers, and scientists still not hard proof of a forgery, says Anheuser, who human-like face and hands. “Even Some may see the robot as a canny like Walther and Mottaz are increasingly being called wants to go on to radiocarbon date the paper, allow- though people react when they see a choice to illustrate the book’s discus- upon to supplement efforts by traditional art experts ing him to determine if it is from trees felled before or robot, you can tell people are not sion of isolation in modern capitalist and conservationists to authenticate works. after nuclear tests carried out in the 1950s. moved by it,” Hirata told AFP. society, which resonates in the tech- “I wanted to create a situation in nology-obsessed present day, nearly which a robot could move an audi- 100 years since the story was pub- ence.” In Kafka’s 1915 novella, travel- lished. Ishiguro, head of a robotics lab ling salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up at Osaka University, is a well-known one morning inexplicably transformed figure in Japan who has already into a repulsive insect, causing his staged several plays featuring robots family to hide him away in shame and with Hirata. disgust. Hirata’s production swaps the But this is the first to be per- big bug for a cold silver frame and an formed in a language other than automated voice, testing the dramatic Japanese-the production is in French timing of four French actors chosen to with Japanese surtitles. In the past, play his family. Ishiguro has created a robot based on The company-robot included- himself, an android newscaster, and a worked on the play for a month in the cheeky talking humanoid robot remote town of Kinosaki in western called Pepper. — AFP Japan. The show, titled “La Metamorphose version Androide”, will Sandra Mottaz, specialist in conservation and analytic restoration, stares Dr Killian Anheuser, head scientist at the Fine Arts Experts Institute (FAEI), now open for a short run in Yokohama intently through a stereo microscope at a bold-colored painting purport- analyses a bold-colored painting purportedly by French master Fernand on Thursday and then travel to Europe edly by French master Fernand Leger, searching for signs of forgery, at Leger, searching for signs of forgery. the Fine Arts Experts Institute (FAEI), in Geneva. — AFP photos