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By Badrya Darwish

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was very impressed with Theresa May of the UK during the House of Commons debate the other Iday. May is the United Kingdom’s Home Secretary - a post which is similar to the position of the Minister of Interior in Kuwait and the Arab world. What would be rather intriguing for everybody in KUWAIT: Kuwaiti MPs Safa Al-Hashem and Ali Al-Rashed (right) address the media during a press conference yesterday. The two senior MPs announced their resig- Kuwait, May was asking the police force to have a nation from the National Assembly yesterday. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat strict code of conduct in stop and search operations. She was not happy with the conduct of the By Staff Reporter police. Her argument was grounded on a survey that most of the individuals police stop and search Afghan landslide leaves KUWAIT: Two senior MPs announced their resignation are unnecessary and based on ethnic and racial from the National Assembly yesterday in protest against judgments. She even said that 27 percent of the the Prime Minister and the Speaker, raising the number stop and search operations are illegal. Quoting more than 2,100 dead of MPs who quit to five amid reports that more resigna- recent figures, she said that black people are six tions are possible to put the National Assembly, elected times more likely to be stopped than those who are just under 10 months ago, under tremendous pressure. white. MPs Ali Al-Rashed and Safa Al-Hashem, both known of I have never heard in Kuwait or the Arab world their unlimited support for the government in the previ- something called code of conduct of the police. It ous parliament, told a joint press conference that they would be beautiful if any of our ministers of Interior were unable to continue working in the current in the Arab world could initiate something similar. If Assembly. it exists, we have never heard of it, because it has They said they will officially submit their resignations not been discussed in parliament or elsewhere. to the Speaker today as the Assembly office was sched- Some of our police do pick on certain people, and it uled to meet to discuss the resignations of three other is usually the expats. People are not angels. Some MPs-Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkarim Al-Kundari and policemen might pick on expats on purpose. This Hussein Quwaiaan-who quit last week after the was very visible during the intensified campaign Assembly rejected their demand to question the Prime that took place on Kuwait’s roads a few months ago Minister. Under the law, the National Assembly should that saw many people deported. Some deportations debate the resignations of its members 10 days after may be justified, and others not. the official submission. The Assembly cannot force MPs The other day I witnessed a particular case in to continue after they quit but can appeal to them to point. I entered the parking near the bank complex. continue. So did an Asian driver who pulled behind, following Rashed, a veteran MP began as an opposition liberal me. He entered from the main road and parked in lawmaker but split from the opposition and became the bank parking. I noticed police running and very close to the government. Under the former Prime shouting. I thought I was the target. Without any Minister Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, excuse or greeting, he opened the door of the Asian he was briefly appointed as a Cabinet minister. He was BADAKHSHAN: Afghans search for survivors after landslide buried Abi-Barik village in Badakhshan motorist’s car, got inside and ordered the man to fol- elected as Speaker of the previous Assembly which was province, northeastern Afghanistan yesterday. — AP low him in the police car to take him to the police elected in December 2012 but scrapped in June the fol- station. The Asian guy was flabbergasted and shak- KABUL: Afghan officials gave up hope yesterday of dead,” Naweed Forotan, a spokesman for the lowing year. The government however sided with cur- ing. finding any survivors from a landslide in the remote Badakhshan provincial governor said. Villagers and a rent Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem for the post in the My Western friend whose husband is Asian told northeast, putting the death toll at more than 2,100, few dozen police, equipped with only basic digging current Assembly in what analysts say is a marriage of me that her husband prefers her to drive because as rescuers turned their attention to helping the over tools, resumed their search when daylight broke but it convenience between major merchant families and an police stop them and harass him if he drives. That is 4,000 people displaced. Officials expressed concern soon became clear there was no hope of finding sur- important section of the ruling family. why usually she is behind the wheel when they go the unstable hillside above the site of the disaster vivors buried in up to 100 meters of mud. “Seven Rashed and Hashem both strongly criticized the out together. There are many other such examples may cave in again, threatening the homeless as well members of my family were here, four or five of them Assembly Speaker for not being neutral in conducting and we cannot deny them. It is great if the police as the UN and local rescue teams that have arrived in were killed ... I am also half alive, what can I do?” said the proceedings, frequently interrupting MPs who are have a code of conduct and are trained according to Badakhshan province, which borders Tajikistan. an elderly woman, her hair covered in a pink shawl. against the government and not giving them the it and held responsible for their conduct. “More than 2,100 people from 300 families are all Continued on Page 11 chance to speak. Continued on Page 11 Kuwait moves to phase MERS death toll in out sponsorship system Saudi reaches 111 KUWAIT: The Labor Public Authority could Kuwait has suspended a common process start operating this week, ending months of through which foreigners can come to the speculation on when the state could reopen country for work since February, pending the door for foreign labor recruitment. Since preparations to launch the labor authority. Two First MERS case confirmed in US the government appointed a general director periods were given to allow people to transfer RIYADH: Saudi health authorities Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is a health care for the state-owned authority last March, commercial visit visas into work visas during announced yesterday two new deaths provider who had travelled to Riyadh for work has been ongoing to complete the staff that time, and the last one expired on May 1. from the MERS coronavirus, raising to work, they said. and finalize the mechanism through which it The general belief is that a decision to will handle the process of recruiting expatri- allow companies to hire workers from outside 111 the number of fatalities since the dis- Last week, Egypt recorded its first ate labor forces. again will be announced simultaneously with ease appeared in the kingdom in infection after a person who arrived from While a specific date is still uncertain, an official announcement to launch opera- September 2012. A 25-year-old man has Saudi Arabia tested positive. Public con- sources in the Ministry of Social Affairs and tions at the Labor Public Authority. Employers died in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah cern in Saudi Arabia over the spread of Labor said that decisions to allow the Labor will have to submit requests with the authori- and a woman of 69, who suffered from MERS has mounted after the resignation Authority to start operating are expected to ty to hire foreign labor forces, and the authori- tuberculosis and anaemia, died in of at least four doctors at Jeddah’s King be released this week. They include transfer- ty will grant requests based on the remaining Makkah, also in western Saudi Arabia, Fahd Hospital who refused to treat ring the ministry’s Labor Department employ- job openings as it appears in the company’s the health ministry said. It later said the patients for fear of infection. MERS is ees to the new authority, and hiring staff for profile and database. death toll has now climbed to 111, revis- considered a deadlier but less-transmissi- newly established divisions, Al-Anba reported The authority will supposedly have a clear ing its earlier figure of 109 deaths. ble cousin of the SARS virus that erupted yesterday. mechanism to set labor requirement stan- At the same time, 35 new cases of the in Asia in 2003 and infected 8,273 peo- The new divisions include one that will dards for major businesses in Kuwait. In addi- severe respiratory disease have been ple, nine percent of whom died. There handle labor recruitment procedures, and tion to bringing workers from outside, the recorded, raising the number infected in are no vaccines or antiviral treatments another which will take care of labor forces authority will also assume sponsorship for Saudi Arabia over the past two years to for MERS, a disease with a mortality rate protection duties, said the sources. The min- workers, effectively phasing out the flawed 396, the world’s highest tally. American of more than 40 percent that experts are istry is also expected to announce changing sponsorship or ‘kafeel’ system in the process. health officials on Friday said the first still struggling to understand. Some its name officially to become the ‘Ministry of As such, the authority will have exclusive RIYADH: A Saudi man walks past a board showing case of MERS has been confirmed in the research has suggested that camels are a Social Affairs’ after the labor department is powers to hire, sponsor and provide labor the way to a local hospital’s emergency department merged into the Public Labor Authority. forces to companies on demand. United States. The person infected with likely source of the virus. in the Saudi capital Riyadh. — AFP Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Continued on Page 11 SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 LOCAL

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KUWAIT: A photo from our archives shows a sheep herder in Kuwait taking a break and chatting on his phone. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat MP calls colleagues resignations ‘dirty plot’ Request to postpone voting on Gulf Security Pact

By A. Saleh and agencies individuals plan to achieve their goal of dissolv- Bureau Chairman Abdul-Aziz Al-Adasani in order ing the parliament and driving the cabinet to to talk over disputes sparked by the panel’s KUWAIT: Several lawmakers prepare to submit a resign is set to happen this month,” Dashty said. recent request to assign the bureau to conduct a GCC ‘not expected’ to take request to return the Gulf Security Pact back to He also claimed that people behind the alleged study on cases that the state lost and cost large the foreign relations committee for further dis- scenario are the same who were behind previ- payments from the public funds as a result. action against Brotherhood cussion, in order to make sure that the parlia- ous plots to topple the two authorities, includ- Sources quoted in the report did not specify By A. Saleh ures against the Muslim Brotherhood - ment does not vote on the controversial agree- ing a recent grilling against Prime Minister His whether these talks will take place during already labeled as a terrorist group in ment during the current term. Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. today’s meeting, however. KUWAIT: Gulf leaders are set to discuss Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Kuwait approved the security agreement dur- The parliament could accept resignations of Also today, the financial committee meets to security measures that could be taken Emirates - is not expected “in order to ing a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting last MPs Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkareem Al-Kandari discuss a government proposal to amend the against Islamist groups believed to be honor each country’s sovereignty in year, but it cannot become effective until the and Hussein Al-Quwai’an this Tuesday, as long as housing welfare law. threatening stability at Gulf Cooperation independent decision making,” said the parliament passes it. The pact received strong parliamentary efforts currently ongoing to con- In a related note, MP Yaqoub Al-Sanea Council states. The discussion will take sources who spoke on the condition of criticism from inside and outside the parliament vince them to change their minds fall short announced plans to submit a draft law to estab- place during a GCC consultative summit anonymity. on the belief that it violates the state’s constitu- before that time. Nevertheless, MPs who spoke lish a new residential area in Khairan, that can be that takes place this month in Riyadh, Coordination could still take place to tion. Regarding the most recent move, sources to the press in the past two days said that they used to build 30,000 houses with 400 square and also includes discussion of the GCC limit the mobility of Muslim revealed that some MPs do not wish for the vot- are ready to move on past that phase. meters area each. The proposal has received ini- union, said sources with knowledge of Brotherhood members and ability to ing process to be clouded by the current state of tial approval from the government and at least the news. transfer funds or recruit personnel from uncertainty in the parliament, including three Committee meetings 15 MPs, Al-Sanea said. But a request to take unified meas- inside GCC states, the sources added. resignations and sharp split in opinions. The parliament’s budgets committee meets On the other hand, Minister of Housing Instead, the MPs who support pact hope to this afternoon to discuss several topics with rep- Affairs Yasser Abul said in response to recent postpone voting as previously stated by Speaker resentatives from the Finance Ministry and the inquiries about the possibility of allocating Marzouq Al-Ghanim, said the sources who spoke State Audit Bureau. On the meeting’s agenda is state-owned lands for housing purposes, that on the condition of anonymity. the budget for the Kuwait fund for small proj- the Public Authority for Housing Welfare Seven projects referred Speaking of resignations, MP Abdulhameed ects, as lawmakers eye easier government pro- received lands from the Kuwait Municipality that Dashty claimed recently that several lawmakers cedures to allow project makers to benefit from can be used to build 175,000 houses in the to Public Prosecution were offered ‘millions of dinars’ to quit as part of the fund. upcoming few years. a conspiracy to dissolve the parliament. Al-Rai also reported that committee chairman Translated material from Al-Rai, Al-Qabas and KUWAIT: Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh objectives from it. “The dirtiest scenario through which corrupt MP Adnan Abdulsamad could meet State Audit Al-Jarida dailies were used in this report. said seven projects that belong to the He said the referral letter to the prose- National Offset Company were sent to the cution sent with the attachment of the Public Prosecution. investigation committee, and the Audit Al-Saleh said the referral of those com- Bureau’s reports, to take legal action. Agreement soon to import Qatari gas panies was made after it was proven that Al-Saleh said the referred projects are they committed financial violations, based the American Academies and Institutions, KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation’s man- Al-Mudhaf added that all the agreement Further, Al-Mudhaf explained that according on the investigation committee report, the Flyer Project, International Bridge aging director for international marketing, clauses had been discussed and expected to to the six month agreement signed with Qatar which he formed to check into the Audit Initiative, National Company for Examining Nasser Al-Mudhaf said that Kuwait had recently wrap up the agreement very soon. He explained last week, Qatar would provide Kuwait with Bureau’s report for fiscal year ending Dec and Approval, a company specialized in signed an agreement to import natural liquidat- that imported gas would cover Kuwait’s needs of 240,000 tons of gas a month that would be used 31 last year. the solutions of managing comprehensive ed gas from Qatar till the end of this year. He it for the period following 2019 when Kuwait is to operate cooling plants that are highly He said the investigation committee facilities and energy, establishing the aca- added that Kuwait was proud of reinforcing its expected to import 6 million tons annually that demanded during the summer. “Our agreement confirmed what was mentioned in the demic comprehensive services to manage commercial relations with Gulf Cooperation would be needed for various projects. “We will with Qatar lasts for a year while our agreement Audit Bureau’s report about financial viola- projects company, and the establishment Council states and made a first time statement mainly depend on burning gas to generate pow- with Shell and BP will last for five years after tions in the seven projects after checking of an electronic gate to support the private declaring that an agreement to import gas from er in the future because it is environmentally which we will consider increasing the imported the accounts and registers, as well as the sector in Kuwait projects. Qatar for 15 years was in the final steps and safe and less expensive than heavy petroleum amount to meet our future needs”, he under- auditor’s report and the closing accounts He appreciated the reports of the Audit about to be signed between both sides. and gas oil”, he explained. lined. of the National Offset Company. Bureau, saying that they represent the He said the investigation committee effective supervisory tool on following concluded that there is a suspected felony, ministries actions. He said protection of as far as squandering the funds of the off- public funds is a national and constitution- set project without achieving the desired al duty. WANTED Editors & Reporters

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LOCAL SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 MOH strictly following WHO guidelines on Coronavirus KUWAIT: Well-informed health sources said that the Ministry of Health was currently considering the appoint- ment of a specialized doctor as a spokesperson for Coronavirus and infectious diseases to communicate with the media in case of detecting any infections in Kuwait. The sources explained that this measures comes as a response to recent inaccurate information circulated by various media about the virus. “Statements made by some officials also led to some complications”, said the sources noting that the presence of a special spokesperson would regulate such statements and transparently and credibly KUWAIT: On the occasion of South Africa’s 20th anniversary of Freedom day, KUWAIT: Wife of the South African ambassador Sebella van Tonder, former pass them to the media. Ambassador Delarey van Tonder hosted a reception in the Radisson Blu hotel on National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Ambassador of the The same sources added that MOH as currently coordi- Monday evening. Picture shows the ambassador, his wife Sebella van Tonder Republic of South Africa Delarey van Tonder at the reception. nating with the Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Minister of Housing Yasser Abul cutting the cake at the reception. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) to subject vets to special training to qualify them for facing the virus, especially since recent studies linked the virus to some animals such as camels. Meanwhile, at a time when Saudi Arabia announced detecting 138 new cases in the period of April 11 and 26, the head of Kuwait’s health ministry’s rapid intervention team to fight Corona virus, Dr Ghanim Al-Hujailan denied detecting any new infections in Kuwait and confirmed that MOH had taken all needed preventive measures. “The situation is under control”, he stressed. Al-Hujailan added that MOH coordinates with WHO to follow up the latest developments of the virus and how to deal with it. He also advised everybody to strictly follow the preventive meas- ures set to stop the spread of the disease. Further, Al-Hujailan stressed that MOH was in constant contact with its Saudi counterpart and that within the pre- cautions made by the Saudi authorities in this regard, the First American Medical fellowship conference that was due in the period of May 11-12 was cancelled. On her part, the head of the infectious diseases and coronavirus awareness committee, Dr Ghaliya Al-Mutairi, KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Osama Al-Duaij, KUWAIT: Some guests are pictured at the reception. stressed that MOH was strictly following WHO recommen- General Manager of Kuwait Times Badrya Darwish and Elvisa Al-Duaij are pic- dations in this regard. She added that on recent meetings tured during the reception. with WHO officials, it was agreed that the private sector should play a major role in fighting the virus and that vari- ous ministries should coordinate efforts to boost public Collective vision for a better South Africa awareness about the disease without ‘exaggerations nor undermining’ the threat. KUWAIT: Speech of South African Ambassador Delarey performs a most constructive role as an investment nal intervention. We will remain indebted to all South Commenting on the same issue, the head of the GCC van Tonder on the occasion of South Africa’s 20th anniver- partner on our Continent and specifically South Africa Africans who sacrificed their lives in this quest and in Health ministers executive office, Dr. Tawfiq Khojah sary of Freedom day. where it continues to contribute to the socio economic particular the international community and those in stressed the need to maintain the full alert condition in “This year South Africa celebrates 20 years of free- and infrastructure development of my country. South Kuwait for their unwavering support in the struggle for anticipation of the possibility of discovering any new dom and democracy. This momentous occasion pres- Africa holds Kuwait in the highest esteem for successful- SA’s liberation over so many decades. infections. “More GCC labs should be developedto diag- ents an opportunity for us to reflect on how our free- ly hosting the Africa /Arab Summit last year and in par- “As South Africans we dedicate this Celebration of nose the Coronavirus and other infections. dom and democracy were achieved; the progress we ticular the visionary and strategic leadership role of His SA’s 20 years of Freedom and Democracy to the Father Meanwhile, informed health sources said that MOH have made the past 20 years; and on how South Highness the Amir in conflict resolution and in promot- of our Nation Nelson Mandela. I am privileged to recite had recently stopped transferring administrative staff Africans will work together to implement our collective ing regional unity and cohesion. a short poem in honour of his legacy. members and employees between ministry sectors after vision for a better South Africa and a better life for all. “South Africa’s democratic birth was rightly hailed as “A soldier, a strategist, a statesman, a grace it had limited to the end of April expired. The “Since the establishment of formal diplomatic rela- a miracle. Doomsayers and those who wanted us to fail A son of the soil, a visionary. sources added that over 700 employees were transferred tions between South Africa and Kuwait in the mid nine- had predicted chaos and civil war. However, none of A prisoner, a president. to other posts this year provided both sectors approved teen nineties, bilateral relations between our countries these came to pass and the principled and visionary val- The fugitive, the friend, the father, the transfer. have remained cordial and solid. South Africa views the ues of leadership, democracy and freedom endure the forgiving freedom fighter. In another health-related concern, informed sources State of Kuwait as a strategic role player in peace, secu- today. Indeed, South Africa’s democratic transition was A revolutionary, a reconciler, said that after receiving several complaints from citizens rity and stability in the Gulf region and beyond as well premised on the inclusive will of the people, it was a herdsman, a hero, dispatched for treatment abroad, MOH was about to as in international energy security. Furthermore, Kuwait home-grown and negotiated with no destructive exter- our leader, our legend.” restructure many of its health offices abroad. Closure of two dailies affects Kuwait ranking 127th in press freedom ranking

By Nawara Fattahova ously. This bad ranking of Kuwait is sion of limiting press freedom. I considered embarrassing according know that similar case happened KUWAIT: According to recent to officials from different fields. previously with Al Shahid daily. I reports of Freedom House MP Adel Al-Kharafi thinks it’s a hope that the new press law will be Organization, Kuwait ranked 127th shame. “Kuwait is always leading in issued and applied to ensure clear in the press freedom score. It ranked democracy and freedoms in the vision and opinion,” added Al- in the ‘Partially Free’ category along region. We have free parliament and Kharafi. with other four Arab countries — we are a democratic country. So this From his side, Faisal Al-Qinai, Mauritania, Tunisia, Lebanon and ranking is shameful. I know we have Secretary General of the Kuwait Algeria — while none of the Arab made some mistakes as we are still a Journalist Association (KJA) feels countries ranked in the ‘Free’ cate- developing country, and it’s normal disappointed with this ranking. gory. All the rest of the Arab coun- if we compared Kuwait to France or “This is great drop in ranking as tries fall in the ‘Not Free’ category. Britain for instance so we may be Kuwait was usually ranking below The Freedom of the Press report criticized, as they are ahead of us in 100 as far as I know. I think that this measures the level of media inde- the field of freedoms. These coun- ranking was also affected by the pendence in 197 countries and terri- tries have strict press law, yet they closure of the two dailies, which I tories. enjoy high ranking of press free- believe was not the right decision. In general Kuwait preserved its dom,” he told the Kuwait Times. We all hope that the government ranking and rating positions of last “The reason behind this drop of will cooperate with the parliament year (2013) while other Arab coun- ranking in freedom of press may be to change the law of press and tries such as Egypt, Libya and due to the recent closure of two ensure more freedom of press,” he Jordan dropped in their rating seri- dailies. In fact I’m against this deci- pointed out.

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh holding talks with IOM officials. Al-Sabeeh praises IOM work

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs that this commitment was manifest- labor market in Kuwait. and Labor Hind Al-Sabeeh praised ed by the government law for expa- On her part, head of the IOM the work being carried out in the triates working in the private sector office expressed her delight with the country by the Kuwait office of the and other laws in the pipeline adher- ministry’s establishment of the International Organization for ing to the international standards for Public Authority for Manpower, Migration (IOM) after her meeting combatting human trafficking. among whose task is to undertake with its director Eman Erekat yester- She also applauded the work the responsibilities of the ministry in day. The minister urged in a press done by the IOM Kuwait office in supervising the employment of statement after the meeting for clos- training Kuwaitis in the field of expa- expatriates in the private and oil sec- er cooperation between the IOM and triate contractual workers and run- tors and recruit foreign labor on the ministry, affirming the ministry’s ning shelters for abused housemaids behalf of employers. Erekat con- commitment to addressing the rights and other exploited foreign workers. doned the separation of the Public of expatriate workers and fighting She valued the cooperation by the Authority of Manpower from the human trafficking. ministry and the IOM office in devel- body of the Ministry of Social Affairs Furthermore, Al-Sabeeh noted oping joint projects to improve the and Labor. — KUNA SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 LOCAL

Local spotlight kuwait digest The new Philosophy of Kuwait globalization By Dr Hassan Abdullah Jouhar

xploring the concept of globalization and its appli- cations, one would be amazed of how closer and Einteractive the world’s peoples have become in vari- By Muna Al-Fazai ous aspects. Globalization does not mean interdependent economy, institutions, cultures, spread of restaurants, gar-

Al-Anbaa ments, hairstyles or other everyday behaviors anymore. Presidential Globalization involves intensive and rapid flow of information throughout the world’s continents as well as the amazing development of transportation and commu- [email protected] Election nication means, which make the whole world seem as a humongous screen with populations from far and wide as ast week, three MPs submitted their resignation viewers watching panoramic, imaginative and indescrib- able shows on it. letters to the National Assembly after parlia- The philosophy of globalization lies in creating harmo- ment rejected their requests to question the L ny among various human races regardless of their differ- Prime Minister over allegations that he gave cash ent backgrounds, affiliations, doctrines and colors; and handouts to some lawmakers. The issue was brought regardless of whether they were far apart or co-existed in up when an MP Abudullah Al-Tamimi revealed on a one place. It is this miniature form of globalization that TV interview that he received cash from the Prime calls for both admiration and bitterness at the same time, Minister. This slip of tongue became the story of the that caught my attention during a quick visit to London. day and the consequence was dramatic. London’s roads and streets are always crowded with The first scene was created when the three MPs people from far and wide. This ancient country has Riyadh Al-Adasani, Abdulkarim Al-Kandari and become home to people of various nationalities who Hussein Al-Mutairi filed a request to grill Prime escaped wars and conflicts in their home countries over Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Sabah over the decades. Back in the 1980s, Iraqis and Kurds were a major- allegation. Well, no one knows the truth because ity everywhere in London. They were followed by such an act could easily lead to prime minister’s kuwait digest Croatians and Bosnians and now Somalis and Sudanese removal — something he would never wish for. But, are dominant in addition to many others from various that was not the only reason for their decision to Criticism between offense, slander countries around the world. quit. They also blamed the Prime Minister for the Such historic coexistence made those people ‘melt’ deteriorating public services in Kuwait and the clo- into one melting pot with Palestinians and Indians who sure of two newspapers — a move they said was By Ali Al-Randi had been there before them. This can be easily noticed in against freedom of speech and expression — this I various stores along Oxford Street where one finds Arab, agree. follower of Kuwait’s political arena notices the cism and that everybody is entitled to practice them Latin, Asian and African shop assistants working side by When the parliament voted to accept the govern- presence of a majority and a minority in addition against those with different ideologies or religion. side. One can also find Muslims working with Christians or ment’s request — for the grilling to be scrapped on Ato some groups affiliated to both sides and media Everybody is suffering from criticism and are accordingly Jews and a veiled Muslim girl working with an Indian Sikh the grounds that the issues raised were not in line that vary in their affiliations as well. There are also social very sensitive about it and hate to be criticized because wearing a turban. with the constitution, those three MPs decided to media networks, namely Twitter, that are full of followers they know for sure that they would be ridiculed, made People from different races work side by side with tender their resignation letters. Their decision has of each side. So far, everything almost seems to be with- fun of and accused of false things. This made many peo- British people spontaneously, actively and professionally. embarrassed other MPs because they either do the in the norms followed in any country with deep-rooted ple fear and reject criticism. They spend long working hours from morning to evening same as their three colleagues or face criticisms — democracy and political freedoms to express different One of the strangest statements you can hear before mingling together at work without losing their smiles, especially from the people who say the Assembly has opinions, ideologies and affiliations without disagree- somebody criticizes you is: “This is not criticism, it is only friendly chats and cooperation. Seeing such amazing not done enough to defend their freedom and their ment. However, there is a great difference between the my opinion”, which is a clear attempt to avoid the idea of scenes, one can only marvel at how all those people man- future. I also agree on that and, I’m disappointed too. norms in other countries that practice democracy and being critical. It is a state that I believe is closer to fear age to coexist to form a human mosaic, while at the same Kuwaitis may accept any mistakes by the govern- freedom of expression and the situation in Kuwait. than criticism and which is a direct result of the misuse time, we fail to coexist in our own countries despite hav- ment — and like typical Arabs they can accept cor- This is happening because Kuwaitis started criticizing of the most important developmental tool in society - ing the same heritage and national identity. ruption and live with it, but when it comes to free- each other through negative use of their freedom of criticism. We hate and alienate each other to the extent of mur- dering each other with bombs, swords and knives. We dom of expression, no government can risk that expression. Various sides exchange criticism in a way I believe that the entire society should resist such mis- exchange insults on satellite TV channels day and night because it will trigger public anger. I think they see that mixes between criticism, offense and slander on the use of criticism that has been leading to people’s fear of although it was amongst us that the Holy Quran was one side and accusations, injustice, distrust, mockery criticism even if you make objective and soundly this freedom as a way to release their frustrations, so revealed, including the verse: “O mankind! Lo! We have and personalizing disputes to the extent of criticizing phrased criticisms without slandering or accusing any- when someone tries to prevent that from happening, created you from male and female, and have made you people rather than criticizing their policies or ideas on body or making fun of them. They reject it although you it simply makes the situation worse. Now, the new nations and tribes that ye may know one another.” Kuwait is not about the National Assembly and who’s the other. Such tendency led to the prevalence of a only target development with it. I think that such ele- (Hujraat 13). who. It is about the future. The opposition has to strange concept in Kuwait where people started consid- ments may get us out of the confusion and misuse of Such a painful coincidence raises two questions. One restructure its priorities and right now I can see that ering offense, slander, baseless accusations, mocking criticism misperception as mere offense and slander. We is: Why the ‘infidel’ West enjoys such tolerance while we they are trying to do so by learning from their mis- others and taking them lightly as criticism. need more training on practicing objective criticism and Muslims are so extreme? The second question is: Is this takes. Democracy has to work probably and it will What is even worse is that many people started have people practice it without offending or slandering because of our culture, political regimes or our genetic Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Anbaa eventually. We are only on the first phase. believing that such violations are the bases of true criti- each other! — makeup?! —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida

kuwait digest New form of opposition

By Abdullatif Al-Duaij hen HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah was gious orientations that go against the state’s civil nature crowned as the state’s Amir, and following his and constitution. Wdecision to appoint Sheikh Nasser Al- That is why it replaced visions with accusations, pro- Mohammad Al-Sabah as prime minister, a new form of grams with rumors and construction with destruction. opposition emerged in Kuwait. This opposition was in fact Unfortunately, the government’s mismanagement and a coalition of groups and movements that were allied with reluctance to sever ties completely with the religious-tribal the governments of late Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al- alliance, combined with the failure of political and social Sabah. Those tribal groups and religious movements - forces to support the new era that is supposed to benefit such as the Muslim Brotherhood - turned against the gov- them, presented an opportunity that some individuals ernment under the pretext of protecting the constitution thought was a great chance to besiege and isolate the and public funds. government in hope it would eventually cooperate with The reality however is that their positions are actually a their demands. reaction towards the reformist policies announced in the Since opposition groups never had anything construc- new era, especially when it comes to opposing by-elec- tive to present during their time when they were allied tions and encroachment of public property. Furthermore, with the government, their approach today goes against the opposition took a defensive stand in light of signs giv- the requirements of advancement and development, both en by the government that it was going to break the socially and politically, and even against the modern era alliance those groups had with previous governments. and requirements of current civil societies. The emergence of the new opposition was accompa- For these reasons, opposition groups resorted to nied by the appearance of a new political rhetoric that is ‘destroying’ the civil nature of the state, and attacking all of based on making baseless accusations against enemies, its institutes and authorities - including the executive, leg- instead of being based on programs, priorities and general islative and even the judicial authority. Since these primi- goals. The basis of this primitive and immature behavior tive groups never had political visions to accomplish, their stems from the opposition’s primitiveness and absurdity. work has and still is focusing on destroying what already The opposition lacks true political and developmental exists, insulting institutions, and questioning everything vision, and is politically and socially backward judging by and everyone who goes against their obsessive ambitions. its tribal roots that contradict with development, and reli- —Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Qabas

kuwait digest All that glitters is not gold

By Dr Bader Al-Daihani f you ever ask a corrupt person about corruption, be used when needed to show off before other states he’d immoderately tell you that he is ‘anti-corrup- or to arrange some personal interests. A constitution Ition’ as well as ‘anti-graft’ without giving an accu- is in fact a framework of a civil democratic regime rate definition for the words or the terms he uses, just that defines the relation between public powers and the way a thief might shout ‘a thief, a thief’ only to citizens. divert attention from his own theft. If you ever ask The very same thing applies for law enforcement. someone who does not believe in democracy as a rul- Some talk about the ‘state of law’ while they do not see ing system and limits it to political gains using it only that disrespecting the law, selectiveness or abusing its as a means to reach power, he’d tell you he is pro-con- application are severe violations of the state of law. stitution, freedoms, civil state and human dignity with- The same applies to ‘national unity’. Those who most out even explaining his perception of these terms, manipulate national and social coherence are the ones which would definitely contradict their real meanings. who talk about ‘national unity’ all the time, such as the You might also notice that everybody talks about government whose policies and practices have always the ‘nation’s will’ without accurate explanation of how played a major role in tearing up our national and such will can be achieved. History is full of crimes social consistency. committed by tyrants in the name of the nation! Hence, we must read between the lines to probe Other terms such as ‘development’, ‘democracy’, ‘insti- the real essence of those within or outside the govern- tutional state’ and ‘law’ have been locally overused to ment who pretend to advocate public interests, or the extent that they are starting to lose their real those who use slogans about development, freedom, meanings. democracy, civil state and dignity, then compare their Moreover, concepts and terms vary from one polit- words that might impress some for a short while to ical side to another. To some people, the constitution real life. There is nothing easier than using bright is nothing more than polished paper with texts writ- words, but all that glitters is not gold! —Translated by ten in bold, and sometimes golden, fonts. It can only Kuwait Times from Al-Jarida LOCAL SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

KU brace for students admission crisis Seats ‘not enough’

By A. Saleh Schools maintenance Separately, sources revealed that minister Al-Mulaifi KUWAIT: Kuwait University officials made it clear to meets this week with officials at the MOE’s maintenance Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education department in order to discuss early school mainte- Ahmad Al-Mulaifi that it would be extremely difficult to nance plans for the new academic year. fulfill his orders to finding a spot for every qualified The minister gave instructions to receive weekly Kuwaiti high school graduate next year. The issue is reports from the maintenance department regarding expected to highlight a meeting of the KU higher coun- work throughout the summer, in order to make sure cil late May, a few days before high school finals’ results that all works are finalized before the start of the new are announced. year, said the sources who spoke on the condition of The KU faced a similar situation in 2011 when it anonymity. announced that it cannot accept more than 6,800 new Minister Al-Mulaifi had expressed frustration during a students the following year. It was later forced to recent meeting with top ministry officials about the increase the number under pressure from Al-Mulaifi, inadequate maintenance procedures that led to air con- NBK organizes health who himself had fallen under pressure from the parlia- ditioning faults at several schools outside Kuwait. ment to find spots for Kuwaiti students in the state’s Assistant undersecretaries during the meeting only public university. explained that the error was a result of failure to adopt awareness program This scenario could happen again this summer in AC maintenance budgets, which happened due to lack light of the lack of other solutions, said sources close of coordination between the maintenance department to the KU. The Ministry of Higher Education had previ- and the Finance Ministry. The sources pointed out on KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait has recently organized a ously announced increasing the number of students that regard that assessment for preparation works could visit of the department of Nutrition at International Clinic to be accepted in its scholarship program, but the determine the fate of assistant undersecretaries ahead for all its employees. Dietitians and specialized doctors from International step provides little help to solve the problem in light of the new year. Maintenance teams will start works Clinic were available at NBK’s Head Office and Arraya build- of heavy reliance on the KU to register college stu- immediately after the end of the current school year ing for two days offering NBK staff free checkups, in addi- dents. late this month, the sources said. tion to providing consultations and advice in order to raise the employees’ awareness about their health. The visit aimed to educate the employees about achieving the per- fect weight for each employee and raising awareness about serious threats caused by being overweight. Dietitians offered employees a diet plan, regular med- ical checkups, regular blood pressure tests and regular weight checkup, in addition to providing consultations and advice on how to maintain the weight lost. This initiative comes as part of a comprehensive pro- gram aiming towards building up health awareness amongst NBK employees and avoids future health prob- lems. NBK goes far beyond banking to serve the communi- ty in myriad ways. This initiative demonstrates NBK’s lasting commitment to the community. NBK strongly supports health care awareness. Throughout the years, NBK also organized several social awareness programs including Blood Donation drives and Breast Cancer awareness cam- paigns.

‘Journey of Hope’ Kuwait to leaves Bahrain participate in

MANAMA: Kuwait’s “Journey of Hope” boat left Bahrain yesterday heading for Doha, wrapping up the first stop of ATM exhibition a 22-stop overseas tour to show the world Kuwait’s spe- cial experience in caring for mentally disabled people. in Dubai The ‘Journey of Hope’ embodies Kuwaiti government and people’s care for mentally disabled people. The journey is supported and sponsored by His KUWAIT: Kuwait is to participate in the Arabian Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Travel Market (ATM) exhibition due to be held in Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Dubai on Monday, for inbound and outbound Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. tourism professionals from across the globe. The journey is hoped to attract the world’s attention The four-day event is the leading international to the needs and potential of such a segment of the travel and tourism event in the Middle East that society. “The Journey of Hope”, an expedition with a attracts high level decision-makers and buyers repre- heartfelt message dedicated to bring awareness to the senting every aspect of the leisure and travel indus- mentally disabled, sailed off Thursday from the shores try, Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a of Marina Crescent, Salmiya. statement yesterday. The Journey will head to Washington D.C. and return The participation of the ministry’s tourism sector back in a 210 day-long expedition. It will stop at 19 will be along with representatives from the private countries and 22 ports of call. sector in Kuwait concerned with tourist affairs, in The boat will stop in Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab addition to Kuwait Hotel Owners Association and Emirates, Oman, Yemen, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Touristic Enterprises Company, the statement added. Egypt, Greece, Malta, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, The cooperation with the private sector comes to France and Britain before reaching the United States. consolidate the presence of the State of Kuwait in It will also stop in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, this exhibition that usually witnesses competitions Lebanon, Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, between touristic companies, the statement said. Yemen, Oman, UAE, Qatar and Bahrain before returning The ministry confirmed its keenness to transform back to Kuwait. Over 22 celebratory events will be held Kuwait into a financial and commercial center and an at intervals in all ports en route with a view to unifying attractive travel destination for tourism due to the people of all cultures and religions towards a collective country’s potential in tourism, thanks to the presence effort to care for and benefit those with mental disabil- of international hotels, its unique location and vari- ity everywhere. — KUNA ous shopping centers. — KUNA School bus drivers to embark on strike

KUWAIT: A group of bus drivers who provide services to According to one of the drivers, the drivers have agreed some of the Indian schools in Kuwait are planning to go on not to show up for work tomorrow and will not pick up strike tomorrow in protest over low wages. children or bring them home after school. The bus drivers, who work for a contracting company The sources added that the contractor who offered that provides services for several Indian schools and has them the salary the drivers have been getting now has left around 20-30 buses, argue that they have asked for a raise the country and that the new contractor apparently but have been repeatedly denied. slashed the salary for which the drivers will protest. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 LOCAL Teenager killed in road accident Judo player fends off thieves KUWAIT: A teenager was killed and another him, and he retaliated by practicing his judo Ring Road for swerving, before the traffic was severely injured in an accident reported skills against them which prompted them to policemen noticed two cardboard boxes in the near a military base north of the country on escape. The man told officers that he fears backseat. They placed the Asian man under Thursday. Paramedics and police rushed to the revenge from the suspects as they saw his resi- arrest after discovering that the boxes con- scene after receiving an emergency call about dence near the scene where the fight hap- tained bottles of homebrewed liquor. He was the accident. A helicopter from the nearby mili- pened. taken to the Drug Control General Department tary base arrived at the scene before them, and for further action. discovered one 13-yer-old boy was killed. The Contrabands found other boy, a 15-year-old, was taken in the heli- A man was arrested on the Abdaly Road with Officer wanted copter to the military base hospital, whereas possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. Investigations are ongoing to identify and crime scene investigators lifted the body to the Patrol officers had searched the Kuwaiti man’s arrest a person in police uniform who mugged forensic department. A case was filed to investi- sports car after noticing that he was nervous a pedestrian in Farwaniya recently. The victim, gate the circumstances behind the accident. when they pulled his car over late Friday night. an Indian man in his forties, told police that a The man, who is in his twenties, resisted arrest police lieutenant stopped him near a building Theft attempt after police discovered the contrabands, but the in the area and asked for his wallet. As soon as A pedestrian utilized his martial arts skills to officers were able to put him under control. He he received the wallet which contained KD 500 fend off three thieves who attempted to mug was taken to the proper authorities to face in cash, the man pointed a gun at the victim him in Jahra recently. According to his state- charges. and forced him to take several steps back- ments at the Waha police station after the inci- wards. He then returned to his car and drove dent, the Indian man said that he refused to Bootlegger held away, the victim said. Police were able to iden- cooperate with the suspects when they failed to A man was arrested on his way to sell alco- tify the car owner based on descriptions that show their IDs after claiming that they were holic drinks that patrol officers found in his car. the pedestrian provided. He is being sum- detectives. The three then used violence against The man was reportedly pulled over the Fifth moned for questioning. Automated linkage between CBK, Social Affairs Ministry

KUWAIT: Within the Commercial Bank of All files of salaries credited are automat- Kuwait’s plans targeting technical integra- ically placed within the new automated KISR holds workshops tion with government agencies, the auto- system of MSAL without directing a letter mated linkage scheme has been imple- from the bank to MSAL. to enhance creativity mented with the Ministry of Social Affairs Furthermore, and through the bank’s KUWAIT: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) is and Labor where salary payment state- website, the employer can take advantage committed to organizing workshops focused on assisting ments related to laborers of private sector of the available services that help him government and private sector employees to improve the institutions and companies will be deposit- manage employees’ salaries e.g. applying level of their productivity, said KISR director for creativity and ed without any need to get letters issued for opening and closing labor account, business management Dr Muhammad Salman, in statements from the Bank and directed to MSAL as applying for ATM card, retrieving previous yesterday. was the case in the past. salaries files, manual posting of salaries He emphasized KISR’s unprecedented attention to dedi- This step comes to underscore the records or uploading salaries records cating workshops for the benefit of Kuwaitis working in the bank’s role in facilitating the procedures of through the files generated from the auto- private sector, with the objective of developing their skills so the customers and to attain their conven- mated systems of companies and institu- as to become more creative, and consequently more produc- ience in terms of their relation with the tions along with handling MSAL file num- tive in their careers. Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor. bers in addition to other services. He said currently KISR was promoting its new workshop The employer will accordingly prepare This achievement was the culmination entitled “Creative Thinking” which is aimed at training govern- the payroll via the bank website whether of the concerted efforts and cooperation ment and private sector Kuwaiti employees to upgrade their for the account of beneficiaries at the bank between the Bank and MSAL to overcome potential in their line of work in order to become not only or at other local banks, thus the real time any problems and upgrade the level of more productive but in a better situation to compete with processing of salaries payment will be services delivered by the Bank and MSAL KUWAIT: Hawally municipality recently inspected a number of restaurants others. Dr. Salman further noted that this workshop would be accomplished by either methods, namely to customers and visitors. and stores in Salmiya, said Mubarak Jouhar, Hawally municipality’s inspec- more attuned to the needs of those in leadership positions to get salaries credited via the same web- The Call Center 1888225 shall be ready tion and follow up manager, noting that the inspection, that included many who work in the commercial sector, adding that KISR had suc- site or through the bank branches net- to provide further clarification and infor- stores, resulted in destroying 5 kilos of inedible chicken, 2 kilos of sweets cess last April in organizing similar workshops. —KUNA work. mation about the above service. and filing 12 citations. —By Hanan Al-Saadoun Zain participates in Journey of Hope inauguration

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommu- Strategy and CEO Support Officer cial needs will sail through the seas to nications company in Kuwait, yesterday Shafeeq Al-Sayed Omar, where the boat deliver the voice of Kuwait’s support to announced that it has successfully spon- started sailing into the Kingdom of people with special needs to the world. sored the Journey of Hope, a voyage Bahrain. Following visiting Bahrain, the Zain mentioned that it is very proud to dedicated to the special needs commu- boat will sail to 18 countries around the sponsor the Journey of Hope, and that nity in Kuwait and around the world. The world including Spain, France, the its sponsorship highlights the company’s company’s sponsorship was highlighted United Kingdom, and the United States, support of the special needs community during its participation in the inaugura- to promote Kuwait’s support of the spe- in Kuwait. Zain will continue to find ways tion ceremony that took place on May 1 cial needs community and spread to inspire and motivate people in lead- with the attendance of His Highness the awareness around the topic of support- ing humanitarian initiatives so as to fos- Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- ing this important segment of society. ter a better world for even the most vul- Hamad Al-Sabah. The journey is expected to continue for nerable members of society. Zain is a staunch supporter of all seg- 210 days, where it will be welcomed Zain’s solid corporate social responsi- ments of the Kuwaiti society and contin- back to Kuwait in December 2014. bility and sustainability strategies prima- ues to look for worthy projects to Zain stated that this initiative, that rily focus on the wellbeing of the entire become involved in. In keeping with this comes under the patronage of His nation. For this reason, the company has outlook, Zain has been delighted with its Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- maintained its support of numerous ini- sponsorship of the Journey of Hope, giv- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, is organized tiatives that spread awareness and help en the amount of worldwide attention by Kuwaiti volunteers that cater to the make a difference to people’s everyday the voyage is expected to create on top- important issue of supporting the spe- circumstances. ics relevant to people living with special cial needs community in Kuwait. This For more information about Zain’s needs. voyage will not only highlight the chal- sponsorships and initiatives, customers The company further explained that lenges people with special needs face to are advised to visit the company’s web- it participated in the inauguration cere- the Kuwaiti community alone, but to the site on www.kw.zain.com, or visit the mony with the attendance of the Chief entire world, as Kuwaiti youth with spe- company’s social media channels. SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Ukraine street battles leave at Yemen army kills Qaeda commander with Chechen links least 42 dead Page 8 Page 9

NEFTA: Tourists visit a film set where numerous Star Wars scenes were filmed in Ong Jmel, in southern Tunisia. — AFP Tunisia embroiled in debate over Israeli tourists Tourism minister, Interior Ministry official under fire

TUNIS: Tunisians are embroiled in a heated debate over allowing Israeli tourists into the country, which does not recognize the Jewish state, before an annual pilgrimage that attracts Jews from around the world. It is an open secret that Israelis have been visiting Tunisia for years on the quiet. The dispute is not over Jews from third countries, who are openly welcome, just Israelis. People ask whether allowing them in is tantamount to recogni- tion. Annoyance in some quarters is such that members of the National Constituent Assembly have called for the tourism minister and an interior ministry official to be sacked. Tunisia, like most other countries in the Arab world, does not recognize Israel, primarily out of solidarity with Palestinian demands for a state of their own. But Tunisia is one of the Arab world’s most liberal countries, and some 1,500 Jews live there. More than half are on the TUNIS: Tunisian Minister of Tourism Amel Karboul ges- island of Djerba, where Africa’s oldest synagogue and tures during an interview with foreign media. Tunisians the focus of the annual pilgrimage is located. are embroiled in a heated debate over allowing Israeli The debate comes just weeks after Israeli tourists tourists into the country, which does not recognize the Jewish state, before an annual pilgrimage that attracts aboard an American cruise ship were denied entry. In Jews from around the world. — AFP response, Miami-based Norwegian Cruise Line announced that its ships would not return to Tunisia in of Israeli tourists in Tunisia recently. The deputy interior a potentially severe blow to a struggling economy three minister for security, Ridha Sfar, has been accused of years after the ouster of autocrat Zine El Abidine Ben facilitating their entry. Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa has Ali. At the time, Tourism Minister Amel Karboul said that tried to brush the matter aside, saying it is important “as in all the countries in the world, for certain nationali- that the new tourism season is successful. ties, there are obligatory visas or passes”. She said “Normalisation yes? Normalisation no? Let’s put these Israelis are usually required to apply for a pass to enter great affairs aside,” he said. “Tourism professionals have Tunisia because of the absence of diplomatic ties. “The advised that, for the tourist season to be a success, the procedures were not followed in the necessary time- Ghriba gathering must be a success.” frame,” she said. However, petitions to sack Karboul and Sfar have been filed in parliament with a debate expected by Minister under fire Friday. The timing is sensitive because the pilgrimage After her appointment this year, Karboul was criti- starts on May 16. Issam Chebbi of the centrist Al- cized for visiting Israel en route to the Palestinian terri- Joumhouri party is one of the signatories of a motion to tories. Now she has been accused of “receiving” a group censure the officials. “Tunisia has its principles,” Chebbi said. “We do not want relations with a racist state.” Another Joumhouri deputy, Iyed Dahmani, said the “sovereignty of Tunisia, its Arab affiliation and its soli- darity with the Palestinians are above all other consider- ations”.

Bitter memories Leftist MP Faycel Jadlaoui said: “Jews who come to Tunisia for the Ghriba are welcome, and we’ll even go on pilgrimage with them if they like.” “Our problem is those with Israeli passports; their entry into Tunisia would be equivalent to normalizing ties” with a country that provokes bitter memories. Tunisia hosted the Palestine Liberation Organization after its expulsion from Lebanon in 1982 until it returned to the Israeli- occupied territories in the 1990s. Jadlaoui recalled a deadly 1985 Israeli air strike on the PLO headquarters in Hammam Al-Shatt. Several dozen Palestinians died, but Tunisians were also among the dead and wounded. A decade later, Tunisia and Israel opened mutual interest sections, but Tunis froze relations in 2000 in protest at Israel’s response to the second Palestinian intifada, or uprising. Independent lawmaker Tahar Hmila has urged his colleagues to reflect on differences between the government and the people. “We do not recognize Israel, but are people living in Israel Zionist criminals or human beings? The state is criminal, but are the people?” Meanwhile, Tunisia’s current government of technocrats says it is following the same procedures as previous governments for dealing with Israelis. That includes its predecessor, a coalition dominated by the TOZEUR: A woman wearing a traditional regional cos- Islamist Ennahda party. While several Ennahda deputies tume walks in the old part of Tozeur on yesterday in the have signed the censure motion, spokesman Zied Djerid region of south west Tunisia. — AFP Ladhari says the party itself does not support it. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

Yemen army kills Qaeda commander with Chechen links

ADEN: The Yemeni army yesterday killed a top Al- army’s ground offensive backed by warplanes is Qaeda operative with Chechen links as it pressed aimed at clearing the jihadists from their remain- an offensive against jihadist hideouts in the restive ing strongholds in villages and smaller towns of south, the defense ministry said. Abu Islam Al- Abyan and neighbouring Shabwa province. Shishani was the second foreign jihadist to be killed this week since the military launched its lat- Setbacks for troops est offensive on Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula But the security forces have also experienced (AQAP). News of his death came as officials several setbacks since the operation began. On blamed AQAP for a suicide bombing at an intelli- Tuesday, jihadists ambushed a military convoy, gence post that wounded two guards, and after killing 15 soldiers and capturing 15, three of whom gunmen killed an army officer in Aden. were later executed. As the operation gained pace, AQAP, regarded by the United States as the with officials reporting around 30 suspected mili- global jihadist network’s most dangerous fran- tants and more than 24 soldiers killed this week, chise, has been the target of an intensifying drone the military came under attack elsewhere in the war this year that has killed dozens. On Friday, south. AQAP leader Qassem Al-Rimi threatened to strike On Friday, gunmen shot dead an army officer as back at any party involved in the drone campaign, he came out of a grocery shop in Aden, the capital and denied that foreigners made up the bulk of of southern Yemen which has seen a spike in the group’s jihadists. Shishani was killed “during attacks on security forces. And yesterday a suicide military operations... against terrorist elements in bomber attacked a military intelligence post in Abyan” province, said a statement posted on Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt province, defense ministry website 26sep.net. wounding two guards. A security official said the He had reportedly fought against Russian guards had opened fire on the car driven by an “Al- MAAJALA: Photo shows the wreckage of a vehicle following fighting between the Yemeni troops forces in Chechnya before moving to Yemen to Qaeda suicide bomber” as it approached the gate and suspected Al-Qaeda militants near the southern Abyan province village of Maajala. — AFP join AQAP, a merger of the network’s Yemeni and but he still managed to blow himself up at the anyone “acting as an intermediary with the of a 2011 uprising that forced veteran strongman Saudi branches. On Friday, the defense minister entrance. AQAP chief Rimi vowed in a video post- Americans”. President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi has Ali Abdullah Saleh from power to seize large announced that local jihadist commander Abu ed online Friday that his group would attack “any defended the use of drones, despite criticism from swathes of southern and eastern Yemen. The army Muslim al-Uzbeki had been killed in clashes, also in establishment, ministry, camp or barracks” rights groups who deplore civilian casualties. Rimi recaptured several major towns in 2012 but has Abyan province. A security official said Uzbeki involved in the drone campaign. also denied as a “lie” Hadi’s claim that 70 percent of struggled to reassert control in rural areas, despite travelled in 2011 from Uzbekistan to Yemen, where The United States alone operates drones in AQAP’s fighters were foreigners, insisting that the backing from militia recruited among the local he was named an AQAP leader in Abyan. The Yemen, and Rimi said the jihadists will go after majority are Yemeni. The jihadists took advantage tribes.— AFP

Egypt election campaign kicks off after bombings

CAIRO: Campaigning opened yesterday in by Morsi’s supporters, vowed to stamp out a Egypt for a presidential election likely to be surge in militant attacks, including bomb- won by the ex-army chief who deposed an ings on Friday that killed a policeman in elected Islamist leader, after deadly bomb- Cairo and a soldier in the Sinai Peninsula. ings underscored tensions gripping the The lawless north of the peninsula border- country. The May 26-27 presidential poll, ing Israel and the Gaza Strip has become a meant to restore elected rule following the haven for Islamist militants, who launched a military overthrow of Mohamed Morsi last low-level insurgency following Morsi’s over- June, is widely expected to place former throw. The government has meanwhile army chief Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in power. waged a massive crackdown on Morsi’s sup- His only rival, leftist Hamdeen Sabbahi, porters, with an estimated 1,400 people, has emerged as an opposition figure claim- mostly Islamists, killed in street clashes and ing to represent the ideals of the 2011 thousands more jailed. Yesterday, a Cairo uprising that overthrew veteran strongman court sentenced 102 Morsi supporters to 10 Hosni Mubarak, as the interim government years in prison for protest violence. presses a widening crackdown on dissent. Sisi, widely popular for ousting the divisive Vote amid crackdown Morsi, is seen by supporters as a strong The crackdown has extended to secular leader who can restore stability, but his activist groups that supported Morsi’s over- opponents fear that might come at the cost throw but have since turned on the army- of freedoms sought in the pro-democracy installed military as it clamps down on dis- BABA AMRO: Syrian rebels hold their weapons as they prepare to fight against Syrian troops, in Homs province, Syria. — AP uprising three years ago. sent. Last week, a court banned the April 6 “The policies that were present under movement, which spearheaded the revolt Mubarak are the same policies present against Mubarak. Its leader Ahmed Maher is now” under the military-installed regime, already in prison for participating in an unli- Syria troops advance Sabbahi told a campaign rally in the south- censed protest last year. Another court that ern city of Assiut. “Our goal is to gain the day sentenced to death 683 people, includ- people’s trust to change the policies of cor- ing the Brotherhood’s supreme guide ruption and tyranny and poverty,” he said in Mohamed Badie, for deadly riots in August. remarks broadcast live on television. The ruling sparked an international outcry. in Aleppo, Damascus Sabbahi, who came third in the 2012 elec- But many in the Egyptian media, which is tion which Morsi won, is seen as a long almost universally hostile to the Islamists, shot in the face of a groundswell of support welcomed the verdict. The government and Talks on rebels’ withdrawal enter final phase for Sisi, with many Egyptians yearning for a much of the media say the Brotherhood is a return to stability after three years of terrorist group responsible for many of the demonstrations, civil unrest and economic attacks since Morsi’s overthrow, which have DAMASCUS: Talks on a rebel withdrawal from a hand- fighting raged between jihadists loyal to Al-Nusra ment of failing to comply with the UN resolution. stagnation. killed almost 500 security personnel. ful of besieged neighborhoods in Syria’s Homs have Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Syria’s uprising began with peaceful protests in If Sisi, 59, wins, he will restore a line of The government has also gone after entered their final phase, officials said yesterday, as the A Syrian government newspaper, Al-Thawra, March 2011 calling for an end to the Assad family’s military men at the helm of the country media outlets it views as sympathetic to army advanced around Damascus and Aleppo. Talks meanwhile lashed out against UN humanitarian four-decade rule, but escalated into an armed insur- that was interrupted by the civilian Morsi’s Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood, and yesterday to evacuate Homs, once dubbed “the capital of the chief Valerie Amos and demanded her replacement, gency after the regime launched a brutal crackdown year in power. “Stability, security and hope saw the latest hearing in the trial of three revolution” against President Bashar Al-Assad, are near days after she had said a Security Council resolution on dissent. The war has since killed more than for Egypt will be achieved through our will Al-Jazeera journalists jailed since December. completion, according to Governor Talal Al-Barazi and demanding aid access across Syria was “not work- 150,000 people and forced nearly half the popula- and capabilities,” Sisi said on Twitter yester- One of the defendants, Australian corre- rebel representative and negotiator Abul Harith Al- ing.” Rights groups have accused the Syrian govern- tion to flee their homes. — AFP day. He later attended an interview with spondent Peter Greste, noted that the hear- Khalidi. The negotiations continued a day after a several local journalists, in which he wept ing was being held on World Press Freedom ceasefire was put in place for the badly battered city, at one point, the state-owned Ahram news- Day, denouncing the process as a “massive which has suffered some of Syria’s worst and most per- paper reported on its website. “Sisi wept injustice.” If he wins, Sisi is expected to slash sistent violence ever since the start of the revolt in Iraq faces criticism when he spoke about the messages he a bloated subsidy system that has kept March 2011. receives from the poor,” the newspaper some food items and gas at extremely low A rebel pull-out from a handful of besieged, oppo- reported. “I get messages from people who prices, potentially fuelling unrest. Sisi has sition-held districts in the heart of the city would can’t afford to eat, they say we don’t eat but not yet unveiled his election program, with mean Assad’s regime has regained complete control on press freedoms we accept that for your sake,” it quoted Sisi campaign officials saying he wanted to wait of Homs. “Talks to rid the city of arms and of armed as saying. until campaigning begins. The campaigning men ... are ongoing and we are near the end,” said The retired field marshal, who is reviled period ends on May 23. — AFP Barazi. Abul Harith said the talks are being held in tan- BAGHDAD: From unsolved murders of journal- five killed in provincial capital Mosul in the last dem with negotiations to free a group of pro-regime ists to lawsuits against commentators, rights three months of 2013 alone. According to a Iranian officers held by rebels in the northern city of groups and diplomats say Iraq’s press freedom local press watchdog and many journalists, offi- Aleppo. Such a deal, which would include guarantees record falls dramatically short of international cial restrictions on journalism and lawsuits for of safe passage for the Homs fighters, “is a way to put standards. Reporters, photographers and video- alleged defamation can be just as chilling. “The pressure on the regime,” he said, adding that all rebel journalists face threats and pressures from both most dangerous thing we face at this point is groups, including the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra militants and the security forces, as well as mun- the government employing (legal) articles more Front, had given him permission to negotiate the pull- dane everyday restrictions. aggressively than before,” said Sarmad Al-Taie, a out. “We want to stop this bloodbath,” he said. In a statement marking Saturday’s World columnist for Al-Mada newspaper and a fre- Earlier, Barazi had said Al-Nusra opposed the truce. Press Freedom Day, the UN’s culture and media quent guest on current affairs television pro- Homs is Syria’s third city and is strategically located in body voiced “deep concern” over the situation in grams. A warrant was issued for Taie’s arrest in the heart of the country. Only a handful of neighbor- Iraq. The authorities insist that any regulations January for criticizing incumbent Prime Minister hoods surrounding the historic and now destroyed are for public safety and note that Iraqi journal- Nuri al-Maliki, who is seeking re-election after Old City remain in rebel hands, after a series of mas- ists have more freedom than before 2003, when Wednesday’s general election. Maliki’s office sive army offensives starting in February 2012. The now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein declined to say whether it was involved. vast majority of some 1,500 people still trapped in the crushed all dissent. At least 100 journalists and “The rest of the threats are still on a level Old City are fighters, but the rebel-held Waer neigh- media workers have been killed over the past that we can handle,” Taie said. “But the threat borhood is home to hundreds of thousands of civil- decade, according to the New York-based that worries us the most is the use of the judici- ians, many of them displaced from fallen rebel bas- Committee to Protect Journalists, with Iraq ary against the press.” While Maliki and other tions. Barazi said the deal “will be applied first in the ranking atop the CPJ Impunity Index, which Iraqi leaders were dissident opponents of the Old City, then in Waer. The goal is to reach a peaceful tracks unsolved murders of media workers, Baath regime that ruled from 1968 to 2003, they solution that brings back security and government since 2008. have allowed laws from that era, including one institutions.” Media workers in the northern province of against criticizing the head of state, officials and Nineveh have been particularly badly hit, with government, to remain on the books.—AFP CAIRO: Supporters of presidential hopeful Abdel-Fattah El-Sissi ride traditional horse carts during a rally in Cairo yesterday. — AP Regime advances Elsewhere in Syria, the army pressed advances around Aleppo and took control of the road leading to the airport, according to a security source, who said Tunisia’s elections to be held in November troops also made fresh gains northeast of the city. Aleppo’s rebel areas have been under a massive aerial offensive since mid-December that has killed hun- TUNIS: Tunisia’s next presidential and parliamentary elections will that the elections be held Nov 16 or Nov 23. “There is a strong prob- rivals Nidaa Tounes alliance managed to compromise to pass the dreds of people-mainly civilians-and forced thousands probably be held in the second half of November, the election ability that the elections will be the third or fourth Sunday of constitution and finish a new electoral law which cleared the way for to flee. Yesterday, rebels launched a mortar attack agency chief said yesterday, about polls that will mark the country’s November in the case that the presidential and parliamentary votes ISIE to set a date for elections — the second since the 2011 uprising. against a government-held area of Aleppo, hitting a final step towards full democracy. Tunisia’s often turbulent political are together,” he said. Tunisian lawmakers are due to meet next Those two political blocks are expected to lead in the election. hospital and killing 12 people, according to SANA. transition began after the 2011 uprising that ousted autocrat Zine week to decide whether or not to hold the two votes on the same Ennahda won most seats in the first vote after Ben Ali’s fall, but Meanwhile 22 civilians, mainly students, were El-Abidine Ben Ali and inspired the “Arab Spring” revolutions across day. “We don’t really have much choice because time is running out,” Nidaa Tounes has since become a rallying point for opposition par- wounded in a mortar attack that hit the faculty of eco- the region. Sarsar said, referring to a previous agreement to hold the elections ties. Sarsar said the vote’s transparency would be guaranteed by the nomics at Aleppo University. Mortars also hit the capi- Since then, Tunisia has been led by a caretaker government and this year. He said a less likely option would be to split the two elec- new electoral law and by more than 1,000 international observers tal yesterday, killing three people, according to SANA. has adopted a new constitution. But the transition process has been tions and to hold the first in the last week of October. “The final date who had been invited to monitor the ballot. With its political transi- The army backed by Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah fight- threatened by a crisis between ruling Islamists and secular opposi- should be finalized in a week or so after the political parties hold tion well on track, Tunisia’s government has turned its attention to ers made gains east of Damascus, advancing into the tion parties that has at times turned violent. Islamist party Ennahda their national dialogue over the next week,” he said. two major challenges: taking on high public spending, and battling rebel-held town of Mleiha after several weeks of daily rose to power in the first election after the uprising, held in October Islamist militants who threaten attacks. But the electoral chief said bombardment, according to the Syrian Observatory for 2011, and Tunisia, one of the Arab world’s most secular countries, Transparency Tunisian authorities were prepared to counter any increased risk of Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring group with has struggled with growing divisions over the role of Islam in poli- Tunisia has mostly managed to overcome post-revolt turmoil, violence during the elections. “There are risks that are more elevated contacts inside Syria. In eastern Syria, in spite of an tics. Chafik Sarsar, head of the Instance Superieure Independante unlike Libya, Yemen and Egypt which still struggle with unrest and this time,” he said. “One can see in Egypt, Libya and Iraq the attacks appeal on Friday by Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri, pour les Elections (ISIE), told Reuters he would propose next week political instability after toppling their leaders in 2011. Ennahda and against polling stations, so we have to avoid that risk.”— Reuters INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

South Sudan rivals urged to pull nation ‘back from abyss’

ADDIS ABABA: US Secretary of State John Kerry yes- former vice president Riek Machar and urged him to New York. “We heard many promises from South launch a rebellion, insisting the president had terday put fresh pressure on South Sudan’s president do the same,” Kerry added. “If both sides do not take Sudanese leaders before without follow-up... We attempted to carry out a bloody purge of his rivals. and rebel leader to hold face-to-face peace talks, urg- bold steps to end the violence, they risk plunging hope for the sake of the people of South Sudan that The violence has left thousands dead-and possibly ing them to pull the world’s youngest nation “back South Sudan into greater desperation and even this time it is different,” she said. tens of thousands-with at least 1.2 million people from the abyss”. In a policy speech in the Ethiopian famine. They will completely destroy what they claim forced to flee their homes, many living in appalling capital and headquarters of the African Union, Kerry they are fighting for,” he said. “In the days to come, I will Famine risk conditions in overstretched UN bases. also vowed to remain personally engaged in efforts continue my personal engagement with both sides.” After their talks in South Sudan’s capital Juba on Aid agencies are also warning that South Sudan is to end South Sudan’s four-month-old civil war. Officials said Kerry has brandished the threat of Friday, Kerry said President Kiir had expressed his on the brink of Africa’s worst famine since the 1980s, “Yesterday I was in South Sudan. I saw how a new targeted sanctions against Kiir and Machar, and willingness to meet with Machar under Ethiopian with the United Nations demanding at least a one- nation and once hopeful vision for the future can be hopes are high that the two leaders will meet in the mediation. Kerry spoke by telephone late Friday with month-long truce so that crops can be planted and challenged by old grudges degenerating into vio- Ethiopian capital in the coming days-for the first time Machar-who has always said he was open to talks to food stocks boosted. Members of the international lence,” he said of the rivalry between President Salva since the fighting began on December 15. Last end the conflict-but he has yet to officially confirm community have drawn parallels between the situa- Kiir and former vice president turned rebel leader month President Barack Obama authorized punitive attendance. The United States has also been under tion in South Sudan and the build-up to events that Riek Machar. sanctions, including the seizure of assets and visa pressure to intervene, having been a key backer of led to genocide in Rwanda 20 years ago. Last month “I expressed my grave concerns to President Kiir bans, against anyone in South Sudan deemed to be South Sudan’s push for independence from hundreds of people were massacred by rebels in the about the deliberate killings of civilians on both sides threatening peace efforts. “We urge President Kiir Khartoum and having poured in billions of dollars in northern oil-hub of Bentiu, including in churches, of the conflict and he agreed to embark on negotia- and former vice president Machar to swiftly agree on aid to the country since it split from Sudan in 2011. mosques and hospitals, while a pro-government tions to form a transitional government that can lead a date for face-to-face talks,” the US ambassador to The conflict started with Kiir accusing Machar of mob shot dead dozens of unarmed civilians shelter- this new nation back from the abyss. I also called the the United Nations, Samantha Power, also said in attempting a coup. Machar then fled to the bush to ing in a UN base in the town of Bor. — AFP

Retro rhetoric keeps red flag flying in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG: Fists raised and red flags flying, the “comrades” of South Africa’s government-allied leftist parties and unions still invoke Lenin in retro rhetoric that bears little relation to the country’s course. Campaign speeches by the Communist Party and the trades union congress ahead of May 7 elections retain a striking socialist tone inherited from the communist nations that supported the liberation movement when white-ruled South Africa was a Western outpost against the Soviet bloc. But the ruling African National Congress (ANC), to which they are allied, has pursued a liberal policy during its 20 years in power since Nelson Mandela became the first post-apartheid presi- dent in 1994. The past lingers, though, even in the col- orful names of many activists, such as Soviet, Tito and Castro. SLOVYANSK: The unidentified body of man believed to have been killed late Friday lies on a road leading into Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine yesterday. — AP And political discourse is peppered with communist diatribes, invectives and slogans that have all but disap- peared from the rest of the world since the Berlin wall Ukraine street battles fell. The ANC’s youth brigade mourned the passing of North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il, and said they would “dip our revolutionary banners in honor” at the death of a well- loved public television presenter. The National Union of leave at least 42 dead Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), the country’s largest union, often quotes Lenin on the class struggle in the preamble to its media statements. Its recently launched Marxist-Leninist school gives OSCE monitors freed after eight days in captivity lessons that hark back to the output of a 1980s commu- ODESSA: At least 42 people were killed in street battles between pened. About 2,000 pro-Russian protesters gathered outside the Friday’s Ukrainian advance on the town. nist propaganda radio station. Module Two is entitled supporters and opponents of Russia in southern Ukraine that end- burnt-out building, chanting: “Odessa is a Russian city”. At the Vasyl Krutov, head of a government “anti-terrorist centre” “Capitalism & its Gravediggers: Building a United Front ed with dozens of pro-Russian protesters incinerated in a burning nearby hospital, residents queued up to offer blood and others behind the operation in the east, told a news conference there to Resist Neoliberalism”. The same goes for the umbrella building, bringing the country closer to war. Pro-Russian rebels in tried to find out what medicine was needed so they could go was gunfire and fighting around Kramatorsk: “What we are facing workers’ movement, the Congress of South African the east freed seven European military observers yesterday after out to buy it. Oleg Konstantinov, a journalist covering the events in the Donetsk region and in the eastern regions is not just some Trade Unions (Cosatu). “In many statements by not only holding them hostage for eight days, while Kiev pressed on with for a local Internet site, said bullets had flown in the melee kind of short-lived uprising, it is in fact a war.” The military opera- Cosatu, but also the SA Communist Party and the ANC, its biggest military operation so far to reclaim rebel-held territory before the blaze: “I was hit in the arm, then I started crawling, tion in the east was overshadowed by the unprecedented vio- we quote Lenin and other Marxist leaders, revolutionary in the area. The riot in the Black Sea port of Odessa, ending in a and then got hit in the back and leg.” The Odessa bloodshed lence in Odessa, a vibrant multi-ethnic port city that has seen positions which still survive,” said its spokesman Patrick deadly blaze in a besieged trade union building, was by far the came on the same day that Kiev launched its biggest push yet to some support for separatists but nothing like the riots that erupt- worst incident in Ukraine since a February uprising that ended reassert its control over separatist areas in the east, hundreds of ed on Friday. Police said four people were killed, at least three shot Craven. with a pro-Russian president fleeing the country. It also spread the kilometers away, where armed pro-Russian rebels have pro- dead, and dozens wounded in running battles between people “Sometimes we have to ensure that they survive in violence from the eastern separatist heartland to an area far from claimed a “People’s Republic of Donetsk”. The rebels there aim to backing Kiev and pro-Russian activists. reality and not just in words. Cosatu is still very commit- the Russian frontier, raising the prospect of unrest sweeping more hold a referendum on May 11 on secession from Ukraine, similar The clashes ended with separatists holed up in the large ted to a socialist society,” Craven said. But the ANC’s broadly across a country of around 45 million people the size of to one staged in March in Ukraine’s Crimea region, which was Soviet-era granite-walled trade union building. Video footage more moderate approach is a sizeable obstacle to the France. seized and annexed by Russia in a move that overturned the showed petrol bombs exploding against its walls. At least 37 peo- crusade against “the forces of reaction”. After years of The Kremlin, which has massed tens of thousands of soldiers post-Cold War diplomatic order. ple died in the blaze. Yesterday, police raised the overall death toll support NUMSA has withdrawn its backing for the rul- on the Ukraine’s eastern border and proclaims the right to invade in the city to 42. It was easily the biggest death toll since about ing party ahead of the elections and now talks of found- to protect Russian speakers, said the government in Kiev and its ‘Not stopping’ 100 people were killed in Kiev protests that toppled pro-Russian ing a labor party and possibly pulling out of Cosatu. “All Western backers were responsible for the deaths. Kiev said the Yesterday the government said it was pressing on with the President Viktor Yanukovich in February. “Kiev and its Western the promises that they have been hearing over the violence was provoked by foreign demonstrators sent in from offensive in the area for a second day, and had recaptured a televi- sponsors are practically provoking the bloodshed and bear direct Transdniestria, a nearby breakaway pro-Russian region of sion tower and a security services building from rebels in responsibility for it,” RIA Novosti quoted Kremlin spokesman years have not brought much for the working class,” said Moldova where Moscow has a military garrison. It said most of the Kramatorsk, a town near the rebel stronghold of Slaviansk. “We are Dmitry Peskov as telling reporters. Peskov also said Friday’s vio- Witwatersrand University sociologist Devan Pillay. dead who had been identified so far were from there. not stopping,” Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said in a post on lence made the idea of holding presidential elections in Ukraine Yesterday morning, people placed flowers near the burnt-out Facebook. “The active phase of the operation continued at dawn.” on May 25 “absurd”. Kiev’s Interior Ministry blamed the pro- Economic Freedom Fighters doors of the trade union building, lighting candles and putting Rebels in Slaviansk, their most heavily fortified redoubt, shot Russian protesters, saying they had attacked the pro-Ukrainians “As long as current economic policies persist... and up the yellow, white and red flag of the city. The burnt remains down two Ukrainian helicopters on Friday, killing two crew, and before retreating to the trade union headquarters, from where there is no particular enthusiasm to reduce inequality, of a tented camp of pro-Russian demonstrators nearby had stalled an advance by Ukrainian troops in armoured vehicles. they opened fire on the crowd and threw out the petrol bombs for example, the labour movement can only become been swept away. People spoke of their horror at what hap- Separatists said three fighters and two civilians were killed in that caused the blaze. —Reuters more radical,” Pillay said. A new party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), also finds the ANC too market- friendly. Under the leadership of the fiery Julius Malema-a one-time ANC star who was expelled from the party in 2012 for indiscipline-the EFF has gained a following among unemployed township-dwellers with promises to nationalize mines and redistribute white- owned land. Its “commissars” explain that South African society needs a “socialist transformation” before it can progress to communism. All these movements and unions make a big show of red flags, red t-shirts, and even red berets in the case of the EFF. “The red symbolizes the blood which was shed by those who fought to establish trade unions in workers’ strikes,” Cosatu’s Craven explained. The metaphor is all the more compelling after South African police shot dead 34 striking miners in the plat- inum-belt town of Marikana in 2012. The killings left an indelible mark, even on govern- ment allies like Cosatu. In protest at expensive tolls on the highway to neighboring Botswana, one of the union’s provincial branches said last September that only a Marikana-style massacre could silence its mem- bers. “The police must be ready to shoot, as they were ready to do in Marikana. We are prepared to die for our rights,” it said. The Marikana massacre also cemented the rise of the radical Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), whose ongoing three- month wage strike on the platinum belt is the longest in post-apartheid history. But University of Cape Town academic Joseph Salazar takes the communist oratory with a pinch of salt. “The invocations of Lenin and all of that, it’s non- sense really,” the professor of rhetoric said. “It’s amusing, but entirely folklore,” he said, adding that the ANC’s black, green and yellow are much stronger revolution- ary colors in South Africa.The ruling party still basks in the glory of overthrowing white-minority rule and enjoys the support of roughly 60 percent of the elec- torate. After two decades in government Mandela’s par- ty uses far less flowery discourse, though it retains the defiant raised fist from its heroic past, as well as some slogans and liberation chants to stir up the crowds. And its members, including the president, still call each oth- er “comrade”.— AFP SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 INTERNATIONAL Boy who stowed away on jet leaves Hawaii

HONOLULU: The 15-year-old boy who sur- life in the United States. vived a 51/2-hour flight from California to Abdi, who lives in Santa Clara with his Hawaii in a jet’s wheel well has left the father, stepmother and siblings, had been state, an official said late Friday. unhappy in California and desperately Kayla Rosenfeld, the spokeswoman for missed his mother, according to those who Hawaii’s Department of Human Services, know his family. said the youth is “no longer in Hawaii.” Her His mother lives in a refugee camp in brief emailed statement did not specify eastern Ethiopia. Ubah Mohammed Abdule how or when Yahya Abdi left, whom he told The Associated Press that the boy traveled with or where he went. A call to longed to see her, but couldn’t because his her office was not immediately answered father told him she was dead and didn’t early Saturday. allow contact. The boy’s sister, Najma Abdi, The boy’s father, Abdilahi Yusuf, arrived said Monday that their birth mother was in Hawaii this week from the family’s home lying, and that the father didn’t take the in Santa Clara, California, to bring him back. children away from her or mistreat them. Rosenfeld had said previously that the teen A family spokesman didn’t immediately was in a Honolulu hospital after being return a call for comment early yesterday. transferred to state custody from the Maui On Friday, the San Jose Mercury News airport, where he was questioned by FBI reported that Mukhtar Guled, a cousin of and airport officials following the April 20 the boy’s stepmother, said it’s not clear flight. whether the father will be allowed to bring Yahya Abdi withstood the flight from his son home. “He could not see him. They San Jose, California, to Maui after hopping won’t let him see him or visit him or talk to an airport fence and climbing into the him,” Guled said. A spokeswoman for the wheel well of a Boeing 767. He has not spo- Council on American-Islamic Relations in ken publicly about the ordeal that raised San Francisco, which has been speaking questions about airport security and with media for the boy’s family, did not revealed the personal family drama of a immediately respond to a message seeking WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama speaks at the White House in Washington. Obama says the botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate high- Somali immigrant struggling to adjust to comment Friday night. —AP lights significant problems with the death penalty, and he’s asking the attorney general for a review. — AP Obama promotes his Obama ‘deeply troubled’ record in ‘Year of Action’ WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Republicans for blocking a minimum by botched US execution is promoting the work he’s done in what wage increase and other parts of his eco- he’s calling his “Year of Action.” In his nomic agenda. House Speaker John weekly radio and online address Boehner’s office responds that if Obama ‘Americans need to ask themselves some difficult questions’ Saturday, the president says he’s taken really wants to create jobs, he’d approve more than 20 executive actions to help the Keystone XL pipeline to bring oil WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama, in his would focus more on how executions are carried remote area, where Lockett shot Neiman with a the economy. The White House paired from Canada to Gulf Coast refineries. In first public comments on the case, called the out rather than the issues of race and wrongful sawed-off shotgun after she refused to say she the address with a 28-page progress the Republican address, Sen. Marco botched execution of an Oklahoma inmate convictions that Obama said also should be dis- wouldn’t report them to police. Lockett then report detailing each action. Rubio of Florida says Obama should be “deeply troubling” and announced that he’s cussed. watched as his two accomplices buried her alive. With midterm elections six months imposing tougher sanctions on Russia going to ask the attorney general to analyze “The department is currently conducting a A spokesman for the United Nations human away, Obama is criticizing congressional over unrest in Ukraine.—AP problems surrounding the application of the review of the federal protocol used by the rights office in Geneva said Lockett’s prolonged death penalty in the US. Bureau of Prisons, and has a moratorium in place execution could amount to cruel, inhuman and In his comments on the case of convicted on federal executions in the meantime. At the degrading treatment under international human murderer Clayton Lockett, the president - who president’s direction, the department will rights law. Rupert Colville said Lockett’s was the White House reporters to formerly taught constitutional law - expressed second problematic execution in the US this conflicting feelings about the death penalty and year after Dennis McGuire’s death in Ohio on honor black journalist said Americans need to “ask ourselves some diffi- Jan. 16 with an allegedly untested combination cult and profound questions around these of drugs. “The apparent cruelty involved in these WASHINGTON: Harry McAlpin was stand- press conferences. “Not quite where this issues.” Obama said the death penalty is warrant- recent executions simply reinforces the argu- ing outside the Oval Office, moments away press corps probably ought to be to have ed in some cases, specifically mentioning mass ment that authorities across the United States from becoming the first black reporter to the kind of voices and questions we want murder and child murder, and said Lockett’s should impose an immediate moratorium on the attend a presidential press conference, to hear, but I think we’ve made some crimes were “heinous.” But he said the death use of the death penalty and work for abolition when one of his contemporaries progress,” Thomma said. penalty’s application in the United States is of this cruel and inhuman practice,” Colville told approached with a deal. Stay out here, the Before McAlpin, minority reporters had problematic, with evidence of racial bias and reporters Friday. reporter told McAlpin. The other White been excluded from many official eventual exoneration of some death row Oklahoma Gov Mary Fallin had called on House correspondents would share their Washington news conferences. That inmates. Wednesday for an investigation of Lockett’s exe- notes, and McAlpin would have a chance to changed after the creation of the National “All these, I think, do raise significant ques- cution to be conducted by the state’s become an official member of the corre- Negro Publishers Association in 1941. John tions about how the death penalty is being Department of Public Safety. She also said she spondents association. McAlpin marched Sengstacke, the publisher of the Chicago applied,” said Obama said, who was asked about would issue a stay on the execution of Charles into the Oval Office anyway. Afterward, Defender and one of the creators of the the case at a White House news conference with Warner, who had been scheduled to be execut- President Franklin Roosevelt shook NNPA, opened a Washington bureau for visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. “And ed two hours after Lockett using the same drug McAlpin’s hand and said, “I’m glad to see the Defender and hired McAlpin, a lawyer, this situation in Oklahoma I think just highlights PHOENIX: Dr Jonathan Weisbuch holds up a combination. you, McAlpin, and very happy to have you as a part-time correspondent. During a dis- some of the significant problems there.” copy of the American Medical Association Department of Public Safety spokesman here.” cussion with Attorney General Francis The state of Oklahoma attempted to carry policy on physicians and capital punishment Capt. George Brown said Friday that the autopsy McAlpin, who became a fixture at the Biddle about the black press’ war coverage, out Lockett’s death sentence Tuesday by lethal at his home on Friday in Phoenix. —AP is expected to be finished in eight to 12 weeks. White House during the Roosevelt and Sengstacke suggested the attorney general injection, using a drug combination that had not The drugs intended for Warner were never used. Truman administrations, never got a White ask the White House to allow a black been previously used in the state. Lockett con- expand this review to include a survey of state- Oklahoma Assistant Attorney General Kindanne House Correspondents’ Association mem- reporter into its news conferences. vulsed violently during the execution and tried level protocols and related policy issues,” Justice Jones said in a letter Friday that attorneys for bership. But now, in its centennial year, the In February 1944, Roosevelt invited 13 to lift his head after a doctor declared him said in a statement late Friday. Lockett and Warner may have access to the WHCA is honoring McAlpin with a scholar- NNPA leaders to the White House, and unconscious, then died of an apparent heart Lockett was already a four-time felon when drugs if any are left over after the state’s analysis ship bearing his name. three days later, McAlpin was standing out- attack 43 minutes after the execution began. he was convicted by a jury in 2000 of murder, is complete. The scholarship was to be presented lat- side the Oval Office, waiting for his first “What happened in Oklahoma is deeply trou- rape, kidnapping, burglary and other charges Before Lockett’s execution, the state had er in the night during the WHCA’s annual news conference as a White House bling,” Obama said when asked about interna- and received his death sentence. The murder refused to provide the source of the execution dinner with President Barack Obama. reporter. The breaking of that barrier did tional condemnation of US application of the victim was 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman, who drugs, citing state law that allows such details to “Harry McAlpin is someone who should be not mean that everything was now fine death penalty in light of Lockett’s case. He said came upon Lockett and two accomplices as they remain confidential. recognized and shouldn’t be forgotten,” inside the White House for blacks. he’ll be asking Attorney General Eric Holder and were beating a man in front of his 9-month-old Support for the death penalty in the US is at National Journal correspondent George Roosevelt press secretary Stephen Early others “to get me an analysis of what steps have son during a robbery. its lowest point since 1972 but still high, with 60 Condon, the association’s unofficial histori- refused to introduce McAlpin to the presi- been taken, not just in this particular instance, Neiman and a friend came to the house while percent of Americans supporting capital punish- an, said this week during a panel discussion dent, as was customary at that time, lead- but more broadly in this area.” The White House the robbery was in progress, and the robbers ment for convicted murderers. Support for capi- about diversity and the White House press ing McAlpin to walk up to Roosevelt alone, declined to comment further on what the analy- bound the two women with duct tape and tal punishment peaked at 80 percent in 1994 corps. WHCA President Steven Thomma said Earnest L Perry Jr, who wrote about the sis might cover. raped Neiman’s friend. The three men then and has gradually declined since then according noted that the correspondents group is attempt to credential a black White House The Justice Department indicated its review drove all four victims, including the baby, to a to the Gallup polling organization. — AP much more diverse now than in the days correspondent for the Association for when it refused membership to blacks, Education in Journalism and Mass thus excluding them from presidential Communication.— AP Panama votes for president amid canal expansion row

PANAMA CITY: The candidate who wins been underway for five years. The construction lion by 2025, canal administrator Jorge Quijano Panama’s tight presidential election yesterday to add wider locks and channels capable of han- said. inherits the country’s massive canal expansion dling much larger container ships is one of the But the figure is less than the roughly $5 bil- project-complete with its delays, cost overruns world’s most ambitious civil engineering proj- lion that had been forecast. “One problem is that and potential for revenue growth. By a simple ects. The 80-kilometer (50-mile) long canal, was construction delays will leave a revenue short- majority, Panamanians will elect their next completed by US interests in 1914 to provide a fall,” said political analyst and former diplomat leader-with three candidates nearly tied to win- shorter, safer route between the Atlantic and Jose Blandon. Even with delays, Panamanians and chose 71 deputies for their unicameral con- Pacific. hope that the canal will bring more prosperity to gress. After 10 years in office President Ricardo Work to expand the canal-interrupted earlier the country’s 3.8 million inhabitants, 26 percent Martinelli, who has reached the country’s two- this year for a dispute over who would pay for an of whom live in poverty, according to the gov- term limit, leaves his successor a country in full estimated $1.6 billion in cost overruns-also faced ernment. economic bloom, with 8.4 percent growth in a strike last month by workers demanding high- 2013, thanks in part to the $15 billion he invest- er wages. The stakes are high for the project, Mixed feelings on Martinelli ed in infrastructure. But the outgoing president- with five percent of the world’s maritime trade Formal campaigning ended Thursday at mid- who has 67 percent support-also bequeaths the already passing through the canal. night, hours after Arias held a massive closing Panama Canal project, now grossly behind “The canal expansion should start to produce rally in the Cinta Costera area of Panama City. schedule and fraught with funding problems interesting income because if growth continues Attendees arrived by bus and foot, while small LA PAMPA: People transport empty drums at an illegal gold mine in La Pampa in the and strikes. at the current trend in world trade, there should bands marched with drums and trumpets. “This Madre de Dios region of Peru. People at the mine are working up to the last minute while The race is tight. Economist and former hous- be good results,” said analyst Felipe Chapman of is another country. Martinelli did a lot to change they fear authorities will arrive any moment as part of a government crackdown since a ing minister Jose Domingo Arias, 50, wo also financial advisory firm INDESA. The expectation things in Panama, which is why I want Arias to nationwide ban took effect on April 19. —AP manufactures women’s undergarments, is run- is that the $1 billion brought in by the canal win,” said vendor Mirta Molina, 39, =sporting a ning as the candidate for Martinelli’s Democratic each year would gradually increase to $3.1 bil- pro-Arias t-shirt.—AFP Change party. Opposition candidate Juan Carlos Brazil presidential race Navarro, 52, who is running on promises to be “tough” on insecurity and lower the cost of liv- tightens in new poll ing, is a former Panama City mayor and an envi- ronmentalist from the center-left Democratic SAO PAULO: The race for Brazil’s October points. Brazil’s stock market advanced 2.6 Revolutionary party. presidential election has tightened, accord- percent on Friday as investors anticipated Critics say Martinelli, who cannot run for ing to a poll released yesterday that also the Sensus poll would show the race tight- reelection, would continue to rule through Arias. showed high disapproval for President Dilma ening. Many investors are weary of And his running mate, Marta Linares, is Rousseff and widespread dissatisfaction with Rousseff’s left-leaning policies, and believe Martinelli’s wife. Trailing slightly behind is Juan the stagnant economy. Rousseff had 35 per- either of her more centrist opponents would Carlos Varela, 50, who holds the unique position cent of votes, compared to 24 percent for govern in a more business-friendly way. of vice president and Martinelli opponent, after Senator Aecio Neves and 11 percent for for- Forty-nine percent of respondents said they he and the leader had a falling-out. He’s also a mer governor Eduardo Campos, according disapproved of Rousseff’s performance, rum manufacturer and fervent Catholic. to the survey by Sensus polling firm. compared to 40 percent who approved. Undecided voters and those who said Also, 66 percent of voters said their purchas- ‘Interesting income’ they would spoil their ballots accounted for ing power had declined compared to a year Originally due for completion in 2014 to mark the remaining responses. The Sensus result ago, reflecting fallout from rising inflation the waterway’s centenary, the Panama Canal indicated a tighter race than a separate poll and an economy that has averaged just 2 expansion project won’t be completed until released earlier this week, which showed percent growth since Rousseff took office in 2016, according to the Panama Canal Authority. PANAMA CITY: An election worker organizes packages of voting materials to be used in the Rousseff leading Neves by 15 percentage 2011.—Reuters And that is if there are no more delays. Work has upcoming general election in Panama City on Friday. Panamanians go to the polls today.—AP SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 INTERNATIONAL

NARAYANGURI: Relatives of victims killed in ethnic violence mourn at a burial ground at Narayanguri village, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, yesterday. (inset) A young Indian child mourns after the death of a relative in the village of Narayanguri.—AP/AFP India deploys army in Assam after 31 Muslims killed Local tribe resents immigrants from Bangladesh

BARAMA: India deployed troops to the religion. “We are scared to live in our village, Modi faces criticism that Bangladeshis are living here illegally, killed during the voting when the region state of Assam yesterday after 31 Muslims unless security is provided by the govern- Election candidates, including the BJP’s there is a question of human rights too.” But went to the polls on April 24. were gunned down in three days of what ment,” said Anwar Islam, a Muslim who had Narendra Modi, the front-runner for prime the BJP said it was the responsibility of the “There’s heightened tension because of police said were attacks by tribal militants come to buy food in Barama, a town about minister, have been calling for tighter bor- Congress party that governs the state to the election,” said Ajai Sahni, executive who resent the presence of immigrants 30 km from the villages in the Baksa district der controls. Yesterday, the ruling Congress ensure law and order and crack down on director of the Institute for Conflict from neighboring Bangladesh. The unrest where the violence erupted on Thursday party blamed Modi of using divisive rheto- militants. Management in New Delhi, although he in the tea-growing state comes towards the and Friday. ric. “Modi is a model of dividing India,” said Soldiers in convoys of trucks mounted said it was too early to be certain about end of a marathon election across India that He said men armed with rifles had come Law Minister Kapil Sibal. Modi said last with rifles were patrolling yesterday in Baksa exactly what had provoked the attacks. has heightened ethnic and religious divi- to his village, Masalpur, on bicycles and had week that illegal immigrants from district, where some of the attacks took India’s staggered voting concludes on May sions and which the Hindu nationalist then fired indiscriminately and set huts on Bangladesh in the nearby state of West place. Bodies covered with white sheets 12 and results are due to be announced on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looks set to win. fire. Bodo representatives say many of the Bengal should have their “bags packed” in were laid out in a row at a police outpost on May 16. Modi is tainted by accusations that Security forces found the bodies of nine Muslims in Assam are illegal immigrants case he came to power, accusing the state the edge of Barama for identification by rel- he turned a blind eye to, or even encour- people with bullet wounds yesterday, six of from Bangladesh who encroach on ances- government of being too soft. “Modi atives. Most Muslims were staying together aged, Hindu-Muslim riots in 2002 in Gujarat, them women and children, the third day of tral Bodo lands. In 2012, clashes erupted in should have been more responsible in his in big groups, villagers visiting the market in the state he has governed for 13 years. violence that police have blamed on Bodo which dozens of people were killed and utterances,” said Sabyasachi Basu Roy Barama said. Security forces found three More than 1,000 people, most of them tribesmen attacking Muslim settlers as pun- 400,000 fled their homes. In addition to that Chowdhury, a political science professor at children hiding in forests near the border Muslims, were killed. He has always denied ishment for opposing their candidate in the violence, Assam has a history of sectarian Rabindra Bharati University in Kolkata, the with China. The Bodo region faces what resi- the accusations and a Supreme Court election to the Indian parliament. Bodo strife and armed groups fighting for greater capital of West Bengal. “His words can be dents say is a tight race between a Bodo and inquiry did not find evidence to prosecute people are followers of the local Bathouist autonomy or secession from India. very damaging since, even if we consider a non-tribal candidate. A policeman was him.—Reuters

Afghan landslide leaves more than 2,100... MERS death toll in Saudi reaches 111 Continued from Page 1 NATO-led coalition troops are on standby to assist but Continued from Page 1 protection of health care staff.’ The hospital, located in yesterday said the Afghan government had not asked northwest Indiana about 30 miles (48 km) from Chicago, The UN mission in Afghanistan said the focus was for help. “I call on the government to come and help our First US case said it has been working with the CDC and the state now on the more than 4,000 people displaced, either people, to take the bodies out,” said a middle-aged man, Meanwhile, a healthcare worker who had traveled to health department, and will be tracking the health of the directly as a result of Friday’s landslide or as a precau- standing on a hill overlooking the river of mud where Saudi Arabia was confirmed as the first US case of Middle patient’s family members and exposed health care work- tionary measure from villages assessed to be at risk. his village once stood. “We managed to take out only East Respiratory Virus (MERS), an often fatal illness, rais- ers daily during the next two weeks to check for MERS Their main needs are water, medicine, food and emer- 10-15 people, the rest of our villagers here are trapped.” ing new concerns about the rapid spread of such dis- symptoms. gency shelter, said Ari Gaitanis, a spokesman from the Hundreds of people camped out overnight in near eases, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ‘This patient was not out in the local community and, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. The freezing conditions, although some were given tents. said on Friday. The male patient traveled via a British therefore, any public exposure was minimal,’ the hospital impoverished area, dotted with villages of mud-brick Officials distributed food and water. At least 100 people Airways flight on April 24 from Riyadh to London, where said in the statement. The hospital stressed that trans- homes nestled in valleys beside bare slopes, has been were being treated for injuries, most of them by medics he changed flights at Heathrow airport to fly to the mission of MERS requires close contact, and said the hit by several landslides in recent years. who set up facilities in a stable building. Seasonal rains United States. He landed in Chicago and took a bus to an patient’s activities in the United States have been very and spring snow melt have caused devastation across undisclosed city in Indiana. limited, reducing the risk of widespread transmission of Plea for help large swathes of northern Afghanistan, killing more On April 27, he experienced respiratory symptoms, the virus. The side of the mountain above Ab Barak collapsed than 100 people before this latest disaster. US President including fever, cough and shortness of breath. at around 11 am on Friday as people were trying to Barack Obama said American forces were on standby to According to the Indiana State Department of Health, the Working surveillance recover belongings and livestock after a smaller landslip help. man visited the emergency department at Community Although the vast majority of MERS cases have been hit a few hours earlier. Hundreds of homes were “Just as the United States has stood with the people Hospital in Munster, Indiana, on April 28 and was admit- in Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East, ted that same day. Because of his travel history, Indiana the discovery of sporadic cases in Britain, Greece, France, destroyed in the landslides that were triggered by tor- of Afghanistan through a difficult decade, we stand health officials tested him for MERS, and sent the sam- Italy, Malaysia and elsewhere have raised concerns about rential rain. Officials worry another section of the moun- ready to help our Afghan partners as they respond to ples to the CDC, which confirmed the presence of the the potential global spread of the disease by infected air- tainside could collapse at any time. The Afghan military this disaster, for even as our war there comes to an end virus on Friday. line passengers. With the addition of the US patient, 262 flew rescue teams to the area yesterday, as the remote this year, our commitment to Afghanistan and its peo- The virus is similar to the one that caused Severe people in 12 countries have been confirmed to have mountain region is served by only narrow, poor roads ple will endure,” he said. About 30,000 US soldiers Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) which emerged in MERS infections and have been reported to the World which have themselves been damaged by more than a remain in Afghanistan, although that number is falling China in 2002-2003 and killed some 800 people. It was Health Organization. Of those, 93 have died, Schuchat week of heavy rain. as Washington prepares to withdraw all combat troops first detected in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Dr Anne Schuchat, said. “We have managed to get one excavator into the who battled Taleban insurgents by the end of this year. director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization Infectious disease specialists in the United States said area, but digging looks hopeless,” Colonel Abdul Qadeer Police said they had provided a security ring around the and Respiratory Diseases, said on a conference call the that the fact the newest patient was identified quickly Sayad, a deputy police chief of Badakhshan said. He said area, which has been relatively free of insurgent attacks. first US case of MERS was ‘of great concern because of its showed that disease surveillance was working. ‘It was the sheer size of the area affected, and the depth of the The Taleban said in a statement they were also willing virulence,’ proving fatal in about a third of infections. She only a matter of time before the United States had a case,’ mud, meant that only modern machinery could help. to provide security. — Reuters said the case represents ‘a very low risk to the broader said virologist Dr W Ian Lipkin of Columbia University in general public,’ but MERS has been shown to spread to New York. ‘Most of us thought it was not a question of if, healthcare workers and there are no known treatments but when. Am I more concerned as a result of this case? for the virus. No.’ ‘One case does not represent a reason for panic,’ More lawmakers resign in protest Schuchat said the patient was now in stable condition agreed Dr Wayne Marasco, an infectious disease special- and there are no other suspected cases of MERS at the ist at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. Continued from Page 1 expected to put pressure on Prime Minister Sheikh current time. The CDC declined to identify the patient by ‘But the very fact that we have a virus with document- Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah’s fifth government since name or say where he was being treated. It also declined ed person-to-person transmission at a fairly efficient rate They also alleged that the National Assembly is in he was appointed in December 2011 and may even to say on which airlines or bus line the patient traveled. and a high mortality rate suggests we have a potentially the “pocket of the government” and accused the influence his political future. The new resignations Schuchat said the CDC was working with the US serious pathogen. There are no therapies out there that Speaker of helping to achieve this. came as pro-government MP Abdulhameed Dashti Department of Homeland Security to contact individuals I’m aware of, but I don’t think we have a very big risk in Rashed, a former judge, said that he was unable to alleged that “millions of dinars” were being paid to who may have been exposed to the patient during his the United States.’ Marasco suggests that immigration continue to work under the current circumstances convince a number of MPs to resign to put pressure travels. agents should nevertheless be on heightened alert for and announced retirement from politics, saying he on the National Assembly. He provided no more In Britain, public health officials said they were con- passengers arriving in the United States after trips to the decided to devote his time to his small family and details. tacting any passengers who had been sitting near the Middle East, especially Saudi Arabia. ‘They should ask, that he will leave the country shortly. Unconfirmed Political tension appears to be creeping back into patient. Greg Cunningham, a spokesman for the Chicago where did you travel? Have you had contact with ani- reports said that MPs Hamdan Al-Azemi and Jamal Al- the country after several months of relative calm. The Department of Aviation, said that the department ‘has mals, with anyone who was sick, and do you have a fever Omar may tender their resignations soon to bring the resignations of MPs are coupled with the crisis of the been advised that there is no reason to suspect any risk or cough?’ he said. total of resigned MPs to seven from the 50-member coup videotape and the revelations made by opposi- at O’Hare,’ Chicago’s main international airport. ‘There has Marasco does not believe that thermal scanners such house. Two other members are ministers. tion leader and former MP Mussallam Al-Barrak about only been one incident confirmed to have MERS, and he as those China and other countries deployed during the The suggestions have fuelled expectations that a major corruption scam by a former senior official. A is hospitalized in Indiana,’ he said. 2003 SARS epidemic would make much of a difference. the National Assembly might eventually be dissolved number of MPs summed up what is happening in the Officials at Community Hospital in Munster confirmed That’s because the incubation period for MERS is two to for the seventh time since May 2006 and the fourth country now as a power struggle between senior that the man was in good condition, and said the hospi- 14 days, ‘so an asymptomatic traveler could make it since December 2011. The resignations are also influential members of the ruling family. tal is ‘maintaining appropriate isolation protocols for the through a thermal scanner,’ Marasco said. — Agencies

DEAUVILLE: French Republican guards take part in a show on the beach of Deauville, northern France yesterday. — AFP INTERNATIONAL SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Australian PM Abbott cancels Indonesia trip

SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott next week at the invitation of President Tensions were further inflamed by Canberra’s mili- or disclose details of its refugee turnback opera- yesterday cancelled a trip to Indonesia amid Yudhoyono. The prime minister is grateful for the tary-led crackdown on asylum-seekers making tions for security reasons. The opposition Greens reports that an asylum seeker turnback operation invitation,” a spokesman for Abbott told AFP. their way to Australia by boat from Indonesia. and Labor parties urged Abbott to reveal his rea- was underway that could renew tensions between “Unfortunately the prime minister is unable to According to the Australian Broadcasting sons for cancelling the trip, accusing him of further the neighbors. attend at this time and he hopes to visit Indonesia Corporation next week’s fence-mending trip was damaging ties with Jakarta by doing so. “It’s ironic Abbott’s office confirmed he no longer intended to meet with the president at a mutually conven- cancelled due to a people-smuggling vessel being that the invitation to Indonesia was to a conference to travel to Bali on Tuesday for a meeting with ient time.” It would have been Abbott’s first trip to intercepted in the sea corridor between the two on open government and our prime minister won’t Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia since damaging revelations in November countries under the “Operation Sovereign Borders” tell us why he’s rejected the invitation at this late but declined to go into the reasons for putting off that Australian spies attempted in 2009 to tap the policy, where boats are turned back to Indonesia stage,” said Labor foreign affairs spokeswoman the visit, which had been seen as a thawing of ties phones of Yudhoyono, his wife and other members when it is safe to do so. Tanya Plibersek. “It’s very important the prime min- tested by recent rows over espionage and of his inner circle. Citing government sources, the ABC said there ister discloses the reason that he’s not going, Australia’s controversial refugee policies. Jakarta reacted furiously to the news, recalling were fears the mission would be an “embarrass- because Australians deserve to know why he’s put- “The prime minister was hoping to attend the its ambassador and halting cooperation in key ment” to Yudhoyono if Abbott’s visit went ahead. ting further pressure on the relationship with such Open Government Partnership conference in Bali areas including defense and people-smuggling. The Australian government refuses to confirm an important neighbor.” — AFP

Death toll in South Korea ferry disaster rises to 236

SEOUL: Eight more bodies were recovered workers put rings of netting around the yesterday from the ferry that sank off South site days ago. The relatives of those still Korea last month, reports said, amid con- missing are insisting that all the bodies be cern that some of the missing may never recovered before efforts begin to raise the be found. Seventeen days after the 6,825- sunken ferry. tonne Sewol capsized and sank, 236 peo- The Sewol capsized on April 16 with 476 ple have been confirmed dead with 66 still people on board-more than 300 of them unaccounted for, according to Yonhap from the same Danwon High School in news agency. Ansan city, just south of Seoul. It is one of Earlier Saturday, the search had been South Korea’s worst peacetime disasters suspended due to fast currents and high but public anger and frustration has been waves whipped up by gusty winds, accord- amplified due to greed and irresponsibility ing to a coastguard spokesman.Dive teams being blamed for the poor handling of the have been working in challenging and catastrophe. sometimes hazardous conditions. They The captain and 14 of his crew have have to grope their way down guiding been arrested for being the first to leave ropes to the sunken ship, laying on its side the ship without helping all passengers to on the seabed at a depth of 40 metres (132 safety. The Sewol’s regular captain, who feet). They have to struggle through nar- was off duty on the day of the accident, has row passageways and rooms littered with told prosecutors that the ferry operator- TOKYO: Hundreds of people march vowing to protect the constitution in Tokyo yesterday. Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its postwar constitu- floating debris in silty water. Park Seung-Ki, Chonghaejin Marine Co- “brushed aside” tion yesterday with growing debate over whether to revise the war-renouncing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s push for an expanded spokesman for the Ministry of Oceans and repeated warnings that the 20-year-old role for the military. — AP Fisheries, said bedding materials from the ship had stability issues following a renova- ship were found as far as 30 kilometres tion in 2012. (around 20 miles) from the disaster site on Two Chonghaejin officials were arrested Japan split over revision Friday. on Friday on charges of having the ferry As days go by, personal belongings and overloaded well beyond its legal limit. The debris from the ship have been spotted ferry owners have also become the focus of further and further away, fuelling concerns an ever-widening probe. to pacifist constitution that strong currents may have swept some The government has come under strong bodies into the open sea. One body was criticism over the initially slow rescue retrieved Friday by a fishing vessel four response as well as lax safety standards Expanded role of military in question kilometres away from the recovery site, and and collusion between industry and regu- another was found two kilometres away on lators, which were partly blamed for the TOKYO: Japan marked the 67th anniversary of its international peacekeeping missions, even when to secure the necessary deterrence to defend our Wednesday. As a precaution, recovery scale of the disaster. — AFP postwar constitution yesterday with growing Japan is not attacked directly. own national security or keep peace and stability debate over whether to revise the war-renounc- To do that, Japan would have to exercise a in the region.” ing charter in line with Prime Minister Shinzo right known as collective self-defense. That An Abe-appointed panel of defense experts is Abe’s push for an expanded role for the military. would help strengthen deterrence in the Asia- currently finalizing a recommendation to allow The ruling conservative party has long advocated Pacific and align with the direction of the US collective self-defense, expected in mid-May, revision but been unable to sway public opinion. strategy, Shigeru Ishiba, Liberal Democratic Party which would pave the way for a Cabinet Now Abe is proposing that the government rein- secretary-general and a defense expert, said in a approval. terpret the constitution to give the military more speech in Washington this week. “The lifting of Whatever the reason, reinterpreting the con- prominence without having to win public the ban on the collective defense is basically tak- stitution to change policies is inappropriate, approval for the revisions. ing any remaining meaning out of Article 9, so in because it could lead to abuse of power, says His push, backed by the US which wants that sense it’s really going to be undermining the Tokyo company employee Rie Sato, 36. She said Japan to bear a greater burden of its own Constitution itself,” said Koichi Nakano, a political she hasn’t seriously thought about the constitu- defense, has upset the liberals who see it as science professor at Sophia University in Tokyo tion, as it doesn’t seem to directly affect her life. undermining the constitution and democratic and an opponent of revision. “But I don’t have any problem with the constitu- processes. But Takeshi Iwaya, a senior lawmaker in tion either,” Sato said while taking a lunch break Hundreds of people gathered at a Tokyo rally charge of the ruling party’s defense policy, said: outside an office building. “Perhaps I should give commemorating Constitution Day, a national “If we stick to this position, Japan won’t be able it a credit for my relatively peaceful life.” — AP holiday. Japan’s pacifist charter is at stake, organ- izer Ken Takada said: “We citizens must stand up, take action and raise our voice to stop Abe, or this country could return to a Japan that wages war with Asia as it has done before.” Written under US direction after World War II, the 1947 constitution says the Japanese people “forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation” and that “land, sea and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained.” That ban has been relaxed over the years, with SEOUL: A woman weeps during a rally to pay tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry US encouragement as the Cold War unfolded and Sewol in Seoul, South Korea yesterday. — AP America sought allies in Asia, allowing Japan to have a military to defend itself, dubbed a Self- Defense Force. The ruling Liberal-Democratic No answers, only hope as crash Party has long denounced the postwar constitu- tion as one imposed by the US, which occupied victim’s father leaves for China Japan from the end of World War II until 1952. Abe’s grandfather and role model Nobusuke BEIJING: Almost two months after he dashed to from his son’s girlfriend on the morning of Kishi - who was arrested as a suspected war crim- Beijing following the disappearance of his son’s March 8, 56 days ago. “She said two sentences. inal but never charged and later became prime flight, Yan Jiacheng finally left a hotel he shared She told me ‘The plane is missing. Yan is miss- minister - was among vocal opponents of the with other desperate Chinese relatives, still ing’. Then she said nothing more, as she burst constitution. clinging to the hope that he could be alive. out crying,” said Yan, from Yancheng in the east- Abe advocates a “breakaway from the postwar “I don’t want to leave of course, but I have no ern province of Jiangsu. His son’s boss tele- regime” as a way to overcome the humiliation - choice,” Yan told AFP as relatives drove him 800 phoned him to say that the aircraft was missing symbolically, the constitution - as well as educa- kilometres (500 miles) home after Malaysia and he should travel to the capital. tion system, social values and historical views set Airlines said it would no longer provide accom- “I dropped everything and made the jour- by the occupation. A 2012 draft revision pro- CHONGQING CITY: 52 couples dressed in Han Dynasty (206 BC — 220 AD) style costumes attend a modation in Beijing. Softly spoken and non- ney here.” There were no flights available to posed by the Liberal Democratic Party promotes group wedding in southwest China’s Chongqing city. —AP confrontational, Yan was one of the quiet ones Beijing from nearby airports, so he had no a conformist Japan and traditional patriarchal at the Lido hotel in the Chinese capital. choice but to buy a standing ticket on a train values, placing family units above individuals and The hotel became a powder keg of conflict which took “a day and night”. Even at normal elevates the emperor to head of state from the between highly emotional relatives seeking times the crowded journey would be gruelling. current “symbol.” Civil liberties such as freedom of answers about their missing loved ones, and air- In the circumstances it was mental torture. speech and expression can be restricted if con- Chinese mourn young line officials and Malaysian government repre- “The plane has gone. The plane has gone. I sidered harmful to public interest. sentatives stymied by the way flight MH370 knew it was something terrible,” he said, recall- Official visits to Yasukuni Shrine, which vanished. Yan’s younger son Yan Ling, 30, was ing the thoughts that raced through his mind. enshrines war victims including convicted war firemen who fell one of the 153 Chinese passengers on the Yan described his missing son as “introverted”, criminals, would be legalized, and the war flight-making up two-thirds of those on board. but his tone brightened as he proudly renouncing Article 9 of the constitution reduced from highrise building The last time the pair had spent time togeth- exclaimed: “His boss says he is an excellent to a mere policy, allowing a full-fledged military. er was when Yan Ling returned to the family worker. A really good engineer.” “Our goal is to write a new constitution of our home for Chinese New Year in late January. The Yan Ling works for a medical equipment own that envisions a new era and serves a new BEIJING: Two young Chinese firefighters who Sina Weibo, a Chinese microblog similar to annual pilgrimage is replicated in tens of mil- company in Beijing’s Haidian district and had role,” Yasuhiro Nakasone, a 96-year-old former fell to their deaths during a blaze in a highrise Twitter. “Heaven needs the brave like you,” lions of homes across the country, where high- travelled to Malaysia on a work-sponsored prime minister who heads a group of lawmakers building are being hailed as heroes of their said another, which included two images of achieving offspring often find work in the “short-study trip” with a colleague, his father campaigning for a revision, said Thursday at a generation on social media. Qian Lingyun burning candles to signify remembrance. booming cities after university, rather than in said. The family are close, said Yan, who was Tokyo gathering attended by hundreds of law- and Liu Jie died Thursday while responding to Some questioned whether the deaths their backwater hometowns. joined in Beijing by his elder son while his wife, makers, their supporters and business lobbies. the fire in an apartment on the 13th floor of could have been prevented. “It looks more who has health problems, stayed in Yancheng. With potential military threats coming from the building in Shanghai, China’s commercial like a safety accident,” said one post. “(Didn’t ‘Nothing but despair’ China and North Korea, Abe wants to raise capital, according to the city’s fire depart- they) think about the blast before breaking During regular family briefings at the hotel, ‘I will always hope’ Japan’s defense posture further, as well as allow ment. the door?” Qian’s last post on his weibo the 60-year-old would sit near the back of the A vast multi-national search has failed to the country to play a greater role in international As firefighters were breaking down the account suggested the difficulty of his work hall, sipping a cup of iced water provided by air- find any sign of wreckage, and some Chinese peacekeeping. apartment door, a sudden blast occurred and as a firefighter. line support staff and lifting his head only dur- relatives have embraced improbable conspiracy Amending the constitution is a challenge, hot air and smoke blew out into the floor’s “It’s not been easy this year, still more than ing the occasions when tempers frayed. theories of hijackings and hostage-takings. At requiring two-thirds approval in both houses of elevator area where Qian and Liu were, the a half year to go!”, he wrote. “I’m holding on!” Sometimes he would find solitude away from times the reality of the most likely outcome hits parliament before they are put to a national ref- department said. The force blew them As of Saturday morning there were 92,340 the insults and allegations, sitting outside in the Yan. “The passengers have probably already erendum. Surveys show mixed opinions among through an open window from where they comments left on his final post by social car park with his thoughts and a cigarette, while died,” he said. “I think so, but I don’t dare to tell Japanese to revising the constitution, with a plunged to a terrace above the building’s media users. relatives burst out of the door behind him sob- my family that.” majority disapproving and opposition growing entrance. A dramatic photo of the two men in “An ordinary person has shown us an bing into their handkerchiefs. Even so, as his voice broke with emotion, Yan amid escalating debate over what is seen as the freefall from the building was published on extraordinary heart,” wrote one. “Good-bye In the early days after the plane’s disappear- refused to accept that he may have spent his Abe government’s attempt to force through the front page of the Beijing News daily on our hero, rest in peace.” “You explained to the ance, the signs of sleepless nights were etched last Chinese New Year with his son. He still clings change by simply reinterpreting it. Abe and other Friday. world that the generation born after 1990 is on his face, with bags under his eyes and his to the thought of Yan Ling one day walking supporters of the change believe that Japan’s The fire department did not give the men’s courageous-not a crumbling generation,” said thin hair ruffled. Now Yan is more outwardly through the door of the family home once current policy is inadequate. They say US war- exact ages, but said that Qian was born in one post, according to the state-run China composed, but inside he remains crippled. He again. “That would be great. I would be so hap- ships may come under attack while in or near 1991, while Liu was born in 1994. “You are Daily newspaper yesterday. “Thank you, my has “felt nothing but despair”, he says, since his py. I hope this day will come, and I will always Japan, or there may be instances in which heroes,” said a message posted Saturday on heroes.” — AFP life was turned upside down by a phone call keep that hope.” — AFP Japanese troops have to fight for allies during

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Issues Israeli-Palestinian intangibles, crisis

By John Marks

en years ago, I produced a series of documentaries for broadcast on Israeli and Palestinian TV about Thow a negotiated settlement might finally resolve the conflict. In the process, I interviewed a Palestinian who told a touching story. In 1948, during what Israelis call the War of Independence and Palestinians term the Nakba (Catastrophe), his family and he fled from a vil- lage inside what is now Israel. This meant leaving behind, not only their ancestral home, but also the cemetery where their ancestors were buried. During the years after the 1993 Oslo agreement, Palestinians from the West Bank were able to travel freely to Israel, and this refugee - now an old man - and his relatives went back to see the old family house. They Keeping the NSA in perspective discovered that the whole village was gone, including the cemetery, which had been plowed under and turned into a park. Palestinians, like Israelis, place great By George Friedman of private communications logically followed. work you are looking for at most a few hundred tutional basis of the actions and partly because importance on the graves of their ancestors, and this This was not confined to the United States. The men in the midst of billions of people, and a of the nature of the conflicts, World War II and family developed a novel strategy for continuing to visit n June 1942, the bulk of the Japanese fleet Soviet Union, China, the United Kingdom, few dozen messages among hundreds of bil- the Civil War had a clear end, a point at which theirs. On Fridays, the Muslim holy day, they would drive sailed to seize the Island of Midway. Had France, Israel, India and any country with for- lions. And given the architecture of the Internet, civil rights had to be restored or a process had to the park and have a picnic atop the place where their IMidway fallen, Pearl Harbor would have eign policy interests spent a great deal on col- the messages did not have to originate where to be created for their restoration. No such ter- ancestors were buried. been at risk and US submarines, unable to refu- lecting electronic information. Much of what the sender was located or be read where the minal point exists for the war on terror. As was As a practical matter, there is no possibility that an el at Midway, would have been much less effec- was collected on all sides was not read because reader was located. It was like looking for a nee- witnessed at the Boston Marathon-and in many eventual peace agreement will restore the hundreds of tive. Most of all, the Japanese wanted to sur- far more was collected than could possibly be dle in a haystack. The needle can be found only instances over the past several centuries-the cemeteries and villages that were leveled across Israel. prise the Americans and draw them into a naval absorbed by the staff. Still, it was collected. It if you are willing to sift the entire haystack. That ease with which improvised explosive devices Nevertheless, a future agreement might set in place a battle they couldn’t win. The Japanese fleet was became a vast intrusion mitigated only by led to PRISM and other NSA programs. can be assembled makes it possible for simple process for “memorialization” through plaques and vast. The Americans had two carriers intact in inherent inefficiency or the strength of the tar- The mission was to stop any further Al- terrorist acts to be carried out cheaply and monuments. Similarly, a future Palestinian state could addition to one that was badly damaged. The get’s encryption. Qaeda attacks. The means was to break into effectively. Some plots might be detectable by accept similar ways for remembering Israelis who had United States had only one advantage: It had their communications and read their plans and intercepting all communications, but obviously died there. Indeed, there is a precedent for this kind of broken Japan’s naval code and thus knew a Justified fear orders. To find their plans and orders, it was nec- the Boston Marathon attack could not be pre- memorialization. Under terms of the 1979 Camp David great deal of the country’s battle plan. In large The Pearl Harbor dread declined with the essary to examine all communications. dicted. Accords, Israel and Egypt agreed that the other would part because of this cryptologic advantage, a end of the Cold War-until Sept 11, 2001. In order The anonymity of the Internet and the The problem with the war on terror is that it build war memorials on their territories that would be handful of American ships devastated the to understand 9/11’s impact, a clear memory of uncertainties built into its system meant that has no criteria of success that is potentially preserved “in good condition.” I have visited the Japanese fleet and changed the balance of our own fears must be recalled. As individuals, any message could be one of a tiny handful of obtainable. It defines no level of terrorism that Egyptian memorial inside Israel. It is located in a peace- power in the Pacific permanently. Americans were stunned by 9/11 not only messages. Nothing could be ruled out. is tolerable but has as its goal the elimination of ful park where mothers bring babies in strollers and chil- This-and the advantage given to the allies because of its size and daring but also because Everything was suspect. This was reality, not all terrorism, not just from Islamic sources but dren play. by penetrating German codes-taught the it was unexpected. Terrorist attacks were not paranoia. It also meant that the NSA could not from all sources. That is simply never going to In addition, there are other ways that one side’s hurt Americans about the centrality of communica- uncommon, but this one raised another ques- exclude the communications of American citi- happen and therefore, PRISM and its attendant could be lessened without the other having to give up tions code breaking. It is reasonable to argue tion: What comes next? Unlike Timothy zens because some Al-Qaeda members were programs will never end. These intrusions, important interests. For example, to Palestinians the that World War II would have ended much less McVeigh, it appeared that Al-Qaeda was capa- citizens. This was an attack on the civil rights of unlike all prior ones, have set a condition for “right of return” to the places in Israel from which their satisfactorily for the United States had its mili- ble of other, perhaps greater acts of terrorism. Americans, but it was not an unprecedented success that is unattainable, and therefore the families came is extremely important. However, to most tary not broken German and Japanese codes. Israelis, this is a non-starter that, if accepted, could result Where the Americans had previously been in Israel being swamped by hundreds of thousands, if guided to a great extent by Henry Stimson’s not millions of Palestinians. Although they do not open- famous principle that “gentlemen do not read ly proclaim it, Palestinian negotiators understand full each other’s mail,” by the end of World War II well that no future agreement will provide for large they were obsessed with stealing and reading scale return. all relevant communications. At the same time, there is a profound Palestinian The National Security Agency evolved out of various post-war organizations charged with need for acknowledgement that there is some “right of this task. In 1951, all of these disparate efforts return.” A solution might be found that permits were organized under the NSA to capture and Palestinians who left Israel in 1948 - but not their off- decrypt communications of other governments spring - to return to the land of their birth. Given that no around the world-particularly those of the Palestinian would be eligible who is not at least 66 years Soviet Union, which was ruled by Josef Stalin, old and given that polls show that very few Palestinians and of China, which the United States was fight- from the Territories or the diaspora would choose to live ing in 1951. How far the NSA could go in pursu- in Israel, such a provision would have little actual impact ing this was governed only by the extent to and would raise few security concerns for Israel. Yet, it which such communications were electronic would at least symbolically help meet the Palestinian and the extent to which the NSA could inter- dream. There could also be a limited number of cept and decrypt them. returnees allowed on humanitarian grounds, such as The amount of communications other coun- reuniting spouses. tries sent electronically surged after World War II Here is yet another possibility. Both Israelis and yet represented only a fraction of their commu- Palestinians care deeply about their holy sites, and these nications. Resources were limited, and given are often located on the land of the other. A future that the primary threat to the United States was peace agreement might contain clauses that assure posed by nation-states, the NSA focused on preservation of and access to such sacred places. There state communications. But the principle on might be even apologies for pain and suffering. As which the NSA was founded has remained, and Israeli journalist Ari Shavit’s recent book, “My Promised as the world has come to rely more heavily on Land,” graphically illustrates, Israeli and Palestinians electronic and digital communication, the both have good reason to believe that the other has car- scope of the NSA’s commission has expanded. ried out deeply damaging acts. This past cannot be What drove all of this was Pearl Harbor. The ignored or forgotten, but as truth and reconciliation United States knew that the Japanese were commissions in South Africa and Chile showed, public going to attack. They did not know where or acknowledgement can go a long way toward allowing when. The result was disaster. All American BERLIN: US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrive at the Brandenburg Gate in people to move into a peaceful future. strategic thinking during the Cold War was built Berlin in this file photo. Merkel meets US President Barack Obama this week with shared fears over the mount- Without assigning equivalence to the actions of around Pearl Harbor-the deep fear that the ing Ukraine crisis helping to mend ties ruptured by the NSA eavesdropping scandal. —AFP either side, suffice it to say that recognition of - indeed, Soviets would launch a first strike that the apology for - the pain caused can have a very positive United States did not know about. The fear of Fear gripped the land. It was a justified fear, and attack. During World War II, the United States suspension of civil rights is permanent. impact. As US negotiators led by Secretary of State John an unforeseen nuclear attack gave the NSA while it resonated across the world, it struck the imposed postal censorship on military person- Without a constitutional amendment, for- Kerry push forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, leave to be as aggressive as possible in pene- United States particularly hard. nel, and the FBI intercepted selected letters sent mal declaration of war or declaration of a state they would be wise to include “intangibles” that can be trating not only Soviet codes but also the codes Part of the fear was that US intelligence had in the United States and from overseas. of emergency, the executive branch has over- just as important as the so-called hard issues of borders of other nations. You don’t know what you don’t failed again to predict the attack. The public The government created a system of volun- ridden fundamental limits on its powers and and security. - CGNews know, and given the stakes, the United States did not know what would come next, nor did it tary media censorship that was less than volun- protections for citizens. Since World War II, the John Marks is President and founder of Search for became obsessed with knowing everything it believe that US intelligence had any idea. A fed- tary in many ways. Most famously, the United constitutional requirements for waging war Common Ground, the world’s largest non-governmental possibly could. eral commission on 9/11 was created to study States abrogated the civil rights of citizens of have fallen by the wayside. President Harry S organization, with offices in 33 countries. In order to collect data about nuclear the defense failure. It charged that the presi- Japanese origin by seizing property and trans- Truman used a UN resolution to justify the attacks, you must also collect vast amounts of dent had ignored warnings. The focus in those porting them to other locations. Members of Korean War. President Lyndon Johnson justified data that have nothing to do with nuclear days was on intelligence failure. The CIA admit- pro-German organizations were harassed and an extended large-scale war with the Gulf of attacks. The Cold War with the Soviet Union had ted it lacked the human sources inside Al- arrested even prior to Pearl Harbor. Decades Tonkin Resolution, equating it to a declaration All articles appearing on these to do with more than just nuclear exchanges, Qaeda. By default the only way to track Al- earlier, Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of of war. The conceptual chaos of the war on ter- and the information on what the Soviets were Qaeda was via their communications. It was to habeas corpus during the Civil War, effectively ror left out any declaration, and it also included pages are the personal opinion of doing-what governments they had penetrated, be the NSA’s job. allowing the arrest and isolation of citizens North Korea in the axis of evil the United States the writers. Kuwait Times takes no who was working for them-was a global issue. As we have written, Al-Qaeda was a global, without due process. was fighting against. responsibility for views expressed But you couldn’t judge what was important and sparse and dispersed network. It appeared to There are two major differences between Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is what was unimportant until after you read it. be tied together by burying itself in a vast new the war on terror and the aforementioned wars. charged with aiding an enemy that has never therein. Kuwait Times invites read- Thus the mechanics of assuaging fears about a communications network: the Internet. At one First, there was a declaration of war in World been legally designated. Anyone who might con- ers to voice their opinions. Please “nuclear Pearl Harbor” rapidly devolved into a point, Al-Qaeda had communicated by embed- War II. Second, there is a provision in the template terrorism is therefore an enemy. The send submissions via email to: opin- global collection system, whereby vast ding messages in pictures transmitted via the Constitution that allows the president to sus- enemy in this case was clear. It was the organiza- amounts of information were collected regard- Internet. They appeared to be using free and pend habeas corpus in the event of a rebellion. tion of Al-Qaeda but since that was not a rigid [email protected] or via snail less of their pertinence to the Cold War. anonymous Hotmail accounts. To find Japanese The declaration of war imbues the president nation but an evolving group, the definition mail to PO Box 1301 Safat, Kuwait. There was nothing that was not potentially communications, you looked in the electronic with certain powers as commander in chief-as spread well beyond them to include any person The editor reserves the right to edit important, and a highly focused collection strat- ether. To find Al-Qaeda’s message, you looked does rebellion. Neither of these conditions was contemplating an infinite number of actions. any submission as necessary. egy could miss vital things. So the focus grew, on the Internet. put in place to justify NSA programs such as After all, how do you define terrorism, and how the technology advanced and the penetration But with a global, sparse and dispersed net- PRISM. Moreover, partly because of the consti- do you distinguish it from crime? —Stratfor p15_Layout 1 5/3/14 10:44 PM Page 1

SUNDAY, MAY 4 2014 SPORTS

Zaki to coach Morocco Mixed-nation pairs get Gambia banned for cheating RABAT: Former African Footballer of the Year Badou Zaki was named as green light for champs CAIRO: Gambia has been banned from all African football competitions for two coach of Morocco on Friday and he will have the responsibility of guiding years, the continental body said yesterday, after fielding five overage players in the host team’s fortunes during next year’s African Nations Cup. The 55- LONDON: Players can pair up with international rivals to form mixed- a qualifier for Africa’s under-20 championship. The Confederation of African year-old, chosen ahead of Giovanni Trapattoni and Dick Advocaat, was nation doubles teams during future World Table Tennis Championships in a Football said that its executive committee decided to suspend the Gambia reappointment to a job he held between 2002 and 2006 was announced at bid to improve competition and boost growth, the sport’s world governing Football Association at a meeting last week after the under-20 team was found a Royal Moroccan Football Federation press conference in Rabat. body said yesterday. Asian powerhouse China has had a stranglehold on to have falsified player documents. Zaki will take charge of the team for next year’s tournament, which runs the sport, winning 24 of the 28 gold medals at the Olympics since table The ban means Gambia’s senior national team will be unable to take part in from Jan. 17 to Feb. 8. Veteran Italian coach Trapattoni and Dutchman Dick tennis was introduced at the 1988 Games. China swept all four titles at the qualifying for the 2015 African Cup of Nations. It was due to play Seychelles this Advocaat both held talks with Morocco for the post but the north Africans last two Olympics in London and Beijing. Besides the decision to allow the month in a first-round qualifier. The small West African nation has never quali- decided to go with one of their own. mixed-nation pairs, the basic quota of singles players per country will also fied for the African Cup or the World Cup. Gambian clubs also won’t be able to Zaki took Morocco to the final of the 2004 African Nations Cup, where be reduced from five to three in future world championships, the play in CAF’s continental competitions for two years. they lost to hosts Tunisia, and has had a varied coach- International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) said. “With open discussion and CAF found that all five players were born not later than 1994 ing career at club level in his home country, includ- with the interest of our sport in mind we made some memorable decisions and therefore ineligible to play in the under-20 qualifying ing winning the championship with Wydad that will definitely enhance our World Championships in the future,” ITTF game against Liberia on April 6. Gambia won the match 1-0 Casablanca. president said Adham Sharara in a statement. However, the rule to increase before the result was annulled and the tie awarded to Liberia. Zaki made his name as the goalkeeper who the quota if a country has a player in the world’s top 100 and one more if Only players born from 1995 onwards can play in the com- helped Morocco to become the first African coun- they have a player in the top 20, making a maximum of five, remains valid. petition. One of the players, forward Ali Sowe of Italian club try to advance past the first round at the World Cup In the men’s game, Chinese players have won seven of the past eight Chievo, could be as old as 25, CAF said, after it discovered when they beat Portugal and drew with England biennial world championships, while China’s women have claimed the last records from a 2012 club competition that showed his birthday and Poland in Mexico in 1986.—Reuters 10 titles.—Reuters on his passport as Oct. 14, 1988.—Reuters Red Sox thrash Athletics

BOSTON: Dustin Pedroia hit a grand slam for his The Indians placed All-Star second baseman his right hand after getting hit by an 0-2 pitch in 100th career home run, Clay Buchholz earned his Jason Kipnis on the 15-day disabled list with a the third. first win at home and the Boston Red Sox beat pulled muscle on his side. He is expected to miss the Oakland Athletics 7-1 on Friday night. three to five weeks. ASTROS 5, MARINERS 4 Pedroia had yet to homer this season before George Springer singled home the winning driving an 0-2 pitch to left field in the sixth RANGERS 5, ANGELS 2 run in the 11th inning to give Houston a victory inning to put Boston up 6-1. The cushion was Shin-Soo Choo and Alex Rios homered in the over Seattle. The touted rookie came through plenty for Buchholz (2-2), who shut down the sixth inning against winless Hector Santiago, and with an infield hit toward third after beginning team with the top record in the American Texas beat Los Angeles to end a four-game los- the night 0 for 5 with four strikeouts in a game League. ing streak. Choo added an RBI single in the sev- started by Mariners ace Felix Hernandez. Buchholz pitched 6 1-3 innings, allowing enth and Colby Lewis (2-1) pitched 5 2-3 innings, Jose Altuve singled off Charlie Furbush (0-3) three hits while striking out five. He walked three allowing two runs and seven hits while striking to open the 11th and Dexter Fowler reached on a and got himself out of several jams as the A’s out six. bunt single. A sacrifice bunt by Carlos Corporan went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position Joakim Soria, the sixth Rangers pitcher, came next, and Altuve beat the throw to third to against the right-hander. Pedroia joined Carl worked a perfect ninth for his seventh save. load the bases for Springer. Yastrzemski as the only Red Sox players with 100 Choo left in the seventh because of soreness in Anthony Bass (1-0) pitched two scoreless home runs and 100 stolen bases. Dan Straily (1-2) his left ankle. innings for the win. Marc Krauss had two hits and gave up two runs and four hits in 4 1-3 innings. Santiago (0-5) was charged with five runs and drove in two runs for Houston. Mike Zunino hit a seven hits in six-plus innings. The left-hander has two-run homer and Kyle Seager added a pair of CHICAGO: St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina slams his bat to the ground after flying RAYS 10, YANKEES 5 a 5.01 ERA in six starts. Angels third baseman RBIs for Seattle, which had a three-game winning out with Matt Holliday on-base during the eighth inning of a baseball game against Wil Myers and the Tampa Bay Rays broke David Freese left with bruised middle finger on streak snapped.—AP the Chicago Cubs. —AP loose in the 14th inning while holding Derek Jeter to the worst hitting performance of his career, outlasting New York for a wild win that Cubs edge past Cardinals ended at 12:57 am. Jeter went 0 for 7 for the first time and CHICAGO: Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run GIANTS 2, BRAVES 1 single in the first that ended Adam Michael Morse and Angel Pagan home- grounded out with the bases loaded to finish the Wainwright’s scoreless streak at 25 innings, red, Tim Lincecum allowed one run over six 13th. It was already a crazy game by then, and and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis innings and the Giants beat the Braves. Yankee Stadium was nearly empty when it finally Cardinals 6-5 Friday for their third win in San Francisco spoiled the season debut ended after 5 hours, 49 minutes. four games. Wainwright (5-2) had allowed of Braves starter Mike Minor with its sev- The late innings saw a bit of everything: six runs in 45 innings coming in, but the enth victory in eight games. Atlanta has a Rallies by both teams, a wild rundown featuring Cubs matched the runs total in just five season-high four-game losing streak. seven throws, two calls overturned and the ejec- innings against the St. Louis ace, who gave After missing the first month of the sea- tion of Rays manager Joe Maddon. up 10 hits. His ERA rose from 1.20 to 2.16. son with left shoulder tendinitis, Minor (0- The Rays also spent time trading gloves when The scoreless streak was one inning shy of 1) allowed seven hits, two runs, no walks they went to a five-man infield in the 13th. The the career high for Wainwright, who had and struck out four. He trailed 1-0 when switching positions led to a most strange putout: been 6-0 in 12 previous starts and five Pagan led off the game with his third Brett Gardner grounded out and it was officially relief appearances at Wrigley Field. homer and was down 2-1 in the sixth after scored as 3-9 - first baseman to right fielder. Rizzo added a leadoff home run in the Morse added his seventh homer. Myers got three of the Rays’ 20 hits, and put fifth against the Cardinals, who have lost Lincecum (2-1) gave up six hits and them ahead 6-5 against Chris Leroux (0-1). Sean 10 of 16. Travis Wood (2-3) gave up three three walks with four strikeouts and kept Rodriguez doubled home a run, setting up RBI runs - two earned - and six hits in seven Braves hitters off balance by keeping his singles by Brandon Guyer, Yunel Escobar and innings, and Hector Rondon pitched a per- pitches low in the strike zone and added a Ryan Hanigan. Heath Bell (1-1) dodged all sorts fect ninth for his second save. sharp curveball and slider. of trouble, pitching 2 1-3 scoreless innings for the win. MARLINS 6, DODGERS 3 DIAMONDBACKS 2, PADRES 0 Desmond Jennings homered as the Rays Surprising Tom Koehler outpitched Josh Bronson Arroyo and two relievers held matched a season best with a three-game win- Beckett, and the Marlins extended their the punchless Padres to three hits and ning streak. Brian McCann, Mark Teixeira and home winning streak to seven games by Aaron Hill hit a two-run single to lead the Alfonso Soriano homered as New York lost its beating the Dodgers. Diamondbacks to a victory in a matchup of third straight in Joe Girardi’s 1,000th regular-sea- Koehler (3-2) allowed three hits in seven the bottom two teams in the NL West. scoreless innings. The right-hander began The Diamondbacks have the worst son game as manager. Jacoby Ellsbury lined a the year with a career record of 5-11, made record in the majors - 10-22 - and came in tying single with two outs in the bottom of the the rotation as a fifth starter and now has with the worst ERA, 5.20. The Padres came ninth. an ERA of 2.41. with a .217 batting average, worst in the Beckett (0-1) struck out eight but gave NL and second-worst in the majors. TIGERS 8, ROYALS 2 up four runs in 6 2-3 innings. He fell to 0-6 Arroyo (2-2) lowered his ERA from 7.77 Rick Porcello cruised through seven innings in his past 13 starts and remained winless to 6.03. He didn’t allow a hit until Yonder and Detroit battered Kansas City right-hander since the end of the 2012 season, even Alonso singled to right with one out in the James Shields again in the opener of a three- though his ERA this year is 3.14. fifth. Until then, the only baserunner was game set. The Dodgers arrived in Miami at 6:30 leadoff batter Everth Cabrera, who reached Victor Martinez had a pair of doubles and a.m. after playing for more than 8 hours in the first when Arroyo couldn’t handle a drove in two runs. J.D. Martinez and Alex Avila Thursday at Minnesota to earn their first chopper for an error. Arroyo then proceed- also drove in two runs apiece as the Tigers won doubleheader sweep in 12 years, and they ed to get 13 straight outs, including when their fourth straight against the Royals. looked travel-logged while falling behind Seth Smith grounded into an inning-end- Porcello (4-1) extended the best start of his 6-0. Twice a bloop single dropped among ing double play in the first. career, giving up a solo homer to Billy Butler and three Los Angeles fielders to allow a run to a sacrifice fly to Eric Hosmer. The right-hander score. ROCKIES 10, METS 3 allowed four hits while striking out six without a Charlie Blackmon homered among his walk. Shields (3-3) yielded eight runs - seven BREWERS 2, REDS 0 three hits, Jorge De La Rosa pitched effec- earned - and 12 hits in 6 1-3 innings. It was his Wily Peralta doubled home two runs - tively for six innings and the Rockies beat worst outing since last September, when Shields the first RBIs of his career - and repeatedly the Mets for their sixth win in seven gave up 10 runs in another lousy start against escaped trouble during his eight innings, games. the Tigers. The Royals also lost All-Star catcher leading the Brewers to a victory over the Troy Tulowitzki added three hits and Salvador Perez when he fouled a pitch off his three RBIs, and Nolan Arenado extended Reds. shin in the seventh. The NL Central leaders improved the the majors’ longest hitting streak to 22 games with a single in the seventh. best record in the majors to 21-9 and ORIOLES 3, TWINS 0 opened a 71/2-game lead over Cincinnati. The flashy third baseman, whose streak is tied for the third-longest in Rockies his- Ubaldo Jimenez struck out a season-high 10 The Brewers are 12-3 on the road. over 7 1-3 innings for his first win with Baltimore, Peralta (4-1) made his fifth quality start tory, also made an eye-catching stop of Chris Young’s sharply hit grounder down and Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer to pad the of the season, holding the Reds to three the line in the eighth, finishing the play lead against Minnesota. hits and a pair of walks while throwing 110 with an off-balance throw across the dia- Jimenez (1-4) allowed only three hits while pitches. Francisco Rodriguez retired the mond. De La Rosa (3-3) allowed three runs taking a significant step forward from five rough three batters he faced for his 14th save in and eight hits, including a two-run homer starts to begin his $50 million, four-year contract as many chances. by Curtis Granderson in the sixth inning. with the Orioles. Tommy Hunter got his eighth BOSTON: Red Sox’s Dustin Pedroia drops his bat while watching the flight of his grand slam off Peralta doubled with two outs in the The left-hander struck out four and walked save in nine tries. Trevor Plouffe led off with a Oakland Athletics relief pitcher Ryan Cook during the sixth inning of a baseball game. —AP fifth off Mike Leake (2-3), who left his first three in winning his third straight since an double, but Hunter struck out the next two and pitch over the plate. Leake gave up seven 0-3 start. ended the game with a groundout. hits and fanned five as he went eight Ricky Nolasco (2-3) gave the Twins a complete MLB results/standings innings for the second time this season. INTERLEAGUE: game, giving up nine hits while striking out six. PIRATES 6, BLUE JAYS 5 Cruz also doubled in the fourth and scored on a NATIONALS 5, PHILLIES 3 Pedro Alvarez hit a tying two-run homer Chicago Cubs 6, St. Louis 5; Cleveland 12, Chicago White Sox 5; Tampa Bay 10, NY Yankees 5 (14 innings); Washington 5, double by Matt Wieters. Philadelphia 3; Pittsburgh 6, Toronto 5; Boston 7, Oakland 1; Milwaukee 2, Cincinnati 0; Miami 6, LA Dodgers 3; San Adam LaRoche’s tiebreaking single in off Sergio Santos in the ninth inning and Francisco 2, Atlanta 1; Detroit 8, Kansas City 2; Baltimore 3, Minnesota 0; Houston 5, Seattle 4 (11 innings); Colorado 10, the eighth inning helped the Nationals ral- Starling Marte following one out later with INDIANS 12, WHITE SOX 5 NY Mets 3; Texas 5, LA Angels 2; Arizona 2, San Diego 0. ly from an early deficit to beat the Phillies. a winning drive into the bullpen in left- Michael Brantley homered and drove in three American League National League Cliff Lee outpitched Stephen Strasburg, center, giving the Pirates a win over the runs, Carlos Santana also went deep and Eastern Division Eastern Division but the Phillies’ bullpen struggled again. Blue Jays. Santos (0-2) entered with a 5-3 Cleveland broke a six-game losing streak with a W L PCT GB Atlanta 17 11 .607 - Mike Adams (1-1) and Jake Diekman lead and allowed a leadoff single to Neil win over Chicago. The Indians’ struggling Baltimore 15 12 .556 - Washington 17 12 .586 0.5 allowed three runs and five hits in an Walker. He struck out Andrew McCutchen, offense, which scored 13 runs on an 0-6 road trip, NY Yankees 15 13 .536 0.5 NY Mets 15 13 .536 2 and Alvarez followed with his seventh Boston 14 16 .467 2.5 inning. finally broke loose. Brantley hit a leadoff homer Miami 15 14 .517 2.5 homer this season. Pinch-hitter Ike Davis Tampa Bay 14 16 .467 2.5 Benches and bullpens emptied in the in the fifth and added a two-run single in the Philadelphia 13 14 .481 3.5 flied out, and Marte hit the first game-end- Toronto 13 16 .448 3 Central Division fifth after Denard Span exchanged words sixth. Santana hit a solo homer in the second and Central Division ing homer of his big league career. Milwaukee 21 9 .700 - with Lee. Span was upset that Lee threw an Detroit 15 9 .625 - had an RBI single in a five-run first. Ryan Raburn St. Louis 15 15 .500 6 inside fastball as he called time-out. After Mark Melancon (1-1) pitched a hitless Kansas City 14 14 .500 3 ninth for the win. After saving his first four and Yan Gomes each drove in two runs. Cincinnati 13 16 .448 7.5 he grounded out, Span stopped between Danny Salazar (1-3) was charged with five Chicago White Sox 14 16 .467 4 the plate and the mound on his way back save chances this season, Santos has Minnesota 12 15 .444 4.5 Pittsburgh 11 18 .379 9.5 runs, three earned, in five innings and earned his to the dugout and said something to Lee. blown three of his last four for the Blue Cleveland 12 17 .414 5.5 Chicago Cubs 10 17 .370 9.5 first win of the season. Jose Abreu hit his major Western Division Players ran on the field, but nothing hap- Jays, who have lost seven of their last nine Western Division games. McCutchen had three hits for league-leading 11th homer but the White Sox Oakland 18 11 .621 - San Francisco 18 11 .621 - pened. Colorado 18 13 .581 1 Lee allowed two runs - one earned - and Pittsburgh, which outhit the Blue Jays 17- couldn’t overcome a shaky start by John Danks Texas 16 13 .552 2 LA Angels 14 14 .500 3.5 LA Dodgers 17 13 .567 1.5 four hits, striking out five in seven innings. 10. The Pirates won for just the third time (2-2), who allowed eight runs in five innings. in 13 games and the fifth time in their last Chicago has lost seven straight at Progressive Seattle 12 15 .444 5 San Diego 13 17 .433 5.5 Jerry Blevins (2-0) retired the two batters Houston 10 19 .345 8 Arizona 10 22 .313 9.5 he faced in the seventh to earn the win. 20. —AP Field. P16_Layout 1 5/3/14 10:44 PM Page 1

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 SPORTS Playoff drama sets up Heat for three-peat

NEW YORK: As much as the rest of us are savoring surely taken stock of what’s going on in the rest of Miami, having won all four of their meetings during record in the league this season. these NBA playoffs, with all the buzzer beaters and the playoffs. the regular season - three of them by a single point. Right behind the Spurs were Oklahoma City and Game 7s and overtime drama, the view is even better Start with Indiana, a team that fought hard for Just the sort of gutsy group that could present a seri- the Los Angeles Clippers, both of which also won for LeBron James and his teammates. The Miami Heat home-court advantage with an eye on getting pay- ous challenge to LeBron & Co. more games than anyone in the East. But the depth are looking at a clear path to a three-peat. back against the Heat after losing to them in a seven- The Nets beat the Raptors 97-83 to even that of quality in the West will likely be its undoing before Let’s face it: There’s no one in the East that comes game conference final a year ago. The way things are series 3-3, but the old-timers will have to win the the championship series. San Antonio and all its close to matching up with the two-time defending going for the Pacers, they’ll be fortunate to make it decisive game on the road Sunday to get a shot at aging stars are heading to Game 7 against eighth- champs in a seven-game series. Top-seeded Indiana that far, despite finishing two games ahead of Miami the Heat in the next round. If Toronto advances, the seeded Dallas after a 113-111 loss Friday night. finds itself mired in a titanic struggle with the six- during the regular season. Heat should breeze through to the conference finals; OKC has been forced to overtime four times by games-under-.500 Atlanta Hawks as that series heads Sure, Indiana survived Game 6 in Atlanta, closing their last loss to the Raptors was sometime around Memphis and faces a deciding contest on Saturday - to a deciding game Saturday, while the Brooklyn with a 16-4 run to pull out a series-tying 95-88 victo- the time when real raptors roamed the Earth (OK, not though the Grizzlies will be without suspended for- Nets will need to win a Game 7 on the road after ry, but the Pacers are no lock to wrap things up on quite that long, but Miami has won 15 straight ward Zach Randolph in the series finale. The Clippers staying alive against the Toronto Raptors with a vic- their home court, having lost there already not once, against Toronto, 14 of those since assembling the Big are going the distance against Golden State, though tory Friday night. but twice in the series. The Pacers may play at a field- Three of James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade). it’s certainly tempting to root for LA’s other team now With all those superb teams out West, well, by the house named after an insurance company, but you The other remaining team in the East is that racist owner Donald Sterling has been banished time the carnage is done on that side of the bracket, wouldn’t want to buy a policy from this bunch, not Washington, which knocked off Chicago in a five- from the league. it’ll be a wonder if anyone has the strength to put up with their questionable toughness and enormous game series and beat Miami two out of three times All of which provides some compelling story lines much of a fight against mighty Miami. So, enjoy this problems matching up with a team that likes to run during the regular season. The playoffs are a different at the moment, but just makes things that much eas- while you can. and spread the court. Even if they beat Atlanta, we animal, or course, and the on-the-rise Wizards aren’t ier for the Heat down the road. There’s not going to be nearly as much suspense can go ahead and scratch the Pacers off the list of quite ready yet to match up with a team of the Heat’s “I believe this is a great direction we’re going in after the calendar flips to June. For now, Miami is potential challengers. caliber when it really matters. right now,” James told reporters after the Heat’s resting up for the conference semifinals after blow- Brooklyn was the only other team in the mediocre The Western Conference, of course, has plenty sweep of the Bobcats. “In four games, we played ing out Charlotte in four straight games - by far the East that could possibly present any hassles for the of teams that stack up favorably with the Heat championship-level basketball and we got tested ... most ho-hum of the opening-round series. The Heat Heat. The Nets have two grizzled veterans from when judged simply on a head-to-head basis. and the way we responded was a championship-type are saying all the right things, insisting there’s noth- Boston’s last championship team (Paul Pierce and Top-seeded San Antonio should’ve beaten Miami attitude.” Just the right attitude for this bunch. Go ing on their minds except the next game, but they’ve Kevin Garnett) and a definite sense of how to beat in the 2013 NBA Finals and put up the best ahead and give ‘em the three-peat.—AP Marquez storms to Spanish pole

SPAIN: Reigning world champion Marc think here everything will be tighter and Marquez continued his MotoGP domina- we will need to really push ourselves. It will tion yesterday at Jerez to secure his fourth be a great race.” straight pole in track record time for today’s Despite losing out on pole and another Spanish Grand Prix. record to Marquez, Lorenzo was also happy The Spaniard’s time of 1min 38.120sec to be moving in the right direction after a broke compatriot Jorge Lorenzo’s previous difficult start to the season which saw him record from 2008 by 0.069 of a second and have to retire from the season opener in doing so relegated the Yamaha star to Qatar and finish down in 10th in the Grand second place on the grid. Prix of the Americas in Austin last month. Marquez has a commanding lead in the “I am happy, we managed to register championship standings having won all some good times and I am comfortable on three races so far this season in Qatar, the the bike. “Second place is good for tomor- United States and Argentina. row because we are more or less where we And the 21-year-old thanked his team were in Argentina and possibly even a bit for a new strategy using three different sets better. “Being on the first row is ideal for of tyres for helping him keep his run going. what will be a very long and physically “We used a new strategy and on the last demanding race.” Last year’s winner in run the tyres worked very well,” he said. “We Jerez, Dani Pedrosa, was back in third and are performing at a good level and we are admitted that his Honda teammate prepared to fight for the win, although I Marquez was too good. “Being on the first row is always impor- tant. We tried to do our best in qualifying, but Marc is always very quick over one lap.” Six-time world champion Valentino Rossi leads the second row of the grid in fourth ahead of Spaniard Aleix Espargaro and fel- low Italian Andrea Dovizioso. Finland’s Miko Kallio took pole in the Moto2 category ahead of Sandro Cortese DALLAS: San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili (20), of Argentina, loses control of the ball as Dallas Mavericks’ DeJuan Blair (45) defends in the sec- and Luis Salom. Kallio lies second in the ond half of Game 6 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series. —AP championship standings, 28 points off leader Esteve Rabat, but will have a great chance to cut that gap as the Spaniard Mavericks force Game Seven could only qualify in sixth. Another Spaniard Maverick Vinales, who won the second race of the season in the DALLAS: Monta Ellis scored 12 of his 29 points to NETS 97, RAPTORS 83 TRAIL BLAZERS 99, ROCKETS 98 United States and lies just behind Kallio in lead a fourth-quarter comeback, Dirk Nowitzki Deron Williams scored 23 points, shaking off a Damian Lillard hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer and the standings, also struggled and will start added 22 and the Dallas Mavericks forced a sev- second-half injury, and the Brooklyn Nets forced a the Portland Trail Blazers stunned the Houston from eighth. enth game in their first-round series with top-seed- seventh game in their first-round series by beating Rockets 99-98 to take their playoff series in six Moto3 world championship leader Jack ed San Antonio, beating the Spurs 113-111 on the Toronto Raptors. games and advance to the Western Conference Miller will also lead from the front on Friday night. Despite appearing to hurt his left foot or ankle semifinals for the first time in 14 years. Sunday after claiming pole. The Australian The eighth-seeded Mavericks bounced back early in the third quarter, Williams dominated his In the raucous postgame celebration, Lillard finished over half a second ahead of Italy’s from consecutive losses by handing the Spurs their matchup with Kyle Lowry and helped the Nets put took the public address microphone and shouted “Rip City!” Portland, making its first playoff appear- Niccolo Antonelli and Spaniard Alex Rins in first road defeat when leading after three quarters it away with a 3-pointer with 1:13 left that made it ance since 2011, had been eliminated in the first a time of 1min 46.173sec to claim just his this season. Tony Parker scored 22 to lead the heav- 92-79. Game 7 is Sunday in Toronto, with the win- round in its last six trips, and hadn’t advanced to third ever career pole. Having won in Doha ily favored Spurs, who are stuck in a tossup series ner advancing to face the defending champion and Austin in the opening two races of the the second round since 2000. after they won all four games against Dallas during Miami Heat. It became the fourth first-round series season, Miller, riding a KTM, was only third Dwight Howard’s layup and foul shot put the in Argentina last time out as Romano the regular season. San Antonio took a nine-game ticketed for a do-or-die game in these playoffs. Rockets up 96-94 before Nicolas Batum’s fadeaway Fenati moved into second place in the winning streak against the Texas rival into the sixth DeMar DeRozan scored 28 for the Raptors, who jumper tied it again with 39.9 seconds left. overall standings. However, he will be con- postseason meeting between the teams. The sec- will have to go the distance if they are to win a sev- Chandler Parsons scored on a reverse layup with fident of extending his 17-point lead as ond Game 7 between these teams is today in San en-game series for the first time in franchise histo- 0.9 seconds left to give Houston the lead before Antonio. The Mavericks won the other one there in ry. They haven’t won any postseason series since Lillard won it. Portland will face the winner of the SPAIN: Marc Marquez from Spain and Fenati qualified down in 10th and Efren 2006. 2001. series between San Antonio and Dallas.—AP Honda Repsol races during the qualify- Vazquez, currently third in the title race, ing for the Spain MotoGP at the Jerez also starts on the third row of the grid in race track. —AP seventh.—AFP Waratahs beat Hurricanes

SYDNEY: Much-traveled winger Matt Fullback Andre Taylor cut open the Carraro scored his first try in Super Rugby Waratahs’ defense for the second try, link- to break a 24-24 halftime deadlock and ing with scrumhalf TJ Perenara who was put the New South Wales Waratahs on the pulled down just short of the line. The path to a 39-30 win over the Wellington- Waratahs regained possession but, in try- based Hurricanes in Super Rugby yester- ing to move the ball behind their own day. goalline, spilled a pass between Israel The 29-year-old Carraro scored the Folau and Wycliff Palu, allowing Barrett to Ooredoo and PSG kick off decisive try in his first Super Rugby start pounce for the try. since 2008, allowing the Waratahs to post In a match of stark momentum shifts, coaching program academy their sixth win of the season and their the Waratahs then went on the offensive, eighth-straight win at home. scoring tries through captain Dave Dennis DOHA: Ooredoo and Paris Saint- nity coaching programme in partner- football sponsorships and pro- football. Specifically, Ooredoo is spon- The Waratahs and Hurricanes engaged and Foley, who converted both tries and Germain have kicked off their global ship with Paris Saint-Germain will help grammes, along with Paris Saint- soring the Algerian national football in an extraordinary points-scoring duel in kicked a penalty to level the scores at community football coaching program develop the football stars of tomorrow, Germain’s dedication to reaching out team, and 10 of Tunisia’s top football the first half, matching each other with halftime. Waratahs flanker Mike Hooper, at a major event held in Qatar last in Qatar and across our footprint. to new Paris Saint-Germain fans in mar- teams; and serves as the official partner three tries, three conversions and a penal- named man of the match, made a crucial, week. Ooredoo, and the powerhouse With half of our customers under kets where youth enjoy football. of the Myanmar Football Federation. ty apiece to leave the game in the balance try-saving tackle on Perenara in the 42nd French football club that it sponsors, 25, this programme will empower and As Ooredoo continues to roll out its As part of Ooredoo’s Summer of at halftime. minute to prevent a Hurricanes resur- are joining forces to support the Paris unite youth through the shared love of brand across its markets throughout Sport, customers across the Ooredoo Defenses became more miserly in the gence and Carraro’s try gave the home Saint-Germain Academy by Ooredoo, football. Paris Saint-Germain is a world- 2014, the company is dedicated to cre- footprint can look forward to a variety which is run by Evolution Sports renowned brand similarly dedicated to ating new opportunities for young of exciting offers and promotions for second half and Carraro’s maiden try, fol- side a lead they retained until fulltime. Academy. This is an innovative commu- developing communities, and will pro- people and supporting professional international sporting events. lowed by another from Stephen Hoiles, The winger first played for the nity coaching programme that creates vide sporting excellence to youth finally split the teams. Waratahs in 2008, then joined England life opportunities for youth across across our markets.” The Waratahs opened the scoring after club Bath and French side Montpelier Ooredoo’s footprint in the Middle East, During the event in Qatar, Paris only two minutes with a try by winger before rejoining New South Wales this North Africa, and South East Asia. As Saint-Germain’s top coaches Sacha Rob Horne from a sweeping movement season. part of Ooredoo’s Summer of Sport, Lizambard and Benjamin Houri taught down the left touch. Bernard Foley’s con- His try restored the Waratahs’ momen- which supports a wide range of excit- football-related skills to more than 200 version - the first of his six successful tum and Hoiles’ in the 65th minute made ing global sporting events, the com- children. Coaches also led educational shots at goal - gave the home team a 7-0 the win secure. Foley’s second penalty five munity coaching program recently sessions on topics such as injury man- lead and carried the flyhalf past 100 minutes from fulltime extended the gap launched in Qatar’s capital of Doha at agement, and match preparation. points for the season. between the teams to nine points and Doha College. In the coming months Ooredoo will The Hurricanes then stunned the denied the Hurricanes even a consolation With Qatar set to host a series of roll out the Paris Saint-Germain Waratahs with three tries in 13 minutes to bonus point. high-profile international sporting Academy program across its footprint, seize a 24-7 lead. Prop Jeffery Toomaga- “It’s a tough one to take,” Hurricanes events in the coming years, Ooredoo bringing this combination of football and Paris Saint-Germain launching the training and related skills to under- Allen first barged over from close range, captain Conrad Smith said. “We did well community coaching program in the served communities and supporting then the Hurricanes twice ran back kick- with our opportunities in the first half but country further enhances Qatar’s status youth in these communities. offs for tries - the first to flyhalf Beauden we just missed a couple in that second as a global sporting capital. The community coaching pro- Barrett and the next to winger Julian half. “They attacked very well and scored Dr. Nasser Marafih, Group CEO, gramme will run through 2014, and Savea. points and we just couldn’t keep up.”—AP Ooredoo, said: “Kicking off our commu- complements Ooredoo’s wide range of SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 SPORTS

Gay banned for one year, Photo of the day returns Olympic medal RALEIGH: Former world double sprint cham- against doping and will continue to invest sub- pion Tyson Gay has been suspended for one stantial resources to ensure that the United year after testing positive in 2013 for a banned States is and remains a world leader in anti- anabolic steroid, the US Anti-Doping Agency doping efforts.” (USADA) said on Friday. Gay has also returned The IOC will determine whether other the silver medal he won with the US 4x100 members of the US relay team will be allowed metres relay team at the 2012 London to keep their medals. The committee has Olympics but will be eligible to return to com- offered varying opinions in past cases. petition as early as next month after admitting Whether the United States record the team his offence and co-operating with investiga- of Trell Kimmons, Justin Gatlin, Gay and Ryan tors. Bailey set in finishing second to Jamaican in “We are thankful he decided to come in the 4x100 relay stands also will be determined and be truthful in his cooperation with us,” by the finalization of results from the race, USADA chief executive Travis Tygart told USATF spokeswoman Jill Geer said. The gov- Reuters. erning body expressed disappointment that “With the loss of results since 2012, includ- one of its biggest names had tested positive. ing an Olympic medal, he has suffered serious “USA Track & Field is gravely disappointed consequences, but by cooperating he has tried any time an athlete uses performance-enhanc- to help the sport move forward for the good of ing drugs, and Tyson Gay’s case serves as a les- clean athletes.” As part of the suspension he son about the consequences of making poor accepted, Gay, the joint second fastest man in decisions,” USATF chief executive Max Siegel history, was disqualified from all competitive said in a statement. results since July 15, 2012, the date he first “We appreciate that Tyson accepted used a product that contained a prohibited responsibility and has assisted USADA by pro- steroid. viding information to help battle the use of The start of his ban was backdated to June PEDs. We thank USADA for their vigilant work 23, 2013, the day his doping sample was col- on this case and for their leadership in the pur- lected at the USA Outdoor Track & Field suit of clean sport.” A spokesman for Gay said Championships and when he voluntarily his client was unlikely to make any public com- stopped competing after being notified of his ments on the case for several days. positive test. His first race back is planned for July, ANOTHER BIG BAN Reuters has learned. The American 100 metres Gay’s suspension follows hot on the heels record holder had tearfully admitted last July of another ban to a big-name sprinter. Adam Malysz performs during the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in the United Arab Emirates.— www.redbull.com he had failed an out-of-competition doping Jamaican former world record holder Asafa test, saying “I basically put my trust in some- Powell was slapped with an 18 month suspen- one and I was let down.” sion by Jamaican officials in April after a posi- tive test for the banned stimulant oxilophrine. MISTAKE He is appealing the ban. “I don’t have a sabotage story. I don’t have Only Jamaican world record holder Usain lies,” Gay, who had previously spoken out Bolt has a faster 100 metres time than Gay, Rose surges ahead against doping, said in a 2013 interview, whose 2009 clocking of 9.69 seconds was later adding he had never knowingly taken a per- equalled by Jamaican Olympic silver medallist formance-enhancing drug. “I made a mistake.” Yohan Blake in 2012. The 31-year-old could have been suspend- Soft-spoken and humble, Gay had seemed ed for two years for his first doping offence but destined in 2007 to becoming the world’s at Quail Hollow received a reduction because of his substantial great sprinters, winning gold medals in the assistance, USADA said. 100 and 200 metres and 4x100 metres relay at The circumstances of his case is still under the Osaka world championships. But injuries CHARLOTTE: Justin Rose’s hopes of repeating as investigation and could produce additional and the emergence of Bolt shattered those US Open champion next month got a timely suspensions, track and field sources said. The dreams as the lanky Jamaican dashed to world boost as he moved within a stroke of the lead in ban is also subject to appeal by the records and Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing the Wells Fargo Championship second round on International Association of Athletics Games. Friday. The Englishman, who spent the first part Federation and the World Anti-Doping Agency. Bolt later lower both records to 9.58 sec- of the year recovering from tendinitis in his right The United States Olympic Committee onds for the 100 and 19.19 for the longer shoulder, had a chip-in eagle from 70 feet on his (USOC) confirmed it had received the medal sprint and repeated as the Olympic gold way to a five-under-par 67 on a cool morning at Gay won at the London Olympics and would medallist in London in 2012. Gay appeared Quail Hollow. “Obviously you can never win it on be forwarding it to the International Olympic ready for another run at Bolt at the 2013 world Thursday and Friday, you can only lose it, so two Committee (IOC). “We were extremely disap- championships with eye-catching times at the solid days put me in good position for the week- pointed to learn that Tyson Gay committed a US trials. But his admission to the failed doping end,” Rose, who will defend his US Open title at doping offense,” USOC spokesman USOC test ended that opportunity as Gay withdrew nearby Pinehurst No. 2 next month, told spokesman Patrick Sandusky said in an email. from the championships and ended his 2013 reporters. “The USOC remains committed to the fight season.—Reuters Rose was in third place at eight-under 136 at the halfway mark, while Argentina’s Angel Cabrera (69) and American Martin Flores (68) set the pace at nine under. Atletico’s rise helps “Those chip-in eagles, they get you going,” Rose said, referring to his successful effort at the par-five 15th.”I did everything well in spells Azerbaijan’s image today (and) finished with a nice putt for par at the last hole, which made the day feel incredibly GENEVA: Atletico Madrid’s stunning run to headquarters. positive.” the Champions League final also signaled Though hosting low-key youth tourna- World number 10 Rose has not won since the arrival of another new player on ments are partly investments in goodwill notching his first major title at Merion last June, European soccer’s biggest stages. with FIFA and UEFA, the Atletico shirt deal and is still playing his way back into form after Atletico’s players will walk out to face signed midway through last season has being hampered by a shoulder injury that kept Real Madrid - and an expected global tele- paid off spectacularly. him sidelined for the first six weeks this year. vision audience of 175 million - with An initial 18-month deal, worth a report- “I’ve had a lot of stop-starts this year and I CHARLOTTE: Justin Rose, of England, watches his tee shot on the 14th hole during the second “Azerbaijan Land of Fire” on their shirts in ed $16.6 million, has been renewed for a just felt like I needed to get toned and sharp, round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament. —AP Lisbon on May 24. further season. That means league-leading and that’s beginning to show up,” said Rose. “It For Azerbaijan, that’s a jackpot payoff Atletico could soon be parading would be nice to go back (to the US Open) with for that reason it probably fits my game well and yesterday to today,”said British Open champion for a sponsorship deal that’s part of a wide- Azerbaijan’s historic slogan as Spanish and the confidence of having just won a tourna- that’s why I play well here. “I think I hit it better Mickelson, who had 34 putts. ranging effort by the oil- and gas-rich for- European champion in the Champions ment.” today than yesterday. I’ve been working really “Yesterday I saw every ball go in the hole and mer Soviet Union republic to become more League, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club hard to have weeks like this and I’m going to today I couldn’t get them to fall, which is funny visible to global soccer audiences. World Cup, played in Morocco in IN THE HUNT keep working and more weeks like this will because the greens were so perfect.” Expect to see a lot more of it at future December. First round leader Cabrera used his ample come.” Northern Irishman McIlroy dropped five shots UEFA matches. From Sept. 7, the name Atletico’s 3-1 win at Chelsea on length off the tee to stay in the hunt for his first Co-leader Flores, who has not won on tour, in the first four holes and in the end did well to SOCAR (State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Wednesday capped an important week for victory in a regular PGA Tour event. made an eagle when he holed out from 105 make the cut on the number. Republic) will feature on pitch-side adver- Azerbaijan’s sports image, following its Both of his official tour wins have come in yards at the par-four 11th hole. “At least I made it through to the weekend,” tising at most 2016 European Euro 2020 bid and the announcement that majors, at the 2007 U.S. Open and 2009 Masters. It was not a good day for the two biggest said the 2010 champion, who also made the cut Championship and 2018 World Cup quali- Baku will stage a Formula One race next “I was hoping to have a round below par today names in the field as Phil Mickelson shot 75 to with nothing to spare when he won four years fiers in Europe. Its brand will also appear at year. and ended up having a great round,” said fall seven strokes back while Rory McIlroy carded ago. Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge shot the all 51 Euro 2016 matches in France after Baku is also hosting the inaugural Cabrera, whose best result in a non-major on the a 76, his worst ever score here, to plunge 10 best round of the day, a 10-under 62 that was an signing up as a top-tier sponsor with UEFA. European Games in 2015, using a new PGA Tour was a third placing here in 2010. shots behind. Both putted poorly. 18-stroke improvement over his opening And Azerbaijan’s top aim could be Olympic Stadium the country hopes will “It’s a course that lets me hit driver a lot and “I can’t believe the difference in putting from round.—Reuters achieved on Sept. 19 if UEFA chooses Baku one day stage the Summer Games. The among 13 host cities for Euro 2020. “We national Olympic body, led by President think that will be the biggest target we can Aliyev, has twice been rejected by the IOC achieve for now,” Elkhan Mammadov, gen- as a candidate. Hornish back with JGR eral secretary of the Association of Football “Slowly, we can become a sports hub in Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA) said in a Europe. (The European Games) shows that telephone interview Friday. Europe is also trusting us,” said soccer offi- TALLADEGA: Finally, after spending when I sat down with Mr. Gibbs and his final race for Penske. The team won four,” he said. “You are kind of Like Qatar before it, greater exposure for cial Mammadov, a member of FIFA’s social the first three months of the season J.D., it was like, I don’t know if they owner had decided not to re-sign greedy by nature, you always want a Azerbaijan from spending sovereign responsibility panel. on the sidelines, Sam Hornish Jr. is get- could read my mind and told me Hornish, partly because of a lack of little more. If we were to have went wealth to project a softer image through The sports world’s faith in Azerbaijan is ting back in a car. everything I wanted to hear, but they sponsorship and partly because the out as champions, it would have prob- soccer will also bring more scrutiny. The not shared by activists alleging restrictions His seven-race Nationwide Series said everything I wanted them to say organization felt it was time for ably been a little bit easier to deal country of 9.5 million people nestling next on free speech and elections, plus corrup- deal with Joe Gibbs Racing starts to me. I knew in my heart I wanted to Hornish to return to the Sprint Cup with. “But I feel like a lot of that’s in the to the Caspian Sea, bordering Russia and tion levels that are among the worst in Saturday at Talladega Superspeedway, do it.” Series. Losing the championship has past, and I remember all the things Iran, has long been criticized by human Europe, according to Transparency where Hornish will drive the No. 54 Hornish will start on the pole stuck with Hornish. that Roger did for me and I remember rights and anti-censorship groups. International. Toyota typically piloted by Kyle Busch. Saturday after leading a JGR sweep in “A lot of people ask me how long doing my best to live up to the things The long-term soccer project in Mammadov pointed to financial and That’s right: After falling just qualifying. NASCAR used its knockout does it take to get over that. As a race he expected for me. We both could Azerbaijan was requested by President political stability, suggesting: “I don’t see three points short of winning last format at a restrictor-plate track for car driver, you never get over it have done things better along the Ilham Aliyev, who succeeded his father in any reasons for some of the people to con- year’s Nationwide championship, the first time this season - the session because whether you never win one way, but we both did some pretty 2003 and later abolished term limits. sider us as a negative.” Hornish was rewarded with a seven- was rained out at Daytona in February or you win three, well, you could have good things as a group together.”—AP “Football is important in the country Azerbaijan has such standing in soccer race deal. But Hornish isn’t complain- - and all 12 cars in the final round wait- and is supported by the government and that FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s first pub- ing. He insisted the JGR offer was the ed until just about 3 minutes by the president himself,” Mammadov said. lic duty on being re-elected in 2011 was best one for him, and the only one remained to head out onto the track. “The president signed a decree order for going to Baku with UEFA President Michel that gave him both a chance to win Hornish used a fast lap to best Elliott the development of Azerbaijan football Platini. They laid foundation stones at the races and potentially expand his role. Sadler and Darrell Wallace Jr. in the between 2005 and 2015 which covers stadium. It already has in some respects - JGR sweep. The way Hornish sees it, he development of the infrastructure, and The country has yet to find much suc- Hornish was the emergency replace- did a limited Nationwide schedule for youth and women’s football.” cess on the pitch, though, although its ment driver for Denny Hamlin at Penske in 2011, when he had 13 starts The strategy delivered a first FIFA tour- national team can perhaps also target Euro California in March when Hamlin was and scored his first series victory. He nament, the Under-17 Women’s World Cup, 2020 as a competitor, with the new Nations not medically cleared to race. More turned that season into another full- in 2012. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira were League offering possible qualification important to Hornish was the lure of time ride with Team Penske. Now, he brought to Baku to perform at the opening through the Division Four playoffs. It plays working for Joe Gibbs after 10 years hopes another door could open the and closing ceremonies, respectively. the World Cup-bound United States in a with Roger Penske. He was sold on the same way it did at Penske. Azerbaijan will also host the European friendly in San Francisco three days after limited schedule after speaking to “Seven races may not be where I Under-17 Championship for UEFA in 2016. the Champions League final, and its Gibbs and team President JD Gibbs. want to be at, but I was in the same The main sponsor is SOCAR, whose presi- German coach Berti Vogts is then set to “When you talk about Joe Gibbs kind of situation a couple of years ago dent Rovnag Abdullayev also leads the soc- help US counterpart Jurgen Klinsmann Racing after being at Penske for so and I parlayed that into almost win- cer body and is a lawmaker in Aliyev’s gov- with his preparations for Brazil. long, Coach is exactly the kind of per- ning the championship,” Hornish said. ernment. Azerbaijan is still trying to get a club son you want to align yourself with Hornish battled Austin Dillon all Announcing the wide-ranging SOCAR team into the Champions League, with Baki when you are used to having those last season and the Nationwide title deal one year ago, UEFA marketing director and Neftci having previously been elimi- kind of expectations of people that was up for grabs headed into the Guy-Laurent Epstein pointed to the compa- nated in the qualifying rounds. Neftci did you are around,” Hornish said in an November finale at Homestead-Miami ny’s “aim to become a global energy com- play in the Europa League group stage last interview with The Associated Press. Speedway. But a lengthy late caution pany.” season and held Inter Milan to a 2-2 draw “I had some other offers, not to say hampered Hornish’s shot and he SOCAR’s retail operations include at San Siro. “At least to compete in the they wouldn’t be good or they weren’t couldn’t overcome his points deficit. TALLADEGA: Sam Hornish Jr. (right) speaks with Darrell Wallace Jr., dozens of petrol stations in Switzerland, Champions League group stages - I would impressive, there were some really He wound up losing the title by after qualifying on pole for late yesterday’s Aaron’s 312 NASCAR including one in Nyon near UEFA’s lakeside say it is realistic,” Mammadov said.—AP good people I talked to,” he said. “But just three points in what he knew was Nationwide Series auto race. —AP SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 SPORTS Man United beaten as Sunderland eye safety

Man United 0

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MANCHESTER: Louis van Gaal was served a timely reminder of the size of the re-building LONDON: West Ham’s Andy Carroll (center) heads the ball under pressure from job facing the club’s next manager as Seb Tottenham’s Michael Dawson (right) during their English Premier League soccer Larsson’s first-half goal secured Sunderland a 1- match. —AP 0 victory at Old Trafford yesterday. The result rel- egated Cardiff and Fulham while drastically improving Sunderland’s survival chances and West Ham down Spurs leaving United with a mountain to climb if they are to finish sixth in the Premier League and sharply in the hosts’ favor. secure Europa League football next season. Kaboul was sent off for clipping the Defeat also handed caretaker Ryan Giggs a West Ham 2 heels of the fleeing Downing and although harsh lesson in the unpredictable world of man- Hugo Lloris tipped over Andy Carroll’s agement and suggested his predecessor David thunderous subsequent free-kick, West Moyes may not have been solely to blame for Ham took the lead from the corner that the club’s painfully obvious current flaws. Tottenham 0 ensued. Carroll leapt to meet Downing’s The result also meant United, who are cross at the back post with a downward expected to appoint van Gaal as their new boss header and in attempting to head the ball next week, had lost seven home league games over the bar, Kane succeeded only in lifting in a season for the first time since the 1973/74 LONDON: West Ham United secured their it over Lloris and into the net. campaign, which ended with their relegation Premier League status after stemming a Spurs manager Sherwood responded by from the old First Division. run of four straight defeats with a 2-0 win introducing centre back Vlad Chiriches in OLD TRAFFORD: Scorer of the winning goal Sunderland’s Sebastian Larsson celebrates after his By contrast Gus Poyet’s Sunderland side con- team’s 1-0 win against Manchester United in their English Premier League soccer match. —AP at home to 10-man Tottenham Hotspur place of Kane, but still West Ham came for- tinued an extraordinary run which had brought yesterday. ward. Lloris had to make a fine low save to a draw at Manchester City and victory at the Sunderland penalty area. Giggs had seen enough and, after 66 min- The early dismissal of Spurs centre back touch a Matt Taylor drive around the post, Chelsea in recent weeks after Larsson volleyed Carrick’s right-wing curling cross after 16 utes, made the most audacious move yet of his Younes Kaboul gave West Ham control and but in the 44th minute West Ham doubled home on the half hour at Old Trafford. Victory minutes almost led to a goal but it was from brief tenure as United manager, bringing on they prevailed through a Harry Kane own their lead. left the north-east side three points above the Sunderland’s former United defender John Danny Welbeck and van Persie, making his first goal and a Stewart Downing free kick, his Downing’s 25-yard free-kick should have relegation zone with two games remaining. O’Shea who sliced a clearance just wide of his appearance since mid-March, in place of Young first goal for the club. Victory took West been blocked by the wall, but Adebayor Connor Wickham, the goalscoring hero of own net and the right-hand post. Juan Mata and Mata. Ham to 40 points ahead of their trip to and Paulinho inexplicably stepped apart, Sunderland’s charge to safety, set up the goal had a sight of goal on the stroke of half-time However, it was the visitors who should have Manchester City on the season’s final day allowing the ball to pass between them with strong play at the right-hand corner flag but his long shot was smothered easily by scored the next goal as Santiago Vergini swung and will relieve some of the pressure on and into the bottom right-hand corner. and a cross which beat Darren Fletcher on its Sunderland goalkeeper Vito Mannone. at Jozy Altidore’s cross and produced a shot manager Sam Allardyce, who has fallen out Carroll drilled a volley wide in first-half way to Larsson, who had slipped his marker Upon the restart, Lee Cattermole’s timely which struck the foot of the United post, with of favour with some of the club’s fans. injury time and it was only the astonishing Michael Carrick. clearance denied Javier Hernandez a clear scor- Jack Colback striking the rebound into the side- Spurs, meanwhile, are now in danger of reflexes of Lloris that kept the scoreline The Sunderland midfielder then produced a ing opportunity as he shaped to convert an Evra netting. being pipped to sixth place, which brings respectable in the second period. perfect 12-yard volley which flew past the div- cross with Nemanja Vidic powering a header Van Persie gave United fans brief hope with a with it a berth in next season’s Europa After five minutes, the France interna- ing David de Gea into the bottom left-hand cor- wide from the corner that followed. half-chance at the near post which he failed to League. tional produced an impressive double save, ner. Giggs introduced Adnan Januzaj in an effort get on target, Welbeck cut in for an 18-yard shot The defeat left Tim Sherwood’s men six parrying a spectacular overhead kick from It was a stunning development after the to add bolster United’s play in the final third of which cleared the bar and Hernandez shot dis- points above Manchester United, who have Mohamed Diame and then kicking the ball enthusiasm and support Giggs had enjoyed the pitch and the move brought about an appointingly over, unmarked from 12 yards, two games in hand and a vastly superior away from Kevin Nolan, before Taylor since taking over from sacked manager Moyes improvement with Wes Brown required to assist after being picked out by Evra’s cross. goal difference. steered the rebound wide. and winning his opening game 4-0 over Mannone after the keeper fumbled a Young cor- United were then almost caught on a classic Bidding for a third consecutive win, Moments later he came to Spurs’ rescue Norwich last week. ner. Another corner, this one from Januzaj him- counter-attack as Fabio Borini curled an impres- Spurs made an encouraging start at again, charging from his line to block with But with Wayne Rooney missing because of a self, also culminated in Phil Jones eventually sive attempt over de Gea but onto the crossbar, Upton Park, with Kane almost embar- his knee after Nolan had seized on a Carroll groin injury, and Robin van Persie on the bench, chipping to the far post, from where with Santiago Vergini hurrying his follow-up rassing West Ham goalkeeper Adrian knock-down. Lloris was then obliged to United were lacking a killer touch in and around Sunderland cleared. effort over the goal from the rebound.—AFP by charging down a clearance inside save at his near post from Taylor, before the first minute. Emmanuel Adebayor opposite number Adrian got in on the act then shot meekly at Adrian after being in stoppage time with a superb one-hand- teed up by Christian Eriksen, but in ed save to thwart marauding Spurs left Stoke end Fulham’s the 25th minute the momentum tilted back Danny Rose.—AFP top-flight stay LONDON: Fulham were relegated from Cardiff relegated, the Premier League as Stoke 4 goals from Peter Odemwingie, Marko Newcastle win Arnautovic, Oussama Assaidi and Jonathan Fulham 1 defending as Newcastle took the lead in the Walters saw them lose 18th minute. 4-1 at Stoke City yes- Newcastle 3 French midfielder Moussa Sissoko surged terday. beyond Cardiff full back Declan John before The London club were never in the game against a side floating an inviting cross to the far post, where whose safety was already assured and trailed 1-0 at the Ameobi was unmarked to head home his sec- break before tamely conceding three times in the second Cardiff 0 ond league goal of the season. Moments later half. the increasingly influential Sissoko tried his It meant that their 13-year tenure in the top flight came luck from 25 yards only to see a fierce right- to an end in sorry fashion, despite Kieran Richardson scor- footed shot deflect off Icelandic midfielder ing at 3-0. Fulham struggled to get going early on and the NEWCASTLE: Cardiff City were relegated from Aron Gunnarsson and cannon off the far post. BIRMINGHAM: Aston Villa’s Andreas Weimann celebrates scoring his side’s third goal, hosts came close to opening the scoring with just three the Premier League after just one season in the Zaha wasted two opportunities to equalise during their English Premier League match against Hull City. —AP minutes on the clock as Steven Nzonzi’s pull-back found top flight following a 3-0 defeat at Newcastle inside two minutes as his pace unsettled the Liverpool loanee Assaidi, who blazed over. yesterday. Magpies’ defence. Krul’s trailing right leg Assaidi’s inclusion in place of Peter Crouch allowed The Magpies’ victory, coupled with denied the former Crystal Palace winger in the Odemwingie to play further forward and the Nigerian went Sunderland’s win at Manchester United, sent Weimann calms 29th minute before a last-gasp tackle by the close with a shot after a Stoke break, before left-back Erik the south Wales club into the Championship France defender Mathieu Debuchy prevented Pieters shot wide from Glenn Whelan’s pass. The visitors on an afternoon when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s a second clear shot on goal. were struggling to create much in an attacking sense, but side spurned too many clear cut chances to Former Newcastle forward Craig Bellamy nerves at Villa briefly threatened when Lewis Holtby’s snapshot was keep their survival hopes alive. replaced the South Korean midfielder Kim Bo- deflected wide. Cardiff found themselves bottom of the Kyung at half-time as Solskjaer shuffled his Fulham were not helping themselves in defence either, Premier League table for the first time since offensive pack. Villa made two changes, with Matt Lowton and Ciaran Clark in for Leandro Bacuna and with Mahamadou Diarra giving the ball straight to Stephen January following a 4-0 defeat at Sunderland However, it was Campbell who flashed a Ireland on the edge of his own penalty area, but the Irish the previous weekend. Aston Villa 3 Karim El Ahmadi. For Hull, Maynor Figueroa cross-shot wide of the far post in the 54th midfielder saw his shot well saved by David Stockdale. And goals from Shola Ameobi, Loic Remy replaced Alex Bruce. minute as the home fans began to vent their The visitors were again indebted to Stockdale for foiling and Steven Taylor at St James’ Park sealed their Ashley Westwood put the hosts into a light- frustration at Pardew and United owner Mike Ireland minutes later and then he blocked a 20-yard effort fate with just one fixture remaining. Ashley. ning 58-second lead from the edge of the box Hull 1 from Assaidi. Newcastle’s first league win in seven A minority of Magpies’ supporters left their after a break down the left, only for Hull to level Fulham lacked urgency and manager Felix Magath took attempts was played out against a backdrop of seats after 69 minutes - the time designated by before the half hour when Jordan Bowery decisive action before half-time by replacing Holtby with fan unrest, but it slightly eased the pressure on members of the Newcastle United Supporters’ turned Liam Rosenior’s cross into his own goal. Ashkan Dejagah. under-fire manager Alan Pardew and guaran- Trust to walk out in protest at the St James’ Andreas Weimann headed in from close BIRMINGHAM: Aston Villa inflicted a 3-1 defeat It failed to help, and Stoke got the reward their efforts teed a top 10 finish for the Tyneside outfit. Park hierarchy - but many thousands more range in the 41st minute to put Villa back in on FA Cup finalists Hull at Villa Park yesterday to deserved on 39 minutes. Arnautovic’s persistence allowed Pardew made only one change to stayed on until the final whistle. charge, and the Austrian doubled up four min- give Paul Lambert’s side a massive boost in their him to cross for Ireland, whose shot was diverted onto the Newcastle’s starting line-up with Nigeria striker Kenwyne Jones replaced Campbell in the utes later with a bullet header after being set up fight to stay in the Premier League. bar by defender John Heitinga. Odemwingie reacted quick- Ameobi replacing midfielder Dan Gosling. 73rd minute and the former Sunderland player by Bowery on the left. After taking only one point from the last 18 est to bundle home the rebound for his fifth Stoke goal in Solskjaer made five changes with on-loan forced Krul into a fine save with his first touch. Weimann, who hadn’t scored in 12 matches, available, this was a hugely welcome turn 14 appearances since leaving Cardiff City in January. Manchester United midfielder Wilfred Zaha As Cardiff fought desperately to preserve took his tally for the season to six goals. This was around in Villa’s flagging fortunes, almost guar- restored to an attack-minded starting line-up. their Premier League status Remy almost pun- a welcome result coming after last weekend’s 4- Stoke might have gone further in front before the break anteeing their topflight survival for another sea- And Cardiff almost enjoyed the perfect start ished the visitors on the break but his weak 1 rout by Swansea it was Villa’s first win since as Arnautovic’s spectacular effort after cutting in from the son. following an indecisive punch clear by shot was blocked by Cardiff captain Steven their March 15 upset of Chelsea, Lambert’s men right was brilliantly saved by a diving Stockdale. They moved up to 38 points and can only be Newcastle’s Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul. Caulker. having lost five out of their last six outings. Stoke manager Mark Hughes left Fulham in 2011, citing relegated if third from bottom Norwich win Krul failed to deal with a sixth-minute Fabio French striker Remy, on loan from QPR, It was all the more important for them to a lack of ambition, and to the dismay of their large gather- their two remaining games against Chelsea and Da Silva cross but former Sunderland forward finally doubled Newcastle’s lead three minutes win this with their last two matches against ing of travelling fans, the visitors showed little sign of Arsenal and produce a major swing in goal dif- Frazier Campbell drove a right-footed shot from time following good work from Sissoko Manchester City and Tottenham. For Steve improvement in the second half. ference. Hull are one place behind Villa on 37 wide. and Cheick Tiote. He found himself free in the Bruce’s Hull, who face Arsenal in the FA Cup Instead it was Stoke who continued to press, with points and also look safe from Norwich, but Two saves inside a minute from Cardiff six-yard area to score a 14th league goal of the final on May 17, they have now failed to beat Nzonzi firing over following a free-flowing move involving their current poor form will not inspire confi- goalkeeper David Marshall preserved parity, season before substitute Taylor sealed victory Villa in the Premier league in the last seven Assaidi and Arnoutovic. dence ahead of their trip to Wembley. but the Bluebirds were guilty of dreadful in stoppage-time.—AFP attempts.—AFP Fulham’s fate was sealed nine minutes into the second period as Stoke were allowed to break with numbers. Fed by Assaidi, Odemwingie burst down the left and found Arnautovic, who hammered in his fifth goal for the Potters. Saints ensures eighth place finish Stoke continued to press, with Marc Muniesa pulling back for Assaidi, whose effort was again superbly saved by Lambert struck in bizarre fashion in the third Although defeat would have been a disap- lem, but was on the bench. Monk made one the wrong-footed Stockdale. minute of stoppage-time at the Liberty Stadium pointment for Swansea caretaker boss Garry change following last Saturday’s 4-1 win against Substitute Charlie Adam was the next to go close as he sliced wide from an Odemwingie pass, but Stoke did get a Swansea 0 when Swansea captain Ashley Williams’ Monk, the former Swans defender is still in line Aston Villa as Dutch international Dwight attempted clearance looped over home goal- to be made the Welsh club’s new permanent Tiendalli replaced Angel Rangel, out with a third goal on 73 minutes. keeper Michel Vorm and the ball went in off the manager having already overseen Swansea’s groin injury. Again it came on the break as Arnautovic’s cross pre- Saints substitute’s back. successful campaign to retain their top-flight Swansea went closest to scoring early on sented Assaidi with a well-deserved tap-in. Southampton 1 Victory took Southampton to a tally of 55 status after replacing the sacked Michael when Pablo Hernandez’s shot was well-saved Richardson pulled one back 10 minutes from time by points, six more than ninth-placed Newcastle, Laudrup in February. by Artur Boruc, before Wilfried Bony glanced a converting on the half-volley after Stoke failed to clear with just one league game remaining for both Southampton produced the few moments header wide. Dejagah’s cross. clubs. But even though Manchester United suf- of quality that illuminated an otherwise highly However, it was not long before the Saints But the goal mattered little as Stoke went down to the SWANSEA: England striker Rickie Lambert left it fered a 1-0 loss at home to Sunderland yester- forgettable clash in south Wales, with England started dominating territory and possession, other end and scored a fourth within two minutes, Walters late to score the only goal of the game as day, the seventh-placed faltering champions World Cup hopeful Luke Shaw repeatedly although their attacking play lacked a cutting finishing well after being put through by Adam. Southampton assured themselves of an eighth- could no longer be overhauled by the Saints threatening the home defence. edge, with a free-kick from Dejan Lovren nar- Sunderland’s 1-0 win at Manchester United left Fulham place finish in the Premier League this season given they are five points in front of Mauricio Lambert was left out of Southampton’s start- rowly clearing the bar and Sam Gallagher four points adrift of safety, ahead of their final game of the with a 1-0 win away to Swansea. Pochettino’s men. ing line-up following a buttock muscle prob- wastefully heading too high.—AFP season at home to Crystal Palace next weekend.—AFP SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 SPORTS

Soccer results/standings Bayern romp deepens

English Premier League result (Ainsworth 21, McManus 36) St Johnstone 1 (Mackay Aston Villa 3 (Westwood 1, Weimann 41, 45) Hull 1 27); St Mirren 1 (Wylde 79) Ross County 0. (Bowery 28-og); Manchester United 0 Sunderland 1 Playing today Hamburg’s drop fears (Larsson 30); Newcastle 3 (Ameobi 18, Remy 87, Hearts v Kilmarnock Taylor 90+1) Cardiff 0; Stoke 4 (Odemwingie 39, Scottish Football League results Arnautovic 54, Assaidi 73, Walters 82) Fulham 1 Championship BERLIN: Mario Goetze netted twice in Bayern (Richardson 80); Swansea 0 Southampton 1 (Lambert Cowdenbeath 1 Queen Of The South 1; Dundee 2 Munich’s 4-1 win at Hamburg yesterday which 90+3); West Ham 2 (Kane 27-og, Downing 44) Dumbarton 1; Falkirk 3 Alloa 1; Hamilton 10 (Ten) Tottenham 0; Everton 2 (Barkley 11, Lukaku 65) left the hosts facing a nerve-racking final week- Morton 2; Livingston 2 Raith 0. end where they could be relegated for the first Manchester City 3 (Aguero 22, Dzeko 43, 48) Division One Playing today Airdrie 2 Arbroath 0; Ayr 4 East Fife 1; Brechin 1 time. Arsenal v West Brom, Chelsea v Norwich Stenhousemuir 3; Dunfermline 1 Rangers 1; Stranraer As the only team in Germany’s top tier to Playing tomorrow 3 Forfar 1. have never been relegated, Hamburg’s 20th Crystal Palace v Liverpool Division Two defeat of the season left them third from bot- English Football League results Albion 1 Queen’s Park 0; Annan Athletic 2 Elgin City 0; tom on 27 points. Championship Berwick 1 Peterhead 2; East Stirling 1 Montrose 2; Barnsley 2 QPR 3; Blackburn 4 Wigan 3; Blackpool 0 That’s one point ahead of Nuremberg and Stirling 4 Clyde 1. two in front of Eintracht Braunschweig with Charlton 3; Bolton 2 Birmingham 2; Ipswich 2 Spanish League results Sheffield Wednesday 1; Leeds 1 Derby 1; Leicester 1 Barcelona 2 (Messi 23, Sanchez 67) Getafe 2 (Lafita those two sides occupying the automatic rele- Doncaster 0; Millwall 1 Bournemouth 0; Nottingham 37, 90+1); Malaga 0 Elche 1 (Rodrigues 11). gation places. Forest 1 Brighton 2; Reading 2 Burnley 2; Watford 1 Playing later The best former European champions Huddersfield 4; Yeovil 1 Middlesbrough 4. Osasuna v Celta Vigo, Valladolid v Espanyol Hamburg can now hope for is a two-legged rel- Division One Playing today Brentford 2 Stevenage 0; Crawley 1 Bristol City 1; egation play-off against the third-placed side in Almeria v Real Betis, Levante v Atletico Madrid, Crewe 2 Preston 1; Gillingham 1 Shrewsbury 1; Milton the second division to preserve their top-flight Sevilla v Villarreal, Real Madrid v Valencia. Keynes Dons 1 Leyton Orient 3; Oldham 1 Notts status. Playing tomorrow County 1; Peterborough 0 Port Vale 0; Sheffield Utd 2 Real Sociedad v Granada Bayern bounced back from Tuesday’s 4-0 Coventry 1; Swindon 1 Rotherham 2; Tranmere 1 German Bundesliga results defeat to Real Madrid in the Champions League Bradford 2; Walsall 0 Colchester 1; Wolves 3 Carlisle 0. semi-final, second-leg to return to winning Division Two Borussia Dortmund 3 (Grosskreutz 29, Mkhitaryan 31, Accrington 3 AFC Wimbledon 2; Bristol Rovers 0 Piszczek 34) Hoffenheim 2 (Roberto Firmino 5, Suele ways a fortnight before facing Borussia Mansfield 1; Cheltenham 2 Dagenham and 66); Bor. Moenchengladbach 3 (Stranzl 22, Kruse 54, Dortmund in the German Cup final on May 17. Redbridge 3; Chesterfield 2 Fleetwood 1; Hartlepool Kramer 77) Mainz 05 1 (Choup-Moting 66); VfB “It wasn’t easy after the Champions League 0 Exeter 2; Morecambe 0 Bury 0; Newport 2 Rochdale Stuttgart 1 (Gentner 62) VfL Wolfsburg 2 (de Bruyne defeat, but the win was important for us for the 1; Northampton 3 Oxford 1; Portsmouth 3 Plymouth 13, Olic 90+1); Werder Bremen 2 (Hunt 49, 90+1) cup final in Berlin,” said Bayern coach Pep Hertha Berlin 0; Nuremberg 0 Hanover 96 2 (Huszti 5, 3; Scunthorpe 2 York 2; Southend 1 Burton 0; Torquay Guardiola. 0 Wycombe 3. Schmiedebach 51); Freiburg 0 Schalke 04 2 (Ayhan Scottish Premier League results 13, Huntelaar 65); Hamburg 1 (Calhanoglu 70) Bayern “I wish Hamburg the best of luck and hope Celtic 5 (Brown 25, 44, Stokes 53, Commons 69, 87) Munich 4 (Goetze 32, 70, Mueller 55, Pizarro 75); they reach the play-offs. A club with their histo- Aberdeen 2 (McGinn 28, Logan 56); Hibernian 1 Eintracht Braunschweig 0 Augsburg 1 (Bobadilla ry belongs in the Bundesliga.” Bayern needed (Stanton 88) Partick 1 (Doolan 8); Inverness CT 1 90+4); Eintracht Frankfurt 0 Bayer Leverkusen 2 32 minutes to take the lead as Goetze squared (Christie 7) Dundee Utd 1 (El Alagui 71); Motherwell 2 (Castro 28, Can 36). to Arjen Robben and then tapped home the return pass to put the champions 1-0 up. GERMANY: Hamburg’s Michael Mancienne of England (right) and Bayern’s Arjen Robben of the English Premier League table after yesterday’s matches (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, They doubled their lead when Goetze was Netherlands (left) challenge for the ball during the German League soccer match. —AP points): left free to fire home Robben’s corner on 55 As the bottom three are separated by just shot from Niklas Suele to fly through his legs, Man City 36 25 5 6 96 37 80 Cheltenham 46 13 16 17 53 63 55 minutes, which went in off colleague Thomas two points, all that remains to be decided in made it 3-2 to the hosts with 66 minutes gone. Liverpool 36 25 5 6 96 46 80 Morecambe 46 13 15 18 52 64 54 Mueller. Chelsea 36 24 6 6 69 26 78 Hartlepool 46 14 11 21 50 56 53 next weekend’s final round of matches is which Ten-man Schalke 04 need just one more Arsenal 36 22 7 7 65 41 73 AFC 46 14 14 18 49 57 53 Goetze grabbed his second when he slotted two go down and who goes into the play-off. point to secure a direct Champions League Everton 37 20 9 8 59 39 69 Northampton 46 13 14 19 42 57 53 home Mueller’s pass after Robben’s shot was Poland striker Robert Lewandowski enjoyed place next season after their 2-0 win at Freiburg Tottenham 37 20 6 11 52 51 66 Wycombe 46 12 14 20 46 54 50 saved by Hamburg keeper Rene Adler. a 3-2 win against Hoffenheim in his final home kept them three points clear of Bayer Man Utd 36 18 6 12 60 41 60 Bristol Rovers 46 12 14 20 43 54 50 Hamburg pulled a goal back with 20 minutes match for second-placed Borussia Dortmund Leverkusen in third as Dutchman Klaas-Jan Southampton 37 15 10 12 53 45 55 — relegated left through Turkey midfielder Hakan Newcastle 37 15 4 18 42 57 49 Torquay 46 12 9 25 42 66 45 before joining Bayern next season. Huntelaar scored his 59th league goal for the Stoke 37 12 11 14 43 51 47 — relegated Calhanoglu before Claudio Pizarro grabbed Hoffenheim took the lead after just five min- Royal Blues in his 100th Bundesliga game. Crystal Palace 36 13 4 19 28 43 43 Note: AFC Wimbledon deducted 3 points for fielding Bayern’s fourth. utes when Brazilian forward Roberto Firmino Leverkusen kept their grip on fourth, and a West Ham 37 11 7 19 40 49 40 an ineligible player. Bayern defender Jerome Boateng was sent beat both Germany defender Mats Hummels Champions League play-off place, with a 2-0 Swansea 37 10 9 18 51 53 39 Scottish Premiership table off just before the final whistle for striking and Marcel Schmelzer to drill home his shot. win at Eintracht Frankfurt. But both Borussia Aston Villa 36 10 8 18 39 54 38 Celtic 36 30 5 1 96 21 95 Kerem Demirbay. The defeat means Hamburg Hull 36 10 7 19 37 48 37 — champions But Dortmund roared back with three goals Moenchengladbach and Wolfsburg can still West Brom 35 7 15 13 42 54 36 Aberdeen 36 19 8 9 50 36 65 cannot now finish outside the bottom three, in five minutes before the break. Germany claim the Bundesliga’s fourth Champions Sunderland 36 9 8 19 38 57 35 Motherwell 36 20 4 12 61 59 64 the same fate befalling Nuremberg after their winger Kevin Grosskreutz slotted in a 29th League place next season. Norwich 36 8 8 20 28 60 32 Dundee Utd 36 16 10 10 63 44 58 2-0 defeat at home to Hanover 96. minute shot, Henrikh Mkhitaryan headed home ‘Gladbach’s 3-1 win at home to Mainz keeps Fulham 37 9 4 24 38 83 31 Inverness CT 36 15 9 12 41 42 54 Bottom side Eintracht Braunschweig, who two minutes later and then Lukasz Piszczek hit them sixth, three points from fourth, while — relegated St Johnstone 36 15 7 14 45 37 52 lost 1-0 at home to Augsburg thanks to Raul Cardiff 37 7 9 21 31 72 30 St Mirren 36 10 8 18 38 56 38 their third after a mix up in the Hoffenheim Wolfsburg’s 2-1 win at VfB Stuttgart, thanks to — relegated Hibernian 36 8 11 17 31 49 35 Bobadilla’s 94th-minute goal, were already cer- defence from a free-kick. Ivica Olic’s late goal, also keeps them in the Note: Top four teams qualify for next season’s Partick 36 7 14 15 40 60 35 tain of finishing in the bottom three in their A bad mistake by Dortmund goalkeeper hunt for a Champions League spot, a point Champions League; fifth-place team qualifies for Ross County 36 9 7 20 40 60 34 first season back in Germany’s top flight. Roman Weidenfeller, who allowed a long-range below Leverkusen.—AFP Europa League; bottom three teams relegated to Kilmarnock 35 9 6 20 43 61 33 Championship. Hearts 35 9 7 19 37 60 19 English Football League tables — relegated Championship Note: Hearts deducted 15 points for entering adminis- Leicester 46 31 9 6 83 43 102 tration Champions Celtic 30 points clear — champions Scottish Football League tables Burnley 46 26 15 5 72 37 93 Championship — promoted Dundee 36 21 6 9 54 26 69 GLASGOW: Celtic look on course for the Northern Irishman capitalised on Adam Derby 46 25 10 11 84 52 85 — champions biggest ever winning margin in the top flight Matthews’ miss-placed pass to round keeper — play-offs Hamilton 36 19 10 7 68 41 67 of Scottish football following a thrilling 5-2 Fraser Forster and tap the ball into the empty QPR 46 23 11 12 60 44 80 Falkirk 36 19 9 8 59 33 66 Matches on TV — play-offs Q of South 36 16 7 13 53 39 55 win over Aberdeen that moves them a mas- net. (Local Timings) Wigan 46 21 10 15 61 48 73 Dumbarton 36 15 6 15 65 64 51 sive 30 points clear of the Dons in second Celtic came close to regaining the lead — play-offs Livingston 36 13 7 16 51 56 46 place. Scott Brown and Kris Commons both when Virgil van Dijk connected well with a Brighton 46 19 15 12 55 40 72 Raith 36 11 9 16 48 61 42 English Premier League — play-offs Alloa 36 11 7 18 34 51 40 scored a double as the Hoops gained revenge Commons free-kick but Jamie Langfield got Arsenal v Bromwich 15:30 Reading 46 19 14 13 70 56 71 C’denbeath 36 11 7 18 50 72 40 on Aberdeen, who inflicted their only league down well to save before Peter Pawlett fired beIN SPORTS 9 HD Blackburn 46 18 16 12 70 62 70 Morton 36 6 8 22 32 71 26 defeat of the season back in March. just wide for the Dons. Chelsea v Norwich 18:00 Ipswich 46 18 14 14 60 54 68 — relegated beIN SPORTS 9 HD Bournemouth 46 18 12 16 67 66 66 Division One Celtic skipper Brown opened the scoring in The sides looked to be heading into the Italian Calcio League Nottingham 46 16 17 13 67 64 65 Rangers 36 33 3 0 106 18 102 the 25th minute before Niall McGinn capi- break level before Brown got his second of the Udinese v Livorno 16:00 M’dlesbrough 46 16 16 14 62 50 64 — champions talised on a defensive mistake to level the match in the 44th minute. The Celtic midfield- beIN SPORTS 4 Watford 46 15 15 16 74 64 60 Dunfermline 36 19 6 11 68 54 63 scores three minutes later. er collected a cut-back from Stokes and blast- beIN SPORTS 4 HD Bolton 46 14 17 15 59 60 59 Stranraer 36 14 9 13 57 57 51 Chievo Verona v Torino 16:00 Leeds 46 16 9 21 59 67 57 Ayr 36 14 7 15 65 66 49 Brown restored the lead just before the ed a low shot under the despairing Langfield. beIN SPORTS 8 Sheffield 46 13 14 19 63 65 53 S’housemuir 36 12 12 12 57 66 48 break and Anthony Stokes added a third in the Aberdeen started the second half brightly beIN SPORTS HD 8 Huddersfield 46 14 11 21 58 65 53 Airdrie 36 12 9 15 47 57 45 53rd minute. A tremendous strike from and former Celtic midfielder Barry Robson Catania v AS Roma 16:00 Charlton 46 13 12 21 41 61 51 Forfar 36 12 7 17 55 62 43 Shaleum Logan reduced the deficit three min- tried his luck with a fierce long-range effort beIN SPORTS 3 Millwall 46 11 15 20 46 74 48 Brechin 36 12 6 18 57 71 42 beIN SPORTS 3 HD Blackpool 46 11 13 22 38 66 46 East Fife 36 9 5 22 31 69 32 utes later but a Commons double put Celtic that stung the palms of Forster. Parma v Sampdoria 16:00 Birmingham 46 11 11 24 58 74 44 Arbroath 36 9 4 23 52 75 31 out of sight. However, it was Celtic who further beIN SPORTS 1 Doncaster 46 11 11 24 39 70 44 — relegated Despite the defeat Aberdeen have booked increased their advantage in the 53rd minute beIN SPORTS 1 HD — relegated Division Two their place in the Europa League qualifiers when Charlie Mulgrew’s persistence in the box Genoa v Bologna 16:00 Barnsley 46 9 12 25 44 77 39 Peterhead 36 23 7 6 74 38 76 beIN SPORTS 7 — relegated — champions although Motherwell moved to within a point saw the ball break to Stokes at the back post beIN SPORTS 7 HD Yeovil 46 8 13 25 44 75 37 Annan 36 19 6 11 69 49 63 of the Dons with a 2-1 win over St Johnstone. and the Irishman stabbed it home. AC Milan v Inter 21:45 — relegated Stirling 36 16 10 10 60 50 58 beIN SPORTS 3 Division One “I thought we were great-it was five but it A superb solo goal from Logan just three Clyde 36 17 6 13 50 48 57 beIN SPORTS 3 HD Wolves 46 31 10 5 89 31 103 could have been a lot more,” said Celtic man- minutes later saw the deficit reduced. The Berwick 36 15 7 14 63 49 52 Spanish League — champions Montrose 36 12 10 14 44 56 46 ager Neil Lennon. “We gave Aberdeen a goal Aberdeen defender burst out of his own half Almeria v Real Betis 13:00 Brentford 46 28 10 8 72 43 94 Albion 36 12 8 16 41 54 44 to start with as well but our reaction to that and past a couple of Celtic players before beIN SPORTS 2 — promoted East Stirling 36 12 8 16 45 59 44 beIN SPORTS 2 HD Leyton Orient 46 25 11 10 85 45 86 was fantastic. We are playing very well at the unleashing a thunderbolt strike from 25 yards Elgin 36 9 9 18 62 73 36 Levante v Atletico 18:00 — play-offs minute and I think we are providing plenty that fizzed past Forster into the bottom right- Queen’s Park 36 5 9 22 36 68 24 beIN SPORTS 2 Rotherham 46 24 14 8 86 58 86 entertainment as well.” hand corner. beIN SPORTS 2 HD — play-offs German Bundesliga table Sevilla v Villarreal 20:00 Preston 46 23 16 7 72 46 85 Bayern 33 28 3 2 93 23 87 His Aberdeen counterpart Derek McInnes Commons came close to adding to the beIN SPORTS 4 — play-offs — champions was furious at being denied a penalty when score-line with an audacious chip that beIN SPORTS 4 HD Peterborough 46 23 5 18 72 58 74 Dortmund 33 21 5 7 76 38 68 his side were 3-2 down. “I think it takes a mas- Langfield only just got his fingertips to before Schalke 33 18 7 8 59 42 61 Real Madrid v Valencia 22:00 — play-offs sive effort and performance from everybody Aberdeen had a penalty appeal turned down Sheffield Utd 46 18 13 15 48 46 67 Bayer 33 18 4 11 58 40 58 beIN SPORTS 2 Swindon 46 19 9 18 63 59 66 VfL Wolfsburg 33 17 6 10 60 49 57 to beat a team of Celtic’s quality and we were when Jonny Hayes’ path to go was blocked by beIN SPORTS 2 HD French League Port Vale 46 18 7 21 59 73 61 M’hengladbach33 16 7 10 58 40 55 always in the game today,” McInnes said. Efe Ambrose. Saint Etienne v Montpellier 15:00 Milton 46 17 9 20 63 65 60 Mainz 33 15 5 13 49 52 50 “We were disappointed in the first two Commons wasn’t to be denied a goal, how- Bradford 46 14 17 15 57 54 59 Augsburg 33 14 7 12 45 46 49 beIN SPORTS 5 HD Bristol City 46 13 19 14 70 67 58 Hoffenheim 33 10 11 12 69 69 41 goals as I thought they were too easy from our ever, as he got on the end of a pass from Valenciennes v Girondins 18:00 Walsall 46 14 16 16 49 49 58 Hertha Berlin 33 11 8 14 40 44 41 point of view but the pivotal moment was at Stokes and fired home a first-touch finish to beIN SPORTS 10 HD Crawley 46 14 15 17 48 54 57 Hanover 33 11 6 16 43 57 39 Lorient v Ajaccio 18:00 3-2 when we should have had a penalty kick.” make it 4-2 in the 69th minute. The former beIN SPORTS 5 HD Oldham 46 14 14 18 50 59 56 Werder Bremen33 10 9 14 41 64 39 After Commons twice came close it was Scotland forward added a second to round off Colchester 46 13 14 19 53 61 53 Eintracht 33 9 9 15 39 55 36 Stade Reims v Gaillard 18:00 Gillingham 46 15 8 23 60 79 53 Freiburg 33 9 9 15 41 58 36 Brown who eventually opened the scoring for the scoring in the 88th minute. beIN SPORTS 1 HD Coventry 46 16 13 17 74 77 51 VfB Stuttgart 33 8 8 17 49 61 32 Celtic. The captain broke into the box and Elsewhere, Dundee were promoted to the Sochaux v OGC Nice 18:00 beIN SPORTS 4 HD Crewe 46 13 12 21 54 80 51 Hamburg 33 7 6 20 49 72 27 then drilled a low left-foot shot into the bot- Scottish Premiership with a 2-1 win over Notts 46 15 5 26 6477 50 Nuremberg 33 5 11 17 36 66 26 Toulouse v Nantes 18:00 Tranmere 46 12 11 23 52 79 47 Braunschweig 33 6 7 20 28 57 25 tom right-hand corner of the net. Dumbarton that sealed the Championship beIN SPORTS 7 HD — relegated Note: Top three qualify directly for the Champions Their lead was short-lived however as a title despite second-placed Hamilton breath- Marseille v Lyonnais 22:00 Carlisle 46 11 12 23 43 76 45 League, fourth goes into the play-offs, fifth, sixth and horrendous defensive mistake allowed ing down their neck with a crunching 10-2 beIN SPORTS 5 HD — relegated seventh into Europa League. The bottom two sides are McGinn to equalise in the 28th minute. The demolition of Morton.—AFP Shrewsbury 46 9 15 22 44 65 42 relegated and the team finishing 16th has a two- — relegated legged play-off against the side which finishes third in Stevenage 46 11 9 26 46 72 42 the second division. — relegated Spanish League table Wenger frustrated by missed opportunity Note: Coventry deducted 10 points for entering Atletico 35 28 4 3 75 22 88 administration Barcelona 36 27 4 5 99 32 85 LONDON: Arsene Wenger claims he will look during his weekly press conference on Friday. Division Two Real Madrid 34 26 4 4 98 32 82 Chesterfield 46 23 15 8 71 40 84 back on the season as a missed opportunity even But instead the Arsenal manager was in reflec- Bilbao 36 20 8 8 65 38 68 if Arsenal clinch a place in the Champions League tive mood as he contemplated his team’s failure — champions Sevilla 35 17 8 10 66 50 59 Scunthorpe 46 20 21 5 68 44 81 Real Sociedad 35 16 9 10 59 51 57 this weekend. to seize a golden opportunity to win the Premier — promoted Villarreal 35 15 7 13 54 43 52 Wenger’s side can guarantee their participa- League for the first time since 2004. Rochdale 46 24 9 13 69 48 81 Valencia 35 12 9 14 47 48 45 tion in Europe’s elite club competition for the The north Londoners led the table and looked — promoted Rayo Vallecano 36 13 4 19 45 74 43 Fleetwood 46 22 10 14 66 52 76 17th successive year with a victory over West genuine title contenders before fading badly in Celta Vigo 35 12 7 16 44 52 43 — play-offs Bromwich Albion today. the new year. “When we came out of Christmas, Levante 35 10 12 13 31 42 42 Southend 46 19 15 12 56 39 72 Espanyol 35 11 8 16 39 46 41 They won’t even need to win their final home we were in a strong position and what you want — play-offs Malaga 36 11 8 17 37 45 41 game of the season if fifth placed Everton lose then is to have your strong players available in Burton 46 19 15 12 47 42 72 Elche 36 9 12 15 29 47 39 against title-chasing Manchester City on March and April, but we had too many injuries,” — play-offs York 46 18 17 11 52 41 71 Granada 35 11 4 20 30 53 37 Saturday-a result which would end the Toffees’ said Wenger, who lost the likes of Aaron Ramsey, — play-offs Getafe 36 9 9 18 32 53 36 hopes of finishing fourth. With silverware proving Theo Walcott and Jack Wilshere for long periods Oxford Utd 46 16 14 16 53 50 62 Osasuna 35 9 8 18 29 58 35 elusive to Arsenal for most of the last decade, this term. “It is very difficult. You can have one or Arsene Wenger Dagenham 46 15 15 16 53 59 60 Almeria 35 9 6 20 38 69 33 Valladolid 34 6 14 14 33 54 32 maintaining a Champions League presence has two, but after that when you have too many against their title rivals-they were thrashed at Plymouth 46 16 12 18 51 58 60 become a cause for celebration for Wenger. injuries you always have to play the same players Mansfield 46 15 15 16 49 58 60 Real Betis 35 5 7 23 29 70 22 Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool-is widely Bury 46 13 20 13 59 51 59 — relegated And, with a chance to finally end the club’s and that is detrimental to the efficiency of the regarded as the key to their unsuccessful title bid. Portsmouth 46 14 17 15 56 66 59 Notes: Top four teams qualify for next season’s nine-year trophy drought coming shortly in the group. “The regret we have is that too many play- But Wenger suggested their failure to beat Newport 46 14 16 16 56 59 58 Champions League; fifth to seventh place teams quali- FA Cup final against Hull on May 17, it would have ers were out at the same time between Christmas Aston Villa, Everton and Swansea at home was Accrington 46 14 15 17 54 56 57 fy for Europa League; bottom three teams relegated been no surprise if Wenger was in buoyant mood and April.” Arsenal’s dismal record in away games just as damaging.—AFP Exeter 46 14 13 19 54 57 55 to Segunda Division. Marquez storms to United beaten as Spanish pole Sunderland 16 eye18 safety

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LONDON: Manchester City’s Edin Dzeko scores the second goal of the game during their English Premier League soccer match against Everton at Goodison Park. — AP Dzeko propels City towards title

City, but they will be top going into the final second title in three years. powerful, curling shot from 25 yards flew over the break when Barkley was allowed to surge weekend if they beat Aston Villa in their game in Such has been the impact of Gareth Barry, Hart and into the top-right corner. forward 60 yards. His pass found Naismith, who Everton 2 hand in mid-week. With West Ham United due who is spending the last season of his City con- City’s initial response was timid, with Yaya held off Zabaleta before seeing his low drive to follow Villa to the Etihad Stadium, the trip to tract on loan at Everton, that his absence Toure curling a shot high and wide after being superbly tipped around the post by Hart. Goodison Park represented City’s biggest hurdle prompted a complete tactical overhaul from fed by Nasri, before Aguero struck. The Two minutes later, City worked some space and they fell behind to a fine strike from home manager Roberto Martinez, who Argentine had clearly been struggling with an down the left and Nasri crossed to give Dzeko a Man City 3 England hopeful Ross Barkley after only 11 min- employed three centre-backs. apparent groin injury, but after collecting a pass simple tap-in that gave the visitors a two-goal utes. But the hosts controlled possession from the from Toure on the wrong side of Antolin Alcaraz, cushion. Sergio Aguero pulled them level before limp- start and should have had more to show for it he drilled a shot past Howard at the near post. It looked to have killed Everton’s resistance, ing off through injury with less than half an than a Steven Naismith shot on the turn that Aguero had to be replaced shortly afterwards, as they dominated possession without creating LIVERPOOL: Edin Dzeko scored twice as hour gone. Dzeko headed City ahead just flew past the near post from a Leighton Baines with Nasri curling over from the edge of the chances. But midway through the second half Manchester City took control of the Premier before the interval and then tapped in the visi- cross. area after a lengthy spell of possession for the the hosts pulled one back when Baines crossed League title race by coming from behind to tors’ third goal early in the second half before City’s best early opening saw Javi Garcia rise visitors. from the left and Lukaku guided a header in off secure a nail-biting 3-2 win at Everton yesterday. Romelu Lukaku’s diving header set up a nervous highest to meet Samir Nasri’s corner, but the Dzeko wasted a good opportunity when his the post to give them hope. Manuel Pellegrini’s team moved level on finish. Spaniard’s header flew straight at Tim Howard, poor cross was easily blocked at the near post, A lengthy delay for a shoulder injury to points with Liverpool, who travel to Crystal Although it was far from convincing, and before Pablo Zabaleta thumped over from but Everton failed to clear properly and when Dzeko helped to stifle any momentum being Palace tomorrow, but are above the Merseyside Aguero’s latest injury is another concern, City Aguero’s pass. But with just 11 minutes gone, James Milner sent over a cross from the right, built by the hosts. But with three minutes left club on goal difference. know that their nine-goal advantage over Everton moved in front through a strike of real the Bosnian found the net with a towering City had to call on Hart once again, with the City could have lost first place as early as Liverpool in goal difference means that two quality. header. England goalkeeper turning an effort from today, when third-place Chelsea host Norwich more wins are likely to be enough to secure a Baines’s cross was laid off to Barkley, whose Everton had the chance to pull level just after Gerard Deulofeu around the post. — AFP Barcelona title Italian Cup final delayed after pre-match shootings hopes in tatters ROME: The Italian Cup final between Fiorentina and Napoli was momentarily delayed yesterday following pre-match shootings, with MADRID: Barcelona’s slim hopes of retain- that it was unacceptable to relinquish their reports suggesting four men had been injured, one seriously. ing their La Liga title were all but ended title by dropping points at home to a side Over 30,000 fans from both clubs were estimated to have travelled after they were held 2-2 at home by strug- fighting relegation. to the capital for the Cup final at Rome’s Olympic Stadium. gling Getafe yesterday. “In reality it was not what we expected,” However several reports, including one from Gazzetta dello Sport, The Catalans now trail leaders Atletico said the Argentine. “There was a chance suggested the clashes were caused by fans of Roma fighting with Madrid by three points with just two games that we wouldn’t achieve our objective in those of Napoli. Gazzetta’s website report said four men had been remaining and having played a game more, winning the league, but not because we injured, one of whom was a policeman in civilian clothing. whilst Real Madrid are just three points fur- didn’t win our games. Today we committed Earlier, domestic news agency ANSA reported that three support- ther back but with two games in hand over some errors and it has cost us.” ers had suffered gunshot wounds in a violent prelude to the final. Barca. A video tribute was played along with a “These incidents are simply unacceptable,” said Maurizio Beretta, Lionel Messi opened the scoring with a minute’s silence to mark the death of for- the president of Lega Serie A which also organises the Cup competi- fine finish, but Barca were pegged pack mer Barca coach Tito Vilanova before kick- tion. when Angel Lafita levelled just before half- off in the Catalans’ first home game since “We appeal to the fans who are here for the final to treat it as it time. he passed away at the age of 45 on April should be-an evening of sport and football and not one that should The Spanish champions improved 25. Possibly affected by that emotional give rise to episodes of violence.” going forward after the break and start to the game, the hosts began slowly SPAIN: Barcelona’s Pedro Rodriguez (second left) duels for the ball against No official reason was given for the delay in proceedings. The deservedly went back in front when Alexis but went in front with their first clear open- Getafe’s Rafa Lopez (left) and goalkeeper Julio Cesar (right) during a Spanish match, due to kick off at 2100 local time (1900 GMT), had still not Sanchez drilled the ball home 23 minutes ing on 23 minutes when Messi swept League soccer match. — AP kicked off half an hour later. from time, but they were stunned in injury home Dani Alves’s low cross to register his However discussions between dozens of officials took place just time as Lafita rose to head home Jaime 41st goal of the season. before half-time had Sanchez chosen to Barca did finally go back in front mid- Gavilan’s cross to secure a vital point for Getafe were level in controversial cir- shoot rather than square the ball to Messi way through the second-half as substitute before kick-off, when Napoli fans in the Curva Nord (North End) began Getafe. cumstances eight minutes before half-time when well-placed inside the area. Cesc Fabregas had an instant impact when throwing rocket flares towards the pitch. “We have committed errors that are when Lafita controlled Pablo Sarabia’s However, Martino’s men upped the his low cross fell perfectly for Sanchez to In an apparent bid to calm some of the more hardline fans in the unbecoming of the professionals we are,” looping free-kick before firing low into the tempo of their game at the start of the sec- rifle home his 20th goal of the season. Curva Nord, Napoli forward Marek Hamsik was eventually ushered Barca midfielder Sergio Busquets told Canal far corner. ond period and Cesar did well to parry a The home side should have added to over to speak to supporters. Plus. The goal was initially ruled out by the thunderous volley from Messi three min- their lead in the closing stages as Alves Meanwhile, Italian Senate president Pietro Grosso said: “A foot- “There are two games remaining and assistant referee for an infringement by utes after the restart. somehow headed wide Messi’s pinpoint ball match shouldn’t be about battles between two sets of support- we will try to play them with honour Lafita, but referee Jose Antonio Teixeira Sanchez then struck the bar as the cross from close range before the ers. “We’re here to see a final, to enjoy the game in a festive and because the league is practically lost. We Vitienes overruled his colleague and ball looped up off the Chilean’s chest Argentine was at fault himself when his sporting atmosphere. I’m saddened to see that this kind of thing is hope that next season will be different.” allowed the goal to stand. before Pedro forced another good save attempted lob over Cesar dropped onto still going on.” — AFP Coach Gerardo Martino also admitted Barca could still have been back in front from Cesar. the roof of the net. — AFP EMBA helps leaders acquire knowledge, develop self-confidence Page 23 Business Al-Hilal GCC Equity Fund wins ‘2014 Best Islamic Fund’ SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Page 26 Ahli United Bank posts KD 12.1m profits for Kuwait budget revenues could touch KD32bn first quarter of 2014 Page 25 Page 22

ATHENS: People carry fruit and vegetables after receiving free merchandise distributed by Greek fruit and vegetable producers of open-air markets and vendors in Athens yesterday. Unions of farmers and open-air market vendors continue their indefinite strike to oppose the sweeping liberalization drive of their sector demanded by international bailout escuer creditors.— AFP Surveys paint conflicting views on US jobs Cautionary signs emerge in employment reports

WASHINGTON: Employers added a sizable 288,000 jobs in Here are five cautionary signs from April’s jobs report: NO HOUSING REBOUND were $838.70, exactly as in March. Stagnant pay could April. Hiring in February and March was better than first Builders added 32,000 workers in April. But just 41 slow growth, since about 70 percent of economic activity thought. The unemployment rate plunged to 6.3 percent 543,000 FEWER PEOPLE SEEKING WORK percent of them were for constructing homes. That share comes from consumers. They can’t ramp up spending from 6.7 percent. At first glance, Friday’s US jobs report Let’s dive a bit deeper into that unemployment rate. is usually around 50 percent. The lower figure likely unless their wages rise. “Firms are hiring again, but we suggested that the agonizingly slow 5-year-old economic People flow into and out of the job market each month. reflects how much housing has cooled this year after a still need wages to rise faster if the economy is to really recovery had burst into a full sprint. Yet several cautionary Some leave for school; others return, armed with a solid improvement in 2013. Sales of new homes plunged accelerate,” said Joel Naroff, president of Naroff signs emerged from the report, starting with that spectac- degree. Some quit to raise a family. Some apply for jobs 14.5 percent last month, according to the Commerce Economics. ular plunge in the unemployment rate. after their kids start kindergarten. In April, the number of Department. Here’s why: The government uses two surveys for the people who began looking for work fell off a statistical Friday’s report suggested that homebuilding could 45,000 MORE MEN WORKING TWO FULL-TIME JOBS jobs report. The job gain comes from a survey of business- cliff. remain sluggish. Imagine juggling two-full time jobs. About 198,000 es, the unemployment rate from a survey of households. This suggests that the recovery lacks the kind of gravi- “You see that in the hiring numbers,” said Steve Blitz, men managed this balancing act last month a sharp Sometimes, the two conflict. The survey of businesses chief economist at ITG Investment Research. “You see it tational force needed to draw more workers back into increase of 45,000 year-over-year. True, that’s a small showed 288,000 more jobs. Yet the household survey, in in the borrowing numbers. And you see it in the value of the fold. Just 58.9 percent of the working-age population share of the 145.7 million working Americans. But it calculating unemployment, found that 73,000 fewer peo- private construction put in place.” reveals something critical in an economy in which sever- ple had jobs. holds a job. That’s down from 62.9 percent before the recession began at the end of 2007. al million Americans can’t land one job, let alone two. Why did the unemployment rate sink? Because 806,000 HIGH SCHOOL GRADS AND DROPUTS LOSING OUT The number of Americans with two full-time jobs fewer people were in the workforce. Many retired or ended “We do not yet have a jobs recovery that is strong People who’ve never been to college - about a third of usually rises when times are flush and reliable employ- their job hunts. And fewer-than-expected people began enough to really pull people in,” said Heidi Shierholz, an workers older than 25 - are struggling. More than ees are hard to find. That’s not true now. Nearly 3.5 mil- looking for work. The unemployment rate typically drops economist at the progressive Economic Policy Institute. 200,000 high school drop-outs lost jobs last month. So when fewer people seek work: If they’re not hunting for a The number of people who began seeking work for did 276,000 high school graduates. This group isn’t shar- lion people have been jobless for more than six months. job, they’re not counted as unemployed. the first time fell 126,000 from March to roughly 1 mil- ing in a recovery in which college has become practically When people take a second job, they do benefit finan- All of which points to an underlying weakness in an oth- lion. The figure for new grads and parents who began a pre-requisite. Only 54.3 percent of high school grads cially as individuals. Yet it means someone else is stuck erwise improving job market. “When you have a robust looking was even bleaker: Down 417,000 to 2.6 million. either have a job or are looking for one. That’s down from on the unemployment rolls without any job. The trend economy, you don’t get these mixed messages,” said If those 543,000 people combined had all started roughly 60 percent before the recession. suggests that many employers are writing off some of Douglas Holtz-Eakin, a former head of the Congressional looking for work in April, the unemployment rate would the unemployed in favor of those already holding a job. Budget Office and now president of the conservative be 6.6 percent - a dip from March’s 6.7 percent, rather FLAT WAGES “That’s 45,000 other people who didn’t get a job,” said American Action Forum. than the plunge to 6.3 percent. Average weekly paychecks didn’t budge in April. They Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute. — AP Alitalia looking to create India Sun vows ‘appropriate bad company to woo Etihad MILAN: Italian airline Alitalia is consider- the paper said. action’ as merger halted ing creating a separate company to hive Etihad is looking to buy up to 49 per- off its bad debts and appease Gulf-based cent of the Rome-based airline but does NEW DELHI: India’s Sun Pharma said yesterday it will take “appropriate announcement and profited, breaking insider trading rules. suitor Etihad, Il Messaggero daily said yes- not want to absorb all of Alitalia’s debt. It action” after a court suspended the generic giant’s $3.2-billion takeover of The court has ordered stock exchange regulators not to approve the terday. The plan was discussed at a meet- has also asked that Alitalia’s 14,000 staff troubled rival Ranbaxy while insider trading allegations are probed. The merger until questions about the share movements are answered. The ing in Milan on Friday between executives are cut by up to 3,000, several sources Andhra Pradesh High Court order, dated April 25 but which came to light Securities and Exchange Board of India announced separately earlier in the of the loss-making airline and four Italian close to the situation have told Reuters. late this week, marks a setback to the deal. week it was looking at movements in Ranbaxy stock before the takeover banks, including UniCredit and Intesa However, the bad company idea may face The ruling follows a petition submitted by two investors seeking an announcement. Sanpaolo , the paper said. resistance as Italian financial daily Il Sole investigation into accusations of insider trading in Ranbaxy shares ahead of Ranbaxy’s shares leapt over 20 percent in heavy trading volume in the Alitalia, which was privatized in 2008 24 Ore said Alitalia’s creditor banks do not the takeover announcement earlier in the month. “The matter is sub judice days leading up to the deal after suffering sharp losses in previous years due under a plan that also involved spinning look favorably on the prospect of creating and hence we cannot make specific comments but we would be taking to long-running regulatory problems. off unprofitable activities into a “bad” a separate company to hold the bad debt, appropriate action as advised by our legal counsel,” a Sun Pharmaceutical Last year, Ranbaxy paid a $500-million fine for falsifying drug safety company, has been unable to make a since this would likely expose them to Industries spokesman said in a statement emailed to AFP. The court ordered records. Daiichi had struggled unsuccessfully to resolve the Indian com- profit ever since and is burning around 1 greater losses. Il Messaggero also said that the “status quo” existing before the transaction be maintained while the pany’s US regulatory woes after acquiring Ranbaxy in a 2008 $4.6-billion million euros ($1.4 million) of cash a day Alitalia’s remaining “good” company movement of the Ranbaxy shares before the April 7 deal are looked at. acquisition. New Delhi-based Ranbaxy is unable to export drugs to its to keep flying. The airline, which has would see a capital injection of 560 mil- Ranbaxy is 64-percent owned by Japanese drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo. key US market from its Indian plants due to bans imposed by the US struggled to compete with low-cost carri- lion euros by Etihad and of 200 million by The movement in the shares has focused attention on a Sun unit, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over quality problems. Mumbai- ers and high-speed trains, came close to Italian investors. Silverstreet Developers, which bought Ranbaxy shares before the transac- based Sun had said the Ranbaxy purchase would give it a broader range bankruptcy in 2013 before being rescued Alitalia Chief Executive Gabriele Del tion. “The matter related to purchase of shares of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd of drugs in its medicine cabinet, a robust drug pipeline and a wider geo- in a government-engineered capital injec- Torchio is flying to Abu Dhabi early next does not violate insider trading rules,” the Sun spokesman said in the email. graphical reach. tion. week to meet his counterpart at Etihad, Sun holds itself to the “highest standards of corporate governance and With the purchase, Sun, which has a history of nursing ailing acquisitions Under the plan to woo Etihad, the new several Italian papers said. Etihad declined business ethics”, the company spokesman added. The investors alleged in back to health, would become the world’s fifth-largest generics pharmaceu- bad company would take on the majority to comment. It was not possible to reach their writ petition that some investors knew about the merger ahead of its tical company and nearly double its annual sales to $4.2 billion. — AFP of Alitalia’s debt, amounting to more than Alitalia or Intesa for comment. UniCredit 800 million euros, and around 3,000 staff, had no immediate comment. — Reuters BUSINESS SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

Ahli United Bank posts KD 12.1m Bayt.com weekly report The five things profits for first quarter of 2014 that really count Al-Mudhaf: An increase of 11% compared to previous year in a job interview nterviewers, interview formats and interview ques- KUWAIT: The Board of Directors of Ahli the highest returns in Kuwait, whereby the Motahid in retail banking in the market- of its big shareholders and the support they tions come in all shapes and sizes and there are United Bank (Kuwait) chaired by Dr Anwar bank business results on the first quarter of place, corporate finance and treasury serv- render to the bank. ample tomes and articles written to prepare for Al-Mudhaf, Chairman of the Board, 2014 showed that profit distribution rates ices, taking into account to diversify the Dr Al-Mudhaf expected that the I them all! There are the usual questions and the usual endorsed the financial statements for the in KD annual deposits reached 1.96 per- sources of revenues, distribution of risk, improvement in the bank performance will answers expected, then there are the different types first quarter of the present year. These cent. the return on investment deposits for and the rising demands of customers in continue, whereby it is expected that the of “trick” questions which have mostly been account- statements showed that the bank realized the six-month deposits reached 1.59 per- terms of type, quality and volume. This bank will realize further achievements dur- ed for and written about too. There are behavioral net profits by KD 12.1 million, ie an increase cent, the return on KD investment saving enhances the culture of inter-reaction with ing the year, notwithstanding the heated and attitudinal and verbal language and body lan- of 10.9 percent compared with the corre- accounts reached 1.45 percent. Ahli United changes and the continued development competition in the Islamic banking market. guage cues interviewers are looking for that you can sponding period of the previous year. Bank (Kuwait) avails an advantage to in the bank, considering that these results The bank management is well aware of be taught to anticipate. And there are the usual These profits were generated from oper- depositors in that it distributes profits on reflect a balanced approach between real- these conditions and consider these chal- ample opportunities to prove your skills and compe- ating revenues amounted to KD 24.8 million, izing high profit ratios on the one hand, lenges as a driving force to improve all tencies and/or to dig a hole and sink yourself. and the earning per share reached 9.4 fils and prudent credit policy on the other banking services and the continued devel- But really at the end of the day, most interviewers against 8.5 fils for the corresponding period hand, within the framework of overall cor- opment of integrated services and products are looking for mainly five things and all questions of the previous year. This reflects the porate governance standards. and financial solutions, to cope up with the are targeted towards them and all answers need to strength of the financial position of the bank Dr Al-Mudhaf affirmed that Al-Motahid accelerating changes in the banking busi- deliver on them. Here they are in brief from the career and its capability to continue realizing oper- management succeeded to place the bank ness in general and Islamic banking in par- experts at Bayt.com, the Middle East’s #1 job site: ating profits. among the best Islamic banks, not only on ticular, and to observe the new rules and On this occasion, Dr Al-Mudhaf, the local levels but also on the regional are- instructions issued by the Central Bank of 1. What you bring to the job at hand Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ahli nas. The bank management continues its Kuwait. Undoubtedly, the well performance Notice it’s all about the job at hand. You may or United Bank (Kuwait) said that, “with the endeavors to accomplish achievements forecasts and maintenance of appropriate may not have been a whiz kid at your last job but it’s grace of Allah, our bank achieved rising and enhance success with prudence and growth ratios in Al-Motahid operations really about what direct transferable skills you bring ratios in most of the financial indicators in perseverance in view of the confidence activities falls within the implementation of to the table and how these can and will prepare you the first quarter of 2014, whereby total accorded to the bank by its customers, the an overall strategy and in the framework of to excel at the exact job role you are interviewing for. assets rose to KD 3371 million at the end of board of directors, and its shareholders. intensive efforts exerted for protection of By all means wax lyrical about your past accomplish- the first quarter of 2014, compared to KD This confirms the right track the bank fol- the position held by the bank, being one of ments but be aware that given your limited face time 3165 million as on 31 December 2013. lowed for conversion into Islamic banking the best Islamic banks and to benefit from and the interviewers limited attention span, these Customer deposits grew also by 6.6 percent in April 2010 and the sagacity of this his- being one of the most significant entity need to be phrased to accommodate your future to reach KD 2231 million at the end of the toric decision, which was applied with within an integrated banking group that employer’s prism by highlighting these particular first quarter of 2014, compared to KD 2093 superb care and high professional stan- attain pioneer international and regional achievements that are most directly relevant and million as on 31 December 2013. The bank dards based on shrewd future prospects. expansion and profound banking history. important for your desired role. Study the role in realized also high ratios in the average Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf, Chairman of Dr Al-Mudhaf commended the rating In concluding his statement, Dr Al- detail and research the company and industry so you return on shareholders’ equity (ROE) and the the Board of Directors of Ahli United made by Fitch Rating Agency which Mudhaf extended his thanks to the bank are well aware of exactly what will be required. average return on total assets (ROA) by 15.5 Bank (Kuwait) upgraded Al-Motahid credit strength on the customers and shareholders for the confi- percent and 1.5 percent respectively, along long term and short term to A+ and F1 dence and support they conferred upon the 2. How much you will love and be loyal to the job with the satisfactory ratio of capital adequa- respectively. Fitch upgraded also the bank bank which enabled the bank to realize and company cy of 16.8 percent as at the end of the first quarterly basis, thereby depositors main- rating for its capability to continue and the these results. Dr Al-Mudhaf presented his Enthusiasm is not overrated nor is integrity and quarter of 2014. Dr Al-Mudhaf stressed that tain their rights in the profits realized in the soundness of its positions owing to the thanks also to the bank management and loyalty which are always paramount. Companies in these positive results are the outgrowth of preceding periods for each quarter inde- strength of its financial position, rising prof- the staff members for their diligent efforts, the digital era are well-aware of the tremendous the prudent management and unwearied pendently, in accordance with the results itability, the quality assets, and the strength affiliation and loyalty, and expressed his transparency in the job market thanks to the success efforts exerted by the bank board of direc- announced for these periods. of its liquidity position and its capital ade- prospects for further growth and success in of leading job sites, and they are cognizant of the tors and its staff members who succeeded Dr Al-Mudhaf stated that the increase in quacy, as well as the strength of adequacy the coming years. realms of opportunity that can be accessed with a to maintain success and stability of Ahli net profits during the first quarter of this simple click. They are also aware of the high costs of United Bank business course of action. year was attributable to the collaborated Correction employee churn and the detrimental effects of this Dr Al-Mudhaf said also that the rev- efforts of the bank management targeting on employee morale, satisfaction and general pro- enues realized by Ahli United Bank (Kuwait) high performance ratios in various activi- Kuwait Times published a report on Sunday, April 27, 2014 on earnings of the Ahli ductivity. For this reason, they will almost always in the investment deposits during the first ties, in terms of rendering distinguished United Bank (AUB) for the first quarter. In the report, the name of Chairman Dr Anwar favor a more stable candidate who has shown loyalty, quarter of the present year 2014 surpassed service to customers, the integrated solu- Al-Mudhaf was erroneously printed as Hamad Al-Marzouq. The error is regretted. goodwill and a high level of integrity with past their peers in the market, and represented tions, enhancing the presence of Al- employers. Your priorities will be in question here and employers will be looking first and foremost for pro- fessionals who are very committed to their careers Wall St firms stick and display a high level of personal and professional to H1 2015 hike integrity. 3. How quickly you will hit the ground running view after jobs data Time is money and employers investing in top pro- fessional skills want to see a dividend sooner rather NEW YORK: Slightly less than half the economists at Wall than later. Interviews are not the ideal time to Street’s top firms continue to expect the Federal Reserve will demand prolonged training courses and induction raise interest rates in the first half of 2015 following news the periods and orientation activities especially if you are economy in April created the most monthly jobs in over two competing with professionals who assert and can years, a survey showed on Friday. The increase of 288,000 prove they are prepared to make immediate inroads jobs in April topped even the most optimistic forecast in the role. Show that you are prepared to make an among the some 100 analysts polled earlier by Reuters. The immediate contribution and that in the short, inter- eye-catching number came after Wednesday’s dismal read- mediate and long term you are a winning investment. ing on first-quarter US growth cast doubt about strength of the economic recovery, even accounting for the impact of a 4. How willing you are to adapt harsh winter. “The outlook for growth has not materially You may be able and successful but employers changed from Tuesday,” said Lewis Alexander, chief US econ- need to know if you still have it in you to make the omist at Nomura Securities International in New York. “Some sacrifices and investments needed to excel in the new of the weakness in the first quarter will be paid back in the work environment. You need to display adaptability second quarter.” Seven of 16 US primary dealers said they and flexibility as well as willingness and ability to expected the US central bank to increase its policy rate by blend into the new company culture and adopt new the end of June next year, according to a poll conducted by policies, procedures and business guidelines. All cul- Reuters among the Wall Street’s top 22 firms that do business tures are not the same and adaptability is at a premi- directly with the Federal Reserve. This compared with eight um with employers across the board. of 18 dealers in an April 4 poll. Wall Street economists, as they await further evidence of a 5. How pleasant and professional you will be to rebound this spring, do not anticipate policy-makers to stray work with from the current path, namely holding short-term rates near This one is not often written about but after all the zero into next year and wrapping up the Fed’s third round of theory and degrees and top-rated credentials are large-scale bond purchases by year-end. analyzed, people still prefer to work with people they On Wednesday, the Fed voted to cut its monthly pur- like, respect, admire and trust. Smile, put on the chase of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities by $10 charms and be true to yourself and your values; at the billion to $45 billion. Policymakers also signaled they are no end of the day the chemistry needs to be right too in hurry to move away from the Fed’s near zero rate policy and you will work best in a team that welcomes and they adopted in December 2008 with inflation running embraces and values you and vice versa. below its 2 percent target and the jobs market still not BUENOS AIRES: A driver (left) pays for gasoline at a service station in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The where they like. —Reuters price of gas increased again this year on Friday international workers day. —AP EXCHANGE RATES

Al-Muzaini Exchange Co. UAE Exchange Centre WLL Syrian Pound 2.905 Sierra Leone 0.000069 0.000075 Nepalese Rupees 3.855 Singapore Dollar 0.221606 0.227606 Malaysian Ringgit 86.995 South African Rand 0.021029 0.029529 ASIAN COUNTRIES COUNTRY SELL DRAFT SELL CASH Sri Lankan Rupee 0.001842 0.002422 Japanese Yen 2.757 Chinese Yuan Renminbi 45.465 Australian Dollar 266.18 263.18 Taiwan 0.009185 0.009365 Indian Rupees 4.682 Thai Bhat 9.720 Canadian Dollar 259.80 260.80 Thai Baht 0.008369 0.008919 Pakistani Rupees 2.851 Turkish Lira 132.430 Swiss Franc 324.89 322.89 Srilankan Rupees 2.154 Euro 393.61 394.61 Nepali Rupees 2.933 Arab Singapore Dollar 226.120 US Dollar 281.45 284.45 Bahrain Exchange Company Bahraini Dinar 0.740892 0.748892 Hongkong Dollar 36.345 Sterling Pound 477.29 480.29 Egyptian Pound 0.036365 0.039465 Bangladesh Taka 3.623 Japanese Yen 2.82 2.84 Iranian Riyal 0.000078 0.000079 Philippine Peso 6.331 Bangladesh Taka 3.626 3.896 COUNTRY SELL CASH SELLDRAFT Iraqi Dinar 0.000180 0.000240 Thai Baht 8.716 Indian Rupee 4.654 4.954 Europe Jordanian Dinar 0.393164 0.400664 Irani Riyal transfer 0.271 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.156 2.591 Belgian Franc 0.007321 0.008321 Kuwaiti Dinar 1.0000000 1.0000000 Irani Riyal cash 0.273 Nepali Rupee 2.914 3.449 British Pound 0.468834 0.477834 Lebanese Pound 0.000137 0.000237 Pakistani Rupee 2.880 2.790 Czech Korune 0.006155 0.018155 Moroccan Dirhams 0.025225 0.049225 GCC COUNTRIES UAE Dirhams 76.70 77.16 Danish Krone 0.048290 0.053290 Nigerian Naira 0.001189 0.001824 Saudi Riyal 75.163 Bahraini Dinar 749.11 751.18 Euro 0.385519 0.393519 Omani Riyal 0.725785 0.731465 Qatari Riyal 77.446 Egyptian Pound 39.65 40.25 Norwegian Krone 0.043395 0.048595 Qatar Riyal 0.076680 0.077893 Omani Riyal 732.200 Jordanian Dinar 400.57 406.22 Romanian Leu 0.081297 0.81297 Saudi Riyal 0.074497 0.075197 Bahraini Dinar 748.640 Omani Riyal 731.95 739.25 Slovakia 0.008048 0.018048 Syrian Pound 0.001747 0.001967 UAE Dirham 76.761 Qatari Riyal 77.72 78.27 Swedish Krona 0.039238 0.044238 Tunisian Dinar 0.172319 0.180319 Saudi Riyal 75.18 75.58 Swiss Franc 0.314833 0.325033 Turkish Lira 0.133273 0.140273 ARAB COUNTRIES Turkish Lira 0.133273 0.140273 UAE Dirhams 0.075728 0.076877 Egyptian Pound - Cash 39.320 Yemeni Riyal 0.001279 0.001359 Egyptian Pound - Transfer 39.530 Dollarco Exchange Co. Ltd Australasia Yemen Riyal/for 1000 1.315 Australian Dollar 0.252955 0.264455 Tunisian Dinar 176.920 New Zealand Dollar 0.237951 0.247451 Rate for Transfer Selling Rate Jordanian Dinar 398.040 America Al Mulla Exchange US Dollar 281.700 Lebanese Lira/for 1000 1.891 Canadian Dollar 0.251432 0.259932 Canadian Dollar 258.510 Syrian Lira 2.009 US Dollars 0.277650 0.282000 Sterling Pound 474.545 Currency Transfer Rate (Per 1000) Morocco Dirham 35.574 US Dollars Mint 0.278150 0.282000 Euro 391.950 US Dollar 281.350 Swiss Frank 320.695 Euro 392.250 EUROPEAN & AMERICAN COUNTRIES Asia US Dollar Transfer 281.750 Bahrain Dinar 749.770 Bangladesh Taka 0.003280 0.003880 Pound Sterling 474.450 Euro 394.170 UAE Dirhams 76.675 Chinese Yuan 0.043977 0.047477 Canadian Dollar 258.050 Sterling Pound 478.690 Qatari Riyals 78.255 Hong Kong Dollar 0.034241 0.036991 Indian Rupee 4.660 Canadian dollar 259.440 Saudi Riyals 75.395 Indian Rupee 0.004323 0.004724 Egyptian Pound 39.630 Turkish lira 134.040 Jordanian Dinar 396.995 Indonesian Rupiah 0.000020 0.000026 Sri Lankan Rupee 2.154 Swiss Franc 323.850 Egyptian Pound 40.187 Japanese Yen 0.002672 0.002852 Bangladesh Taka 3.618 Australian Dollar 263.440 Sri Lankan Rupees 2.155 Kenyan Shilling 0.003321 0.003321 Philippines Peso 6.330 US Dollar Buying 280.550 Indian Rupees 4.656 Korean Won 0.000264 0.000279 Pakistan Rupee 2.865 Pakistani Rupees 2.867 Malaysian Ringgit 0.082477 0.088477 Bahraini Dinar 749.550 GOLD Bangladesh Taka 3.624 Nepalese Rupee 0.002996 0.003166 20 Gram 242.500 Philippines Pesso 6.329 UAE Dirham 76.650 Pakistan Rupee 0.002651 0.002931 10 Gram 122.750 Cyprus pound 691.910 Saudi Riyal 75.175 5 Gram 63.050 Philippine Peso 0.006320 0.006600 Japanese Yen 3.745 *Rates are subject to change SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 BUSINESS

EMBA helps leaders acquire knowledge, develop self-confidence Program caters to needs of Mideast executive By Velina Nacheva The program’s participants have back- The professors working with these According to Dimechkie one of the since we are keen on maintaining our ground in a myriad industries, such as executive-participants are skilled at graduates sensed tangible progress in quality standards,” Dimechkie said. Great KUWAIT: Created in 2004, the Executive banking and insurance, consulting and leveraging the significant experience of her leadership role in her organization. diversity and valuing differences is built MBA (EMBA) Program at the American auditing, healthcare, manufacturing and the participants to enrich the learning into the EMBA program. The interaction University of Beirut’s Suliman Olayan services, telecommunications, construc- experience for all. How does the EMBA work? between classmates is as essential as the School of Business (OSB), known for its tion, media and advertising. They all The EMBA participants build on their The program takes 18 months to academic work, assignments, projects exceptionally high academic standards have different roles in their work envi- functional expertise, management expe- complete in a format suitable for busy and papers the EMBA participants work and the direct relevance to the needs of ronments. Some are from the general rience and industry knowledge. What executives. Classes are held in Beirut on on. That is the primary reason why the regional executives and the companies management others are from sales and EMBA participants learn they can apply Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays once selected group of students are highly they lead in the Middle East region, marketing as we’ll as HR, IT and advertis- pretty quickly in their companies, he said every three weeks. The age of the aver- motivated, action-oriented executives trains the leadership in the region and ing and manufacturing. adding that the company benefits quick- age EMBA student is 40; they are gradu- who expose each other to new perspec- helps them broaden their framework “We develop business insight and ly from having an EMBA student. “They ates from good universities and have an tives and provide greater depth to the and drive execution. “The program is self-confidence in our graduates,” he learn the latest theories and techniques average of 10 years of significant mana- EMBA experience. rigorous and caters to the executive observed. In his words many participants that they can use in the practical world,” gerial experience. More than half of A good applicant should have solid needs of the Middle East region,” says start feeling different about their jobs said Dimechkie. them live outside of Lebanon, said academic background (at least a BA from Riad Dimechkie, Executive Director. and people start treating them different- One of the distinctive features of the Dimechkie and added that the classes a good university; good grades); they The best testimony about the pro- ly even before they have completed the EMBA, he observed, is that it tries to link sizes vary between 12 to 22 people. need to have considerable and interest- gram’s success stories comes from a program. together the experience people have in “Each class has a lot of diversity in it,” he ing management experience that shows EMBA participant who said: “The EMBA In the words of one of the program’s the real world with the theoretical said. Almost half of the EMBA students career growth; these should be people provided a framework that helped struc- participants who is currently pursuing knowledge of the theory of manage- are Lebanese and the rest are residents who have the desire to learn and grow. ture my 20+ years of career experience his EMBA, “the soft and hard skills” that ment from the West, he said and elabo- and citizens from the Middle East. There Equally important is the fact that the and gave me a holistic and strategic per- he has acquired have enabled him to rated that the assignments they do aim have been about 20 EMBA graduates - OSB graduates join a prominent alumni spective. It ignited the discipline of better lead his own team in the bank to show how they can apply the theory Kuwaitis or residents in Kuwait. community with an active and diverse learning within me,” Hussam Kayyal said. where he works. they learn to the reality they live in. “Our selection criteria are demanding network of regional and world leaders. A tale of 2 US employment surveys

The US economy added a whopping ing for work in April, the number of unem- 288,000 jobs in April, the biggest monthly ployed fell by 733,000. That lowered the gain in more than two years. And the unemployment rate. The household survey unemployment rate fell to a 51/2 year low also found a slight drop in the number of of 6.3 percent from 6.7 percent. But the people who said they had jobs. Both drop in the unemployment rate had noth- declines reduced the proportion of adults ing to do with more people getting jobs. either working or looking for work to a Wait, what? Didn’t the rate fall because of three-decade low last reached in all the new jobs? Actually, no. The jobs December. report is based on two separate surveys, The decline was a disappointment. In and they sometimes produce very different the first three months of the year, better results. The job count comes from a survey hiring had drawn about 1.5 million more of businesses. The unemployment rate is people into the workforce. That trend was compiled from a survey of households. partly reversed in April. The business survey asks mostly large Unlike the payroll survey, the house- companies, nonprofits and government hold survey captures farm workers, the agencies how many people they employed self-employed and people who work for during the month. For April, the payroll new companies. It also does a better job of survey showed that companies and gov- capturing hiring by small businesses. ernment agencies added 288,000 jobs. In But the household survey is more the household survey, government work- volatile from month to month. The Labor ers ask whether the adults in a household Department surveys just 60,000 house- have a job. Those who don’t are asked holds, a small fraction of the more than whether they’re looking for one. If they are, 100 million US households. they’re considered unemployed. If they By contrast, the payroll survey seeks aren’t looking for a job, they’re not consid- information from 145,000 companies and ered part of the workforce and are not government agencies. They employ rough- counted as unemployed. The household ly one-third of non-farm employees. The survey produces each month’s unemploy- employers send forms to the Labor ment rate. Department or fill out online surveys, not- In April, the household survey showed ing how many people they employ. They that far fewer people began job hunts than also provide pay, hours worked and other is typically so. Most people who start look- details. Most Americans focus more on the ing for work don’t immediately find jobs. unemployment rate, which comes from So an increase in job-seekers usually the household survey. But economists boosts the number of unemployed. generally prefer the jobs figure from the But because fewer people started look- payroll survey. —AP NEW YORK: Sarah Keegan of Windham with her son Kevin, fills out paperwork during a job fair at Columbia-Greene Community College in Hudson, New York. —AP France’s Carrefour to quit India amid political crisis BJP win could tilt policy on FDI NEW DELHI: Carrefour, the world’s second largest small grocery stores. dozen stores in India. retailer, is working on a plan to exit India, media The central government has left it to each state Another is Swedish giant Ikea, which plans to reports said yesterday, amid political uncertainty to decide whether foreign retailers can set up open 25 stores as part of a wider push into emerg- about the future of multi-brand retail in the South shop-but enthusiasm has been muted. ing markets. But while foreign supermarkets hold Asian giant. The reports in the Times of India and The northwestern desert state of Rajasthan, back from India, domestic chains such as Future Business Standard and other dailies come as the which had a Congress government, reversed its Group and Aditya Birla Retail are rapidly expand- opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), tipped to policy of allowing FDI in multi-brand retail after ing. The growth of the domestic chains underlines win India’s marathon general election which the BJP came to power. the potential of a big-spending middle-class- winds up in mid-May, declared it opposes allow- ATHENS: People queue to receive free merchandise distributed by Greek fruit ing foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail. and vegetable producers of open-air markets and vendors in Athens yester- Indian newspapers quoted unnamed sources day. Unions of farmers and open-air market vendors continue their indefinite in the France-based company as saying Carrefour strike to oppose the sweeping liberalization drive of their sector demanded had been working on an exit strategy for two by international bailout rescue creditors. —AFP weeks. Carrefour did not answer telephone calls from AFP, but Business Standard newspaper quot- ed the retailer’s regional director Franck Kenner as Buffett’s firm reports saying: “At this point, we will not be able to com- ment on anything.” The Indian newspapers said Carrefour’s plans 4% dip in Q1 profit to leave the country come after talks to sell its five wholesale stores to Indian tycoon Sunil Bharti OMAHA: Warren Buffett’s company said on Chairman Charlie Munger answer ques- Mittal’s retail group failed. The reports said there Friday its first-quarter profit slipped nearly tions for several hours. Most of the various had been several senior level exits from Carrefour 4 percent largely because of an accounting parts of Berkshire delivered solid results in India already, and that the company saw little hope of the next Indian government allowing for- charge in its insurance units. Berkshire the quarter. eign chains to set up multi-brand outlets in the Hathaway Inc. earned $4.71 billion, or The utility and energy division, which country. $2,862 per Class A share, during the first is led by Berkshire Hathaway Energy, gener- The BJP announced in its manifesto it will not three months of 2014. That’s down from ated $452 million net income, up from allow FDI in multi-brand retail, while promising to $4.89 billion, or $2,977 per Class A share, a $394 million in last year’s first quarter. And push foreign investment in other sectors of the year earlier. those figures don’t include the $2.9 billion economy. Carrefour had been expected to set up Berkshire’s revenue increased nearly 4 acquisition of Canadian power transmis- supermarkets in India after the Congress-led percent to $45.45 billion from $43.87 bil- sion provider AltaLink that was announced national government in 2012 allowed foreign lion in the same period last year. Berkshire this week. stores to launch 51-percent-owned joint ventures said its insurance underwriting profits fell Berkshire’s various manufacturing, serv- in the country they had eyed for years as a poten- NEW DELHI: Carrefour, the world’s second largest retailer, is working on a plan to exit to $461 million from $901 million a year ice and retail companies generated $933 tially lucrative market. India, media reports said yesterday. earlier largely because of a deferred charge million in net income, up from $862 million But after the new FDI in retail rules were passed by the Congress government, protests erupted One of the few foreign retailers to commit to expected to cross 250 million people by 2015, related to some retroactive insurance poli- last year as the economy continued among shopkeepers and laborers who feared a India recently is Britain’s Tesco, which has declared consultancy McKinsey estimates. In March, cies. improving. BNSF railroad contributed $724 loss of jobs and the collapse of small family-run it will invest in India since the Congress govern- Carrefour reported a rise in profit and said its Losses related to foreign currency million to Berkshire, but that was down stores. The retail sector landscape remains domi- ment relaxed the FDI rules. Tesco has struck a deal effort to turn around its French operations were exchanges also weighed down insurance from $798 million a year ago because nated by traditional family-owned shops and with India’s giant conglomerate Tata to invest in a starting to show results. —AFP results. Berkshire said its underwriting severe winter weather slowed deliveries results included a loss of $37 million in this and forced the railroad to use shorter year’s quarter because of exchange rates, trains. But Berkshire predicted BNSF’s 2014 DR Congo opens one of Africa’s largest gold mines compared to last year’s gain of $189 million profits will still exceed last year. The value on exchange rates. Berkshire’s sizeable of Berkshire Hathaway’s investments and KIBALI, DR Congo: DR Congo, one of the African mining firm Randgold Resources, with million ounces (329 tons) of gold but could be insurance unit includes Geico, General its derivative contracts often produce wide world’s biggest gold producers, on Friday for- another 45 percent stake held by South Africa’s higher. Reinsurance and several other companies. swings in the company’s earnings from mally opened one of the continent’s largest gold AngloGold Ashanti and 10 percent by the DR Congo has massive resources of gold, The quarterly results will likely be well quarter to quarter, but that wasn’t the case mines in the far northeast of the country. Congolese state. The $2.5-billion project report- copper and cobalt but also diamonds, iron, nick- received by the more than 30,000 people in the first quarter. Production at the Kibali mine started in the third edly created 7,000 jobs, 80 percent of them held el, manganese, bauxite, uranium and cassiterite, quarter of 2013 but Mining Minister Martin by Congolese. Kibali Goldmines said the mine the most important source of tin. However most expected to attend Berkshire’s shareholders Berkshire said its investments and deriv- Kabwelulu on Friday attended an official cere- should have reserves until 2031, with 550,000 of the country’s people live in poverty. Control meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, today. The ative contracts were worth $1.17 billion at mony in the Province-Orientale region. ounces (15.6 tons) of gold expected to be pro- over the mineral-rich areas is one of the factors crowd will fill an arena and several overflow the end of March. That was up only slightly Kibali Goldmines, which develops the mine, is duced this year. in the conflicts that have raged in eastern DR rooms to hear Buffett and Berkshire Vice from last year’s $1.11 billion estimate. —AP a joint venture 45 percent owned by South The mine is thought to have reserves of 11.6 Congo for decades. —AFP BUSINESS SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

KSE stocks down on profit-booking

KUWAIT: Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week in the red zone. The Price Index closed at 7,430.95 points, BAYAN WEEKLY MARKET REPORT down by 0.23 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index decreased by 0.44 percent after closing at 492.80 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 1,202.83 points down by 0.73 percent. Furthermore, last week’s average daily turnover decreased by 24.84 per- cent, compared to the preceding week, reaching KD 20.33 million, whereas trading volume average was 168.93 million shares, recording a decrease of 33.93 per- cent. The stock market three indices continued to close in the red zone for the second consecutive week, in light of the continued activity of the profit collection operations on many large-cap and small-cap stocks, in addition to the quick speculative operations that targeted some stocks and caused the main market indicator to fluctuate. Moreover, the stock market witnessed last week profit collection operations concentrated on the large-cap and blue-chip stocks, which impacted the Weighted and KSX- 15 indices, whereas both declined the most during last week when compared to the Price Index, especially that most of the large-cap stocks’ prices recorded noticeable gains during the previous period, due to the optimism state that was controlling a large part of the traders, as a result to the previous discussions around the amend- ments of some articles of the Capital Markets Authority’s second place, the Oil & Gas sector’s index closed at volume during last week with 363.62 million shares stocks were the highest traded in terms of value; with a law. 1,219.09 points recording 1.09 percent increase. The changing hands, representing 43.05 percent of the total turnover of KD 26.99 million or 26.55 percent of last On the other hand, the stock market witnessed last Insurance sector came in third as its index achieved 0.89 market trading volume. The Real Estate sector was sec- week’s total market trading value. The Banking sector week a slow and weak trading activity, as a result to the percent growth, ending the week at 1,140.63 points. ond in terms of trading volume as the sector’s traded took the second place as the sector’s last week turnover traders’ preference to watch and wait for the upcoming shares were 20.61 percent of last week’s total trading vol- was KD 24.18 million represented 23.79 percent of the country’s economic and political conditions, in addition Sectors’ activity ume, with a total of 174.05 million shares. total market trading value. — Prepared by the Studies & to watch state of some others for the first quarter finan- The Financial Services sector dominated total trade On the other hand, the Financial Services sector’s Research Department, Bayan Investment Co. cial results, among fears of having some companies’ stocks being stopped from trading, if such companies were not able to disclose its financial results before the end of the legal disclosure period, which will end by mid of the current month. For the annual performance, the price index ended last week recording 1.57 percent annual loss compared to its closing in 2013, while the weighted index increased by 8.82 percent, and the KSX- 15 recorded 12.58 percent growth.

Sectors’ indices Seven of KSE’s sectors ended last week in the red zone, while the other five recorded increases. The Telecommunications sector headed the losers list as its index declined by 2.86 percent to end the week’s activity at 820.19 points. The Technology sector was second on the losers’ list, which index declined by 2.63 percent, clos- ing at 963.86 points, followed by the Industrial sector, as its index closed at 1,150.64 points at a loss of 1.11 per- cent. The Banking sector was the least declining as its index closed at 1,133.43 points with a 0.23 percent decrease. On the other hand, last week’s highest gainer was the Consumer Goods sector, achieving 1.97 percent growth rate as its index closed at 1,305.49 points. Whereas, in the Bond, stock investors making hay US stocks finish week with WALL STREET WEEKLY OUTLOOK NEW YORK: With US stocks near record highs and Treasury market analyst at Interactive Brokers in Greenwich, Connecticut, gains despite Ukraine fears bond yields near multi-month lows, the disconnect between in a note. equity and debt investors has rarely been as stark. Over the Bonds are also gaining as concern about the Ukraine-Russia coming months, the economy is likely to show one of the crisis heightens the safe-haven appeal of US debt, while some NEW YORK: US stocks finished higher for the week, maceutical giant Pfizer’s thus-far unsuccessful effort to groups has bet wrong. The S&P 500 sits less than one percent corporate pension funds are increasingly shifting to bonds as even as intensifying concerns over Ukraine partially off- woo AstraZeneca in a deal worth $100 billion or more. below an all-time high. After a wintry first quarter, stock they seek to match their holdings to the liabilities they are going investors are betting that economic growth is picking up, as evi- to face. Still, the rise in equity markets doesn’t mean that set positive sentiment from some strong economic Pfizer opened the week with a dramatic public denced by stronger spending figures and business demand. investors are as confident about growth stocks as they were in reports and accelerating Wall Street deal-making. All announcement of its interest in buying the British com- That’s boosted the cyclical stocks which react to rising demand, 2013. The strongest sector in 2014 is utilities, which have gained three indices posted increases. The Dow Jones Industrial pany, outlining a range of advantages from a beefed-up particularly energy shares. 14 percent and are generally associated with safety. Consumer Average rose 151.43 (0.93 percent) to 16,512.89, while product pipeline to lower taxes. “The data are suggesting this may be the year when we turn discretionary shares such as Amazon.com are down 4.2 percent, the broad-based S&P 500 advanced 17.74 (0.95 percent) Pfizer raised its bid on Friday, but AstraZeneca said the corner,” said Quincy Krosby, market strategist at Prudential the worst-performing sector so far this year. to 1,881.14. no for a third time, calling the latest $106 billion offer Financial in Newark, New Jersey. “If data continues to gain trac- This may be changing. Data show that the latest internal The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index notched the “inadequate.” tion you’re going to see investors turn to more cyclical parts of rotation in stocks has seen the energy sector take the lead, with biggest increase for the week, adding 48.34 (1.19 per- “It seems the main driver behind the deal is the the market. And I think that’s already started.” a 4.2 percent gain over the last month. Capacity utilization, a cent) at 4,123.90. The US Federal Reserve, as expected, desire of Pfizer to shelter $70 billion of its cash pile from Bond investors are reacting to a different story. Yields on the measure of how much industrial power is being put to work, continued a plan to gradually taper its bond-buying US taxation rules, and that doesn’t seem a sufficiently 10-year note hit a five-month low on Friday and the 30-year rose last month to its highest in nearly six years and is expected stimulus program, while maintaining ultra-low interest good reason to do a deal if you are AstraZeneca,” said note’s yield fell to its lowest since June after the April jobs report, to have ticked higher in the April report, while Fed data showed rates. analyst Michael Hewson of CMC Markets. which showed strong growth in payrolls but no growth in earn- last week that commercial and industrial loans grew at a steady But the US central bank also released a fairly sunny But other major deals advanced, keeping 2014 on ings and a decline in the labor force. pace in April. This makes it entirely possible that the bond mar- outlook, saying economic activity “has picked up track to be a strong year for mergers and acquisitions. That data points to the conclusion that overall economic ket - generally the more sober-minded of the two markets - may recently.” The Fed’s remarks helped push the Dow to its The board of French industrial giant Alstom accepted a demand will remain tepid and that inflation won’t materialize as have it wrong. “We believe that the current pricing in the first record of 2014 on Wednesday. The Commerce $17 billion bid from General Electric for its energy the Federal Reserve continues to pull back on monetary stimu- Treasury market has insufficiently accounted for the potential for Department on Thursday said gross domestic product assets, giving momentum to a transaction that some lus, analysts said. “Fixed income investors are slowly waking up an explosion in GDP growth,” said Millan Mulraine, deputy head grew by a strikingly tiny 0.1 percent in the first quarter, French government officials have criticized. Also, US to the reality that as the Fed steps back from quantitative easing, of US research and strategy at TD Securities USA in New York in a but markets largely disregarded the figure as backward- nuclear power generator Exelon announced a deal to there are no signs of inflation,” wrote Andrew Wilkinson, chief research note. — Reuters looking and skewed by exceptionally cold weather that buy power company Pepco Holdings for $6.83 billion in depressed activity. cash. Wall Street generally smiled on Friday’s US labor Other major corporate stories included Ford Motor’s report, which showed the economy added 288,000 jobs announcement that Mark Fields would take over on July in April, far above the estimates and marked the fastest 1 as chief executive from the departing Alan Mulally. job growth in more than two years. Bank of America said it uncovered incorrect data sub- “It feels that the economy is gaining steam, that mitted to regulators for its most recent “stress test,” an growth is going to accelerate and, by and large, the Fed announcement that immediately prompted the Fed to will remain very accommodative,” said Bill Lynch, direc- halt the bank’s plans for paying dividends and buying tor of investment at Hinsdale Associates. Yet stocks back shares. closed the week on a sour note, with all three indices While the balance of earnings reports continued to posting losses Friday following a surge of violence in best expectations, there were a few noteworthy excep- Ukraine and new threats of sanctions on Russia by tions. Perhaps the biggest was Twitter, which sank to an President Barack Obama. all-time low after reporting average monthly users that “This Ukraine thing keeps grinding along and it lagged expectations. Next week’s agenda includes a doesn’t appear it’s going to end anytime soon,” said handful of major earnings reports, including AIG, Walt Brent Schutte, market strategist at BMO Global Asset Disney company and Pfizer, which will undoubtedly Management. “People are worried this could turn into face questions on the latest on its AstraZeneca cam- something a little bit bigger.” Schutte said Wall Street paign. Economic releases include the Institute for banks are producing more reports on Ukraine and Supply Management report on the services sector and organizing conference calls on the situation, a sign of the US trade balance. Fed Chair Janet Yellen is also NEW YORK: A screen at a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the rising concern. scheduled for a pair of appearances before congression- Dow Jones industrial average. The DJIA closed at an all-time high, with a gain of 45 points to 16,580, four points above The week’s biggest corporate news included phar- al committees. — AFP the record high it set on Dec 31. —AP BUSINESS SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Kuwait budget revenues could touch KD32bn

AL-SHALL WEEKLY ECONOMIC REPORT

KUWAIT: By the end of April 2014, the first third month in a row, which is a healthy trans- month of the current fiscal year 2014/2015 formation, if it persists. ended with oil prices remained holding above Value of traded shares during 22 working the $100 per barrel limit or the 10th consecu- days scored about KD 625.6 million, about tive month, ie since July 2013. The average $2.216 billion, which is up by KD 6.1 million, or price for the Kuwaiti barrel of oil for April was by 1 percent, than the preceding month which about $102.5 per barrel, which is $27.5 per bar- scored KD 619.5, while it dropped by -55.5 per- rel higher (36.7 percent) than the new hypo- cent below April 2013 value. The highest trad- thetical price for the new budget ($75 per bar- ing value achieved in one day during the month rel). April 2013 average price was $100 per bar- scored at KD 46.9 million on 16/04/2014 while rel. The average oil price for the outgoing fiscal the lowest value in one day was scored on year 2013/2014 was $103.5 per barrel. 29/04/2014 at KD 14.4 million. The daily average Kuwait is supposed to have achieved oil rev- value of traded shares during the month scored enues during April, in the amount of about KD KD 28.4 million (KD 28.2 million in March 2014), 2.5 billion. Assuming production levels and up by 1 percent. prices would continue at their present level, an Total volume of traded shares scored about assumption which is unrealistic on the price 4.518 billion shares, down by -3.8 percent from side at least, projected oil revenues would score 4.698 billion at the end of March 2014. The daily about KD 30 billion for the entire current fiscal average was close to 205.4 million shares, down year, which is KD 11.2 billion above the budget by -8.1 million shares, or by -3.8 percent. Total estimate. Adding KD 2.2 billion in non-oil rev- number of transactions scored 110 thousand enues, total budget revenues for the current fis- deals, a daily average of 5,002 deals, comparing cal year would score about KD 32.2 billion. with 4,886 deals in March 2014 up by 2.4 per- Comparing this figure with expenditures alloca- cent. tions figure in the amount of KD 21.7 billion, if Market value of all 194 listed companies we assumed a saving by 9 percent similar to last during April 2014 scored KD 32.640 billion. fiscal year 2012/2013 the total actual expendi- Comparing its value with the end of April 2014 ture may score KD19.7 billion and outcome will and the end of December 2013 for 193 com- be a hypothetical surplus by about KD 12-13 mon companies, we note the raise by KD 1.711 billion for the entire fiscal year 2014/2015 for billion, i.e. from KD 30.900 billion as on the 16th year in a row, vis-a-vis KD 13 billion 31/12/2013 to about KD 32.611 billion at the achieved in the fiscal year 2013/2014. end of April 2014, about 5.5 percent rise. It is worth pointing that the number of gainers, Balance of payments compared with the end of the last trading day The Central Bank of Kuwait published pre- of 2013, was 72 companies (including 13 heavy liminary figures on the balance of payments for companies) out of 193 common companies; 4102 which indicate that the current account about 116 companies sustained varying losses surplus scored about KD 20.316 billion, in their values, while the value of 5 companies approximately $71.6 billion, representing a did not change. After excluding the companies decline by KD -1.747 billion, or -7.9 percent, which increased or reduced their capitals, over 2012. The Central Bank has adjusted 2012 ‘Human Soft Holding Company’ scored the figures downwards putting the surplus at KD highest rise in its value, by about 69.6 percent, 22.063 billion instead of KD 22.174 billion, ie followed by ‘Eyas for Higher and Technical with adjustment rate of approximately -0.5 per- Education Company’ by 60.4 percent. On the cent. The current account consists of balances other hand, the value of ‘National Company for of goods, services and investment income in Consumer Industries’ dropped by -48.6 percent the two sectors, the private and public, and followed by ‘Al-Deera Holding Company’ by - current transfers for the two sectors. The com- 41.5 percent. modity balance surplus (the difference in the As for sectors, 7 sectors out of 12 rose with values of exports and commodity imports) the banking sector taking the lead by 9.9 per- declined from about KD 26.762 billion to cent. Basic materials sector was the second by approximately KD 25.442 billion, or by about 9.4 percent rise, while the technology sector KD -1.321 billion, or —4.9 percent. Oil export scored the highest drop by -11.8 percent. revenues declined from about KD 31.813 bil- lion, or 95 percent of total commodity exports NBK financial results in 2012 to around KD 30.948 billion, or 94.3 The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) percent of total commodity exports in 2013 (- announced results of its operations for the first 2.7 percent). The value of goods imports quarter ending March 2014 which indicate the increased by 9.4 percent. Net investment bank achieved net profits, after due deduc- income value in both public and private sectors tions, in the amount of KD 86 million, a rise by went up by KD 426 million, or 15.4 percent, KD 3.5 million, or by 4.3 percent, comparing from KD 2.758 billion in 2012 to approximately with KD 82.5 million for the first quarter of 2013. KD 3.184 billion in 2013. When we deduct the non-controlling interests, The Central Bank tables point to a few signif- we find the net profit for the bank shareholders icant numbers, such as workers’ remittances in scored KD 83.9 million (KD 81.3 million in the 2013, which scored about KD 4.393 billion, the same period 2013), which is rise by KD 2.6 mil- equivalent of $15.5 billion, compared to about lion, which is due to the rise in total operations KD 4.405 billion in 2012. In contrast, total capi- income by more than the rise in total expendi- tal transfers received compensation rose to tures. nearly KD 1.287 billion (about KD 1.192 billion The net operations income rose by 7.6 per- in 2012), including some KD 0.2 million paid cent and higher than the rise in net profit, ie KD by the public sector vis-a-vis KD 416 million 11.2 million, and scored KD 158.4 million (KD received by the public sector and KD 6 million 147.3 million in the same period last year). It is paid by the public sector in 2012. The private worth indicating that the bank interests’ income sector received about KD 1.340 billion and it (excluding murabaha and other Islamic financ- paid KD 53 million in 2013 vis-a-vis KD 820 mil- ing income) rose by 4.5 percent. Interests lion received by the private sector and KD 38 expense (excluding distribution to depositors million paid by the private sector in 2012. and murabaha cost) also increased by 2.5 per- Presumably, Kuwait, through its public and cent. As a result of that, there was increase in private sectors, achieved surplus in its foreign net interests income by 5 percent. The bank investments by approximately KD 21.711 bil- achieved net income from Islamic financing by lion (KD 23.254 billion in 2012). This surplus KD 16.3 million (KD 14.9 million in the same includes portfolio investments, i.e. securities by period last year) which increased interests about KD 8.749 billion and other investments income (both traditional and Islamic) to about by about KD 12.962 billion. Summary tables KD 114.1 million (KD 108.1 million in the same indicate that balance of payments achieved a period 2013), increasing by KD 6 million. Item of surplus by about KD 954 million in 2013 vis-a- net fees and commissions also rose by KD 3.8 vis KD 918 million surplus in 2012. million to KD 29.2 million (KD 25.4 million in the same period last year). KSE performance in April On the other hand, total operations expens- Kuwait Stock Exchange performance during es rose by KD 2.1 million, or by 4.3 percent, April 2014 was mixed compared with the same which is less than the rise in total operations in March 2014. Index of traded volume income, and scored KD 50.7 million (KD 48.6 dropped, while the trade value, the number of million in the first quarter of 2013) due to the transaction and the value of the general index rise in all operations expenses items. This per- went up. AlShall index reading in the end of centage however does not reflect the correct last Wednesday 30/04/2014 scored 494.8 position for the operations expenses value points, going up by 5.2 points, about 1.1 per- because of aggregating Boubyan Bank’s state- cent (489.7 points at the end of March 2014). ments. The highest index reading during the month scored about 510.8 points on 07/04/2014 while The weekly performance of KSE the lowest was at 494.2 points on 29/04/2014. The performance of Kuwait Stock Exchange The price index of the stock market scored (KSE) for the last week was less active, where all 7407.7 points (7572.8 points at the end of indexes showed a decreases, the traded value March 2014), decreased by -2.2 percent. The index, the traded volume index, the transac- stock exchange weighted index scored about tions index, and the general index showed a 491.8 points (483.1 points at the end of March decrease, AlShall Index (value index) closed at 2014), which is up by 1.8 percent. Kuwait Index 496.9 points at the closing of last Thursday, 15 gained about 2.3 percent compared with showing a decrease of 4 points or about 0.8 March 2014. The difference in the growth of percent compared to the end of the previous indexes indicates to continuation of the con- week, and an increase of 42.2 points or about centration of trading on heavy stock for the 9.3 percent compared to the end of 2013. 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Gulf Bank announces winners of Al-Danah daily draws KUWAIT: Gulf Bank held its Al-Danah 2014 will be held on 26 June daily draws on April 27, 2014, announc- (KD250,000, KD125,000, and KD25,000), ing the names of its winners for the 3rd Quarter - 25 September (KD500,000, flydubai launches flights week of April 20 to April 24. The Al- KD125,000, and KD25,000) and the final Danah daily draws include draws each draw held on 8 January, 2015 announc- working day for two prizes of KD1000 ing winners of KD50,000, KD250,000 and per winner. the Al-Danah Millionaire. to Aden and Kandahar Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah allows cus- The winners were: tomers to win cash prizes and simulta- (Sunday 20/04): Hamed Mohammed neously encourages them to save mon- Frequency to Djibouti will increase to six flights a week Taher Al-Baghli, Hanaa Hassan Abdullah ey. Chances increase the more money is Hmoud deposited and the longer it is kept in the KUWAIT: flydubai yesterday announced that it trading centre for sheep, wool, cotton, silk, felt, Dubai International Terminal 2 at 1040hrs local (Monday 21/04): Nouf Musaad account. will launch a three times weekly service to Aden grains and fresh and dried fruit. time, landing in Djibouti-Ambouli International Abdulwahab Al-Musallam, Khalid Al-Danah also offers a number of and a twice weekly service to Kandahar, starting Flights to both destinations will offer Airport at 1255hrs local time. FZ605 will depart Abdulrahman Mahmoud unique services including the Al-Danah on 1 August and 25 July 2014 respectively. These Business Class which was launched towards the Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport at (Tuesday 22/04): Futouh Abdulrazaq Deposit Only ATM card which helps new route launches bring the airline’s network end of last year. flydubai’s Business Class pro- 1340hrs local time, landing in Aden International Ibraheem Al-Bousaer, Mohammed Ansar account holders deposit their money at to 68 destinations. vides passengers with a priority service on the Airport at 1430hrs local time. FZ605 will then Raja Khan their convenience; as well as the Al- flydubai will become the first UAE-based car- ground and a more personal flying experience in depart Aden International Airport at 1515hrs (Wednesday 23/04): Ghada Ibrahim Danah calculator to help customers cal- rier to fly directly to both Aden in Yemen and the air. Customers benefit from a priority check- local time landing in Dubai International Yousef Al-Alami, Bayoumi Fathy culate their chances of becoming an Al- Kandahar in Afghanistan. The airline first began in service and a dedicated 24-hour customer Terminal 2 at 1915hrs local time. Bayoumi Mansi Danah winner. To be part of the Al- operations to Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, in service team to assist with bookings and attend Kandahar: flydubai will operate flights two (Thursday 24/04): Shahah Danah draws, customers can visit one of 2012 and Kabul, the Afghan capital, in 2010. to enquiries throughout their journey. On board, times a week between Dubai and Kandahar Abdulkareem Aryan Al-Aryan, Hussein Gulf Bank’s 58 branches, transfer on line, Commenting on the launch of flights, Ghaith comfortable spacious seats made of Italian starting from 25 July 2014. Barakat Mohammed Al-Zoaby or call the Customer Contact Center on Al-Ghaith, Chief Executive Officer said: “We are leather have a generous recline. flydubai’s FZ351 is scheduled to depart Dubai Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah 2014 draw line- 1805805 for assistance and guidance. pleased to announce the launch of flights to award-winning inflight entertainment system is International Terminal 2 on Tuesdays and Fridays up includes daily draws (two winners Customers can also log on to www.e- Aden and Kandahar. These additions to our net- shown on a high-definition 12.1-inch touch- at 0410hrs local time, landing in Kandahar at per working day each receive KD1000), gulfban-k.com/aldanahwinners, to find work will create greater opportunity for travel screen and a choice of internationally inspired 0720hrs local time. FZ352 is scheduled to depart as well as two additional prizes per quar- out more about Al-Danah and who the and trade between these two countries and the menus and refreshments are served during the Kandahar on the same days at 0820hrs, arriving ter. Al-Danah’s 2nd Quarterly draw for winners are. United Arab Emirates. flydubai will launch both flight. into Dubai at 1020hrs local time. these routes with Business Class.” Aden is the commercial capital of Yemen and Flight Details Round trip fares its deep and naturally protected seaport remains Aden: flydubai will operate flights three times Economy Class return fares to Aden will start Al-Muzaini Exchange Co announces a key driver of the country’s economy. Due to its a week between Dubai and Aden starting on 01 at KD130 including 20kg checked baggage, strategic geographic location, Aden Free Zone August 2014. while Business Class fares will start at KD320 and winners of daily ‘Cash Promo’ draw has established itself as a regional logistics and Tuesdays and Fridays - FZ603 is scheduled to are inclusive of all taxes and 40kg checked bag- Second draw to take place on May 8 manufacturing hub which has helped strength- depart Dubai International Terminal 2 at 1040hrs gage. en economic and social development in the sea- local time, landing at Aden International Airport Economy Class return fares to Kandahar will KUWAIT: Al-Muzaini Exchange Co, Kuwait’s opportunities to fulfill their dreams in an port city. at 1235hrs local time. FZ603 will continue to start at KD80 Kuwaiti including 20kg checked leading Exchange and Remittance easy and simple manner. flydubai will operate three flights per week to Djibouti, departing Aden International Airport at baggage, while Business Class fares will start at Company, announced yesterday the daily The second draw is scheduled to take Aden, one of which will be via Djibouti. This new 1320hrs local time and landing at Djibouti- KD340 and are inclusive of all taxes and 40kg winners of the Cash Promo draws. The first place on 8 May, while the third draw will be service will increase flights to Djibouti to six a Ambouli International Airport at 1415hrs local checked baggage. draw was conducted on 1 May 2014 at the conducted on 15 May, and fourth draw on week. In addition, flights are available for sale time. FZ603 will return to Dubai, departing Economy Class return fares between Aden Consumer Protection Andallus Department 22 May, followed by the fifth draw on 1 between Aden and Djibouti. Djibouti-Ambouli International Airport at and Djibouti will start at KD92 including 20kg under the supervision of Abdulaziz Al- June, and the final draw on 9 June 2014. Al- Located in southern Afghanistan, Kandahar is 1500hrs local time and arriving at Dubai checked baggage, while Business Class fares will Kouh, representative from the Ministry of Muzaini advises everyone to take advan- the capital of Kandahar Province with an esti- International Terminal 2 at 1910hrs local time. start at KD340 and are inclusive of all taxes and Commerce. tage of this promotion by using any of its mated population of 500,000. The city is a major Saturdays - FZ605 is scheduled to depart 40kg checked baggage. The lucky winners of KD 100 cash prize services for a chance to become a winner. for the period of 23 April - 30 April 2014 Al-Muzaini Exchange Company, a pio- are: neer and leader in the foreign exchange Malika Hina — Huttin business in Kuwait for over 70 years now Abdul Ghafour Mabu — Fayha Co-op with network branches that spans over 60 Sudheer Babu — Salmiya (Amman Street) branches located across Kuwait. To ensure Yousif Al-Mutairi — Ali Subah Al Salim Co-op customer satisfaction, arrival and departure Mohamad Ibrahim — Farwaniya sections of the Kuwait International airport Noura Abdulla — Jahra and the Sheikh Saad airport guarantee 24 Abdulrahman Meshan — Subah Al Salim Co-op hours 7 days a week full service. Al-Muzaini Noushad Balifaikal —Hawalli Exchange Company provides customers a Upon using any of Al-Muzaini’s services broad range of services that includes issu- which consist of Western Union, drafts, ing checks and collection of checks drawn money transfers, travelers cheques, couri- on foreign banks and the sale and purchase ers (DHL), or Bank Notes, customers will of foreign currencies and remittances (to all automatically be included in the draw. Al- parts of the world), DHL related services Muzaini has launched this promotion with while also benefitting from Western Union’s an aim to offer its customers, extended varied services that are on offer. Al-Hilal GCC Equity Fund wins ‘2014 Best Islamic Fund’ Canon, DigiPro launch business solutions ABU DHABI: Al-Hilal Bank, the progressive Market General Index in fact emerged as the Islamic Bank, has announced that its Al-Hilal best performing Index in the world in 2013, and professional print showroom in Egypt GCC Equity Fund was named the ‘2014 Best appreciating by a remarkable 108 per cent. Islamic Fund’ at the Banker Middle East UAE “This is a major accomplishment for the DUBAI: Canon Middle East, a global leader in imag- broad range of both hardware and software products. “The launch of a dedicated showroom for profession- Product Awards organized recently by pub- GCC Equity Fund and for Al-Hilal Bank given ing solutions, has opened its first fully equipped busi- As experts in the local market, their abilities included al printing solutions is a testament to the growth of lishing, events and news company CPI that we managed to emerge on top after five ness solutions and professional printing showroom in the implementation of completely integrated digital businesses we are seeing in the region. Working with Financial. The fund bested a highly competi- weeks of voting with over 12,000 participants. Egypt with its partner DigiPro. The showroom, owned printing solutions that optimize productivity. a leading global brand like Canon will ensure that tive field through its careful selection of We will continue to deliver the kind of innova- by DigiPro, is a strategic venture to serve the needs of Anurag Agrawal, Canon Middle East Managing clients are able to receive high quality, technologically healthy GCC stocks and its focus on diversifi- tive and market-leading products and services customers within Egypt and throughout the African Director, said: “Egypt and the wider Africa region are advanced, customized solutions to meet their organi- cation, both of which have enabled it to mini- in fulfillment of our promise of being ‘a bank region. markets of strategic importance for Canon Middle zation’s needs.” mize volatility while consistently outperform- like no other’ to our valued customers and Aimed at B2B and professional business clients, East. The launch of the dedicated showroom allows Canon printing solutions manage document out- ing benchmarks. partners, especially where equities are con- the showroom will allow Canon to provide its region- us to further diversify our business offerings and gen- put, workflow and distribution through integrated Launched by Al-Hilal Bank in March of cerned” said Lim Say Cheong, Head of al partners with insights into customer demands. erate opportunities for customers in the region to systems. Tools such as PrintShop Mail Suite, iW 2011, the Al-Hilal GCC Equity Fund has gener- Investment Banking Group of Al-Hilal Bank. DigiPro will utilize Canon’s portfolio and industry benefit from Canon’s high quality services. The part- PrePress Manager and PlanetPress Suite consist of ated a return of 55.89 percent for its investors “Banks in the UAE continue to improve knowledge to deliver high quality services to cus- nership with DigiPro enables us to better support flexible yet comprehensive functions that can be per- through a diversified portfolio of Sharia-com- their products and services every year - that tomers that will have a positive impact on their busi- clients with integrated solutions that are based on an sonalized. All solutions provide reliable, efficient and pliant Gulf equity securities. To meet its long- improvement is recognized by these Awards ness. The site also has the capacity for product in-depth analysis of their requirements. Together, we cost-effective methods to producing high volumes of term goals, the fund will continue to invest at and in the stiff competition between institu- demonstrations and training sessions for both staff will ensure the best possible digital printing experi- business documents in-house. least 75 per cent of its assets under the previ- tions for them. The Banker Middle East and clients. DigiPro, a one stop shop for digital print- ence for our customers.” Canon’s products and solutions include cameras, ously mentioned equities under normal oper- Product Awards program is designed to ing and document management solutions, offers a Yasser AlMattarawi, Board Member at DigiPro said, office printers, scanners, projectors and more. ating conditions. encourage, inspire, and reward distinction in With the GCC stock market currently in the the banking and finance industry, raising stan- midst of a multi-year bullish cycle that has not dards throughout the MENA banking sector,” even peaked, Al-Hilal Bank’s fund is expected said Adam Broom, CEO, CPI Financial, publish- AUB introduces exclusive ‘Spend and to gain further momentum and maintain its er of Banker Middle East. leading position in the regional equities mar- “The Banker Middle East Product Awards Win’ campaign for MasterCard cardholders kets. GCC economies have rebounded well identify the best products and services avail- from the global financial that began to impact able in banking and finance in the Middle DUBAI: Ahli United Bank (AUB) has recently Sherief El-Kholy, Acting DCEO, Retail Banking, the region in late 2008. The Dubai Financial East. announced the launch of ‘Spend and Win,’ an Al-Motahid commented: “AUB is extremely exciting new campaign for its MasterCard Debit pleased to introduce this great offer in partner- and Credit Cardholders in collaboration with ship with Al-Motahid and Barakat Travel Co. Our Barakat Travel Co. With this exclusive campaign, valued customers can win exciting prizes just by AUB MasterCard cardholders now stand a using their cards locally or abroad.” chance to win one of the 50 exciting travel prizes “MasterCard is very excited to collaborate for every 50 Kuwaiti Dinars (KD) spent using with AUB to introduce the ‘Spend and Win’ cam- their cards locally or internationally. paign. 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Furthermore, 35 AUB information on the campaign, cardholders can MasterCard cardholders will win two return reach Hayakom on 181 2000 at any time, or can flight tickets to Dubai from Kuwait on FlyDubai. visit any branch of Ahli United Bank in Kuwait. Sherief El-Kholy, Acting DCEO, Retail Banking, Al-Motahid technology SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Microsoft picks Miami for first US innovation center MIAMI: Microsoft is opening a state-of- panies from around the globe. the-art training facility in Miami, its first Venture Hive Founder Susan Amat within the United States, the company says public, private and academic part- announced Friday. nerships are key to developing the The tech giant already has some 100 region’s entrepreneurial and technology innovation centers in 80 countries world- scene. wide in countries like Uganda and Bringing Microsoft in is part of the Greece. These centers aim to help gov- broader goal of “bringing the world to ernments, academic institutions, commu- Miami,” she said. nity leaders and startups better use tech- Akerkar said he hopes to start offering nology to innovate and develop more training for teachers and professors this collaborative learning - with the goal of summer on the “app economy” so they spurring economic development. Along can help their students learn hands-on the way, of course, the company is culti- how to design their own apps. vating a new generation of Microsoft loy- The announcement comes as alists. investors, startups and global companies Microsoft Vice President Sanket descend on Miami for the new eMerge Akerkar told The Associated Press the Americas Techweek conference, part of a company looked at Miami as a great hub broad effort to promote technology and for tech in the Southern United States. innovation in South Florida. Akerkar “Miami is a great destination in and of acknowledged Miami’s tech scene is still itself,” he said. “We’ve got forward think- in the startup stage itself. “What we’re ing government leaders,” he said. The thinking about is maybe more of the Latin American connection also sets the potential and the place it can go,” he said, city apart. adding the company eschewed other Microsoft is working with city and cities for its first US site because those county officials to open the center next regions already have robust technology month. It will be housed at the new support systems in place. “In places downtown, entrepreneurial institute where there’s already a tech hub, there’s Venture Hive. The Hive, which opened its already support systems,” he said. “We doors last year thanks in part to city and want to add to the investments being country grants, already serves as an incu- made in Miami.” The company is eyeing MIAMI: This Friday, May 2, 2014 photo shows the entrepreneurial institute Venture Hive in downtown Miami. Microsoft announced bator and accelerator for some 35 com- Houston for its second site. —AP it is opening a state-of-the-art training facility at Ventura Hive, its first within the United States. —AP

Snapchat adds chat as Jury says Samsung messaging space heats up SAN FRANCISCO: Snapchat is adding tos and videos. Some apps also infringed Apple patents a chat feature to its ephemeral mes- accommodate more than just texts saging service. Despite its name, the and photos, making them all the more SAN JOSE: A California jury awarded Apple $119 cessful at doing so and, without a sales ban, this with the search giant. million — far less than it demanded — in a patent case is unlikely to move the needle on the larger Google entered the smartphone market while Snapchat app has never offered real- appealing. Tango, for instance, allows battle with Samsung over alleged copying of battle between Apple and Android,” Love said. its then-CEO Eric Schmidt was on Apple’s board. time conversation -until now. music to be shared through Spotify’s smart phone features, and the jury made the vic- The verdict marked the latest intellectual The move infuriated Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Previously, users were only able to streaming service. KakaoTalk lets peo- tory even smaller by finding that Apple illegally property battle between the world’s top two who considered Android to be a blatant rip-off of send each other photos and videos ple share voice memos and location, used one of Samsung’s patents. smartphone makers. Apple and Samsung have iPhone innovations. After removing Schmidt from that self-destruct a few seconds after along with animated emoticons. The verdict was a far cry from the $2.2 billion sued each other in courts and trade offices Apple’s board, Jobs vowed that Apple would they are viewed. The Los Angeles In one example of mobile messag- Apple sought and the $930 million it won in a around the world. resort to “thermonuclear war” to destroy Android separate 2012 trial making similar patent infringe- Apple and Samsung are locked in a bitter and its allies. At the recent trial, Samsung attor- startup said Thursday that Snapchat ing’s increasing value, Facebook, ment claims against older Samsung products, struggle for dominance of the $330 billion world- neys produced an email Jobs sent to executives in users will be able to chat by swiping which reportedly has tried to acquire most of which are no longer for sale in the United wide smartphone market. Samsung has become 2010 urging them to wage a “holy war” against right on a friend’s name. When users Snapchat for $3 billion, agreed to buy States. leave the chat screen, messages will WhatsApp for $19 billion in February. The jury found that Apple had infringed one of be automatically deleted. In keeping WhatsApp has half a billion users, up Samsung’s patents in creating the iPhone 4 and 5. Jurors awarded Samsung $158,400, trimming that with Snapchat’s tradition, users can from 465 million in February. In com- amount from the original $119.62 million verdict. take screenshots of the chat if they parison, Twitter had has 255 million Samsung had sought $6 million. want to preserve it. users. Other popular messaging apps “Though this verdict is large by normal stan- Users will also be able to video include Facebook’s own messenger, as dards, it is hard to view this outcome as much of a chat, as they would with Skype or well as Tango, which has some 200 victory for Apple,” Santa Clara University law pro- fessor Brian Love said. “This amount is less than 10 FaceTime. Snapchat’s expansion million users and recently received a percent of the amount Apple requested and comes at a time when mobile messag- $215 million investment from China’s probably doesn’t surpass by too much the ing apps are soaring in popularity as Alibaba Group. Another one, Viber amount Apple spent litigating this case.” people look beyond traditional tex- Media, sold for $900 million earlier this The award may be adjusted slightly in favor of ting to communicate and share pho- year to Japan’s Rakuten Inc. —AP Apple. Jurors were ordered to return to court Monday to continue deliberations on a minor matter that could result in a higher award for Apple. Because the jury was still empaneled, jurors were prevented from talking publicly about the case. Samsung spokesman Lauren Restuccia declined comment, citing the ongoing delibera- tions. Apple declared Friday’s verdict a victory. “Samsung willfully stole our ideas and copied our products,” Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet said. “We are fighting to defend the hard work that goes into beloved products like the SEOUL: In this March 27, 2014 file photo, an employee shows Samsung’s Galaxy S5 iPhone, which our employees devote their lives to smartphone at a mobile phone shop in Seoul, South Korea. A California jury deter- designing and delivering for our customers.” mined that Samsung infringed Apple smartphone patents and awarded $120 million Unlike the first trial in San Jose federal court damages. —AP in 2012, Samsung lawyers made Google a cen- tral focus of their defense. Google makes the the leader of the sector with a 31 percent share Android in 2011. Android software that Samsung and other after being an also-ran with just 5 percent in Early in deliberations, the jury wanted to smartphone manufacturers use as their operat- 2007. Apple, meanwhile, has seen its market know if Jobs had mentioned Google when con- ing systems. Samsung argued that Google was share slip to about 15 percent from a high of 27 sidering the lawsuit that was eventually filed in Apple’s real target. percent three years ago. 2012, several months after the Apple founder More than 70 percent of smartphones run on The jury of four men and four women deliv- died of cancer. Android, a mobile operating system that Google ered its verdict in the latest case after beginning US District Judge Lucy Koh told jurors no addi- Inc. has given out for free to Samsung and other deliberations on April 29. tional evidence was available to them beyond phone makers During the monthlong trial, Apple argued what was presented during the trial. Both companies will now try to urge the judge that many of the key functions and vital fea- Koh answered similarly to questions about to remove the others products from store shelves tures of Samsung phones were invented by Samsung’s chief executive officer’s reaction when in the United State. Love and other experts say Apple. Samsung countered that its phones informed that Apple executives had complained that neither company is expected to succeed with operate on the Google Android software sys- to executives at the South Korean company those demands. “So far Apple has been unsuc- tem and that any legal complaint Apple has is about alleged patent infringement. —AP

Bankers see a historic moment in mobile banking LONDON: A boom in mobile said executives face strategic deci- viding a quicker response. Beale mergers and acquisitions (M&A), banking, regulatory change, pres- sions on their business models due said his remote service had led to Clausen said. Nationwide has been sure on costs; bankers are not easi- to the jump in digital use by cus- Nationwide keeping open some considering expanding into small ly excitable but the rate of change tomers, alongside demands to hold branches whose viability was and medium business banking is prompting some to detect a more capital and more stringent declining. “We’ve found it is bring- and Beale said if it proceeds it is “historic moment” for the industry. regulation in other areas. ing life back to the smaller, remote likely to be with an online plat- Among senior executives at this “It’s a huge change ... you will branches,” he said. form only, which can be set up week’s Reuters Financial come out with a completely new Many lenders are wary about and run on far lower costs. Regulation Summit, the talk was banking sector,” said Clausen, the risk of public or political back- of ripping up business models and head of the biggest bank in the lash when branches are shut, but FEWER VISITORS prioritizing digital services, with Nordic region, where customers Clausen said it is a natural and Nationwide, whose 700 branches closing or taking on a use online or smartphone banking inevitable outcome. “I don’t think branches represent the sixth- technological new look. “This is a more than anywhere else in the there’s a political problem with us biggest network among UK MAINE: A squirrel approaches Brian Genest as he takes a photo of himself at big shift,” said Graham Beale, chief world. The surge in the take-up of being more efficient,” said Clausen, lenders, said its customers will John Chestnut Park near Tampa. —AP executive of Nationwide, one of mobile banking has taken many asked about the reaction to the now on average visit a branch Britain’s top-three providers of banks by surprise, prompting closure of hundreds of branches. once a month and use internet home loans and savings products. some to accelerate plans to close Bank executives said the pace of banking six times and a mobile Squirrel goes nuts on “There are not many historic branches or adapt how their costly change is being dictated by con- app 18 times. UK rival Barclays said moments when you look at the bricks-and-mortar branches are sumers, who were taking to bank- it had 59 million mobile banking nature and shape of retail financial used. Granted, some executives ing via smartphones significantly transactions last year, a six-fold teenager taking selfie products and I think we’re on the said talk of the death of the faster than they adapted to online increase on 2012. Such trends are cusp of a big change here,” Beale branch is premature. Banks will banking. Most mobile banking driving a sharp drop in “footfall” or AUBURN: A photo op with a squirrel that “He was just in that spot where my arm told the Summit. push routine transactions on to services are barely two years old. visits to branches. In Britain, the went awry has left a teenager flustered can’t reach him,” Genest said. “I threw myself “It (mobile growth) really is quite tablet PCs or other automated The trend is good news for reduction in branch usage is run- but unhurt. Seventeen-year-old Brian on the ground, and that scared him off.” incredible. I can see in the not-too- platforms, but some branches will banks. Handling a transaction at a ning at between 8 and 10 percent Genest, of Auburn, said Thursday he saw Genest’s mother, Paula Wright, snapped distant future the dominant chan- stay - albeit with a new look. branch can cost 50 times the same a year, industry sources said. Royal what appeared to be a friendly squirrel on photos of the hoopla, originally posted to nel will become the internet bank, transaction on a mobile phone, or Bank of Scotland said it has seen a a hand rail while walking through John his Instagram feed along with his selfie. with access through mobile POSITIVE TREND 20 times its cost on an online plat- 30 percent fall in branch transac- Chestnut Park near Tampa, Florida. He was Genest had approached the squirrel making devices, with other channels Many lenders have introduced form, according to a study of US tions since 2010. Banks across on a trip looking at colleges. Genest took clicking sounds with his tongue to get clos- becoming supplementary to that remote services where customers transaction costs by Diebold. It Spain, Italy, Britain, the Nordics a selfie of himself and the squirrel. But the er. His mother said the spectacle Saturday digital channel,” Beale told the at a branch get advice on mort- also opens up options. and beyond are expected to flash and noises from his camera phone taught him a lesson. “I think he got a little Summit, which took place in gages, other products and more Establishing a leading digital plat- shrink branch networks to cut scared the squirrel, which climbed under lesson from the squirrel that he’s not really Reuters’ offices in London, New York complex transactions from con- form will make Nordea more nim- costs, potentially saving up to 15 his shirt and hung onto his back before its buddy,” she said. She said neither her son and Washington. Christian Clausen, sultants at a central location via a ble and give it greater flexibility on percent of their retail banking scampering back out. nor the squirrel was harmed. —AP chief executive of Sweden’s Nordea, TV screen - cutting costs and pro- strategic options, including in expense. —Reuters SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE

Uruguay limits pot purchases to 10 Lack of health care deadly grams per week MONTEVIDEO: Uruguay on Friday took a major step for Myanmar’s Rohingya in setting rules for the government-regulated sale of marijuana, a daring experiment supported by the country’s iconoclastic president. Officials said that customers can buy up to 10 Gripped by ethnic, religious violence grams of marijuana a week at a price of 20 to 22 pesos (about $0.90) per gram. SITTWE, Myanmar: When the kicking The small South American country in December stopped, Zura Begum suspected some- became the first in the world to announce that it thing was wrong with the twins she was would regulate the market for cannabis and its deriv- supposed to deliver that month. When the atives, a bold move by authorities frustrated with los- pain started shooting through her body, all doubt was erased. She needed help, but ing resources to fighting drug trafficking. had nowhere to turn. She was trapped with The new rules state that the officially-sanctioned thousands of other Muslim Rohingya in a marijuana will have a 15 percent concentration of squalid, dusty camp in western Myanmar’s tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) — the plant’s main psy- Rakhine state. choactive ingredient-and come in five varieties. The foreign aid workers she had relied Buyers must be 18 or older, residents of Uruguay, on early in her pregnancy were gone - and must register with authorities. forced out by a distrustful government and The decree regulating pot sales is due to be extremist Buddhist mobs. Getting help out- signed by ministers Monday and published Tuesday, side the camps, in hospitals run by the said National Drug Board president Diego Canepa. Buddhist Rakhine majority, requires special The new rules are supported by President Jose permission that is harder than ever to Mujica, a former guerrilla and medical doctor who obtain. leaves office this year. And there is one more obstacle: The fear that has grown over two years in which Pot by December ethnic violence in Rakhine, mostly by Once the degree is signed, the government will Buddhist mobs against Rohingya, has left issue a call for applicants for a limited number of up to 280 people dead and forced another marijuana production licenses. 140,000 from their homes. Rohingya worry Canepa estimated that legal marijuana will be Buddhist doctors and nurses will hurt or available in pharmacies in December. even kill them, though aid workers, now The official price is based on production costs and just beginning to return to Rakhine, say profits for the producers and pharmacies, Canepa there is nothing to suggest that the rumors said. are true. The total volume consumed in Uruguay-a country All those factors weigh on Rohingya of 3.3 million people-”falls around 18 to 22 tons” of who need medical attention - especially cannabis per year, said National Drug Board secretary pregnant women like Begum. Her family SITTWE: A Rohingya woman breast-feeds her child in Sittwe, western Rakhine state, Myanmar. Since extremist Buddhist mobs forced general Julio Calzada. said that instead of getting the treatment hundreds of foreign aid workers out of Rakhine state leaving people with little access to life-saving medical care, there are reports “Based on this, we need a maximum of 10 she and her twins needed, the 20-year-old almost daily about deaths. —- AP hectares (25 acres)” of crops to meet demand, he lay at the camp in a “long house” - a shelter added. of bamboo and corrugated metal where Now they show up several times a week, turned upside down by hatred. They she had. Although it has not been illegal to consume mari- multiple families live. Her mother stroked but only for a few hours. entered the camp after Buddhist mobs She went to the Sittwe hospital three juana in Uruguay since the 1970s, the sale and distri- her hand and placed packs of ice on her Long lines form with hundreds of destroyed their village. days after she had gone to the one in bution of cannabis had been forbidden. huge belly between screams. patients, each getting only a few minutes Like most men in the camps, unable to Dapaing. One baby was believed to have “It was a relief when the law was approved, of attention. Some suffer from respiratory leave without paying hefty bribes, Rafis died several days before the other, and because I would no longer have to go to a ‘boca’” said Bumpy transition infections and diarrhea, the two biggest was not working. sepsis may have set in by the time she was Claudia, 36, a mother of three children, who used the Myanmar, a predominantly Buddhist child-killers worldwide. And experts fear But Begum managed to hold onto admitted. But after her surgery, Begum slang word for an illegal sales point. nation of 60 million, has been gripped by cholera or other waterborne outbreaks will hope. Though many of her friends already appeared to be in stable condition. She The government’s registration requirement how- ethnic and religious violence - mostly in flare when the sprawling camps, now blan- had several children by the age of 20, the spent a week in recovery and was sup- ever may scare away some potential legal buyers. Rakhine - since it began its bumpy transi- keted by choking clouds of dust, turn to twins in her bulging belly would be her posed to be released April 25. “There are some people who are afraid of register- tion to democracy three years ago. mud when the rainy season starts. first and she was thrilled. Begum’s aunt Mastaba Khatu, who ing because of their work. Though many Rohingya here are from The government also promised to let aid She was also getting the prenatal care stayed with her in the hospital, said that And if an anti-marijuana government comes to families that arrived generations ago, the workers from Save the Children, Oxfam and she needed - until Doctors Without hours before her niece was due to go power, the database could be used against them,” government considers them all illegal other humanitarian groups return to Sittwe Borders was forced out in February. As her home, a doctor led her to another room, said Juan Pablo Tubino, owner of a Montevideo store migrants from Bangladesh and has denied within days, but few staff have returned so due date neared, something went wrong saying he just needed to give her one final that specializes in cannabis. them citizenship. Many of those displaced far. with her pregnancy, and when the pain injection. The black market for marijuana-where minors, for- by recent violence live under apartheid-like Most are working out of hotel rooms came it was obvious that she needed a Twenty minutes later, pain started surg- eigners and registration refusniks can get their weed- conditions on the outskirts of Sittwe, the with cardboard boxes turned into doctor. ing again through Begum’s stomach. And will likely remain. capital of Rakhine. makeshift filing cabinets. While a few start- On April 13, Begum’s family took her to moments later, she was dead. However the new law could “modify” that market, There are reports almost daily about ed visiting camps this week with supplies, a small hospital in Dapaing village, but the Tin Aung, an obstetrics doctor at the said commissioner Cesar Manuel Sosa, who leads the deaths, many of them pregnant women they say the must operate under greater doctor wasn’t there. He told the nurses by hospital, would not comment about Directorate for Combating Drug Trafficking. experiencing complications that could restrictions than they had before. phone that she should go to Sittwe Begum’s case but said Rohingya and have been prevented, according to aid They point to the Emergency General Hospital. Buddhist Rakhine patients are all treated Controversial experiment workers and Rohingya in the camps. Before Coordination Center as one of the most Like others in the camp, Begum had the same. People who grow pot for their individual use or for Doctors Without Borders was kicked out of worrying signs. Comprised of state and heard rumors that several Rohingya admit- “We have so many patients here. ... “clubs” say they are already seeing an increase in Rakhine, pregnant women made up a quar- central government officials, as well as rep- ted into the hospital did not make it out Whether we can help them depends theft of their hot commodity. ter of the group’s emergency referrals. resentatives from the United Nations, non- alive. Foreign aid workers have not seen somewhat on what condition they were in “Now we see more cultivators, we know that there The government expelled the group in profits and members of the local Buddhist evidence of Buddhist doctors treating when they arrived,” he said. “We do the are a lot of people who plant, and that’s why there is February. It had angered officials by hiring Rakhine community, its role initially was to Rohingya improperly. best we can.” theft. Me, I’ve been robbed, my friends and their some Rohingya staff, and by saying it had be an information-sharing mechanism. A more certain risk was not getting Word about Begum’s death spread acquaintances as well. And that’s happening all over treated victims of an attack on a village in medical help. If a hospital cannot be quickly among Rohingya, adding to the the country,” said Juan Andres Palese, producer and northern Rakhine state early this year. The Risk of death reached for a cesarean section, the risk of rumors and fear that deterred her from co-owner of another cannabis shop. United Nations has said more than 40 peo- But last week, one of most influential death for moms and babies is greatly seeking help in Sittwe. Heavily criticized by the United Nations’ ple may have been killed in that attack, but members, Than Tun, told aid workers their increased. On Tuesday, another Rohingya woman International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the government says the only death was terms of engagement had changed. Now Begum went home. Her husband and died in childbirth, 27-year-old Alima Khatu. Uruguay’s marijuana experiment is being closely fol- that of a policeman. aid groups’ activities must be approved by parents took turns holding her hand, rub- She, too, went to the Dapaing hospital, but lowed by countries eager to find an alternative to the Weeks later, more than 700 other for- the center, and must give Buddhists and bing her stomach with ice, trying to con- her husband initially refused to have her expensive and violent “war on drugs” spearheaded eign aid workers were forced to flee after Rohingya equal amounts of aid. sole her. transferred to the hospital in Sittwe by the United States. their guest houses, offices and warehouses “They have to create a situation that “She was screaming, ‘I’m dying! This is because he was concerned about her Hannah Hetzer from the US organization Drug were attacked by Buddhist mobs. both communities can accept,” Than Tun so painful! The pain comes from the belly! wife’s safety. Policy Alliance said there is global interest in study- The government insisted it could fill the said in an interview. “If they keep working Help me!’” said Abdul Melik,” a friend of Begum’s father, Abdul Lamin, is simply ing what aspects of Uruguay’s pot-controlling experi- gap, though the health care system across the old way, I’m sure there will be more Begum’s family who stayed with them struggling to understand. “When I was told ence can be applied to other countries. the country is still rebuilding after years of conflict in our state.” through much of her ordeal. “She that she died in the hospital, I felt like the “There is a consensus in several countries that neglect. The former military government It is clear to aid workers that Rohingya in screamed so loudly that about 10 long whole world was broken and my heart what we are doing in the war on drugs is not work- spent around $1 per person on medical Rakhine state require much more aid than houses could hear her.” too,” the 50-year-old said, sobbing. ing, but not on what the correct answer would be,” care annually before it was replaced in Buddhists, who can get help at govern- When the International Red Cross, “I keep hearing people say, ‘She was said Hetzer. 2011. ment clinics and hospitals with none of the which has managed to maintain a tiny killed. She was killed,’” he said. “But I didn’t “There are always risks in any reform of drug poli- The state deployed dozens of its own obstacles Rohingya face. presence in Sittwe, learned about Begum’s see anything with my own eyes. I don’t cies,” she said. — AFP doctors into Muslim camps, but some ini- Begum married Mohamad Rafis two case, the group was able to convince her want to blame anyone. I just want my tially refused to go, saying they felt unsafe. years ago, just as their world was being that Sittwe General was the only option daughter.” —- AP Singles left out of Uganda to criminalize Hawaii fertility law ‘wilful’ HIV transmission KAMPALA: Lawmakers in Uganda are the Uganda Network on Law, Ethics “The issue is that it’s going to be set to pass a bill criminalizing the and HIV/AIDS, said such a measure more harmful than useful. It’s going HONOLULU: Do you want to get fertility treatments in that the patient’s eggs are fertilized using the spouse’s intentional transmission of the virus might be risky in a country where to drive us so far into discrimination, Hawaii? If you’re married, there’s a good chance that the sperm, according to Resolve, an organization that tracks that causes AIDS, the latest measure many HIV-positive people are stigmatization,” she said. treatments will be covered by insurance. But if you’re fertility policies. Hawaii’s fertility law excludes all men by a government trying to stem the believed to be unaware of their sta- At least 60 countries criminalize not married, you’re probably out of luck. with fertility problems because it only offers one growing number of new infections in tus. the transmission of HIV or the failure Insurance companies in Hawaii are only required to method of treatment - in vitro fertilization, which is this East African country but one She said she opposes the measure to disclose one’s HIV status to sex cover fertility treatment for married women, not for designed for women. It also excludes lesbian couples which activists fear will be used to because it might discourage people partners, according to AIDS-Free their single counterparts. And in vitro fertilization treat- because although married, neither partner can provide further stigmatize people with HIV. from testing for HIV and could be World, an international advocacy ments must use sperm from the patient’s spouse. the required sperm. Lawmaker Betty Amongi, who sits used to justify discrimination against group that opposes the criminaliza- But a push in the Hawaii Legislature to expand cover- Smith found out about Hawaii’s law when she decid- on the health committee of Uganda’s those living with HIV. tion of HIV transmission. —- AP age for fertility treatments to unmarried women died ed to have a baby. She planned to raise her child with parliament, said Friday that the meas- Thursday with the end of the session. the help of her extended family, which runs Halau O Na ure is justified in order to deter “those Piilani Smith, a Native Hawaiian hula practitioner Maolitua, a school that teaches about Hawaiian tradi- who are likely to intentionally trans- who also happens to be single, sought to change that tions. mit HIV.” law, saying it discriminates against all varieties of Smith was diagnosed with infertility and sought “As a lawmaker my role is to pre- unmarried women including Native Hawaiians, who his- treatment from her doctor. When she asked about insur- vent new HIV infections,” she said. “My torically did not observe marriage in the traditional ance coverage, she was met with a question: “Are you plea to people living with HIV is that Western sense. married?” When Smith said no, she was told she was out they should not be so selfish.” “In Hawaiian culture, there’s nothing sacred about of luck. The measure sets a 10-year jail the institution of marriage,” Smith said. “It doesn’t exist. “The goal here is to not cover people,” said Barbara term for anyone convicted of “wilfully What exists is the respect for family and, ultimately, Collura, president and CEO of Resolve. “The goal here is or intentionally transmitting HIV.” ancestral genealogy.” to exclude as many people as possible, so that your Uganda is seeing a rise in the HIV Before Western missionaries and colonists arrived in actual coverage is pretty minimal.” rate after a period of relative stability, Hawaii, marriage in the legal sense was not practiced, Smith helped craft legislation during the 2014 ses- a cause for concern among officials said Doug Askman, associate professor of history at sion that sought to require coverage beyond married and activists who in the 1990s Hawaii Pacific University. women, but both proposals died. presided over a big decline in new “The concept of marriage was very different,” Askman The Hawaii Medical Service Association, one of the infections. According to the most said. “Many of the alii (royalty) had numerous wives. In state’s largest insurers, had told the Legislature it was recent survey by Uganda’s Ministry of the traditional culture, that was certainly acceptable, open to expanding coverage beyond single women, Health, 7.3 percent of the Ugandan especially among the ruling class.” spokesman Floyd Takeuchi said. The association pro- population has HIV, up from about 6 But the arrival of Westerners brought Christian values vides coverage for some patients who are in civil unions, percent a decade ago. that infused the state’s laws. depending on the patient’s employer group plan, he Although the new bill seeks to bar said. discrimination on the basis of HIV sta- KAMPALA: A Ugandan nurse, Rosemary Namubiru, wipes her eyes in court in Out of luck The insurance company Kaiser Permanente had told tus, some civic groups note that crim- Kampala in March. She is accused of injecting a two year old boy Mathew Hawaii, which is one of 15 states that have insurance the Legislature that it supports the idea of the proposal, inalizing HIV transmission may lead to Mushabe with HIV/Aids virus. Goaded by journalists who wanted a clear mandates for fertility treatments, also is not the only but it warned against the high cost of insurance man- the stigmatization of people living view of her face, the Ugandan nurse looked dazed and on the verge of tears. state that excludes single women from the benefit. dates and requested a study instead to determine the with HIV or AIDS. The Ugandan press had dubbed her “the killer nurse” after the HIV-infected Maryland, Texas and Hawaii also have laws that require potential cost increases. Dorah Kiconco, a Ugandan lawyer medical worker was accused of deliberately injecting her blood into a two- who runs a watchdog group called year-old patient. —- AP SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 HEALTH & SCIENCE WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

Nasser Al Sayer Isam Jassim Al Sager Ibrahim Dabdoub NBK honors Ibrahim Dabdoub for 53 years of excellence

ational Bank of Kuwait (NBK) honored Dabdoub for his accomplishments at NBK, ly, building on its strong reputation and long occupation in 1990. NBK was the only Kuwaiti and conservative approach to management. Ibrahim Dabdoub, NBK Ex-Group Chief highlighting his contributions to the bank’s track record of solid performance and bank that survived the 1982 stock market Dabdoub applauded the dedication and NExecutive Officer, for his 53 years of success for the past 53 years. remarkable achievements.” crash while remaining intact. During the 1990 commitment of all his colleagues and staff excellence at NBK. “Dabdoub will remain a figure for NBK and In his turn, Al Sager said: “Dabdoub has Iraqi occupation, NBK continued to fully members in their contribution to the Group’s The honoring ceremony was attended by Arab Banking in general,” said Al Sayer.” On been an inspirational leader for many genera- operate out of its London branch, a prece- success and in supporting him to accomplish Anas Al Saleh, Kuwait Minister of Finance, Dr behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like tions. He has over the years served NBK dent in the financial industry throughout his- all these achievements. Mohammad Yousef Al Hashel, the Governor to thank him for the passion, dedication and unconditionally, devoting his life to build a tory. Dabdoub has retired in March 2014, step- of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Nasser Al Sayer, loyalty to NBK.” well-recognized organization, both domesti- Dabdoub, on the other hand, expressed ping down from his post as NBK Group CEO. NBK’s Vice Chairman, Isam Jassim Al Sager, Al Sayer added: “Since his appointment as cally and internationally, with over USD 70 his gratitude and appreciation to NBK’s Board Dabdoub’s successful career at NBK extends NBK Group Chief Executive Officer, Shaikha the CEO and even earlier in his different roles billion in assets and a presence in 16 coun- of Directors for their trust and support over for over 53 years. He joined NBK in 1961 right Khaled Al Bahar, Deputy Group CEO along since joining the bank in 1961, Dabdoub tries. the years for him and for all the Executive after his graduation and has never served with NBK Board members, Executive played a major role in transforming the bank Al-Sager particularly emphasized on Management team. Dabdoub confirmed that elsewhere during his career life. He joined the Management and VIP clients. into a well-established regional financial Dabdoub’s role in leading NBK in two major NBK’s attributes and achievements over the bank as a junior officer and advanced In his speech, Al Sayer expressed his and institution. NBK will continue to strengthen crises that faced the bank during his career; years are mainly a result of the Group’s clear through the years in different positions till NBK’s Board of Directors’ appreciation to its leading position both locally and regional- the stock market crash in 1982 and the Iraqi strategic direction, its institutional framework becoming CEO in 1983. WHAT’S ON SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 AUK exclusive diamond sponsor at EDUCAREER 2014

or the 11th consecutive year, the American University especially that it had introduced the widely demanded of Kuwait (AUK) participated as the exclusive Electric Engineering and Human Resources majors. FDiamond Sponsor in the education section of EDU- CAREER 2014, the annual Education & Training Currently, the American University of Kuwait offers Exhibitionheld at Kuwait International Fairgrounds (KIF) 15distinct degree programs in the following academic from April 27th until April 30th. This year, EDUCAREER disciplines: coincides with the 10th anniversary of AUK and its celebra- l Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in: tion of a decade of contributions to Kuwait’s higher educa- Accounting, Finance, Marketing, Economics, tion sector. Management, and Human Resources AUK Vice President for Admissions and Public Affairs, l Bachelor of Arts (BA) in: Communication and Media, Amal Al-Binali; and the Vice President for Student Affairs, English, Graphic Design, Dr. Carol Ross, were present at the opening ceremony to l International Studies, and Social and Behavioral meet the Minister of Education & Higher Education, Ahmed Sciences. Al-Mulaifi, who inaugurated the exhibition with ceremonial l Bachelor of Science (BS) in: Computer Science, ribbon cutting, followed by a tour around the participating Information Systems. booths l Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in: Computer Engineering, The AUK Admissions team wasalso present to meet with Electrical Engineering prospective students and visitors and respond to inquiries AUK is accredited institutionally by the Private about the admissions process, the different academic pro- Universities Council (PUC) in Kuwait. Its business pro- grams offered at AUK, the IEP program, government grams are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Scholarships, and campus life. Prospect students were also Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP); its social sciences, offered the opportunity to start their application process arts and humanities programs are accredited by The and schedule campus tours. American Academy for Liberal Education’s (AALE); and its During the exhibition, representatives from the Center Intensive English program is accredited by the Commission for Continuing Education (CCE) at AUK played an active for Intensive English Program Accreditation (CEA). role in promoting their services, training programs and The American University of Kuwait (AUK) is an inde- workshops to both youth and adult learners. pendent, private, equal opportunity, and co-educational EDUCAREER has always been a major annual admissions liberal arts institution of higher education. The educational, and marketing activity for AUK. cultural and administrative structure, methods and stan- The AUK booth at EDUCAREER has historically drawn a dards of AUK are based on the American model of higher From left: AUK Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Carol Ross, Minister of Education & Higher wide range of visitors including public and private high learning. The language of instruction is English. More infor- Education, Ahmed Al-Mulaifi, AUK Vice President for Admissions and Public Affairs, Amal Al-Binali, and school students, parents, young professionals, and local mation on the American University of Kuwait can be found AUK Director of Admissions, Maher Dabouseh. media. This year AUK is expecting to see a higher footfall, atwww.auk.edu.kw

From left: Assistant Director of PR & Marketing, Amer El Assaad, AUK Vice President for Admissions and High school student visitors Public Affairs, Amal Al-Binali and AUK Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Carol Ross at the AUK booth.

Entertainment City announces summer hours he Entertainment City welcomes visitors at summer Largest pizza in Kuwait operating hours starting from today, May 4, 2014, Tannounced Meshari Al-San’ousy, the Executive Director Assistant for Entertainment City Affairs. unveiled at Lu&Lu Hypermarket The facility opens from 5:00 pm to 1:00 am every day for all visitors, while Mondays are allocated for female visitors only, Al-San’ousy said. u&Lu Hypermarket, the largest Meanwhile, Al-San’ousy announced that two new retail and lifestyle shopping games were opened at the Entertainment City: the ‘7- Ldestination in Kuwait, unveiled dimensional fantasy cinema’ with 12 seats, and the new the largest pizza in the country at Meshari Al-San’ousi ‘Bumper Cars’ with 10 to 15 cars. their Al-Rai outlet on Thursday. The 101-meter long pizza, crafted in association with Pizza Inn, was inau- gurated by Mohamed Haris, Regional Director of Lu&Lu Hypermarket, Mouzim Al Usman from ministry of Oil Department and Rohit Mirchandani, Managing Director of Pizza Inn, along with the Hypermarket’s Regional Manager, K. S. Sreejith, in the presence of a large crowd of Lu&Lu customers and well- wishers. The largest-ever-pizza in Kuwait was unrolled as part of the Hypermarket’s ongoing ‘Taste of the World’ promotion, which has been drawing large and enthusiastic shoppers to all outlets of the Hypermarket since 23 April. The ‘Taste of the World’ promo- tion, which is slated to conclude on Saturday 3 May, provides a unique experience for food lovers in the country to enjoy the exquisite tastes Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa of cuisines from around the world, in Kuwait celebrates first anniversary as well as witness the culinary cre- ativity of master chefs in different umeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa, and business travellers with 407 elegantly cuisines. Kuwait’s idyllic resort, is offering a spe- appointed guest rooms, including 316 Several food-themed activities Jcial 10 per cent discount across its rooms and suites, 79 residential suites and are being conducted on the side- restaurants during the day on Wednesday 7 12 private and luxurious villas. lines of the ‘Taste of the World’ pro- May 2014 to mark the hotel’s first anniver- The newly appointed General Manager, motion, including cooking competi- sary. Hakan Petek, said: “We have achieved a big tions, junior and senior chef contest, Following the recent opening of Salt, the milestone over the past year thanks to our ‘Wow the Master Chef’ contest, and hotel’s signature seafood restaurant, visitors colleagues and their dedication to provide ‘Taste and Win’ events. and guests can also enjoy an Italian menu the best service. I would also like to thank The ‘Taste of the World’ promo- at Olio, a lavish dinner buffet at the Garden our loyal guests for choosing our hotel as tion is part of Lu&Lu Hypermarket’s CafÈ or steaks at Pepper. Alternatively, their preferred destination in Kuwait.” initiative to continuously bring the guests can dine in the hotel’s traditional From the region’s leading and sought best of the world to their customers. Arabesque CafÈ and enjoy the traditional after Talise Spa, fun activities for kids at the The winning formula of offering val- ambience focusing on Kuwait’s way of life. Sinbad Kids’ Club, the Scene Teens’ Club, ue for money and quality shopping Or relax and sample healthy snacks amid floodlit tennis court, two swimming pools continues to delight customers, who the tranquil surroundings of Mint. and 200 meters of private beach, guests of cherish the pleasurable shopping The luxurious beachfront development all ages will never have a dull moment at experience and the economy that provides a complete destination for leisure Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel & Spa. Lu&Lu Hypermarket provides. TV PROGRAMS SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014

04:40 How Stuff Works 15:00 Wild Russia 05:05 How Stuff Works 16:00 Wild Florida 05:30 How Stuff Works 17:00 Rescue Ink 06:00 How It’s Made 18:00 Banged Up Abroad If it is OK for 00:45 Jaws Comes Home 06:30 How It’s Made 19:00 Alaska Wing Men 01:35 Animal Cops South Africa 07:00 Fast N’ Loud 20:00 World’s Toughest Fixes 02:25 Jaws Comes Home 07:50 Wheeler Dealers 21:00 The Known Universe 03:15 My Wild Affair: The Seal Who 08:40 Extreme Car Hoarders 22:00 Alaska Wing Men women to propose, Came Home 09:30 Gold Rush 23:00 Brave New World 04:05 Animal Maternity Ward 10:20 Klondike 04:55 Animal Cops South Africa 11:10 Gold Divers why don t they? 05:45 Treehouse Masters 12:00 Destroyed In Seconds ’ 06:35 Wildlife SOS 12:25 Destroyed In Seconds 07:00 Steve Irwin’s Wildlife Warriors 12:50 Destroyed In Seconds teve Paska waited two weeks for Washington’s 07:25 My Cat From Hell 13:15 Destroyed In Seconds famously fickle cherry blossoms to emerge, then 00:20 I, Predator 08:15 Too Cute! 13:40 How Stuff Works Sspent two hours searching for the perfect spot 01:10 Monster Jellyfish 09:10 Gator Boys 14:05 How Stuff Works beneath the canopy of fluff. He lured his girlfriend there 02:00 Alaska Fish Wars 10:05 Call Of The Wildman 14:30 How Stuff Works on the pretext of buying a painting of the blooms. Then 02:50 Animal Superpowers 10:30 Swamp Brothers 14:55 How It’s Made he surprised her by dropping to one knee and propos- 03:45 World’s Worst Venom 11:00 Tanked 15:20 How It’s Made ing. She said “yes” so fast he forgot to pull out the ring. 04:40 Predator CSI 11:55 Treehouse Masters 15:45 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop Go to any wedding celebration this nuptial season, 05:35 Vacations Gone Wild 12:50 Search For The Knysna Edition 06:30 The incredible Dr. pol whether in a ballroom or backyard or church basement, Elephants 16:10 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 07:25 Tiger Man and it’s a good bet you can trace the big day to a similar 13:45 There’s A Rhino In My House! Edition 08:20 Going Wild start, with different flourishes. 14:40 Uakari ‚Äì Secrets Of The 16:35 Auction Hunters: Pawn Shop 09:15 Bite Me With Dr. Mike Leahy If a man is marrying a woman somewhere in America, English Monkey Edition 10:10 Ninja Shrimp odds are that he proposed to her. That may seem obvi- 15:35 Natural World 17:00 Baggage Battles 11:05 Badass Animals ous, but consider this: Three-fourths of Americans say it 16:30 Natural World 17:25 Baggage Battles 12:00 Monster Fish would be fine for the woman to do the proposing, in 17:25 Lions And Giants 17:50 Border Security 12:55 Monster Fish theory. In practice, only about 5 percent of those cur- 18:20 Treehouse Masters 18:15 Border Security 13:50 Megafish rently married say the woman proposed, and the figure 19:15 Natural World 18:40 Border Security 14:45 Touching the Dragon is no higher among couples wed within the past 10 20:10 Shamwari: A Wild Life 19:05 Building The World Cup 15:40 Wild Florida years. Attitudes actually seem to be trending the other 20:35 Shamwari: A Wild Life 19:55 Mythbusters 16:35 Wild Gabon 21:05 Perfect Predators 20:45 Treehouse Masters way, an Associated Press-WE tv poll shows. Young adults 17:30 I, Predator 22:55 Shamwari: A Wild Life 21:35 You Have Been Warned are more likely than their elders to consider it “unaccept- 18:25 World’s Weirdest 23:20 Shamwari: A Wild Life 22:25 Gold Rush able” for a woman to do the asking. More than one-third 19:20 Monster Fish 23:50 Untamed & Uncut 23:15 Klondike of those under age 30 disapprove. 20:10 Monster Fish While Paska, 26, believes female proposals are OK - 21:00 Megafish after all, one of his sisters proposed to her boyfriend - he 21:50 Touching the Dragon wanted to declare his love and dedication the traditional 22:40 Wild Florida way. “I think If she’d gotten down on one knee and asked 23:30 Wild Gabon me the question,” Paska said, “I would have called for a 00:05 Doctor Who 00:00 Chelsea Lately timeout.” In the survey, nearly half of single women who 00:50 Mad Dogs 00:30 The Dance Scene hope to get married someday say they would consider 01:35 Threesome 00:55 The Dance Scene proposing. Paska and his fiancee, Jessica Deegan, who 02:00 The Weakest Link 01:25 THS both live in Arlington, Virginia, already had decided 02:45 Being Erica 03:15 THS together that they wanted to marry, she said. Still, 03:30 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 04:10 E!ES 04:15 The Weakest Link 00:30 The Daily Show With Jon Deegan was thrilled that he made it official with a grand 05:05 Extreme Close-Up 05:00 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll Stewart romantic gesture on April 10. 05:30 Extreme Close-Up 05:20 The Green Balloon Club 01:30 Saturday Night Live 06:00 THS 05:45 Poetry Pie 02:30 Weeds Proposal planners 07:50 Style Star 05:50 Gigglebiz 03:00 Dads “It’s kind of like the moment you imagine your whole 08:20 E! News 06:05 Bobinogs 03:30 The Neighbors life,” she said. “I’ve seen that in movies. I’ve read that in 09:15 Opening Act 06:15 Nuzzle & Scratch: Frock n Roll 04:00 Seinfeld books. You don’t want to miss out on that moment.” That 10:15 The Drama Queen 06:35 The Green Balloon Club 04:30 The Tonight Show Starring traditional moment has survived radical changes in US 11:10 Eric And Jessie: Game On 07:00 Poetry Pie Jimmy Fallon TIN MEN ON OSN MOVIES COMEDY HD marriages over the past half-century. People are marry- 11:35 Eric And Jessie: Game On 07:05 Gigglebiz 05:30 My Boys ing older; brides are more likely to be already supporting 12:05 E! News 07:20 Last Of The Summer Wine 06:00 Breaking In 02:00 Sons Of Anarchy 05:00 Year Of The Dog-PG15 13:05 The E! True Hollywood Story themselves. It’s become commonplace to live together 07:50 Lorna Doone 06:30 Friends 03:00 Nip/Tuck 07:00 Falling In Love-PG15 14:05 Keeping Up With The first, even to have children before marriage. Some men 08:40 Doctor Who 07:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 04:00 Bones 09:00 Raggedy Man-PG15 Kardashians are proposing to men and women to women, now that 09:25 The Weakest Link 08:00 Seinfeld 05:00 Criminal Minds 11:00 The Presidio-PG15 15:00 Keeping Up With The one-third of US states allow gay marriage. 10:10 Absolutely Fabulous 08:30 My Boys 06:00 Almost Human 13:00 Saving Grace B. Jones-PG15 Kardashians But the boy-asks-girl proposal still reigns, updated to 10:40 Me & Mrs Jones 09:00 Dads 07:00 Betrayal 15:00 Look Again-PG15 02:00 IPL 16:00 Giuliana & Bill a public art form in Facebook and YouTube videos fea- 11:10 Last Of The Summer Wine 09:30 Cougar Town 08:00 Zero Hour 17:00 The Presidio-PG15 05:30 IPL Highlights 17:00 Giuliana & Bill turing flash mobs or scavenger hunts or proposals while 11:40 The Weakest Link 10:00 Two And A Half Men 09:00 Criminal Minds 19:00 L’amour C’est Mieux A Deux- 06:30 ICC Cricket 360 18:00 E! News skydiving or swimming with dolphins. “Destination” pro- 12:25 Lorna Doone 10:30 Friends 10:00 Castle PG15 07:00 IPL Highlights 19:00 Fashion Police posals are trending, too, for men who want a California 13:15 Doctor Who 11:00 The Tonight Show Starring 11:00 Bones 21:00 Hesher-18 08:00 IPL Highlights 19:30 #RichKids Of Beverly Hills beach or the Eiffel Tower as the setting. There are even 14:00 Doctors Jimmy Fallon 12:00 Emmerdale 23:00 Another Happy Day-18 09:00 ICC Cricket 360 20:00 Keeping Up With The “proposal planners” who can help arrange flowers, musi- 14:30 Doctors 12:00 The Goodwin Games 12:30 Coronation Street 09:30 IPL Highlights Kardashians cians and a videographer. Ellie Pitts, a planner who 15:00 Doctors 12:30 Seinfeld 14:00 Zero Hour 10:30 IPL Highlights 21:00 Keeping Up With The works in Dallas for The Yes Girls, said the group has han- 15:30 Doctors 13:00 My Boys 15:00 Almost Human 11:30 IPL Highlights Kardashians dled more than 350 proposals around the country and 16:00 Doctors 13:30 Friends 16:00 Emmerdale 12:30 IPL Highlights 22:00 Eric And Jessie: Game On 14:00 The Neighbors abroad, nearly all by men. 16:30 Doctor Who 16:30 Coronation Street 01:00 Mike Tyson: Undisputed 13:30 ICC Cricket 360 22:30 Eric And Jessie: Game On 14:30 Cougar Town A few clients were lesbians. Only one so far was a 17:15 King George & Queen Mary 17:00 American Idol Truth-PG15 14:00 IPL Highlights 23:00 Hello Ross 15:00 Two And A Half Men woman asking a man - a boyfriend whose proposal she 18:05 Upstairs Downstairs 18:00 Zero Hour 03:00 Stolen-PG15 15:00 IPL Highlights 23:30 Chelsea Lately 15:30 The Daily Show With Jon had turned down previously. “I think it probably takes a 19:00 Me & Mrs Jones 19:00 Burn Notice 05:00 You Got Served: Beat The 16:00 IPL Highlights Stewart woman with a lot of guts to be able to do it,” said Pitts, 19:30 Absolutely Fabulous 20:00 Top Gear (US) World-PG15 17:00 ICC Cricket 360 16:30 The Goodwin Games who is newly engaged herself, to a man who did the ask- 20:00 Silk 21:00 Witches Of East End 07:00 Haywire-PG15 17:00 Late Night With Seth Meyers 17:30 Live IPL ing. “At least in my experience with my girlfriends, 20:50 Waking The Dead 22:00 Supernatural 09:00 Peeples-PG15 18:00 Dads 21:00 ICC Cricket 360 21:45 Rev. 23:00 Nip/Tuck 11:00 Red 2-PG15 women tend to be a little more ready to get engaged 18:30 The Neighbors 21:30 IPL Highlights 22:15 Alan Carr: Chatty Man 13:00 The Great Ghost Rescue-PG and move forward than men are, so asking the question 19:00 2 Broke Girls 22:30 IPL 23:00 Being Erica 00:00 Wild Gabon 15:00 The Iron Lady-PG15 before he asks might tend to backfire.” 19:30 Two And A Half Men 23:45 Me & Mrs Jones 01:00 Aftermath 17:00 Peeples-PG15 A woman who proposes also risks criticism for her 20:00 Men At Work 02:00 Banged Up Abroad 00:00 Total Recall 18:45 Beautiful Creatures-PG15 boldness, said Katherine Parkin, an associate professor of 20:30 Parks And Recreation 03:00 Sea Patrol 02:00 Underground 21:00 Zero Dark Thirty-18 history at Monmouth University in New Jersey. Parkin 04:00 Inside Combat Rescue 21:00 The Daily Show Global 04:00 The Howling: Reborn researched the folk tradition that claimed women could Edition 05:00 The Border 06:00 Men In Black 3 00:15 The Wrath Of God-18 propose only during a leap year. She found that the idea 21:30 The Colbert Report Global 06:00 Sea Patrol 09:45 The Amazing Spider-Man 02:10 2001: A Space Odyssey-FAM triggered mockery every four years for much of the 20th Edition 07:00 Wild Russia 12:00 Dick Tracy 04:35 The Wrath Of God-18 century. Postcards, ads and articles portrayed women 00:05 Man, Cheetah, Wild 23:00 Weeds 01:15 The Elf Who Stole Christmas 08:00 Wild Gabon 14:00 Metal Shifters 07:00 Jailhouse Rock-PG who would propose as desperate, aggressive and unat- 00:55 Man, Cheetah, Wild 23:30 Men At Work 02:45 Emilie Jolie 09:00 Aftermath 16:00 The Amazing Spider-Man 08:30 Dial M For Murder-PG tractive. The leap year joke has faded, she said, but the 01:45 Finding Bigfoot 04:15 Kim The River Of Peace 10:00 Banged Up Abroad 18:15 Red Eye 10:10 Raintree County-PG stigma lingers. 02:35 How Stuff’s Made 06:00 The Water Horse: Legend Of 11:00 Hard Time 20:00 Metal Shifters 12:50 The Rounders-PG 03:00 How Stuff’s Made The Deep “I don’t see much changing to challenge that notion, 12:00 Inside Combat Rescue 21:45 Backdraft 14:15 Dial M For Murder-PG 03:25 How Stuff’s Made 08:00 The Three Bears: Dreadful to say a regular woman, a good woman, could propose,” 13:00 The Border 00:00 Almost Human 16:00 Tribute To A Bad Man-PG 03:50 How Stuff’s Made Dangers Parkin said, although she notes that a few celebrities, 14:00 Sea Patrol 01:00 Castle 17:35 Mogambo-PG 04:15 How Stuff’s Made 09:30 Barbie In The Pink Shoes such as singer Britney Spears, have done so in the public 19:35 Cimarron-FAM 11:00 The Polar Express eye. Becky Paska, sister of Steve, said she worried that 22:00 Scarecrow-18 12:45 The Water Horse: Legend Of proposing to her longtime boyfriend, Danny Brady, 23:50 Point Blank 00:00 Underground-18 The Deep might make him feel embarrassed or emasculated. But 02:00 The Howling: Reborn-PG15 14:45 Dr Seuss’ Cat In The Hat she wanted to demonstrate the depth of her commit- 04:00 Men In Black 3-PG 16:15 Happily N’Ever After: Snow ment, because years earlier she had accepted Brady’s 07:45 The Amazing Spider-Man- White surprise proposal and then backed out. PG15 18:00 Barbie In The Pink Shoes 10:00 Dick Tracy-PG15 20:00 The Legend Of Sarila 00:00 Counting Cars Mutual agreement 12:00 Metal Shifters-PG15 22:00 Dr Seuss’ Cat In The Hat 00:30 Counting Cars So Paska, 28, asked for his hand at the Thanksgiving 14:00 The Amazing Spider-Man- 23:30 Happily N’Ever After: Snow 01:00 Shipping Wars dinner table as her family was reflecting on their bless- PG15 White 01:30 Shipping Wars ings. “I said I was so thankful for having him in my life, 16:15 Red Eye-PG15 02:00 American Restoration and we’d gone through so many things, and I’d love to 18:00 Metal Shifters-PG15 02:30 American Restoration marry him,” she said. “And he said, ‘I’d love to marry you, 19:45 Backdraft-PG15 03:00 Storage Wars too.’” Paska, of Richmond, Virginia, and Brady, of 22:15 Commando-18 03:30 Storage Wars Charlottesville, Virginia, plan an August wedding on the 00:15 Knuckle 04:00 Storage Wars beach. In the AP-WE tv poll, recently married couples 02:00 Madea’s Witness Protection 04:30 Storage Wars were less likely to say they got engaged by “mutual 04:00 Hit List 05:00 Storage Wars agreement,” instead of through one partner’s proposal, 00:00 Splash-PG 06:00 The Fast And The Furious: 05:30 Storage Wars than were people married longer. 01:45 The Five Year Engagement- Tokyo Drift 06:00 Storage Wars About one-quarter of those married at least 30 years 18 08:00 Olympus Has Fallen 06:30 Storage Wars say it was a mutual decision; that drops below one-tenth 04:00 The First Wives Club-PG 10:00 Madea’s Witness Protection 07:00 American Restoration of those wed in the past decade. Among the newer 06:00 Frankenweenie-PG 12:00 The Hobbit: An Unexpected 07:30 American Restoration unions, 83 percent said the man proposed. That may 08:00 Dark Shadows-PG15 Journey 08:00 American Restoration reflect today’s emphasis on creating a good proposal 10:00 Tin Men-PG15 14:45 Standing Ovation story to share with others. Pitts, the proposal planner, 12:00 The First Wives Club-PG 16:30 Olympus Has Fallen 08:30 American Restoration 14:00 Down Periscope-PG15 18:30 Why Stop Now 09:00 American Restoration said her clients usually have discussed marriage with 15:45 Tin Men-PG15 20:00 G.I. Joe: Retaliation 09:30 American Restoration their girlfriends and sometimes they shop for rings 17:45 The Holiday-PG15 22:00 Detention 10:00 American Restoration together before the man formally “pops the question.” 20:00 Revenge Of The Nerds-18 10:30 American Restoration The Rev Joel Stafford of Patton, Missouri, sees noth- 22:00 Revenge Of The Nerds II: 11:00 Counting Cars ing wrong with women taking the lead, the way his Nerds In Paradise-PG15 11:30 Counting Cars future wife did more than 40 years ago. “It just got to the 01:00 Total Rugby 12:00 Counting Cars point where she said, ‘Why don’t we get married?’ and I 01:30 Futbol Mundial 12:30 Counting Cars said, ‘Of course,” Stafford recalled. “I would have eventu- 02:00 PGA Tour 13:00 Counting Cars ally built up the courage to do it myself. But she didn’t 06:00 Live PGA European Tour 13:30 Counting Cars wait.” They did wait a little longer for the ceremony, so 01:15 Someday This Pain Will Be 10:00 Live Champions Tour 14:00 Counting Cars she could graduate high school. Stafford and his wife, 13:00 Live HSBC Sevens Useful To You 14:30 Counting Cars Sherry, married in June 1973, raised four children and 21:00 Live Snooker World 03:00 Flying Lessons 15:00 Storage Wars have 13 grandchildren. “Whether you are the boy or the Championship 05:00 Centre Place 15:30 Storage Wars girl, if you feel you are at the point you want to make a 07:00 The Words 16:00 Storage Wars lifetime commitment, express that,” Stafford advises. 09:00 Someday This Pain Will Be 16:30 Storage Wars “Don’t be shy like I was.” Useful To You 01:00 Trans World Sport 17:00 Storage Wars The poll was conducted in conjunction with WE tv 11:00 Flying Lessons 02:00 Live NHL from Jan 17-21 using KnowledgePanel, GfK’s probability- 13:00 The Trial 17:30 Storage Wars 05:00 Super Rugby 18:00 Storage Wars based online panel designed to be representative of the 15:00 Beastly 07:00 Trans World Sport US population. It involved online interviews with 1,060 17:00 Darling Companion 18:30 Storage Wars 08:00 Live International Rugby 19:00 Storage Wars Texas adults and has a margin of sampling error of plus or 19:00 50/50 League 19:30 Storage Wars Texas minus 3.9 percentage points for the full sample. 21:00 Being Flynn 10:00 Champions Tour 20:00 Ultimate Wheels Respondents were first selected randomly using phone 23:00 Liars All 13:00 ICC Cricket 360 21:00 Big History or mail survey methods and were later interviewed 13:30 International Rugby League 21:30 Big History online. People selected for KnowledgePanel who didn’t 14:30 Futbol Mundial otherwise have access to the Internet were provided 15:00 Live Snooker World 22:00 Pawn Stars 22:30 Pawn Stars with the ability to access the Internet at no cost to Championship World Championship them.— AP 01:00 Little Birds-18 19:30 Inside the PGA tour 23:00 Big History RED EYE ON OSN MOVIES HD ACTION 03:00 The Squid & The Whale-R 20:00 Live PGA Tour 23:30 Big History Classifieds

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NO SUN+TUE+WED THE BAG MAN (DIG) 12:45 AM (C 4714) SHARQIA-3 NO SUN+TUE+WED TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 1:30 PM FANAR-5 Toyota Prado, model 2006, THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 3:15 PM OCULUS (DIG) 2:00 PM 360º- 1 golden color, (4-clr) excel- TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 5:15 PM THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 4:15 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 1:30 PM lent condition. KD 3,450. THE BAG MAN (DIG) 7:00 PM OCULUS (DIG) 6:15 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 3:45 PM Mob: 50994848. (C 4715) THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 9:00 PM THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 8:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 6:00 PM 4-5-2014 THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 11:00 PM THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 10:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 8:15 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 1:00 AM THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 12:30 AM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 10:30 PM Sofa sets, center table, NO SUN+TUE+WED SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 12:45 AM showcase, TV stand, bed MUHALAB-1 NO SUN+TUE+WED room sets, dressing table, BRICK MANSIONS (DIG) 12:30 PM MARINA-1 fridge 4 months old, dining TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 2:45 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 12:45 PM 360º- 2 table with chairs, other BRICK MANSIONS (DIG) 4:30 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 3:45 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 1:45 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 6:30 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 6:30 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 4:15 PM items. Contact: 99402377. THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 8:15 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 8:30 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 6:45 PM (C 4712) THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 10:15 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 10:30 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 9:00 PM 1-5-2014 THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 12:15 AM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 12:30 AM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 11:15 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED For immediate sale in MUHALAB-2 360º- 3 excellent condition 4 seater THE BAG MAN (DIG) 12:45 PM MARINA-2 TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 2:00 PM + 1 + 1, sofa, 32” Sony LCD SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 3:00 PM THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 1:30 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG-3D) 4:00 PM TV, 38” LG LCD TV and one THE BAG MAN (DIG) 5:00 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 3:30 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 6:00 PM exercise bike. Please con- SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 7:15 PM THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 5:30 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG-3D) 8:15 PM tact 60604565. (C 4708) SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 9:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 7:30 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 10:00 PM 28-4-2014 SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 11:45 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 9:45 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 12:45 AM NO SUN+TUE+WED THE QUIET ONES (DIG) 12:05 AM NO SUN+TUE+WED NO SUN+TUE+WED Doctor leaving Kuwait, MUHALAB-3 AL-KOUT.1 excellent condition, two THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 1:30 PM MARINA-3 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 1:30 PM sofas and two TVs. Phone: RIO 2 (DIG-3D) 4:15 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG-3D) 1:00 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 4:15 PM 99598324. (C 4707) THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG-3D) 6:30 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG-3D) 2:45 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 7:00 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 9:15 PM RIO 2 (DIG) 4:30 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 9:45 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG-3D) 12:05 AM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG-3D) 6:45 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 12:30 AM CHANGE OF NAME THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 9:30 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED FANAR-1 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG-3D) 12:15 AM I, Kabir Taher Ali Yusuf, SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 1:00 PM NO SUN+TUE+WED AL-KOUT.2 Passport No: H8467312 SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 3:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 12:30 PM want to change my name SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 5:45 PM AVENUES-1 SNOWPIERCER (DIG) 2:45 PM to Kabir Taher Yusuf. SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 8:00 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 2:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 5:00 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 10:15 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 5:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 7:15 PM Address: Najampura, SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 12:30 AM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 8:30 PM SALEM ABO OKHTO (DIG) (Arabic) 9:30 PM Sagwara, Dungarpur. Raj. THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 11:30 PM THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 (DIG) 11:45 PM (C 4711) FANAR-2 NO SUN+TUE+WED NO SUN+TUE+WED 1-5-2014 TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 1:30 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 3:15 PM AVENUES-2 AL-KOUT.3 TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 3:30 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 2:15 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 2:00 PM SITUATION VACANT SUN+TUE+WED THE BAG MAN (DIG) 4:45 PM RIO 2 (DIG) 4:00 PM RIO 2 (DIG) 5:15 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 7:00 PM TINKER BELL AND THE PIRATE FAIRY (DIG) 6:15 PM Driver required for Kuwaiti IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 7:30 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 9:30 PM IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 8:00 PM family with valid driving SNOWPIERCER (DIG) 9:30 PM THE BAG MAN (DIG) 11:45 PM BRICK MANSIONS (DIG) 10:00 PM license and residence. Call: IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 12:05 AM NO SUN+TUE+WED IN THE BLOOD (DIG) 12:05 AM 99401126. (C 4703) 29-4-2014

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Arrival Flights on Sunday 4/5/2014 GFA 213 Bahrain 10:40 ETD 307 Abu Dhabi 21:30 KAC 103 London 12:30 Airlines Flt Route Time MEA 404 Beirut 10:55 JZR 135 Bahrain 21:45 JZR 786 Riyadh 12:50 QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 IRC 6507 Shiraz 11:00 GFA 219 Bahrain 21:45 KAC 785 Jeddah 13:00 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 JZR 151 Dubai 11:50 AIC 981 Chennai/Hyderabad/Ahmedabad 22:25 JZR 152 Dubai 13:10 JZR 267 Beirut 00:25 JZR 561 Sohag 12:00 UAL 981 Bahrain 22:40 SYR 342 Latakia 13:20 JZR 539 Cairo 00:30 SYR 341 Latakia 12:20 JZR 157 Dubai 22:55 IRC 529 Ahwaz 13:50 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:25 UAE 871 Dubai 12:45 BBC 043 Dhaka 23:10 MSR 611 Cairo 14:00 THY 764 Istanbul 01:40 IRC 528 Ahwaz 12:50 JAI 574 Mumbai 23:20 THY 767 Istanbul 14:10 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 MSR 610 Cairo 13:00 THY 772 Istanbul 23:45 UAE 872 Dubai 14:15 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 THY 766 Istanbul 13:10 PIA 205 Lahore 23:50 KAC 561 Amman 14:45 GFA 211 Bahrain 01:55 KAC 742 Dammam 13:30 QTR 1079 Doha 14:55 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 KAC 672 Dubai 13:40 Departure Flights on Sunday 4/5/2014 GFA 222 Bahrain 15:05 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 02:30 QTR 1078 Doha 13:45 Airlines Flt Route Time KAC 617 Doha 15:15 JAI 576 Kochi/Abu Dhabi 02:35 GFA 221 Bahrain 14:20 AIC 976 Goa/Chennai 00:05 KAC 673 Dubai 15:20 FDB 5067 Dubai 03:05 SVA 500 Jeddah 14:30 JAI 573 Mumbai 00:20 KNE 473 Jeddah 15:35 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 KNE 472 Jeddah 14:40 UAL 981 IAD 00:25 SVA 503 Madinah/Jeddah 15:45 QTR 1076 Doha 03:25 UAE 857 Dubai 14:55 DLH 635 Frankfurt 01:35 KAC 773 Riyadh 15:50 QTR 1084 Doha 00:05 KAC 788 Jeddah 15:00 THY 773 Istanbul 02:20 ABY 128 Sharjah 16:15 JZR 239 Amman 00:20 ABY 127 Sharjah 15:35 ETH 621 Addis Ababa 02:45 KAC 513 Tehran 16:20 JZR 267 Beirut 00:25 RJA 640 Amman 15:55 PGT 859 Istanbul 02:55 FDB 051 Dubai 16:35 JZR 539 Cairo 00:30 FDB 051 Dubai 15:55 FDB 5068 Dubai 03:45 RJA 641 Amman 16:55 PGT 858 Istanbul 01:25 JZR 787 Riyadh 16:15 MSR 613 Cairo 04:15 JZR 266 Beirut 17:05 THY 764 Istanbul 01:40 QTR 1072 Doha 16:15 ETD 306 Abu Dhabi 04:20 QTR 1073 Doha 17:20 JZR 538 Cairo 17:40 RJA 642 Amman 01:45 ETD 303 Abu Dhabi 16:45 QTR 1077 Doha 04:25 ETD 304 Abu Dhabi 17:45 ETH 620 Addis Ababa 01:45 SVA 510 Riyadh 17:15 QTR 1085 Doha 05:20 UAE 858 Dubai 18:15 GFA 211 Bahrain 01:55 UAL 982 IAD 17:25 UAE 854 Dubai 05:30 JZR 560 Sohag 05:35 SVA 511 Riyadh 18:15 UAE 853 Dubai 02:25 GFA 215 Bahrain 17:30 GFA 216 Bahrain 18:20 ETD 305 Abu Dhabi 02:30 JZR 153 Dubai 17:45 CLX 732 Hong Kong 05:45 THY 765 Istanbul 06:00 JZR 156 Dubai 18:20 JAI 576 Kochi/Abu Dhabi 02:35 JZR 777 Jeddah 17:50 UAL 982 Bahrain 18:40 RJA 643 Amman 06:05 FDB 5067 Dubai 03:05 JZR 483 Istanbul 17:55 JZR 238 Amman 18:45 JAI 575 Abu Dhabi/Kochi 06:30 MSR 612 Cairo 03:15 KAC 542 Cairo 18:15 JZR 134 Bahrain 18:50 FDB 056 Dubai 06:35 QTR 1076 Doha 03:25 RBG 553 Alexandria 18:20 RBG 554 Alexandria 19:00 CLX 732 Luxembourg 03:40 QTR 1080 Doha 18:25 THY 771 Istanbul 06:50 QTR 1081 Doha 19:25 JZR 553 Alexandria 04:10 KAC 786 Jeddah 18:30 GFA 212 Bahrain 07:00 ABY 120 Sharjah 19:40 KAC 544 Cairo 04:10 KAC 166 Paris/Rome 18:40 JZR 150 Dubai 07:15 GFA 218 Bahrain 19:50 THY 770 Istanbul 04:35 AXB 393 Kozhikode 18:55 QTR 8632 Lahore 07:25 AXB 394 Kozhikode 19:55 DHX 170 Bahrain 05:10 ABY 129 Sharjah 19:00 FDB 054 Dubai 07:50 MSR 619 Alexandria 20:30 FDB 055 Dubai 05:50 KAC 618 Doha 19:00 BAW 156 London 08:25 KAC 283 Dhaka 20:30 QTR 8632 Doha 05:55 GFA 217 Bahrain 19:05 SVA 513 Riyadh 08:55 JAI 571 Mumbai 20:35 KAC 412 Manila/Bangkok 06:15 KAC 774 Riyadh 19:15 QTR 1087 Doha 08:55 FDB 5062 Dubai 20:50 BAW 157 London 06:35 KAC 502 Beirut 19:20 KAC 171 Frankfurt 08:55 KAC 361 Colombo 20:50 FDB 053 Dubai 07:00 MSR 606 Luxor 19:30 KAC 671 Dubai 09:25 OMA 648 Muscat 20:55 KAC 382 Delhi 07:30 KAC 102 New York/London 19:35 ABY 126 Sharjah 09:30 DLH 636 Dammam 21:00 KAC 206 Islamabad 07:50 JAI 572 Mumbai 19:35 KAC 787 Jeddah 09:35 FDB 064 Dubai 21:15 KAC 302 Mumbai 07:50 KAC 674 Dubai 19:40 JZR 482 Istanbul 09:45 MEA 403 Beirut 21:15 QTR 1086 Doha 07:55 OMA 647 Muscat 19:55 UAE 856 Dubai 09:50 DHX 171 Bahrain 21:50 SVA 512 Riyadh 07:55 KAC 562 Amman 20:00 KAC 117 New York 10:00 KLM 417 Dammam/Amsterdam 22:05 KAC 332 Trivandrum 08:00 FDB 5061 Dubai 20:05 ETD 302 Abu Dhabi 10:15 ETD 308 Abu Dhabi 22:15 KAC 352 Kochi 08:05 MEA 402 Beirut 20:15 FDB 5056 Dubai 10:15 ALK 230 Colombo 22:20 KAC 286 Dhaka 08:15 DLH 636 Frankfurt 20:15 IRA 664 Shiraz 10:25 UAE 860 Dubai 22:25 KAC 741 Dammam 10:30 UAE 855 Dubai 08:25 FDB 063 Dubai 20:15 KAC 343 Chennai 22:30 QTR 1071 Doha 11:00 QTR 1075 Doha 22:40 KAC 362 Colombo 08:45 KAC 514 Tehran 20:50 KAC 541 Cairo 11:30 KAC 301 Mumbai 22:40 ABY 125 Sharjah 08:50 KLM 417 Amsterdam 21:05 GFA 214 Bahrain 11:35 GFA 220 Bahrain 22:45 IRA 665 Shiraz 09:25 ALK 229 Colombo 21:10 KAC 501 Beirut 11:40 KAC 351 Kochi 23:00 ETD 301 Abu Dhabi 09:30 UAE 859 Dubai 21:15 MEA 405 Beirut 11:55 KAC 205 Islamabad 23:35 FDB 5055 Dubai 09:35 KAC 172 Frankfurt 21:15 IRC 6508 Shiraz 12:00 KAC 411 Bangkok/Manila 23:40 QTR 1070 Doha 10:00 QTR 1074 Doha 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Aries (March 21-April 19) Libra (September 23-October 22)

Make sure both your expectations and your abilities are realistic before div- Some sort of temporary obstacle may appear this morning. The important ing into something you may not be able to get out of without a great deal of frustration. thing is that your awareness is focused in the present so that you are able to be helpful to There is a collision of powerful energies spilling into your life now-in unpredictable ways. whatever situation needs your attention. Your ability to insert a sense of humor into some You may enjoy taking turns to talk about some future goals with a close friend today. You of the most frustrating situations is quite commendable. You have a natural way of may be ready for some changes and hearing your thoughts out loud helps to brings expressing yourself and can add light moments to other people’s lives. This afternoon about a focus. You may also trade some newly learned techniques with each other. This is gives way to entertainment with friends. An exchange of information takes on emotional a good day to make changes that improve your feeling of safety in the home. This may significance. A marriage is in the works and there is a lot to talk about. Being involved with mean installing a new smoke detector or handrail, or fixing the leak in the kitchen sink. a variety of individuals gives you a variety of experiences-enhancing your life. You may Unexpected twists deepen a love relationship. find yourself as a guide for others today.

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

If there is something really important you want to see or accomplish today, You are ready to enjoy those cozy, instructive conversations with friends you may have to set several alarms or have your friends remind you. You have plenty of and loved ones. You and your friends may decide to camp or enjoy a day energy but you are inclined to want to recline more today than usual. Any changes from trip-perhaps photographing spring flowers. You might be surprised at just how many the usual will have successful results at this time. It is a great time to break a bad habit or plants are edible and can go into your next salad. You can be particularly witty and make redo a few cabinets and drawers, perhaps set aside a few clothes for a charity drive com- stimulating company most any time-you are in a particularly generous and warm mood ing up in or near your neighborhood. This is a good time to fall in love, promise vows or today. You are quite popular in social circles and melt even the coldest heart. There is talk just enjoy the day. A book or project has your attention this afternoon and the informa- this afternoon of new places to visit and people that you may know from faraway places. tion that is gleaned from this is beneficial to you and perhaps another person in your fam- There are extravagant gardens, which may be the deciding point for future trips. ily. There is a new understanding. Happy birthday!

Gemini (May 21-June 20) Sagittarius (November 22-December 21) Wherever you are today, you will find projects or activities move along in You have a strong desire for beauty and harmony. Your creative abilities are positive ways. There is a keen interest in what makes things tick and who or heightened. Working with creative hobbies on the weekend helps to lighten your mood. what, pulls the strings. Figuring out ways to make your nest egg grow can be a profitable ACROSS 82. English essayist (1775-1834). There is a feeling of accomplishment and relaxation. It is much easier to come up with cre- preoccupation as well. You have the patience to wait before launching a plan. This is a 83. Dried bark of the cascara buckthorn used ative options if you are familiar with the creative side of your brain. If you are romantically wise move for you at this time, but may temporarily confuse others. Your energies are 1. Fermented alcoholic beverage brewed as a laxative. available, there is the possibility that you will discover more good things about your most positive. Friends are impressed by your ability to change the old and adapt to the sweetheart today. Plans for a future vacation may include your sweetheart. If this is so, new. Someone is graduating, getting married or embarking on some life experience and from malt and hops. 84. An agency of the United Nations affiliated you will be looking at lots of different options and choices of where to play, where to live 5. One of several parallel layers of material with the World Bank. you may decide to do a bit of shopping for this person. Set the example and find a practi- and types of family patterns. You teach balance and you are a good mentor. cal gift. Step outside the norm this evening and enjoy a little different entertainment. arranged one on top of another (such as a lay- er of tissue or cells in an organism). DOWN 12. Acute delirium caused by alcohol poison- 1. (informal) Exceptionally good. ing. 2. A genus of Mustelidae. ) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) 15. Tear or be torn violently. 3. Morally bad or wrong. Cancer (June 21-July 22 16. A tumor of the bone marrow (usually 4. Affording or marked by rest or repose. Your energy is high. Routine matters, however, may make you feel trapped. You could find yourself mentally acute and in a problem-solving mood. You will want to do things that you feel are more worthy of your attention malignant) composed of cells normally found 5. Air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog. However, there is a real possibility that the decisions you make today and the solutions today. This could result in more attention toward political issues, professional plans or in bone marrow. 6. New World flycatchers. you find may have to be redone tomorrow. To solve this problem try to eliminate the personal projects. Perhaps a group needs to band together in order to help create an 17. Take in solid food. 7. Displaying a red color. possibility of spreading yourself too thin. Your intuition is sharp and you may find some awareness of some housing problems or transportation needs for the elderly. Whatever new insights today as you begin to pace yourself. These new ideas could be written 18. Fleshy and usually brightly colored cover 8. American prizefighter who won the world the case, this is the day people come together under your organized cleverness to suc- down and saved for a day in which you have more time and space. You may find some of some seeds that develops from the ovule heavyweight championship three times (born cessfully accomplish important things. You can also make your own cherished dreams good opportunities available in the financial sector of your personal life now. stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the in 1942). come true this month-now is a good time to begin by creating a plan. seed. 9. (physiology) Of or relating to or producing 19. Of or relating to a taxonomic order. normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue. 20. Make amends for. 10. A benevolent aspect of Devi. 21. Southeastern Asian perennial with aro- 11. The capital and largest city of Equatorial Leo (July 23-August 22) Aquarius (January 20- February 18) matic roots. Guinea on the island of Bioko in the Gulf of 23. A linguistic element added to a word to Guinea. Your mind may be very clear as you think about the next steps you want to A feeling that anything is possible if you set your sights high enough char- 12. Lacking or deprive of the sense of hearing take to improve or change your living surroundings. It will be easy to organize your acterizes the cycle you have just begun. There are optimism, faith and a tendency to take produce an inflected or derived form v 1. chances. This is a time of exploring your feelings, a kind of restlessness for new emotional wholly or in part. thoughts and communication of all kinds is furthered. Begin writing a book, taking a class 25. A colorless odorless inert gaseous element or teaching a subject. Your thoughts count now, so use your mind and communicate. experience: divine wanderlust. You encourage others with your attitude. Love is here for occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace 13. A sock with a separation for the big toe. Friends, group projects and community concerns could play a key role in your day. Charity the taking. All you have to do is reach out-better yet, create a romantic environment and amounts. 14. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades across and humanitarian efforts can influence your life-path. This is a nice day that should just enjoy the afternoon. Consider a picnic along the riverbanks or beside a lakeshore. There 26. A Mid-Atlantic state. which Charon carried dead souls. flow along well. You could feel real support and harmony at this time for circumstances are shock waves when it comes to a sports game later today. A team that usually scores 22. An acute inflammatory disease occurring and those around you. low is the winner today. Quiet time this evening, especially after this full day, is a great way 27. An important seaport on the Island of to bring unsettled energies into balance. Cebu in the Philippines. in the intestines of premature infants. 29. A member of the Algonquian people for- 24. Very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers. merly living the Hudson valley and eastward Virgo (August 23-September 22) to the Housatonic. 28. A Spanish river. Pisces (February 19-March 20) 30. A large fleet. 33. A Russian soup usually containing beet You may have an increase in finances due to speculation or a contest today. juice as a foundation. 31. Relating to the blood vessels or blood. Practical decisions are easier when you find yourself working in a difficult situation this morning. You have the ability to focus on a particular subject in order to However, you should avoid spending sprees. Technological wonders catch 37. A theocratic republic in the Middle East in 32. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind. your eye this afternoon and you make new discoveries. This is an easy, calm day that 34. A deep bow. point out possible changes in some project and help bring about a change, if necessary. A western Asia. shopping trip is successful. Your sense of taste and discrimination is excellent and you should find everything running in a smooth manner. Interaction with an older person in 38. Remove from the bar. 35. Ground snakes. may find yourself purchasing a fine piece of art. Your energy seems to carry through later the family may be in the forecast later today. Listen to the stories and give this person some of your time-you can afford it! You will find yourself easily working with-rather than 41. A Chadic language spoken in northern 36. A surgical instrument used to remove sec- this afternoon when you could become occupied with a friend. A friend may need to tions of bone from the skull. know the truth about a sensitive subject; however, now may not be the right time to against-the flow of energy. You may enjoy some athletic or exercise activity such as bike Nigeria. riding with young people or your friends. Close personal ties to other people are a focus 39. Someone who works (or provides workers) reveal all of your knowledge. You will be looking for ways to entertain some co-worker 42. A white secretion of the sebaceous glands friends this evening. You do not have to look far with fun games in your closet. for your feelings now. Romance is possible this evening. of the foreskin. during a strike. 44. German white wine from the Moselle val- 40. Before noon. 43. A member of the extinct Algonquian peo- ley or a similar wine made elsewhere. WORD SEARCH PUZZLE Yesterday’s Solution 46. Thigh of a hog (usually smoked). ple formerly living in northern Indiana and 47. Conforming to an ultimate standard of southern Michigan. perfection or excellence. 45. A state in north central United States. 48. A white soft metallic element that tarnish- 49. An ester of adenosine that is converted to es readily. ATP for energy storage. 52. Copy that is not the original. 50. A city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan 53. A planet (usually Venus) seen just before River. sunrise in the eastern sky. 51. A lyric poet. 54. A distinct part that can be specified sepa- 55. A close friend who accompanies his bud- rately in a group of things that could be enu- dies in their activities. merated on a list. 56. An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of 57. A colorless and odorless inert gas. many body compounds (e.g., epinephrine 58. An awkward stupid person. and norepinephrine and serotonin). 60. A soft silver-white or yellowish metallic 59. United States inventor of a dry-plate element of the alkali metal group. process of developing photographic film and 61. The capital and largest city of Bangladesh. of flexible film (his firm introduced roll film) 62. A game played with playing cards. and of the box camera and of a process for 65. An excavation that is (usually) filled with color photography (1854-1932). water. 63. Wood heaped for burning a dead body as 66. The basic unit of money in Peru. a funeral rite. 68. Concerning those not members of the 64. The capital of Western Samoa. clergy. 67. A steep descent of the water of a river. 70. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutraliz- 69. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake ing. Chad. 71. King of Saudi Arabia since 1982 (born in 73. (anatomy) A structure that resembles a 1922). shell in shape. 72. Small buffalo of the Celebes having small 75. An Indian side dish of yogurt and chopped straight horns. cucumbers and spices. 74. A drug combination found in some over- 77. (British) Your grandmother. the-counter headache remedies (Aspirin and 78. A training program to prepare college stu- Phenacetin and Caffeine). dents to be commissioned officers. 76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made 79. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling). from aba cloth. 81. A branch of the Tai languages. 80. (Akkadian) God of wisdom. Yesterday’s Solution

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he One Direction heartthrob is said to have broken up with his childhood sweetheart because he was worried they couldn’t cope with him being away on a 69-date world tour with his band. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Liam and Sophia were Tinseparable and he couldn’t believe his look when he finally landed the girl he’d spent his schooldays dreaming would one day go out with him. “But they just didn’t know how they would be able to make a long-distance romance work. So Liam made the painful decision to end it. “It has been really hard for him, all alone on the other side of the world so soon after going through a break-up. But the huge crowds of fans flocking to their gigs every night have given him everything he needs to keep going.” Although Liam is upset about the split - bringing an end to their nine-month romance - he realised it was fairer for both of them. The insider added: “Liam said she is the sweetest girl he’s ever met and he’s really sad about the split. But he knows it was the right thing to do. “He wants her to enjoy university and not be sad waiting for him to come back from tour for the odd day here and there.”

Gary Barlow says song he wrote about daughter Poppy ‘should be a celebration’

he Take That signer has revealed his hit single ‘Let Me Go’ was written about his tragic loss two years Tago, admitting it helps to keep “a life and a flame in the whole thing”. Speaking to friend James Corden in new Miley Cyrus to have ‘nurse BBC One documentary, ‘When Corden Met Barlow’, he said: “It’s not my voice, it’s someone else’s. “It should be a celebration that song, because in some respects, it’s alive that record and those lyrics and what it relates to. “It on standby’ during UK tour keeps a life and a flame in whole thing ... There’s a point where I’ll stop [talking about it] in respect to my wife.” he ‘Wrecking Ball’ singer - who was hospitalised last month after suffering a severe allergic reaction to Cephalexin, Meanwhile, Gary also commented on his weight gain - 17 an antibiotic prescribed for the flu - is on the mend but isn’t taking any chances with her health. A source told the stone at his largest - after his second solo album was a TDaily Mirror newspaper: “Miley has been under the supervision of two nurses, who are monitoring her progress 24 flop in 1999. He admitted: “Problem was I hit 25, my career hours a day at her home. “She already has a nurse on standby for when she lands in the UK. The worst thing about her ill- went out the window, and it was like: ‘How do I change ness is that there are times when she feels entirely fine but then suddenly her symptoms flare up again. “The reaction everything, how do I change the way I look? Don’t want to could still affect her over the next few days but Miley is determined to put on a great show for her UK fans.” It is said the be recognised anymore’. It was almost a protest. “I knew star has been prescribed steroids, while staying hydrated with intravenous drips and using an oxygen tank to assist her what I was doing. I enjoyed the fact that no one recog- breathing. The insider added: “While she was in hospital, she couldn’t really eat without feeling nauseous so she started nised me.” bingeing on junk food. “Now she has been played on a strict diet of fresh fruit and veg, and is having vitamin shots to boost her immunity. “Plus she has been banned from drinking booze or smoking anything, especially weed.”

Kim Kardashian determined to work out almost every day before her wedding

he ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ star will marry Trapper Kanye West, 36, in a lav- ish ceremony in Paris later this month and is relying on a variety of hard-core exercises to help her get in shape for their big day. A source close to the 33-year-old beauty told PEOPLE.com that Kim is taking class- es at both Barry’s Boot Camp and SoulCycle in Los Angeles, and she is also pounding the pavements with Emma Stone says surfing gives her 10-month-old daughter, North West, in a stroller several times a week in the Hidden Hills area of the her ‘greatest feelings’ ever city. The insider said: “She alternates between different types of workouts he Amazing Spider-Man 2’ actress has been working on an untitled Cameron Crowe-directed romantic for a better result.” The reality TV star comedy opposite Bradley Cooper in Hawaii, and during their spare time they took to the waves and learnt recently enjoyed a short break to ‘Thow to surf. Although she joked about her abilities on the water, the 25-year-old beauty admits she found Santa Barbara, California for Easter, taking to the waves an “amazing” experience. Asked during a TV interview whether she “gave it a try”, Emma replied: but refused to relax her routine. The “I gave it a shot. I was amazing. I was an incredible surfer. “I also think it’s the greatest feeling you can ever have. insider said: “She kept up with her You’re floating on the water. You really are.” However, she then giggled and added: “Unless you’re not.” Earlier in the workouts. She’s very focused and year, Emma was seen hitting the waves with her boyfriend and ‘Amazing Spider-Man 2’ co-star Andrew Garfield. The dedicated to her routine. “It’s obvi- couple are believed to have taken lessons from Hawaiian surf legend Rory Russell. The ‘Gangster Squad’ actress ous she wants to look her best for recently admitted filming ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ left her covered in bruises from the harness equipment used the wedding. And she looks amaz- for flying scenes. She said: “There’s a lot of harnesses. [Stunt double] Jen Caputo would come into my trailer and just ing!” Kim lost the 50 pounds she gear me up and it would have to be tighter than you can possibly imagine already. Then, they hoist you and there’s gained while pregnant with North by a lot of bruising.” sticking to a high protein Atkins- base diet, but wants to lose even more. Despite wanting to look her best when she walks down the aisle for the third time, Kim plans to relax Kimberley Walsh invites Cheryl Cole, once she and Kanye jet off to a secret location on honeymoon, as she is Nicola Roberts to her pregnancy scan hoping to get pregnant again. A source previously said: “She would he former Girls Aloud star - who is five months pregnant with her like to get pregnant again right after first child - underwent her final official ultrasound scan accompa- the wedding. She wants her kids to Tnied by her boyfriend Justin Scott earlier this month, but is “happy” be close in age.” to book in another appointment at the clinic so she can share the experi- ence with her ex-bandmates. In Kimberley’s pregnancy diary for OK! Magazine, she said: “Seeing the baby made us more excited about the birth and I have no more scans from this point on, so I just have to relax and let nature take its course. Although Nicola and Cheryl want me to book in an extra scan so they can come along and have a look! I’d be happy to do it - any excuse to see the baby again.” Meanwhile, Kimberley admits she was anxious ahead of her 20-week scan, but felt reassured once the nurse gave her the all clear. She recalled: “Justin was the calm one, whereas I was worrying while the nurse did the checks. I breathed a sigh of relief when she told us everything was fine. It was so reassuring. I can’t believe how much the baby’s grown in comparison to the 12-week scan. The munchkin looked really cute!” lifestyle SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 GOSSIP

Amanda Seyfried takes her dog with her on flights he ‘Les Misérables star - who admits she suffered from extreme anxiety and obsessive com- pulsive disorder (OCD) as a child growing up in Pennsylvania -still struggles to deal with her Tissues and even has a note from a “mental healthcare professional” which gives her license to take her Australian Shepherd Finn on airplanes, but she often feel it’s inappropriate to do so. She said: “It’s not the most comfortable thing for me to fly alone. I can fly - I’m not a bad flier - but I don’t love crowds. But it can so easily be fraudulent, I sometimes feel like it’s wrong.” The 28-year- old actress - who is the daughter of a therapist and a pharmacist - says her mother has given her lots of tips on how to control her anxiety. Amanda - who is in a relationship with Justin Long - told Britain’s ELLE magazine: “She taught me all these ways of tricking yourself to be present when you’re panicking. It’s a question of rationalisation. “It’s incredibly easy to remedy panic. You just don’t realise it. You have to understand that it’s not reality, it’s not rational. And I’ve been through it enough times now that I know it’s not going to last forever.”

Adriana Lima splits from her husband Marko Jaric he Victoria’s Secret model and the NBA star, who tied the knot in a private civil Tceremony in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on Valentine’s Day in 2009, plan to continue co- parenting their two daughters, Valentina, four, and 19-month-old Sienna. In a joint statement to PEOPLE.com on Friday (02.05.14), the former couple said: “After long and careful consideration, we have decided to separate after five years of mar- riage. “We are grateful to be the parents of two incredible young daughters that we will continue to co-parent. We would greatly appreciate your respect for our family’s pri- vacy as we begin this delicate next chapter for all members of our family.” The 32-year- old Brazilian beauty met the Serbian profes- sional basketball player at a party in Los Angeles in 2006, and Adriana previously claimed they lived every day like it was their “honeymoon.” Shortly after they married, she said: “Our life, we live in a honeymoon. I never saw myself being married. But after I met him, everything changed. I knew he was the one and I could see myself married with him and with a big family.” The brunette model, who lives in Miami, also gushed about her love of motherhood in the past and said: “The best job in the world for me is being a mom.” Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux waiting for right time to have a baby

he 45-year-old actress and the 42-year-old actor, who got engaged in 2012, are report- Tedly very open to starting a family together in the future. A source dismissed new rumours that the former ‘Friends’ star is almost four months pregnant with a baby girl, but said: “I Peter Andre, fiancée are going know that they would like to have a family if the time was right. At the moment they have been enjoying the engagement.” Justin’s best friend, tattoo artist Scott Campbell and his actress wife, to be full-time working parents Lake Bell, recently announced they are expecting their first child, and the ‘Wanderlust’ star is plan- he 41-year-old singer-and-TV star says neither he nor Emily MacDonagh have plans to slow down ning to offer to babysit. He said: “Of course I will their careers after welcoming baby Amelia in January, and want to work hard to provide for their fami- [babysit]! If they ask me to... but I don’t know if ly. While Peter will begin touring to promote his new music in September, medical student Emily, 24, T they trust me.” He jokingly added: “I might drop it will soon be a fully qualified doctor. He said: “She’s got three months left until she’s a doctor. She starts in on its head.” Last year, Jennifer indicated that she September, then she’ll have a period of time to register and she’ll really be a doc by January. “Me and Ems didn’t have an overwhelming desire to experi- are going to be workers all our lives. I’ve been touring since forever. It’s part of what I do. Everything I do ence motherhood. She said: “I surround myself now is to support the family. “If you’re lucky enough to work and lucky enough to have a bit of a home life, with my amazing work, my amazing friends, my then you’ve got to do it.” The ‘Behind Closed Doors’ hitmaker - who also has son Junior, eight, and six-year- amazing partner, my beautiful dogs, and I tune old daughter Princess Tiaamii with ex-wife Katie Price - admits it’s hard to balance his family life with look- that noise out. I mean, I think it’s very sweet that ing after himself. Quizzed how having children has changed him, he told Britain’s Star magazine: “It’s made people want everything for me, (but) I’m so con- me more lazy! I used to do more for myself, but now I’m more energetic doing stuff for them.” tent and happy.” Kerry Washington gives birth to a baby girl he ‘Scandal’ star - who revealed her pregnancy last October - secretly welcomed her first child, Isabella Amarachi, with husband Nnamdi Asomugha into the world at a hospital in Los Angeles on April 21, according to gossip website TMZ.com. A source also told PEOPLE.com: “Kerry Tis at home with the baby.” Nnamdi, 32, signed the birth certificate more than a week after the birth. The 37-year-old actress arriedm the former San Francisco 49ers in a secret ceremony last July and previously admitted she was thrilled to be expecting their first baby. She said: “I feel really, really blessed. It just feels like a really good time.” The actress, who celebrated her baby shower with 40 friends at producer and writer Shonda Rhimes’ mansion in late February, recently said that being pregnant had made her a better actress. She said: “I work very physically as an actor. The biggest thing for me has been the challenge of how to be this person with the personal transformation that’s going on for me physically and how to stay true to this character. That hasn’t been easy.” But Kerry, who won praise for her maternity style, added: “It’s been an awesome challenge for me as an actor because so much of how I access character is through my body. It’s definitely been complicated, to say the least.” lifestyle SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Giordano continues expansion beyond the Middle East

iordano Middle East FZE, a leading international design stores at The Dubai Mall and Al Ghurair Centre. The of the members come from Saudi Arabia and over 30 per retail apparel brand and subsidiary of Giordano new Giordano store design direction redefines simplicity cent from the UAE. Giordano is expecting to reach one mil- GInternational Limited, continues its aggressive and embraces a more classic and refined concept. Space is lion members within the next two years as the company expansion plans in the Middle East and beyond spending maximised for product displays and customer interaction; continues to roll out innovative offers and benefits to AED50 million to refurbish, upgrade and open new stores. including wider entrances and larger, more comfortable fit- members. Within the next 24 months, Giordano is set to reach 300 ting rooms. Products are also presented in three different Giordano’s expansion plans also cover the virtual world stores in the region, adding 40 more to the current 260 ways for customers’ easy visualisation of style. Wood as it aims to grow its e-shopping network and deliveries to stores now in operation. Over the last 12 months, accents have been added to increase the feeling of warmth the GCC within the next six months. Giordano has opened 25 stores across the region. and natural space. Energy-efficient lights enhance the cus- “Shoppers today have unlimited choices in products Giordano’s first quarter results this year showed a positive tomer experience while minimising the store’s carbon foot- and a multiplying number of channels to shop through. double-digit growth over the same period in 2013. print. We are expanding our reach through the various digital A true regional retail success story, Giordano’s phenom- “As we upgrade our stores’ design, we are confident in and social media channels. We already launched e-com- enal rise started 20 years ago in Dubai, UAE, before stretch- attracting more customers to come and shop at our stores,” merce in the UAE, which is a growing part of our total sales, ing its sleeves to the rest of the Middle East, Central Asia, added Chugani. and will expand our e-commerce site across the GCC this India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Africa from its Dubai hub. In the UAE, Giordano is set to open its stores at Lulu year,” added Chugani. From its global growth headquarters, Giordano is now set Mall, Fujairah, Capital Mall, Abu Dhabi, Shindagha Center, The upgrade in store design is simultaneously support- to enter new markets in Indo China, Africa, Central Asia Dubai and Yas Mall, Abu Dhabi. Outside its Middle East ed by upgrading its product offering, bringing in more col- and as far away as Latin America. home base, Giordano is expanding in Saudi Arabia, lections for men and women, supported by optimised “Giordano is relentless in pursuing new markets as we Armenia, Yemen, Sri Lanka, Bahrain, Pakistan, Georgia, and merchandise displays making it simple and easy for cus- continuously innovate and evolve our products and image Iran, to name a few. tomers to mix and match collection pieces. “Apart from to best fit the markets. We are optimistic that we will reach Giordano customers are also growing via its card less strategic considerations, design remains at the core of our our target of 300 stores within the next 24 months,” said loyalty programme World Without Strangers. Membership capabilities and concerns. The fashion consumer still wants Ishwar Chugani, Managing Director of Giordano Middle in the Middle East now stands at 600,000 and continues to great-looking fashion that makes them feel good and look East FZE and Executive Director of Giordano International. grow. WWS is one of the first global card less loyalty pro- great,” concluded Chugani. Giordano is currently implementing an aggressive grammes to reach the Middle East in 2007. Globally, upgrade and renovation program of existing stores in the Giordano International has over eight million members Ishwar Chugani Middle East. Recently, Giordano reopened its new concept enrolled in the program. In the Middle East, more than half

Efrem Zimbalist Jr star of ‘The FBI,’ dead at 95

frem Zimbalist Jr., the son of famous musical par- Kookie’s character, played by Edd Byrnes, helped ents who established his own lasting celebrity in draw young viewers to the show, and his constant hair Etwo of television’s most popular series, “77 Sunset combing created the national catchphrase, “Kookie, Strip” and “The F.B.I.,” died Friday at age 95. Lend Me Your Comb.” The program brought Zimbalist an Zimbalist died at his Solvang home in California’s Emmy nomination in 1959, but after a few seasons he bucolic horse country, said family friend Judith Moose, tired of the long hours and what he believed were the who released a statement from his children Stephanie bad scripts. Zimbalist and Efrem Zimbalist III. “A job like this should pay off in one of two ways: sat- “We are heartbroken to announce the passing into isfaction or money. The money is not great, and there is peace of our beloved father, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., today at no satisfaction,” he said. When the show faltered in his Solvang ranch,” the statement read. “He actively 1963, Jack Webb of “Dragnet” fame was hired for an enjoyed his life to the last day, showering love on his overhaul. He fired the cast except for Zimbalist, whom extended family, playing golf and visiting with close he made a world-traveling investigator. The repair work friends.” failed, and the series ended the following year. Zimbalist’s stunning good looks and cool, deductive Zimbalist had better luck with “The F.B.I.,” which manner made him the ideal star as the hip private endured for a decade as one of TV’s most popular detective ferreting out Hollywood miscreants in “77 shows. Perceiving that the series could provide the real Sunset Strip,” which aired from 1958 to 1964. As soon as FBI with an important P.R. boost, Hoover opened the that show ended he segued seamlessly into “The F.B.I.” bureau’s files to the show’s producers and even allowed which aired from 1965 to 1974. background shots to be filmed in real FBI offices. At the end of each episode of the latter show, after “He never came on the set, but I knew him,” Zimbalist Zimbalist and his fellow G-men had captured that said. “A charming man, extremely Virginia formal and an week’s mobsters, subversives, bank robbers or spies, the extraordinary command of the language.” series would post photos from the FBI’s real-life most- In 2009 the FBI honored Zimbalist with his own spe- wanted list. Some of those pictures led to arrests, which cial agent’s badge, making him an honorary G-man in helped give the show the complete seal of approval of recognition of the contributions his show and his char- the agency’s real-life director, J. Edgar Hoover. acter, Inspector Lewis Erskine, made to the agency’s The son of violin virtuoso Efrem Zimbalist and reputation. acclaimed opera singer Alma Gluck, young Efrem initial- ly appeared headed for a musical career. He studied vio- Better man lin for seven years under the tutelage of Jascha Heifetz’s “We could not have asked for a better character, or a father, but eventually developed more interest in the- better man, to play his role,” FBI Director Robert S. ater. Mueller III said at the time. During summer breaks He became an actor and “77 Sunset Strip” made him between the two series, Warner Bros. cast Zimbalist in a star. His daughter Stephanie also took up acting - and several feature films, including “Too Much Too Soon,” small-screen detective work, in the hit 1980s TV series “Home Before Dark,” “The Crowded Sky,” “The Chapman “Remington Steele.” Her father had a recurring role in Report” and “Wait Until Dark.” In the latter, he played the that show as a con man. husband of Audrey Hepburn, a blind woman terrorized by thugs in a truly frightening film. Zimbalist also appeared in “By Love Possessed,” “Airport 1975,” “Terror Out of the Sky” and “Hot Shots.” But he would always be best known as a TV star, ironic for an actor who told The Associated Press in 1993 that when Warner Bros. hired him he had no interest in Veteran actor Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., known for his starring roles in ‘77 Sunset Strip’ doing television. and ‘The FBI,’ stands outside his home, in this Feb. 16, 1982 file photo taken in Los “They showed me in my contract where it said I had Angeles. — AP to,” he recalled. “I ended up with my life slanted toward television and I just accept that,” he said. “I think you play the hand the way it’s dealt, that’s all.” In the 1990s, Zimbalist recorded the voice of Alfred the butler in the cartoon version of the “Batman” TV series. That role, he said, “has made me an idol in my lit- tle grandchildren’s eyes.” Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was born in New York City on Nov. 30, 1918. His mother, reasoning that living amid the musical elite was not the best upbringing for a boy, sent him to boarding schools where he could be toughened by others his age. But young Efrem was bashful and withdrawn in school. His only outlet was acting in cam- pus plays. “I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivetÈ, told myself, ‘Wow, I’m an actor!’” he once recalled. He was kicked out of Yale after two years over dismal grades, which he blamed on a playboy atti- tude. Afraid to go home, he stayed with a friend in New York City for three months, working as a page at NBC headquarters, where he was dazzled by the famous radio stars. Unable to break into radio as an actor, he studied at the famed Neighborhood Playhouse. Actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr, watches during a ceremony honoring him by the FBI at the During World War II he served in the infantry, receiv- Federal building in Los Angeles in this Monday, June 8, 2009 file photo. — AP ing a Purple Heart for a shrapnel wound in his leg. In 1945, Zimbalist married Emily McNair and they had a daughter, Nancy, and son, Efrem III. Minor film roles After his wife died in 1950 he gave up acting for a After serving in World War II, Zimbalist made his time to teach at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, stage debut in “The Rugged Path,” starring Spencer where his father was an artist in residence. He returned Tracy, and appeared in other plays and a soap opera to Hollywood five years later, marrying Loranda before being called to Hollywood. Warner Bros. signed Stephanie Spalding in 1956, and she gave birth to their him to a contract and cast him in minor film roles. daughter Stephanie. Zimbalist was preceded in death He also had a recurring role in the hit 1950s Western by his second wife and by his daughter Nancy. series “Maverick,” playing con man Dandy Jim Buckley. In addition to his son and other daughter, Stephanie, Then in 1958 “77 Sunset Strip” debuted, starring he is survived by four grandchildren and several great- Zimbalist as a cultured former O.S.S. officer and lan- grandchildren. — AP guage expert whose partner was Roger Smith, an Ivy League Ph.D. The pair operated out of an office in the center of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip where, aided by their some- time helper, Kookie, a jive-talking beatnik type who During an actual training session at the FBI Academy, TV star Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., doubled as a parking lot attendant, they tracked down right, perfects his pistol firing technique under the watchful eyes of an unidentified miscreants. FBI instructor, in this May 21, 1965 file photo taken in Quantico, Va. — AP lifestyle SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2014 Payless shoe source celebrates 5 years in Kuwait

ayless shoe source announced that it is celebrating its sizing service for children. fifth anniversary in Kuwait. The chain opened its first Payless’ collection includes shoes for every need - dressy, Pstore in Kuwait in 2009 at The Avenues and has since casual and athletic styles for women, men and kids, as well grown to 12 stores located across the country. as special footwear like sports footwear, water socks and When Payless opened 5 years ago, its mission was to slip-resistant footwear, among others. Payless stores also become the first choice of style and value in footwear and carry an array of accessories such as socks, scarves, jewelry accessories for its target customers. It has succeeded in and hair items, all intended to help everyone complete reaching a wide audience of shoppers and will continue to their looks. offer the best footwear at the most competitive prices. Payless locations in Kuwait include1st Avenue -The Payless stores are positioned as the first choice for budg- Avenues , Salem Al-Mubarak Street, Abdulla Al Mubarak Co- et-conscious consumers in footwear and accessories. The op, Abu Halifa Co-op, Bayan Co-op, Hateen Co-op, Khaldiya offerings comprise a comprehensive range of shoes and Co-op, Mishref Co-op, Opp. Al Fanar Mall - Salmiya, Sultan accessories including fashionable sandals, wedges, flats, Center - Hawally, Awtad Center - Jahra. A Payless Kids store canvas sneakers, boots and handbags, all at great value is also located in The Mall — The Avenues. prices. Two unique features of Payless stores are their extended and wide-width sizing for women and their right-

Beards name ‘Historic Heston’ cookbook of the year

nyone with a hankering for hash of snails or the genealogy of a dish, a skill he’s put to fascinating foundation’s naming of Diana Kennedy to its Cookbook Martha Stewart was honored for her public television powdered duck or a host of other centuries-old use in previous books, including his 2006 “In Search of Hall of Fame. Kennedy has spent much of her life learn- series “Martha Stewart’s Cooking School” in the studio- ABritish cookery should be plenty pleased with Perfection.” ing and preserving the traditional cooking and ingredi- based television category, while Anthony Bourdain this year’s James Beard Foundation cookbook of the But the selection of his latest tome as cookbook of ents of Mexico, a mission that sends her across the took the top honor for on-location television for “The year. the year - announced Friday evening during a ceremo- country in search of elusive recipes. Mind of a Chef,” also on public television. Outstanding But for the rest of us - by which I mean, virtually ny in New York - is puzzling. Blumenthal takes recipes Her first cookbook, “The Cuisines of Mexico,” was food personality or host went to Food Network’s Ina every last one of us - the selection of Heston already made obtuse by history (salmagundy, anyone?), written based on research with home cooks across Garten for her “Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics.” Blumenthal’s “Historic Heston,” a $200, 431-page epic and instead of translating them into terms contempo- Mexico and established her as the foremost authority The big winner in the journalism awards was David exploration of mostly antiquated recipes, will be a rary readers could appreciate or at least learn from, he on the cuisine. It remains the seminal work on the sub- Chang’s Lucky Peach, a quarterly launched in 2011 that head-scratcher. It’s one of those books so fabulously filters them through an equally inaccessible lens of ject. quickly became one of the top food magazines. Though out of touch with any cook who doesn’t have an army modernist (think whiz-bang science-driven cooking) The Beard Foundation’s awards honor those who fol- the magazine itself wasn’t honored Friday, its writers of sous chefs at his side, one has to ask for whom this techniques. low in the footsteps of Beard, considered the dean of netted awards in five different categories - humor, food book was written. What’s more, the book got two awards, also beating American cooking when he died in 1985. Friday’s cere- and culture writing, personal essay, profile and the MFK Actually, the answer is obvious. It was written by and out David Kinch’s “Manresa: An Edible Reflection” and mony named winners in media and publishing; a sepa- Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. — AP for Blumenthal, a talented writer and brilliant chef with Rene Redzepi’s “Rene Redzepi: A Work in Progress” in rate ceremony on Monday will be held for chefs and a host of restaurants in England. And in that regard, it is the cooking from a professional point of view category. restaurants. a masterpiece. Blumenthal has a knack for ferreting out Of greater interest to most home cooks will be the Some familiar faces nabbed broadcast awards Friday.

Taiwan Art Sculpture isitors admire sand sculptures on a beach during the Sand Sculpture Festival 2014 in Fulong, northern New VTaipei City yesterday. Some 30 sand sculpture works made by thirty artists from 17 countries are being displayed at the exhibition between May 3 to June 30. — AFP photos Efrem Zimbalist Jr star of ‘The FBI,’ dead at 95

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The New Orleans Indian Rhythm Section, Algiers Warriors, and Young Magnolias Mardi Gras Indians parade at the 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on Friday, in New Orleans. — AP

Cuban band leader Juan Formell dead at 71

uban band leader Juan Formell, a Abel Prieto, now an aide to President Raul Grammy-winning singer and bass play- Castro, and Cuban Vice-President Miguel Cer for Los Van Van orchestra whose mix- Diaz-Canel, both of whom attended the wake. ture of son and salsa earned the group the Raul Castro and former President Fidel nickname “the Cuban music train,” died in Castro both sent wreaths, the Communist Havana on Thursday. He was 71. Party newspaper Granma said on its website. The cause was liver disease, his family said. Formell first learned music from his father, Thousands of tearful mourners, many singing a flautist and pianist, later emerging as a com- Formell’s most popular songs, attended a poser and guitarist with Cuban musicians public wake in central Havana on Friday. such as Felix Guerrero, Rafael Somavilla, Havana-born Formell created Los Van Van in Armando Romeu, Antonio TaÒo y Orestes 1969 and won a Grammy in 1999 for the Urfe, according to the 1992 book, “The album “Van Van is Here.” He also won a Latin Dictionary of Cuban Music.” Grammy last year for musical excellence. In 1959, when Fidel Castro rose to power Los Van Van mixed son with salsa in a after the Cuban Revolution, Formell played musical style known in Cuba as songo. bass for the newly formed National Among the group’s hits were “El negro no Revolutionary Police. He later joined the tradi- tiene na’,” “Te traigo” and “Yuya Martinez.” An tional Cuban orchestras of Peruchin and urn with Formell’s cremains was put on dis- Rubalcaba and played cabaret music with the play at a theater, where musicians, politician orchestra Caribe. In 1968, he joined the cha- Disney Channel star Martina Stoessel, who portrays Disney’s “Violetta,” performs in Buenos Aires, and fans paid their respects. ranga group Reve, where he was credited Argentina, Friday. Stoessel said she offered the free concert for all her fans as a way of thanking them for “To me, he was a master, a friend, a broth- with innovating that style of music. their support after a 200-show world tour. The 17-year-old Argentine singer-actress has seen her fame sky- er and even a father,” said the musician Cesar “His works are classics with the repertoire rocket since Disney picked her for the role of “Violetta”, the main character from the Disney Channel televi- “Puppy” Pedroso, 69, a Los Van Van band mate of popular Caribbean music,” the late Helio sion series. — AP for 35 years. Orovio, author of “The Dictionary of Cuban “He was a man with a big heart and always Music,” said in the book. — Reuters open to teaching younger musicians,” said Pavel Molina, 38, a member of Los Van Van for Disney Latin America’s 11 years. Formell toured throughout Europe, Asia, Latin America and the United States, always returning to Cuba despite the economic trou- Violetta gives free concert bles of the Communist-ruled island. That loy- alty won praise from former Culture Minister free concert by the teen who portrays Disney’s “Violetta” on Friday drew an estimated 250,000 fans Ain Argentina’s capital, especially young girls eager to see their idol. “Violetta” is a major hit for Disney-Latin America and fans flocked to the city’s Palermo district where Martina Stoessel will sing and dance. The 17-year- old Argentine singer-actress has seen her fame skyrocket since Disney picked her for the role. She also sings the Spanish version of “Let it Go,” the Oscar-winning song from the hit movie “Frozen.” She said before Friday’s concert that entertaining fans in a major intersection in the city’s Palermo district is her way of thanking them after a 200- show world tour. Her fans greeted her by waving flags and donning shirts and hats with her image in what seemed like a huge purple tide from above the stage located in Buenos Aires’ main avenues. Seven-year-old Mora Arias said the excitement of seeing her favorite singer in person had kept her up the night before. “I watch the series, but I like her more as a singer. I have two of her records and I have been waiting for this moment for days,” said Arias, who like most other concertgoers, attended with her mother. Leaning on a fence near the stage, Janet Rodriguez held a handwritten banner that read: ‘We’re not perfect, but A fan of Disney Channel star Martina Stoessel, who we’re Tinistas,’ as Violetta fans are known. “I drew it a week portrays Disney’s “Violetta,” waits for the start of a A woman pays her last respects to Cuban musician Juan Formell during his wake at ago and I can’t believe the day is finally here,” said the girl free concert given by Stoessel in Buenos Aires, the National Theatre where his ashes and bass instrument are placed with a Cuban with bags under eyes, adding that she had arrived early to Argentina. — AP flag in Havana, Cuba. Formell, who for more than four decades was the driving force get a good spot. — Reuters behind the big band salsa orchestra Los Van Van, died Thursday. He was 71. — AP